The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-12 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12. 1867.

HUNGARY.

PESTS, Ocr. 11.

It is stated that the Council of Ministers have
resolved to lay before the Diet a bill declaring the
exercise of political rights to be entirely indepen-
dent of religious opinions, and abrogating all laws
passed in opposition to this principle. This bill is
to come into force throughout Hungary from the
day of its promulgation.

AUSTRIA AND THE CONCORDAT.
VIENNA, Om 11, EVENING.

In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the
Reicharath, Herr Mulfeld brought forward a
motion for the abrogation of the Concordat. Herr
Muhlfeld said that at first he was not in favour of
the course proposed by the house to put aside the
Concordat by a special law, but he contended,
in the face of the bishop's address, it
would be cowardice not to strike direct
at the existence of the Concordat. The
orator proved that the Concordat was not
a state treaty, but a law of the land, which could
be altered by legislative means. He then closely
criticised the bishop's address, the contents of
which he said consisted on the one hand of insults
and calumny, and on the other of flattery and
hypocrisy, inasmuch as it asserted that it took no
rights away from the crown. Herr Muhlfeld added
that religion required no treaties, and that he
pitied the catholic church if it could only exist
through a concordat."
The motion was referred by a majority of the
house to the committee on religious questions.

Sr. NAZAIRL, Ocr. 11.—The Transatlantic Com-
pany's steamer France has arrived here with 202 pas-
sengers, and dates from Vera► Cruz to the 13th ; Hamm,
18th ; Martinique, 18th; and Guadeloupe, 20th ult.

The Board of Trade have received from the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs an extract of a
despatch from her Majesty's minister at Florence, ioclosing
a translation of a decree, containing regulations concerning
the payment of duty on goods which may be in Ancona
and Leghorn on the lst January next, when their priei-
legesas free ports will cease according to the law of May 11,
1865. The document is published in last night's Ga:ette.

I ADMIRALTY OCT. 11.—PROMOTIONS AND AP-
, roncntaven.—dommander M. B. Cockcraft, of the Boa-
eaven, to be a captain ; Commander Henry Fairfax, to the
i Boecawen, vice M. B. Cockantft, promoted ; Lieutenant
lE. C. Drummond, late flag lieutenant to Rear-Admiral
Yelverton, C. 8., to be a commander ; Assistant Paymaster
Shultlam S. C. Hill, to the Mersey, as supernumerary
for disposal •, First Clam Assistant Engineer William T.
Searle, to the Rosario.
THE MACKAY Gric EXPERIMENTS. —After the
despatch of our parcel on Thursday the experiments were
continued. The fifth was a spherical steel shot, fired from
the 8-inch gun, with 20 lbs. of powder at the 5-inch plate.
The plate was completely penetrated, and a large amount
of metal carried away. The 6th was a the same character,
with 16 lbs. of powder. It struck a perfectly firm part of
the same target, thtongh which it passed with equal gno-
mes. The 7th was a7O lbs. cast-iron shot (spherical) fired
at the 5-inch plate from the 8-inch gun, with only 14 lbs. of
powde. It struck the target to the right hand, close to the
edge, and carried away bodily a mass of metal weighing at
least 2 cwt. The 3-inch gun was then fired with the steel
elongated shot, and with a charge of 3 lba. of powder, the
target being the 24-inch plate. The penetration was com-
plete, and the shot was picked up at some distance from
the target. The same gun was then tested at high eleva-
tions for range, and several projectiles were sent onerrands
from 6,000 to 7,000 yards. During the afternoon one of
the powerful gene on the ground was sold to a foreign
government. Admiral Farragut, in a letter to Mr. Mackay,
has expressed his regret at not being able to attend the
experiments. Yesterday a successful trial was made of
the 6-inch gun against the 8-inch plate, with an 82lb. steel
shot, and with a 25 lb. charge.

Pnisox Dirrsitir.s.—the subject of prison diet,
to which such prominence wee given in the discussions at
the Belfast meeting of the Social Science Congress, has re-
ceived the attention of the government. The Irish admi-
nistration have issued a oonunission of inquiry into the
dietary of the Irish county prisons, with a view to esta-
blish a uniform scale of diet. The commission will con-
sist of Dr. Stokes Regius Professor of Physic in the Dub-
lin University; Dr. Burke, Physician to Steeven's HOS-
pital ; and Dr. Hill, Poor-law Medical Inspector.

THE INSURRECTION IN THE PAPAL
STATES.

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FLORENCE, Ocr. 8.

A notable change has lately been taking place
in public opinion throughout Italy. It has been
gradually forming from a variety of circumstances

connected with the arrest of Garibaldi. The rea-
sonable and reasoning public and the press in vain
approved of the measure which, by placing the
hero of Caprera in temporary confinement, seem-
ingly cut off the right hand of the movement which
was leading the Italian populations to Rome. In
spite of the expediency of that measure, and the
approbation which the liberal journals of Europe
accorded to it, as a guarantee which Italy was giv-
ing to France and to the world in general of her
determination to abide by the Convention, still, as
Garibaldi said in his letter (written on the railroad
during his first hours of captivity), the movement
which sends the Italians forward " must advance
in spite of the imprisonment of fifty Garibaldis."
The event has literally proved the truth of
his itemark. The change which has been
creeping over public opinion from the time
when those words were uttered to the
present moment is now of the most marked cha-
racter. All have come to the conclusion that now
or never is the time to push on to Rome. Mode-
rates and ultra-liberals sound the same note ; all
the provinces of Italy vote for Rome as their
capital. Whatever may be the reasons in each
case, or the causes of the change, one fact is
notable—the change has really occurred, and there
is now a uniformity of opinion such as is rarely
exhibited except on momentous occasions, when it
seldom has failed to foreshadow important coming
events. Another symptom of change notable at
present is the general feeling of security against
the interference of France. The Italians feel
that they have a right, as a constituted nation,
to settle their own affairs. All they require
is to be left alone. The Tuscan Consorteria
(forming the fragment of a party whose opi-
nions relative to the retention of Florence as the
capital of Italy are well known) alone remain on
their old ground. All the others consider the na-
tional honour will be compromised unless matters
proceed to a crisis. All feel that the crisis is
impending, that it is inevitable. There is anxiety
and excitement everywhere, but unanimous faith

is felt in the favourable turn which future events
are to take. Now, having given an impartial repre-
sentation of the state of public opinion in Italy,
what, it will be asked, are the data on which the
change is founded t What are the facts which
seem to give promise of the future events antici-
pated with such eager desire ? The great, the only
reality is the general stir and ferment of the public
mind, the universal belief and determination to

have done with suspense, and the open publication
of proclamations such as have yesterday appeared
in the Diritto, and to-day in the Nazione, in
which Italian deputies, friends of the government
and of Giribaldi, men who endeavourd a few weeks
since to dissuade him from his march on Rome,
now put themselves forward in public as an
organized committee of action to assist the revolu-
tionary bands. Here is an address to the Italians,
which is published in the Diritto and Nazione :
Oar brethren are giving their blood in the sacred name
of Italy and of Rome. That blood imposes on Italians
certain duties strong beyond all discussion. As inter-
preters of the national conscience, and seconding the
invitation made to us by General Garibaldi, the under-
signed announce themselves to be constituted as a central
committee of assistance. Viva l'ltalia. Viva Roma.

The names affixed to this proclamation are
those of the well-known Pallavicino, F. Crispi, B.
Cairoli (the only remaining member of an entire
family which has perished for the Italian cause),
L. La Porta, A. Oliva, F. de Boni, and L. Miceli.
This document, taken together with the facts
already mentioned, is an important sign of the
times. Moreover, a rumour is in circulation, based
on a report in the New Free Press of Vienna, an-
nouncing an understanding between the emperor
Napoleon and the King of Italy concerning the pre-
sent settlement of the Roman question. The
Vienna journal says that Italy is to occupy all the
Papal territory excepting Rome itself, which is to
be respected during the entire lifetime of the pre-
sent Pope. This rumour would have been scoffed
at as ridiculous a few weeks since. At present
(although of course but few have positive faith in
it) it scarcely occasions surprise, so changed is the
current of events. Regarding the events them-
selves, i.e., the movement of the free bands on the
papal territory, there is still much uncertainty.
Report gives the names of Menotti Garibaldi,
Cuochi, Balomone, and Nicotera as leaders of the

bands. The defeat of the Pontifical Zouaves, in a
rencontre with the Italian patriots, seems positive.
The Papal troops were commanded by Colonel
Charrette, and General Truppi was present during
the engagement. The Italian journals unanimously
note that the latter is the same who was known to
say, in years gone by, that the Romans must be
treated with the " whip."

PASSPORTS FOR ROYE. —FOREIG N-OFFICR,
Ott. 11. —Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign
Mimes has received a telegram from her Majesty's minister
at Florence, stating that the visa of passports for Rome is no
longer given in that capital. Her Majesty's consul at
Rome reports, that although Italians are excluded,
foreigners enter the Roman States freely.— Gla:efte.

CIVIL Siavici Clings CLca.—lt is in contem-
plation to start a chess club for the Civil Service. The
preliminary meeting will be held in the Poet Office library
at 5 o'clock on the lith Instant.

DESTRUCTION BY LIOHTNINO.—EarIy on Thurs-
day morning the mansion-bouse of Woodhead, situated in
the parish of Turriff, Aberdeenshire, was struck by light-
ning. The electric fluid entered by the small aperture for
the door bell, ran along the wire, and so mode its way to
the kitchen. There the lightning seems to have met
another current, which had come down the chimney, and
which forced out a heavy kitchen grate, driving it into
the middle of the floor. In the drawing-room—to which
the current is supposed to have passed by the bell wire—n
fine chamber organ was completely wrecked, and the
whole furniture, wall decorations, and ornaments, and the
window's, were rendered quite useless. Six windows in all
were completely blown out of the building.
The Great Lincolnshire Ploughing Match for
Spalding and Deeping-fen mane off yesterday. Eight com-
petitors entered the list ; among them was James Barker,
sent by Messrs. Ritnsome. A young Lincolnshire farmer,
J. Creasy, had pluck enough to put in an appearance, and
with a Howard's plough made such splendid work that the
Ipswich champion was completely distanced. At the
Great Somersetahire Meeting on the previous day a local
ploughman' W. Kingston, in the class " Open to all
England," also with a Bedford plough, tarried off the
silver cup.

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