The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-14 00:00:00

PIEDMONT.

The Sardinian government, in its quality of one
of the powers which signed the treaty of Paris, has
drawn up a memorandum setting forth its opinion
on the act of navigation concluded at Vienna be-
tween the riverain states of the Danube on the 7th
November last. This opinion is to the effect that
the act in question is not irrevocable and removed
from discussion by the sole fact of its having been
concladed and ratified by the riverain states ; and
that besides it is not in conformity with the princi-
ples sanctioned by the treaty of the 30th of March,
1836. The memorandum, moreover, maintains that
the act would paralyse the commerce on the Danube
of all other states except those along its banks. On
the whole, the Sardinian government thinks that
the matter ought to be brought before the Congress
of Paris for a final decision.

A letter from Vienna says :—" Much suffering still
exists in the principal manufacturing districts of Austria, and
It is impossible to foresee when this deplorable wilds will end.
The extensive shipmenta usually made to the United States
have completely ceased for eight months. Large stock' of
raw silks and manufactures are on hand, and, from the little
business doiog, prices are merely nominal."

The Opinions of Turin publishes the letter ad-
dressed to Count de Cavour by Mr. Hodge, to which we
alluded yesterday. It is u follows :—" Sir,—l cannot leave
Piedmont without publicly expressing my gratitude for the
generous conduct of the Piedmantese government towards
me. To a fres and independent government it may be of
little importance to receive an assurance of satisfaction from
• private person, who is besides a foreigner ; but on the pre-
sent occasion my conscience dictates this course both ea a
duty and a pleasure. I therefore beg to offer your excel-
lency my sincerest thanks for the greet liberality, kindness,
and noble conduct evinced towards me by the government
of this country—a conduct which I shall never forget, and
which, I am sure, will be duly appreciated by my fellow-
citizens. I should be proud to have the honour of paying a
visit to your excellency in person, in order to express with
my own lips the esteem I feel for your liberality, bat am
afraid of encroaching upon your excellency's ministerial
duties.—D. Honore."

Advice' from St. Petersburg state that the
Emperor Alexander lately made an excursion to Croustade,
and that he was greatly pleased at the state of everything at
that port, thanking the Grand Duke Constantine for the
weal which be had displayed in improving it.

The Easter girandole was lighted on the sth on
Mount Pincio, at Rome, in the presenoe of an immense
multihnis. Queen Christina of Spain, the Duke of Leach-
tamberg, the Princess of Baden, and the Prince of Nassau,
were among the spectators.

" A sad affair," says the Univers, " has occurred
at Naples. A French button-maker, ooeupying a house and
at Pete*, a suburb of that city, took great plenums
garden Sowers, but he had the mortification of seeing
them frequently trampled down or pilfered by the children of
a naval offion. who resided near. He complained to the
officer, but the latter took no measures to prevent the dept.-
detion. A few days ago the Frenchman caught the children
committing wanton damage in the garden, and in a rage he
struck them. The Neapolitan officer, accompanied by several
of his neighbours, then hurried into the garden, and they all
attacked the Frenchman. The latter defended himself as
well as he could, but presently the officer, drawing his sword,
plunged it Into the men's breast, and the Frenchman dell
dead. It is not stated whether the officer was arrested. De-
mand kit • widow and two children."

ACCIDENT WITH SHELL/I.—The Corriere iferraw.
Woof Genoa of the Gob states that on the preceding_ day so.
vend experimente were made outside Fort Due Prateld, of
that city, to test certain projectiles invented by an officer of
the Sardinian navy. Moat of these experiment. were sue-
oeseful ; but some of the projectiles having fansat soft
ground went down into it without exploding,fnafeed of ri-
oochsting, ea was intended. It therefore became ago/wary
to extricate them, a dangerous operation, which was emcees-
tally performed in every case but one • the tut shell, in
being got oat, explotb-d. killing • corporal of artillery and
two sailors, Wades indicting dangeroue wounds upon two
others._

A —QUAKER'S ADVICE TO " REVIVALIBTB."—A
member of the Society of Friends writes to the Row York
Naming Post A few evenings ems, about nine dela*,
ray wife and daughters were seated in the parlour, when two
young women were let in by the servant. As newly as their
recollection serves, the following conversation took pines :
Young Women : We are sent by the Young MOD's Chris-
tian Association to ask what church you sUend.—My Wife:
We do not attend any church. Young Women : How many
Wide= have you in the family P—My Wife: Three.
Young Women : Do they go to Sunday school P
My No. Young Women: What are their
if.. P—My Wife : From sixteen to twenty-two. Young
Worms : Will you not attend the Rev. Mr. H.'s
prayer meeting f—My Wife : We are Friends. We have
nothing to do with churches and prayer meetings and thy
reverends. Yon are comely young women, and I think it
is imptopir ler you to be out alone this time of the night.
I advise yyeeaa to go home, and, also, to tell the young men of
that Chrlsflan Association that it is very improper for them
to send girls of your age into the street after night without
suitable protection.' I think my wife gave these young
women good advice. But let me inquire, friend editor,
whether than thinks it seemly for any association to send
missionaries into private circles 'moaned, to attempt the
inculcation of their doctrines I, I desire to be preserved in
a patient and liberal spirit towards other sects, but I am better
content to go my own way than theirs. Suppose I should
go or send unto the families of the Young Men's Chrietien
Association and invite them sad their children to cane to
Friends' mast*, dolt thou net think they would take it an
an offence to good breeding "

READINGS AT PRIVATE HOUSES.—The Albany
Statermat U.S.) furnishes the following small-talk about
New York society for the information of the rural districts :
" Now that Lent hes caused • temporary cessation In the
general Isstivides of the so-called hakienable world—espe-
cially of the Episcopal and Romish churches—readings at
private houses ere coming in rogue, at which from fifty to •
hundred of Eve's fair daughters assemble to listen to the
inter tions of the beet metheens of ' pure old English
' Miss Sedgwicit. of hereditary intellectual
fame, following in the wake of Miss Ramble Butler,
whose caner here was a moms (Mandell, as well sa
oratorically—hes given quite a number of these read-
ings. With most attractive presence, a well mete-
' lated and sympathetic voice and thorough cultivation, this,
lady basinspired great admiration— madiag days of her own
relsotion having bean eneaged for at the homes of Mrs.
President King, of Columbia College, Mn. George Bancroft,
Mrs. Parish, and other leaders of the upper ten.' The
some at one of them readings is represented as quite striking
—with the number of private carriages, the ladies dressed is
fall visiting costume, and the absence of the male element—
so pleasant ocemiceelly, as one of the fair spectators naively
remarked. The 'occasionally' was slightly emphasised, of
course ; but cep this new style of entertainment is ea
improvement upon the balls and parties, whioh, this winter,
It is true, have been rather less frequent then usual."
TIIE BRAZILIAN MAIL.—A telegram reached
Southampton from Lisbon yesterday, announcing the arrival
at the latter phos of the royal Brazilian mall Mesmer Med-
way from Rio de Jumbo, on her way to England. There
was no fever on board of her. The Medway may be ex-
pected at Southampton on Saturday mat
'nu AFRICAN MAIL STEAMERS GAMBIA AND
danarta..—Yesterdeg (Tuesday) telegrams wan teadved at
Liverpool to the effect that the Afrioan maall steamer Gambia
had pat hate Sierra Leone with main shaft broken. The
ammds had est barn heard of; and the West India mall
eleamer Malway. which reached Lisboa yesterday (Toss-
day), bed brewed out malls from Which
made op for the Gambia and ArmmiaMadeira,. lied been

THE TRIAL OF SIMON BERNARD.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS LAY.)

Tim proceedings in this important ease were ream ed to.
day at ton o'clock.

The following additional evidence wu adduced fur the
prosecution :

Louis Righerzl, examined by Mr. Weleby—l am the pro.
prietor of the Can Seine, at Brunets. I know the *mew
Joseph de Chore, and remember his coming to Brunie ea
December last. I noticed among the packages he brought
with him one which contented some article* of iron, and
heavy. I afterwards opened this parcel and plaited the con-
nate on the chimney-piece. I took out some portion'
of iron balls, but whether they were in two pieces or not
at this time I cannot say. I afterwards examined then,
and found that they consisted of halves of oval Wee
balls, which lined to each other. I made a drawing of
then articles. In the oblong part of these balls teen
was a Legs hole apparently intended for a screw, and at the
other end then were • number of small holes. I did not
remark the exact number of small holes, but I know that
there were several, although I cannot say one, two, or three.
The balls were hollow. They were something similar to the
one now produced, if the chimneys or nipples were take.
out, but I do not recollect the others sufficiently to enable we
to say that they were exactly Mrs it. Aooording to my w.
collection the small holes in the articles I saw at Bremen
were at that part of the instrument where the
large hole for the screw appears to be in this one. now
after the witness de Georgi arrived at the can, a few dew
afterwards, a gentlemen came to see him, and they had
some conversation together. The gentleman was a stranger
to me. I heard him tell de Georgi to put those gas
Instruments on one side, as they were a new invention. I
inquired what new invention it was, and he said it was a new
invention by the gentleman, which would be very beneficial
to the gas company. After this I heard the strange gentle-
man inquire of de °corgi whether he knew any one con-
nected with the administration of the gas, and he replied that
he knew a director, who is since dead, and also M. Braemar-
ken. De Georg( may have told me the name of this
gentleman, but I have forgotten it. He said that be
bad come nom London, and that he was going back thew.
I noticed that this gentleman spoke very good Italian. On
the same day this occurred do Georg( asked me if I knew
any one who would take charge of a horse to Paris, and I
. . _

recommended Zeguerus, and he left Brussels on the Friday
with the horse end returned on Sunday.
Crose-ezembted—l am • Swiss. I do not understand
much English. The erticks I saw brought to my recollec-
tion the form of a pear. The drawing I made correctly tie-
ecribed what I saw. The small holes were oa the top part
of the bell. Ido not consider the article now produced to be
shaped lake • pear.
Mr. Jeanie inquired whether the witness would state upon
his oath that the ball produced was like those he saw sr
Brussels, or to be one of the identical articles ?
The witness said he did not take particular attention of
the articles he saw at Brussels.

Mr. James insisted upon the witness stating whether he
believed the ball now produced to be one of those he saw at
Brussels, but the only answer that could be obtained from
him was that it was similar to the drawing he made at the
time, and he at length said be could swear positively to
nothing upon the subject.
Re-examined—l know that the halves fitted exactly is
each other. I had one in my hand with the two parts=
that, so that the article wee whole. I screwed themtog
myself, so that I limos they fitted exactly. I did not maim
the drawing that has been produced until the 26th of Fetes-
ery. (The shell was then shown to the witness without tie
nipples, and he said that in that state there was some re.
semblance to those he saw at Brussels, but he wee of °pinks
that this was more round.) I only observed one parcel that
contained those articles.

Cain* Segnerne, examined by the Attorney-Genera}--I
wee a waiter at the Café Suisse, at Brussels, in Decanter
lan, and I was engaged to accompany a gentleman to Pak
with • berm I en this gentleman on the day before ay
departure. He came to the Café Stine. I wee told than
was an Englishman, but he did not tell me so himself. De
Genii meals the arrangement for me. I took some tkiege
from the Cali Suisse that were placed in my carpet beg Sr
me. I new what the articles were that were placed in Itr
carpet hag. I had seen them on a table in the amok*
room a day or two before. They were similar to the on I
have been shown since. I cannot say how many tine we,
bat thee* were several of them. I asked what they met
for, and de Georg; told me they were for gas. I took than
away from the Café Suisse in my carpet bag. I Wien
there were eight or ten of these half balls m the peal
that was placed in my carpet bag. I first went 'it
the Café de PEurope on the 11th of December a
thereabouts. It was on a Friday. I had the carpet beg nil
its contents with me. The Emile& gentlemanos I apposed
him to be, met me at the hotel and gave me a corrynak
and a brash for We horse. I was to talcs it to Parka I all
not hear the name of the gentleman by whom I ne sa•
played. He accompanied me to the railway station when
started for Paris, and daring the journey I had chapel
the t bag. Ws left Brunel* by the p.m. tan, sad I
wentcarpe in the hone box. When we arrived at the statics I got
eat, sad showed the carpet beg to the Custom-hoose cane
sad the balls were taken out and exhibited, and they rudest
objection to than, and they were replaced is tbe
bag. They were in halves, and I was asked what the in
of them wee, and I told the officers they were to be omi to
• gas invention. They were pined without any °biotin
replaced in the carpet bag, and I proceeded on nip paw,
cad arrived at Paris between five and six o'clock ea de
knowing morning.• The English gentleman travelled by
the same train as myself, and when we arrived at Pal be
hold me to tenths hone to his hotel in the Rue St. Borcer
Hotel de LWe et d'Albion. I accordingly took tht
horse and the =pet bag to that hate/ and to.
moved all the articles from the carpet beg and Pima
them on a bench, and then took away the carpet bag. 111
balls wen all in separate halves. I told the people an
hotel that all the things I had taken out of the carpet beg
were to be given to the English gentleman. I went away,
and tinned to the hotel about foie or five o'clock the wee
afternoon, but I did not then see the gentlemen, and I net
a second time in the evening, and he paid me what was wed
upon, and he gave me twenty francs besides for myself. I
returned to Bennis on the same evening, and mini in
next monde( about twelve or half pest. Soma time
after my return to Brussels I saw the prisoner Bernd. I
oannot state whether it was a week alter or more. I teli
him that I had got to Paris safely with the bone, sal
bs embed that he knew le I sew him at the Caf6 kin I
bad seen him before I started to Paris, an he did ad Of
anything to me upon the subject of my joureey. When I
went to the Hotel de Lille et d'Albion in the sang, I
band that the balls had been removed from the beach Ines
I bad pined them.
Cross-examined—l had the balls in my band only*.
before I started with the horse to Paris. I handed Warn-
self to the Custom-house allows for naminatica, cad tip

wire taced upon a table far =nineties, and this ,
themllLYetreyert benstasel by Mr. Macenley
_Q„C n
the ma gar et Hotel do l'Europe at Br die lie
member • gsatiensen coming to the hotel on the Sid
November, who paned by the Rama of Allan". Be ii'
mot hillifeenort to me. This gentleman stayed it to
betel 'NB the 11th of December. I believe &psi*
new produced to be the sun be delivered to ma. Bel*
asps gar Buns who went with Zeguerua and the ken le
Penni
M. H. J. Jourdain, examined by Mr. Welaby—l 1111
commissioner at the Hotel de 'Europe at Brunk, Ibi I
remember a gentleman named Allsopp coming to that Isidi
He kiaseed so an Englishman. I accompanied bin is
cabriolet, with Z to the railway station in the ever
big of the 11th dber. I saw the mime gonna a
prisoner afterwerde at Paris. lie was shown to me by
Juge cehmernotion. He was thee called Oned, in heat
the same person I had seen at Brussels ea Anne.
M. Lunn, examined by Mr. Bodkin—l atmilisr d
the Hotel de la Monocle, at Brawls. The see
to my hotel on the 2.5 th of December, and pith
PlWlttorney-General called for the prodoction d td
Passport, notice having been served upon the prisoner that
would be required.
Mr. Pollard, one of the managing decks In the Den*
who proved the notice to produce, said, in WNW JO tare'
hone put to him by Mr. James, that be behved the Filar
when hi was asked about his passport said that the to
had got all t ortisere He also said that the litiblior ob
originally with another offence, that of cserfig
and the nand say had returned a tons bill for that tag
end the at bed bees returned to the Court n
likeerat by the crown. The bill for conspirsoy weeliondb
Eisesky het, and a writ of certioren had bees
sent down to remove any Indictment that might to hen.
the Court of Queen's Bench.
The Attoesey-tieneral celled for the prolubiga.
pass
Mr.port. Jams said they could not produce it. The pebsibli
poseesion et all the papers.
The Attorney-Gemara and be was prepared to Avg elj
strict search had bee made, and no such dormant stew
covered.
The Judges expressed an opinion that wok ovine
should be given.
Mr. hese Hollis, examined by the Attorney.Oried-la
am a nianufaotnrer of disarms at Birmingham. Cs fll
nth of October two persons came to my noshes', saly
chased two revolvers. I did not know who them twejt
Ems were at the time, but I have MOM SM. .....1•11
both in the prison of Ls Roquette, at Pert.
were Pierrl end Orsini. They were pointed out to me
director of the pens. Each revolver then persons
had five cheistbera. They were the same now poised'
of the pistols heti a con and the proper heill:g
loading and ehiashis the mope. The amiss von
and kindled by the sifter. The price of the
U. 15e. sash, sad 01141111 paid the money, and I
pistol to the hoed where the pities were sue* Al.
hose Omni bed very large beard, but VIVO OW Nr,./.
Pens la pins tar beard bed disproved. Phial an