The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-12 00:00:00

[C INTELLIGENCE.

(11ZUTZW8 TILBORLIEB.)

DEPARTURE OF THE LAST OF THE
FRENCH TROOPS FROM ROME.
BOMB, Deo. 11.
The last detachment of French troops left Rome
this morning.
A regiment of Pontifical Zonaves arrived here
yesterday.
Signor Totten° has arrived, and it is believed
that he will be received by the Pope to-morrow.

CIVITA VECCHIA, Dec. 11.
A United States frigate has arrived off this port.
(Via Marseilles.)
ROME, Dec. 9.

At the farewell interview granted by the Pope
to-day to the officers of the French troops about to
quit Rome, General Montebello, Mia.Frenah com-
mander, made a speech, in which, after expressing
regret that the moment had arrived for taking
leave of his Holiness, he said :—" The Emperor
withdraws his troops from Rome, but not his sup-
port. His Majesty leaves in the Eternal City the
protection of France. May time appease passions and
tranquillize sorrows, impart to all minds a spirit of
' conciliation, and assure to the Holy See inde-
pendence and security, in order that it may
maintain its spiritual influence over the whole
world--such are the earnest wishes which I lay
at your Holiness's feet, soliciting your bone-
; diction."

The Pope made an extemporary reply, the
tenour of which has not yet transpired.
On the occasion of the Pope's expected visit to
Oivita V4vv.his., to inspect the foreign vessels in
that port, he will be escorted by the Pontifical
Zouaves.

The government printing-offices are printing
large numbers of documents. It is stated that the
Pope is about to promulgate reforms, acoompanied
by a declaration of the reasons for which those
reforms were deferred while the French troops
remained in Rome.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, DEC. 11, EVENING:

A royal decree has been issued approving the
convention signed by the Italian Minister of Public
Works with the Roman Railway Company.

The Opittione of to-day states that the conven-
tion for the apportionment of the Pontifical debt,
arrived here to-day from Paris for ratification.

Letters received here from Rome aasert that at a
consistery to be held on the 15th inst. the Pope
will deliver a highly important allocution.

PRUSSIA AND THE POPE.
BERLIN, Dm. 11.

The semi-official North Gorman Gazette of this
evening says :—" The communications contained
in the Berlin correspondence of the Patric relative
to the position taken up by Prussia in the Roman:
question are only so far true that the Prussian
government, as already announced, has expressed
its earnest wishes to the Italian cabinet that an
understanding may be arrived at with the court of
Rome. The expectations, which the Put fie further
gave publicity to, are erroneous, and the state-
ment in the Paris correspondence of the Cologne
Gazette, that the Patric had received its intelligence
from the Prussian Embassy in Paris, is also without
foundation."

PRUSSIA AND SAXONY.
DRESDEN, Dec. 11.

The official Dresden Journal, of to-day, publishes
an article, exhorting the Saxon press to cultivate a
good feeling towards Prussia, as a cordial under-
standing between the two countries is the earnest
wish of the Saxon government.

HESSE DARMSTADT.
DARMSTADT, Dec. 11.

The elections in Upper Hesse, for deputies to the
North German Parliament, are fixed to take place
in the middle of January.

THE HUNGARIAN DIET.
PESTEI, Dec. 11.

The committee's draught of an address in reply
to the royal rescript was brought forward in to-
day's sitting of the Lower House of the Hungarian
Diet. It draws attention to the dangers arising
from disunion at home and complications abroad,
and urges the immediate, complete, and uncon-
ditional re-establishment of the constitutional state
of things, as further delay in adopting that course
would render an agreement between Austria and
Hungary impossible. It also promises to consider
the question of cAnmon affairs as soon as the com-
' mittee of li7 shall have brought forward their re-
port and the Diet shall have been empowered to
adopt resolutions having the force of law.
The draught concludes by praying that an
amnesty be accorded to all persons under sentence
for political offences.