The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-20 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Turin of the 13th states that the
Minister of Marine has entered into a contract
with the house of W. H. Webb and Co., of New
York,for the construction of two iron-cased frigates,
which are to be completed in eighteen months.
The greatest activity also prevails in the naval
yards at Genoa, Leghorn, and Castellamare. A
fine squadron is to be shortly fitted out for the
purpose of cruising and surveying the coasts of
the kingdom. The Perweeransa of Milan gives
bowie further particulars respecting the Italian
iron-cased fleet :

TM maned signed by the naval department with ]gr.
Webb, of New York, has Just bum smeillied as Mews :
1. A rodasthea rd 2 per amt. has beta abitheth vat the_ pries
Hat amid ea el 6,657,000 line fee 41816 Of She
two systems, English and Fres* sa reprseibtad by the
theirs aad the Warrior, the prefernes Ma bens gime to
the French system. The frigates are to be coop/end at
the contractors' risks in two year, and a half.
lu addition to iron-cased frigates, the Terrible
and Formidable are now building at the iron works
of La Rayne, near Toulon.
The Diritto of Turin publishes intelligence from
Caprera to the 7th, giving some acoount of Gari-
baWs health and opinions on affairs in general :
bused Geribaldi, who had been attleked with his rhea.
main pains, remained in bed for several days, sad until the
4th sever left the house. Since that day be hes revalued
his walks, ad now nothing remains of he complaint but
a slight pain in his left head, which will shortly disappear
by the use of the vapour bath. Very much grieved at whet
is going oa in Naples, he makes it the subject of long ecia.
venation' with the cempaalies at bit solitude, and with the
frequent whiten, Haim sad foreign, who urge him, but in
van, to leave the Weed. He WI formally deciarid that
be will not do so mien caespalled by events. He receives
a great number of address@ and letters frees all nations
who are labouring for the great mane of independence and
el liberty. Requests for advice are sent to him from all
aides. sad be gives it amoedng to that political intelligence
which up to the t tine has prevented him from com-
mitting as act trhiok was net for the dignity and welfare of
his country.

The Lyons journals state thatamongtbe caudidatus
for the degree of Bachelor of Letters during the present
academical session in that city is a young lady, who, being
compelled by a reverse of fortune to become a governess,has
bad the perseverance to wry her studies much farther
than usual for her sex. She posed through the first exami-
nations with great credit, and there is every probability that
she will be the first Lachelilre admitted by the Coivemity
of Prance.

M. Petit, director of the Observatory of Tou-
louse, has addreseed a communication to the journals of
that town, in which he says :—" The brilliant comet of 30th
Jean, which has become invisible to the naked eye, may
still be seen with a telescope, and has at prompt the ap-
pearance of one of those numerous comets whose appearance
never attract public attention. It now has the aspen of •
small nebulosity with a Namely perceptible nucleus, not
huger than a star of the 9th or 10th magnitude, and is
rapidly retreating from us almost in • straight line, so that
its apparent position eschews, little clangs"
A letter from Valdieri, in Piedmont, gives some
particulars of the shooting quartets of King Victor
Immanuel, is the mountains near that pretty little water-
ing-plaoe, and adds :—"As early as 3 eels* in the morning
the King goes out 'bootleg ; he always Mee one of those
little Sardinian mares, which are munfoonid, active, and
indefatigable, and his Majesty does tot ratans until night-
fall. That he should sleep soundly, eves without a
mattress. is not surprising."