The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-25 00:00:00

ITALY.

An occasional correspondent from Venice remarks,
under date of the 19th, that since the vote of the
House of Common, on the foreign policy of the
British government, a change of system is visible in
that part of the world. The discontinuance of the
systematic abuse of LoPri Palmerston in the papers of
the government, the dismissal of Haynau, reduction
of the army, dismissal of Piombazzi and Leonardi,
the odious chief of police, and recall of Schwind,
the government commissioner, sent to arrange
the loan of 120 millions with the munici-
pal authorities of the Lombardo-Venetian king-
dom, are all measures which are regarded with general
satisfaction as the first symptoms of a more liberal
regime. The reduction of the army has already had
a favourable Effect on the money market, and the agio
of Trieste has fallen 4 per cent.

NAPLES.
The roman 31.nit)re of the 17th states, from
Naples, that the French fleet sailed from that port
on the 13th.

ROMAN STATES.

ROME, Jute 12.
The war cry of the myrmidons of despotism, the
chief rallying point of the opponents of liberal institu-
tions and constitutiocal freedom, have lately been the
enormity of Bri.ish claims for indemnity in those
countries where oppression and msl-administration
have brought on revolutions, counter-revolutions, and
the time series of misfortunes and rain which accom-
pany such political convulsions; nor are the peevish
recriminations of these wis,acres as yet checked by
the fesrlem vote of the British House of Commons,
and its evident resolutiun to uphold the foreign policy
of Lord Palmerston. But lest their arguments may
' appear to have some shadow of justice, it becomes
necessary to divest them of their showy exterior of
false statements and inferences, aid by reducing
their garbled accounts to sober facts, to allow the im-
partial reader to form a tine opinion of the various
cases presented. Amongst the French journals which
delight in disguising the present state of Rome, the
Unirers has recently distinguished itself by a letter
purporting to hive been written from this city, and
quoted in the Galiynanis Messenger of the 3rd July,
wherein the writer asserts that ttc British consular
agent, Mr, Freeborn, ha+ had the audacity to present
a claim of 12,0001. to the papal government as
'indemnity for the forced loan to which British sub-
jects were obliged to contribute by the government of
the republic. Setting wide, however, all comment upon
the expression audacity, I mat proceed at once to
correct the statement of the Unieers earn spondent,
by informing him that no contribution at all of a
pecuniary nature was ever exacted from foreigners
be the republican govrrnment, and that, therefore,
Mr. Freeborn's au tacity in demanding indemnity for
such contributions, exists only in the writer's heated
imagination. The real claims advanced by the
British consul, amcunt to rather more than eleven
thousand pounds sterling, and are for British property
destroyed or confiscated before and during the siege
of Rome, as the followicg memorandum will clearly
demonstrate :

s. d.
Major Richard Sybes's villa near the Porta del
P.ipol.e, devastated and destroyed during the
siege 5,460 0 0
Steam rota mill belonging to M. aws. Watson
and Bogie, of Vellstri, renvived to Rome for
the Use of the city, when the French stopped
the usual mills by cutting off the wear of the
Pauline aqueduct
Damages committed at the iron loandry of
Messrs. Cieliesi and Watson, beyond the
Porta del Pop010
Claim of the o mallet,* of the Protestant Chapel
at the Porta del Popolo, ter danisgra during
the war
Damages at Mr. .11•.hn Freeborn's v,Ue, near
the Ponta Moll. Bridge
Fur a horse belonging to Mr. Charles Knight,
required for military purpose a during the war 50 0 0
For a horse be lunging to the Rev. Mr. Elutchin-
sm, chaplain of the Englieh rrotestant
Chapel 25 0 0
For a horse belonging to Me. J. Brown, livery
stable keeper
Total MOSS C 0

Mr. Freeborn has another affair upon his hands
just now, another British subject to interfere for, in
the person of an lonian, Pasquali Napoleone of Corfu,
residing at Viterbo, fifty miles from Rome, whcse
holm was searched by the police during his absence
at C;vita Vecchia. Some papers having been dis-
covered at his residence, showing that he was a mem-
ber of the Freemasons' brotherhood, instructions were
forwarded to Civita Vecchia, where l'asqtudi was
arrested upon the 18th of April last, allowed to hold
no communication with the British rice-consul, and
transported first to Velletri and subsequently to the
prison, of Frosinone, in which delectable abode he has
been kept ever since along with all sorts of thiev,s
and cut-throats. It was not until the 4th of this
month that ho ineeeeded in forwarding a complaint
to Mr. Freeborn, who lost not a moment in sending a
note to Cardinal Antonelli demanding his release. I
presume Lord Stanley would think he had acted very
improperly, as British subjects ought to enjoy (what
an enjoyment !) no other protection but that con-
ferred by the laws of the country they inhabit; and,
according to the laws of this country, the penalty due
to freemasons is perpetual imprisonment in the
dungeons of the inquisition.

The Cardinal Secretary of State has not as yet
replied to the Consul's note, and it remains to be seen
whether the tone of his answer will be at all modified
by the majority cbtained by Lord Palmerston in the
House of libm none; but it is right to observe that
the government of his Holiness has already sought to
invalidate a put of the British ministerial defence,
with respect to the policy followed in Italy, by
formally contradicting Lord l'almerston's statements
concerning the mission of Lord Minto, and the word
of the Pope is now staked agsinst that of the British
premier and his colleagues. The Giortidie di Roma
of last night contains in ita official part the following
brief but distinct asseveration :

"We are authorleed to declare that the Holy
Father never invited Lord Minto to repair to
Italy."

THR DART AND DOW PACKETS both arrived on
Taw;lay maim( at Pornormatb, from Madeira, and laadod
lulls and pansagero, atasas whoa was the Lard Bishop of
Bombay, Can sad Cpl. Stoddart, consul at Maua.

SPAIN.

Bose talk has been created by Narrate he'
insisted upon the diamisad of Sandi:.
medical attendant who delivered the rt.
Her Majesty expressed in the moat decidrd
the confidence which she reposed in the I.lc
fidelity of her physician, to whom she attrilo,
preservation of her life, and flatly ref is to
Ply with the demand of the President ot the hie King supported the queen in this 'nark
Nerves:, it is thought, will tender his resio, Bat those who have observed the invariable d,
nog of such crises can hardly doubt that the
sion of the Duke of Valencia will carry the day.
Prince Carini, the Neapolitan arnhassade
Madrid, has had a conference with the Prase.
the C,uncil end Minister of Forc4n Affairs, 0;
subject of the difference Iktween the
cabin
Madrid and Naples, having received imports', spatches from his government. The N. ipolfhee
vernment declares that the marriage of the i'tir
Caroline with the Count of MontemfAin hes no 7
cal meaning ; and offers to address a manifesto
various courts of Europe in this seta..
In the beginning of August the Doke and It
of Montpensier set out for San Lacer de Barrel
to take the baths,.
Carlist bands have appeared in La Mancha, insignificant party of these is commanded by ou ear°, a terrible faccioeo of the former Lied war.

The Madrid Gazette publishes the Post-4(
turns for the first live months of the yew, show
constantly progressive increase hit(e ;Le adopti
the new postal tariff.
MADRID, JULY 19 —Thrw per C(11.4, 32 14 14
Lisa, 321 cash, 32 15 16 paper. F..er p,rc-n•
cash. Fire per Cows., 121; after 11.11 s, 121:-1•,
121 paper. Couples, 1/ paper. PilagitN,
me
; alter
champ se Londe., ea 40.
313 16 nab. Bank 0 B%Pa:distend ,).;; t

PORTU(iIL

The Oriental Com pany'e Steam Packet Jupiter
Francis Meehan, arrived at S ,nthasup'on
and landed her mails under the charge o! Liew.
R N., admiralty agent. Her dew
Gibraltar, 16:h ; Cadiz, 17:h ; Lisbn,l9:h ;
20th ; Vigo, 21st inst. Her cargo consuat of
ages specie, 1,000/.
Our correspondent writes :

LISI39N ,
The American claims continue to call puhlit
tion in and out of the chambers : in bo'h then
been secret sessions on the subject, and I can e
what I slid on that head in my lest, that the g
went had replied on the fixed day, that w.Tha
tering in the justice or injustice of the c:aini,
above all for the rake of peace, they agree
the claims, except that of the privateer, Gera
strong, tt.at being a subject in which Great I
is directly concerned, the Americans having be
aggressors, and the prerror of Fayal tkinpr
protect the privateer. In my timer 1,:l! .3
explained all the particulars of this affair. I La
to add that it being rather between(;.rat llritz
the United States that this air rands, the
gueee government, after having re!erie! is
to arbitration, has laid the wlv.:e &Cir. het'
English minister. Mr. Clay has appied fur h.
porta, which have been Riven, has stild his Et
and it is said he to leave with the American ~i
on Saturday. The Amerion Flag-Lieuanal.
by this steamer with dispatches. I: juuice, n
laws, treaties, are to be respected and amid
Portugal has nothing to fear, and Great I;ritsi
take her part in this affair.
I informed you in a preview; letter that
government wire ear& lent of ;he la v to repr
abuses of the press as framed in the passi
deputies, I much doubted its doing so. The re,
the committee in the depu:ies u•saMm
against it. Councillor Siva iu ere c
most eloquent speeches, detailed the sel..:c
this bill. It had been sent up from ti.e del,v
tobe radically altered by the peers, wilo hid
in it the privilege of trial by jury. S.:vs
arguments were so convincing that the iri
ministers who hail promised their rappw:
know what to do. Count de Thomar. Pres.
the Council, was the only minister present, an
came his lot to reply to his brother. He
prove the necessity and the political ennui(
approving the piers' amendments, and fiaii
requesting and entreating the chamber to do ii
Cabral repliel. On a division the law as fru
the peers ass carried by 37 votes against 22.
The chemist:re are to be closed on Saturd.
20th inst., in consequence of their having be.
longed to that day.

Another anbjeit which hu attracted ptibli,
tion has been the object of iaterp,llations
Minister of War, and has called forth a secret
in each chamber of parliament. Same weeks
mentioned in my correspondence that the
taller', at Penamacor, had revolted against
major, on account of his severity and bad tit.
of the men, such as striking th-ut. It sams
reheldon was soon quelled, betore teen the t
commanding the military district hid retch
place, followed by a large force. Immtdia
battalion entered on their duty same sergeant,
privates were arrested and tlagged till they WI de a,
or were taken to the Lospital and died iimued.a:,ly
after; amongst these men was unforiunatel a youth
eighteen years old who was a volunteer, and ent:i:ed
as such to exemption from flagging. The Minicer of
War being asked on the subject, gave very evas:ve
answers, but being pressed, requfs:ed, for the sake of
the discipline of the army, that the :Ogee: shot d b
treated in a secret session, whai took p:ace yeder-
day and lasted from 12 till 0.
bad
yearAilfoarPPealal appearances
rcsullitturimeal ileprnotdgo to show a very
ei
prices are rising, particularly of cid wines iu Oporto
and throughout the country.
Exchange on London, 341 per 1,000 reis. P:s:ount
Lisbon Bank notes, 5 to 6 per cent.