The Express.
London, England, 1857-01-27 00:00:00

PROBABLE PEACE WITH PERSIA.

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the Mho et Chlidipb, dig Lad Pszarere, weal out
TIN Praeleribidtabil Ale.ti. elite Me a the Ridber

TThe Beim ed idetillai her Majesty. 1
The hip AdeseisoOsaeral had 111 emu d her
Majesty, to WWI the reMip cd swetaabotilK
The Coe a eNtssisse, Mob' Oglis
Widmer Ms Mama he Mew, WI imam mg Pam
Us Died Cambay Ink Iwo cf bar liejwity, sod
Men Castle far Lail" sapid by Camel Tyrwldtt.
Zee Bier Illistro sod Miser VIE de Weyer, Vie-
soma and Vimeries Pabursks, Levi Nomura, and
°awl Fee* C. 8., have also taken their de-
planes.

A Cabinet Cer was lad yesterday afternoon
at the official iins• of tho First Lord of the
Treasury, in Dessuilardreet. The minirters
sent were Viscount rebesreton , the Lord Chancellor,
Earl Gnumillndlig. of Harrowby, Sir George Grey,
Earl of Cloolgiuk. Mr. Secretary Labonchere, Lord
Pansurs, Cho piice of the Exchequer, Sir
Charles Wink di Bight Hon. R. Vernon Smith,
Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. M. T.
Baines, and the Duke of Argyll.

We believe wo may state that editorial information
be. teethed err govenosat of the probability of the court
of Teheran amiss to ear demon& The Tailenk Minister
at that copied her sent a despatch told, gastrologist, inform-
hag thus they having hued at the fall of Swain, the
Pemba goremsnet "decided" to mks pesos Ryon the
LOA ems.
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as 101 netting Cosetsatioople, this Intelligence was
bmwediseely forwarded, by Were* by Lord Stretford, end
arbentirity rosy be relied ea.

We may tiered-me hope for • speedy settkelest of the
Perdu didleulty.

A deputed= of the Boor Trade, ecesisdai of Mr. W.
Ashmore (cheirseen), Mr. H. Meson (deputy chainsaa),
Mews. Curtis, Frediek, °oldie, Cana Dawes, Berwkk,
°Healey, wed Wanders, and Hr. J. Bishop (seeretary), had
ea Interview with the Chsecodkr of tho Exchequer yesterday
at his Add reeidomes b Domani-street.
_ . .

Vimenat sad Vimeestem P Lunt= returned to lowa
yesterday from Witham Castle.
♦ deputation from the Trustees of F.aling Highways had
ea
Interview yesterday wit► the Right lion. W. Cowper,
M.P., at the dike et the Hamra Board of Health,
• The depattadon ocessided of Mr. George Wood (chair-
men) sad Mr. Robert Hark, attended by Mr. Wm. Ruston,
dab to the madam. TM Right Run. 8. 11. Walpole, M.P.,
also sccommusied the deputation.
Lord Psamore retuned to London yesterday from Windsor
Castle.

DEATH OF TZB RBI: DR. Amman:

(Front the liettiet et lest main.)

Ours is the sseisuchaly task of anUouselag the
lemon of the Rev. Dr. W. H. Met Walt, who daybed es

Satusday slight at half-put tight o'clock, only two days
after bating to his native cottalry. This distinguished mis-
sionary departed this life at his lodgings, 17, Cambridge-
strost, Plunes. Ho mired hi Lead= ea Thasday, la a
slum of a:tram athaastioa ; sad he was °baud banns-
Shealy to betake himself to had, from which ha sever rose.
Dr. Medea Bennett saw him oa Friday afternoon, and again
oa Saturday; but medical skill via usavailing. Ho became
inaessible on Saturday morning, sad continued In that state
until thi hour of his death , but ha appeared to be quite bra
taxa dying, and his last MOWN& we perfectly hum&
His age was sixtrcee.

Dr7Weakest-ems Ant lyrebird to Chins Is 1816, end
hadcorequently spent bay years In that barrtent poetics
d the sandonery Wd. named under the eye ef the Moe-
trims Mention he was the nava ca wham ebouldaas the
swath of thatEkish 611; sadiron vistas worthy to sitar hate
the lathers el ao rest a prophet. Altamaha' at Waseca
mad Penang for ernes! years, he settled at Batavia; where
he canned • corpenstion and tails • chapel, in shah he
heard • &arch on a back as catholic as the constitution at
the society which sent has oat, and includhan every variety
of protestant prollession that the colony reacted. When,
in after years, he entered Chins proper, it was with the
MUM determination to merge nations► end denomi-
national predilection la the higher siren at the missionsry
enterprise, where the united rims of dithrent denomina-
tions would be d too weak to ruffle with the prejudice@ sod
superaltkme of almost counties. ages. In 1836, he was
tailed anon to undertake a journey skew ths south-tea
coat of Chins, with • riew to auwertain how far the country
might be open to the reception of the Gospel. Many of oar

readers will mmetaber the striking aceomits which he gave
—during s subsequent tour through England—of the re-
malts at his ebeervations sad inquiries. After John Williams,
no returned sissialiary, perhaps, hes excited se wide and
deey an Unmet ma Dr. Medlarst ; as ao inedssu wrens, of
nuesiessery adventure, that of the Martyr of Errentangs es-
eey4ed, ham been more eagerly and intensively read
than that 'link the eminent evangelist whose lose we now
deplore pee to the world, under the this of "China
&Me and Presgeets, with spxial reference to Use Byroad of
the Gospel." It oompeshinds a succinct, yet meet interest-
ing ateownt of that marvellous country end people, their
antiquity, wiamtars, Minna», sad taps; and it alsoaen-

tithe; gees settees d the stare satimat, se well se a hake
searast et tbs mere went, labours at procreate Wakes-
rim • sad, while stkedlag =pie mot at ths writer's this to
the ecddses et the past society as its loam representa-
tive ha China, it les biomes a test-beak tor ill who twits sa
active pert is Ur evaspliestiaa at her tamisig

The-prekte hi whki Dr. )(adhesive needlefrly timpolte the
indslimmi et aiticima town* en admirable mandard work,
thmagh compseed amidst busy pabbe =persists and In
swishes °thieves, burs date May I, 1138. L ths mamma

of that year, be retained to the seer of tie Won. Ones
moss be swished bb inn noon to sequin us with the
waned stem et the email latnal, whoa It pined
Almighty On to.. wakiraly to tannin so Tann • lita
Montt iostratably dna the expend mad of his von,
we an rat igation et what le sad his mann have
ace.plisbet We kaow that they have rented the way tor
the compleas morn of Qin M Christ, whatever the set
tieae Amu caw, by the tisatietisa art pent* ot the scrip.
tees to • nein append h lIMMI n waft as noise
napkin. Over HIM prospect td and pinny everts et
Cana have nag • bony end, ends yet sun obsen,
sip, sad ayeurious to the view et the bind to mein,
by the ronvel et this mann ledivinell ir• he could open
his lips to cemeniens noes elves of Jansen= as to
wisiorry incurs, dinarbeaces, sad nand war,
wink would han hen se issportesst, at this aide, to the
Qina's shine am to the dinners et the tend. Minoan,
Society, sad worthy et equal nines sa the part et boa.

TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1857'. •

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, MONDAY EVININO.
I learn from a good source that the Finance Mi-
nister has this day signed a prejet des loi for impos-
ing a tax of a quarter per cent. upon railway shares
and other industrial undertakings. The bill has
been laid before the Council of State.
The Bourse has been still more heavy than it was
Let week. The Rente fell 20c. for cash, and 35c.
ke mount, closing at 67fr. 70c. and 67fr. 65c.
Mobiber was nearly stationary, and in but
little demand. Railways were generally dull,
bat there was great inquiry for Southern
dross, which rose 10fr. The other lines
were for the most part from 2fr. 50e. to Ofr.
lower. Nothing is known as to the project of aug-
menting the capital of the Bank of France, except
that the announcement that the measure had been
resolved upon was premature.
For some time past, certain journals which oc-
cupy themselves especially with financial and indus-
trial operations, have published, under the bead of
" Answers to Correspondents," a number of recom-
mendations addressed to persons who had consulted
them by letter. These replies, drawn up in enigma-
tical form, ran something in this way : " M. R.,
Marseilles : Your idea is good—buy." " M. A. G.,
Caen: If we were in your place we should hold the
and sell the —." "K. P., Louviers : We
believe in a rise," &c. These answers will' not
longer be permitted except by letter, the journals in
question having been interdicted by the Poet-office
authorities from publishing such correspondence.
The Post-office monopoly, when strictly insisted
upon, leads to many inconvenient consequences, both
in France and England, bat I doubt whether
absurdity, in the way of interference with com-
munication between man and man, has ever been
carried this length before. I have very little sym-
pathy with the soi-disorat financial journals, but it is
impossible not to see that a paragraph in a " notice
to correspondents " has no one of the distinguishing
characteristics of a letter. The notice is open, not
secret ; it is not certain to reach the correspondent at
a particular time, even if it ever meets his eye at all,
and, moreover, the newspaper which inserts it,
would certainly not keep clerks to write.letters to
utter strangers, and can only make the insertion
because it conceives that its own interests are served
by taking public notice of private communications.
Another cogent reason why these notices in no
way come into' competition with the Post-office is
that in many if not most instances they are, in point
of fact, nothing but puffs for particular securities,
and are addressed to fictitious personages. If there
were a duty on advertisements in France, these
notices might indeed be a fraud on the revenue, but
the Post-office has no rational ground of complaint.
The Emperor has just sent 5,000 fr. from his pri-
vate purse to be distributed among the poor in the
department of the Pyrenees.

SPAIN.

MADRID, JAN. 25.

The Queen continues to go on well. The Gazette
publishes a decree authorising tho Minister for
Foreign Affairs to offer to public competition a con-
tract for a steam service between Spain and the
Antilles. The steamers are to be four in number, of
1,300 tons burden, and 400-horse power. The
adjudication takes place on the 14th of February.

The Madrid journals of the 21st announce the
arrest of General Oribe, but, according to those of
the ministerial party, it was for matters totally an-
connected with politics. Before being taken to the
military prison, the general, at his request, was eon-
reyed to the residence of the Duke of Valencia
(Narraez), to request an interview with him; but it
is not !toted whether or not the Duke granted it.
The Martini* do Target, French ambassador, had
given a ball, at which the members of the diploma.
tic body and a number of important political per-
sonages, amongst them Marshals Narraez and
O'Donnell, were present.
_ _

M. Ors y Garcia, an active member of the Liberal
party, had been arrested.
The elections for the Cortes would, it was ex-
pected, take place at the commencement of April,
and it was alleged that the Absolutists intended to
take part in them.

The Belgian Chamber of Representatives has been
for several days occupied with the discussion of a
bill proposed by the government to change the mode
of composing the juries which confer academic de-
grees. Bo many amendments and sub-amendments
were brought forward that the original measure
• '

seemed in danger of disappearing altogether. In
that situation, M. Henri de Brouckere proposed to
continue fur three years longer the present system,
which empowers the government to form the juries
in question of professors selected from those of the
universities of the state and of the free universities,
with a president not belonging to the body of pro-
fesses', and selected by the government. The Mi-
nister of the Interior opposed the amendment, de-
claring that the maintenance of the status quo would
not allow sufficient moral liberty to the government
in presence of the virtual rejection of the bill. M.
de Brouckere, however, persisted, declaring, in the
name of a portion of the Left, thnt his proposition
us a compliment paid to the spirit of justice which
animated the government. In the end, the amend-
ment of M. de Brouckere wu adopted by 01 votes
to 38.

ITALY.

TUSCANY.
(vtO • emus. ceausroxnairr.)
LEGHORN, JAN. 19.
For some days the arrival of the Grand Duke, with
the Hereditary Prince and his newly married wife,
a Princess of Saxony, and the Archduke Charles, was
announced, and on Friday the royal family made its
solemn entry into Leghorn. The visit was for the
purpose of presenting the heir to the Grand Duchy
and his princess to the population of Leghorn. The
people were invited to receive their sovereign with
due respect, by illuminating their houses during the
night, and by hanging out carpets to express their
joy at the honour done to them. The town itself
had planted posts covered with evergreens on each
aide of the road which the royal cavalcade would take
on its arrival, and the houses presented a gay appear-
ance through the surnding of carpets and tapestry
from the windows. The enthusiasm, however, was
at a low ebb, for not one "bravo" or " viva " was
heard from the mouths of the assembled multitude,
composed generally of the lowest classes. Great
discontent was manifested at the order for illumina-
tion, for the greater part of the population is far too
poor to indulge in such a luxury, even to welcome
their sovereign, and the consequence was that
the principal streets only, were lighted up,
with the consulates and public buildings. On the
arrival of the Grand Due at the palace he pre.
seated himself on the balcony with his daughter-
in-law and two sons; but the public was mute, not
one cheer of welcome or of gratitude was heard
all was cold and chilling, in spite of a bright sun
which was shining over the town. The soldiers
defiled before the palace, presented arms, and all
was over. . .

The authorities of the town caused it to be noti-
fied that, in consequence of the presence of the
'Hirst visitors, they had determined to distribute on
this occasion thirty thousand pounds of bread to the
poor, and one of the local institutions had offered one
thousand shirts. Still no face was lighted up with
gratitude for such generous sympathy. The fact is,
the poor are neglected and kft to pine in misery and
die of exhaustion, and the gift of a loaf of bread one
day in the year cannot cure the miseries or warm up
the affectious of those sufferers. The archbishop of
the place, however, fulfils his mission, and distributes
the whole of his ecclesiastical revenue to the poor ;
he had even begun to build au asylum for the aged
and the sick, but it appears the Austrians took pow
erasion of it, and it has remained in the state they
left it ever since. It is feared that the necessitous
will suffer greatly on the death of this good and
venerable ecclesiastic.
The Grand Duke and family were present at a ball
offered to them at the Casino on Saturday, where all
the fashion of Leghorn assembled, and dancing was
kept up until a late hour on Sunday morning. The
ball was opened by the younger branches of the
reigning family and the governor of the place. It
may be calculated that there were 1,300 persons
present. The toilet of the ladies was of the latest
fashion, and crinoline abounded. Seats that were
intended to hold ten persons; were fully occupied by
three ladies ; and to such a height rose the fear of the
fair ones lest their dresses should be disarranged, that
one carriage contained but one lady, and she stood up
all the time for the purpose of preserving her dress in-
tact ; the husband was, consequently, obliged to ride
with the coachman, or ron foot. The officers of
the Tuscan fleet, in their uniforms, mixed with the
company—a fleet composed of a small steamer and a
few gun-bouts, commanded by an admiral. It is
said that the officers are more numerous than the
seamen, and amount to fifteen in all ; but yesterday
this imposing amid power contrived to fire a salute
of 101 guns, after thanksgivings had been offered up
in the cathedral for the blessing of the present
family continuing to reign over the Tuscans.
Yesterday evening the Theatre Sanducato was
opened in honour of the Grand Duke, and a com-
pany of comedians brought to Leghorn to amuse the
royal family. All that passed off very well, in the
same dull unenthusiastic manner, and to-day his
' highness leaves us for the Island of Elba, the fleet
having received orders to be in readiness. It is
feared, however, that the admiral and his officers
will suffer from sea sickness, it is so seldom they
cruise much further than the entrance of the port.
Every precaution will nevertheless be taken to ensure
the safe arrival of the royal family at Elba.. Thus
' the Wes of Leghorn s*e at an end, and the popula-
tion have had their fOturn sovereign presented to
them.