The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-09 00:00:00

THE " INTEROONFESSIONAL" BILL IN
AUSTRIA.

The bill regulating the relations of the various
creeds in the Austria& empire is but a completion
of the measures on the subject of civil marriages
and education. The new bill permits parents to
determine before marriage the religion in
which the children are to be brought up. They
can come to an agreement on this head before mar-
riage, or on the birth of each child, or come to no
determination at all. An appeal is allowed from
the decision of the parents. By Clause 4, every
child of 14 can freely select the creed to which ho
wishes to belong. Change of religion and pro-
selytism cease to be punishable ace. No one
is to be forced to pay for a creed to which he does
not belong, or to follow the formulas of any worship,
whether his own or another's. The Sunday question
gave rise to some discussion. Arguments from
economy and humanity were adduced in sup-
port of the Church view that there should
be a general cessation of labour on the Sunday.
On this point an amendment proposed by Baron
Tintli was adopted by 76 votes to 65, to the effect
that all public works which were not argent should
be suspended on the Sabbath. Clause 12 secu-
larises cemeteries. Every creed is at liberty to
adopt what religious ceremonies it chooses on this
solemn occasion, but everything else relating to
burials is confined to the civil authorities.

(azurra's TILZGLtXB.)
FRANCE.

PARIS, Aran. 9.
An article in the Conditutionnel, signed by b

Limayrac, refutes the statements of those journals
which consider war inevitable, because France has
taken all the necessary measures to wage it with
success. It says :—" The more France is
armed, the less is the probability of
war. An equilibrium of armed forces in the
world is a guarantee of peace. It is true a general

disarmament of all nations would be a more oertain
one for the repose of Europe, but who is to set the
example ? Is there a Frenchman who has at heart
the greatness and safety of his country who would
dare to advise such a confiding initiative 1 And
should foreigners ask us to do so, could we not
reply, as we did at Fontenoy, ' Gentlemen, we
leave it to you to take the first step.' "

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VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT PORThMOUTIL•

It is the intention of Lieutenant-General Sir
George Buller and Major-General Lindsay to meet
the general officers appointed to command divisions
and the officers appointed to command brigades at
the Volunteer Review on Easter Monday, at the
Brigade Office, at Portsmouth, at 2 o'clock p.m.,
on Saturday next, the 11th inst.