The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-23 00:00:00

TWO SICILIES.

NAPLES, SILT. 14.
Cabinet couriers are arriving daily from Rome,
Tuscany, and Vienna. The President's " progress"
towards the empire is filling up rapidly the small
gap of hope which remained, viz.—that Napoleon the
Less was simply a man of " orders." It appears now
to be a generally understood agreement amongst the
Italian princes that they arc to prepare to meet any
ambitious designs of the bayonet government of
France, by Swiss and Austrian troops. Germany is
to supply as many men as can be brought, and every
military stronghold throughout the peninsula is to
be put in fighting order. Meanwhile, as I have
before observed, Italian govenitnents are coo:petting
with Louis Napoleon, and using leis enthusiasm for
l'optry to work out their own views.
Tho French fleet has left the Bay of Naples for
Toulon.

The latest news from Sicily says that Mount Etna

Fin erodeum is a stet; of eruption. Subscription.
*to be made *r the sufferers whale lands and
dmelliaes are destroyed.
His Sicilian Mejesty remains at Gaeta.
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HOLLAND.

OPENING OF THE DUTCH CHAMBERS.
On the 20th inst. the Session of tho States General
of Holland wen opened by the King in person.
His Majesty said:
Gentlemen,—At the opening of this Session of the States
General I am happy to be able to remark upon the pros-
peeesestate of the country. The Netherlands continue to
asolotals a good understanding with other powers. By
toadies of ••1106$ kinds I have been enabled to confirm
sad ortood international relations between this state and
feevigaeounisiee. It is gratifying to be able to repeat former
001117•Seell on the subject of our forces by sea and land.
The greatest order and tranquillity reign in our train-
marine possessions The disorders at Palemboueg, in the
Isle of Sumatra, have been suppressed. Oar favourable
anticipations of the colonial harvest have been realised, and
the result of the sales effected during the past year has
been remarkably favourable. Invited by a powerful
friendly state, and following the precedent of 1844, 1 have
promised my good offices in favour of an attempt to obtain a
modification of the exclusive system hitherto maintained
by the Japanese empire. I have to acknowledge
the efficacious co-operation of the provincial states and com-
munal administration, in the execution of the provincial
and communal laws. Our embankments have been exempt
from diluters, and the government has been left free to
pursue works of improvement, particularly with reference
to inland navigation. I observe with great interest the de-
velopment of a spirit of enterprise in agriculture, industry,
and commerce, as well as in the multiplication of the means
of transit. The measures of my government tend to encou-
rage and sustain this development. Works for connecting our
state with neighbouring countries by railways and telegraphic
lines are planned and in course of execution. Navi.tation
and naval construction have equally prospered during this
ear. The state of the finances gives ample matter of satis-
faction.. The produce of the taxes of last year was satisfying ;
that of the present promises to bo still more so. I hupe
that our circumstances generally will permit me to submit
for your consideration in the course of this session a project
relative to the national debt. The bills which were pre-
sented to you on my pert last session without legislative re-
sult will be once more submitted. May our united efforts
to accomplish the work yet before us be crowned with suc-
cess. The session of the States General is open.
At the conclusion of his speech his Majesty Wall
saluted with cries of " Vise lc Roi."

RUSSIA.

Petersburg letters in the CshAyne Gazette announce
the death of Prince Wulchouski, at Peterhof, on the
9th inst. The Emperor's departure for the military
rnanceuvres of the south has been retarded by this
'melancholy event.

TURKEY

The Osserratore 7'riestino of the 15th states, from
a Servian paper, that the Ottoman Porte has taken
great offence at the changes effected in Montenegro,
swhere the civil authority has beensepamtedfrom the
piritual, and the young Danilo has assumed the title
of prince. The Porte is said to have addressed a
protest to Russia on account of her having acknow-
ledged the independence of Montenegro, asserting
that that territory is under Turkish protection.

SAXOIcY.

The bookseller, Schrader, of Leipzig, his been
sentenced to four months imprisonment for selling
a work entitled " The Will of the People."