The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-20 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY', OCTOBER 20.

Tin Austrian Government has paid a debt. It
has paid Pio Norco the bribe for which be betrayed
the liberties and nationality of Italy in 1848. When
Lombardy and Venice rose in arms to drive the alien
tyrants from their soil, and when the patriots of
Italy, from Piedmont, from Romagna, from every
province of the Peninsula, hastened to aid in waging
the sacred war of independence, Pio Norco, too,
raised troops and blessed the Italian banner. But
at the critical moment when the armies of despotism
and liberty stood on "the perilous edge of battle,"
Pro Norco sent orders to his commanding officers to
withdraw from the field. These orders were transmitted
unknown to the liberal ministers whom he had called
to office in deference to the popular voice. There

was a double treachery ben. these was beaskey
to his own immediate subjects, in clandestinely sir
winding the constitution he had given them : there
wan treachery to all Italy, in weakening her army on
the eve of battle. Such double treachery merited, of
course, a rich reward at the hands of Austria, which
is at none the brutal oppressor of northern Italy and
a champion of European despotism whenever an op-
portunity of striking a safe blow in its behalf
offers. And yet it is doubtful whether the debt
would have been discharged—maven after the lapse
of seven years—if payment had been required
in any commodity more valuable than paper. The
Concordat between Austria and the Holy See, of
which we published an analysis yesterday, is the
price of the treason of 1848. It will richly repay
permed, as • specimen of the kind of agreements
which are contracted between the proverbially wily
Conclave end the most Jesuitical Government in the
world. Thom two well4natched parties have only
been able to dram • bargain by agreeing to ex-
press themselves, in more than one clause,
in • manner that will afford an opening
foe long wrangling and hair-splitting on
either side hereafter. Pio Novo brae the
" promise to pay" of Austria ; but when will he
pocket the " value " for which that bond pro-
fesses to be a guarantee?
The Concordat is a most revolutionary document
The constitution of the French Republic, " one and
indivisible,"did not more peremptorily and arbitra-
rily sweep away all pre-existiog laws. It is " de-
dared to be national law in perpetuity, and it abro-
gates all the laws and arrangements that have hi-
therto regulated ecclesiastical affairs in the state."
Henceforth the Church in Austria can lay se claim
to a traditionary descent from the Apostles—
it is the creature of a eompromiss of 1853. The
Austrian Government is chary of promises of pecu-
niary amistanes to the Church out of its own pocket—
it only binds itself to allow the Church to rains the
wind unmolested, in other quarters, as it best mg.
"The property of the Church is declared sacred mad
inviolable, and the Munk is maintained in its fall
right of acquiring property" Not a word is staid
Dere of the " esealarisatioes" of Church pram/8

which have hos time to time taken plies in Tarim
parts of the Amadei§ dominions. These " emelarisir
timer were defeeto confiscations of Church property by
which the Austrian Government has been enriched,
in so far es the proceeds have not been wantonly and
profligately squandered away. No restitution is to
be made ; it is eel, the Church property upon which
the Goverment has sot yet laid its paw that is
declared "sacred and inviolable." But though the
Goverment will sot refund, it allows the
Church to make up for what it has lost by
extracting what it can from the pockets of its
subjects. "The Church is maintained in its
full right of acquiring property.' This is neither
more nor leas than a limes to beg from all and
sundry. The hosts of the Church are let loose upon
the mubjects of Austrie, to threaten, wheedle, and
hereon'. Germany has witnessed no such " quest*
ar now impends over those devoted lands sines the
days of Tina. Friars of all colours will gather
round the beds of the dying, like carries scowl' round
an expiring sheep. Plausible ebb& will lie in wait
to avail thalami's§ of every expansion of the heart
in the boars of social intercourse. Well, every evil
works oat its own core ; as in the days of Timm,
them priestly mendicants may provoke the sturdy
resistance of some church reformer. We may yet
live to see an Austrian Lumen.

It is not only in annoy matters that the Aus-
trian Government is large and liberal in its meow
eons to the Church of Bonn at the expense cleans.
The consciences of the subjects of Austria are sub-
jected without appeal to the priesthood. " The ca-
tholic religion shall be maintained and protected,
with all the rights aid prerogatives of the holy ca-
nons.' " The religious education of youth, the
chief superintendent)* over religious instreetion,
are confided to the bishops." The teaching of
theology, or of the canon law, is forbidden to
every ripe without the approbation of the bishops.
The conduct of the priesthood is declared as unas-
sailable as its doctrines." " Verbsl or written defa-
mation of the Catholic religion, of the holy liturgy,
as Movies of tAs bisiops and priests, will be inter-
dieted." "Temporal jostles can only take cognisance
of civil affairs, and of the mime committed by seek.
elution ; but is Mir letter ease Lie Whop noel be
previously isfornsed." "In prisons the seelmiastim
will be separated from lay primers." Thin late be
a separate treadmill for priestly sooviets ; doubtless
it Till be duly consecrated. In thins degenerate
days, the Austrian dominions will be the earthly
paradise of pliant,.
The Concordat is the solemn =maim of an en-
tire resoocilistim between theAustriee Government
and the Holy Bee. The focuser forgives Pio NONCiII
ephemeral halinciastions about Italian eaticoality
and independence; the latter, all the pickings and
stealinp from Holy Church perpetrated by the Ana-
trisn Government sines the days of bosun IL
Restitution is to be made to both parties, bat at the
expense of neither--the people are to pay for all.
Church and State have renewed, i, Austria, thole
Holy Alliance to plunder and trample upon Os
people. The precious compact is declared to he
. " oedema law in perpetuity.' Noses germs. Vs
have mot readied the extreme verge of lnalan
life, and yet we have outlived a round doom of per-
petual eonstitations. We may outlive this last new
emaaatiso e/ despotism and wreaker, too.

OPIAATION or sus Nsw Loom MAXIMUM/
Aar —There Is ems seisesdemesallag se le the epeeseles
of the em. The see low is M Gene late emeeeties timid
day of Josearvbet the see vedzyraaa are to be
is November. The lamttees sow bald is whet=
isle Intel see be moue " right Ewa is the alibi plame."

gilt Conn. •
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WINDSOR, Oar. IS.
Her Majesty held a Court 'sad Privy °midi at
3 o'clock this afternoon, at the Owls. Present at the
C mita Priam Albert, Sail Granville, Lord President ;
Visoottat Palmenton, First Lord of the Treatury ; Sir
George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department ;
the Berl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign
Again ; Lord Putman, Secretary of State for War ; Sir
Chu les Wood, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Zeal Sponsor,
Lord Steward ; and Lord Ernest Bran, Viee•Chamberlaio,

oMeiatiog for She Lord Chamberlain.
At the Council, parliament was ordered to be further
prorogued from Tuesday, the 23rd inst., until (it Jo under-
stood) Tuesday, the 11th December.
Mr. C. °mean was the Clerk of the Council is
Waiting.
The Turkish Minister and the Portuguese Minister had
audiences of her Majesty, to which they wen introducd W
the Bail of Clarendon, the Queen's principal B.cretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.
The Bishop of Sarre Leone had an audience of the
Clasen.
Her Majesty gam audiences to the Barl Granville and the
Bul of Clarendon. _ _ _ _

The Right Bon. Sir Richard Pakenhass, 1L.C.8., late
her Majesty's Minister at the Court of Portugal, bad an
sadism* of her Majesty.
The Sherif of Leedom and the City Remembrance,
arrived from London, and also bad as andisace of the Queen.
Lord Bytes was the Lord in Waiting, and Calomel the
Boa. N. Hood the Groom in Waiting.
',harem Palmerston sad Lord Penman rentais at the
Castle on a visit to her Majesty.
Ht. Excellency Count de Lavradio, his Ezoelleney M.
Manna, View:mat Palmenton, Bari Bpsaear, Lord Pen-
man, Biz George Grey, the Berl of Clersadon, Sir Cowles
Wood, end Mr. Greying, travelled from London to attend
the Quen's mart by a special trala as lb. Great Western
Railway; and at the sad of the mart, the sane party, with
the exesptioa of Lords Palmerston mad Pianism, returned
to tows by the setae !Mite.

Despatches wen received at tlio Colonial.oldeo ynterday
from the Governer of the Weet India Islands. Despatches
were seat rade:day to dui Governor of Canada.

Yesterday the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess
Mary of Cambridge, the Duke sad Dubose( Manch/atm,
Lord Kande/ids, Lord Otbo Pitmanld, Lord sad Lady
Newport, Lord Canterbury, and Colonel Parker, who have
been 'goading the week at Heaton Hall, near Prestwich,
with the Earl and Countess of Wilton, visited Manchester,
and sprat some time at Mr. Grundy's Repository of Art,
Royal Eadmagostreet. The distinguished visitor" altar-
wards west through Mr. Hoaldsworth's silk manufactory,
I. Portlead-street. They wore accompanied by the Bad
sad Comma of Wilton. _ _ _

Lord John Rusiell has taken up his residence at i
Hill-hoes', Bodbereagis, Stroud, the masks rosoutly pur-
chased by him A deswetratioa was got up by Noe of
the iallsbilents of the neighbourhood, to welcome his lad-
&r OM new abode, the bells of Weeleheater Chants
Wiriest dogleg, ad a bead parading the village.
The Duke of Rutland is better, and gradually re-
esvoriag from his meat indieraitlen.
Tag Twtxs or tag Rau or DUENANI.—It was
Mated soma time age that et the twin sass of the Berl of
Durham. the elder wee distingeiabed hem the yammer
brother by a bias silk ribbon tied rased his right wrist.
This is set the ease, as we liens that the elder twig,
Lonsbtae, wears ea armlet of gold set with turquoise—
sad the younpr, the Ha. Frederick William Liable°, as
armlet ef gold set with a ruby.
A BION OF IRS Tntas.—As an indication of the
smiles yrorporeur state of ogriceitere, it may be men.
Vinod that the tomato aa the estate of the gall of Zealand
lave lied a permanent rime of 20 per seat. in their rents.
With the exception of a law acres at Lianberie, the
Marquis of Anglesey bee disposed of .11 his property is the
scanty of Canaries to the Ilea. Colossi Peasant, of Pea-
rly* Castle, M P. for the toasty.
The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol and his
badly have Massed to Stapleton Palace from their eta-
*natal tow, is good health.
The Bishop of Ripon has instituted the Rev. Issas
Olarluee. M.A., to the vicarage of Great Seadall, seat
Wakefield, is the soiniaaties of the Lord Criseesitsc.
The Rev. John Josiah Day, ILA., has been Beamed
by the Arebbhisop of York to the saddest euracy of the late
eallegha elm& or Wester of St. Jolts, Beverley, in this
seasty, ?mat by the Sea* of lb. Bor. Jima Lyre.= the
`Was** of Me trusties.

The *stage el Nachos, in the patronage of the
Dsea sad Chwese ad Dsittsm, rendered Tessa' W the death
a Dr. OtUy, if! be Ma up by the sppotatmeat et

Mows Iliad, or the Itov. &am Itawards.

The Rev. C. Sangster, Vicar of Dodos, ham been
appointed to the rerel deem, of Bill iton% is the dimes
of Ripen.
Mrs. Taylor, the postmistress of rindon, Besse:,
died es Wedseeday, at tbe peat ap of 86. Bhe bed been
is the post-elle, 42 yeses, sad treasseted the basiamesuy to
the day she died.

TN; Emperor of the Pooch promisee that a part of
Übe sasses takes at Sebastopol shall be employed is swiss
the eakseal Name of eke Virgin to be Greeted es tits
Camille Rook, la the Pq-de•DOme.
Strangers are still flocking to Spa; the last list
pabliskod skews tb ameba of arrivals due the begiaablig
of Ow mesa to be 7,334.
Baron Branow, formerly the Estonian Ambiondor
is Inland, left Balla I. the main of the 14th, for St
Petersburg. _ .

The 16th area the eneiversery of the birth of the
Lag sr Prude, sad of Ids 'straws isto the army 60,
years age. The double eesemestoesties festival we *dr
bested at &idiot ea Monday with mach episodes,.
_

A sonforsncet, conaisiing of the plenipotentiaries
from the dazes duchies of Wehaar mad Gotha tad the two
priselpelitlee of Ilehwarsbarg, wee to be held lest Thursday at
Weimar, to deliberate reepectiss various legisletive projects.
Among the latter will be the immune decreed by the Chr-
ism' Diet relative to the "abases of the press."

The Northern 800 says that from the let of May
to Almost 21, the volashry gifts hat to the chancery of
iher Imperial Majesty the Esprew, for the mewled soldiers
i• the Crimes, eatosated 10 the met of 1,111,2091 r. s4e.
Amos; the offeriap of Over money whbia the het week,
from Asyut 16 to 21, memo sus of 45,7J0fr., promoted by
a Nagle iadieidnl, who Mabee t, be meanies,. _

Tii Cologne Gaga* states that the Russian
Newel, Buou Her/, hes bees deprived of hie eeettaaad,
on estelat of his eeedest seer Boaster's, sad that he
Is to be brought befers a wart-leardel.
The Austrian polies have prohibited the circulation
of Gamed Slapbee yeah, emitted The War ha the Bast,
deltas the years 1863 sad 1866."
Three of the most popular foreign weeital con-
posers of the day—Rosial, Keyerbeer, sad Verdi—are acs
is

Cossiderablie sensation (says Gaiignoin) has been
sassed in theatrical sinks at Paris by the eaddea sad lays-
terious dhappearaeos of Villas, one of the best asters of the
Gymnast. Oa Saturday he did not strive at the theatn,
sad is esasesuewes the parforessaaes bad to be abused:
sad shwa that day he has sot returned home, sad nobody
sea say what has benne at his.
The French Academy has at present three mop-
tithe of sew member to make—thsse of K. Loges.* the
Duke de Broglie, and K. Posted. The Academy of
&leases has two vasensies to ill up—thaw sassed by the
deaths of Y. sad Dr. llefeadie.
Ths Minister sr Grass and Justine at Turin lute
breed a alveolar, throning that the oath to be adadahtered
la the amebae of the Jewish persuades Is sours of law
le to bas Mews:—" I swear. sallies God to wham for
the truth of what I say." Tide oath ism be takes ea the
'midi Bible, sad the moon ewers is to keep his lead
covered while reseaseiss the above weeds.
The Ordinals and prelates Piths Vatican were not
proms at the"Ti Demi" esiebrated for the fell of &thee.
myth whilst their memo was remarked at the palm of
the Baths legedea es St. Alsessdn Neerald'e Day.
Ullmann or Lot/Dm—We aadatataad that
the math Ws 1911tiTell • sommenicatios has Sir George
Grey. thilmedisi that is the opiates of the goverment the
mate en& to made the poises am width they have as
hag "paid the graduate% sad that that body meat sow
Is he sibebeed into the univenily, with the plea*. of
esavessaisa sad the right to limiest* members of the
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