The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-23 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

ITALY.

ROME.

The Independanee Beige says :—" From accounts
which we have received from Turin it appears that
the Italian government has rejected the conditions
upon which France consented to evacuate the city
of Rome—namely, that the territory of St. Peter
should remain to the Pope, and that Italy should
guarantee him possession of it ; that the ter-
ritory should be left to the care of Pontifical sol-
diers, the Italian troops remaining at least five kilo-
metres from the seat of the Papacy ; that the
Romans should be Italian citizens, but should
exercise their political rights out of Rome ; and
that the French troops should occupy for a short
time longer Civita Vecchia. The Cabinet of Turin
not being able to subscribe to these conditions,
things will remain for some time longer in state
quo. However, the recognition of the now king-
dom of Italy by France will not be delayed in
consequence, but will take place, it is believed, in
the course of the approaching month."

• The Official Journal of Rome of the 16th says :
" The King of Sardinia, in determining the admi-
nistrative powers of the lieutenants in the provinces
of Naples and Sicily, has decreed that for the future
the nominations and revocations of archbishops
and bishops shall belong to the King. This
regulation, which assimilates the divine
institution of the episcopacy to revocable civil em-
ployments, has no precedent in history. It crowns
the iniquitous excesses committed in the kingdom
of Naples, in spite of concordats and the imprescrip-
tibia rights of the church. No protestant or schis-
matic, or even infidel government has ever dared
as much."

ROME, MIT 18.

On Thursday the Pope made an excursion to
Fiumicino, a little village near the mouth of the
Tiber. He was received with much ceremony, and
he reviewed the corps of artillery quartered there.
Mgr. de Merode got together as many troops as
possible, to waylay his Holiness at every station
through which ho passed. These military demon-
strationa led the Pope to say, "Mgr. do Merode
would make of me a Julius 11.—at least for re-
views ; but those times are gone by, and the Pope
must now be a pacific king."
At the opening of the session of the Academy of
the Catholic Religion, Cardinal Gagiano made a
speech, in which he denounced liberty of conscience
as au "impious and infernal" thing. On the
principle, "Flexere si nequeo superos, Acheronta
movebo," he drew largely upon pagan authors for
arguments in support of intolerance, and proved
from Plato and Cicero that neither the Persians,
Greeks, Assyrians, nor Romans had ever allowed
religious liberty.

(artreries

ROME, MAY 21.

The petition addressed by the inhabitants of
Rome to the Emperor Napoleon, requesting the
evacuation of Rome by the French troops, and
bearing 10,000 signatures, has been despatched to
Paris, notwithstanding the efforts of the police to
prevent it.

The text of the petition, which has been pub-
liahedby some Italian papers, is inauthentic.
TURIN, Mar 22, Eviartiro.
Prince Carignan and the Chevalier di Nigra
have arrived here.

NAPLES, MAY 21.

A proclamation of Prince Carignan has been pub-
lished, in which he mentions the reforms he has
carried out, and thanks the people and the National
Guard for their co-operation.
M. Ponta di San Martino, the new Lieutenant of
the King, has also issued a proclamation, express-
ing his intention to govern with power, energy,
and unity of action. He declares that all loyal
citizens are in favour of the union of the Italian
peoples. He requests the support of the country,
and promises improvements in the public services.

MILAN, MAT 22.

Some agitation still prevails in this city. The
demonstrations, originating in religious dissensions,
assumed a subversive character. The mob were
about to attack a liqueur manufactory, but the
National Guard and the troops re-established
order.

MILAN, MAT 23, Evvreru.

. .
The city is now quiet.
The Persererama cf to-day gives a formal denial
to the statement of some Italian journals that
Count Teleld, shortly before ho committed suicide,
received a letter from Kossuth, informing him
that the foreign cabinets were little disposed to
support the movement in Hungary.

TURKEY.

PARIS, MAY 23.

A despatch received here from Constantinople,
dated the 22nd init., announces that on the pre-
vious day the International Commission held their
first sitting at the residence of the Marquis de
Lavalette, the French ambassador.