The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-30 00:00:00

SWEDEN.

The government is about to renew the attempt is
made last year to relax the extreme rigour or the
laws against the dissenters. It will be remembered
that on that occasion the really important part of
the government bill, having been accepted by the
citizen and peasant orders, was rejected by the pri-
vileged orders, the nobility and clergy.

RUSSIA.

The „Russia* Gazette, published at Bt. Petersburg,
contains in its number of August 20 a decision of the
Council of the Empire of considerable importanoe,
not only as it greatly int:ream the ready money at
the disposal of the state, but in its transfer of private
property from independent institutions to the go-
vernment by a mere administrative act. According
to this law. all funds which now lie in the banks of
Russia, and bars been deposited there by charitable
societies, by the trustees of clerical and other founda-
tions, or which have been placed there to abide the
verdict of a wort of law, are declared to be hence-
forth at the disposal wf the Minister of Finance.

The Duke and Duchess of Malakoff are about to
Veit the der-hales family is Andalasis.

Madame Poitevio, the widow of the well-known
Dormant, made an emanate@ at Rosen on Fattuday. &coos-
plaid in the ow by her assistant in the costume 4.f Sancho
Penns, while below wee empeeded a donkey, mounted by a
new Dabber del Tobeso, whom white toilet was AMUb
when the balloon itself could hardly be perceived. The
dement wee effweed in Wily at Franquakine, and Modem
Palmist returned to BAINe in the even Mg.

ITALY.

SARDINIA.

(mow ova owx

TURIN, Araver 26.
Yesterday a message by electric telegraph in-
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formed as that the Conferences at Zurich had been
brought to a conclusion. Upon receipt of the news
I immediately called upon a person high in office,
who told me that the Government had received no
intimation of the occurrence, and that he, for his
part, believed matters were still very far from
the final arrangement. "It would seem," he
smilingly added, " that the Bermes Bear must tics-
sionally take it into bin head to indite despatches.
In fact, only three days ago the negoti-
ations at Zurich had made inch little pro-
gress, that the dimension about some adjacent
bishopries had to be adjourned." " And what instruc-
tions can have bum sent to Commendatore Desam-
brois ?" I salted, at the risk of being thought indis-
creet. " Always the same," he replied ; " and my
opinion is that they will never be altered. He will
have to remit as many questions as he can to a Euro.
peas Congress ; and as regards the money he must
be close-fisted enough, unless Austria gives com-
pensation in important °anomalous about the two
fortresses of Peschiera and Mutts, or the political
condition of Venice, which it is very unlikely she
will do." Thus there is a part of the negotiations,
that which.relates to the Confederation, which has
bun omitted from the very first. Concerning this
project, the King protested, even at Villafranea, that
he would not accept it unless upon conditions that
can hardly be reconciled with the preliminaries of
peace. For the rest, the management of the
discussion is conducted in this fashion: MM. Collo-
redo and de Bourqueney discuss together the first of
the three treaties for establishing what shall be con-
cluded between Austria and France, as affecting the
cession of Lombardy by the former to the latter,
with definite obligations and limits. On these two
points M. de Bourqueney confers specially with the
Sardinian plenipotentiary. The treaty that will
subsequently have to be concluded between France
and Sardinia will be simple enough, as all there is to
be done is to transfer to the latter the possession of
Lombardy, precisely u previously ceded to France
by Austria. I obtained all this information, part of
which is not exactly new but the whole of it strictly
authentic, only yesterday, from an individual who is
in a position to know accurately, what is passing.
Turning now to another subject, the cause
of freedom in Central Italy, it has acquired
such large dimensions in the estimation of
Europe, that a restoration of the banished princes is'
all but impossible. The opinion so decidedly ex-
pressed by the English press has greatly contri-
buted to this result. But now it is that the main
difficulty begins for Piedmontese diplomacy. In a
few days the deputies from Tuscany, Modena,
Parma, and Bologna will come here, and offer to
Victor Emmanuel the crown of those provinces.
The Tuscan Government has already appointed its
deputies for this object—and ita members severally
represent the principal towns of the Duchy—that is,
Florence, Siena, Leghorn, Lucca, and Pisa. How will
the offer be received ? Youoannot take a step in Turin
without meeting people who ask one another this
question. Expectation is on the rack, for people are
afraid that the government will be over-prudent and
far too cautions. I think I have already informed
you of the doubt and anxiety existing in
the cabinet on this head. I may venture to state
that La Marmora and Di Bortnida, brave as they
are before cannon in the field, are in the council of
ministers the least courageous and the most irreso-
lute. Ratazzi sides with the resolute part of his
colleagues. You may imagine the various indirect
but ingenious modes adopted for learning the inten-
tion of that personage, whose position enables him
to exercise so preponderating an influence upon the
destinies of Italy. Bat the oracle is either mute, or
else ambiguous. One thing, however, is settled and
positive, which is, that Victor Emmanuel will give
no formal refusal, and that although he may not
mmediately accept the crown, be will allege that
the pacification and re-organisation of Italy is he-
mming every day a matter of the most urgent im-
portance to the whole of Europe ; that he for his
part appeals to a future European Congress, where he
pledges himself to plead the good right and Mend
the vote of those provinces. Further, he will send
again to them hie royal commissioners, should public
order be disturbed. It has been maintained hitherto

so completely uto render such a step quite super-
fluous.

From all this we perceive the constantly increasing
necessity of a general Congress. As it seems to me,
Napoleon has only a choice of two lines of conduct;
he must either personally and directly interdict the
annexation of the central provinces of Italy or per-
mit it without delay, too speedily for him I believe,
and contrary to his wish. Should a Congress
assemble, it is apprehended here by politi-
cians that Russia will discountenance the annexations
their fears being founded on the contents of some
private letters received from that empire, and from
some conversations that have taken place at the
several embassies. Russian diplomacy still profess*.
the principle of divine right, and sees with great
concern the dethronement of three or four princes at
one blow. What opinion will England uphold? I
think the mind of the Queen's government is upon
the eve of acquiring the conviction that nothing
can better secure the peace of Europe than the real
and entire emancipation of Italy, as well as the
formation of a large and powerful Subalpine
Kingdom. A.

The administrative organisation of the Lombardo-
Piedmontese kingdom is on the eve of being ter-
minated. The fundamental principles of it will,
according to the Isdipendente of Turin, be as
follows •

1. Asiehollation of Piedmont to Lombardy, in order to
eche@ our sdrulaistreti one, which are too much broken rep,
by centres of greater sateen Lombardy bu only Hite two-
otts and Piedmont 40, although the population of the
farmer is 2,800,000, and tbat of the latter 4,000,000. The
eoesequesce of this increase of the limits of the adtuinietra-
dye departments will be the surprrasion of some of the
=tallest departments by iocorporating them I. others.
2. On this °caution the general circumscriptfoo of the share
will be reformed, and some oompeneation may thus be given
to the provinces ouppresortd.
3. The province' will recover their gel-government.
4. Boma large political centres will se mats mined, pro-
bably in addition to Twin, Genoa, liiiao, Charnbery, and
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11.—litire is reason to believe that the commoees will be
divided into diff,rent dames &wording to their importance,
and this claseiflation will Ite the basis of their attribute..

6. The administrative cireenasoription will not be identical
with the judicial one, as it is important to moltiply the
centres of the latter to order that the adminbtratims of jos-
Jim may not be too imonventeet, tardy, and expensive.

A farts letter in the Nord of Brumela says :
TM Frew* array of occupation I. preparioe Ito whiter
carters in Loatbardy sod in Parma. Yon will bees re-
marked that the Preach have troops at Placates as wall as
at Mika, while there le not a mingle Iola& In the Dually of
Modena or in Tummy. This diettectlos between Perms sad
the other two duchies has a mew It le aimply beanie
Austria, havlair virtually acerpted as a fag orsoospri the an-
nexation of Parma to Piedmont, we mg legally in Planes'
as at Mika, and in both olden Ws ore equally on a friendly
Unitary for the Wawa sad with the cement of the aorweiga
who paeweie the territory.

M. Ouizot and the Doke de Broglie, who had
moue to Fula be attesd the late sitting of the IPremat
Academy, hem split quitted the capital, the former 61 Val
Weber, fa Normsedy, sad the latter foe the chateau of
Ceppel, d Swltsarland.