The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-06 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 6.

IT is much to be feared that, unless the people of
England take the settlement of the Italian question
into their own hands, it may be solved immediately,
and that in an Austrian mass. No doubt Lord
P•Liteturrox and Lord Puna= are disposed to
persevere in • an hooest and liberal policy, bat their
generous inclinations may be counteracted by the half-
hearted indifference of some of their collesgues, who
fancy that England has no interest in Italy, or by
the Austrian predilections and courtly tendencies of
Lord CLARENDON. It's with reluctance and sorrow
that we feel ourselves compelled to speak Woof the
noble Secretary for the Foreign Department, bet
he has left us no alternative. He has been
blowing hot and cold in the affairs of Italy.
His manly support of CORM CAEOUR is the Con-
fences of the Bth of April has been followed up by
the Treaty of the 16th of April, which be kept a
secret from the Sardinian Minister. This secrecy was
of itself sufficient to shake the faith of Piedmont in
England ; and there can be no doubt that the treaty,
which was *occluded to gratify Austria, might, under
an anti-Liberal English Administration, be turned to
the prejudice of Italian liberty. This meow is un-
worthy of England, which ought to play a liberal
and entirely independent pert in Italy.
The letters et oar Genoese correspondent have
shady drawn attention to lb* moue in which
the French end Austrian Ministers at Rome
are hantiag im couples. We do not, indeed, be-
lieve that then with regard to Italian
affairs, any cordial mad sincere understanding
between the Wheel of Vienna and the Court of the
Tuileries. Reek is attempting to make use of the
other. Bet they have objects in common which they
may bring to a successful issue before their divergent
ulterior aims bring about a rupture between them.
For France sad Austria have made strong
representations against whet they are pleased to call
the excesses of the pees ia Tuscany. It is needless
to state that the press doss sot enjoy much liberty
ender the Oman Duns, bat even the little it does
enjoy is dreeded by Austria. The Empire, of the
Flax= is noways displeased to And en auxiliary
is • erased, against the Italian, such as he has
already emerseteed against the Belgian, peen ; and
therefore he associates himself with Austria
in remoestrenees, which have not beau joined in by
kis true Allies, England and Piedmont. The Minis-
ters of the GRAND Dais have, it is true, advised him
sot to meddle with the existing laws ; bat the Tw-
ee& Prime Meister is weak, and to ears his plate
he will do just what the GRAND Dina pleases—that
is, whatever Austria insists upon. Again, it is at
present the policy of Louis Nsivuox to keep in with
the Porn, whiles the Austrian Court is notoriously
led by the Jessits; and the commutate of the so-
spenders of the two Govensneuts in the nesse et
the perti-pretre is that religious persecution is m-
iming a sew and more inveterate hem about Piss.
Protestant proselytism Is no logger the only thing
sought to be checked ; a new legal cameo has been
hued oat—Blasphemy. The truth is, that the
senate, people are enraged at the priests, and their
bank expressioss of their sentiments are interpreted
late this crime. The peesantry are the principal
victim of this extended persecution.
8o far we have been toschisg upon the French
Government's Lpses from sound policy and cempli-
city with Austria, for the purpose of 'stearin, its
own ands; but there is also great danger of its being
induced by the subtle and uneerupuloue diplomacy of
Austria to go further than it contemplates. France
is no match for Austria in the game they are sow
playing. It may or may not be true that Count
RATNEVAL is BO longer the MDR man he MA since
his illness of last winter ; Austria has nfficient ad-
vantage without that. The object of Austria is cer-
tain ; it has one distinct, definite aim is view ;
while France is trying to reconcile bnposnibilities—
to be liberal at one time sad illiberal at another.
The relentless, straightforward, march of Austria's a
souses of power which France, hesitating between
two opinions, is destitute of. Already strong irymp-
tem ere visible that France's ea the eve of being
aver-reached. The Austria' and French Govern-
ments have both addressed notes to the Poe; MOO.
mending reforms. The details of reformation have
boa prepared by the French Ambeseador, and they
are recommended in the Austrian note ; but as that

note concludes by declaring that advise cooly is offered,
and that Rome, as an independent State, can do as it
pleases, nothing can come of snob a represestatioo.
Austria played exactly the same gamete 1830; her
Ansbassedor, LUTZOW, signed the well-known me-
morial presented in that year by the Great Powers
to Gaza:int XIV. ; bat after signing he refused to
join the other diplomatic agents in persooally sup-
porting the contents of the memorial ; and It is
notorious that he encouraged the POPE in his re-
tinal to yield to their remonstration. Franco is
king mode the dupe of the miming eascarrenes of
Austria sow, as the Great Powers were in 1830.
The Preach diplomatic agents are strongly of
',Woo that no reform can be seoomplisbed in the
Pontifical States by halt manure; that eves secs.
kriestioe of the Papa Government is no remedy;
that a priestly sovereignty is incompatible with
good government; that in truth liberty and priest.
craft cannot eo•exiet. And LOON NAPOLEON
knows that this is the truth, though he
his anxiety to erinciliate the French priest-
hood, and to identify their national vanity
with his own seditious projects, he deems
it necomary to speak the Pore fair. But the
Pore is overpowered by ANTONELLI sad his party;
and the Cardinal dose not altogether despair of
sooling the Austrian Besperceos eigosiesserst for WALE
PERLA. M. DI RATNEVAL hes intimated to Altto.
PELLt that the Emmen will shortly withdraw the
French troops from Ross, merely retaining such a
atilitery force at Civita Veichia es may make to
doter from insurrectiosary movements iti the capital.
To this intimation ANTONILLI hes replied that be
ems time ago informed RATNEVAL that he felt him-
self in a condition to preserve order la Rome with-
out the aid of the Preach troops; that he Is
'metal fee their past *mists, sad dose net ob.
jest to their withdrawal; sad that the Austrians
on lauds' their forme I. the Legations. This lest
stetemeet Is simply ea wrath; and the object of
the Cerdinal-Pretaire is to get the Fronk est of
Renee, and the Austrians Into it, and then to go 011
in the old routine of clerica► nalsgoverstemat.

All these things an !movies; to Italy bat that
sr* =knows is the lleglish Foreign-efts. Ad
they will meths@ to be lunette there es less as
Ltd CLWatDoe repose the MOW faith is whet