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THE CASE OF MR. MATHER. ! The following is the further correspondence re- I P"ing the assault committed on Mr. Erskine Al ether it Floren ce , which was laid on the table of th e H ouse of Lords yEsterday No. 1. 111 E EARL Cr DIALAIESBITRY TO SIR HENRY BULIVER, Foreign-office, May. 29, 1852. Sir regard to the course whi c h her Majesty's ‘-i-evernment now require the Tuscan Governmeot to Persi l; , in order to bring the vexati , ds discussion respect bl,nß M. Mather's eve to a close, I hav e to st a te to you eat her Majesty's Government expect, first, that the uke in of Cs.sigliano's note of the 10th of May, contain g the objectionable expressions in regard to the mo iveis by which the Grand Duke was actuated in grant- Ing 1,000 trancesconi to Mr. Erskine Mather, shall be W ithd rawn Mr. Scarlett's note of the 11th of May in PIY bein g also es a matter of course cancelled ; Becotlly, that the Tuscan Government shall distinctly t i, thn it the prin c ipl e t h at T m uscany i 3 b ud, either tough her courts of law or through her Executive Go v?rnmtint to protect Englishman iu Tuscany against the Ileleuce of Austrian soldiers; thirdly, that the Tuscan Uovernment shall convey to that of her Majesty an am ple expression of regret for the wrong inflicted on 411. • Ecskino Mather, in words equivalent to those 1 .:, 4 41 by Prince S c h warz?n b crg i n hi s di s p a tch to Count 440 1 of the 12th of March, of which a copy was trans raided to Mr. Suarlett in my dispatch of the 9th of 4 Pril. I, the_Tus can G overnment consents t o these d em an d Majesty'; Government have no wish to press for any i,—ellaiary compensation to Mr. Mather. That gentle : - ",n'3 father, as you will perceive by the enclosed cy o y his letter of the 27th instant, expresses h:lnaell in ,Zrent as regards that point; and her Majesty's Go the er hment have her e tofore insisted upon it as much from practical proof which such payment would have ff 'rdecl of the admission by the Tuscan Government °I its responsibility for th© acts of the Austrian officer, be helm a d es i re th a t some subst an ti a l atonement should e made to the sufferer by those nets. - almondeli the Tu s can Government re f uses to accede to those taind s , not hi ng w ill remain for you but to make ds, for quitting the Grand Ducal Court. th Aa the T us can G overnment have long been aware of itt 4 , nature of the dem an d o f h er M a j esty ' s G overnment, Of the principle on which her Majesty's Government ei. !st, they cannot require much time to come to a de li:ltl on the question as it now stands. I will not t o r l Y any exact time within which you are to require Government;s made acquainted with the decision of the Tuscan L but it is obvious that the decision should tak e . L tile U y . the Tuscan Government itself, and not at w , us , tgation of any foreign Court; and therefore you 01: 1 not be justified in allowing a sufficient time to ti :Pse for a reference to Vienna, before the detercaina it of the Tuscan Government is made known to you. Iv i.!Yetz are unfortunately obliged to quit Florence, you i n ' , hi applying for passports, notify the time of your ii:eaded departure to the Duke of Casigliano, and ex 'o,7Bll to him your regret that under the circumstances 6 the ease you are precluded from taking leave of the "mid Duke. j4ou will then pr ocee d, as you may think most ad -41.,ab1e, e ith er t o P arma or Modena, to which Courts you accredited, taking with you the several members of Mission, and sending, if you find it convenient to do 1 ` ) . the arc hi ves of the mission to her Majesty's Consul at 'Churn for safe custody. I am, &c., (Signed) MALMESBURY. No. 2. tee HENRY BULWER To THE EARL OF HALNESBURY. (RECEIVED JUNE 25.) Florence, June 18, 1852. 4Y Lord,—After receivin your Lordship's commu- Icati b ,„ ohs oa t the 29th of Ma x y, relative to the arrange -1;4.4 had been made hy Mr. Scarlett, I had a long I llevrt with the Duke of Casigliano. The Duke ex- Are ts ed bieLelf exceedingly surprised and pained at the itc h l e ning of an a ff a i r w hi c h, h e sa id , h e d eeme d c l osed, ear L ueb as it h a d b een sett l e d on t h e b as i s o f a note ie afc ' Q l he had received from her Maj es ty' s c h arg e lotl'r's, and that it had been subsequently d e f en d e d b y atilr Lordship in Parliament. He then continued to t ilat the opinion of the council was against any fur e4concessions e 4 '53 , first duty seemed to me to convince the Duke of hticl'gliane that the conduct of her Majesty's Government bu d be fli perfectly straightforward; that Mr. Scsriett i nce only exceeded his instructions, but had unfortu tc!ed in opposition to them; and that when your th - e t l s hiP passed an opinion upon this affair it was upon du e l ppertect impression thereof which had , been pro- . by Mr. B arren ' s first communication of the 9fh , bani order to establish such conviction I read to the oc,ze P as sages of your Lordships communication to me ao Passages of Mr. Barron's letter of the 9th of May, the other such papers as seemed to me to bear upon a l ,l Point. I the n to ld t h e Duke that, after the strong j eat continued expression of an opinion which her Ma -1,4? a Government held--via., that the Government of it 2 411 5' was resp ons ibl e for all acts done in Tuscany, impossible for your Lordship to receive any re on which which did not clearly admit this principle. I ilread to the Duke the whole of your Lordship's clis _cch of the 29th May, and after I had promised to send p: u ... 4 copy of the same, and to write to him a note re u;',lng the substance of the principal arguments I had tkeowin canversation, we separated, the Duke having n throughout this conversation a very conciliatory it ''"lt, but an apparent belief that we had entered upon tomnappy fghtiation is which u it would be very diffi cu l t to conduct se Wi l y next cue was to f urn i s h t h e Duke of Casigliano k a „: Copy of your Lordship's dispatch of the 29th of Of according to my 4 . 4 I herepromise, which I did i n a no t e, almost which verbatim enclose a copy, a n d w hi c h repeated cenversation, m the remark s I had previously m a d e i n .I.deeneed it advisable to commence that note by fore nolll_lllg the arguments which might otherwise be again j. against re-opening the discussion, by frankly ad a'itTli!g• the facts that had taken place, and which might batie justified the belief that Mr. Scarlett'a settlement the sanction of her Majesty's Government, and then N)lainig the real position in which that affair stood. The rest of my note is addressed to the main object b had in view, and which I naturally desired to pl ace offse t) the Tuscan Government in such a manner as Would best vindicate our rights, and least shock its Itt Leeptibilities. This note, I may venture to say, produced a consider lele and favourable impression; I deemed it, however, ,Well t o i n f orm the T uscan Minister, at the same time, , : , 41 °, ugh not officially, that I sho u ld on ly awa it hi s reply "41 Wednesday morning. will not trouble your Lordship by entering into f urther d e t a il s as to the different meetings and converse -11418 which took place between myself and the Duke in th e 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 Infficiently clearly to place beyond all doubt the position 'n which Tuscany considered herself placed with respect to foreign subj ects 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 qngnage used (thou g h o f course I could not dictate the that pmighe recis seem i words) ntentional. should be free f rom a ll ambiguity t These objections on my part w ere considered by the Tuscan Government, and submitted to the Grand Duke; and the fi na l resu lt wa s the document as i t now stands d which I d eem it my , duty to receive an d Submit to ar i Your Lordship. The difficulties I have bad to overcome were:_ 1. The inducing the Tuscan Government to enter an ew into the discussion of a business which it had been tgllntiaoned to conclude in a particular manner by her irjmeatY's lateanner charge d'affaires, and had concluded in at size a g ue inducing o f th e T uscan governmen t to recog 7 )1,; null, and of no mor e e ff ect th an if th e y had tsi c ; ° : e xisted, th e a f oresa id proposal of Mr. Scarlett, an d proposal Pondence which ensued in consequence of that 3. The inducing the said government to make a satis factor k r. x i' 4litende in an ample expression of regret for izu s i a t i her's misfortune—an amende, however, which I der; and in justice say it was perfectly willing to ren t I had under very disadvantageous circumstances to Procur e from the government of Tuscany the recognition of a principle which up to the date of the Duke's pre /teat note it had always shrunk from admitting, and had indeed declared it could not admit. All this I have at last done; and taking the whole ~.t tn or of the correspondence w hi c h I f orward 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 unnecessarily. It seems to me our policy, on the lntrarY, to sustain and encourage its j us t p r id e an d ependence, to which, indeed, many of our arguments throughout this affair have been addressed. But, on the other hand, I have deemed' it wise to uphold unflinch ingly that opinion which we set out by professing, and thus to leave no doubt as to the firmness of our conduct K al ly important principle whi c h ma y h erea ft er b e at sttes I have, &c., (Signed) H. L. BULWER. Inclosure 1 in No. 2. SIR RENRy BULWER TO THE DUKE OP CASIOLIANO. d o Florence, June 11, 1852. myself the honour of enc l os i ng t o y our Ex cellency herewith the copy o f a di spatc h w hi c h I h ave already read to you, relative t o th e case o f M r . M at h er , and the manner which a s e ttl emen t t h ereo f was ma d e by Mr. Scarlett. I am desirous, in the first place, at once and frankly to admit, that, colluded - 1 1K that the proposition on which that settlement was made came from her Majesty's charge d'affsires, your Ex cellency had reason to sup pose th at t hi s antr was terminated, and moreover that the manner in which that y arr angement was lately de fended in P ar li am ent was likely to have confirmed your Excellency i n thi s impression. It is, th ere f ore , m y desi re to explain to your Excel lency, in the clearest manner, now that . I feel myself this negotip. t i : ,, e, 4ticler the necessity to re-open that my doin g so is by no means in real contradiction W i t h t h e two facts which I have above cited. Not only did L or d M a l mes b ur y in the instructions Which ho gave on different occasious to Mr. Searlett (p".. sages f rom w hi ch instruci ons are referred to i n the en closed dispatch of the 29th), most uniformly efl,na that an indemnity was required for Mr. Mather, partly ,. as a c ompensation to that gentleman, but also more especially as an acknowledgment that the Government of , Tu scany Was responsible for the security of her MajestY 5 s u bjects Within th e Tuscan dominions, but his Lordship c l early.if and positiwly expressed this same principle to °P . " ' in the instrections which I received when I wag c" m 7 m and,ll t o repa i r this inisaikn, a s y ou wi ll perce i ve try the subjoined extract:— " For all acts done in Tuscany to the prejudice of T British subject!, the British Government must hold the Tusc,na G.tvernment Co be solely responsible. " The violence again it Mr. Mather, which is still un atoned for, is at present the most important of those citnitss to whichl have alluded. * * And her Llajest-v's Government feel it their duty to instruct you not to remit in any manner the principle upon whieh their last demands are made? 1 flatt,A. myself thst alter this exp os iti on o f 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 has prevailed in her Majesty's Go vernment c oncerning it. But vrnen- her Majesty's Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs first received information of the arrange ment that had been cted by Mr. Searl.3tt, it was in a portfya of a dispatch from Mr. Barron, acting during the illne , s Mc. Scarlet!, which dispatch was dated the 9th of May ; nod in order that the impression which Mr. atrrott's communication was calculated to produce m a y be luny appreciated by your Excellency, I will here transcribe it:— " I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, by the desire of Mr. Scarlett, with the following important facts. The STatord anti Mather cases may be consi dered as settled. These two questions were the subj,et of an interview between Mr. bcarlett and the Duke of Casigliano on the sth instant. It was then intimated to Mr. Scarlett by the Tuscan Minister that an indemnity of 1,000 lisancesconi (or 2221: 45.) would be offered to ' Mr. Maher. Mr. Scerlett's reply was, that that sum was far inferior to that which he was instructed to and that one c:indition alone would induce him tcs accept it—v;z., the immediate release of the Messrs. Stratford. His Excellency answered, that the Grand Duke intended to redeem the pledge given by his Minis- 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 Hr. 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 Messrs. Siratforda' penalty into per petual banishment from his sta'es.' 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-vrssel Growler, Comm alder Stoddart, offers an opportunity for the immediate removal from Tuscany of the Messrs. Stratford. I shall immediately communicate with Commander Stoddart and with the Tuscan Govern ment for that purpose. " With ref. rence to Mr. Mather's claim, Mr. Scarlett has thought hinsseffjustified, after much consideration, iu accepting the composition offered. Although it is not so much as could bp desired for Mr. Mather, it is as much as could possibly be obtained by negotiation." Your Excellency will immediately see, on reading the above (which is the precise c,,py 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, end 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 had been in structed to apply for it. The question of amount was the only one alluded 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 re ason being the liberation of the Messrs. Stratford; a motive which showed at leapt 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 Hiettness. On these grounds her Majesty's Government were prepared to accept and defend, and did accept and de fend, Mr. Scsrlett's arrang ( ment, considering that the b r a r d ed t : o ias ; g th iv e e i a r a proof of their re desire to atone f or g T r u e s t c a a t n whath Government a doece that occurrence, and of their reco gn i t i on o f t h e pr i nc i ple that BrcituirlenaTajects were, when residing in Tuscany, under the protec - ion 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. A proposition had come from Mr. Scarlett, and not from your Excellency, and that proposition commenced by placing altogether out of discussion the main point wnich her Maj , -sty's Government did insist and always had insisted upon. It was, therefore, utterly impossible any 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 which it now makes on the Tus can Government, for satisfaction with respect to the case 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 thst 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 ouch 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 vernment, if any offence is committed against British subjects by AuArian 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 alit, for offences committed within his Imperial and R o yal Hi g h ne s s 's dominions they are to seek for satisfaction from a foreign power; which wou ld 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 Dake himself; and that ry would of necessity p reven t G rea t Britain from any longer recognising in th e G ran d D u k e that independent se e reignty which it has hitherto fully recognised. The satisfaction which her Majesty's Government, in conformity with th e se o pi n i ons, originally sought, was an i t nailY award of money to the party injures, 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, h er M a j esty ' s G overnmen t feel at lib erty to place their d eman d i n another shape; and I am in structed, Mr. Scarlett'a note of the 6th May being, as I have explained, disavoeed, to require that your Ex cellency's note of the 10th May should bo withdrawn, and Mr. Scarlett's reply thereto cancelled; and further more, that the Go vernmen t o f 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 he considered in the slightest degree as - a manifestation of disrespect towards the Qaeen of Great Britain or the British nation; and fluidly, that your Excellency, in the name of the Tuscan Government, should clearly recognise the principle, that 'the Government of Tuscany, whose duty it is to protect British subjects in Tuscany, is responsible for any acts of viole nce comm i tted upon such sub j ects w i thin the Tuscan territory, whoever the persons committing the said acts o f violence may be; and thst the executive au thority is bound to make due atonement for the same, when such atonement cannot be sought for through the legal tribunals. sir, it must alw ays b e a demand upon a friendly Government, matter of . regret to me to p y on the relations a h n a d ve t t s o r m c s ia k i e ly an u ill Government of Tuscany, with which my own Governmen t evnatluheads maintained for so many years such intimate . ; but. such re gretmaiesipeatlY diminished Government, in y t h i e n the s present e claim from your Ezcell ration in t s h ta a n t c .h e e w r now instructing me to ency that co untrymen, has reality required 't country, and the safety o satisfaction which it deem i s due to the hono ur of the Tuscan Government and according to the dignity rtquired nothing which it is my not clearly in the interesty to grant ; for though there may be inconveniences T scan at tachedGovern- meat to the responsibility which the u that those inconveniences may be somewhat increasedow is thus requested unequivocally to assume, and by the t emporary an d p ecu li ar position in whichn stands with respect to the Austrian force employed at this time in Tuscany, such inconveniences are nothing in co mparison with the honour and advantage which at tach to th e f rank assumption of all the attributes o f t h a t independe nce of every which it is the first pride and interest 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 g i v i ng 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 scti as to T uscany abandoning in any degree that position which it has hitherto so honourably main tained. I flatter myself th a t thi s p ersuas i on w ill h ave 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 negoe a happ y an d suitable dation, so long pending, to termi nation. . i zt j r e u s e ty te , But I am obliged to announce to your r Exce d llen to cy gr tb an a l t should the Tuscan Government n ot be s d e m ay to require, t the reparation which I have been i iss from am then ordered to withdraw her the Court of Tuscany; and my instruction,ion furthermore enjoin me not to continuo this negotiation f ur more than a very few days. As the name of her; Majesty's late charge d'affaire has been so frequently mentioned in this note, I s can not conclude it without giving myself the satisfac tion of stating that which I know your Excellen cy will hear with similar sati±faction—viz., that though_ 1,,, r Majesty's Government has found itself under the necei-i -sity of disavowing the arrangement made by Mr. Sear lett in its name, still it fatly recognises the zeal and ability which this gentleman has displayed on a variety of other ditneult and trying occasions, and attributes the involuntary error he hero fell into to the effects cf that violent indi.:posilion under which, at the date of his letter of the 6th May, he bad already began to suffer. I avail, &c., (Signed) E. L. BULWER. (Translation.) Florence, June 16, 1852. M. 1© Ministre,—The note dated the 11th inspant, wt i"h Your Exeoilency has asidres.Hl to me (Lclosiug 0 ipy of t h e dispatch which you have received from Lord 3141m eaburY, relative to the Mather affair, which dis- (TN, LONDON, patch you had communicated to me previously, has been 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 stir• 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 perusal by my So vereign and the members of his Government, I must add that the latter was necessarily entitled to look 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 end 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 modification would be made in the settlement of this affair, such as Mr. 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 his illness, of which dispatch your Excellency has commu nicated 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 wards 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, yieldiog to a sentiment of jtut 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 developer all the succeeding stages of this affair, quotes the instructions which your Excellency has received on the subject, and explains how, according to those which had been given to Mr. Searlett 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 Grand 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 tional 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. Searlett, which led to the conclusion of the affair, having now been completely disavowed by the English Govern ment, and being annulled, I acknowledge that all the correspondence which followed, and which was only a consequence of the first document, shares logically the same fate. The whole is therefore to be considered as if it had never taken place, and passing on (to other subjtcts), 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 effair 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 two august Sovereigns, and the sympathy 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 ex perienced. The Grand Ducal Government, in priding itself on the identity of its conduct with its sentiments, is always dis posed to accept the obligation of maintaining the right s and of providing for the safety of British subjects, as well as of other foreign subjects in Tuscany, by means of the tribunals, as a general rule, and hastens to recog nise the principle that this duty becomes more impera tive on the executive power in those exceptional 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, th e grea t tact and the conciliatory spirit of which your Excel lency has given a proof in this delicate conjunct ure; an d I have the confidence that you will deri ve f rom my language a conviction that the Tuscan Government, far from having abdicated its independence, of which it is jealous and proud, 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 twhich 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 di-avowal given in this case to his conduct, induces me to express, on behalf of the Grand Ducal Government, the esteem and confidence which that able gentleman has constantly merited. I avail, &c., (Signed) THE DUKE OF CAsIGLIANO. No. 3. SIR HENRY BULWER TO THE EARL OF DIALMESBURY. (Received June 25.) Florence, June 18, 1852. My Lord,—Your Lordship will md the correspon dence which has taken place between the Duke of Oa_ sigliano and myself, and appreciate the difficulties which I have had to encounter previous to obtaining the note from the Duke which I did myself the honour to forward. In regard to the two most important of her Majesty' 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, and the cancelling of Mr. Scarlett's note of the 11th of May; and I am also authorised by your Lordship to withdraw Mr. Scarlett's note of the 6th of May, W hi c h gave rise to the subsequent correspondence . The Duke of Casigliano 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 issue is the annihilation of Mr. Scarlett's proposal, and of the notes pro and con , founded thereupon, with the view that neither the me nor the other can ever be hereafter cited; and according to the Duke of Casigliano's present communication, not only i s this point obtained, but a principle directly the reverse of teat 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 he never did intend to inflict. The Duke of Casigliano's note, written by his autho rity, was not a note that he volunteered—it was a note elicited from him by a proposal from her Majesty' s charg6 d'affaires; the answer was in the spirit of the proposal it replied to. An act of liberality was asked for; it was granted. It might be improper to ask for this act as an a ct of liberality, but it cannot be deemed an offence, or at all events a voluntary, offence to grant what is asked for. Such is argument of the Duke of Casigliano. 1 important matter any more tha n not agree i e w n i t t it in one particular. Ido not see an y do at the same time, having in the e h act of mutually withdrawing note s degradation act of mutually destroying them; but obtained a complete conces s i on being thusm m. hitherto under discusai ft, on the really that settled, concerni ng must prevent all futu re as change, as a matter of course anddispuwthe disputes similarchby Foreign force lli o n r g e tim a h as elapsed, the pecnliar nature of ,ere the Dahl a -; sent employed in this country, I have eo g n n sidere a d a t t h P t r t would be injudicious to refuse to receive Casigliano's note, and to break off a negotiation so - d; ?. 1 ficult, and which is so successful in every other N Z cular, on so comparatively small an issue. I should add that the Duke of Casigliano has b egged me to intercede with her Majesty's Government _ respect to this matter; and I myself deem it not unwise or unfair to show some consideration for the Grand Duke's feelings on a mere matter of form which i s 0 ; 11 _u practical value, the more especially as it is alway s " to b ° remembered that, however irregular the bargain, there 6 was a bargain made with respect to the Messrs. Strat ford, and those gentlemen are now free in conseq uone Your Lo r d. circumstance s , an their liberation being, under any circu an act of grace on the part of the Grand Duke, o onsen ? tell to under the idea that it would be agreeable to the Bri tish Government. At all events the question is still lefr, for ship to decide. I have, 840., (Signed) EL L. BuLwER. No. 4. SIR HENRY BULWER TO THE EARL OF IL "" 881 :111:r. (Received June 25.) Florence,June 19, 1 852. My Lord,—ln order to place beyond all doubt the real meaning of the Duke of Casigliano's reply of th e Istb to my note of the 11th, I acknowledged it by the enclosed communication. I have. &0. , „ (Signed) I L • DULWER. (Inclosure in No. 4.) r ASIGLIAN E IR HENRY DULWER TO THE DUKE OF •--- , (4 I have received your Excellency' communica tion tion of th e 16th, in reply to the one I had th e honour of addressing t o Florence, J une 17, 18a2, Sir,— you on the 11th instant. I understand by that communication:- 1. That the Tuscan Government, whilst painfully sur prised at My communication to the effect that gr. Sear le is arrangem2nt was disavowed, appreciates the rea -80115 for that act which I d eve l ope d. 2 . That the Government of hi s Imperial a nd Royal liightieSs noogn4rso4 th at tie t h e now of Au ., g o rioo of TB_ U RS DA Y 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 10h of May, and Mr. Scarlett's reply thereto, is annulled also, and is to be considered as if it had never been written. 3. That the TWIC3II Governmt.nt expresses its pro found regret at the violence inflicted on Mr. Mather, and repels all idea of that unhappy event being considered us 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 protecting British subjects 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 understandieg that I have thus repeated the sense of that note which I have just had the honour to receive, I beg to acknowledge tho same, and to state tht: I shall instantly forward the correspondence which hes passed between us to her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who, I have no doubt, whilst at tentively considering that 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; awl 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 of Tuscany. It only remains for me to thank your Excellency for y ou r 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 cll 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 OF MALHESBURY TO SIR HENRY BI7LWER. Foreign Office, June 26, 1852. is with great satisfaction that her Majesty's Go vernment have received your dispatches of the 18th and 19th 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 whi c h y ou h ave b roug h t this intricate affair to a conclusion, which, while affir w ing the important principle whi c h th e y asserte d as d ue to th© British nation, e q ua lly t en d s 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 factionpressions of regre t w hi c h hi s Exce l lency at those unfortunate o ccurrences w hi c h h ave caused an e s t rangement b etween two Courts ancient associations an d mu t ua l i nterests s h ou ld s unite in th e most f r i en dl y all i ance. Y ou will always lately hashteiw sol offered hs t he expressions also assure his Excellency, that in urgently contending for that recognition of res p ons ibili ty f rom T uscany . which Mr. S car l ett so i nconsiderately 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 have always 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 Tusoan 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, &c., (Signed) MALMESBURY. No. 6. SIR HENRY BULWER TO THE EARL Or MALMESBURY. (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, &e., (Signed) H. L. BIILWER. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty's yachts Victoria and Albert, 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. Dyke, remains at Spithead. She will be inspected to-morrow by Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G., the Com mander-in-Chief, after which she will come into harbour. SHEERNESS, WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty's screw steam-troopship Megrera, 6, Mr. J. C. Barlow, Master , commanding, arrived hero 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 the 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), :o be commander. APPOINTMENTS. 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 Imaam, 72, receiving-ship at Jamaica. Lieutenant—E. C. Maunseil, Royal Naval College. Acting-Master—Thomas J. Whither, to the Leander. Naval Cadet—Evelyn WO o d, t o the Queen. Admiral Sir Francis William Austen, K.C.8., wa s present at the Admiralty today at the reception given by his Grace the Duk e o f N ort h um b er l an d to flag officers. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, JUNE 30, Loss OF THE FRENCH BRIG PAULINE, OF Glite.Nvnix• —The English brig Crusader, Hacquoil 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, t o gether with a pas senger (in all eleven persons), took to their boat, and for three days were at the mercy of tho winds and seas, when they were fallen in with by the Crusader, and brought to this port. The Pauline was laden with sugar, and bound from Porto Rico to Europe. 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. i n ß n o e s r l y a n t , THE MINISTERIAL FISH DlNNER.—Yesterday HD:srrdaweliie:ceLthoaeri Lord Majesty's Ministers had their annual white-bait dinn e r the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwich. There were present-- the Earl of Derby, Lord St. Leonards, Earl Lonsdale, Mar ruis Northumberland,o f Salisbury, Colchestere sb ry ; EEaarrll Desa r t , Duke of Colville, Duke of Montrose, Marquis of Exe i t 3 e er r, es E fo a r r d l , J ß er i s g e h y t , Lerd Crofton. Earl Sandwich Earl Talbot, Hon.Righ t R. Hon. A . Christopher,G . Banker, .• the Hon. A. Duncombe, Ri g ht H on . Colonel Forester, Vis countßight Galway, J. C , M . r ii . e G rr . ie A s , . Ri ht Hon. Hamilton, J- w• Henley, Sir W. C. Hamilton, 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. Au gus t us S ta ff or d . L or d Stanley, Sir F. T he siger , Sir J. Trollope, Si r J. E. T ennen t and the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole. Th e p ar ty wen t f rom Hungerford to the tavern by the Waterman steamer No. 2, in twenty-five minutes. Neuvoo.—This city of the Mor mons once h e ld 20,000 i n h a bit ants ; they are now about 2,0 00 . One-half of the houses the M ormons left have been removed or pulled down, and the other h a lf a r e tenantless. Each lot contains an acre. Th e mans i on o f J oe S m ith is kept by his wife— once his widow, but now again a wife of another and a live man —as a tavern. The front wall, and the one next to it, which formed the vestibule, are all that i s le ft standing of the achievement of fanati c ism called "The Tem ple," which, as the in scr i p ti on on a l arge stone , worked in the inner wa ll, 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.- 1 Madison Courier. EV_ENING, JULY 1, 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 Stockport, 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 been assailed by the English; end it has been obvious for some time past that there only needed the spark to fire the train and explode theses ieflernmabl_e materials into some extensive and bloody fray. That occesion has arisen under the following Circumstances:—Sunday last was the anniveree ry of the usual procession of all the Roman Catholic scholars connected with the three chapels in Stockport. The recent Royal proclamation erinst Rican Catholic processions was much discussed, and the Irish Orangemen and other Protestants, English and Irise, _eeintene e d that the procession ought not to be a llowed. Various respecteble residents of Stockport, apprehensive 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 proc l a mation. the The subject, w 9 believe, was also brought under the notice of the mayor end the borough magistrates; hut, from whatever cause, no orders were given to forbid the procession, and it took place. Pre viously, however, the R ev. Randolph Frith, of the Ca tholic chapel, Edgeley, who, we believe, is the senior priest in Stockport, wait e d on Mr. Sadler, and gave the most solemn assurance th at no symbol or garb should appear in the procession beyond what had been usual on former anniversaries; or anything that could be deemed a defiance of the p r oclamation. When it became known that the proces s i on would not be prevented, party feeling amongst the lowe r c l asses ran high, the Catholics boasting they would not be stopp e d and the Protestants declaring, that their proces s i o n ought to be put down. I l e ne Processi on , h owever, d i d take place on Sultan,' arternoon, and, on the whole, passed off quietly. It started ab out two o ' clock from the Catholic chapel at Edgnl9h which is a su b ur b of the town near the railway Station, and proceeded do wn Ed ward-street, across the Waterloo-r oa d , down Church gate and Park-street, through_ South; an d so returnin Warren- s t reet, up Heaton lane, up the Wellington - road again to the Roman Catholic . Chap e l, Ed geley. Th e procession was headed by the at priests,breas and a nu m b er o f Irish labourers walking 01 t ; then came t h e numerous boys and girls in . processi on ; t h e priests the eadily and d ay sc h ools. There wero no banner s in theb did not wear canonical vestments, but app eare d in or dinary attire ; even the girls' handkerchiefs or ve s t s , which they usually wo re on these occasions, we re l a i d aside ; and they only wore white frocks, an d round the neck by ribbons little crosses suspended • The only badges or symbols that might be supposed to contravene the proclamation were a ball and cross, and a gilt dove. As w e have said, the procession passed along its course, w ithout the slightest disturbance, beyond occasional groans and hisses from zealous Pro testants, and they finallydispers e d w ith ou t an y b reac h of the peace of which we have heard. Even Sunday evening, which is often disturbed in St oc k port b y no i sy brawls, amongst the Iris h population (who are said to exceed 14,000 in the borough), passed over with more Dot one indi v id ua l h av i ng b een than usual tranquillity, directly or indi rec tl y con apprehended by the polic e ) cerned in any row.' On Monday afternoon into.rmation reached the police office that an Englishman and an the liqu or vau l ts of the an Irishman , b ot h of them i in liquor, bad been fighting Bishop Blaize.public-house, and that e x p ress i ons h ad been used, having relation to the procession of the pre vious day, and to . p o pery and Protestanti sm ; b ut i t seems that the combatants were separated, and went their ways, neither being appre hended. In the course of Mon day evening one of the police o ffi cers reported at the police office that a number of English and Irish were fighting; but as this was by no means an unusual occurrence in Stock port it was regarded as a mere drunken r ow , 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 thoroug hfar es , information of its continuance and increase was dispatched to t h e 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 reachin g the place they found the mob dispersed and everything apparently quiet. During the remainder of the evening, and throughout the night, all continued tranquil ; th ere 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 Catholic s , in con sequence, it is said, of their regarding the English as the aggressors iu 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 he was sure that they could in this way prevent any disturb ance. Mr. Sadler agreed to meet him; but about half past seven o'clock in the evening Mr.'Forster sent to Mr. Sadler, to say that ho had an 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 dis 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 day evening, one of these officers, named John Leigh, sent 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 tie 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. Ho 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, whi,ph 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 atisistant 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 drigh), and extending into a field adjoining St. Peter's Church. They appeared to be in confiict,and as he was proceeding towards them with his men they were met by a considerable body of Irish, who assailed the police with atones, 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 samba hrieks, &c. on the police. How ever, the small force under Mr. 2a:tiler'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 constables, in that locality, and returned to the Court house, whence he immediately dispatched a messenger for the Mayor, Mr. John Boothroyd, attorney, who resides at Shaw Heath, distant about a mile from the Court-house. The Mayor soon arrived, as did Messrs. P. E. Marsland, Thomas *i . rigge, and Sir Ralph Pendlebury, all magistrates of the tantly borough. From them a communication was ins made to Major Kennedy and Captain Hort, cone e ni___wiff i g i g detachments of the 4th Regiment of Infantry, now w lying in the barracks, Hall-street , Stockport , requesting thone to g in house, with send a detachment of troops to assist the 0 " e l force , tn officers, maintaining the peace of the borough. and several others, soon arrived at the Col e d" a detachment of about 60 rank and file. oranWhile, the form of declaration, the reading of which. , is usually called " reading the Riot Act," was opted out in readi ness—[printed copies of this ought always_ to be in Mr. Turner, we rea diness in populous towns] —and the al e nyor and the , number for the ma gistrates named, with the addition of believe, with the police, andof special con stablesoccasion by the Proceeded down Chester (just before sworn in magistrates), and the; troops, P gate to Rock-row and Petty and There they found a considerable assemblage, an the Riot Act was im mediately read; on which, .aided by th e e ff orts of the police and special constables , the mo b speed i ly dis persed. The civil and military authorities and force then proceeded by St. Peter's-square, •nee 's -square, through High-street and Hillgate, up Edward -street, and through Greek-street, to Edgeley, where they found the large Catholic chap el 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 in the road and set fire to it. The mob had dispersed before their arrival, and they only found groups of persons standing quietly by theheaps of blazing ma terials. While the authorities were there, a messenge r arrived with information that the mob had proceeded_ar St. Michael's Roman Catholic chapel, in the Park r ( e S 3 _ the Court - house), had broken the windows, 610de:we:II stroying the furniture, &c. The civil and in , "' dragged u s p e ed, and au thorities and forces proceeded thither wit a h_t i t oen 6 a i n d that some on their arrival found that the furniture h a large iron out, broken up, and some of it set fire to; n of the rioters had attempted to force open silver used in safe, supposed to contain various articles removed this safe (the Service of the chapel. The police ffort of th e rioters) (the lock of which had resisted the e 1852. ° them, as well as of various books of pray ers w hi c h were lying strewed about. These were lodged i n sa f e t y at up. t vir h it r h ea t k h i e ng aid an o d fthe to the police-office, for safe keeping. Som e p or ti ons o f a paters, a pyx cover, &c., 511 of silv er , were p i c k e d up inside :the chapel, and Mr. Sadler took po ssess io n o f the police-office. The police arrived in tim e t o appre hiinn the e l ovcekry ac s- of police, quiet was speedily restored, and a consid era bl e number of men and youths, who were known to hav e taken part i n some o f these riotous proceedings, were apprehended and conve y e d t o th e Court-house. M an y he e a n d d edand several lodged men ed de stroying furniture in the chapel, and these were appre hended 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. Tans far we have given a semi-official account of the riotous proceedings of the night, f rom information which was most 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 being committed, we have endcavoursed to ascer tain from other sources how the proceedings arose. Great confusion prevails, both as to the order of events, and the time of any 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, the lower end of which 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 ss r vent man received a severe wound in the forehead from a stone. In this attack, the next house, belonging to Mr. White's factory, also 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 Searle, 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 other prisoners and placed in a room below the Court house, where he expired abo u t a quar t er b e for e t wo o'clock this (Wedn es d ay ) morn i ng. It was after midnight before the disturbance was quelled. The following is one of the sad c asualties reported to us as having occurr e d during the n ev - g A man named Jas. Ogd en, a block printer, ni was charged by Mr. Sadler to assist the constables in preserving the peace, and was for some time on duty with others pro tecting the Mersey Inn from a riotous attack. Returning thence, he heard a great noise down a n entry in Mrs. Walker's Square, Back Brook-street. He ran down the entry, and found a number of Irish and others fight ing in a low cellar. He entered it, but was immediately 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 struck at his hand with a sickle or reaping -hook, and completely severed from his right hand the whole of the fore finger. The poor men 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 be was afraid he could work no snore. 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, Bock-row, cut be tween eyes. _ _ Owen Doyle, 54, labourer, ugh Bankside, two cuts on head. William Donovan, 30, Carr-green, a cut on head. Darby Mulkeeny, 40, Walker's-yard, three cuts en 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'i - huildings, 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 cuts on head. 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 do. one do. Michael Gallagher, 40, High-street, Michael Garvin, 16, Carr-green, one do. Patrick Tester, 40, Rock-row, one do- and nose Patrick Crocan„2o, Brown-street, one do., injured. & o ne do. Patrick Riley, 20, Kay-street West,' do. Patrick Reynolds, 50, Rock - row , one John Kennedy, 24, Carr-green, one do. Michael Shaughnessy, 30, Rock -rw, cue do. John Donnelley, 50, Jackson's-gle one do o. do. Barney Kelly, 30, Carr-green, ene James Foot, 27, R oc k- 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 bead. Patrick Brett, 23, stranger, throe cuts on head. John Oban, 23, one ditto. Wm. Burns, 29, Carr-green, two .cuts On head, one on lip . Patrick Welch, 26, High-street, two eats On head. John Fearock, 15, Rock-row, one ditto. Thomas Murphy, 30, St. Peter's-gate, o ne ditto. Thomas Ryder, 18, St. Peter's-gate, one ditto. John Luddon, 18, Adlington-square, cut on forehead. Side cut on leg. Thomas Owens, 21, Piccadilly, cut on head. Bank on a face. Michael 'Nally, 71, Lower Lackey Tally, 21, Rock - row, cut on h ead. Michael Hart, 26, stranger, two cats _nt S S Edward Dorraby, 28 , Rook-roe three cuts on head, one on leg. Bo mber's brow, cat on eye and 227 v bridge~ cut hand. John Michael c n ha czeluin Canna, , 35, J o h n Thurles, 53, Rock -row ditto Patrick Regan,- 3 $ Uhestergate, cut on nose . John kt`Na ll Y' 19 , She her'a-bridge, d ' s h ou lder bruised. p out on head, Patrick Flannigan, 7 2 , Rock-row, cut on head. Michael B ar k , _ 3 4 Rock •-row, two ditto. Patrick oli a sabre cUt on h and. ra, 30 , C hestergate, cut on head, and Roger ,L, head, M'Der mott, 50, Low Bank-side, two cuts on '"" and one on the nose. ___Francis Tully, 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. Win. Lawless, 10, Grape-street, cut on head. Darby Kelly, Rock-row, fire cuts on head, one on shoulder. and Thomas Griffiths, Carr-green, eight outs on bead, one on lip. i hours in Our correspondent was kept waiting sore" ee before the Court-house for the proceedings to soniTenhaif the magistrates; and it was not until „„, 3 7 Y entoe 6 P as t 7 d; Es tic)n two o'clock yesterday afternoon th - 1 1 , 0 1 ; " the bench. The Mayor, John ' Boom P. E. , m g., pre sided; and the other magistrZ s y: Marsland, arslatid, Esq., Ed. Marsland, Esq., II a Howard 3cl. ' Tatum, Esq., Alderman eCePhe 9 Dr. Turner, and S. R. Carrington, Esq s were called The following pri: , :t iler in the di s t u rb as having take Palsh, Michael _ _ nce : - Thomas Briany, Walter _..szgan, Mottery, James Hag gerty, Timothy PI I Ja m es Welsh, Owen Doyle, r John Blyth, R°g e s Macdermot, Michael Cunyan. Tho mas noel, ;time Herretty, Patrick O'Hara, Patrick iofrael M`Derra , Curley, 31 . ot, lhomas Garver, James trick Lochert Flyo , y, Thomas Morris, Richard Rhodes, Thomas Rider, Jame s • Finn, Matthew Mulls an aii , e9 Paton, John Btannan, Thomas Owen, John g ' '4,,pr a lly, Patrick Kelly 9 Michael Flynn, George Bell, g eit tael Boyle, Nu Ich 3 3 in all. uel Burke, and James Foley- The following were bound over on their own recog nizance of 51. each, to keep the peace and appear when called upon :—Jobn Griffin, Lacky Tully, John Cuddy, James Gaunan, Wm. Crofton, Jos. Foster, Michael Free "an. Thos. Sum ner , Mi c h ae l Connor, John Q u i n , 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 Pretcott, near Liverpool; Joseph Cecillin, 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 Gregah, Thomas Fearaob, Michael Kelly, Thomas M`Dermot , John Coch, John Feargus, Patrick Welsh, Francis T. alley, Patrick Rey. nolds, ames Davis, Peter Shanley, •Wm. Sandford, 'res. M‘Daniel, Barney Kelly, Edward IRTretty, Patrick Breit, Walter Ford, John Thurn, Patrick Riley, Michmel Gavin, Patrick Flanagan, James Clossick. Michael Clossiek, John Gallagher, John Fetich, Thomao Jertt= nings, Michael Quin, — Patrick Quin, Williard Michael Hart, John Gallagher, Thomas Finnigan, Tie. recce Mohan, John Hopin ' Jam Donnelly, William Donovan, John Kennedy, William Burns, Thorium Collins, John Raymilds, James Ford, and Owen Bradley. The following were in custody but could not be idea- - tified, and were consequently discharged:--John Ga&- lagher, Thomas Riley, James Heretty, Thomas Murphy, Patrick Kelly. • John Sherlock was absent undergoing a surgiial exa mination. of plaltrwsoiollshaepspereenhefnded romt: as 114. these that the total number Mr. Gibson, the town-clerk of Salford, appeared on SFr. Frith, the Catholic priest; whose house behalf f ac o k f M ed, and several of the prisoners. The w h° l o of those who were identified were re mqrAled tilt Friday. STOCKPORT, WEDNESDAY, MIDNIGHT.—The streets have. been crowded, tend great excitement has prevailed Bodies of cavalry and infa n try are under arms. spe T e h ia e l elßoangsitsatbriletse,sahnady: justret iganti lo sh ri e b d y ew th e e ar l i r n i g sh i w n as s fx oo .. ,attempted. Bodies of re. racntsedh.avbetitchglno;)3n'cetabbeZt attacking the houses of the poor Irish; and, having broken down their doors and d.'Atroyed their fareiture, some of the honseless Catho lics have encamped for the night in Crookley Wood, in Brimington. COURT CIRCU LAB. The Queen will hold a Privy Council t12i , 3 afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Summonses were issued yesterday from the Privy Council-office to the Minis ters and officers of State. The ceremony of the baptism of the Princess Gaus romma, daughter of his Highness Prince Vere. 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 Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, and the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley,Domestic Chap lain to her Majesty. Majesty the Queen was pleased to stand spon so. The other sponsors were the Viscountess Hard 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 Stavin, Groom in Waiting, Major-General Buckley, Equelvy in Waiting, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Household. ofßid l d h u e l l pb iar A ci l u as is te: r A.bercorn, Groom of the Stole, and Equerry in Waiting, were in at- The Vise. ' t C e o n l d o a ll et ß o o n uv t e h r e ie r , , the Right Hon. John C. Flerries, Presiou;". I ' 4 41eard of Control for the Harding.. Affairs of India, arniance: Hardi ng Drummond, 3d Bengal Light Cavalry, were also honoured with invitations to attend the ceremony. After the christening the distinguished circle were conducted to the dinner-room, where luncheon was served. , an ie d a th t e h e Pr p in a o l a e c s u s eg G uas a tt u et r nw : m ean ni rgty a Fofru?sian Minister,' under te Prince V b e y re th ß eir aj , minutes past two o clock. attended At three o'clock the Queen held a Court and Privy Council. At by y A c t t h h e e va C li o e u r r ß t, u t n h s e en D , u th k e e had an audienee of her Majesty, to which he Was in . troduced by the Earl of Malmesbury, the Queen' a Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edwa rd Cust, K.C.H, her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. 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 sented 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 Seal, 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 of the Admiralty, the President o f t h e 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 the Council the Queen's speech on the closing of Parliament was arranged and e e upon. The a gr eed Bathurst was the Clerk o f th e G 8 r a b g R i ght Hon. aWaiting,n audience The d a Ri H on. rg e oof Banker, the Queen, J ud g e-.A. an d d v Judge-Advocate- General, 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 Controlle r o f th e H ouse h old, Lord B yron, 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 Vienna telegraph on Tuesday evening the melancholy news of the death of Count Mensdorff-Pouilly, who died at i o l n lne th ss e . evHeneirng Majesty ofthe a nd his Royal 28th inst., after a pro tracted High ness were, in consequence, prevented being present at the St. James's Theatre on Tuesday evening, and, have recalled the invitations to the Palace for yester day and to-morrow. Count Mensdorff had married PrinceM Majesty, and the eldest sister of the late Duke of Saxe Cobur g and Gotha, her Royal Highness t he Duchess of K ent , cpoantesrenqaulently uncle a to maternal his Royal and his Majesty the King of t he Belgians, and was and He died in his 76th year , a distinguished orname nt of the Austrian army, and universall y beloved and unc l e c H I e i g o h f n e her ss 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. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at tended by Baroness de Speth, went to Frogmore yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness returned to her residence, Clarence-house, St. James's last evening. .. hoop transacted business yesterd ay of the of Trade. (anctehlelorß business intervie a w t the en had an tiudson, Aix Railway Depayt_ l Tuesday ordß e With th m e73 t h official residence in Downin g_street, Exchequer at his g-street, to present a me morial from Sunderland. Mr. George Dispatches Wer e yesterday from t h e G rece i ved at the Colonial-o ffi ce 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 as enraptured audience. The move for an injunction is not yet decided. The New York Herald thinks the monkeys ought to win, and says—" We do not th . inic, that there exists any reasonable ground of complaint aga' n " their performances, particularly in view of the fact tha t the owners of the Astor-place Opera-house have lately let it out . to a juggler, for the exhibition of tricks of legerdemain, the manufacture of hasty puddings in the bottom of gentlemen's hats, and the production of hens' eggs ad libitu m, with other classic performances. DODGING THE RESPONSIBILTY.—" Sir! ' sa id Fiery. faces, the lawyer, to an unwilling witwitness. " Sir, do yOU say, upon your oath, that Blimpkins i a dishonest man? " " 1 ?, replied didn'tsay Pipkins. iwpaksesv. "Doesera ccus theofa.d Court I,e mg an honest man, did I understand you to say, Mr. Pipkins, that the o,o?tiirs reput a ti on i s b ad ?" in (mired the Judge, merely Putting the question to keep his i eyes open. " I didn't say f iv" good, I reckon." “ sir, ,, said Fieryfaces, " sir-r,. uPO.! Your oath—mind, upon your oath—you say that Blpol' kila r ! 1 8 a rogue, a villain, and a ~ y o u say so,',,w.T,T l l) . 's reply. " Havn't you said thief ?" so ?" " Why, y o u'rcsal"n , said Pipkins, " what's the nil of my repeating it? "Sir-r!" thundered Fieryfaces, "I charge you upon your : oath, do you or do you not say Blimp. kins stole things ? . No, sir," was the cautious reply of pip kills, ii 1 ne ver said Blimpkins stole things, but I do say he's got away 0 ( , ..1 11 4ding thi n g s that n obody log I : "Sir,* Said fierYigic") YOU can retire ;" and the oort adj Mud. 1_0•41all