The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1869.

be paid for is part by posterity. That war substan-
dilly the argument our fatten used when they
accumulated our crushing national debt. They how-
ever had the excuse of actual war and charges such
as we know nothing of. If we shuffle off the
expense of insuring our coasts in time of
peace, what more can we do in time of
war? We ought not to transmit to sauseding gene-
rations any debt on account of these fortificatioas,
because no man living oaa say that they will be of
use to our children. We live in the midst of great
changes in the art of war. The rifle and the rifled
runon, the floating battery, are the beginning, not
the end, of the revolution that is taking place in
military affairs. The most we can honestly or
wisely undertake is to provide for the wants of the
day in the light and by the means of the day.
Despotic monarchs whose thrones can stud only so
long as their people are prostrate, do wisely to
borroW of any who will lend, regardless of a future
which bears no promise for them ; but a people in-
heriting ancient freedom and managing its own
affairs is entitled to look forward and assume with
soafidence the rights and duties of a settled exis-
tenet, of which that of keeping out of debt is
surely one.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.
PARIS, Tt VADAT.
The Moniteur of to-day says :
" Yesterday evening Priam Jerome had lase fever,
and the state of his health costinued to be rather
satisfactory."

SPAIN.
MADRID. MOND V.
The Cadiz journals announce that Marshal
0.1)onnell has declared Ceuta a free port.
M. Mon has arrived at Madrid.

RUSSIA AND CIRCASSIA.
BT. PETERSBURG, )(LOMAT.

The journals of St. Petersburg publish news from
the Caucasus, announcing that the people of Abed.
sekhe, numbering 100,000 men, with their chief
have declared their submission.

Other tribes are also preparing to submit them-
selves to Ramis.

The Gazette du Nord, a new weekly journal pub-
lished in Paris under Russian patronage, has received
the following telegram :

81. Petersburg, Dec. 18, 2b. 35m. p.m.

Great news! The war in the Caucasus u over. Machmed
AU and 100.000 Cirosseisea bare surrendered to Prince Bari-
atineky. Ties primer, who ti a geeeral side-de-camp, has
hen promoted on Ibis occasion to the rank of tield•mar.hal
of the empire. The Borodino Regiment will hereafter bear
the sere of the Geld-marsbal. Prince Anatole &Marina,.

kis brother, born been appointed commander of the rsitoust
of the Preebraginaky Guards.

HUNGARY.

The Breslow Gazette states that domiciliary visits
had recently been made at the houses of several
superintendents of the Protestant churches in
Hungary. One person at Komorn had shut himself
up in his house, and refused to admit the authorities.
No locksmith in the place could be induced to open
the door, and recourse was obliged to be h►d to the
locksmith at the fortress.

The Cologne Gazette state. that the Austrian
government, haviog lately consecrated an expiatory
chapel which had been built by its orders on the
spot where Georgey, in 1849, had hanged Count
Zichy, on suspicion that he was acting for the
interest of Austria, a counter demonstration was
organised at Pesth, and the magnates, dressed in
their national costumes, assembled at the church of
St. Francis, to be present at a mw in commemora-
tion of the death of nine insurgent generals who
had been executed at Arad. The authorities re.
trained from any interference.

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.
PLYMOUTH, Tt E,11%Y.
The Royal Mail steam-packvt Parana, from the
West Indies, arrived hers at 10 a.m. this day, and
will leave for Southampton at 8 p.m.

SPAIN AND MOROCCO.

The following are entracte from the Gibraltar
Chrunse4l:

" Dec. 12.
" The whole of the Spanish Invading army is at length
emicentraied at Cents, sad its movement. may Boon be on-
Mtto disclose t:rahal O'Donnell's plan of campaign.
Pd
the tens the Spanish h rare have been subject
re • epodes of warfare, which, added to their ex-
posure under canvas during inchoate weather, has pro-
duced may eamoaltes in their ranks without leading to any
real program towards attaining the object of the expedition.
On the landing of the first corps under General &Magee,
ren'sucem were taken op in front of Cents In the direction of
Bellaire, the Spanish advanced posts being about a
league from Ceuta. The Moors at this time had in front of
Cents• guard of only 200 men of the tribe of Augers to
wand) the nperetien. of the Spaniards. For the first two or
three days slight akiroriahing along the front was the extent
of the fighting. In the meantime the whole of the Angers
tribe, numbering about 1,500, with other tribes making a
teal of about 5,000 or 8,000, had been aseecublime In the
nagged slopes of the Stens Bulbar..., and on the 25th attacked
the Spaniah front with great fury. They were gallantly
reputed, bat the casualties were heavy on both sides. The
moot reliable account we have received of this action fern
an eye-witness game the Spanish Ines at between 70 sad 80
killed, and from 600 to 600 wounded. On the 30th ■ second
attack wee made, sad with results very similar to that of the
26th. Again tetras fhb we know that ',vare fighting wee going
on in the frost during the whole day, and tbat tho wounded
were being carried into Ceuta, but we have up to this present
time received no trustworthy account of the probable lose on
either aide. The Moorish force hes been daily augmented
by fresh arrivals from the interior, and this last attack hes
probably bees weds by greater numbers then those engaged
ea the 26th end 30th. The Spanish troops having at the
dose *fetich day's fighting remained neater. of the ground,
sad ben provided with artillery, the Moorish loaves hare
no doubt been bratty. The nature of the ground is h•,.-
ever, (avowable to the Moore. The thick coots. of wood and
bush which clothes the slopes and ravines of Sierra Bullones
masks their operations till they make their rush forward, and
memos them from the Spanish are when they merest. Pri-
vate eters from the Spaniel% camp evince an evertor.s on
the part of the writers to engage the Moors in a field where
European tactics and discipline may have freer mope."
General Serrano Bedoya, commandant-genteel or the neigh-
bowing district, he issued the following order of the day to
the troop. in garrison at Algeciras, dated the 10th Mat..
"HI. Excellency the General-in-Chief of the army is
Africa eequaints ins that at dawn yesterday the enemy, num-
bering about 10.000 men, attacked the redoubts of Isabella
It. sod Francisco de Aare. The enemy were reputed in
the redoubt., mod afterwards attacked by the 2nd corps, until r
the command of General Zabel., keying on the field abort
300 killed. Their wounded is calculated at 1,000. Our hes
in 'hi. glorious engagement amounts to about 40 killed, 30
eup.rior and other officer. and 280 reek sod file wounded.
All have rivalled In gallantry, and his Excelleacy the
Gneral-in-Chief is folly satisfied with the bravery and
beerier of our troops."

Dec. 13.
The folloylng la the 11 oottil acoennt of the action of the
9th instant

•• At daybreak on that dory a (Dens of about 8,000 Moors
attacked the Spaniard. encouried outride the frontier lines of
Ceuta at three different potato, put them to eight imor
diately end got possession of all their reeently constructed
earthworks. Slowly alterreard• the Spaniard. reeled, and
with a considerable reinforcement front the town attempted
to regain the defences they had lust. Three times they fell
upon the Moors and were each time repulsed with great loss.
Then the Spaniards brought up still larger forcer than before
and attacked the Mom whilst they were engaged In carry ieg
off the field their deed and wounded. Tbus 'wooled the
Moors retreated slowly and steaddy to their own ground,
sad were pursued by the sitie king Spaniards down the
Mil side below the furthest redoubt, where some 21.81
Moorish cavalry charged the enemy and drove him
beck toast gallantly, the Moors regaining the
redoubts. A heroic bead of mountaineers, numbering some
800 men, held the ground they took from the Spaniard*.
aroma oilman overwhelming odds, throughout the day, and
keit up a sharp and most effective ere um, il nightfall, when,
rain, the battle field demoted, they withdrew to their camp.
The Moore could have remained in occupation of the redoubt,
but as they had no cannon to plc w there, and as their pretest
camp is more *inure. they did not do Do. It appars the
Sponiards bad withdrawn their cannon from the battle field
before the Moore attacked there. The Moore let about 100
killed and 200 wounded, and driers that the lora suetained
by the Spaniards must be fez more considerable than m tiny
former engagement. A Spanish general officer on horweback
ie reported by the M.rd to have be. n killed They coy
very handsome sword MY found upon bun, se band.)me that
a high price had been offered by Moore for it, and refused by
Or present posseamore."
The Moors continue very enlhnaiaetic about the wsr, and
large ranfencements from the interior continua to strive.
"'routing CONSUL IT!I.

"Gibraltar, Dec. 13.
"The undersigned dm been instructed by Sidi Mohammed
El Klink Manliest fur Foreign Affairs of his Msjeety the
Hoireror of Morocco, to Setae a public notice in the iv obrator
Chronicle, cautioning the wrene of all nuking at peaos with
hforocoo splint approaching any fort or batter) on the
Idoorleh coast without thepleying their national 5,g. The
offliirs is charged batteries end forts baying received orders
to tire upon the vemella of Spain,which hag declared war upon
Morocco, neutral vessels, tank., their national menu lm dis-
played. might be mietaketi to them of the enemy, and be
Bred up..., which the ftultaa's government would wurh de-
plore.—BADS SAID OI'EASUI, Acting Consul tot hlunkcu."

The Paris Momileur announces that on the 2od of
leathery, et 9 is the 'mewing, the Emperor sail Emprews will
receive the ladles of the diplomatic b dy, and euch others u
have been &reedy rivalled. bilies may be alcocupsoied
by their husbands, who must be in uniform or court dress
The ladies to wear Melia.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(TROY or OWN

PARIS, MONDAY EVIXINO.

The Pays announces in a semi-oalcial form that
the congrees, the meeting of which was " provi-
sionally " flied torJannary 5, will positively ensemble
on the 20th.

The Cotestitutionnel objects to the main argument
of a London journal against the Isthmus of Suez
scheme that it would be a mere excuse for occupying
Egypt by a French army, that it has always been
intended to guarantee the neutrality of the proposed
canal. Probably Lord Palmerston does not think
the guarantees in this respect hitherto spoken of
as sufficiently complete, for a Loudon telegram of
this morning, bringing a summary of an article in
the Daily News, reports that England proposes to
Prussia, Russia, and Austria that M. de Lamps'
coocession shall be amended so as to render it ex-
clusively commercial.

In consequence of the extreme cold, Marshal
Magnan has ordered th it the sentries in Paris shall
be relieved every hour, instead of every two hours.
The Bourse was considerably affected by the news
of the determined opposition of Lord Palmenton's
government to the Isthmus of Suez scheme. The
effect of this rather unexpected intelligence is the
more marked, as the positive announcement that the
principal plenipotentiaries to the congress are
appointed was calculated to produce a rise. The
Rent* fell lbc. for cash and Mc. for account, closing
at 70fr. lbc. and 70fr.3bc. Mobilier fell 13fr. 75c.,
and Spanish Mobilier Bfr. 75c. The Lyons and
Western railways fell 6fr. each, and Orleans 7fr.6oc.
The other lines scarcely changed. The closing
prices, both in the Rent* and railways, were, gene-
rally speaking, the lowest of the day.
The lawsuit between Count Migeon and his wife
is not over. The cue came on to-day for a further
bearing before M. Devienne, the first president of
the Imperial Court. I briefly mentioned the other
day that the government had prohibited the publi-
cation of any report of the proceedings on account
of the name of a political personage having been
mentioned by M. Jules Fevre. The name on behalf
of which secrecy is authoritatively enjoined is that
of Count de Morny, the president of the Corps
Legislatif, but what he can have to do with a divorce
case between the Count and Countess Migeon, can
only be a matter of random conjecture in the absence
of that positive information which it is thought
expedient to withhold. It may be remembered
that when Count Migeon, who is the idol
of the electors of his department (which had twice
elected him by enormous majorities against the
government candidate), was expelled the house for
unworthiness," Count de Moray, between whom
and Count Migeon it was known that great personal
enmity existed, abstained from taking the chair,
M. Schneider, who then presided, noticed the exist-
ence of a correspondence brought before a committee
of the house, which was not made public. A few
days since, M. Jules Fevre, counsel for Count
Migeon, read to the court a letter from Count de
Morny dated from the Corps Legislatif on the 29th
of a particular month. I hear that an immense sen-
sation was created is court to-day by M.
I Berryer, counsel for Mdme. Migeon, holding
up the letter in question, and declaring that the
real date of it was the 20th, and that (the date
being essential to the object for which the letter
was produced) a tail had been added to the 0 to
make it look like 9. In the course of the day the
president received from M. Jules Fevre, who was
absent from indisposition, a letter, begging as an
exceptional favour that he might be allowed to
reply to this grave accusation ; the request was com-
plied with, and M. Jules Fevre is to reply upon this
point on Saturday next.

Two new books, "L'Examen Critique des Doctrines
de is Religion Chietienne," and "La Rdnovation
Religieuse," by M. Larreeque, formerly Rector of
the Lyons Academy, have just been seised at M.
Bohne's foreign library, Rue Rivoli. These works,
like the "Question Romaine "of M. About, were
published in Brussels.

ITALY.

CENTRAL ITALY.

(TZOM OVA SPECIAL 001

men, protected as it will be by the fortifications of
Bologna, could make a moat determined and pro-
tracted resistance to an invading foreign army.
When one thinks that only six months ago
Central Italy was in • defenceless state,
and that it has now an army of 48,000 men ; when
one thinks that before the month of March is over
this army will be increased by at least 18,000 men,
and in possession of • formidable stronghold, one
cannot help admiring the almost incredible exer-
tions which have been made.

There is no news of importance to-day except a
confirmation of the report of Count CaVOllf'd ap-
pointment u representative of Sardinia at the forth-
coming Congress. A letter which I have jut re-
ceived from Genoa enables me to state that the
ministers of Victor Emmanuel asked the great
Italian statesman if he was disposed to fulfil this
important mission, an offer which, u my correspon-
dent says, has been at once accepted by the count.