The Express. — London, England, 1852-09-27 00:00:00

;fie erortliti. TO CORRESPONDR2II73. arw UM= of " The sap..," tie mei buil'. Gesette l / 4 "ls gralbead evely Tubby sa4 Nips. to bre br pea. berorborts blorierl be "The tzprids," Lambe Imam; raper, must br et the ilearirirarroot. Two Veber' re be ;y.( paributiro. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE . Tule My-11 lentos. IL. Its....—.Afteramm, Ms. I .soasow—Herstag. 11it.12... ..Aftersoce, 11. LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 27. Ir:would be difficult to conceive anything more calculated to excite sorrow and indignation in the minds of English churchmen than the case which has just been investigated at Plymouth, in the pre- Bence of the Bishop of EXETER. The occurrence of a few more such events must do the Church of Eng land a damage scarcely to be repaired by the zealous efforts of its beet friends carried over a long period of years. The Rev. GEORGE RI NI , LE PRI NNE, in cumbent of St. Peter's, at Eldail, l'lymouth, is charged by two Devonshire clergymen, priests in the diocese of the Bishop of EXETER, with intro ducing into his church a system of Confession, which appears to be similar to that practised in the ('hurch of Rome. The clergymen who bring the charge , 1 enunciate the various articics of the accusation in the i following manner: The confessional is within the church. That the confession is carried on secret'',, not u in Roman catholic churches, where the parties may be seen by the passers-by. That (at least in the case of the girls belonging to the Orphan's Home) it is periodically and compul sively carried on. That this compulsion and periodical system is en forced upon very young children ; from twelve years of age. The first impression that every one will receive who rends the report of the proceedings taken in consequence of these charges will be, that the Bishop I.rkevi the inquiry. The proof of the assertion will not be very difficult. Lo k. at the facts. Mr. PRTNNE is charged with having a coitlessieed in his church with confessing his Hock secretly : with being in con; nexion with an institution which et , niptis its mem bers to practise confession ; and, lastly, with causing young persons of from 12 to 1 I to come to the con fessional. The Bishop is told, concurrently with the request for investigation into the conduct of Mr. l'ay'er:, that this gentleman has been guilty of the grossest indecency in exercising his , function of father-confessor. lie knows that the reverend gentleman is charged with punn ing a line of conduct which cannot fail to be productive of the most disastrous effects on those who come within the sphere of his professional duties. Is the fact of a confessional existing in a Protestant church a trifling feet? Is it • matter unworthy of being brought.imelici4lly before the con sideration of a Protestant Bishop. that one of his clergy has established this confessional, that ho is in connexion with an institution which forces its inmates to attend the confessional—that the conduct of the clergyman is such as to suggest thoughts of impurity to children who by the mere fact of age ought to be supposed free from such thoughts? No one will surely assert this, and yet the Bishop of EXEILR does not hesitate to act upon this view. He begins' by declaring, first, that the matters do not amount to an offence against the ecclesiastical or temporal law. Can any one believe this to be true ? And, if it is true, will any one estimate for us the value of an ecclesiastical law which does not prevent any English clergyman from practising a distinctive rite of the Romish communion . , or what is the value of a temporal law which will not protect our children from the polluting influence of impure suggestions coming from a minister of the Church ? The Bishop of OXFORD has lately been mainly instrumental in the passing of an act for the better protection of young females against the attacks of seducers; is this law intended to operate against the laity alone? Aro the clergy to be specially re.ieved from the ope ration of a law which is to preserve our wives and daughters? We are not meddling with the question of the guilt cr innocence of the Reverend Mr. PRTNNE. He ay or may not have been guilty of the indiscretions and crimes with which he has been charged ; the great fact to which we wish to draw attention is, that a Bishop of the English Church has pronounced that such indiecretioas and such crimes nre not subjects for investigation by ecclesiastical or tempera: authorities in England. If this is the case, what does the Church gain by investing bishops with authority ? What, however, does the Bishop gain by thus ex cluding the case in question from the domains of ecclesiastical and temporal authority ? Thus much, that as there is no regular court, he can have no legal authority. He refuses, therefore, to examine witnesses on oath; excludes from the meeting num bers who would hare exercised their right to be present, had the inquiry been conducted publicly; throws himself upon the courtesy of those present, rather than appeal to their sense of justice : and re serves to himself, and takes care to exercise, the pri s lieges he obtains by being free from those restraints which a judicial investigation must have imposed upon He begins, therefore, by granting reporters per mission to be present, but fetters them with the condition that they shall only report what he is pleased to allow. His plea is, that he wishes to check the publication of indecent matter. How this end has been attained will be seen by all those who have perused the report of the trial as it has appeared in the news papers. The reticence that has been exercised only adds to the fearful indelicacy of the whole investiga tion. The Bishop next signifies his intention of taking the charges one by one, and commences with the first—" The confessional is within the church." He asks for proof of this charge. Mr. 'Utensil'', one of the accusers, proceeds to substantiate it, and in so doing noes the name of another clergyman (the snood of the list of accusers), upon which the Bishop, taking advantage of a technical objection, virtually stops the inquiry. Ile will hare Mr. HATCTIARD'S CCU* gone through first, because Mr. Ilarcliaan'ic name is first on the list, although Mr. HarcitanD explains to his lordship that Mr. CHILD' and himself have put their eases into one. To this the Bishop replies, Vou have put your case first, and I cannot consent to your being heard foe another. We must have your complaint tint gone into." Did his lordship want to know whether there was any truth in the alleged charge..? If so, why did he refuse the evi dence that would have proved the truth ? The two clergymen in question very wisely refused to take any further active part in the proceedinp, and the case was then left almost entirely in the hibds of Mr. I) tat.lati, Ike curate V Me aceased. The result of such proceedings may be imagined. The charge against Nli. PRTNNE was that the confessional was in his church. This fact could not be denied. All Ply mouth knew that Mr. PRTNNE did confess those of his flock who choose to avail themselves of his spiritual assistance, in a room it the church. How veal this fact to be got over? Mr. PRYNNE, had he LI en questioned on the siihect, would not have cu d. ivoured to get over it. We do him the justice to believe that he would have honestly admitted the truth of the accusation. But the Bishop, who tied the brief for Mr. Parsiar, was 11131 t clever than his client. lie commenced by a state:nent which vir tually defines a " confessional" to be not a building where confessions are received, hu! a building nomi nated a " confessional," and apprceiriated solely to the tho practice of confession. Mr. 'PRYNNE Milt have drawn • long breath when he saw the Bishop ride roughshod over the most tender portion of his ease. "A eosfruienei," said his lordship, "is as notorious as a pulpit. If there is a confessional in the church, nothing would induce me to hold a confirmatioi, in it. There was nuns when I sea is Ow ea I want it to be proved." We blush fur the Chugih has a Bishop who can make use of a quibble like this. Mr. Parterres curate was obliged to allow, in answer to a question from the Bishop, "'du wet she,,,, I say that there is m) room in the chinch used fur confession, but not fur that (dune." Who cares whether, when confession is over, the room in which it takes place is used for any other purpose? What consolation is it to a wretched mother who Ends that the slunaieriag evil tendencies of a child have been tortured into rampant pees riency under the examination of a weak or vicious clergyman ? What cotsolation is it to her to be told I ant anxious that a curtain should be drawn over this unhappy state of things." Acting upon this impression, tt is not at all astonishing that his lord ship should have refused to receive through a clergy man the testimony on the subject of confession of a young person who was dying. The case was pre judged. The deeisioa was already prepared. The advocate of confession was to be spared, and the Bishop allowed to make use of the occasion to confirm his clergy in their use of Popish Ordinanoes. The fiat was pronounced, and the public and the whole church now know the worth of an appeal to the Bishop of Extras. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAE EVENING. The Muniteur contains the following announce ment respecting the detection of an internal machine plot at Marseilles : The Minister of General Police was same time since made aware of the existence of • deripiney against the site of the Prince President, the mistiiimillams fit which he has traced with vigilance. By a thsgeseb d skis day, the government has learnt that an infernal mashie was seised at Marseilles on the 24th instant. It was aeopseed of four Principal bourhes a fez and of 250 *Amy min barrels. The barrels contained fifteen barbell belle. Tice authors of the plot are arrested, and all the aswilleadeas of the conspiracy are known. It is aow is die Wife of justice. The latest despatch on this plot preesate a few ad ditional details. Notwithstanding the eneertainty with which the aerial telegraph works between Mar seilles and Lyons, news has been reseleed at the Ministry of the Interior that this Piliakat reached Marseilles safely at 3 yesterday inseam; nines he was received with more energetic eadocalisa la esn wquence of the failure of the inland saschlee plot. The seizure of the machine was anted at 10 on the night of the 23rd, by the Commissary of Police, accompanied by ten agents. When these presented themselves they perceived that the man who lodged in the house had reserved for himself the means of escape, and was about to avail himself of them. They were obliged to break the windows to penetrate into the interior of the house, where they slued this man, who is one of the chief authors of the plot. Other important arrests have also been effected. ' There is nothing in the communication of the Monde's, to throw light upon the class of opinion from which this plot, if not a scheme of the police, emanates, unless the expression " socke secrete" be e;maidered as exclusively applicable to the socialists, and red republicans. The following telegraphic despatches are in the Mvniteur : Berry-Saint-Audreol, 21th September, 3 in the evening. Ms highness the Prince-President has been saluted along the whole hue of the right bank of the Rhone with the greatest enthusiasts by the population of the Ardosbe. Triumphal arches were prepared in all the communes, and from all part, of the mountains the inhabitants descended in crowds. The only cries were Vies PEnspereur," Vies Napoleon," which were raised with extraordinary energy at all points. Avignon, 25th Sept., II CR. His highness arrived at Avignon at Italf.past four. An immense crowd received him with cries of " Viva l'Ens• pereur. — PARIS, SATURDAY. The latest telegraphic despatches describe tho re ception of the President, on the 24th, at Avignon. As this is a mere repetition of the Prince's reeeptima at all other points of his iourney, the details are d little interest. After passing in review the garrion population of the department of Vendome, the Presi dent set out at halfpast ten this morning for Mar seilles. The Council-General of Cok before separating. decided, on the proposition o n f s, its prendent, that a commission drawn by lot from among its members should proceed to Marseilles to pay their respects to the President on his arrival. Conn de Gambian& was chosen president of the communion, and M. C. Abbatucci ewe-president. At a late banquet at Dinan, Coise-du-Nord, the prefect said that he was authorised to announce that Prince Louie Napoleon would positively visit that part of the oountry next year. The Council of Administration of the Land Bank of Paris held a meeting on the 23rd, at which the rate of interest of loans was fixed at 41 per cent. The Prince Lucien Murat is expected in Algeria, where, issesiblv, he may succeed to the post at present held * by , General Random, of Governor- GeneraL Yea have beside roe the most lastrueted professor of all hindmost.' MUM neemary to your soadities. I aim the eerate of nor peehh. You have mailer year eyes feces ishse assid ark whielt ell the philosepbses la the world pet mid never have composed—l sans the tip lissom Buell aiip rehired notion at the leader of the Bonapartist penes about the fittest and only neces sary sources of iestruetion—the curate and the catechism. After dwelling upon his devotion to Louis Napoleon he winds up thus : Bates are 2ed of Deemsber ' oa whatever side my eyes were tamed. I felted sewhere a solid hose fee society, notkleg km and whoheahle is fa Prams. boas away to Ms; end i, the seiphb of pp noel I Mimed to Provi des.. these words OF the siontie te hew Setup oa the Lake Si Oeassueth (de.) • Lard save us, or we pariah." Provides/ma war not deer to the ay of my heart. Here we see that M. Granter is less at homy with the Gospels than becomes so ardent an admirer of Christianity, when ho confounds a garden under the walls of Jerusalem with the Lake of Galileo. But that is a small affair. The ex-editor of the Epoquis and Constitutionnet in his religious disguise reminds one strongly of Don Raphael turned hermit in " Gil Bias." M. Beaudean, of Toulouse, who took an active part in the insurrection in that city in December last, and who was ordered for transportation to Al- Feria by the commission of the Haute-Garonne, fled' into Spain, and remained there until a few days ago, when he returned without permission. He was at once arrested. The police of the same city have just arrested a workman named Rayne, foe vins used insulting language respecting the Prince Louis Napoleon. By decrees of the Prince President, Don Ramon de I la Rocha, captain general of the principality of Cata lonia, has been raised to the dignity of grand officer in the Legion of Honour; Don Cayo Quinones de Leon, first secretary of the Spanish Legation at Paris, and Dr. Nunes, a Spanish physician, to the rank of officers, and MM. Morostiza, President of the Spanish Finance Commission in Paris, Miguel do Tovar, Spanish Consul at Perpignan, and Caballero, es-secretary of Legation in Pans, to be chevaliers in the same order. The domain and chateau of Upend, belonging to the Orleans family, has just been taken possession of by tho authorities, supported by the armed force. A show of opposition was made by the porter, but the gate was opened by a locksmith, without any serious resistance. The vintage has commenced in B urg undy. It will, it is said, be worse than it was feared both in quan tity and quality. The grapes are for the most part either unripe or rotten. The materials which encumber the passage of the new portion of the Rue de Rival, between the Rues Saint Martin and Saint Denis, are being removed, and in a few days the road will be given up to the engineers for levelling. The total number of edifices which have disappeared is 240, and their demolition has obliged not fewer than 12,000 persons to seek new lodgings. The surface of the ground cleared is about 31,450 yards, of whjgh 21,662 will be taken by the street, and the rat will be sold. The sum of 17,893,749 fr. has been awarded to the owners of the demolished houses, and 3,218,137 fr. 83c. to the occu piers. The demolitions and other operations have cost 2,000,000 fr. ; so that the total sum paid by the municipality is 21,318,886 fr. 83c. In diminution of this amount, the city has received 724,116 fr. for ma terials of the demolished houses, 753,966 fr. 73e. for 2,118 yards of ground sold. The remainder of the ground to be sold will, it is expected, produce 2,477,239 fr. Deducting these items, the total ex pense of the street will be 17,336,343 f. 10e. • but the expense will be increased by about 7,000,000 fr. by the prolongation of the arcades to the Rue des Foulke. An application was "made yesterday to the Civil Tribunal to annul a legacy of 200,000 fr. to the city of Paris. It appeared that, in 1830, aM. Guillou mauled a Mdlle. Pingarnoo, and that the relatives of the latter, M. and - Madame Narabutin, settled all their property on her and her husband, retaining, however, a life interest in it. Madame Guillon and Madame Narabutin subsequently died ; and, in 1831, M. Guillon found to his great astonishment that M. Narabutin had, by will dated the 18th November, 11349, left all his property to the city of Paris, and that the city had begun to seil the houses of which it partially consisted. In justice to his children he acoordiegly demanded that the will should be annulled. Tho Tribunal held that the will could not be allowed to set aside the original settlement. It accordingly ordered that the city of Paris should give up all the property of M. Narabutin, and pay the costs. It seems that the Tripes and Montague' of this side of the Channel are as sensible as the kinsmen of their tribe on the other to the advantage of hav ing a lord's name to figure in their prospectuses. Golismani contains the following admonition to readers of too easy faith : The following adtertimment has appeared in a Paris journal: The English Universal insurance Company wants an agent in each town of France, salary hem 2,000 h. to 6,000 fr. Apply, post paid, to MM. Dizon, the directors, 7, Mitre-square, City, Leaden." A dent informs us that he waste es inked, sal zweehred reply a printed Provincial, ma • Mies, Wood S. W. Dimes and Co., and be has samminslaladi the Os es, with s reqsiest that we will eaadea ste thirldie egaloat what he considers to be a fraudulent odes resaey. The prospectus, which is in Freest, &aced as follows:—" Tke Udversal Life add Fin laserane• Coapaap. Goareatsed espi al. 400.000 pomade eterliag Coutitill de lerireil liawn, MM. Is Dee de Soldmiers le Owe de Wihhire, Lord Wilma% lard Chsleheer. lard Kinshasa. la larva WAngleterre et d'lrleade ; Directeur, I P i lli gt e olut 11,11111 set Dixon." The prospectus Mates that thismata of lbe eempay will have to deposit ae eastiewssaey 1001. :e s Zp far than of the first elate; pL In than of the lien; sad 361. for thole af the third dew The Mow to ear serseepealsat interns bias that he will he ais wool Yea gave. ha that he au to the first instance mod Ise wide ea part of his esatisweeeeep either is a bill ea Leaks wile beak now to the .Ws mod use lay that cur earreepoadeat, after gaWr the BROM heeeaael ammotsialog that then an non= mes ,.. T . s as the Dube do Bratheas. Lad Cheideter, Lord &a, did aid 'sad say wag so desired by MM. Diziama Co. earl we think that we an only doing a duty in :h ei w/wr olight otherwise be attracted by throe meek to be es careful as our ear. reepeadeal. In a letter dated the 18th, the Paris correspondent of the Itiaorgintento of Turin states that l'ilushal %nit once complained to him that be had unacoount ' ably lost a voluminous correspondence he had carried on with the late Duke of Wellington, containing very interesting historical facts. The correspoident expresses a hope that the marshal's heirs may have found the letters alluded to, which would throw much light upon the history of the time. M. Grimier de Csssagnac is parodying on a small scale the journey of the President by a triumphal progress through the department of the Gera, which he represents in the Corps Legislatif. We are told by the Cmmrrier do Gera that M. Grimier, having been invited to a banquet by the municipality of Aignan, wu received at the entrance under a trium phal arch, elegantly decorated by the ladies of the town. Here the mayor, at the head of the municipal council, the clergy, the mayors of the other com munes of the arrondissement, the judicial and other functionaries, the gendarmerie and a great crowd of the inhabitants came out to meet the ex-redacteur of the ConalitteC•mnel, and to present hint an address, which wu read by the mayor of Aignan. Of this long dommtut the following extract will aptly illus trate the grateful panegyric with which the pro vince delights to reward its deserving citizens : What Frenchman, worthy of the name, could fail to acknowledge to-day the immense service which your pen rendered to eilii.sation before the 2nd of December, when, • braving erica aid nienaces, it painted in strokes of game the future reserved for Fran.e, when it showed with that irresistible logic which is peculiar to you that one man alone was called to conjure the storm. Thanks be rendered to you, lilwisitur le Dipole:, such en inspiration could only devolve on an upright heart and lofty intelligence. History will preserve the r. curd of it. Your public writings at this epoch will be for hatory wh4t, in another order of ideas, the longs of the prophets were for her. The sprech of Oranier, in answer to this high flown composition, is worthy of grave attention. Ile say: As I grow ei:dtr I em more oruelt and transported with the bublime Itsaons of Christianity. You, whom your humble position retains in the country and villages, and who doubtless regret the learned lessons heard in the academies of great cities, do not exaggerate your regrets. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENXNG,, SEPTEMBER 27, 1852. tarn propose a ,set which wanes from my heart. I drink to the prosperity ot ay native city, the true sad patriotic dty of Brussels. The former seelamations were renewed, and the :tit and Princes withdrew. His Majesty after visited the exposition of agriculture. The popular amusements of the fetes were chiefly a retraile militairs and the Flemish spectacle. In the evening the Place des Martyrs was illuminated. BELGIUM. On Thursday the King of the Belgians attended the inauguration of the Ceara' du Petit Chateau, a mediteval looking building,lotely reared on theßoule yard de l'Entrepot, for the infantry regiments in Brus sels. After the ceremony his Majesty and the royal princes accepted the hospitality of the burgomaster of the city at a dejeaner. All the members of the communal council were present, with an officer of each grade from every regiment, besides all the su perior officers of the garrison of Brussels. At the dessert the burgomaster proposed the health of the King and royal family, adding the following sen tences: In celebrating this day, the fled anniversary of the na tional independence, we commemorate • series of years of exterior peace and internal oreer and prosperity. We re- in • reign which will be prolonged, I hope, for the hahppiness of the nation. (Loud cheering.) Use future, however, is secured. You know this, gentlemen (to the mili tary), you who have the honour to count in your ranks our princes, the worthy NOS of &leant. The example of th e King is teaching them to devote themselves to the welfsre end glory of their country. Let no drink, then, to the King, the Duke of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, and to the Princess Charlotte. Nothing, it is said, can describe the enthusium with which these words were received. The cries of " Vivo le Hui ! Vivcnt lee Princes! ViTe la famille royale!" were heard for several minutes. The King, overcome by the warmth of his reception, replied in few words. As soon as acclamations permitted, he !mid: Gentlemen,—Were I to respond ea I should like to do to the kind toast of the burgomaster of Brussels, I should say much; but you me that I am too deeply moved. I propose a tout to the burgomaster of Brussels, for whom I have for these many years cherished a warm regard. I hope that he may long be spared to conduct the imminis tration of this city to the satisfaction of its inhabitants. Now acclamations greeted the King as ho eat down, when the Duke of Ilrabant rose, and a respect ful silence was immediately observed. The Pnuce said : Permit me, gentlemen, to smociate myself most sincerely to the thanks which the King hoe addreswil to the burgo master of the city of Brussels. Ili, toast ro kind and loyal has strongly affected me. Like the King, I rejoice to cele bratew ith you the twenty-second asiuivenary of our glo rioue ind, pendince. For ❑early • quarter of • century now Belgium has offered to Europc the spectacle of • people uniting order the mat peoleet, hlppattaa the most real, petsperity the most constant, with liberties such os no other nation had before it enjoyed. We reckon on your courage and assistance to enable us to maintain the country in this noble position. Let me in HOLLAND. The government of the Netherlands has pined a signal victory in the first division of the Chambers this session. The old anti-ministerial Speaker has been rejected, and the three candidates offered for royal nomination are decided supporters of the cabinet. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 19th are destitute of political news. The 11 - eraklo states that the Queen of Spain, to recompense the probity of a pri v ate soldier named Crespo, who, having founds of money, took it immediately to the commissary o the district, has conferred upon him the cross of Maria Isabel Luisa. The same journal informs us that con siderable sensation has been caused in Catalonia by an action for defamation, brought by the editor of the Actuaiidad against the Bishop of Barcelona. The prelate having refused to obey the citation of the alcalde, the latter has sentenced him to a fine, and the plaintiff has carried his case before the supreme tribunal of the province. The account lately given in the Madrid journals of the destruction of a band of brigands near Gibraltar is now contradicted. It seems that the project for reforming the courts of law will be adjourned indefinitely foe fear of sur charging the budget. A telegraphic despatch from Madrid announces the death of an old companion in arms of the Duke of Wellington, General Castancs, Duke of Baylen, who died on the 21th, at the age of 95. 'the battle of Baylen, from which the general drew, a quarter of a century later, his title of duke, was ono of the most memorable defeats of the French in the Spanish war of independence. Cantonal was free from tho jea lousies entertained by several of the Spanish com manders towards their foreign allies. He cheerfully served under English commanders, and was beg of all the Spanish generals liked by Wellington and his brave army. MADRID, lire. 21. Orders have been given for the return of the court to Madrid on October 2. ITALY. PIEDMONT. The poet Manzoni arrived at Chiavari on the 19th from Genoa, on his way to Tuscany, on a visit to his daughter. Marquis Camillo Pallavicini otfved him hospitality in his noble mansion, and the municipa lity gave him a serenade. The treaties for the protection of literary property concluded between France and the Sardinian States have just received their first application. At the request of some publishers of Paris, the shops of se veral booksellers of Chambery were a few days since visited by the police to search for pirated copies of the Geography of the Abbe Gaultier, printed at 'Annecy by M. Burdet. 77 volumes were seized, which were handed over to the Avocet. &cal to await the proceedings which are to be instituted against the printer. We read en the private correspondence of the Offi cial (Mune of Savoy, of the 24th : The Doke of Parma is at Vienn►. His neighbour, the Duke of Modena, is at Naples. These two little sovereigns of Central Italy seem to follow two opposite lines of policy. As to Sir H. Bulwer, the British ambassador at Florence, he is charged with a more important mission at Rome than that of the deliverance of Edward Murray from the prisons of Anions. In spite of the malaria, he has gone to Rome so treat with the pontifical court. A concordat for Ireland is in question. Religious affairs are of the utmost import ance fur the English. They desire to put an cod to the troubles of catholic Ireland without severities, and without using military force. The diplomatic dexterity of Sir Henry Bulwer is relied upon to bring about this solution. The Sardinian Gazette says: It is with a real satisfaction that we announce the formal conclusion of a peace on the hth of this month between the shepherds of Tempio and Monti. This pacification of vio• lent parties, who have reddened the soil with their blood, 111 due to the seal of M. Conte, Intendant of Temple. TUSCANY. The Discount Bank of Florence has issued a notice `stating that a soot. note, forged in imitation of its own, having been presented and stopped, it has taken measures to renew all its paper money, and invites the public meanwhile to present the old notes for verification. A letter from Florence of the 19th, in the Risorgi merdo of Turin, states that the Royal Court is still occupied with reading the documents relating to Gnerrazzi's trial, so that the sittings are now with oat interest. It is stated that Guerrazzi has addressed a letter to the Grand Duke, praying his highness to go spontaneously into court, and giro his testimony in favour of his ez•ministor. ROMAN STATES. ROME, Sir?. 20. The Pope remains in the country, the consistory, to attend which he was to have arrived at Rome to day, being put offi A battalion of Romig infantry and a squadron of d e marched list ' week for Bologna, from e l l ' h a rli m city a similar force has been directed to the artist. The army of his Holiness makes no per ceptible progress towards completion, for the deserters sod iseu dismissed for political motives are about spirant to the recruits obtained. The dragoons Imprisoned on charge of distributing Manias cir culars have been set at liberty after nine months' confinement, no proofs whatever having been disco vered against them; but on the representations of their colonel they have been dismissed from the regi ment and sent to their respective places of birth. The Finance, or Custom-house troops . , who, when under the command of Zambianchi, during the siege of Rome, are accused of having shot some priests In the convent of San Ceiba°, have been looked upon with a very jealous eye by the government ever since. Many of the soldiers are still, in confinement, many others have been sent away, the uniform of the whole corps has been changed, and every pos sible step taken to obliterate the recollection of their misdoings. Hitherto, however, these means have not sufficed, if we may judge by an order of the day published by the Minister of Finance in the official paper of the lath inst., stating that although the corps contains many individuals remarkable for their courage, honour, attachment to I I the government, and irreproachable conduct, many others are by no means not possessed of such re quisites—that after the reorganisation of the corps in 184 J it was hoped that its purgation was complete, but such unfortunately proving not to be the case, his Holiness had appointed a commission with full powers to inspect and purify the finance troop', without regard to any existing rights, length of service, /V.e. Numerous dismissals have already taken place in consequence of this decree, which is equivalent to a renewal of the' abolished Council of Censure. A council of ministers was held last week, to de cide whether the government should assist the Pia- Latina Railway Company (the line to Frascati), by guaranteeing a minimum interest of 5 per cent. upon the capital employed; and the conclusion was come to that, in the present state of the finances, no such responsibility could be assumed. In consequence, on Saturday, the 18th inst., the works were put a stop to; the Monte di Pieta, which hitherto furnished 500 dollars a month for the payment of the labourers, having declined to advance any further auras. The next step will be the nullity of the grant, in conse quence of the lino not being completed in the stipu lated time; in which contingency the company will bring forward the lith article of the contract, by which the government, in the ease of non-execution, is obliged either to take the half completed line, rails, sleepers, Bc., at a valuation, or to sell them for the benefit of the shareholders. A meeting is to be held to-day, and a final deputation mill probably be sent to the Pope, to endeavour to gain time and a minimum interest of at least 41 per cent. In consequence of the late vigorous measures of the French, brigandage has ceased in the neigh bourhood of Rome ; but the pickets of soldiers sta tioned alon4;the road between Civita Vecchia and the capital have had to be withdrawn, on account of the fatal effects of the malaria at this season of the year. Several houses have been thrown down lately in the Via della Minerva, in purulence of the plan for insulating the =Ostia temple of Agrippa, or Pan theon, the ample circle of which is now seen emerg ing from amidst the ruins of modern constructions.' We received intelligence this morning of tho Duke of Wellington's death. Exchan on London, 497 i. Roman Five per Cents., 941. ge The Roman Consults of State has been convoked for the 20th of October, in execution of the motu proprio of the 15th of September, 1849. Prince Orsini, the Marquis of Bevilacqua, Marquis Bourbon dcl Monte, and Count Antonelli arc among the members. The budget of the Roman States for the current year has been published. The income is stated at 60 millions of francs, and the expenditure at 69,300,000 fr. The income, divided by the number of the population, gives an average of 10fr. 65c. of taxes per head. The Pope's civil hat, the keeping in re pair of his palaces, of the museums, the expenses of the noble guard, the Swiss troops, the saltines of the Sacred College, of the Nuncios, and Roman diplo matic body, cost 3,300,000 fr. annually. The public debt amounts to 21 millions of frame annually, the army costs 10 millions, public works 2,800,000 fr., pnbfic instruction 500,000 fr., and the pensions amount to 5 millions. GERMANY. THE ZOLLVEREIN. BERLT.N, Barr. 23. Our correspondent says: "The conference at Munich terminated on the 20th inst. Deliberations were held not only on the reply to Prussia's last declara tion, but also on tho course to be pursued by the coalition in case of a separation of North and South Germany. The news of the separate conference held by Prussia on the 17th inst. is reported to have pro moted unanimityamong the membersot the coalition." The Hanoverian Hazels contradicts, "as obviously incredible," the report " that M. von Schele, while at Berlin, had promised to support Prussia's mea sures under ail erentualities." lam informed that the Prussian ministry does not entertain any appre hension of defection on the part of Hanover. AUSTRIA. The Correspondent of tho 21st contains a very violent article against the Prussian government on the subject of the last declaration of that power. The ministerial organ protests that it is contrary to all diplomatic usage to break off negotiations with sove reign states in the manner in which Prussia has broken off hers with the coalised governments. PRUSSIA. The Cologne Gazette states that negotiations are in contemplation between the United States and the Zollverein, in order to obtain a reduction in the import duties on certain articles. It is said that the United States have expressed their willingness to favour the import into America of a number of arti cles of the Zollverein. The crisis in which the cus toms' question has recently been placed has hitherto prevented the solution of the affair. RUSSIA. Letters from Odessa state that great military manoeuvres are to take place at Wasvesmusky, near that port, at which the Czar will be present. ALGERIA. The last accounts received by the French papers from the province of Oran state that commerce during the last month has acquired considerable develop ment in that province. The Arabs of the Sahara flock into the Tell, where they purchase corn in ex change for the produce of the south; at tho same time in all the towns on the sea coast a considerable export trade has been carried on. At the last market of Tearet, 3,696 camels came in loaded with produce of different kinds, which will return laden with grain. The last news from Constantine in the Algiers journals, is considered satisfactory. Works df a public and private nature are being carried on with great activity. The markets are well attended, and the last transactions in corn and cattle were impor tant. In corn thew was almost everywhere an ad vance in price, with the exception of the market of Dji4elli, where it arrived in large quantities from Pelouah. Wool of the second sh e arin g had ar riv in the new market just established at Tobeesa. The colonists in the province in addition to farm buildings wore forming plantations, and making ex periments in agriculture. TURKEY The Sleek says : Our readers know that M. Bacciochi, master of the cere monies to the Prince President, left Toulon some days ago for Constantinople in a Item frigate. M. Bacciochi is, it is said, charged with a mission of conciliation, for it must not be dissimulated that the expedition against Tripoli was exe cuted in a somewhat unusual manner, and in consequence displeased the Turks, who are great observers of forma. It is to dissipate the painful imprarsion arising from this expe dition that the master of the ceremonies bus been sent with a friendly message, and rieh presents of &ores porcelain. We aro willing to think that the necessity of living in good intelligence, and with a cordial understanding will, at Con• stantinople as at Paris, cause secondary causes of complaint to be forgotten. THE INUNDATIONS IV SWITZERLAND AND ALSACE. The accounts given by the Courrier du Ras-Rhin of the 23rd, respecting the inundation'', are more satisfac tory. They state that the Rhine continued to subside steadily, and that the 11l had in one day fallen 21 inches. The breaches made in the dykes of Mackenheim and Rhi nut have been already repaired. The inundations in the Lows, Rhine have been much less disastrous than in the Upper Rhine. The German journals state that all the riven in the circle of Schwsrtswald have overflowed their banks. At Knielingen, Pfluz, and Rua:helm, all the coun try is under water from the overflowing of the Alb. On the Quertiasel an old man was carried away by the torrent and drowned. A part of the flying bridge was swept away. The communes of Bur helm, Sas bureh, and Hauges have suffered severely from the breaking away of the dykes of the Sponeek. At Manheim, on the 20th, the river was rising at the rate of nearly two inches an hour, but it had not over flowed its banks. The waters of the Necker, at Stutgardt, had also risen considerably, and near Ulm the Danube had risen several feet. The overflowing of the Rhine, the Aar, and their tributary streams in Switzerland has Caused less damage than was at first anticipated ; although several loca lities in the canton of Zurich have suffered rather consider ably. The communicatiou between Zurich and St. Gall, and between Frauenfeld and Schaffhausen have been inter cepted by the overflowing of the Thur and the Murg. The Roams has carried away the bridge of Langnau between Wohlausen and Schachen. At Bale the ruins of house, large true, furniture, &c., went seen floating down the river; fears were at one time entertained that some of the heavy articles, by striking against the bridge, might carry it away, mid every possible means was used to guard against that misfortune. The pearkse of the bridge wee interdicted to heavy carriages. The thine at Bale has on this occasion exceeded by 2i lulus the height which it at. Wood in 1641, and by 31 feet that which it reached in 1801. MADLLE. WAONER.—Wo read in a letter from Breslau, dated t►e 17th: "The celebrated singer, Miss Johanna Wagner, appears to have a great fondness for law. After the suit against her in the English Court of Chan cery, she has had two more in our city. She had entered into an engagement for eight nights at the grand theatre of Breslau, and had written to the porter of the theatre, de airing him to engage for her a furnished apartment. The porter executed the order, but when Miss Wagner arrived she found that the lodging which he had hired was too gloomy, and refused to recognise the act of her great. The porter being compelled to pay for time lodging, brought an action for the amount against the lady, but the tribunal gave judgment in her favour, on the ground that the porter had not implicitly followed her instructions. Thia sentence was confirmed by the royal court of Breslau. Miss Wagner, in virtue of the judgment, demandtd payment of her costs, including the fee of the counsel, but this fee the porter re sisted, on the ground that every party to s suit is supposed by the law to plead in person, and that if counsel be engaged, it must ►e at the expense of the party by whom he is engaged. This view of the case was adopted by the Ullman', and the dema•md of the lady was rejected. She did not stop here, however ; she appealed to the royal court from the decision of the civil tribunal, and produced a cer tificate from the Minister of the Interior, showing that she was engaged at the Boys' Opera of Ihrlin, and that she must, therefore, be regarded in the light of public function aries, who hove the privilege of appearing in courts of law by counsel, and ate therefore entitled to the reauburssment of the fee from the adversary, if they are successful in the suit. The royal court, on the production of this certificate, ordered the porter of the theatre to pay the foe of Miss Wagner's advocate." UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. (FROW 01:6 OWN CORRESPONDMNT.) LIVERPOOL, SVNDAY MOUNINO. The America left Boston on the 13th September, and Halifax early on the 17th. In addition to the usual mails, the America brigs 36 passengers (among whom is Mr. G. E. timeling, bearer of despatches to the Colonial-office), and specie to the amount of 112,500 dollars on freight. The America passed the Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara tsn the 13th Sept., within fifty miles of Boston. On the 18th, at 5.50 p.m., passed the Howl Mail steamer Africa, and yesterday, at 6.25 p.m., passed the Royal Mail steamer Asia, all belonging to the same line. On the 19th, at noon, passed the British barque Oberon, in lit. 47.32 N., long. 50.58 W. The United States' mail steamer Ilumboldt, from Southampton and Havre, had arrived in New York on the morning of the 13th Sept., and die Royal Mail steam-ship Europa on the 10th. The news brought by this arrival does not present anything of interest. Under the head of "Thomas ltaritig's mission to the United States," the New Fork Herald says: The head of the great London financial house t 4 the ' Baring Brothers, has been here for some days, and Atil Walt-street is in the dark in regard to the special objects of kis visit. It was first given out, with an sir of semi.otticial authority through the London journals, that he was em. powered with the nee 'wary discretion for the most anipie and satisfactory settlement of the fishery question. Since the arrival of Mr. Bating, however, it seems that the object of his visit, at this particular season of the year, is the settlement of the l'cruvian guano question on a pac.tic basis, which will be satisfactory to Mr. Webster, Captain Jewett, the English Peruvian bond holders, Peru herself, and even the guauo-making penguins and pelicans of the Lobos islands._ The Washington correspondent of thesame journal makes the following remarks upon the fishery ques tion. It may be remarked that that journal is the only one which makes any mention of that question at all : The statements in the English papers, that the fishing difficulties have been arranged, are not to be relied on. On the contrary, it is voifidently state I by those whose au thority is not to be blighted, that the British imperial go vernment, by the !art steamer, sent despatches to Mr. Crampton intimating that no arrangement had been made. Indeed Aamiral Seymour has his express order, since Con gress adjourned, sent through Mr. Crampton, to seize every Yankee vessel within three miles of the colonial shores. Strange to say, the dispatches of Mr. Abbott Lawrence, and of Lord Malineshery, are quite discreputa. There is some misunderstanding and some bungling somewhere. Mr. Lawrence seems to think there is no trouble ahead. Lord Malinesttury is not of that 'minion. The c lonial eo vertunenta will not allow the imperial eovernment to trams with their rights or their interests. ble.Webster's announce ment that he did not intend to allow the provincial govern ments to interfere, has not cussed not a little ex citement amongst them, and strengthened them in — , sing-street. You may depend upon it, the pre. • ~.sition at St. James's will cot do anything . . to compound what the colonists deem to be thi:'ir iri interests or to thwart their wishes ; and it will enforce the construction of the treaty as to she bays and headlands, which it is well known was superinduced by colonial influence. The British government, conforming to the views of the colonists, have not the least idea of allow ing us to fish between the headlands of their bays nor within three miles of their coasts or shores, without receiving a fall equivalent. The equivalent required, it is said, is reciprocal free trade between all the colonies and the United States, in all the productions of 'gel culture, the forest, and the sea of each; and a full and equal participation in all the eoast fisheries of the United States, including the privilege of wrecking, fishing, and catching turtle in the Gulf and Straits of Florida, and other southern coasts. This lest privilege has been repeatedly sought by the British government, of the United States; but has hitherto been unformly refused, upon the remonstrances of southern states, on the ground that its extension would afford facilities fur the free negroes of the British Bahamas tampering with the slaves near the coasts ; and on the ground, also, that the fisheries were owned by the states, and could not be disposed of by federal authorities. Negotiations, it is known, are expected to be set on foot between Mr. Webster and Mr. Crampton. Mr. I'erley, of New Brunswick, hal been here some weeks in attendance en the British embassy, but he leaves here to-morrow. His extensive information with respect to the cola- Met, and especially the fisheries, have, we doubt not been found quite valuable to the British minister, and as he is a warm champion of the colonial interests and rights, hie views will doubtless be impreiaed on any meting. meat that may be made. Tee negotiations, it is probable, will be opened at Marshfield, whither Mr. Cramp ton will go as soon as Mr. Webster is prepared to enter upon them. The reciprocity question would probably have been adjusted at the late session, had Mr. Fillmore beta able to persuade himself that the adjustment of such in terests was a proper subject of treaty arrangement. Ile resists the idea of tariffs by treaty, as it is regarded as an tagonistical to the whip doctrine of protection to manufac turer by revenue tariff laws. Mr. Webster has more en larged mews. Accounts from Peru state that the whole popula tion is up in arms, owing to the last accounts re ceived from the United States, stating that the Ame rican government had offered protection to a set of adventurers to load guano at the Lobos Islands. The precipitate letter of Mr. Webster had been the cause of creating a most bitter feeling is all classes against the American government, and the nation, en InaSSe, is preparing for the worst, crc they give up what is theirs by right and by nature. On this subject the National Inteltiyencer contains the following letter: Legation of the United States, London, Aug. 24. Dear Sirs,—l noticed in the New York Herald of the 11th inst. en article, copied into the nines of this morning, in timating that I had consented, on the part of the I. nited States, to the monopoly of the Lobos Islands between I' e ru and Great Britain. I have not spoken or written of these islands to any person connected with the British govern ment; I have received no csinnsunication from the govern ment of the United States relative to them ; I have expressed no opinion about them, nor, indeed, have I mule an examination to form an opinion. I ant, therefore, at a lose to know the reason for such a statement. I am, dear Sire, very faithfully, Your obdient servant, ABBOTT LAWRENCE. Accounts from Ravannah to the 3rd inst., showed that the island continued in an excited state. From accounts which left Jamaica on the 6th, it appeared that the La Plata arrived on the 3th. The small-pox had almost subsided. Another earthquake was distinctly felt on the 213th of August. There had been a considerable fall of rain. From Mexico, there is intelligence to the effect that Munoz, assisted by some Americans and French men, had seized on Leon, and marched on ltealejo. COMMERCIAL. Business in the United States wea very active. Steeks and public securities were firm. The market for breadstutfs was quiet. Prices unchanged. Western Canal Hour, 4 doll. 25c. to 4 dole. 371 c. per barrel ; Gennessee prime wheat, 1 dol. 10e. to 1 dol. 12c. per GOlbs, ; Indian corn, round yellow, 71k. to 72c. per bushel; Indian meal, 3 dole. 7.5 e. to 3 dole. 87ic. per barrel. In cotton there had bees a fair amount of business done at New York, former quotations being steadily maintained. The following were the rates on the departure of the mail— New Orleans and Mobile, middling lair to fair 11S to llp per lb. ; Uplands and Florida, middling fair to lair, 10 to li per lb. The crop was estimated at consider at y over three million bales. Provisions in moderato demand at former rates. No change in freights. In exchange on Lon. on moderate business done a t ltot to 110 i ; Paris, 6.13 ; llaniburg, 361 to .",0(; Bremen, 7 . ..1 to 79i. ARRIVAL OF THE WASIILNGTON. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY NIGHT. By the United States steamship Washington, which arrived at this port to-day, we hate New York papers to the 11th. The correspondent of the dit.'as writes that the commander of the English cutter Netley eontinucd to annoy American fishermen. (In the 20th of August, the Netley boarded the schooner I'owlona, Captain Coggins, and Leader, Captain Hibbard, both of Lubec, between Campo Bella and Grand Merian, where there was no fishing ground, and after search ing the vessels, endorsed on the license, " found under suspicious circunistancts." The commander of the Netley told Captain Cog gin, he observed the Yankee papers stated there would be no more trouble to the fishing vessels. lie would like to know, he said, where they got their information. They would find him doing, in s th d a o t ne he obtained this fut i u ,h re e , j co u s r t re a s s pn l i n e d l e c n id t s a t lla s y in formation from Capt. Coggins. 'fho New l'urk Herald says: The fishery question is not yet settled. Notwithstand fig all the satisfaction manifested in Wall-attest at the sup posed concessions of the British cabinet, the question stands in stale quo, just where it has stood for the lag thirty•f,ur years. The difficulties, from two different constructions of the treaty, between her Atsji sty's Monies and our Ame rican fishermen, continue the same ; and the position of t he Uritish go%ernment, in regard to the bays and hsrhours of the fishing grounds, is slid the exclusion of our fishertnt except as • matter of special fifilulgonce. Meantime the vast increase of American ti , hing-smacks in these debatable waters, and the increasing discontent and hostility of the colonists against " the poaching Yankees " call earnestly the ci concha week that as Eve lioniti had le Robot of the arrivel eight' wad a this o his in . 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Hai never ail The full tack of she hail officer, Mr. li ar dicta au " fluter meaner that he dang er wouhi nioneen was an " The or.t and blik lion, the called in Much to allowin g the beet /dr. m u I believ e the p ea; sjtMote H ardin ceased d aid, and conduct Mae and "I quid ! 4 -sti mg our I that the room in which the examination took place is not called by the flanse of a " confessional "—that it is applied to other purposes than asses of con fession! The terrible fact is all that she cares for. Impure suggestions have been made 1 who will mock her grief by telling her ea a, eolacie that they were not made in a confessional P As to the other charges, there was no shadow of a refutation' of the charge of conducting the confession secretly —that in the ease of the rids of the Orphan Asylum the evidence of Miss lizi.xo:4 and her subject sisters tended to prove the contrary of what they asserted—and that not a fragment of doubt could remain in the minds of any Impartial person that the fourth charge was fully proved—that the compulsory and periodical system of confession is enforced upon very young children, that is, from twelve years of age. We defy any unprejudiced person to read the reportwithout coming to this con clusion. The Bishop nevertheless refusing to allow the girl, whose evidence went to establish a great num ber of these facts, to be examined publicly—takes her into a private room, and in the presence of a few gentlemen receives her statement. lie then, in his summing up, frives the same girl credit for every damaging admuision whieh she had made with regard to herself, but refuses to allow any weight to those which she made with regard to Mr. PILTNNE. "The girl," said the Bishop, "hie borne witness to the truth of the most tremendous offences, in a way that I am sure has wounded us all. They are too shocking, I assure you, gentlemen, for me to put un necessarily to the knowledge of any one of you. • • • But from all that I have heard this day, I should be base if I hesitated for an instant to say that I acquit Mr. PRTNNE even of indiscretion in receiving the confessions made to him." Full credit here is given to the girl for every al.- mission made against herself; but none for the evi dence she brought forward against Mr. PHYNNE. Why was this ? Why was the girl allowed to brand her self with crime, while her testimony in another case was neglected ? The true answer is to bo found in the Bishops own admissions. " I think it desirable there should be a curtain drawn over the whole of what has taken place as re gards Mr. PILTNNE. • • • Met MI preteen Cho the y ea The causs acquit numb( the di Batas bwgio Jud again!, Itenss4 'kegs The to th( sisti4