The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-28 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28 I.Bbii

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(MOM OUR OWN CORRZIPONORNTI

PARIS, THURSDAY }IMMO,

The meeting between the Emperor of Russia and
the Prince Regent of Prussia at Br.. Atli is a subject
of great anxiety here. A very general impression
is that they there agreed not to oppose the annexa-
tion of Central Italy to Piedmont, and that if it be
true that England is now disposed to go into a
congress, it is because she has reason to believe that
the votes of those two great powers will be given in
favour of Italian independence. The Pap is evi-
dently very much alarmed. It desires to question
the "grave news" given by the Nord, that the
meeting of Breslau was the counterpart (in a re-
verse sense) of the meeting of Climate, and then it
says, but evidently without any farther warrant than
its own wishes, " we should quite agree in the impor-
tance of the cordial understanding between R Quiz and
Prussia if, as is generally said, that understanding
is established upon the basis of the preliminaries of
Villafranes and the treaty of Zurich. We cannot
but congratulate ourselves on this adhesion to the
policy of the Emperor Napoleon."
I hare reason to think that the following para-
graph in the Pattie, which, although carefully
worded to make the best of en nopalateable piece of
news, admits the fact of an understanding, or, at
least, an approach to an understanding, between
England, Prussia, and Russia an reference to the
congress, and seeks only to repudiate the idea that
the three powers are:united in any larger designs—is
much more authentic than the assertions of the
Pays:
The event which preoccupies Germany at the present
moment is the meeting of the Emperor of Ruda and the
Prince Regent of Prussia. This mistime has prey:AU a
variety of Interpretations which we abstain from reproducing,
and which relate to the general state of Europe, and affi-
nities mourned to exist between the two cabinets of London
and Berlin. But we believe, on the authority of a source
washy of credit, that the only political object of
the meeting was to settle, with a view to a
I engross, the bases of an understanding between Eng-
land, Prussia, end Russia. It hi added that the
coming together of these three great powers wu managed by
Prussia, in order that she might not find herself alone
against Austria. Prussia end Austria are now far Indeed
from that memorable day, August 26, 1769, when
Joseph 11. sad Frederick 11., meeting in an old castle
of &lee's, rushed into each other's arms, and swore eternally
to support each other. That alliance was the origin of the
imam= subsequently formed against France. We may
judge from then fact, how profound are the molificationa
which have been made in the state of Europe, and how chi-
merical ere thou threats which tend to nothing less than to
make us dread a new treaty of Pilaitz.

The Emperor came to the Tuileries to-day from
St. Cloud and received several visits with a certain
degree of mystery—at least so it is said by people
about the palace who were not made aware before-
hand of his coming. One of the receptions which I
see announced in an evening paper, probably by
mistake, as having taken place at St. Clond,was that
of Toussoun Pasha, the only son of the Viceroy of
Egypt, who was accompanied by M. de Ls:4o4w
Monday next, Oct, 31, is definitively fixed for
the departure of the court from St Cloud to Com-
pii•gne. A special train has been ordered to be in
readiness at 2 o'clock on that day. I see it men-
tioned in the Ind(pendance that Lord Cowley's
name is " not yet" in the list of invitations—a
statement meant to insinuate a doubt whether in
the present state of the relations between Francs
and England, he was likely to be invited at all. I
am, however, enabled to state that Lord Cowley's
name is down in the second series of invitations, in
which are comprised those of M. de Metternich and
Count Walewaki. According to my information,
the assertion that Count Walewski was to live in
the palace of Compiegne during the entire period of
the Emperor's stay is unfounded.
The Prince Napoleon arrived at the Palely Royal
this morning, from England.
The Bourse has been remarkably quiet. The
Rents closed at yesterday's price, after having been
about sc. lower. Mobilise scarcely changed. The
railways left off from lfr. 25c. to 2fr. 600. lower.

SARDINIA.

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TURIN, Ocr. 24.

There is no doubt that the peace is concluded, but
the treaty is not yet signed, and, notwithstanding
what the iforsiteur has said about it, at this moment
that lam writing, is only paraphed. Its text also
differs a little from the telegraphic summary of it
that has already appeared ; for instance, the fol-
lowing phrase is not contained in it : " The rights of
the sovereigns of Penns, Modena, and Tuscany are
reserved by the high contracting parties," or words
to that effect. Instead of them, these words are in-
traduced "As fur the rights of those sovereigns, the
high contracting parties reserve to themselves the
power of deliberating and coming to an agreement?'
Before our plenipotentiary affixes his signature be has
again demanded that a sum proportionate to all that
part of the Duchy of Mantua which does not pass
over to the dominions of King Victor Emmanuel
shall be deducted from the whole amount of the debt
assumed by the Sardinian government. The Sar-
dinian representative demand, d also an explana-
tion of certain points relative to the sale by Austria
of the Lombard railways, and the sums she had
already received. As soon as these particulars affect-
ing the treaty have been examined into, the
final act of pesos will be subscribed. Sardinia had,
indeed, protested against the arrangement disposing
of the monastic iostitutions, and in virtue of which
their poeeeseious are withdrawn from the applica-
tion of the Piedmonts,e laws as at present in force.
The remonstrance of the Sardinian plenipotentiary
was submitted to the French Council of State,
and this body has decided that the tenor of the
present French law differs from that of the Sardinian
laws respecting the property of monastic institutions.
If so, tbeFreuch law bee been changed indeed since
the time when it converted into national property all
the estateeof the clergy. Another (*racer dissent
between Sardinia and Austria about the conclusion
of peace has been, that the latter power, being in
great pecuniary straits, wanted a great part of the
debt foisted upon the former to be paid in ready
money. The arrangement effected is, that France
herselt will pay a portion of the debt in hard cash to
Austria, red will take from Piedmont as reimburse-
ment her promissory notes, under the condition how-
ever of not bringing them into the market lest they
should be depreciated.

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All this concerns the treats, between France and
Austria. The one between France and Sardinia is
more simple. France transmits Lombardy to
King Victor Emmanuel on condition of receiving as
part reimbursement for the expenses of the war the
sum of sixty million., and the pen.ioos formerly
paid by the Italian kingdom to certain marshals
of the Empire being acknowledged. The treaty
concluding peace between all tree three Powers
is also very simple. It refers for the most part to
the two separate treatise, and does not impose on
Sardinia the obligation of accepting the proposed
Italian Confederation, or of taking any steps to
that end. Austria appeared to be on the point of
yielding in the matter of the iron crown, but she is
now quite inflexible. When King Victor Emmanuel
was questioned on, the subject he replied, " Let
Austria keep the material crown, I will fabricate uue
io the heart of the nation." The minister Cabo',
mina returned yesterday trots Paris, much gratified
with the cordial reception given him by the
Imperor.