The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-28 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1853.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

The 'Allowing translation of the wankel manifesto
of tis.e Porte is from our own eort.espr.ndent at Con-
sta•rtinople. The document is dated Sept. 6 :

OFFICIAL DECL %RATION OV TILL
SUBLIME PORTS.

We have already notified to the nation that the
government of his Majesty the Sultan had protested
in the usual form against the Russian invtuitun of the
Moldo-Wallachian principalities, and had at the
same time submitted to the Great Powers a memo-
randum setting forth all the circumstances of this
act.

"More lately,the governments of England. France,
Austria and Prussia, with a sincere desire of concili-
ating the governments in adverse position, drew up
a project of arrangement, and submitted it to them
simultaneously. Ile news of the acceptation by his
Majesty the Emperor of Russia reached Belgrade by
telegraph, and thence waa forwarded by a special
messenger to Constantinople.
" This eagerness and solicitude on the part of the
Great Powers is a mark of their well known friend-
ship towards the Porte, and they have, no doubt,
used all their efforts to maintain the principles of
right, as regards the sovereignty, independence, and
integrity of the Ottoman Empire. It has been laid
down that the text of the assurances contained
in a note drawn up by the Porte at the time of
Prince Menchikofrs depart ure from Constantinople, but
which remained without effect in consequence of its
rejection by the Russian embassy, was taken as the
basis of the arrangement proposed by the Four Great
Powers; and that the evacuation of the Moldo-
IVallachian provinces, and the sending of an ambas-
sador to St. Petersburg was to follow its adoption
However, certain paragraphs therein have not been
considered in conformity with the particular conside-
rations of the government of his Majesty the Sultan,
as well as with the views of settlement which he
has always entertained; and as his Majesty the
Sultan has always acted with most scrupulous care
and attention in this important question, involving the
maintenance of his sacred rights, it is surely, also,
the duty of his faithful servants, and an obligation
imposed by their functions, to act in a manner con-
formable with his intentions. Hence, it Is solely
' with the vital object of preserving intact his rights
and independence, that such important preparations
have been continued for several months.

"It has been consequently communicated to the
reprepresentatives of the Four Powers that the
fortes assent to the new project is impossible, and
that the solution of the question depends absolutely
on the admission of the explanations given by the
Sultan's government, as well u on the solid and
formal assurances demanded of the Fear Oreat
Powers.

" His Majesty the Emperor of Austria has trans-
mitted en autograph letter respecting the arrange-
ment in question, and his Majesty the Sultan has
forwarded an answer, explaining the real and posi-
tive state of things.
" Such being the actual position of the question, the
aspect which It may hereafter assume will not be
known tilt the arrival of au answer to these commu-
nications. The Porte, meantime, in waiting the
result, will maintain, conformably with the reso-
lution unanimously adopted, her armed attitude.
(Signed) &c."

Our correspondent at Constantinople, writing on
the 12th, having reported that many experienced
persons consider war inevitable, in case of Russia
refusing assent to the modifications of the Porte,
says: " Omer Pacha is strengthening his position
daily along the Danube; and the army, according to
all accounts, is well provisioned, and in the highest
state of order and discipline. Some symptoms of
disaffection, as mentioned in a former communication,
have manifested themselves among the Russian forces.
Some few days ago a Russian officer was descried
near the garrison of Roustchouk struggling in the
stream, and in a state of great exhaustion. The cir-
cumstance having been reported to the commander
of the fortress, he immediately sent a boat, and
rescued the sufferer. Having undergone an inter-
rogatory, he stated that he had come from Giurgevo,
where his regiment was encamped, and had revolted,
in consequence of hunger, misery, and bad treatment,
and that several of his companions had been shot,
and the remainder were under the strict surveillance
of another regiment. This deserter was sent to the
camp at Schemata, where Omer Pacha, after having
afforded him every assistance, gave orders for his
being conveyed under escort to Constantinople."
Our Vienna correspondent writes on the 21st:
The sudden and decided tarn which the Czar's last
note has given to the Eastern question permits the
Vienna newspapers to speak out with freedom upon
the affairs of Turkey; and again we are treated to
those versatile and ingenious speculations which re-
lieved the tedium of Count Leiningen's mission. The
Prease leads off thl chorus in the following style :
The present visit of the Emperor Nicholas to
Olmutz is the decisive proof of the confidence with
/chi& Russia entrusts the Oriental question to the
care of the Vienna Conference under the impartial
seals of Austria. The hearty and disinterested
friendship existing between the two great empires
receives in this act a solemn consecration. It would
be a marvellous illustration of the wa_ys of Providence
if from Olmutz, where centuries ago Europe was saved
from Asiatic barbarism in the great Tartar battle,
the doom of the East were to be sealed.

In the same spirit the famous "memorial of Feb.
10, 1830," respecting the partition of Turkey, which
made so much noise last February while Count
Leiningen was at Constantinople, is again brought
out, and speculative politicians are drawing ima-
ginary lines on the map of Turkey, ',skiing to
Austria the territory and population of the &laves of
Illyria, including Berrie and Macedonia. alike in the
dominions of the Kaiser, and tracing the line of an
Austrian railway from Belgrade to Salonica. But
how much that is terrible must happen before these
dreams can be translated into facts:.
The New Hamburg Gazette, under date of St.
Petersburg, 13th, rays—" After the occupation of the
Principalities, 40,000 men of the 4th corps d'armee
were placed en echelon as far as Quirgewo, whilst
20,000 men of the sth corps, under the orders of
General Paniutine, were stationed en echelon between
Bucharest and Tokschane. These troops will be
reinforced by 40,000 men forming the corps of Osten-
sacken, who have already passed the Pruth. The
position of the 4th corps gives reason to believe that,
lin case of war, the troops will pass the Danube near
Rustjuck and Silistria, to march on Schumla by
Razgran and Basardjuck. In consequence of move-
ments made by the Turks, Prince Gortschakoff had
changed the position of the 40,000 men or the 4th
corps d'armee. The troops are now stationed be-
tween Bucharest and Kalafat, by Krajaowa. From
these movements it may be seen that the Russians
propose to pass the Danube near Widdin."
M. Titoff, who was Russian Ambassador at Con
stantinople, has arrived at Berlin on his way to
'Vienna. It is of course said that he will be consulted
on the Eastern question.
The Emperor of Russia, accompanied by the
Grand Duke, heir presumptive to the Crown, and
the Grand Duke Nikolajewitsch, arrived at Warsaw
on the 20th instant.

FRANCE.

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PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.
The article in the Conslittstionnel, to which I called
your attention yesterday, was but an echo of M.
Drouyn de Lhuys' despatch. One entire sentence of
the article is taken textually from it—that which
speaks of the " new duties imposed upon the western
powers," by the new phase of the situation. At the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs the meanspirited article of
the Pay, was read with much displeasure, and M.
Amedee de Cesena's article in the other government
print was intended to remove the bad impression
occasioned by it. Everything tends to show that the
ministry is divided into two camps, one headed by
M. Fotad disposed for peace at any price, and the
other led by MM. de Persigny and J)rouyn de
Lhuys which inclines to war. fhe Emperor has
not yet pronounced his personal opinion, and in all
probability those nearest his person, and apparently
highest in his confidence, are as ignorant of his real
intentions as the public. It liaise thought that hosti-
lities between the Russians and Turks must soon com-
mence, and that in all probability cannon has already
been tired by the army of Anatolia. I have heard
is beveral quarters a report that the Russian ambas-
sador had left London. It is not improbable that
the Czar should have given him orders to take such

a step in case of the fleets entering the Dardanelles ;
but inasmuch u the Rtusian minutiae here lista'. at
his post ths news is not believed.
The following telegraphic despatch, dated Mar-
seilles, this morning, has been received by one of the
private osesesponding offices:
Ey the Nil steamer, we receive the following from Con-
stantinople. The demonstrations of the Clem's during the
fate of the Bairam had caused the ambassadors to fear en
explosion, and on the 15th they hastened to bring in a part
of the ceembined squadrons, consisting of three English and
three French frigates, under the commando( Rear-Admiral
Lebarbier de Tiaan. The refusal of Russia was not known
to the public on the 16th, but the diplomatists were in-
formed of it. An explosion was imminent. The Egyptian
troops had all left for Varna. Enthusiasm and agitation
are at their height, and great alarm prevails among the
European inhabitants. It was the French ambassador who
first gave the order for bringing up the vessels of the two
allied powers. A movement is expected from one moment
to another. . . . . _ _ _

It must be received with caution. Other despatches
dated the lath were received yesterday, and the
Conslikstionnel observes that they make no allusion to
the fleets, and even suggests this as a reason he
doubting the truth of the news from London. It
results from various correspondence that the Ulemas
did not take the violent and insulting step towards
the Sultan which they were said to have done. They
did, it is true, make a representation of a warlike
tendency. One despatch states the Skeik-Ulislasa
had made the " amende honorable" on behalf of
some of them who had been too pressing.
The following is the article in the Debate:
We attach a secondary importance to the number of ships
which may have passed the Dardanelles. This number will
be naturally augmented or diminished according to the
1111C41111itirl of the state of things. The greet fact is, the&
foreign ships of war are in the Bosphorus, and that, men
uly, the order established by treaties has been broken
through. The passing of the Dardanelles is an set whisk
eerresponds with the crowing of the Pratt. It is stipulated
as the one band, in the existing treaties, that so long meths
Porte should be at peace ne foreign ship of war sheali
eater the Bosphorus; and, on the other hand, that the
Pruth was the natural frontier of the Turkish territory.
It must be borne in mind that, in the protests mule
against the invasion of the Danubian Principalities, it was
maid that the Western Powers would be entitled to
enter the Bosphorus, to respond to the invasion of the
Principalities. They had up to the present time ebeleheei
from every demonstration. But, at present, pressed by the
events which are passing, end by the season of the year
they have also taken up their positions. On both sides this
expectant situation may be prolonged, for the earliest&
period of the year, which soon will not permit the Reins
to evacuate the Principalities, will also lead the French end
loose fleets to winter in the Bosphorus. It is doubtless
to those new complications that must be attributed the con-
siderable fall in the English funds. On the Stack Exchange
ea Saturday there was an absolute panic, similar to what
has been seen in times of greatest difficulty. The Three
per Cents. fell from 94 to 92, and were a week ago
at 94. We do not, however, consider these alarms
sailleiantli justified. It is ti be observed that
the entrance of the Allied forces is intended, eel
to respond to the Russian invasion, but to keep down as
Insurrection on the part of the Turks. That intervsatiss
he. still for object to maintain peace, slam it is destined to
menset the Sultan against a party which desires to indwell
Ys to declare war. The occupation of Constantinople,
Mould events render it necessary, would then have a cer-
amist similarity with the occupation of Rome. In the two
MOM the armed intervention would have been eilkted to
maintain peace and order, and to restore to the established
Llneon their free decision. Nothing assuredly can
rove she desire of all the governments to remain at
pew than this impartial protection which embraces at the
Na. time the Pope and the Sultan. When the Sultan
shell be no longer under the pressure and tyranny of
popular passions, the course of the negotiations may be
easseied, and, It is to be hoped, with better success.
The Sieck says :
Maar the rupture of the conference of Vienna, the cabi-
nets of Paris and London have fully perceived the fault
which had been committed is not ordering the fleets to pass
the Dardanelles the day on which the Russian armies
wowed the Pruth. To order the fleets to pass after the
proper moment had gone by was not practicable. Conse-
quently a pretext for so doing was sought for, and according
to the English one has been found at the expense
Turks.

)ournala a_ -
of the _ Ships are proceeding to Constantinople to
protect the English and French, menaced by Mumultnan
feast We do luestion the --- of the

nt. s .., not ir______ necessity of
entrance of a part of the fleets, and afterward, the whole
of them, re-establish, in the eyes of the Ottomans,
Turks, and Christians, the influence of the great names
of the western nations. What we contest is, that the
irritation of the Turks will continue in the flee of
tau demonstration, tardy as it is. The allied sailors
will find at Constantinople only friendly faces, just
es
the Sultan finds there docile subjects, wince be has re-
heat to accede to the note of \liens. The pretext given
&A= entrance of the fleets will not prevent, we cannot
tee =soh repeat, the policy of France and England from
=turning to the course from which it had departed a
=cement, for the purpose of endeavouring to bring over
Austria to the side of the west. The menaces which the
Pays brings forward against Turkey are ridiculous, if any
one will in his imagination endeavour to put them in prao-
Lice. In order to intervene, five torther, in a state which
hu 300,000 men under arms, soldiers Mast be required.
But who can furnish them, it not Ruda and Austria ?
And once that the soldiers of these powers occupy Turkey,
bow eon they be forced out ? To reply to that question, it
Man* call to mind the declaration which the Emperor
made to the Congress of Vienna, after each
had taken his part of the rights of the populations:
As Polled," said he, "my soldiers are there ; and if
any one wants them to leave, he must come and force thee
oat."

The Austrian minister, M. Hubner, is still in the
country, from which some infer that the state of
affairs cannot be quite so critical as is supposed.
The steam yacht, the Heine Hortense, which re-
cently had to go to Cherburg for repairs, arrived in
the roadstead of Dunkirk on Friday, to await the
orders of their Majesties.
The ball to their Majesties at Lille on Saturday
night was got up with great magnificence. The
whole of the courtyard of the Hotel-de-Ville
was covered over and converted into a ball-
room for the occasion, and all the rooms of
the building were thrown open, so that there was
space sufficient for 4,000 persons. The immense
temporary room and all the others were dressed
out with flowers and tapestry, thousands of wax
lights throwing a radiance of light over the
whole. Their -Majesties were received with the
greatest enthusiasm. The Emperor opened the ball
with Mdlle. Richebe, daughter of the Mayor, their
vis-a-vii being the Empress and General Grant, the
other persons in the quadrille being the Prince de
Chimay, with the Pnnoess d'Essling, the English
General Lucas with Madame Basile, wife of the
Perfect, the Prefect with Madame LesayNarnesia,
and Marshal de St. Arnaud with the Princess de
Chimay. Their Majesties afterwards walked round
the ball-room and withdrew about eleven o'clock.
Their Majesties quitted Lille the next morning at ten
o'clock, after having heard mass celebrated by the
Archbishop of Cambray. The imperial train stopped
a few minutes at Hazebruck, and arrived at St. Omer
at one o'clock. After a short stay there, they pro-
ceeded to the camp of litigant, where the Emperor
passed the troops in review, and was received with
great enthusiasm. Unfortunately heavy rain fell
during the whole of the manmuvree. Their Majes-
ties returned from the camp at seven o'clock. Their
health is excellent.

The Union Medicate says :
The state of the public health of Paris has much im-
proved within the last fortnight. The ewes of typhus have
much diminished is the hospitals. As bz say indications of
the cholera, none whatever has been ea yet witnessed;
and, notwithstanding the abundance of fruits which, like
grapes for instance, have not yet attained a proper degree
of ripeness, but which still are offered for sale, cases of
diarrhea arc not mere frequent than in other years at the
same period.
Tho Echo Agricole gives the following as the last
prices of wheat per hectolitre in some of the princi-
pal markets of France :
Paris, 40f. to 42f. ; Chartres, 38f. to 41f. ; Rouen, 3M. to
41 f. ; &irons, 40f. to 42f. ; Lille, 39f. to 451.; Camhrai,
381. to 41f. ; Amiens, 37f. to 40f. ; Char eville, 39f. to 41f. ;
Troyes, 36f. to 381.; B.rasburg, 371. to 401. ; Dijon, 351. to
371.; Lyons, 34f. to 3,5 if.; Marseilles, 37f. to 371.; Tou-
louse. 33f. to 341 f. ; Bortleauz, 36f. to 371 f.; Nantes, 351.
to 3:4f.; Orleans, 371. to 41f. ; Bourges, 341. to 361. ; St.
Melo, 281. to 31f. ; Caen, 391. to 40f. ; Liaieuz, 391. to
41f.

THE FRENCH EMPEROR IN THE
NORTH.
_...._

CALMS, TrEmus.
Their Majesties on their progress to the ball at
the Philharmonic•hall last night, caused the royal cortege

to pass at a slow pace, the better to have a glance at the
illuminations. This little attention wu greatly appre-
ciated by the towns people.

Their Majesties left the hall at a few minutes after 12.
This morning at eight, the Prefect, Stib-Pri feet, the
Mayor and mu►icipality, together with the deputations of
the trades assembled ►t the imperial residence for the pur-
pose of accompanying the Emperor and Empress to the
harbour and the docks

His Majesty was escorted abut the docks and the pier by
the chiefs of each department.
The deplorable state of the poor in some portions of the
city was pointed out to the attention of the Emperor by
the mayor and the heads of the clergy. His Majesty ex-
pressed his intention of aiding the efforts of the munici-
pality to improve the condition of the poor of Calais. His
Majesty returned to the imperial residence shortly after
ten o'clock.

Her Majesty immediately afterwards bald • reception
at the Hotel Benda, where she was presented with • splen-
did lace robe, the manufacture of those exhibiting in the
Customhouse, adjoining the station, the product of the
factories at Basseville. The superb present was most
graciously received.
Their Majesties set out at • few minutes past 11 o'clock
for Boulogne in a plain travelling carriage, a strong guard
of cavalry beading the imperial party, and the rear being
brought up by hussars and a company of mounted artillery.
The departure of their Majesties was accompanied by the
booming of 10? guns, and the imperial carriages were fol-
lowed by those of several private families who had come
from the vicinity of Boulogne to pay their respects to the
Emperor and Empress.
There are hundreds going off for Boulogne, a distance of
some twenty-six miles, but the charge for reaching by any
mode of conveyance is exorbitant beyond all precedent.

GERMANY.

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A letter from Berlin of the 23rd says : It is ru-
moured that the Emperor of Russia, after having
been present at the manceurres of the camp of Olmutz,
will pass some time in our capital.
There are now 25,000 men remaining in the camp
at Olmutz, the remainder of the troops, particularly
the cavalry, have entered into cantonments. Among
the tents of the officers of the court in the camp that
of Lieutenant-General do Grunne attracts great at
tention. It formerly belonged to the Grand Vizier
Kara Mustapha, and was taken from tho Turks at the
time of the second siege of Vienna, in 1883.

SPAIN.

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It was expected that the Madrid Gazette of the
21st would contain a series of important nominations
by thenew ministry; but it gives none. Several rumours
were current, and amongst them was one that Gene-
ral Lersundi' the ex-President of the Council, is to
be appointed Governor-General of Cuba; another
that a decree, authorising the return of the Duke de
Valencia (Narvaez), will be promulgated; a third
that the Cortes are to be dissolved; and a fourth
that the royal council is to be done away with. The
now cabinet was holding frequent deliberations.
The opposition had held a sitting at the house of
General Concha, for the purpose of deciding on the
line of conduct to be adopted. A certain number of
its principal members, and amongst them M.
Nocedal, M. A. Castro, and M. Ballesteros, intended,
it was said, to resign their seats in the Cortes, in
order to show their decided opposition to the
ministry.

ORGANISED RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN

TUSCANY.

FLORENCE, Barr. 19.
I deeply regret to have to write to you of fresh
cases of intolerance on the part of the Grand Duke
of Tuscany. It was hoped that the obloquy he in-
curred through his treatment of the Nladiai would
have led him to entertain more liberal governmental
opinions, or at all events to be more guarded in the
manifestation of that fanatical spirit which really
animates him, and to relinquish all thoughts of curb-
ing liberty of conscience by acts of persecution. That
the man is hopelessly unchanged and unchangeable,
the recital of the following facts will, I fear, render
bat too apparent. On Monday, the 12th instant,
four gensdarmes presented themselves at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Cunninghame, an English lady pass-
ing the summer with her two daughters at the
Bagin di Lucca. They demanded to see Miss Mar.
garet Cunninghame, the youngest of the daughters,
and made her at once their prisoner, desiring her to
prepare to accompany them to the Female Peniten-
tiary at Lucca, distant from the baths about fourteen
English miles. The arrest took place at midday,
and they remained in Miss C.'s room during the
entire time she packed up her things, refusing to
allow her maid to assist her, or herself to entertain
any conversation with her mother or sister. She
was lodged in prison the same night, and has re-
mained there ever since, and is to remain until her
trial takes place, a period of time the most indefinite
if the usual course of p be followed.
I have not yet stated her crime. tis having given
two tracts, written in Italian, on religious subjects,
to a poor woman with whom she had entered into
conversation in one of her mountain rambles. Of her
guilt—if such an act can be called a crime—there is
no doubt ; indeed, the young lady has frankly con-
fessed that of which she is accused, thinking that
' she had not acted contrary to any laws, human or
divine.

Now, having stated thus simply and briefly the
cue of Miss Cunninghame, I would fain make a
few remarks on this flagrant outrage, which, I need
hardly add, has excited here, amongst persons of all
creeds and nations, the utmost indignation, and draw
your attention to the present state of the law on re-
ligious subjects in Tuscany. I avail myself of an
authorised copy, and m 7 translation is strictly correct
and as literal as is possible :

Article 3.—Whosoever commits a crime in the Tuscan ter-
ritory, be he a Tuscan or not, will be judged according to
the rules of the present code.

OP OFFENCES AGAINST THE RELIGION OP THE STATE.
Article 137.—Whosoever, by means of public speaking
or by writings, either in manuscript or print, or by figura-
tive representations, distributed or fixed up, or in any other
manner brought before the public mind, has attacked the
religion of the state, will be punished with imprisonment
with hard labour for from five to ten years, if his intention
has been to propagate wicked doctrines, and to separate
from the:catholic church persons who belong to it ; and
with imprisonment from one to five years if he only in-
tend+ to insult religion ; and whosoever shall make use of
private instruction or persuasion to gain the tad contem-
plated under the preceding article shall suffer from three to
seven years' seclusion in prison, with hard labour.

Article 207.—Any organised association, although it may
exist without a secret bond, is illegal. An illegal associa-
tion, whether religious or otherwise, takes the name of sect,
and is punished with imprisonment, from two to five years
fur its promoters, and for those who have accepted any
charge or office in it ; and from one to three years for those
who are simply members of it.
Article 212.—Whosoever knowingly prepares, sells, or
disti ibutu papers, books, signs, or other distinctive marks
of a sect, though he should not be one of the sect, will be
exposed to imprisonment from three months to one year.
Article 2l3.—The articles of property mentioned in the
preceding article, via., books, prints, ac., also any furniture
or sums of money that may be found In the places where the
sect holds its meetings, will be confiscated.
Article 214.—Whosoever knowingly furnishes a meeting-
place to a sect, when he is one of the sett, will receive an
additional punishment; when not one of the sect, he will
be punished as a simple participator.
Article 215.—The sectarian is punished, though the sect
may hold its meetings out of Tuscany, and he may not have
been present at them.
Article 216.—The rules contained in the preceding arti-
cles will be applied, excepting in the cue of the illegal
association or sect exposing itself to heavier condem-
nation.

This new penal code, expressly drawn up to em-
brace the crime of Protestantism, only came into
force on the let of tho present month; and under its
provisions Miss Cunningham° has been imprisoned, is
to be tried, and will doubtless be condemned to a
greater or less degree of punishment—a course, of the
legality of which there can be no question, accord-
ing to the present state of law in Tuscany. But
surely, the grave question arises, how far internal
and national law is to be permitted to over-
rule international law. Is every little ducal
despot to be allowed to coin at will a currency of
arbitrary, unjust, and unchristian enactments, and
circulating them in hie own limited domain, to ex-
pect them to be received as legal tenders by all
strangers who may visit, or temporarily reside
within, his dominions? About a year and a
half since a law was enacted, by virtue of which
any person might be arrested and imprisoned
without trial, on simple suspicion; and it is a
fact that a Florentine, named Guaducci, has
been just exiled for two years, after an imprisonment
of nine months, without trial, his crime not having
even been named to him, but semplice s,vetti
alone having been assigned as the reason of hie
exile. Ho is a protestant, and was known to
I be in the habit of reading his bible : hence
his persecution. Can anything be imagined'
more monstrous ? Yet every foreigner resid-
ing
in Tuscany can be treated in the same manner, as
is clearly laid down in the first of the article, col-
lated by me from the new penal code, and already
transcribed. Does not such a code contain a direct
violation of the first great principle of all law in the
abstract, and if so, have not those states who profess
to develop° and sustain international law a right to
interfere? However unpalatable such a doctrine
may be to the sticklers for form and ceremony, pro.
toeols and red tape depend upon it such interven-
tion must, and ere long will, take place, if not by the

British Government, most certainly by that of the
United States. Is it believed by any one who notes
the present state of public feeling in America, that
the government of the United States would allow an
American citizen to be detained in prison on a similar
charge one moment longer than would be requisite
for her Mediterranean fleet to anchor off Leghorn,
and demand, aye, and obtain too, his or her imme-
diate release. Such an eventuality can any day arise.
Many, amid the numbers of Americans who now visit
Italy, and especially Florence, are devoted protest-
ant' and devout Christians, and many would gladly
e assist the rsecuted Tuscans who profess the protest-
ant faith c and they may be counted by thousands) to
worship t eir God according to the dictates of their
conscience.