The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-20 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, WEDNESDAY,

The news from Bosnia is of an alarming chi' -
rector. The whole Herzegovina is in a state of
revolution, being supported by the Montenegrins.
The fighting has become general.
Several Turkish villages on the frontier have
been reduced to ashes.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WIDNIADAY.

The Moniteur, in its bulletin of to-day, announces
that the convention, prolonging for three months
the duration of the occupation of Syria, has been
signed by the representatives of the different powers.
PARIS, MINDAT
The debate on the Address was resumed to-day
in the Corps Legislatif.
M. Picard blamed the government for having
granted such exorbitant powers to the Prefect of
the Seine, and demanded that the regime established
since 1848 should cease. M. Marrast, mayor of
Paris after the revolution of 1848, thought that
unier the circumstances he had the right of exer-
cising a real dictatorship over the municipal admi-
nistration. He was wrong, but he replied to the
reproaches on the subject by dying so poor that his
friends were obliged to defray the expenses of his
burial. M. Picard said he did not desire that the
Prefect of the Seine should ever be reduced to a
similar extremity. He called attention to the spe-
culation in building ground, and maintained that
it was possible to grant to Paris what bad been
granted to Warsaw, namely, the right of electing a
municipality.
M. Devinck defended the municipal administra-
tion.

After some remarks from MM. Clary and Henon,
Billault defended the municipal administra-
tion of Lyons. He examined the question of build-
ings, and stated that in consequence of the increase
of the population the city had been compelled to
build 16,000 houses. We are, he said, approaching
a time when rents will be lowered. He expressed
his astonishment at the insinuation of M. Picard,
and said, " If there exists distinct and grave facts
let them be stated. Justice shall be done. You
must cease making accusations which are not dis-
tinctly expressed, and reproaches which are not ex-
plained."

M. Picard—The minister must be aware that the
press law of 1852 does not allow proof by witnesses in
matters of defamation. To accuse would be to fly in

the face of

• The Court of Control it-

self has testified to irregularities in the municipal
accounts. I denounce au administration which can
sell ground of the value of 135 millions, without a
public adjudication, and without any legal con-
tract. Au elected municipality can alone offer
guarantees.
M. Billault refuted the assertion of M. Picard.
The amendment was rejected, and paragraphs 13,
14, 15, and 16 were agreed to.
M. Jules Fevre proposed an amendment to
paragraph 17, regretting the re-establishment of
the military system of administration in Algeria.
He explained and condemned the inconveniences of
the military system, which, he said, paralysed
colonisation.

General Allard, the government commissioner,
said he would reply to M. Favre to-morrow.
The chamber then adjourned.

ITALY.-NAPLES.
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NAPLES, MARCH 19.

All the Councillors are dismissed. The Coun-
cil of the Lieutenancy is dissolved. Directors will
be appointed in more direct communication with
Turin. There will be a Piedmontese Director of
Finances. •
This morning a grand and enthusiastic
_Pk was
held in honour of Garibaldi All is tranquil.

The Civitella del Tronto refuses still to sur-
render.

ROME.

ROME, MARCH 19.

In the consistory held yesterday, the Pope, in
reply to those who have asserted that the papacy is
incompatible with civilisation, said that, on the
contrary, the present papacy bad always contri-
buted to the diffusion of real civilisation. The
Pope declared that he was only opposed to that
pretended modern civilisation which persecutes the
church, imprisons her cardinals, bishops, and
priests, suppresses religious orders, despoils the
church, and tramples justice under foot. He de-
plored that the concordat had been violated iu the
kingdom of Naples. The Pope declared that be
would spontaneously have granted concessions, and
would have accepted those which have been coun-
selled by catholic sovereigns, but that he could not
receive the counsels and unjust demands of an
usurping government. In conclusion, the Holy
Father deplored the subversion of all authority, and
promised forgiveness to all who had been misled.
He confided, he said, the cause of the church to
God, the avenger of justice and right.

ROME (VIA Niais=Ms), MARCH 16.
It is asserted that the Pope has received au auto-
graph letter from the Emperor of the French.
General Goyim only prevented a manifestation
on the 14th inst. by a great display of military
force. On the following morning, however, pia-
cards favourable to King Victor Emmanuel were
posted up in every street. In the halls of the Aca-
demy of the Fine Arts, and iu the University, great
cheering was raised by the students iu honour of
the King of Italy. Several of then° who had
posted up placards have been arrested.'