The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-25 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25. Ism

innocence of the prisoner. It is too late, therefore,
to listen to medical end scientific men who now come
forward to explain Miss RANKES'S death by natural
causes. Nor is it possible to suppese that responsible
men will endure to have the solvent decision of •
Jury set aside by the clamour of anonymous COMO-
rposands in the columns of a newspaper. Life and
death are matters too serious to be determined before
such a tribunal. The crime of which the prisoner
has been found guilty it is impossible to exceed in
atrocity. It is incredible that either the Judge or
the Jury would have adopted the opinion which
they did unless they had been firmly convinced of
Dr. Siesznuitire% guilt. It is difficult, after care-
fully considering the evidence, sot to agree with the
judgment ; and if such be the opinion of the autho-
rities to whom an appeal for mercy is likely to be
made, we cannot doubt that, considering the position
of the criminal as • reedisal man, the subtle character
of the crime of secret poisoning, and the peace and
comfort of society, the responsible Minister of the
Crown, in what he dose, will act with courage and
consistency. If there be • reasonable doubt as to
Dr. Sturm:lnes guilt, let him at ones be released;
if there is not, let him suffer the extreme penalty of
the law.

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LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TRURSDLT MOMMO.

The Molitor of this morning pablithe numerous
addresses from the Conseil* Geo6ratiz to the Em-
peror, congratulating him on the late snots.

lIABSEILLES, AvoosT 24.
Two thousand disbanded Swiss troops have dis-
embarked here to-day.

THE CONFERENCE.
BBILNI, WZDNIMIDAT, ACOVIIT St.
According to intelligence received from Zurich the
French and Austrian plenipotentiaries have regu-
lated the settlement of the affairs of Lombardy with
the consent of the Sardinian plenipotentiary. This
arrangement is expected to be confirmed by the dif-
ferent sovereigns.
The affairs of the Duchies will be treated of
directly between the courts of Paris and Vienna.
Yesterday the plenipotentiaries of Frames and
Austria held a conference, which lasted two hours.

DENMARK.
COPSNMAGEN, TEVISDAT.
The Faederlandet of this day says :—" It is tree
that Hanover has proposed to the Federal Diet that
steps should be taken in the affairs of Holstein
Lauenburg, but its proposals hays not been sup-
ported. Till now, neither Austria nor Prussia have
applied for information at Copenhagen respecting
this affair."

that it was the intention of the government that the
amnesty should apply to all socusations as well as
all condemnations, The only favourable infernos,

therefore, to be drawn from this case is that the
government will, in all probability, not press thel
law of public safety against any of the amnestied,l
but this yet remains to be officially announced.
The Boone was tolerably firm, but the slackness
of business continues. The smallest sale or pur-
chase affects the market considerably, either one
way or the other. The Rents rose 3c. for cash and
46c. for the account, closing at 69fr. sc. and
69fr. 25c. Mobilier rose 3fr. The Orleans railway
rose flc. The other lines are scarcely varied.
It is stated that the Emperor intends passing two
or three days at Cherbourg in the course of
September.

ITALY.

SARDINIA.
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TURIN, Anovet 21.
Within a week at the latest the Duchies of Parma
and Modena, and the Romagna as well, will have
given their national vote against the restoration of
their evicted governments, and it requires no augury
to be able to predict the unanimity of that vote in
each and all of the countries named, where the peo-
ple will declare by acclamations the annexation of
their country to Piedmont under the constitutional
sway of Victor Emmanuel. The unanimity of the
votes in the Tuscan assembly is a most notable feet,
when we remember that mast of the deputies have
always professed very moderate sentiments, and that
the two propositions for the abolition of the Lorraine
dynasty and the annexation of Tuscany to Pied-
mont were brought forward by persons whose
families were most sincerely attached to the Prince
and his house, and who filled the highest stations
at court. In the Duchy of Parma there were scene
trifling differences of opinion, which ended, however,
in confirming the principle of annexation, a prin-
ciple that now prevails in Italy. Piacenza and
Parma, frontier cities and of equal importance, have
always been rivals, and even now they seem to be
threatened with disunion and discord. Piaceeza
wished to join Modena and share her destinies; but
at Parma some politicians judged it more prudent to
separate the fortunes of their little State from those
of its neighbour, alleging that in the preliminaries of
peace at Villafranca no decision in point of fact was
come to respecting the Duchy of Parma. The people
there do not trouble themselves about this nice dis-
tinction. The two municipal councils of Piacenza
and Parma, which were recently appointed by what
was almost universal suffrage, have mutually and
unanimously decreed the union of the two countries
with the Duehy.of Modena, inviting Cavalier Fariai
to amine the reins of government.
Before many days are over the four Italian pro-
vanes will, I have reason to believe, officially declare
their vote to Napoleon 111., as they will to the King
Victor Emmanuel. Napoleon will speak them fair,
but nothing more. What will the Xing of Pied-
mont do, or to speak more correctly what will his
ministers constitutionally advise him to do P One
thing is certain, that his Majesty will not reject the
offer, but accept it provisionally, making an appeal
ic the meantime to Europe, and remitting the deci-
sion to a European congress. Such was the line of
conduct contemplated a few days ago. There is
some hesitation now, and they are thinking of expe-
dients. It would be desirable, they imagine, if
those provinces were to appoint a regent who should
introduce the Piedmontese codes of law pending the
conclusion of the conferences at Zurich, and they
apprehend an irraption into Lombardy on the part
of Austria, in ease the vote of the people should be
accepted here. In the meantime, Prince Po-
niatowski has gone to Florence, on a special mis-
sion from Prints Napoleon. The son-in-law of the
King wishes the Tuscans and the other provinces to
elect him as their temporary regent, to rule in the
name of the King of Piedmont. The proposal is
singular; the people will at least wish to be assured
that the Emperor is acquainted with the plan, and
that he approves of it. Unfortunately the Prince is
not held in very high estimation in Tummy, where
he spent the greater part of his youth.
The Assembly at Florence is not going to make
any useless speeches, and lest it should displease the
Emperor, who hoe no great love for parliaments,
will adjourn sine die till better times come round.
The mission of the Count de Reiset appears to be
at en end. He came to recommend the reiteration
of the princes and to study the country. He
began everywhere by using strong language, and
giving it to be understood that -French
garrisons were very shortly to be introduced.
By degrees, either from the pithy answers he
received, or from the unprecedented facts he wit-
geona, his walls became benignant, and there
was no further mention of French /anisette, From
all this, what is left for us to hope ? Perhaps there
is to be no restoration of the fallen dynasties, and
perhaps no annexation of those provinces to Pied-
mont. Such, at least, is the conviction of many.
But as I was conversing yesterday with an eminent
statesman, who knows several state-secrets touching
Sardinian diplomacy, I found to my amazement that
he confidently believed in the annexation. I observed
to him that it was not Austria alone that would
oppose the formation of a large and powerful king-
dom in Italy, but he interrupted me, and said :
"I fully understand what you mean; for all that, I
hold it for certain that in the defensive treaty con-
cluded some months ago between France and Pied-
mont there is a clause stipulating that in case of
war against and victory over Austria Piedmont
should be enabled to extend her territory until she ob-
tains a population of about twelve millions. Now, by
the union of the Italian central provinces the sub-
jects of Sardinia would not be greater, but still lees,
than the contemplated total." A.

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