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

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE ITALIAN -PRESS ON M. ROHRER'S
SPEECH.
The Diritto of Saturday says :

. .
Rouher's speech is even more explicit than that of
)Mustier. There is in the language of Ronher something
so rude and bitter, that we are at a loss to explain it,
except by attributing to the government an inten-
tion of challenging Italy, of exciting her to
retaliation, which might lead to disorder, to violent
repression, to illegality and civil discord, and all the rest,
which probably the French Emperor has been for some
time only too anxious to bring about. Italy must be on
her guard against such dangers ; Italy must not give way
to violence, the effect of which has been already made
matter of calculation in France. The parliament must
take counsel from its dignity and even from the magnitude
of the interests which it is called on to defend. The
ministry who find their diplomatic notes and even the
innocent speech delivered yesterday by Menabrea trampled
upon should at once change its course or resign.
La Nazione remarks:

We rejoice that the President of the Council has, by his
language of yesterday, opposed to the pretensions of France
a categorical and dignified affirmation of Italian right.
This firm and loyal attitude which we have taken up
towards Franca, without having recourse to insolent pro-
vocations or ignoble maniauvres, will obtain for us the
esteem and sympathy of every liberal government in
Europe. Italy cannot and ought not to act otherwise. She
must not prejudice the future ; she must collect herself ;
she must strengthen her army ; she must establish equili-
brium in her finances, order and authority in her govern-
ment, and then her rights and her dignity will be secured.

(ILCUTER'S TELI81•1111.)

THE DEBATE IN THE FRENCH CHAMBER.
PARIS, Dec.lo.

In the sitting of the Legislative Chamber yes-
terday, hi. Rouher said that the government thus
laid down its political defence of the national in-
terests :—Deep aversion for any solution by the
employment of force, an energetic sentiment for
the maintenance of right, a careful examination of
the facts taking place in the world, detection of
those that might offend its dignity, and a resolve
to oppose them ; at the same time not to
be too easily alarmed at events in Europe,
under the conviction that France would be
up to the high standard of her mission,
and was capable of repelling any dangers that
might threaten her. M. Rouher stated that
France did everything she could in 1866 to pre-
vent war. M. Rouher added :—" Early in August,
shortly after the preliminaries of peace of Nickola.
burg, the possibility of a rectification of frontier
was intimated to our ambassador at Berlin. He
immediately proceeded to Paris, when, after an
interview with his Sovereign and the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, that idea was abandoned. Since
then no fact has occurred to denote on our part the
idea of conquest or of extension of territory."
Speaking of the Luxembourg affair he said, "Our
conduct on that occasion was a warning to Ger-
many that we did not remain indifferent to certain
facts." Respecting the declaration of the sth
December, M. Rouher Raid that the representative
of the government had only said what he was per-
fectly authorised to say, and in terms which he
was authorised to make use of.

CHINA.
(Via. Trieste.)
HONG KONG, Nov. 1.

The Bishop of Victoria has arrived.

A memorial from the Chamber of Commerm for
a revision of the treaty with China is forwarded to
England by this mail.
All hope of the Spanish mail steamer Malespina
has been abandoned.
A revolt has occurred near Pekin. Rebels are
reported to have appeared on the banks of the
Grand Canal, and robbers are infesting the neigh-
bourhood of Tientsin.

Intelligence from Japan announces that the new
governor of Nagasaki had arrived at his post. It
was reported that two foreigners had been attacked
there.

AUSTRALIA.
(Via Trieste.)
MELBOURNE, Oct 28.

Her Majesty's ship Galatea, with his Royal
Highness the Duke of Edinburgh on board, passed
the mail steamer near Adelaide.

The Appropriation Bill, including the Darling
vote, has again been rejected by the Legislative
Council. It is proposed to memorialise the Queen
on the subject of the Governor's actions.
The government of New South Wales had been
defeated on the Land Bill by a majority of 2.
The shipments of gold during the month amount
to 116,5000 z., namely, 84,0000z5. by the Lincoln-
shire, and 32,6000 z. by the Kent.

A summary of the above haa already been re-
ceived by Indo-European telegraph.

AMERICA.
(sy Amor= TELEGRAPH.)
NEW YORK, Dm 9, 6 rat.
The steamers New York, Minnesota, and Recla
arrived out on Sunday.

Closing Prices :—Gold, 137. Sterling exchange
on London, 109 j. 5-20 United States Bonds,
108 ; Illinois, 134 ; Erie, 72. Cotton ; Middling
Upland., 171. _

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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9.
Petroleum : Standard white, 24i.

ARAMBISHOP MANNINO ON THE ITALIAN QUES-
TION.—Laat night, at a dinner given by the committee of
the Benevolent Society for the Relief of the Aged and
Infirm Poor, at the Albion Hotel, Archbishop Manning, in
proposing the toast of " The Pope," said that the feeling
which the sentiment he had the honour to submit to them
th,t evening would elicit would be, he was sure, more in-
tense than it would have been at any other time. He
could not imagine anything more majestic than the pre-
sence of the Holy Father walking in the streets of Rome
in tranquillity, and in the molt, perfect confidence in God,
while all the world around was in confusion. If he could
imagine anything more majestic it would be the presence
of the Pope in the hospitals ministering to those who bad
raised their swords against him. Some one had spoken
the other day about the catholic world, and they were
asked what the catholic world meant. Did it
mean France, which had, as it was alleged at one time,
dethroned the Poke? Ho thought so, and he considered
that France had given a glorious example of what the first
voice in the catholic world could say. The French people,
through their legislature, bad, by a majority of 12 to 1,
compelled their ruler to protect the Holy Father, and
had proclaimed their opinion that no power should lay
hands upon him. He would not say anything against the
present governor of France, but the vast, glorious, and
chivalrous people of that country the Pope could always
regard as his right hand. People asked why France had,
and Italy had not the right to enter Roma. He answered
for the same reason that the police had and the robbers
had not the right to enter into one's house. There was •
great difference between possession and protection. The
right rev. speaker then entered into • long and elaborate
attack on the public press for its persistent efforts to
instil into the Italian people what he called " iniserab'e
national aspirations," and trusted that if a European
war were commenced the English nation would not be
found in antagonism to the vicar of Christ.
Dovsn &mom' Holm—Our Dover correspon-
dent informs us that the inner harbour is quite full of
shipping, whose captains have taken refuge from the gales.
Many of these vessels have received damage, and must be
rewired before they can spin put to sea. The Sailors'
Home has been full of wrecked crews all the week, arriving
there from different parts of the coast. French, Norwe-
gian, and English were received without a question and
treated all alike. Six wrecked crews returned thanks on
Sunday in St. John's Mariners' church. The "home" is
entirely supy_orted by voluntary contributions.
SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUIC—ViSitOTS during
the week ending Dec. 7, 1867 :—On Monday, Tuesday,
and Saturday (free), from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m., 5,973 ; on
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (admiseion 6d.), from
10 a.m. till 4 p.m., 1,07 R; total, 7.051; average of cor-
responding week in former years, 8,256 ; total from the
opening of the museum, 7,094,715.