The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-30 00:00:00

ELOQUENCE OF A NEAPOLITAN
ATTORNEY•GENEItAL.

The Prngreaso of Turin, of the 17th August, gives
extracts from the official speech of Francois l'aul Morelli,
the King of Naples' Attorney-General, on the occasion of
the opening of the great criminal court of Farther Calabria.
The Progress 9 professes to derive them from an official
brochure published in the kingdom of Naples. If authentic,
they prove that the persecuting spirit of the Neapolitan
government is more virulent than ever.
Morelli began, says the report, by "deploring the ferocity
of the times now just passed, during which the earth
seemed a hell of the damned, umbra mortis et nutlua ordo."
Then, pressing the judges close, ho told them "that the
efforts of government would be of no avail, unless the
magistrate launched the lightnings of the law against the
guilty. The happiness of society depends," he said, "on
the great criminal court, charged with the task of chaining
down unbridled license. True, during the last year, there
has been something done in the interest of society ; but at
present the same line must he followed with greater success,
and the last remains of the anarchical charogne must be
annihilated in the sanctuary of justice. Yes, I repeat it, all
the efforts made hitherto will be fugitive and vain, if filled
and devoured by a holy zeal, we do not direct all our atten-
tion to the fulfilment of that which our well-beloved prince
has the right to expect from us, that which our conscience
imposes on us every moment with its monitions, that which
we have resolvedly sworn on the gospel of Jesus
Christ. You understand me, gentlemen." Such are
Morelli's advices to the judges: here are his menaces.
" What is disgrace, gentlemen, for you, if in the
high' sphere to which the• clemency of the sovereign has
raised you, there should still be some of you, who, for the
impenetrable cuirass of impassibility, should wish to sub-
stitute the disgraceful tunic of private regards ; for firm
courage, a cowardly timidity; for invincible justice, a fearful
moderation;! Well, such—if there be such—ought to de-
scend from their honourable seats, and to them it should
be cried, a.s was cried to the unclean dogs which the ecstatic
prophet of Patmos saw in his vision—turfs canes—/aria
canes (out with the dogs—out with the dogs:) Yes;
these filthy rogues ought to quit the sanctuary of justice,
and ought no longer to soil it with their offensive presence.
Out with the dogs—out with the dogs! 111-doing dogs,
who devour the master's bread, not to defend him, but to
betray him—out with the dogs! Lying dogs, who wear the
badge of fidelity, not to carry it out in action, but rather
to deceive the confidence reposed in them—out with the
digs ! Perverse dogs, who mingle with the wolves, not to
exterminate them, but rather to participate with them in
the bloody prey—out with the dogs."
The King of Naples' attorney-general must be an asto-
mistily eloquent man, and extremely tasteful.

ROME, Aro. 20.
Yesterday witnessed the military execution of a
Roman soldier for homicide and insubordination two
years ago; the culprit, Angelo Seratini, was shot in
an unusually remote spot, beyond the Porta Portese.
The official paper of last night announces that he met
his fate in a spirit of Christian resignation, and wrote
a letter to the authorities, "begging them to exhort
his companions in arms not to follow the perverse
maxims now in vogue, but to practise constantly the
precepts of our holy religion, and remain faith-
ful to the sovereign, who is also vicar of Christ."
In a few days sentence will be passed upon the per-
sons implicated in the conflagration of cardinals car-
riages during the republican epoch. There are more
than a hundred persons charged with this sacrile-
gious offence, amongst whom the Papal authorities
have insisted on comprising Mazzini, Saffi, and
Ar-
mellini, although they had nothing to do with the
destruction of the gaudy old coaches. It is curious
to observe with what unrelenting ire the cardinals
persecute not only those who really did burn their
carriages, but also those who never thought of such
a thing; whilst Austria has formally prohibited any
further proceedings against those enthusiasts who
threw down the impenal escutcheon from the Palazzo
di Venezia, and dragged the double-headed eagle at
the tail of a donkey all down the Corso to the
Piazza del Popolo, there to consign it ignominiously
ad /laminas, amidst bands of music and shouts of de-
rision. Nor can the pretext of offended religion be DOWNING-STRF:ET, At:G. 29.—The Queen has been
adduced, since the rank of cardinal is only a court pleased to appoint William Avshford
_Sanford, Esq., to be
!
I dignify, the members of the sacred college are not Colonial Secretary for the territory of Western Australia—
all priests, and carriages cannot be considered coin- `-`
ae'Right
ponent parts of a clerical hierarchy. The Hon. Henry Labonchere left town this
Must of the other political trials remain in data quo, morning (Saturday) for a tour of a few weeks upon the
and the wretched prisoners rot month after mouth A deputation, from Bristol, had an interview yes-
and year after year in prison without so much as an continent.
terday with the General Board of Health, at their offices,
interrogation. The famous inquiry into the assasei, Whitehall. The Earl of Shaftesbury presided. The other
nation of Count Rossi is at rest more than all the members of the Board present were E. Chadwick, Esq.,
other trials, and although the priests seemed disposed 2.3Bte.aCrZr.liidscorm
Southwood Smith.
ndept,iiistiiir
Heeerne:
to revenge his death at any hazard, they must in path, and J. G. Shaw attendet by Mr. James Harris, clerk
reality be enchanted to have got rid of him, and to to the Bristol local board of health.
prove this conjecture it will suffice to look at the fate Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Colo-
of all his associates in the ministry, beginning with nial-officc to the Governor of Canada, and to the Governors
his intimate friend the Duke of Rignano; they are colonies.
of the other North American
all in disgrace. A very humble monument has just The Marchioness of Hastings has broken up her
been raised to the memory of Count Rossi in the establishmentve rsal regret isEffecotrdi,n nzarniinLyin.:!nsgznii.
ninei
Church of St. Lorenzo e Demos°, with an inscrihbour-
ption hood at her ladyship's departure,Y ongsccount of her timers-
which contains not a single word of eulogy upon Jilin lance and hospitality.