The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-19 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(mitre TZLZOZAML.)

FRANCE.
PARIS, Dr.c. 8, EVENING.

In speaking of the important debate at present
in progress in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, the
bulletin of the Mouiteur du Soir alludes to the
quiet tone displayed by the great majority of the
speakers. "It may be hoped," says the writer,
"that Italy, understanding her interests and her
duties, will respect the engagements she has con-
tracted, and will devote her strength to the develop.
ment of her prosperity."
La France says that the offers of the Italian
alliance have not met with a favourable reception
at Berlin and St. Petersburg. Italy would now
base certain hopes upon the eventual accession of
General Ignatieff to the ministry, as he is said to
represent a more decided policy in the relations of
Russia with foreign powers.
It Is stated that Baron Budberg will leave on
Saturday. -

ITALY.
FLORENCE, Drc. 18.

At the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies
to-day, Signor Rattazzi accused the ministry of
only having published such documents upon
late events as place the policy of the Rattazzi
cabinet in an unfavourable light. He requested
General Menabrea to lay on the table all
documents which concerned the events of the
last few months of the Rattazzi administration.
He was equally grieved and astonished at the
justification by the minister and his
friends of the French intervention without
a word of protest. The late government
had struggled to the last against the Garibaldian
movement, and had employed all possible means to
prevent it. It believed the movement inopportune,
and not calculated to attain its object, besides pre-
judicing the sale of the ecclesiastical property.
Relative to the means of going to Rome, he would
meet Signor Menabrea's general question by an
equally general reply. " I wished," said the
speaker, " to go to Rome by means permitted by
our right without compromising order at home,
or our foreign relations : I believe that moral
means are useful as preparatory to a great act ;
but it is vain to hope to obtain a final result from
them. We must be prompt to try an opportune
moment. Order and financial prosperity are not
sufficient to bring us to Rome. Ido not feel bound
to specify what moments or circumstances I should
consider propitious. Relative to the September
Convention, I would observe that treaties between
two powers, one weak and the other strong,
should never be in the least degree ambiguous,
as the weaker power must in case of contro-
versy accept the interpretation of the stronger."
Signor Rattazzi regretted that one consequence of
the convention was to allow foreigners to interfere
in internal affairs, and to give information, warn-
ing, and advice. The convention having been
made, should be respected, but the question arises,
by what means 1 They could not arrest Garibaldi
or his followers for a simple declaration of a wish
to commit an illegal aet, and, being responsible to
parliament for the violation of the law, it was impos-
sible to adopt the measures recommended by the
French envoy. Signorßattazzi,who was prevented by
indisposition from proceeding, will continue his
speech to-morrow. He spoke with great energy,
and was frequently interrupted by clamorous
applause on the left, and by the public in the gal-
lery. Signor Nicotera disavowed the anti-mo-
narchical principles attributed to the volunteers by
Signor Mari and General Menabrea.
The debate will be resumed to-morrow.

BELGIUM.
BRUSSELS, Dec. IR.

In to-day's sitting of the House of Representa-
tives the report of the committee on the Army Bill
was presented. _ . .

The report concludes with a recommendation that
the actual contingent should be provisionally main-
tained.

PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, Dsc. IS.

At the sitting of the Upper House of the Prus-
sian Diet to-day the bill upon the union of the
Supreme Court and the Chief Court of Appeal
came on for debate. The committee recommended
that the bill should not be passed at present. The
Minister of Justice supported the bill. Count von
Bismarck urgently advocated the acceptance of the
bill, upon political grounds. The government
would be compelled to cast the responsibility of the
evils arising from throwing out the bill upon those
who opposed the attempt to bring about the union.
Upon the votes being taken, by calling over the
names of the members, the bill was rejected by 42
to 33 votes.