The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-02 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE FRENCH PRESS.

The supension of the France Centrafe for two I
months has elicited expressions of warm sym-
pathy from the liberal journals of Paris.
" Certainly," says the Temps, " if some foreigner,
knowing nothing of our institutions and affairs,
were to arrive in France and learn with what
rigour the provisions of the organic decree
on thh press are still applied, he could not
but believe that France was going through a period
of trouble ; that there were symptoms of disorder
amongst the DAMN ; that a government newly es-
tablished was compelled by exceptional circum-
stances to impose silence upon ardent rivals. But
when he learnt that the government had been
established for twelve years ; that the molt perfect
order prevailed everywhere ; that scarcely three
months ago millions of electors made use of the
electoral urn without the least disturbance of peace;
that at Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, and Nantes,
those great centres where the opposition obtained
inch a splendid success, the victory was obtained
and bailed with a calm which perhaps would not
be found in any other country in the world ; when,
in a word, be knew our situation, we could defy
the defenders of the organic decree to make him
understand why the French press is less free than
the English press, the Belgian, the Italian, the
German, the Austrian, the Spanish, and what
especially causes at this moment a redoubling of
the rigour." The Temps also points out that most
of the late warnings which have been given to the
press have been given on the Polish question, and
at moments when the French government seemed
most anxious about its relations with St. Peters-
burg.

THE POPE AND THE ITALIAN GOVERN-

MENT.

The Armonia of Turin announces in the follow-
ing terms an encyclical letter of Pius IX. to the
cardinals, archbishops, and bishops of Italy :
Our Holy Father, Pius IL, under date the 10th of
August, has addressed an encyclical letter to the Italian
cardinals, archbishops, and bishops, in which be deplores
the very cruel and sacrilegious war to which the church is
everywhere subject, but especially in Italy, through the
seta of the subalpine government. The Holy Father regards
the triumph of truth and justice as certain ; be rejoices
over the constancy and firmness of the episcopacy he re.
news his former declarations ; he condemns the clerk*
liberal societies; he praises the Italian clergy, who are
strongly attached for the most part to the Holy See, and
the religieuse who prefer to suffer hunger rather than leave
the cloister, sod the Italian people who succour the Pope by
means of the St. Peter's woos. He recommends them
totally to pray and wait with coofideoce.

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"This s a document," concludes the Armenia,
"worthy of Pius IX., who in his paternal solici-
tude points out the evil, suggests the remedy, and
promises recover in the name of Him who has
rendered curable the nations of the earth."

RUSSIA.

La France publishes the following respecting the
project of a constitution for Russia, under date of
Moscow, 23rd August :

According to the proposed plan the parts of the Empire
that would enjoy special constittitioux,yould be nine in
somber, vie. :
The Grand Duchy of Finland, the Provincial Assembly
of which would be bold at Helsingfors.
Baltic-Ruseis, comprising the government of St. Pe-
tersburg. properly called, Esthonia, Livonia, and Combed,
the Provircial Awembly of which would have its seat at St.
Petersburg.
Great Russia, whose Provincial Assembly would meet at
Moscow.

Little Rum* with a Provincial Assembly at Kiew.
Southern Russia, with a Provincial Assembly at Odessa.
Western Braila, with a Provinoial Assembly at Wiles.

The kingdom of Poland, with a Diet which would be
held at Wareaw.

Eastern Russia with a provincial assembly at Kazan.
Finally, Siberia and the adjacent provinces, with a pro-
vincial assembly at Irkoutek.
As regards the provinces of the Caucasian region and
of American Russia, their organisation will be ulteriorly
coosidered. The particular institutions for Poland will, it
is said, be very extended. Should the Poles decline to send
deputies to the Chamber of the Represeotatives of the Em-
pire, their scruples would be respected, and the special go-
vernment of Poland would function under the sole direction
of the Diet at Warsaw, towards which the lieutenant of the
Emperor would fill the constitutional mission of head of the
executive power.

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THE SPANISH ELECTIONS.
MADRID. Rcrr 2.

The Correspondencia Autografa of to-day says
that in the conference at La Granja, General
Prim informed the Queen that the circular of the
20th ult. had paralysed the labours of the electors.
The Progressistas felt insulted by the motives
and conditions imposed upon their meeting. He
feared that their abstinence from voting would be
the first serious consequence. The ministry should
either modify its pretensions or resign. The Pro-
gressistas would never place themselves in the
position of revolutionist*.
The Queen replied that as a constitutional sove-
reign she could not, in the absence of the Cham-
bers, entertain a different opinion to that of the
ministry, whose services had merited the royal
confidence. Her Majesty hoped that all would be
amicably arranged by the period of her return to
Madrid.

THE CONGRESS OF SOVEREIGNS.
FRANKFORT-ON-THE•MAINE, Sarr. 2.
Luxembourg has joined Baden, Saxe Weimar,
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Waldeck, in declining
to accede to the resolutions. Their votes will be
referred to the committee.
The younger branch of the House of Reuss also
refuses to acc. de to the reform plan, but will sign
the letter to Prussia communicating the result of
the conferences.
No ministerial conferences will take place until
counter-propositions may have been received.
The privilege of Austria to preside at the
directorate has been agreed to by a majority of
the congress.