The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-19 00:00:00

ITALY.

ASSIZE INTELLIORNOR

9 I HOME CIRCUIT.—KINnsvorr, MARCH 18.
NAPLES, Nance 13. the nanoes‘un for the e waty cf Surrey sae crazed on
The long.experted ceremony of laying the first „hl:nr,"7.roiCeiCeencirtras'intee-Tshaarsios°ol6tocLiVll:intert"otnti
stoic of the Puglia Railway has at length been Me. Aldine!' presiding Os the Cie' Side, sad Kr. Just:ca Cole
br.....cd, and the r.tistruction of the line which is to ridge is the '.4..twn Court. The gaol @slender coatotas thei
concoct the Mediterranean with the Adriatic is . snire ;toast IS
Pri"aan wa"tierfeorl,triLloal awkiltaftiare 'to. Os
l'itli.:l7rly
begun. It is a mighty fact in the history of the 1 Inaddifuridd.
Two Sieilies. and we cannot in sufficiently strong cave sirs.—serees 111. commTH COILISIDSL
terms expretes our wonder and regret that the soya- ' of fiealoantitoFe:'4,6setatipit' 22" w
mg first[as a citillistfogrtobetweaphtearlmoufftihceers,
reign of this country, instead of inaugurating iu per- Rebecca Fountain, bolsi therein at the time.
sot, and surrounded by a brilliant court, so great an . Mr. Eishinscro, who ceadactsd the prow:anion, briefly
enterprise, should delegate a minister to perform his opened tee facts of the case. Ile said that the priloao; and
duties, whilst he himself drove off to attend a' re mother
deite lertiogrdaat theutiglioafththeloeshobcrrearnebood e
of
"camp." So it was, and so it ever is in every en- an bed a., sad almost Ln a helpless state. The evidence, he
larged project for the development of the resources said, woulo go to el ow that the prisoner had set fire to •
of this country. lam unwilling, however, to cast a , Pat or shed whit': wee used as • coelehed, sad which was
shade over a day of so much interest, and which a it...ye:ode to t,t.reitiizelliiit g.h.a,athefrent the
udszla,r.stouneantizil
briaiant sun contributed to render more cheerful. ..! _?
tnareecuald be no druht that bee object in setting fire to the
The ceremony took place on the Avenaccia road, not premises use to destroy her mother; and but for the timely
far, indeed, from the actual railway stations ; and assistance that arrived, in all probability some serious cals.
at an early hour a great number of per- mitt' would have taken plate.
baJok: ilioisigay,*pgice-cmstable, was then elision!, and
sons, either interested in the undertaking or
bent on passing a pleasant morning, were
ineela lived know toe
ligh ea O cottage watrei lt3bt: prisonerb, ser aftedcohnia-
driving in that direction. The site on which is, sequence of ieforreation I received, I took the pri-
to be built the grand station of this line wee whet into envoi', sod told bar that she was charged wi,h
inclosed, and a solid building of wood erected, over 1 bovine set firs to her mother's atitege. She at Ent said
that it tad occurred accidentally in awasequence of a spark
which floated the royal banners. The interior was ,
flying from her candle. Almost immediately afterwards
decorated with much taste, tented with red and white I she alud—" I did met fin to it • I Intended to bars it doge
drapery, and covered with crimson coloured cloth t , and born my mother out; aisles aever been • good mother'
whilst on the facade were embroidered the name' of Ito me." The prisoner then said she hoped the magistrates
all the principal spots through which the line would would forgive her and she would never de suet a thing
pais. Opposite this building, and connected with it , eosin, and she added that when she did it she was "in •
Leeezr,"tubut sb:iderfoald n . get is • temper again If the
by a raised platform, was tbs altar, on each side of
which two staircases led to the highest point, from I --E, tri,,,,",: a °Ugeelvti.orprnt by the learned Judge, the
which a view of the intended lint woe to be obtained. 'witness said that he went to the shed eastwards, sad 11811111-
Here was a table, covered with velvet, on which lay Wised that no part of the building had boos banned. It
the foundation atone, the metal case which was to appeared as though a number of pieces of wcod and other
thiau) east had_ been placed on the floor, gad thee set fire
enclose it, as also the coins of gold, silver, and copper.
Welted bakes say part of the
The stone, which was a cube of marble, bore on its eui
' Idingthitcnnsseetrai:allaster. g
sides six inscriptions. Boon after eleven o'clock Edward Stevens, a labouring man, who lived la • est-
Monsignor Carbonelli, the coadjutor Bishop of Naples, tap adjoiniag the one occupied by 'Ws primer and her
appointed to represent the Cardinal Archbishop, who mother, proved that, apse hewing the alarm of fire, he
wait out, and saw llama la the sled. The door was wan indisposed, began the service of the mass, assisted
sad he broke it opts, sad saw that the coals had
by a large number of ecclesiastics. His Rioelleoey hem ignited, sad were bandits. The ire seemed to have
the Minister of Public Works arrived about the same I originated how a hat boa, a rush boast, sad was War-
time, and, having been received with all the forms lags that were pieced in • heap
_sad wen all oa fin. The
observed towards royalty, was conducted to his seat 1 mother oftheTimone,' win In bed hi a• adjoining room,
in the centre tribunal. Amongst the visitors there i ttrt7,,,awee ''',, divided from the shed by a woodea par-
were the President of Council, the Papal Nuncio, the ! The prisoner, when called spa for her dames, pat is a
Austrian and French Ministers, the Secretary of the written statement, in which she implored the end te deal
Russian Embassy, the Intendant* and Corporation I mercifully with her, at the lams time declaring that tholes
of Naples, the Prefect of Polio., the principal w" "donna
I[s•Justice Coleridge, in samasing up, told the Joey am officers of the army and navy, the heads o? 'reveal
the ahem imputed to tha prisoner wee aMR OM elle GM branches of administration, as also the General involving wow ptititbamt, but it ippmssobi,iiii
Council of Professors of the University, and the this potties of the chirp mut be dismissed new taste me-
heads of other learned societies. In all, there must siderstion,beeanee there was maths* say pseliss of the
have been from four to five thawed persona in the building was aetuelly OW ea, and the was sesuelblly se-
:fry_ to 'Tor:. the charge essmised la the imilimmeat. interior of the building. Mass having been said,
the ecclesiastical procession "au the round of the 1 is„re law "ionasow".stot":4table, Jr, would besibZLlebtir
• t
platform, and bestowed their benediction on the by a neat statute, where a primmer was se with the
Useably, alter which they ascended the plat. commiesioa of say particular Ahem, if the evLseas failed
form, whereon rested the foundation-etooe. On to estshileh the mantel coulaleoloa of the elk they Were em-
itspowered to tad Mai guilty of the attempt to commit it, if
being blessed, it was let down by a crane into the
site prepared for it i first having been deposited to• trilesLims seenout to till"' Isti°ll°ll°• that b•-h"
gather with the coins of this reign in a metal hoz, The buy foetid the prisoner Gogh, of the miedereanou
which was locked by the royal delegate. The whole of attempting to set tire to the bows Is qualm
estossony concluded with the National Anthem being The leaned ledge made some Iselairias of Elle Mail
played by a maple of fine bands—many voices join- tarakey of the pries, sad .it apgomed diddles, aba MI
bees la sealwasat the promos lull aebd desgesettria a
lag in. As a mere colpo-d'orsochio, the some and its ~..,, ~,,„,vece,re a, ono ipa assositin promemile
issideate were most interesting. As initiating a great she would very excited, awl kaallasil be he soladal
bet, sant with the most important commercial, ito those stoat her. It also appeared that era ens eiseies
1 she bad attempted to strangle bead!, sedate wee gem WI
* , and political results, it was a most solemn
1 wills:Ls:M.lls teswiteh her.
event. And, because it was so, I regret deeply that not
a single member of the Royal family presented him. # oh. bad b.,:racsdtl4.4 by then "tr.:, eyroPrimili:www L "ld slie
self, and not even the Archbishop. It is but just, ,I that of setting fire to a dwelling-hoses Is weii her rasther
however, both to his Majesty and the " company " sou, tad by that so.else might have taken away bee life.
who an now envied in this great undertaking, to 1 The jury bad acquitted her, ace beams they thought she
had not attempted to commit the Net, bat beams the bad
say, that the King is understood to be very anxious to
see it carried throush ; nay, that on the completion iittin'sad
pt bi, eta,:yarathve. 'Tat:bat load he' her.b gait
ed the
of this, he has urged apon them the execution of an- nasal to believe that ate wee eat ring from some iafinaity
other line. Let this, however'
dbe bet soured. It of Bind, and he should direct, wickwickohs was aadergoing
will FM through a most ren „miss corn annoy, 1 the stnterce be was about tow proaaae spas her, that the
which has now no outlet as its wealth, and will ab"ldi be watc;•4 t and If it 'Weald be cmsidered IMMO-
,
hear ate produce of large tracts of land either I t easy • woel to removed to aa sellout. He theeordered her to be impusosed aid kept t• bud Wheat for
east or west. Wine, oil. and corn, which are now 112 swathe.
curled round the very toe of Italy at great I No cues of any interest wets tried ea the civil side. It
=pease, aed often at great risk, will be whisked has been arrayed that the coarteshall adjosra oa Thursday
either to a Mediterranean or aa Adriatic port in as I eiltaiag ~,e0...._/"."2._,* at ale", o'clooh, sad the sTedll jury
incalculably short time. The traveller to the East will I seam, If*" "" '" "`"'
land at Naples ; and, hurrylog across the Peninsula,
meet the Trieste boats at Brindisi. In fact, whilst
it will connect Italy with the rapidly extending Midi
set of international intercourse, it will &Ma by
48 hears the transit of the Alexandrian sena Now,
therefore, that the first stone has been laid, we are
all most anxiously watching the prog,ses which It
will make. The hopes and wishes of all are most
deeply interested it its seems ; bat a very
diffidence, it cannot be concealed, prevails. frit,llll
eat inclined to look to the future with some degree
of assurance; tad sow that the fousdatimestone has
been laid, that Majesty is eaderstood to regard it
with a favourable eye, that Rothschild awakens a
little from his apathy, and that as Ike& englaser
is hers with a view to take some contracts, I swot
help thinking that the project has gained mach
strength.

(mow ova owx

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exma, ➢AicK 17.

■trots ra. J 1117105 Gamma.
110011 O. 1111001/1.
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Mr. M. teltb, Q C., sad Mr. Bing were anaaal for
the plaintiff, ead'llr. Q.O ,wan coansel far the &tea-
dant.

(71011 001 OWN

MALTA. mama 14.
The government have applied to Dr. Tomliana, the
pesemtant bishop, for the uss of the nebool-room oat-
waled with B'. Paul's Church, built by the late Queen
=or but which has sever been mid. The
Oils dads* to be allowed to fill it with bread,
fir the nee of the troops. The bishop has declined
is simply with the must.
Oar streets yesterday and today have been se-
leased with the new snivel of the lit Anglo-Italian
Art, and aim set of fellows they smar to be,
tileholisert of men for soldiers. If light as
indl as
Theylsek we shall have every reason to be
eilhisd.are young, powerful, and active men.
Mir unifies a happy mixture of the English end
the lisfistosts" with feathers is the het like the
Wise. I Amoy sea of oar dashing eolooele of regi-
ment, would like to have each men in their own
seep. They appear clean and well drilled—" well
sp," I believe, is the proper expressioo. They
hue at cues become friends with the Maltese and
refugees; officers sod men walking about ann-in-
one, an the best terms with sash other, bet not elix-
ir/8 mei with the English. I have seen nearly the
whim themsed fa the town, but ! have not seen one
thswines ifsrmaz. I trust they will prove as good
awl mil in the field en they are in ger-
dithen have bees Mined far all the dispomble sec
and oEcers of the various depots here to hold them-
selves In readiness for immediate embarkation, and
during the day the odious have been busy in making
their purekesse and preparing. Orders have twee
reeeind from England by the Marshal of the Ad-
Mushy Court to sell Ave of the Remise prime. They
ens named the CM% Ames, St. Elena, Panaja Drapa-
adigiimmad Weir" end will be sold in a few days
by esides.
hatiatiar awl Oriental Company's steamer,
with Willowy flet the Crimes, arrived this day from
England.

Tit SAMARITAN FUR HOOTITAL.--This Wet*
Use, astoblished fay tha nooptisa et per mama salted
yak dlososso Sealants' Ml6* sta.= also flit dillbea, to,
hold rsolsedos the stash mad patrol saostfao. la las
toaliktom of chi sotablliamsat, Orased-orost. Per tow
=the Rae. B. A*4 BD, Waists* of Oohs@
, ths chair. The room Anna Hot dor* bas
9,000 patients hod availed thessisloss of the
I=l tits tattoo. Of this asasbor lOS bad boss
stands/ at lash, awa bosses &male task. endaeow44.
114 afiehald by ham of baby-boas, te.„ what tte Bassoltai
Purithsd sends/ mile to 779 Is salable sad
Ina flalistllialls, 69 had boss isostvoll so fay lislaftedlida
agallsmos ammo ;attests without Mow M quosalta. Tam
eamoNtso Mg bat 17 Bois, bat than wen fairly saprOPl- ,
air& lho mmoO Atom suss. Tba ba'aatw-ebest I
shows. • et kr the Ituoidstios of wallet
matabsesas_ wars solsostlissllimiL
Pout* 00,113*11EST.-1114 authorities matins,
19 iambs a sada sorallasas tho Paris bodges% es
as lamossol limo lawyer to Om loiter lb. cr Mamma role.
dots Ile sok olost. Oa SMatday cot fiver thon
Onlatillall Iwo dial beim tbo b
awlad of p)lioo tor
kadsg Wool Mho settlasass b 7 stelae saooeswrr low,
Nadas illhesat susgoelos of sou. &Woods./ to too.-
IMallas
of veelity awl twice to meat, at t airiest ,
ma ell belay emaelataa ware bawl hem 31. to 15f. Tea of
Wm as
• lifter/ mere tkaa saes were, besides, sea-
* la= luoeteatimeat, os'a to two Ism
mei amass m& , Bus Masser/a, to b,s Sass
Ookrootti.

Tins was • p tiaf•l ease, evinelogniest fientevalley es the
part of the defeadaet, whe is • fusser lt near
Donato'', the plaintiff Wag his sac!e, also •
bilag is the sane nsigkboarbeed. The gotten was brought
to room damps " l.r las of esrviht" occasioned by the
wedsonsa of the plaistire dankest," girl of 16 years of Moil
end sot hack wi. than 16 whoa her fall took place. The
defendant, vie is a saan'ed saes with two children, mud Is
some easeelestally le his sack's lime and ramp with the
plaiatirs &aght. r, aad lt was 'Used that on several to-
whees's he had a warted to take liberties with her.
Gas day, whoa the pro, hid wee retuning Om
market. the defendant ovettiok bar en kenebeek. OD-
aoudad, •and led her late a held, where be sesta kr
rids. Nee stated that she cried cot, bat the didamiSOS pet
hie hand over bar math. flabsequesstly he lei inessonseee
with her ia his own home sad is the hewn of ler tuber,
the Noah Wag the WM of • child.
Hr. Collier did set mil witnesses, bat addressed the coif
Ia minptlea of daesays.
His fewebblp swaraed up, snootily remasidag oa the die-
imolai coalface of she detendeat, mad 60 Fay retuned a
pudic t kr the plaktiff, &stag.. 100 L