The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-19 00:00:00

which rig the mob, being in a state of blessed ignor-
' kept a dignified silence, and quietly went home.
It'is a melancholy fact that several French settlers
bee have been active in thwarting the Pope's views
in this matter from paltry motives. Yon are not, per-
bar, aware how numerous the subjects of Louis
yhdippe are in various branches of Roman trade; so
well so, as to warrant the appointment of a French
lawyer to sit amongthe judges of our rota, or com-
mercial tribunal, at a salary of 20,000 francs—a mea-
are carried out by Count Itasi this year.
On Nlooday came forth at last the long-expected
edict organising the national guard, and the whole
to" rung with shouts of jubilee on both banks of
the Tiber. I send you the official gazette in a supple-
ment to the Biloneia, with a list of the new captains
and entire staff. Fourteen battalions are to be forth-
with embodied, clothed, and armed ; makings force of
10,000 men for the city, nearly equal to the whole
standing army of our state. Once arms in the hands
of every Roman, adieu, a long adieu, to the hope of
ever undoing what Pius has done. The volunteers of
Dungannon are now reproduced in this capital, and as
Grattan then gloried, " there is not a man that washes
his firelock to-night that is not pledged to the re-
demption of his native land, and the sustainment of
her freedom." This last blow has come like a thun-
derclap on the Austrian ambassador, and he is fairly
.t his wits' end. His latest card waa to try and per-
vade the correspondents (there are four or five) of the
German Gazettes to circulate a report in Europe that
the Pope is mad; but these gentry, who are known
here, not daring to go so far, have ventured, I under-
dad, to hint that Plus is about Le RESIGN TUE PORE-
Lox, and you must be prepared for some such ne-
harions rumour; originating in the back kitchen of
Count Lutzow.
The new civic militia is to be supplied by govern-
ment with accoutrements of soldiership, each man
payiag three pauls (eighteen pence) a month to the
militate chest. In the list of officers which I enclose,
you will find all classes represented; the banker Tor-
lois has the command of a battalion, so has
Prince Corsini, whose men arc the trasteverini bri-
rade ; Prince Piombino takes command of the Colonnn
division: the celebrated arclueologist Campania is
colonel of a district ; Duke Salviati has the battalion
of the rows, warn, in which last corps you will find
among the captains the name of Angelo Brunetti, a
very significant appointment; for you must know
that this gentleman is the famous man of the people,
gnontlam cart driver, now known under the title of
"Cierro-whaekio," who is no doubt destined to play a
part yet in Roman affairs.
lea ports pour Clashing his cymbals (cartwhio
Comm, tormalice lehneretier !let both he went,
posttest With a proud and gallant bearing.
Oa le prend pour un =pliable, Kure for a captain he wax meant,
Raw mi's Tote ea mine hsutame To Judge from his accouterment,
pA eon poarreent doe blatant. And the gold-laced garb he's
y, lleuo. "La t, wort,. tr wearing.—Padre, col. 14 182.
Gieri has again talked of resigning, but that is now
of little consequence, as several eminent statesmen,
hitherto dormant, have emerged from the recent stir-
ring of the political pool of Betheoda. Reaction is
henceforth made impossible. Lambruschini has fled.
The mistaken Jesuits have given up the game of
politics in despair: a new edition of Ganganelli's
works, doctrinal and pastoral, is today placarded on
their walls, and announced in the Cotemporaneo. Of
coarse I don't mean the foolish forgery long current
in Europe, called " Ganganelli's Letters," from the
pen of Abbe Caracciolo.
A vigorous document has just emanated from the
Pope, concerning the various orders of mendicant
friars and other votaries of the monastic system.
Damns nonnullos reperiri qui carom prrfessionis ae
diynitatis obliti a suseepto institute ita deel7narerint lit,
son sine maxima ipsorunt Ordinumet fidelium dansno,
spreion tent ant laabitanique pietatis pralerant.
Dr. Wiseman is hourly expected here, and the
vacant hat of the late Acton is understood to wait his
acceptance : either of the Irish R. C. Primates, of
Dublin or Armagh, may possibly be decorated with
the Roman purple. Acton, you are aware, was a
student of Magdalen College, Cambridge, but neither
he nor Lord Arundel and Surrey, who was also a
manta, was admissible to its degrees.
There is an article in the Cotemporaneo attacking
the absurd practice of oar law courts, in which the
Latin language is still used in the defence of crimi-
nals as well as the indictment. The new code will
bring a remedy to this remnant of the dark ages;
yet some think it has its advantages, as it is difficult
for a crafty man to humbug or bamboozle in the
precise idiom of a dead tongue, every term of which
has a fixed meaning. Fancy a Serjeant Buzfuz or
Bilkins " trying it on," before a learned tribunal,
in choice Latuuty !
News has just reached us from the Neapolitan fron-
tier of an outrage on some British subjects. Two
architects, Messrs. Lawford and Henneker, in ex-
ploring the palace at Caserta, were shown, among
other lions, a carpet on which were worked in
worsted the King's arms. It appears that so awful
a sight and so hallowed an object must be only
seen, if not with unsandalled feet, with head
uncovered. The unconscious artists were made
aware of this by the abrupt onslaught of a Swiss
soldier, who ran his bayonet through the hat of one
and was about assaulting the other, when he received
a blow of the Englishman's cane on his head : the guard
turned out in force and captured both these offenders
against tlrelaw of Gesaler: but " TELL it not in Oath "
that hired men of Lucerne were found to enforce such
tyranny! The captives then sent to Naples for a Mr.
Bulwer, another architect, to come and remonstrate
for them, but on presenting himself as their friend, he
too was captured, and all three kept in a foul dungeon
for more than a week. The Hon. -Mr. Temple is very
much missed from his post at Naples.

FRANCE.—THE FRIDICH IN COCIIIN-CHINA.--The
Jloniteur has published the report of Cap. Lapierre, com-
mandant on the Indo-Chinese station, on the affair at Tuna.
It is a lengthy document, dated on board La Glcire, at
Macao, on the 25th of April, but it adds very little to what
is already known. According to Capt. Lapierre's statement,
it appears that he reached the bay of Toren nn the 23rd of
Much, having previously despatched Capt. Rigault, in La
Victorieuse, thither with a letter to King Thieutry. When
Captain Lupierre arrived, the letter, owing to the absence
of the prefect of the province, had not been delivered. The
reception of the French by the people on shore had been ex-
tremely amicable. Five corvettes, built in the country on a
European mod.l, were at anchor in the bey. After
the arrival of La Gloire, preparations were made to fit them
out, but only by night : Captain Lapierre sent and caused
their sails to be taken down and deposited in two sampans
which were moored between the French ships. On th. 31st
the prefect notified to Captain Rigault that he was prepared
to receive the letter. That officer and his attendants were
received with due ceremony and offered refreshments ; the
prefect accounted for his not having received them sooner by
stating that be had been absent on a tour of inspection
through the province. The prefect consented to forward the
letter, and then asked what were its contents. Captain
Rigault replied that it contained a request that the king
would issue an edict for the liberty of Christian worship, the
same as that issued by the Emperor of China two years be-
fore. The prefect began to speak of M. Marchand, to
whom he attributed the suppression of the Christians, he
karate been executed for a conspiracy. Captain Rigault
maintained the innocence of M. Marchand ; whereupon,
the prefect stated that he was imperfectly acquainted with
finesse, which oceurred before he came to the province.
When Captain Rigault was about to withdraw, the prefect
inquired, as if incidentally, how the sampans came to be an-
chored between the French ships. He was told that the
sails of the corvettes were deposited in them to prevent
those vessels from sailing before the answer to the letter was
received. On the 11th of April it was observed that the
Cabin-Chinese troops were being augmented; and that
eight war junks, which were on the stocks near Turan,
had been launched, and eight others were being coin-
pitted. A messenger, sent by Captain Lapierre, to in-
grate after the answer to his letter, was informed it
would, probably, arrive next day, and that the troops
were collected to do honour to the bearer of it. On the
12th a mandarin of a low grade was sent to the
vessels to announce that the answer was expected in the
sensing, and that the captain was to came to receive
it nut day. Word was sent back that such a com-
munication could only be received through a messenger of
proper rank. In the evening of the 12th, some of the offi-
cers oil shore had signs made to them by a native, as of pre-
senting a musket. They gave him a piece of paper and
pencil, and he, after ascertaining that he was not observed,
trued characters, which the interpreter translated : " They
will fight everywhere at once, during the feast and the
night." Next day all was quiet, but the junks were em-
barking troops, and getting their oars in order. About
2 eau it was observed that the crews of the two Sampson
bad been augmented. The officer despatched to exa-
mine them s^ized a great quantity of arms which
had been smuggled on board, and a paper which
the arson in command had attempted to secrete. The
translator stated that it contained directions for an attack on
the French vessels. Capt. Lapierre then gives an account
of the destruction of the five corvettes and the number of
killed on both aides, substantially the same as what has
already been published. The forts on shore and the junks
,titel some shots at them, though beyond range. Capt.
Lapierre gives it as his opinion that the authorities at Turan
will inform the government that the forts and junks had
compelled the French ships to leave the bay. He adds that
he Ina sent La Victorieuse to warn Sir John Davis to take
measures to put English vessels about to sail for Cochin-
Meta on their guard, and that he has written to the French
teasels at Mamba sad Singapore to give similar information