The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-18 00:00:00

THE STATES OF THE CHURCH.

ROME, Aim. 10.
The panic of the government with respect to the
presence of revolutionary emissaries in Rome still
continues, and the exertions of the police to make
sure of the suspected individuals are unremitting.
Five or six more have been arrested since my last
letter, and the remainder will find it very difficult to
escape the clutches of the sitirri, now that they are
hunting on the right scent. It is the general opinion
that Signor Roselli, who, after having been recog-
nised by the custom-house soldier, voluntarily gave
himself up, was not connected with the emissaries
already alluded to, and that his only crime was that
of ham g yielded to the desire of seeing his family
again, and returning to Rome with a passport
under a feigned name for that purpose. But
such does not appear to be the opinion of
the police authorities, who Rudd in considering
him as leagued with the conspirators, and have even
Plum, WIMNUDAT Brianta. sent him out of Rome to the fortress of Civita-
Lord John Russell's announcement that the Eng- Castellani', because they suspected that his voluntary
fish fleet would not quit Besika till the Russian surrender was merely a feint to gain admittance to
army had recrossed the Froth, produced a slight the political prison of San Michele, there to carry
panic at the Bourse to-day. It was not generally into execution a plan already concocted for the Übe-
known at the opening, and the market opened with ration of its inmates—the fidelity of the gaolers and
such animation that a great rise was expected. But of the Roman troops on guard being hardly oonsi-
towards half-past two copies of the speech were in dared sufficient to prevent such a disaster. The sus-
*Gelation, and a rapid reaction took place, which picions of the polioe are occasionally carried to a
Malted in a fall in the rents of 23c. from yesterday. ludicrous excess, as recently in the case of a Roman
The Prism mays of **speech in question : architect, engaged in rebuilding a large house in the
Lied Jobe Bassell's deeisstisa is 'rented in appearance Via Frattina, who, uis customary in this city when
.....a..big kb lisalitY ii ....1 Waft% dm the presence of the the roof is put on a new edifioe, gave a dinner to his
as Bela ems see m the least inconvenience workmen few days ago. Rejoicing. in the ex-
se n have say suedes ohmmeter. After, u.. 1,... • a
se no she qussh of Lam Jahn Bernell, Reeve km „,, .........ting aspect of the dishes of maooaroniand flagons
aim ese the usenatles of the Principalities of wine, the bricklayers drew up in military order,with
Ors sepumsses it M. Neeselrode's circulars. their tools shouldered, to receive the =sterol the feast,
Ms Maisons. see it was by mistake that General and merrily paid him the semblance of a military
L.. L. was stabs/on Monday to have been made a eelute—an honour which coat him dear, for the oc-
Osaull Crow of the Legion of Hoeonr. The General currenoe was related by. one of the ever ready corps
WMl,..molid to the rank of grand officer. The only of spies, exaggerated into the regular drilling of
tc:
arum were General La Hitte and Admiral labourers to the use of arms for revolutionary pur-
poses, and the unfortunate architect is at the present
The Empress's sister, the Duchess of Alba, was moment in prison for the offence.
at the gratis performance at the Francais on Fears of a more reasonable kind are entertained of
t sassy. the disturbances produced by the scarcity and high
The instructions of the President of the United price of corn, the general failure of the crops proving
States to his representatives at the different foreign a dangerous element of popular discontent. I have
courts that they should for the future appear on all already reported the government notification prohi-
occasions of public ceremony in plsin clothes, and not biting the exportation of corn from the Roman States,
in official costume, were carried into execution in but the common people of many districts, particularly
Paris on Monday for the first time. Mr. Sanford, in the provinces of La Marc* and Romagna,
the Chargé d'Affaires of the United States, appeared not content with these general measures, forcibly
at the seance of the Emperor, as also at the dinner oppose the removal of corn in any quantity from
given previously by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, their own special localities. These vi et armis ar-
in the plain dress of an American citizen. gements of course call for the interference of the
The in of Foreign Affairs yesterday ' 9 soldiers and police, and conflicts arise which fill the
witit tho Murk trAntaif savoy a as authatitits with aastiass. At Yoligno gado= dl..

lIAVIOATION OF THE DANUBE.
The correspondence between the British and Ru-
g= governments respecting the navigation of the
Baling Channel of the Danube wee published es-
terday. It amply establishes the injury sa by
British commerce from the state into which the na-
vigation of the Salina Channel has been allowed to
fall by Russia, and also the charge of malicious and
intentional neglect which has been advanced against
the Russian government.

FRANCE.

turbanees have already taken place. To alleviate
public dissatisfaition, the importation of foreign
wheat into the provinces of the Adriatic is now al-
lowed at a duty of one scud° per rubbio—about tour-
and-sixpence a quarter—aithough the hungry people,
in the present moment of distress, would fain have
had it in duty free, and accuse the government of
keeping on the import duty to favour those mono-
polists whose storehouses are now full of high-priced
wheat.

The aspect of the vineyards causes equally
gloomy forebodings with respect to the vin-
tage, the epidemic disease having made great
havoc amongst the vines. Hitherto the wea-
ther has been most sultry, and the ther-
mometer has ranged between 90 and 100 Fah-
renheit ; but on Saturday, the 6th instant, about nine
&slack, a.m., a smart shock of earthquake took place,
sad was distinctly felt in Rome and the environs,
lace which event the atmosphere has suddenly become
unnaturally cool for the season. I was sitting at break-
fast at the time, and clearly perceived an undulatory
rumbling motion is the whole house, Ps if some ex-
tremely he. ivy furniture were being moved about,
bat without the noise there would have been in such
a case. The motion lasted five or six seconds, and
was not sufficiently violent to produce any damage
to the edifices of the city.
M. de Lichtenfelt, the Dutch catholic minister of
worship, leaves Rome to-morrow, the result of his
negotiations being that the question remains pretty
much as he found it on his arrival at the Eternal
City. He has obtained what the Court of Rome
professed itself ready to accede to before he under-
took the mission—that is to say, an authorisation for

the catholic bishops to take the oath of fealty accord-
ing to the formula required by the Hutch govern-
ment, and an assurance that the Archbishop and
Bishop of Utrecht and Haarlem will be recommended
by his Holiness not to take up their residences in
those cities for the present ; but as to any change in
the sees, or any other important modification of the
bull, it is in vain to attempt to break through the
passive resistance of Pio Nono, and the sacred
college.
The long dormant works of the Pia-latina Railway
are actually to be resumed in the beginning of next
month, and, thanks to English capital and activity,
the Romans may expect to traverse the Campagna
per rail, at least to Frascate, before another year.
Messrs. Mastermans, Uzielli, and the other direc-
tors have entrusted the execution of the line to Eng-
lish contractors, and the English engineer, Nichols,
will superintend the work. The line will pass by
Frascate, Albano, and Velletri, to Frosinone, where
for the present it will end, the jealous fears of King
Ferdinand having interposed to prevent its being
brought any nearer to his frontier. His maxim is,
"evil communications corrupt good manners," and
to avoid foreign contact as much as possible his first
study, so that both he and the Popo mean to limit
their lines for the present to the interior of their re-
spective states,where they will allow their subjects to
run about with the paternal advice ,nedio tutissimus
ibis. The rapid transmission of news however appears
not to present so many objections as the rapid transmis-
sion of travellers, for the electro-teiegraphic line
from Naples to Rome is now complete, and the
mask wires have actuallyentered the Eternal C ity at
the Lateran gate, and stretch across the ample
piazza to the hol' staircase of Pontius Pilate. The
communication with Tuscany is less advanced, and
the whole of the interior arrangements are yet to be
made.

The Austrians are busy repairing the fortifications
of Ancona, where they are beloved by the inhabit-
ants, neither more nor less than usual. Two Austrian
ships of war arrived in that port on the sth instant,
with pupils on board from the Imperial Naval Col-
lege of Venice. They were cruizing about the
Adriatic for practical, nautical information—a very
excellent plan.