The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-10 00:00:00

VICTOR EPOWiIIEL AT MODENA.

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MODENA, MAY 5.
You are aware that though about forty priests
received the King at the Duomo of Bologna the day
before yesterday, the archbishop and canons decline
the honour of meeting him. The worthy prelate,
however, subsequently waited on his Majesty to ex.
plain that he had acted in accordance with expre,s
orders from Rome, but that in obeying them he had
not intended to show any disrespect to his Majesty.
It must be admitted that his reverence's conduct
exhibits considerable ingenuity in the attempt to
reoonoile his spiritual and temporal interests.
Victor Emmanuel received him with his usual
frankness and good nature, which appeared to
make a favourable impression upon the arch-
bishop.
In the evening his Majesty went in an open
•camsge to see the illumination of the town, accom.
paned by Count Cavour and the officers of his
Staff. The cheering and clapping of hands were
incessant. At the theatre the same enthusiastic
Eocene took place, and when his Majesty appeared in
the royal box the cries of the people filled the
house. As I write I see passing before my windows
the line of royal carriages conveying his Majesty
and suite to San Salvatore, a royal park ten miles
(Tom this town, where his Majesty is to enjoy a
little shooting. He will return this evening, and
to-morrow morning we shall start for Reggio before
mass time. Although the King has been excom-
municated he is still constant to his religious
observances, a thing which, I hear, is bitterly felt
both by the Holy Father and his Secretary of
State.

On arriving here I found the number of emigrants
from the Venetian provinces greatly increased.
committee has been established? under the chair-
manship of Cavaliere Feraccmi, one of the
most distinguished citizens of Venice. These
poor emigrants are daily enlisted in the army,
and those who are rejected as physically disquali-
fied are supported by funds derived from voluntary
contributions. Yesterday I happened to talk with
one of these gentlemen, who had left Mantua four
days ago, andhe told me that nothing can give an
idea of the tyranny which the police of Austria
exercise over the unhappy population of her
Italian dominions. It will be enough for me to
mention a fact which occurred a few days ago
near the village of Goito. The parish church of
that country place is situated on the left batik of
the Mincio, and therefore it forms a part of his Sar-
dinian Majesty's dominions. The rector, however,
exercises spiritual jurisdiction over a popu-
lation which lives in the province of
Mantua. During the Easter holidays this
population went as usual to confess at the
pariah church of Goito, and received the printed
ticket which is the voucher that the sacrament has
been duly attended. It is a custom of the rector
to inscribe on the ticket a line or two of the gospel.
It appears that Don Rondelli bad on that occasion
chosen a line in which Our Saviour is designated
by the name of Emmanuel. The poor peasants
who had brought the ticket to their homes on the
other side of the Mincio had on the following day
to undergo a strict search by the Austrian police,
who wanted to seize all the obnoxious tickets.
Five men and two women, who obstinately refused
to give up the tickets, were arrested and shut up
in the dungeons at Mantua called La Mainolda.
This fact, the correctness of which I can answer for,
speaks volumes as to what Austrian government
really is.
Count Cavour, who arrived here yesterday, sud-
denly left this morning for Turin. From this
sudden departure of the Sardinian Premier people
are led to believe that some important news has
reached him. Among the different rumours cur-
rent here one much believed is that the Emperor of
Austria is on the eve of paying a visit to his newly
acquired friend of Villafranes. At this meeting,
people say, the Italian question will be settled
raitisaille, and perhaps some new diplomatic trick
played off on the Italians. The peop'e of this
coantry are, however, determined to counteract all
Imperial tricks by a firm defence of the indepen-
dence they have so nobly acquired at the price of
so many sacrifices.

MUSIC.