The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-19 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

(BT =craw TZLZGS►PB.)
STAMFORD MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)

WELLAND STAKES. Half a mile.
The Sage, Harlequin, Hawk's Eye, Touch•me•not, and
Confidence are here.

SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SON'S. Five furlongs.
Knight of the Thistle, Canto, end Prince Plausible are
here.
BURGHLEY HANDICAP. Two miles 2 furlongs 14G
yards.
Yorkshire Grey, May Morning, Wallace, Independence,
Newcastle, and Plumper are here.
STAMFORD ST. LEGER. About one mile and a quarter.
Suburban and Emily are here.

WELTER CLIP. One mile.
Twilight, MasaiHaim, Wallace, Prince of Orange, Rising
San, Independence, and Narcissus are here.

-
Oran MuuvAus.—Kildosan, Avalanche, Hartley Wint-
nay, Curlew, Maid of Tees Valley, Jeannette, Sacerdne,
Gipsy, Reedy Volunteer,Recrey, Rose Middleton, The
Rap, Lord Mateo, Barabbas, and Lupellus.

HEREFORD MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Half a mile.
Kingston e, Duch', and Joy are hen.

- -
TOWN PLATE. Ralf • mile.
Babbler aad Saliabary are here.
ARISTOCRATIC PLATE. One mile.
Miss Eleanor, Bari*, Chanoine, and Farmer from Kerry
are here.

EXPRFSS HANDICAP. Six furlongs.
Robin Hood, Chanoine, Salisbury, Lawyer, and Corfu axe
here.

HEREFORDSHIRE STAKES.
ROne toiansoms, Jeale anlda ed a half.
Was Eleanor, Bar4e, Aneurin„ (pedi.
gree unknown), Grills,* and Nerio are here.

OTHK ARRIVAL& Quiver Our Maria, Catherine,
Brunette, Arcbereea, Bantam, Bonny Lam, Toddy, Lnetre,
Philomela, &noble, Magna. filly, Sbepherdeve, and Flirts.

DONEGAL EIECTION. —Lord Hamilton was re-
turned without opposition for Donegal on Tuesday. He
was p by Mr. Wm. IL Marsham Style, seconded by
Mr. Williama Sinclair. He declared for a conservative go-
vernment. —Prerman's Journal.
TEN SPEATACLE-MARIALie COMPANY.—On Tuesday
evening the members of this ancient civic fraternity, whose
corporate existence has extended over nearly two centuries
and a half, dined together to the number of about 3(10, at
the Ship Tavern, in commemoration of their incorporation ;
the Marquis of Downshire, Master of the Company, acting
as chairman. Alderman Sir James Duke, M.P., the Upper
Warden, was present on this occasion, as were also Alderman
Cnbitt, M.P., Mr. Bristow, M.P., Sir George Hodgkinaon,
Mr. Lush (one of the Sheriffs Elect), Sir C. P. Roney, and
several members of the Court of Common Council. The
ball in which the banquet was served was profusely de-
corated with the banners and other civic emblems of the
com
Lom pany.
e IN Iva Rawns—ln the papers relating to
the late discontent among local European troops in India,
just presented to parliament, are the records of the Court
of Inquiry at Meerut, appointed to ascertain from the men
the grounds of their complaints, with arrangements for
transferring the army from the company to the queen.
Private J. M'lutyre, a native of Glasgow, said " I was
attested to serve the East India Company for twelve or
fourteen years. Ileum arises my grievances, seeing that
I enlisted for the East India Company for tbe raid term,
shouldn't as a loyal subject of her Majesty's by birth be
tanned a subject loyal to her Majesty by servitude,
through this transfer of the Company to the Crown, puzzles
and blinds my understanding, to say expressive, with a pa-
triot's feeling, that it is Inconsistent with true British
principles to turn over a human blood with goo.in in such
transfer. I therefore, sirs, until my conscience runs clearly
through the channels of mine own understaunnding, by
time my
perceiving' of a reason Ale claim, I.
til such
shall consider myself entitled to a fresh bounty or free
disrharge."
TMI SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY MeV= ENT.
Tito leading Inns in tho china andiesktmde have, we are
informed, fienlyttil clam, their on every Saturday
atteensen, affraw this month, at two o
CRTZTAL PALMY/ —Own &mune DAY.
WRDIMSDAY, JULY 18.—Admissieas t.t! payment, 10,664
ditto by season tickets, 1,801 total canton, 12,365.

SWITZERLAND.

(nor OCrii ow

BERNE, JOLT li.

The position of Switzerland in some respects resew
bles that of England. The political world is divided
into two parties, one dreadfully jealous and enspi.
dons of France, and ready to gratify their panics,
and fears by proceeding to the extreme of defiance
and quarrel ; the other, not pleased with France,
or confident in her, but still seeing no good ground
for quarrel, and no urgent motive for undergoing
the expenses and provoking the hazards of war.
The difference between England and Switsseland
lies in the moderates of the latter country forming
the majority, while the anti-Gallivan sentiment is
confined to a few hot heads. The moderate Swiss
say the policy of France will ever, perhaps, de-
pend, as for a long period it has depended, upon
the life or ascendancy of certain men or certain
parties, which seldom lasts above fifteen or twenty
years. With some ephemeral governments, even
when they are hostile, it is better to temporise and
put off the evil day of conflict as long as possible,
for the successive governments of Frame are always
weaker towards their close than at their oonuoence-

went. They would refrain, therefore, from pro-
voking an emperor, much more a life emperor, in
ho prune. Englishmen are not timid or astute
enough for such considerations ; they are too anxious
to take the bull by the horns, in which there is
much more gallantry than wisdom.

The prospect, however, in far from promising for
the Swiss. If the scheme of an Italian kingdom
succeeds, the Tessin, or the greater part, will
probably desert the Helvetic for the Italian Con-
federation. The southern shore of the Lake of
Geneva is French, and the Simplon road can be in
their power by a simple rush down hill. Moreover,
there are future fears for Geneva

It is well known how M. Faxy has kept his
hold at power in this town. He gained it by uni-
venal suffrage, the people rebelling against the
ascendancy of the bon rocaoisie, which might have
been fair enough, but he has kept power by extend-
ing electoral district', and favouring the settlement
of Roman catholic prelitaires, which threatens in the
first place to render the protestmts in Geneva a
minority, and so pave the way to annexation to
Franca. Hence the Vaud, Berne, and other pro-
testant cantons protest against the cotton which
stain are taking at GODOill. K FM), speaks haul
at present against the Imperial ambition in annex-
ing Savoy. He could WO no other language. But
there is no more close imitator of Imperial policy
than himself, schemes of conquest of course ex-
cepted. There is even an old friendship and
ac-
quaintance, founded upon similarity of ideas, between
K Faxy and the present Jerome Napoleon. Flay
I believe to be an honest republican, but I do not
think that he was, or at least fears, the dangerous
results which others think likely to follow from his
policy. There is a strong reaction against him and
Staemptli in the Swims Assembly, just opened ;
when• the latter is even more worried than Mr.
Gladstone himself in parliament.
Staemplli is a man of so much ability, so mach
originality and penpicacity, that no enmity Can
prevail against him ; and the crime of which he
is at present accused is one which so strongly
evince." his foresight that his enemies have only
wrought his triumph by bringing it forward. When
the French Emperor cominencod the Italian war
Staempfli was in power. As minister, he declared
to the representatives of France anal Austria that
he would recommend his countrymen to raise au
army of 150,000 corn, without which Swiss inter-
ests would be tnslalen under foot whichever
belligerent should prove victorious. If Napoleon
continuos as he probably will, added Staempfli,
addressing his colleagues, he will certainly take
Savoy, and we shall have the French flag at
Mown, and French gendarmerie on the Mout
St. Bernard. The only way to prevent this is for
us to raise an army and occupy at once the neutra-
lised districts of Faucigny anal Chablain, with the
offer of restoring them to whatever power gains or
harps Savoy—but only on the old condition of main-
taining there no military force. Anal if went once
Lloolltle this firm attitude, France will gladly cede
the districts as the price of our amity, and thus
leave our independence intact. Having given this
salt ice at the commencement of the war, and put it
11114.11 record, Staempfli naturally turns on the mo-
derates, and asks what they have gained by doing
uuath i

Their reply is, that what M. Staempfli proposed
The force which Switzerland did
raise and send to the Italian cantons cost a million
of francs for the short time it was on foot. A mili-
tary occupation of the neutralised territories of
Savoy muat have lasted till now—lasted at the risk
of an open quarrel with Piedmont at first, and
France at last, and would have cost twenty mil-
lion.,. Neither the citizen soldier nor the citizen
taxpayer would have stood it. Staempfli's rejoinder
is, that everything is impossible to the inept and
the pusillanimous.

However difficult may have been the political
career of the Swiss, and however unsatisfactory re-
cent results, they have at least one statesman fit to
lead them in perilous and critical times. It is sur-
prising the universal feeling that the French
Emperor has succeeded in getting up against him
amongst the people of all states that border upon
France. Deniocratic and even constitutional par-
ties were once prepared to renew the great mistake
of hoping from France assistance in the realisation
of their views. But all such hallucinations have
disappeared. Notwithstanding all the pains taken
by the Emperor to preserve for his foreign policy
the tint of libendisin, every luau of every country
has already seen through the pretence, and the
result is the ()unmans bessis tt itt g more German, the
Swiss more Swiss, the Italians more Italian, each
people relying upon its own nationality and its own
unity.

Nothing of uhl have been more d propos to Swiss
feeling than our great rill; festival. The people
are universally enchanted at the reception the
marlomen met with, awl they are well satisfied also
with their partial succees. Were the smaller (ler-
au princes to follow the example of England, in
adopting the defensive rifle system of Etwitzerhind
and the Tyrol, they would do more to secure their
own independence and that of the Confederation,
than iu their ilimmiktl contingents and Lune mili-
tary system. Volunteer rith•men san, however,
only he tolerated in free c, tries. Despotic ones
must liolil to the conscription or force service.
Both systems will one 'lay engage in mortal 00111•
bat. And the true result for us to aim at in con-
quest would be to coonpel our fool to abandon the
conscription. Till they are made to do so Europe
can never confide in peace.

Tit Tinan..Arsi ix Pamirs. —A letter form
Aria. is the N.vl. :—" Them in lilt of the
dutico teloraptio memines. This would los
complement to tin toonst frxmarde wiresrea The
al deopetchon MISS iS rife= 111.1111 am essond M prows'
bOomo a yew, ark owl* IS IS avenge 81. 118. The
sumber is ray ma whoa empire& wilk that d haws
me by pox, wit& is 2f i 0

TAER

IMPRRIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF 00XIIONB.WIWIEDAT, Juts 18.
(Oestissed hen rearday's Expria.)
The Onranine (No. 3 was, after dismiss, read
sested tins, sad committed pre farad.
The ceder for the County Rate Expenditure WI was dia-
-1
lig=llollllll debate arid • division on the wed= of going
into eseree. the hoer went into wou' on the Ye
rep& Leal ifrogreed Amendment DUI. and ft
through that rage, abet* sot without erne rid
diseemion, and ewe or two eviler= eirria
The sandmis in the "hare sad Improverneet of
(IteM) BM were lather sonsidered end speed to.
In errunittee of ways and rare the 021AffOR
of the SICEIEQUIZ rowed that. towsarli *kite the p
ply patted to her 1111 there shell be demi and
for and upon *Wiry arery nor ark la the Muted
Kingdom for the mast of any sum of money exceeding
4,00 K, now chargeable with the stamp duty of 2/. is., the
tii.6olts rate of damp duty in lieu of the said duty now
e thereon, that is to ay, for every 1,0001., or part
of theF thereby made payable, the duty el
lea—which wee to. • ••••
The Naiad Amendment Bill, Ithe Turnpike Timer
Ananitereent lilt, the iii•bways Err Act Continue 's
Bill, and the Oxford University Bill were severally rrd •
third time end parsed.
The house wforrurd at 6 o'clock.