The Express. — London, England, 1858-04-24 00:00:00

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ThiPtpc _ 41~110111.—Aal THE z erns DRUM AT VIA SUALII . 10.WIddlemah.—OaramarehiltimIA 'be Oxprejso. paretimmar s . Puplr. sna b• r Olir is. iserroraur. We We Veldt be dr elpribribes. RIOS NATIO AT LONDON UIDOL r aiss 1.11 41a. Annum. 1116 IL NIL LONDON, seruipar, APRIL 96. o.‘ turning to the opinions of the Law-Ofieers which have been tut presented to both Houses of Parliament, it is gratifyiug to observe that Sir FITZROY KILL, has sustained, on sound principles, and fortified with cogentanthority, the precise views taken by the Sardinian Government as to the ille gality of the capture of the Cagliari. The mein facts of the cue are summed up in the following proposi tions :—" I. That at the time of the capture of the " Cagliari pacific relations subsisted between Bar " dinia and the Two Sicilia. 2. That the Cagliari " was a private merchant-vessel, well known to the " captors as belonging, on account of her occupation, " in a marked and special manner, to the Commer " cial Marine of Sardinia. 3. That under force and " duress she had been compelled to land convicts and " rebels on the Neapolitan oust. 4. That at the " time of her capture she was neither de facto nor "de jure piratically employed. 6. That she wall " seized on the high seas, within no Writer's' juts " diction, after a display of force and the menace of • shot tired ►t her by a ship of war belonging "to the kingdom of the Two Sicilise." Such are the admitted facts of the ease. The principles of inter- national law applicable to these admitted facts are stated in a manner no less masterly. Theme prin ciples, according to Sir FITZROY Kau.r, are the following :—" 1. That the merchant vessels of every " State on the high seas are subject to the jnrisdic " diction of the State to which they belong. 2. " That the right al search is, as a general rule, " strictly belligerent in its character, and cannot "be exercised in time of peace. 3. That the " only exception is the case of professed " pintas; that exception being founded on " the fact that pirates are always enemies " of every State, and therefore are equally subject to " the jurisdiction of every State. 4. That a mer " chant vessel regularly incorporated in the " marine of • State does not become a pirate by 4 having been itself forcibly seized by pirates ; nor " does she, when having escaped from pirates, and " forthwith returning to her lawful occupations " from which, by force of arms, she had been tern " porarily diverted, become liable to be seized as " prize upon the high sesa. 3. That under circus " stances of vehement suspicion of piracy the usage "of States has allowed, though with the most " jealous reluctance, the right of approach, for the " purpose of ascertaining the national character of the vessel. 8. That if that character be clearly " commercial—if the State to which she belongs be undoubted—if her employment at the time of so " ascertaining her nationality be lawful, then a sus. of peat unlawful conduct does not justify seizure in time of peace, but does justify appli. . 6 cation for inquiry to the proper authority and " jurisdiction of the State to which sus belongs." Applying these incontestable principles to the ad mitted facts of the case, the Arroastry-Ciaszmi. arrives at the unhesitating conclusion that the forcible capture of the Cagliari was ; that the jurisdiction of the Neapolitan Prize Court was never founded, and that all the proceedings were null and void. The eentrast presented to this lucid and able statement of Sets and principles by the joint opinion et the Anrocare and Sotteirou-Ozttertat is Ica aissitly striking. The conclusion arrived at by these Mused gentlemen is that the Neapolitan cruisers were justified in " taking possession of the Cagliari " and taking her into Naples (where she was in fact " going), in order to secure a full investigation of " what really had occurred on board." They are, therefore, of opinion that the capture of the vessel was lawful, but they declare their in ability to see " any ground whatever upon which the " condemnation of the Cagliari, as prize, can be sup " ported." The only conclusion that can fairly be drawn from this appears to be, that when the ADVOCATE and Bouctroz-Gemertar. affirm the capture of the Cagliari to have been legal, they do not mean to assert that the circumstances were such as to justify her captors as prize, but only such as to justify her being taken into port for investigation. If this be their meaning, the practical difference between the result of their opinion and that of the Arroaxer-Graitat is certainly almost infinitesimal. With reference to this point, it may be as well to direct attention to the last claws of that opinion as to the right of compensation for the imprisonment of Warr and PARK, in which the three Law officers unanimously concurred. It is in these terms:—" The Neapolitan Government, upon " the capture of the Cagliari, and the arrest of all " those who had ever been on board her, with their " papers, was in possession of the fullest informs " Lion of the guilt and innocence of each individual ; " and we are of opinion that therefore PARK and 0 WATT became entitled, se of right, to immediate " liberation." Now apply this principle to the vessel and her crew. It ►ppears by the docu meats which form No. 3 in the "Appendix to the " Correspondence," that on the last day of June and the first week in July, the Neapolitan authorities, by examination of the captain, crew, passengers, and papers of the Cagliari, had obtained the " fullest " information" as to the real meteor the ass regard ing that vessel, prior to, and at the time of, her capture. From this moment, then, accord ing seen to the A DVOCATE and Sottetron-Ganzaa 1., the Sardinian Government had a tall right to de mand the nictitation of the vessel: precisely the same right that the English Government had to demand the restitution of WATT and Peas. Bet, not to insist on this, on the 28th of Ner- .ember the Cagliari was condemned as lawful! prme, and for this condemnaden the Anyone= and SOLICITOEMENILZAL declare they can see no ground whatever. 'They ars bona therefore to advise that ;Sardinia has a right to demand the restitution of the vessel, if not on the ground of an illegal capture, at all events on the ground of an illegal ooademnation. But if Sardinia is. • • a ri g ht to make this claim, is not England under an obligation to support it P Apart from the con sideration that Sardinia was greatly influenced to make the claim by a belief, arising from the acts of our own agents, that we should support her in it— apart from this, has England, as the first of maritime nations, no interest in protesting against a gran and insolent infraction of maritime law I' England was a party to the Treaty of Paris—that Treaty which esta blished as a principle of maritime law that even in time of ear the neutral flag protects the property even of enemies. Are we prepared tamely to acquiesce in the new and unheard-of principle on which the Court of Naples now claims to act, that, /CM in times peace,qi the neutral flag shall not protect either the neutral easel herself, or the neutral-owned property on board of her, or the captain by whom she is commanded, or the crew by whom she is navigated? Is this to be the new fashion of exercising our Sovereignty of the Seas? Tee death of ROBERT STEPHEN RINTOUL leaves a gap in the ranks of English journalists that will not easily be filled up. The daily press, owing to the nmemarily large number of cellaboratenrs, and the beets with which mach of the labour is performed , Ands comparatively little scope for the display of belividual character. Bat in the weekly press an *liter of an original sad energetic turn of mind, =avoidably stamps his own impress on his journal. And yet it is of comparatively few of the Editors of oar weekly newspapers, since the commencement et be present century, that this can be said. WILLIAM 00BRITT, the brothers HUNT, ALBANY FOR 3LANDu E, And hs whose unexpected lam has suggested tide remark, are promineat among the diode. giddied few. For some thirty years, the Spectator lee taken a high rank among our most influential eseupepers, and that it has done so is owing, in a peat measure, to its having been so accurate an etpression of the mental and moral character of ib Iditor. In the news department the Spectator bee been unrivalled ; its successive volumes form an in valuable " Annual Register," from the date of ib first appearance. And its dissertations on the topics Illt the day—literary, social, and political—have be= uniformly characterised by a singular independence, perspicacity, and impartiality of judgment. This wee in part owing to the indefatigable efforts of the Editor to secure able coadjutors,but still more to that indefatigable labour which made him the informing spirit of every part of his journal. He suggested be papers, he 'applied suggestions as to the mode of bail= them, he carefully and critically analysed 'eery article, and urged its writer to revision with a view to make it as perfect as possible. In the news department there was the same labour ; in the selec tion, condensation, and arrangement of the intelligence he took an active and unwearied part. He was em phatically a man of action : ever ready to co-operate with any one for the promotion of a good object; zealous to the last degree in the assertion of his in dependence. The talent and energy he evinced, in conducting a Liberal journal—at a time when such an employment was vastly more dangerous than now —in the north of doodled, attracted the notice of the late Lord PAIIMUILE, DOUGLAS KINNAIRD, and other distinguished Liberals, with whom he became inti mately associated. It was, we believe, mainly at the instigation of DOUGLAS KINNAIRD that he re paired to London, where, after successfully esta blishing the Atlas, he, in consequence of some misunderstanding with its proprietors, sepa rated from the concern, and founded the Spec tator. This journal, in conformity to the , spirit of the time—when the temporary calm pro daoed by the fusion of parties under CANNING had not entirely disappeared—was intended at first to be a family, or non-political paper. When, however, the Reform movement which followed the French Revolution of 1830 commenced, Rurrort., after ma- I tare deliberation, threw himself into it with his whole heart, and might justly lay claim to be consi dered as one of those who most effectually contri buted to its success. There is net one important reform—social or political—that has since been achieved, in the discussion of which the Spectator did not take a prominent part ; but perhaps its most especial merit was the zeal and ability with which it expounded and promoted the principles of syste matic colonisation. In this field of social effort RINTOUL is entitled to the praise of having been the first to adopt the views of that truly original thinker, EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, and to have contributed—with perhaps the exception of the late CHARLES BULLER—more than any man to the full and clear development and application of these principles. The uncompromising independence of the course he pursued in politics, and perhaps something of A tardiness in caws, Which often lase. the history anspolte That It intends to do, often exposed RitoTouL and his journal to uncharit able and acrimonious attacks; but they who have most steadily and perseveringly watched his career are the most entirely convinced of his integrity and awfulness; and those who have been brought most closely into connexion with him retain the most lasting impression of the true and tender kindness which in him was partially cloaked by a somewhat rough exterior. For thirty years it has been our privilege to know ROBILIT STIPHILN RIWTOUL—for part of the time most intimately—and a more just and shrewd appreciator of men and things, a more honest and sincere man, and a more kind and trust worthy friend, we have never known. Sir Roderick 1611116111111 has received letters from Dr. Livingstone, the Ling Este being Sierra Leone, Merck 30. The party wale Se mil that day for the Cape. The voyage of the Peed Ind boo a very favourable one ; and of hie coespenkes the Doctor rya, "I am very thankful to hare such ales. Ilnete NOW to be none of the cantankerous pie sssiea somai than. Long may they continue eo. Every thing hen boa propitious hitherto, and I trust we shall hare the Estee liessing on oar labours." Sierra Leone, Dr. Livingstone was Wormed, Ms bona wore heahltier during the bait en yews than presionely, owing, he thinks, to the drainage of Iron Town, aooompliahed by the pretest governor, Col. His.. . LORD lI•C•IILAT.—We understand that this eidasat salaam, meetly appointed Lord High Steward of this boroogh, will attend to be sworn into office on Tueedey, the 11th May. After this cennuoty beim the town count il, his lordship will be entertained at breakfast by the Worship fel the Mayor.—Clesehrelp Indeeeedent. Loll) PALMER-410N AND nit PABTT.—As to the old and young whirs who disease with pitiful gravity which; of the ect-lem shall be tits new chief, we must ask them,' WI not leave the party to &aids? Inmand of roavesing at gatherings at Lanadowsie Home. why does are Lord Pshoereton call a meeting of the literal party ? Wham Lord John went oat of oak* in 1852 he adopted that Dotard 0001114 sad be was compelled to listen to some home truths from the admitted Marais. Is Lord Psimeretca afraid that the same home-brad draught might be too bitter for his Lips f—f.stairr. The Bishop of London has coosented to preach ern the aeresion of ot °banal f.otival to be bold in Westminster Abbey on Thursday, the 10th of June, la aid of the lacer permed Society fm Promoting the Enlargement, Building, and Ilepstring of Churches. ebt gout. LOYAL PAVILMIC_ILDERSHOTT _ _ CAM P nay. __ _ The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince Arthur, arrived at the Pavilion at 7 o'clock yesterday evening. Lientenant-General Knollys, Commanding the Camp, Coked J. 8. Wood, C. 8., A ss istant Adjutant-General. sad Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Kennedy, C. 8., Assistant Quarter usester-General, had the honour of dining with her Majesty. This morning at 11 o'clock her Majesty reviewed the dirt. aim accompanied by the Prince Consort. Priam Arthur Mowed box Majesty in an open car riage and fear, aasaded by the Hon. Flora Macdonald sad the Hun. Mary Baked, The Queen wee attended by the Countess of Caledon, the AAjatant-General, the Qoartermaster-Oensenl, and the Rummies in Waiting. The invitations for her Maj's dinner piety this mans will laolott szol Lientenent-Genend Knoll" Msjor-Ovosral Ricland H.C.8., fix-Genersl Lameness, Moja/- General Lord . Panne, C.B. Malor-Glemeral the lion. A. Spencer, C. 8., Major-Gene;al Lemmas, C. 8., Colonel Wird% Colonel Chapman, Colonel Low, elth Light DreckColonel J 94th }testi mat ; Wong the of Downsides, South Down Militia; Colonel G Bedford Militia ; and Colonel Loftus, liod West Yorit tea. The Duchess of Kant visited the Dachau of Canitsidge yesterday, at beer random' at Hew. A deputation, tioaditing of Lord CaMagi, Mr. R. Spumw., M.P., Mr. C. N. Nmrdegate, and Mr. J.W. Whiteley, had an interview with Mr. Bowetery Walpole yeeterday, at the Home-o Mes. A deputatioo, including Mr. W. Buchanan, M.P., Kr. P. 11. P., Mr. A. Black, )LP., Mr. A. N. M.P., Mr. W. I. Baxter, M.P., Han. A. Hinasard p ll l .7.„ Mr. A. Gabes' Lord Piowset of Glasgow, Mr. J. Hen dam, Mr. A. th and Mr. Jessiesta, den of Guild, Wan interview with His Berl of Darby yesterday, at his ▪ irosideaos • Devaing-street. A evoelathet en the valise& el hater, Insposika, Mr. Nosiesky (Idensisser), Mr. Haab (Preston), sad • aseennesied beie wsika d Ashby, M.P., transacted bad the• yeela ea tits Dsapalise van sue pander fres the Coacelml.effice to Gowning af allosiam CS the Woe Coat at Africa and to ea Gomm, at dr Nara Assielosa Proehioes _ -.. INDIA AND CHINA. ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 20. The Calcutta and China mails, per Hindostan, leave this afternoon, with intelligence from Calcutta to the 23rd of March, Madras to the 29th, Ceylon to the 2nd of April, and Hong Kong to the 15th of Much. The Bentinck, with extra mail and passengers from Calcutta, arrived at Suez on the 14th. There is intelligence from Lucknow to the 22nd of March. On the 20th Brigadier Campbell's force returned from the pursuit of the enemy. Hutchison, of the Lancers, was dangerously wounded; and Cooper, of the Rifles, dead. On the 21st the Nombriea (Nana's) retreat was stormed. He escaped, and a reward of 30,000 rupees is offered for his head. Outram's force had discovered and destroyed rebels in Lucknow, and the Prime Minister is among those reported as killed. Cape, of the 13th Native Infantry, and Thackwell, ware murdered by the enemy. Fanatics still fire on our troops. The Governor-General's proclamation calling on _ _ tie Zemindars to submit had produced no effect. Oude is pacified, the enemy flying towards Sun deers. Jung Bahadoor goes to Allahahad. No civil officer bad yet been sent to Lucknow by the government. Some inhabitants were returning to the city. . _ _ The beat was increasing daily. A telegram from Allahahad of the 24th states that Sir Hope Grant was sent on the 23rd to dis pens a body of insurgents under Rajah Jejlal Singh at Kane, and returned perfectly successful. He wok 111 gam.. The Dimming Act was being enforced in the north-overt provinces. The sentence of the King of Delhi had not yet been made public. CHINA. Canton continues tranquil. An imperial edict was received on the 6th of March. Yeh's conduct is condemned. He is degraded, and a succamor appointed. The latter is to settle dis putes with the barbarians, who, excited to wrath by Yoh, had entered the city. Lord Elgin and his colleagues had left for the North, the former on the 3rd of March. The Inflexible, with Co arrived at Caleatta.—Times. Yeh, had COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (ST 111111111111 AND 111TISN TILZONAPII.) (PION 0171 OWN 00/11311110NDENT.) MALTA, SATUBDAT. CALcurrs.—Dates of March 23 state that Calcutta produce was quiet. In imports there was greater animation. Money was easy and interest reduced 1 per cent. more. Freights were lower. Exchange 2s. lid. to fid. Miutss.—Exchange, 2s. lid. to 2s. lid. SiNosrosx.—lmports, improved demand. Pro duos at advanced rates. Tonnage abundant. Ex change, 4s. 7d. SiuzioHAL-Bilk and tea quiet. Imports selling higher. Opium dull. Exchange, ss. 10d. to 6e. HONG Bono.—Trade very dull Exchange, 4s. 9d. THE UNITED STATES. (DT 11111111 AND MIK XAONETIO (nom ova OWN )L, BATtraDAT. The steamer Persia, from New York on the morn ing of the 14th inst., has arrived, making the pas sage in nine days and seventeen hours, mean time. She brings 196 passengers, but no specie. The steamer City of Washington, hence, arrived at New York on the 13th. The steamer Star of the West, with Californian mails, March 20, and over 1,300,000 dollars in gold, reached New York. Califor nia news unimportant. San Francisco market un changed. New Granada advice' state that the treaty re cently negotiated at Washington had been r►tifed by the New Grenadian Congress, under the threat that if such was not the case the American flag would soon be over the Isthmus. Nicaragua was in as great confusion as ever, General Jerez being in arms against the government of Martinez. Dates from Utah are to February 8. Brigham Young and his Mormon followers continued to ex hibit their belligerent and braggadocio spirit, and were throwing out all manner of threats. It is again smarted the Mormons were suffering from lack of supplies. In the United States Senate a resolution had been adopted for the appointment of a committee to confer with a similar committee from the house on the sub ' jest of the bill for the admission of Kansas. The house had not agreed to appoint any conference com mittee, but an effort to do so was to be made by the time the Persia sailed. A bill authorising the construction of a telegraph to Utah had been de bated, and postponed till next session. Colonel Benton, for many years one of the leading politicians in America, is dead. A committee of foreign refugees in New York was making arrangements for a demonstration in honour of Orsini and Pierri. The affair was to come off on the 22nd inst. The House of Representatives has receded from its vote rejecting the Deficiency Appropriation Bill, and had adopted the measure. Another fight had occurred between two members of Congress after the adjournment, but without serious consequences. The Secretary of the Treasury had issued proposals for another issue of 5,000,000 dollars Treasury notes. The rise of the waters of the Mississippi con tinued, and serious damage to the plantations, &c., is reported. A schooner is said to have arrived at fit. Croix full of passengers, fleeing from an insurrection that had broken out at Antigua. Advices from Mexico, to April 7, report that General Osollo, acting in behalf of the Zuloaga government, had taken the city of Guadalajara, capturing the entire government of Juarez, but the officers of the latter were permitted to leave the country. Osollo was on his way to the city of Mexico, and would probably be declared President of the Republic. Vera Crur still held out for the Juarez party. The New York money market continued easy, with an abundant supply. The banks had made another favourable exhibit, having further increased their loans and specie reserve to a slight extent. Sterling exchange had fallen to 1081 to 109, and an active business bad been done for the Persia. The stock market was variable, and closed quietly on the 13th at the following quotations:—Erie shares, 231; ditto third Mortgage Bonds, 78 ; New York Central, 871; ditto, Sixes, 911; Illinois Central, 921 ; ditto, Bonds, 881. Neill Brothers and Co's. Cotton Circular reports continued firmness in the cotton markets, and a rapid falling off in the receipts. Middling, at New Orleans, was quoted at lle at New York, at 121 to 1. Flour depressed, and lower. Wheat quiet, and rather cheaper. Corn scarce, and firm. Provisions had been buoyant, bat closed with downward tendency. Ashes active, but lower. Coffee steady. Sugars inactive. Naval stores generally unchanged. Iron dull. Tobaooo quiet, but firm. Freights unchanged. A letter from the Isthmus of Panama gives a ru mour that a mutiny, headed by one of the lieute nants, bad occurred on H.M.S. Brunswick, and it was with difficulty suppressed. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. THE FRENCH NAVY. PARIS, 8.11117111:1•T MORITNO. The ifoniteur says that the statement of the Itedependanee Beige, that France is adding greatly to her naval armaments, is false. No change has been made in the provisions of the Budget for 1858- 1869. The passage in the Independonce to which the Moniteur refers is the following, in the Paris cor respondence: "The Emperor has just decided that the work' going on at this moment in our amens], shall be pushed forward with such a prodigious activity that the French fleet must number, in the course of the year 1839, an effective of 130 screw ships of war. These 150 steam-ships of war, of great speed, are composed of 35 line-of-battle ships (29 will be con structed this year, and nine of them will be especially of superior speed to any in the English navy), 45 frigates, 40 corvettes, and 30 small steamers. Never will France have possessed so magnificent a fleet. Our navy enters a phase which will remind us of the grand maritime epochs of Louis XIV. and Louis XVI. M. Dapay do Lorne, director of naval stores, has returned from Cherbourg, whither he went to inform himself as to the period at which the new docks there would be ready. I believe that, in accordance with the orders of Admiral Hamelin, the works are pushed on so energetically that they will be completed in July. At the same epoch will be launched a large steam line-of-battle ship, La Ville de Nantes." The long-expected report of the commission ap pointed to examine the French Budget of 1859 has been published and distributed. The reporter enters upon some statements with reference to the expenses of the French navy, which include, be says, the following project'. We quote the report : _ . _ Ist. The "dating of the fleet of transition by the trans fortustion of soiling ships into auxiliary screw vsessia. 2nd. The panel creation of a feet steam fleet of 150 war ves sels. 3rd. The finishing of transports commenced, and the trandormation of a oertain number of sailing frigates into steam-transports—making a fleet of 72 transports. 4th. The *intimation of the workeat the poet of Cherbourg, and the creation in the four other military ports of graving docks and 'pedal workshops. The whole of these great undertakings represent an expense of 234,992,000 francs. The informs. don given by the president of the marine section to the Council of State leaves no doubt as to the necessity of applying steam power to all the ship of the fleet. The experkmcs of the late war proved that steam-ships had over selling vessels ax incontestable superiority, tither in combat or in operations of disembarkation of transport. This expense has for its object to obtain the maritime power of Francs in the rank which it ought to occupy among nations. We are convinced that in the realisation of the work the government will employ every aid which the progress of 11101111110 each day affords. The transformation of the beet will be effected in fourteen years from this time, in aesurbg to chaplets 7,8, and 9, an annual dotation of about sixty. the million.. The number of armed semis is increased from 142 to 152. The number of sailors, on the contrary, Axed at 25,784 men, is diminished by 3,050, showing that the number of large VINSOiS in oommission is less considerable. (Thou ova owa PARIS, FILIDI.V EVENING. The Bourse has experienced a remarkable im provement to-day. Business was positively active in the Rente and Credit Mobilier. The former rose 36c. for cash and 30c. for account, closing at fi9fr. 36c. and 69fr. 30c. Mobilier rose no less than 66fr. The railways were len animated than the Rent., but they all participated in the upward movement. Orleans rose Bfr. 76e.; Northern, 6fr. ; Eastern, 7fr. 500. ; Lyons, 12fr. 60c. ; Southern, 6fr. ; and Western, 10fr. M. Devinck's report on the budget, recommending strongly that a real equili brium should be arrived at instead of as hitherto, a false one, achieved by the aid of the sinking fund, was favourably viewed, although similar advice has been given for several years successively without being followed. A considerable sensation was created among the ageno de change by the discovery that a clerk to a shirt manufacturer in the Rue Bergen bad bent orders to every one of the sixty members of that body to buy twenty-five Mobilier shares at the opening of the Bourse this morning. Had the orders been executed, the individual in question would have gained upwards of 2,0001. in the course of the day. He, perhaps, hoped that, the order being small, some of the brokers might have done his business, supposing that he was a client whose name they had forgotten. It is intended, if pos sible, to prosecute him. In January last a man named Tariant was heard to say on the high road from Ebrenil to Nades, in the department of the Puy-de-Dome (being a " public place" within the meaning of the act for the more effectual punishment of words spoken publicly against the Emperor), that the Emperor was a brigand, canaille, velour, and esendiant (vitupera tive expressions which may be translated robber, snob, thief, and•beggar). He also said that fifty three emissaries of Loden Rollin and Respell were on the look-out for opportunities to execute the pro ject which proved abortive on Jan. 14. Count de Morny has an estate at Nodes, and, unluckily for Tarient, two of the count's servants who heard the expressions turned informers. He has been sen tenced by the Imperial Court of Riom to five years imprisonment, five years' deprivation of civil rights, five years' surveillance by the police when he comes out of prison, and a fine of 10,000 fr. (4001.) The heavy fine, which it is impossible for a poor man to pay, is practically tantamount to a sentence of five years' additional imprisonment. The man's defence was somewhat incoherent. He pleaded -Ist, that he was light-headed, and did not very well know what he said; and 2nd, that he never did use the words which Count de Morny's servants swore to. When he heard the very heavy sentence, he begged hard that he might be transported. If the English government should be still thinking of making changes in our legislation with a view to satisfy the Tuileries, this ease is worth the attention of the Attorney-General, as furnishing a scale by which the punishment for sedition may be calcu lated. If for hard words, which " break no bones," and the loose propagation of news, whether false or true, the right sentence is ten years' impri sonment, besides civil disabilities, what shall be done with a conspirator? We rend in the Journal du Loire-et-Cher: Nine or ten individuals, of different carnage. woe ar rested last Sunday in the communes of Presume! and Ligniame. Several brigades , of 'gendarmerie accompanied the police officers who effected the errata. If public rumour may be credited the wrong are 'spewed to belong to the worst society known ea the Marianne. They were In the habit of meeting, it is said, in oellar appurtenant to the Chateau of Preteval, where the older of the moiety meshed the oak of new-elected Miami.. It is affirmed that the whicr this oath was taken hes been found in that:lZ= The Moniteur contains a decree fining llay 16 tor the election for the seat in the Haut Rhin, vacant by the resignation of Count Migeon, whose c o o . demnation for illegally wearing the decoration of the Legion of Honour made so much noise a few weeks ago. It is said that Count Migeon, wh o w iu be out of prison before the day of election, will again solicit the suffrages of the constituency. M. de Talleyrand, the French commissioner, ar rived in Paris yesterday evening from the Danabisa Principalities. He brings with him the report of the commission, a portentous document consisting of not lac than 1,200 pages. (Pr= last night's Guilts.) FORZION-0771 - CZ, APRIL 20.-110 Queen has has plowed lo approve of Don Antonio MAW as Consul at Wks for the Republic of Salvador. FORRION-orrice, APRIL 21.—The Queen has be *and to approve of Mr. Nathaniel Solomon as Con sul at Bt. Helena for his Royal Highness the Greed Doke of ST. AJ 8 PAl.acz, APRIL 22.—Her Majesty haa bun pleased, m the 'imamate of Basel Talbot, c. to un r point Arthur Pssr, Req., to be one of the B Corps of Goodman at Arms, vice Captain Thos. Rohm: M'Coy, reigned. BOARD OP TRADE, WHITEHALL. APRIL 22. The Right Honourable the Ueda of the Committee oag Council for Trade end Plantations have received, t hrough the Secretary of State for Pads% Adain, a ropy of a des patch from bar Majesty's Cceenl-Ganaral at Tripoli, stating that the restrictions upon the exportation of corn from all parts of that Regency have been moved. We have authority to announce that it is her Majesty's intention that a state ball shall take place at Buckingham Palace on Monday, May 3, sad a concert on Monday, May 10 next. The Earl of Roden has joined the Countess of Rodeo at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. The Earl and Countere of Durham have returned to loom for the mem The Earl of Annaley has arrived at his house in Norfolk-et:oat for do mom Viscount and Vieoonnteas Sydney have returned to Cleveland -entire, hoot Frontal, in Kent. Lord and Lady Salto= have left yenton'e Hotel for the north. Lady Chantrey has returned to Claridge's Hotel for the 'won. The third meeting of the Fox Club will take place at Breeita'a We evening. Lady Margaret Beaumont gave birth yesterday to • daughter. Lady Havelock and family crossed from Dover, la the Belgium ma-picket Diamaxit, for Brume* last Wed nesday night. List evening (Friday), the President of the Archi tectural Association held a reception at Lyons Inn Hall. The Royal Society has commenced the very im portant undertaking of compiling a catalogue of all the me moirs contained in the " Treaseolices" of soientdic societies, and in scientific periodical, from the year 1800. Ths late Mr. Rintoul, whose death is commented upon in another column, was in his 71st year, His death took place on Wedimoday Lat. A deputation of railway proprietors will wait on Lord Derby, by appointment, in Downing-lbws!, at two o'clock p.m., on Monday next, on the subject of the ruin ous temapetition carried on between railway oompanies, and the other burdens affecting the railway interest, se stated in the railway memorial. It wu mentioned some days back that a pamphlet had been promised by Mr. Mowatt, the late secretary of the Great Northern Railway Company, on the subject of the tUfkresoss which resulted in his comer:ion with that ed►- bliahment being terminated. It is now said that the con templated publication will not take place at peanut, Mr. Mowatt having oomminced an action against the company in the Court of Common Plata for damages for wrongful dis missal. On Wednesday week the anniversary dinner of the Royal Literary Fund will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern. Our readers have already been informed that Lord Palmerston will take the chair. Amongst the stewards we observe the names of the Duke of Argyll, 131 r John Forbes, /dr. Charles Kean, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Maminbey, Mr. Mosekton Milnes, Mr. Panizal, Mr. Henry Reeve, the editor of the Edinburgh Review ;" Lord Talbot de Malahlds, and M. Van de Weyer. The half-yearly tappet:dim' of the corps of Royal Bogineers at Brampton Bernell; Chatham, took place to dsy, the inspeoting moral *Meer being Lieutenant-omnd Se G. A. Wetherell, 1iC.C.8., 8.H., Adjutant teems. The Emperor, the Empress of the French, and the Imperial Prince are to proceed next week, it is believed, to Fontabseblean to pass a few days. As the impetial hunting establishment is now in that place, it is supposed that there will be some days• sport In the forest. On Wednesday evening, Sir R. I. Murchison gave his last reception for the season in Belgrave-equare, when • very large end distinguished company received his hos pitality. . . Besides the important pictures from the Lombardi collection, an admirable example of Quintia Maar' will be exhibited So the public at the National Gamy on Monday next, Between 4,000 and 5,000 persons visited the exhibi tion of do Hortiooltoral Society at Si. James's Hall daring Thursday. HEX - MAJESTY'S THEATRIL—The Huguenots, with Thins as the heroine and (}►aglioi as Rani, is again ennonneed for Teensy and Tharaday ant. The popular Ann" the ant opera in which the talent of Mdlle. Titian will be displayed, is had for Thursday, May 4, with the addltkaal attriction of Mee. Aiboni and the Trovators of Signer Giuglini. Verdi's opera of Luise Miller, with Male. Picoolomini, is also in masersal, end Saturday seat will witness the production of a new ballet (Fleer des Clamps) for the display of the talent of Ydpe. Poechini and Has Oran. WILLS.—The will of Rear-Admiral the Right Res. Berl Spencer, K. 0., C. 8., P.C., of Althorp Perk, Northampton, and St. iatess'e-plaes, Westminster. was proved in London by the Right Ilea. George William Baron Lyn:4ns, P.R.S., the nephew, mod Hoary Goodford, Req., the acting executors, Sir John George Shaw Lorene, C. 8., M.A., P.R S., F.R.0.5., the other executor, having renounced. The personalty was sworn under 260,0001. The will tears data Hey 17, 1854. having his reel estates and tondos of hie persesalty to hie son, Viscount Althorp. There are four codicils : by the second, which is In his lordship's own haadwrltiag, be has, at the nattiest of the late montage, dinned its cottages te be embed at Great BringtoeL Narthemptonehney tn he celled " Ledy Spencer's Names," err eke reamdos of pear whims of that neigh bourhood, who are each to pay a rent dose poesy per week but ens deems Hs besmeared to his 'hotline, Lady Sarah Isabella Bracer, a gam of 100,0001. Two of his lordabWs paisksepers have a legsey of 60111. each.—The will of Bk Robert Campbell, Bart., wee proved under 70,0001. per malty in Ragland. The executors use Jabs Rennie, Req., sod Robert H. Soon Campbell. Fog, the els ; the letter is attic appointed residuary legates of real and pummel ensta. —The will of Wm. Joseph Herseill, of Landester, 50,0001. Illsetrated London Metro. SARDINIA. The Nornis, Herald publishes a telegram hem Turin which states that the prolonged debate on th e Conspiracy Bill is at length closed, and that the ma. sure has been adopted by a majority of 129 atm against 29. SWI'fZERLAND. A general election took plum on the 18th in the canton of Nenohatel, for the nomination of the . . . Constituent Assembly, which is to prooeed to the revision of the cantonal oonatitution. Out of 101 deputies, the Radicals have 66, the Independents 22, the Conservatives (old Royalists), 10, while 9 are uncertain. Seven of the elections are not yet terminated. THE PAPAL STATES. Cizox ova •wx ow ROME, APRIL 17. Preparations are already being made for the Pope's provincial tour this spring, which, instead of being directed towards the north, u was the me last year, is to embrace the southern provinces tf Veiletri, Frosinone, and Terracina, where, in at probability, as interview will take place betwom the Supreme Pontiff and his dearly beloved SOll Ferdinand of Naples. The departure of his Holism is announced for the ensuing month of May, so that a part of the Roman summer, which is by no mew favourable to the Pope's health, may be passed by him in a lase obnoxious air than that of the capital. Some surprise has been created in this city of momentary impressions by the re-occupa tion of the various gates of Rome by French soldiers, after their - having been for so many months in the peaceable possession of the Papal military authorities, with the tansies of the Porta del Popolo, leading to Florence, and the Porta Cavalleggeri, leading to Civita Vecchia, which have never been given up by the French. Various conjectures have not failed to be broached upon this subject, but the real reason of the change is nothing more than a change of the Roman portion of the garrison, the first regiment of Roman infantry bag expected from Bologna, whilst the second regimes has left the capital for the northern provinces. Tbs French general has come to the aid of the roves meat in the meanwhile, as the Swim regimes, weakened by the detachment of some companies u Velletri, for the suppression of the recent distills ances, is not sufficiently strong to, furnish corps 4 garde. for all the city gates. The two Swiss regiments in the service of hi Holiness are very much below their nominal effec• tine force, the soldiers all claiming their discharge upon the expiration of their engagements ; but government hopes to obtain a number of vetoes, from the foreign legions which have so long fought under the tricolor in Africa, and which have bass now disbanded by the French government. The Pope's enlisting officers have been hard at work a France of late to induce these old soldiers to sand themselves under the banner of the Cross and Ksys, The important work of restoring a gold and Elm currency, and doing away with the ponderous wpw coinage which succeeded the government paper;la just been brought to a satisfactory conclusion by is edict announcing the weight and fineness cider/se coinage. In order not to have the small silver min taken out of the country, the government be adopted the plan of having two parts of alkyl eight of fine silver. In the month of *Oil monstrous five-bejoceo pieces will be wirsa from circulation, and carts will no more be namely for bankers to transport the value of two orlon hundred pounds. His Holiness bas approved the denominatin Pio-Latina for the railway company from Boas the Neapolitan frontier. The capital for the ae cution of the line from the Frascati branch, we the twelfth chilometre from Rome, is find 27,000,000 francs, upon which the governs* guarantees a minimum interest of 6 per wet soon as the line is completed. One of the heroes of Lucknow, Mr. Birch, of the Bengal Cavalry, the only surviving officer of bis regiment, is at present in Rome, still buffering frog wounds received in action. COMPEMMTION TO PQIY dip FAT. OPINION OP THE LAW OFFICERS. Doctors' Comienons,Al My Lord We are honoured with your lo am mend.,signified in Mr. Hamm letter of March ultimo, stating that he was directed torepent rt we would report to your lordship our opinion sirst.W, are the oirennstanota of the mute, as set forth in the ecerisel once reepscdng the capture of the Cagliari, now sherd to us, her Majesty's government would be jostiar h NAM any, and what, demand upon the Napoli= gomerri I respect to the oonduot of that government tomer dr British subjects, Park and Watt. In obedience to mar lael ship's commands we have the honour to report — That we are of opinion that, under the oreurreer the ome, her Majesty's government would be raid I making • demand upon the Neapolitan goverarr k oomperation to be awarded to the Bnttab ingissadt rat and Watt, in respect et the conduct of that peewit towards those persons. It appears to us that al Watt acted throughout within the sleet 855 d Pak duty, and took no part whatsoever to elly or criminal design or act. There is arm lar r ei are aware, to be found, even at this late period, idlefil Gene voluminous paper, a particle of evidence allienerd 'or im_pmriaty wawa either of them. in oda ti the Neapolitan government for its motional of theft men, and for putting them on their irt:Lk lives, there should have been, at least, frau/oft of their participation in /OMB of the offences err= some al those on board the Cagliari. The Respite Pm ° meat has, in effect, admitted that mere Freres koalas not of Ball a sufficient ground for the Maris of aklei proceedings ; inasmuch aa it sot at liberty err gals lee 7heen tiwa r2 ro th re, onO sesk eteber2B ita :hlBs j A natifi 4:gu cati lh' B o lB n 6N ft; Paßaa : l sonielt ele:"l"ld lio* ***.“l4 and Watt in the acts charged against than le *sorted Accuse." Them, apparently, am the followlefiL iwi l 1. That they IMO without regular mares To thia Missy be radial to observe that it eilinlise" be unusual for engineers of Sardinian eramvesals Genoa to be without pasports ; their mem v:V II 4 ship's restemroll, and they wee in the right et the owners of the Cagliari ; but, at ill ITOO L d_. Men government cannot inter any mina Na 11 ' mere want of passports. 2. The note found upon Perk, 'Egged to bankroll by Miss Whits at Genoa. This note, apes the lio,_.‘ ll purports to be addresiod not to ea aecompliM i w rie who was to be forced to act under realarli •- a iser a th7: n signed nor addressed ; it w ealy prierrits when the vessel mu forcibly seised hymeneal the m and the circumstance that Pork reserved sea gi into his logbook, as his justifiestion, is a prertd- os guilt, but el his innocence in relation to it. IMO b. That Watt (as chief engineer) ought to bre the amain course to Tunis and not to Para Thilrer proceeding, as it dose, from total *MOOS of the etstit Lion and navigation of stermvemele, k not week refutation. POO l5/4 4. Of partripation in various opedird ads at Of these it is sufficient to observe *Coo wise each a nature as to order Park NA to &Neapolitan tribunal in mewed their ossari▪ viog we Gan ly no seem wind% we se erible arzw. any seldom lies ever been brthesii" I nge 704 sad Watt ocemairsd say of rem; indeed, el is., them, their barroom must have bees obviret,:it til d 'sired in the Atto di Amur" that they temilest„. o =whines these acts are chtellea ""'" en sham Per these arsons weer d opinion that those ire winters Mitch jiestillea the Napalm fire**! . ...asid UrnettPart end Watt to this prolsoatialee e llE a tet than, is arlehoters of the wort ark site losos hapsimeariat. d Nottriatori gaveransat. gra ale "P" " lead h r, with . lntoaeatlon ..17cpitothdrommnksa. gdlt lemers,thil d thamern all wabalcone hal vaiormenia bo d had isi ve_ derhit ioj Pert tai W▪ SW, as of right, to isnenedrie mpa,” l ir ltg, • M•C*23°' r I