The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-02 00:00:00

THE PAPAL STATES.

(71031 001 OWN 00UNTSPONDSKT.)
ROME, JUNE 2S.
If we are to judge of the Claistian character -;
the ecclesiastical government by its observance of
the evangelical precept, " Love your enemies," we
must acknowledge that its political practice is Neel
at variance with that divine command. Seceder i
governments, and even despotic ones, have showa;"
themselves infinitely more merciful towards thefel
opponents than the representatives of the Apostle..
ilse hopes and expectations of the Pope's subjects,
with respect to the intentions of his Holiness its
favour of political offenders, have been hitherto bat;
meagrely realised, as the desired amnesty has bees e_
limited to a few persons imprisoned at Bologna, for
commove well as political offences, who were pardonedi
on the 17th inat, being the anniversary of the Pope's
exaltation to the throne. The Gatzeitii di Bator's I
alludes to the sovereign clemency with much (WWI
easy, and avoids even the mention of poliffogi.i
offenders by the roundabout phrase of " perms,:
subject to prejudice." From twenty to five-andri
twenty of the political priioners detained in the:
castle of Palliano have been transferred to the
of Ban Michele in Borne, but it is not clearly
tallied whether this movement is to be considered ea;
a step previous to their release, or whether their
evidence is required in the examination as to the
origin of the recent mutiny and attempt to escape of
the Palliano prisoners, or, finally, whether they are
merely brought to )tome during the reparation and
strengthening of the prison warth of that castle.
Whichever may be the true version of the affair, it
only tends to confirm the universal opinion that a
general amnesty will not be granted.
The reception of the Piedmontese minister Bon-
compagni at Bologna appears to have been as cold
on the part of the Pope es it was warm on that of
the nobility and inhabitants of the city. His 1101 i.
ness granted the envoy but a brief audience, and not
even a private one ; but in private circles Boncom.
pagni's presence was eagerly sought after, and two
of the most distinguished of the Bolognese, Signora
Malvezzi and Nlinghetti, who formed part of Pio
Nono's constitutional ministry in the early part of
his reign, gave splendid entertainments in honour of

the envoy.
The Supreme Tribunal of the Rota has decided in
favour of Messrs. Jackson, Fell, and Joplin in their
contest with M. Mires and the Pio-Central Railway
Company for the privilege of constructing the great
line from Rome to Bologna. The concession of this
line was sought for from the Roman Gm ernmenti,
simultaneously, by Messrs. Jackson, Fell, and
Jopling on one side, and the Marquis di Casavaldea
on the other, when it was agreed between them that
Messrs. Jackson should resign their pretensions to
the concession, and aid the Marquis and his Spanish
company to obtain it, on condition of being
retained as contractors for the execution of
the line. On the 21st May, 185 G, the Spaniards •
obtained the grant, which, however, they sold on;
the 4th August following to Mires and 1-4 Pio.
Central Company, to whom they referred Messrs.
Jackson and Co. for the execution of their contract.;
The Pio-Central Company ignored the Jackson con-
tract altogether, and commenced the works on their
own account lest month, in spite of the legal protests
of their antagonists.
The rights of the British company, however, were-•
immediately represented by the Hon. Mr. Lyons to
Cardinal Antonelli, and aided by the experience of
the British consul, Mr. Freeborn, in the mode of
procedure to be adopted in this country, and fur-
nished with the valuable services of the consular
lawyer, Signer Franchi, Messrs. Jackson and Co.'s
agent in Rome, Mr. J. Thompson, appealed to the
Rota tribunal, which enjoys here the reputation of
being incorruptible, and from which he obtained lest
week a favourable sentence. The Pio Central Com•
puny appealed to the second "turn" of the same
tribunal, whose final decision is to take place on the
4th of July, and is expected to be conformable to the •
first decision.
The works on the Civita Vecchia line arc at a
stard-still for the present, owing to the wages di
the I.bourers having been considerably reduced by
the French overseers, a etreumstanee which renders
wor men difficult to be obtained during the malaria -

season.
Roman Consols, sol. Exchange on London, 470.

The New Gault* of Prussia of the 28th elt.
publishes a circular of the Rawl for Eveugclical Council ma
letive to the maw lege of persons divorced aarording to citi
law. It says that when such persons demand to be now
rigid, notice must be given by the clergyman to whom they
apply to the Conaistury of thew ihrti ict, which shall decide-
whether it bo in wxordanoa w it h the pr iniiplea of Chriatianity.'
The right of appeal faint the Coreisboy to the Supciot
Beciraisatital Council is to be allowed. Dispensations to
marry after adultery ere no longer to oo geantcd, and the
clergy are forbidden to Give any rectmatendation favor,

el them.
Count do Nieuwerlcerke, director-general of the
museums and intendant of Poe eels of the household of Ile-
Emperor of the French, has left Patio to vlait the sal 'bide,.
et Manchester.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company hare noti-
fied that • dAuetion of 25 per cent. .. be made thole
rates of isamage-money for all ofileers on uncipiced Lotoutit,
conmeltel to retutu to India doting the nest two month 6.
It is mid that the number on forlough is 800.
LIEETENAXT WILLOUGHBY.-lAcutenant Austin,'
of the 60th Queens Rifle., writing from Meerut to ho Milne_
states that Lieutenant Willoughby had got to Kurnaul, mach
burnt, but alive.
Two protests on the part of peers against the
Divorce Bin, so it has brew sent down from the Lords to the
Commons, have been printed. The fire*, signed by Lode
Donoughmore, Hat rington, I.,)edhent, Talbot de Hatable,
and Delmore, may be considered as a declaration of the greet
principle that in divorce there shoot.] be perfect reciprocity
between the mien. In the second. Leonia Lyndhurst sad -
Docietiebniore maintain that wilful desertion on the past at
the hatband Mould entitle the wife, not merely to • legator.*
recognised " eeparation," but to an absolute divorce.
AK ANt lv.Vr BATIIROON.—The old Roman bath-
room lately dirovered at Plomltieres, at about MI feet below
the •
Grande Roe. is supplied by a pipe. the extremity**
',Pict is chord by a bronze nick atilt existing. This cock
having been turned--au operation which was effected without
much diffeulty--an abundant fl,w of water took place. The
water I. of the same quality as that of the existing pat=
but is of a temperature offromim 72 deg. to 74 deg. cm
whilst that of the hottest eziating opting is only 64 deg.
from which it appears that the letter becomes cooled in MI
pentoge to the bath.. There ie roam to believe that the
lath now found was destroyed by some of the smog. hordes
who followed Anita in hie invasion of Gaut—so that the
Lath is brought into use after an interval of fourteen manta
li...4—Cativo.. IL
COALPIT EXPLOSION NEAR AiroLtEntISMilTON--••
The inhabitants of the village of l'ortohello, *bad
two miles from Wolverhampton. were on Monday evening
thrown 'win great consternation be an ezploeion in • coals
and stone pit, the property of Hears. Sono, Fletcher,
and Co., which, though happily not resulting in Ws •
of life, ham inflicted hoiriblo sufferings upon nine pssesmasis
The workpeopte had oared for the day, and the
who were the Mot batch of miners brought up by thehat
bed nosidy mached the pit month, when the exploits
place. When polled out, they were all found Maier;
wombed about the face and other ports of the ttZt
They were helped by their fellow-workmen to
respeetive homes, where they were immediately assail.
by Mr. J. Martell, surgeon, and his men.tente, sad It le
hoped they will all recover, although their sufferings MAP.
while are intense, and the majority of them ate 0118„
of the usfortunite fellows, in • state of frenzy, rani etc
way to }Melon. a distance of two miles, without
Their ages vary from twenty-six to twelve. The
attributed to a cinder foiling from the fire. as it wen Mit,
raked, into the " sump)" under the platform. the Mk".
being accelerated by the close atmosphere that has We"
prevailed both above and below ground.—ifoschmeaff
Guardian.