The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-26 00:00:00

AUSTRIAN JUSTICE.

The correspondent from Lemberg of the Neue
Freie Preen says :

The cooduct ci the authorities Isere dories the past fort.
night seems to have been specially calculated to extinguish
every hope of an alleviation of the Mate of siege. TM last
sou Moose have been tin precedentedly severe, sad coed them,
that os Madame Amperes.. deserves particular notice. This
lady, who was accused, like so many others of her costatry
women, of having made collections for the support of the
insurrection in Poised, lam Mee seetenced to a year's eon.
limment in the town prism. The only 'rides's* against
her was a receipt for 5 Scrim which had bees found in her
house. No proof was given that this receipt was either
written by, or at the request of, the siocumed, sod her
ststemest that it had bees found by her servant
in the street was pally confirmed by the latter, who even
volunteered to appear as a witness. The Grasses of the
servant wee, however, sot accepted by the court, which
gave the followiag extreerdinem reason for this step :—" It
is true that the servant N— declares she found the receipt
is questiou itilthe street sad gave it to her mistress, sad is
ready to swear to the socosacy ,of this statement; but, as
appears from daily experieste, the lower classes in Galicia
areeodernoralised that they emmider it quite permissible to
give false evidence, ems as oa.b. We most, therefore,
regard the statement of the servant as false, sad look awe
the receipt as belonging to the ammeed." It must be con-
fessed that this is a mode of *Mite evidence which the
Games Lmal Protection Society in Landes will hardly
snd as Botha court of justice disposed to adopt.

AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LIVERPOOL
THIS WEAL—The followlog vessels are doe at Liverpool this
week
with the American cud Canadian mega, via m—The
Glaegow, from New York oo the 17th Dec., sod the Damas-
cus from Portland, with corresponding d►tes, may be ex-
peeted to remelt—the former Crookbaven sod the latter
Grummetle in the course of Wedaesda► neat. Oo Saturday
malt, the Canada, from &etre on the 21st and Halifax
early oo the morning of the 73rd, wOl no doubt reach
Crookhaven or Queeostowo.

COLLISION AT SEA.—PLYNOLTN, DEP. 25.—The
Norwegian barque Christine Agatha, in ballast, sad the
hams* Havannas, of Liverpool, with • osargo of mahogaey,
mane into collision on Saturday morning, 30 milts south-
west of the Lizard. The Christine Agatha ban arrived at
Possum Wl* five of time Havaaaah's craw au board. The
fats of the Havanash is sos knows.

SEETICEB OF THE CAFE or Goon HOPE LIFEBOAT.
—Os the 18th October last • violist gale of wind from
Um &E. Mailed the Bay of Port Elizabeth, Capp of Good
Hope. Mars is fortuoakily static... Dad et the port as es-
oiliest lifeboat. which was built four years ago is Losdos
under the superintmodence of the Royal Hatimal Lifeboat
lastitutine. The sea at the time was very high, and the
bay was quit. white with foam. The barque Hallarst. of
Port Elizabeth, we. observed during the night to drift
ashore in the Bight. Efforts were at as.. made to rescue
the crow by an open boat from the shore, bet unliapoilY.
whim near th• wroth, the steer car brokso ends ma strikieg
the boat, she was capsized sod over sad three of her
brave crew mitt with a watery grave. • More Friend
lifeboat afterward' went off sad succeeded is caviog the
whole of the wrecks any,

THE
CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.

By the arrival of the above mails we have re-
ceived &dykes from C►lcutta to Nov. 22 ; Madras,
Nov. 26 ; Colombo, Nov. 30 ; Bombay, Nov. 28 ;
Hong Kong, Nov. 16; Singapore, Nov. 17, &c