The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-10 00:00:00

SEPTEiSEIL 10, 1863.

THE LATE POLITICAL TRIAL AT NAPLES.

It was now about 7 o'clock, and the court pre-
sented an extraordinary meas. Daylight had faded into
dusk, and a few candles were brought in, just rendering
darkness visible. Galleries, the bench, and the body of the
hall were filled with persons, strong pastimes of uue or the
other rams, mem of them ladies, who, like myself, bad
been shut up in this intensely hot (armee vino* 9
o'clock. The general impression was that both prisoners
would be acquitted—the jury, it was feared, would fail to
do their duty, and, as is always the case in Naples, some
went so terse to say that the princess had bribed the jury.
After various false alarms, about half-pat 8 o'clock an
usher announced the return of the court, and the jury were
ordered in. Tbero was a dead sileoce, during which you
might have heard a pia drop, while the ghosts of bonnets
were peering over the galleries to catch every word. The
foreman of the jury Laving been called upon by the pre-
sident, exclaimed, "on our honour sod our conscience
the jury reply to the first question, yes ; to the second
question, no ; and so to the third and fourth ques-
tion." This document having been signed by the
foreman and countersigned by the chancellor,
the prisoners were ordered into mart, and to the
eye of pity only the scene was very touching. Cay.
Quattromani, • tall handsome man, 60 years of age, but
stone blind, was led in by a carbineer and groped her way
to his place in the court. The princess re-appeared, lean.
ing on the arm of her advocate, 'farantini. As she entered
she tottered and seemed about to faint, while her ill-re-
pressed sobs were audible where I at; still plucky and
dignified to the last, she rejected& glue of water which was
brought to her; the only sign of her distrust of herself
being that she grasped the arm or hand of Tarantini,
and would not allow him to leave her. The chancellor
then, by order of the president, reed the verdict. Quit-
treentu received it in • firm and dignified manner. The
president then, turning to the other accused, said, "Prin.
acs, you have been acquitted by the verdict of the jury,
and you are free to return home accompanied by your
friends." Though she evidently tottered from egitatiou she
yet turned sod gracefully courtesied to the jury and the court,
and then lett, supported by Tmantini, and followed by
numerous ladies and gentlemen, who closed in around
her, and the rouse (rare of the Primes ficiarra was
over. Yet I have omitted one point. After the forercan had
read the verdict, the Attorney-Gen sal announced the
punishment determined by the law for Quattromani, ten
years of reclusion, a fine at the pleasure of the judges, sod
the expemee. The judges then retired, andsooo after returned,
announcing the sentence to be ten years of reclusion, 500
lire, and the expenses. The prisoner, on being informed
that within three days he had the right of appeal, claimed
it directly, the rarbineers closed mooed him, and the hurt
I saw of the unhappy man was when he was iog his
way down the dark stairs of the View* thans
snot the light were alike to Wm.—Letter from Najoka in eke
Times.

PRINCE AND PRINCEBB OF WALIEL —A very hand-
somely bound Bible sad Prayer.book„ subscribed by the
"gentlemen of &mimed" is la. subeeriptioon will be pre-
sented to the Prison and Priecese of Wiles os their return
from Scotland. The volumes, which are now ready for pre-
*aeration, are superbly boned in green Leant morocco,
Mind with brown, red, sad purple, with the imperial crow'
and rormogram "A. E." The books are placed uo an oak
reading.stead, elaborately carved io the Gothic style. Up-
wards of 111,30 "geutlemen of Englsod" subecribed. Their
royal highnesses have already had more than a dozen Bibles
presented to then,.
TNIS DUCHENE OF BEAUFORT AT A FARMERS'
Cum.—At the I dinner of the Badminton Farmers'
Club, which was presided over by his Grace the Doke of
Beaufort, the health of the duchess was drunk with great
enthusiasm. Her grace, is response, said, "1 thank yon
very mach for the kind way is which you have drask my
health. I have great pleasure in seeing you all here, and I
hope it will not be the List time I shall have the pleasure of
meeting so many kind neighbours."