The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-10 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

The Suisse, a newspaper of Berne, gives the text
of the federal law concerning enlistments in foreign
military service. In publishing this document, the
journal in qoestion expresses the hope that it will
show the true state of the cue to those who have
felt such indignation at the recital of the events at
Naples and Perugia. " They will see," says the
Suisse, " that the Confederation never hesitates

whereits honour and dignity are at stake, and in
fine they wiU do it the justice to admit that it
values its moral interests more than its material
ones."

The following is the text of the law :
Art. 1. Swum Mises, are interdicted from taking military
aervioe with the foreigner in any bodyof troops not belonging
to the national army of the o3untry, without the license of
the federal council.

TM. permlnion can only be Rested by the federal cone-
oil with a view to military instrucwon, and to enable the int-
-I.itar7 men, who baa obtained Imre, to render earring in the

federal
Art. 2. Every S.les contravening the reguiaiions of the
First Article will be punished with imprieonment of one to
three months, and ;location of Ws political rights for any
tome not exceeding five yam. (Articles 4 and 7 of the
federal penal code of February 4, 1863.)
This untie does not modify in say respect the particular
penalties decreed by the federal end cantonal laws against
those citizens who, belonging to the military service, leave
the land without permiasiou, or fail to amine the call of
they country.

Art. 3. Aiiy oas acting Oil the territory of the con-
federation as an enlister for tondo service, or abet-
nag agents in recruiting allow established out of Bw.ther-
had with • view to elude the prohibitke of 61'-
16U:wet within Swiss territory, or knowingly
co-operating in any way whatever toward. these enlist-
otente—for 'natant*, by aeorring offers of service, by hasping
address allow, by paying travelling expenses, by fursishiog
Itineraries or nmsssedatfous--•bell, areeeding to the fattest

of his mroporatko, a posiobed wat itopia:7uMrat of from
oat to throe yaw, with a floe of 1,000 (room am maximum,
oaf with the loss of politixal rights lotion years. _

Should the delimpient hare engaged by eminent to lona
hr the service of • foreign Write • corps of troops consisting
entirely or in pert of men ospable of appealing, the imprison-
ment may he extended to five years, the mulct raised to
10.000 trance, end the privation of political rights to ten years.
Art. 4. Should the cantonal authorities not carry out the
proviskes made by the federal laws spinet serving abroad
In • military capacity, the federal council will rterciee the
penal juleditalo• of the crefederation es far or shall be rues-
map for hverfng the equal application of these laws in every
part of Swllserktel.
Art. 6. The 66th mark of the federal penal code of Feb.
4, 1663, sad the loam D the 96th article of the penal code
for ilas federal troops of August 27, 1861, are repealed and
replaced the present law.
Art. 6. The isw enters tato force immediately.

INDIA OFFICE, AUGUST B.—The Queen ham been
Sawed to appoint Sir Thanes Erskine Perry, Knt,, to be
a masher of the Council of Indic —Omens.
FOREIGN OFFICE, AUGUST 6.—The Queen his been
to approve of Mr. Enrico Leoeardo Brrdbeck as
beetslat Bombay for his Maim, the King of Sardinia;
sad ci Mr. Simon Pistons as Costal at Kinston, Jamaica,
for his Majesty the King of the Belaisnc—Omette. -

C*ICKIT pox THE GOLD COAST.—On the 19th
ult. while some members of the Cad Coed Cricket Club
were prodigies on the parade round. Otoo, ling of Abreb,
happened to pm by, acommented by a nommen town of
followers. One of the cricketers Mired the king to some
and look out at the game. He did so, and was evidently
much phded and mimed. Preeently hie Highest was per.
ended to take a bat and try his band, and when the ball was
sent at his wicket, be hit a tremeedoua blow at it, which,
however, ire far from being well aimed, mimed the ball end
emelt one of his etteedents ;who bad approached rather too
clam) a blow on the head almost sufhoieet to bare slain an
en, but which did not appear to have at all dboosoerted the
individual in question. Otoo is a man of gigantic else, so
that It to a wonder his ettendent did got yield op the ghost
on the spot. The king was guts pleased with the noble
gm* of cricket, .nd we should not be at all surprised to
learn ere bag that the little hey of Adak la the bawler
hew lIIIIMISIDOM to premise it, At Cape Ceen, AO" end
me or two ether tows. along the Deer, this wide sport is a
femeite •Og the &alive lads who beau Mikly Waned
is alter seeing it played by tba resides* native gestleme,
and eamt:timw the odious of the verbose.— Wosi 4/ricaos

4 NMI YOBS MULDER.

Fora few somata the gay stream of pedestrians
that Sows through Bgoadway at the close of the shame=
wee stopped lain Sthurday by the announcement that •
wow= bad just been shot by her lover. A crowd of at Last
6,000 pereola hered In a few minutes around the drug
stare whither hi, lameible form had bean borne. Five
minutes later she wee placed in a carriage sod sent to the
hospital, and in lees than • quarter of an hour after the ac-
currents the great crowd had moved on, and not • sign re-
mand to Indicate the terrible tragedy which bad just been
=axed in that locality. Such is life In New York. The
parties in this affair were Robert C. Macdonald, a well-to-do
cotton broker, from Mobile, Alabama, and a coutheme
named Virginia Stewart, lately hie mistress, from the emit
city. Tee intimacy between them commenced In Mottle
about eight years ago, when Macdonald became puaionstely
=tithed to nor. Ever since that time until a few weeks
since she has been his edam= Them see absurd stories
afloat of his having taken her oat of the house in which he
found her, and into hie mother's family, and that she lived
and moved in his family circle for yes= We seed
say that there is not • word of troth la the shisy!mda
I mother le living in Kentucky, the state of hie bilk sad
probably knows nothing whatever of her son's wrens ha
haviout. The truth is, the girl remained at the ham la
which he found her for several years, daring which pert=
she bore him two children, both of whom are now in the grave. I
By prudent economy she accumulated a sum =Scant
to enable her, eboat two years ago, to purchase the house In
which she had Had al king. Sinai then she kept it for the
same purpose on her own aoramt, sad had accumulated a
little fortune. Doting this tier Macdonald was constant
In his whits to her; but, although eatretedy affectionate
whits sober, he unfortunately had • &roe appetite for drink,
sad while Intoxicated he frequently need her very roughly,
ametines drawing hie knife or pistol and threatening to
lake he Hie. In order to Nave ttersel from violence, she
was ea several 00061A4M obliged to have him arrested.
lateserrate habits grew upon him so rapidly that,
akfasugh he costMaelly promised to or her better it
she would forgive him, he as frequently brake his
pledges. At length, to get away from his jealousy
and violence, she resolved to come north, and shout three
webs ego arrived M New York, having left Mobile without
his bassrlrigs. After remaining at the Smithsonian for
few elegy she went borne with some of her old friends to re-
side in a Imes kepi by a woman of her class, In Merits-
street. No soma had Macdonald discovered her fight than
he immediately followed her, arriving In this city mil=
or two slier her. For tome time he was unable to
her whereabouts, and gave hlmeelf up to the wildest and most
intemperate maws. The Meer= Lehmd, of the Metropo-
Hoiel, where he wee stopping, cautioned him repast-
idly against the oisetquenom of each • cow= as did alio
his numerous friends and aoquaintances to this city, bet all
to no purpose. After • few days he left for Georgia, having
beau latonsied that his whams had go= to Augusts.
Rim search was uneucasssdel, and he became more besotted
titan war. Returning from Georgia, he made another twit/
day at the Metropolitan. and then set off for Boston, having
hen M Is belie= that Virgiois wee there; bet all the while
asedoisit to his bane delirium of dissipatiou. On Sate-
d= slisseson be returned from Boston, and immediately
dr
obi kr bis fugitive mistreat. Re visited a number of
he kinds, bet they would not give him any eatlefection.
Is the afternoon be accid-ntally met her at Taylor's saloon.
Oka wee in company with two lady friends at the time.
It wee quite evident that she 'delved to shake him off, and
In reply to his Intrestiev to return with him to Mobile,
she 11 illy told him that she would never live with
him again. So raying, she arose, and endeavoured to
have the saloon. Re followed her to the door, whimi she
told him to leave her or she would call an odes& Bs
said that before the could do that by would =set he.
She then turned up Broadway still pursued by Macaw:A
who wee evidently much excited by liquor and pular,
end bar female friends followed close tehind. She whis-
pered to one of them to call • policeman, but none as.
pear= in sight, sad they, being strangers', did not know
when to seek otie. When the party had reached Camel-
aim= Virginia turned off Into that street, followed by
Ideedesedd end her friends. Perceiving that she could est
dabs of her tormentor, she turned full upon him, and in a
bed Om =claimed, "I wish you would keep away from
no. dr. I don't with to talk with ycu." Whereupon
Mealsedil pat tie hand behind bite, and drew forth • re- '
Mew As he did so his victim quickly retreated backward lie•
Wade dr Ms entrance of the Breedreth-houses, skid** he
both B.6llewed, and dead just se .he reached the tier.
▪ Tbser wee so sadden that, although seen by nomerou
perms, dry could not arrest his aim. She fell lows them-
rile. sr/ Imeaseamin quickly raised hi. weapon, as if to shoot
elliessalf. In this he was foiled by Mr. Van Rana, the harry-
etalehbesper, who this= hie area quickly, sad threw him. M-
OM Roberta of the Kiatb, sad Latta of the Sixth Wards
promptly arrested sad dissrmd him, not, however, till they
rid strut him on the head with their clubs, while he was
is the sot of rising his revolver to shoot than, as they
=mit, bat rally tar the purpose of taking his own Mu
Is a few remade after the tretiatotion, eeverel theme=
persons had gathered about the spot eager to Lear the
terrible story. The wounded woman wee quickly raised from
the ground and carried to Rushtau's drug store in an al-
ienable stare. RestOrativre and etimulants were applied so-
der the direction of • young renown who happened to be
in the crowd, and through their influence eke became suffi-
ciently conscious to give her name, and to answer questions
in moooeyllables. It was ascertained that she had been abet
In the forehead, the ball passing through the skull about two
inches above the outer =els of the left eye, causing a con-
siderable quantity of the brain to exude from the wound.
The ball did not pans out again, but lodged somewhere In
the =Want* of the brain, oeyoed the reach of the probe.
Several phyliciaes were mot tor, but before they arrived it
was deemed expedient to remove the woman to the City
Hospital.—thew York Tribune, July 26.

Tat HIBSET MURDEZERSI.—Carey and Pickett,
the Sassy murderer., have left behind them two statements
respecting the murder of Mr. Stephenson, which differ
maternally from the confessions previously wade. Pickett,
it will be remembered, stated that when they left the Inn
they had no intention of taking the old man's life, sod to
this statement be still adhered, although in the fAlowtog
entrust from his confeselon will be found assertions some-
what at variance with the account he formerly gave
"Carey got on his knees, and palled the old man down.
Stephenson struck Carey with hie walking stick while Wing.
1 held hie bead while Carey robbed him. I got sip and
struck him on the ground until my stick broke ail to pieces.
Carey got off when he had robbed him, and beet him
about the head; then carried him into the sewer. Carey
went beck across the road to fetch his stick,
sad stack the old man sight or sine times over
the head until his stick broke all to piens. Then the old
men etood up in the sewer; Cagy shoved at him with the
Molten part of his stick, trying to push him down into the
wiper. Mr. Stephanotis got from him, and walked to the
other aide of the sewer. Carey then threw the broken part
WMs sick into the fewer, and said to me, Oo toned to the
other side and kill lam.' I want round to Mr. Coatas's yard,
got • pies of a tall, sad went to the old man. Mr. Step& n-
eon had the thorn stick produced in court on his shoulder,
and appeared to be going home. Carey said, !take haste,
or be will get home.' I west behind him and struck him
oa the side of the laud, and koooked him dotal. I hit him
till my stack broke ail to pieces (this was the rail or broad
Wok). I than took the stick Mr. Stephenson had, and hit
him about the head till he was dead. I dragged him to the
hedge. I was trying to throw him into the sewer, bat maid
sot. I told Carey I could not threw him over by myself,
and that he moat oomo and help me. Carey said, Try
again—you can get him over.' I then took hold of
his lay, reared him up on end, and, tumbled him
into the sewer. After that we both left, one on
one ids of the sewer end the other on the other."
Pickett expresses deep contrition for hie crime, and states
that his parent* had prophesied that If he " kept company
with Carey be was certain either to be transported or
hung." Cany's statement about their having had hand-
kerchiefs over their Isom he declares to be untrue; but he
makes the acknowledgment that he (Pickett) streak the
Mow which reused death. One night chtrieg his imprison_
meet a thunderstorm came as, and he states that be wail
frightfully alarmed. " I thought," Mew, " Mr. Stephen-
' sea was coming to me in the cell." In an address to his
" young companions," he warns them against sin, and
them to adopt a religious life. lie expresses his
argot them
that both he and his companion are on the way to
heaven. Cory, in his address, is e gunny confident respect-
beg the future, and be attributes his evil octane to " drink."
Hs says Mr. Stephenson had been a good friend to him,
and admits having been the person to suggest the robbery of
the old men. He also makes this coatessios, " I know that
'I am the wrest, and persuaded Pickett into it."—llansherter
Azentiiter.

SCKNING OF A GLASGOW SHIP IN KINGSTON
H trieurn.—Between the boars of 12 and 1 o'clock on
Sunda y merrier (the 10th ult.) the brig Elks Bak,
Ceet.Feli on, of Glsegow,whioh arrived at KitKatao, J meek.,
on the btb, consigned to Memo. Middleton, Freer, and Co.,
was discovered to be en fire la the cable, by the mewls,
who was on the poop. The alarm soon spread over the
ship, and ell hands berried out of their bertha to endeavour to
reach the cabin, but the hest was so Intolerable se to reader
It impracticable. Immediately the cry of " Fire !" was
heard on shore the ally wae in • state of nomination, it
being reported that the premiss of Mate. Barclays and
McDowell were in flames. Thousands of persons flocked to
the keens of Kleratmet, list only to find out that they
eoeld do very 11th. in the way of assistance. The surveyor
of Am engines, Mr. Naar De 0141, was the firer in attend-
atm with kis engine. Colossi Whitfield, end other
alters, with • large number of soldiers from
Uppish Camp and the barracks, were very
coos is the spot, and no less than seven
whose were brought In requisition. The fuses were
✓ereading Tepidly over the ship, defying the exertions which
the men seed to subdue them, whoa moral beats put of
from the chore with a_ good many parlous to save what part
of the cargo they could, but every attempt is their pert to
do so proved fruitless. Mr. John Spence, of the Royal Mau
Stem Packet Compaay, and the officers and crew of the
Kier and Capt. West and Anil* of the Derwent, were
early on the burning vessel, sad in the most praiseworthy
manner exerted themselves to the utmost extent. When
the masts took firs two taut who were aloft ratting away
the mile we. thrown overboard by the falling of them, and
one, the quarter-master of the Derweat, had a len cad an arm
severely injured. Pear others received revere injuries, end
were Immediately removed to the hospital. The origin of the
fire cannot be traced. There rm• a large goaatity of coals on
boerd, although it le hardly likniy that the cause can be
attributed to combestion. The Ter& less insured.