The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-18 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1850,

woad be entitled to under the ordinary term of rail-
way email ecstasies.
Thee the Meter and Holyhead Railway Cm-
midiserattr
bizegbropZieDdadbrestfosa hours ammeur.
i=i" between the oat alopecia goorament and
the Ma metropolis, has been seriously Welt d by
the warmest, wash forced it into Memos ; and
theneopany, very mach home tbe' pecuniary
otaitieer, and bad faith of that govesament, is re-
used to a 000dition which rondos a dividend on
4,000,000 L of .apical the not hopeless of human pro-
ne mai for tbe etwouranoseent! that English rail-

wagishave &Awakes tiro Matish of pserisiont.
ease is sai,etrallag an ex the manner
in which the basis= of the Admii. ocsancied,
that as soon u the returns novel for ea Foley night
by Sir Wn.usx BULKILIT are protionir we shall,
Rost certainly, again refer to it.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Maass 11.
The Gassete of to-day contains a royal order direct-
ing that the general administrators of every diocese
shall resit to the Minister of Gras and Judie, by
the medium of the etelesiestiorl dignitaries a quar-
terly amount of the sums received sad dieribated
for the maintenance of the clergy, and the expense of
public worship, and at the SUN time any observation
or indication they may think useful to this branch of
the public service. The diocesan committees which
as about to be abolished are directed to send their
accounts forthwith to the ecclesiastic board of consul-
tation which hankie% been formed. The collecting of
arrears belonging to the produce of church property
returned to its owners will be henceforth made by the
administratoregeneral of the dioceses, ander the in-
spection of the prelates. These administrators will
give proper scanty.
Another ministerial erisishas jut taken place. The
night bets last, the Xing flailing the overhearing-
nese of General Nerves altogether insupportable,
roused his sluggish nature and persuaded the Queen
to send for the Marquis of Viluma. That experi-
enced statesman, whatever trust he might put in the
sincerity of the King's desires, was too well aware of
the unsteady character of the Queen to decide imme-
diately upon accepting the charge of forming a new
ministry. During the time that he was turning over
the chapter of probabilitiesof suttees Queen Christina
got an inkling of what was going forward, and
hastening to her daughter's apartments strongly
remonstrated against her taking any important reso-
lution at the present moment. The young Queen
replied that a chance of ministry was indispensable
not only for the welfare of the nation but for her own
happiness. Her husband was daily snubbed, and she
would beer it no longer. Christina, seeing her
daughter determined, suggested Conchs instead of
Vilums.

This was found impracticable, and tben a combina-
tion with Men an 3 Pidal was discussed. Christina
proposed the adjournment of the question, which was
agreed to, after a very impassioned scene, in which
the royal children (for except in their persons both
Isabella and her husband are children) agreed to
follow the advice of the wily mother. But last night
they called Viluma again, and upon that personage
declining the dangerous honour, they sent for General
Concha, who said that he did not feel himself capable
of affronting all the obstacles he would have to sur-
mount. The affair was again adjourned. Nereus
arrived at the palace, and on asking the King Consort
to give him a private audience, the latter, aware of
Narvaez's peremptory manner, and probable following
counsel, refused to see him alone. The cabinet there-
fore resigned, but whether the resignation has been
accepted or not has not transpired.

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ITALY.
ROME.
Oar correspondent writes as follows :
ROME, Manes 9.
A 'hamar passed before Civita Vecchia on the 4th,
taking down the first instalment of the loan (500,000
francs it is said) to the court at Portici ; but how we
are to benefit here by the money going there, is not
as yet very plainly demonstrated. According to the
closest reckoning, it appears that not more than six
or seven hundred thousand dollars will be at the dis-
position of the Papal government after deducting
Rothschild's claims, commission, owing dividends,
and other arrears; and of this miserable sum it is
already rumoured that the greater part will be imme-
distely appropriated as bounty money for the enlist-
ment of mercenary soldiers of all nations. However
this may be, the Pope declares that he is perfectly
satisfied with the negotiation, and intends to return
to Rome directly after Easter, the imposing church
ceremonies of which season are to be celebrated for
this year at Naples. So much for the external part
of oar politics; with respect to internal affairs, I re-
gret to say that they are becoming every day more
dissatisfactory, chiefly through the sweeping cruelty
of the councils of censure, and the arbitrary persecu-
tions pat in practice by the police. Yon may obtain
some idea of the degree to which the prisons are
swarmed, when I inform you that the contractor-
general for the prisoners' food now issues forty-five
thousand rations daily ; a frightful number of sufferers
for political opinion in so small a state, for each we
must consider thtm to be, with the exception of five
or six thousand galley slaves and common offenders.
Baron Kelbermatten has commenced hie functi( us
as war minister, by dismissing all the members of the
council of admioiatration—a sort of committee ap-
pointed to assist and supervise the actions of the
mtotater. This vigorous stroke, and the re-establish-
meat of many antiquated functionaries, have excited
universal discontent.