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T E No. 1. THE EARL OF MALMESSUP.Y TO sirt HENRY BIILWER. Foreign-office, Muy 29. 1852. Sir,—With regard to the course which her Majesty's Government now require the Tuscan Government to pursue in order to bring the vexatious discussion respect. ing Mr. Mather's case to a close, I have to state to you that her Majesty's Government expect, first, that the Duke of Casigliano's note of the 10th of May, coutait- Lig the objeetioneble expressions in regard to the mo tives by which the Grand Duke was mounted in erant jog 1,000 trauceeconi to Mr. E rs ki ne Mather, shall' be withdrawn; Mr. Scarlett's note of the 11th of May in reply being also as a matter of course cancelled ; secondly, thet the Tuscan Government shall distinctly admit the principle that Tuscany is bound, either through her courts of law or through her Executive Go vernment to protect Englishman in Tuscany against t he violence of Austrian soldiers; thirdly, that the Tuscan Government shall convey to that of her Majesty a n ample expression of regret for the wrong inflicted on Mr. Erskine Mather, in words equivalent to those used by Prince Schwaramltrg in his dispatch to Count Buol of the 12th of March, of which a copy was trans mitted to Mr. Searlett in my dispatch of the 9th of April. If the Tuscan Government consents to these demand her Majesty', Government have no wish to press for any pecuniary compensation to Mr. Mather. That gentle man's father, as you will perceive by the enc l ose d copy of his letter of the 27th instant, expresses himself in point; and her Majesty's Go different as regards that vernment have heretofore insisted upon it as much from the practical proof which such payment would have aff)rded of the admission by the Tuscan Government of its responsibility for the acts of thn Austrian officer, as from a desire that some substantial atonement should be made to the sufferer by those acts. It' the Tuscan Government refuses to accede to those demands, nothing will remain for you but to make arrangements for quitting the Grand Ducal Court. As the Tuscan Government have long been aware of the nature of the demand of her Majesty's Government, and of the principle on which her Majesty's Government insist, they cannot require much time to come to a de cision on the question as it now stands. I will not specify any exact time within which you are to require to be made acquainted with the decision of the Tuscsu Government; but it is obvious that the decision should be taken by the Tuscan Government itself, and not at the instigation of any foreign Court; and therefore you will not be justified in allowing a sufficient time to elapse fora reference to Vienna, before the determina tion of the Tuscan Government is made known to you. If you are unfortunately obliged to quit Florence, you Will, in npp!ying for passports, notify the time of your intended departure to the Duke of Casigliano, and ex press to him your regret that under the circumstances of the case you are precluded from taking leave of the Grand Duke. You will then proceed, as you may think most ad visable, either to Parma or Modena, to which Courts you are accredited, taking with you the several members of the mission, and sending, if you find it convenient to do so, the archives of the mission to her Majesty's Consul at Leghorn fur safe custody. I am, Sec., _ _ (Signed) MALMESBURY. No. 2. SIR HENRY BIILWER TO THE EARL OF SIALMESBURY. (RECEIVED J UNE 25.) Florence, June 18, 1852. My Lord,—Alter receiving your Lordship's commu nications of the 29th of May, relative to the arrange inent that had been made by Mr. Scarlett, I had a long interview with the Duke of Casigliano. The Duke ex- Pressed himself exceedingly surprised and pained at the reopening of an affair which, he said, he deemed cloned, inasmuch as it had been settled on the basis of a note Which he had received from her Majesty's charge d'affaires, and that it had been subsequently defended by Your Lordship in Parliament. He then continued to Say that the opinion of the council was against any fur ther cot cessions. My fiat duty seemed to me to convince the Duke of Casigliano that the conduct of her Majesty's Government had been perfectly straightforward; that Mr. Scarlett h ad not only exceeded his instructions, but had unfortu nately acted in opposition to them; and that when your Lordship passed an o,inion upon this affair it was upon tlie imperfect impression thereof which had been pro duced by Mr. Barron's first communication of the 9th; 44 d in order to establish such conviction I read to the Duke passages of your Lordships communication to me of the 9 1st, of Mr. Barron's letter of the 9th of May, and other such papers as seemed to me to bear upon thi s Point. I then told the Duke that, after the strong , li nd continued ex pr ess i on o f an op i n i on w hi c h h er Ma 3,,e'tY's Governm en t h e ld— v i z ., th at t h e G overnment o f e .u seany was responsible fo r a ll ac t s d one i n T uscany, lt was impossible for your Lordship to receive any re- Paration which did not clearly admit this principle. I then read to the Duke the whole of your Lordship's dis tttch o f t h e 29th May, and after I had promised to send 'urn a copy of the sam o , an d t o wr i te to hi m a note re theatig substance of th e p r i nc ip a l arguments I h a d Shown throughout this conversation a very conciliatory !Vint, but an apparent belief that we had entered upon to negotiation which it would be very difficult to conduct haPPy issue. tvi(thu-3 7 next care was t o f urn i s h th e D u k e o f C as i g li ano a m a Copy ding our Lordship's dispatch of the 29th of of Z, .accerto my promise, which I did in a note, atale I here enclose a copy, and which repeated almost verbatim the remarks I had previously made in Conversation. I dee med it advisable to commence that note by fore stalling the arguments which might otherwise be again us ed against re-opening the discussion, by frankly ad lnitting the facts that had taken place, and which might 'Lave Justified the belief that Mr. Scarlett's settlement had the sanction of her Majesty's Governme n t, and then e xplaining the 'real position in which that affair stood. I The rest o f my note is addressed to the main object I. had in view, and which I naturally desired to place before the Tuscan Government in such a manner as Would best vindicate our rights, and least shock its S usceptibilities. This note, I may venture to say, produced a consider able and favourable impression; I deemed it, however, Well to inform the Tuscan Minister, at the same time, though not officially, that I should only await his reply till Wednesday morning. I will not trouble your Lordship by entering into further details as to the different meetings and conversa tions which took place between myself and the Duke in the interval; but on Wednesday I received a note, which I could not consider as altogether unsatisfactory, but Which, at the same time, did not seem to me expressed SUfficiently clearly to place beyond all doubt the position in which Tuscany considered herself placed with respect to foreign subjects in certain exceptional cases; respect ing which cases, as I deemed the main point of my ne gotiation to be involved therein, I conceived that the language used (though of course I could not dictate the precise words) should be f ree from all ambiguity that might seem intentional. Tuscan objections on my part wer e considered by the -Unseats Government, and submitted to the Grand Duke; and the fi na l res ult was the document as i t now stands, and which I deem it my duty to receive and submit to Your Lordship. The difficulties I have had to overcome were:_ 1 • • The inducing the Tuscan Government had. _ enter ls : 11 " into the discussion of a business which it a j l l °l naotied to conclude in a particular manner by d h e e . u n r the l s eat37'B late chargO d'affaires, and had conclude manner. 2. T he tiza Inducing of the Tuscan government to recog: nev e :: a : nil, and of no m o r e e ff ec t th a n if they had th e e c :atoti, the aforesaid prop osa l o f M r . Scarlett, and prope,ZPondene.e which ensued in consequence of that 3 . The • Inducing the said government to make a satis mfaert.°l7c,:ende in an ample expression of regret for eaust`u'ontin misfortune—an am en d e , h owever , w hi c h I justice say i t was perfectly willing to ren der; ae l 4. I had under very disadvantageous circumstances to procure frO_nlietwh.e.gon.vernment of Tuscany the recognition of a print ; sent note iphacihailwhau4strthek date of the Duke's pre indeed declared it could not f!om admitting, and had All this I have at last done; MIL tenor of the correspondence and taking the whole w hich I forward to your Lordship into Consideration, I think it may be accepted as satisfactory. I have not deemed it wise to humble or humiliate this state u nnecessarily.contrar It seems to me our policy, on the Contrary, sustain and encourage it s j ust pride and ind ependence, to which, indeed, many of our arguments throughout this affair have been addressed. But, on the O ther hand, I h ave deemed it wise to uphold unflinch thingly that opi n i on which we set out by professing, and us to leave no d ou b t as to the firmness of our conduct n n y i mportant principle whi c h may hereafter be at lastle„ I have, &c., (Signed) H. L. BIILWEIL Inclosure 1 in No. 2. SIB liturtay BULNYER TO THZ DUKE OF CASIGLIANO. , , 1852. Sir,—l d o myself the honourFl orence of enclosing June to t your Ex c alreadellenc y y wi hereth the copy of a dispatch which I have and the read to you, re l ative to the case of Mr. Mather, manner by Mr. Scarlett, in which a settlement thereof was made I am desirous, in the first place, at once and frankly to admit, that, considering that the proposition on which that settlement was made came from her Majesty's 8, yOUF Excellency had reason to sup chargé d'affaire Pose that this affair was termin ated, and moreover that the manner in which that . arrangement was lately de to have confirmed your fended in Parliament was likel y Excellency in this impression. your xce - It is, therefore, my desire to explain to E I I feel myself leney, in the clearest manner, now that under the necessity to reeapen this negotiatien that my d oing to is by no means in real contradiction W ith t h e above cited. the _instructions two facts which I have Mr. bearlett (paw. Not only did Lord Malmesbnry to which he gave on different occasions g es from which instrue' ions are referred, to in rtnihetehhat. e p u s:r s tly as a . closed dispatch of the 29th ), most uniforml y an indemnity was required for Mr. Mather, pecially compensation to that gentleman, but also as an acknowledgment that the Governm a2 en o t r 9 s subjects of Tuscany" was responsible for the security of her MajestY . clearly within the Tuscan dominions, but his Lordship an d positively expressed this same principle to mys elf, l u the i catrnctions which I received whe:) I W'" c' ended to repair this iniasuee, as you will perceive by the subjoined extract :-- " all acts For done in Tummy to the prejudice of H. L. BIILWER. (Translation.) M Florence, June 16, 1852. wbich M. le Ministre —The note dated th e 11 t h i nstan t, Y° 4l- ExcelLocy addressed to me, enclosiog copy of th e dispatch which you have received from Lord AlalmeabMY, telativ e to the gather affair, which die- THE CASE OF MR. MAT HER. British subjects, the British Government must hold the The following is the further correspondence re- Tusciin Government to be solely responsible. spectieg the assault committed en Mr. Erskirie Mather The violence against Mr. Mettler, which is still un at Florence, which was laid on the table of the Retie atoned tor is at present the west important, of those of Lords yesterday : cases to whiehl have alludee. * * And her Mejesty's Gevernment feel it their duty to instruct you not to remit in any manner the principle upon which their last demands a re made." I flatter myself that after this exposition of the spirit in which her Majesty's Secretary of State has on all occasions framed the instructions given by him to the different agents employed with reference to this affair, it, will appear to your Excellency sufficiently evident that only one idea hes prevailed in her Majesty's Go vernment concerning it. But when her Majesty's Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs first received information of the arrange ment, that had been effected by Mr. Scarlett, it was in a portion of a dispatch from Mr. Barron, acting during the illness of Mr. Scariott, which dispatch was dated the 9th of May; and in order that the impression which Mr. Barron's communication was calculated to produce may be fully appreciated by your Excellency, I will hero transcribe it:— " I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, by the desire of Mr. Stierlett, with the following important facts. The Stratford and Mather cases may be consi dered as settled. Thy: se two questions were the subject of an interview between Mr. Scarlett and the Duke of Cisiglieno on the sth icstant. It was then intimated to Mr. Scarlett by the Tuscan Minister that an indemnity of 1,000 firentieseoni (or 2221. 45.) would be offered to Mr. Mather. Mr. Scerlett'e reply was, that that sum was far inferior to that which ho was instructed to claim, and that cue condition alone would induce him to accept it—viz., the immediate release of the Messrs. Stratford. His Excellency answered, that the Grand Duke intended to redeem the pledge given by his Mieis ters on that head, but that it was yet too soon. " The matter stood in this position till the 7th, when the Duke addressed to Mr. Scarlett a confidential letter, informing him that ' his Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke, yielding to his noble impulses, and making use of his Royal prerogative, consents to the commutation of the Mears. S ratforda' penalty into per petual banishment from his states.' Mr. Scarlett has de sired me to express to the Tuscan Minister his satisfac tion at this arrangement, and to report the same to your Lordship. The presence at Leghorn of her Majesty's steam-vessel Growler, Comentrider Stoddart, offers an opportunity for the immediate removal from Tuscany of the Messrs. Stratford. I shall immediately communicate with Commander Se ddart and with the Tuscan Govern ment for that purpose. " With reference to Mr. Mather's claim, Mr. Scarlett has thought himself justified, efter much consideration, in accepting the composition &Toted. Although it is not SO much as could be desired for Mr. Mather, it is as much as could possibly be obtained by negotiation." Yohr Excellency will iinmediatel see, on reading the above (which is the precise copy of Mr. Barron's words), that the idea which it naturally carried with it was that the Tuscan Government had proposed to Mr. Scarlett a pecuniary compensation, and that he had accepted such compensation, from which, as nothing was said as to the manner in which such arrangement had been effected, it was naturally to be inferred that the compensation in question had been proposed and accepted according to the principles on which Mr. Scarlett bad been in structed to apply for it. The question of amount was the only one 'eluded to by Mr. Barron as having given rise to any difficulty, and a reason was assigned for ac cepting a less amount than her Majesty's Government had instructed Mr. Scarlett to accept, that reason being the liberation of the Messrs. Stratford; a motive which showed at least an earnest and laudable desire on the part of Mr. Scarlett to put an end to all difficulties between her Majesty's Government and that of his Imperial and Royal Highness. On these grounds her Majesty's Government were prepared to accept and nefend, and did accept and de fend, Mr. Scarlett 's arrangement, considering that the Tuscan Government had taus given a proof of their re gret at what had occurred, of their desire to atone for that occurrence, and of their recognition of the principle that British subjects were, when residing in Tuscany, under the protection of the Government of Tuscany, which held itself responsible for their lair treatment. But when a second dispatch arrived from Mr. Barron, containing copies of a correspondence that had passed between our Excellency and her Majesty's chargé d'affaires, they perceived that the arrangement as explained by that correspondence, was directly the re verse in principle of that which they had previously imagined it to be. Aproposition had come from Mr, Scarlett, and not from your Excellency, and that proposition commenced by placing altogether out of discussion the main point welch her Majesty's Government did insist and always had insisted upon. It was, therefore, utterly impossible soy longer to accept or defend an arrangement which had hitherto been accepted and defended precisely for reasons which did not apply to it. The demand which her Majesty's Government has up to this time made, and whioh it now makes on the Tus can Government, for satisfaction with respect to the ease of Mr. Mather, is founded on the right that every government has to expect that its subjects will have impartial justice done to them within the territory of a friendly state by the government of that state. The administration of such justice is generally confi ded by governments to their legal tribnnals; but when a government closes such tribunals, it takes upon itself those functions, as far as foreign nations are concerned, with which such tribunals were invested. If, therefore, the Government of Tuscany make a tem porary arrangement such as that which it has made, re ceiving the aid of Austrian troops on the understanding that they are not to be subject to Tuscan law, that Go verneuent, if any offence is committed against British subjects by Austrian troops, is bound to administer that justice towards the aggrieved party which such party cannot obtain from a court of law. To suppose anything else is either to suppose that the subjects or citizens of friendly states are, in such cases to have no redress at all (a conclusion which is absurd), or it is to suppose that, for offences committed within his Imperial and Royal Highness's dominions they are to seek for satisfaction from a foreign power; which would be to establish as a fact that there is a foreign power in Tuscany which other nations are to consider as superior to the authority of the Grand Duke himself; and that would of necessity prevent Great Britain from any longer recognising in the Grand Duke that independent sove reignty which it has hitherto fully recognised. The satisfaction which her Majesty's Government, in conformity with these opinions, originally sought, was an award of money to the party injure', because it deemed that it was more fair to him to seek that sort of repara tion which would affect him personally, and which a court of law would probably have granted to him. But as Mr. Mather has now declined receiving any pecuniary compensation, her Majesty's Government feel at liberty to place their demand in another shape; and I am in structed, Mr. Scarletrds note of the 6ih May being, as I have explained, disavowed, to require that your Ex cellency's note of the 10th May should be withdrawn, and Mr. Searlett's reply thereto cancelled; and further more, that the Government of his Imperial and Royal Highness should convey to that of her Majesty an ample expression of regret at the violence inflicted upon Mr. E. Mather, and an assurance that there was nothing in such violence which is to be considered in the slightest degree as a manifestation of disrespect towards the Queen of Great Britain or the British nation; and finally, that your Exceln ncy, in the name of the Tuscan Government, should clearly recognise the principle, that the Government of Tuscany, whose duty it is to protect British su bj ects i n T uscany, i s responsi bl e f or any acts of violence committed upon such subjects within the Tuscan territory, w h oever t h e persons comm i tt i ng th e wsaidhen nets s elf violence m ay be; and that the executive au thoritys bound to mak e d ue atonemen t f or t h e same , atonement cannot be sought for through the legal tribunals. Government of y Tusca d a u m_ o a n tte a r f o r f ieh r d e l gretto me to Sir, it must alvy adyetrobanci have to make any maintained for n so y' many , Government, with upon the P Excellency in clown i il n y tim G ate and valued overnm ent h leney that years e h s sr u p a e cyh t e e la"° " • , but such re gret in the present instance will greatly diminished zbeeel n by ow th f e hs c t o r n o s o i t e l fh er g a m tio e n o fr M om ajes y t o y o ie r country men, has in reality country, and the safety of my c satisfaction which it deems due to the honou r of my th c a la t i h m er intere st required nothing which it is not c Tuscan Government and according to the eighty of the inconveniences learly in the - to grant ; for though there may be at tached to the responsibility which the Tuscan Govern ment is thus requested unequivocally to assume, and that those inconveniences may be somewhat increased by the temporary and peculiar position in which it now stands with respect to the Austrian force employed at this time in Tuscany, such inconveniences are nothing in comparison with the honour and advantage which at tach to the frank assumption of all the attributes of that independence which it is the first pride and interest of every prince and people to possess and pre serve unimpaired; and perhaps your Excellency will allow me to express a belief that her Majesty's Govern ment is only giving a new proof of its sincere amity towards this state, and of its high respect for the illus trious Prince who rules over it, when it shows a jealous susceptibility as to Tuscany abandoning in any degree that position which it has hitherto so honourably main tained. I flatter myself that this persuasion will have its due weight with one who can so well appreciate the position of Tuscany and the relation of Tuscany with other nations, and that your Excellency will afford me your friendly and enlightened aid in bringing this nego tiation, so long pending, to a happy and suitable termi nation. But I am obliged to announce to your Excellency that should the Tuscan Government not be ready to grant the reparation which I have been instructed to require, I am then ordered to withdraw her Majesty's mission from the Court of Tuscany; and my instructions furthermore enjoin me not to continue this negotiation for more t h an a very few days. As the name of her: Majesty's late charge d'affaire s has been so frequently mentioned in this note, I can not conclude it without giving myself the satisfac tion of stating that which I know your Excellency will hear with similar satisfaction—viz , that though her Majesty's Government has found itself under the neces sity of disavowing the arrangement made by Mr. Soar lett in its name, still is fully recognises the zeal and ability which this gentleman has displayed en a variety of other difficult and trying occasions, and attributes the involuntary error ha here fell into to the effects of that violent indiepopition under which, at the date of his letter of the 6th May, he bad already began to suffer. I avail, Sec., (Signed) ' t tho- Jation EEIC. day. city-- day; shown !cl till arcast, cirro moon. veered ky the ratus. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 1. UN, patch you had communicated to me previously, has neon seriously examined in the; Council of Ministers, and submitted to the high consideration of my august Sovereign:, I must, in the first place, answering with an equal frankness the sincerity of your Excellency's declarations, state that his Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke's Government has been painfully affected and sur prised at the receipt of these documents, and that my august Prince has shared this sentiment. Being charged to signfy to you the painful impres sion which has been felt at their p e rusal by my So vereign and the members of his Governm e nt, I must add that the latter was necessarily en ti t l e d t o l oo k upon this affair as terminated, after it had been arranged with the official representative of the British Government, and that this -negotiation had received in the English Par liament the most explicit and solemn sanction, with flat tering eulogiums of the conduct of that honourable agent. Relying on those acts, the Tuscan Government had reason to expect that no modifi ca ti on wou ld b e made in the settlement of this affair, such as Mc. Scarlett had accepted it; and the British Government cannot forget that, as appears from the dispatch of Mr. Barron, who acted in the place of the Charge d'Affaires during illness, of which dispatch your Excellency has comma niceted to me an extract, the pecuniary indemnity ac corded to Mr. Mather was accompanied by a generous and spontaneous act of the sovereign prerogative to weeds the Messrs. Stratford, English subjects, who had rendered themselves guilty of a political crime, for which act the Government of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, yielding to a sentiment of just pro priety, has already expressed to his Imperial and Royal Highness the most formal thanks. Your Excellency, in admitting. that the negotiation had been at first accepted and justified by your Go vernment, then developes all the succeeding stages of this affair, quotes the instructions which yourExcallency has received on the subject, and explains how, according to those which had been given to Mr. Scarlett himself, the British Government has thought itself obliged to disavow, as is declared in Lord Malmesbury's dispatch, the conduct of its representative, and annul his work. In appreciating these explanations, I hasten to come to the main points of the question, and to declare that the -Gland Ducal Government will never ignore its rights and its duties, counting amongst the first thereof that of being just to every one, and of according to foreign subjects the most extended and cordial hospitality; nor can the excep tionel case of the special jurisdiction to which the soldiers of the Austrian auxiliary force are subject affect the exercise of those rights and of those duties. The refusal of Mr. Mather to receive any indemnity having induced the British Government to give to its demand the new form which is, according to your instructions, communicated to me by your Excellency, I must first remark that the note of Mr. Scarlett, which led to the conclusion of the affair, having now been completely disavowed by the English Govern ment, ant being annulled, I acknowledge that all the correspondence which followed, and which was only a consequence of the first document, shares logically the hy ets), ! fame fate. Th e w h ole is therefore to be considered as it it . had never tak en pl ace, an d pass i ng on ( to o ther w I am happy to seize eagerly this occasion to beg you to be the means of expressing to the Govern mens of her Majesty your august Queen the most lively regrets of the Grand Ducal Government at this unfor tunate affair of the wound received by Mr. Mather, which affair ought not in any wise to disturb such an cient, such intimate, and such amicable relations as ours; and concerning which, moreover, a satisfaction has been given by the Australian military authority. The per fect harmony which has constantly united the two Go vernments, the friendship which reigns between the tw o august Sovereigns, an d th e s y m pathy which has always been felt in Tuscany towards the illustrious English na tion, must dispel every supposition contrary to these sentiments, and the Tuscan Government rejects such a supposition with all the energy and all the sincerity of the sentiments which it has already experienced. The Grand Duc a l G overn ment, in priding itself on the identity of its conduct with its sentiments, is always dis posed to accept the obligation of m . aintaiDiug th e r i g h ts and of providin g f or th e s a fety of British subj ects, as well as of other f o r e i gn su bj e ctsin Tuscany, b y means of the tribunals, as a gener al rule, and h astens to recog nise the principle that this duty becom es more impera tive on the executive power in those exceptio na l cases , such as the one which now exists in respect to the Aus trian auxiliary force in Tuscany, which cannot be submitted to the ordinary tribunals. It therefore de clines none of the consequences imposed on it by that protection. I am happy to acknowledge M. le Ministre, the great tact and the conciliatory spirit of which your Excel lency has given a proof in this delicate conjun c t ure; an d I have the confidence that you will derive from my language a conviction that the Tuscan G overnment, far from havin g a bdicated its independence, of which it is jealous and pro u d, is resolved, on the contrary, to uphold the rights and to exercise the duties of that in dependence. The enlightened and impartial Government of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain will no doubt share this conviction; and nothing will henceforth be able to disturb the continuation of these official and amicable relations which are of ancient date, and ;which the two Governments have ever been so happy to maintain. For my part, I shall be proud to contribute to drawing closer these bonds, and I doubt not but that your Excellency desires equally to arrive at the same end. The justice which your Government is desirous of rendering to the zeal and talent of the Hon. Mr. Scar lett, notwithstanding the disavowal given in this case to his conduct, induces me to express, on behalf of tho Grand Ducal Government, the esteem and confidence which that able gentleman has constantly merited. I arail, &c., (Sigced) THE DUKE OF CASIGLIANO. No. 3. SIR HENRY BULWER TO THE EARL OF BIALMESRITRY. (Received June 25.) Florence, June 18, 1852. My Lord,—Your Lordship will read the correspon dence which has taken place between the Duke of Ca sigliano and myself, and appreciate the difficulties which I have had to encounter previous to obtaining the note from the Duko which I did myself the honour to forward. In regard to the two most important of her M a j esty ' s Government's demands, the answer of the Duke of Casig. liano Seems to me in perfect conformity with the letter and spirit of those demands. In the third there is a slight variation between the terms of my request and the terms of .the Duke's reply, though it appears to me there is no essential difference between the fact consummated in the one case and the object sought for in the other. Her Majesty's Government requires the withdrawal of the Duke of Casigliano's note of the 10th of May, an d the cancelling of Mr. S car l et t' s note of the 11 t h of May; and I am als o aut h or i se d by your Lord s hi p to withdraw Mr. Scarl e tt' s note o f the 6th of M a y, wh i ch gave rise to the subsequent correspondence. The Duke of Casighano accepts the disavowal of Mr. Scarlett's note of the 6th of May, and recognises that all the subsequent correspondence is annulled or annihilated by that disavowal, and is to be considered as if it had never existed. The main point-at lane is the annihilation of Mr. Scarlett's proposal, and of the notes pro and con, founded thereupon, with the view that neither the one nor the other can ever be hereafter cited; and according to the Duke of Casigliano's present communication, not only is this point obtained, but a principle directly the reverse of that suggested by Mr. Scarlett, and laid down in re ply by the Duke of Casigliano, is clearly and solemnly recognised. Wi , h respect, however, to the especial form of with drawing the notes in question, the Grand Duke has a personal and very strong objection. He considers it is a degradation which he has not merited, and an acknow ledgment that he intended to inflict an insult which h e never did intend to inflict. The Duke of Casigliano's note, written by his autio o _, rity, was not a note that he volunteered—it was a note elicited from him by a proposal from her Majesty', chargé d'affaires; the answer was in the spirit of the proposal it replied to. An act of liberality was a s k ed as t e n d ch fo i r s . for; it was granted. n oft t I t lai bl le might re a eitnyt, b s e bau i m t v oi p tl r u o cn p at e na r nr yo t t o o a hf t s e k e n cd f e o e r e i nt t o h e d i s gar a na o n t t o a ff s we uh a ilet, a or ts do not agretehewaittrhngeui any more than in the act tmienn one noef particular.t he Duke of l do not Casigliano,see an 4 degradation in havi e n on the really importantgmosttteariniePil t of mutually withdrawing of obtained destroying the m ;o notes complete concessi on at the same time, but and which, by being thus settled, parti cular, t m e u r s t t o under discussion, i a s l c l a ss i on, ere a very long time disputes similar to that concerning Mr. Mather, future as change, as a matter of course, well elapsed, the peculiar nature of the foreign force at e , l2 ,, as Pre sent employed in this country, I have considered that Strat- Likt-hue it would be injudicious to refuse to receive the Casigliano's note, and to break off a negotiation sc e d .7.' ficulr, and which is so successful in every other cular, on so comparatively small an issue. I should add that the Duke of Casigliano has begged me to intercede with her Majesty's Governm ent _.. with respect to this matter; and I myself deem it not u nwise to the or unfair to show some consideration for the (Gr and Duke's feelings on a mere matter of form which i s of no to be practical value, the more especially as it is alw a y s wasrem eamhbaerrge bargain nthat, made howeverwit with r eirregularthethe bargain,Messrs. ford, and those gentlemen are now free in censer, --anence thereof, their liberation being, under any circumstances, an act of grace on the part of the Grand Duke, consented to under the idea that it would be agreeable Bri tish Government. At all events the question is still left for your Lord.. ship to decide. I have, 860.; n ._ , (Signed) H. L . BuLwEn. No. 4. SIR HENRY BULWER TO THE EARL OF NALMESBURY. (Received Juno 25.) Florence, June 19,1852. My Lord,—ln order to place beyond all doubt the real meaning of the Duke of Casigliano's reply ef th e 16th to my note of the 11th, I acknowledged it by th e enclosed communication. I have, PLC., (Signed) a L. BULWER. (Inclosure in No. 4.) SIR HENRY DULWER TO TELE DUKE OF CASIGLIANO. addressing of the t l o 6t y h 0 , I in o n reply the Florence, June 17, 1852 . Sir,—l h ave received your Excellency ' s communica tion 11th t instant. e °fi ei had the honour of I understand b y that communication:— 1. That the Tus can G overnment, whilst pa i n fully sur prised at my commu n i cat i on to the effect t h at Mr. Sear arrangoment was disavowed, appreciates the rea sons for that act which I developed. 2. That the Government of his Imperial and Royal Ilighnass recognizes tilKI as the IMO of :Zr,l 0041.00 of 1 the 6th May is disavowed, it is in fact annulled, and that consequently all the correspondence which followed that note, including your Excellency's of the 10th of M ay, and Mr. Saarlett's reply thereto, is annulled also, and is to be considered as if it had never been written. 3. That the Tuscan Government expresses its pro found regret at the violence inflicted on Mr. Mather, end repels all ides of that unhappy event being considered as in any wise testifying disrespect towards her Majesty or the English nation; and 4. The Government of Tuscany recognises in its ful lest sense the duty of pr o t ect i ng B r i t i s h su bj ects by the ordinary tribunals as a general rule, and by the executive authority -in all those cases in which the ordinary tribunals cannot be applied to, including such as may arise during the present arrangement with Aus tria respecting the auxilliary troops of that Government stationed in the Tuscan territory; and that his Imperial and Royal Highness accepts the full responsibility at tached to the duty of the aforesaid protection. With the understanding that I have thus repeated the sense of that note which I have just had the honour to receive, I beg to aeknowlenge the same, and to state that I shall instantly forward the correspondence which has passed between us to her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who, I have no doubt whilst at tentively considering th at correspondence, will set a due value on the expressions by which your Excellency so unequivocally denotes the desire to maintain the most friendly relations between our two Governments; and will also duly appreciate those which as strongly testify the determination of the Tuscan Government to main tain the independent position of the Grand Duchy cf Tuscany. It only remains for me to thank your Excellency for your courteous mention of the efforts which I have naturally made with the view of terminating so painful . a question as that of which wo have had to treat, in a manner honourable to all parties, and to assure you that I likewise set a proper value on the friendly desire which you have manifested throughout our negotiation, to satisfy the just expectation of my Government whilst upholding the honour of your own. I have, &c., (Signed) H. L. BIILWER. No. 5. THE EARL Or BIALDIESIMTRY TO SIR HENRY BULWER, Foreign Office, June 26, 1852. Sir,—lt is with great satisfaction that her Majesty's Go vernment have received your dispatches of the 18th and 19 Lh instant, which announce the result of your negotia tion with the Court of Tuscany on the subject of the as sault on Mr. Mather. Her Majesty's Government entirely approve of the able and judicious manner in which you have brought this intricate affair to a conclusion, which, while affir w ing the important principle which they asserted as due to the British nation, equally tends to maintain the dignity and independenne of Tuscany herself. You will inform the Duke of Casigliano that her Ma jesty's Government have received with unfeigned satis faction the expressions of regret which his Excellency bas offered at those unfortunate occurrences which have lately caused an estrangement between two Courts which ancient associations and mutual interests should always unite in the most friendly alliance. You will also assure his Excellency, that in urgently contending for that recognition of responsibility from Tuscany which Mr. Scarlett so inconsiderately waived, her Ma jesty's Government felt assured that they were consult ing not less the honour and independence of the Tuscan Government than the protection due to British subjects. Until lately these havealways found hospitality and pro tection in the Grand Ducal territory; and her Majesty's Government earnestly hope that the exceptional posi tion in which the Tuscan Government is now placed by the apparently necessary presence of a foreign auxi liary army will induce the Tuscan Government to be even more jealous than ever to assert its independence by a ready and attentive recognition of international law. Her Majesty's Government consent to cede the point urged by the Duke of Casigliano, and agree to con sider the two notes of the 10th and 11th of May as cancelled. You will read this dispatch to his Excellency, and assure him of the sincere desire of her Majesty's Go vernment to maintain with the Court of Tuscany the most friendly relations.—l am, &e., (Signed) MALMESBURY. No. 6. SIR HENRY BULWER TO THE EARL OF NALMESBURy. (Received June 28.) Florence, June 21, 1852. My Lord,—l think it right to make known to your Lordship that I have heard a fact, upon good authority, which may in some degree account for, though it can in no wise excuse, the conduct of the Austrian officer to wards Mr. Erskine Mather on the 29th of December. This fact is, that two days previous, when some Aus trian troops were marching through the streets of Florence, in somewhat the same manner as on the day in question, a sergeant was struck with a knife by some person in the crowd jostling against him; a circumstance which tended to make the officers more than usually scrupulous as to persons who appeared to be Italians following and coming too near to their ranks. am not aware whether this incident has ever before been brought to your Lordship's notice, but as it bears upon the case, and has been communicated to me by a person likely to be well informed, and on whose veraeity I can rely, I have deemed it fair to state it to your Lordship.—l have, &c., (Signed) 11. L. BIILWER. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—Fier Majesty's ysoht© Victoria and Albe“, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzcla rence, G.C.H. ; Fairy, Mr. Welch, Master, R.N.; and Elfin, Mr. Balliston, Acting Master, R.N., were taken out for a trial cruise to-day by Commander Crispin, second in command of the royal steam squadron, to test their readiness for her Majesty's service, as the Queen and Court are expected to require them in their transit from Gosport to Osborne on Friday next. The Inflexible steam-sloop, Commander P. H. D ke; e i rt remains at Spithead. Sh e w ill b e inspected to-mo 9w: by Admiral Sir Th omas B r i ggs, G.C.M.G., the , ..,7 4 mander-in-Chief, after which she will coma into harbour. SHEERNESS, WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty's screw steam-troopship Msgwra, 6, Mr. J. C. Barlow, Master, commanding, arrived here from Woolwich on Tues day, at 115 P.M. We are informed she is' to be paid off forthwith. Her Majesty's cutter Gossamer, Mr. Charles H. Dil lon, Master, commanding, sailed on the 27th instant, at ten A.M., for service in tho North Sea during the sum mer months. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Wildfire, Mr. Brockman, Second Master, commanding, having completed her internal fittings, was warped out of the discharging basin on Tuesday, and having got up her steam to try her engines and machinery, took up her moorings in the harbour. Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Amphion, 34, we hear, will shortly be commissioned by Captain Elliott, who commanded the Spartan when on the Mediterranean station. Her Majesty's cutter Hart, tender to the Waterloo, has completed her fittings, and is ready to resume her usual duties. The drills of the Royal Dockyard Brigade, commanded by Colonel Reed, are now regularly continued four times weekly at the parade-ground in the dockyard. WOOLWICH, JUNE 30. PROMOTION. George B. Jeffreys (flag lieutenant to Admiral Dixon), to be commander. PPOINTMENTS. Master Thomas J. Whillier (1846), to the ,Leander, 50, at Devonport. Clerks—Cornelius W. M`Dermott (1850), recently serving in the Driver steam-sloop, to the Leander ; Ralph Roberts, to the Imaum, 72, receiving-ship at Jamaica. Lieutenant--E. C. Maunseil, Royal Naval College. Acting-Master—Thoma s J. Whither, to the Leander. Naval Cadet—Evelyn Wood, to the Queen. Admiral Sir Francis William Austen, &CAI Was present at the Admiralty to-day at the reception given by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland to fla g _ officers. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) N JUNE 30, Loss or THE F RENCH B RIG PAU C L O INE, E O S I:GRANVILLE. —The Engli s h b r i g C rusa d er, H acquo i l master, arrived at this port this morning, in thirty-four days from St. Jago de Cuba, with coffee. for orders, by which we learn the loss of the French brig Pauline, of Gran ville, Captain Le Chevalier, on the 17th instant, in lat. 44 30 N., and long. 40 10 W. of Paris, having been struck by a whale, and in twenty minutes afterwards foundered. The master and crew, together with a pas senger (in all eleven persons), took to their boat, and for three days w ere at t h e mercy o f t h e w inds and s eas, when they were f a ll en i n w i t h b y the Crusader, and brought to this port. The Pauline w4s laden with sugar, and bound from Porto Rico to Euidfre. The unfortunate crew of the Pauline, on their arrival at Cowes, presented themselves to the French consular agent, Mr. William S. Day, through whom they have been provided with clothing, &c., and will be forwarded to France, as soon as Captain Chevalier has made his report and protest. THE MrNISTERIAL FISH Dl N NEE—Yesterday her Majesty's Ministers had their annual white-bait dinner at the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwich. There were present — the Earl of Derby, Lord St. Leonards, Earl Lon,sdale, Mar quis of Salisbury, Earl Malmesbury, Earl Desart, Duke of Northumberland, Lord Colchester, Earl aardwielre, Lord Colville, Duke of Montrose, Marquis of Exeter, Earl Jersey, Lerd Crofton. Earl Sandwich, Earl Talbot, Earl Roslyn, Right Hon. G. Bankes, Right Hon. W. Beresford, Right Hon. R. A. Christopher, Right Hon. B. Disraeli, Captain the Hon. A. Duncombe, • Right Hon. Colonel Forester, Vis count Galway, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Lord C. Hamilton, Right Hon. J. C. Herries, Right Hon. J- W. Henley, Sir W. Jolliffe, Sir Eitzroy Kelly, Hon. W. S. Knox, Lord Henry Lennox, Viscount Mandeville, Lord John Manners, Mr. W. Forbes Mackenzie, Viscount Newport, Sir John Pakington, Mr. A ugustus Stafford, Lord Stanley, Sir F. Thesiger, Sir J. Trollope, Sir J. E. Tennent, and the Right lion. S. H, Walpole. The party went from Hungerford to the tavern by the Waterman steamer No. 2, in twenty-five minutes. NATIVOO.—This city of the Mormons once held 20,000 inhabitants ; they are now about 2,000. One-half of the houses the Mormons left have been removed or pulled down, and the other half are tenantless. Each lot contains an acre. The mansion of Joe Smith is kept by his wife— once his widow, but now again a wife of another and a live man—ae a tavern. The front wall, and the one next to it, which formed the vestibule, are all that is left standing of the achievement of fanaticism called "The Temple," which, as the inscription on a large stone, worked in the inner wall, informs the visitor is, "The House of the Lord, built by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints. Com menced April 6, 1841." A company of French Socialists have purchased a portion of the property, the site and the ruins of the temple included. They number about 400. Aradion Courier. FATAL. RIOT IN STOCKPORT. ONE MAN KILLED AND SIXTY WOUNDED. THE MILITARY CALLED OUT. We have received a more full and detailed account of the riot at Stockpoh of which we, yesterday, gave a brief outline. Our correspondent prefaces his notice with a semi-official account from the third edition of yesterday's Manchester Guardian, which is as follows: "For some time past there has been in Stockport a bad feeling between the two classes indicated, partly on trade quarrels, partly on national grounds, but chiefly the result of religious differences between - ignorant Irish Catholics on the one hand, and as ignorant English Pro testants on the other. Collisions have frequently oc curred, which have come before the magistrates— charges and counter-charges have been made—the English have been attacked by the Irish; the Irish have be en • assml ed by the English; and it has been obvious for 50 nle time past that there only needed the spark to fire the train and explode those inflammable materials into some extensive and bloody tray. That occasion has arisen under the following circumstances:--Sunday lost was the anniversary of the usual procession of all the Roman Catholic scholars connect , d with the three chapels in Stockport. The recent Royal proclamation sealnet Roman -, pr0C13,10:15 ws much discussed, and the Irish Orangemen and other Protestants, Englath and 1: 1 1 1, c,,ntened that the procession ou g ht no: to be allowed Various respectable residents of Stockport, appreh en sive that if the procession took place it would lead to some serious breach of the peace, applied to Mr. Sadler, Chief constable of the borough, to know whether the authorities meant to prohibit it, under the powers of the proclamation. The subject, we believe, was also brought under the notice of the mayor and the borough magistrates; but, f rom whatever cause, no orders were given to forbid the procession, and it took place. Pre viously, however, the Rev. Randolph Frith, of the Ca tholic ciecnele Edgeley, who, we believe, is the senior priest in Stockport, waited on Mr. Sadler, and gave the most solemn assur ance that no symb o l or gar b s h ou ld appear in the proccssion beyond what had been usual on f orm er anniversaries; or anythi ng th at cou ld b e d eemed a defiance of the proclamation. When it became known that the procession would not be prevented, feeithgoastui ampngst the l ower classes ran high, the party Catholics b Catho -.ey would n o t b e stoppe d and the Protesta nts declaring that their procession ought to be put tinw , n . The procession, however, did take place on &Imlay afternoon, and, on the whole, passed off quieey- started ab out two o ' clock from the Catholic chapel at hd geleY, which is a suburb of the town near the railinly station, and proceeded down Ed ward-street, across the Waterloo -road, down Church gate and Park-streenthrotigh War re n -street, up Heaton lan©, up the Wellington-road Catholic Soutb, an d so returning again to the Bowa n Chap e l, Ed geley. The procession was headed by the priests, and a number of a breast ; th en came the . ec Irish labourers walking 81 numerous boys and girli in the Sunday and day sc h ools. There were no boners in the processi on ; t h e priests did not wear canonical vestments, but appeared in or dinary attire ; eves the girls' handkerchiefs or ve s t s , which they usually w ore on these occasions, were laid they aside ; and only wore white frocks, and little crosses suspended ro un d the neck by ribbons. The only badges or symbols that might be supposed to contravene the proclamation were a ball and cross, and a gilt dove. As we have said, the procession passed along its course, without the slightest disturb a nce, beyond occasional groans and hi sses f rom zea l ous Pro testants, and they finally disper se d w i t h out any b reac h of the peace of which we have heard. Even Sunday evening, which is often disturbed in Stockport by noisy brawls, amongst the boron population (who ar e s aid to gh), passed over w i t h more exceed 14,0 din the than usual tranquillity, not one individual having been apprehended by the,P,?lice, directly or indi rec tl y con cerned in any row. . On Monday afternoon information reached the police office that an Englishman and an Iri s h man, b oth of them in liquor, had been fighting in the li quor vau l ts of the Bishop Blaize public-house, and th a t expressions had been used, having relation to the procession of the pre vious day, and toe Popery and Protest ant i sm ; but it seems that the combatants were separated, and went their ways, neither being a pprehended. In th e course of Mon day evening ono of the police officers reported at the police office that a number of English and Iri s h were fighting; bat as this was by Demeans an unusual occurrence in Stock port it was regarded as a mere drunken row, and by no means supposed to be of a more serious or riotous charac ter. The numbers, however, of the combatants rapidly increased, and this affair taking place in the Hillgate, one of the principal thoroughfares, in f ormatioa of its continuance and increase was dispatched to the police office, and Mr. Sadler, who had previously sent two or three officers. proceeded to the spot himself at the head of a body of firemen; but on their reachi ng t h e place they found the mob dispersed and everythin g apparently quiet. During the remainder of the evening, and throughout the eight, all continued tranquil; there was no renewal of the disturbance in any part of the borough. On Tuesday morning, however, there were rumours of much ill-blood amongst the Roman Catholics, in con sequence, it is said, of their regarding the English as the aggressors in the first brawl in the Bishop Blaize vaults; and Mr. Sadler resolved to take measures to put down any fights that might arise, not having any reason at that time to apprehend that anything more serious than an Irish row would occur. During the whole of Tues day everything remained tranquil; but the Rev. Mr. Forster, priest of St. Michael's Roman Ca tholic Chapel, in the Park, called on Mr. Sadler, and stated that there appeared to be considerable angry feeling on the part of the Irish Catholics, and that he was apprehensive that they would assemble in the evening in considerable numbers in the locality com monly known in Stockport as Bomber's Brow (or Gar nett-street), and observing that Mr. Sadler was popular amongst them, proposed to meet him at eight o'clock, and that they should go together to the spot, as be was sure. that they could in this way prevent any disturb -lace. Mr. Sadler agreed to meet him; but about half -past seven o'clock in the evening Mar Forster sent to Mr. ergadler, to say that he had au evening service at his ,"chapel, and would be unable to keep his appointment. Under these circumstances Mr. Sadler proceeded to take such precautions as he thought advisable. The police force of the borough is obviously too small for such a Population, consisting only of Mr. Sadler him self and ten constables, with two or three assistants, or at most half a dozen, for duty on Saturday nights and Sundays, the seasons when there is most die. order and brawling in Stockport. Mr. Sadler sent three or four of his officers into the Hillgate, to ob serve whether there were any signs of assembling; and about a quarter before eight o'clock on Tues tay evening, one of thes e o ffi cers, named John Leigh, ent a verbal message to the police-office, by Mr. Charles Brown, agent, &c,, to the effect that all was perfectly quiet, and that there were no indications of any unusual assembling. Mr. Sadler contented himself with sending a few more officers to the locality, and within a quarter of an hour after receiving the former message he re ceived information at the police-office (which is within the Court-house, Vernon-street) that very suddenly con siderable numbers of English and Irish had simultane ously made their appearance in Hillgate, and had com menced fighting with sticks and other weapons. Which party commenced the fray Mr. Sadler was unable, either then or subsequently, to ascertain. He immediately got together soma assistant constables, and was proceeding with them to the spot, when information reached him that the rioters had been driven back by the police and others from Hillgate, and that a considerable number of Irish had gone in the direction of High-street, which leads to a neighbourhood principally inhabited by them, and known as Rock-row, Petty Carr, Carr Green, &c. On learning this, Mr. Sadler, at the head of his small staff of assistant constables, proceeded along Underbank, down Chestergate, and so to Rock row, which he entered from the bottom, and saw a num ber of people collected at the upper end of the row (which, with only one or two exceptions, is inhabited wholly by Irish), and extending into a field adjoining St. Peter's Church. They appeared to be in conflict, and as he was proceeding towards them with his men they were met by a considerable body of Irish, who assailed the police with stones, brickbats, and other missiles, while various sorts of projectiles were cast from the houses, and even women were seen upon the roofs of the cottages hurling slates, bricks, & o, on the police. How ever, the s ma ll for ce under Mr. Sadler's command suc ceeded in driving back and dispersing their assailants, many of whom rushed into the houses; some of them being captured and conveyed to the police-office; and ultimately comparative quiet and peace being restored, Mr. Sadler left a number of officers, with some special constacles, in that locality, and returned to the Court house, whence he immediately dispatched tt messenger for the Mayor, Mr. John Boothroyst attorney, who resides at Shaw Heath, distanton about a mile from the Court-house. The MayorLk. arrived, as did Messrs. P. E. Marsland, Th"ne:gof th waa_ti_ns_taatlye rigge, and Sir Ralph Pendlebury, all magistra borough. From them a communication made to Major Kennedy and Captain Hort, cool_ manning detachments of the 4th Regiment of Infantry ; nowt lying in the barracks, Hall-street,,Stookport, requesting them to send a detachment of troops to assist the Tvil force in h maintaining the peace of the boroug-- Both officers, and several others, soon arrived at the Cou rt - house, with a detachment of about 60 rank and le., Meanwhile, the di form of declaration, the readingwas copied out in rea d watch is usually called "reading the Riot Act," ness—[printed copies of this ought t always to b e i n atrea diness in populous towns]-eand t t . n ion e Mayor an d th e ma gistrates named, with the oof Mr. Tur ner , we believe, with the police, and a number o f special con stables (just before sworn in for the occasion by the magistrates), and the, t r oops , proc ee d e d d own Chester gate to Rock-row and Petty Carr. There they found a considerable assemblage , and the Riot Act was im mediately read; on which, aided by the efforts of the police and special constables, the mob speedily dis persed. The civil and military authorities and force then proceeded by St. Peter's-square, through 'High-street and llillgate, up Edward-street, and through Greek-street, to Edgeley, where they found the large Catholic chapel completely sacked and gutted, and the priest's house pretty nearly in the same condition. The rioters here had brought the furniture, &c., out of the chapel and the residence, and piled it it! the road and set fire to it. The mob bad dispersed b e fore their arriv a l, an d t h ey on l y f oun d groups of persons standing qui e tly by the-heaps of blazing e nger ma terials. While th e aut h or iti es were there, a arrived with infor m atio n th a t th e mob had 6 fa (near rk proceeded to ss, Michael's R oman C at h o li c chapel, in the Pa rk were the Court-house), had broked the windows, military au s, de stroying the furniture, &e. The civil and thorities and forces proceeded thither with all speed, and and that dragged out, their arrival found that the furnituret .ad been out, broken up, and some of it sot Sr: o o p ' en a large S i me of the rioters had attempted toro . n safe, supposed to contain various articles of usedsilverrin the service of the chapel. The police removed this safe rioters) (the lock of which had resisted th e efforts of the 1852 to the police-office, for safe keeping. Some portions of a paters, a pyx cover, &0., all of silver, were picked up inside :the chapel, and Mr. Sadler took possession of them, as well as of various books of prayers which were lying strewed about. These were lodged in safety at the police-office. ,The police arrived in time to appre hend several men 'in the very act of breaking and de stroying furniture in the chapel, and these were appre ' hended and lodged in the lock-ups. With the aid of the police, quiet was speedily restored, and a Cons id erable number of men and youths, w ho were knownto have taken part in some of th ese riotous proesedi°V, were apprehended and conveyed to the Court house. m any of these were severely wounded, and from four o'clock in the morning till noon, four medical men were more or less engaged in dressing their wounds and hurts. These were Dr. Rayner, M.D.; Mr. Walters, surgeon; Mr. Rigby, house surgeon at the Stockport Infirmary; and Mr. Brooks, surgeon. Thus far we have given a semi-official account of the riotous proceedings o f t h e n i g ht, f rom i n f orm ation which was mast readily communicated to us by Mr. Sadler and some of the officers under his control. But as the police force was generally too late to come up with the rioters while their reckless acts of destruction were lieng committed, we have endeavoursed to ascer tain from other sources how the proceedings arose. Great confusion prevails, both as to the order of events, and the time of my particular attack; but we believe the following to have been the order in which the events occurred. After the police had dispersed the mob in the Hillgate, the Irish, in a tolerably compact body, re treated towards Rock•row, t7 , e lower end of •vhich opens upon St. Peter's-square. At the corner of Rock-row and the square stands a large house, the residence of Mr. Graham, surgeon, who, we believe, has in some way incurred the hatred of the Roman Catholics. They assailed this house with volleys of stones and brick bats, smashed most of the lower windows, and the ser vant man received a severe wound in the forehead from a stone. In this attack, the next house, belonging to Mr. White's factory, &so suffered considerable injury in the lower windows. The mob then turned their attack upon the Sunday-school connected with St. James's Church, which stands opposite to Mr. Graham's house, on the other side of the square, and they had broken some of the windows in the building, when they were overtaken by the English, who attacked and drove them up Rock-row, and then seem to have proceeded in reta liation to Edgeley, gutted the Roman Catholic chapel and priest's house there, and thence to St. Mi chael's Catholic chapel in the Park, which they also sacked, as already stated. Here the more serious outrages to property seem to have been stayed; but fights between small bodies of both factions continued for some hours afterwards. In these fights one life has been taken, and it is not improbable that other very severe injuries may terminate fatally. Between 11 and 12 o'clock a party of police succeeded in cap turing a stout athletic young Irishman, whose name is said to be Darby Spark, about 24 or 25 years of age, who was said to have wounded three or four men with a pitchfork. When apprehended, however, he had re ceived a severe fracture of the skull and other injuries, and as he was evidently dying he was removed from the ()ik wthhiesre c y o s c e, b other pr isoners and placed in a room below the Court (Wheedneesxdpai r e ) d m o a r b n o i u n t g a . quarter before two It was alter midnight before the disturbance was The following is one of the sad casualties reported to US as having occurred during the evening • A man named Jas. Ogden, a b lock print e r, was charged by Mr. Sadler to assist the co nstables in pr eserv i ng t h e peace, and was for some time on duty with others pro tecting the Mersey Inn from a riotous attack. R eturning thence, he heard a great noise down an entry in Mrs. Walker's Square, Back Brook-street. lie ran down the entry, and found a number of Irish and others fight ing in a low cellar. He entered it, but was immedi ate l y assailed with stones, kicks, &c. Finding himself in danger, he attempted to escape, and laying hold of the door for that purpose, some one behind struckat his hand with a sickle or reaping-hook, and completely severed from his right hand the whole of the fore finger. The poor man went direct to the Stockport Infirmary, where his hand was dressed, and he then returned to the cellar, which he found deserted, and, looking about, he picked up his finger, where it had fallen behind the door. He is in great distress, as he told us it was the very finger he most required in his trade, and he was afraid he could work no more. To add to his sufferings, he is a married man, with a family of six children, and his wife will shortly again be confined; and so much was he afraid of the effect upon her, that at first he dared not acquaint her with what had befallen him. We trust this case will have the benevolent consideration of all the well-disposed. THE COURT-HOUSE, YESTERDAY. The Stockport Court-house presented an extraordi nary scene yesterday morning. During the night it had been converted into a prison hospital, and at one end were penned up about 108 ruffianly looking fellows, up wards of 60 of whom were suffering from wounds re ceived in the riot or in their encounters with the police when taken into custody. One with a dislocated shoulder was yelling under the manipulation of a surgeon, and another was shrieking under the pain of handling a dis located ankle; others were writhing, moaning, and bleed ing; and as the surgeons moved to and fro amongst them dressing their wounds, the place presented a singular picture. The man who had been killed was in the cellar underneath the Court-house; his name was Darby Searle, aged 24, and his wounds were a fractured skull and a cut on the head 4 inches long. The following is a list of the wounded prisoners:— James Paton, 29, fish dealer, 17, Back-ro R . , cut be tween eyes. _ . . . Owen - Doyle, 54, labourer, High Bankside, two cuts on head. William Donovan, 30, Carr-green, a cut on head. Darby Mulkeeny, 40, Walker's-yard, three cuts on head, and fracture of shoulder blade. James Davies, 17, Swan's-street, bruise on head. Martin Mulligan, 18, Daw-bank, two cuts on head. William Riley, 40, Rock-row, two cuts on head. Michael Morris, 14, Carr-green, a bruise on head. John Bloyd, 38, two cuts. William Shepherd, 45, one cut on head. Patrick Stanton, 46, stranger, three cuts on head. Patrick Naughton, 18, Shepherd's-buildings, a cut on head. John Cuddy, 28, Rock-row, one cut on head. Patrick Curly, 45, stranger, two cuts on head. James M`Donald, 23, stranger, four outs on bead. Patrick Flaherty, 23, stranger, one cut on head, ankle injured. Walter Welch, 23, Rock-row, one cut on head. John M`Owen, 22, Rock-row, one cut on head. John Brennan, 20, stranger, one cut on head. Michael Quin, 21, stranger, one do. Patrick Quin, 24, do., do. John Griffin, 22, Rock-row, three de* d Michael Gallagher, 40, High-street, one do. Michael Garvin, 16, Carr-green, o ne Patrick Tester, 40, Rock-row, one d .e Patrick Crocan, ,20, Brown-street, o o ne do., and nose injured. Patrick Riley, 20, Kay-street West, on do. Patrick Reynolds, 50, Rock-row, one do. John Kennedy, 24„Carr-green, one de- _ Michael Shaughnessy, 30, Rock-row, one do. John Donnelley, 50, jackson's-alley, one do. Barney Kelly, 30, Carr-green, one do. James Foot, 27, Rock-row, two do. Thomas Fearock, 21, Jackson's -alley, one do. Michael Doran, 17, High-street, two do. James Cain, 17, Millgate, a cut on face. John Finnigan, 22, Rock-row, a cut on head. Patrick Brett, 23, stranger, three cuts on h ead. John Oban, 23, one ditto. Wm. Burns, 29, Carr-green, two cuts on head, one on lip Patrick Welch, 26, High-street, two cut s on h ead. John Fearock, 15, Rock-row, one ditto. gate, one ditto. Thomas Murphy, 30, St. Peter's gate, Ryder, 18, St. Peter's . gate, o ne di tto. John Luddon,lB, Adlington-square cut on forehead. Piccadilly, Thomas Owens, 2 1 , cut on head. Michael M'Nally, 71, Lower Bank Side, . cut on leg. Lackey Tally, 21, Rock - row, cut on head stra n ge!, two cuts on face. Rock -row, three cuts on head, E M d ic w h a a r e d l D Hart, b 2 y 6 a; 28 one on leg. 27, Bomber's -brow, ca t on e y e an d hand. Canna, John Quin, 35) S hepherd ' s-bridge,cut on head. John Thurles, 53, R oc , k -row, ditto. John Pat Patrick c m l t Regan,Nai ly: 19 , 23, Chest e rg a te, cut on nos e . Shepherd's -bridge , cut on head, shoulder brui se d . Patrick Flannigan, 27, Rock-row, cut on head. _ M ichael Bark, 54, R oc k- row , t wo ditto. Patrick O'Hara, 30, Chestergate, cut on head, and sabre cut on hand. Roger M‘Dermott, 50, Low Bank-side, two cuts on the head, and one on the nose. Francis Tally, 19, Rock .row, cut on head. Patrick Kelly, 45, Chestergate, cut on head, on leg, and on buttock. Michael Connor, 19, Carr-green, one on head. Wm. Lawless, 10, Grape-street, cut on head. Darb y Kelly, Rook-row, five cats on head, o ne shoulder. to oa head, and Thomas Griffiths, Carr-green, eight oa ts one on lip. to commence befor • eeveral hours in Our correspondent was kept waiting the Court-house for the proceeding unlit nearly half-pa st e the magistrates; and it was Dont that they came two o'clock yesterday r_ c.''' s g E n e n n :oot l h i r ar o si d upon _ Moreland, Y , Esq,, pre sided; were P. E. the bench. The May;els, sided; and the other 0 1 ThhaveiTnfolitnotbigye, taken , Rai., Ed. Marslaud, p q. ae has and' Esq,, - w i ng prisoners were called up, and identified Tattoo, Esq., Alderman EsHoward , Dr. Turner, and S. R. Carrington, c l• part in the disturbance :-Thomas as Walter Welsh, Roger Macder Briany, FinniganMichael Shottery, James Hag- James Welsh, Owen Doyle, mot, Michael Cunyan, Tho masjgeorbtay,inyth, Michael M'Dermot, Thomas Garvar, James Fi n ney, James Herretty, Patrick O'Hara, Patrick Curley , Flynn, Patrick Locherty, Thomas Morris, Richard Rhodes, Thomas Rider, James Finn, Matthew Malle,gan, James Paton, John Brennan, Thomas Owen, John m.Nally, Patrick Kelly, Michael Flynn, George Bell, Samuel Boyle, Michuel Burke, and James Foley -33 in all. The following were bound over on their own recog nizance of 51. each, to keep the peace and appear when called Upon :—Jehn Griffin, Lacky Tully, John Cuddy, James Gannan, Win. Crofton, Jos. Foster, Michael Free man. Thos. Sumner, Michael Connor, John Quin, Mar tin Finnigan, Thomas Finn, James Smith, Wm. Law less, Wm. Nixon, of Runcorn; Michael Gallagher, Darby Mulchieny, Michael M'Nally, Patrick Flaherty, Patrick Stanton, of Prescott, near Liverpool; Joseph Cochlin, Patrick O'Connor, Michael Dowar, John Dut ton, Patrick Mangle, John M‘Owen, James Cade, Patrick O'Brien, Patrick Goghan, James Connoly, Pa trick Lowany, Michael Gregan, Thomas Fearaeb, Michael Kelly, Thomas M‘Dermot John Coob, John Feargus, Patrick Welsh, Francis iulloy, Patrick Rey ames Davis, Peter Shanley, Wm. Sandford, Jas. M'Daniel, Barney Kelly, Edward Herretty, Patrick Brett, Walter Ford, John Thurn Patrick Riley, Michael Gavin, Patrick Flanna g a n , domes Clossick, Michael Clossick, -John Gallagher, John Peach, Thomas Jen nings, Michael Quin, Patrick Quin, William Riley, Michael Hart, John Gallagher, Thomas Finnigan, Te rence Mohan, John Hopin, John Donnelly, William Donovan, John Kennedy, William Burns, Thomas Collins, John Reynolds, James Ford, and Owen Bradley. The following were in custody bat could not be iden tified, and were consequently discharged:—John Gal lagher, Thomas Riley, James Heretty, Thomas Murphy, Patrick Kelly. John Sherlock was absent undergoing a surgical exa mination. It will be aeon from these lists that the total number of persons apprehended was 114. alc• Gibson, the town-clerk of Salford, appeared on behalf of Mr. Frith, the Catholic priest, wh ose h ouse W 93 sacked, and several of the prisoners. The whole of those wlv , were identified were re manded till Frici33-. S TO CKPORT, Vv EDNESDA.Y, MIDNIGHT.—The e stre e tshave been crowded, en d great excitement has prevailed Bodies of cavalry and infantry are under arms. The magistrates agaveha just finished swearing in 500 yet been attempted. Bodie., of ruf spncial constables, a retaliation by the Irish wasex llsinia°gone about attacking the houses of the broken down their doors and. t , :c n t s ed h , a v b e u t a h g poor , T-i h• and, hivicg nighta in Crookley W oo d, i n B de rm t destroyed encampedt d on th . eir furniture, the s o e o f t h e h ouseless Catho lics COURT CIRCULAR. The QueenCouncilthis afternoon a Privy at Buckingham Palace. Summonses were issued yesterday fiom the Privy Council-office to the Minis ters and officers of State. The ceremony of the baptism of the Princess G an .. romma, daughter of his Highness Prince Vero Rejunder, ex-Raja of Coorg, took place at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, in the Private Chapel of Buck ingham Palace. The ceremony was performed by the ArchhisboP of Canterbury, assisted by the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, and the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley, Domestic Chspj lain to her Majesty. Her Majesty the Queen was pleased to stand spon so. The other sponsors were the Viscountess Hara inge, Mrs. Drummond, and Sir James Weir Hogg Bart., Chairman of the East India Company. ,The Princess was named by her Majesty " Victoria."' His Royal Highness Prince Albert, their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, and his High ness Prince Vere Rajunder, were present at the ceremony. Her Majesty was attended by the Duchess of Atholl, Mistress of the Robes, the Viscountess Can ning, Lady in Waiting, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, and the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Mar quis, of Exeter, Lord Chamberlain, Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Sir Frederick Stovin, Groom in Waiting, Major-General Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, and Lieutenant-Colonel Biddulph, Master of the Household. The Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole, and r a o , f P l r n e d s dent a a and d f Colonel Bouveri e , E querr y i n W a i t i ng , were i n at tendance on the rrince. e Viscount Hardinge, the Right Hon. John C. the MajorßeaDrdruomfmConond,ro3ld Bengalfor th iff Thi r r i e s s e attend After the ceremony. e chr i steni n g Light Cavalry, were also honoured w ith in v it a ti ons t o th r ed o is in t , in w g h u e i r sh e e l d un c c ir h c e l o e n w w er as e conducted to the dinner o served. Prince Vere Itajunder and the Princess Gauromma attended by their suite, left the Palace at twenty minutes past two o'clock. At three o'clock the Queen held a Court and Privy Council. At the Court, the Duke of Aufingtenburg, attended by Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, had an audienee of her Majesty, to which be was in troduced by the Earl of Malmesbury, the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H, her Maje s ty' s Ma s t er o f th e C e remonies. M. de Lossel (Chef de la Cour) was in attendance on the Duke. The Earl of Derby had an audience of the Queen. The Right Hon. J. C. Herries had an audience of her Majesty. The - Queen was graciously pleased to confer the honour of knighthood on John Kincaid, Esq., late Captain in the Rifle Brigade and Senior Exon of her Majesty's Royal Body Guard. Captain Grant had an audience of the Queen, kissed hands on appointment, and received from her Majesty his silver stick of office rs Exon of her Ma jesty's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Lord de Ros, Captain of the Yeomen Guard, pre- seated the Exons to the Queen. Sir John Pakington, the Queen's Secretary of State for the Colonies, presented to her Majesty Te Rauparara, Chief of the Ngatitoa and Ngatiraukana tribes, New Zealand. The Lord President of the Council had an audi ence of her Majesty. The Privy Council was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Privy S: - ‘al, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, the First Lord f the Admiralty, the President of the Board of Control, the President of the Board of Trade, the Postmaster-General, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain and the Groom of the Stole to the Prince. At of the pa r Council t w h a e s Q a u rr e a e n n g s ed sPe a e n c d h agreedo n The t h h e e u 0 closi ng upon.n. W illiam Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Right lion. George Banker, Judge-Advocate- General, had an audience of the Queen, and sub mitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some courts martial. The Queen was attended by the Captain ! of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting, the Vice-Chamberlain, the) Controller of the Household, Lord Byron, Lord in. Waiting, and Sir Frederick Stovin, Groom in Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, went to Wormwood Scrubs at ten o'clock yesterday morning. His Royal Highness returned to Buckingham Palace at half-past twelve o'clock. The Queen and Prince Albert received by electric telegraph on Tuesday evening the melancholy news of the death of Count Mensdorff-Pouilly, who died at Vienna on the evening of the 28th inst., after a pro.. tracted illness. Her Majesty and his Royal High ness were, in consequence, prevented being present at the St. James's Theatre .on Tuesday evening, an d have recalled the invitations to the Palace for yester giMarlaslesty, and day and to-morrow. Count Mensdorff had married the eldest sister of the late Duke of Saxe Coburg _ and Sing of Belgi ans, Gotha, her Royal Highness the Duchess of •Kent, consequentlyand his M aje s a ty m t a h t e ern K a i l n and was paternal uncle to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. He died in his 76th year, a distinguished ornament of the Austrian army, and universally beloved and re spected by his relations and all who knew him. The Count has left three Sons in the Austrian military ser vice, of whom the second is now Military Plenipo tentiary at the Court of St. Petersburgh. H H er Royal ighness the Duchess of Ke n t, a t. tended by. Baroness do Speth, went to Frogmore yesterday morning. er Royal High -ness returned to her residence, Clarence-house, St, James's l as t evening. —...................._ Lord Belhaven transacted business yesterday at the Ra il wa y, Department of the Board of Trade. Mr. George Huds on , M . P ., had an interview on Tuesday with the Ch ance l lor of the Exchequer at his official residence in Downing-street, to present a me morial from Sunderland. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday from the Governor of South Australia. THE MARIONETTES.—There is no foundation for the report that a distinguished member of this company is about to contest the representation of Lincoln at the ap proaching election. Nevertheless, Mr. Albany Brown would prove at least as efficient a senator as the present Honourable and Gallant Member for Great Tom. Mr. G. V. BROOKE.—This English tragedian lately hired the Astor Place Opera House, New York, for dramatic performances. Finding that the "legitimate" did not succeed, he introduced a troupe of monkeys, whereupon an injunction against him was issued by the proprietors of the house. Thus far the monkeys have triumphed, having appeared one night to . 01 enraptured audience. The move for an injunction is not yet decided. The .New York Herald 0 , 2• 1 . 1 __,_ 10 the monkeys ought to win, and says—" We do not th ink : that there exists any reasonable ground of compla int a g ains t their performances, particularly in view of the fact that the owners of the Astor-place Opera-house have l a tely let it out to a juggler, for the exhibition of tricks of le g erdem ain , the manufacture of hasty puddings in the bottom of gentlemen's hats, and the production of hens' egg s ad mitt(); with other classic performances. DODGING THE RESPONSIBILTY .- 7 " Sirl ' said Fiery faces, the lawyer, to an unwilling witness. " Sir, do you say, uponyouroath, that Bliinpkins is a dishonest man?" "I didn't say he was ever accused of being an honest man, did I?" replied Pipkins. " Does . thn C ourt understand you to say. Mr. Pipkius, that the plalliitiff s reputation is bad?" in quired the Judge, merely p utting the question to keep his eyes open. '° I didn't say it was goo d, I rec k on ." " Sir," said Fieryfaces, " sir-r, upon your oath—mind, upon yout oath —you say that Bl , l , mpkins is a rogue, a villain, and a thief?" "You sal' so, NS 'as Pip's reply. " Havn't you said so?" “ Why! go ve , Eild it," said Pipkins, "what's the use of my repeating it? 4, sir. i ,, r thundered Fieryfaces, " I charge you urn ,3,?ur oath, do you or do you not say Blimp kins stole things r " No, sir," was the cautions reply of Pip kins, "I never said Blimpkins stole things, but I do say of finding things that nobody lost !" " Sir,* "yea can retire ;" end the court Eli Mae& e t i ' s d pi l t eryfa a waeyes, ' , ,~` ed till 3 and aerate cloud Elec- Ivered s, and -Pcsi parka nain mean at the 57.9 Q 6; in. , n the ; de 3ed to d in yes- )our- e at igre; ,ping