The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-17 00:00:00

THE RISING IN THE PAPAL STATES.

There is no decisive news from Rome, but both
parties are recruiting their strength for the final
struggle. The friends of the temporal power and
the papacy are said to be arriving from all parts of
catholic Europe in Rome for the defence of the
Pope. On the other hand the liberal youth of
Italy are proceeding by hundreds and thousands
to augment the ranks of the Garibaldians, and
strange as it may seem, the whole of catholic Italy
appears to be as determined to have the Eternal
City for the political capital of united Italy as some
of the catholics outside of Italy appear resolved
that it shall continue the religions capital of catho-
licity. Tho Queen of Spain is said to be anxious for
a Spanish intervention, but both Narvaez and Gon-
zalez Bravo—reactionary though they be—refuse
to commit the government to such a proceeding,
and the Milan Gazette announces the arrival there
of several young Spaniards with the intention of
joining the Garibaldians. The most important
and serious resolution, however, was that which
was taken at the Council of Ministers at St. Cloud
yesterday. What it was we have as yet no means
of knowing, but it cannot fail to be soon manifest,
for the time presses. In the present temper of the
Italian nation it would be difficult for either
minister or king to resist the demand for the entry
of the Italian army into Rome. There is scarcely
a journal from one end of the Italian Peninsula
to the other, with the exception of those published
under the eye of the Papal government, which is
not urging M. Rattazzi to take this step. The
ministerial, the moderate, and the ultra organs of
opinion are at one on this point, and should the
minister allow a French force to enter Rome with-
out opposition, it would be difficult to predict
where matters may end. In France itself, while
the clerical and Papal party are moving heaven and
earth to bring about a fresh intervention in Italy,
the liberals hold such a step to be quite impossible.
According to the Indipendance Belge the Italian
ministers have come to a decision which has been
notified to the French government with all the de-
licacy required in making such a communication,
that whilst the Italian government would do all in
their power to prevent any attack on the Papal
States they should feel it to be their duty to send an
Italian army to Rome if France attempted to plant
anew its flag on its walls. Between the humiliation
of the country and the certain fall of the dynasty
or a war with France, were it to lead to the ruin of
the kingdom founded at the cost of so many sacri-
' ces, the cabinet of Turin, the organ of the King and
of the nation, would not hesitate to accept the
second alternative. The Indipenclance adds
that it believes the imperial government
will shrink from adopting a resolution which would
afford so much satisfaction to its enemies, and that
Prussia is watching with intense earnestness what
is passing between France, Italy, and Rome.
The Avenir National counsels the Italian govern-
ment not to stop short for a single moment. " Be-
tween the desires of the French government and
their realisation there is," it says, " an abyss, and
this abyss will not be crossed. The situation may
be described in two words—the government de-
sires to maintain the Pontifical royalty, but it can-
not. It cannot on account of the close connexion
of the Italian question with the German question."
The feeling of both parties to the struggle seems
to become more embittered as it proceeds. The
LiberV reports that the Pontifical government has
shot several prisoners, and amongst them Count
Pagliaoci, of Viterbo, who was made prisoner at
Bagnorea. M. Pagliacci was condemned to death
three years ago for political offences. The Italian
Correspondence says that the Roman prisons are
full of prisoners, and that Count D'Argy, the
commander of the Antibes Legion, has directed
his officers to shoot all the Garibaldian prisoners,
which, if carried into effect, will lead to terrible
reprisals. The Liberte inquires whether the ex-
ample of Queretaro has been forgotten.
The Debate replies to the post scripture of Bishop
Dupanloup with the following persiflage :

The bad temper of the Bishop of Orleans is apparent,
and he has seldom been so violent and aggressive—so much
so that even La France thinks he has gone a little too far.
We think we may declare ourselves, without giving
scandal to any one, to be of the same opinion as
La France. To talk of the It►lian government
as having " lie, in the background," that it
displays " insolence " and " incredible audacity,"
that "it insults all that is sacred amongst men,"
is somewh►t too sharp; to call General Cialdini "the
man of lies and of snares," is of doubtful urbanity ; to
proclaim aloud in fine that whoever does not par-
ticipate in the notion of M. Dupanloup about the
necessity of a new French intervention "has not
French blood in his veins." is to gratuitously insult
• large number of honourable men. These are grand
words, not to say big words, which, however, prove nothing.
Does M. Dupanloup then put in • claim to infallibility!
We really believe that we may have an opinion differ-
ent from his and yet be a rood a Frenchman
as he. His post acription, after all, is but •
commentary on the circular of Cardinal Antonelli, and
it can have no other object than to force the hand of the
government and drive it to • new intervention in Rome,
which if it does not take place will make 31. Dupanloup
" ashamed for a moment of being a Frenchman." This
argument, we confess, does not seem to us to be de-
cisive.

(anima's TV.XGRANA.)
FLORENCE, Oc-r.17.
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Telegrams received here from Rome dated
yesterday, announce that a fight had taken place
at Vallecorsa between 200 insurgents and a body
composed of Pontifical gendarmes and members of
the Antibes Legion, resulting in the loss of several
killed and wounded on both sides. The insurgents
were retiring to the mountains. A fierce en-
counter had taken place last night before the gates
San Lorenzo between the insurgents and the Papal
gendarmes; details, however, of the affair had not
transpired.

PARIS, OCT. IT.

The Mohifeur of this morning says :—"The advices
received from Italy confirm the intelligence pub-
lished by the Moniker of yesterday. It is certain,
however, that new bands are incessantly crossing
the Papal territory, many of their officers
being in uniform, and that trains from
Florence alone have conveyed thither 1,200 Carl-
baldians. The insurgents appear to have concen-
trated to the number of nearly 3,000 at Monte
Librette, Monte Rio, Romano, Nerola, and Mori-
cone. Bagnorea has been threatened by the bands
with pillage. On the 15th at Vallecorsa, on the
southern frontier, a small body consisting
of a few Papal squadriglieri, with some pea-
sants, volunteers, and gendarmes, held in
check 200 Garibaldians, and thus left time for the '
Roman column to arrive. The Garibaldians had
10 killed, including their leader and three officers,
and several wounded, losing besides 40 prisoners
and a quantity of arms and munitions. In several
towns in the provinces of Viterbo and Frosinone
the inhabitants are calling for arms to aid the
gendarmes in repelling the insurgent bands.
" Throughout the whole extent of the Pontifical
States, the population not only remains calm but
is pronouncing more and more strongly against
the invaders."