The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-10 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The festival at Berlin, commemorating the rising
of the Prussian people, which the Court party hoped
to turn into a demonstration in favour of the King,
passed off amidst general indifference. The King
appeared at one or two of the popular banquets and
proposed patriotic toasts without referring to the
crisis of the moment ; but his language is de-
scribed as producing little effect.

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FRANCE.
DEBATE ON ITALY IN THE CORPS
LEGISLATIF.
PARIS, Frs. 10.
The paragraph of the address relative to America
was adopted yesterday in the Corps Legialatif.
The paragraph in the draft of the address of the
committee relative to Italy was then discussed.
The committee thought that France does not
owe Rome to the Italians. An amendment had,
however, been brought forward by M. Jules Fevre
demanding that the occupation of Rome should
cease.
M. Fevre said that since Garibaldi's expedition
France had changed her policy. He did not think
• new solution of the Roman question possible.
Victor Emmanuel would not abandon Italian unity,
and the Pope would not renounce his ancient pro-
vinces. M. Fevre spoke ironically of the ponti-
fical reforms, and opposed the French policy, which,
he said, was either equivocal or powerless.

The Duke of Brabant returned to Cairo on the
21st ult., from his excursion in Upper Egypt. The warmth
of the climate, and the repose be has enjoyed while navi-
gating the Nile, have had a very beneCcial effect on his
health. The prince, soon after his arrival as Cairo, paid •
visit to the new Viceroy, who returned it on the following
day.
The Paris oorreapondent of the Post writes :
"Tee Confederate government of America have, I learn,
ancoseded in concluding a loan for about five millions ster-
ling, through the Paris and Frankfort house; of Erlanger and
Co., in conjunction with leading mpitedista in Loodon and
LiverpooL The stock is to be 8 per cunt., and the prim to
the oontraotars is said to be 80 per rent."
Au avalanche fell a few days back upon a part of
the village of Vedrotto, in the canton of Ticino, destroying
five Louses inhabited by twelve families, and twelve stables.
Thirty-two persons perished, seventeen being rescued alive
from the masa of snow ; two of the number, however, only
on the third day after the accident. A number of cattle
were also lost.

A Punue Maims') AT NAPLES. —The "public
meeting " on the subject of brigandage, which was held a
few days ago in the Winter Garden at Naples, was attended
by 2,000 to 3,000 persons. Count Ricoiardi was in the
chair, and on the stage by his side were several Franciscan
flare, primes, and many of the principal members of what
may be called the party of action in Naples. The pro•
ceadings wen cltanaderised by perfect order. Franco, or
the Emperor, was treated by the speakers without mercy,
which was the renal for the consul to withdraw. England
was inscribed as the mistress of liberty, a sentiment which
was nosived with shouts of applause. The deepest scorn
and isclignalioe, however, wsw rmerved for the church and
its musters, and foremost I. the attack were two priests,
cod s acs. On the very eves* of the day on which
1116 sisslig was bold, sews arrived that the four dims
who lied bees betrayed end murdered by Niooo Nanoe had
had their ears cut off and their heart. tern oat, whiph were
carried goatee the points of bayonets amid cries of " Viva
it Papa I Viva Fresomoo IL!"