The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-17 00:00:00

DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS IN CIRCASSIA

(ST 11011W1.12111 £XD Barna' Taraiewi.)
TRIESTB, TKVIIDAT.

Adrian from Constantinople, of the 9th inst., state
that Befer Pasha has gained two victories over the
Amebas in Moms* and ham taken from them aboat
800 primness and 21 gam.

ITALY

PIEDMONT.

The Princess Maria Elisabeth of Saxony, widow
of the late Doke of Oeocs, brother of King Victor
Emnsaateel, has jut celebrated a morganatic mar.
rise with the Menials Crapsllo, ez•orderly ofilcer
of the late duke. Mgr. Moreno, the Bishop of
Inds, sad eonkeeor of the printing, announced this
unexpected intelligence to the King on Sunday last.
The guardianship of the children of the deceased
duke has been given to the Prince de Carignan,
cousin of the King.

The Armenia, the ultra-clerical organ of Turin.
some days back headed one of its articles with the
following title in Brobdignag capitals:—" Recanta-
tion of ChevalierO.Collegno," whose death was men-
tioned a short time beak. In this article the
Armonk set forth that M. Collegno, being on his
death-bed, had, before his confessor and two wit-
messes, retracted all his declarations in the Chamber
in favour of the sunward= of the convents, and
had thus reconciled himself with the church. The
Opinion. of the 13th states that, having been at
some pains to ascertain the truth of this assertion, it
has been informed that M. Collegno's ordinary con-
fessor being out of town, another was sent for, who
refined to give him absolution unless he retracted;
and that, after tormenting the sick emu for two days
with his importunity, be at last extorted from him
the following declaration: :—" If by what I have said
is parliament I have incurred the censures of the
Council of Trent, I retract, since I wish to die a good
catholic." The Opiniotos sdds that he absolutely
refused to make a more explicit declaration.

Accounts from Rome in the Augsburg Gassite,
say :—" Three Catholic priests have arrived here
from Wortemberg with the view of negotiating a
ooncordat between that country and the Holy Bee.
The Pope has convened a congregation, when the
project will be communicated to the latter by the
priests in person."
His Holiness the Pope has, says the Unite-t,
signed so amnesty oomprisiog about thirty persons,
for the most part condemned for the affair of Nov.
16, 1849. This art of grace, it declares, is to be
published on the onmaioa of the inauguration of the
monument in amatory of the proclamation of the
dogma of the Immaculate Conception.

The town of Clheni.lCleprese. citation of which
had fallen into the hands of the priestly party, re-
turned at the communal elections on the 14th the five
liberal candidates. This ehoioe is regarded in Belgium
, aa the popular reply to the recent fulminations of the
bishops against the liberal party in Ghent, and espe-
cially in its university.

The Vilma eerideteddent of Le Nord relates the
fonowtelt:-.olXoNhol nobatakt Walt az' @danced • alight
maddest Is (glebe se bin bone at his (astral quarters at
Meese. The &Moro hove forbidden btu to mesas sada,
sad do ail ham sat of tamper, &eland that la that ate
he shield net esused tits tro-pe. Not poly has the
pose sedherised ttlm MP Masao d the army from a 'anima,
bat be made Ws Se plessat t f s beautiful sad sellable
"Adele."