The Express. — London, England, 1858-02-04 00:00:00

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I Tire . lee l = l /UII V ItrI L PIIMBI IIII SV I TT i1 iD 721 14 70 4n 0 - ; °Aaiun el . = i s. ~...,..,0 . 1 .. .., ~,,....r . ,_4 =2. r . D , T.. 1,....„.,.. Aat. ja ,,,.,.py i p ~ DISIMAIL-Aad Pe fl i°4 lllsefe awl bor Fake l 'AL•lieret, Stills.. awl ;LeO. l m sos eu =sin es i sae& tenon ties i tsrmemer AMAABLIMINILeMItiIf WIWI ly t 11=m a txt...We i M ot. • I eIIIST. .Mf i t r wasa. WILLIAM! Timt• .iarrt, a .,. IL fem. oimie lliemara .....7. :ail:.= ............ ,II ) Ta. D MOB W ATI" AT LONDON 111LIDOK_ a f—llenrlAA. a. ••111 ••••••••. •• NW 1 i T.•••••••••••1•••4•• 01. 711• •••••••• • 0. 45.. 1 LONDON, THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 4. --..-- TO OUR READERS. _.._ A DOUBLE NUMBER of the EXPRESS will I be published on SATURDAY NEXT, and coo- tinned on such Saturdays as the length of the, I; Parliamentary Debates shall render theirable. .1 ! 1r is many years sines we had omesion to look forward to the Meeting of Parliament with the sort of interest which we feel to-day. We have had re. ' i petted and abundant cause for anxiety, during many a recess, loop and short; but to have to guard and vindicate our liberties is something so old that it now appears like something new. It is tree. however. Oar most urgent business in the prospect 1 of the coming Session is to see that our represents- tires are duly sensible of the critical character of the time, and that they are properly supported and esti- mated in the course which they may be expected to take inconsequence. There have been periods within I living memory when the popular excitement was greater than now, because the pending questions had been long before them, and so gradually wrought - up as to rain the national aspiration and will to a high point of common emotion ; but it may be doubted whether it could ever have been much mon I i important than to-day that the Legislature should be vigilant and resolute, and the reformers of oar laws and the conservators of our liberties united in their progressive and defensive action. It is no time for tampering with the truth, or considering the com- placency 1 I of individuals, when the welfare of multi- tudes is at stake ; and we therefore say openly, that the question is whether certain of our liberties are safe in the hands of certain of the Ministers ; and h that the object to be pursued in Parliament is to I I compel such explanations, and obtain such securities from Government, as may restore us to our ordinary 1 ! . state of con fi dence. Our liberties are threatened with regard to the resi- ; dente of our own countrymen abroad, and to the re el.- 1 dente of foreigners among us. It is a painful truth that 1 Englishmen do not at present enjoy that security abroad, in virtue of their citizenship, which has hitherto been regarded as their birthright. A little while ago i l it was in the Austrian dominions chiefly that English- men were liable to insult and injury, and to extreme difficulty in obtaining redress. Now that our foreign .. . policy is sacrificing some priceless interests to the Aus- -1 Irian alliance, matters arc for the time mended there ; but oar position in Naples is intolerable. The radical - . mischief lies in the secrecy of our diplomacy, and the virtual irresponsibility of our Foreign Minister; and thus it is the delay of a reform demanded by the times which is answerable fur such a case as that ofl our engineers at Naples. Till the needful reform is obtained, and some security provided against our national honour end our privileges of citizenship . , I being rported with or sold by a careless or misjudging Minister, we mast hold th.Oovernment strictly to its responsibility to Parliament, and let the world see I 1 how we have at heart the liberties of every Briton in all parts of the world. It cannot long be the case that our hearts should throb and our blood boil at the wrongs of such victims as our two country- men at Salerno without our being able to do any- thing for them. Englishmen are not to be told of fel- low-citizens, against whom no guilt can be proved, going mad with terror and hardship and imprisoned under torture for many months, without resolving to 111 put an end to each a liability, or to know the reason t 111 1 why. The fir.t thing to be done is to ascertain whether Lord CLUIENDON could or could not have obtained release for the engineers of the Cagliari before this time; and if he could not, then we must hay* the needed reform by which our trans- actions with foreign Governments shall not be entrusted, without check and participation, to a single minister, who is not bound to explain till his acts are irreversible. As to the other foreign relation,—that which in- , volves our treatment of foreigners in Great Britain, public attention is at the moment so roused that our representatives can scarcely need any appeal from i us. Our case is perfectly clear in our eyes, ' and our minds were made up long ago. There en be no doubt that the Emperor of the Flumes tinder...tan& the matter as thoroughly as 1 we do. His published writings show that he does ; and his own experience, both as a refugee and as a conspirator against the ruling power in France, must have hummed it deeply on his mind. If his people do not understand it, that is nobody's fault but his 1 ' i own ; for we publish our principle and practice to the whole world ; and his not letting his people read is the cause of the present mistakes and bad temper and manners of his courtiers and his army. This conduct of his is sufficient ground for the most vigilant care on our part that our principle and practice be not more or less sacrificed to his pleasure. 1 ' There can be no fear that Parliament will listen to any proposal to re-enact an Alien Law, or to permit i ' say restriction whatever on our policy of impartial i I hospitality ; but we moat be vigilant lest any con- session, are privately made —any expectations created that the natural consequences of our neighbours' despotisms, and the failures of • their police systems, will be in any way i modified by sacrifices of a well-considered policy on oar part. We have Lies foe the ; 4 psniahrizent of the guilty ; and these laws are f I _ look I sort . re many guard ' that lodging 'nits me COM at There the ,most people P"Ple 1 bad THE EXPRESS, THU. actessible to all, foreigners or natives, without any partiality. On due information, the accused of any nation OM at any time be brought to trial, and the convicted of any nation condemned to punishment. This is all we can offer, because it is all that is just. Any despotic ruler who creates refugees by his method of rule must provide for the consequenoes within his own frontier. The French EMPI3IOI professes to do so by his passport and police system. If his system fails, he cannot use us as its substitute. We are willing to receive and act upon any criminal information, from any foreign Government; but we are not, and do not intend to be, anybody's police agents and spies. Every Englishman, from the cabinet to the plough-tail, will agree in this as something almost too plain to deserve statement : and yet we mast not be above taking care of the bright ess of our honour in this charac teristic department of our policy. If it was a case in which the French Go veniment was opposed to the Austrian, there would be little danger of too much concession to the convenience of our nearest neighbour : but this is a matter in which the Austrian and French Sovereigns are of one mind. Under such circumstances it is necessary that we should protect ourselves, and not leave to any Minister or Cabinet any opportunity to make con cessions which to any indolent or timid mind may appear small, while, properly regarded, they may be such aa the nation cannot righteously ratify. The French EMPEROR must be clearly informed that we understand the origin and the value of the military and courtly demonstrations by which he permits him people to be misled ; and that we think it will be most for the interests of the alliance, as it certainly is indispensable to his credit, that he should correct the misapprehensions by which we are insulted, and discountenance the claims and threats which he and we alike know to be absurd. It is for Parliament to ascertain how this matter proceeds, and to watch ' over the integrity of our policy of individual re sponsibility to the laws, and to nothing else. We wish we could feel equally certain that the popular and the parliamentary mind was duly awake to the peril of the Ministerial policy in regard to India. If Lord PALMERiTON is unaware what he is undertaking in changing the whole principle and practice of Indian Government, it may be feared that too many, who are less bound to understand it, may exhibit equal levity. We earnestly trust not and the interval since the Government measure was first disclosed in our columns and the meeting of Parliament has been actively employed in at least showing that the affair is a more radical and a more pregnant question than the Prime Minister himself supposes, or would have it supposed. The Reformers of England will, we trust, take Dare of their own cause. They have had some wooer, apparently, in convincing the Government that they are in no mood for trilling, and that they mean to hold Ministers to their pledges in regard to a new Reform Bill. We hear less than we did about want of time, and the benefit of delay. Our repre sentatives have to make it clear that it is the other great measure for which delay is desirable, whereas a pledge intelligently required and positively given, must be fulfilled. THE LATE MR. JOHN WEDDERBURN, BENGAL CIVIL SERVICE. Mr. John Wedderburn, one of the early victims of the Indian mutinies, was the eldest son of Mr. Wedderburn, late of the Bombay civil service. He entered the Bengal civil service in 1844, and, while serving in Behar, was one of those selected for an appointment in the Punjaub, when first annexed, in 1849. There he received the thanks of government for his services in organising and settling a newly acquired district near Mooltan ; and while subse quently filling the important position of Deputy Commissioner of Lahore his exertions an construct ing roads and other public improvements were again acknowledged. Mr. Wedderburn came home on furlough after ten years' service, and returned to India in the spring of 1867, accompanied by his young wife and infant son ; he wee immediately ap pointed Magistrate and Collector at Hisser, North- West provinces, which station he had only joined a few weeks when the mutiny at Meerut and Delhi broke out. The isolated situation of Hisser now rendered the position of Mr. and Mrs. Wedderburn see of extreme danger, and he realised at once, to its full extent, the imminent peril to the British empire in India and to every individual European in it, bat resolved to meet all with the determination of amen and the faith of a Christian. He exerted himself with the utmost energy is the adoption of measures for the security of his district. He removed the go vernment treasure, with his own family, into the fort, under the protection of the Hurrianah Infantry, com manded by Lieut. Bar well; maimed the responsibility of raising a regiment of Irregular Horse • and pro cured 100 troopers from the l ) adree Chief (who gave repeated assurances of fidelity); thus endea vouring to secure one faithful body of troops among so many. But all proved traitors. His exertions pre served tranquillity in Hisser till the 29th of May, when the arrival of emissaries from Delhi and Hanel proved • signal for the troops at the fort to mutiny ; and after murdering Mr. Wedderburn's young wife and child they proeeeded to the Court house, at some distance apart, where he was trans acting business, and surrounded it. Mr. Wedder burn called on the Sepo3s on guard to resist them, but in vain; he wu fired upon by both parties, and fell under the combined attack of the Dam troopers and his own treacherous guard, within a brief half hoar after his wife and child. " Lovely in their lives, in death they were not long divided, and each was spared the agony of knowing the other's fate. In Mr. Wedderburn the Indian go vernment loses an officer to whose zeal and valuable qualities the highest testimony has been recorded by his superiors in office. Many grieve for him in Lahore, both natives and Europeans; while his large and attached connexion in this country are called upon to mourn for one not more endeared to them by the ties of kindred than by the amiable disposi. tion and manly heart, which in him were united with a piety unshaken to the last. The Earl of Derby entertained at dinner, lest maim at Ids reseeks in St. Jazose's-zquare, the Duke of Yeatretis, the Dab of Rutland, the Marquis of Salis bury, the IWO. of Exeter, the Marquis of Downahim, the EM el Cenurnm, the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl Talbot, the lied Dittman, the Earl of Cardigan, the BM of Hardskeet the Earl of EgUnto; the Earl of Vendetta, the led d UM, the Earl of fitzudbroke, the Earl of Maassbary. be Earl of Wilton, Lord Southampton, Lori Fonder, laid At. Leceards, Lord Redesdals, and Lord It sow appose frets a letter addressed by the Earl of Shaillsehary to the Tomes, that his lordship laserteelly merle& when ha was made to my at Whotreay dal be had sera a letter "from the highest lady new to India, describing that day by 4117 Wl= wm s endog into Calcutta, their cars sad their mosso eat et and their eyes pet oat." His iced ship had oaly hoard of wait a letter " some Urns before,'. Imea a pima la when be bad entire catildrima The dis abling', published lathe aims of lady Canning, who was sepessei I. boss isse the writer of the letter, Is soospted by the met as enlist to prove that his Mtwara* wee is error, mad " esselshalmi lie delicacy of the tritium, I Amid, I seshos. ban Mai sin wisely bad I not used It. The re oralader of the setesstal pomp tans--' When I tell you OM shakes ad Wader ymre were pat to death in cold blood.' This slaismesil is distinct from the other, sad was loaded IS Mime apse to every tee, sad, so far se I know, is,,, sealradieled. I bars by au 'may loiters tersaltag saes of sits peaks stroolty ; bat the sateen sr their embalm genii& from say disclaim of their summed elreatiseasea" 80CIST6 FRASCASS DS RISS Fanatics. The grand miasma ball of AM swig bias plea ea as Illth last. CRYSTAL PALACE.—UN2 BIIILLINO DAY.—WED SISSAY ran. L—ASsimbess w maim; 332 ; ditto by emus Sasso, IA; total, 488.1 trbe gam. ••• ,Ir The Queen held • Court and Privy Council yes terday enemas at Buckingham Palace. At the Court, Count Chreptowltelt, the Reagan Minigan, heel an andissee of the Queen, and delivered his letter of recall Bawir-Atiairel Von Doclram had an audience of bar Majesty, and presented Lin credential' as Envoy F.:Unordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary tram the King of Dow emit. 'Their Exeellecties were respectively Introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, K. 6., the Omen's prWd_ pal of State for Foreign Affains and medulla by Major= the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, K.C.H., k ir Ileassq's )Laster of the Ceremonies. _ rfr The Hon. ( . . Stafford J • tar Ysjaitye Envoy Eztraordinary and Minister Ple.Jpolittsry to the Wag of Warta:Awn bed an audience at have as rettarkdng to Stet t. Mr. Jerningham was pommel by the Rai of Clarendon. The Sherilb of London and Ilidd deem Maws. Lemma sad Allen, accompanied by the City Betnembreaew, bed ea indium el the Queen, to wbkh they ware introduced by illeoretm7 Blr George Grey, to receive her Mejesty's nom ration relative to the =tort of ea Wren from the ono • ration of the City of The Qom wee pleased to appobst Tuesday alit, at three the address. o'clock In the elleraoca, it Buckin gham Pekoe, kw reosiving A dean from the Court of Lieutenaney al the City al laslom , , eansiating of Edward Wilson, Req., and John Wood, Req.. aocompenied by Henley Smith, Bag., clerk sad treneurer, were presented to the Qoesn, vet an nudism" by Sr Gone Grey, to remise the Queen's commends respecting the reception of au eddrese to bar Majesty. The Qom was pisses to appoint Tuesda sc E b =t, at Bey. Paso; for the presentation of the Mr. William Chief Justice of the Cape of Good Saps, wee psfeenled to the Queen by Secretary Sir George Grey, and received from her Majesty the honour of knight hood. -- kith. Council, Sir Croswell Croswell, lodge of the Court of Probate, by command of the Queen, wsa sworn of bar Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council. The /darquis of Clanricarde was sworn into office as Lord The Queen prkked the list of skeriEs for the present year for the &Smog counties of England and Wales. The lion. Willis= Bathurst wee the Clerk of the Council in Welting. Berl Orovflis, Visoount Palmerston, Lord Pennon, and th m ight Hon. M. T. Baines had an of the Q. Tke Prince Consort, the Prince of Wale., and the Duke el eau Coburg, attended by Colonel F. H. Seymour, his Baron hlttrocbstti with a visit in the forenoon at his studio in Omelow-s= j3rompton. Pliny by Lieutenant Cowell, left Buck hiePlatt Alverbank. Qom and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Duke of Say Coburg, honoured the Haymarket Theatre with their pavessee in the evening. The royal suite con sisted of the Counter of Desert, the Hon. gleaner Stanley, Lord de Table', Major-General Beale', Colonel F. 11. , Boren Treskow, and Ilidor Sammy. Seymour, Bran of Cambridge thePrinoiss Mary of Cambridge, Prince Arthur, and the Princesses Helene and Louisa, visited the Duchess of Haat yesterday at 01111111C040111/4 St. James. A deputation from the Playground Society, omitting of Mr. R. A. Blaney, M.P., the Rey. R. Spooner, Mr. H. J. Hatch, Mr. T. Coulson, and Mr. Do Luny, had en interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at hie citadel residonos in Downing-stmt. A &mutat= had an interview yeseerday with the Right Hon. W. Cowper M.P. at detain al the General Board of Health, Whiteha l l , with respect to nuisances ariethg from noxious trades end roanntectures. The deputation con sisted of Mr. Alderman Hob, Mr. J. M. Smith (Tacker and Co., Kesaingtoo), Messieurs H. Cowes, J. Cowen, end C. Covets (L. Cowan and Sons) Mr. W. W. Williams (J. Williams and Son), and J. Rowley. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day. Judgment was given by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall in the case of the "Newport" (Vice-Admi ralty, St. Helena). An appeal from Tasmania, " Festal e. Hampton," was part heard. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, atempanied bye sums roue body of the Conuniesicaters of Lisatinancy of the City of Lemke, and their Clerk sad Trimmer, waited, by =1";:t, yesterday afterneas, upon him Excellency the a Porsigsy, the French baseada-, at the Em hem Albert-gate Ems, to present the resolution anent isivoted by the Court, coogratolatory to their Imperial the Emperor and Empress of the French, up= Majesties escape from the recent diabolical attempt a 4 assassination, when the following resolution wee read by the Lord Mayor : " That this court oars to their Imperial Majesties the Emperor and the Empeer oldie Emelt its sincere cougra tulations npdtt their providential swaps from the , late diabolical attempt tuthkest their iives, and teeth itself of the first opportunity sinus that atrocious esserresee to tender to their Imperial Majesties be milialined sympathy sod feli citations ; and most bees* prays that, ander the same Divine Providence which liss hitherto gabled their Melee ties, their valuable lives may be keg "and to reign over a Jerk and and i=se people —By OM., HENLEY SMITH, at i The resolution wee mat glacial/1y reostrel by nu Esoel leery, who made an ap g ropriate reply. The following were the oommissionere resent —The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Richard Neianiel Phi lipps the ; Mr. Thom.. Jefferson Holt, the secender ; hirers George Dodd, M.P., Samuel Orem% M.P. Oladstoos, John Alexander Hockey, Edward Hinter, Jonathan Muckiest/am Key, Robert William Kanaerd, Wil liam Rethbone, Joseph Sons* William Dallis= Philip r ith T , oker. Edward Wilson, and John a lf i l Mr. their clerk and bsestarer, also attended. ARRIVAL OP TEE PRINCE AND PRINCESS 07 PRUBSLA AT BRUSSELS. The royal squadron arrived in the Scheldt yester day morning at sieves, sad reached Antwerp at tour. The Pliant and Primus were received on landing by the King of the BelKians, the English sad Promien ambassadors, the Coosa* and the civil and military authorities of Antwerp. The royal party drove at once to the railway station, and left by special train, at eve, for Brussels. Lemma crowds lined the quays and the streets irevemed by the procession, and the ro)a1 couple wets everywhere received with enthuaissUe acclamations. Tba Primus Royal looked remarkably well. ♦ court ball was to be beld at Brussels last rivet:dog, for which upwards of 1,000 invitations bad bees issued. A cori"erpondent of the Monti," Rost, at Bella, writing on the 31st ult., says: Monday week, the Bth February, Is now definitely Med tor ths gnmul oirensony of the Einholang' (the bringing-in) of his Royal Highness Prince Frederick and his royal bride to the Pruden capital. The preparations for that day and for the ensuing fetes are upon a scale of unprecedented nag -1110/110e. Crowds of provincials and foreigners are arriving basely, end the prices demanded for lodgings and places to view the mud procession are fabulously high. Fifty dollars (71. 10s.) wee the cash some days back of a small window looking on to the famous Unisr-deu-Linden %street, and .Kliddisradatech.' The C4arivari, or Arndt of Berlin sire bow much money people are prepared to 'throw oral of the window' on the approaching occasion. Oar face done Mend also girlie the following flattering description of British beauty as from' Oar Loudon Corriripondent ' You wM pressatly have the pleasure of seeing flocks of hlbion's sons sad daughters cm the Spree. I wonder that our dear Berlin ladles should be so sensitive se to Gel annoyed at the remarks of the Timm' correspondeld respecting their de , Iciamey in personal beauty. Bach nation think/ itself the Yr densest in the world. We paint the devil black ; the blanks will have him white. Idles Pastraaa delights In her loud, and army Englishman thinks his red-haired, crooked nosed, rabbit-loethwi, goggl►eyed, loose-legged, cultiese /s -lew* the very perioation of henna beauty.' " Hie Mill the Kin of Prussia appears improving deny in heath. Dining the last few days he has bates taking a great deal el ezereise in the opus air, despite the unusual severity at the weather. IrisYrday nautili his Msjesty rode oat to the Castle of Seamus, and Telma as hot ell the way te Charlottenburg, when) be niet bar Medesty the Qom, with whom he again Immedielalp rode net. Rokoolltoot4 at. Majesty took another walk of an bowie duration in the .rte gardens ; and in the evening give audience to the court architect, to consider some new plans for improving the city. " His Royal Highness the Prises af Prussia end suite arrived here this morning at eight edam& from Frankfort an-das-Yetime. His royal highness paid • visit to their majesties et Clusiotieubosw shortly aftm. hie arrival. ;' Medusa Vierdot Is Imes, endperforeei this evening her eeielseeed character el Fides, in Le Proplite." Her Majesty will hold two levees during the pre sent south; sad the court (says tie Pat) vat sabrequatly re mora salsa the tlad or lard fasksat, M Osberse. The Cara wio pill SW Later nay al Wisdom Cassis. The Dale sad Duchess of Atholl have left the et Geoege's Hotel, tor Dttakeld, N.B. The Earl of Stradbroke has arrived at the Bruno wick Hood, et. James, trait Henke= Han, Norfolk. The Earl and Countess of Bessborough have left the St. George'. Rotel. Lord Churchill has left the St. George's Hotel, far Oxfordstab/. This Barasses Lionel de Rothschild and Min Roihrhlld hero 1111 Lodes fox Paris. ING, FEBRUARY 4, 1858. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE THREATENING ADDRESSES OF THE FRENCH REGIMENTS. The Coutilutionissl of yesterday, in the following article, represents the publication of the threatening military addresses in the Monitur as a retaliation for Lord Palmerston's speech at the Mansion House : " Several London journals take warm notice of the energetic sentiments manifested by the army. They are surprised that addresses from certain colonels and generals should have been inserted in the Moniteur. The' rude frankness' of this military language alarms them ; their susoeptibility complains that among the testimonials of devotion to the Emperor and the impe rial throne there are some protests very roundly ex pressed against the hospitality which shelters conspi rators and assassins. They are too susceptible and too exigent. Were our officers and soldiers to shrink from giving full utterance to their patriotism and indignation for fear of displeasing the English press ? Was it for them to restrain the first ardour of their emotion by considerations which could only arise after reflection? The French army thought only of translating into natural language its sentiment of absolute adherence to the imperial government. The odious and cow ardly attempt against the persons of their Majesties inspired our soldiers with warm, spontaneous, and altogether military eloquence, and it is this vigour of expression proceeding from the heart which renders so precious in the eyes of the Emperor and the nation these addresses, which have unnecessarily canoed alarm on the other side of the Channel. England, moreover, could not with a good grain reproach our army for having expressed itself with too much energy after an event such as that of January 14.' It should be remembered that in London a few months ago a man who was not a soldier, but an eminent statesman, pronounced a singularly intem perate speech. We, in France, were content to smile at the harangue of the minister, and we think that England has no right; to be astonished if the columns of the Moniteur reproduce the manly and heartfelt testimony of devotion to the Emperor and the imperial dynasty so spontaneously offered by the French army." ITALY. THE TWO TWO EICILIES. (IRON 0171 OWN 0011281ONDWIT.) NAPLES, JAN. 27. The earth in Naples and the provinces is very far from having subsided into a state of perfect tran quillity. The Giornale of last Saturday night an nounces, "The Intendente of Potenza by telegraphic despatch informs us that last night, 22nd inst., at 20 minutes past 12 o'clock,an undulatory shock was felt, followed by two other lighter ones. All three were perfectly harmless." Again, last night's Giornale says, that "ever mines the night of the 16th of December undulatory and perpendicular shocks of earthquake have been felt in all parts of the provinces of Basilicata and Principato Citer►ore, renewing the terror of the inhabitants for some hours, but without doing any injury. They were felt especially strong on the 19th and 20th in Mater*, and on the 22nd in St. Angelo de Lombardi. Both were felt of some strength and duration in Peter= ; less so in Canon." In Naples that of the 22nd was felt by many, and prodnoed considerable alarm amongst some persons. At Car di Monte and Portici it was felt very sensibly ; indeed, we had two shocks on that night at 8 o'clock and 20 minutes past 12. The city is, however, so strongly built, that our fears have much diminished. At the meeting of the English subscribe?' to the fund for relief of those who had suffered from the earthquake, which was held in the vestry of the church on Monday last, the Rev. Mr. Elliott, who, together with Dr. Strange, had been chosen to dis tribute the money, read a report, of which I send you the material facts. The statistics differ somewhat from my own, but I still adhere in the main to my former statements. In fact, no precise calculation of amount of death, or of suffering, can be made • by so many difficulties is the subject surrounded ; and as to what I have said of the negligence or the inaction of the government, I have not a syllable to recant. The English having entered into a subscription for the sufferers In the recent earthquake, two gentlemen were ap pointed to go down to the provinces to distribute the money. They left Naples on the 13th, and proceeded by railway as far as La Cava ; they then took a carriage, and reached a plane called Zoppina the same right, passing on their route Salerno, Mali, and some ruined houses at Scared. The only accommodations they could find were a stable or kitchen, where come other trave ll ers were warming theinaelves by a fire. However, after taking something to eat, two rooms on the other aide of the road were found for them, and there they stayed the night. The neat morning they left for Auletta, which they reached at eight o'clock, and there the awful destruction occasioned by the earthquake first presented itself. Unspeakable misery and desolation reigned through the place. Out of about 200 houses, not one was habit able. The people, about 2,000, were living in canvas tent@ and wooden barraas, erected by some marinas sent by the government, who had ordered enough for 100 families. They were, however, only in the course of construction— not finished ; and, with 311 &teats sent by the government, this was all the aid they bad reoeived. The gentlemen placed 60 ducats in the hands of the parish priest and syndic for distribution. They were informed thatiOpereone had been killed. Near Auletta wen the rains of a house bel° to the Marchese Bin Oessaro. At the time - iia 3 the earthquake, an spot, • priest, and his two nines and • nephew, were in it. None escaped but the priest. The poor children was found under the ruins looked in each ether's arms. At 10 o'clock the party left Anima for Vietri. The road to it runs through some of the finest scenery in Southern Italy—grand chains of mountains interepereel with richly wooded valleys, every here and there monasteries and castles crowning the heights. It is impoe- able to imagine anything more picturesque than this un fortunate neighbourhood. 60 ducats were left with the parish priest at Vietri. The town had suffered severely, like all than situated on elevations. At one o'clock they stopped at Marna, and warmed themselves in the one habitable room in the place, and at five o'clock they reached Poison, the capital of Basilicata. Having letters for the bishop and Intendeate, they sought them at once. The latter, with all his family, were found in a wooden barrack, mo they went to find the bishop. The swatch to his home wee impassable, ruins and prop filling the streets ; et last, how ever, the bishop was found in a deserted school-room, warm ing himself over a brasier with his priests. After receiving their letters, he went out to see what he could do for his guests. The result was, the offer of a school -room for the night. Of eon= it was thankfully accepted, and 800 ducats were placed bride hands for distribution, under the following restrictions •.—lst. That it should be placed in the bands of the turf and the syndic of the commune to be relieved, with directions to make a list of the greatest miners ; one list to be placed on the church door, another to be son to Naples to the members of the deputation and a third to be retained by the syndic. 2nd. That each family should receive a ducat. Brd. That the money should be distributed within three days. Two applications were made for asslatanos—one by a party of nuns, but the money being destined only for the desti tute, no heed was taken of them. On the 16th the deputa tion took leave of the bishop and want to the Intentienta, who received them In his wooden but. He was evidently dis pleased at their arrangements, and they parted with mutual dissatisfaction. The intender= and a house attached to it were rent from top to bottom, and many of the rooms bad fallen in • it must be entirely rebuilt. At least thirty how= were entirely destroyed ; 200 perinea were dead. The roof of the cathedral had fallen In, and the bishop's house was unin habitable. Whole streets of houses were propped up, and =- rate to live in. The bishop advised the party to go to Tito and sleep at Pima*, and, in order to expedite the distribution of money, he clanged a bill and sent a priest with the money to the core and syndic. They found Tito in • meat desolate state : out of 3,600, 300 had perished. Every house had fallen; some with the outer walls standing merely ; others with the side walls broken down, and the shattered interiors visible. Pigs were digging amongst the ruins for food. On a height above the town perhaps six wooden buildings had been erected by the government : one was used as a hospital. Few had been wounded in any place, and they heard of none requiring amputation. The syndic informed the gentlemen that in one place 34 had been dug oat, In another 17 locked is each other's arms. They saw a bona the whole side of which had fallen ; seven persona were thrown upon a wall beyond and escaped ; a woman was buried by it, but dug up alive the next morning. In one case, and the most harrowing they heard, seven mesons were buried up to the waist by • house falling ; one escaped, but before morning a Ere broke out and burnt the others. The deputation had the opportunity in this place of distributing money to the poor with their own hands. Near Pioerna they met a deputation, with the syndic, judge, and others. A short time before the Intendants h ad come to the gate of the town ; but, seeing no ruins, bad gone .away, lay ing, "All is right.' The Inhabitants had all left, being afraid to remelts, and were sleeping in the country. The hest house, that of the Baron Devlin, was placed at the dispomal of the English party. Every room but the salon, which wee in the centre of the house, was injured. In the town 260 bonsai were destroyed. The church was shat tered, and whole buildings bad fallen in in tome places. The population was 4,700, and 2.41 had been killed. They saw a house which had fallen entirely, leaving merely the balcony, upon which a priest had taken refuge, and from which he was released by a rope. Many poor assembled round their house when the travellers returned from the inspection of the ruine, and they relieved them before going to supper. The salon had been turned into a comfortable bed room, but be fore retiring to rest a letter of introduction was brought from the Intendants of Potent.' to a gentleman at Bala, but as they were not on too good terms with him, they thought it might be some thing connected with their passports ; they met with no inter ruption however, and on the following morning started at 5 o'clock, the people who had been sleeping in the country coming to see them off. At Vietri and Lean they stopped on their retorts; few deaths hint occurred, although many - houses had fika—duire they left 60 educate. From Auletta. which they reached at 10 am., they proceeded to Pertain, reMok lies high upon the mountains. It is now in rubs; 160 persons had been killed. and the tra , edits saw some wounded persons, big none need ng serglesl aid : the population is about 5,000 or 6,000. In this pines the landlord of a house dragged his wife out of a window and saved her, but the tuba fell upon and killed lit Milli wee. Five or sit huts have been erected hors by ireeewsnt, but most of the people are living bedew I cables built by themselves. The rivet Negro iron he tie mountains about a mile front Patois, sad is lost in them *gin some miles beyond, near Polls. From the road which climb, the mountains near Perth= is first seen the valley of Dieno, through which the river flows from eolith to north. On the east side the road is formed by cutting away a rock which protects one side, on the other Ws an artificial wall of earth—the rock bad fallen to mason and the earth slipped away, leaving a fissure. Further on you pass 8. Pietro and San Arsenio di Polls, the suturb of the town where most of the houses are destroyed. Polls itself lies a mile further on, and is • rasa of ruins. Twenty-seven prisoner perished in the prison. The tra vellers slept at Mena, which also is situated on a hill sad nearly in ruins. Most of the people were iliac in straw huts below the town. The cemetery lies on the aide of the hill, and the lower wall had fallen, disclosing the bine of the dead. The Arciprdte of Alma and his sisters were sitting together In the same room on the night of the catastrophe, and at the first shock one rushed to the archway of the toes the other to the window. Wonderful to relate, the room fell In between them, but both were saved by !odder,. On the opposite side of the valley lie the large towns of 8. Pietro and S. Arsenio in ruins. It was too late to deft theca. so the party pushed on to Soda, which lies just above the road to Calabria. They found all the rooms engaged at the chief locanda ; and going to another, found the Wilton taken out, and the walls rent in all directions. Proceeding then to the auk they found hiss In dirt and misery, ibis( over a brerier. He begged then to go away, saying there Tr se seetensuistan. They dienyeat to tWt Tact: ea* bed etty peetsuest teigetetes weld be gent it. l M blame i t s % litt s brart ille6.l. • *Ms dini g i stairet'oelit tres iteeseeitleg thole lhausrriagus, mem and said time Bete Intandente wished to es* demon, they went to his wooden barrack, where he received them with his wifeand two daughters, and offered them the one room be peemssed. However, It was thankfully declined, and they inally toned secommodation in • room wher e there were bur beds, all taken by one traveller, In order to he s. Outing the uight shock of an earthquake, aocompsnied by a ruah wind, awoke the party. In the morning (Sunday, Jan. 17), a clergy e r IM otenT party reed PT"e gagedUl na tO t te e lit e l M D . Before din ner l they visited sev eral Faeces in th e neighb our . hood. The first well Pada, which they reached by a muddy road; it lies upon the mountain, sad, though greatly dilepidated, has suffered lam than some other towns in the neighbourhood. They were kindly received by the Cimo Urbino. Below the hills lies the Monastery of Artoaa, the richest In Italy. In it is a splendid marble staircase ; the is mereely habitable, and all but four monk, h ave gees o th er mostasterim. Here, too, is • Franciscan me weary, also in ruins, and the brethren had a narrow escape. Proceeding to Diem they visited the Csixtular Vicar, ni t , was meting as bishop. This town is also on a hill, and lilac oessible to anises. They bad before,left 500 domes for it, end seeing a wretched place in the mountains, • mass of ruins, they left 60 ducats for Its relief. Its to Sala, they partook of an excellent dinner at the Sott" Wendmte's, finding good wines and cooking, and a warm reception. They spin slept at the locanda, end resumed their journey In the morning, paying a second visit to Partook Them they found that the curd had given notice at the mate that the money was to be distributed to the most distressed, and it was so well done that 50 ducats more were given him for distribu tion. They then left for Eboli, whence they diverged to pay the Archbishop of Campgna a vieit. On their return from the archbishop their coachman had played them a trick, and returned to &boll, so that they had to return to Ebel' in the dark, and not by an overeat. road ; for only two nights sine., said their guide, a man wee robbed and sessesinated. Here the excursion of the deputation virtually terminated, and a ft er calling on the Abate of Trinita, in Corp* d Cava, to leave some funds for distribution in his diocese, they re tuned to Naples. THE ENGLISH PRISONERS AT NAPLES. COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRIAL. By letters from Salerno, dated the 30th ult., we learn that the great political cause, com monly called the Sapri cause, commenced there the previous day. As many as 286 persons amongst whom were the two Englishmen, Park and Watts, were placed on their trial, accused of a conspiracy ag►inst the State. The court con sisted of the President, the Procurator-General, and ten judges. Our letters speak highly of the impartial tone which distinguished the Presi dent's address, and as unfavourably of the act of accusation from the Procurator-General, which succeeded. The remainder of the proceedings of the first day presented little interest. Park and Watts were apparently both strong and hopeful. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (TROY OM OWN COIMISPONDINT.) PARIS. WIDNrSDAT Basin n. The Moniteur of to-day contains the following imperial decree : " Willing to give our well-beloved uncle, the Prince Jerome Napoleon, tokens of our high confi dence, we have resolved to invest him, as we do invest him by these presents, with the right of taking part in the ordinary and extraordinary meetings of our ooancile, desiring him to preside over them during our absences, and this in conformity with our instructions and our orders. " NAPOLEON." The bill relative to measures of public safety has, u you have been led to expect, been so much toned down that the public feels something like a sensa tion of relief on reading it. It is certain that very many of the clauses originally proposed by M. Bil lault have been either eliminated or en tirely remodelled by the Council of State. The bill was, it is whispered, only carried after all in that council by a majority of 27 against 24. The notoriety of this difference of opinion in the Council of State will give heart of grace to the Corps Legislatif. The discussion of the measure in the Corps Legialatif comes on to-morrow. The Bourse has gain been very heavy, in cense quorum of disquieting political rumours. The presence of Lord Cowley in London is to day added to those of yesterday. The Rents fell 20c. for cub and letc. for account, closing at &gr. 90e. and 69fr. lbc. Mobilier rose bfr. The Northern Railway fell 12fr. 60c.; Lyons, 10fr.1 Southern, Eastern, and Western, Mr. each. Orleans rose Mr. The Post states that as many as six plots against the life of the Emperor Napoleon have been frostreted—four of them in eoaaequenc• of Information furnished by the British government. "In one inganes a British minister despatched a relative of his own post-hate to Prance with the admonitory intelligence. On another ocouion, a brother of Pianori having started for Fromm with the view of aveng ing the execution of the aseambi, by the completion of his atrocious schema, his movements were anticipated and his objects defeated by timely information conveyed to the French authorities by the government of this country." The rose refers to the uninterrupted publication from day to day in the columns of the Yonitessr of the Men last addresses of certain regiments in the French army ih the following singular terms --" We can not be surprised at the Indignation expressed ►y a sail the psopis at the eight of their sovereign's daager, nor at the unguarded ebullitions of en excirable army, whim Bea Is naked by so many ties with that of their beloved Breperur. Front inch moue proceed thane numberless Weems§ hastily compounded In a barrack-ream. Packed off to the Menitessr, they are as hastily inserted by an editor glad of caner hie miaow. We have noun to believe that no one hes re gretted the publication of these documents more then the Emperor himself, end stringent orders have been fawned against the appearance of any further addresses in this *facial organ " I The Pope has addressed a letter to the Emperor of the French, in which, after congratulating him on his escape from the amassins, he g ive. his benediction to the Emperor and Empress._ _ The maidens of Straubing, in Bavaria, are the victims of a comptrecy, the yonog mat of the place having pledged themselves not to dance with any daring the Candval who wears " crinoline." STORY OFF 1 - 11 T. NORTH-EAST COAST. The north-east mast wee vtaited by a violent storm on Monday, the wiad trots the north blowing a perfect h an d Midas; a Sorrible sm. The elnop Blur, ef Sundae d was drives as the cads sear Whitby as d ea& . in the months& The mew were eddy lsdd mem of a rope. Ths mast was dirtied sway ofterwards, and the sleep weer eml of Nowo lo is Z tby The ashoeme parher, ostio, from Addis for loothed, was driven as he seells r oal rat as ohm mar the battery. The cossE hod ired roasts to the NUM who wore in the ng riggi, eel were about been Ge Ihe Ike b a lad who was rawly with told, calla bed that ft did est meeemededo with the bal, bieedblo am I stay am, sew me oe the cliffs bad met Ile me Thevoseel Wein hem bents mar the cl:fit wis dewed le mph' mail the tide fell below her, whia the mew ww /01110/14 ober assay boars' aufteleg, the boy being mem& to the guard loom imansible. RUES CANAL. The following letter (translated) has been for warded to us for publication : " Constantinople, Hotel d'Angleterre, Jan. 20. "My dear Sir,—l have road In tbe Tones the nature of the question which ft is your intention to put to the First Lord of the Treeing at the ensuing session of parliament. It would appear, from the manner in which you have framed it, that you ooneelve the French government to have taken to hand the project of the Suez Canal, and directed its am- Weeder, or any other diplomatic agent, to apply to the Porte for a flrman to author's) its eanotrnetion. I beg you will permit me to acquaint yon with the true position in which the question stands at present : Y. de Thouvenel has not a d dressed any note, as amarted, nor has he been radar the necessity of taking any initials) in the natter. "The project of the Suez Canal (Uke every other railway or telegraph concession in the Often= empire, In which private capital is embarked) has not been plead under the patronage of France, 111/ I have already declared at all the English meetings, of which a report has been published. " Although I enjoy the honour of being a native of France, and in this capacity have a claim to the protection of • government whese legitimate influence is inferior to nom, It=in my private rapacity, as representative of undertaking, that I proceeded to Constantinople in order to obtain the authority to commence the *mention of the works of the Canal. " The Porte 1; at the present moment called upon to examine the queation, and to take a resolution independently of every fore:gn government. As • sincere friend of the Anglo- French alliance, 40 loyally exercised on the part of both nations, I have for three years made every effort to avoid giving rise to any political antagonism between the two countries. Ishall br iartl it as a great misfortune if this antagonism were to oat at Constantinople in occlusion with the question of the Suez Canal. I should, therefore, resolve to claim the intervention not merely of France, but of a other civilised powers, only in the event of the British Cabinet framing an illicit opposition in a manner defined, and umin takable, and which hu hitherto merely manifested itself In the subterfuge of intimidation and sinister falai:ooN, NPR( that each an opposition would be in open contradiction with the expressed opinions of the public in England.—l you to receive, my dear air, the &entrance of my consideration, $' FERDINAND as Lustre. "C. Darby Griffiths, Esq., NY., Devisee." AGAR IVFPN FRAN RAGGED AND BUNDAT The annual meeting of the above schools wee held on Tuesday evening lad; J. H. Wzwe.xa, Esq., In — Za eh*. The district known as Agar Town, St. Pancras, described by Household Words, in March, 1851, as equal to the worst parts of Conamin Is perhaps at the lowest time me of the most wretched districts In London. The report stated that gnat the establishment of these schools in 1840, great im provementa have taken place in the neighbourhood, and a school church hes been recentl opened, but notwithstanding this a great deal remains to be y done. The operations carried on at present ere day, evening, and Sunday schools, ell entirely free, a bible claw, • mutual improvement clams, and a penny bank The average attendance at the day school during the past year hem been 146, evening school 50, Sun day schools, morning 68, afternoon 149, evening 100. The evening t schools are expressly for children engaged all day in flower making, French poliehi ng, match factoriesotc. In the industrial schools boys and girls are taught to make and mend their own clothes, often in the most tattered con dition. There is a lending litres connexion with the Sunday Schools, and it is in to notice that many children who a re unable to read for books for their parent, to read at home. A tea meeting of 160 old scholars and teachers took place in November Mat, the result of which was very satisfactory. Water has been laid ea at the schools, for the purposes of cleanliness, and this has been Mad wry beneficial The committee are greatly in want of fends to extend their weendons, es at the present dem Wry In COM pelted to tarn away kowe numbers of eidldroo, from tite ronallnioa of Ufa premien. The Rev. Mr. Clemminger, Yr. J. 0. Gent, the isadary of the Ragged School Union _• the Rev. A. Reed, sad other clergymen and gentlemen address& the meeting, and the proceedings terminated with the tuna vote of thanks to the chairman. ANTI-STATE-CHURCH 80CIETT. This society held * meeting last evening, at Cam berwell Ball, to "consider recent events as effecting the cause of religions liberty . , .end to petition parliament on the important question of religion in India." Mr. W. EDWARDS prodded, and in opening the business of the meeting proclaimed the tenet' of the society. that religion should be left to the voluntary efforts of those who Mt Its power, and that that wee the only mode byyyyy which tt could be propagated throughout the world. The objeet of the ' society was to separate religion from state control *Mont interfering with existing rights. The life of the church was very much connected with the voluntary principle. It wee the voluntary efforts that bad tendered moat to the promo tion of religion in this country and would be so in parts of the world. He then proce eded to detail the program d the society, It... F t ranks, and his conviction that the of from the state this country was oWl i t tiM qnseden dam The progress of the principle in the esiembs ma he India, he contended, afforded - ample en tanglement he pewees°e in the efforts la which they wre Mr. OTOR moved a resolution declaringast re . osatimlassilmes a parliament, recognising as they does nest and ekillik eledist tfloui lab eq ou ual rs o ? the iety bad . afford mates tar t s socy ma tributed to that result, and pledging tns meeting to ils sup pat. He described the parliamentary amass of the society, Ilitwasting it by a reference to the comrades. made to absent in the °shed and Cambridge Univereitiss, in the Reglum Donum, in the abolition of ministers mosey last session, and in the several divisions on the church rata question. The Rev. J BuaNwr seconded the resolatka, end cor reMed the previous speaker by stating that the Regime Donato still remained without change. He said the gooey had no deem to pull down the church or to weaken the state; they wished, as he wished, that those two Mititations should continue to exist as long as the world stood; but What they did desire was to sayer that link which bo=i theta together sad fettered the free action of both. The naoludon was pat sad carried. Amoeba resolution, recognising the Mame of public men• thaw' is favour of the pruacirles of a voluntary policy in onelseisatical mature, was moved by the BAY. .B; seconded by Mr. W t.u.k us (the secretary), sad ales agreed to. A third resolution, declaring that awhile the Naves of India should enjoy the fullest religious liberty comestible with the due administration of justice, their relettemelli and practices ought not to be in any way petroahei 44_14r ported by the government; that the ovangelnatka et DM will be best promoted by the entire seperation of the pan meet from the work of conversion, and that palliest to err eon:knee with' this sentiment be H.P. .t? perliemade was moved by Mr. MIAMI. (ISIS for Nocaoso)• The Rev. H. RICIIAILDB secondod the roulettes, which was agreed to. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedings. Mr. E. T. Smith, the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre' and proprietor of the ssin4ay Timm, adwirtime $ mewed Sunday morning and evening lectures daring the peva month by the Rev. J. H. Rutherford, of Newomiikuguw Tye., et the Alhambra Pekoe, late the Royal Pro4llmgr Leiceeter-equese. " The pslaoe will be throws open is am yorkieg dames gratuitously by the proprietor every Omit morning. In the evening, at maven o'clock preeleftillis" deeery to the sermon, the 100th Psalm, with a d mewed mule from Handel', Messiah." The ume2=l news d the nseeelire airs, Ito., are given. The to the e, ake; is to be by tickets only, to be had, mow* etheee. at Mitchell's and &me's. Th e ellesetammani le the p lay- -biU style :--" The mealllor_ le he LEW. in end Sono; the deceiratieus, wf liwriallnytiel ' °bandoliers by Dottier MK &mg the gas eppoitessuts by Mr. Hinckley." John MI buiniaition, 1 James Berm Mr. P;3924 1121; chart th a sP et e rl ed that the new Ceti in Victoria-s persons on It alarm. The the defend, don-street, livery stab' for the a conveyer but the main, and bull and dro up Btonecut court, at the and Pinned' and inflicted a few d►ys prosecution 'remain epos the street, 1 sponaible fin Kr. Robu remitted tl bull, he add dant was jai of a mad cice be justified 0002equenoe Baron Br be should a !or farther a first, whethe animal, and defence. Mr. Bobit that there charge that , a number as well sa otl outer gates b to the dwalli have done se the police s Mr. Child's maw was defendant in It Ina also of his own a wa,y stated. The jury Upon th p e brought u U beipon addressed t ought to be actuated bp droll to bets lhoi Rea *cards am tomcod kiln that time to bound in 21 Wiliam with p the Prin ickin4 ce Arms static. Jones, 12 constables 2 In miyata d up Bigh-st crowd, and pwcaived h e eventim Jody., On him nine ail been able t< stolen. The pis were his ea The mote 11°12!g tried He said i Mb*/ his . The mar He replie beton. Jones ea companion( The MeB BENZVOI box from acknowlede Charles Crown pub summoned under the i three wpm painted ovi aide of fore ill: M Exam. The dere wu stated expivaied 1 irate, sod Wont. Tt his license, Even t but I and a dealer 1 the house c that It was that that &ewe Mr. Tyr sod costs, i Ths nal THE I The brisk curate of I ilva — epc;l7 M'Noilea do= for p a tastimon In fee of! gamma, (Wedneed ire aped week. " MP young no being dad order to b charter on three, he months . I eluding tl "'r the b aled at Msdnm took Itni wheat* 1 thras .trlisre he regal dwe at his a tioa Dein' sad can P ref; leaves 17Wairel goani i :! ears to h sad will elbowed t ea s i to r : so Lot getting I sod-two delie hot We to tl el smell the wort aad tmr a Sew g • • • about Iv Its bed r dtdebb, I Ult a t lia7Zia i obtsia brash!' PICKII