The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-20 00:00:00

INTOLERANCE IN PIEDMONT.

The following is an extract from a letter from
Italy :—A Pradmontese sz-canon, Pietro Doro, who about
ten years ago became a protestant, was selling copies of. the
Gospels in the town of Aosta, when he suddeuly had an
apoplectic seizure and died. As there was no place of berial
in that town for protestante, now numerous enough, and as
several scandalous Gonne had taken place there before with
respect to the interment of protestants, K. Curie, the even-
gatkal Fedor of the place, deputed by the Vaudoise com-
munity, begged the Intendant of Aue•ii to kradly point out
to him some honourable spot in the cemetery where poor
Deco could be buried. The intendant, however, far from
comprehending the spirit of our liberal hereon these matters,
far from embracing this opportunity of atoning for past mis-
conduct towards the protestants of Aorta, ordered M.
Curie, in virtue of • ministerial letter of 1tk.58 that
concerned Courmayeur alone, to bury the body in
the place set apart for children that die untoptised,
sad as it is said, for persona that have been hanged.
Ifs further said that the priest must de-ounseerate
the ground before any protestant could be laid there. The
prior naturally replied that such • spot was not suitable
far an honourable citizen of the state, whose rights were
guaranteed by the " Sratuto," nor for the protestant rel.
o°o, in honourable religion protected by the law, and
which ought not to be treated like that of • psriah ; that
there must be laws more recent and more just towards
protestants, since even quite recently the King's govern-
ment had more than once most oordially does them justice
under similar circumstances ; that be, the pastor, could not

berry a citizen of the state in • place which either the
Kentish church or the general public held to be vile. Nut-
withstanding three observations, and a letter that came
most opportunely from the office of the governor of the
province of Turin to explain the legal rights of the pro.
testanta as regards sepulture, the intendant persisted in his
previous determination. M. Curie then refused, and in
writing, to accept such a place for the member* of bis faith,
declared he would not bury poor Pietro Dore there, and
strongly protested spinet the contempt shown for his
rights, and against the violeuoe about to be used. This con-
duct of the pastor was guided further by the fact, that
during his absence from Aosta the Homieb clergy had de-
mended that disrespect should be shown to the body of Dorn,
and had actually seat to the pastor's for the measure of
the coffin, in order that their own sexton might dig the
grave. In the end, the intendant refused point-blank to
write his refusal to acknowledge protestant rights and
obey the official letter he had received.
A great crowd collected before the Welk where the body
lay, In expectation that the pastor would put himself et
the head of the funeral procession ; but they were areal,.
pointed, of course. The police had to perform their functions,
Do they came by sight, took the coffin away by force, and
buried poor Dorn as • malefactor in the Isper.ground, to the
great horror and disgust of all the protestants and of the
unhappy widow. For the sake of justice it ought to be
mentioned here that the town council, as soon as they
heard of Doro's death, interfered with a view to procure an
honourable place is the cemetery for the protestants, but
were overruled by the intendant.
It is not necessary to observe that Ulla conduct is an open
violation of the "Statute," which consecrates the right' of all
the citizens. That protestentiam and one of its pastors should
have been outraged in this way is revolting to the public
conscience. It is clear that the object was nothing lees
than to exhibit protestants as pariahs, as pagans, in spite of
their being baptised, and notwithstanding that the council
of Trent lays its anathema on any one daring to reject their
baptism. (Sea. VII. con. 4.)
As the valley of Aosta is visited every year by numbers
of English tourists, some of whom may chance to die there
suddenly, like the three unfortunate men at the Col du
Oinet, is it just, is it in conformity with international law
that England's protestant citizens, or those of liwitzeil..nd,
or of other countries, should be treated as this Pietro Don.
has been? such facts must make the protestant world
indignant, and give rise to an energetic protest, Dead
bodies can no leaser be insulted with impunity, in the
year ltltiO, in • laud of liberty, nor can Italy Malt be thus
insulted, who is making such unheard-of efforts to become
regenerated.
The King's government, a liberal one, a apprised of this
affair ; let us hope it will render prompt. justice, and opeuly
show its disapproval, by causing the body to be disinterred
and reburied in a more honourable part of the cemetery,
that ought to IA commas to ~11 without distinction of
creed.

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Granville, capsized yesterday morning on Taylor's Bank.
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sabots the twain. of the captain, pilft, and two of the crew
of the schooner, at half•paat outs p.m. The retruuuder of
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