The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-12 00:00:00

THE CABE OF KR. BISHOP.

The Marquis of NORZANBY rem to present a petition
from the Rev. Alfred Bohop, rector of Maur Worthy,
in the dicers of Wiochester, and in referese thereto to
Ball atteetion to the reset tinge of her Majesty's govern-
ment end their load @gents in the me of the petitioner's
son, Jamie Bidsop, now • prisoner in the Fortma of Alex-
andria, and nadir/pin asseteoce of ten yrars' imprisonment.
The noble marquis mod the petition, in which the Rev. Mr.
Bishop ermined hi conviction of the innocence of his son
of the crimewith whieh he was charged, namely, conapiring
against the preesot Italian government, and for which he
vm at promet nedergoiog • penitence of prolonged sod
rigorous =primmest. The noble lord then proceeded to
any that the oiroanseleaese under which the late Neapolitan
dynasty bad been overthrown and the role of Victor Em-
manuel established were of so questionable a character that
an Englialusion iscorriag the hostility of the present autho-
rities was (aided to every pomade protection and sympathy
from his own govoramee•
The Diked BUTHERIAND said that be bad visited
Kr. Bishop in Farniary last, in pr:von and found him con-
heed in a roma which menmandcd • bonntiful vie-7 of the bay
of
Naples, baths ia it two aresololie, a bed, and • bail.
Be asked why Kr. Bishop was allowed books and other
luxuries which wore denied to other prisoners, and he was
told bemuse he was weak in the bead, and • friend of Lord
Normaaby's. (Lsogliter.) The noble duke was proceeding
to make statemesi he reply to • speech which bad been
made is As Rem et 00111111004, when

The Earl aIDLRBT, interred og, mid it wag not only
a matter of imenesimage but also rotary to the rules of
their lordship' hear that an attempt should be made there
to &user a sews reds in the other house of parliament.
Then re - end orate: statements, involving quie-
tism d piaci* and impertases, were sash as he hoped
their let-drip wend set encourage. He trusted the
ride duke would set eerier to give as newer to &speech
which had Wee dam= is the Hoar of Commons.
The Dela of lIITHIELAND begged to apologise for
lekg est ett sake. (Hear, hear.) He would only er that
be wee prepared to give a Eat contradiction to statement'
which he had head est of doors, that the prison was over
awl dirty. Me prices undoubtedly wee not clean,
=trfto re maims el tisanlieles, but these things
oeig4ped al =saver ; and as to the statement
that Er. we =pries= in a room without a b- d,
be raid cry say Set there was not a gaol in Napier
whisk re not wea gawviikd with beds. He would mom.
mend the =Ale nwessie to pay a visit to Mr. Bishop, see
and speak to km, a= mks the acqueintento of his friends,
and them he thought he word Woe a less active part in
defending Hr. Skimp is that horn& (Hear, bear.)
The Earldß&lbWl=l was reprised at the
Armes= of Ss seine duke who had jest sat down, at hear-
ham Seseble anis &groat this us.
betenats primer, a =Stir el=tedegarat the govern-
sr= of Itsky. Mat nod likeirlordelipe Wilk of the prier
et
a mare pared. whole= already undergone one you • im-
- t,- and bed eche= the greatest contumely sad
supsheel Whet use there, be would ask, to Keret any
Men Mr. Birepfeem smear precisely the arse fate ?
kis* the perrerni grid sake • representation to the
gegernmest ',Daly, aid posers the TOlll6llioll of a punish-
ment wild= was heavier ken Mr. Bishop would have bees
leak to had the arse bra oommitted in this country.
If feestiand the sebk earl, striking the table with great
vehesseset—if after all their brag about promoting the
rum of Italy they weld not obtain Mr. Bishop's release,
=ekes the perms= rid about their influence the better.
(Hear, hear, and legghter.)
Earl MET weld sot sit io that house and listen to his
sods frig= Whig of Mr. Bishop's offence as if it were a
venial or klieg one, without rising to protest against such
• view el the ear. (Cheers.) According to his noble
kids owe sekseeriedgment Mr. Bishop had been guilty of
=a tesserising letter front purr at Naples to the
Nag et fittres„ is order to bribe= the carrying on
el that brigand„ ateesions war which was now desolating
fiesdiers It*. That, certainly, was a very serioos
Sag. _ If at the time of oar own revolution
ea Bahia bad Una rewired of talidiadediesPotobso fro=
the partisans' et the Bissete in the to the mock
siert at Ilk Gmemin's, instead d sentenced to ten
csa' issprieesseemt nothing would have loved him from
to And r foreign intervention, though it wag
pimerile :eat our goverment might have agreed to •
iseighlimaing power if it confined itself to a mere isayer
fee wry, S was certain that the great English
statrinescd that would not have paid the 'lightest
ic
aped to any shim to be heard as of right (Hear,
bear.) This in mere of foreigners in matters in which
they bed non= of crown was a very gave offence. He
bad great Mimeses for even outrageous proceedings on the
per of the inhabitants of a country spurt their own
if they beli he eved it to an suinghteons one ;
Ctlefts i
who had nothing to do with the matter had no
Mad of right to aggravate such a war as that now waging In
Italy. (Hear) Hr. Biel= on the score of his health might
lave some chin to their lordships' sympathy ' • but he
(Lord Grey) could sot help thinking that his sentence was
in Serf • knee= one. Be had heard with great regret
a large ' of the soda marquis's speech in presenting
this ; fee be lamented that there should bein any
thedispentios which the noble marquis had shown
me= she wan of things in Italy. (Loud cheer.) No
refzimtaos
ire dist tared for freedom or for the interne of mankind
meld help taking a deep interest in the great experiment
whisk was now going on, especially when they remora-
lee= that Naples had for so sway years raper= under
• tram= the meatoffices sad detestableon the face of the
sulk. (Olasees.) The snores of that experiment WWI as
=cedar to the world at large as it was to the Italians ;
ler every meshed as interest in the establishment of a power
ikon enough to be really isidependest, and able to join
k reeking any asabillious scheme that say or of the
Enropeas stare might cherish (Hear, hear.)
The Earl et CAPINARVON hoped that his noble friend
would he able to state his views to the Italian
government with the weight which natural] be-
treed to his official position and his p cha-
meter, and that the result would be 00160 mitigation
of the penalty. (Hear, hear.) He entirely speed with what
had fallen from his cable freed (Lard Orgy), foe he did sot
think that people made sufficient =aware for the difficul-
ties in which the Italian governess= was placed. It was
ear tree that their administration was tainted with the
vies', illegality—with adi position, namely, to resort to
✓enal reamillee, wither meet teeing whether they wen
eseenthag to kw es not ; bat that was not • fa ell at all
peed= to them—it was 060 of which all the continental
power et Errs were avidly guilty. (Heir, hear.)
Ileri RUSSELL bed leo hesitater r stating to the house i
What was the coarse he bad taken with regard to the case
of Hr. Mara He must each.. that he felt the most sin-
ews sympathy for the family of that gentlemse. The peti-
tioner was a chegyenen leading a most respectable life, and
performir all his duties in a most exemplary manner. He
bad a eon who was nefortnearly afflicted with a disease of
the gore, which had laid him on his beck for some years.
After this the yrs; man wart aired for the sake et a
soiree ohmage ; but instead el ansediag to kis health, or to
the many =Pets of remoter and ameseserst which must
attract every or that wirers', in Italy, he must needs
take part is the disturbances of the worry, and become a
violent partisan of the late King of Naples. He did not
know whether he ought sot to oration as as additional
saiiternes which hail Wailes this young man, that his
are bad beet taken up by the noble marquis
(Cheers and laughter.) His noble freed said that on the
11th of April. 1882, a letter appeared in the Tines from
M. Bishop himself, stating thet he had been arrested on
the lii' of April. Sir James Hudson bed bees retracted to
urge that he should immediately be brought to trial.
Or= to the circumstances of the country, and toe=
nges
which were about to be introduced into its judicial system,
that deer= could not at ones be complied with, be; is the
nook of September be was tried, and being on the follow.
avid+) found guilty of conspiracy, he was sentenced to tee
years' imprisonment with forced labour. His sable friend said
that the =ideate as which Mr. Bishop was convicted war -
sufficient ; but be protested serest any endeavour to malt,
their lordships' home a court of review of foreign terming.
The judge had put three questions to the pre s—lat, Was
Bishop guar el oesspiney ? 2nd, Was he guilty of endea-
vouring to Woos Prince Torelli to enter into a conspiracy ?
led, Wu he guilty of outrageous language when he was
arrested ? Al tree three question. the jury found in the
affirmative. Their decides was appealed evert ; and the re-
. court of appeal having beard the prisoner's we, or-
Armed the verdict. Yet their lordships were asked to
declare that the desires so arrived at by the jury, end so
inefirroed Ay tbe superiortoarts vassiataatavidanaa. (Hear.)
He (the noble earl) had received a hitter from a friend of his.
the principal libraries of the British Morass, Melia, that
be Iliad base premed at political trials, and that he had been
astonished at the wan dignity of the ledge, the intelligence
ef the hubs, aad the fairer. with which they linseed to
the eraser. He had sot, it win tart boot t6t the
the of Kr. bishop, het according to all le tad bred it had