The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-14 00:00:00

THE EMA.VCIPATION SOCIETY OF NAPLES.

The correspondent of the Temps gives the fol-
lowing account of this society :
" There exist, in Naples an organiation called " The
Emancipation Society," which is not only stroeg in the
south, but has many members in the north end centre of
Italy. Padre Prota, a Dominican, of about 36 years of age,
is at the head of the society, which holds its meetings in
the saloon of the chapter of the Convent of San Domenico
Maggiore, under the very nose of the superiors, and to the
tenor of the Minerva at Rome. The satiety has two funda-
mental principles—to remain catholic with the Pope, end to
advance to Rome with Italy. It proclaims loudly and
energetically its love for unity tinder the shadow of the
chair of Peter. "Up with the Pope ;" " Down with the
Poor King" are its rallying cries. The idea of these eccle-
siastics, of these monks, and of Padre Prota especially are
very free on questions of discipline. The society has a
journal in which they speak of clericistn, priestism, and
religious idlers, just as lay journals do, and even more
sharply. The abuses of convents are denounced. In •
recent number the history of a monastery was kiven in
which mention was made of the skeletons of iifwito and of
young religieusee and of the recitals of Diderot. All that
laid demand for the pacification of Italy, stained by wiper-
stitioo, the Emancipation Society demands without a shade
of difference. Padre Prota and his hands have published
articles on all the mixed questions of the day—the sup-
pression of convents, of the property of the clergy, ha.
They speak as the Opinions speaks on these matters. Ou
the question of the marriage of priests Padre Pinto in several
carious articles, wholastical in form, has shown from natural
and theological reason that priests may m►rry, and that in
the actual state of Italy they would do well to renounce
celibacy. With dogmas they do not interfere, but
while asserting • certain independence even in these
matters, they my that they will alw►ys remain catholic and
Roman, united to a transformed Papacy divested of tem-
poral power. The government does not give any support to
these associations of liberal priests It simply leaves them
alone ; and scarcely protects them in their conflicts with the
orthodox clergy. They meet with • kind of posral sup-
port in the city of Naples ; but, with the exception of
Cissibaldi, who calls them Gene meriti saeerdoti et
monadli the chiefs of parties are indifferent and cold
to their work. Amongst the clergy the propaganda
of Father Prota has had more success, end he says that
every day new members are coming in from the curia, the
schools, and even from the chapters of the canons. The
union of the society of the south with those of the north
and centre is a remarkable fact, and one which may yet lead
to important results."

The Empress Eugjnie, during her stay at Schwal-
bsch, bee received vieita from the King of Prussia, the
Queen of the Netherlands, the Duke of Name, and Princess
William of Hesse.

A Baden letter written the day after the late
disturbance mentions that the irritation of the previous day
had gradually died away. In the evening the public were
still excited, and would easily have taken offence, but the
croupiers of the bask were extremely polite, and appeared
to have rewired orders not to give the slightest pretext for a
repetition of the some of the previous day. The official who
had given offence was replaced by another, and satisfaction
is said to h►ve been offered to the person who was expelled.
"The administmtios of the g►ming establishment," says
Galignani, "is anything but pleased with the incident, as
it has driven from the tables the most respectable players,
just at the moment of the rases, when the number of
strangers is largest. In the nice week the bank generally
makes a profit of about a million of francs, but that suns
will fall far short this year."

NEW RAILWAY STATION, KING'S-ROAD, ST. PAN-
CRAS. —Yesterday extensive operations were commenced by
the contractors for the construction of the proposed great
railway station for the extension of the Midland Railway
from Redford into London, and intended to be used by them
for the metropolitan goods traffic, in conjunction with the
Great Northern Railway. Upwards of 40C houses—in foot,
nearly the whole of whet wan formerly known es Agar.
town—have been polled down, and about 800 families
removed to make way for the new station, which will
extend over several acres, and be upon a system similar to
the goods depot of the London said North Western at
Camden-tows. A large portion of the goods sheds oe the
north seater& side of the Repot's Canal. which rune close
by, are already completed, and the works now in hand, on
which a large number of workmen are engaged, are ebialy
intended for the con, orl, ate, and general reereltandlee
stores.