The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1853.

once in a business-hke manner. " Well, I suppose
you mean an offer of money; but, even if I were dis-
posed to do that, is there not a law by which I am
obliged to swear that I have not given, directly or
indirectly, and shall not give, any one any fee or re-
ward?" Again comes with little variation the

monotonous iteration, " These are matters of form,
and you are a man of business." The applicant
in the end intimated that, although a man
of business, he did no business in that
particular hoe, and the appointment was given to

me one else who understood bobinces better. Of

course there was an universal cry of " Name, name,"
to which Mr. BRIGHT refused to respond. Last
evening, however, the subject was renewed, and Mr-
BRIGHT gave as his authority for the anecdote Mr
WILKINSON, the member for Lambeth, whose
brother, it appears, was theapplicant in question. After
a "scene" in the house, the subject was dropped, the
name of the Director who knew so well how to appeal to
sympathies of " men of business" being of course
withheld. The Court of Directors very properly
declare their earnest wish or punishing a gentleman
who has not only committed a misdemeanour, but has
been guilty of the unpardonable stupidity of being
found out. But how will the punishment of a single
individual interfere with the working of a corrupt
system? There can be no question that the patronage
of India is jobbed, and that the present system affords
every facility for jobbery. how will the detection
of a single offender purify a method of administra-
tion, in which corruption may be flowing in a hun-
dred different channels? We want the fountain puri-
fied; the stream will then flow clearly enough.
Abolish the privilege of private nomination—throw

open appointments to public competition, and the
Court of Directors will be saved the trouble in future
of looking after the conduct of such of its members
who disgrace themselves and their country, by mak-
ing private gains out of a great public trust.

LATEST FROM THE CONTINENT.

Turkey, and worthily to sustain the attitude assumed in
these negotiations."
The trial of the persons implicated in the affairs of
the emir/lune rerolutionnaire terminated to-day in the
conviction of most of the accused. The heaviest
sentences are passed upon the leaders who are ab-
sent. The public were scrupulously excluded from
court. 1 understand the prisoners maintained a
very firm bearing throughout, protesting against
the jurisdiction of the court, as being the creature
°la government of usurpation, and upon that ground
refusing in many instances to answer the questions
put to them. F. Pyat, Caussidiere, Sergeant Boichot,
L. Avril, and Rouge, are sentenced to ten years' im-
prisonment, and lines of 6,000 f. each. Five of the
accused who were present were condemned to five
years' imprisonment, with fines of 3,000 f., and two
to two years' imprisonment and the like fines. All
these are. pronounced guilty of having belonged to
secret societies, and consequently may at any time
hereafter be trinsported fur life at the good pleasure
of the government. Three of the prisoners were
acquitted, and the remainder sentenced to various
terms of imprisonment, with fines.
On Sunday last twenty-five persons were arrested
at Cette, upon the charge of having made legitimist
demonstrations. Several of them were released after
being interrogated.
One of the oldest members of the French press,
M. de Beauregard, died suddenly yesterday of apo-
plexy. He was during the last twenty-five years, one
of the leading writers in the Gazette de France.
An imperial decree of the lath enacts, that " the
provisions of the decree of the 22nd of January,
1832 (Article 10), and of the decree of the 26th of
the same month, relative to the allowances of mem-
bers of the Legion of Honour, shall not be applica-
ble to general officers of the army sod navy who have
passed or may pass into the reserve." The decree of
the 22nd of January refered to is that which regu-
lated the disposal of the property of the Orleans
family, one portion of which, it may be remembered,
was set apart for the Legion of Honour.
The market at the Bourse was exceedingly firm
to-day, and a further improvement has taken place is
the public securities. The Three per Cents. rose
30c., and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 35c., both
tor money ; whilst for the end of the month the ad-
vance was 60c. in the Three per Cents., and 60c. in
the Four-and-a-Half. An advance of 3f. took place
in Bank of France shares. The following were
the final quotations : For cash : Three per
Cents., 78f. 80c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
103 f. 50c. For the account : Three per Cents.,
78f. 80c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 L 50c.
Bank Stock, 2,735 f.

Northern, 880 E ; Paris and Orleans, 1,152 f. ;
Paris and Strasbourg, 935 f. ; Paris and Lyons,
937 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,100 f.; Lyons to the
Medit., 765 f. 50c.; Western of France, 7491. 75c.' •
Rouen and Havre, 505 f.. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 6401.

INDIA AND MEDITERRANEAN
MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, JOLT 22.
The Oriental Company's steam-packet Ripon,
Captain Robert Moresby, arrived here at 11.30 p.m.,
with the heavy portion of the India Mail. Her
dates are : Calcutta, May 3 ; Madras, June 9; Cey-
lon, 14 ; Aden, 28 ; Alexandria, July 7 ; Corfu, 8 ;
Malta, 12 ; and Gibraltar, 17.
The Ripon brings 37 passengers, inclusive of 10
children.

From Bombay no direct mail. From China non
received.

The Hindoetan, being three days late, only
waited thirty-six hours for the China mail at
Point-de-Gall..
Her cargo consists of 2 packages of specie, 446
bales of silk, 69 ditto wool, 212 ditto flax, 2 cases
shells, 13 ditto essence bergamot, 4 parcels of lace,
15 bags of aniseed, 6 caws of shawls, 56 pack-
ages of elephants' tusks, 110 packages of sundries, 2
giraffes, 2 gazelles, and two horses.
The effective part of the Egyptian fleet, consisting
of 4 Line of battle ships of 100 guns each, 4 60-gun
Frigates, 2 Corvettes, 1 Brig, and half-a-dozen steam
vessels was at Alexandria, under the command of
Admiral Hassan Pacha. It was actively engaged
preparing to meet the demands of the Sultan by
transporting as many as they could stow of 15,000
troops all ready to embark in a few days for Con-
stantinople.
The Ripon had experienced moderate bead winds
from Alexandria to Malta ; light variable breezes
from Malta to Gibraltar ; strong N.N.E. winds from
Gibraltar to Cape Finisterre ; across the Bay, mode-
rate breeze W.S.W. and thick weather; up Channel,
fresh N. W. breeze and fine weather.
The British screw steam-vessel, Orontes, was at
Alexandria.
At sea, 13th, noon, exchanged signals with British
barque Andromache, steering to the westward,
lat. 37 deg. 12 min. north, long. 10 deg. 48 min. east.
18th, 1. p. m., exchanged colours with British
schooner, William Duke, steering south, the Rock
of Lisbon north, 75 miles. H. M. S. Wasp and Triton
were at Malta. H. M. S. Cruizer was at Gibraltar.
13th, 1•30 p.m., exchangeed signals with the Company's
steam-packet Bengal, E.S.E., Island of Galita, west,
75 miles.