The Express.
London, England, 1860-02-09 00:00:00

As 1 tommised in my last le ter' I revert to the
subject of Father Fallen', mad I hops to plane in a
tomenbat dearer light the events labials preceded
Lis anent. B, (oft eiviload Etram had ,toovered
f•om'b• nest sb,ir of its astotiohment at the intel
toren& that a Jewtsh child had been snatched from
te.ot r tee pret.at of bin bomb( men
frauduautly Inapti-ed by a maid itereant two yeor.
la tort. these ya.ebt• had *mg egad an eminent
1..wy., itos etto con,•lact tn. It case befog,, the
i•orievioti. By 'he 'awe, of this tribunal sty
L.% • o:m hes b• en cm:reamed by it has the right of
• ,eg to it what in a t• te ehnient langusg.• of the
lloly iffice is cs:led to i•ararto. This ',scare° is a
▪ t of aiatement of the case in which both the
c..nsi.l-.undo of the sentence mud the pronto which
t..e pr d to hare dictated it are sought to be re-
fated. I say jmentned, berates the proceedings of
the Holy Office are never communicated to the
parties comernod is them, and all they ore informed
• t.,at ihs core has been derided rimer for or
frm, •hena. This sort of informal defence is then
meted to the local police authori.ies, who,.
they is to seed it to the Doninitin Itquisitor
who has decided the case. 'I here generally the matter
at. p. for there are very few i. staters in which
ire sowargo has really produced any other effect
than of malting the people concerned
in it lv large fees to the lawyer who has been
char.:eel wi h drawing it up. As soon as the eon-
tei the Holy Office was communicated to Signor
?their& the incerto was duly presented to the
poi c-• authorities of Bologna. I hear that in this
decumaht raiders.* was 'dieted totally subversive of
as t..at the octant bad sworn to, and showing
b yowl any remittable doubt the the child mild
not hare been baptised under the circumstances set
forth oy her. The bad sharacter of the woman was
also dwelt upm, ant was confirmed by official
ixforms•.ons d.rived town the police themselves.
In .cite of those wet,lity reasons for at least
a fresh and closer lalrest4ration of the case,
the lc* ofH•lyOfflea wag, all every
body cerried into rifest. The document was
therm •re an, allowed to predate any effect ; but ai
moo as she Papal govertossot had orsord to rule in
these provinces, the father of the ebtid gave direc-
time .o :tie lawyer to present anew copy of it to the
Widmer of Justice. The arguments set forth in
the iweerte were so immortal and so clear that the
minister, Alai, toad not help conning to the con-
that the Inquisitor of the Holy Office had in
this trial distregadad eves the rules of this nxcep-
timid • cchisiastieal tribunal. It was after long con-
Cderation that the arrest of Father Felletti was
dec..itd •epon sod pet irtn•xtmor on, for he had ben
expremey sh.rged by the off .need father with having
o dared the abdnet ion of his chi !cf. When the Inquisitor
was examined, he at once declined to enter into any
explanation upon the matter. teeing that he had
acted under the direction of the Holy Inquisition of
me. and in accordance with the laws of its excep-
tional tt thane!. He oleo irately refused to recognise
the ley jn...diction in the else.. stating the reasons
why be tbooyht himself beyond the pale of it. In
this system of defense Father Felletti still persists;
stud 1 am told that a however a question is put
to him whieh involve.. his responsibility as so Inquisi-
tor of lee Holy Office he declines to answer it,
saying .oat he ha. no authority to answer it. The
le ..•fficuities which surround inch • proceed-
ing are therefore Dune/VON sod they are not
likely to be OTINCOMe by the judge be'ore
whom they will come. The absence from
B Acct. of the accuser of Father Felletti has
alm d some delay, for the ',tomtit who pretends
to have baptised the child cannot be examined 6,1
he has sworn to his statement. It is therefore to be
expected that the trial of this famous Irquisicer wilt
not core off till the end of this month or the begin-
ning ei next. It would be rash to speculate just
now about its revolt, for the great legal point at issue
will be thin—whether the court of Bologna will
admit tliat at the time of the sentence the Holy Office
wan *b. high. at tribunal of the sue e, or whetter, by
tbe fee: of his hoeing ni-regarded to most obvious
prir.eißoa of common law. Father Felletti is really
rest mirth!. for the abduction of the child. Bet
what vet may be the decision of the judges of Bo-
logna 00030 Windt to society will be derived from
the pubicity given to this trial. The immoral 'sa-
shimi"- of priestertft will be revealed to the world,
and Earopa will undruStedly have a new and more
mrling example of the dangers and iniquities of
that secret and irresponsible authority which has so
long t..,,rrmsed the Roman catholic commanitics.

HUNGARY.

(niox ova ow% cruaassrorroaffe.)

PESTI!, las. 3.
I .v. just got the report of the Protestant Con-
In% me, which sesembled to-day to hear Baron Vaes
and harm Prong's report of their proceedings at
I..erna. Troy recommended the follow iag me
eon
of conciastion.

Since the government limes thst the protes-
tant synod should have the goal settlement of the
shovel) isr;anisation, htit orders that this synod
ohoold consist of the members elected by the new
twthre •uperinttndeoctes, whilst the protestant. pro-
test ag..nst the change of territorial divisions, and
Insley st in electing the mesh/roof the synod accord-
ing to old legal: eight superintendeociee, Baron
Vay proposes, and things he has reasonable grounds
for beLeving in the acceptation of such a proenttioo,
that the synod should be constituted as of old
by the (kola*a of the Betiii.tats, but now without
regard of the number of the superintendencier. But
be insists at the same time that the old eight super-
intendeLeiss shouid be of ee more !allowed •o meet
and to Pn7ction thin mode of election. The pro-
position w.a accepted as the ultimatum of the fro-
testants. with the addition that the government
should a:low the election of the vacant superinten-
dents t•, the number of eight, nor of twelve. If this
measure should he approved at Vienna, the protes-
tant. woad have triumphed in the struggle against
the governassest ; bet mins Francis Joseph is re-
&stied to make war in Italy he will not cons►nt to
this eor•cession, which implies the virtual canceling
of tn.- eye.... for the orgsnisatiou of the protestant
churches.