The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1851.

new law by festivities in every town and village of
the kingdom.—(See Official Journal, 1848.)
In addition, when the government sought to abo-
lish this cunstitution by getting up petitions, it is a
notorious fed that they were obliged to give it up—
the dishonest trick fella. As regards illegal arrests
we are told—How believe that the police could arrest
people without a written order, when it is the basi-
-1 nee of the police to observe the laws they are called
lon to execute? The answer to this question is found
in this very book (table 2), which confesses to 203
Illegal arrests ; that is, persons in prison at the
disposition of the police!" a positive violation of the
law of the land, that is, Article XXIV. of the consti-
tution, and a violation of the old law, which nowhere
allows men to remain in prison (as is the fact) three
years without trial!
Pozato's case is next reviewed, as given by Mr.
GLADSTONE, but one is at a loss to find any refuta-
tion which materially affects the member for Oxford's
statements. We are told that the ex-minister was
not put in irons for his constitutional opinions, or for
the forged letter of Dragonetti, but for having "par-
ticipated" in a criminal society. In the AM di Ac-
cuse PUERTO is indicted l'or " endeavouring to destroy
the actual form of government." Of this there is not
a shadow of proof—no, not even if the existence of
the Societe dell' Unita Italiana could be proved, and
there is no proof of its existence as a treasonable so-
ciety save in the salaried imagination of the police.
POERIO, it appears, is not in chains below the level
of the sea, nor does he wear the red coat of a galley
slave now, but he is chained in a black coat in the in-
firmary of the prison of Ischia.
Chapter VI. treats of the " legality and humanity"
used in the prosciutto of the Unita Italiana. The
KING is here complimented for not having used the
gallows. As well might a naturalist be compli-
mented for not killing a moth which he has pinned
to a cork for his own ultimate purposes.
Chap. VII. refers to Mr. GLADSTONE'S second
letter, with the part of Hamlet left out, probably
"by particular desire." Nothing is said of the per-
jury of FERDINAND. The horrible catechism of im-
morality, as partly translated by Mr. OLsrisrose, is
designated as us operetta d'ignoto autore, and it is ,
said "neither Mr. GLADSTONE nor ourselves are
competent judges of such a book—it would require
so large an amount of religious material to prosecute
an examination." Now, no book can be published in
Naples without the authority of the government re-
vision; the government is therefore responsible for
this catechism; so is the church, which is also re-
sponsible for works treating. of "religion." Such a
book may embody the religion of the ;Neapolitan go-
vernment—that wretched group of men who are
violating every law, human and divine; but to allow
this publication, as a catechism fur youth, to be
taught by bishops and pastors is too revolting to
bear comment.
Finally, the Neapolitan review closes and sums up
with Mr. GLADSTONE'S offences, which may be thus
reduced. 1. For censuring the Neapolitan govern-
ment without proofs. 2. For having misstated the
number of prisoners. 3. For supposing their con-
demnation was illegal. 4. For imagining the con-
demnations were accompanied with cruelty. Which
may be coupled with the great offence of all, viz.,
for printing and
,putting his name to what he saw
and heard. This is the real offence!
Now as to the question about thenumber of political
prisoners, which throughout this book is stated to be
no more than 2,024 ! which statement is supported
by two tables, dated June and July, 1831 . The
political arrests began from May,lB4B, but the tables
are headed " under trial or in prison," and dated
June and July, 1831. This is positive fraud, obvious
to any one. We are enabled by our Naples cor-
respondent to give the number of political prisoners,
as extracted from the police registers, from May,
1848, op to the present tune, observing we give only
the round number. (under the actual figure), because
an exact quotation might subject many government
officials to serious annoyance.

NURSER OE NEAPOLITAN POLITICAL PRISONERS PROW

TO
See, 1 MAY, 184$, TO r. 851.
Condemned to the Ergastulo
Condemned in irons to the Bagni
Condemned in irons to the Bagni, but not yet re-
moved from prison
Banished to the islands after trial

Banished to the Wends, without trial, including the
soldiers sent by royal authority to the camp of
Charles Albert

Aceusedw;s have been, or still arc, in prison, from
May, 1848, to September, 1851, not included in
the above 15,000
23,136
Elsprowd noshes creative
iiiduig from the police
Exiled from their native towns, but still in
the kingdom 350
- 3,500

Total mimber of victims of the Neapolitan con-
stitution

FRANCE.

PARIS,_ WEDwastuT Evz.vlso.

A letter has been received here from Kossuth, of
which I can now communicate to you the substance,
although I must defer sending a copy of the original
till to-morrow. Kossuth states that he had landed
at Marseilles on the morning of the 25th. He went
immediately to call on the prefect of the Bonehea-
ds-Mime, to request permission for himself, his wife,
mad family to pass through France on their
way. to England, alleging the weakness of
health of the whole party, and their exhaustion
by the suffering attendant upon extreme seasick-
ness. The pretest replied that ho could not under-
take to grant permission on his own responsibility,
but that an answer might be speedily procured, even
before night, by telegraph. The electric telegraph
from Paris terminates at Chilons the remainder of
the way is only furnished with the common serial tele-
graph. Hence of course the rapidity of transmission
depends on the state of the weather. But as six
days have elapsed without receiving any further in-
telligence of the ex-Governor of Hungary and his
companions, the conclusion is that the government
has withheld the permission applied for. In the
meantime the Nourelliale of Marseilles, of the 29th,
says:
The H • refugees on board the Mississippi,
fatigued by their voyage, have obtained permission to land,
and walk is the town. Yesterday, at the moment when
Kossuth we. about to re-embark, a crowd of persons assem-
bled on the Canebilre to see him paw, and cries of " Vire
Koons* ! Vire les Hongrois ! Vire la Republique!"
were raised. In the evening, the other Hungarians
who had not followed Kossuth on board the
American vessel, went to the Cafe Bodoul, and
soon after as assemblage of some hundreds of persons
collected in the Rue St. Ferriol, and is an instant the café
was tilled. The foreigners were saluted with loud clapping
of hands. The police soon arrived and put an end to this
ovation by clearing the oak, and the Hungarians passed
out by another door. Is the evening the refugees were
present at the theatre but the public had the good sense to
allow them to enjoy tite pleasure without any deinosistra-
tisa.
• paragraph was inserted yesterday in the Debuts,
mipmemat/p, wi.:ll the view of persuading the public
sous disagreement had taken place between
' Camisdar Batthyany and Kossuth. The passage is as
follows :—" Count Casimir Batthyany, separated at
his request from Kossuth, is at this moment in Paris
with some members of his family, leading a retired
life, and having nothing more in common with the
ex-dictator of Hungary. Being anxious to rift the
truth of this statement, I applied to an intimate
friend of Casimir Batthyany, and I am happy to say
that he denied in the most distinct manner, that any
rapture or misunderstanding had occurred between
OMB two leading champions of the Hungariun
mare.
The prefects continue to apply in the provinces the
vexatious interference with the private life of known
republicans, which seems to form the strongest re-
commendation to favour at head-quarters. A
shipowner at Valery-sur-Caux was about to launch a
large ship, called "The Republic," and gave, according
to Ins wont, a dinner to his friends upon the occa-
sion. But in order to secure himself against the
molestation by gendarmes, which so frequently in-
terrupts the conviviality of even private parties, he
gave the prefect notice that he should give a
dinner, and sent him a list of the guests.
That civil functionary immediately prohibited
the dinner. In the meantime the ship-owner's
friends had arrived in the town from different
quarters, far and near. But when they presented
themselves to their host they learned, with much
chagrin, that the feast had been forbidden.
They returned fasting to their hotels, and
keened, to their increased dismay, that the,
landlords had been ordered by the authorities to
Sire them nothing to eat. It was only by virtue of
apandlimion from the mayor that these unfortunate