The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-10 00:00:00

WURFEMBERG.

A great sensation has been produced at Stutt-
gart, and in Wurtemberg in general, by a recent
judicial decision in matters of the press. The Beo-
a journal exercising great influence among
the liberal party of Southern Germany, had re-
printed, from a democratic pamphlet, the biography
of Robert Blum, and the well-known "Black List,"
Le. the register: of those advanced liberals who bad
been shot by court-martial in Baden in 1849, after
the popular movement there had been overthrown
the Prince (now King) of Prussia. The pam-
in question is from the peu of the exile Karl
who has of late issued a great many publica-
tions of the same kind. Now, at the bidding of
the Wurtemberg government, Beobachfer,
. after
having copied the pare referring to the doings of
the Prince of Prussia, 11111 b seized by the police.
An appeal to the judicial authorities has, however,
brought about now the release, and consequently
the free circulation, of the offensive copy. This is
a decision of uncommon importance, showing the

gradual slipping away of politic from the Gei:man
monarchs. As may be easily imagined, the re-
leased paper has been forthwith perused with
avidity by a vast number of readers. The " Black
List" it contains, and which has awakened the
wrath of the Wurtemberg government, is a close
statement of terrible historical facts, the remem-
brance of which is, no doubt, very unpalatable to
the powers that be, but which could not possibly
be treated as a criminal utterance by • court of
justice standing on the ground of the law. Many
German journals, among them the Berlin National
Gazette have alluded to the great impression pro-
duced by the facts above mentioned.

According to the Augsburg Gazette, the Austrian
forces in Venetia consist of 183,000 infantry, 52
batteries of field artillery, 10000 of the corps of
engineers, and 5,000 cary. These figures do not
include the garnsous in the forts and the men in
the navy. As reserve, there are 35,000 soldiers in
the neighbourhood of Trieste, and along the coasts
of Istria and Dalmatia, their headquarters being
Trieste ; and 35,000 men in Styria, Illyria, and
Carinthia; headquarters Gratz.

A RUSSIAN MORTARA CASE.
A St. Petersburg letter says :

The relate an act that cannot be too much re-
gret and which has occurred in Lithuania. It is a
sat of parallel to the Mortara cam at Rome. A Jew,
Binel Nearlack, had beset, settled for some time in a
of the government of Kovno. On the night betweelt
7th and Bth of October (old style) four peasants from •
neighbouring village rushed into his dwelling, after brisk-
lug down the door. and attempted to carry off his eldest
daughter, who was fifteen years of age. The strong tosist-
ance she opposed, ono her cries, which awoke her parents,
made the kidnappers loom their bold. Instead of the
eldest they then seised the youngest, a child of ten
years, and dragged her withoutdittioulty to their earl The
poor father endeavoured to rescue be child from the rob-
but they beat Sim and dashed him seamless to the
ground.
Nevertheless, as soon as he regained consciousness, he
flew in pursuit of them, bat all his inquiries were fruitless.
Some days later Neadack learned that his daughter
was kept confined in the house of the priest klatzievski is
the little town of Kornai. Neither the leers nor prayers of
the desolate father were able to soften the bard heart of
this cord, who refused him an interview with the child,
alleging that she had shown • wish to turn Christian. Is it
possible to believe, that a child of barely 10 years, aincerely
attached to her parrots and all her family, could have had
the idea of suddenly changing her religion? Meodeck lost
no time in laying hie complaint before the authorities
against this unheard-of outrage. The journal which an-
nounces this act does not say if reparation has been
awarded to the Jew, or if the guilty have been punished.
1 hope justice will leave her hl.ing gait in this Maurice
and act vigorously.