The Express.
London, England, 1860-01-11 00:00:00

THE POPE'S SPEECH TO THE FRENCH

GENERAL.

On New Yeses-day, General Goyon, the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the French army in Rome, pre-
sented the °Moors of the division of occupation to
the Pope, and addressed his Holiness as follows:
"Most Holy Father,—We come once again with
the same ardour to prostrate ourselves at the foot of
your double throne of Sovereign Pontiff and of
King, and to bring to it the expression and the as-
surance of our profound respect and entire devotion.
"If the great everts of the past year have not
given us our share of the glory upon the field of
battle, we have been able to console ourselves with
the thought that we were on the field of honour of
catholicism.

" Deign to receive, Moat Holy Father, the senti-
ments of my brave and noble subordinates, of whom
I am at this moment the interpreter."
The Pope replied in the French language and
extemporaneously. He said :
" In the last few years which have glided away,
it was a subject of consolation, but in this year it is
for me &double subject of consolation, to see the French
army take part in the exceptional position of the
States of the Church. The assurances of the devo-
tion and of the love of this army are also a great
source of consolation. I invoke the blessings of the
good God upon the portion of the army which is
here, and the whole army which is in the French
empire. But, prostrate, I pray the good God to blase
the generous French nation ; I prostrate myself at
the feet of the God of Mercy, who is and will be
for ever, and ask Him to load with graces and
knowledge the chief of that nation ; that courage
may be given him to condemn those perverse prin-
ciples which cannot be in harmony with the Church,
and wb are a monument of hypocrisy and of
ignoble contradictions. I hope—nay lam wrong—l
am persuaded that the Emperor will receive light
from God to condemn those principles. I may add
that I have some former documents in my hand
which were sent me by him, and which are in con-
tradiction to those principles. With this assurance,
I am convinced, and, with this condition, I bless
him, I bless his august companion, the Imperial
Prince, and the entire nation."
The telegram from Paris states that the speech of
the Pope is published in ,the Moniteur. The copy
which we give above is translated from this
morning's Debats.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, TrESDAT.

The Austrian Government has ordered Prince
Metternich to declare to the French Cabinet that it
would decline to enter into negotiations ou any other
buis than the agreement of Villafranca or the treaty
of Zurich.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, TrISDAY.

The Conference for the discussion of the question
of fortifying the German coasts wu opened here
yesterday, under the presidency of Lieutenant
Moltke. Today the Prussian project fora system of
common defence was submitted to the Conference.

SPAIN AND MOROCtn.

MADRID, JAN. 8.
The Spanish forces have moved forward, having
provisions for live days. The stormy sea and the rain
prevent communication with the squadron.

MADRID, JAN. 9.

The storm has ceased. The communication by
ships between Ceuta and Algeciras has been re-esta-
blished. There is no more any telegraphic commu-
nication with the army.

The Empress (says Galigaani) has just given a
fresh proof of her goodness of heart by madam to General
Dieu, who la still suffering from the severe wound which be
received at dolferiso, a mechanical bed. Her Majesty added
to the vales of the gift by sending with it a ineraage expresses
Mg a hope that it hould tend to expedite the General's cure.
A number of the protestant clergy of Prussia
recently presented to the Prince Regent an address, praying
him to coolie • metal synod to draw up an organic con-
stitution formfthe evangelical church of the kingdom. The
prince, la hie reply, said that be could not comply with the

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request, me neither existing circumstances nor the text of the
law permit him to act in such a summary and energetic
meaner. The question of the interests of the evangelical
char& will therefore be examined in the district synods,
which are about to be organised in conformity with the now
coongazial law.