The Express. — London, England, 1851-08-29 00:00:00

V4treisgs. TO CORRESPONDENTS. A fared Vivra • I t•c Ewes.' evatstauir Ossette," p4S•lsked every Toads, as a Pad., ow, IA % A A br frAr. Alvertarearstr Mended ine "The ZSITIPS," Lamp venbe Ta w, mot 6at th• tree, ta, Bostrrie.otreet. try Two Palest MI UM try et pablisarise. MOD WATIII AT LONDON NRIDOZ. Tuts DAT-31neutue. Vs. Weavers. Vv. Hs. Tuovnuor —Manua. 411. UAL 4 16 006 LONDON, FRIDAY. AUGUST 29. IT is hard to say what Chelsea is the more famous for. Whether for its ancient hot buns or its modern p steamers—whether for its Hospital for soldiers, or to. its Opera about sailors—for Dov SALTERON in Chevne-walk charged with the immortal memory of Stolisos and his friends, or for the modern Nun nery where ladies of rank retire from the primps and vanities of this wicked world to wash (not over well) dirty linen by way of mortifying the flesh, and in the hope of ascending to Heaven. Of yore. Chelsea was a quiet, retired. modest place, whither on a summers evening Chea pside inereos were wont to take the air and their pipes, musing. like the Hermit of Warkworth, " on 111.111 ' s weak hapless state," and, perhaps, on hills about to fall doe. In the war time it was frequently the scene of cruel press gangs carrying off jolly young Waterloo' to the despair of tender Wilbehninas ; No more At l'hel•ea frrry, Shall toy Thomas take a Ppll. Bat. sineo the advent of steam and the reign of omnibuses. Chelsea has growa and grown, until now it is a great and populous town; itself panting to vsseupe. by a Suspension Bridge across the Thames. into the somewhat doubtful atmosphere of Battersea- park. The population of Chelsea is upwards of 40,0n0 strong, as &sleet, respectable, well -inlayed. and well doing a sac as there is in this Metropolis. There is a spine of fashion amongst them, much wealth, snore sense, and some pretensions, under Lord JOIIS'A new Reform Bill, to a member of their own, or. at all events, in partnership with more stately Kensington. Though bordering on St. Bar nabs*, they are generally staunch Protestants. Still Popery has its hopes *of Chelsea, even though the valiant Mr. [Rm.'s , is ono of its rectors; and, accordingly in the midst of the parish it has planted some of its Monastic or Ite ligious 'house& The church has, consequently, work to do in Chelsea; it has to resist and guard against the assaults of the burly Cin las et. and his little army of aggressive priests, and to protect its own. Now last as the Duke of BEnrnan is the F reed pro prietor of Bloomsbury ; as the Marquis of s% rsrmlN4- Thlt is the owner of Belgravia ; as lord FITZHARDINGE rejoices in the freehold of the Stratton estate to the north of Piccadilly ; as the I bike of Nourotst is lord of the Strand in the neighbourhood of St. Cle ments Bane; and as Bishop 111.natrismi and his Lessees reed in the bricks and mortar of Tyhurnia. SO the Cori of Cstrooss is the principal owner of Chelsea; its growing streets and squares; its nor rowing walks, its decreasing nursers-grounds, and its projecting piers and jetties. 'thence he derives the Niseountry which 'his eldest son bears; and, in addition to the wealth and power he has there, Lord Cenesiss is also the patron of the two rectories into which Chelsea is divided. Chelsea and its people have been bountiful to the CAIIO44A%S, and will, us leases drop in, be more bowl- ful still. If they he poor, or embarrassed, or needy, Chelsea is not to Memo; and, on every ground, roust, present, and future, Chelsea deserves to be well and handsomely treated by that "Move peer of England and pillar of the state," its freeholder, lord CMS Ni s ; for "to whom much is given, of him much is required." Amongst the aristocracy' re plated generally, there is, even we radicals must admit, a growing sense of the responsibilities of their position and of their gnat property. They don't, to be sure, even the best of them, take less than the full value of their houses; but usually, in towing on the rent, they recognise the duties it involves. To this rule lord Wss rxissTTat,stern in the economy of his boundless wealth, is known to be a hopeless exesp- Con ; and now it turns out that on lord Cinonss, or those who act for him, the spirit of modern im provenwnt has not yet descended. For whilst lord WEsTMINNTFIII, to save his pocket, keels. a highway in Belgravia so impassable as to endanger the bodies of his tenantry; in Chelsea, Lord Cems; IN is at tempting to sell the cure of the Gauls of his house holders. Lord Cvivor; vti ha., however, a high pecuniary estimate Or tlo ice value : for on the next presentation to tied benefits , being put up for sale on Wednestlay, Alderman Fvuslittortisti made out that, according to Oslo it. the cure of their souls on the next vacancy ought to predate Lord Citssi.iff MAW. Other people, however . only valuing that awful commotlity ut some s,.SSIL, the worthy alderman and excellent auctionter bought it in; ready and milling to eluifffr for it with private dealers. When Messrs. vt.F., the auctioneers, lately ad vertised the next presentation of Such Dennis, in Sontersetshire, for sale, there was some excuse for the vendor exercising his legal right: for, ran the adver tisement, with a beet g modesty and almost with an apologetic scow of shame, there are " no congre gat' . no duties, no church, nor any probability of one being erected." But, when Lord CAUOGAN, or his trustees offers to the public the neft presentation of St. Luke's, Chelsea. it is another and a very dif fertnt matter; fur he is selliug the spiritual superin tentleme of thousands of human heinirs; he is holding an auction involving mirror less their eternal welfare: he is coining the cure of their souls into gold pieces' to pay off his debts, to swell his accumulations, or to gratify Isis indulgences. Ile has a right to do so: that we arc not questioning—" The law allows it, and the court awards it. What we deny is its morality. its decency, and its prudence. For this is not an ordinary, it is an exceptional transaction ; it is rot a proper exercise of the rights of property ; but an abuse of those rights. The sale of the cure of souls in St. I.uke's parish is not a matter forced on Lord Cititicsx ; it is it matter Lord CADOGAN, or his trustee, forces on the public. It is legal, no doubt ; nevertheless it is a legal outrage—a moral scandal— s religious shame—a tuitional disgrace that such a thing eon be. In what country but 'England would public opinion, or does the law permit such an auction to be held ? It is a practice low since abolished in all Itoman Catholic nations. .tud in England only, of Pro testant countries, have the people of a parish no right or power. or veto over the appointment of the minister charged with their salvation. What if Car dinal W iseusx,orone of hissemi-Itomish allies forhini, had bought the next presentation? The parishioners of St. Luke's might, in that event. have had a Jesuit in disguise inducted into the benefice: and not a word of complaint could they legally make. What so probable, as that at this very moment the Tractarians have come up to Lord C vuot: AS's price. The parishioners have no remedy : they must either submit to same Popery or vacate their parish church. Or, if they are resolved to have a pastor of their own choice, they must tax themselves to the tune of 16.0001. The thing is monstrous kick at it as you will; put it in what amptli you choose. No law, or custom, or precedent can reconcile people to it. And then the indecency with which purchasers are attracted. "The incumbent is in the seventieth year of his age! The minister of the subordinate chapel is t ightv-three !" Just one kg in the grave, gentlemen. and only 16.00(11. ukevl-8,51.61., sir. and one leg in the grave—in Me grave. sir. Gentlemen, gentlemen, what arc you thinking of!" Such is Lord CAD MAN'S notion of . presenting to the next vacancy of St. Luke's, Chelsea. Mark, too, how the age of the incumbent is placed in contrast with the worldly advantages to be secured ly his death : A DETACHED RECTOUY HOU QE, Seated is its own Oroaada, approached by a Carriage Drive. wire Two star* AIT.DttAWIN!):110011., SO feetlong, hating Kilt mouldings. marble MsMine,. Piece, and Steps to rleasurr (Around. • CANT %I. ICI YIYI:-a4~M. sad Library and BM Room Adjoining. arc dispaard in Lawn, Plantatiow, Garden, and ranee et Omen lloaaco, ornamented with timber, and +urrnended by werpentior ravelled walk•. RENT 114 111• CT Oi novena. producing together, independent of flow, (Me tkrwind frur hundred nod eighty-four Poland,: and sloo Fart/ter In of fI2S6 On the dropping in of Live. in Losses. It is in rain to reason or to expostulate with a man who would issue such a placard u this, when it THE EXPRESS, VRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1851. -------.--7 -- ------ incolr al the spiritual welkro of tboasands of his tens Arc or fellow creatures. But it Is well to reale a, it l rriolleet the outrage; for a day of reckoning come, and before long too, when Lord C•nonan and such people will be taught better. Meanwhile, let us mark, learn, and intlardly died, that- all this occurs in a church professing to have • Divine Mis sion, claiming apostolic authority , haring bishops in I the louse of Lords, and requiring a monopoly of na tional education! TIIE accounts of the harvest which have reached us from the continent and from America hardly warrant us, perhaps, in venturing to form very posi tive ideas as to the commercial position in which our neighbours on either side of the Atlantic are likely relatively to stand during the next winter and spring towards each other and ourselves. But enough is already ascertained to lead the least thoughtful to the anticipation of consequences which, though they may be materially modified by many contingencies, can scarcely fail to stamp their form and pressure on the coming year. In the South of France the wheat crop is said to have proved abundant. But in extensive districts of the north and east the yield is reported to be defi cient in quantity. And though for a week or two prices arc more likely to fall tnan to advance, a well founded anticipation prevails that during the winter the cost of bread in many departments of the repub lic will be considerably greater than it has been during the last twelve months. In ]'aria this may not be so perceptible. Its supplies are drawn from a wider range than any country town; and in finite pains will no doubt be taken to equalise betimes the supply with the demand. But even though the market notes should indicate no fluctuation whatever, it does not therefore follow that l'aris may not sympathise indirectly in the pres sure which the circumjacent communities feel. To the capital, as to the heart, the industrial circulation of an over-centralised country naturally returns, when by any cause repelled from the extremities. It was the congestion of artisan labour in the end of Isl 7 and beginning of INV; that facilitated the irrup tion of February. Absorbents on a great scale for , particular kinds of labour have, indeed, been pro vided by recent measures of splendid improvement, to be executed at the cost of the municipality of the tasteful metropolis on both sides of the Seine. But whether the influx of hands sure to be attracted by the announcement of these magnifi cent undertakings, together with the many contribu tive streams which an advance in the cost of living is sure to cause silently and gradually to flow to wards the great centre, whether these in the aggre gate may not more than counterbalance the extra employment we have adverted to, remains to be seen. It is fortunate for France, looking . at her national reckonings as a whole, that she is just now called upon to execute more than an usually large amount of orders for manufactured goods for Ame rica, whence she will probably look for the supply of her own unusual wants in the shape of corn. The manufacturers seldom have had upon their books a larger number of unexceuted orders for the United States. Money is abundant on the western side of the Atlantic, and J(INATHAN is emphatically enj old by nature When he has plenty he is ready to spend like a prince. He happens to have more of " the yellow magnet" in his pockets at present than he ever remembers to have had in the whole course of his uncommonly prosperous existence. And as in addition thereto lie has more breadstuffs this full than he can by env possibility con sume himself, he is determined that wives and daughters, sisters and nieces, shall each and every single one of them have, by Christmas-day, oneor more of those matchless silks and velvets which all man kind have seen and coveted in the Great Exhibition, but which his womankind alone arc, generally speak ing, likely ever to possess. The non-revolutionary tendency of which seemingly idle and casual circum stance is certain, though perhaps not easily made obvious to impatient politicians or diplomatic dandies, who believe in nothing as a cause of change or of commotion but a parliamentary cabal or a socialist plot. The really great changes of society come by no set of schemers' contrivance. Every day in the onward destiny of the world such machinations, whether of high-born reactionaries or impostor democrats, will have less and less influence on the march of events. Sudden drains of gold out of a country, paralysing for the time all banking operations and thereby suspending to a vast amount the cash payment of daily wages, this, which in an artificial state of society is as much a famine as the failure of the rice crop in Hindustan ; this is a far more formidable source of danger and disaster than any dynastic conspiracy or face-blackened scheme for promoting the community of goods. It is such a danger that the lavish indulgence of American love of " silk attire" is likely to avert during the ensuing winter from France. It the latter requires to im port half a million quarters of wheat and flour from the western States of the former, she must of course pay for it. either in the first instance in money, as we did in 1847, or in manufactured goods, as we did last year. In the end it may come to the same thing, according to our hyper-philosophical economists; but in the meantime it makes all the difference to the daily comfort and content of thou sands of industrious workmen, to the peace of so ciety, and to the equanimity of the state. 'l'urning our glance towards central Europe, it is difficult to regard without more or less concern the results of the harvest, as far as they are known. In Iseveral portions of northern Germany the corn crop is said to have suffered so materially from rust and mildew as to cause a belief at Hamburg and else where, that instead of a surplus for exportation, there will hardly lie enough for home consumption. And while the king of PrirssiA has been scolding the citizens of the western provinces of his realm, and sanctioning measures of religious persecution directed against the dissenters front the church esta blished by law in other parts of his dominions, a vulgar and apparently scarce noticed circumstance has been taking place which might well cause the infatuated monarch to pause in his present suicidal career. The potato blight is said to have fallen with peculiar severity on the fields of the Lower Illhinc—a district where land, being much di vided, the loss occasioned by such a calamity is brought home to every peasant-farmer's icor. To political discontent, physical privation may thus, in many instances, be sailed; and while the citizens and higher classes chafe with hourly heightening rage at the reckleatt prostration of the cabinet of Berlin before the insolent domination of that of Vienna, the rural communities are about to be tried in temper by misfortunes which in days of national prosperity and hopefulness are sufficiently hard to bear. At such a moment it is that the go vernment of Prussia persists in the convocation of ' the abrogated oligarchic assemblies in each province, for the particularly popular purpose of arranging and authorising the levy of direct taxes. To shut out every suspicion of justice or fair play, the doors of these provincial diets are ordered to be closed, their illegal and unconstitutional decrees only being designed for publication. TILE GREAT EXHIBITION. The number of visitors to the Crystal Palace. yea terday was 43,244. Cush account. Aug. 28. &sum tickets At the dour. 2,167 11 0 Total receipt/ £2,173 11 0 Tut: " ExtitturtuN EirttEss."—Our Saturday's don, blenumber, thus entitled, having attained the object in view of which it was projected, will tease after to-morrow. All articles of speeial interest in the Glass Palace have been brought under our readers' notice, and the Exhibition no longer supplics matter of sufficient interest t justify the publication of a journal devoted to its exposition. On and after Saturday, Sept. 6th, that day's issue of the Erpras will resume its ordinary Mae aril price. E.tere RIDING OF YORKSITTRE.—The influential conservatives in this ridinir held a meetinir at Beverley yesterday, to take into considcration tile vacanev caused in the representation of this riding by the death of H. Broad. Ley, Esq. After a short discussion, P. 8. Saltmarshe, Esq., of Salnnarshe, in that riding, was proposed as a candidate, sad unanimously spprosed of. .No opposition is expected. • ' FRANCE. ' PARIS, TIIVISDAT ETIIIIING. M. Baroehe has returned to Taris. and resumed hie &tins 11111 Minister for Foreign Atkin. By a• decree of the President of the Retublie the election s v for vacant respective) departments of First a er; and f Diathesis, and 4, by the decease cf 3tl M. 11 a re fixed for the 21st of September. of the opening of most of the Conleils- General have reached Pans. On the subject of revi- , lion the resolutions of two only--Beine- et -Marne and ' Somme—are yet known, and these are both in favour at revision. The majority in the Seine - et-Marne was, 1 boomer, considerably smaller than last year. The presidents and secretaries elected by the different osaiells ere, generally speaking, revisionists. This fact is not an infallible indication of what the opi nions of the counsels may be, because it is nearly a matter of course to re-elect the President. As an distance of this, M. Baze the questor of the Assembly, I one of the most determined opponents of the Flyske, I has been elected President of the Council-General of Lot and Garonne, but the majority of this council will nevertheless vote for revision. In other cases , the very reverse of this will happen. A cotstitu- ' tional question, analogous to that which has occa sioned so many resignations among officers sf the , national guard, has arisen with respect to the Coun-1 cils-General, and will prevent very many members!, from attending the meetings this year. By virtue of the provisions of a law of the 22nd of June 1833, modified by a decree of 1818, by which the elections of the Councils-General are regdated, one-third of the members, according to lots drawn by the prefects, were some time since designate?. to go out of o ffi ce. The government, contemplating some lalteration in the mode of electing the councils, but not being prepared with a measure, proposed and I carried, on the 14th of June last, a temporary law I simply postponing the elections. This law is alleged by many republicans to be unconstitutional, became ! they say its effect is to extend the power of a man datory beyond the period of his mandate ' • universal suffrage is the constitutional expression of the will of I the sovereign people, and no citizen invested with authority from such a source can lawfully prolong ' his mission for an hour. Upon this theory many councillors-general have declared that they consider themselves no longer lawfully authorised to exercise their functions, and they decline attending accord ingly. Others of the same persuasion have contented themselves with a protest, declaring that they would not so far play into the hands of their adversaries as to leave them masters of the field. If the National Assembly were really the sovereign legislature which it is sometimes called, it is clear , that no such perilous questions as these could ever arise. But in point of fact, by . the I French constitution the Assembly is much restricted as to its right, although there is no practical limit to , its powers but civil war. If the Assembly had always I acted with circumspection, and evinced an anxiety I not to overstep their powers, a disposition to goes- tion the legality of any of their proceedings might be justly stigmatised as factious. But the truth is that they have passed many laws, like that of the 31st of May, in an avowed spirit of provocation, confessing that their object was not so much to obtain any bene fit that the law would give, as to prove that they were not afraid to pass it. It is no wonder then that ander a constitution which declares that the sove reignty resides in the universality of the people, and contains the fearful clause that it is confided to the guardianship of all Frenchman, the discussion of dangerous points of constitutional law should be con tinually provoked. The number of the Patrie of Aug. 24, containing M. I)clamarre's article, was presented gratis to every arinneillir-general on his taking his seat. The Steele publishes a letter from Prince Calli machi, the Turkish ambassador, to the editor of that journal, and a " ppend.s to it some explanations, " indispensiblo, as it says, "to the understanding of this question, which now threatens once more to disturb the friendly relations between France and England." The prince's letter quotes the terms ofl the convention of July 15, 18,19, relating to the paehalic of Egypt. Ily virtue of that convention, he says it was made hereditary, but in every other respect the l'acha of Egypt . is jeast like any other Partin, as Lord Palmerston luiuself admitted in 1840. The following is the most interesting part of the letter : The Sublime Porte, although in no way . hostile to rail ways, will not permit the hereditary administrator of one of its prosiness to enter into onerous engagements with a foreign power—engagements for which Turkey would in the end be responsible. If Abbas Pacha, without referring to his sovereign, will involve the resources of the province confided to him, he evidently cancels the compact which confers on him an hereditary title. If he will nut intro duce those laws which are in vigour in the empire, ha himself renounces the advantages stipulated by the treaties of 1840. If England were to encourage the conduct of Abbas Pacha under existing circum stances, she would deserve the reproach which you address to the government of the republic, that of not having studied the treaties; and it' your friend and fellow-labourer, M. Jounlain, has not in his pamphlet thrown any light, as shouldyou wished that he expression do, in uponi8t11(1)e which distinctionhave between Lord Palmerstoa ' s cited, and the intervening treaties, it is because no such distinc tion exists. The Sieele explains that the reason why the Pacha of Egypt is not like an ordinary paella, is that when the convention of July 15, 1844), was proposed to Mehemet Ali, it was nut accepted by him until after the armed interference of the allies of Turkey ; that, as the result of that interference, by a firman of 1841, Mehemet Ali was invested with the hereditary pa chalic under the conditions of the above convention; that there was in this state of things an implied con dition that the four great powers, England, Russia, Prussia, and Austria, who had enforced the firman should watch over its execution ; that it wee, there , fore, not MAY hereditary title, but a certain liberty of action which was granted to Mehemet Ali and his descendants; and that if the viceroy finds himself aggrieved by his suzerain he has a right to appeal to five great European powers, since France ratified what had been done when she signed the convention of July 13, 1)441. The article of the Sieee concludes: That reason and moderation are on the side of the Si - 77sin we have never contested; but a grave question of tact arise., which must be seriously considered. England loudly demands a rapid communication with India. Lord Palmer ston has resolved to attach his name to the creation of this rapid communication. Is Turkey strong enough to defeat the English project by merely leaning upon M. Louis Bona parte? There is only one way to preserve the suzerainty of the Sultan, and that is to bring the question of the neu trality of the Isthmus of Sues before Europe. Upon this ground France, speaking not by the voice of her feeble government, but by all the organs . of publicity, England will be obliged to limit her pretensions to the furtherance of a universal interest. And in truth this would neither be a misfortune for Great Britain nor any very severe checks for her foreign office. The resolution of the advocates at Lyons to aban don the defence of their clients, of which I informed yoll by electric telegraph, was very unexpected. They had, to all appearance, been preparing seri ously for the defence up to the last moment, and seeing the tainted quality of much of the principal evidence against the prisoners, it was thought that their case was exceedingly promising. It is said to have been by the advice of M. Cremieux that the resolution was finally taken. On the occasion of a similar proceeding before the High Court of Ver sailles, to which M. Michel (de Bourges) was a party, the Council of the Order of Advocates in Paris passed a formal vote of censure on the counsel who abandoned their clients in the middle of a trial. The following is the letter to Colonel Couston, the president of the court martial at Lyons, by which the advocates for the prisoners informed the court that they should withdraw from the defence :-- "Monsieur le President—After haring maturely reflected upon what has taken place, both within and without the court, during the last .10 days, is the affair of the Lyon's plot ; convinced as we are that neither the dignity nor liberty of the defence exists, the undersigned declare, with the unanimous assent of their clients, that they with draw from the discussion. Accept, Monsieur le President, the horn ige of our distinguished consideration. Lyons, August 25, 1851. Mouillaud, A. Audemard, Jules Cayot, Emile Olivier, Saner), Combier, Willaume, Ch. Bessat, E. JOUVRAIIIIC, Prosper V , llemain, Louis Boulot, Kauffman, Smarmier, Michel (de Bourges), Muller de Meagan." Colonel Couston, on reading this letter to the Court on Tuesday, expressed his regret and astonishment at the course taken, after the coun sel laid so repeatedly borne witness to the cour tesy and consideration with which they had been treated by the President and the members of the court. He should persevere in his duty to the last, and should appoint counsel officially to defend the prisoners. It would be necessary to enable him to do this that he should confer with the baton tier of the order of advocates. Addressing the reporters for the public press, in conclusion, he said : I hope, gentlemen, that you will remember my expres dons correctly. I consider it important that France should know what has been our conduct, and what the conduct of 1 the counsel for the defence. She will condemn advocates who abandon the accused whom up to the present moment they had advised. I am anxious that all this should be pre dimly reported in the organs of the public press. There is no further now* from Lyons up to the moment at which I write. The town was perfectly tranquil. It is nearly certain that ell the pri soners will refuse to accept the services of the counsel appointed. A species of panic prevailed at the Bourse to-day, for which no cause was assigned. The Five per Cents. fell 55c., closing at 94.45, and the Threes fell 45c., and closed at 56.35. ITALY. -- -- TUSCANY. The astituzionak of Florence, of the 22nd, an- nounces that the three Aldboroughs who, it will be remembered, were arrested some time ago at Leghorn for a conspiracy against the government, have been given up by the Austrian military authorities to the [ tribunals of Leghorn. PIEDMONT. The Piedmontese Ga:etec publishes a royal decree opening the loan voted by the Chambers for the amount of 3,600,000/. sterling nominal capital to be invested in Piedmontese rentes. SPAIN. MADRID, Aro. 23. The Queen has conferred the Grand Cross of Isa bella the Catholic upon the Bishop of the Canaries, who distinguished himself by his apostolic zeal dur ing the raging of the cholera in those islands. the government has sent confidential instructions to the prefects in the provinces to recommend them to watch carefully the efforts making by the socia -1 lists to propagate their doctrines. GERMANY. AUSTRIA. A decree dated Vienna, the 23rd of August, dis solves all the national guards, and allows the re-formation of burgher guards as before 1818. PRUSSIA. THE HOMAGE CEREMONY IN HOHEN• ...-• ZOLLEItN. On the 23rd inst., as was previously announced, the King of Prussia received the homage of his newly-acquired subjects in Hohenzollern and Sig maringen, two very stmll principalities, the sove reignty over which Frederick William 11. purchased front their former rulers in the course of last year, ac quiring the right to style himself the viceroy of Gal upon earth by the payment of so many thousand hard thalers. The ceremony at Hohenzollern has been looked forward to with great expectation from various reasons, but chiefly from the fear that the occasion of taking possession of the old castle in which his ancestors were born, would prove too much for the exquisite sensibilities of his Majesty's mind, and lead him to commit himself in orations similar in mystic unintelligibility to those which he perpetrated in 0 , 17 and 1848. That fear was mis placed ; the royal speeches which have as yet been made are only curious and crotchetty,—displaying the same inconsistency which has characterised his whole life. THE LEVANT. By the Levant mail we have received Constanti nopfc journals to the 14th, and Athens journals to the ISth, both inclusively. There is no political news of interest from the Turkish capital. The Journal de Constantinople publishes a long account of the launch of the . .Mahmoudie ship-of-the-line, in presence of the Sultan, who, previous to the launch, went on board and examined the ship in detail. The Coarnier (t.ithenes is also destitute of political news of importance. It announces that the Queen was about to leave for Oldcuburg, to attend a marriage in her family. The same journal gives several ac counts of further acts of piracy and brigandage. The celebrated pirate George Negros landed at Cea on the ith, at the head of six men armed to the teeth. They ill-treated the qurantine officer, robbed him of all ho had, even of his seal of office; they then compelled him to procure them provisions, and broke into a store, from which they took more. They next robbed several boats, and went away. The au thorities sent 30 men in pursuit of them, but with out success. The French minister consented, at the request of the government, to allow the Chaptal steamer to go in search of the pirates. The pirate Negros subsequently landed at Naxos, robbed the offices of the quarantine, and took away the seal, to gether with 40 drachmas in money. Amongst the acts of brigandage recorded is the pillaging of a mo nastery in Euboca; large sums of money and the sacred vessels were taken away, and four gendarmes were captured; also the invading of the town of Callidroma, and the complete sacking of Marathia. In the latter place a student was horribly tortured. An engagement took place on the 13th, at a short , distance front the chief town of the province of Boeotia, between a band of brigands under the chief Teases and a detachment al gendarmes ; two bri gands and two gendarmes wan killed. The Trieste Gazette states that a new complication has arisen in the Turco-Egyptian question, in conse quc ' a serious misunderstanding between Sir St • and the British consul-general at Cairo. Sir S rd Canning, according to this ac count, wanted to negotiate directly with the Ottoman Porte, on the ground that negotiating with the Pacha of Egypt would be an infringement of the Sultan's sovereign right. The consul-general at Cairo had, on the contrary, recommended the Pacha to settle the matter without waiting for the consent of the Porte' The Divan then informed the Egyptian government that the consul could do nothing without the autho risation of Sir Stratford Canidng, to which the con sul rejoined that the ambassidor was not his supe rior, and that consuls only depended upon the Foreign-office. Sir Stratford Canning, on hearing this, is said to have burst in 1 a violent fit of passion, and exclaimed, "Either consul or me!" As matters stand, Sir Stratfo tinning appears to be in a very unpleasant position, the Porte refusing to ratify the railway treaty. LITERARY PRIZES IN PIEDMONT.—The Academia di Filosofia Italica, of Genoa, of which Count Mamiani is president, has just published the conditions of a concours for a prize of 800 francs for each of the following subjects.. Ist, An essay on the character and vicissitudes of philo 801,hy in Italy since the revival of literature to the present day, with a catalogue of the principal works ratting to it. 2dly, An essay on the beneficial or injurious influence which the principles of social philosophy, as universally understood, have exercised over the political vicissitudes of our era. The essays arc to be written in Italian, and to be sent (postage free) to Genoa, before September 30, 1852, addressed to M. Jerome Brocardo, the secretary of the aca demy. Each essay must bear on the envelope a motto by which it can he recognised, and be accompanied by a scaled letter containing the name and ress of the author. SALE OF THE INT ECTION OF MANU SCRIPTS AND Booze .- OlLAT.—Yesterday Messrs. Sotheby and eir house, Wellington. street, Stroud, sold th ection of manuscripts and books of the poet y, with arioua editions of his works, a posthumous bust, a psi ng—" View of Gray's Tomb and Churchyard," by Bacon ; ginal drawings by %Vestall , &c. The chief lo tted of 8 vols. of original MS., one containing the autograph of the original copy of the " Elegy in a Country Churchyard," the "Long Story," the Songs of " Thyros whfh wo parted swore,' and Midst beauty and pleasure's gay triumphs to len , guish," &c. The other volumes cemprise miscellanies, correspondence, the p et's notes while reading, metaphy. sical papers, odes, &c.j.the whole bound - In olive-coloured morocco, with Orient biiiders. Thislotproduced.3ool. There- I main ing principal lots wete Chas. Churchill's Poetical Works, 2 v 01.., iu morocco, with many of Gray's MS. notes—sold for 171.; Edmund Hyde, Earl Clarendon 's " History of the Re bellion and Civil Wars in gland," began in the year 1841, ! written by himself, 49/. 1 a S. note books used by Gray during his travels on enntinent and his journeys • to England, 24/. ; Lin cue " Systems Nature , per Regua," ; &c., Mt. ; Milton's Poetical Works, 2 voh., morocco, having MS. passages selected from the Scriptures, and from various authors ancient and modern, 371. The valuable collection of manuscript music made by Gray while in Italy, ; John St ow s " Surrey of the Cities of London and Westminster ," " vole., 111. 10s.; Virgil's Works trans , laud into English Verse by Dryden, 3 vols., with Auto• graph " Thos. Gray "on the fly leaf, 171.65. ; the works of Shakespeare collected, with the old copies by L. Theubuld, 8 v 01.., with various emendations and corrections, &c., 1 121. 101. gig Court. IUEEN'S VISIT TO TILE NORTH. YORK. The time fixed for the arrival of the royal train at thi s city, was 9.50; and some time previously a strong force of the municipal police were marched to the Holgate Curve, where the royal train was to stop for the purpose of chang ing engines, and for the Great Northern Directors giving place to the Newcastle and Berwick Directory, whose line commences at this point. The train, as arranged, slid not enter the York station, but drew up at the appointed mo ment (9.50) at the place above referred to. The weather was delightfully fine, and a large number of the citizens bad assembled to greet their sovereign and the royal party. On the train drawing up the cheering was most enthusiastic f and her Majesty and the Prince graciously acknowledged the greetings of the assembly. Mr. Beckett Denison here took leave of her Majesty, who graciously thanked him for the excellent arrangements and the attention evinced by him and his colleagues of the Great Northern Railway. The Newcastle and Berwick engine was very richly orna mented with a crown and other royal devices. It was driven by Mr. Harrison, the engineer of the company, and Mr. Leeman and the other directors proceeded in the royal train. At 9.55 the necessary arrangements being com pleted, the royal train, preceded by a pilot engine, moved forward amidst most enthusiastic cheers, for the north. The Queen appeared to be in excellent health and spirits. DARLINGTON. Her Majesty's arrival at this place was announced for 1045 a.m., and, with that punctuality which distinguishes all her movements, the royal train entered the station within a minute of that time. The platform was crowded with a gay assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, who had been admitted by tickets issued by the magistrates of the district, in whose hands the York. Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company hod placed the charge of the station during her Majesty's transit. There were present, amongst others, the High Sheriff of the county (It. H. Allan. Esq., of Blackwell Hall, who had the honour of presenting the Queen with a beautiful bouquet, culled from the gardens of Blackwell), the Chief Bailiff of the borough (F. Mew burn, Esq.), and a numerous body cf the magistrates and clergy of the district. As the train entered the station her Majesty was cordially cheered, and when it came to rest, she presented herself at the window of the saloon car riage, and remained standing during the greater portion of the period occupied in taking in water for the engine. She appeared in excellent health, and seemed gratified with the warmth of her reception. Prince Albert and the royal children were of course objects of interest; ' and we arc happy to say the whole of the royal family ap peared to bo in the enjoyment of excellent health. Lord John Russell, who formed part of the royal retinue, ap peared to be entirely recovered from the fatigues of the late session. On the departure of the train, which tem:tined about five minutes in the station, the cheers of the assem blage were renewed, and were gracefully acknowledged by the royal visitors. Several gentlemen, who were in the more immediate vicinity of the carriages, paid a similar compliment to the Prime Minister. The crowd outside the station, who had nut the privilege of entrtfse, was very con siderable. A body of the county constabulary, under the direction of Major White, were in attendance; but the loyalty of the inhabitants of Darlington required neither spur nor restraint. NEWCASTLE-ON-TINE. Iler Majesty and royal suite arrived at the central station here at ten minutes past 19 from York, and leR en route for Edinburgh at 20 minutes past that hour. The station was crowded with an immense concourse of well-dressed people, who received their sovereign with the utmost en thusiasm. Her Majesty, with I'rincc Albert and the royal children, acknowledged the enthusiasm of the people. The mayor and high sheriff of the borough and the county officials were in attendance at the station. A lunch was 1 1 prepared, but her Majesty did not alight. There was no intimation that she would do so, but the lunch was prepared and a room in the station was fitted up in case she did. Her Majesty is accompanied from York to Berwick by the directors of that line. There was no military in at tendance; and a few policemen were all that was needed to keep the people in order. Crowds of people were also stationed near the Gateshead Railway station, the foot of Westgate-street, the North Shields station, and other points commanding a view of the railway, and cheered most lustily as the royal ter6ge passed. MORPETII. The royal train passed here at 15 minutes to ono o'clock. ACKLINGTON. The Queen passed here at 12.57. EDINBURGH. ller Majesty reached St. Margaret's station at 3.30, where she was received by a guml of honour, the Duke of Bee &nth, and several gentlemen connected with the city. A large concourse of people filled tho Queen'apark, and cheered the Queen vigorously on her route to Holyrood Palace, which aho entered at 3.45. About 3 o'clock the Queen took a drive through the streets of the new town for about an hour. The Duke+ of Buccicuch had the honour of dining with the royal party at 8 o'clock. Mr. Johnson, the provost, will be knighted by the Queen this evening. ller Majesty proceeds northwards at 9 o'clock to-morrow. TILE LATE GENERAL SIR A. IIALKET, K.C.H.— This general officer, whose death was announced by us yes terday, entered the army as an ensign in 1790. Ile became a lieutenant in 1793, a captain in 1794, a major in 1799, a lieutenant-colonel in 1800, a colonel in 1810, a major general in 1813, a lieutenant-general in 182.5, and a general in 1811. The late Sir A. liacket served in the West Indies in 1791, 1795, and 1796, and was engaged in the capture of Martiwjuc, St. Lucia, and Oundaloupe, in 1794. lie served under Sir Eyre Coote at Ostend, where he was taken prisoner. In 1799 he accompanied the expedition to the Helder, where ho was twice wounded ; and in 1806 he served at the capture of the Cape of Hood hope. In 1836 he was placed on the list of officers receiving the reward for military services, and in 1837 was nominated a K.C.11. THE REV. CANON STOWELL AND TUE ECCLE SIASTICAL TITLES Bitt.—The Rev. Canon Stowell de livered a lecture at the Corn Exchange, Manchester, on Tuesday evening, on the question now at issue between the protestants and catholics in this country. In the course of hie remarks he said he thanked Lord John Russell for his boldness in passing a measure both for England and for Ireland. The rinses had been wrong in desiring a measure for England only, and had been followed by the Manchester Guardian, but they were now beginning to tack, and come round. Ile, however, liked a vessel to go, not with the wind, but before it. As the catholic' were taking an lugressive position, so must the protestants. Ever since the bill of 1829 protestant, had been acting on the defen- I sive ; and while the catholic' were continually makieg aggressions, the protestant* were continually giving and conceding. We must have retrogressive legislation and repeal the grant to Maynooth, enforce the act forbidding Jesuits to multiply, and put down nunneries and monas teries. Nay, we must go beyond this, and repeal the law of 1829, or it would ruin us. Thin he asserted on the ground of past experience, on account of that bill's nut having ful filled the promises made of it, and on the ground of reli gious truth, that God abhorred idolatry, and would punish those who took part with idolaters. He would join with dissenters and others who would not sup port the repeal of the bill of 1829, in obtaining the repeal of other measures favourable to popery, but they should nut prevent his seeking the repeal of Oat measure. Protestant. must not relax in their offsets to oppose Rome, until the partisans of the Pope relaxed theirs in opposition to protestantism. They must keep up the defence, or as he would rather have it, offence committee'. Popery and protcstantism could not be co-ordinate ; one must be in the ascendant. The struggle had only just begun. It would last a long time, and it would be well if it lid not end in the subjugation of England. He hailed the late bill, be cause it was the first step which had been taken against popery since 1829. The battle to come would be no slight one, and he should not be surprised if, in a few years, the whole of catholic Europe, backed by Russia, and supported by Ireland and the tractarians, were arrayed to crush England. The true policy to pursue in opposition to this would be a determined antagonism to the errors of Roman ism, and the getting rid of those things which hail excited the anger of God. Further than all this, they must carry on the war of christian prayer, love, teaching, writing, and speaking, in opposition to popery. If this battle were fought fairly and manfully, there would be nothing to fear. A HEAVY STORM was experienced at Southamp ton on Wednesday night, commencing about half-peat 10 o'clock. The rain came down in torrents, and it was pitch dark. The storm lasted for several hours. The Channel Island mail steamer got away at midnight, but it is sus pe cted that she brought up n some part of the river. Tho Havre mail steamer, which should have left at the same time, did not venture to leave the pier; both of these steamers were crowded with passengers. The American mail steamer Franklin, bound for New York from Havre and Southampton, lay to in Cowes roads for a few hours until the storm abated ; she left Havre with 105 passengers and 300 tons of cargo. The American mail steamers, both from Havre and Bremen, load remarkably well notwith standing the fierce opposition they receive from Liverpool. CORONEIR S INQUEST. Yesterday. Mr. Bedford held an inquest on the body of the lady who, as previously related, fell down in Regent-street on Monday morning and immediately expired. The body was identified as that of a lady wh we home was in Great Marlborough-street, which she had just left to visit a sister when overtaken by death. The jury heard the medical evidence, and were satisfied that apoplexy was the cause of the lady's decease. Verdict accordingly. THE CONVOCATION OF THE CLEUGY. months . previously a.iitating Yeetertlay morning the Archbishop of Canterbury, accompanied by Mr. F. 11. Dyke, her Majeoty's prictor, proceeded to the Jerusalem Chi . imb,r t'or the po:i ese of asse it.h m cen t:l y i f F oz o rm f a C c o rt n i v on ica u t f io th n , , , r t h h n e rc h i i i gl i . ,, , i . h on ureh ro. further prorivuing the Convocation of the Ch•ryyy. a representation of their views At the re rcfp,artritaony, whoco revival r c succeeded had in forcing upon the assembled synod, and the following petition wan i presented:— ,o To the Most Rev. the Arthbi4l op and the Right v. the Bishops of the Province of Canterbury, in Synod assent- bled. " The humble petition of the en& rsigned clergy and laity of the said province showeth :—That for upwares of years past the church of England—the oversight of w hi c h is, by Divine providence, and permission, committed to your lordships—has suffered grievous inconveffienc and injuries through the continued suppression of h. r svorxlal action, whereby she has been prevented from eau , . her proper authority for the regulation wholesome • v. rti9o of her discipline , for the development of her ii re sourees,—that the result has been the weakening of emits of love and unity among churchmen, thegrowth of ilosound doctrine, great diversity of rites awl eeremoniv s, ;eel a mentable deficiency of provision for administeriin; il••• wort and sacrament and other mesas of grace to the p. 'pie of this land, whereby it has come to pass that error an I super stition, heresy and schism, ungsallioesa and immorality have greatly increased, to the injury of Christ's people and the I reproach of the church. 'that, in consequence of the recent aggressive In• marts of the Pope, the attention of the queen and tic ; vile of England has been forcibly directed to the religi•oi, of the country, and that if at this time the real the decrease of true religion, as well its of the growth oi P ipery and other grievous errors, and infidelity itself, w. seated to her Majesty by the bishops of the church, to whom it especially belongs to advise the kings of the tun • h in re gard to spiritual mutters, there is great reason to I. •••. that, by their representations and entreaties, her Majc.!‘• might be moved to restore to the church the freedom of r,%- dial action, as in ancient times. " Con which consideration, the undersigned re tit inners, having approached her Majesty in a humble whir,. for the revival of the active functions of Convocation, litnel.ly im plore you, rev. and most rev. father in Bud, that j•••i will again urge the prayer urged by the two 111 , 111.1401.4 aiveca. tiun of the province of Canterbury in the yo ar Is l 7 for license to deliberate, and, with the royal aswitt, :Is all such things as concern the settled continuance of !: • doc trine and discipline of the Church of Englund, to t , e, en d that, in concert with the lower house of Convota• yon may be enabled to take such measures as may is•n•ince to unity within the church, and to her efficiency as hurch of the nation; and that so the salvation of souls inns '•:• pro. meted, and the mists of ignorance be dispelled, by t night beams of Christ's Holy Gospel." The archbishop and bishops having received th it was ordered to lie upon the table. During the time these proceedings were goilv, -nt the lower house had assembled in an adjacent Ch4lith amine the presidency of the very Rev. W. It. Lyall, D.l) . Dean of Canterbury. A similar petition, mutat is 'amt. : was presented by the very Rev. Thomas Thorpe, 11.1 t Arch deacon of Bristol. ition, A lengthened discussion arose as to the suffi. • •• - y of the Lower House to receive the petition; and, •rence h Ae i o g h et n m a d e to the Archbishop of Cant, rho •y, his Grace decided in the affirmative; and the p..te n wai duly recorded. 1, oder these circumstance., the members of th.• Lower House considered themselves qualified to take O.• . their con-ideration general matters aff.eting the wdfac •,1 the church, and had entered upon a discussion. when ;1..• meet. in. , was suddenly broken up by order of the orel,bi•hop, and a further prorogation was ordered to ve , t mil . c!. who a the archbishop again attended and took hi; 1.4,4 •• • pre,i. dent. . . After some preliminaries, His Grace the Ancuntsitor called upon Mr. F. R. Dyke, the principal registrar of the province of Lui• cbury. to read the writ of prorogation, Mr. Dyke having dune so, the proceedings terminated. TILE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND THE 111611 CHURCH PARTY.—The Archbishop of Canterbury has for some time past been in communication with severa • lergy. men in his diocese in reference to the manner in e l,i. h they are in the habit of conducting the ordinary server., • of the church. It appears that the clergymen alluded to practise many of the ceremonies for which the Bishop of London recently condemned Mr. Bennett, such, for exatusle, as having lights on the alias during morning prayer, ••reach lug in the surplice, intoning the prayers, and Willi.; fro* the congregation during certain portions of the service. To these practices his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury objects, contrary to the rubrical directions .-f the Book of Common Prayer, and in the communications he has already made has peremptorily ordered their discos. tinuance. In most of the cases which have come Al Aer hie grace's notice the clergymen to whom his instruetitios have been addressed have merely acknowledged the net ipt of the letters addressed to them, and have persevered in the practices which the Archbishop considers objeeti-nable. His grace has therefore determined on issuing monitions against the offending parties, and they will be served forth with by the officer of the Ecclesiastical Court. If alter the receipt of the monitions the clergymen alluded to perdst in the course they have so long practised, his grace has deter mined on citing them into his court, in order to bring the disputed question to a final issue. THE REY. DR. CAHILL IN LEEDS.—This rev. gentleman is at present lecturing in Leeds on astronomy. He is the principal of the Roman Catholic College in Lon. donderry, and, feeling strongly on the catholic question, he has recently addressed several letters to his "fellow countrymen," denouncing the Ecclesiastical Assumption of Titles Bill, recently passed into law. In his last letter, the fifth, he makes use of the following languaee : " But, fellow countrymen, England shall not have everything her own way. We arc now forming a society such as has never been seen in Ireland before; and we shall live and din in defence of the decision of this new and glorious, and, with the blessing of God, successful association. Depend upon it, that England has sapped her foundations. De ppend upon it that France is not settled, and that k ranee owes England a grudge which never will or can be forgiven. There is not one Frenchman, or one French woman, or one French child, who would not dance with frantic joy at the glorious idea of having the opportunity, before they die, of burying their eager swords, and plung ing their crimsoned French steel, into the inmost breast of every man bearing the hated name of Englishman t" Some of the Leeds inhabitants were so aisgusted with this lan gunge that they determined to meet Dr. Cahill and demand from him whether these were his sentiments or not. Ac cordingly the attempt was made by Mr. Councillor Newton, Mr. Whitehead, and one or two others, before the lectures commenced, to ask these questions in public. The audience was almost exclusively Roman catholic, a considerable hubbub was made, and nothing satisfactory was elicited. At the close of one of the doctor's lectures, however, he condescended to enter into an explanation, whether a satisfactory oue or not the public will judge. Ile said, As to the contents of that letter, almost every English newspaper had misrepresented hint; and be solemnly as serted that he no more said what the newspapers had re resented him as saying than lie would consent to cut off his left hand. These newspapers wanted to make him say this—that to him it was a gratification that every French man, woman, and child, would be glad to plunge their daggers into the heart of every Englishman. 'A hat ho said was, that this was the feeling of Frenchmen ; but it was not his feeling. He was talking with his own country men, and wished to reconcile the people of Ireland with the English character—to reconcile them, and not to make them enemies to each other; and he desired the English cabinet to see that it was necessary to cultivate the good will of the Irish people, as England might he placed in a position to need the assistance of the Irish, because she bad such deadly enemies upon the other side of the channel. lie had long been before the public, and he appealed to any gentleman who knew him, whether he was capable of uttering such a sentiment as that which had been attributed to him? When ho spoke of the English, he spoke of the English character. e had the highest respect for the English character ; and be could never forget the debt of gratitude which they owed the people of England for giving relief to his starving countrymen. He had travelled through Switzerland, Prussia, Belgium, Holland, France, and other countries: he had travelled more on foot, perhaps, than any man of his age: for most of his travels had been upon foot; and he had had the best means of learning the real character and feeling of the people of these countries. He was tolerably well known ; and in this letter he had stated distinctly that when ho spoke of the English, he spoke of the English, for i Englishmen and for the English character; and ho repeated that he had never yet met with an Englishman of character who did not feel deeply for the miseries of 11 , i country. He had put it in print on four several occasions, and he had declared it in a public speech in Liverpool, that the English nation was generous ; that it was hi the nature and in the hearts of Englishmen to be generous, and they should not be accused of the oppressions which had been inflicted upon his country by the English cabinet. (Hears) He declared that he hal been most bitterly calumniated by the words which bad been put into his month by toms at least of the English newspapers. He had intended specially e a ia p ll u y bl t i o c thmocesoticnaguoninnit,lz to o ext into the hands of the reporters, and requested thou to is it before the public for their verdict upon it. (11, or, hear) However, he had been anticipated; but he did not complain of what had been said there that evening. Ile was gl ad that the gentleman (Mr. Whitehead) had spoken, as it have ev e p al u s t n t g he wt p l r k i printed referpage offered him an opportunity thus publicly of rt fitting t he calumnies brought forward. (Hear, hear.) Ile bad in this letter desired the English cabinet to take note that they ought not to make enemies of the Irish people, beettse they a had already such deadly enemies upon the ether side of tin! Channel, anxious to plunge their swords into the hearts el Englishmen. What the newspaper; put into hi s menu ' was that he had said he himself would do so. Ile was stating a fact as he had seen it existing in Francs , and t?! uttering a wish or giving expression to a sentiment. told these newspaper calumniators that what they had se sorted of him was a base lie. (Applause.)