The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-07 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1849.

bat that Colonel de Amiss) alio had authority ea beard. The
prince likewise told him that the Bembey was going to
Palermo, and that she was to be employed against the Nea-
politan government k and he at the same time, add that be
might enter the service of their government and receive 12
do lan a month and clothes and rations. The prince then
' rave him the name of the dock, at Blackwell, where the B
s
I bay wee Vim, and told him to go giveboard, and he himself
would see el de Amigo, and him instructions.
The ovine, also gave him the madras of a person named
Cas4lia, in Sherrard-stmt, Golden-square, and he saw that
and had a conversation with him upon the as
of
ping to Palermo, and in the coarse of it, he told kin
that he was a young man, sad that if be conducted himself
well he would get promotion. Castigliaaho told hiethat there
wu another stamen: at Liverpool, and he might either
time go
o
in that vessel or in the Bombay, and be ate he e sa
that he was the captain of she steamer that was at Liverpool,
and that the steamers would be employed against the Nea-
politan government. Witness then went on board the
Bombay at Blackwell, and saw de Amin) on
command board,
and Captain Moly appeared to have the
of th vessel De Ando, asked him if he was a Sicilian,
and e when he told him he was, he asked who
had sent him there, and he replied the Prince
Oranstelli and Captain Castello. Captain Moody then
asked him if he should like to be the steerer of tbe ship, and
he told him he should. Capt. Moody nett told hint the
wages would be twelve dollars a month, and if he came again
in • week he would of him know sou. On this ow
sign
de
if
Amino said to bins, courage, we must go forward, and
we die our friends will be left altar us." (Laughter.) Two
days after this interview the Bombay was taken down to
Gravimend for a trial, and the Prince and Capt. Moody were
on board on this occasion, and the latter had the command
of the vessel. Fr on this time ho was told repeatedly to
come to the area at length de Amin) refused to native
him as one of the and told him he did not want to have
anything more to do with him, and ordered him on shore.
Cross-examined—Witness was a sailor and had been ship-
wrecked just before he applied to the Prince. He we. in
necessity, but was not distressed ; and he told the Prince
what his circumstances were. Before he applied to the
Prince he had made applieatien for assistance to the Nea-
politan Consul, but he told him he could do nothiag for him
as he was not under his flag, and he, at the same time
told him to go to Prince Granatelli, and he was the per-
son who would do for the Sicilians. He did not tell the
Neapolitan Consul what took place between him and Prince
Granatelli. He never confessed to
him Captainm of
m Castiglia that she
he
Neapolitan Consul had promissed suoney if
could get an engagement on board the Bombay. Capt.
Castiglia told him yesterday that he would give him one
or two hundred pounds it he would stay away teem the
court. Would swear that Prince Gresatelli was on board
on the trial trip. Knew the Prince's person.
Sir F. Kelly requested the witness to touch the person
whom he supposed to be Prince Granatelli.
The witness went accordingly and touched one of the de-
fendants, and pointed him out as the Prince.
Sir F. Kelly—That is not Prises Oranatelli—it is M.

By Mr. Chambers—l am speak " bond-ship " English.
Mr. Chambers—Thor if I were on board ship you could
understood IMO ?
Witness—Yes. (Laughter.)
Mr. Chambers—Did you understand this gentleman (point-
ing to Sir F. Kelly)?
Witness—l can only understand English on board ship.

(Laughter.)
Mr. Chambers—Then if this gentleman had spoken to you
on board a ship, you would hue understood him ?
Witness—Yes. (Much laughter.)
In answer to further questions put to the witness by the
interpreter, he said he was aware of the mode in which be
had been sworn that day, and he had always told the same
story. The Neapoli,an consul had not given him any
_money,
but he had received 14s. per week from Mr. White, the
solicitor for the prosecution. He had n said to any one
that the Neapolitan consul told him that if he did not keep
to the same story he would be sent to the galleys. He was
once on board a vessel called the Venia, a Sicilian vessel, and
he deserted from her at Liverpool. He should not have been
punished as a deserter if he had returned to Sicily, because
there was a revolution there. He asked charity of the person
whom he had called Prince Granatelli, and represented him-
self as a shipwrecked sailor and in great distress.
By Sir F. Thesiger—He always supposed the gentleman
whom he touched to be the Prince Granatelli ; but all that
he had represented took place with the gentleman he had
indicated. Captain Castiglia was in court.
The witness pointed out that gentleman, who was standing
behind Sir F. Kelly.
Giovanni Corkoff, a Maltese sailor, was then examined.
He deposed that be made application for service on board
the Bombay, and having stated to Captain Moody and
De Amino that he was acquainted with 111311-of-wles duty,
he asked 51. a month wager, but Captain Moody said the
Sicilian government would not give MOM than 41. He ac-
companied the Teasel on her trial trip to Gravesend,
and also saw the metals laid upon the deck to
work the guns upon, and he said that Captain
Moody and Da Alnico were both present at the time. He '
expressed his opinion that the Bombay was fitted up as al
war vessel. I
Mr. C. A. Ferguson, marine block, mast, and gas egos 1
maker, deposed that he made four gun-carriages by order of
DJ Amico. 11s believed it was in January that the order
was given. They were for 68. pounders. The order was
executed, and the carriages were sent away,
guess
ode not
know what became of them. The order was it
ness's brother in hie presence.
Benjamin Cale deposed that be was engaged as a coal-
trimmer on board the Bombay, by Captain Moody. On the
14 h March he was engaged. and helmeted the ship the next
day. lie stated that, is his opinion, the Bombay wes fitted
up as a war steamer, and for war purposes, and he explained
that he had served on board the Salamander and the Medea
war stamen, and was wall acquainted with the fittings of
such vessels. The witness then entered into emu details
with regard to the fittings of the vessel, showing the grounds
upon which be had formed hie opiniow.
Cross-examined.—Witness was on hoard the vessel when
she was seized. The steam was up, and she was seised just
when she was on the point of commencing her voyage to
the Mediterranean. If arms had been pot on board, she
still would not have been in a position to go to war, as she
bad not men enough on board her. Witness was hired un-
der the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Cmnpany's articles.
The Bombay was constructed to receive guns but he never
sew any on board, neither did he see any muskets or boud-
ing pikes. There were not more than forty men of the crew
at the time the vessel was about to sail. When she sailed,the
was perfectly ready to go into action except wanting the war
mew and the guns.
John Robinson deposed that Captain Moody engaged him
as boatswain on board the Bombay, and he was shipped to
go to Malta, Gibraltar. and any other port in the Me diterra-
ease. He afterwards signed the ship's articles, which con-
-1 tuned the par iculars of the intended voyage.
I Examination continued—Witness had served on board
' several men.otwar, and he should say that the Bombay was
decidedly fitted up as a war steamer, and she was capable of
carrying 250 men, and the preparations were made for ham-
mocks to receive that number of crew. There were racks
for firearms, and two magazines fore and aft. There were
tanks on board large enough to hold water for two months
for 2.50 men, and if they had had a war crew they could have
got the vessel ready to go into action in a day.
Enoch Noreot, who was engaged as cook on holed the
Bombay, deposed that Captain Moody told him the vessel
was hound for Malta for tLe Sicilian government. He saw
twe foreigners on board, but did not know their names.
Witness picked up a shell on board the amid, and Mr.
Pitcher, the builder, who was on board, said it was a dan-
gerous thiog, and it ought to be thrown overboard. A
number of bales wire brought on board the vessel, and he
olyerved that they contained bedding and clothing appa-
rently for soldiers.
By Sir F. Kelly—There were tea or twelve bales such as
he bad described. He saw one of them had been opened,
and he had the curiosity to look into it to see what it
contained. Ali the bales were on board when the vessel was
seis-d.
John Donoghue, another seamen, deposed that be saw as
many as fifteen shells on board the Bombay. He likewise
stated that it appeared to him that the veal was fitted up
for war purpose., and he said he had never seen a merchant
vessel fitted up in such a manner.
Cross-examined—He had never been on board a war
steamer. It was on the 16th March be saw theshells, and
the Custom house officers came on bawd, and seized the
vessel on the same day T
. hey kept a strict watch all the
time the vessel was in their theme. He had seen tome
shells once before in the Tower of London, but he could not
say in what part of it.
Prince Cutelcicala was then examined. Ws Excellency,
in answer to questions put to him by Sir F. The.lger, said :
I am the ambassador of his Majesty the King of Sicily to this
country, and have acted be that capacity for 12 years. The
title ot my 'omega is King Ferdinand the Second, King of
the kingdom of the Two Skilles. The seat of government
is at Naples. In the beginning of 1848 I received despatches
informing me of a revolution having broken oat in Sicily.
Sir F. Thesiger—ls there any government at Palermo ac-
knowledged by the King of Skil, ?
Witness—No. There is only part of a local administra-
tion at Palermo.
Examination continued—The national flag of Sicily is
white, with the royal arms in red in the centre. These '
flags and m Mary ornaments (produced) are not those of the
kingdom of Sicily.
Sir F. Theairrer—Has this country been at peace with the
kingdom of Sicily since 1847 ?
The Prince—It has.
Sir F. Tbesiger—Do you know anything of the defendants,
Prince Granatelli and Signor Scalia?
The Prince—l only know them by sight. They do not
hold any office under the King of the Two Sicilies. I have
met them at Lord Palmerston's. Upon one oceimion when I
had an eppoin ment with his lordship, they were waiting in
the ants r em. I have alto seen them among the company
at Lady Palmerston's soirees. N. Woe of those defendants
have been in any way accredited to this country by the King
of the Two Sicilia.
Sir F. Thmiaer—l helices this prosecution has been insti-
tuted by your Execlency's direction ?
The Prince—lt has.
By Sir F. Kelly—l have resided cons'antly in this country
since my appointment as anthapsador, and 1 was not present
durine env period of the troubles in Sicily.
Sir F. IL-Illy—Then your knowledge of the state of affairs
in that country is only derived from your official despatches
and from the sources of information open to us all ?
The Prine--Esesti ne.
Sir F. Kelly—You say that the title of the sovereign of
that coeuvry i. 1, rdiaand II.; WI not his predec.saor Fer-
dinand 111. or IV.'
The Prinee—Aiter the treaty of Vienna the sovereign
teok the title of Ferdisand 1., and the present sovereign is
F. ratted 11.
Sir F. 14-hy—When did you take the first step in con-
nexion with this prosecutioie I

The Prince—l bad had an eye on the Bombay for some
time, and suspected the object for which she was fitting out,
and 1 therefore caused her to be seized.
Sir F. Kelly—But when did your excellency take the
first step in the matter ?
The Prince—l wrote to Lord Palmerston upon the sub-
ject, I think about six months ago, but 1 cannot recollect
exactly. 1 could no., however, induce him or the govern-
ment to order the seizure of the venni.
Sir F. Kelly—Did you afterwards confer with the Com-
mission/mot Customs upon the subject ?
The Prince—Ns; after that I left the matter entirely in
the hands of my solicitors, and they were authorised to do
what they thought proper in it.
Sir F. Kelly—Do you know Captain or Colonel Aubrey,
as he calls himself ?
The Prince—l have seen him twice, perhaps, on the sub-
ject of then proceedings.
Sir F. Kelly—DJ you know Kilned° ?
The Prince—No, I don't know that ever I saw him. As
soon as I had reason to believe that this steamer was In-
tended to act hcstilely to my sovereige, I put the case in tt e
hands of my eolicitors, with instructions to procure the
necessary evidence to support an indictment.
By Mr Chambers—l was not in Sicily in 1812. At that
time I was serving in the British army, and I am not at all
aequainted with the nature of the constitution proposed by
Lord W Beohinck.
Mr. Chambers—What is the present constitution of that
country ?
The Prince—There is a parliament, consisting of two
chambers, peers, and deputies.
Mr Chambers—Did you ever Pee the Bombay ?
The Prince—Yes, I went to Blackwell purposely to see
her, but this was a long time before she was seized by the
Custom-house officers.
His excellency, in answer to other questions, said that the
King of Sicily bad had a great many war steamers built in
England, and he believed that he employed English en-
gineers but no English officers on board them. Mr. Pitcher
had built some for him, but none had been built within the
last two years. The guns and ammunition were not pro-
vided in this country, but the vessels were furnished with
them at Naples. His Majesty was not at war when he had
nayse steamers built, but his object was to keep up his war
y. The vowels built in this country were taken hems by
Neapolitan officers and crews sent here for that purpose
Sir F. The.iger said this was the case (or the prosecution.
Sir F. Kelly having intimated that it would be impossible
to conclude the case that night unless the court sat to an
unusually lino hour, at five o'clock the trial was again
adjourned.

ENFIELD FETrY SESSIONS—YESTERDAY.
Tun MuSDER AT EIIIMILD.
Caroline Cork, who was remanded on Monday last for
having wilfully stabbed her husband, John Cork, footman in
the service of Yr
the
Bisrard Buller, a solieimr, residing
at Chase Lodge, in the above village, with a small deeurt
knife, on Sunday afternoon last, was again brought np in
the custody of Sergeant Collins, of the N division, for final

examination.
Some other witnesses having been examined, Mr. WI
liana said the case was so dear that he had no alternative
but to send her for triel at the next sessions if the C.ntral
Criminal Cent: for the wilful murder of her husband, John

Cork.
The prisoner was then fully committed, and the whole of
the witnesses were bound over to prosecute.