The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1858.

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of the rsovr LOA% ADvoosvit
illustrious historian of stadern Europe must be
his guard against a formityr seropetitop.
elocution of INGLIS will ri •In its most r
characteristic, the competitive Sr i►rasox MIA
regard to this " consideration of the laws,' &e.,
vulgarly called Reform in Parliament, we
have already expressed ear views, sad need not
now repeat them. The line to be taken by the
Liberal party seems clear; let us do everything to
promote the just claims of the people, nothing to
promote the mere purposes of faction. What wit
mast is thoroughly to purge the anomalies of the
Papresentative System, seriously to peer forward
the claims of the unrepresented. Would Lord Pop
kowros this suasion have gone further towards
satisfying those claims than Lord Draw will next
smaion ? or, rather, for that is the real question, is
the probable difference between the two so great as
to induce the thorough-going Liberals, on the
or sand of this postponement, to promote the views
IardPALWIRSTIM by an embittered opposition to
do Government that has just displaced him? As
le the pleas for delay urged by Sir IOII3IPAKINGTOM,
they of course are absurd enough. All public men
dm this country capable of combining together to
Arm a Ministry ought by this time of day to have
bun able to make ap their minds in some degree on
the question of Parliamentary Reform. To talk of
this question as coming upon statesmen by surprise,
st its not being "humanly possible" to frame some
adequate plan on the subject without a year's further
delay, verges on the ludicrous. If ridicule were the
object, there is abundant material for it here ;
has the question is, what is to be done ?
Our answer again would be : All that the assertion
et principle renders necessary—nothing beyond it.
Lot us be at oar posts eager to seize every opening
bp which the interests of the people can be really
promoted, but do not let as be entangled in mere ho-
ttest fights, which may discredit the party but can
Arm advance the cause.

EXHIBMON or 1861.—We are informed that a
special meeting of the Conseil of the Society of Arts
has been summoned for the final consideration of the
important question, whether the Society shall at onoe
announce its resolution to direct and superintend an
Exhibition of 1861, or any other year ; and that the
definition of the exact character which such Exhibi-
tion should bear will also be matter of discussion at
the assting.

INDIA.

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" The steam-ship Elaine, with in; Bombay
arrived at Marseilles at 11 p.m. yesterday.
" The mails left for London at midnight."

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

ARRIVAL OF OFFICERS FROM LUCHNOW.

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SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.

The Pera ham arrived with the heavy portion of
the East India and China mail., 940 packages of
specie, value unknown, 1,600 bales of silk, &c. Her
data are :—Alexandria, Feb. 20; Malta, 23 ; and
Gibraltar, 27.

She spoke the Britannia, Sultan, Colombo, and
Indus.

No Lucknow refugee ladies by this arrival, but
the following officers :—Lieuts. Charlton, Harmer,
and Clery, of the 32nd Regiment, who were in
Laoknow during the whole of the siege—the two
former severely wounded. Within • fortnight of
the commencement of the siege, out of twenty-three
officer of the 32nd Regiment twelve were killed,
one died of cholera, seven wounded, and two severely
ill ; only one having escaped untouched. Lieut.
' Knight, whilst emulating in taking two guns, wu
surrounded by rebels, his whole party was cat to
pieces, he himself escaping with many wounds.
Captain Cornwall wu severely wounded. He com-
manded a party of the 93rd Highlanders,
who occupied the barracks at Lucknow,
and captured several guns. Captain Willis
and Ensign Travers both fought at Cawn-
pore, and were severely wounded. Captain
Anderson, commissioner at Lucknow when the out-
break took place, defended a fortification with a
mall body of troops for some time till 'mistime
arrived. He lost his wife and child from want of
the necessaries of life. Captain Saunders, who
commanded the outlying picket which defended
General Windham's camp on the night of November
28. His brother, Lieut. Saunders, was crucified by
order of Nena Sahib.

said the other, day, we are apt to confound " near
thing. 'with gra* things," and it would be to give a
very false idea of what is now going ea in Prima*
it I Nliore to *present this partienb* instance as
anything extraordinary. It is don Wees one of.
hundreds. *nests are going on all over the **try.
Prison accommodation must be getting very make.

The Prinoe Mirza of Chide ;as buried today in
Pen La Chaise, by the side nf .hitunothen wham-
he followed to the grave as chief mourner only six'
weeks ago. The ceremonies were of the same
nature as those observed at the late Queen's funeral,
and the number of followers was nearly as great.
The young prince, his nephew, the presumptive heir
to the crown of Onde, who has come over from
London for the purpose of conducting the funeral,
followed the coffin on foot when it left the Hotel
Laffitte. Among the personages who received let-
ten of invitation to attend, were Ferukh-Khan,
Madame St. Arnaud (widow of the marshal), Count
Murat, Hake Albert de Luynes, the Attachh of the
Ottoman Embassy, and General d'Orgoni.
M. Louis Estaucelin, a member of the Legislative
Assembly of 1849, who was well known by the
cognomen of le jetnee Betaucelin, is just dead.
The Bourse has experienced a favourable reaction.
The Rents rose 26c. for cash, and 200. for amount,
closing at 69fr. 230. and 69fr. 45c. Mobilier rose
6fr. The railways were firmer than they have been
for some time, and closed with a rise of from
2fr. 60e. to 6fr. There was no very great amount of
business done, but the better feeling was decided.
The London mails are again overdue, the Chan-
nel ia dreadfully rough, and we hear that a great
deal of snow has fallen in England. Here the we►-
ther is bitterly cold, and the clouds look threatening,
but no snow has yet fallen.

PARIS, WIRD/1180AT ILTZNINO.

The Bourse was favourably affected by Lord
Derby's speech, which was considered to augur a
continuance of friendly relations between England
and France ; but although a little more business was
done than yesterday, the number of transactions is
still extremely limited. The Rents for account,
after rising to 69.30 fell to 69, and recovered to
69.26, closing with a rise of 16c. For cash there was
a fall of 60., the last price being 69. Mobilier rose
Of. Railways were a trifle better, but by no means
recovered from the heavy fall of yesterday.
An Englishman was arrested two or three days
since in the Champs Epees while talking polities
rather loudly with a friend. His brother went to
complain at the British Embassy, where he was
told, doubtless very properly, that the Ambassador
could not interfere; that Englishmen in Paris were
as much subject to the laws of Francs as Frenchmen
were, and that if his brother was in prison charged
with a political offence he must wait patiently to see
what might be the result of the trial.
No mails from London have arrived to-day. A
telegram from Calais states that the harbour is
blocked tip with sand, and that the packet could not
get in.

ITALY.

PIEDMONT.

The majority of the bureaux of the Sardinian
Chamber of Deputies have terminated the examina-
tion of the bill on conspiracies against foreign
sovereigns. Nearly all the bureaux, while admit-
ting the necessity and the principle of the measure,
propose to introduce amendments which will
seriously modify it. It appears that the announce-
ment of M. Brofferio having been chosen reporter is
premature.

_
The Carrion Mercantile of Genoa announces that
several political refugees have been ordered away
from La Spezia.

THE ENGLISH ENGINEERS IMPRISONE
IN NAPLES.

(710 X 0011 OWN

NAPLES Fes. 27.
The newspapers will have already informed you
of an application made by the brother of Watt to
Lord Clarendon for assistance to visit Naples. The
request, as you know, was readily granted by his
lordship, and on Tuesday last he arrived here. Watt
was much agitated at seeing him, and clings to the
hops of returning with him to England, a termina-
tion of the affair which is possible, though far from
probable. I was anxious to ascertain what the im-
pression of his brother was, and therefore closely
questioned him. "He is much changed, sir; he is
no longer the same man," was the reply. "He is
confused and muddled, and when alone he becomes
very low. He is always thinking of his imprison-
ment and trial, and wondering when it will be
over and how it will end. This is the only subject
which occupies his mind. He talks about it to him-
self and sighs deeply, and when with me inter-
rupts conversation continually with some observe-

tin about the trial. At night he has no rest, rising
and dressing several times before the morning, and
pacing up and down the room by the hour, so that
the people below have no repose. Bat his eyes, sir
—I think more of his eyes than of anything else ;
there is a wild expression about them which
frightens me; and he is always rubbing his hands,
as if in a state of great nervous agitation. I wanted
to have written home to my friends, but I am un-
willing to distress them. At all events you will say
everything for me, and they will see the newspapers ;
and I wish to acknowledge the great kindness and
attention which I have received both from Captain
Hawood and Mr. Barber, who lave done everything
they could for me."

During the same morning the medical men met
together to decide on the report that should be given
in to the Grand Criminal Court of Salerno regarding
the health of Watt. There were present at the
meeting the procurator-general, a judge, the chan-
cellor, two Italian medical men, and Mr. Roskilly.
As you will remember, the medical men had been
charged to examine Watt and decide whether his
aberration of intellect was feigned or real, and
whether he was in a fit state to be brought into
court. After visiting him daily for nine days they
reported that in their opinion it would be both
injurious and dangerous to sae any fora, to
compel his attendance in court. The procurator-
general desired to have a detailed report
of the investigations day by day, co as to furnish the
court with some element, for discuseioa, and it wu
deeded that such a report should be presented on
the following morning (that is, to-day). It is pro-
bable that I may not have time to hear it before
post, and if I had it is very doubtful whether it
would interest you much. I must beg you to be con-
tented, therefore, with the following anticipation of
such report

Watt has been continually interrogated as to the
reasons of his refusal to come into court, to which
hie invariable answer is, " I bare nothing to do with
the criminal court—l will not come down."
" Why did you refuse to leave the prison when Mr.
Barber went down for you? " He answers, "Oh,
it was too late at night to leave the prison."
They my to him, " No, you forget ; it was in
the morning, before midday." He answers,
" Well, I don't know." Some person offered
him a cup of coffee, which he refused to drink unless
a friend would first taste it. On Wednesday last he
went to dine with his brother, but after having
taken a little soup he rose from the table and went
into a room by himself, refusing to take anything
more. In short, there is a manifest suspicion of
everything and ever person, which shows clearly
that Henry Watt is labouring under aberration of
intellect brought on by • long, painful, and most
unjust imprisonment. Let has countrymen mark
that well, and ask, not whether greater exertions
would have been made in his behalf had he been the
Hem Mr. Anybody, but why are not the same exer-
tions made in his behalf that were made for Miss
Cunningham in Florence ? A strong religious party
took up the latter case, and brought the pressure of
public opinion to bear upon the government. Is
civil liberty less dear to the people of England?

It werdeoided by the meeting of yesterday that
the case should be presented for discussion to the
Orand Criminal Court of Salerno on Monday morn-
ing next, March 1. Some conclusion will then be
come to us to what is to be done with Watt, and it
' will be announced when the trial will be resumed.
As usual, you shall receive correct and early reports.
The great subject of public interest this week has
been the defeat of Lord Palmerston on the Alien
' fact which the Official Journal, with
digiotui"and-unusual "celerity, published-in the form
of a telegraphic despatch on the seventh day after it
took place. All parties here were full of rejoicings
at the event, though from widely different motives.
The liberals thought it a point, and a great point,
gained for liberty, that France should have
received so great a check to her im-
prudent, and unjustifiable, and unmannerly de-
mands, at the same time however maintaining that
habitual respect for the name of Palmerston which
many think that of late he has done so much to
weaken by his feeble and inconsistent foreign policy.
The royalists, too, have been in ecstasies from a blind
hatred for the man whose name on the Continent has
long been the watchword of the liberals ; and I have
heard of one society in which the persons present,
being liberals, touched the ground reverently, and
kissed their hands, a Neapolitan mode of
gratitude. As for his Majesty, I beliereexClin an 4
event which would lead to the retirement of Lord
Pahnerston into private life would be regarded
by him as a special act of grace from the
Madonna Immacolata, deserving of a new crown,
or at least of a new dress. It is with
eager haste that on last evening a telegraphic
despatch was published, to the event that a tory
administration had been formed under the auspices
of Lord Derby. The fact is, that • government
which, lilce that of Naples. waits upon Providence,
and instead of acting on any sound settled principles,
takes advantage of circumstances, and so struggles
along, Is agitated more than you can well imagine
hy any foreign incident, such as the defeat of a
British minister.