The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-19 00:00:00

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ST. JAM S.

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LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 19.

Tits social life of Manchester has brought forth
an event so terrible in its several aspects that it

may well divert for • time the attention which
has been until lately engrossed by a great war.
Indeed,we think we have of late read of battles in
which the destruction of human life was not so
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great as that wrought by the hand of Wiliam/
ROBERT TAYLOR, and perhaps of his wife. But the

deep burning passion which could conquer even 4
nature itself, the inflexible resolve, and the steady
steps with which a fell purpose was followed,
raise the thoughts of observers above the melo-
dramatic horrors of the scene, and give the story
an intensity truly terrific.
TAYLOR'S conduct will, in good time, receive its
correct legal designation from the courts. What
a judge and jury will call it, we suppose, is
hardly doubtfuL To an unlearned observer,
however, this outrage seems very like a
miniature civil war, an insurrection against
society, the work of despair. The man appears
to have belonged to a class which is very numerous
in this country—of quiet, proper, well-behaved
people, neither distinguished by the want nor the
possession of ability, but who cannot find a place
which they can hold against the terrific pressure of
competitors. We do not hear his name connected
with any vice. Indeed his habits were highly
domestic. His love to his children was shown by
the constant pains he took to educate them, and
the testimony of neighbours to their excellent
behaviour seems to show that they had had the

by passions which only slumber in every breast,
may warn us that even as a matter of mere social
safety it were well if, without abating one degree
lour admiration of the fortune makers, we bestowed
a little more fruitful reflection upon those who
cannot obtain daily bread.

the benefit of good training and example. But
for the battle of life TAYLOR seems to have been
less fitted. Everywhere he would be called a good
husband and father, but probably nowhere would
he gain the reputation of a good man of business.
At all events, he did not get on. And of all the
places on this earth, England--excellent for those
who prosper —is the very worst to fail in.
Having stimulated the sense of self-respect to the
utmost, we attach it, more than any other people
do; to worldly success. Probably this is inevitable ;
bnt it has this among other inconvenient conse-
quences, that a sensitive man who fails in the ob-
jects of life is tempted to cnt himself off from
neighbourly sympathy and assistance, and shut
himself up in that so-called isolation which is really

companionship with the DeviL
The death of one of TAYLOR'S daughters early in
the winter by the bunting of a boiler waa asso-
ciated in his mind, and apparently in tho mind of

a coroner's jury who investigated the circum-
stances, with the fault of EVAN Mauxit, subse-
quently his victim. The explosion had been
apprehended by the family, and MELLRB, who was
the landlord's agent, had been vainly urged to
effect those repairs which would have averted
the danger. It is said that in conse-
quence of the sad event a bad feeling
sprang up between the two men. However this
may be, it is unfortunate that Mamie should have
soon after been under the necessity of enforcing an
execution against TAYLOR, so adding to the pre-
vious bitterness. At the time of the murder the
situation of the family was truly pitiable. They
had not a single article of furniture in the house ;
beds, tables, chains, everything that would
fetch a penny bad been cleared away. Even the
wet linen hanging on the clothes-horse to dry were
taken by the bailiff. At last came the word
horror. The children, the objects of so much care,
had no bread. The neighbours say the poor things
were "clammed to death." Not quite, however.
There was some life left, and a father's thgughta
turned on the maddening question whether it should
be left to ebb out slowly in the torment of starvation
or be cut short by his own decisive act. We all
know that the question ought never to have been
entertained at all ; that the unhappy man ought
to have sat down and considered that the law
makes a provision nicely calculated to make mur-
der just unnecessary, and then have got up and
taken his little ones to the parish. We also
know that he did not do so. Between him and
help pride, shall we say, had fixed a great gulf.
The world, represented to his mind by the Mammas,
was his too powerful enemy, and he would make
no appeal to it. The consequence is that when
the time comes that the world can neglect this
household no longer, it finds the bodies of three
children laid out in a row, with a paper pinned on
their cold bosoms, informing it that their young
souls have gone to carry their complaint against it
before a tribunal whose decisions are final. " GOD
" and our loving parents will avenge us. Love rules
" „here. We are all going to our sister to part no
" more." How familiar both parents had become
with the thought of their children's death, how
free their minds were from all misgivings as to
the nature of their own horrible act, is shown by the
minute care and pains bestowed on the children's
bodies. Their forms were composed and arranged
with the utmost order, and, it may be said, with the
nicest taste. The folded hair, the black silk waist-
bands, and the snow-white nightgowns, washed,
as is believed, expressly for this use, all speak of
.complacency and satisfaction. An expression
Pwhich occurs in the paper found upon the children
aeads to the supposition that the parents intended,
or at least hoped, to add their own bodies to that
fatal row • and there appears no reason to doubt
that the ;ills which had so far overcome nature
ware equal to this further sacrifioe.
Haring thus disposed of their children, and de-
voted themselves to death, TAYLOR and his wife
issued forth to settle once and for ever
their aoeount with earthly society, with
which they felt they had as little in common
as the inhabitants of a different planet. What

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they in their own deep woe.,. Looking Mks way in :.• ! THE PROJECTED EXPEDITION.
which they set about the murder of Mr. Mau" The Italian Minister of the Interior has addressed
the formidable nature of their weapons, and the the following circular to the prefects :
probability that bystanders would interfere to Turin, May 15.
avert the catastrophe, it is wonderful that more The government has learnt that is many parte of
the kingdom persons, acting under bad advice, are
mischief was not done. But having despatched
maldtung
fmo military preparations and clandestine
his victim with lees difficulty than might have been e ld "Yol-
expected, and disabled a man who had interfered menu for r an expedition,
unei,, which
nott
they
the have
him, TAYLOR seems to have been satisfied, sent, at least with the concurrence, of the government
and, after resigning himself to the police, was itself. In order to justify this expedition a name has been
heard to thank Goo with much fervour. put forward which belongs to one who is dear to the
The terrible errors of Wnxism Emmy TAYLOR, country and held in high estimation by the government,
and the diabolical sophistry with which he persuaded and an attempt has thus been made to produce an im-
himself that Hatvls could approve his bloody rhim -i
on thantuthis senseless attempt
..is prompted
. and directed
deeds, are too palpable and obvious to permit IL declaring government thccemelneuiroar
general neral has eehmaciavY.
patine's°,
1 xis to fear that his example will mislead. Al for tan
hatever. in such enterprises, which scald only have
the unhappy man and woman who are probably the effect of seriously endangering all that Italy has ob-
awakened already from their feverish dream, they tined up to the present time by his wisdom and
of course will never have another opportunity of courage. Meanwhile, M. le Prefect, you will endeavour,
shortening a fellow-creature's life. We venture, with that intelligence and real for the public service
however, to hope that all the social instruction of which you have already given each distinguished Pluck
to convince your functionaries that the government, fez
to be drawn from this sad history ill ot
w n from tolerating, condemns these deplorable attempts, and
have been exhausted when WILLIAM and I that it is determined not to shrink from the employment of
MARTHA TAYLOR, having been duly found guilty, any means of preventing them, by maintaining with a firm
have been hanged with the regulation rope. Large hand the authority of the law. The undersigned has fall
numbers of our fellow-countrymen are at this confidence that you will use the greatest vigilance in this
time passing through trials under which institu- matter, in order that you may be perfectly informed of
everythingview of thatuu may be attempted in. your provincel with
tions and laws the most necessary to society must the
needs put on for them a hard and cruel face. How no of preventing, by by advice, projects
surd deeds, n
neglecting
needs
uncomfortable to think that in this Christian land, by forte, everything which would tend to imperil public
just as Philanthropy is keeping its high festival order, and the respect due to the laws. In
in the capital and embracing the wide conformity with these instructions, you will without delay
earth with its projects of benevolence, a put in execution the means which you may judge to be
starving family should have been as much moat suitable under the cireumetene« for making the public
acquainted. with the firm determination of the goverame.'
without the range of Christian sympathy and on this point.
Christian aid as if it had lived among mosques (Signed)
and pagodas. • This volcanic explosion, produced
under circumstances to be found everywhere, and

For the Minister,
edor-General ForrllA.

The proposed expedition, it is said, was to have
left the kingdom from three different points—
Mount Stelvio, Ferrara, and the sea. Through the
&civics pass, they would communicate with the
Upper Italian Tyrol, forming part of the Germanic
Confederation. By Ferrara and the Adriatic they
would have reached Venetia.

The Mita» Gazette contains the following note
from General Garibaldi :

Colonel G. B. Cattabeid, a brave officer covered with
noble wands, and of irreproachable character, was arrested,
withoat the formalities required by the law, last night at
Treecorm, and brought to Milan as a malefactor. I recall
to the country that if it is the duty of the government to
cause justice to be respected, it ought also in turn to respect
the dignity of dtimes, and especially of those who haws
deserved well of their eciontry. G. Gaßiaamt.

The italic says :—" If our information is cor-
rect, all the legal formalities were observed in
Colonel Cattabeni's arrest. This arrest, for which
the gravest reasons are given, was made in pur-
suance of an order issued by the King's procureur at
Genoa."

TILE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1862.

EXPRESS tROM PI.RIS.

PARIS, ScarDAT Emma.
Mexico continues to be the leading subject of
political discussion. lam happy to quote from the
Prease a sensible answer to the foul language used
_ _

by the Pattie yesterday against England and
Spain. "We admit," says the Prase, "that we
should on this occasion, as on all others, be de-

lighted to find that France was clear of reproach ;
but the facts of the case are so obscure, and are,
moreover, attended by certain particularities and
local mysteries, 80 difficult to be explained, that we
have not the necessary elements before ua to form

—._ .
an opinion. We think it rash, therefore, to launch
such indignant invectives. In this sudden divorce
we are both judge and party, and we are bound to
confess that in most divorce cases there are faults
on both sides." After admitting as incontestable
ii the Patric's doctrine that when several nations

agree together to pursue a common o'ject
they should keep faith with one another, the Prase
pertinently inquires who is to decide, in case of
a difference of opinion, what were the original
purposes of the partnership ? and asks whether any
better criterion can be found than the decision of

the majority ? That decision, at any rate, is
against France, and therefore the Patrie's cry of
" treason " is, to say the least of it, very precipi-

Referring to the announcement in the Moniteur
that the French cavalry has obtained an advantage
over the Mexicans, the Presse says, "We do not
_ .

doubt the success of the French army, but we are
less confident as to the enterprises of our diplo-
macy."
The Patric, following up its game of imputing
the defection of Prim to the malicious influence of
England instead of to his own honest conviction,
as his published letter proves, says that Com-
modore Dunlop supplied him with the transports,
of which he stood in need, to take his troops away
from Vera Cruz. The fact may be true, but the
insinuation that General Prim did not act
independently is false. This journal, still
affecting to hope that Prim will be dis-
avowed by his government, says that the Spanish
officer bringing the despatches of that general and
Marshal Serrano cannot arrive in Madrid till Mon-

day, May 19, that the Spanish cabinet is waiting
for these papers to come to a decision, and that a
council, with the Queen presiding, will probably be
held on the subject at Aranjuez, on Tuesday next.
Meanwhile (says the Patrie) public opinion in
Spain pronounces energetically against the conduct
of General Prim. That is a gratuitous asser-
tion, quite contrary to the tenor of letters
which I have seen, and which state expressly that
Prim is universally supported in Spain. The
Patrie, however, not only supports that wonderful
theory that the Mexican people is oppressed by a
small minority, from whose yoke it can only be set
free by the armies of France, but professes to know
better than Spaniards what is the interest of Spain.
The prospects of Havannab depend entirely, it
says, upon the success of the French expedition,
and General Prim's " duty to his country" was to
have fought side by side with France.
It is stated that the period of Victor Emmanuel
and Prince Napoleon's stay in Naples has been
abridged, and that the latter was to leave for Paris
this day.
It is much noticed that General de Santfront,
now with Prince Napoleon in Naples, was lately
sent oa a mission to Garibaldi. It has been thought
necessary to instruct the Pays to give an explana-
tion of this fact, which is no explanation at all—
viz., that General de Santfront was selected to ac-
company the prince on account of his old personal
relations with him in the Crimea.
The Duke de Malakoff, in a circular to the pre-
fects and generals of division in Algeria, states that
be intends to make the Algiers fair much more im-
portant than it has heretofore been. It is to com-
mence this year on Oct. 1, and to last a fortnight.
Among other novelties he announces a market for
native horses and the products of Southern
Algeria, which he hopes will attract foreigners.
M. Belmontet, poet laureate (self-elected) of the
Empire, and a Bonapartist de la mine, has moved
a resolution, by way of amendment to the budget,
that England shall now be called upon to pay a
trifle of 2,400,000/., which he has discovered is
due from her under the treaties of 1815, as being
the surplus of an indemnity fund made over by
France to England, in trust for English subjects
who suffered damage by the revolution. The mat-
ter has been referred by the budget committee to
M. Flavigny, an old diplomatist, with a request
that he will make a report upon it. The lade-
prudence Beige suggested the other day that the in-
ternational debt rested upon no other security than
the "fogs of the Seine." M. Belmontet is very
irate at this persiglage, and avers that there are
"other things than fogs in Paris, viz., energetic
hearts, that the Corps Legislatif is moved in the
matter, and that France is at its back." Mr.
Gladstone, therefore, had better look to his ways
and means, and prepare to satisfy this peremptory
demand. Is there no international statute of limi-
tations ?
The quarrel between the Temps and the Pays is
happily settled without a duel. A statement, signed
by the seconds of M. Nefftzer and M. Grandguillot,
informs the public that M. Netftzer, as editor of
the Temps, withdraws M. Duvernois' article, and
that M. Grandguillot withdraws the article against
M. Duvernois. The conference resulting in this
amicable settlement is stated by the seconds to have
lasted four hours. There is an outstanding chal-
lenge from the Pays to the Gazette de France, but I
dare say it will come to nothing.
The public prosecutor has appealed from the judg-
ment of the Toulon court-martial which only sen-
tenoed the murderer Huet to imprisonment, with
hard labour, for life.

An abstract has just been published of the con- I
ditions under which the lines of French ocean postal ser-
vices, contracted for by the Compagnie Generale Maritime,
will be conducted. From this it appears that the oommuni-
cation between France and the Brazils is the same as that
between England and the Brazils—viz., once a month. The
communication between Frame and the West Indies, do.,
will be the same as that which now exists between England
and the West Indies, &c.—vie., twice a week. Between
France and India and China the communication will be once
a month, while that between England and India is once a
week, and between England and China once a month. With
New York the communication from France will be ono a
fortnight, while that between England and New York is
once a week.
M. Scherer observes in the Temps:—" England is
the classic land of liberty ; and for this reason it is a holy
land—a land which more than one exile has turned to with
gratitude. We do not now speak of political institutions,
but of civil liberty, of the respect for the rights of all, of
independence of exertion, of the space left open for indivi-
dual action, of the mildness of the laws, of the fewness of
regulations. Ehtewhere, regulations are the role ; else-
where liberty exists only where it is expressly stipulated;
but in England it is liberty which is everywhere, and always
supposed. Elsewhere civil life is encircled by a network,
invisible but inextricable, of restrictions . • but in England
every man speaks, teaches, prints, meets, usoulatea, builds,
travels, exercises his calling in industry and commerce, fills
the profession', carries out all his designs, without bin-
drance from anything whatever but the equal right of his
neighbour,"