The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 19; 1861..

English cunning, but rather that of French
ambiguity and vacillation. No argument of the kind
is listened to. Piedmont is decidedly unpopular,
with the politicians of France ; and whilst the
Pore is supported by the Legitimists as their
religious heed, he is favoured by numbers of the
military and Imperial party merely because he is
, the antagonist and the foo of Piedmont.
No one sees now more clearly this difference
' between his own sentiments and those of a great
body of his followers than the EMPEROR. But how
is he to remove or moderate what is exaggerated
in them ? Or how to preclude similar errors or
differences for the future t For if M..llittAntr
and other Home Ministers ate to blame for the
composition of the Chambers, the EMPEROR him-
self is to blame for not more fully commanding
the adhesion and sympathy of those who live
upon his bounty. NArotron HI. is not expan-
sive. He has few or no confidants ; and though
personally kind and courteous, he does not take
the trouble of inquiring into or commanding the
opinions even of his Chamberlains. If he re-
mained a despot, without parliament or press, this
might matter little. But he ham now entered
upon another system, in which opinion plays an
important part, in which it is outspoken, influen-
tial, and neither to bo silenced nor despised. In
this phase of political existence, so new to the
greater number of the present generation of
French, they find themselves children ; and it is
in truth not easy to comprehend or explain the
sentiments which they desire to express.
Amidst the fury of the Legitimist& and the be-
wilderment' of the Imperialist courtiers themselves,
it is gratifying to observe the discussion of the Com-
mercial Treaty with England carried on by the
deputies of the great industrial towns without any
acrimony or inveteracy, but with solid and patient
argument. Whilst, therefore, the idle half of the
French Parliament ran mad after " ideas," the
real business men discuss facts, respect necessities,
and show themselves practically wise.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

CAPITULATION OF CIVITELLA
DEL TRONTO.

(Mom OUR SPECIAL anasnonsarr.)
(n innunns AID MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
NAPLES, MARCH 18.
Civitella del Trento baa capitulated on the
terms offered by the Piedmontese Generals.

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TURIN, TOIRDAY,

The Opinion states that the commander of
Ciritella del Tronto has refused to obey the order
of Francis 11. to surrender to the Piedmontese.

VENETIA.

Demonstrations have taken place in various
towns of Venetia on the anniversary of the birth-
day of Victor Emmanuel.
On the morning of that day (14th inst.) all the
shops at Venice remained closed till 10 o'clock,
when the police compelled them to be opened.
In the evening the inhabitants in the various towns,
and especially at Verona, made it a holiday and
paraded the streets. Bengal lights, of the Italian
colours, were lighted on some of the eminences, and
crackers fired. Some persons have been arrested.
At Padua the military were called out, but no colli-
sion took place.

THE ITALIAN CHAMBER.
TURIN, MONDAT.

In to-day's sitting of the Senate government
submitted a project of law proposing that all public
acts should in future commence with the following
words :—" Victor Emmanuel 11., by the Grace of
God and the will of the nation King of Italy. "
The project was received with general applause,
and its urgency was acknowledged by the Senate.

POLAND.
WARSAW, TIMIDAY.
The guild of merchants of this city, taking into
consideration the late events, and in order to give a
proof of their union, have resolved to grant to the
Jewish merchants an equal position with them-
selves in their guild.

CRACOW, MONDAY.

The nets has news from Warsaw stating that a
deputation of citizens had protested before Prince
Gortschakoff against the expression "some indi-
viduals," contained in the imperial reecript, point-
ing to the large number of signatures attached to
the petition. The Prince replied that he declined
to receive any more signatures, and should regard
their collection as an act of sedition, which be
would treat in a military manner.
The delegation of citizens had represented to
the Prince that the fresh symptoms of agitation
rendered necessary the immediate proclamation
and execution of the reforms confidentially pro-
mised by Prince Gortachakoff.

accept the constitution for the whole kinidom, as
proposed by government at the assembling sit the
Estates.
That the Assembly should further deidiae the
project of law on the Provisorium. Finally, that
it should instruct the President of the Chamber to
bring under the notice of the Federal Diet the pro-
ps of the Danish government and the reply of
the Estates.

(GARY.

The folloliog is the text of the speech addressed
by Francis Beak to tbp electors :
To accept the pleat et 'representative constitutes a civic
duty, and this duty is the more imperative the more perilous
the state of the country. I consider the wish expressed by
the honoured electoral district in electing me as ea invite-
tion to discharge this duty, and I cannot but accept it.
Confidence is a gift that no one has the right to exact. For
the same reason, it is an honour, for which I am bound to
express to you my. gratitude. I make no promises.
What my conscience and conviction shall order me to do,
that I shall do without promising anything. I should be
unworthy of your confidence were I to make • promise
with a view to deceive, and with the secret intention of not
keeping my promise. The only programme I can give is
the principles that have guided my public life for thirty
years, and to which I have never proved faithless. These
principles are oleo those of the honoured electoral district,
otherwise it would not have bestowed on me its confidence
by so many suffrages. I might doubtless reproduce under
the form of a programme my firm conviction that the auto-
nomy and legal independence of the country, as well es its
constitutional liberty, form the fundamental conditions of
our national existence, which we can not sacrifice at any
price, without any pressure. Any attack we might make
upon these two conditions would be a mortal wound in-
Meted upon the life of the nation. But, gentlemen, this
is not a programme, but a faith deeply rooted in our nation,
not to be extirpated from our hearts either by material
seductions, or by the renewal of our severe suffenoga, or by
the danger that hovers over our country ; for the Hunga-
rian in whose heart this sentiment is extinguished has long
bidden adieu to the sublime inspirations of patriotic love
and honour. What I say does not, then, constitute a pro-
gramme ; I merely recall to mind the public general senti-
ment, which is not the sentiment of • few men or of • few
parties, but of the entire nation. The moment this sacred
sentiment mewl to be the general one, our nation would be
on the verge of self-immolation, and the protecting grace of
God would be turned away from us. I invoke upon our
country the divine benediction. May God bless you also !
Receive once more the expression of my sincere gratitude
for the confidence you have reposed in me, and be the inter-
preters of my gratitude to your fellow-citiaess.