The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-21 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.
THE HUNGARIAN PROTESTANTS.

The official Buda Perth Gazette of the 17th con-
tains an autograph letter from the Emperor to
General von Benedek, which in substance is as
follows:

The patent of the let September, 1859, wan published
with a view to the definitive regulation of the eoclesiaatical
affairs of my protestant subject' in Hungary, the Berviaz
Voivodina, Ban►t, Croatia, Sclavonia, and military frontier
districts. It gave to them new rights and privilege' on a
Legal bees. Some of the protestant; accepted the patent
and the ministerial ordinance. which accompanied it with
gratitude, while others made scruples of conscience a plea
for objecting to both. For some time past the ordinances
have been an excuse fur great and continually increasing
agitation among the Protestant.
It being my wish that the organisation of the Evangelical
Church in Hungary should be completed without unneces-
sary delay, I am induced to permit those commulutien,

seniorats, and superintendeacies *raid' are not yet eoneti-
treed in accordance with the sense of my plena to hold
"Convents," in order that they may take the necessary daps
for sending representatives to the General Conferences
which, in accordance with paragraph 4 of the 26th wade of
the law of the year 1791, will have to make propositimas re-
lative to the convocation of the Synods ; which peopositions
will be made known to me by my Minister for Emiesimetical
Maim sad Education. No obstacles ars to tops& the pro-
paratioos for the General Conferences, and for the appoint-
ment of superintendential inspectors or curators sad super-
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intendants. Should the General Conferences wish to hang
changes made in the regulations for the composition of
the Synods I shall not object to attend to their petitions on
the subject.
Those parishes, eeniorate, and superintendenciee which
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have already conformed to the patent, or are about to do
sa, shall be in no way disturbed. Thus, the Lutherans in
the, Preeburg and Neu-Verbaas superintendencies who have
conformed to the patent, and those functionaries who
assisted in bringing about such " conformity," shall be in
no way molested. The Seniorata of the &arras super-
intendency are at liberty to re-unite either with the Penal or
with the Eperies senior:its, and the Oedenburg, Eperies, sad
Path superintendencies of the Augsburg (Lutheran) con.
feasiou shall for the time being reform the superintenilencias

beyond the Danube, beyond the Their, and in the mining die-
tricte— thst is, in safer as the superintendency bet mentioned
is not affected by the reservation made in favour of the
Prembuts and Verbless supelintendenciee. The Calvinist
communities shall be at liberty to retain their ancient
roperintendential arrangement&
The foregoing resolutions are new proofs to the Hun-
gsrian protertanta of the paternal kindness of the supreme
protector of their church. I grant a full pardon to all per.
sHu against whom proceedings have been instituted for
°Tering opposition to the patent of September 1, 1869,
and also to those who, having been sentenced to punish-
' meat, have not yet borne it. Instructions are hereby given
to my Ministers of Ecclesiastical Affair, and Justice to quash
all suits which may be pending against nonconforming pro-
testante in Hungary.

NAPLES AND SARDINIA.
NAPLES, Mir 15 (vet Yamaha).
M. de Carats has remitted a circular to the diplo-
matic corm bitterly accusing the Piedmontese
government of having, notwithstanding its pro-
mise, allowed bands of volunteers to be enrolled,
armed, anddespatched to Sicily. M. de Carats adds
that this violent attack against international laws
exposes Italy to sanguinary anarchy and compro-
mien the whole of Europe. He throws the respon-
sibility on the authors and accomplices of such cri-
minal actions. The Marquis de Villamarina has, in
the name of Sardinia? protested against this accusa-
tion, which be says is false and injurious. It is
believed that Garibaldi will land tin Calabria.

SARDINIA.
TURIN, MAT 19.
The committee appointed by the Chamber of De-
puties to consider the treaty of the 24th of March
bare had a conference with Count Carom.

The Dirseto, an opposition organ, says :
" The explanations given by the minister are not
satisfactory to the opposition party. The minister,
on being requested by the committee to communi-
cate the diplomatic correspondence, replied that
he had no other documents than those already
published. As regards the questions of the boun-
dary, the public debt, and the railways of Savoy,
Count Cavour declared that negotiations were dm
pending with France, but that nothing had been
definitively nettled. The committee then demanded
the purpose and the influence of the treaty upon
the future of Italy. The minister replied that the
treaty was a grievous necessity."
Besides the Bishop of Farms and the Vicar of
Bologna, proosedings are being taken against the
Bishop of Imola. The Archbishop of Pisa, having
refused to submit to the orders of the government,
is to be conveyed by force to Turin.