The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-21 00:00:00

INTENDED RESISTANCE.

The Times has reesivid the following telegrams
froth it* special oorrespondent with the expedition :

"Malta' 22.
" The head-quartets of the expeditionary force
are to-day at Lat. The British forces are nuireisheg
'

rapidly toward" Magdala in three brigades; wit
out baggage. The first brigade is under the com-
mand of Colonel Milward. Spies report that the
enemy is distant 'about 60 miles. The prisoners
report that King Theodore will leave Diagdala, but
according to the accounts of spies he will make a
stand at that place."

" )(MICR 29.

"The head-quarters are to-day on the high
ground at Redela(?). The 2nd and 3rd Brigades
are following close behind. It is believed that
Magdala is about 60 miles distant. Our spies
report that the enemy will make a stand at Bahilo.
The enemy is reported to muster 10,000 men,
5,000 being riflemen. The climate has been very
severe, with thunderstorms and rain."

• • These messages were forwarded from Alexandria on
the 15th inst., at 11.45 pm.

ITALY.

In consequence of the riotous proceedings in
Bologna, the government have prohibited any
meetings of the " Workmen's Society," " The
Democratic Association," and " The Compositors'
and Printers' Society." The place in which their
meetings were held has been closed. Professor
Ceneri and Signori Filopsnti and Caldesi have been
arrested, and conveyed to the fortress of Aleasandria.
The Alnico del Popolo and Independente have
ceased to appear, their managers having been
arrested. The Minister of the Interior, Signor
Cadorna, admitted in parliament that several per-
sons had been arrested, and Signor Regnoli stated
that the state of Bologna was very serious. The
police of Parma tore down placards containing the
words, " Citizens, hold yourselves ready."

THE SNUFF-BOX GUN.-THE BALL
PRACTICE OF PEACE.

It has been recently preached from the high
places of the world that the beat mode of preserv-
ing peace is to be prepared for war. Guided by this
principle, the whole valid population of certain great
states have been made liable to military service, and
the labour and industry°, those who are not actually
taken into the ranks of the army are diverted from
the arta of peace to works of war. Proceeding in
this order of ideas, it is gratifying to find the per-
fection which has been attained in the details of the
art of war. For instance, the following satisfactory
results were obtained from the trial of a new gun
—called the snuff-box musket—at Vincennes :
Aped number of planks were ranged in order in an ex-
tensive line. On these boards figures of soldizre were
drawn of a natural size, and ranged in regimental order.
A single line of Chswieurs de Vincennes was drawn up at
1,200 metres from these pictured enemies, and ordered to
fire during three minutes. It was ascertained that each
painted soldier wee struck by four balls.

No doubt the publication of the results of this
experiment, which took place only at the close of
last week, is intended as a contribution to the main-
tenance of peace.

(Rzurzz's miasmic)
FRANCS.

PARIS, Arm 21.

The Moniteur of to-day publishes. decrees ap-
pointing nine new Prefects, among whom is M.
Paulin Limayrac, chief editor of the Conititutionnet,
who is made Prefect of the Department du Lot.
The Prince Imperial returned to Paris yesterday
evening.

The Mouiteur, in its bulletin, states that on the
23rd of March the Brazilians had not yet made an
attack upon Assumption, but had assumed an
attitude of expectation and observation.
The Constitutionnel denies the report that the
French government had sent a note to Berlin, and
declares that the reported conversation between
the Marquis de Mollifier and the Danish Minister
of War, during the stay of the latter at Paris, has
not taken place.

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, APRIL 21.

It is stated that Dr. Skew, the reporter of the
Sub-Finance Committee of the Reichsrath, is
about to propose the rejection of the govern-
ment proposal for the consolidation of the
public debt, and will submit a counter
proposition whereby the whole public debt,
with the exception of the bonds of the lottery loan,
which bear no interest, shall be converted into
4 per cent. Renter.