The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-24 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The difficulties between the Spanish government
and the Holy See on the subject of church lands
have at length, it is said, been settled. The Papal
Nuncio at Madrid has received a brief authorising
the Spanish bishops to convert ecelesimdical pro-
perty into investments in personal securities not
transferable.

The Moorish Envoy hee landed at Valentia.
Letters dated the l7th Met. mention that M.
Llavenara, bearer of deepatchee from the govern-
went to the Captain-General of Cuba, had arrived'
at Cadiz.

The troops which are to be sent to Cuba, in
addition to those already in the inland, will nuke
up a contingent of 4,000 men. The squadron
destined to act against Mexico will consist of
twelve vessels, mounting 300 guns. To these will
be added two oorvettes and the necessary tflum-
port+. The command of the laud forces will be
entrusted to General Prim. The Captain-General.
of Cuba will be empowered to freight the requi-
site number of merchant vessels fur the use of
the expedition.

Ter ATTACK ON TEI QUZZN OF GREZCZ.—A
special serviee, attended by the Greek ambassador and •
numerous congregation, was solemnized at the Greek
charh yesterday, to oiler thanksgiving fur the providen-
tial escape cf the Queen of Greece from the attempt on her
Majesty's life. The officiating minister (the Rev. Archi-
mandril. Morphinot) addressed • few appropriate words to
the ...mere:ration, who repeated on his imitation the prayer
for the preservation of the Emma their Majesties the Kiug
and Queen of Greece. AU present met afterwards and ap-
pointed • committee to prepare an address to her Majesty.
EurrriAs CArrrox SEED.—Thu following letter
from Mr. Paterson Saunders, senior, the commissioner ap-
pointed by the Indian government to report on cotton
cnl-
tivetiun, appears in the Delhi Gazette :—" adver-
tisement lies already appeared in your paper regarding the
distribution .if Egyptian cotton seed gratis to parties who
may apply to the Commissioner of Bemires before the let of
October. I wish to state through your columns that during
the course of my travels and investigations I have found
that the New Orleans seed distributed by the Agricultural
and He.rticultural Society of Calcutta has failed very
frequently to germinate, and, in some instances,
when it has germinated, it attained a growth
of a few inches, and then withered away.
Oa the other band, the Egyptian cotton seal
has germinated and grown in the most satis-
factory manner. It Is easy, I think, to account
for this from the simple tact that we receive the cottou
seed from Egypt in a much shorter time than the aced from
the Southern States of America. It is important that this
fact should be widely known, for people who sow New
Orleans seed, and find that it does nut genninete, are apt to
attribute it to soil and climate being unsuited for it. More-
over, cotton from Egyptian seed is better and brings a
higher price than cotton from the New Orleans variety.
Again, from the civil war now beginning in good earnest rn
America it may be safely predicted that little cotter will
be grown in that part of Me world, and our supplies of New
Orleans seed will be entirely cut off. On the other band,
supplies of fresh Egyptian cotton seed are always obtainable,
and I would strongly recommend parties who may wish to
cultivate cotton in these provinces to use tidy cotton seed
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