The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-07 00:00:00

THE ITALIAN QUESTION.

The Munikur of Saturday contains various diplo-
matic despatches respecting the Franco-Italian con-
vention, preceded by the following remarks :
"The despatches communicated to the Italian
parliament have been the object of comments in
the French and foreign press, tending to misrepre-
sent the sense of the Convention of 15th September.
Thu Emperor's government and that of the King
of Italy have assured themselves of the conformity
of their views by a further exchange of communi-
cations. The documents which we publish prove
the perfect sincerity of the explanations reciprocally
given on the subject, and the accord which has
resulted therefrom."

GERMAN NATIONAL VEREIN.—At the ordinary
meeting of the Garm►n National Vermin, io Seidt's Hotel,
Finsbury-square, on Saturday 144, Dr. G. Ktokees motion
for the abolition of capital punishment, brought in eight
months ago, was the order of the day. la supporting his
motion, Dr. G. Kiukel took au opportunity to point out
the prevent case of Franz Muller, and the possibility of his
beiog innocent, flaking the assembly bow, with such a case
so topressively before them, auyoue would like to remain
a &leader of the continuation of capital punishment.
He expressed a hope, should future revelations prove
Muller's innocence, after having fallen a sacrifice to this
preent mode of punishment, that such case would prove
mast strikingly the uuten►bdtty of the present system.
The same tootioci will be the order of the day of the next
meatiog, Saturday, Decem her 3.
The Bishop of Loudon on Friday opened the
lecture-season of the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh,
by the delivery, io the music ball, of an address on " the
beauty, the naturalness, the unspeakably good results of
suoa ►u harmonious union between religion and phdosophy
as Las been exhibited by many of the greatest writers on
both."

THE BISHOP OF OXFORD ♦\D THE DISSENTERS.—
It hsslog been supposed tint in a charge at Heading the
Bishop of (Ilford had classed directing place. of worship in
the same category as beenhups, to enumerating the ob-
stacle. with which the clergy bad to contend, a Suffolk
clergyman recently wrote to the right rev. prelate on the
ouhact. The Bishop has returned the annexed reply :
'Oa. dear Sir,— I am much obliged by your very kind
note. No misreprestotation could he inure complete—as the
Heading dissenters allowed—then that referred to. In my
charge I said that in curler to the question, ' What bare
been the hindrances to the soccer of our ministry many
of the clergy h.d returned ' heershole," insufficient cot.
'ages,' and a hinderance of a wide', Miterent aster.. viz.,
the iuteiruiiiioo of their efforts by the presence of dis-
sent. It would be wholly alien to any nature to insult
conscientious men who chtferedlrom ma.—l am very truly
yours, S. tnuN."

, .
I)tocE,E or SeuseritY.—Tbe Bi.bop of Saha-
bury bee requested his rural dealer to hold meetings of their
several "chapters," and to submit to the ruemben thereof
the " coostitutrou of the Court of Final Appeal " as a quev.
tioo at this moment claiming the careful cossideratron of
the church, midmost inmortast Is its lames. Ou Thursday,
Nov. 3. the chapter of the drapery of Chalke met at
Coome it.ssett, under the presideucy of the Rev. Tupper
Carey. cod, after a long discurerou, boldly resolved—" That
this meeting does not not fe.l rolled mom to express disco.
tie/action with the Court of Final AppeaL" The reaulutiun
was carried after a division.

THE UNIVERSITY or DUBLIN.—.A rumour is cur-
rent that Dr. Bill, Q.C., Vicar General of the Lord Pri-
mate, will be brought forward as a candidate to repressat
the university at the next election. We have sacertamed
that this rumour is well founded, and that measures have
been already taken for this purpose by inthisotial persona,
who consider that hisofßeial connexion with the head of the
Irish church, Lis acquaintance with ecclesiastical law, soil
ability to deal with the questions affecting the church and
university likely to arise in the new parliament, pre-emi-
nently qualify him for this distinction. —bisuaders' Nears.

. ,
N EWSPA PER P L'SS FrND. —A Strut-hit geueral
t meeting of the members of the Nawspaper Wee. Fund was
held on Saturday at Freemasoia' Tavern, Mr. Godwin, one
of the vice-presidents, is the chair. The objects for which
the meeting was specially convened were the wasideratiou
of certain amendments in the rules and regulations of the
society, which have been rendered necessary by its more
. exteuded lees and operations. The committee
which wee appointed some time since placed their
resignations in the hands of the meeting, but they were
unanimously reelected, with the exception of one member,
whose engegrweots would hot admit of his devoting the
necessary time to the discharge of the duties. Ity
one of the eiuenaled rules the number of the committee
was iocreased from tired,* to eighteen, and the meeting pro
needed to elect the new members and I. bll up the vacancy
reused by the retirement of one of theiprevioua committee.
The new members elected were Mr. Leicester Buckiegbarn,
Mr. T. 1). Cbittchase. Mr. H. Corbett, Mr. Callaghan, Mr.
Fisdon, Mr. E. Lloyd, and Mr. kale. M•Derruott. A motion
wee submitted to the meeting fur giving to Mr. Warren, the
boo. secretary, a sum of money as a testimonial, for the
very valuable services which he hes rendered to the society for
several years past.lt was felt, however, that the funds in baud
ought not to be applied to any purpose other then those for
which they bad been subscribed,sed that • h ile the forelock we.
unanimous with respect to the value to the society of the
service+ rendered by their esteemed secretary, it would be
the better course for the members themselves to subscribe
to a separate testimonial fond, rather than by a vote such u
that proposed they should Appear to divot any portion of
the funds from the objects contemplated at the formation of
the society. A list was at once commenced, Mr. Godwin
heading it with his same for two guises., the other mem-
hers present following with liberal gums. A committee of
five was ultimately appointed to collect sod receive the
subscriptions of the members to the Warren Teetimosial
Fund. The prooeedinp were brought to a clues with a emit
of Umtata to the chairman of the meeting.

Another serious accident on an Irish railway oc-
curred ea Friday *Teeing. It appears tbst the special train
with the ()mediae mails arrised at the Loodooderry 'tattoo
shortly before three o'clock, and ran into a train which
was about to start. A third-clsas carriage waa broken, sod
tive or six of the paineogue were injured, though not
severely.