The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-17 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE AND

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THE " MONITEUR" ON THE QUESTION OF

(IT lIIINMARINN AND 111111/1Z TISIIZAPI4

PARIS, WEDNESDAY MOILEINO.

The Mom'four Katsina an article upon the ques-
tion of NenfehateL France demanded, it is said, at
an early stage of the dispute the release of
the prisoners, and represented that Swiss honour
would not be oompromieed by this step, as it would
' be taken at the milititation of France, and not on
the demand of Pried& This eatosseion became a
sort of obligation, for Ffllllol4 in preventieg an appeal
to arms, and making efforts to obtain from the King
a settlement, conformed to the views of Switzerland.
Unhappily these wise counsels were not appreciated;
the advice of France was rejected by the Federal
Government, which preferred gratifying the &ma-
rgin influences which agitate around it to follow-
ing friendly suggestions.

The article includes in these terms :—" Thus
Francs met with moderation, a sincere desire to ter-
minds a delicate question, and a courteous defer-
ence for her political situation, on the one side I
on the other, on the contrary, an obstinacy mach to
be regretted, an exaggerated susceptibility, mid a
complete indiffennos to her counsels. Switzerland,
therefore, most not be astonished if, in the coons of
events, she should no longer find the goodwill which
she might so easily have obtained at the cost of a
very slight sacrifice."

NAPLES.

We have received three letters from our correspond-
ent at Naples, dated respectively the 6th, Bth, and
the 11th. la the last—whieh we subjoin—allusion
is made to a letter not yet received.

NAPLES. Dia. 11.

Oa reconsidering my report of the event which
has awakened so great a sensation throughout the
country, I have good reason to be contented with its
pure corthenses. It (corresponds, at all events,
with the spirit of the statement published by the
official journal on Tuesday, though some slight ur-
ns:limn might be made, and additional facts
oommonionad, which I now proceed to put
you in possession of. It is worth mention-
ing that everything appeared so smiling and
brilliant as to Whom the enervation from
those around the King that the coup d'ail was one
calculated to command the admiration of foreigner..
had so it reasonably might have dose, for besides
die royal family and a considerable body of troops,
illotlogaistied by the variety and beauty of their uni.
hems. there wore present most of the foreigners in the
emplial.and a vast crowd of persons either in carriages
seem bet. The mass had bssa said, and the troops
lees ling off before the King, who, mounted on
bleisbaeky steed aloes about twenty feet distant from
Imoillotoiy bobtail him was the Hereditary
Prises, alum horseback. On his right, at a little
distance behind as well, was the Queen with her
pus bony. The 3rd Caociatori, who carry the
rind ad bayonet, sow passed before his Majesty,
When a man, the third on the left,: darted from the
ranks, aid, raising his bayonet, aimed a blow at the
left side of his Majesty. The direction was so stu-
died that, had the blow taken effect, it must have
nn upwards through the body; but striking against
the handle of the pistol, the bayonet bent, and
gbasing off spied the side of the King, slightly
weeded him. The as. was preparing for another
liow—se we Worland to prevent him—when
Lieutenant-Osismel Latoar, who had been sent on
some order from his Majesty to another part
of the field, returned jut in time to prevent
the murderous intent, and riding hard upon him
knocked the man down. The circumstances then
took place which I have already described. Those
who were only a short distance from themes knew
net what had taken place : some left the
Held in ignorance; her Majesty even was
not aware till the affair was all over, so
great was the presence of mind displayed by
his Majesty, and so well executed were the orders to
prevent any movement or disturbance. His Majesty
even followed or accompanied the troops for some
distance, chatting with several of the Swiss. Rc-
toren g to Naples he took a drive shortly after through
the Weirs di Ogee, and received a petition from
some one in the streets with much benevolence,
though the petitioner was arrested immediately
afterwards, not by royal command, and was
in the Prefecture of Police on Tuesday
at midday. Meanwhile some of the Foreign
Ministers and the Ministers of State had
gone to present their congratulations to the King,
but in his absence were received by Prince Bisig-
nanothl, Maggior►Duomo-Maggiore. Others went
to the palace daring the evening, but without
seeing his Majesty, except Monsignor Buschenthal,
the Minister of the Argentine Republic. His Ma-
jesty replied, on being asked the question, that he
had been wounded very slightly. The soldiers of
the 3rd Csociathei, on their return to barracks, were
all put under arrest and examined. The
prisoner was subjected to the examination, the
result of which I have already stated. Ho is said to
have added also that his family had been ruined by
the expedition into Calabria under General None-
ante; that one of his brothers had been shot, and
many of his relatives pat in prison ; and that he
had sworn to avenge them on the canes of all his
misfortunes. His only regret was that he should die
without having accomplished his object. He is
a man of surprising and firmness, and though
in several quarters I hear that torture has been em-
ployed, nothing has bees elicited that I have heard
of to compromise others. Originally educated as a
past, he was, says the official journal, expelled
from college, and since that time almost the one idea
of his lite has been to accomplish the act, for
attempting wick* he is now under arrest.
In what way the government will proceed
against him seems to be as yet undetermined. A

niadioal man has been sent to mashie him, in the
hopes of being able to prove insanity; but it seems
to be reported that he is "saoio dei saviasirni." An-
other report, too, is, that the Ling desires to pardon
him, but that those about him will not permit
it. This sounds like a report got up by the
police. The real state of the came is perhaps
that hopes are entertained that by delay someimpor-
taut facts will be brought to, light. Every *aided
and decent expression of a strong moist di►
approbation of the orient of assassination has been
given, but nothing more. People have taken off
their hats and bowed profoundly, but not a voice
has spoken, and them has been an utter absence of
all enthusiasm. "No man cried,' God bless him." A
triduo has been ordered for thanbngivinp to the
Mamma foe having preserved the precious
days of our input Lord the King; and the
soldiers have been marched to church. Writ-
ten circulars had been sent to certain individuals,
inviting them to illoodame, whilst inspectors of police