The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-23 00:00:00

MODRNA AND PARMA

The Garotte of Modena rontai.m the following
decree, dated the 16th September, sigard by &pm
Farini and China :

" Considering that the prot:nees of Me lens, see

sow a portion of the constitutional monarchy of
Savoy, in accordance with •he unire-nors rots of
the Representative Assembly, wr • accepted
by by Majesty Ring Victor Ensernuel ; con-
sidering that the penal rode of Modena is
in many respeea different from that of the monarchy,
and that it contain several points wl,:ch are opposed
to the civiNation of the age rid the philosophy
of penal justie• -it is decreed :-1. The penal code
in the states of his Sardinian Majesty, sanctioned
by the idiot of the 26th of October, 1839, together
with the modifications and add;tiors trade by the
laws of the 26th September, 1848, the 6th July,
1864, the 20th of June, 1838, shall have the fora
of law 'n the provinces of Me lena, f•om the date of
January, 1860. 2. The penal code of D'Este will
be abrogated from the same date."
The above decree is repubvshed in the Piednion-
ewe Goatee, together with one from Parma, to the
effectthat the Sardinian cord itntion shall be published
in the states of Puma. In the preemble of this
document it ;I stated that ;1 eorsequenos of the late
plebiscite, sad of the subsequent decree of the As-
sembly of Representativ 3, the pro%•aces of Parma
"are and must be cor sidend by light es forcing pert
of the BereVnien moor-ohy. "
In contradiction to the assertions that have been
made, that Panne, under the government of the
Duchies, maintained neutrality du-ing the war, the
04=04 di Persia publishes *despatch from the
late Minister of Foreign Affair to the representative
of Parma at Vienna, dated May 26, 1869, which
proves the contrary.
The same journal promises the publication of other
documents of equal and even more importance, ems.
corning the rule of the Bourbons in the Duchies,
saying that such publication' are rendered neces-
sary for the refutation of statements snide by their
Meader&

GERMANY.

MUNICH, Barr. 22.

The Conference* between the Ministers for Foreign
Affairs of Bavaria, Saxony, and Wortemberg, are
ended. The ministers are completely agreed upon
the question of the refohn of the Diet.
It 's eso supposed that the question of the Hesse
Cassel constitution wet one of the subjects discussed
at the Conference.

AN AUSTRIAN VIEW OF TILE CHINESE

QUESTION.

The slustriars Gatette has the following :
" If a Riusian Ambassador demanded to go up the
Masse with his fleet—if a French Envoy desired to
penetrate the Scheldt with a strong squadron—the
whole of Europe would raise an indignant cry, and
every one would bless the arms that resisted sash an
attempt. Now this is precisely what the English and
French are doing in China, end the Chinese Governor
has done but his simple duty in defending his
country. The whole world saw the matter in this
light at once, and England herself is beginning to
take the same view. Whilst the people of London
are enthusiastic for nationaqies, and the people of
France put themselves forward as the champions of
the same principle, both these nations, at
the present moment, seek t ) trample a people
who possessed a literature when English-
men and Frenchmen were clothed in bearskins,
and civi,ised Europe did not know even how to
write. No nation has a right to force another to
hold intercourse with it, end each nation is at liberty
to keep its own doors closed. Brit to the Ch 'nese it
is said:—' Rascals, you must like us, you must
trade with us, you must receive our Ambassadors,
although you know we yr but spies who desire to
find out your wetness, and bow we may open a
peerage to the heart of your empire.' The hos-
tility of the Chinese to Europe h founded on
• truly national sentiment, and it wall not be so ,
easy to quench it es is supposed. If Frame and
England unite in earrying on the war we shall me
the results of the Crimean campaign reproduced, end
England occupying the second rank. The French
will have another opportunity of disoovet:ng the
viom of the mi"tt--y organisation of England,
and the people of Asia will also begin
to understand them. The French transport',
which wall have to pan by Egypt and come into
contact with the English possessions in India, will
sot be quite promotive of British interests. The
English people, who eve now crying out that Lord
Talmarston is going to throw himself and his country
into the arms of the Emperor of the French, my
out in res. They ere more moderate because they
r w more eersible of their weakness."