The Express.
London, England, 1857-01-28 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1857.

it is at ones our privilege and oar daty to
bear testimony to the wits of those who
have served their country well. During the cam-
paign in the Crimea, and the subsequent contro-
versies which arose out of it, it has too often been
our more painful daty to censure the incompetent.
It is with the more pleasure, on this account, that
we embrace an opportunity of doing justice to one of
them who have displayed talent, courage, end
integrity in the public service.

WE announce with deep regret that Mr. Baron AL-
OLSSON expired yesterday evening at his residence in
London. Though the learned Judge had been suffer-
ing for some two months per, it im scarcely a fort-
night since his Mends became seriously alarmed at his
condition. Bat ire Saturday last, we believe, his
recorery has beesseasidered hopeless. In die death
dihisialmtpaula the public have to dallier dr
bus its dlathisidied lawyer and an excelled sm.
nem his school and college dam 36. Dina
Ammon gave promise of au illaslehen emir,
white las ser*jemdial. Bons in dm peer 1787, he
begs Wissdun at the Charterbmos, and pro-
ceeded*, Wm CAR" Cambridge. idiom ba was
singularly distinguish'''. In 11111111 be UN sot only
sesdnrowsglen ant 811111 t paimeamobet Madded
to dm asilmstiosl hasou that etbdog senior
Chnusilleh milli& Wei le do law in 1811, he
sounangufreisousy smilirshisloplatina. For some
pen be trawled the Northern Cissmdt, and main-
tiled Ms place amongst such so as Lord Amaze
(then Mr. Scantxrr), Lord Baoromax, Mr. Baron
PARER, sad Mr. Justice PATTESON. Subsequently
he was appointed one of the Common Law Commis-
sioners—by Lord LYstnitlurr, we believe; and at
length, in the year 1830, whilst still wearing a stuff
gown, he was elevated to the Bench by the same
nobleman, who then held the great seal. If Lord
Lvxottunwr had done nothing else besides selecting
for promotion the present Lord WENSLEYDALE, Mr
Baron ALDERSON, and Sir JOHN PATTESON—aII
of them still stuff gownsmen, and for no other reason
than because they were the best lawyers of their
day—he would desenv the thanks of the public.

Mr. Baron ALDER:ION was one of those ml

with whom it was impossible to be brought in
contact without at once perceiving his remarkable
activity, strength, and acuteness of intellect. Like
most persons of quick apprehension, he wu perhaps too
often somewhat impatient, and occasionally adopted
• view of a case which more careful consideration
showed to be erroneous ; but still it was impossible
not to admire the masterly power with which he
would grasp the essence of a question—the inimitable
conciseness with which he could state the problem to
be solved, enunciate the principle of law which was
applicable, sum up the arguments on either side, and
pronounce his judgment. There was scarcely any
view of a case, scarcely any argument on either
aide, which did not occur to his surprisingly acute
intellect, certainly none which was too refined for
his apprehension, and which he could not state in a
1/111/111nnore striking and infinitely more forcible than
the ossuisel who propounded it. No mar of facts
was so cumbrous as to overwhelm his power of
homilling them, or so perplexed that ha Idled to
ihonbngle them. Haying once laid down Moronism
he followed them with a relentless iegb r ink
legitimate conclusions. Able, buitiorliba. ad
thoroughly cultivated, he panceseinsisgalse !Mr
tit @squiring a knowledge of 0 thus sabjeeteassos•
SIR sew to him, which in the araltiforions brains
ettkis country are daily brought before ow owerte
judos. It is difficult enough to wideness' mow
simitine or a course of business when we an it in
nor' operation, but to acquire such knowledge hp
the 'Ahem of conflicting witnesses, to explain mieh
complicated matters to a jury, requires not only a
quick char intellect, but no ordinary command el
language. To these rare faculties the learned Judge
added an extensive and accurate knowledge of law
in all its branches. That knowledge had been ae-
quire& net only by study and experience, but by that
best of all preparations, the publication of a lurked
professional reports. There was, indeed, no judge
on the bench superior to Mr. Boron ALDERSON in
quickness, hided power, or in knowledge of law. I
There it, however, another part of the office of a
judge Ale em scarcely ever be tested until the
future sesghloote is transferred from the bar to the
humek. Thom who remember the judicial dignity et
the late Mist Jetties 'Jima. will readily appre-
hend the ideal et ea India Judge. No Mat,
late:empties of esninel wet aftessia their altos.
him su deningsd their sigwavalit. Len es was his
ems d hemenr he sever WNW it out of
moms, He bins* with a dipilled patience
eweryddeg that was edam:ed. However
proveldag or tedium a soomel or a witness he
never lost his temper ; and when he administered a
rebuke, he administered it with that staid severity
which silenced remonstrance. He was, indeed, a
model of gestlenem, wisdom, and dignity. It would
be Weans flattery has to sweet that the demeanour
of the Judge whams low we new deplore, cams up te
this ideal shaulard. His potion for the jocose, his
vigorous lightheartedness, end his simplicity of ebb-
Teeter, at those, no doubt, made this eminent person
forget what was due to the dignity of his place.
Every man has his faults ; and it is only those who
have occupied high positive, end are possessed of
eminent qualities, who can aderd to have their de-
merits at well as their merit@ candidly dimmed.
Nevertheless, if on some cosagens the meressonehle
wit of the Warned Baron impaired his dignity, or se
imperfection et temper exhibited itself, there wen
ceoudom—ench as that on which he prod meteor
on the Makers of Temphwhar--when he evinced
se mush feeling and dignity as it was peedble Ir
any soasiotrate to display. This is not the place to
dwell on the private virtues of the individuaL Into
the sacred precincts of domestic life the public have
no right to enter. But still it is well for them to
know that this illustrious lawyer was an upright
citizen, an affectionate father, and a deafest friend.

gbo Court.

WINDSOR, JAR. 57.
The Queen and Prince walked in the Home-park
this morning.
Lord Marin snd the Hon. Mortimer Saelmille West
have succeeded Lord Waterpuk and Colonel the Hon. N.
I Hood, as the Lord and the Groom in Welting.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon
at the official residence of the First Loon
of the
Treasury, in Downing-street. The ministers pre-
sent were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor,
Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne Earl of
Harrowby, Sir George Grey, Earl of Clarendon, Mr.
Secretary Labouchere' Lord Flaunty., the Cliancel-
ler of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right
Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley,
the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of

The Marquis of lonedowne arrived in town yesterday.
A &patellae on the sullied of the income tel had an in-
terview with the Chancellor of the Ezategner yesterday, at
his official residence in Downing-Asst. The deputation
coedited of Dr. Challis, Hamra. L. Wffishire, Gannon, Un-
derwood, Hayman, Damien, Cornwell, Lawrence, Kendrick,
Nott, Stocker, C. Murphy, J. E. Hayman, J. W. Stratton,
Samuel, Briscoe, Walker, Ciayler, Gaunt, Agn►ce, end
Pritchett.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-offire yesterday
from the Governors of the North American Provinces.

TWO SICILIES.

(710 M OVII OWN

NAPLES, JAW. 15.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon of Monday, the 12th,
the King left Naples for Caserta. So sudden and
unexpected was the event, that not even the royal
brothers knew of the King's intentions, and prepa-
rations had been made in the palace for the royal
dinner. Accompanied by a strong body of cavalry,
his Majesty left the city, not by the ordinary
route, and instead of taking the railway, as has
always been the custom, pursued the high road in a
carriage and four. Fear seems to have taken pos-
session of the Kg's mind. lie dreads fire by sea
and fire by land ; he refuses to travel by steam, and
gas tills him with apprehension. Ever since the act
of Agesilio Milano, the spirit of vengeance seems
to have occupied the highest places in the land, and in-
stead of acting as a caution and a lesson, that act has
rather urged on the government in its career of mad-
men. Offensive scandals have been invented against
the English, and a reactionary police has been car-
rying out a system of persecution such as was scarcely
ever known before even in Naples. In order to give
the sembhusee of ajustification to these excesses, the
mu* absurd reports have been put about, that Mu-
sk' Ind been in Naples, and had had an in-
Iseview in the Cafe Europa with a British
Mew t that the liberals were contemplating
Niee movement on the 12th ; that mines were
la tie course of preparation beneath the Palace
seed the Toledo, so that in every public office
a retain degree of terror was introduced. All
Rtes evils are of course referable to the bad govern-
which inspires neither respect nor confidence.
nments formerly made by night and in secret
IMP mow made openly and in greater numbers. In a
asement, as it wcre,the police received new and violent
orders--large patrols of the gendarmes surrounded
the principal cafes, arrested the inmates, and led
them off bound together like thieves to the Vicaria.
On arriving they were rigorously examined,
end not liberated until the next day, some of them
then only after having signed an obligation not
to frequent cars any more. The arrests still con-
tinue, and to use the words of many a Neapolitan,
no
head of a family feels certain of return-
ing to the home which he left in the morning.
Need I say that an universal panic has seized upon
the people, and to the natural gaiety has succeeded
a sadness, which no one who has known Naples can
fail to remark.
Amongst those who have been arrested arc many
who were recently liberated, and of these may be
mentioned the name of Giuseppe Avitabile, who was
under trial in the political prosecutions of last summer.
Such is the termination of the hopes credulously
built upon the promises of those who have long been
currying on a system of deception ; but those who
know thiscountryhavealways predicted that nothing
honest or good would ever be initiated by the exist-
ing government of Naples; that delays would be
made, causes of irritation continually introduced, and
excuse, found for doing nothing.
Amongst other annoyances practised again, may
be counted the tampering with the bear and the
wide-awake. Several cases have occurred lately,
and in order to avoid persecution many
have already begun to make a clean face of
it. None of these follies are, I believe, to be
attributed to Bianchini, who has, it is under-
stood, tendered his resignation, although his Majesty
declined to accept it ; but rather to Govern°, the
Prefect of l'olice, who is again an instrument in the
hands of others. People are represented as going to
Bianchini, the Minister of Police, and interceding
for their friends and relatives under arrest, and
receiving for an answer that he knows nothing about
the facts. They have been executed by his subal-
tern. the Prefect, who of course has his orders, and
is guaranteed for his insubordination. It is, however,
• tale a hundred times told. There are wheels
within wheels here; everything is marked by
intrigue and dishonesty. The men mentioned as
the successors of Bianchini were Nunziante and
Ajossa, Intendente of Salerno ; but the change is not
to take place yet. Bianehini's name is still of use,
for he is a gentleman and a man of education.
Considerable apprehension exists in the city of an
outbreak,though I do not myself anticipate anything
of the kind. The apprehension is, however, not un-
natural, for never had a civilised people so many
provocative% to anger and vengeance. Good autho-
rities tell me that Naples has been placed under three
different commands, one of which 13 that of General
Lanza—an arrangement not deemed a wise one in
ease of any disturbance, as there would be a diffi-
culty in agreeing upon unity of action.

BRIGANDAGE IN THESSALY.

(TROY ora OWN

SMYRNA, Jew. 17.
I received yesterday the following letter from
Volt:, which I translate literally from the Greek :
" According to Tour wishes I give you some infor-
mation of how things are going on in Thessaly. The
Wallach shepherds are now allowed by the governor
of Meanly, Itousum Pacha, to beat arms and go in
pursuit of the brigands who arc absolutely eating us
up. The chief of the banditti, Mitro Khmaka, and
one of his companions, who for a long time roved
about Thrace, and whom the government found it a
very difficult matter to lay hold of, were strangled
eight days ago. by the Wallach shepherds, near a spot
called Clime, in the following manner. The shep-
herds during the day gathered together many clubs
of wood, as though for fires, and scattered them
about the fold, where they sat waiting for the rob-
bers. Shortly after nightfall the banditti came to
the fold to cook their supper and to rest. The
shepheds were four; two of them, covered with their
canotes, feigned sleep, whilst the other two began
chitting with the robbers near the fire. After
a little while two of the shepherds, still talking,
with perfect sang
,froid, rose, and began walking
carelessly about, when, the preconrerted signal
being given, they each seized a club, and knocked
blitro and his companion on the head. The shep-
herds, who were affecting sleep, then sprung up, and
strangled the two robbers immediately, while the
other two went in pursuit of a third robber, a noto-
rious character named Tago, who, however, got off.
Four days since the Wallach shepherds met again
with another band, that of Kastana and Kodona,
composed of eight persons, attacked them, and killed
lastana, his two brothers, and three others, and sent
Hama to Inris.a to be put in chains. The p.m-
awns and vigilance of Ilousum l'acha arc very praise-
worthy. Only a few weeks ago he went himself into
Albania, near where a band of between 30 and 40 bri.
wadi had been ravaging the country for many years;
We band he succeeded in breaking up, and capturing
ffiss leaders whom he sent to prison at Janina. On
his return to Volo he saw that the only means of
' destroying these Palikars (treAmerifea) was to let the
Wallach shepherds loose at them, and it is by their
nielistance that the recent captures have been effected.
Hossein l'acha is at this moment at Almiro, making
inquiries about another band supposed to number
some forty strong. This band was first discovered
by a 'Wallach shepherd, who gave information to the
)4uddir of Almiro. The Mnddir took the Herren-
Agin' and about fifty Albanese, Christians, and
Tads, and proceeding to the spot indicated found
Ms robbers tending their goats. On
i observing them
ththemselves e bandits speedily ranged n two
prang lines, and levelled their guns at their in-
vaders; away ran all the Albanese at the first
STlnetoms of resistance, but the Muddir and the rest
of his band rushed on the robbers. Unhappily the
robbers were more numerous and better armed than
their assailants, so that the Muddir'a party was
mated, himself severely wounded, and two Christians
killed, besides some Turks. The robbers got off,
leaving no traces of having suffered at all in the en-
counter. It appears that the robbers have an under-
standing with the Albanese, which would account
for their decamping. as above ; at all events the
Muddir is of that opinion, for he has arrested their
Derven-Agha and put him in irons. This is all
well enough, and we shall feel the benefit by and
bye ; but the robber hordes are numerous and active,
and their influence over the country people is so
strong that it will be long before even Housum Pacha
will be able to make his laws good."

The annual banquet, in honour of the birth of
Moliere, took place a few days ago in PoriF. It sae pre-
sided over by Baron Taylor, 117 pasta being present.