The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-10 00:00:00

AUSTRIAN VESSELS IN SARDINIAN PORTS.

The following is the article of the Pieanzontese
Gazette, making public the decision of the govern-
ment relative to Austrian vessel' in Sardinian
ports
Hie 111e,lady's government would have willisgly, during
the pretest wee, proclaimed those liberal principles, accord-
ing to whilst, the mercantile vessels of the enemy are
allowed a certain space of time to leave the pone of the
mete without moksiation. The government has been
unable to do so, because the territory cf the Mate
is invaded by a powerful army, which appease the
occupied provinces with acts of violence of every
description, thee disobeying both the rules al the law of
negate end theme of humanity mortised la our present
state of civilieetion. Orders have therefore been given to
lay an embargo on the Austria' meals lying in the port@ of
the:state. This measure of precaution and security wee im-
periously called for by circumstances. And ellhough the

enormous requisiUons and extortions of all kinds practised by
the esemy on our territory, to the injury of the unarmed
populallos, justify even now an order of capture of the said
vetwels, nemertheless the government still reeerres Its decision
to that respect. Meanwhile the government baskets to no-
tify to all whom it may canteen that the property of neutrals
that may be on board the sequestrated vessels shall be Imme-
diately restored to their owners, conformably to the dealers-
Cons in favour of neutrals signed by the high powers at the
Congress of Paris la 1866. The application of such pita-
ciples can naturally only be invoked in the case of such
yawls IA shall scrupulously observe strict neutrality.

THE MERCHANT SHIPS OF GERMANY.

In a Hamburg letter, dated Friday last, we read : I
" In the possibility of the armies of Germany being
called upon, sooner or later, to take an active part in
the war against France, our senate has deemed it
prudent to beg, through our minister at London,
the English government to take under its protection
the numerous merchant vessels which sail on every
sea with the flag of the three ports end
free Hanseatic cities. The official reply has
not been long coming. Lord Malmeabitry
has informed our senate that if the Germanic Con-
federation should, by the torn of events, be brought
into a war against France, England would not be
able by any international treaty to take under the
the protection of her fleets the merchant vessels of
the German states forming part of the confedera-
tion. This resolution of the English government,
which became known to-day at our Bonne, has
caused a profound sensation amongst the ship.
owners."

BELGIUM.

The Belgian Moniteur publishes the following
note in its official part :
"Belgium has adhered to the principles laid down
in the declaration of the Paris Congress of April 18,
1868. This adhesion was published, conjointly with
the declaration of the Belgian Moniteur of June 8,
1866. The mercantile community are informed that
instructions have been addressed on this sub.l
1 ject to the judicial, maritime, and military
authorities. Every person subject to the laws of
the kingdom, who shall take part in privateering,
or in sets contrary to the duties of neutrality, will
expels himself on the one side to be treated as a
pirate abroad, and on the other to be prosecuted
with the utmost rigour before the Belgian tri-
bunals."