The Express. — 1847-12-30 (London, England)

LAND.—Tke following article appears in the Cologne Gazette of the 28th of December: " Berlin, Dec. 24.—The personal views of Lord Palmerton should not be left out of cone, devotion when reference is made to the conduct of England with regard to Swiss affairs. He has frequently proved that he knows too well on what side victory will lean in the forthcoming change of affairs in Europe, not to set up Eng. land as the protector of that side, and thus secure for his country • new point of support which will ezoeed all others in stability. It will be remembered by many that in the year 1835, when the great subscription for Mazzini and others was raised, ' a friend ' forwarded 1001. sterling. That friend was Lord Palmerston himself, who thus already showed that he entertained a true idea of the state of affairs. Soma of our readers, too, will not fail to recollect the report of H. Leming (who about that time was murdered near Zurich), addressed to the Prussian government, respecting the posture amain in Switzerland, and in which he traced the relation in which Lord Palmerston stood to the Swiss liberals_speaking of the noble lord as of one who, standing behind the scenes, directed, in a certain measure, the movements of those who appeared on the stage. We do not place implicit reliance on the reports of one Who was paid for acting as • spy ; but they sufficiently show how much was expected from his lordship by the liberal clubs in Switzerland. Lord Palmerston has kept his word ; he is • friend to that party which heretofore have built their hopes on him. In fact the noble lord, like • true friend behind the scenes, directs at this moment the acting men of that party. Otherwise, how can one account for the simidtensions ezhibitione by the Diet of that moderation, that practical tact, and that just appreciation of what it is possible and proper to do, in order to do away with the possibility of foreign interference? Can we say of Sir Stratford Canning lees than Lord Lansdowne, on she 14th inst., said of Lord Mint°, " That he had been sent to give friendly advice. And that friendly advice as proved by the recent proceedings of the Diet, has found ready acquiescence, as it did,with Ochsenbein. It is to be hoped that the Diet will continue to show the same spirit of acquiteminee, in order that the fanatical conservative opposition, which is not lees dangerous than the fanaticism of the dad as opportunity to Lay be hoods upon the  '••• % • . &14•-•411r%N•A 71. \ • •  several of our carbines were up to shoot him, he escaped, and we saw no more of him that day. We proceeded then to take what cattle, spears, &a., we could lied, descended from the hill, bringing some prisoners with us, and very quietly began to light the fires for breakfast. The water was just boiling, when we disco tared, on a moderate calculation, 12 or 14,000 Saffirs, many well mounted, and all with firearms, on each side of the defile through which we had to pass. We had 22 miles to go to Fort Hare, our horses had not tasted food that day, nor had, in fact, we ourselves, whilst every minute the enemy grew stronger and more formidable. We dared not stay where we were all night, or every one would have been massacred. Whilst the conch shell and war-whoop kept up their dismal yell, the enemy kept exclaiming, " Traps, traps," signifying " Come on, come on ;" that taunting word was enough,—on we did go, and not without a fearful slaughter. They dropped like chaff before the wind, whilst our low was comparatively small; but to me the car—: appeared awful, many that I had been chatting with familiarly in the morning dropping down dead by my side without a groan. However, the remnant of ns reached Fort Hare at seven that evening, heartily tired and famished, I ' enure you, and were not sorry to get • good meal, and an imperial quart of splendid wine per man, and, better than all, a good bed. The next day patrols were seat out to scour the country, and returned with the horrible information that the bodies of our slain were cut in small pieces, and strewed among the dogs by the roadside.