The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-08 00:00:00

PAPERS RELATING TO ITALY.

The papers tio anxiously sought by the Mar-
quis of Normanby, relating to fir J. Hudson's report,' on
the government prosecutions of the press in Italy, owl to
certain alleged severities in the Neapolitan territory, were
issued this morning, in reply to an address of the House of
Lords.

With regard to the Italian press, the followin.:
estract is given from a despatch of Sir Jamee
written in April hut year :

"Turin, April 27, Is4l.

" Whilst, therefore, on the one band, we see that the
counter-revolution is organised in Rome, whence anion
money, and agents are dispatched to the Southern pro,
in order to create revolt, we have, on the other bawl, aa
example of the sound sense of the Neapolitan people iu the
verdict recently given by a jury in the case of a government
action against the editor of the Pietra lafernalt new.-
paper. The jury, and it was the fiat trial by jury that ever
took place at Naplee, condemned the editor in twice the costa
proposed by the crown prosecutor, and added three months'
imprisonment besides."
Sines the meeting of parliament Earl Russell, to taatudy
the Marquis of Normanby, ►ppears to have written to Sir
Jamie Hudson on the subject of the Italian press ; and on
March 18 his lordship receivea the following reply :
. _ .

"Turin, hiarri-10, 1844.

"My Lord,—With reference to your lordship's inquiry
upon the subject of prosecutions of the press by the state in
this country, and why I have not reported upon them, I
have the hamar to explain that under the constitutional Ise
of Italy it is perfectly well know c to all writers and
printers what they may and what they may not print.
Consequently, it is one of the duties of the King's pro.
curator, in case that law is violated, to lay an indictment
against the party so violating it. The Italian judges are,
as your lordship is aware. irremovable, and completely and
entirely independent of government. In the case in point,
a prosecution of a newspaper or pamphlet, for instance,
would be tried by a court of first instance. II
the defendant is cut, he can appeal to a higher court,
which would correct any merely legal error. From thin,
again, the defendant, if a second time cut, can cony his
ore to the Court of Carnation, which corrects the Court et
Appeal. During the period of my residence at than court,
I have heard of many praccutions of newspapers by the
properly constituted legal authority, but I never heanl of
any undue presume or influence being exercised by govern-
ment upon the judges. Had anything of the kind occurred,
it would undoubtedly have been brought before parlia-
ment, and the minister who had ventured upon
the experiment impeached ; because there are in urns-
meet here representatives of every section of public opinion,
and the opposition of one shade or another in polities
would only be too glad of such &handle against government.
Under these circumstances, se no case of oppression or cd

tampering with the law or with the law con;lis, is the pert
of the go►ernment, has ever been brought nadir any mike
I really did not conceive that it was neeemery to take ap
your lordship's very valuable time with reports upon the
administration of the law and the julgussale of the l►w
marts, which in no way whatever affected a British subject
or a British interest, and bad no such bearing upon the po•
literal condition of the country as rendered it esomeary for
me to cell your lordship's attention to have, &r.,
(Signed) "Jana HUDSON."

No despatcher; have been received reportiag the bone of
obnoxious proelematiou in the Neapolitan territory ; bat
as to the condition of Southern Italy generally, Sir James
Hama, it appears, transmitted to Earl Russell, with ]an•
datory comments, the summary of a speech delivered last
year in the Italian parliament, by Signor Maenad, deputy
for Bart (Naples), in which it was shown that all the
evils in the administration of the Neapolitan provisoes. are

to be tamed to the Bourbon system of govern:est, whisk
eel clings to many deponents. Sir James an mods a
summary of the replies of the ministers to this spesok,
elbowing the anxious desire of the Italian smarmiest to
remedy the evils complained of, and the 101001171111 they
preplan for that purpose.

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Sir George Grey, on Thursday, will bring iu a
bill to amend the law relating to oonupt practices at
elections of member of parliament.
The following members compose the minority
who voted last evening for the amendment that the Thaws
Embankment Ball proceed no further until the estimate of
the cost shall have been laid upon the table of the house :
Messrs. A. S. Ayrtes, W. Cox, R. W. Crawford. Lord
Fermoy, Messrs. H. Lewla, J. Locke, Augustus Smith, G.
Tomlin', and J. Wyld ; tellers, Sir J. Shelley and
Mr. Williams.
A Boston correspondent writes :—" Wendell
Phillip', who ranks as the first of American orators and
abolitionists, who ham been delivering anti-slavery lectures
at Washington, Philadelphia, and other places, in which
formerly he could not have spoken, has been mobbed at
Cincinnati, the chief city of the free state of Ohio. The
agreeable many-headed stoned him, and then threw rotten
eggs at him. They would probably have killed him bad he
not been first protected end then removed by hie Monk
This being a free country, can't a man do what he pleases
with hi, rotten eggs' The incident shows how much of
pro-slavery feeling there yet exists in the free states.
There are men in Boston who would gladly treat NG
Phillips as he was treated at Cincinnati, and even WOAD."
"Lately," says the Paris correspondent of the
Nord, "Marshal Canrobert and Marshal Nisi dined tete.
then at the Tuileries. It is known that since the war in
Italy a coldness had existed between the two officers, but
at present they are fully reconciled."
A Hamburg letter states that the first vessel
with the Siamese flag, a white elephant on a red grand,
ever seen there, has just entered that port. The ship for-
reedy belonged to Bremen, and was purchased by the kW
et Siam.
HUNIPIOINT LRGACY TO AN HOSPITAL. The
Rev. John Grifilth, who died at Ely last year, at the aged
Si, end was for upwards of half a century a miser canon of
the Cathedral, kw, it braid, left property equal to 70,0001;:
and among other bequests he has left to Addembrookes
hospital between 3,0001. and 4,0001., 3,0001. of which 111
about to be paid ; the remainder depends upon certain con-
tingencies. Mr. Griffith has also not been unmindful of
other charitable institution', which present a claim upon
the benevolent. The venerable gentleman appears to have
outlived most of his more immediate family 000010300 R
Quark* independent.
" WALDRON V. Lotto AND ANOTIII3."—ID
thin
awe. OR action against the Morning Post tried co Friday
at Kingdom, with a verdict for the plaintiff, damage' n"
farthing, Mr. Chambers, on Saturday, applied for a certtfi•
age to carry costs. Mr. Lush, for the defendants, objetind
that his lordship could not possibly certify that the mime
was " wilful and malicious," the jury having given only one
farthing. The Lord Chief Justice said he thought theffin"'
tion was one for the jury, and he did not like to take it out
of the usual course. The certificate for costs was therefore
refused.