The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-28 00:00:00

THE POPE'S JOURNEY.

ANCONA, tioNDAT.
The Pope is just leaving this place, where his pre-
sence has been the occasion of very brilliant Mrs.
The Archduke Maximilian, governor of the Lom-
bardo-Venetian kingdom, will, by order of the Em-
peror of Austria, meet hi. holiness at Pesaro, on his
arrival next Saturday.

THE TWO MIMES.

(IRON °VII OWN

NAPLES, Ma 21.
If we are to believe all the gossip of Naples, the
whole royal family are about to leave the kingdom.
I think, however, that my usual rule may be fol-
lowed, of believing one-half, so that I have reduced
the number of the travellers to the Spanish princes
and their wives, and his Royal 'Highness the Count
of Syracuse. The absence of the former is easily to
be explained. I am in the dark, however, as to the
motive of the latter, and perhaps it is of no great im-
portance, after all.
General Martini, the Austrian Minister, is also
about to leave. On Saturday last he had an audience
of his Majesty to take leave, and I understand that a
cabinet messenger has just left for Vienna. I can-
not conceal from myself that great dissatisfac-
tion with our government begins to prevail
amongst all classes of Italians, and I have
often very unpleasant proofs of it. " You have
raised another expectation by your conduct at
the Paris Congress," they say. ' You have con-
firmed it by your journalism, and now, through
the columns of a ministerial journal, you good forth
a damper to our expectations, and you form an alli-
ance with our great enemy, Austria." There would
be some reason in these charges if England medi-
tated a dishonourable retreat from the position
which she has taken up as regards Naples—that is
to say, if on insufficient grounds she were to send
back her minister and renew friendly relations with
this court. What I should consder insufficient

grounds would be some modification in the treatmei,
of the political prisoners of Montesarchio, and pro-
mises of some amelioration in the administration ;
first, because, as regards the latter, promises have
not the slightest value ; and secondly, because the
case of the political prisoners, though of deep interest
to humanity, concerns them as individuals, and even
their liberation would not amount to a national
benefit. I make these observations because it is
whispered about that fresh propositions, which are
here expected to lead to an arrangement, have been
recently made to our government, and there is a
very general feeling that Lord Clarendon is dis-
posed to acoept even the shadow of concession as a
ground for the renewal of amity. Assuming that
there is any truth in this impression, every Eng-
lishman who has watched the conduct of our govern-
ment and the tone of our journalism for the
last year, and who knows the position of this
country, may well be ashamed to call him-
self an Englishman in Italy ; and of this be
very sure, that we shall lose our moral and political
influence in the Two Sicilies by such a line of con-
duct. The worst of it, however, would be that by so
doing we should increase instead of depressing the
revolutionary feeling of the country, and add to the
influence of France. Depend upon it that the Nea-
politans will not be satisfied merely because a British
minister returns to this court, and that the Muratist
pasty will take advantsge of the dissatisfaction
mike is sure to result from their being abandoned
by tea English to agitate in the interest of the son
el °Joachim°. The state of suspense in which
the onoJon has been cruelly kept for the
last year has prevented the consolidation of
that party, but calamity and despair will inspire it
with fresh vigour. If, therefore, intervention in
the affairs of Naples be decided against, every consi-
deration would oppose the renewal of friendly re-
lations until the position of the country be widely
different from what it is. The fashion of all who
are connected with the court has been of late to cry
up the English alliance, and to speak contemptuously
of the Emperor and of the French. This must nut
be assumed to be a positive indication in favour of
the English, for it has been the policy of this govern-
ment to vilify either power as its interests seemed to
prescribe at the moment. There is some reason,
however, for believing that fear is entertained of
the dynastic views of I. ranee ; and if the people are
not satisfied, or if England sacrifices them, I feel
very confident that the Mumtist party will raise its
head here, and that French influence will greatly
increase.
In the Corriere Mercantile, which arrived lust
Sunday, peared an article extracted from the
.3forniny Foot on Neapolitan affairs. By more
ardent Italians it has been ill received, and regarded
as a kind of hacking out. All the copies, however,
were seized, except those belonging to the diplo-
matic body.
The Russian minister, M. Kakoselikin, left Naples
last Monday.
Naples is so completely isolated from other parts
of the kingdom that it is almost unsafe to speak of
what is going on in the provinces. The following
notices have however been communicated to me from
a good source :—The Brigadier Afan di Riviera has
asked for a steamer from the minister to serve as a
transport for political prisoners, there not being
prisons or public force sufficient in the district
of Catanzaro. With more reserve I report that
the government had been informed of a demand
for the punishment of death on nine persons in
C Ammar°. Orders were returned that if, in conse-
quence of this demand of the Attorney-General,
sentence should be passed on less than four it should
becarried into effect; if on more, farther instructions
were to be required.
The province of Levee is reported to be in a dis-
turbed state. Brigandage SWIM on the increase, and
was assuming a political character. A " Girlies
Instruttore" had been sent down from the capital
to prepare the processes.
The diligence which ruts beyond Rome and
Naples was stopped on the morning of the 17th at
3 a.m. There were nine passenger', of whom one
was a Piedmontose miner engaged for the railways
here, two Belgians, a gentleman and his wife, and
some French people. As usual, they were ordered
by the brigands, who were seven in number, to lie
on their faces, whilst one or more persons stood
guard over them with knives.
Orders fur considerable quantities of grain have
been received from Marseilles on speculation. It is
expected that the ports will be thrown open very
shortly.
Five per Cents., I uq. Exchange on London, 543.

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