The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVEN ING, AUGUST 4, 1883.

tributes toward the support of the Government.
As has been already stated, the only way in
which this result can be attained is by
the appointment of a public prosecutor.
But we are not sanguine that any such
plan will be adopted. The present BUMS
SiCRISTARY is too weak to carry any measure
of reform, however moderate, and the pro-
bability is that he would vehemently oppose
such a change, as he has already opposed all
attempts to establish a Coui t of Criminal Appeal.
It is difficult to determine which is the more im-
portant of the two. By the want of such a court
• weak Minister is compelled to release the most
atrocious criminals at the Ca of an excited rabble;
by the want of • public prosecutor, men guilty of,
the most atrocious crimes, instead of being at once
placed in the dock, are permitted to continue un-
checked in their c..reer of vice and

JAPAN.

The Bombay Chuttie of July 4 says :

The telegram received from Galls four days ago, giving the
latest intelligence from Japan, mentions a rumour that& third
indulgence of eighteen days had been granted to the Tycoon„
for complying with the ultim►tum presented by the British
Charge d'Affaires—at all events the latest deices state
that no ►ctive hostilities had been entered upon. On the
other hand, it is rumoured that native preparation for
war goes on briskly at Nagasaki. Whether all this
delay bodes anything like a peaceful settlement of our
differences with the Tycoon, it would be rather difficult to
say, but all that has yet taken place only makes more
evident the dislike of these barbarians to have intercourse
with us, and that the treaty of Lord Elgin was a blunder
and a mistake. Every item of accurate intelligenee from
Japan shows reluctance on the pot of the people to have
friendly relations with foreigners, and the wisdom of
forcing ourselves upon the Japanese in such circumstances
is not merely doubtful ; it has been too clearly proved to
be disastrous.

(atom's TILZOILLMIL)
THE POLISH INSURRECTION.
CRACOW, AUGUST 4.

The Polish leader Wierzbicki was attacked by an
overwhelming force near Kaniawola on the 27th,
but managed to retreat with the loss of six men.
Wierzbicki himself was slightly wounded.
Intelligence received here from Warsaw states
that the ill-treatment of the Polish prisoners con-
fined in the citadel continues. Proudzyuski has
become insane from flogging.
Engagements between the insurgents and the
Russians took place at Seyny, in the government of
Augustowo, on the 25th tilt., ►nd at Radzymin,
near Warsaw, on the 30th tilt., in both of which
the insurgents were victorious.

_
BERLIN, Auousr 4. .
Intelligence received here from Warsaw to the
2nd Mat. says :
"Rumours are current since yesterday that an
insurrection will break out here on the 9th inst.

" The town captain, in consequence, has warned
the people not to be led away to make demonstra-
tions by the endeavours of Russian agents.

"The National Government will inform the in-
habitants when the right time for 'insurrection shall
have arrived."

ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA
AT GASTEIN.
QASTEIN. Aucion 3.
The Emperor of Austria reached this place yes-
terday evening.
His Imperial Majesty was immediately visited
by the King of Prussia, accompanied by General
von ManteuffeL

The two sovereigns had a abort interview.
The Emperor, accompanied by the Archduke
Ludwig, returned the King's visit in the course of
the evening.

IL GuEroult, of the opinion Nationale, pro-
nounces against the occupation in an article
which derives additional authority from the fact of
his being one of the new deputies for Paris. He
says forcibly that if, as it seems, the army did not
go to Mexico for the purpose of obtaining legiti-
mate redress for wrongs to French subjects, but
with the further object of "establishing a regular
government and a durable regime, nothing what-
ever is yet done ; everything is in perspective, and
we have scarcely made the first step in a lung diffi-
cult path, studded with difficultiee, and possibly
leading to great dangers which we have gratuitously
gone in search of." To hold a country four times
as large as France, atii accustomed to p►onun-
csamenfos, M. Guiroult eitimates that a permanent
army of from 60,000 to 80,000 men will be requisite.
Who is to furnish these men 1 Even admitting the
possibility of a Mexican army with a French staff,
the organisation of such a force must be a work of
time. The provisional government now patched
up cannot be perpetual. Some attempt must be
made to constitute a definitive government, and
that under the circumstances is a work of immense
difficulty. M. Gudroult, who has been in Mexico,
bears the curious testimony that " universal
suffrage is not unknown there ; but its practice is
remarkable." He has himself seen a general send
his aide-de-camp to vote on behalf of a whole
district of which he had constituted himself
the-representative. This is a great simplification of
the system which has been long practised in France.
Whether an Austrian Archduke, or any other can-
didate utterly unknown to and utterly indifferent
to the populations, shall be elected under French
protection, it is clear that his authority will re-
quire, for a very long time at least, the aid of the
power which created him. He comments with
felicity on the contradiction between Marshal
Forey'a proclamation declaring in favour of reli-
gious liberty and the fact that the Archbishop of
Mexico is one of his triumvirate. The clergy in
Mexico are notoriously intolerant. Even in France,
where for seventy-four years equality of worship
has been the law, the bishops have never recog-
nised the principle of religious liberty. The Pope
himself protests against it, and it is not to
be expected that the Mexican clergy will
admit the principle to please the French
Emperor. Hence arises an inextricable di-
iemma. The French government in Mexico must
either repudiate the clerical party, which is the
only one from whom it derives support, or
it must create and countenance a government
altogether repugnant to one of the most
essential principles of 'B9. In short, as M.
Gudroult says, in a compendious sentence which
will make its mark—" We have reproduced the
Roman question on the other side of the Atlantic
and 2,000 leagues off from our frontiers." An ag-
gravating feature of this disastrous enterprise is
that the Mexican clergy is by many degrees less
moral and enlightened than the French clergy. M.
Gudroult ridicules the idea of the occupation being
over in " five " years, and says that, seeing how
little France has done in Algeria during thirty
years, it is likely that it will do less to assimilate
the Mexicans in "fifty." He proposes to return to
the subject.

The Bourse is better than it has been for some
time. Rent. rose 15c. for cash and 25c. for account,
closing at 66fr. 85c. and 67fr. Mobilier rose
Bfr. 75c. In railways there was little change.

MURDER OIL TRAVELLER IN SWITZERLAND.

(zzoTzz's zxruse.)

BERNE, JULY 31.

A murder took place here last week, which, for-
tuoatsly, is to be reckoned among the rarities in our peace-
ful Swiss valleys. The occurrence of such an outrage, how-
ever, has filled men's minds with indignation and horror.
A traveller from Hanover, Herm►nn Quangoll, coun-
cillor of the Tribunal at Hiliesheim, left Zinal, in
the valley of Anniviere, on the morning of the 23rd.
He was accompanied by the guide, Baptiste Petra, and
intended to cross the Col de Torrent to Evolena. After
they bad pawed the Col, about noon, Petra drew the
attention of the traveller to • heap of stones, thrown up
in the torte of • breast-work by the was side, which had
not occupied that position • few days before. Some
steps farther on lay • powder horn and some bul-
lets. The guide expressed apprehension, but the tra-
veller treated his fears with derision. At this
moment a shot was fired from behind the atone-heap,
The bullet struck the councillor io the arm and grazed
Petre's breast, another bullet immediately after shattering
the letter's arm. The traveller ran down the mountain to
Erolena as fast as his wound would permit, followed, says
the guide, by two or three move shots. One of the robbers
then came up to the guide and took from him the traveller's
knapsack, behaving, however, with some humanity to him-
self and doing him no further injury. The body of the no-
fortunate councillor wee found the next morning pierced
by three bullets and robbed of all valuables.
A general hunt after the robbers took place, resulting
in the capture of four out of the six who, according to the
guide, were concerned in the attack. The prisoners are
natives of this canton. Five of the robbers belong to the
same family, one of them having already served years in •
convict chain gang, and subsequently tam to the moun-
tains as • poacher. The arrest of the other two malefactors
is expected shortly.

THE KING or Payeau.—Chistein, where the King
of Prussia is now staying, is a small town in the ancient molt-
bishopric of Salzburg, situated on the frostier of the
German Tyrol, at a short distarted from Ischl. The King
will leave that place about the mid Ile of the month for
Baden-Baden, sod return to Berlin on the 25th. The Prince
Royal arrived at Berlin on the evening of the 30th ult., but
returned to Puttbus the following evening.

CONFISCATION IN ItOSSIA.—The Cologne Gazette
bas the followieg :—"The following fact will show the manner
in which the Russian authorities proceed in Lithuania.
Count Komar, one of the richest landowners in that country,
and formerly colonel in the Russian Guard, has long resided
with his family at Nice. His son, aged 16, was pursuing his
studies at the university of Wilna, under the guardianship
of his uncle. In April last the lad left Wilma to join the
insurgent., and at the end of a few weeks fell into the
hands of the Russians. The father is now made to suffer
for the conduct of his sou. All the estates of Count Komar,
particularly his principal domain of Rogowek, hays been
pillaged and put under sequestration."
A letter from St. Petersburg of the 27th ult., in
the Nurd, says :—" The Emperor Alexander left yesterday
for Finland. He goes by sea direct to Helsingfora, whence
he will proceed by the new railway to Tawaathua. His
Mejr•ty, on returning, is to visit the fortifications of Bwea.
berg, and will arrive here in about ten days. The men is
still at Tmrskoe-Silo, not having removed to Peterboff on
account of the state of health of the Empress, which esquires
great care."
A. communication from Ostend states that Count
d'Hasina de Moerkirk, aide-de-camp and grand equerry to
the King of the Belgians, had arrived there to prepare the
palace for the reception of the royal family, who are ex-
pected on the Bth instant, and the King himself a few days
later.

AMEILICAN Naws.—The New York correspondent
4 the Tines, who is evidently ripening fast, actually wrote
yesterday that • braggart artiste in the New York Herald,
alleging " that the 300,000 fresh troops celled for under
the present draught are not designed for service in the
South, but are to be drilled and held in reserve against the ,
contingency of a war with Great Britain," was " semi- ,
official." There n not the arouse of ignoranee for this
statement. As the Globe of last night remarks, "The
statement that the New York Herald had announced 'semi.
officially' that the 300,000 cooscripts were required for •
war with England, is not worthy of Notice. The New York
Herald is not • semi-official organ. The MIN journal on
commends the patching up of the Uniou in order that war
may be made on foreign enemies, L that semiofficial?"

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE LYNN
AND HUNSTANTON RAILWAY.

LYNN. TUlteDeT IfOients,,.
A fearful accident occurred last night on the
above line of railway to a special excursion train, retorting
to Wisbech rid Lynn, which ended fatally to at least five
persons, besides a number of wounded. The accident took
place only a few miles from the Norfolk sat of his loyal
Ilighaese the Prince of Wales. This is about the fires
serious accident that has ooeurred on the Great Eldora
Railway system, or at least this part of it. The greatest
alarm, of course, prevailed throughout the night in Line ;
but the following, particular', which weee gleaned
on the spot, may be relied on : The train numbered
about fifteen carriages, oontaining about five or gig
hundred persons, ►nd it left the now rising watering.place,
Hanstanton, at about eight o'clock, soother train of
about the same size having left about II minutes before,
The train, it is said, was going at a steady pap
not more than 20 miles an hour, and nothing happeogg
till it wee within three miles or so of Lynn, when a
bullock, said to belong to Mr. Bloomfield, of Wootton,
got over the fence on to the line. It is presumed that the
engine-driver either w it, or else had Dot aufficieet
time to tarn off the steam. The engine knocked it does,
sod to use the graphic words of one of the men, " jumped
over" the carcase, alighting on the lice again. How the
rest of the terrible accident occurred can hardly be described.
A gentleman, who wae riding in the first carriage that got
off the line, is brother-ia.law to the Lynn utatioo•master,
and he says that he remarked to a lady " We are off the
line, I know by these bumps—don't be alarmed." He
then felt the carriage going over and a terrible crash. The
end of the next, a thirdclam carriage, was completely
smashed in, the hindermost part of the first-class carriage
enteriog it ; the next carriage was thrown right on to is
ride and the following two appear to be completely
smashed. The shrieks and cries were most heart-
rending. Those of the passengers who were not
hurt assisted in the most praiseworthy manner
to recover the bodies of the wouodcd and dead
from the debra of the broken carriages, whilst the engine
immediately went on to Lynn for medical aid. Dn. Black,
Smyth, Kendall, and Woodward were soon in attendance,
and on their arrival at the wen* of the disaster a fearful
sight met their view. The wounded, more or less number.
iag about 20, were placed in the carriages and conveyed to
Lynn at once, where some of them were seat on
stretchers to the Lynn and West Norfolk Hospital,
the others being taken to their homes. The most serious
of the wounded came was that of Mrs. Laird, the wife at
Richard Laird, builder of this town. She was found to
have received a severe fracture of the skull, and, it was
feared, concussion of the brain. Ooe of the medical gentle.
men Informed the reporter this morning that there was bat
little hope of her surviving. Several others had to have
some of their limbs amputated at once. Fire dead bodies
had been recovered from the ruins when the reporter
left, only two of which bad been identified, riz.,
Mr. Richard Laird, builder, of Lynn, and a Mrs.
Clark, of Brandon, Norfolk. The other bodies were
those of females, two of them being young-looking createres,
very respectably dressed. They were all five laid in a row 01)
the green award, sodas the moonlight's soft rays fail es the
distorted fetters and mangled remains it was indeed an
awful sight, whilst the friends flocked round, and tried to
recognise their features. As the accident occurred in the
parish of Gaywood, the bodies were placed in the break,
and conveyed to the L►ywood.gate house, and thence to
the Ship Inn, to await a coroner's inquest. It is somewhat
singular that the train had passed over the bullock some
hundred yards before the catastrophe occurred, and the
line appeared to be uninjured. An inquest will be opened
before T. M. Wilkie, Esq., at the Ship lon this afternoon.