The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-04 00:00:00

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN AUSTRIA.

The Austrian commission entrusted with the
framing of the law to regulate the relations of the
church to the state has presented its scheme to
the Chamber of Deputies. The project guarantees
to every one full liberty of conscience and of pro-
fession, the domestic exercise of his religion, the
right to choose his belief according to his own free
conviction. Nevertheless, he who makes the
choice must have attained the requisite age, which
for both seems is 18. Ilp to that age children
must follow the religion of their parents. If the
latter belong to two different religions, the religion
of the children will be determined first of all
by the legal agreement, if there be any, concluded
between the two parents. In the absence of any
convention of this kind, the religion of the sons
will follow that of the father, and of the daughters
that of the mother. The enjoyment of civil and
political rights is not to depend on religious con-
Union, nor to be subject to any restriction on that
account. Difference of religion will not form a civil
obstacle to marriage. Professors of all beliefs are
equally admissible by law to all dignities, functions,
and public employments. Every church or religious
society has the right publicly to carry out its wor-
ship with a reserve as to measures necessary to
secure public order. The law grants to all churches
and religious societies this legal right. There is to
be no state-privileged religion.
The Sick remarks, " What progress do these
principles proclaimed at Vienna attest ! Carry
ourselves back some years, and measure the space
which Austria has traversed, and see what has
been the result. An empire which was threatened
with ruin seems to be springing up again ; it is
regenerating itself by liberty. However, while
occupying itself with internal reforms, will the
cabinet of Vienna understand that it is its interest
to respect the nationalities 1"

(aturn's Txuanmes.)
ARRESTS IN PARIS.
PARIS, Maus 4.

The Moniteur of to-day says :—" The authorities
have been for some time past on the track of guilty
intrigues, and have just ordered the arrest of the
ringleaders.
"The matter has been referred to the tribunals."

ITALY.

TURIN, ILAwn 3, EVECTNO.

The Turin papers confirm the list of the members
of the new cabinet, which was published yester-
day, and add the names of Admiral Fermin," for
the Ministry of Marine, and Mancini for that of
Public Instruction. _ .

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The same papers announce that Deputy Mon-
sani has gone to Florence to engage Signor Poggi
to accept the poet of Minister of Justice.
Garibaldi has had a conference with Signor
Ratazzi.
The Italia asserts that Signor Ratazzi and the
principal members of the new cabinet took the oath
of allegiance to the King yesterday evening.

LATER FROM AMERICA.
SOUTHAMPTON, !Limn C

The North German Lloyd's steam-ship Hansa
ban arrived. She left New York on the morning
of the 16th alt. She brings 6 peasengers for
England, 15 for France, and 48 for Bremen ; also
144,800 dollars for England, 91,000 for France,
and 500 dollars for Bremen.

During her passage she experienced very rough
changeable weather ; on the 21st encountered
a hurricane for three hours, with a wild sea
running. On the 25th, in a heavy easterly gale, she
broke forward air-pumps, crosshead, and cracked
after one. Engines were stopped for 69 hours,
and since could only make but slow progress by
the aftermost engine.

NEW YORK, Pu. 16, Nogirma.
(Pee Hansa via Southampton.)

The New York Herald of the 16th inst. contains
the following review of the Federal military and
naval operations :
The military and naval record of the army of the republic
for the put week is one upon which we may well Goa-
' gratulate ourselves, embracing as it does the brilliant victory
of Roanoke Island, the capture of Elizabeth city and Eden-
toe, the utter discomfiture of the rebel fleet which was
brought into action against our fortes in the waters of
North Carolina, and the successes in the West, which have
restored the states of Tennessee and Kentucky to the
Union, by the capture of Fort Henry and the attack of
Fort Donnelson, which threatens its demolition at no dis-
tant period. In addition to these satisfactory movements
fa the West we have the cheering news from General BueU,
contained in a despatch to General M'Clellan yesterday,
that the rebels commenced to evacuate Bowling Green
upon the approach of our troops under General Mitchell,
The bombardment of Fort Donnelson was going on ►ll day
yesterday, and from despatches received from Washington

ita reduction seemed certain. While it is possible that the
rebels who evacuated Bowling Green may have gone to Fort
Doneeleon to reinforce it (for such is the rumour), it is still
pretty certain that our troops will be able to
repulse them, while in the meantime General Buell
may seize Nashville, and thus all communication
between the rebels in Virginia and Tennessee be cut off.
The rebel accounts of the siege of Fort Gonads= represent
everything in favour of their own side. Our forces are said
to have been defeated both by land and water, but, on the
other band, our reports from that vicinity on Friday state
that the rebels were driven into their entrenchmente out-
side the fort with considerable loss, and that our troops
were in possession of two of their batteries. 8,000 troops
and Ave gunboats had arrived on the previous night to rein-
force the Union army.

The capture of Roanoke Island, and other Union successes,
have been celebrated most enthusiastically in all the camps
of the army of the Potomac.
The work of reorganising the War Department
is being thoroughly effected. To-day a number of
clerks were notified, not only that their service,
were no longer needed, but they were prohibited from
even visiting the department. An examination into the
affairs of the department reveals the fact that business has
been heretofore very loosely conducted, and that the heads
of the department could hardly have been cognisant of
abuses practised by subordinates.
The Afissisrippi and Oregon Democrat, and Los Angela,
and Ca/Vomits Star, have been suppressed from the mail%
on the ground that they have been used for the purposes
of overthrowing the government, and giving aid and com-
fort to the enemy now at war against the United States.
The New Orleans papers indicate a change of the policy
pursued thus far since the war began, respecting the re-
ceipt and exportaAien of cotton. They now advocate that
whenever an European vessel runs the blockade with a
cargo of goods to exchange for cotton, or brings gold to pur-
chase cotton with, it will be allowed to load with the staple
aelleave with it, and run the blockade, if it can succeed in
doing so.
Governor Letcher addressed a communication to
the Richmond Senate on the 11th, stating that the
results of the recent reverses to the Confederate
arms demanded " an exhibition of all our energies,
an uncompromising spirit, and stern and deter-
mined resolution." For the defence of Richmond,
Norfolk, Fredricksburg, and other parts of Vir-
ginia, he therefore recommends the following mea-
sures : _ _

1. That the male population of the cities end towns be
divided into those subject to ordinszy and extraordinary
draft ; the ant class to embrace those between 13 and 45 ;
the second class to embrace those between 16 and 18, and
those between 45 and 60 years of age.

2. To authorise the governor when informed by the Pre-
sident of the Confederate States of the urgency for so doing,
to call out both closes for home defence ; to make rules
and regulations for thew organisation into companies end
regiments, and require all places of business to be doped at
two o'clock, p.m., and the whole force drafted as aforesaid
to turn out for discipline and instruction.
3. The ordinary draft to be ordered, if necessary, to
defend our lines of approach to the town or city to which
they belong. The extraordinary draft not to be required to
serve beyond a distance of five miles from the limits of the ,
town or city to which they belong.
4. To include in such drafts all persons sojourning in the
cities sad towns for a longer period than ten days.
5. None to be exempt for any other reason than service
in the State or Confederate States.
Should this be considered bard service, the Virginians are
exhorted to recollect that the people of New Orleans,
Charleston, Mobile, and Savannah have adopted and steadily
practised it for months. The governor concludes by calling
upon the legislature to paw a law embodying the above de-
tails, to which be is (convinced the patriotism of the
Virginian people will respond.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE._

NEW YORK. Fs& 13, Everna•

The money market is very ray: Money is abundant,
at sto 6 per cent. on call. Foreign Exchange closed firm,
at 115 to f for sterling, and 4.90 to 921 for francs—Err
clam beakers' bills in both cases.
An active business was done in stocks this morning. At
the close of the first board, the market showed a tendency
to decline, but was rallied by some vigorous bidding on
buyers' option. At the second board, stocks were steady,
and closed so. State stocks were higher to-day, and so were
the speculative Western shares. In other respects the
market was without change.
The following were the last quotations :—United State
re, registered 1881, 901 to 1; ditto 6's coupons, 1881, 89 to
ditto s's coupons, 1874, 804 to ; Indiana s's, 74a. to 715.;
Virginia 6'e, 531 to 54 ; Tennessee 6's, 481 to f ; North
Carolina 6's, 631 to 65; Missouri 6's, 441 to I; Pa-
cific Mail, 941 to f er dividend ; New York
Central, 811 to I ; Err 341 to ; ditto preferred, 571 to
58 ;13udsoa River, 381 to 38f ; Haarlem, 121 to if ; ditto
preferred, 301 to 1 ; Reading, 411 to 421 ; Michigan South-
ern and Northern Indiana, 215 to f ; ditto Guaranteed, 411
to 421 ; Panama, 116 to 1 ; Illinois Central, 58 to 59 ;
Galena and Chicago, 67 to 68 ; Cleveland and Toledo, 441
to 441 ; Chicago and Rock Island, 541 to 1; Chicago, Bar-
lington, and Quinsy, 62 to 63 ; Milwaukee and Prairie du
Mien, 194 to 20 ; Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati,
107 f to ; New York Central Sevens, 1884, UN
to ; Erie Tbird Mortgage Bonds, 951 to 96f ;
Michigan Central Eights, first mortgage,
100 to
1 ; Illinois Central Bonds, Sevens, 921 to f.
Flour.—The market was unchanged and mks moderate,
baring embraced 9,000 bbls.
Wheat.—The market was inactive and prices irregular.
The sales embraced about 25,000 bushels, including common
Western red at 1 dcl. 40c., and Milwaukie club at 1 doL 42c.,
and a small lot of choice Jerry at 1 dol. 50c.
Corn.—The market wee easier, and sales limited to a few
thousand burets of Western mired, at 65c. At the close
64c. was bid and 65c. demanded.
Pork was steady, with sales of 800 bbls., at 13 dots. for
new mess, on the spot ; and 500 ditto, deliverable in Juue,
I at 13 dole. 25c.
• Whiskey took quite an active jump, with sales of 300
• Vela., at 270. Some holders asked 28c.

The following telegram has been received at Mr.
Renter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company, March 4 :

THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS.
The Vectis, with the above mails, left Malta for
Marseilles at 3 cm. on the 3rd inst.

The Delta, with the heavy portion of the mails,
arrived at Malta on the 2ud inst., at 8 p.m., and
sailed for Southampton at midnight.
OUTWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND
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