The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-27 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27.

SIGNOR Rarrsur, who, since Aspromonte, was
pronounced an almost " impossible " Minister, and
who indeed seemed for some time to tacitly accept
his ostracism as the proper fate of a statesman
who had saved his country at the coat of his good
name, is once more not only a possible Minister,
but to all appearances the only possible Minister,
or at all events the only one who has been tried
and not found wanting. Even Riessom, who was
looked upon by all parties and by all men of no '
party as the only legitimate successor of CAvova,
in character if not in capacity, has broken down
in public reputation more completely than even
Rarrazzr after Aspromonte, for at the fall of
the latter there were many who could not but
respect the firmness of the man who had deli-
berately confronted the storm of unpopularity
under which he was sinking. But " the Baron,"
whose worst fault as a statesman was his " inflexi-
" bility "—always "an ancestor in armour," as
somebody said of him—has in some mysterious
manner lost the confidence of Parliament and the
esteem of the nation from his imputed deficiency
in those very qualities which had been always
attributed to him, alike by friends and adversa-
ries, and which, in the opinion of both, consti-
tuted him the natural leader of the State in
supreme emergencies. RICASOLI, who a year ago
was suspected at Rome of being a pervert to Pro-
testantism, is accused by the advanced Liberal
party in the Chamber of coquetting with the Court
of Rome through confidential emissaries, and offer-
ing to make things as pleasant as possible to the
Vatican in the matter of the sale of Church pro-
perty, on condition of the HOLY FATHER'S acquies-
cence in the financial negotiations then goingon with
foreign capitalists in the confidence of the Vatican.
It was stated that RICASOLI and ANroxim.r had
come to an understanding on the Roman quest'oa
which implied nothing less on the Italian side than
the concession of the fullest liberties to the Church,
and nothing more on the Papal side than the
gracious consent to be relieved of a proportional
share of the public debt of the Legations and the
Marches, without abandoning in principle the ter-
ritorial rights of the Holy See. Something was
said about the abolition of passports and of the
search of passengers' luggage at the frontier, of a
customs union between Italy and the States of the
Church. But the great object of the negotiations
on the part of the Court of Rome was, if not to
convert the sale of the Church lands into a mere
mortgage, at any rate to secure to the episcopacy
the control over the salaries of the clergy. What-
ever in thelK arrialgetnenta Appeared to favour the
pretensions of the Court of Rome was ascribed by
the " Left " to a sudden and mysterious weakness
of the armoured " Baron " for the Church. A
great deal of the bitterness of the opposition to
Signor SCIALOJA'S schemes was due perhaps to this
prejudice against RICASOLI. The Baron, it is
true, was not compelled to resign on an ecclesias-
tical question ; but the order of the day with
respect to the right of public meetings in Venetia
was the pretext rather than the motive for giving
him a lesson which his pride could not accept.
The imputation against him of making things too
easy and pleasant with the Roman Government
was, we daresay, unfounded and unjust. Ries,
sou's real error had probably been that of mis-
taking the time and the manner and the conditions
of legislating upon CAvous's formula of " a free
" Church in a free State," and in endangering, by
precipitation, the freedom of the State without
obtaining the quid pro quo from the Church.
But perhaps it is a sufficient explanation of
the fall of RICASOLI that, among many high cha-
racteristics, be has not the temperament of a par-
liamentary statesman ; be lacks the suave and
easy temper, the tact, the suppleness, the insou-
ciance, the give and take, theimperturbable assurance
which charm and convince supporters, and disarm
all furious opposition by making their rage ridi-
culous. Miasma never knew how to parry or
disengage the thrust of an opposition speaker ; if
ho did not cut down then and there his agile
adversary, armed with nothing better than " a
" sling and a stone," he fell, like GOLIATH,
" upon his face to the earth." Such
is the position of Rteesor.r at this
moment. But in justice to Signor Rarram it
should be remarked that he did not supplant his
predecessor in office by any factious vote or in-
triguing party combination ; on the contrary, he
lent a general support`to Baron RICASOLI'S Go-
vernment. RICAROLI fell because the majority of
the Parliament objected to his mode of dealing
with the Church property as too favourable to
the Church, and because, however unjustly, they
suspected his new leanings towards a " reconcilia-
" Lion" with Rome.

One of the singularities of the political situation
in Italy is the rapid exhaustion of all the avail-
able statesmanship which Southern and Central
Italy hive supplied to the new kingdom
since Piedmont became absorbed in Italy.
Rieman' has carried a whole company of
Tuscans with him to an untimely parliamen-
tary grave. It seems only the other day
that the cry of all the " annexed" provinces was
against the monopoly of Piedmontese ministers.
They were detested as cordially as Dr. JonssoN
detested the Scotch, and partly for the same rea-
son. What Mr. DISRA kLI says of the Whig

monopoly of Parliamentary Reform, the Italians
were always saying of the Piedmontese monopoly
of administration. Yet already what do we
find T Six years have devoured, as the
French Revolution was said to have devoured,
the first generation of Italian statesmen ; and in
the present most critical hour of the country's
fortunes, when it is a question between
im-
pending national bankruptcy or the most
strenuous and persistent national self-sacrifice,
the one man who is found not unequal to the
occasion, as a parliamentary leader and debater,
as a financial negotiator, as Foreign Minister, is
a statesman who was President of the Council of
Ministers at Turin nineteen years ago, when the
ambition of the House of SAVOY and the hopes of
Italy lay bleeding at Novara.
There is nothing in this evident superiority of
Signor Rarrazzi to his rivals (his only probable
successor at present is a Piedmontese also) which
should discourage the rising generation of Italians ;
there is much that should solicit their most serious
reflection. It should convince them that
statesmanship is something more than de-
clamation, and even than patriotism ; and demands
long and persevering studies, habits of attention to
business, and laborious application to details ;
patience, punctuality, precision, and a host of
other minor qualifications. In tl•ese Signor
RArrezzi, whatever may be his defects, appears
to be at present with scarcely a competitor out
of Piedmont. What a second generation born in
freedom may produce, time will show ; but if Italy
is to live her own life, and possess herown destinies,
it is high time she should begin to educate her
sons for her service, and train them up in the
austere and bracing discipline of duty, labour, and

vhdts us, to degenerate in turn into a blind trust of every
pretender, no one will venture say.
On the subject of the Birmingham riots the Star observe'
that there is only one way of dealingwith Mr. Murphy. Let
no one go war him or his lecture". The Madame will then
fall through of itself, and Mr. Murphy's occupation will be
gone. Mr. Murphy is in all respects an undesirable theo-
logian. He will insist on being pelted, and pelting him
necessitates a disturbance. Birmingham should refrain
from indulging him.
The Salzburg conference, the Spanish insurrection, and
the Abyssinian expedition, continue to be topics for remark
in the Ihreld, Telegraph, and other journal".

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1867.

THE RISING IN SPAIN.

(120TIltlf 11171tt88.)

MADRID, Avatar 24.
The civil governor of the province has published
to-day the following official extract of the despatches
received at the Ministry of War :
Catalonia.--. 111 the railways and telegraphic lines are
free. The column of Lieutenant-Colonel Rodriguez de•
Tested yesterday, on the territory of Tapis (Gerona), near
the frontier, two bands of rebels, who were obliged to take
refuge precipitately in France. Numbers of insurgents
have surrendered.

The Alcade of Liorono (Boragodo) with volunteers has
assisted the carabiniers in defeating the insurgents.
Volunteers of the province of Girone and of the civil
guard of Torella have taken some prisoners, amongst
whom are four Frenchmen who had escaped from the
prison of Ceret (France). Fernando Pierned Roger and
27 men belonging to this band have been arrested by order
of the French authorities and taken to the prison of Per-
pignan.

Valencia.—Perfect tranquillity ha reigned here since
the destruction of Carlet's band.
Aragon.—General Monso de Zuniga, nominated General-
in-Chief of the Forces in the Upper Aragon, set out from
the capital oa the 20th. He arrived at Saragossa on the
21st. In his impatient ardour to place himself at the
head of his troops, who had already been on the march for
some days pant, and without duly considering the enemies
he might meet on his way, he left Saragossa on the 21st,
with • small column of 250 chasienrs of Ciudad-Rodrigo,
and 30 Cavaliers del Rey.
Yesterday afternoon they encountered, at Linas de Mar.
cuello, the combined factions of the Ex-Generals Pierard
and de Marione', 1,200 strong. Taking advantage of the
enthusiasm which animated his troops, he resolutely attacked
the position occupied by the rebels, and, after a fusillade
of two hours' duration dislodged them at the point of the
bayonet. The email detachment of cavalry at the same
time charged with fury, and followed the rebels almost to
the gates of the town. The Being continued until, the
ammunition being exhausted on both sides, Monso 's troops
formed in column, and quietly awaited the
enemy, who for an hoar and • half hesitated
to attack them. Night coming on, the column
encamped at Ayerbe, where it halted, intending
to continue its march towards Huesca this morn-
ing. The rebels have retired to Zacc•, having, lott
50 men killed, besides three officers, and • great number
wounded. The column lost, besides General Monso de
Zuniga, who fell a victim to his ardour, one captain and
one lieutenant, wounded, 13 soldiers killed and 21
wounded,