The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-24 00:00:00

ITALY.

THE TWO SICILIES.

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NAPLES, Avocar 17.
When I spoke of the crew of the Cagliari as not
having yet received their linen and clothes, it was
to be understood that the English engineers
were included. Indeed, the only attention or com-
forts which they have received have been from their
brother engineers, and from the Sardinian Steamboat
Company. To say the least of it, there is an un-
graciousness about all this which is very, petty, and
which is the more reprehensible inasmuch as no one
doubts the ultimate liberation of the crew. In reply to
all questions as to the time when the trial is to come on,
the excuse made for the delay is, that the necessary
preparations in the courts are very extensive, an
excuse made, of course, with a view to gain time.
A portion of the depositions which bad been
made by those who were arrested at Padula
was lately published. A curious history belongs
to them. They were originally published in the
German papers, from which they were extracted
with great caution and brevity by the Gazette de
Prance, and in full by the Opineme of Turin.
For this reason the Opiniene was not per-
mitted to enter France, as it contained all the
revelations made regarding the Mumtist con-
spiracies, and the Neapolitan government is
in a state of great consternation on the subject,
and feels itself compromised, as it had preserved
those revelations for a more convenient opportunity.
The deposition. were known only to the Intendente
of Salerno, Signor Ajossa, to the Minister of Grace
I and Justice, and to the King, and had been depo.
sited with the strictest secrecy. in the hands of the
Procureur-General of the Criminal Court of Salerno.
The publication of these documents, therefore, in the
foreign journals, without the knowledge or consent
of the government, displays the zeal and fidelity of
its employee, and shows how the revolution has en.
toted into the very marrow of the country.
Were Ito pursue this subject, it would be easy to
adduce a vast mass of evidence, all tending to the
same point, and showing that the only bond which
binds official men to the government is their pay.
Strict orders have been sent to Salerno to investigate
this breach of faith, and meantime all the employes
in the service of the Procureur-General have been
suspended. Moreover, it is added that a procil will
he commenced against those who are suspected or
guilty of these facts.
General Filangieri (Prince Satriano) is said to
have been recalled in a great hurry, and there is
much speculationes to the reasons of this sudden move.
The Queen is reported better, and talks of returning
to Caserta, " to attend to her doves and her favourite
dog (Pacchiimella)."
Ilia Majesty continues his evening drives from
Castellamare to Vico, between which places, and
even on to Sorrento, mounted gendarmes and guards
are placed within eight of each other. If these ar-
rangements are a proof of a sovereign being
" adored," well may kings exclaim, "God defend us
from such adorers ."
My last letter mentioned the return of Mr. de
Normann from London, after having arranged for
laying down the submarine cable between Sicily and
Malta. lam now in a position to give you fuller
details, and they are as follows :—Mr. de Norman
arrived in England on the 2eth July, and succeeded
in coming to terms with the Electric and Interna-
tional Telegraph Company, who take upon them-
selves the entire responsibility of laying down the
cable. A correspondence was opened with the East
India Company and with government on the subject,
though, whatever may be the result, the arrange-
ment to which I have alluded will still hold good.
Mr. de Normann returns to London next
Thursday, and by the time he arrives the cable will
be on its way to Malta; so that about the end of
September the communication between that island
and Perim and London will be complete. Some
alteration has been made in regard to the terminus
of the line in Sicily, which is no longer to be Cape
Pasoan, ; the point now fixed on is Alga Grande, at
the mouth of the river Seidl, about 82 miles from
Malta. Mr. de Normann had an audience of his
Majesty on his arrival, and the King, I understand,
expressed himself highly satisfied with his success.
Mr. de Normann has also obtained a concession for
laving down a submarine cable from Otranto to
Corfu, but no proceedings will be taken until the
line is laid down through the Abruzzi and Puglia to
Brindisi. This, I understand, may be expected to
be terminated in about six months. One of the first
operations will be the laying down of the cable from
Reggio to Messina, which it will cost only a few
hours to do, as everything has been long ready and
on the spot. It is to be hoped that all these im-
portant enterprises will be carried into effect ; but
the truth is, so much is proposed and so little
done, that one is never sure of anything in the king-
dom of the Two Sicilies.
It will be in your recollection that two attempts
have been already made to break up the wreck of
the Carlo Terzo, which was destroyed by gunpowder
at the beginning of the year. On Friday last
another explosion was made, under the superinten-
dence of Mr. de Normann, and in the presence of
Messrs. Longridge, Clark, and others. The charge
was about 240 lbs. of powder, and the result was
most successful. Whilst former explosions had the
effect of recovering the boilers, this completely
broke up the forecastle of the vessel, scat-
tering the fragments to a great distance,
and producing very grand effects. The water and
material were thrown up to the height of at
least 16 feet, and intermingled with the debris the
horrible spectacle of a human body was to be sees.
Two explosions more will, I believe, finish the
operations. The Austrian frigates left Naples on
Friday last. There were a great number of middle,
on board, and I presume that they are out on a
cruise for instruction. The Centaur was reported
last at Messina, whence she was bound to Palermo,
and so on to Naples. All is quiet for the present,
but in a country subject to political tornadoes we
are always glad to see a British war steamer. Littis
governments, too, are influenced by the sight of the
wire which is connected with a galvanic battery.

THE Branum EXPEDITION TO CHINA .—A tele-
grephic despatch haa reached Berlin from St. Natoli,*
announcing that the Chinese have not allowed Admiral
Paniutine and his catmints to enter by Kiakhta, and that be
will in ennevinence descend the Allier and macre lama
at Shanghai.
A letter from Vienne, in the Hamburg News, gar
that the last returns. of the Austrian Bank have add ge
dewy sensation, the circulation of bank notes Wink le*
erased by about ten millions of eosins, while the amount d
the metalhc reserve only shows an augmentation of son
hundreds of thousands of florin..
Mr. Macdonald, Muster-AttendaM of Woolwich
Dockyard, melded by his troop of esinen-riggera, who bete
here eintiloyed night and der during the last loath Y
lifting and dragging the Defence hulk from the bra of tie
river off Woolwich Arsenal, steranded on Saturday It
carrying her, on the spring tide, lathed between a court a
frigates, over the verge nt the low-water mark, where .he
will be overhauled by the shipwrights, no RA to decided
future destiny. She now lies entirely dry forward, wifit
depth of four feet aft, and prevents the appcsrance of bring
unfit for further
A NOBLY. SAILOIL—At Bode (Cornwall) a for
day. ago, a lady nonnd Cox, n f iAtor of that place.
bathing at low water at the entrant* of the harbour, bee
being a good swimmer also ventured too far, and WO dead
by the tide beyond the breaker', which were runnier
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heavy. tier (newt+ nn the shore were, as might he imftgetief,,,_
in greet agony of mind. George Bate a sailor army
lady's situation, with the greatest promptitude undremed
self and swam out to het rescue. At tais time she was ante
than a half.n.ile from the shore. On Bate reaching WON
sem floating on her back, her bathing data, prohat:itic.Z
the means of keeping herself so long afloat. Bate a ~,,
her cautiously and spoke. She replied, " Can Jon WOW:.
Bette said, '''Ves, if you will be steady," She then add.
"Whet, shall I take hold of you Bate, seeing that eY
co:tro 11%73:113 direct'; to her. and the plaee.
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bends on hie shoulders, end with his heavy berthas mite
beck, he commenced an arduous struggle tewerds tbe dos
When bronght on Am, Mrs. Con wee es eamplatelf,a.or
basisrad Sc to be apparently lackey but with pred met"'
due rho use restoreL —Bristol .dtkortiar.
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on the Admiralty lid,-through the ellitiOßo
of Sheffield. The hard Talkies hate
been and for steam nd as the bards eat
obtained without the Potts. the no, d the fermgas'-aa
I.llllllllfT time, when the demand very great, -.
urrifitable accumulation of the latter. It t. caproed
the demand for soft oral will now be greatly Iscreaeli=
thus produce a much steadier, became a mom 04014 ee."
during the semen' montha.—Leds ihreary.