The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-19 00:00:00

MURATISM AND THE POLICE.

NAPLES, SM. 10.

I hare on several occasions spoken of the grave
suspicion suspicions of Moralism under which the Neapolitan
nobility labour. True to their order, they fear and
detest democracy ; but at the same time they hate
the present Government, which has despoiled them of
all influence and consideration. The Neapolitan

nobleman is in fact a puppet with a title. Therefore,
be is in hostility with the Government, and considers
that the best solution of the political problem lies in
some French movement = and this so much the more,
that many of his class enjoyed rank and office
in the " ten years' court." These facts ex-
plain the persecution and vigilance to which
the family of Bivons has been exposed,
a family whose aristocratic sentiments and pretensions
might have raised them otherwise, beyond all doubt.
Unhappily for it, there was a time when it was a merit to
sing pmans in honour of the French Emperor, and the
vanity of B irons delighted to relate that his duchess,
who is a Spaniard of the house of Beidinar, was con-
nected with the Empress of the French.
In fulfilment of my plan of presenting you with a
faithful picture of the proceedings of the political polio*
in this kingdom, and thus marking the steps by which
this Government is hurrying on te ruin, I begin with
the owl of a man called Aral* and you will ob-
serve that I deal not with genseelities, but give you
mow sad localities. I fun howsww, that what I

write may be received with incredulity; but, though
Ithe following fact cannot be printed in this country,
yet it does not strike one on the spot as strange or
marvellous after many years' endurance of savage
barbarity. Arcello was suspected of being a Mu-
ralist. It is true that the Government persecutes
without distinction all who are not of its way of
thinking, as though they were repnblioanse re-
serving, however, its special hatred for the
word Murat, or Murattista, which awakens
an irritation and a fury withoat moderation.
Arcello, then, was thrown into one of the horrid cri-
minal dungeons of Castel-Capriano, when a thousand
devices were resorted to extort a confession of facts
unknown to him. Such efforts having failed, a kind
of wooden stiletto was run into the most sensitive
part of the body, and the man is now in great danger,
arising from inflammation in the part to which such
violence has been done, and from which blood issues.
A first-rate inquisitor and inventor of similar tor-
tures is Primicile Caraffa, Commissary of Police of
the Quarter of St. Carlo all' Arena. His industry
in tho investigation of tortures to eject confession is
extraordinary, and his mode of treating a young
person, in order to force a disclosure of the hiding
place of a relative, is well known. I may not repeat
the physical torment and the moral injury inflicted
with this view. Another and a sew shirr°, called
Pierro, is distinguishing himself after the manner of
the old champion. of espionage and persecution. He is
the author of the recent calumny which has compro-
mised so many respectable persona, and on the ground
of which a process is being drawn up. His activity
and that of his confreres does not arise from attach-
ment to the actual state of things; it is a money ques-
tion, and my Lord Palmerston explained it admirably.
Pierro knew that there were two brothers called
Zadicicco, rich proprietors in the commune of Regale,
in Terra di Lavoro, who had a gun in their possession
without a license. It was a Godsend, and Pierro
demanded 300 ducats u a compromise of their non-
compliance with the law. The money was not forth.
coming, therefore, Pierro, together with Campagna,
who has unlimited power throughout the kingdom,
went to Regale and brought the brothers handcuffed
to Naples. Aftereleven days of imprisonment, robbery,
and bad treatment, General Viale, commander of the
province of Terra di Lavoro, came to Naples to procure
their release; and was compelled to use all his igno-
minious influence with the Director of Police, assuring
him that the brothers possessed the gun by his ex-
press authority. What compensation ? None. Again,
an upholsterer called De Martino, executed some work
for a friend of the government, but being unable
to get payment, instituted an action, and
obtained a favourable decision. He was called before
the Commissary Campagna, and ordered to bring his
documents. No sooner were they in Campagna's
possession than the man was ordered to leave and
think no more of his money. The poor fellow com-
plained, 'poke of his necessitous condition, of his
loyalty to the king, of the decision of the courts in
his favour, and was clapped in prison. On his
release he applied to Prince Ischitells, Minister of
War, for whom he had worked. The prince shrugged
his shoulders, " could do nothing ; lae had not been
able to do anything for his own nephew; these were
evil times, which could not last e. counselled patience,
or it would be the worse for him. That such acts u
I have been recounting should take place in this
kingdom would awaken no astonishment, were it
known of what reckless characters those are who arc
often chosen to execute the laws.

The management of the theatres has at length been
conceded to a society of private individuals, with a
certain Vincenzo Flanti u administrator. As this
man, who enjoys no good character here, is in the
employ of the Minirtry of Finance, the management
of theatres may be said to have been conceded to and
to be at, the mercy of this department.
The great annual military religions tete ; com-
monly called Piedo Grotta, in honour of the Madonna,
took place yesterday. The King and all the Royal
family were present, and the usual amount of gun-
powder was expended.