The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-04 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES.

(IT BRITISH AND MISR it/MIMIC TILEGRAPH.)

(PROW 001 OWN COLINSPONDINT.)

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

The Africa did not arrive till five this morning,
and parcels for the press were not procurable till
seven o'clock, although the mails were sent up lut
evening. She left New York on the 22nd, and hu
brought 131 passengers, and, 650,000 dole. specie.
The steamer Anglo-Saxon, hence, arrived at
Quebec on the 18th. The steamers Persia and
Kangaroo, hence, and Ocean Queen, from Southamp-
ton, reached New York on the 21st.
The news is unimportant.

The forthcoming circular to the American minis-
ters in Europe, giving the ♦iews of the United
States government on neutral right., was engrossing
the attention of the cabinet. It is said that Eng-
land's enlarged schedule of contraband goods will be
dissented from.

The new tire million dollar Treasury Note Loan
had been allotted. The bids reached thirteen mil-
lions, and the loan was awarded at from 5 to 8 per
cent. premium.

California advice. are to May 30.
Advises from Fraser River continue discouraging,
and shipments of gold are quite small. Governor
Douglas had issued a decree providing for the neu-
tralisation of aliens after three years' residence.
New York money market continued easy at about
former rates. The banks specie had decreased over
a million dollars. Sterling exchange quiet at 109;
to 1101. Stack market depressed, and tending
downwards. Closing prices :—New York Central
sham, 731 to 1 ; Illinois Central shares, 681
to 69; ditto Bonds, 821 to 83; Erie
shares, 61 to 1. Cotton dull and unsettled.
Prices nominal. Breadstuffs dull and lower for
all articles. Coffee depressed. Ideas pork steady,
but prime 60c. to 76c. lower. Beef quiet but
rather lower. Lard declined 1. Spirits of tur-
pentine firmer. Tobacco quiet. Iron unchanged.
Sugar firm and slightly higher. Freights without
improvement. At New Orleans, on the 21st, cotton
was quiet at former quotations.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, SUNDAY HYMN°.

The new phase in the relations between the King
of Sardinia and the Papal States is illustrated by
the following comminatory communique, which the
Slide finds itself obliged to publish this morning:

The 6ircfe, in atteckkall the Papacy in its political power,
and in the dogma of which it I. the august personification,
confounds the noble cause of Italian independence with that
of the revolution. The Emperor's government feels it neon-
suy to protest against this COSAIIiOII4 which is calculated to
excite bad gavottes, to trouble consciences, and to mialead
publis opinion as to the true principles of French policy.
Respect for and protction of the Papacy forms part of the
programme which the Emper.r is carrying out in Italy,
"to found order upon the satiefa2tion of legitimate
interest," Those kumals which endeavour to distort
the character of tbie glorious war are wanting in sU that is
most obligatory in national sentiment. If a melancholy and
regrettable wallet has occurred in Perugia, the responsi-
bility of it must fail upon them who have compelled the
pontifical government to make nse of en armed force for its
legitimete defence. The political independence and the
spiritual sovereignty unitol in the papacy render it doubly
worthy of respect, end ant the moral condemnation of attacks
against which the French government might have invoked
legal represeion ; but it prefers to leave these attacks to the
justice of public opinion.
. .

The lieck, feeling probably a certain degree of
strength in the influence which has hitherto grate-
fully encouraged its advocacy of the Italian cause,
ventures to reply to this communicated note as fol-
lows :

The terms of the cossowdslivw addressod to us by the Min-
ister of the Interior are so wars that we shall doubtless be
allowed to explain. We @ball Omuta the accusatims brought
against us with moderation and firmness. We never in-
tended to attack any dogma; we respect all religious beliefs,
sad mote partionlarly Ur se of the majority of Frenchmen.
We have maimed sots of the papal government. How can
it be possible that we should not have the same right to
speak of the cardinals which the constitution and the laws
give us with regard to the agents of the French government.
As to the reproach of being wanting to ell that is most obit-
gamy in the national sentiment, of wishing to excite bad
passions, to trouble consciences, and mislead public opinion
as to the true principle of French policy, our patriotism and
our daily habits protest against this interpretation of the
84ieles as tide.

This reply to the Minister of the Interior is
signed by M. Hari°, the political director of the
joarnal. It has not heretofore been usual to reply
at all to any edict of authority. Ido not know in
what part of the laws and constitution M. Havin
finds a right to discuss the acts of agents of the
French government. At all events the right, if it
exists, is nugatory, because it is guaranteed by no
law. There is no reply to a warning, two of which
lead to suppression.
The Pairie also is emboldened to protest against
the approbation which the Minister of the Interior
gives to the attack upon Perugia by the Swiss
guards, and is, moreover, of opinion that the re-
sponsibility of that sad event falls not upon the
people of Perugia, bat upon Cardinal Antonelli,
who it describes as an Austrian disguised in the
"sacred purple."

Notwithstanding the distinct approval by the
French government of the Pope's conduct at Perugia,
conveyed in the communique to the Siecle, the latest
letters from Turin mention, u a consequence of
King Victor Emmanuel being prevented from send-
ing M. Massimo d'Azeglio as a commissary to
Bologna, that the Roman officers in the l'iedmontese
army are" organising a corps to defend the cities of
the ltoman states which are threatened by the mer•
°ramie' in the pay of the Pope." The Neapolit►n
general Mezzo-Capp is expected to march shortly,
at the head of a force of six or seven thousand men,
" to defend the revolted towels of the legations." Here
is a complicated situation, if ever there was one. It is
not to be supposed that the Emperor of the French
wilt send an army to tight against Roman soldiers
who are detached from the army of his ally, the
King of Sardinia, for the express purpose of pro-
tecting the independence of the papal towns
which have risen against the government of the
cardinals. And yet, if the French do net interfere,
the Swiss Guards, whom the Minister of the Interior
commends, will be driven out of Perugia by a revo-
lutionary force.

The To Deurn for the battle of So'farina was
celebrated to-day with great pomp. The Empress
and all the court attended. The Imperial Prince
was in the Empress's carriage, and seemed much
astonished at the liberty taken by certain privileged
people who were allowed to approach near enough
to throw in flowers.

Commandant d'Andlaa, one of the Emperor's or
derly officers, arrived in Paris from the army yester-
day, and presented to the Empress the Austrian
colours taken at Solferino.

The anecdote of the Emperor having had an
epaulette carried away by a ballet continues to be
accepted as true by the French press, although it is
rather extraordinary that the Monitcur, which
dwells upon the risk which the Emperor ran, and
speaks of projectiles falling among his staff, should
have omitted to notice such a very str king incident
if it really happened. The Pays this evening
quotes a bon snot attributed to the Emperor on this
occasion. His Majesty said, laughing, "Me voila
passé chef de bataillon." A chef de bataillon wean
but one epaulette, while a captain, his inferior
officer, has two.