The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-25 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

The Moniteur of this morning contains the fol-
lowing paragraph :
" It is endeavoured by the evil disposed to excite
misgivings with respect to the application of the
law of public safety, by misrepresenting the inten-
tions of the government. The culpable expectations
which followed the attempt of the 14th January
imposed on the Government the duty of protecting
the public security, and for this has sufficed the
arrest of a few men notoriously dangerous. As for
those who remain within the limits of the law, if
they do not render themselves guilty by fresh mis-
deeds, they have nothing is fear from the effects of
this law."

(mom OUI OLIN

INDINI9

PARIS. WiDNIUIDAY EVINING.

Some hesitation was felt at the commencement of
the Bonne es to the political signification of the
Duke of Malakoff'. appointment as ambassador to
London. But it becoming known that the govern-
ment press had received orders to represent the ap-
pointment u the most striking proof that the Em-
peror could give of his desire to maintain • cordial
alliance with England, the Route, for account, which
had declined to 69fr. 55fr., recovered to 69fr, 75c.,
closing with a &Sof only sc. For cash, the last price
was the same as yesterday, 69fr. 65c. Mobilier rose
105.. The Orleans, Eastern, and Western railways
rose sfr. each. Lyons, 7fr. 60c. Northern fell
2fr. 500.

I understand that the bill of pains and penalties
against usurpers of titles of nobility encounters a
very considerable amount of opposition in the com-
mittees of the Corps Legialatif. It has been attacked
on two totally distinct grounds. Some members,
such as MM. Riche and Legrand, confine them-
selves to an examination of the bill itself,
which they demur to as impracticable. The
code of the first empire enacted penalties
against usurpers of titles of " imperial" nobility.
Three was something definite to be protected. The
titles created by Napoleon 1. were few; the evi-
dences of them were modern and undoubted, and,
in point of fact, there never was a usurpation of
any one of them. The thing would have been too
absurd. But the present bill affects to stigmatise
the usurpation of any title whatever. How, it is
asked, in the present state of French society, can it
be judicially ascertained who is and who is not of
noble descent? Make a law defining nobility, and
then we will provide proper penalties for the infrac-
tion of it, but this bill puts the cart before the horse.
Other deputies go farther. M. Emile 011ivier said,
in his bureau, " This bill is at once hypocritical and
unconstitutionaL It is hypocritical because it is an

attempt to revive titles of nobility by a side wind,
The government dares not openly propose to create
an order of nobility. But the hereditary pension
granted to the Duke of Malakoff, on plausible
grounds, was an insidious step towards the erection
of an institution which the country is not prepared
to sanction, and after this bill will come osajovatz
and substitutions. The bill is, moreover, unconstitu.
tional, for the date of 1789 is inscribed at the head of
the constitution, and the first canon of that date
is the abolition of nobility." M. de Chambrnn,
young man who represents the Loodre, warmly sup.
ported M. 011ivier. The majority of the committee
are either against the law altogether or desire to see
it radically amended. Whether they will maintain
this independent attitude when the public debate
comes on remains to be seen. It has often bap.
petted that the valour of which the deputies give
proof in their private rooms oozes oat under the
influence of Count de Moray's frowns. The general
opinion, however, is that the bill will not pass this
session, and that it is another of the many great
mistakes made by the government since the vertigo
with which it seems to 'have been attacked on
Jan. 14.

The Court of Cessation, sitting in the last resort
(the three chambers united), have this day decided
a case of great importance to every inhabitant of
Paris. The police, on the strength of some antiquated
ordinances, instituted a prosecution in 1855 against an
old-established wholesale greengrocers' firm named
Lesage and Co., with the object of establishing the
absurd proposition that no fruit or vegetables could
be brought into Paris for consumption without
being taken to the central market for inspection if
they had been purchased from the producer, or if
otherwise, to be sold by auction there. Various
decisions have been come to upon this point by
severaljunior courts, and the Criminal Chamber of
the Court of Caseation decided in favour of
the monopoly of the Halle salesmen. This
decision has now been happily overruled by the full
court, in spite of the opposition of M. Procureur-
General Dupin, who since his restoration to his old
office Deems to. have a marvellous facility for
advocating the wrong side.

NAPLES.

THE RELEASE OF WATT.
(P 1101( OUR OWN 0015IBPONDINT.)
NAPLES, Maxca 20.

The following rescript, the substance of which
you have already received by telegraph, was put
into my hands shortly after it had been signed. I
send it entire, in consequence of certain curious
phrases, and of the reasons assigned for the royal
act:

" His Majesty our Lord having been informed that
the English engineer, Signor Watt, is still in the
hospital in this capital, and that the medical men
have not been able up to the present time to form a
decided opinion on the state of his health, at the same
time ';eporting well of his general health, having
learned too that the Grand Special Court of Salerno
consider that the proces in which Watt is impli-
cated should be prosecuted for all the other accused,
and having admitted the accusation independently of
the said engineer, who for the present
has been excluded from the proceedings now
pending, which decision has been, and still is being
executed, his Majesty wishing to give a proof of
deference towards a subject of her Britannic Majesty,
has deigned to permit that Watt may return ,to
England, or to his own country, where he may
receive such care and assistance as circumstances

may render necessary," &c.
The possibility of such a result was alluded to in
Salerno a few days since, u I had reason to suspect
that the matter had been the subject of conversation
between the members of the Grand Court and Mr.
Acting Consul Barber. My suspicions have now
been converted into certainty, and I congratulate both
Watt and his friends in the prospect of a speedy re-
union. Further than this! can say nothing. To express
thanks or acknowledgments to this government for
an act of mercy would be absurd and hypos
critical ; moreover, it would be an insult to the
British nation. The Neapolitan government have
simply given up a man whom they captured in vio-
lation of international law, and have imprisoned
since last June in violation of all justice. When
they have insulted the British government to the tall
extent of their power, and driven a "civic Hornung"
to the very verge of insanity, then they send him
home to be cured ; and this is styled giving a prod
of deference towards a subject of her Britannic Ma-
jesty ! How her Majesty will appreciate each
marks of consideration it is easy to imagine.
It cannot be supposed that our government
will now leave the case u it stands. It
has shown tolerance and patience to a fault, and it M
time for it to rise—not to oppress the weak,
but to defend the weak against the op-
pressions of a power which has acquired
so sad a notoriety for disregarding all the dictates of
law, and even of humanity. I have asked myself
why is it that an act so natural as that which has
been prompted by deference towards British subjects
was not performed before ? How is it that this sen-
timent has so recently been awakened ? What new
light has been thrown upon the subject? Perhaps
the decision of Dr. Phillimore ham wrought a miracle,
for it imposes on England the obligation of rapport-
ing Sardinia in her demands forthe restitution of the
Cagliari, and the liberation of the prisoners. I shall
not be surprised, therefore, if Pars also be given up,
and the case be thus simplified as between Naples
and Piedmont. But, even should this lie the case, de-
voutly is it to be hoped that the British government
will demand full and ample apology for a deep injary,
and large compensation for men who have suffered
so severely as Park and Watt have.
The intelligence will communicated to Watt in the
evening of Sunday, and it was made known
by Mr. Acting Count Barber. The poor fellow re-
calved it without much delight, but with a greet
access of nervousness. " Well, then, it is all oter, is
it?" said he. During the week he observed, "I
should like to get rid of this before I go home," st
the same time tapping his forehead. Indeed, for
some days he has been more suspicious and obsti-
nate than ever, and the opinion of his medical nos
was that he would refuse to go under the imprewite
that some trap was being laid. He will leave to-ds/
for England, and will arrive together with this
letter. May he recover his health and quicP/
resume his duties. It is melancholy to thlo
how much time has been lost and how
much suffering entailed by the mildness d
the mildest of noblemen in enjoining gentlemen
and bandying compliments. Very far am I
from recommending bluster at any time, bit
sound and just decision and prompt action. Bas
this been the policy of the British government to.
wards Naples since the conference at Paris? lit
one thing be persuaded, that this government will
never yield anything from a sense of justice,
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from dictates of humanity—if you want press
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his bail, and to sign an act acknowledging the
" grazia" of his Majesty. Watt and the Attorney
General were present, sad I treat shortly toter!t
the liberation of Park, but the phase of Writs voi
still, as it appears to me, remain unchanged.