The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-03 00:00:00

SPAIN AND ST. DOMINGO.

L'Opinion Nationale of Paris stated a few days
ago that it was the intention of Santana to turn his
arms against Spain, and resume possession of that
part of the island of St. Domingo which be had
delivered up, or rather sold, to her. Vexation and
disappointment that his first act of treason was not
sufficiently rewarded are said to have caused this
new resolution. L'lnelipnidanee Belge, which at
first doubted the truth of the news, now announces
that the statement is partially confirmed by a letter
from Port au Prince the capital of the republican
part of the island. ft is thought there that San-
tana does intend to raise the inhabitants against
the Spaniards, and his movements are therefore
very closely watched.

Tho Empress of the French will leave for Nice
in the 0011110 of the next month. She will visit the charm-
ing principality of Monaco, and her time will be divided
betwen the two countries. A villa has been mewed for
her near Nice, and at Wow she will be received by the
Prince at his palace. Her Majesty will, it is mud, leave
Toulon, escorted by imperial yields under the command of
Admiral Antony.

Au early visit of M. de Penigny to London Is
spokes of:

" Paris to-day," says a letter of Sunday, " ap-
pears unusually animated, es the beau monde at tort-alait
de velour, and displaying itself in fum, velvets, silks, and
satins of a wintry hue, in equipages that may be mid to
rival those which, during the fashionable seems, appear
every afternoon is Hyde-park. The Avenue de l'lmpera-
trio', the Bois de Boulogne, and the Chomps Urdu are
the oentres of this out-door assemblege of the wealthy, the
fashionable, and the pleesure.esekiag, and to-day about the
poorer chimes, who, notwithstanding all the hardship which
this winter brings them, manage to go out and enjoy the
public promenades in trash toilettes, sad are there as cheer-
ful-looking as if they were in the enjoyment of the fullest
prosperity at their domiciles."
Adrian from Home state that Francis 11, in-
stead of thinking of quitting Rome, as has bees stated,
has ordered extensive repeirs to be made in the palace
which he occupies in that city.
A MARQUIs iMuNOST BRIOANDa.—The foreign
adventurers who take the command of these bands fail to
inspire them with their own courage, and fall victims to
their fatal reliance oo the steadiness of their followers. It
was owing to this blind confidence that the young Belgian
nobleman to whom I already alluded in a former letter
miserably lost a life probably worthy of a better fate. His
name was Alfred de Tiezignies, a native of Namur, cousin of
the Marchiooess of Montalto, and nephew of Madame St.
Amelia and of M. de Mi.rode. Ile is described as a youth
of about thirty years of age, tall, fair, clad in black pictu-
resque permeate, wearing a richly laced Calabria° hat and
armed with sword and revolver. Ho crossed the Oarigliano
WOW Isoletta at the head of one of Chiavone's bands, and
was known as " the Major." They plundered Isoletta, then
proceeded to Eke Giovanni locenco, where in the short
space of ten minutes, during which they were in passessioa,
they set fire to several houses. But they were soon
attacked by 120 Italian soldiers, when, raising their cry,
" mono Pannone!" they sounperedoff, never looking
back to see whether they were followed by their leader. The
your; Bel ian swat so deeply absorbed in his ruthless work of
destruction, showing the brigands how the fire could be
made te si,rned from house to house, throwing with his
own band fuel on the Mimes. and threatening with the
muzzle of his revolver the shrieking women as they made
their escape from the burning dwellings, that he beard not
the Neapolitan war-cry, and was taken in the house of
&intern, where he was, as I said, feeding the tire, revolver
is heed • yet before he could even think of reeistance,
Major Sa'rini condemned him to be shot, allowed half an
hour's oonverestioa with a priest, sod then had the sen-
tence carried into immediate effect. Trazigaies had in hie
pocketbook a woman's portrait, a lock of hair, and papers
ccomerning Chlavone's band. The Belgian Consul at Rome
demanded that the body should be est apart frmn the other
dead, that the particulars of his death should be duly re-
ported, and hie kinsfolk badaftenraide the body removed
to Itoine.—Letferfrom Turin.