The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-20 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WIMSIIIIIAT, 530 T.X.
The metropolitan outman' of the clergy has ma-
mewed its Wrings, but the d-liberations are not
made public. The brat sitting was held on Monday, is
the chap I of ths religious seminary of St. Sulky.
A private colorersation Wok place in the morning of
that day, to verify the claims of those desirous of at-
tauding, to replete the order of the proceedings, and
to name the tt eologiaLs oho were to be present. The
same day, _t three o'clock, the tint venioal c ingrega-
tiun took plee when tLo Arc, &Ai pof Pans deli-
vered an address, itdieating the Lb, ets of the cone-
cll. Three &mem were then read, De erreriesido
riip : rle send() viveadi is : and De pro-
essone ; which were to be promulgated at the
first general sitting. That sitting wee held yesterday,
with mach s,lemuity. Mass wee said by the Arch-
bishop ot P.ns, in the vane:nary being placed the
fathers of the council in full eancaimb. Messy,.
de Meaux,Versoill-r, Blois, °Jean", and the delegate
at the Bebop of Chartres, whose great age prevented
his attending in perm. Several other bishops were
also mon in the eobetuary, some of whom, u those of
Sens anti Troyes, bed come of their own accord, to
be present at the proceeding', and others, so two
Irish prelates, row in Paris, had been invited to
attend. The me bets of the chipter of Notre-
Dame do Paris, were seated on benches down the
aisle, at were the vicanogenetal, the delegates of the
provincial choinf re, and the theologians of the council.
The three de,r-ts were door reed, and voted. The
nomination of the Aileen of the conceit was theu
proceeled to. MM. Silver and Ruinet were ap-
pointed seerttarks ; MM. %vet and Heron pro-
moters; and MM. Eglie, de Cowry, and Hogin,
masters of tie ct. o -tonics. Amotiot the theologians
of council ore M. re Courson, tuperior-general of the
company of Saint tialpice. Father de Ravignan, of
the company of J sus; Father Rubillari, MM. Cor-
riere end loud, professors of the religious seminary
of St. Sulpice, the Abbe Langlois, superior of the
religious semi, any of Foreign Missions, M. Hanicle,
cure of St. &eerie, the Abbe &attain, the Abbe
Sorbet. Sm. Atter the appointment of the officers,
the sitting vas brought to a clue. The course
of procesdintr cf the versals connected with the
council, La as follows: They rise at five, recite the
breviary, and then bear mass, which is celebrated at
half-past seven; after that the private sitting; of the
bishops and theologian; brelkfast takes place at
eleven, and daring its continuance, portions of the
Holy Scripture s, and of the hfo of St. Charles, the
restorer of oven its in the 18th century, are read ; at
one o'clock, the divine offimi ; at ere the general
sitting of the c etoil; at six earner, accompanied by
reading as in he morning; and the day closes by,
prayers at Mne. The oonecil is divided into five com-
mittees : Ist, that ot decrees; Ind, doctrine; 3rd, code-
siasfcal stu it. a; 4.h, discipline ; and tith,canouical
Precederce is g ten not to digLity but to seniority
of nomination. Tee council holds-1. private cougre-
trains or nititge ; 2. general ones; 3. silema ses-
sions. The private congregations are a kind of bureau
where the nt mere afterwards to be examined are first
distributed ; tNe general congregations are the no et-
rags to which t orients ones send in their reports;
and the aoltriia cessions aro intended to proe.ounee on
and publish dot decrees decided on in the general
congregations.

On the subjrct of this nretirg, it is aid tit!
the council was about to meet without the authorisa-
tion of g Apron), ur. In fact, it did not meet previous
to the annouccentrLt in the Monitesir, f which ! have
given y. ,u totice. M. de FalLux course objected,
in his chars G r rf chief of the religious party, to
publish an awhorieation which 1,0 thought needless;
bat, M. lonlninais having been pkrAd in the interim
of the inicistry, the government thought it cisoessary
to show thrie vice in the matter, and granted the
authoriration.

The Sieele s•atcs that soma persons had intended to
get up a largest on the 22d inst., in commemoration
of tl.e ansieersary of the loar.dation of the republic ot
1792, but that the aheme hes fallen teas geoaed, the
members ot the bimetal& is the National Ammo*
having declared that they could not take pert la Say
tonged at a moment wirta they were is aloioftoa at

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ITALY.

SARDINIA.—The Opinion* of Turin states that
°mintidi asked permiamon to go to Nice, for the
purpose of seeing air aged mother and his children.
The government consented on condition of his giving
his word of honour that he would return to Chinos on
board the same steamer after having passed the day
at Nice. He arrived there on the 12th. On the 13th
Le returned to Genoa, and immediately after larding
went on board the St. Michael frigate.
TUSCANY.—The Mississippi, United States atemr-
flizate, arrived at Leghorn on the 11th, with 163
poseengers, among whom was Commodore Morgan,
commanding tl.e squadron of the Mediterranean.
'rho Lego of Tuna Mates from Leghorn, 11th, that
a disturbance bad taken place on that day at Mos-
tonere, in consequence of the armed force a. tempting
to put down some revolutionary tongs. Two per .011 s
were wounded, and several arree's made in.the cause
of the day. • •
ROMAN STATES.—It becomes apparent more
and more even day that as arrangement may soon be
expected in the Roman affair.
The Petrie publishes a very long letter from Rime,
dated the Bth inst., from which we maks the follow-
ing extract:
Affairs wilt be arranged, sad that quicker than you perheps
haseiett. Already they begin to say at Gaeta that the dif-
ficeltiss ere net tasurmoustabie. Three mew have ems
barn pointed eat in the mess recent conferences. which I
re will espitulatv. The Ink and that which best sin the
Wm of the fleeted Coltirge, oasis* in a congress to be held
at Bologna, at which all the powers wont' be represented, and
where questions might be diseased in pretense of the holy
father. The whore of this plan (is it necessary for me to
name them think that they would have the majority in
such a congress. Besides, they add, it would be a manner of
gaining time and of wearing out the revolution. M. de Ray-
neval warmly oi poemd this project, and I have meson to
think that it will b. abandoned. The meoad seas which
the advisers ct the Pope preree, is to rider the matter to the
arbitration of diriria.- This plea would be lee dee-
"trout than the (unary intesituth as, for DOM fins paid,
Austria has shown her elf to be animated withreally liberal
amuses% and in more than one instar.ce has supported the
efforts of your ambeestdors. It cannot, however, be eon.
rested that the 'dentine of this plea would be a thick foe
Yews. Up to this toss It is the who, in the RAMS affsir,
lies stood foremost. If eke should tempt the arbitration of
Austria, people would sot fail to eay that she hod somewhat
fallen. The third incase, end that whirl the Blair-1R mean
party world wish to see screed, is an Waste cordial. with
lenses. Certain easdreala loudly declared a few days siege
that this would be an impimaibility. But whether more
mature refleetiea hm ea kehteaed them oa the subject, or tie
rmerved attitude of the powers on whom they thought they
might rely the most firmly has changed their "plena, they
now speak in a much less pesitiee manner. 1 think I eau
even affirm that M. de Re naval is leis doubtful than ever
et obtaining a result, and that by fakir; as the emrthin
point the letter of the president of the Preach repab
us
well Wormed, and, sithough little is accordance with
what are called the religious journals. I am (*evinced that
alt the powers, without any inception, are impatient to
see the Wet biresstt to as makable eomindea.
The Pops would wales* sesspt the matiehe which emitted
peevisesly is his dap news hens Rene. There would be,
mertalady, So_ asedillannss la the assmtbers of it; but as
its same Whams it weal/ only be a menthe. that is to say,
its advise would only be semaketter,. without any oeigstioa
on the 'OP, tO MAMA ta. if ho should be of a
rase
pThe emettioa of the lamb of seennag the mos
wade! be asamisol by this enenthls, which would be MM.
posed of seeelar ammlemt. It woald be the same with the
injority of the ateisay, sit4simi greater part of the higher
fasetirartes. Oa Owe -Munn .ndats, the partite are
amity egrealiss they the are an is subject of the me

We have received dm Mewing letters from our
correspoodent
ANCONA, Barr. 10.
Martial law still 'MOD, and an unfortunate
wretch was shot a fortnight ago under a
combination of most horrible circumstance..
It appears that his wife, in order to indulge more
freely in ea intripms in which she was engaged, re-
solved to get rid of her husband by concealing a mus-
ket (belonging to her son) in his room, and then de-
sounciug hini- to the military authorities. A search
was made, the gun was found. and the presumed cul-
prit was immediately shot. His sou, however, struck
with remorse, gave himself up as the real offender in
having the gnu in his possession, and revealed the
plot of his mother. 'I he commandant wrs rather
puzzled what to do, as one man had already been
shot ; but he ordered bah mother and son to be well
bastinadoed meanwhile. At the third blow on the
stomach the woman died, and so the tragedy ended.
Sere 11
I am on the point of totting out for Home, but I
cannot forbear mentioning a circumstance which has
just occurred, and which sufficiently demonstrates the
cruel and retell:less policy of despotic powers. I stated
is my last that six ship-loads of refugees from Venice
I bad touched at this port • week ago, and that, being
refused permission to land any one at Ancona, the
eeptains of the vessels had received their clearances
Ow Placate, on the Neapolitan coast.
It appears hat the refugees, about 800 in number,
were chiefly Neepuiitals, and that their intention
was to return to their own country. The agreement
made by the captains of the ships (two linden, one
Austrian, and three Italian) with the provisional
government of Venice was to take the red ogees to
Anomie, and, if they were refused a landing in that
port, to Pescara.
Now it so happened that the Neapolitan authori-
ties also absolutely prohibited the disembarkment of
any one individual, and the consequence has been that
this morning the unhappy little flotilla of outcasts, of
men who from high chivalric feeling and patriotic
enthusiasm, followed Pepe in his march to Vetice
rather thin obey the treacherous and retrograde
orders of King Ferdiumid, has once more appeased in
these waters.
The passengers are in a state of destitution and
desperation, in want of provision'. and in want of
money to purchase them. The captains of the ship,
small schooners and bragozze, are of conies not in a
condition to feed so many mar. from their own private
resources, and what little money there was on board
Las so changed hands during the voyage (for gam-
bling to a frightful extent was resorted to as an ex-
citement tending to dispel salmi) that many, who
were comparatively rich are now left without a
farthing.
What will be done with these wretched political
black sheep, heaven kowrs. One vessel out of the
six (the smallest), having on board for y or
.fifty
officers and individuals of rank, arrived here last night,
and subsequently returned to Venice, but the other
five are new off the Lantern, under the thretening guns
of a grim Austrian brig of war. Their decks are
crowded with solders, impatient of confinement and
privations. Indeed so far ate they pushed to despair
that they have explicitly declared that if they are
again refused permission to land they are resolved to
murder the captains and crews of the vessels, and
effect a Lauding by fame at some point of the coast, in
order to provide themselves with those necessary pro-
visions and supplies which they are so much in
need of.
Two o'clock p.m.—l have just received the account
of what is destined for the onfortnuate refugees. They
ere to return to Venice. The Austrian authorities
here have sent over an estafette by land to announce
their arrival and they will thus finally touch land for
the first time einem their voyage exactly where they
embarked. The Austrian brig of war escorts them to
prevent any violenoe.
They were refused a lauding at Pescara on a esti-
tary pretext; bat as ao period of quarantine was con-
sidered sufficient,it was doubtless a political motive at
bottoms that caused the refusal.

Miura, Barr. 11.—Tbe state of siege was offi-
cially removed this day.

SWITZERLAND.

A letter, dited the 14th, from the Lake of Con-
stance to the Augsburg Owns. minflrum the report
of the Swiss diet hsviog decreed that all the fugitive
insurrectional chiefs shall quit the soil of Switzerland
within three de's. This &ern was in consequence
of i notification of the French government, that it
would grant pemports to them, and allow them to
travel through France fos either Ragland or
Asno-
rice.