The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-22 00:00:00

TIM EXPRESS, FRIDAY zoVENING, JANUARY 21, ItsB.

nark of rem& caseation is ooncluded there should
11. • special theological training for those destined
W holy orders, is not only tight, but neomsary. The
main point to be attended to is, that the special
training should be complementary to, not in substi-
tution of, the general training.

Wa obese, with satisfaction in Tuesday's Gasstts
the tint general instalment of three honours with
which her MAJESTY is pleased to distinguish her
military servants in India. Shall the claims of the
civilians go wholly unrecognised? If universal tes-
timony be worth anything, some, at least, among
their number have acquitted themselves in a manner
which commands our admiration. The Quitttes
Speech called attention to their conduct. Govern-
ment despatches make right honourable mention of
them. Public journals and private correspondence
alike bear witness to their merits. Is it asking too
meth if we seek that in some few prominent instances
distinguished civilian service be rewarded ?
The claims of men like Sir Joint Lawaxect, em-
phatically the saviour of India, are too obvious to
need mention at our hands. The Grand Cross, some
swaths ago conferred, must be but an earnest of the
honours which await him. Our wish is to go lower
down the ladder, to rescue from oblivion names leas
exalted, it may be, in station, but eminently entitled
to the gratitude of England. We shall content our-
, salves with a few specimens, rather intended to illus-
trate our meaning, than to exhaust the list of worthy
candidates for honours.
We will first take the name of Mr. Rontwr Mous-
-001tr.12, Judicial Commissioner of the Punjab. We
have only lately learned that to this gentleman's
vigour and resolution (ably seconded by Brigadier
Column) we owe the disarming of the troops at
Meean Meer. The quick conception and equally
prompt execution of this masterly idea are mid to
have "saved the Punjab." In Sir J. LAWRENCE'S
absence the whole responsibility rested with MONT-
GOMERY. To have hesitated a day, to have disclosed
by a whisper the rapidly formed design, was to have
exposed the European community to massacre.
MONTGOMERY was equal to the occasion. Through-
out the day on which the full details of Meerut and
Delhi reached Lahore all appeared as usual. The
ball at night went off as other balls do. Before
sunrise a few hundred Europeans, commanded by
Colonel HENRY ItxttreT, disarmed the entire native
garrison, several thousands strong. We cannot over-
estimate the value of this movement. We are said
to owe it mainly, if not wholly, to the genius of
ROBERT MONTGOMERY.
The next name to which we draw attention is that
of lixitnAto Wax; Magistrate of Arrah, whose
defence of a weak and hastily fortified building, with
five or six Europeans and some fifty Sikhs, against
the whole force of HOUR SINGH, elicited the warm
approbation of Government, and stands conspicuous
among the many recent instances of British resolu-
tion and gallantry. The country rings with the
well-earned praises of Nous and his heroic gar-
Aeon WAKE'S defence of the Arrah bungalow was
in every single respect a miniature edition of Luck-
now. The same stake—similar odds—equal pluck—
s like issue.

One more instance, and we have done. ALONZO
MONEY, Magistrate of Oyah, boldly disregarded the
orders of his Commissioner, enjoining the immediate
evacuation of his post. It was menaced by armed
bodies of insurgents and by the liberated convicts of
the gaol. Under circumstances of great personal
hazard this gallant officer, unsupported save by a
single European, re-entered Gyab, poseessed himself
of some seven lakhs of tressure,and carried it in safety
to Fort William. His conduct, like Mr. Wanes,
received! the emphatic acknowledgment of Govern-
mot.

We have selected these few examples of high in-
dividual merit among the Indian civilians am living
types of a numerous class. Among the dead we
meld multiply Miasmas. Gao&ne CHRISTIAN,

Commissioner of Seetapore ; ROBERT TUCKER, Judge
Fattyghrir ; JOHN WEDDERBURN, Magistrate of
Hamserpore, deliberately forfeited their lives rather
than abandon their posts. Of such, and many
similarly entitled, we can only speak with admira-
tion and regret. For the living we may ask some-
thing more. We may claim at least for good service
like theirs " the civic wreath foe obmrades saved."
We may remind her MAJESTY'S advisers that the
Civil department of the Bath was especially insti-
tuted to enable the SOVEREIGN to distinguish high
merit in non-military quarters. The Grand Cross of
ear national Order glitters worthily on the breast of
a Liventsucz. Would its lower ranks be unworthily
reeraited from among men who have upheld
the national character like Were, Moser, and
Monniontar ?

A Mead at present on a tour on the Continent
bee accidentally obtained and transmitted to us a
piece of information, curiously illustrative of the
literary tastes of the Neapolitan Government.
There is at Naples a fund set apart annually for the
'ostentation of the Official Journal, so ample, as will
awmr- from the sequel, ea to be rather more than
s'acient for the purpose. On the 28th of last
December the following donations were granted by
Royal Rescript, as New-year's gifts, out of the our-
pies moneys of the fund for 1838 :
,To Mauer X—, oorrespowlsat at the Mann 2,400 D.
To the director of the asters dr Midi • 1,200
To the director of the Bailiff:9 di 1,200 „
To the directors of the aiiiodico di Onsoof 1,200 „
To Signor C—, to Brussels
To Baron Ls correspondent of the Osearga
di Augsburg l2O „
To &pier di L—, correspondent of the Crutelico 120 „
The above is an interesting and instructive gradu-
ated scale, if not exactly of literary merit, yet of
merit of some kind, or what is considered such at
Naples.

The Hake ref firsteet visited there's] pada* at Kew.
The Comet of ?Odin welt to=t is the =ening ,
aid sheeted to the palace la the m
The Queen lit Bookiashirs him* at • quarto" before
9 o'clock lag swain, to homer the reprewsiadwe
at Her Mepletre Theatre with her. prima. The pert,
with the Queen occupied aerrutera of her Majwity• Mao
earrieseu wed the escort was moped of • detwiluseet et
Liki (!Deeds.

The Duke de Nemours Aided tie Dachau of Kent yester-
day at Clazeserbooas, St. Jams's.

the Bavarian Mkslater nod Baroness de Gado, and the
Austrian Minister sad Content Apponyi, are prevented
from partaking d the °oust inthities by recent doomed°
affliction.

A deputation hue the Carew Doak Cczanz bed an
inearview with Ladyed lltsa Right
Hon. R. Lowe ca W etittri2a d the Beard of
Trade. The deputed= of Mama Rah= Carter,
John Nix, Jam. ,Whateensi Beasequk W. Toted (Nnfwellian
and Swidiah Vice-Consul), end Mr. H. H. Smiths=
Secneary.
A deputation on behalf of the United Kingdom Alliance
had an interview with Sir George Grey yemeadAty at the
Home-office. The deputation omit= of &r W. C. Tra •
=yen, Bart, the Mayor of Salford, Mr. Joe. Tooker, J. P.
Bradford Rev. Canon Jenkins, Dovish; Rev. Them
Hutton, Chaplain of Northampton County Gaol; Rev. W.
W. Robinson, Y.A., Club= ; Rev. Dr. M'Herrow, Man-
chester ; Rev. Dr. Bun= Lowden ; Rev. Dawson Burns,
London ; Mr. W. lomakLonidanA Mr. Chas. Jups, Me=
Wilts; Han. and Rev. Leland Noel; Mr. Samuel Pope,
Manchester ; Mr. H. Dixon, Manchester ; Mr. John Riley,
Manchester ; J. Bills, M.D., Riehmoad ; Alderman 0. W.
Harrison, Walreflekl ; Mr. Joe. Thema, Halidu and Mr.
R. Wainwright.
Despatches war* received yeseirday at the Colonial-odloe
from the Governors of the West India Colonies.

The Daily News and Express were seized to-day.
The Bourse was more tranquil to-day. The
Rents opened with considerable firmness, and al-
though a rumour that the Bank of England had
reduced its discount was not confirmed, the j highest
prices of the day were nearly maintained to the
close, when the quotations were 68fr. 76c. for cash,
and 68fr. 86c. for account, being a rise of 36c. and
Mobilier roes 10fr. The railways fluc-
tuated a good deal and left off upon
the whole lower. A good many money bar-
gains were done is Orleans, Eastern, Southern, and
Western, at a rise of from 10fr. to 16fr.; but for ac-
count most of the lines fell from 2fr. 60c. to Mr.
Lyons fell 12fr. 60c.
The budget of 1869 is thus composed :—Expendi-
tare, 1,766,707,277 fr. ; receipts, 1,773,919,114 fr.;
surplus, 7,211,837 fr.

ITALY.

THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES.

(nom oux owl!

NAPLES, Jax. 16.
Another sorrow has fallen upon Salerno. No
sooner has the panic occasioned by the earthquake
begun to cone, than the population are again
alarmed by another sad event. The tooth of St.
Matthew the Bishop, one of the precious relics of the
church, has been stolen. It disappeared during the
agitation consequent on the late disaster, and this in-
cident is only another proof of that moral disorder
which is often perceptible in times of great social
distress. The bishop has ordered the excommunica-
tion of the sinner, but to no effect ; processions,
with torches, have been made, all equally useless ;
the precious relic, which has saved Salerno from so
=soy misfortanes, is not to be found. Can this
incident be in any way connected with the con-
finement of the Protestant English engineers
in the prisons of Salerno P To their case,
the case of our countrymen, I must now
eall your attention in all sober serious-
ness. After hopeless expectation that their trial
might come on from month to month, the month of
January had been fixed upon as the extreme limit
beyond which even Neapolitan tardiness would not
venture to go. It is now the 18th, and I see no pro-
spect of the trial coming off at present. It is not
amongst those causes which are decided by the court
to be taken during the next fifteen days. We must
therefore look forward to February, the ninth month
during which our countrymen have been confined.
That a still farther delay is contemplated is evident
from the fact that the "termini" have not been fixed
upon—that is to say, the days on which the court
will receive the report of the line of defence about to
be adopted by the counsel of the prisoners ; for unless
I am misinformed, this report has to be presented
before the trial takes place, and the court may object
to it. The greatest cause of delay, however, will
now arise from the fact that two of the prisoners
have appealed against the competency of the court of
Salerno to try the cue. The appeal is made
to the Court of Cessation, which sits at
Capua, and there can be little doubt but
that the decision of the government to try the case
at Salerno will be confirmed, delay will be occa-
sioned, and it is that which is desired by men who
are placed in jeopardy of their lives. No term,
therefore, can be affixed to the sufferings of our
countrymen, and probably we shall be well into the
spring before their case will be decided on. It is
asserted, though probably before I despatch my
letter I shall be better informed on this point, that
the court has refused permission to a gentleman at
Salem° to act as counsel for some of the prisoners at
their request ; or, rather, it is said that it was in-
sinuated to him that if he left his house he would be
arrested by the police. Than this of course no more
effectual obstacle could be raised.
Since writing the above I have ascertained that
the appeal to which I alluded was brought before the
Court of Caseation last Monday, and quickly re-
jected. The cause will therefore be tried at Salerno,
and probably at the beginning of next month. As
regards the refusal to permit the advocate to act for
some of the prisoners who required his assistance,
the facts are, I believe, as follows. This gentleman,
who was only known by name to the prisoners, ac-
cepted the duty thus imposed upon him. From that
moment, however, he appears to have been regarded
with suspicion by the police authorities—be was not
allowed to see the prisoners, and he was limited to
gsomeal spot beyond the residence of the Grand Cri-
urt. Of course, this fact interfered greatly
with his regular duties and interests as an advo-
cate, and at some important stage of the protein he
was unable to accomplish what was neoeseary for
the advantage of his clients. As a last step he sent
an open letter to the prisoners to inform them of the
state of the cue, and to recommend them to make
some other arrangement : both the letter and the
messenger were repulsed. Thus is it that attempts
are made to interfere with the honest administration
of juatioe. But now for the sequel. The President
of the Court represented all the circumstances of the
ewe to his Majesty. It was observed that such con-
duct could not be permitted, as it would only tend
to complicate the difficulties with foreign govern.
ments, and an order was directly issued for
Signor to be permitted to perform the duties
assigned to him, under the obligation, however, of
returning to Vietri, which is within two miles of
Salerno, every night.
The Act of Accusation preferred by the Procurator
General of the King to the Grand Criminal Court of
Principato Citeriore, against Giovanni Nicotera and
many others under arrest implicated in certain poli-
tical events, verified in Ponza, Sapri, and other
localities in the district of Sala, now lies before me.
I have not time to translate more than certain por-
tions touching on the position of our countrymen ;
bet I will speak more fully of it in another letter.
At page 18 I find the following passage :—" It is
also known that Miss White, on visiting Turin, had
provided the conspirators with a note written in
English, and by herself, and directed to the ma-
chinist Park. This execrable writing, which was
preserved by Park and was seized upon him, shows
that he was no stranger to the criminal engagement,
and was not ignorant of the object of the same con-
spiracy. The letter runs thus We desire to
avoid the shedding of blood ; our only object is to
liberate oar brothers from the horrible prisons of
King Bombs of Naples, so justly abhorred by the
English. By assisting our efforts you will acquire
the consciousness of doing a good act, an act

which will be approved by two nations,' Italian
and English. Yon will have also the merit of pre-
serving this vessel for your employers. All resistance
is useless. We are resolved on accomplishing our
enterprise or on dying."
At page 20 it is written : " Henry Watt and
Charles Park did not land at Pones, because as ma-
chinists they were compelled to remain on board.
The proof of the guilt of both is clear from this, be-
sides the absence of ricapiti' papers ; and besides
other facts alleged against Park, one grave element
is that Watt, being chief engineer, would have
directed the vessel to Tunis and not to Pones, had
he not been in full accord with Park, and with all
the other conspirators •, nor is there any proof of that
violence under which they shield themselves."
In page 56, under the need of "the evidence of
Giovanni Niootera," it is written, " He explained
that the note in English (translated as above) and
enpprised on Park, was written by Miss White, to
make him understand what was treated of, and to
obtain his co-operation."
The last passage, which I quote from the bill of in-
dictment, is found at page 89, where the nature of
the accusation against the English engineers is
technically stated. The Procurator-General charges
them with complicity in an attempt to destroy and
change the government, and to emits the subjects
and the inhabitants of the kingdom to arms against
the royal government, and with having procured
and furnished the means of committing all the
facts above stated. Art. 74 of the Penal Law is
cited against them. Art. 123 says : "It is high
treason, and punishable with death, to attempt, or
to conspire to destroy or change the government,l
and to excite the subjects and the inhabitants of the
kingdom to erm against the royal authority." Art.
74 adds : " Accomplices pointed out in No. 3 and 4
of this article shall be visited with one or two de-
grees of him punishment."

The clams of the accomplices thus defined are those
who may have procured arms, instramente, or other
means which have served for such Wiens, knowing
the purpose for which they served, and those who
knowingly may have facilitated or assisted the
author or authors of such actions.
Such is the case of the crown against oar coun-
trymen. The defence has not yet been printed, but
public expectation is now directed with great in-
tensity to the trial, which will come on probably
about the end of this month, or the beginning of
the next.
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