The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-24 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, .1(INII 24.

Tire telegram from Berlin,which we published yes-
terday evi nieg, announcing the (arly march of seve-
ral Prussian army corps to the Rhine, is calculated
to give rise to exaggerated apprehensions, if regarded
apart from the diplomatic attitude of the Prussian
Government. So far as these military arrangements
tend to commit Prussia to active intervention at •
future stage of the war, they of cause add to the
complications of European politics ; bat at present
they are merely precautionary. The advance of a
Prussian Army to the Rhine after • grave diplomatic
disagreement with Frazee, such as the rejection of
an offer of mediation, would hare a seriousness which
would be incontestable. But that is not the present
situation. Although the Prussian Government hu
announced its intention to interfere diplomatically
for the restoration of race, it has not yet thought the
time come for proposing bases of pacification to
France. Nfueb remains, therefore, to be dose before
a ease for the employment of these troops can arise.
Prussia arms in order that when the time for media•
tion comes she may intervene with effect. It follows
horn what we have stated that the reports of the Bel-
gian papers respecting the terms of Prussian media-
tion are premature. Should the conflict on the Mincio
prove of a decisive character, and not degenerate,
owing to the successful resistance of the fortresses,
into a protracted war, the diplomatic intervention of
Prussia will probably follow the first great battle.
Early in the week we noticed the prevalent rumour
that a treaty had been concluded between Austria
and Prussia with reference to this war. We are
enabled to state that this report is completely

The part which Prussia has to play just now is
exceedingly complex, her European and Germanic
interests crossing each other at several points. Her
Teutonic allies urge her to a course which would
make the Confederation take the place of Prussia as
the fifth of the Great Powers, and she vindicates her
native rank against both France and Germany by
taking the lead in a display of military force-
Amidst all these interesting complications there is
danger of her forgetting that other Powers will not
be dispos' d to make the permanent lot of Italy depen-
dent on the squabble, of the Confederates, and that
the great interests of European peace require that
both Ereocc and Austria shou:d be got out of Italy
as 10011 as possible. Any attempt to revive and
apply at the present day the iniyi.i7ous principles of
the Congress of Vienna, any pretension to sacrifice the
vital interests of a people to imaginary ends of
etateeraft, woull inevitably alienate the sympathies
of the English people from Prussia, whatever evils
might befall that State.' Ti.e new English Ministry
has lost bet time in aegosioting the Prussian Court
wall its views of Italian affairs,

AN Act of Parliament would seem to be required
again to restrain the iuwer of judges over juts&
According to the ease of " Commend against t►e
" Eastern Counties Railway Company," just decided,
it is foe the Judge and not for the Jury to say what
is and what is not eegliger ee. Ileron NI %MIN, in
del:tering his judgment in this case, is reported to
have said—" It is fur the judge to determine
" whether there is any evidence of negligence to go
" to the jury. People seem to fancy that on acci-
" dent need only occur withio the premises of a
" rails ay company, and there must be negligence
" on the part of tie company," This tendency of
the judicial mind to correct, by the exercise of an
absolute but usurped authority, what it supposes to
be a vagary of public opinion, is not of recent date.
In the days of it-sill:s it wag fence' necessary to pus
an Aet of Parliament to enable juries to pronounce
• publication libel or no libel. The judges of those
days thought that jail,* ought only to be allowed
to nay whether the article said to be • libel
Lad or had not be, n published. Bet in thou.
times the devisee°, of juries were felt to
be so %a:ualil" ea expreeeione of public opinion,
such powerful cheeks upon abuse of power in high
place., that the judges were not allowed to encroach
upon tte prialieer which juries poinemed of deciding
all matter, of fact. Is the ease altered now? It is
tree that in our days the press has become the
chief reflex and index of public opioior, and that to
It is now conceded the pais, of barleesely exposing
abuse*, and, by the freest discussion, aiding in their
abolition ; bet the time in not (-isle for dispensing
with the security which trial by jury affords.
There is no greater reason now than heretofore far
entrusting judges with the drciaton of matters of
feet. And is negligence matter of law, or is it
matter of law to determine degrees of negligence?
Or, supposing this to be a moot point, can there be
any doubt but that a London jury, or a jury any-
where consisting of nun of husini se, is far better cal-
culated to pass judgment upon the amount of
reasonable care displayed in the transactions of
business than any jails?, however learned in the
law? Certainly • very cursory examination of
?beliefs of this ease would lead to such a conclusion.
It wee an action by a carman egainot the Railway
Company for negligence. 'The plaintiff, an able-
bodied man, was sent to the Shoreditch Station to
fetch • parcel expected by a pemenger train. He
west to the station, and waited upon the platform
until the arrival of the train. A greet number of

persons were also waiting upon the platform. On
the arrival of the train the railway porters threw
open the gates seperating the two platforms to let
the passengers pass out and the persons waiting to
go in, whereupon a rush of the persona waiting took
place, and plaintiff wia thrown over a weighing
I machine, standir.g on the platform near the gate-
way, and sustained serious injuries. At the trial
the jury awarded him 604 as damages, but the
Court of Exchequer directed a nonsuit to be entered,
en the ground that there was no evidence of negli-
genre to go to the jury, and Baron Kamm
made use of the strange expressions already quoted,l
Baron Brt su wet!. observing that sack an
aecident had never occurred before. Now we
do net suppose that there is one of our readers
at all acquainted with our places of public resort and
concourse who has not, after reading this account,
come to the conclusion either that passengers should
not have been allowed to rush on to the platform,
or else that the weighing machine should have been
securely fenced. What would be said of the manager of
a theatre who put a weighing machine in the midst of
the pit entrance, or • millowner who sent all his hands
headlong into a room full of unfenced machinery
And yet the learned Barons of the Exchequer say
that there is no evidence of negligence on the part
of the Company, and deprive the unfortunate earnian
of the fruits of his verdict. We consider this decision
an unfortunate one both for companies and the
public. It is not only an infringement by the Bench
on the constitutional privileges of Juries, but it is
likely to lead also to mischievous practical re-
sults. If railway and other companies are to be
so longer amenable to the judgments of experienced
men of business, end if " who'd have thought it, it
" never happened before," is to constitute in the
minds of learned judges a sufficient and satisfactory
excuse for any amount of reckless negligence, we see
little security to the public in future against acci-
dents. Even with the fear of what are now called
vindictive verdicts hanging over the head of Rail-
way Companies, a fsertal catalogue of railway acci-
dents has acessalated In the course of every year.
What will it be ia Nun?

HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tauzarar, JUNE 23.
Their lordships met et half-poet fear o'clock, and read the
following private bills a second time .—Great Northern of
S °data Railway, Great Westi en Railway, Kingeton-opon-
Thames Go., South Wake, Pembroke and Tenoy Junction
]railway; Tweed Fielliries, Lucette's Rotate, and Earl et
Kintcre s Rotate.

Their lordships then adjqursei till Thursday, tLe 30th inst.

gbe Court.

The Queen held a wart yesterday afternoon at
Bucklagheth Pekoe.
Earl Delawarr had an audience and delivered to her
Majesty hie gold key end his wand of cilia, se Lord Cham-
berlain of the Household

Viscount Sydney had an audience, kissed kande on hie
appointment, and neared from the Queen hie gold key aid
wand of office u Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's HOMO-
hold.

Viscount Newport bad an audience of her Majesty and
resigned hie gold key and wand of office as Vice•Chsraber-
lola of the klousehoW.

Viscount Cast!armee bad an audience, kissed hands en his
appointment, and received from the Queen his gold key and
wand of office as Vice-Chunberlisin of her kisiesty's Howie-
hold.

Ceketel the Right 800. Cecil Forester had an audience of
the Queen and rteigned his rand of odic. se Comptroller of
the 'leasehold.

Lord Proby had an andirmee, Meted hands on his appoint.
meet, and received from the Quern Lis wand of Milos as
Comptroller of her Majesty's Household.
nes Right Rey. Dr. Campbell had as audience of the
Quiet, sad did boons upon being appoiettd Bishop of
Bowe. Sir Gimp C. Untie, Secretary of Ekes foe the
Bores Depastaisat, and the licr. Lord Wriotheeley Rowse;
Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Visaing, assisted at the tare-
army._

Lord Harris had en audience of the Queen upon bie re-
turn from India, end was prevented b her Idajeay by Sir
Charles Wood, Secretary of State for India.
Sir George C. Lewis and SW Charlie' Wood had an au-
dience of her Majesty.
The Queen was attended by Lord Raglan, Lord is Wait-
ing% and Mr. It. Ormsby Gore, Oroom in Waling.
Her Maj.aty, accosopazied by Prince Leopold and Pen-
esali Alice, and attended by the Hoe. L.lcy Kerr, took a
drive in an open carriage and four. Lord Colville end
Lord Charles Fitzroy ettende•.l on horseback.

TM Primate Conort rode on borreback, Wanted by Cap-
tain the lion, D. de Roe.

The King of the Belgians, ereoropenied by the Count of
Flanders, paid visite yesteedey to the Duette.' and the Dub
of Counbridge, et their uspeetire residences in St. James's

The Duke of Cambridge visited the King of the Bolgiana
yeuterday at Buckingham Palace.
Prime Leopold took a drive in • carriage and four.
. .

The Pried of Leh:tinges arrived at Buchiegbaut Palace
yesterday upon a visit to the Qaeen.

Bev liaji;ty had a dinner party hug evening. The cow-
pony included the Ling al the Belgian•. the Princess Alice,
the Count of nark" the Erin,* of Ltiningen, the Belgian
Minister and Madame Yen de Weyer, the Earl of Bt. per-
was, Vlaconat mad Vlecoant,o4 l'almereton, Lord Jobe
Remelt, Lord George Cannot. the Hoe. Mrs, Biddelyk.
Col.•el Neu de Yeerkerke, Major Burne!l, and Dr. Koeyl.
TM ►end el the CulsLarratu Guar& attends d daring
dinner.

The Judkiel Committee of the Privy Council eat yeater-
day. Lord Jesting Knight Brace gave judgment on en
'pp& from Beagni, " Houterein Sing o. illognersiat
An appeal from Jenny, " finite r. Le Serer et Le Huguet,"
pert bawd, iwne concluded, aad judgment given by Lined
Juetim Knight Brace.

Despetches were went from the Colssiol•Oßke yesterday to
the Governors of the Colooks ea the West Coast of Anion,

VINIT OP RES MAJESTY TO ALDERSOOTT.—Ae.
°coding to the present arniagnmat her Majesty and the
Prime Consort nil Melt the troops at Alderrhon Camp as
Smorday neat. The (toren well deep at the Royal Pavilion
on Saturday night and Sods, slgbe, end return to Backing.
hem Pak. co Monday.

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ROTAL DRAMATIC COLLEI. R.—We are authorised
to state that his Roped litabaem tte Prime Caotort hoe
rammitief to become patron of this mitigation, of which her
Mojeity le aimed, lM petramee.

iraosous t 87;leiry will be the new Lord Chamber.
Isla; sad Lard Clad erone sad Lord Nob, will rergeciirely
AU the ofill..es of Tits Cheraberlein sad Treasurer of the
Hneeshold. The Right Hon. Maniere Brady has been
await d Lard Claw:lk, of (Mead, by which that gentle-
periews of 4.0001. pi: swam es es-Chancellor will be
fee.' t.. the pabile. The Crestellor of the Exchequer hoe
appoiated Mr. C. L Ryan, of the Treasury, te be his whets
seerstary. Mr. J. IL Maynard, of the War-off:be, has been
appointed private ereretary to Mr. &dewy Herbert, Secretary
foe Wee; sad Mr. B. Sttoo, of the Wu-uftice, private
secretary to the Berl of Ripon, under secretary.
The Right Hon. H. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli
have left Orosireirw-gatefoe Haribeirden. Moser, Backe.

His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh has
kft Claridge's Hotel fur Mulgrave Castle, woo Whitby.
The Prince Hohenlohe Schillingtnet will wire
at the Bruseekk Hotel, ha Jermya•atreet, to-day, where
apertreeet• have Wee omelet foe hi. reception.
The Lady Howard de Walden has arrived at
Gorr Braude

Lady ,Nlaty Wood has imaged limitations far tire
balls, p, tate y ,e 4 renaertively on the elb and 16tb prostme.
Lord and Lady Gand have arrived at &evens%
IL.td, El gsol

The Hon. .Mn. C..rentry'a ball is fixed to hike
plane on WnMedq, the 11,11 July.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nei have arrived at Fea-
torio Hotel, hots Lateashire. Mr. att4 Mrs. F. Horst sad
His Hidden bane tilt tho saws sottbliabmsat foe &alb-
astplos.

A marriage will shortly take place betwixt' Vie-
wing BIM awl Ladr 111.nebe liettf of the pee-
meat Earl ,f Iluewuud.

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1859.

THE WAR IN ITALY.

THE SARDLNIAN DICTATORSHIP.

CRY SUBMARINI AND parries rnsoluria
PARIS. FRIDAY ItORNINO.

The MoNiteur of this morning contain' a note en-
planing the character of the dictatorship offered in
Italy on all sides to the King of Sardinia, and the
conclusion drawn that Piedmont wishes to unite
all Italy in one State without consulting the po-
pulations and the great Powers. Such conjectures
have, it says, no foundation. The people, whether
delivered at abandoned, wish to make common cause
against Austria, and with that intention they place
themselves wider the protection of the King of Sar-
dinia; but the dictatorship is a power purely tem-
porary, which, whilst uniting common forces in the
same hands, in no way prejudices any future com-
bination.