The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-25 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. u a d, the manitgernmit of Mr. it. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HARVEST HOME. After which the Burlesque of NORMA. Norma, Mr. P. Bedford; Adelgisa, Mr. Wright; Pollio, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Drama of THE CABIN BOY. Mons. 'Vin cent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largarcette, Mr. P. Bedford ; Julien, Madame Celeste. AUIAL 6tiltßEY 'IIINATKb7 Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Engagement of Mr. G. Bennett, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan, for Five Nights only. Re•appearsnce of Mr. T. P. Cooke and Grand Ballet Company. THIS Will be performed THE TOWER OF NESLE. Buridan, Mr. G. Bennett. After which MONSIEUR JACQUES. Monsieur Jacques, M. A. Wigan ; Nina, Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by Mr. Wigan's successful comic Drama, entitled NEXT DOOR. Jack Skylark, Mr. A. Wigan; Jemima Evans, Mrs. A Wigan. To conclude with TE Tre WANDERING TRIBE. Manager ant asurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitzball's new and completely successful Spectacle. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed, the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR DEIGN ; or, The Battle of Flodden Field. To he followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS• T lc! EXERCISES in the ARENA. To conclude with a Grand Pageant, entitled LADY GODIVA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Toll. In compliance with the numerous applications ai the Box-office, the gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA will be produced with great splendaur on Monday, August 28. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. At traction unprecedented. New Series of GRAND PROMENADE CONCERTS. Continuation of MISS SARA FLOWER. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by DanSOn. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY. View of Rome —Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by Mr. GODFREY, the splendid Band of Solo Performers Includes Messrs. Cioffl, Collins, Ben., George and Viotti Collins, Eger ton, Nriesbach, Stevenson, Hardy, &c.—Several favourite Songs by Miss Sara Flower—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautiful Menagerie--ShaksPere's House—The Slagle Bridge—and other no velties will be exhibited, the whole concluding with a most mag nificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, by the Messrs. South by Gates open at Ten Feeding Time Five—Concert at Six —Fireworks at Nine. Admission. as usual, One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—SUN OYFICZ, AUGUST 25. Tiannmomrrzit, Lowest, 53; Highest, 59; Noon, 61. BAUOMISTEIit, 30.11. WIND 5.E..; morning, slight showers; afternoon, fine. L-- HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning .. 1 min. after 11 1 Evening .. 41 min. after 11 . -‘ll, , 0 0' CN1•111.44. •A - 07 0 4 z ...•>.43:"..),0r '4O ) , 7 A . , 'ti p y *.• - ' . 4 A NE3 o7;,';',:,tili h 0 0 .1 14,14 , ~, ' attalt, ,„ LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1848. But that the prolongation of the Parliamentary session is becoming rather a bore than otherwise, we should certainly estimate ourselves as in some mea sure grateful to the Hon. Representative for You ghal, inasmuch as he yesterday evening elicited from the lips of the Prime Minister the most delightful speech delivered in the House of Commons during the year of Grace 1848. Lord Joust spoke, indeed, with all that rhetorical tartness of manner for which he is unrivalled—an acidity of sarcasm beyond even the seholastic gibes of the Hors. Member for Buck inghamshire. Nor is the success of the Noble Lord surprising when we bear in recollection that he had been long goaded, aggravated, and worried on to this display of his satiric abilities. In his remarks of last night he paid off the scores of a protracted annoyance. He endeavoured to compensate the House by one speech of surpassing bitterness and of superlative derision for the miseries of ennui which it had borne with so much heroism in consequence of the pitiless loquacity of Mr. THOMAS CHISHOLM ANSTEY. And that the endeavour of the Noble Lord was eminently realised we take to be sufficiently proven by the cheers and laughter by which his allusions were greeted. To enhance the discomfort with which the House yesterday evening listened to the commencement of the discussion on the consideration of the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill, Sir JOHN TYRELL backed up the factious opposition of Messrs. ANSIFEY and URQUHART. While the Member for Youghal had the frivolity, we might almost say the indelicate ab surdity, to protest against the proposed measure as " insulting and derogatory to his Holiness the POPE," because it designated that potentate as " Sovereign of the Roman States," the Hon. Representative of North Essex had the effrontery to read a private letter to the assembled Commons of England—a letter which branded one gentleman with cowardice and another with treason—simply for the purpose of offering an additional obstruction to the htitnane and ennobling scheme of the Govern ment. Why—if we may be pardoned for treating the preposterous objection of Mr. ANSTEY seriously—the title given by the Bill to Pope Pius IX. is so far from being either insulting or dero gatory to the position of that illustrious man, that it is the loftiest title which any Protestant Legis lature could with any degree of consistency bestow upon the chief bishop of Catholicity. In fact, to style him " Sovereign Pontiff," or, as Mr. ANSTEY himself suggests, " Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Church," would be to recognise his rank in his ecclesiastical capacity, and the sole object of the Bill in question is to recognise Pius IX. in his political capacity. Were the Government to act, otherwise —to establish diplomatic relations with the POPE, as Pope, instead of with him as Sovereign of the Papal States—it would be acting in a manner unjustifiably unconstitutional. Nothing can now retard the reconciliation of the hitherto estranged Cabinets of St. James's and the Quirinal. The Liberal Administration will have the credit of erasing from the statute-book of Eng land enactments which have until now rendered the interchange of correspondence punishable and repre hensible, or at the least will explain away those misapprehensions which have heretofore prevented any overt communication between the two Governments. In defiance of the factious opposition of such rancor ous quibblers as Messrs. ANSTEY and Ungunsnr, in spite of the bigotry of Sir JOHN TYRELL and the fanaticism of Mr. SPOONER, the most generous, if not the most practically useful measure of the present session, will be very speedily triumphant—a conside ration of the more importance inasmuch as Rome will inevitably be the central point or metropolis of United Italy. Whatever may occur either north wards or southwards of the Papal States, either in the kingdom of the Sardinians or of the Neapolitans, the Eternal City is already re garded as the spot on which the League of Italian Princes will become visible. No matter whether Lombardy be erected into an indepen dent state or annexed to Piedmont, or retained by Austria, whether Venice be proclaimed a Republic or held under the yoke of Germany, whether Sicily be resigned to the younger son of CHARLES ALBERT or to the Prince of CAPUA, or to any other personage whom the Sicilians may accept as their Sovereign, no matter whether the King of NAPLES be hurled from his throne by an infuriated population, or the ter ritories of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY be enhanced by the absorption of the minor duchies, such as Parma and Guastalla—under all cir cumstances, Rome will inevitably remain the centre of the Italian movement, and that, not only from its geographical position and its historical asso ciations, but also from the fact of the words of libera tion having been first articulated under the shadow of the Vatican,and the standardof nationality having been first unfurled by the anointed hands of the PONTIFF. In his last preface to " Rienzi," written towards the commencement of 1848, Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON declared his ;conviction that the regenera tion of the Roman peninsula must ultimately come from the young blood of Sardinia. While we coin cide with our distinguished author, however, in looking to the realms of CHARLES ALBERT for the vigour and the acti • on of the regenerative movement in Italy, we must aver, in like manner, that to ourselves it appears equally inevita ble that the intellect and the guidance of that glorious movement will still continu e to ori ginate in the Council Chambers of the Eternal City. Sardinia may be the hero, but Rome will be the monitor. Rome is the MENTOR, Sardinia the T E . LEMACHUS, of the Italians. On Wednesday we pointed out that the four wit nesses delegated and selected by large and influential commercial bodies to represent them, and express their opinions on the late monetary crisis before the Committee of the House of Commons, were unani mously opposed to the Act of 1844, which they be lieved " to have considerably aggravated the commer cial distress of 1847," and consequently recom mended that "it should be amended by the in troduction of some power to abate its restricting regulations." In addition to that most powerful testimony, we find Messrs. MURRAY, BRISTOW, AN DERSON, and BALL, the parties representing the Pro vincial Bank of Ireland, the Northern Bank of Ire land, the City of Glasgow Bank, and the Union Bank of Scotland, all of the same opinion, in which three of the most influential persons connected with the metropolitan money market, and six persons who re presented important manufacturing establishments in the provinces, and two eminent writers, fully coin cided. This then was the evidence which the impartial and unprejudiced Committee so cavalierly set aside, relying upon the opinions of four individuals as of superior weight and authenticity to those of the remaining twenty. Who then were the favoured few, who carried with them such strong conviction to the minds of the Committee ? SAMUEL JONES LOYD, the putative parent of the inculpated measure, the man to whose sinister influence the nation is indebted for the formidable difficulties it has encountered, the misery and suffering inflicted upon thousands of industrious and once happy families, he, of course, chaunted the praises of the Act, and justified all its provisions, even those which compelled the Government to sanc tion its temporary suspension. The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, and one of its directors also advocated the same view. These were the only persons who had the hardihood to enter the lists in defence of what has been justly termed " the supplement and corollary to the Act of 1819," while, on the other side, we had the universal feeling of all those connected with the banking, the commercial, and the manu facturing interests of the country. We feel that such a disparity justifies an appeal to the common sense and intelligence of the community at large from the decision at which the carefully selected and well-chosen Committee arrived, or rather which Sir CHARLES WOOD prepared and the obedient ma jority so readily sanctioned and adopted as their own. It may appear strange that the Committee, who might have summoned witnesses whose views were more in accordance with those of the majority, should not have at least produced sufficient testimony to render their report less glaringly opposed to the weight of the evidence. In truth, however, the certainty that was afforded by the composition of the Committee ren dered the parties on trial indifferent to the nature or amount of the proofs that should be brought forward. They were certain of a verdict, and they did not take the ordinary precautions to justify their decision :o the public in general. They could not refuse to examine the parties who were delegated and chosen by such important constituencies. They could not act towards them as they did to Mr. Wu.LiAm BLACKER, a gentleman whose sound judgment and enlarged and comprehensive views rendered him a peculiarly eligible witness, if their object really was to elicit truth and to obtain a clear insight into the various opinions entertained out of„ doors with respect to the working and operation of the Act. Mr. BLACKER had been one of its most uncompromising opponents from the earliest period, and before it had received the legislative sanction or become the law of the land. He had published a prediction, afterwards so completely verified, that " when any serious com mercial pressure should arise Parliament would either have to be assembled in order to repeal or suspend it, or Ministers would have to suspend it on their own au thority." The well-established character of Mr. BLACKER as a clear-beaded and intelligent man of business, an able and lucid writer, would appear to demand that he should have been called upon to explain his opi nions, and bear the test of the strictest cross examination to which he could be subjected. The Committee, however, positively, and without assigning any reason whatsoever, refused to hear his evidence, or to permit it to go forth to the public as having been taken before them. We rejoice, however, to state that Mr. BLACKER has not been silenced by this unfair determination ; he has given to the world a state ment of the evidence which he was prepared to offer on the subject, and we venture to say that it will not prove the least convincing or satisfactory to those who desire accurate information and fair and incontro vertible deductions from admitted facts. When ex amining the evidence more in detail, which we pur pose doing from time to time during the ensuing vacation, we shall regard Mr. BLACKER'S evidence, not as if it had only been tendered, but as if it had actually been delivered, as most undoubtedly it ought to have been. We may, therefore, reasonably conclude, from the treatment of Mr. BLACKER, that it was not from any forbearance on the part of the Com mittee, but because they could not procure persons prepared to come forward in justifica tion of the measure, and to let their opinions stand the test of the strict examination to which they would undoubtedly be exposed by those discontented with the present state of the law—and their name is legion—that further evidence v+s3 not brought forward to neutralize that which could not be rejected or set aside. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 19th have arrived. They contain no news. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Moniteur contains a decree convoking fifteen electoral colleges to fill up the vacancies in the National Assembly. Three of these vacancies are in the representation of Paris. In the sitting of the National Assembly, M. Goy's,- CHAIM, the Finance Minister, presented his project for a tax on all moveable property. He said—" The tax in question should be proportional, and the great object which the Government had in view was to restore that equilibrium which the Monarchy had promised, and which the Republic was destined to carry into effect. The sum which he expected to raise was about 60,000,000 f. a year from a general income of 3,760,000,000 f., or in round numbers of 3,000,000,000 f., which would give a rate of about two per cent. The manner in which the tax should be divided should be made to depend on the ordinary contingent of taxation in the departments. Salaries, gains from agricultural pursuits, from commerce, rente, shares, everything in fact that constituted moveable i property, were to be included in the opera tions of the tax." The project was ordered to be re ferred to the Bureau. _ _ _ According to the Constilsitionne/, Mr. RICHARD O'GORMAN has succeeded in effecting his escape from Ireland. He landed from a fishing•boat at St. Brieuc, a small town on the coast of Brittany, near Brest. The rumour that a revolution had taken place in Russia was current in Paris yesterday, but no one attached any credit to it. The Minister of Marine has proposed a grant of ninety millions to the French slaveholders as an in demnity for the emancipation of their slaves. The Messager says— " It is asserted that the Government is resolved to let things follow their own course in the discussion of the inquiry. An application for the authority of the Na tional Assembly to prosecute Louis Blanc and Caussi diere is already prepared, and will be brought forward by the Minister of Justice. The Assembly, it appears, is resolved to go through the debate without an adjourn ment, and even to hold a night sitting, if necessary." The publication of the Gazette de France, which is edited by the Abbe DE GENOUDE, has been sus pended. A meeting of the editors of the Paris daily papers has been called, of which the Presse says : " The object of the meeting is for the purpose of com ing to an understanding as to the adoption of one of the following resolutions, which became necessary from the fact that the liberty of the press no longer exists either iu fact or in right, since the journals may be suppressed or suspended without being seized, which would be a notice of their danger, or without trial to condemn them. The resolutions to be proposed a re either—lit, That the journals shall cease to appear; 2d, They shall abstain from all discussion, and limit themselves strictly to the publication of facts; 3d, That they shall publish a com mon protest; or 4th, That the editors will draw up a col lective petition to the Natioeal Assembly, who could not have wished, in voting the decrees of the 11th August last, to leave the press under a regime incomparably worse than that of the censorship." BOURSE, PARIS, THURSDAY, Auc. 24. THREE o'CLociL—The Bourse opened to-day, with every appearance of continuation of the rise of yester day and the day before, but several speculators having : i: endeg , u sf r e o d to realise their profits by selling, the Rentes g radu ally gave way, and closed about per cent. below the p Fire yesterday. There was no news to account for the f a ll. For the Account, the French Three per Cents. and per Cents. ha ve fall en 25 c . eac h ; L o an is the sam e as yesterday. For Money, the Three per Cents. and F Bons du Tres per Cent s . h ave a l so f a ll en 25 c . ; or ate at 23 discount ; Bank of THE SVN, ranee Shares have risen sf. ; Belgian Bank Shares, which had not been quoted for a long time, are at 640.; Belgian Five per Cents. are with out any change; Spanish Funds not quoted; Roman have risen 4 per cent.; Rothschild's Receipts are un changed. Exchange: on London (30 days), 25 32k; ditto (90 days), 25 22g. Railway Shares for the Account, Settling of 31st of August:—Lyons have risen 2f. 5c.; Northerns are without any change; the others are not quoted. For Cash:—St. Germans, Orleans, and Ver sailles (Right Bank ), have risen 5f.; Strasburg, Bor deaux, and Nantes, have risen If. 25c. each; Rouen:, Marseilles, and Diep pes, have fallen 2f. 50c.; Versailles (Left Bank), Northerns, and Lyons, have declined lf. 25c.; Havres, Basle: 4, and Vierzons, are without any change. BUSINESS DONE IN' FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON ST 4 )CK-EXCHANGE, AUG. 24. Bonlogne and Arnie ns, 5 3 / 4 —Northern of France, 5 3 / 4 — Orleans and Bourdez .ux, 1 3 / 4 --Paris and Lyons, 5 Ditto, 4'4—Paris and Strasbourg, 11,4,. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Council of Ministers, on the proposition of Baron VAN W EISSENBERG, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has unanimously resolved to recognise the French Republic. FRANKFORT. His Imperial Highness the VICAR of the EMPIRE, addressed the following letter to Lieut.-General Vox HERRCHFELD, Commander-in. Chief of the Bth Army Corps : - " At the review of the garrison of Colonge, I was un able to convince myself of the excellent holding of the troops, which is to . me a sure guarantee that in the days of peril they will be. victorious. "I, therefore, be that you will make the declaration known to the troops:, who defiled before me on the 13th of August, 1848. " Archduke JOHN, Vicar of the Empire. " TEACHER, Minister of War." His Imperial Highness the Archduke Mesa of the EMPIRE, has addressed the following letter to the Chief President of the Rhenish Circle of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and to the President of the Re gency of the Duchy of Nassau, at Wiesbaden : " During my journey to attend the fete, celebrated at Cologne, and during my stay in that city. I have re ceived from all the inhabitants of the Rhenish territory such lively marks of confidence and affection that I feel it a duty and a pleasure to express my cordial gratitude for the same. " For the manner in which I have been received, I not only recognise attachment to my person, but 1 see that the people of Germany are profoundly and power fully impressed with the feeling of the unity and liberty of Germany. " These dispositions convince me that we shall have the happiness of attaining the end to which we aspire. " I beg that you will make known to the brave rive rains of this noble river of our country the gratifying andjoyous remembrance that I cherish of this tour. " The noble bearing and energy of the civic guard, in particular, especially those of Coblentz and Cologne, which I have had an opportunity of inspecting more closely, convince me that they hold out the surest gua rantees for the maintenance of liberty, legality, and order." The Archduke Jorm, as Administrator of the Empire, has made the following diplomatic appoint ments : Herr VON ROTENHAM, formerly President of the Bavarian Lower Chamber, to Brussels ; Herr Comm, an advocate from Cologne, to the Hague ; Herr RAVEAUX, of Cologne, gentleman (who, on the 19th May, brought forward the important motion " that those Prussian members who were simulta neously elected into the Berlin and Frankfort As semblies should be declared validly elected to both Assemblies ") to Berne. HAMBURGII. The merchants of Hamburgh have agreed to sup port free-trade principles, and will shortly:publish a manifesto on the subject. REPORTED REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA. The German papers mention a rumour that a revo lution had broken out in Russia. The National Zeitung publishes a letter from Breslau of the 18th, which says— " A revolution has broken out simultaneously at St. Petersburgh and Moscow. Travellers who have arrived here from Russian-Poland unanimously con firm this intelligence. The EMPEROR has fled to Cronstadt. A provisional Government has been established at St. Petersburgh. Further details are as yet not known. The Prussian messenger at St. Petersburgh has arrived here with the Vienna mail. The. same train has also conveyed a Russian courier. The Kolner Zeitung publishes similar intelli gence, and adds:— " This is the information which we have received. We ate not enabled to confirm it from authentic sources, neither can we disprove it. All we can say is, that all news coming from Russia ought to be received with con siderable doubt and mistrust." The Schlesische Zeitong, of the same date, brings the same news, with some additions :— "The rumour of a successful revolution in Russia came first to Breslau on the evening of the 17th, by a traveller, who arrived with the night train from Myslo wits. It was confirmed on the following day by the Prussian Consul at Warsaw, who passed through Breslau on his way to Berlin. The revolution, it ap pears, was effected by a monster conspiracy. Its out break was contemporaneous in the two capitals. The troops refused to fire on the people. The Emperor ma naged to effect his escape to Cronstadt, and a Provisional Government was proclaimed at St. Petersburgh. The Oder Zeitung, too, publishes the same report, almost literally ; but the Preussische Staatsenseiger, of the 22d, has no news whatever under the head of " Russia." POLAND. The Cologne Gazette publishes the following from Warsaw : _ _ _ ......._.. . •' The brutal conduct of the soldiers of the sth In fantry Regiment, in union with the Bth, which two now comprise our garrison, increases. Yesterday evening a general plunder of the eating•houses at the Altmark was apprehended. The tumult was so great that after various eatables had been stolen, both the booths and the shops were closed. We must do the officers the credit to say that they did their utmost to check the soldiers, but it is very evident that the reins of discipline are somewhat slack. If the sth Regiment be not re called hence, we may expect events equal to those which took place at Schweidwitz." ITALY. ROME. In the sitting of the 14th of August the Chamber, on the proposition of the Mini s t ers , unan i mous l y agreed to a law admitting Jews to the full and com plete possession of all t h e civil rights of Roman citizen s. On the 13th two battalions of the Civic G hi u s a e r in d, o w tn o h he distinctly said " Peace be with y ou ; to which the n o e volunteered to march to t he assi stance of their bre thren of Bologna, repaired, to the squar e o f t h e Qui rinal to receive the Form s b e ne diction. Pius ix. t heard. ed, now When he s su addressed ch that tm his f r from words his c balcony , ould not be but he bestowed on them his having been benediction, histack ~a however, n militia and people responded , " C our age, h oly h Father l " openly spoke of war, but h is onl y reliance was in French intervention, which he earnestl y deman ded fro Envoy mM.Bo re is m L a n ine C d or Romndue.ring the two days that the PIEDMONT. The new Cabinet of Turin has published a decla ration, in which it declares that it accepts the armistice as a -military contract, but not as a basis of peace. The members of the late Cabinet have published the following protest :-- " The undersigned Council of Ministers, strictly re. apecting those duties imposed on it by its title, has ab. stained from making known to the public the acts which have distinguished its administration. But now that the same considerations can no longer restrain it, it feels itself compelled to publish a statement of its operations, reserving to itself, according to the custom of free coun tries, to give to the national Parliament those ample and minute explanations which may be demanded from them. It accepts to the fullest extent all ministerial respon sibility ; it is ready to answer for all its acts, and to prove that so long as it was in power, it never failed in any of those obligations which was imposed on it by the state of the country, and the serious situation of cir cumstances. " Even after having placed its resignation in the few of the Prin ce , i t did no t cons id e r that for the thefdrso interestsy na si i n ts w n h r i s e t h it still remained in office it should discontin ue t o g i ve a ll i ts care t o the prin. ofc declaration l t ali a n had ideaei p w lersoe rema i n i ng anda which g its acts. " In consequence its first care was by emery means in power to totroemcoogbniiistsee the the army, National September increase Guard i t u h e s d u i e p n o sa gi manner ments that b would y have the beginning been not of m a it b s le p forces, re next oar re- onley measures enable the complete, but better disciplined than before. "It adopted the necessary fi na nces of the State to meet the expenses demanded to the maintenance of the n a tional ho nour , and whut h for weight of those exp enses fallin g too heavil y on t th o et t ax e - payers. .‘ It protested to all free Governments agains the il legality and political nullity of the convention of Milan of the 9th August, signed by Count Salesco. It formally demanded a judicial investigation into the conduct of the military chiefs who had taken part in the late dis orders. " It decided on demanding the assistance of a foreign army on just and honourable conditions, and which should not expose our institutions to the dangers of a political propagandism. For that purpose it addressed itself to France, a generous nation, which bad not forgotten her LONDON, FRIDAY EVEiSTING, AUGUST 25, 1848. Italian brethren in arms, who shared with her the laurels of the field of battle under the glorious standard of Napoleon. •' It persisted in demanding the intervention of France, even after foreign diplomacy had suggested the idea of mediation. "It gave to our diplomatic agents instructions in conformity with public law, contracted obligations, and the dignity of the country. It engaged them, as far as it could be done, to turn the forces of the Peninsula to the profit of the Indian cause. Although it has not been allowed the time to bring to a conclusion the major part of the operations they commenced, or to witness their good effects, it has a firm persuasion that good fortune will not be wanting to Italy. provided that she be not wanting to herself, and that she imitates the courage of the Prince, who, at the moment of the greatest reverses, exclaimed, 'The Italian cause is not lust.' " There would be an indignity in losing, for ten days' fortuitous disasters, the confidence due to four months of prosperous events and heroic sacrifices: it is great im prudence to believe that a shameful peace can be better than an honourable war to secure the material interests and honour of Piedmont, the stability of the constitu tional monarchy, the integrity and tho independence of the Italian territory, the concord and peace of the whole of Europe. (signed) " CASATI, " DURINI, Ricci. GIVIA, ('OLLEGNO, PALLOCOPA, GIOBERTI, RATAZZO. " PARETO, PLEZZA, NAPLES. Accounts from Naples of the 12th inst. state that the expedition to Sicily, which was to have sailed on that day, had been countermanded, in consequence, it was believed, of the interference of the British and French Ministers. DUTCH MAIL. AMSTERDAM, AUG. 21.—THE BOURSE.—At the com mencement of the Bourse the inland funds were flat, but recovered subsequently. The unfavourable intelligence from Balby had a prejudicial effect. Spanish funds were lower, as were also coupons. Integrals were in demand. Austrian, at first, in consequence of the fall in Vienna funds, were considerably lower, but as there were many purchasers, they got up again towards the close. Five per Cents. Russian maintained their prices; Four per Cents. more in demand. Little variation in the other foreign funds.—Amsterdarn Courant, Aug. 22, DUTCH FlTZlDS.—Astrraauest, Ace. 21. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 23‘ per Cent— •• • • . 43% 4434 Ditto, 3 per Cent •• • .. •••••• . • • • .• 51% 52 1 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent................... 65 yi 69 1 4 Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent.. .. 7034 70% Commercial Company, 434 per Cent • • East India Loan, 4 per Cent ••••• • • • • • Exchange on London, at sight • • • • • 11 95 Two months ..... .......... 11 87 On Hamburgh, at sight .... 35 211 Two months.• ••••••• • • • • • • 35 On raris • ••••••' • ' • • • • • 5,: ; 7i Twomentlts. •• •• ••••• • •• •'•• 25 SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) EYLAND V. FAIREY. . . . IsTsw TRIAL.--Th;;Lintiffin this action is a wheelwright, and brought the action to recover the sum of 51. 7s. ld. for work and labour done. The defendant pleaded a set off for a chaise sold. The cause was tried a short time since, when the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff. An application was, however, made to a Learned Judge at Chambers to stay execution till Michaelmas term, in order that plaintiff might move the Court above for a new trial, but by consent an order was made fur a new trial, and it now came before the Court a second time. The Learned SECONDARY suggested that the case should be adjourned till next week, and tried before Mr. Secondary Potter and another Jury, but the plaintiff would not consent. The Learned Secondary said the crse came Lefore him out of the usual course, but if the plaintiff insisted he was bound to try it now. Defendant's brother was called, and swore positively that the chaise was sent to plaintiff's for sale by auction, but was bought in, but that afterwards plaintiff and defendant met, and plaintiff agreed to buy the chaise for 61. 10s., and it was left in his possession. For the plaintiff; two witnesses were called to prove a conversation, which made it improbable that the sale took place as described. The evidence was very uninteresting. The SECONDARY said that it was entirely a question of credibility. The chaise being still in plaintiff's possession was no proof of a sale having taken place, as it was perhaps more the duty of defendant to have fetched it back than plaintiff to send it if not sold. The jury retired for a considerable time, and then gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 51. 7s. ld. The SECONDARY said he quite agreed with them. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY. OLD COURT. CHARTIST TRIALA.—At ten o'clock this morning Mr. Baroa Platt took his seat upon the bench. The case of George Shell was immediately Called on. The indictment charged the prisoner with having in the presence and hearing of divers subjects of this realm uttered certain seditious, scandalous, and inflammatory words concerning the then present state of Ireland and her Majesty's Government, the tendency of which was to alienate from her Majesty the Queen the affection and loyalty of her subjects, and to excite them to tumult and insurrection against the said Government. The Attorney-General, Mr. Welsby, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Clark conducted the prosecution. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in stating the case for the prosecution, observed that he had hoped that the clear and lucid explanation of the law which was then given when he last appeared at a public prosecution in that Court would have deterred persons from following the example, and thereby incurring the responsibilities of those whose conduct w as then brought in question. He regretted, however, to say that the hope he entertained had not been realized, and that he was obliged to appear again in his character as a public pro secutor and as a law officer of the Crown against other in dividuals. The cases that would be brought before them were precisely of the same character as those he had re ferred to, and they on would fearlessly discharge the duty they were now called up to perform, and would not allow the invaluable rights of the people of this country to be so far abused as to become an instrument in the hands of those who made it a pretext for the dissemination of disloyalty, and for exciting tumult, disorder, and probably insurrection. The Attorney-General then proceeded to state what amounted to the crime of sedition as laid down by Chief Justice Tindal at the special commission at Monmouth, in 1839, and by Mr. Justice Pattison in the month of June last, and other learned functionaries. In judging of the crime of sedition the circumstances surrounding the commission of the offence ought always to be taken into consideration ; because, what under one set of circumstances, would not be sedition—would, under another, amount to that crime, and would absolutely demand the intervention of the law for its suppression. He should therefore call their attention to the circumstances under which the crime in question was committed. It would be recollected that a person of the name of blitchel, whom the prisoner in his speech called " the patriot John Mitchel," was convicted of felony in Dublin, and soon after that event the state of Ireland became alarming, in consequence of the fatal doctrines which had been promulgated and urged by that person. A telegraphic dispatch, which af terwards turned out to be a scandalous and wicked fabrica tion, appeared in the different newspapers, stating that the troops had been defeated, the railways in the possession of the people, and the wh ole of the south of Ireland in a state of day a meeting was held, at speech of a seditious character. r n y g s a onwas elected chairman. The w ß i Orf ins theo thennear deliveredf name 0 1 following Are whichbpeelrl person o ot n nh . eo meeting was held at a hall in Webber-street, Blackfriars road. The prisoner made a speech, in the course of which he proposed a resolution condemning the conduct of the Go vernment in suspending the Habeas Corpus Act, expressing a determination to assist the mob—who were then supposed to be in a state of open rebellion—when.the hour of trial should arrive, commend ing the conduet of Feargus O'Connor, and those who opposed the measure in Parliament. The prisoner, in his speech, which was of a violent character, abused the Government, and insisted upon the right they possessed to assist their Irish brethren, who were struggling against their oppressors. He termed the convicted felon Mitchell an honest patriot, but was it honest patriotism to call upon the God of Battles and of the Barricades to assist the people in their unlawful pro ceedings? Was it honest patriotism to incite the people to erect barricades in the streets, and to defend them with the risk of their lives ; to incite the people to strew the streets with broken glass, to cut and maim the feet of soldiers and of horses; and to exhort women to pour vitriol from the house tops upon the military and authorities below? The patriotism of Mitchel was the advocacy of a system of spoliation and de vastation, and of anarchy and bloodshed, and yet the prisoner at the bar held it up as an example for his hearers to follow. The meeting consisted chiefly of Irishmen, who appeared to be very excitable, and the pri soner exhorted them to act like men when the time arrived, and told them if they did not do so they ought to go howling through the streets like a cowardly race of men, and he prayed God Almighty to grant them victorious over their enemies, who he hoped soon would be compelled to hide themselves from the indignation of the people, whilst the people who had been so ievig oppressed would be free, and would be able to live in the enjoyment of that liberty they had been so long struggling . for. Thank God (said the Attorney-General) that juries in this country were not to be deterred from fearlessly discharging their duties, and whilst on the one hand, he hoped they would protect the invaluable privileges which the subjects of this realm enjoyed, he trusted that they would show by their verdict that those privileges should not be used for the propagation of doctrines which were c a lculated to lead to disaffection, tumult, disorder, and insurrection. The Learned.Attorney-General concluded by stating that the jury would take into their serious considera tion the whole circumstances under which the prisoner de livered the speech, and if they were of opinion that the motives of the speaker were such as had been attributed to him, namely, to excite feelings of disloyalty among the people, and hatred towards the government of the kingdom, thg_ would find him guilty, of the crime of sedition. William Counsel, examined by Mr. Wets/y-1 live in Camberwell, and am a short-hand writer. I was present at a Chartist meeting in W e bber-street, Blackfriars-road, on the evening of the 28th of July. There were about 200 present, and they appeared to consist of working men. A person of the name of Bryson was elected chairman. The prisoner Shell spoke at the meeting. Three persons spoke before did. I took a sh o rt• hand note of Shell's sp eech. A person of the name of Kean spoke at the meeting . Shell moved a ernment resolution, condemnatory of the condu ct of the Go C us v Act, re in proposing Corp turning the suspension of the Habeas P turning thanks to Mr. Feargus O'Con nor and to o ther Mem bers of Parliament for their opposi tion to the measure, and d ass th istance in pledging the meeting to give every suppo rt an throwing off e thral its power to the unfortunate Ir ish in t then read the speech dom of English misrule. The witness in detail. Kean proposed a resolution to the effect that the d a t e measure adopted mee ting viewed with distrust anan d larm c onsidered that the Irish by her Majesty's Government, ought to have a free and independent Parliament, and that n they offered their Irish brethren their cordial sympathy. The prisoner, who was undefended, asked no important question of the witness• police-constable, sa id he apprehended the Mainwaring, prisoner on the 2d of Augus t as he was coming out of a Chartist meeting in Webber -street. He searched his lodgings in Southwark, and found a hook which he now produced. lie also found a ltter upon his person. Mr. Law said he was the landlord of the house in which the prisoner lived, and proved the finding of the book in the prisoner's room. The ArrouNEy-GsNsuar. read the following extract from the book :—" Proposed by Mr. Coffey, that every district should send four men to Cartwright 'a coffee-house to arrange a plan of communication." Richard Dennis produced a copy of record of conviction of John Mitchel, which was read. Ilaydon, the well-known City policeman, said he was ac quainted with Cartwrigbt's coffee-house, and was one of the witnesses at the last Chartist trials. The evidence of this witness was not proceeded with. Thomas Cope, the publisher of the Times newspaper, pro duced a copy of the paper of July 27th, containing the report received by the electric telegraph, stating that the troops had been defeated, and that the south of Ireland was in a state of open rebellion. It is needless to remark that this report turned out to be untrue. This being the case for the prosecution, The prisoner proceeded to read his defence, which did not at all attempt to deal with the subject matter of the charge, but was a mere resume of Chartist doctrines and professions. The AITORYEY-GENERAL briefly replied. Mr. Baron PLATT summed up, and having read over the evidence, stated the law in detail as it affected the prisoner. The jury deliberated for a few minutes in the box, when the foreman stated to his Lordship, that it would be neces sary to have the speech handed to them in order to convince one of their body. A copy of the speech was then handed to them, and the jury retired, the proper officer of the Court having been first sworn to keep them under his charge. The jury returned into Court, after an absence of a little more than half an hour, and the foreman stated that they had found a verdict of Guilty. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman FARNCOME.) ROBCERY AT THE LONDON DOCKS.— James Battles, Andrew Thompson, and IV. three foreign sailors, were indicted with stealing one pound eleven ounces of sugar, on the 7th July, the property of the London Dock Company. From the evidence it appeared that the three prisoners, who belonged to a vessel lying in the London Docks, were seen, on the morning in question, about six o'clock, to put their hands into a cask of sugar lying in the dock, and take a handful of sugar out and put it in their pockets. The prisoners, through an interpreter, admitted that they had taken the sugar and put it in their pockets, but stated that they did not take it from a cask, but picked it up from the ground. The RECORDER enquired how long the prisoners had been in custody ? Mr. PARNELL, who appeared for the prosecution, said that the prisoners had been in custody since the 7th of July. The RECORDER observed that the offenee was a: most trivial one, and inquired how it was that the prisoners were not summarily convicted. Mr. Parnell said that the Dock Company would have been willing that the prisoners should have been summarily con victed, but the magistrate, Mr. Ballantine, thought the case a fit one for the consideration of the Central Criminal Court. The RECORDER inquired whether the vessel to which the prisoners belonged had gone out without them? The prisoner Bartles said that it had, and had taken all his clothes out with it. The RECORDER said that the case was not at all like the ordinary case of a prosecution for the protection of the Dock Company. This case was a most trivial one and the pri soners had already suffered longer imprisonment than he should have inflicted upon them if they had been convicted. It was a pity that the Dock Company, when they brought such paltry charges against threemen, had not to keep them instead of the public. The jury interrupted the case, and acquitted all the pri soners. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE and a Bench of Magistrates.) Moses Levy, a Jew boy, about 16 years of age, was indicted for stealing a carpet bag, containing wearing apparel, the property of Stephen Smith, Esq. It appears by the evidence, that on the 2d of August the prosecutor was about to proceed by ene of the mail trains on the North-Western Railway, and took with him a bag con taining the property charged in the indictment, which was placed outside the platform in charge of an officer, and while his attention was directed for a moment to another train, the prisoner caught up the bag and called a cab. He threw the bag on the foot board, and a porter on the railway, who had noticed his motions, went to the prisoner, who instantly ran away. He was pursued and conveyed to the counting-house with the bag, which was immediately identified by the pro secutor. _ _ _ . The prisoner said that the bag bad been given to him. The jury found the prisoner tiitilty, and - The Amos sentenced him to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the prosecution, said the proceedings had been taken for the protection of the public, who were now so much in the habit of travelling by rail ways. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Scarcely any English Wheat has been received fresh up to our markets this week, coastwise or by land car riage. To-day the show of samples was trifling in the extreme, and the demand for all descriptions was some what active, at an advance in the quotations of Monday last of fully is per quarter, and at which a good clear ance was effected. In free Foreign Wheat only a mode rate business was transacted, yet the late improvement in value was well supported. A large quantity of Wheat in bond changed hands, at is to 2s per quarter more money. All kinds of Barley were in good request, and the turn higher. There was an improved sale for Malt, the prices of which rose quite is per quarter, with a limited quantity on offer. The show of Oats was small. Generally speaking, the Oat trade was firm, and the currencies advanced is per quarter. Both Beans and Peas were is per quarter dearer. Indian Corn was Is to 2s per quarter, and Meal is per barrel higher. A steady business was doing in Flour, at very full prices. English ...... Irish. ...• •• •• Foreign ...... ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. 2,750 qrs. Barley. 330 4ra. 220 I Malt. 1,570 qrs. swrrurxEmxt. 3,910 Oats. Flour. 390 qrs. 1,680 s lc, 10,060 With Beasts, the general quality of which was by no means first-rate, our market was seasonably well sup plied to-day. On the whole, the Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, at prices about equal to those paid on Monday last, the highest figure for the best Scots not exceeding 4s 2d per 8 lbs. As will be seen by our re turns, the supply of foreign stock was tolerably exten sive. There was a considerable falling off in the number of Sheep compared with that shown on several preceding Fridays, owing to which, the demand for that kind of stock was somewhat active, and, in some instances, the primest o!cl Downs produced a trifle more money. In Lambs a steady business was transacted at extreme rates of value. Calves moved off freely at an advance of quite 2d per 8 lbs; but Pigs were very dull in sale. Mulch Cows sold at from 151 to 181 each, including their small calf. Per albs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts-- 3 2 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4 gecond quality • 3 6 3 i Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8 Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 0 Southdown Wether 410 5 0 Prime Scots 4 0 4 2 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 6 310 Large Hogs ••••• • 3 10 4 2 Prime small ditto .• 4 0 4 6 Small Yorkers ••. • 4 4 4 6 Suckling Calves ..17 0 25 0 Quarter old rigs •• 16 0 22 0 Inferior Sheep • • .3 10 4 2 Lambs ••.••• • • • • 4 0 5 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. 1 Calves. I Piga. 1,186 8.350 1 463 310 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 197 1,490 209 ScoTM—Beasts, 190 ; Sheep, 360. NZIW'GATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets were very firm, and prices were wel supported in every instance. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to P. d. Beef ,inferior.• ••• • 2 $ 3 0 Mutton, inferior •. 3 6 310 - middling •••• 3 2 3 4 middling.. 4 0 4 4 - prime large •• 3 4 3 6 prime .... 4 6 4 8 - prime small .. 3 6 3 8 Pork, large • ....... 3 6 4 2 Veal.. •• • ...... •• • 3 4 4 41 - small ........ 4 4 4 6 Lamb. 4s Od to 56 Od. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Although most of the reports received this morning represent the mould to have shown itself in neerly the whole of the plantations in Sussex in Kent, the state of the bine is considered to have somewhat improved. A moderate business is doing in the best Hops at fully last week's quotations. Otherwise, the demand is in a very sluggish state. Duty, 180,000/. to 185,0001. Sussex pockets, 2123 to 2165; Weald of Kent ditto, 2148 to 21 10s; Mid. and East Kent ditto, 218 s to 51 58. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market has been rather fully supplied with West India, and prices have been in favour of buyers. The sales yesterday were 700 hbds and .trcs, being larger than on previous d of the weeks. s Ben ga l , have nh4ga3au beenlii wne ar ly tsa2k4as taken p nl s e, found cwt. t REFlNED.—Standard Lumel a 4 n 2 d ps,e l r o a c , n o wd 3 t 7. goodbags Mauri tius ou E sy e A tro sz 4 : fi N sn, D e : A nil — h c tos , w 44 j3 l 3e9nss bag r6 30s to 31s 6d per cwt.; Madras, 4,506 bags was nearly all taken in at full rates, mid damp yellow, 32s to 32s 6d, and good brown 30s 6d to 31s. Singapore, 31 cases, 6tidustopa4rotsly6dso,ladnadtoarbdoasut 3fo6rsm;erlovalbuaessk;etfisnßeaytealvlioaww, went at 39s for fine damp yellow. Java, 1,389 baskets, was chiefly taken in at 38s 6d to 42s ; for mid to good dry r and strong, part selling at 37s to 39s for m t i o d 4blrsow6dn for broughtgptlosroecsos:6BoidosvauFn6psEdde3Ff9sctrewsjlfine; 6d to; a.wwni f fi o hani nietc fi aedsov n hrma e l dona i y wsnd4 el o l good mid yellow. FOKEIGN.—Cuba has been taken in at 18 3i s n1s 6 a d ftor3 to 7:0 2 60 1 ddr s son sold at about for yellow, a nd at 27s 6d been ygtheoeue hasl na 3 l lo o hi wt s e: f bda o he r naae dstn w ba2 h t to9a i e3 t isi e n9et . Porto Rico, good and fine, has been sold at 42s to 445, and low 36s 6d to 383. Low brown Pernambuco has realised t g 9 o l o a d ord 28s C eylon has t 0 29 ord s, mid2B s and fine. pe N rio a r tiv s e a l m ow ple to , and good 50s to 665, fine and fine fine ord to low mid 40s to 485 6d and pea berry 6d per cwt. In Mocha and foreign 48s 6d to 56s re e 3 n ls cheaper . A sa done. Costa Rica, 4,290 bags, soldhvery little has been fine 59s 6d to 60s, mid 50s to 54s and d wever at full rates, good ord 27s to 28s. Of Rio 5,376 bags were off ered, but the sound was taken in at 26s 6d to 27s 6d for good and fine ord, and the damaged sold at at 18s 6d b to 243 6d per cwt. COCOA.—Trinidad has been sold at .3 4 8s 6d to 40s for ord to mid, and at 40$ 6d to 441 for good and fine ; St. Lucia was taken in at 38s to 40s per cwt. SPlCES.—Pimento has been sold at aid to 3i-d per lb. for mid to good. Malabar pepper has been taken in at 2d to 2jd per lb. Mace has been sold at 2. 4d to 2s 10d for mid to good, and Clove s at Is 2d to Is 7d fur good. Nutmegs 2 s 2d t o 3 s for mid to good. COTTON .... .—A limited business has been done. RICE.—An extensive business Q - Ceen . L; at higher rates privately, and, at auction, Bengal middling white has realised 13s to 13s 6d; good middling dusty white, 14s; Arracan good yellow, lOs to lOs 6d per cwt. SALTPETRE.—ROugh has been firmer; low to fine 24s 6d to 27s per cwt. Rum.—The market has been dull. TALLOW.— P.Y.C. has been 445 per cwt. on the spot. TEA.—The following are the prices current :—Bohea, 2d to 3d ; Congou ord to good ord 71- to 83 ; ditto best mid Sid to 9i ; blackest leaf is id to is 4d ; Pekoe kind Is 6d to is 10d ; Souchong, good ord to best mid 9d to Is ; ditto, mid to good mid is 2d to 2s 9d ; Flowery Pekoe is 2d to 3s; Orange Pekoe 7d to 10d; ditto, scented Is Id to is 10d ; Caper 8d to 10d; ditto, scented is Id to Is 6d ; Twankay, good ord to to best mid 7d to 8d ; ditto mid to Byson kind lod to is Id; ditto Canton kind 21d to 4d ;'Hyson good to best mid is 2d:to is 6d, ditto mid to good mid 2s to 39 9d ; Young Hyson is 3d to 3s 2d ; ditto Canton kind bid to is ; Imperial is 2d to 3s ; ditto Canton kind 10d to is ; Gunpowder is 6,1 to 4s 6d, and Canton kind is 2d to is 6d per lb. The market has been steady. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, Sir J. TYRELL said he had been accused of being an anonymous libeller of the Roman Catholics of Ire land. He denied that he was so. He, therefore, wished to ask the Noble Lord whether he had any ob jection to procure the name of the constable who posted the Queen's proclamation on the church-door at Tem plemo le. Lord J. RUSSELL replied that there would be no difficulty in obtaining the required information. The Lord-Lieutenant, if requested by the Government, would obtain information upon the whole of the circum• stances. Sir J. TYRELL said, so far from making statements without authority and anonymously, he would next week, if the House wished it, produce his informant at the bar of the House. Lord J. RUSSELL went on to say :that he did not conceive the adoption of the course pointed out by the Hon. Gentleman would be :of any advantage. If he would furnish the Government with all the information of which he was possessed, he-would remit it to the Lord- Lieutenant. Mr. SPOONER rose, he said, to oppose the further progress of the Bill. He blamed the Government for pressing it on when not more that 100 Members were in town, and said, if it were passed, it would not have the credit of having been passed by the House of Commons in its collective capacity, but by a " tyrant majority." He and others could not be blamed if they invoked all the forms of the House to their aid for the very purpose for which those very forms were made—namely, to con fute measures which were, like this, of the most uncon stitutional and dangerous character—because the Bill would directly interfere with the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement. The Noble Lord had not made out any urgent necessity for the passing of this measure. It was generally believed that there was more behind the scenes—that the Government had for some time carried on secret negotiations with the Pope, with a view to get his consent to certain clauses, and that the negotiations baying failed the Noble Lord was obliged to proceed with the measure without any aid from that Potentate. If he was factiously opposing this measure, by availing him self of the forms of the House, he dared the Noble Lord to alter them, and prevent his doing so. This Bill was another blow against the Protestant religion, and another step towards recognising the jurisdiction of the Pope in this realm. The surest way to obtain the blessing of the Almighty and secure the safety of the Throne was by maintaining Protestantism in all its integrity. Lord J. RUSSELL said ho had postponed proceed ing with the remaining clauses until to-day at the wish of several Honourable Members. He did not think it was consistent with the ancient usages of the House to start another discussion after a Bill had been read a second time and been in Committee.— (Hear, hear.) The forms of the House admitted the utmost liberty of speech, but if they were abused it might become a matter for consideration whether it would not be expedient to alter them.—(Hear, hear.) The divisions on the Bill had been three to one, and he believed, notwithstanding so many Hon. Members were absent, that the same comparative numbers would be found. The time of the House had been occupied by discussions on other Bills: it could not, therefore, be pro ceeded with at an early period. The Bill simply sought to establish diplomatic relations with the only Sovereign of Europe with whom they had heretofore had no such relations. He could not but think that the Bill had been amply discussed—(Hear, hear)—and considered that the prophetic warnings of the Hon. Gentleman were wholly without foundation. Sir J. TYRELL advised those who opposed the Bill to withdraw their opposition, as it must be obvious to them that it was altogether fruitless.—(Hear, hear.) He should offer none.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. NEWDEGATE considered that the Bill would be deeply offensive to the country. A strong feeling prevailed against it. Those who opposed it had only done their duty in awaking the people to the great danger that was impending over them, and the proba bility, should the measure pass, of the destruction of the establishment to which they were so much attached. Sir R. H. INGLIS justified the invocation of all the forms of the House against so dangerous a Bill as this. After a few words from Mr. ANSTEY, The House went into Committee. Mr. ANSTEY proposed the omission of the word "not" in the second line. The effect of the clause would be, that it would be unlawful to receive a Jesuit as an ambassador at the British Court. The Earl of ARUNDEL then proposed the omission of the entire clause. In doing so he repudiated the truth of the statement of the Honourable Ba ronet (Sir J. Tyrell), that he was in the habit o reading a " disgusting and filthy book."—(Laughter.) The book in question was entitled the " Garden of the Soul," and contained :a series of questions for the ex amination of the conscience. The questions, though of the most moral nature, were not such as should be read in an assembly like this. He should, however, have no objections to repeat the questions to the Hon. Baronet, leaving him to give the answers.,—(Laughter.) Passages of a similar character were to he found in the Bible. They should either enter into negotiations with the Court of Rome, or they should not—there should be no medium—the relations should be on equal terms. Lord PALMERSTON defended the clause, which, he said, was inserted by the other House. It could not have a prejudicial effect upon the powers at Rome. The House should recollect that the Government of Rome was now a constitutional and secular, or lay Government—(Hear, hear.) and that, consequently, the objections of many Honourable Members to the Bill fell to the ground.—(Hear, hoar) They had Ministers in Switaerland, Tuscany, and Greece, without having any representatives of either of those nations here, and the time was not far distant when they had a repre sentative at Constantinople without having any Turkish Ambassador here. Great good had resulted from having Ministers at these places, and it was but reasonable to suppose that similar good would accrue from sending an Ambassador to Rome. He should, on these grounds, oppose the amendment. Sir J. TYRELL produced a copy of the " Garden of the Soul," and was about to read some passages, but the House called out " No, no." He said he would give way if it was the wish of the House. It was right, per haps, that he should not read them, since they were of the most objectionable nature. He merely wished to state that he was ready to accept the challenge of the Noble Lord. Was he to accept it or not ? Lord J. RUSSELL said the work had relation to matters of faith which were entertained b y many Hon. Members, and had nothing to do with t he subject be fore the House.—(Hear. hear.) Mr. DRUMMOND opposed the clause, on the . ground that it was an insult to the Catho li cs , and that it would militate against the working of th e . Bill. Colonel THOMPSON thought i t w oul d be well to ac cept the Bill as it stood, even with t _h objectionable clause, as they could not o i without it. (LEFT SITTING.) THE LATE EXPLOSION IN ALnANY•STREET.—DIS INTERESTED KINDNESS.-At the conclusion of the in quest on Mary Bentley, the unfortunate sufferer by the explosion in Albany-street, the following interesting circumstance was publicly communicated to the ooroner and jury by Mr. Sudlows, jun., the solicitor for Mr. Loten, the proprietor of the house where the explosion took place. Mr. Sudlows stated, that on the night of the explosion Mr. and Mrs. Loten were from home, and on their return after the occurrence, they were met by Mr. Clarke, a tradesman in the street, but who was a perfect stranger to him. Mr. Clarke broke the unfor tunate news out to him, anti then, in the most disinte rested manner possible, told Mr. Loten to make his house his home, and his purse his also, as lone. as he thought proper. M r . S u dl ows sa id h e had been it re quested to mention the circumstance thus publicly, as such disinterested kindness from a perfect stranger ought not to go unnoticed. The Coroner said it re flected the highest credit on Mr. Clarke, and he was very glad the circumstance had been mentioned. TIIE RECENT COLLISION ON THE LANCASTER AND PRESTON RAILWAY.—The investigation of the cireora stances attending the death of Hemel Airey, the unfor tunate woman who was killed on Monday evening last by a collision between the London express train and one of the Lancaster old company's trains, as reported in this paper, commenced at Lancaster on Tuesday afternoon. Atter the testimony of the medical witnesses, the most important evidence was, that both the express and the other train were considerably out of their regular time. A respectable witness, named Dunderdale, deposed to seeing the engine-driver of the express train endeavour inges to check its speed when the signal of the steam, was flying flying at the Bay-horse station, by letting off danger and having the brakes put on, but in vain, ow slippery state of the rails from the wetnesso;ng to the the wea ther. On the part of the Lancaster and Preston Com pany it was also shown that the usual care had been ex hibited in displaying the proper signals at every station as the express train came aain up t Laffen, one of the ' The inquiry was then adjourned till Monday. Cp in spectors of the Railway Board of Trade, and the repre sentatives of the London and North Western, Lancaster and Carlisle, Lancaster Canal, and other companies in terested in the result, were present. Miss Bland, one of the sufferers, is in such a state as to engender the worst apprehensions. Some of the others, it is expect e d, w ill have to undergo amputation. A HAPPY MEETING.—At Lieutenant -G enera l Lord Hardinge's dinner party on Wednesday, at Cruise's, Limerick, to Major- General Napier, Colonel Cox, Gale na Doyle, and the officers commanding corps in gars son, a distinguished guest dropped in quite unexpectedly, who came from England to see his Noble Friend, Lord Hardinge, and this was Sir Henry Lawrence, Governor of Lahore, and a field officer of the Bengal Artillery. H e was received in the most cordial manner by the gal lant host, who introduced the welcome visitor to his guests, arid subsequently proposed his health in the most complimentary terms, declaring him to be one of the very best and most efficient officers in the India Company's service. The company enjoyed a most festive evening, and Lieutenant-Colonel Sir 11. Law rence, K.C.8., left Lieutenant -Colonel Doyle's residence on Thursday for London, en route, overland, to India, to accelerate from Lahore the expedition ordered to pro ceed against the revolted province of Moultan, where two British Commissioners were assassinated by the na tives. General Lord Gough is expected to command in person the British force. SUICIDE AT GREENWICH. Yesterday evening Mr. C. J. Carttar held an inquest .t the Greyhound inn, Greenwich, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Mr. James Corss, ,ate of the firm of Messrs. Corss and Roberts, clothiers and outfitters, 63, Shwreditch, who was found weltering in his blood, with a pistol by his side, at that inn. Mr• James Corse, sen., identified the body of the deceased as that of his son, ag e d 22 years. T he d ecease d, who was engaged in the busi ness o f t h e fi rm, l e f t h ome about ten o'clock on Tuesday mo rn i ng to purc h ase goo ds at a warehouse in Wood-street. Witness found that de", ceased had purchased several hundred pounds worth of goods, which were sent home that day. Never saw the deceased afterwards. Thomas Roworts, the waiter, said deceased came in soon after ten o'clock cn Tuesday night, and engaged a bed, and then sat for about twenty minutes in the coffee room, when he went to bed. lie seemed low and de sponding. In the morning witness was called up stairs tv the maid servant, and he found the deceased lying undressed, prostrate, and bleeding from a wound in the head. Mr. John Sewell, surgeon, proved that death had been occasioned by the deceased's shooting himself With pistol. The ball had lodged in the head near the left temple. The following is a copy of a letter which was found upon the person of the deceased:— " Greenwich, Monday Evening. "My dear Father,—My madness has at length con quered me. Now, when in possession of everything I wished, all around me seems nothing but gloom. Tha t great defect of my character, want of determination- -5 defect that I have laboured day by day and hour by hour for the last three or four years to cancel—grows upon me and spoils mo in everything I undertake. I dare not look to the future, for I see it there making a beggar of me. For myself I care not, but time must reconcile those whom I wonld rather undergo any torture than bring into trouble. It is the certainty that this day would come, sooner or later, which determines me now► while unfettered, to end all. Did I, my dear father, see one ray of hope for improvement in my nature, I would live. The only future that I can paint to myself is e wife and children beggars, and myself hearing theirs and the world's curses for bringing them to that state. Be it cowardice, or be it hominess, it is not to be eradi cated. How many times have I tried, and how wolf times have I flattered myself improving, and yet itremaills an indelible black • spot, as even at school. It was the same in America to a great extent, but since I have been home the thing becomes worse and worse. I cannot write—it unnerves me for that which I now feel to be my duty. I had intended not to have written, but felt that I owed to all who might otherwise have thought themselves in some way connected with my determination. I state again that my only reasons are the feeling of thorough incom petency to grapple with the world in business—a feeling of disgust for myself every day, for doing so little, so that my brain wanders, I can scarce see what I write. Give my love to all. I could not bid them good bye. Lat Lizzy have the disposition of my things, and ask her to see to the letters and journals. I die, as I have lived, the wretch of the family.—Good bye! Good bye!" Mr. Cons, after hearing the letter read, said it was mere delusion of the brain, as not one young man in a hundred had better prospects or more domestic comforts• The family were united, and lived on excellent terms• The deceased, who laboured at times under great depres sion of spirits, left home one morning, and the next tulla he heard of him was by letter dated New York. Dr. Coulson, of the Old Jewry, in a letter, said that he attributed the act to physical causes, constitutional de fects which had been coming on for a length of time. The CORONER remarked at some length upon the case, and said that after reading the letter in the deceased's own hand there could be no doubt as to his state of mind. Verdict—" Insanity." ert Erb 92tittion YORK RACES• DA.Y-BY EXPRESS.) The Convivial Stakes of 30 sore. each. T.Y.C. Ada Mary ... ••• ... ... Post tempore ... ... ... ... THE GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. Miss Lydia filly... ... ... ... ... .•• Springy Jack ... ... ... Distaffina ... ... ... --- --- --. COLONIZATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I think Ministers have come to a wise deternii• nation in not attempting to conduct a systematic emigre' tion and colonization. If they had undertaken to remove our surplus population, they would have found it as Wl' practicable as the French Government has done to pro' vide employment for those who could not find it for themselves. The unfitness of Government to do stns' thing of the kind has been clearly shown, for during the last twenty-three years nearly 900,000 of her Majesty'. subjects have been almost forced, contrary to the wishes of a majority of them, into the United states, there to increase the wealth and p ower o f our great rivals, with out an effort being made to assist or induce them to ga to our own colonies. It is creditable to Ministers that they have refused to turn so important an affair into a mere job, which it would have become in their hands, or in those of any other administration. Places repre sented by the most subservient and time-serving charae: tern would have got their redundant population removed at the cost of the nation, whilst the application of an iv: dependent Member would have been disregarded. Tkss we must have emigration to a v e ry grea t extent is_ e. ob vious. The welfare of th e mo th e r country s! pends on it quite as much as the prosperity of of the colonies. Th e pl an I sug gested last your valuable paper Igbievleievlearwgoeultdreacffeet th f e l o a b a j d ' ee in i t . h e ; , for Government to colonies m t o w t h h e e r pi a ri t h s e h r e a s oi is with this stipulation, t_ paonoyr acres iaa nwe mu e ntlapclohonoyssehdoafl population, i th b e e ij given to nuaivjabtos r of the colonies leased at acres, e e migration. A t t o he s i u r c own h expense, thep emn coat o e n s , t a s o s n f t d fih h th e i h s e o tt swhanenmi w with the power of purch ase, to ever y poor man who cannot pay distinc tion must be made to encourage people to go out at their own expense. Had this been done some years a go , w hen the increasing population became pressing and alarming , the poor-rates would not have been half what they *re; and the employment for capital in the colonies would have been so great, that British money would not have been wasted in foreign loans and foreign railways, b° . cause it could not meet with remunerative investment is the British empire. Let every parish people a district. which it might do to its advantage, for its rates would soon begin to decrease, and the land it obtained from Government would improve in value as settlers were placed on it. We should then have such a systetnelw colonization as no Government could produce. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, Hull, Aug. 14, 1848. T. 14' WONDERFULLY FORTUNATE.—" Touchstone, " f the Era ne ws p a p er l ast wee k , prophesied the winner c' the Ebor Handi ca p, as we ll as of four other races !I" t York. Be sur e a nd p urc h ase t hi s rapidly ris i ng hol and sporting journal of August 26 and 27, which // give you full particulars of th e meet i ng, an d a peep $ the St.*Leger. Follow " Touchstone" (who has fore% nearly fifty winners this season) lin your betting, fi o ,. fortune will be your reward. Order of all newsh3v— price 6d. Office, 11, Catherine street, Strand. Lord Seymour and the Lord Advocate of Scot, land arrived at Alton Towers on Monday last o n „ visit to the Earl and C ountess o f Sh rews b ury, wh° aid about to receive a suc cess i on o f guests at t h e i r spleh— chateau. SITTINGS or TILE INSOLVENT DEBTORS' Coula•:: This Court will sit again on Tuesday, to bear and ; termine application s f or b a il b e f ore Mr. counnissi°a,he, Harris; and the sittin gs o f th e C omm i ss i oners fo r hearing of cases will b e resume d on t h e 14 t h of Sep' tember. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge 11 ° joined the Duchess and Princ ess M ar y at G o thic Lodg e ' Cowes, Isle of Wight. ___—.o Slit Till,. On the 24th inst., at Gro• lad! of ove-house, near Leeds, the - Joseph Middleton, Esq., barrister-at -law, of a son. On the 18th inst., at Ramsgate, the lady of Lieutenee" Burstal, R.N., of a son. r folk• On the •.:Otli inst., at Little Cressingham Rectory, -'"° the lady of the Rev. S. B. Warner, of a son. On the 21st inst., the lady of the Rev. Adolphus ..- 01 ton, of a daughter. On the 22d inst. (und er th e i nfluence of chloroform' , lir ° J. 0. Smith, Brihton of a daughter ( 1 ., °On the 22d inst , at , Ventnor, Isle .of Wight, the 11 Captain G. Rippon, Bombay Army, of a daughter. o rt., On the 22d in s t., a t Harley-street, the ti wife of J. —sh Esq., of a son. On the 23d i ns t., at U pper Grosvenor-street, t h e w ife Philip Pleydell-Bouverie, Esq. of a son. rt Labe l On the 23d i nst., t h e wife Of James Gibbs, Esq., Civil Service, of a daughter. MARRIED On the 22d inst., at the parish church of West Edmund Burke Roche, Esq., M.PTiqtrjest , to Eliza Caroline, v ia. daughter of J. B. Boothby, Ea q.,of T d Abbey, '''''' q., wytor dlesex.vv• ht, On the 22d inst., at St. John's, Oakfield, Isle of 11 I g_.,, John Johnson, Esq., of Vernon-villa, near Ryde, to Pal' eldest daughter of J. Percival, Esq., of 'Woodlands. i Or On the 22d inst., at St. Michael's, E. Chan*, Esq., of Grove-house, North Brixton, Surrey, to Eliza,' b f,, cher, youngest daughter of the late Rev. John Rosa, t" of Crawford, Lanai kshire. John On the 22d inst., at St. Nicholas Church, Piumstsad, jec , . • el e Luff, Esq., of Plumstead•com►non to Mary Warden , n * of INlajor H. D. Warden, of 11. X, C a p e R i flaaounted COP Graham's-town. ____------" DIED. Cl 3 d 'On the 20th inst. Colonel Henry John Fr eke, C. ''_— Ilannington-hall, Wilts, one of the the Deputy Lieuteusido' and a magistte fo the county, aged 72. On the 19t ra h inst. r ,El en, wife of E. Paddon, Esq•' ham, hints, and fourth daughter of the lat e C. blab Esq., of East-hill, Wandsworth. On the 21st inst., Alexander Young , M.D., T ran ent, seen ° son of the late W. Young, Esq., merchant, London. a l On the 21st inst., at _Mid Rock, Yorkshire, Li eut.-Genet; George G. C. L'Estrange, C. 8., Colonel of the 61st Regimen'. On the 2'2d inst., at Bath, aged 31, James Edward ..10— wa nitigham, Esq., second surviving son of t he late E. 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