The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-27 00:00:00

THE ARCHBISHOP AND wain, CAFOUR.

A ROLAND POR AN OLIVER.

The Perseveransa of Milan publishes the two
following letters, the ant o which, addrered by the
Archbishop of Cbambery to Count Cavour, bears the date
of the 13th ult. :

"Monsieur le Comte,—ln casting a farewell glance at
the states of the King, I gee with deep affliction the
religious persecution which is now rife throughout Italy.
Persecution, so loud to bear by those on whom it is inflicted,
II neither agreeable nor honourable to those who prac-
tise it. Before our separation, let me offer you a
eounsel which will put a stop to it in a few days
if you deign to take it into consideration. Do not
asia up spiritual with temporal concerns ; let priests
be free in church and sacristy ; do not exact from
them what is contrary to their convictions ; let them pray,
my mass, instruct the faithful, and administer the sacra-
ments. Da not force them to join in your ovations ;do
not ask them to sing re Dearna or bless standards. Govern
without them. and permit them to pray without you. Re-
spect the sanctuary of consciences. Forced prayers are
neither useful to you before God, nor honourable before
men. Th►t, I think, is a simple and easy way of living in
peace with the church. The government will pin by it,
and so will the church.—l have the honour to be, &c.,
" X ALExim, Archbishop of Chambery."
Count Cavones reply, which bears the same date, is as
follows : _ _

" Monseigneur—l sincerely thank yor- grace for the
advice you are pleased to offer me before accomplishing
the act of separation which is to put an end to our official
intercourse. I shall endeavour to put it into practice, the
more so as I have no taste for persecution, and am not now
disposed to take vengeance for the annoyances which I had
to suffer in my younger days from certain priests who used
to invoke the secular arm in older to force me to follow
their doctrines and practise their precepts. B'it since
your grace takes an interest in the peace of the church
in the states of the King, I would request you also
to impart some advice to those of your brother
bishops who place themselves in open revolt against the
government of their country, refuse to recognise the sove-
reign It has chosen, encourage rebellion, conespend with
the enemies of their country abroad, and seek to foment
troubles within. The government respects the church ;
but when any members of the clergy, whether they be
bishops, archbishops, or cardinals, violate the laws, and
affect an insulting contempt for the king and our institu-
tions, we are resolved to apply the laws, even though such
a course should make us pass for persecutors in the eyes of
•party which preaches tolerance, while it follows themaxims
in virtue cf which the child Mortara was snatched from its
wants, and the Madial, husband and wife, were banished
from their country.—l am, kc., " eAVUL:a."

A Paris correspondent of the Courrier de Mar-
milk mays :—" The Emperor Napoleon, to recompense
Abd-el-Ksdcr for his conduct in favour of the Christians in
Syria, has sent him the Grand Cordon of the Legion of
Honour." . _ _

The album which the city of Milan is about to
present to Marshal Vailhint will contain twenty-eight
water-colour drawings by the best artists of the city, in-
cluding Nei, Massa* Fromagalli, Pennutti, and Rossi. The
Goat will be about 15,000 fr.
The King of the Belgians and the Duke and
Duchess de Brabant returned. to Brussels on Monday
evening from their visit to Namur.
A medal bag been struck at Palermo in honour
of Garibaldi. It is of a large size, and the resemblance to
the general is perfect. It commemorates the landing at
Marsala on the 21st of May. the capture of Palermo on the
Tab, end gives the names of the chiefs who followed the
general in his expedition—Ls Maria, Carini, Stem, Cairoli,
Nino Sixio, ('rispi, end Anfussi. It also lean the name of
the general himself, and the year of his birth.
Several of the foreign astronomers who went to
Spain to observe the eclipse, intended, before leaving, to
hold • conference at Madrid, to which city they have been
invited by the government.
THE Isruxus CANAL—We have seen letters by
the English staanies Valetta, arrived on Sunday last from
Alexandria, stating that the Viceroy is furious at some in.
monstrance, made to him by the British Consul-General
re;-ording the Isthmus canal. The remonstrances are still
going on. Rumours were prevalent that the Poch* was
again showing • desire for independence. and that the
French were encouraging him in this course. It was re-
that • high Turkish official was on his way to Eapt
rtcrOoditantiouple to Moist on the works of the anal
befog diicontinuel—Malfu Timor.