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

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Jr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HARVEST HOME. After which the Burlesque of NORMA. Norma, Mr. P. Bedford; ddelgt3a, Mr. Wright; Pollio, Miss Woolear. To conclude with the Drama of THE CABIN BOY. Mons. Vin cent, NI r. 0. Smith ; Largarcette, Mr. P. Bedford ; Julien, Madame Celeste. oYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Engagement or Mr. G. Bennett, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan, for Five Nights enly. Reappearance of Mr. T. P. Cooke and Grand Ballet Company. THIS EVENING Will be perfommed THE TOWER OF NESLE. Buridan, Mr. G. Bennett. Atter which 3IONSIEUR 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 THE WANDERING TRIBE. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitzball's new and completely successful Spectacle. Un s paralleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENIN:i, WI:1 be performed, the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR DIJON ; or, The Battle of Flodden Field. To be followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA. To conclude with a Grand Pageant. entitled LADY GODIYA AN D PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Toll. In compliance with the numerous applications ai tile Box-office, the gor;eous Spectacle of MAZEPPA will be produced with great splendwur on Monday, August 23. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. New Series of GRAND PROMENADE CONCERTS. Continuation of MISS SARA FLOWER. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Denson. 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 Perfirmers includes Messrs. Cloffl, Collins, sen., George and Viotti Collins, Eger ton, G,riesbach, Stevenson, Hardy, &c.—Several favourite Songs by Miss Sara Flower—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautiful Menagerie—Shakspere's House—The Magic 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. Southby Gates open at Ten A.M.. Feeding Time Five—Concert at Six —Fireworks at Nine. Admission. as usual, One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—►SIIN OFFICE, AUGUST 25. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 53; Highest, 59; Noon, 6 BAROMETER, 30.11. WIND 5.E..; morning, slight showers; afternoon, fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. :Morning .. 1 ruin. after 11 I Evening .. 41 rain. after 11 I • ' 1 , ›, . 7, i o vr au i • •‘,4 sr, m ,} ..:,,j . s ( 4%);okilkr , it ‘ , ' ... 1 1' :i • If-..*,T . : , , c ----MA ~ iii,....- , ''N&•' . ! 4004 4 : ,141:1; -—.•- - .. ,,. ,.41 e, ;„•.,ezifisp—;.,„ . , t" ';` , ii '',.— .'' f * Fl l `‘ 't • C , s. Yt • ,;; ,,—, .. ....:-• °,o No , • . Tellilitt4 1 7 C )-= %TI,P LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1848. 1-. Oa .. Wedilesday we pointed out that the fo ur wit - messes delegated and selected by large and influential cora . mertiit bodies to represent them, and express their opniions on the late monetary crisis before the 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 JOHN spoke, indeed, with all that rhetorical tartness of manner for which he is unrivalled—an acidity of sarcasm beyond even the scholastic gibes of the Hoe. 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 cf 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 TTRELL backed up the factious opposition of Messrs. ANSTEY and IJectunanT. While the Member fur 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 humane 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 a. is so far from being either insulting or dero gatory to the position of that illustrious man, that it is the loftiest title which nny 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 Pore, as Pope, instead of with him as Sovereign of the Papal States—it would be acting in a manner uojustifiahly 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 ieterchange 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. AMT. EY and URQUHART, in spite of the bigotry of Sir JOHN TYRELL and the fanaticism of Mr. SrooNER, the most generous, if not the most practically useful measure of the present ses=ion, 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 g eograp hi ca l pos iti on an d it s hi s t or i ca l asso ciatlons,h but also from the fact of the words of libera tionaving been first articulated under the shadow of the Vatican, and the standard of nationality having been first unfurl e d b y the anointed . hands of the PONTIFF. In his last preface "Rienzi," written towards the commencement of 1848, E DWARD BULWER LYTTON declared his 'conviction that the regenera tion of the Roman pen f in s su a l r a di nu a st ultimately come frow the young b cide with our distinguished_ author , n \‘'ilile N h N o .e w c e o v i e n r, in looking to the realms o for the vigour and the action CAli C HARLES ALBERT of the reg enerative movement i n I taly, we must aver, in like manner, that to ourselves it appe ars equally inevitable that the intellect and the guidance" of that glorious moverrent will still cont i nua to ori ginate in the Council Chambers of the Eternal City 'l,,y'diqia may he the hero, but Rome will be t t some is the MENTOR, Sardinia the Te 6'Sin§, of the Italians. • e 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 'ormidable 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 to 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. WILLIAM 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 tho 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-headed 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 went 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 accurtte information and lair 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 ough to have been. We may, therefore, reasonably conclude, from :he treatment of Mr. BLACKER, that it was not rom any forbearance on the part of the Cotn- 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 w as 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. Goun cnaux, 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 3,760,000,0001., 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 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 Constitutionnel, Mr. RICHARD O'GoamAN has succeeded in effecting his escape from Ireland. He landed from a fishing•boat at St. Brieue, 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 :- I.'he object of the meeting is for the purpose of coin ing to an understanding as to the adoption of one of the following resolutions, which became necessary from the tact that the liberty of the press no longer exists either in fact or in sight, 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 ate either-Ist, That the journals shall etas° to •..ppear; 2d, They shall abstain from ail 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 National Assembly, who could nut 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, AuG. 24. and ri the or day THREE o'CLoc K .—Th e B ourse epene d to-day, w i th awappearanceaw of continuati on o f t h e r i se o f yester y r y before, but several specul a to rs h av i ng end eavoured to realise their ' profits by selling, the Rent es lih r e ad p uaue sy gave way, an d c l ose d a b out per cent. below c yesterday, steiday. for the f a ll . There was n o news to account Cents. an d the Account, the F renc h Th ree per is the same Five 3,5er Cents. have fallen 25c. each ; Loan Cents. and Five sterday. F or M oney, the Three per Bons du Tresor Per Cents. have also fallen 25c.; ar e at 23 discount ; Bank of ' ranee Shares have risen sf. ; Belgian Bank Shares, which had not been quoted for a long time, are at 640; Belgian Five par Cents. are with out any change; Spanish Funds not quoted; Roman have risen per cent.; Rothschild's Receipts are un changed. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 32k; ditto (90 days), 25 22i. 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 lf. 25c. each; Rouens, Marseilles, and Dieppes, have fallen 2f. 50c.; Versailles (Left Bank), Northerns, and Lyons, have declined If. 25c.; Havres, Basles, and Vierzons, are without any change. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, AUG. 24. Boulogne and Amiens, s%—Northern of France, 5N Orleans and Bourdeaux, 1 3 4--Paris and Lyons, .5 Ditto, 4!i—Paris and Strasbourg, I. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Council of Ministers, on the proposition of Baron VAN IVEISSENBERG, 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 VON HER#SCHFELD, 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, beg 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. " PEACKER, Minister of War." His Imperial highness the Archduke VICAR 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 and joyous 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 JOHN, 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 CoMPEs, 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 REVGLUTION 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 are not enabled to confirm it from authentic sources, neither can we disprove it. All we can say is, that all news coining from Russia ought to b© received with con siderable doubt and mistrust." The Schlesische Zeitung, of the same date, brings ;he same news, with some additions:— "The rumour of a successful revolution in Russia came first to Breslau on the evenin! , of the 17th, by a traveller, who arrived with the nigh t " train from Myslo witz. It was confirmed on the tollowing day by the Prussian Consul at Warsaw, who passed through Breslau on his way to Berlin. Tho revolution, it ap pears, was effected by a monster conspiracy. Its out break was contemporaneous in the two capitals. The troops ret used 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 Staatsanzeiger, of the 22d, has no news whatever under the head of " Russia." 6 POLAND. The Cologne Gazette publishes the following from iVarsaw " The brutal conduct of the soldiers of the sth In fantry Regiment, in union with the Bth, which two now comprise our garrison, increases. Ytiaterday evening a general plunder of the eat ing 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 tho (..fficers 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 Ministers, unanimously agreed to a law admitting Jews to the full and com plete possession of all the civil rights of Roman citizens. On the 13th two battalions of the Civic Guard, who volunteered to march to the assistance of their bre thren of Bologna, repaired to th e square of the Qui rinal to receive the Pore's benediction. Plus IX. addressed them from his balcony, but his emotion was such that his words could not be heard. When he bestowed' on them his benediction, however, he distinctly said " Peace be with you ;" to which the militia and people responded, " Courage, h o l y Father ! " The POPE having been attacked, n ow openly spoke of war, but his only reliance was i n French intervention, which he earnestly demanded from M. Boss LE COMTE during the two days that the Envoy remained at Rome. 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 Italian 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 " There would be an indignity in losing, for ten days' fortuitous disasters, the confidence due to four months of prosperous events and h ero i c sacr i f i ces: i t 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 the independence of the Italian territory, the concord and peace of the whole of Europe. (Signed) " OASATI, " DURINI, RICCI, G ivia, COLLEGNO, PALLOCOPA, PARETO, GIOBERTI, PLEZZA, RATAZZO. " 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. 2 1.—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 Vienra 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. — Amsterdam Courant, Aug. 22, DUTCH FUNDS.—AWITEILDAM, AUG. 21. Actual Debt, 2 Money. Bills % per Cent •• •• •• •• • 43% 44% Ditto, 3 per Cent •••• • • • • •• • ... .. 51% 52 1 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent... • •• • • •-• .• 68 4 69 4 Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent.. 704 70% Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • East India Loan, 4 per Cent...—. •• • • Exchangeon London, at sight ........ 11 95 TT/0 months... ••• • • • 11 87 On Hamburgh, at sight .... 35 25 Two months... ••• •••• • • • 35 On Paris ................56 75 Two months . •••••. • • • • • • 56 25 SEC ONDARIES'. -(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) EN TRIAL.— AYLAND V. FAIREY. Ne pla in this action is a wheelwrigh and brought the Th action intiff to recover the sum of 54 7s. ld for t, 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 for 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 before 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 GI. 10s., anti 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. 75. id. The SECONDARY said he quite agreed with them. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Haydon, the well-known City policeman, said he was ac quainted with Cartwright'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 bad 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 cf Chartist doctrines and professions. The ATTORITEY-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 R>•ConDER and Mr. Alderman FAZNCOME.) ROB tS ERY AT Tit E LONDON Doc KS.— James Bartles, Andrew Thompson, and IV. Niger, 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. Tiie 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 offence 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 tit 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 (,ut 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 eharges against three men, 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 one 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 had been given to him. The jury tound the prisoner Guilty, and The Juntas 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 24 per quarter, and Meal is per barrel higher. A steady business was doing in Flour, at very full prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. English ...... Irish. ........ Foreign .. Wheat. 2,740 qra. Barley. 330 qrs. 10_ 0:1 6 :. I I Flour. 390 qrs. I 1,680 sto . I -- 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 specting 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 hands of the Prince, it did not consider that for the few remaining days in which it still remained in office it should discontinue to give all its care to the prin • ciples and to the interests of Italian nationality, the idea of which from its first declaration had guided all its acts. "In consequence its first care was by every means in its power to recognise the army, to increase the dipos able forces, to mobilise the National Guard in such a manner that by the beginning of September next oar re• giments would have been not only complete, but better disciplined than before. "it adopted the necessary measures to enable the finances of the State to meet the expenses demanded for the maintenance of the national honour, and without the weight of those expenses falling too heavily on the tax payers. "It protested to all free Governments ageing 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 had not forgotten her OLD COURT CHARTIST TRIALS.—At ten o'clock this morning Mr. Baron Platt took his seat upon the bench. The case of George Shell was immediately eallcd 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 ArrousEv-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 is as then brought in question. He regretted, however, to say that the hope he entertained had not been realized, and that he was obfiged 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 ferrea to, and they would fearlessly discharge the duty they were now called upon to perform, and would not allow the invaluable rights of the people of this co un t r y to h e 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 l a id d own b y Chief Justice Tindal at the special commi ss i on at M onmouth, 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 Mitchel, 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 a l arm i ng, 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 scand a l ous 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 whole of the south o f I re l an d i n a state of rebellion. On the following day a meeting was held, at which the prisoner delivered a speech of a seditious character. A person of the name of Bryson was elected chairman. The meeting was held at a hall in Webber -street, Blackfriars road. The prisoner made a sp eec h , i n 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 tri a l s h ou ld arr i ve, commend ing the conduct ofFeargus 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 Mit chell an honest patriot, but was it honest patriotism to call upo n th e G o d o f B att l es an d 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 d e f en d th em w i t h th e risk of their lives ; to incite the people to streakthe 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 vias 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 i t v h e e ul p d eo l p ,e l e ah vi l l e o t o h a li d v e be i e n n t s h o e lsiig oppressed enjoyinehte ivihi be free, t'hoautlibett they en 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 invaluabl e privileges which th e su bj ec ts of this realm enjoyed, he trusted that they would show by their verdict that those pri v il eges should n o t b e use d f or t h e propagation of doctrines which were calculated 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 wh o le c i rcumstances 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, they would find him guilty of the crime of sedition. William Counsel, examined by Mr. WELSBY—I live in Camberwell, and am a short-hand writer. I was present at a Chartist meeting in Webber-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 he did. I took a short• hand note of Shell's speech. A person of the name of K ean spo k e at t h e meet i ng. Shell moved a resolution, condem natory o f t h e con d uct o f the Government re in proposing the su s p en ;i on o f th e H a be a s Corpus Act, turning thanks to M r . F eargus O'C on nor and to other Mem bers pledgingofth the g to o give Parliamentmeeti meeting for their ir every opposition t supportoand the measure,assistance in and its power to the unfortun a t e I r ish in throwing off the thral dom of English misrule. The witness then in detail. Kean proposed a resolution to the effect ee the meeting viewed with distrust and alarm the • lemeasure adopted red that the Irish retthat the speech by her Majesty's Go vernmen t, and considered ought to have a fre e an d independent Parliament, they offered th e i r I r i s h b re thren their cordial The prisoner, w h o was undefended, asked no important question of the wit ness . t sympathy. and ily. that Mainwaring, police-constable, said he apprehended the prisoner on the 2d of August as he was coming_his out of a Chartist meeti ng i n W e bb er - stree t. He searched in Southw ar k, an d found a hoo k w hich he now produced. g In l g le s lod also found a letter upon his person. Mr. Law said he was the landlord of the house in whi c h the prisoner liv e d, and prove d t h e finding of the book in the prisoner's room. The ATTORNEY-GINZRAL read the following extract from the book :—" P roposed by M r. C u ffey, that every district should send four inen to Cartwright's coffee-house to arrange a plan of communication." Richard Dennis produced a copy of record of conviction of John Mitchel, which was read. Beet 3,910 220 Malt. 1,570 qrs. SZTITHWIEX.n. 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 fulling 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!dvDowns 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. Mitch 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 4 econd quality •. • 3 6 3 ti Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8 Prime large Oxen 310 4 0 Southdown Nether 410 5 0 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 3 0 310 Large Hogs ...... 310 4 2 Prime small ditto - lockling Calves • l7 0 25 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 22 0 Inferior Sheep .. ,3 10 4 2 Lambs .... •••• .. 4 0 S 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. heep. 1,186 I 58.350 I Ca 4 l 6 v 3 es. I P 3 ln. FOREIGN SUPPLY. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 1,490 209 SCOTCH. — Beasts, 190 ; Sheep, 360. NEM/GATE AND LEADENHALL. Beasts. 197 These markets were very firm, and prices were well supported in every instance, At per stone by the Carcaae. s. d. to e. d. s. d. to P. d. ,inferlor...... 2 8 3 0 Mutton, inferior .. 3 6 310 middling 3 2 3 4 middling.. 4 0 4 4 primelarge .. 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 4!- •• •••• • . 4 4 4 6 Lamb. 4s Od to 58 Od. BOROUGH HOP MAILICET. 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, 180,0001. to 185,000/. Sussex pockets, 212 s to 2165; Weald of Kent ditto, 214 s to 21 10s; Mid. and East Kent ditto, 218 s to 51 55. COLONXAX. SUCAL—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 days of the weeks. REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been at 52s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-2,441 bags Bengal, nearly all found buyers; fine white Benares at 43s 6d to 445, mid 40s to 41s, and low 39s 6d. Khaur was taken in at 30s to 31s 6ds - per cwt.; Madras, 4,506 bags wasi nearly all taken in at full rates, mid damp yellow, 32s to 32s 6d, and good brown 30s 6d to 31s. Singapore, 31 cases, brought 39s 6d for fine yellow, and 10,037 bags Mauri tius partly sold at about former values ; fine yellow, 39s 6d to 40s 6d, and ord as 36s ; 10 baskets Batavia went at 39: for fine damp yellow. Java, 1,389 baskets, was chiefly taken in at 38s 6d to 42s ; for mid to good dry and strong, part selling at 37s to 39s for mid brown to good mid yellow. FOREIGN.—Cuba has been taken in at 18a 6d to 21s for yellow, and at 27s 6d to 303 for white. Porto Rico, good and fine, has been • sold at 42s to 445, and low at 36s 6d to 38s. Low brown Pernambuco has realised 15s 6d per cwt. Havannah has been taken in at 37s 6d to 38s 6d for low and mid yellow, and at 399 to 41s 6d for good and fine; white has been held at 29s to 31s for good and fine. COFFEE.—Jamaica low quality has been sold at about previous rates; fine ord 405 to 425, and good ord 288 to 31s. A superior sample 91s per cwt. Ceylon has been cheaper. Native low good ord 28s to 295, mid and good 503 to 665, fine and fine fine ord to low mid 40s to 48s 6d and pea berry 48s 6d to 56s 5d per cwt. In Mocha and foreign very little has been done. Costa Rica, 4,290 bags, sold however at full rates, fine 59s 6d to 60s, mid 50 s to 541, and good ord 27s tso, 28s. Of Rio 5,376 bags were offered, 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 to 24s 6d per cwt. COCOA.—Trinidad has been sold at 38s 6d to 408 for ord to mid, and at 40s 6d to 44s for good and fine St. Lucia was take n i n at 38s to 40s per cwt. ; SPlCES.—Pimento has been sold at aid to n d per lb. for mid to good. Malabar pepper has been taken in at 21d to 2id per lb. Mace has been sold at 2s 4d to 2s 10d for mid to good, and Cloves at is 2d to Is 7d fur good. Nutmegs •2s 2d to 3s for mid to good. COTTON.—A limited business has been done. RICE. —An extensive business has been done at higher rates privately, and, at auction, Bengal middling white has realised 13s to 13s 6d; good middling dusty white, 148; Arracan good yellow, lOs to lOs 6d per cwt. SALTPETRE.—Rough has been firmer; low to fine 248 6d to 27; per cwt. Rust. —The market has been dull. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been 448 per cwt. on the spot. TEA.—The following are the prices current :—Bohea, 2d to 3d ; Cocgou ord to good ord 74 to 8d ; ditto best mid Bid to 93- ; 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 i s 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 7ici to 8d ; ditto mid to Hybon kind 104 to la id; ditto Canton kind 21d to 4d ;. Hyson good to best mid Is 2d; to Is 6(1, ditto mid to good mid 2s to 3s 9d ; Young Hysen is 3d to 3s 2d ; ditto Canton kind 66(1 to is : Imperial is 2d to 3s ; ditto Canton kind 10(1 to Is ; Gunpowder is 6,1 to 4s 6d, and Canton kind is 2d to is 6d pQr 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 De land. He denied that ho was so. He, therefore, wished to ask th e N o bl e L or d w h et h er 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 frcm 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 Kith all the information of which he was possessed, he would remit it to the Lord- Lieutenant. Mr. SPOONER rose, ho said, to oppose the further progress of the Bill. He blamed the Goveinment 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 she 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 bad for some time carried on secret negotiations with the Pope, with a view to get his consent to certain clauses, and that the negotiations basing 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 HOD. 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 Briti s h 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 7,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 be 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 bo 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, hear) They had Ministers is Switzerland, 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 Nvo u d 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 by many Hon. 2.l:embers, and had nothing to do with the subject before the House.—(Hear. hear.) Mr. DRUMMOND opposed the clause, on the ground that it was an insult to the Catholics, and that it would militate against the working of the Bill. Colonel THOMPSON thought it would be well to ac cept the Bill as it stood, even with this objectionable clause, as they could not obtain it without it. (LEFT SITTING.) THE LATE EXPLOSION IN ALDANY•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 coroner 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, and then, in the most disinte rested manner possible, told Mr. Loten to make his house his home, and his purse his also, as long as he thought proper. Mr. Sudlows said he had been 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. THE RECENT COLLISION ON THE LANCASTER AND PRESTON RAILWAY.—The investigation of the circum stances attending the death of Hemel Airey, the untor 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. After 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 ing to check its speed when the signal of danger was flying at the Bay-horse station, by letting off the steam, and having the brakes put on, but in vain, owing to the slippery state of the rails from the wetness of 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 up. The inquiry was then adjourned till Monday. Captain Laffen, one of the 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 co m p an i es 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 expected, will have to undergo amputation. A HAPPY MEETING.—At Lieutenant -General Lord Hardinge's dinner party on Wednesday, at Cruise's, Limerick, to Major-General Napier, Colonel Cox, Colo nel Doyle, and the officers commanding corps in garri son, a distinguished guest dropped in quite unexptctedly, who came from England to see his Noble Friend, Lurd Hardinge, and this was Sir Henry Lawrence, Governor of Lahore, and a field officer of the Bengal Artillery. He was received in the most cordial manner by the gal. lant host, who introduced the welcome visitor to his guests, and 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 H. 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 Moulton, 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 inque 6l at the Greyhound Inn, Greenwich, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Mr. James Core, late or the firm of Messrs. Corss and Roberts, clothiers and outfitters, 63, Shisreditch, who was found weltering in his blood, with a pistol by his side, at that inn. bff' James Cor ss , sen ., id ent i f i ed the body of the deceas ed as that of his son, aged 22 years. The deceased, Who was engaged in the business of the firm, left home about ten o'clock on Tuesday morning to purchase goods " a warehouse in Wood -street. Witness found that de ceased had purchased several hundred pounds worth d goods, which were sent h ome 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 • bed, and then sat for about twenty minutes in the coffee• room, when he went to bed. He seemed low and de• sponding. In the morning witness was called up stairs by 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 a pistol. The ball had lodged in the head near the left temple. The following is a copy of a letter which was foiled upon the person of the deceased:— Greenwich, Monday Evening. "My dear Father,—My madness has at length cal; quereci me. Now, when in possession of everythine wished, all around me seems nothing but gloom. Thal great defect of my character, want of determination -4 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 me in everything I undertake. I dare not look to the future, for I see it there making a begga r , of me. For myself I care not, but time must reconcile those whom I wonld rather undergo any torture tha n bring into trouble. It is the certainty that this day would come, sooner or later, which determines me 0 0 W , 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 a wife and children beggars, and myself hearing their s and the world's curses for bringing them to that state. Be it cowardice, or be it laziness, it is not to be erg& cated. How many times have I tried, and how mail times have I flattered myself improving, and yet it remsias an indelible black spot, as even at school. It it the same in America to a great extent, be 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 w ritt en , b ut f e l t t h at I owed to 6" who might otherwise have thought themselves in souls way connected with my determination. I state spil l that my only reasons are the feeling of thorough inconv petency to grapple with the world in business—a feeling of disgust for m) self every day, for doing so little, so that my brain wanders, I can scarce see what I write. Giv e , my love to all. I could no t bid t h em goo d b ye . Lei 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. Corss, after hearing the letter read, said it was mere delusion of the brain, as not one young man in 6 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 depver sion of spirits, left home one mor n i ng , an d t h e nex t tiuie he heard of him was by letter dated New York. Dr. Coulson, of the Old Jewry, in a letter, said that be attributed the act to physical causes, constitutional d. fects which had been coming on for a length of time. The CORONER remarked at some length upon the case' and said that after rea di ng t h e l etter i n the decease d's own hand there could be no doubt as to his state ° l' mind. Verdict—" Insanity." - COLONIZATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I think Ministers have come to a wise detertni' nation in not attempting to conduct a systematic einigry Lion and colonization. It they had undertaken to remove our surplus population, they would have found it as ior 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 LO7 thing of the kind has been clearly shown, for during the last twenty-three years nearly 900,000 of her MajestY l subjects have been almost furced, contrary to the wishes of a majority of them, into the United States, there t°, increase the wealth and po wer o f our great r i va l s , w id" out an effort being made to assist or induce them to go to our own colonies. It is creditable to Ministers that they have refused to turn so importsmt an affair into mere job, which it would have become in their hands• or in those of any other a d m i n i s t rat i on . Pl aces repro sented by the most subservient and time-serving charac ters would have got their redundant population removed at the cost of the nation, whilst the application of an ill dependent Member would have been disregarded. That we must have emigration to a very great extent is ob vious. The svelter° of the mother country de pends on it quite as much as the prosperity of the colonies. The plan I suggested last month in your valuable paper I believe would effect the object—s. e.• for Government to give large tracts of land in the colonies to the parishes or poor-law unions of the United Kingdom where there is any unemployed population, with this stipulation. that ten acres each shall be given to such poor men as find their way to the colonies •at their own txpense, and the same number of acres, leased with the power of purchase, to every poor man who cannot pay the cost of his own emigration. A distinc tion must be made to encoura g e people to go out at their own expense. had this been done some years ago, when the increasing population became pressing and alarming, the poor-rates would not have been half what they are, 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, be• cause it could not meet with remunerative investment in 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 systematic colonization as no Government could produce. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, • Hull, Aug. 14, 1848. T. N. WONDERFULLY FORTUNATE.—" Touchstone," to the Era newspaper last week, prophesied the winner o the Ebor Handicap, as well as of four other races 0 York. Be sure and purchase this rapidly rising facoili, and sporting journ a l o f A ugust 26 and 27, which Will give you full particulars of the meeting, and a peep A t the St.'Leger. Follow " Touchstone" (who has foretold nearly fifty winners this season) On your betting, and a fortune will be your reward. Order of all newsmen, price 6d. Office, 3, Catherine•street, Strand. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY. —Since the committal of the Chartist prisoners yesterday, two more, nameßogers and Roy a l, h ave b een taken into custody. T WO only of the whole number have been able to obtain sulli;, cient bail, Mr. Wm. Burton, umbrella-manufacturer, c' Oldham -street; and James Leach, printer, of Rochdale* road. The remainder, 23 in number, were this dtl conveyed to Kirkdale prison, where of course they I,ll ' have to remain till the next Liverpool assizes , . The feel" ing among the Ch art i st b o d y i s strong and bitter in 111!. extreme on account of the amount of bail required IDY the magistrates. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ha joined the Duchess nod Princess Mary at Gothic Lodg e ' Cowes, Isle of Wight. The Earl of Jersey has left town for Longshail Lodge, Derbyshire, on a visit to the Duke of Rutlam" The Countess and Lady Clementina Villiers ham gee ° to Scotland, on a tour of visits. The Earl of Pomfret has arrived at Kiluschevref his shooting quarters in the Highlands, where his Lord' ship is surrounded by a party of friends. Lord and Lady Ashley have left town for Scotland, to make a round of visits. Lord Seymour and the Lord Advocate of Scot . land arrived at Alton Towers on Monday last on 0 visit to the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, who ar t :, about to receive a success i on o f guests at their splen di d chateau. SITTINGS OF THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT."' This Court will sit again on Tuesday, to hear and de• termine applications for bail before Mr. Commissione r Harris; and the sittings of the Commissioners for th e hearing of cases will be resumed on the 14th of Sep' tember. BIRTII9. On the 24th inst., at Grove-house, near Leeds, the lad, ° f Joseph Middleton, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son. On the 18th inst., at Ramsgate, the lady of Lieutenant Burstal, R.N., of a son. On the 20th inst., at Little Cressingham Rectory, N 0,40114 the lady of the Rev. S. B. Warner, of a son. On the 21st inst., the l a d y of the Rev. Adolphus Trfarn i ton, of a daughter. On the 22d inst. (under the influence of chloroform), S r ' . J. 0. Smith, Brighton, of a daughter. wife of On the 22d in s t , a t V entnor, Isle of Wight, the Captain G. Rippon, Bombay Army, of a daughter. Short' On the 22d i ns t., at Harley-street, the wife of J. H. Esq., of a son. On the 23d i ns t., at U pper Grosvenor -street, the w i fe of Philip Pleydell-Bouverie, Esq. of a son. On the 23d i nst ., t h e wife Of James Gibbs, Esq., Bombay Civil Service, of a daughter. On the 22e i ns t., at the MARK parish lED. church of West Tiv) l Dl °rd4 ,,,,t Edmund Burke R oc h e , E sq., M.P , to Eliza Caroline, e,,, .., 1 7 - daughter of J. B. B oo thb y , Esq., of Twytord Abbey , '''. dlesex. On the 22d inst., at St. John's, Oakfield, Isle of Wig ht ' John Johnson, Esq., of Vernon-villa, near Ryde, to MerY , eldest daughter of J. Percival, Esq., of Woodlands. On the 22d inst., at St. Michael's, Stockwell, E. Charleton, Esq., of Gro ve -h ouse , N ort h B r i xton , S urrey , t o Eliza Flet cher,__ youn ges t d aug ht er o f t h e late Rev. John Ross , A.M. of Crawford, Lanai kshire. John LuOtrn, Esq., tl of 22d in p s i t u . m , at St. .N co ic n h n ol oti as , C t h o surcpar,3 Warden,P. ujn nieco of Major H. D. Warden, of H. M. Cape Rifle Mounted Co r p s. Graham's-town. stead' DIED. On the 20th inst., Colonel Henry John Freke , Of Hannington-hall, Wilts, one of the the Deputy Lieutenants and a magistrate for the county, aged 72. On the 19th inst., El:en, wife of E. Paddon, Esq.' of Fare ham, Hants, and fourth daughter of the late C. llagnaf' Esq., of East-hill, Wandsworth On the 21st inst., Alexander Young, M.D., Tranent, second son of the late W. Young, Esq., merchant, London. On the 21st inst., at :yid Rock, Yorkshire; Lieut.-General George G. C. L'Estrange, .C. 8., Colonel of the 61st Regiment. On the 22d inst., at Bath, aged 81, James Edward Jer ningham, Esq., second surviving son of the late E Jerning ham, Esq., and nephew of Lord Stafford. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUIVG• st No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun (Mee, No. 112. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy t 04. 4;9lintY Qi Aliddlesn, Friday, August 25, 1848. j The( of the notice they Iv Contra, Packet 5,006 Steam The 3 0th Ai The be seen o'clogk tends, Ever b, atia In' letter,' w►th tt ot CI The 1 - 111 {01 iitenat Ninte4 fare, The 370 hot Junetiei r oar he ] .F! thg ] Chnkrtei /141c.p, 2. F r in the. t trnoor %tie. hold ers ' Etay, et ° t h en 411 14 184 tom Yi AL tl tie, ; , the „, The -4 hous That 1414 1)11 —kra C r i t asie: : , IC4 rton, 4X , 7.1 1 NBeni . 2 , • h e ".itted ant - ""Y I t tek, hre e 13 briutor ror church. June Cuedued t 1 " 11 be ar Colonic B ink. prevent ItATOI a few d finest dc bottles, 71. ; an talnlnz Adelee By post _ . gold London Oxford. eensbtli and D J Italt 1114.0 f ste/41":8 t 8 ItztB th 1441eri%at, Ob littr e, 140,11 THE srN, LONDON, IMIDAIt EVENING-, AIiGIIST 25, 1848.