The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-09 00:00:00

PRESENTS TO GARIBALDI.

TO THE EDITOR Or THE EXPELS&

Slit,—Captain De Rohau bass left England for
Turin and Camera, with communications for General Gari-
baldi from Mr. Ashurst‘ his English treasurer. Captain
De Bohan is also the bearer of various presents to the
General of considerable interest, including one to his
daughter Teresa* from some English Ls.lies of distinction.
Among the presents to the General was one likely to in-
tercet him very much, forwarded to London by Mr. Cowen,
of Newcastle-on-Tyne, consisting of • sea-piece, painted by
J. Scott, bearing this inscription :—" Ship Commonwealth,
853 tons, Captain Garibaldi, sailed from Shields, April 14,
1854, bound to Genoa."
As a work of art it is au effective and attractive picture
but the General will receive it and value it most as •
present of a brave old Tynemouth salt, who has saved his
pence for • long time in order to make the present to the
General, whom he was with difficulty restrained from going
out to serve, though seventy years of age. Another
present carried to the General by Captain De Rohao, and
which was brought to town by Mr. Coningham, M.P., is
the Brighton watch, to which is attached a gold cable chain
almost large enough and strong enough to bold the Great
Eastern. Tho inscription upon the watch tells its own
story ; it is this :—" Seventeen thousand subscribers of one
penny each present this watch to General Garibaldi, in
admiration of his noble daring and patriotic devotion to
national freedom and liberty. Brighton, Sussex, England,
February 18th, 18A.H."-1 am, Az.,

LANDOR PRAED.

A letter from Poitiers states that a mercantile
house at Marseilles bad given an order there for 55,000
yards of grey cloth for the army of Italy. The order is to
be executed for 550,000 fr.

It appears from a document just published by
the Committee of Cuolpit Owners that the extraction of
coal in hence in 1857 was 7,900,000 tons, from 62 coal-
fields. Of that quantity six fields yielded not legs than
8,485,200 tons—namely, that of the Loire, 2,242,600 tons ;
the Nord and Pas de Oda* 1,980,600 tons ; Card, 751,000
tons ; Blansy and Creuzot, 586,000 toes ; the Allier,
484,500 ; and the Aveyron the rest. From 11 other die.
Wets quantities varying from 40,000 to 200,000 tons were
extracted, and the quantity obtained from the other 45
wee consequently hut small. In 1852 the total extraction
was only 4,900,000 tons, to that in the space of five years it
has increased by 3,000,000 tone.

The St. Petersbott rg Gccette states that a young
men called the other (lay at • bookbinder's shop in st.
Petersburg, with seventeen portraits of the Emperor which
be desired should be set in frames of cherry coloured
velvet, with the following irrwription in letters of gold:
"lei memory of the enfrAuchibement of the serfs, March 5,

---Au Odessa paper states that the publication of
a Greek newspaper has been authorised in that city, adding
that newspapeni in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Russian, French,
and German are already published there. and that they only
want an Italian one to complete this representation of all
the nationalities that compose the population.
A letter from Rome, in the Gazette du Midi,
rays :—" The polies have expelled about twenty families
from this city, and among them that of Troubelskoy, who
are relatives of Count de Horny, and who were obliged to
leave after only four days' stay. In leaving, the Princess de
Trimbelskoy said gaily to the keeper of the hotel at which
she bad been stopping, ' Adieu! But we shall soon return
to Rome with the Piedmonts.,, and as your accommoda-
tion is good, we will again put up at your house! '"
STEMPLEVHAFIDt AT LA MAltelild.—Strange to say,
the business at 14 Marche yesterrhiy (Sunday) was marked
by the death of another horse, the victim being Mr. Gibson's
Paddy, who was well known to all frequenters of steeple-
chases. He fell at the hank on the top of the hill, and
broke his back. His sad lot created intense sensatien, and
R vast number of spectators went to see him. Apart from
this the events were meekest with much interest. Baron
Niviere had more than his usual good fortune ; he won all
the three on the card, two of them steeplechases with
Gloom who is fast becoming famous, the third a Hat MOO
with Panda" a 3-yr-olil

THE RANH OF ENGLAND.—(THIS DAY.)
This was the day appointed for electing the
governors and directors of the Bank of England for the
year ensuing. Mr. Bonamy Dobree completed his two years'
term of office to-day as Governor. Mr. Dobree, in con-
formity with name, was Deputy-Governor during the two
preceding years, and has therefore held office through four
most important years in the financial history of the country.
He is succeeded by Mr. Alfred Let am, of the East India
firm of Arbuthnot, Latham, and Co., and Mr. Kirkman
Daniel Hodgson, of the firm of Finlay, Hodgson, and Co., is
the new Deputy-Governor.
The following have been elected directors :—Thomas
Baring, Esq., Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq., Henry Hu/se
Berens, Esq., John William Birch, Esq., Travers Buxton,
Esq., Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq., Stephen Cave, Eiq.,
William Cotton, Esq., James Pattison Currie, Eaq., Bonamy
Dobree, Eaq., Benjamin Buck Greene, Fag., George
Joachim Gosehen, Esq., James Alexander Guthrie, Esq.,
Thomson Hankey, Faq., John Benjamin Heath, Eaq., John
Gellibrand Hubbard, Eaq., George Lyall, Esq., Thomas
Mastennan, Esq., Alexander Matheson, Eaq., James Morris,
Esq., Sheffield Keay., Esq George Warde Norman, EN.,
Edward Howley Palmer, Faq., Thomas Charles Smith, Esq.

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.)

An extraordinary general meeting of proprietors
were held this day at the King's-crosa Station, for the par.
pose of cousidering certain bills now pending in parliament;
Mr. DENIMON in the chair.

The following measures were sanctioned without dis-
cussion :

"1. An Act to authorise the Metropolitan Railway Coin-
pry to make improvements in their communication
with the Great Northern Railway, to make arrangement'
with certain railway companies, and for other purpose*.
2. An Act for extending the Metropolitan Railway from
Smithfield to Finsbury.circus ; to authorise arrangements
with other companies, and for other purposes. 3. An Act
to authorise the construction of a railway from Edgware,
through Finchley and Highgate, to join the Great Northern
Railway."
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing a resolution approving of a
" Bill to author= the construction of a railway between
Canton and Liverpool, and for other purposes," ex.
plained that the bill empowered the Great Northern
and Manchester, Sheffield, and Liniolmhire Railway
Companies jointly to construct a railway from
Gersten to Liverpool, and to aoint a committee of ma-
nagement. The capital required would be 450,000 E., of
which this company would be asked to contribute one-half.
He considered that the undertaking would be ultimately,
and at no distant period, of great advantage to the Great
Northern interests, as it would give them an immediate
connection with Liverpool.
Mr. VALENTINE Kish. ST objected altogether to the scheme,
on the ground that there was no justification for entering
into an arrangement with a line so distant from their own
system.
Replying to a question,
The CHAIRMAN said he considered that the undertaking
would be principally valuable with respect to goods
traffic between London and Liverpool, but they might also
expect a large amount of local passenger traffic.
The resolution was agreed to, and the meeting adjourned
till Tuesday, the :10th indent, some of the bills before par-
liament affecting the Great Northern Compeny not being in
a sufficiently advanced state to be submitted for the sanction
of the shareholders.