The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-10 00:00:00

EXPRESS FRUhf PARIS.

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PARIS, SUNDAY BILK ISO.

The Pays, speaking in precisely the same tone es
the Nord, attaches "little importance" to the ,
rumour of difficulties in the way of the conclusion
of a treaty of pesos at Zurich. It is to be observed
that both these journals speak, in all probability,
from identical instructions supplied by the French
Foreign-office. These instructions may accurately
represent the existing state of things, but on the
other hand—they may not.
The Italian journals, which have reached Paris to-
day, were printed before the news of the murder of
Count Anviti was known. To-morrow they will
doubtless bring voluminous accounts of the affair.
It is credibly stated in Peril that the count,
who was generally hated on account of his
close connexion with the late reigning duke,
and the many judicial murders to which he had
been a party, narrowly escaped euessination some
years ago; an individual named Catini was found
guilty by a court-martial as a party to the attempt,
but recommended to mercy on account of the
"weakness of the evidence." The Duchess, however,
wrote an order for his execution with her own hand,
and he was executed accordingly. The general belief
is that the man was innocent. This is a lesson
worth remembering by those who now call so cla-
morordy for "prompt and exemplary justice." I
am happy to say that the paragraph in the French
papers, which struck me yesterday as objectionable,
is not reproduced is the Manitair. M. Grand-
"millet sap, in the Constitutionnel, that France,
"after having delivered Italy, declares herself
jointly responsible (solidaisn) for her honour, will
take care that it is respected, and requires the
chastisement of a crime which would stain the
honour of Italy if it were not to be avenged."
This language is mach too dictatorial and patronis-
ing. The Opinion Nationale, however (a very
liberal paper), says it reproduces it with pleasure,
bat then it construes it as meaning that the cabinet
of the Tuileries considers itself es solidaire, not
only with the honour, but with the " interests sud
liberty of Italy."
A very remarkable article in the Inralide Russo
expresses the opinion that the restoration of the
dukes in Central Italy would be "dangerous to the
peace of Europe, and that Europe in 1869 hes es
much right to seek for political combinations which
would contribute to her safety as she had in 1815 to
place Italy under the domination of Austria." It is
worthy of remark that the arguments used by the
Russian journal bear a striking resemblance to those
of the recent memorandum of the Sardinian cabinet.
Moreover, a Turin letter received this very day says:
"It is reported that Ruda is favourably disposed
towards the unity of Italy. It is even said in well
informed quarters that alto has lately given some
positive proof of her sympathy."
. The Bishop of Nantes, like the Bishop of Orleans,
he, issued a "protest" against the independence of
the Romagna; but he gore a step further than his
brother prelate, and takes upon himself to protest,
not only is his own name, but in that of "every
catholic family in Brittany." This mixing up of
religion and politics seems going on in a way likely
to bring a very important question to an issue which
will certainly not increase the power of the church
in the state.

The Emperor has just signed a decree ordering
the immediate execution of extenMve works of
fortification in the Chummy islets in the Channel
sod in the port of Granville.
Lord Cowley retuned to Paris from Biarritz
this morning.

PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING.

A note, communicated to the evening papers,
states that the French consul at Parma has received
orders to leave his post unless prompt justice be done
for the murder of Count Anviti, and an exemplary
punishment inflicted on the guilty parties. The first
impulse of the public is to applaud this declaration,
and I sincerely hope itmay imply nothing more than
a natural horror on the part of the French govern-
ment of murder by mob law, and a proper determina-
tion to hold no intercourse with rulers capable of
conniving at such a crime. But I must confess this
energetic demonstration seems to me, to say the least
of it, rather precipitate. There is a commutatory
tone about it, which at this very early stage of the
business is of ill augury.. Why should it be assumed
that the dictator Farini is either unwilling or unable
to cause justice to be done ? Let justice be as prompt
as possible by all means, but let it aho be methodical
and discriminating. It is often a very difficult thing
to find out who were the principal parties to an
assassination by a crowd,and to apportion punishment
among them according to their degrees of guilt.
Marshal Brune, one of Napoleon's lieutenants, was
murdered by the royalists in the streets of Avignon,
and the government of the restoration never brought
the offenders to justice at all. On the other hand, it
would be a very easy thing for Governor Fermi to
propitiate the French consul by executing somebody
or other, but that would be rather a barbarous and
Chinese mode of proceeding. The newspaper para-
graph seems to propound to the Parmesan govern-
ment the question, to be answered with indecent
haste—Whom shall we hang? It is not fair to
treat the provisional government of Parma in this
way. An outbreak of popular passion may occur
occasionally in the most orderly and best governed
country, witness the attack upon Marshal Haynan
by Barclay and Perkins's men in the streets of Lon-
don. All the despots and kinglets in Europe,
in saw and in posse, are most eager to jump
to the conclusion that the assassination of
Count Anviti is only the first of a series
of like crimes which must inevitably take place in
Central Italy unless the authority of its '• lawful"
Sovereigns be restored. It is not consistent with the
part which France has taken as the liberator of Italy
to countenance this insidious idea. There is no reason
to doubt that the murder of October 6th will be as
fully, fairly, and firmly investigated by the existing
; administration of Parma as by any more regular
government; a few days' patience will probably
satisfy the most timid that Italian society is able to
protect itself against domestic crime, without the aid
of professional saviours.
One of the French prelate', the Bishop of
Rimier's, has betrayed, by an unfortunate slip of the
pen, which may perhaps cost him dear, the real
feeling,of the ultraniontanisto towards Rome. He
signs himself the Pope'. " most submissive and
most devoted son and subject!" This is a clear
ewe for the interference of the Council of State.

It is sated—but I think the news very improbable
—that a battalion of Belgian troops is to accompany
the French expedition to China.
The Bourse was very calm, with lees business
doing than there has been of late. The Haute, after
inconsiderable fluctuations, fell:fie. for cash and rose
15c. for account, closing at 69.50 and 69.60. Atobi-
lier left off without chsege. The Orleans railway
rose 7.30, Lyons 2.50, and Southern 2.50; Northern
fell 2.50, Western 1.25, and Eastern was without
change.

The court of Fontainebleau has jut decided that
the Forsch law egeicist selling game out of season does not
apply to phearents (and rorpvquently not to any other kind
of game) brought op tame like poultry. It definer the word
gone (sibier) me comprehroding, Loth in an etymological
and legal erase, only creature. taken in the chase. Conse-
quently It acquitted the landlady of au hotel, who was
waged by the public prosecutor of having a brace of
pheoarta in her larder in August, upon proof that she
bought thew of a woman who [re the last twisty yaws had
been In the habit of rearing phaseouts I. her poultry yard.
This derision has a mistake gastronomic Interest. The
ralauraterra of Parts would, however, do wall not to pre-
sume too much upon It, fur I apprehend that in prectics the
4 two proGanii will be put upie them.

DEPARTUBB OF THE G REA rzeB4llRN
PROM ATIMOUSE.

The Great Eastern weighed anchor and steamed
out of Portland Harbour at half-poet three o'clock on
Saturday afternosi, end at four o'clock weed the head of
the Breakwater, her dastinatios king 11011kalid-
" The programme of the trial trip," nay. a letter dated
Saturday, "is tidally as follow. :—Doing tale rfte.coon
and tonight the vessel under easy steam will keep down
Channel, though in sight of land till the machinery is in
good working order. To-morrow soon after 10 steam
will be shut off from the paddle engines, and kr
four hours the Great Eastern will be driven by the screw
only. During this time the treasure veanum, number of
revolutions, and amount of coal coiinneed will be carefully
registered, with the speed of the ship, both by hand and
patent logs. When as much is known ma caa be ascertained
In • few boors' run, steam will be shut off in the screw
engines, end the paddle will be tested for the same
time in the same manner. Mr. Blake and Mr.
Leingdln, of the firm of Boulton and Watt, go in
sole charge of the screw anginas. Mr. Scott Russell and his
assistants are solely in charge of the paddles. The former
gentlemen am confident that they can easily obtain from 40
to 44 revolutions of the screw engines while driving the ship
alone. The latter is willing to try going as near to the 14
revolutions of the paddle' as can be accomplished;
12 or 14 revolutions could easily be obtained from
the paddle engines while the paddle wheel@ them-
selves are in their present condition, as Mr. Scott Buenas
assistants have reefed the floats no lesa than 2; feet. Every
eaglets, sal snared lad at once what the effect of thia
, will be. R. Ales the floats mean putting the floats or
boards on the wheels that propel the vessel so much nearer
to the centre of the paddle-wheel as virtually to reduce its
diameter. By risen' all the floats of the Great Eastern
2i feet, the diameter of the whorl is now reduced from
I, 63 to 48 fest. At present only four of the floats are
In the water at the MIN true, red these have so
little immersion as to be virtually useless in propelling the
ship. Under these circumstances 12 or even 14 revolutions
may be got out of the paddle engines easily, bat the gain
In the speed of the ship will be almost nil. Is will, how
ever, make a most important difference as regard. testing
the engines for speed and strength. Both engines are
to be tested to the very utmost at which they
GUI be pushed with safe y, for the directors are
determined it • break down is to occur to have it, and
remedy it before the vessel goes to sea on her regular
In the present trip it Is quite possible that some portions of
the machinery may give under the rigid teats they will have
to pose through, bat a teak down now will go far to reader
one impossible hereafter. If the piston and sir-pump rods of
ths paddle engines will bear 14 revolutions a minute even
Omagh the paddles ars but slightly immersed they will stand
anything. So oleo If the screw engines now are able to bear
44 revolutions without heating • little time of waking will
soon get them up to their full geed of 63."
The number of visitoes on hosed during the trial trip has
barn limited exclusively to those consisted with the vessel.
Mr. Campbell and Mr. Bold—the chairman and managing di-
rectors—are on board, with Cept. Robertson, R.N., Surveyor-
General of the Board of Trade, sad his smistente, Mr. Gal-
loway end Mr. Carr. These patiemen came down with
Captain Roberts* specially to examine and report upon the
flumes of the vessel during her trip from this port to Holy-
head. Mr. Brenta° end Mr. Jaccmb go round, as the late
Mr. Brawl' • representatives, with Professor Frond; Mr.
Trout:ma is also on board, with Mr. Talbot and Mr. Ogilvie.
Beyond these sone hen been admitted.
PLYMOUTH, MONDAY MORNING.

The brigantine boa Nymph, from Newcastle, with
coal, for this port, arrived in the bound yesterday. Her
mater, Mr. Day, reports that he was off Sslconthe at a
quarter before 10 on Saturday night, and by the aid of his
telescope raw a very large ship going doers Channel under
dean. Re counted seven or eight mesa sad funnels, and
etecludes that she was the Groat Eastern.

OFF SOLYHEAD.-(THI8 DAY.)
(=MIR'S TZLZOIAX.)

The Great &Nora arrived off Holyhead, at 12.30. p.m..
this day.

SOUTHAMPTON, SustsA T.

A deputation from the Southampton Chamber of
Commerce, comprising Mr. J. H. StebUtig, Mr. Hedger, and
Mr. ➢assett, had an interview on Friday lust with the direc-
tors on board the Great Eaters, for the purpose of glen
information respecting the great facilities which this port
affords. A lose discaseion took place, and an assurance wes
given to the directors that suitable moorings should be pro-
vided for the ship, and that so hsrbvur dues would be en-
forced. The reception was favourable, althoagb there was
no pueitive decision.
_ _

It M probable that the Great Eastern will ramie at Holy
head for ten or twelve days, after which she will come to
Southampton to have her Wilms repaired, is acccrdanoe with
the requirements of the Board of Trade. The Items
Wotan, pilot, of this port, have a:premed their willingeses
to being the ship into the Southampton Water and woe her
free of expense.

Mr. John E. Gowan, the contractor for raising the
sunken vessels at Sebastopol, has, says the Boston Fat, bum
invited by the Allied Comniissioners on the Danube to raise
• lugs number of vessels sunk at the Solinaentraaemof theDe-
nubs, sod to remove some serious impediments. He h•e also
been invited by the Austrian government to raise several
ships of war and large war stammers sunk in the harbour of
Teske during the Ws war.

The crew of a vessel in the Tyne refused to go to
sea is their ship, which they believed to be watrustwortby.
They socordingly summoned the muter before the maga-
tratee to obtain their discharge. The evidence as to the ship's
nnwprtbiness was very conflicting, and the bench adjourned
the care. When called on on Saturday mot-ding it was weer-
Nue., that the mister had discharge I the saes, sad the case
was therefore dismiseel.

BURNING OF THE SHIP CHARLES Brea.—The
Bombay papers communicate the particulars of another
heavy loss by Ora. The ship Charles Bark, Copt. Smalley,
which was lying in the harbour, had almost completed her
loading when, on the night of the 21st of August, en alarm
was raised that • Oro had broken out em board, smoke being
seen to imam from the fore hatch. Boats wall maimed were
immediately despatched by the different .hip of war of the
Indian navy and from several merchant ships, bat owing to
the dense and suffocating character of the smoke, which kept
pouring up from the hold, It was impossible to pt at the mat
of the Ore. After the hatches were taken up the heat and
ales& wen unbeterable. It being evident that there was no
claps of checking the mnflagration, and se the ships in the
harbour were placed in great peril by the close proximity of
the bluing vowel, her Majesty's steamer Tattoos towed her
to Ilseagan, where she speedily become ono blaze of Ore, her
Moat/ going over her aids. Ohs was sobeequently scuttled.
She had on board • cargo of 4,000 bales of cotton, 160 casks
of 'Rimed oil, and a quantity of cote yarn, nearly the whole
of which him been consumed. Her loos will involve mum).
thou ands of randy.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BRADFORD.—On
Ftiday evening, about half-pest eleven o'clock, ale accident
occurred at the terminus of the Lancashire and Yorkshire
gouda otation, Bradford, by which Francis Froot, employed
in the company's gouda department, chiefly for shunting,
kidding, and unloading trucks, lost his life. He, it appears,
had a fouled truck to afar forward with a bone, but as the
animal appeared unable to move it, Le imagined teat the drag
wee on the wheels, and ho stooped down to inspect it, the
track meantime beteg betseen two pletforms, upwards of
three feet above the roils. While he was doing so the animal
began to move, no drag being affixed, and the unfortunate
man MIN jammed up Ina narrow ep.ce between the truck and
one of the platfarum, and as the home moved a few yards,
along, until stoppd by the other men peasant, be was *Weird
round by the imam. He ems eztricated et soon as pooetble,
bat as his ribs had ban broken and dashed in upon his
cheer, heart, and lump, be died in about three minutes *flit..
wordy. The deceased woe an exceedingly temperate mon, Si
year. of age, and has left a wife sad two childien.—Matta
*cheererr. Izaminer.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OP GOVERNMENT STORFA,
—For sows time poet suspicions have been tatertaiaed that
large quantities of nips were missing from the stoma at
Woolwich Dockyard, and Mr. Inspector %lomat, of the
dockyard polur, bap at length succeeded in the discovery of a
eystem of fraud which has been carried on in a wholesale
manner by two pertain who were heretofore deemed respect-
' able tradesmen. On Baineday lest Mr. Wilhelm &anent, an
exten,dve tithe:finger and etintrsator, residing at 22, South-
' work-bridgeoroad, sad Mr. William Clapham, landlord
of the Peer hone Tavern, Relabel:a, Essex, were charged,
the former before Mr. Swamp, at the Seutbwark police
court, and the lever beton the russistrttes at the Ilford
petty semitone, with the possession of large quantities of rope,
which bad been manufactured at the government roptiriee of
Chatham. Portsmouth, and Plymouth. Mr. Inspector Vin-
cent proved that be fount, about 350 fethenia of lops 311 a abed
re • wbierf uorupied by %mem who opted that be had pur-
chased the property et Clothing. The officer then proceeded
to &dolma, end found a &rye quantity of gocerarneat tops
on the premises occupied by Clapham. The prisoner %mei*
pl. sided puilty, and requested Mr. Burchaw to deal with the
case, but the menietrats committed the prisoner for trial at
lb,. next OM Deihl, eersiosol. The primmer Clapham was
remanded for a week far the attendance of the Admiralty
solicitor.