The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-22 00:00:00

THE ROMAN QUESTION.

According to a letter from Turin, K Pepoli has
left that capital for Park, charged with a semi-
official mission, the object of which is said to be
to propose to the Emperor Napoleon a new mode
of solving the Roman question, by transferring the
provisional capital of Italy from Turin to one of
the cities of the Marches or of Umbria, thus hav-
ing it as near Rome as possible. The project also
involves a system of disarming and financial re-
form. In this it is easy to recognise one of the
favourite plans of Count Cavonr, who said, in 1860,
in a conversation just related by K Maxima du
Camp in the Debate :

I will attack Rome by railways, by the electric tele-
graph, by agricultural improvements, by establishing na-
tioaal banks, by gratuitous education on a large scale, by
civil marriages, by the secularisation of conventual pro-
perty, by the enactment of a motel code, embodying the
most leeimat laws in Europe, and by the suppression of cor-
poral punishment. I will plans the spirit of molero expan-
sion face to face with the old spirit of obscurantism ; I am
quite certain the former will triumph ; I will establish •
blockade of civilisation round Rome; if she undergoes a
modification, she will come to ;if she remains un-
changed, she will, by constant comparison, become so dis-
gusted with her state of inferiority that she wi' throw her-
self into our arms to escape destruction.

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REJECTION OF THE ENGLISH PRO-
POSALS BY PRUSSIA.

FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE. itTiri 22.

Prussia rejects the English proposals relative to
the line of demarcation in Sleswig. She also
rejects the arbitration of any power represented at
the Conference. Prussia will not recognise the
decision of any arbitrator as binding, but will take
it into consideration.

A prolongation of the armistice will be accepted
by Pruseia, but not for a period of less than two
months.

It is believed that the lad sitting of the Con-
ference will take place to-day, and that hostilities
will be resumed on Monday.

AUSTRIAN OPINION IN FAVOUR OF
ARBITRATION.
VIENNA, i 172111 22.
The semi-official Vienna papers of this morning
are in favour of the arbitration in the Dano-
Germanic question being submitted to the Emperor
Napoleon.

SAXONY AND THE DUCHIES.
DRESDEN, JUNI 22.

The First Chamber in yesterday's sitting unani-
mously adopted the declaration of the Chamber of
Deputies opposing the division of Sleswig.

FRENCH SYMPATHY FOR THE LOSS OF
THE ALABAMA.
PARIS, Joins 22.

Th Constitutionel of to-day, in an article signed by
M. Paulin Liniayrac, states that the 1068 of the
Alabama has caused great agitation. All the letters
from Cherbourg testify to the " profound
regret" prevailing in that town at the event.
The Constitutiouat also adds, that :—" From one
end of France to the other the same feeling obtains,"
and that it is the generous nature of the
French character which " always urges the nation
to display their sympathy for the weak and their
admiration for unfortunate bravery."

AMERICA.
QUEENSTOWN, .Tolfs 22.
The Inman steamship Etna, from New York, on
the 11th inst., arrived here at 5.31 a.m. to-day.
She brings 223,836 dole. in specie, 164 passen-
gers, and the United States walla.
Twenty-seven of her passengers were landed here.
The Etna pcooeeded for Liverpool at 5.45 a.m.
Her news has been anticipated.

OUTWARD AMERICAN MAILS
SOUTHAMPTON, Jun 21.

The North German Lloyd's steamship New York,
Captain Weak°, sailing hence to-day for New York
with the German, French, and English mails, takes
out 118 saloon passengers, and a large cargo, in-
cluding 18 packages of jewellery from Havre, value
8,9401.

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.
SUEZ. Jun 21.
The Rangoon, with the above mails, reached
Suer at 10 p.m. this day.

OUTWARD MAILS OF THE 4th AND 10th
OF JUNE.
The Simla, with the above mails, left Suez, on
Sunday night (19th.)