The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-18 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1860.

we are told, excited the admiration of his
opponents. " His right eye was nearly blinded
" early in the contest; about the 25th round
his lab was also fast going to sleep. He had an
awful 'picture gallery' to look at. His snout
" was like Abet of a ringed boar, and he had fears
" ful goalie in his cheeks, but still be fought with
" indomitable pluck. When he hit his blows were
" terrific, and sounded on the ears of the spectators
" like the crack of a hunting-whip." The right arm
la the Englishman, we are told, was disabled by •
airam-hammer blow from his opponent at about
the sixth round. "He was caught on the ropes
" twice by his maddened adversary, who placed
" Tom's head in Chancery, and on the second
" occasion would have strangled him outright had
" not the ropes been cut."
And this is the "noble art," to see which hun-
dreds, it is said thousands, paid their three guineas
a-piece yesterday. For this the days of our
grandfathers, those " glorious old Corinthians," are
to be revived. The simple account of the matter
appears to be that the American, a man in the
flower of youth, much taller, longer in the arm,
and three stone heavier than his opponent, early
gained an advantage over SAMS by sheer
strength, disabling his right arm, and from that
time directing his blows to the undefended side.
What, beyond the well-ascertained fact that
Bayles was • man of skill and fortitude, was to be
taught by the conflict of two men so unequally
matched we cannot conceive. It is given out that
as the conflict is stall undecided it must of neces-
sity be resumed and concluded some day or
another. We trust not. Now that the public,
which has grown up almost without knowing what
prise fights are, has been made acquainted with
their true character, we may expect that it will be
long before another exhibition like the great fight
of fiAlraltS and HEENAN is permitted. Our civilisa-
tion has coat much And we cannot afford to go
back to old ruffianism.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
FRANCE.
PARIS, WIDNUDAY MORNING.
The Coaatitutiannel, in an article signed by IL
Boniface, says it is authorised to declare that the
pamphlet " L Coalition," [noticed m our Paris
correspondence] is entirely the work of a priVate
individual, who has neither directly nor indirectly
been inspired by government.

SPAIN.
MADRID, Aram 17.
The report that Ortega has been executed is
untrue.

FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND.
BERNE, TUESDAY.
There again appears some probability that the
C•uference will take place.
England proposes Brussels u the place where it
should be held, while France insists upon Paris, in
which she is supported by Russia

PARIS, TUJIIIDAY.
M. Thouveuel has informed the representatives
of the powers who signed the final act of Vienna of
the nature of the reception France will give to the
circular note of the Swiss Federal Council of the
sth April, respecting the convocation of an Euro-
pean Conference.

It was not until the Kingof Sardinia had formally
taken possession of Lombardy and the treaties of
Zurich had been signed and ratified? that France
and Austria jointly addressed au invitation to the
powers who had signed the treaties of Vienna to
assemble in a Conference, in order to make known
to them the territorial arrangements which
had resulted from the moon of Lombardy
to Piedmont, which cession was freely consented to
FAustria. No Power having then objected,
anoe will now follow the came course. When,
therefore, the cession of Savoy and Nice freely con-
sented to by Piedmont, shall have been sanctioned
and ratified by universal suffrage of the inhabitants
and by the vote of the Sardinian parliament,
France will take possession of those provinces.
Immediately afterwards she will consent to the
assembling of a conference for the purpose
of receiving communication of the treaty
concluded on the 24th March last between Napo-
leon 111. and King Victor Emmanuel.
France will likewise be willing that the said confer-
ence shall examine the following question :—ln what
manner are the rights of France, irrevocably ac-
quired through the cession of Savoy and Nice by
the King of Sardinia, to be reconciled with the
guarantees stipulated by the treaties in favour of
Switzerland /—it being well understood that the
conference shall leave the treaty of the 24th March
intact.

GENEVA, TUMIDLY.
General Canrobert, aooomiw.nied by several
offioers of engineers, has visited the fort of Rousse'',
on the frontier of Switzerland.

The Canton Vaud has been supplied with war
materiel.

The English government has g►ven encouraging
aurancee to the Federal Council.

RUSSIA AND THE SAVOY QUESTION.

GENEVA, TUUSDAY.
Prince Gortehakoff, in his reply to the note of
Switzerland, identifies Russia with the other
powers who have signed the treaties of 1815, and
who have recognised the neutrality and inviolabi-
lity of Switzerland.
In this note the Prince also states that it is the
true political interest of Europe to preserve
Switzerland from all foreign influence. But France
having manifested an intention of negotiating
either with the great powers or with the Swiss
Confederation, and the Federal Council having ex-
pressed a similar desire, Russia gives her complete
adhesion to the assembling of a conference, being
convinced that the Federal Council does not doubt
of her solicitude to efficaciously ensure the neu-
trality of Switzerland.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.
111
(}sou oca ors coaassroinnorr.)
PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.
The pamphlet "14 Coalition " came out last
evening, and is prod./1y of the tenor which I told
you it would be • week ago. It is directed (see
p. 14) against the speech of Lord John Russell,
in which, referring to the universal dis-
trust occasioned by the tortuous conduct of
the French government with regard to Savoy
and Nioe, his lordship adverted to the possibility
of England being compelled to seek other alliances.
On this theme an accusation is built up against Lord
John Russell of a desire to revive the holy alliance.
The object of the work is to show by an artful
enumeration of causes, or supposed causes, of dif-
ferences with other powers, that it is impossible
at the present day for England to form
any alliances, that France can do as she
likes, that the only " Coalition " practicable
is a coalition of peoples under the protection of
France, and that the French frontier must be ex-
tended to its " natural limits " on the side of the
Rhine. I am not prepared to say that this pamphlet
was dictated by the government. It does not, I think,
proceed from the same pea as the " Pope and the
Congress," and although adroitly puffed as a mani-
festo of no common origin, has not been launched
into the world with all that fuss and parade which
generally heralds the advent of a literary
bantling not intended to be repudiated
by its imperial parent. The " coalition" may
very likely be disavowed ; but, whatever the au-
thorship, this much is certain, that its tone and
spirit is altogether in harmony with the daily tittle-
tattle9f the ante-rooms in the Tuileries.

The Bourse was depressed, owing, as it was said,
to the pamphlet the "Coalition,"whichis, however,
said not to be officiaL The Rente fell 26c. both
for cash and account, closing at 70fr. in each case.
Mobilier fell 7fr. 50c. Railways were from 2fr. 50c.
to Mr. lower.

The Memorial d' Amiens says that General Lamo-
riciere has only acoopted the command of the pon-
tifical army upon the express condition that he is
never to be called upon to serve against France.
General Changarnier left Paris thin morning for
Belgium. The Opinion Nationale inquires whether
he has gone to fight for the cause of despotism in
Rome or Naples ? It has endeavoured, but without
success, to get at the truth of the rumours cir-
culating on the subject.
The Emperor and Empress will probably visit
Nice and Savoy towards the end of June.
It is announced that Prince Napoleon and the
Princess Clothilde are about to make a trip to
Italy, and that on their way back to Franoe, they
will pass through Savoy stud Nice.
Sir Robert Peel was at Galignani's library to-
day, passing through Paris on his way to London,
from Switzerland.