The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-04 00:00:00

ITALY.

ROMAN STATES.—The Giornale di .Roma, of
the 22nd, announces the departure of General Rostolan
and M. de Corcelles for Portici. Don Luigi Sentarelli,
a priest, who in September last had escaped from the
prisms of the holy office, has been re-arrested at Rome.
The Rome and Frascati Railway line has been granted
by the government commission to a company under
the name of " Societe, Pia-Latins.

GERMANY.
THE TRIAL OF WALDECK.

Our Berlin corresponclant mends as the following
report of the second day's, with the conclusion of the
first sitting of the court and jury who are trying Wal-
deck :
13stuax, Nov. 29.

The examination having been concluded, Waldeck ad-
dressed the court in his defence, in a speech which lasted
nearly two hours ; his speech was a master piece of cool,
clear and perfectly objective description. Even his political
opponents declare that he before spoke so well and so
effectively. The mere contrast between the diffuse, vapid,
and lying oration of his predecessor, and this practical,
cutting speech uttered with the calmness of a good consci-
ence, should be sufficient to decide the verdict of the jury.

Walceck oommenced by expressing his indignation at the
mode of proceeding adopted towards him; the accusation
against him was wanting in precision, and had been dragged
out to an unreasonable length, in consequence of which sub-
juts most foreign to the ease had been introduced. The
question of the genuineness of the D'Ester letters had been
inquired into only at the end of the preliminary examina-
tions, though the whole accusation turned upon them. The
accusation was, in fact, without example in the annals of
justice ; be was made responsible for the whole his-
toryof the last year and a half. Entering into
the various particulars of the accusation, Waldeck
proved the spunousness of the D'Ester letters; his relation
to D'Ester had been merely that of • parliamentary soi-
lage» • the only thing which could possibly be proved
agaiesiD'Ester as high treason, was his particip•Con in the
revolution in the Palatinate, which occurred at a time when
be (Waldeck) was already in prison. The journey to Dres-
den, in which he (Waldeck) was said to have joined the
conspiracy, had lasted only three days, was a mere journey
of pleasure ; one of the days he employed in an excursion
into Saxon Switzerland, and another in visiting the many
galleries of paintings in Dresden. He declared that
he had never spoken • word with Ohm, and
did not even know him. Waldeck then turned
to his own political proceedings subsequent to March ;
he defended his democratic principles and the part
which they compelled him to take in the parliamentary
proceedings. The practical cbjects of the republican the-
ories of the extreme left he declared to be proved by the
adoption of the constitution of the 6th of December, which
had resulted from the labours of the National Assembly, of
which be had borne no small part. He had never been a
member of a club because he believed that it would en.
danger the independence of a representative of
the people. He had not withheld his ad-
vice at the meeting in November; bet bad openly
declared to the leaders of the national guard that a »pre.
mutative of the people had nothing whatever to do with the
executive. He vindicated his proceedings in connection with
the revolution refusing the taxes, and after refuting in detail
the mw of minor accusations brought against him, he con-
cluded with these words : " What information could I have
given to the authorities. I knew nothing more than the
whole world was aware of."

The impression created by his speech was apparent in the
solemn silence which succeeded it. The President announced
that the speech was so complete and detailed that he had no
further question. to ask. The Bthats.Anwalt then pat a few
questions, which Waldeck answered la a calm and collected
manner, and the sitting was then closed at half -pest four.
The extraordinary and unexpectedly'favourable result of
the first day's trial spread like lightning through the city.
All the details of the nisi were discussed, and • general
opinion expressed that the process must terminate in the
acquittal of Waldeck.
To-day the examination of the witnesses was to commence,
and the number of persons prince was, if possible, still greater
than yesterday. A number of ladies occupied the front seats
from whence they listened with great attention to the pro.
medlar for no less then eight hours.
I may as well remark here that the result of to-day's pro-
ceedings is even more favourable then that of yesterday. It
is now hardly possible to say that there Lan 'cessation
against Waldeck, and the possibility is barely questioned of
Waldeck being able to prove the ramifications of the whole
plot spinet him, end of founding an accusation upon it
against his present accusers.
Only six witnesses were examined to-day, and it is there-
fore hardky possible that a verdict can be given before Satur-
day next (Dec. 1). One of these six witnesses was a most
important one, no less a person than the president of the po-
lite, Herr von Hinkeldey. His examination was • most
' interesting scene.
Herr von Hinkeldey aide his appearance with all the in-
, solenos and rudeness of a superior Prussian might say
Russian) official. Hs began by asking, " Was steht an
ihren dietitian ? " (What are your commands ?) The
president of the court reminded him that witnesses were
summoned to gamer questions. This somewhat hum-
; bled the autocrat of Berlin, but not sufficiently to
I prevent him behaving in a similar improper manner on seve-
ral subsequent stages of his examination ; so that the presi-
dent felt if called upon to remind him that he ought to
behave himself differently before a court of law.
Hen Von Hinkeldey was questioned as to his connexion
, with the accused Ohm. The following is his characteristic
explanations. Herr Ooedsehe, whose name bad been so often
mentioned, and whom he knew as a faithful adherent of the
King, had often made communications to the police which
had subsequently been confirmed upon one occasion the