The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-01 00:00:00

TUB dIEDITARRANEAN ThLICGRAPB.

The preparations for laying down the submarine
s.elegreph c.ble between Sardinia and Africa are progressing
moat satisfactorily. The last intelligence from Mr. Brett is,
dated Cagliari, 2Zod, on board the ship Result, 2,000 tons,
pith the submarine cable, 162 miles is length, on board,
ready to start, and only waiting the two steamers from Eng-
hod (ore of which, the Star, has just striven) which he
[IA chartered to tow and with the Result is leying the
cable. The French government had kindly sent the
Tartar. and M. Dslamarche, hydrographie engineer, who
had previously 'wined in taking the poundings by three
distinct lines from Sardinia to the coot of Algeria. (MMus,
three lines that to a creek to the east of La Calls was the
shortest and least deep, the utmost being 1,800 metres, while
that n: Bona direct has depths of from 2,000 to 3,000 metres.
The reports from Algeria g ily coinciding with M.
Dslamarthe's assurance, that the laud telegraph line,
which is in a very forward state between La Calle sad
Bons, would be very difficult to protest from the snalevo-
lence of the inhabitants on that coast, and the strong re-
ca.comendatione made that the cable should be carried and
lead down direct to Bona, have induced Mr. Brett to change
his original reute, notwithstanding the difference in the
depths. He has therefore determined that the cable shall
be laid from Cape Spartivento (Sardinia) to Bona direct.
Every precaution has been taken to secure the success of
the operation, and with favourable mantle' there is everl
prospect of a favourable result The length of cable is
single for the distance, allowing largely for the sweep and
variation of the vessel's course and the profile of the belt=
of that part of the Mediterranean, as shown by the mead-
ings previously taken.--Galtowenei.
Cagliari, 26th.—The sinking of the cable which is to
unite Algeria with Sardinia commenced yesterday. This
morning at six o'clock the vessel which had the cable Oa
hoard was twenty-one miles hose the point from which she
had started. Everything goes as well.

THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The Royal 'Agil steam-
ship Canada, Capt. C. S. B. Jadkias. 'sailed from the
Mersey at noon on Saturday, for Boston end Halifax, with
the unit mails for the United States v.d British possessions
in North America; 108 paaaaarlaP.ad a fall cargo of valu-
able sonlisadise afraiilil6

FRACAS AT THE WINDSOR THEATRE.
(From the Windsor Esprees.)
Oa Thursday, before the Mayor, and R. Blunt, and
J. T. Bedborough, Boom, magistrates, Lord Ernest Vase,
a passim son of the late Marquis of Londonderry, cornet in
the 2nd &whine' of Life Guards, now stationed in th I
town, appeared to answer a summons chargiog hint with
having violently assaulted and beaten Kr. John Albert
Nash, the keen of the Windsor Theatre.
Mr. Griffin, banister, appeared for the complainant,
instracted by Mr. Nash, attorney of Wycombe, and father I
of the comp) inset. Mr. Voules, of Windsor, defended.
The ease excited great interest, and the justice rasa toot
crowded.
Mr. Gaits said the complainant was proprietor of this
theatre at Windsor, and he believed he bad always eon.
ducted it In a satisfactory manner To enable the bench to
understand the feats in coneesion with the assault, he mast
state that It was often usual for persons in high stations, win
took boxes, to base the privilege of going on to. stage, behind
the Nene% should they *ink popes *do ee. W Wate#llo4
111111411114410 OWN i• be adopted he would not argue,
but he believed it was a common practice in all the theatres
of the country. The defendant, being a intolenian of post
lice, had tbis privilege, and in availing himself of it his
viaduct had been most violent and outrageous with reference
to two ladies belonging to the company. Mr. Nash, incon-
sequence of an intimation which had been conveyed
to him, went to the dressing-room of tone ladies,
into which Lord Vane had thought proper to in-
trude, having, it would api *sr, burst open the door.
Mr. Nash was called upon to interfere, but he, judiciously
as be (the learned counsel) believed, in the first matron
declined interfering, but called the 'Volition of his slogs
manager to the matter. The latter politely requested the
def.ndent to leave the room. After giving a good deal of
trouble the defendant eventually did leave, but not b. fore
Mr. Nash had been obliged to send for a policeman. He
could only account for the defendant's conduct and disgust-
log language by supposing that he laboured under the
impression that he could do as he liked with every person
present. He Repeated to b. annoyed at Mr. Nash's basing
seat fur a policeman, end used the complainant in a most
violent and outrageous manner, throwing him down a bight
of stain mid threatening to kill him. The learned counsel,
after some further statements, callel
Mr. John Albert Nub, complainant, who said—l am the
proprietor of the Windsor Theatre. On the night of the
21st September the defendant, Lord Ernest Vane, was at my
theatre. lie bad been three or four nights admitted behind
the scenes. It was announced is the bills that the
performances were under his patronage. In the
course of the evening I heard a disturbance on
the stage. I was obliged to address the audience
on amount of it. On going towaros the place I met his
lordship, who broke a stick on my back. That I passed
over, in order not to disturb the audience io front. I then
went to my dressing-room. One of my actresses came and
mails a d lumunication to me. In e osequence of that I
rent Mr. Rogerson' stage , U the ladies' dressing-
room, where his lordship was. In consequence of his de-
clining to come out 1 went myself, and arid to him, " Will
you come out of that room ?" He sail, Go to hell," and
used other grosser expressions. He persisted in r• maimog
in the room, which was the ladies' private dressing room.
I then said I would send for a policeman. I did so' and'
Police-constable Andrews came. Atter his arrival the
defendant left the room. I only saw the poor to the
door. I then went to my own room, to finish dressing.
Alter doing so 1 met the defendant. lie said, " I want to
speak to you " lie then took hold of my collar, and partly
dragged me towards my room. 1 thought he was g .tog to
make some explain ion in refererce to his conduct. After
pulling me *short distance he pushed me to the top or the
stairs, and said, " You young devil, or young —," I
do not know which, " I will break your seek.
You dared to send fur a policeman to me." He
pulled me to the top of the stain, arid hurled
me down a flight of eleven stairs. Thomas H *cr-
oon, my prompter, was at the bottom of the stairs.
1 came against him, and that broke my fall. When I was
lying on the ground at the bottom of the stairs, the de-
lenuent advanced towards me, and struck me repeatedly in
the face with his fist. Some of my men came and out. d us,
and I believe some of the defendant's brother officers were
there too. After I got out et the way, he rushed to various
arta of the theatre, awearieg he would kill me. Toe to to
fotmences were delayed for abie.t half an hour. I was
seriously bruised, and my forehead and other parts of the
body bore the bruises next morning.
The witness was trios-examined as to whether be had
not authorised bis father to demand 101. is settlement of the
affair. 'I his he emphatically denied. There were Mien
strangers behind the scenes, and be bad seen sunlit' g and
driokiog there, so there were behind the scenes of other
theatres.
Re examined—Mr. Voyles came to the theatre on Satur-
day, and wished to settle the matter, but witness declined,
as he had since done with other indirect offers.
Mr. William M'Certhy sworn—l sin employed as occe-
siosal prompter. Recollect the defendant in the theatre,
about nine o'clock, behind the scenes, on the night in
question. The first übjectioaable thing that I noticed was
his lordship going into the hullos' dreteing-room. lie
bad previously put out the gas. There wt re to o ladies
in the room at the time. Believed be pushed the door
open. I subsequently went in and asked him to leave tee
room. One lady bad to trauma and dress three or I..ur times
duns% the cocking. I said to his lordship, that he must
not remain in the room—that it was not decent. Ills lord-
shipsaid, "You are a tunny villain, and may go to "
whenever I liked. (A laugh.) Isom. diately the pobom
man came his lordship walked out. (A laugh) In a short
time his lordship tithed me to call Mr. Neste to him, to talk
about the next sight's performance. When he met Mr.
Nash sbortly afterwards, he took him by the collar end
pulled him towards the top of the stairs, and asked him
how he dared to seed for the policeman. The witness then
detailed the particulars of the assault. Saw Lord Vane
art mpt to strike Mr. Nash in the eye, but the blow fell on
his forehead, his lordship's arm t eying been caught by
Mr. Rogerson. At the comment merit of the struggle his
lordship pulled Mr. Nash for a considerable distance by the
collar. The latter did his utmost to stop and get away ;
but Lord Vane, being a stronger men, succeeded in pulling
him to the top of the stairs.
Cross-examined—At first his lordship said, " You sent
for the police—you sent for the police," in a good humoured
manner apparently ; but I believe he was out of temper
when the police were sent for. He pushed Mr. Nash
down in anger.
Mee. Tennant sworn—l went behind the neon on the
occasion in question to see my husband. Flaw Lord E.
Vane throwing Mr. Nash headlong over the stairs.
Thomas Rogersoo, jun., prompter, nest gave 'eidetic ,
for the prosecution, and confirmed the evidence of the pre-
vious wii nuns.
Mr. Voults, for the defence, ridiculed the exaggerated
imp. stance given to the cue in the opening speech of the
counsel, and contended that the affair was nothing
less than agrees attempt to extort money from Lord Vane.
Issued of going to the magistrates, who were the proper
parties to apply to, the complainant sent for his father, the
Wycombe attorney, who came down to Windsor, and spew
two or three days in beating about the bush to me what
amount of money he could obtaia. Finding the _ his lord-
ship did not give way to this attempt at extortion , he then
said that he told been guilty of a breach of the p ace. He I
would ask whether it was at all probi.ble that his lordship,
who was under 20 years of age, had taken a man of the
complainant's size, dragged him about with the ease which
bad been stated, and torown him down a flighted stairs ?
He would call two gentlemen who were in his lordship's
company at the time. They would state the real facts of the
can. The commencement of the disturbance originated in
some person coming up and treading on his iordthip's toes,
or pushing rudely against him, sod some few words ensued.
It was doubtless In consequence of this that the policeman
had been sent for. Attempts bad been made to show that
his lordship acted with violence in the dressing-room. Ti.
parties most 'moneyed had not complained of his conduct,
and the complainant's witnesses proved that be had lett the
room quietly. When Lord Vane met Nash he took hold of
his collar, certainly not in a violent manner, and said, as
had been admitted, in a good humoured tone, "You sent
fin the police, did you ?" They then bad a kind of irre-
gular scuffle, in which Nash was equally active with his
lurdsbip, and both went over the stairs together, Nash hap-
pening to be rather before Lord Vane in the downward
progress. There existed net the slightest pretence for say-
ing that the complainant had been half murdered, or that
be bad been flung down. the flight of stairs. It was in con-
sequence of the little trans which kis lordship had with
some other person that the policeman had been sent for.
Mr. Graham Smi' b, an officer in the 2nd Life Guards,
examined by Mr..troules for the defence, said ha was at the
theatre on Sept' mbar 21st with Lord Vane. Sums person
pushed against defendant, and an altercation ensued. The
defendant after this went on the other side of the stage. He
met the ourr.plainent. Lind Ernest took hold of Mr. Nash's
collar, and, they went to the top of the stairs together. They
also well% down stairs almost together, Mr. Nish first, and
Lord Fattest immediately following him. There was some
onfilieg, but both went down stairs pretty quietly.
It 'was not true that his lordship threw Mr. Nun over the
OMB*.
Cress-examined by Mr. Grifete—l went to the theatre in
company with Lord Vane. Sew his strike only two
persons. One he struck by mistake. Do not know whether
he struck the right man afterwards. flaw him going to the
ladies' deeming loom. The door might hays been shut in
his fees for aught I know. some man sek him to come
out. He walked out, but I did not see him press his way
in spin. He sent for Nash afterwards. The y went quietly
top.
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The claim of Ireland to Marshal Pelimier has now
assumed a more definite shape, and the Nation of Saturiay
publishes the (Mowing letter from an Irish gentleman who,
if his genealogical marimbas be correct, must be the fait
amain of the Crimean we:floe :

" Midfield, Clonetel, Sept. 20.

" Sir,—l observe that you take an interest in claiming
Marshal Pelissier as of Irish descent. Allow me to offer
you a little information on the subject. The family is
originally Huguenot. Alexander Pelissier, Peter, and
John, with their two sisters, °Wept& and Letebella, escap-
ing from the persecution, stated in Dublin. Alexander
mad, I think, Peter, carried on the wine business in the
boos* afterw,.rds occupied by Andrew College, woollen-
draper, in Dame street, which house, one on City-quay, and
three in Townsend-street, Alexander built. This Alexander
had one son, Francis, who was married to Elisabeth Renner,
of the Queen's County, by whom he had three suns end two
daughters. Robert, the eldest, was my father, end Alexan-
der, the next, I have good reason to believe, was father to
' Marshal Pelissier. Ilia sister, Jane Pelissier (my aunt),
often told me that she did not like to mention Al, vender's
name, as he fought against the English, was a United Irish-
man, went away when young, and was seen but for a
short interview en board a vessel by my father. Hie grand-
father • left the house in Lelor's-bill (now Townsend-street)
to Robert, Alexander, and June ; and, in consequence of my
father, Robert, and Jane not being able to. ascertain hie
death, it was only when I came of age that any rent could
be recovered out of the one left to Alexander, who never
made any claim. It Marshal Pelissier's father was from
Dublin, he mu-t he descended from either Alex.ndt ror
Peter. The latter had a son, also called Alexander, and I
thick was a doctor, but I never beard that any of the family
went abroad. They al, spelled their name Pelissier, and
were the only falai y of the name in the United Kingdom
that I ever heard of. There is a family of the Palliser' of
this county (Tipperare),bus no wsy related, although coming
from France—l believe from the tame cause. Alexander
Peliesier would have been of great service in '99, from
having many friends and relatives living in France, viler
kept up an intercourse with the family in Dublin. Hie
grandfather mentions in his will Francis Pelletrsn, of Roche-
fort, and Mathew, el same place, and Miss °other de la
Bouebetere, and her sister, Charlotte, end Mathew Peletran
Collins, of thin town of St. F..y, in France, and Simon
Meymac. of same place; and to a jeweller in Paris he left a
token of his esteem. To those and several others he left
some token ; appointing his friends, Alexander and Samuel
' Menai°, his executors. I give yen the foregoing test you
may, perhaps, be better able hereafter to clear up the dis-
, pnted point. If the marshal's lather's name was Alexander,
it will be strong proof of his being the same person that I
speak of; but if he be from Dublin, he must be amended
from either of the brothers, Alexander or Peter, as the
doctor, John Pelissi, r, tte, r married, or at least had no
children; and of Francis Pelissier's descendants, the writer
is the last. I ought to have mentioned that my father was
the very eppooite in politics to his brother Alexander, which
' might, perhaps, account for his not hearing from bim.—l
am, Sir, your very humble servant,
" ALZIANDIR

" To John Cashel Iloey, Esq."
• Ity will, dated 1777.

We are promised more pr:eiti•e information on the a--bject
in the neat number of the Nation.