The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-14 00:00:00

ROME, MAY 3!

General Gemeaa's panic has been momentarily
calmed by arresting, bastinadoing, and sending to the
galleys, or in exile, some scores of Romans, much in
the same manner that Achilles' wrath of old was ap-
peased by the immolation of some hundreds of Tm-
sans. Sow that the greater part of the Roman sol-
diers are beyond the limits of the capital, and the
few remaining fowling pieces and thick walking
elicits confiscated from the citizens, the general ap-
pears to breathe more freely, and to consider himself
an oomparative safety, after the imminent danger of
a Sicilian vesper, which he affirms to have hung so
recently over his devoted head. It is useless to state
that these terrors on the part of the general, whether
the liana ficbc offspring of timidity, or whether put
forward as a mere pretext for oppression at the sug-
gestion of his ecelemastical masters, have no founda-
tion whatever in fact, since the Romans, much as
they mar groan under the double inflictions of their
own and the French governments, understand too
well the nature of their present position to at-
tempt changing it by a roup-deinnin. And, in-
deed, disarmed and re-disarmed as they have been by
the caution of successive commanders, where are they
to find weapons, even if they should find the inclina-
tion to use them? The rnirers and Conatitrationnel

state that the " factious few" (who are still upper-
most lifter the thorn ands that have been shot, exiled,
and sent to the galleys throughout the state) are
certainly not more than a hundred in number, and
that their will dictates law to the whole city, with
respect to abstaining from smoking and other de-1
ministrations of political feeling, but is it not evi-
dently absurd to attribute so powerful an influence to
the agency of terror? Is it not absurd to suppose
that, if fear alone were to be listened to, a hundred
unarmed, although " factions" individuals would
obtain the obedience of the whole city sooner than
General fiemeau at the head of his troops, and Mon-
signor Itnfini at the head of a band of merciless
ahirri, wheat: bayonets and bludgeons are ever ready
to enforce the compliance of the citizens? The plain
went is that the sympathies of the Roman people
are neither with the French nor with the priests, nor
ham the conduct of either been such as to induce
syinpatliy or confidence since the restoration of the
Papal throne.
The pemecutions of the police and the French pa-
trols have in some degree ceased in consequence of
the complaints of several (reign ministers,. as sub-
jects of all foreign powers were indiscriminately
comprised in the insulting measures of the shirri.One
of our countrymen, who pawed through Rome on his
way to Florence, about ten days ago, and was proba-
bly: unwed to the brutal handling of the shirri, ad-
dressed a redi tar hing•Tr remonatrance to one of
the confraternity, which will leave u lasting impres-
sion on his visage US well as his mind. The English
gentleman to whom I allude had just arrived from
Naples, and wore a white travelling hat of the wide-
awake form, with a black ribbon round it, which
enormity aroused the fury of a shirr°, who caught
hold of the offending article, tore it off the gentle-
man's head, and dashed it contemptuously to the
ground. John bull's was not long forthcoming.
He had doubtless that Rome was not a very
safe place to walk about in at night, for he had a
*short life-preserver in his sleeve, which he
immediately produced for the benefit of the
sAireo, to whom he dealt one blow, only one ;
but so well directed that the front teeth of that
worthy instantly paid the penalty of his indiscretion,
and the Englishman picked up his hat and walked
off, leaving his aggressor to howl with pain and',
surprise. All parties have been offended by the
barbarities of the shirri, even to the Homan princes
and mibles, whole residences are usually considered
ill be free from the visits of police underlings. A
good deal has been said here about Prince Iforia's
having had a domiciliary visit at his villa, in conse-
quenee of which he had complained in strong terms
to Cardinid Antonelli. and had received a very
cavalier reply from his eminence, who informed the
prince that those who did not approve of the pro-
ceeding's of the ecclesiastical goveniment were quite
at liberty to leave the country and take up their
nsidence in some other state. The case was this.
Home shirri went to the Villa Pamfili-Doria, and
demanded admittance, which the porter refused, as
the prince had given orders that only visitors re-
viving in carriages should be let in, except by special
peiniession. 'rho shirrs, unused to take a denial,
Immediately attacked the porter, and gave hint a
revere cudgelling ; after which they marched
in, inquired of the coachmen present the
names of their masters, and examined the premise'
with their u.unl insolence. The porter subsequently
enniplained to the prince. and the prince to the car-
dinal, demanding reparation, with what effect I have
niready stated. Not only Prince villa has
been visited by the police agents, recently. but al-
most all those in the vicinity of Rome have been
thoroughly searched for arias, very few of which
have been found after the threatening expressions of ,
General Gemeatie edict. The rural habitations of
farmers and vin dressers are subjected to the sane
kind of perquisitions, which arc generally performed
by night, by detachments; of French dragoons under
the direction of shirri di rampayno. These worthies,
like their brethren who ply in the city, affect the
houryrais costume, and to all appearances are honest
Compuena farmers, but their long cloaks conceal
muskets and pistols, and some kind of military ac-
coutrement may usually be observed about their
home trappiugs, Their knowledge of the environs
probably renders their guidance necemary fur the
petrols of French cavalry, but in the city the scamilm
lous sight of French infantry patrols under the ca n-
mand of Human sbirri is no longer to be beheld, in
tonsequence of the strong remonstrances of the
Elena officer); themselves.

This affair of the *km is not the only one which
peso recently excittsl serious diaeonwnt amongst the
officers of the French army of occupation. Cardinal
Antonylli's note. whether genuine or apocryphal as
published in the Independence Relye, of the lath
inst., and the National. her greatly roused the ire of
the whole army, and even moved M. de Rayneval
himself, to demand an explicit disavowal of the do-
cument from Cardinal Antunelli, as the idea of the
Papal government being engaged in secretly plotting
with the Austrians and the Neapolitans for the ex-
pulsion of the French from the Eternal city, after all
the sacrifices made by the latter to effect the rester&
tion of his Holiness, was sufficient to awaken the
national sensibility even of the most devoted French
upholder of clerical regime. The cardinal's disavowal
In the official paper, Gdooraale di Roma, is in the fol-
ios Mg words- ." A supposititious note from the Se-
cretary of States office having been published in Teri.
OILS foicign journals, andespecialle in the Belgian
paper thideprialaner .Ofttn.dISIVIS its inform-
ation with respect to itolll4ll affairs from inexact and
faithless correspondruce), we are authorised to de-
clare that the said note is altogether apocryphal and
insuloistrut." A similar disavowal was published
ten days ago in the Vienna Gazelle, of the 21st, that
parer containing the following paragraph upon the
autijftt—" The ladependaare Bike, of the 13th May,
contains a supposed note front the Pontifical Beers-
tary of State to the Antrim goverment, reenting
the wish of tho Hama swat foe the immediate eva-
cuation et the Poniard Stable lay the Preach troops,
and the sabstiestisa et Ameba beep latheir plan.
We knowlissua geed mane din this deemeent, from
beginning be mt. is nothing sue then Caere inven-
tion." The two parties principally mewled in this
diplenatie eincepeadeace having thus &arty delved
haring say hand in it. it only remains to supple,
that the when is a piece of invention, ar that the
mihiect hie been treated in each a secret manner that
it is easy M &WOW it by a quibble ; lea then wile
are well nermeiated with the style at sash speinees
or pelitieseesiedestical elenismes state that the nee
of
the reel tyrimmdserpremisme et the Onia
itommera. The peependems et
Naples, also. eel the adiestiee beep ea the Ikea-
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Isar. 1851. 1 1850. , 1831. 1
Bewail. - - 1
72 72 Aberdeen
37: 37: Belfart and Ballymena
17 17 Belfast and County Mown " 264; 257
16 33 Birkenhead, Lanc.,&Clu.rhire; 1,200 1,430 '
14 27 Bolton. Blackburn, &W. Vork , 436: 741 '
851 911 Bristol and Exeter
160 160 Caledonian
941 911 Chester and llolyhead
- 6f Cork, Blitektnek, and Passage{ - 1 -
22 49 Dublin and Belfast JuisationC 1 2421 59'2 '
63 63 Dublin and Drogheda • 920 955 '
6 6 Dublin and Kingstown
161 161 Dundee and Arbroath
31 31 Dundee, Pcrth,.therdeen J use 600; 619
19 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen
63 671 East Anglian
75} 79 East Lancashire ' 3,220 4,059
322 322 Easta.rn Counties and Norfolk, 15,75E015,932 '
95 95 Eastern Union 2,257 2,205 1
681 1161 Edinburgh and Glasgow
71 71 Edinburgh, Perth,andllundee. 2,4171 2,075
18 18 Furness 1 4601 55,4 '
1361 1711 Glasgow and South Western , 3,1141 3,980 '
221 221 Olasgow,Paislcy,ancl Greenock 1,1541 1,208 ,
143 238 Great Northern& E.Lincolnsh 3,076 10,912 ,
188 186 Great Southern & Wester n (Ir)' 3,907 4,239 ,
230 262/ Great Western 117,291'23,183
90 90 Lancaster and Carlisle 1 3,274, 4,026 '
2971 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire , 13,774, 16,785 '
39 1 39 Leeds and Think .. ! 962, 1,052
•
121 12 Liverpool,Crorby, & Southport' 209 457
470 618 London and North Western.. 48;277168,466
5 5 London and Blackwall i 1,0171 1,269
1711 173 London, Brighton, and S. Coast' 10,007111,029
239 239 London and South Western ' 11,069,15,419
1,5 115 Londonderry and Enniskillen' 1291 180
11 Il Man., Buxton, & Matlock, &v. 1.54, 228
160 j 167 f Manchester, Shelf., & Lincoln. 5.7211 -
9 9 Manchester and SouthJunction' 4321 505
28 28 Maryport and Carlisle 1 566 587
491 4961 Midland i 21,484, 21,255
60 60 Midland Great Western (Ere ), 1,412' 1,301
37 37 Monklanda 6771 893
60 60 Newcastle and Carlisle
135 146 North British
222 222 North Staffordshire 4,322 4,974
- 47 North Western - • 506
4.5 46 Scottish Central
32 32 Scottish Midland 432 598
291 294 Shrewsbury and Birsnin 731; 672
47 47 Shrewsbury and Chester .', 1,1551, 1,672
30 30 Shmpshire Union ' 645, 589
68 68 South Devon ' 1,8091 2,029
234 261 South Eastern
- 75 South Wales - 1 1,018
69 69 SouthYork.,Doncaster& Goole 865 1,2207
40 40 Taff Vale ' 2,207. 2,353
36 36 Ulster 1 888. 888
- 25 Waterford and Limerick ; - , 284
13 13 West Cornwall 2741 272
14 12 Whitehaven Junction 186; 179
2901 293 York, Newcastle, and Berwick' 14,534' 14,332
266 256 York and North Midland ..:-. 7,194 7,201
FOREIGN.
78} 78} Amiens and Boulogne
44 44 Dieppe - -
63 63 Monteroau and Troyes
386 336 Northern of France 18,62 ,2'17 749 !
143 143 Orleans to Bourget; (Cent.)
72 72 Orleans to Bordeaux 12,9711 3,406
82 82 Paris and Orleans
86 85 IParis and Rouen 6,79,1, 6,7311
691 1 594 IRouen and Havre
1,634

COMMERCIAL DOCK COMEANT.—The half-yearly
meeting of this company took place yesterday, at the offices
in Fendiurch-street—Mr. Harrison took the chair. Mr.
Basithen, the secretary, read the report of the directors, in
which it was stated that the bill for the improvement and
extension of the docks had passed through parliament, and
was now waiting the royal assent. The business done at
the docks in the six months was considerable. The directors
recommended the usual dividend of 2 per cent. After the
adoption of the report and accounts, and a vote of thanks
to the chairman and directors, the meeting adjourned.
DECREASE oP PAUPERISM.—At a General Court
of the Corporation of the Poor of Bristol, held on Thurs-
day evening, the Deputy. Governor, T. F. Gilbert, Esq.,
stated that when the poor-law auditor, Mr. Whittaker, was
in Bristol, a short time since, he took the opportunity of
inquiring of him what was the state of pauperism in the
districts which he audited: His reply was, that there was
a very marked decrease in every union, and more especially
in the agricultural districts, where the decrease was greater
than in the manufaoturing districta..