The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-31 00:00:00

men who were not careful in burying the carcases.
They burnt and powdered the livers of the deed
beasts, and gave them to the sick ; they fumigated
them with sulphur; they lug onions round their
neck/ to absorb the poison and staffed them with
(rub apples; they slew every ailing beast, put it
four feet underground, and received the reward;
they did what they could, and what they were ad-
vised; but they were ruined, and a multitude of
them actually starved. In France, worse still, four-
teen men were burned alive for poisoning the cattle,
as physicians are accused in plague times of poison-
ing the wells.
In Holland, in five mouths este of the year 1769,
upwards of 21,000 of the hint died, while only 5,300
recovered. In West Friesland, during the same
period, nearly 12,000 died to 6,000 which recovered.
The States-Oentral used their efforts to obtain cattle

Mx Court.

The Queen and Pilate Albert, with the Prioeene
of lloheniehe Langenbong, took a Mee in an open carriage
and four yesterday efteeneen. Lad Churls Fitzroy sad
Captain the Hen. D. de Doe attended on horsebn k.
The Prince rode on bombe& in the forenoon with the
Prince at Wen

- -The Princess-- et Ifeirslehe lesitenebarg rut the Prime/is
node's went yeetiedey daemon kora Dweltienhato Palace
to the tieliones al the Dothan d Leak Charenet-houae, St.
Jeaeela
_ _ _

- Primer Alin meted tha Decers el Cambridge at her
residence In St. Jannis Palace.

Prince Leopold took a dries in en open carriage and four.
Her Key and the Prison mereopenied by tho Princess
'Royal, honoured the Haymarket Theatre with their presence
in the evening. The royal suite canasta of the Hon. Bea-
trice Byng, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, the Earl of Caithness,
Load Charles /Wray, sad Captain the Hon. D. de Hoe.
The Princess Amalie of Holenloho Sehillingfurot left the
residence of the Duchess of Kent, Clarence-house, yesterday
morning for the Continent.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, sod
Prince Edward of BwWeimar, visited the Durham of Kent
on Sunday.

from abroad to make up the loss ; but then, as now,
the disease was everywhere. A hide was thrown up
on the shore somewhere; a cow snuffed at it, and
lay down upon it, and next morning was dead. An-
other cow which had touched her wandered off and
spread e

htlerhes were nteeived M the Camila-office yeeterday
eGovernor of Heligoland.

_ the contagion ; till, in two or three weeks, the
stench was everywhere, and 5,000 cattle were dead
in five villages. When neither pitch or tar, nor salt
or sugar, nor geese or acacia leaves, nor sulphur or
soot, nor shutting the cattlo up with horses, aor
driving theta into the river, availed, inoculation was
trial—whether successfully or not, there is no saying

Their Royal Higlmeeses the Duehem of Cambridge
end the Princess Mary, end the Prince Edward of Saxe-
Weimar, visited her Royal Highs= the Ditcher of Kent,
on Sunday.

Her Serene Highness the Princom Arnelie of Ho-
heolohe-Saulliughtrot Id the reddest* ot her Hord Illigh-
nese the Dueler of Kent, Maws Her% maids, loom-
ill', for the Conthtent. _ _

now. Some tesilfled that the healthy home.atmo-
sphere awful the sickening line ; and others,
that the MOM infected the horses. Some de-
cimal dot inoculation was an entire security,
while same asserted that it spread the mischief.
Thew mearchil certainty which none diquened
WM that dearth and fever followed, to rut st taw
hams lives, from first to /esti thee my met d
pips. Such is the pest which le held he MB ORR
&ISIS from day to day. 11105 Ling alien de
Awed maw of it in 1757 aide hit issue a geselemn
the es ass es he heard. be February, 1763, that
Men IMO bud cleat& Wad in Denmark and
the adjacent Amid= in the ads d two er three
weeks. By MI Mir in Casa ell iipmLL.. d
Mika, hate id sans was halides al tie tan
chief wee well seer. Such medial man= ma
new lIIIMINIUMB at the tima have hese samba
emsdies sa seek °canoe. la Frame, se eel-
leak d tie pit seems to have bees Agri la the
Iced* le 191111, by the skill and me et ihe ste-
hen d he aterimey allege, who mud a hap
prepentlea et the ad adib. sd& abidear hated
the rest la semy enmity, ad ear own eael-
nently, samilmalia Mel& in massy were given
to idea as hoiden ad pupa burial
of Ogee- /*ken ads-0S bait given
at ems Oleg in Ban/aloes, Oarmis tie elan of the
WNW= a 1768, which so Ives& is Holland as to
dedery more than 171,000 hassik while under
MAO recovered. the amodt in Deauterk wee the
emielasideg et ea duet inesrame et herald cattle,
set ea ha by Os Imo before he lbws apprized.
Per preset a a led anneal id an each kat,
the weer was to resolve ten dies en the death of
the said In die essetey the. me here sad there
red this he dm hisranee a sew life ; and very
gesi hip three etas arc when predentlymanagd
If were general in oar peed districts, we
saw have a better ehmee Is meeting the
thessieniag danger; for the aawkeeping peasantry
ad rams, already organised he the protection of
dear maperty, would not let Government go to
asp la debt at each peril as we are in.
The hw east executive proceedings that we read
atlndinte the bereces which ensue upon a murrain.
The ISM OM sped, and helms are pat out far
grain : erporsk GEM tut wads to develop the fish-
eries ; ned every pre‘mlas is welcomed and honoured
who eau suggest a new sort of food. As for the tus-
farineate owners of cattle, they seem to have done
just what we do when cholera comes. They have
nee frantic efforts to scour and sweep, to fumigate
ad bury away—to say nothing of the charms and
Ayers bred by desperation. We had better think
sit all things without either delay or disperatim
=ations of live cattle are ray eel, i
with our home stock ; shall we feellear
impefielima till the pest has diaappreng from the
Cadissett What ought we to do sheet helm
book ma he. P What may we expect Item ear
vetatiemy peliseare and students ? and how any
at ad me at this moment abroad stadylmr Ib
dimes, ad practising upon it? What psyeratime
are instituted for supplying as with other kinds a
food, if beef, milk, butter, and cheese are I.
become scares or cease? Are our herdasea
and graziers to turn fishermen till the
bovine population is restored? If we angiam elm
of the price of beef, and of the increasing prapealkaa
of the people who cannot obtain it, what alai we
think of • state of affeirs in which it is not to be get
by anybody ? We ought to consider what extensive
ruin this implies. We ought to consider that
though the calamity may not arrive, the probs.
bility is that it will:—at all events, it bee
happened so often before that any levity at walk
is insanity, a far a the occasion goes. W. set
not trust too much to the superior enlightammt
our age. We should be delighted to see mom dean-
Illness introduced into the management of cattle,
where than on model farms ; and to witness, indeed,
preparation in any rational form; but we must re.
member that at this moment the mortality is 90 per
cent. where the disease prevails, sad est idihp
any conceit about dealing with it seem smesseehlly
than our fathers. Precaution must be oar policy.

Hia Excellency the Ainburador of France sad the
Counties de Pen*ay entertWed if dinner Let evening, of
Albert-gate House, lis =mil the Spode& Mbiaese, H.
end Madame Cows, the Camases of &Ass end Leity Cecilia
Molyneux, the Berl and Countess of Clarendon, the Reel
and Countess Stanhope, Viscount Melees, nether Cowden
of Weidegreee and Mr Harcourt, Baron end Beransie
Lionel de Rothschild and Miss de Rothschild, Lady Hoke-
worth, he.

Viscount Evertley has bought a mansion in
Esion-place, late the milldam of LonlStofford.

Visi;owii and Viscountess Me!gond left town a
hw days dace far fiedhad. _ .

The Dowager Lady Truro left town on Saturday
tar Brighton.

Sir Augusta, and Lady Elisabeth Clifford and
flintily left taint a few days sham doe the Ws of Wight.

Sir Roger and Mins Palmer are expected to arrive
in Portisad-place today from Os to Past, North Wales, to
rstaata a short rime, eis roots to Paris.

We (nos) are authorised to contradict the
inert which hoe appeared in the Standard, that the Right
Ha.. Harry Pitarey has &Wain to aka Hamel( ea a can&
data ter the Byeeketeldp ia the met puileanatt.
_ .

The Coentem Dowager of Westmoreland, whose
death took plass csa Thursday loot, at Brympton-house,
_ _

Boreersetehire, wan relict of Jan, tenth Sari ohNeatmore-
land, who died on the 15th of December, 1841. Sho woo
daughter of H. H. fleneders, Esq., M.D., and with had
dater, the late Vieconnter Melville, co-heireaa and grand-
niece of Admiral &r Charles natankes, K.B. Her ladyship
had bean walkaing dozing the last Ike welts train the data
ote all, since which her strength led been gradually
failing.

Mr. J. L Toole, who has achieved distinction se
a cossedlass sad .ho also esjoys hereditary renown on the
youngest sas ot the once celebrated toastmaster, takes his
basalt at the Lyceum Theatre this evening.
. _ _ . .

A ktter from Rome, dated the Vet, says:—" The
Empress of Itneda's courier is busily employed in world.
lag the equine ways and means for transporting the imp►
riot tortifs from Chita Vecchia to Rome, as her Miyeety
expected to arrive at that port in about a week. The Omni
Duchess Olga I. to precede the Reeprus, being expected le
Rome on the 25th. Prince Chit, of Prussia will ac-
company his sister, the &apron, and remain, hire during
her stay. The dietribution of Ramis& gold is looked
forward to with anxious hopes by all these OWNS who de-
pend more peculiarly apes the patronage of 'andiron*,
and, se It is the acknowkdged policy of the Ronisnolfs
leave a ounet-like train of dealing metal behind they
wherever they travel, it is summed that the studios of
Rase will be greatly hesitated by the parches.s and con -
mission of the Renews and the grandee, in her suite_
Already the Russian ambassador, Count Kfraciel4 has pail
• reparatory visit to the most distinguished painters and
sculptors, in order to draw up a diet of their works end
prima, and render the ezercise of the Imperial patronage m
has from trouble as possible."

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THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1857.

ITALY.

PIEDMONT.
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TURIN, MARen 27.
Since I announced to you by telegraph the recall
of the Austrian ambassador from Turin, and of
the Sardinian from Vienna, I have been using
every endeavour, in every direction, to obtain
some idea of the effect these two events have
had upon public opinion here. But, first, let me
contradict a report which has been basely circulated
by the Austro-priest party here—that Count Cavour,
seeing to what danger such a rupture may lead,
took every possible means to convince Count Paar
that the fortifications of Alexandria were not in-
tended as a threat to Austria, but a prudent means
of defence for Piedmont ; that Count Pair made
some very strong demands for the restriction of the
press, to which Count Cavour could not agree ;
but that the danger of his refusal was so
apparent, that he loot not a moment in ap-
pealing for protection to the great Powers.
Now, be assured that there is not one word of truth
in either of these reports ; that Count Cavour acted
with that frankness and independence which are his
characteristics ; and that as soon as Count Paar de-
clared his intention of leaving Turin, Count Cavour
asked and obtained permission from the King to
recall the Sardinian ambassador from Vienna.
I believe, however, that the Austrian ambassador
attempted to prevent this, hoping that Count Cavour
would fall into the trap, and, leaving the Sardinian
ambassador at Vienna, by so doing confess an
inferiority to Austria.
Now, as to the public opinion. Members of the
Chamber of Deputies, on the subject being intro-
dueed, smile, and say there is nothing in it. Ask
another question, or reason upon it, and they look
grave, and finish by confessing the affair may turn
out very serious, and that there is great danger of a
collision and a rupture. Among the merchants and
rich bourgeois they smile at the departure of the
ambassador, wishing him a pleasant journey, as he
is a good riddance, and the war long expected is
soon to take place. But the people, the labouring
population, take the common sense view of the
matter, and confess that the two recalls are a decla-
ration of war. They talk about 1848; say that war
has its miseries ; but as it mutt come, so much the
better, we shall be quit of the "Croats," and have
Italy to ourselves, and then all will have plenty of
work.

They have for some time been speaking of great
increase to the Austrian troops in the garrisons in
Venice and Lombardy, and these reports seem con-
firmed within these two days, thus showing that the
recall of Count Pm was connected with warlike
measures. But Austrian diplomacy cannot get on
without quibble, or they wish to blind the Pied-
montese by pointing out in their official papers
that recalls of ambassadors are quite of a different
signification to passports being sent. Your publica-
tion of Count Rayneval's despatch, however, has
given a sad blow to any faith in diplomatic papets
and we have only to look to history, which shows
that almost invariably immediate war follows the
recalls of ambassadors. The Piedmontese and Aus-
trians are two such different peoples that the
merest trifle may cause a collision, and that
means war.

A strange circumstance has occurred at Venice.
The 22nd March was the anniversary of the driving
of the Austrians out of Venice. By some extraordi-
nary legerdemain, tricolor flags instead of Austrian
were fluttering in the theatre, and they were hoisted
in the Place St. Mark, and on the Imperial Arse-
nal, and they even say on the admirals' ships.
This confirms what I have heard, that the population
on the other side of the Po and Ticino are cinch
agitated.
But the most significant symptom of all is
the strutting^ about of the priests. They are in
all the secrets of Austria ; in short, they are
Austrians, and supporters of despotism, and they are
not only in the centre of this small constitutional
kingdom, but they insinuate themselves into the
secrets of all families, so they are a most dangerous
class to liberty and progress. The Jesuits are now
at the head of all education in the other States of

Italy. In 1865, the President of the Chamber of
Deputies, M. Cadorno, showed to the Chamber that
there are in Piedmont 23,000 ecclesiastics, exclusive
of theme in seminaries, novices, and connected with
the service of the church; in all, about 45,000, the
present strength of the Sardinian army. But say
23,000—that is, there is a clergyman in Piedmont for
every 214 inhabitants, while in concordat Aus-
tria there is only a priest to every 610, and in Bel-
gium to every 600. But Sardinia consists of Savoy,
Piedmont, and the Island of Sardinia. In Savoy, one
for 420 ; in Piedmont, one for 227 ; and in the Island
of Sardinia there is a clergyman for every 127 inha-
bitants. I have often mentioned how they encumber
the streets of every town. The revenue of the church
is about 17 millions of francs ; while in Belgium, with
a population nearly the same as Piedmont, the
church revenue is about four millions. Piedmont
possesses 7 archbishops, 34 bishops, 17 abbeys and
priories, and 1,417 canonries. Forty-one prelates
here have among them per annum about a million of
francs, which is nearly equal in amount to the
stipends of all France, which has a population
eight times greater than Piedmont. Some of the
bishops here have incomes of 100,000 francs,
double the allowance of the primate of the
church in France, and more than all the prelates of
Belgium receive. The revenues of the cathedrals
and chapters in this country are more than 14 mil-
lions of francs—about double those of all France, and
ten time' more than all Belgium. They have
here 71 monastic orders, 604 religions houses,
about 9,000 novices, who for their idleness re-
ceive nearly 21 million francs. There are 4,431
parishes—total income about 6 millions. Some
parish priests have 12,000 f. per annum—more than a
French bishop—but many have not more than 500 f.
per annum. -With this dreadful dead weight upon
the resources of this country, the only cause of its
present prosperity is constitutional government and
the liberty of the press.