The Express.
London, England, 1857-02-06 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Bourse Gazette of Vienna, of the 30th, states
that the lost despatches received from Count Col-
loredo, the Austrian Ambassador at Itomc, confirm
the account given of preparations being made by the
Court of Rome to introduce the administrative
reforms recommended by the Western Powers. The

Austrian troops are to stay in the legations until
these reforms are completed. Those at Parma will
leave at the same time.

PRUSSIA AND

BERLIN, TuritioAT, Fan. 5.

The ministerial journal, the Zeit, doubts the news
of the Bund, relative to a proximate Conference at
Paris on the affairs of Neufchatel. It declares that
no negotiations have yet taken place between Prussia
and Switzerland.

The King of Prassia, intends, it is said, conferring
the order of Hohenzollern on fourteen of the prinei.

pal royalists of Neufchatel, lately set at liberty.

YET RUSSIAN SISTERS OF MERCY.

In the Journal de 81. Petersbourg, of the 29th ult.,
we nod

"we lades to comply with a request which has beat
been made to us to publish the following letter, addressed by
a French oiliest, prioressr in the Crimea, to the Sister Nina
Orsberitsehl, of the Exaltation of the Cross. This letter is
equally honourable to the Imam, and to ha to whom it is
sent:

Marine. and very dear Sister,—At the moment of set-
ting sail to return to my country, and while preparing
to bid a kat farewell to this Peninsuk, bedewed with the
blood of me many victims, and where I have im often flood
death, I cannot take my eyes from the summits of Sebas-
topol, where, wounded and captive, I was confided to your
esre.

. 'To-day, when my wounds are healed, leaving but slight
traces behind, the pain that I suffered returns to my
memory only as an uneasy dream, but the good which you
have done, and that which I have seen patented by
the Sisters of the Exaltation of the Cross—rerealsw
en-
graven on my soul and heart as the most living of realities.
How much do I not owe you? I lost the use of my
right band, and you wrote for me; I could not est last
with the greatest difficulty, and you mumbled my food
sa a tender mother does for her little child;
I could not walk, and you, regardless of cold
and rain, over broken and marshy ground, ran to anticipate
the smallest of my wishes, or even caprices, for where la the
patient that has them not ? finally, I was empties and away
from my native land, and your enlightened charity proved to
me that the Christian's country extends as far ek he can
find brethren; in a word, you were my Providence, my
guardion angel.
' When weans of climate led to the evacuation ef the
ambulance, I left you with regret for Simpheropol, when
I also found reedy and benevolent attention, es much on the
pert of the local authorities as on the part of the
persons attached to the hospital service, and yet—
was it simply an illusion ?—the figures seemed to
me lees prepeaseming and weever, and did net
'em smiling and gracious until the Sisters of the Cross
strived, shedding wound them the sweet perfume of a con-
tagions charity.
The Sequent visite of these ladies were our greatest re-
lief and only diversion. Many times in the day our eyes
turned instinctively to the Asylum of Tsranoff, opposite us,
and when many of your good Sisters, wounded or sick, in-
nocent victims of their too ardent charity, IMO being
natal. We could see them, scarcely convalescent, seeking
to anticipate the moment for resuming their painful teak, by
preparing lint for the wounded.
" Amongst the numerous maniples of pious charity and
modest devotion, of which daily we were W 111110116% penult
me to cite ono that caused a profound sensation amongst um:
—We were one day speaking to the Sider Marie of our
lively interest in the Sisters of the Cross wounded at Sebes-
topol, when that good Sister mentioned the young personwhe
accompanied her as CM of the victims, and begged her to show
us a mutilated hand, which she fantasied under bar *wins
with such a natural and mien air, that in her many visit, to
no we had never detected any constraint in heehawing. The
poor child limbed in her timid purity while allowing us ts
see a wound of which the bravest soldier would he proud
and bought. What a beautiful lemon of modesty had been
given in there withent our knowing it!
The very august sal pane Primer, who emembled
you kr the relief of so many sublimates, ought to be
happy sail proud to see bar wort en well understood, and so
pamperer's. May she find in it a solace for her sons Sans
ings and bee betel grief.

" • Tour Christie' merits are above the rewords sad we-
ar al this world; we can bear witnees to them, bat it heksge
to God sloes to give them their tree glory end recomposes.
Be mewed, my very dear Slater, that sty parade and I win
retain the geetioss recollection of your good deeds, end that
oar wider sad payers will be with you always sad every-
where.

7. I eel with the premed letter a liUle gold mead repro-

seeding the Virgin. And I bog you to join It to the cruel
which I left with you before quitting Simpheropol.
"'Deign to accept for tho good sioera of the Cerel, all ed
whom I regard as my bencLictre,.ce, Madlle. and rte
deur Slater, tho easuranco of toy pr,foundeat moped and
deepest gratitude. " TAstmin TETUSIYNE."•

THE SHAH OP PERSIA A-VD HIS cour.

The Inde,pendance Beige contains a letter from
Constantinople written by a traveller just rewind from
Persia. Some extracts from it will be interesting at this time.
He says that, except the palace of the Shale, the city of
Teheran, the modern residence of the court, has no mono.
menu or buildings fit to be compared with those of it. de.
send rival, the once magnifiecut city of Inpahan. Its susses
and houses era lean beautiful and regular, but they exhibit
more life and movement. The population amounts to 60,000
' soul' and the Shah maintains fur his body guard a corps et
ten thousand regular soldiers.
Nessr-od-Din (such is the name of that prince) is the sag
of Mehemet Shah by the Queen Cellist, of the Kadjar tribe,
and is the grandron of Abbas Mira, whose reign van of 93
Lira manic, but whom, unfortunately, Persia IliinnenOta
for too brief a space. The present Shah in in the very prim
of manhood. liis carriage in noble, hie education ban hem
well attended to, and he is not deficient in knowledge. Per.
eian and Turkinh languages err fiiiailiar to him, and we era
informed that ho has learnt both French and English. It ie
also said that he is pretty well acquainted with hiatory, and
that be has a correct ides of the relations in which he stands
to each of the European powers.
Although endowed with a certain energy of character, ha
in mild and gentle, and simple in the habits of his private
life. He is often aeon visiting the high dignitaries of his
empire without any parade, and deemed not more pomp.
tuously than one of themachtroi. During these visits hp
wears a surtout of Cashan silk, !lonely resembling in its
make the tunic worn by the French troops ; it is fastened it
the waist by a girdle having a diamond clasp ; below this
frock-coat descends the trousers of silk or cashmire and
Inpahan white socks. As for the heed-gear, it is what all
the Pendants wear, the so-called Fordo, being a cone-shaped
bonnet of Astrachan fur.
.

iiiidgietof the great solemn when the most potent
Shah-In-Shah of Iran 'ramie his throne, to receive the
homage of the ambassadors and of his own subjects, be dis-
plays all the pomp of the Eaet. His purple tunic Is
resplendent with the Mara of diamonds; hie head sad breast
are covered with them. On ouch ootenan occasions the
diamond km,. (mountein) and the diamond daria (rag)
sparkle on his um, with denting Bathes of light. In his
band is held, like • sceptre, the Kaliolott pipe, all glittering
with precious stoma and pearla—for this pipe is so eminently
national that it has been made an essential pert of the Shah's
regalia.
liceased-Din rime very early. He breakfasts at eight
o'clock, and at nine his prime minister conies to confer with
him upon the affairs of the day. This task over, the vizier
leaves the divan. Then the endemics begin, which his
Majesty grants to any one who bas a complaint to make or s
petition to present.
The hall set apart for these audience,' is in the form of s
vast square. The floor is covered with a rich Kleinman
rarpet. The walls and cornices are covered with gilt Kroll'
and arabesque.. All round the apartment hang framed
engravings illustrative of various armee in the career of the
first Napoleon. Here you are the Emperor on his war-horse,
and there you see the episode of Monterrey*, in which be is
represented in the act of pointing the gun. Further on is a
erne at Waterloo, painted by %mkt ; then come two mints,
one of Aboukir, and the other of Trafalgar. At the bottom
of the hall there is a table, on which are ringed in order a
bronze statuette of Napoleon 1., a terrestrial globe, and
eerie= fancy
During the audience, the individual who is admitted to It
stands respectfully before the Shah, with naked feet, but
with his head covered. Franks alone ran obtain permission
to keep their shoes on. Etiquette requires that the strictest
silence should be observed. Every one waits till the Shah
deigns to address him, when ho bows and solemnly utter,
these worda, "Beni-Cable:dem, bell-Courbam-Shouem" (yea,
centred the world ; yes, it is I who am your sacrifice). If
you have any papers to present, you hold them high raised
Wan you unlit a pithkewet, or groom of the chamber,
fetal's' them and consigns them to the Shah's bands, an
set which he performs on his know.
When the Shah has dismissed the assembly, he attends
to other bulimia or takehis pleasure. At en o'clock he
dines in the macros (inner apartments) with hie family. I
have been Informed that he has sometimes admitted to his
table the great nobles of his empire.
It is not only towards his subjects that the Shah evinces
so much affability—he take. delight in receiving foreigners
also ;he like. to quota-ion them about the euetoms =dualist
of their several conntriee. His good will is shown to all
Christians, but capecially to the French. His father,
Mehemet, invited sevevel of them to hie court—M. the Abbf
Vidal, aa a private tutor ; Messrs. Roger de llamas, and M.
Ferrier, for the
„TiTee of training his Mops in European
tactics. The B Hoosier, Captains Holmberg; Chair
vet. DoLunsrre, ohne, and Cary, were also engaged es
military instructors.
M. ae Denim was created !par-nyder, or chief of the
counts; M. Ferrier was made adjutant-general and chief of
the staff. In this post be succeeded Colonel Billie; who
wished to return borne to Fromm and who left behind him
the most honourable wrwroirs, not only amonget bill own
countrymen, but the PC1141411, AS well.
Charged with the re-ormunwition of the cavalry, Genctral
Ferrier performed this task with all the meows that could
be expected from a radical reform applied to people not
adequately prepared to receive it. The formation of the
corps of regulars encountered very great obstacles. Tha
Fenian conscripts had to be denntionelised before they could
be turned into European infantry. All thin required time—
fora reform of that description cannot be accomplished in
day.
Unfortunately, by dint of intrigues and foreign influence,
all there officera, one only canted, Gen. Semite, of the
engineers, were aeon compelled to quit the service. It le
much to be regretted that • stop was One put to the course of
progress which had been commencsd. But that the efforts
already made were not wholly lost is proved by the recent
siege of Herat. The Persione who in 1838 and 1839 could
sot take that city, took it in 1836.
As at present constituted their arm is still very imperfect:
their infantry can only gee through a few simple manieuvres,
the Artillery Is groggy defective, and the cavalry alone Is
somewhat respectable. Indeed, the Shah is seriously intent
upon effecting the reforms which these several arms re.
qthw. He Is making every effort to introduce them and
in doing the same thing for the reorganisation of his
But the &mediae and deficits which were produced in this
important branch of tho public gervice, by the deplorable ad-
ministrationof the former ruler,lindjeo Mina Agaad, ow?
not be remedied and made good in a day.

WRECK OFF HOLYHEAD AND LOSS

OF LIFE.

AND BRITIAII TELIOILAPII)
LIVERPOOL, FiamAy.

The morning the Sallie, Capt. Giron, from Bor.
destu, bound for Liverpool, la • total wreck near Holy.
bead. _ _

The captain, mate, end twelve hands ere drowned ; °nig
two ere saved, and it einot expected that much of the cargo
can be recovered and got on shore.

The Renee Brilannique states that M. Lcdrn•
Rollin has Wt London for the United States.

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The Bank of England have intimated that they
will henceforth, in the ease of each of their customers as
keep their drawing aecounta exclusively with them, cease to
restrict their discount accommodation to bills not having
more than three menthe to run. Long bills will therefore
be received from these parties in the Name manner as they are
received by private bankers from their customers at such
rate. as the state of the market may from time to time render
expedient.
Mr. John Sheepshanks, acknowledging an ad-
dream from the chairman and members of the Birmingham
Society of Artists, expressing their admiration of his recent
munificent gift to the country, oboervea If it is not Ira.
pertinent and intrusive, I should a ish to offer a testimony
to the great kindness sod liberality of the government in
accepting my tiger, with its conditions, frankly and without
hesitation. I hope my collection is only a small nucleus of
what may be expected from the voluntary contributions of
artiste and amateurs. The first step—that of providing a
place Si to receive such gifts—is accomplished entirely to
any aetiefaction, and this morning (tho 2nd) I executed the
formal decd transferring the whole of the pictures sod
sketches to the custody of parties duly authorieed by the
Mewl of Trois."
Thee fdlombig new order in Chancery come. into
operation es the 19th, vie ftereico of all write, nodose.
annmemase, Mars, warrants, rules, deetuuenta, and other
sot upon the
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
THIS DAY.

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