The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-12 00:00:00

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE AND ROME.

The following imperial decree wan proclaimed by
order or the Emperor Napoleon I. at Rome on the 10th of
Jane, 1809, Any years ago nest month:
" Rome, Jane 10, 1809.
"Thin morning, at 10 o'clock, the following imperial de-
cree, duted Vienna, the 17th of March, 1809, was pro-
elairord in all the public) squares sad motet-placer of the
accompanied by the 11 ,tog of carmen from the Cattle of
St. Angelo:
.1 `Revokes, Emperor of the French, taking into
consideration that when Chwlentagne, Emperor of the
French, and one @ultimo peed-cooler, endowed the Bishops
of HOMO with serous Lads. they were given as fiefs,
to maiatein the pi-we of his subjecte, and that Rome did not
therefore mass to form a part of his empire; considering,
further, that sines that time the tinfon of .pintos' and lam-
porn! power has been, and still le, the source of dim:mien;
that the popes have but too frequently availed themselves
of the one to support their pretensions to the other, and that
with spiritual concerns, which are is their nature inmate-
btu, have I.,en confounded worldly 'Beira, uhiob (hinge
with the circumstances sad polities of the times; consider-
ing, 'Lally, that it bin vain to attempt to reconcile with
the temporal pretentious of the Pope all that we have con-
certed fur the security of our army, the repowi end prosperity
of the notions over shorn we reign, and the dignity and in-
eiolebd.ty of our empire, we have decreei and do decree as
follows:

" ••Aft. 1. The Pepel territory is united with the French
empire.
" •2. The city of Rome—illudrious for the recollection
It recalls, and for the rumaniente which it contains—ls de-
clared to be a free and imperial city; ire government and ad-
stiefFtratinn shall be fixed by a particular dent e.
• ' 3. The monuments of Roman greatness rhea be ma:u-
teri:et and preset wed at the expense of our treasury.
" " 4. The public debt is declared to be the debt of the
empire.
" • 5. The revenue of the Pop• shall be amidst 2,000,000 fr.
Ire. fn in all charges and contributes'.
' 6. The property end prisms of hie Holiness shall be
sni.jvd to no imposition,junsdictioe, or visitation, ma 'gall
beeides enjoy 'meal prerogatives.
• ' An extraordinary ornieutta shall take possession in one
name of the Papal dowiniuts, and adopt measures that as
the let of Janu.ry, 1810, the constitutional goveinmeer take
etf. c:. " • NAPOLZOII.

The Empress Eugenie gave audienoe to several
persons yc.tetd ly at she Tuderita. Elke likewise signed
veral &crew as Regent.

Messrs. Sidney Herbert, Doctor Sutherland, and
the whew gnernmet coonsitaiuters viatted Dundalk Bar-

rack durfog the putt week, ea well as those of Drogheda,
Navvy, and Armagh, accompanied by the tarrackmaster of
the district, Captain Shrapnel. They report that Dundalk is
the beat and meat healthful cavalry Wreck in Ireland. It
la expected that Duada'k sill be eels cud as a cavalry depot,
as it is orrtniu that a Imp tract of lend has been laid off
outside she present boundary as a r fie range.
. _

For aeveral days two French steamships of war
have Wen Iyleg•tt outside Plymouth, and it is royorted that
there are two ethers outside Falmouth. t' Yesterday (imps
the 111/NI), a coreett3 of about 18 guns, with piloted ports,
and a schooner of 12 sans, all black, were Attested fur Ise
hours four cutlet S.S.E. of the Eddystone, in the tan of the
homeward bound shi;s. Tho schooner when hailed by a
eiot boat &dated lite but declined anerteritg any
ether Tuitions."

Oa BeturdAy, Easter-eve, the King and Queen of
o.acce, accompanied by all the ministers d state and the
court, repaired et 12 o'clock at night, in Oita, to the cathe-
dral at Athena, to atteni the " Chritb* Annie'," or elate of
Lent. For this purpose a little temple hod been constructed
is the immediate vicinity of the eithedral—• slight building
of wooden fromeerotk, ertistically decorated in imitsticn of
the indents. In lieu of p tint the fluted columns were covered
with white cotton, picked out with asnew ott ipee of the tame
maaterlat, giviog them the immune° of nimble, while
the dectratiosa which crowned the upper structure
we•e iniles'el with a clearness whi. h could seemly
have teen prolseed by guy bet iegenious contrivance.
Within this temple the Metropolitan of Athens, surrounded
by the thief dignitaries of the church, received their majes-
tic*, sal handed them the Mired term, which are lit during
the ceremony, srd the proceed• a, headed by the king and
gun*•, proceeded to the cathedral. The str.ets of Attens
presented • most peculiar spectacle at this time, lined by
guard., and lighted at litervels by flames of ►lue and red
Bengal light,. The people gather din thourendv, dreeeed
in the elegant national costume of Greece, one end all with
lighted tapers In their heeds, and had more the oiled of
phantasmagoria Om of tali y.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(Tins DAT.)

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