The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-09 00:00:00

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THE 4CSTRIAN SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION.

The scientific expedition, which lately left Trieste
in the Austrian nian-of-war Nacos, reached Gibraltar.'
A letter. dated May 29, from Dr. Karl fichertaer, the heal
of the scientific deportment, says:
" We dropt.finebor here about a week ago sod saluted the
British flog with 21 gun-abuts. We are extremely eadolled'
with our reception here which was • most hantyp
I ad Med
one from all quarters. Ilia Excellency 001T11101 Fargo*
invited the commodore, the confounder, and myself to kin
table, and all the officers and midshipmen of the frigate to *
grand ball, given on Tuesday lot in celebration of do
birth-day of Queen Victoria. On the mere mention d
our requiring a quiet place oa shore for our astronomical
and isogonal olworratiom, • very appropriate spot war
assigned to no in the public potent,and the naceseary IWO
wood house were put up there by the workman al the i
snto ood. All our party hare sussed, moreover,
visit the fortress and the rock arlunover we
our naturalists were allowed to explore the reek O Is
make colkectios of all kinds of sortable, sad
mineral specimens. Every one with genuine English Dobais
ss mindedne was glad to become serviceable our expediCOO
tion&
sent out by our enlightened prince, the Comto mander-in-
of the navy, Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, with the
generous intention to promote scienee, not only in his oirS
country, bat for the benefit of tne whole civilised
tworle
mold.
ns Is
" As soon so the wind changes and tarns • lit
the north or sorth-rust, we shall leave the Bay of Gibraltar
and sail for Madeira, where we intend, however, to make Is*
• short stay, oil proceed nedistely to Rio Janeiro. Enna
the latter phew 1 hcpe to write to you again."

Among the bills just passed by the Sardinian
Chambers, is one for establishing two new lines of Leiters*
two In the island of Sardiuia, and one from Annecy
to Chamounix. " Neat year, therefore," says a Tnrin Car.
respondent, "English ladies and gentlemen seeking a bd.
Me reputation on Mont Blanc, will have the mesas of
announcing to their friends at home their depart
tore or their return with the rapidity of thoughts
and if the wires are placed in communication with
the Egyptian Ball, the British public may profit to the
fullest extent by any novelties that may occur in the writ
It is calculated that there ore from 10,000 to 12,000 lomat.*
at Chamounix every year, and that that will be Infacient be
pay the expenses of the telegraph."
A Turin letter in the I'utrie of Paris says that
the object of the King of Saxony's visit to Italy ie to nrmr.
time a marriage between the King of Sardinia and BO

Princess Sidonia.
Prince ratophile lktria has arrived at Nitarscilite
from Rome on his way to Faris.
RECONCILIATION OP Two VILLAGES.—The Geis
sena Ibpolare of Cagliari gives an account of a solemn nw
conciliation effected between the villages of Perform NM
Bortigadas (Wend of Sardinia), the it:Ambient, of whith
had lived in perpetual feud (vendetta) fur upward.. of
tury. The most singular circumstance connected with the
event is that it has been brought about by a notarial
bandit named Pietro Manse, a moire of Perfugas, who bee
been the terror of the eountry fur the last 22 pa He
obtained a safe-conduct from tile government, in orderre. to he
present at the ceremony of the isconciliation, and it we
intimated to him that if he would constitute hintelf a pi.
*oiler, and subinit to a trial, lie would obtain a pedal
consideration of the irepmtant ere,* be had dons to be
country; but he refuse and returned to the woods hoer
diately after the banquet which closed the proceffeHt
saying that " birds liked the forest better than the age.
IMPERIAL PENSIONERS. On March 20, 181101
the municipal council of Feria voted on annual pension
10,000 fr. to the bearer of the intelligenre of the Kieg
ei
Rome's birth. That pension was accordingly enjoyed by L
Van Hetem, cue of the Emperor'. pages, until 1814, whet
be became a Dutch subject, and the pension was
This gentleman, who is at present a incoalwrirt
Seterdeneval, has, since the 3rd of Sprii, 18'55;yr
fared a claim to the city of Paris for the rem
allet
his pension ; admitting the justice of the w
which may have prompted the city to interrupt the P6/004
during the subsequent reigua, bat contending dust, now that
the French people have recalled the dynasty of Napoleon*
the throne, and that " Prot idenee he. sanctioned that ad
D y the birth of a prince," the city of Paris is bound to lee
cognise his (M. \an lieterca'a) claims. Last year the Ur
nieipal Council voted ea elegant silver service and a per
ply of highly onuunented weapons eswoted fur the mew
&len, to Commandant Food who announced the birth of the
l'rince Imperial to that body.