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

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. U ed, the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE HARVEST HOME. Atter which the Burlesque of NORMA. Norma, Mr. r. Bedford; Adelgisa, Mr. Wright; Pollio, Miss Woolgar. Tu conclude with the Drama of THE CABIN BOY. Mons. Vin cent. Mr. 0. Smith; Largarcette, Mr. P. Bedford; Julien, Madame Celesta. .oYAL 6UltlibY 111ATIt6. - - - Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. engagement of Mr. G. Bennett, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan, for Five Nights only. Reappearance of Mr. T. P. Cooke and Grand Ballet Company. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE TOWER OF NESLE. Buridan, Mr. G. Bennett. After which MONSIEUR JACQUES. M ons ieur 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. uanager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Falrbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitzball's new and completely successful Spectacle. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. Tli IS EVEN I SZ.;, Will he performed, the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR MION ; 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 GODIVA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Toll. In compliance with the numerous applications ai the Box-office, the gor.,cous Spectacle of MAZEPPA will be produced with great splcuthur on Monday, August 28. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. )V. Wept. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. At traction unprecedented. New Series of GRAND PROMENADE CONCERTS. . Continuation of MISS SARA FLOWER. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Danson. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. • Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY. View of .Rome —Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by Mr. GODFREY, the splendid Band of Solo Performers Includes Messrs. Cioffl, Collins, men., George and Viotti Collins, Eger ten, Griesbacb, Stevenson, Hardy, &c.—Several favourite Songs by Miss Sara Flower—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautiful Menagerie—Shakspere's House—The Magie 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. douthby Gates open at Ten A.M., Feeding Time Five—Concert at Six =Fireworks at Nine. Admission. as usual, One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—Stm OFFICE, AUGUST 25. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 53; Highest, 59; Noon, 6 BAROMETER, 30.11. ----___ , Wrnry 5.E..; morning, slight showers; afternoon, fine. - - - lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 1 min. after II (.Evening •• 41 min. after 11 '62.10: • evit , , /...4.: tt, itniag eit'lL LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1848. Bat 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 Hon. Member for Buck inghamshire. Nor is the success of the Noble Lord surprising when we bear in recollection that he had been long goaded, aggravated, and worried on to this display of his satiric abilities. In his remarks of last night he paid off the scores of a protracted annoyance. He endeavoured to compensate the House by one speech of surpassing bitterness and of superlative derision for the miseries of ennui which it had borne with so much heroism in consequence of the pitiless loquacity of Mr. THOMAS CHISHOLM ANSTET. 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 dicomfe.rt with which the House yesterday evening listened to the commencement of the cliscussion on the consideration of the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill, Sir JOHN TYRELL backed up the factious opposition of Messrs. ANSTEY and URQUHART. While the Member for Youghal had the frivolity, we might almost say the indelicate ab• surdity, to protest against the proposed measure as " insulting and derogatory to his Holiness the POPE," because it designated that potentate as " Sovereign of the Roman States," the Hon. Representative of North Essex had the effrontery to read a private letter to the assembled Commons of England—a letter hich 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 IX. is so far from being either insulting or dero gatory to the position of that illustrious man, that it is the loftiest title which any Protestant Legis lature could with any degree of consistency bestow upon the chief bishop of Catholicity. In fact, to style him " Sovereign Pontiff," or, as Mr. ANSTEY himself suggests, " Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Church," would be to recognise his rank in his ecclesiastical capacity, and the sole object of the Bat in question is to recognise Plus IX. in his pofitical capacity. Were the Government to act otherwise —to establish diplomatic relations with the POPE, as Pope, instead of with him as Sovereign of the Papal States—it would be acting in a manner unjustifiably unconstitutional. Nothing can now retard the reconciliation of the hitherto estranged Cabinets of St. James's and the Quirinal. The Liberal Administration will have the credit of erasing from the statute-book of Eng land enactments which have until now rendered the interchange of correspondence punishable and repre hensible, or at the least will explain away those misapprehensions which have heretofore prevented any overt communication between the two Governments. In defiance of the factious opponition of such rancor ous quibblers as Messrs. ANSTEY and URQUIIA RT, in spite of the bigotry of Sir JOHN TYRELL and the fanaticism of Mr. SPOONER, the most generous, if not the most practically useful measure of the present session, will be very speedily triumphant—a conside ration of the more importance inasmuch as Rome will inevitably be the central point or metropolis of United Italy. 'Whatever may ,occur either north wards or southwards of the Papal States, either in the kingdom of the Sardinians or of the Neapolitans, the Eternal City is already re garded as the spot on which the League of Italian Princes will become visible. No matter whether Lombardy be erected into an indepen dent state or annexed to Piedmont, or retained by Austria, whether Venice be proclaimed a Republic or held. under the yoke of Germany, whether Sicily be resigned to the younger son of CHARLES ALBERT or to the Prince of CaruA, or to any other personage whoin the Sicilians may accept as their Sovereign, no matter whether the Sing of NAPLES be hurled from his throne by an infuriated population, or the ter ritories of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY be enhanced by the absorption of the minor duchies, such as Parma and Guastalla—under all cir cumstances, Rome will inevitably remain the centre of the Italian movement, and that, not only from its geographical position and its historical asso ciations, but also from the fact of the words of libera tion having been first articulated under the shadow of the Vatican, and the standard of n atio nal it hay' ybeen first unfurled by the anointed hands of the PONTIFF. In his last preface to " Rienzi," written towards the commencement of 1848, Sir EDWARD &remelt, LYTTON declared his :conviction that the regenera tion of the Roman peninsula must ultimately com e `chile we coin. however, of from the young blood o f Sardinia. cide with our distinguished author, in looking to the realms CHAßLES eeti ALBERT for the vigour and the of regenerative movement in Italy, We must a the appe ars aver, in like meaner , that to ourselves equally inevita ble that the intellect and the guidance of that glorious movement will still contin ue to ori ginate in the Council Chambers of the Eternal City. Sardinia may be the hero, but Rome will be the monitor. Rome is the MENTOR, Sardinia the TH. Lema.cnus, of the Italians. On Wednesday we pointed out that the four wit nesses delegated and selected by large and influential c•rnmereial bodies to represent them, and express their opinions on the ht. monetary crisis before the Committee of the House of Commons, were unani mously opposed to the Act of 1844, which they be lieved " to have considerably aggravated the commer cial distress of 1847," and consequently recom mended that "it should be amended by the in troduction of some power to abate its restricting regulations." In addition to that most powerful testimony, we find Messrs. MURRAY, BRISTOW, AN DERSON, and BALL, the parties representing the Pro vincial Bank of Ireland, the Northern Bank of Ire land, the City of Glasgow Bank, and the Union Bank of Scotland, all of the same opinion, in which three of the most influential persons connected with the metropolitan money market, and six persons who re presented important manufacturing 'establishments in the provinces, and two eminent writers, fully coin cided. This then was the evidence which the impartial and unprejudiced Committee so cavalierly set aside, relying upon the opinions of four individuals as of superior weight and authenticity to those of the remaining twenty. Who then were the favoured few, who carried with them such strong conviction to the minds of the Committee ? SAMUEL JONES LOYD, the putative parent of the inculpated measure, the man to whose sinister influence the nation is indebted for the formidable difficulties it has encountered, the misery and suffering inflicted upon thousands of industrious and once happy families, he, of course, chaunted the praises of the Act, and justified all its provisions, even those which compelled the Government to sanc tion its temporary suspension. The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, and one of its directors also advocated the same view. These were the only persons who had the hardihood to enter the lists in defence of what has 'been justly termed " the supplement and corollary to the Act of 1819," while, on the other side, we had 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 chose❑ 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 ocdoors with respect to the working and operation of the Act. Mr. BLACKER had been one of its most uncompromising opponents from tile 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 ment of the evidence which he was prepared to offer on the subject, and we venture to say that it will not prove the least convincing or satisfactory to those who desire accurate information and fair and incontro vertible deductions from admitted facts. When NX amin lug the evidence more in detail, which we pur pose doing from time to time during the ensuing vacation, we shall regard Mr. BLACKER'S evidence, not as if it had only been tendered, but as if it had actually been delivered, as most undoubtedly it ought to have been. IVe may, therefore, reasonably conclude, from the treatment of Mr. BLACKBE 3 that it was not from any forbearance on the part of the Com mittee, but because they c ould 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 In 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 ere in the representation of Paris. In file sitting of the National Assembly, M. GOUD.. CHAUX, the Finance Minister, presented his project for a tax on all moveable property. He said—" The tax in question should be proportional, and the great object which the Government had in view was to restore that equilibrium which the Monarchy had promised, and which the Republic was destined to carry into effect. The sum which he expected to raise was about 60,000,000 f. a year from a general income of 3,760,000,000 E, 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'GORMAN has succeeded in effecting his escape from Ireland. He landed from a fishing•boat at St. Brieuc, a small town on the „coast of Brittany, near Brest. The rumour that a revolution bad 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 ]liessager says— " It is asserted that the Government is resolved to let things follow their own course in the discussion of the inquiry. An application for the authority of the Na tional Assembly to prosecute Louis Blanc and Caussi diere is already prepared, and will be brought forward by the Minister of Justice. The Assembly, it appears, is resolved to go through the debate without an adjourn ment, and even to hold a night sitting, if necessary." The publication of the Gazette de France, which is edited by the Abbe DE GENOUDE, has been sus pended. A meeting of the editors of the Paris daily papers has been called, of which the Presse says : " The object of the meeting is for the purpose of com ing to an understanding as to the adoption of one of the following resolutions, which became necessary from the fact that the liberty of the press no longer exists either in fact or in light, 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 are either—lst, That the journals shall cease to appear; 2d, They shall abstain from all discussion, and limit themselves strictly to the publication of facts; 3d, That they shall publish a com mon protest; or 4th, That the editors will draw up a col lective petition to the National Assembly, who could not have wished, in voting the decrees of the 11th August last, to leave the press under a regime incomparably worse than that of the censorship." BOURSE, PARIS, THUESDA.T, Aro. 24. THREE 0 'C Locx..—The Bourse opened to-day, with ever ya n appearancecontinuation oeffore, but. severalf the speculatorsri enda avoure g d av t e o realise their profits by the prices of selling,setohfe yester dayßhaevilitne for the all. gradually e way, and closed about per cent. below yesterday. There was no news to account Cents. and Five r the Account, the French Three per is the same as yesterda y. For have fallen 25c. each ; Loan Bons du du and Tr i s v o e r For Money, the Three per per Cents. have also fallen 25c t at 23 discount ; Bank Of , nine's Shares have risen sf. ; Belgian Bank Shares, which had not been quoted for a long time, are at 640; Belgian Five per Cents. are with out any change; Spanish Funds not quoted; Roman have risen 4 per cent.; Rothschild's Receipts are un changed. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 321; ditto (90 days), 25 221. Railway Shares for the Account, Settling of 31st of August:—Lyons have risen 2f. 5c.; Northerns are without any change; the others are not quoted. For Cash:—St. Germans, Orleans, and Ver sailles (Right Bank), have risen 5f.; Strasburg, Bor deaux, and Nantes, have risen If. 25c. each; Rouens, Marseilles, and Dieppes, have fallen 2f. 500.; Versailles (Left Bank), Northerns, and Lyons, have declined lf. 25c.; Havres, Basles, and Vierzons, are without any change. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Aoo. 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 5 3 / 4 —Northern of France, 5 3 / 4 Orleans and Bourdeaux, 1 3 / 4 --Paris and Lyons, 5 Ditto, 4 1 4—Paris and Strasbourg, 114. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Council of Ministers, on the proposition of Baron VAN WEISSENBERG, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has unanimously resolved to recognise the French Republic. TILE SUN, LONDON, IIItIDAY EVENING, AVG-USV 2S, 1848. FRANKFORT. His Imperial Highness the VICAR of the EMPIRE, addressed the following letter to Lieut.-General VON Hzitscariew, Commander-in• Chief of the Bth Army Corps:— " .tit 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 13tb of August, 1848. " Archduke JOHN, Vicar of the Empire. _ _ " PEACKER, Minister of War." His Imperial Highness the Archduke VICAR o_ the EUPIRB, 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 hare 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 JouN, as Administrator of the Empire, has made the following diplomatic appoint ments : Heti Vox ROTENTIAM, formerly President of the Bavarian Lower Chamber, to Brussels ;_ Herr Contras, 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 REV6LUTION IN RUSSIA. The German papers mention a rumour that a revo ution had broken out in Russia. The National Zeitung publishes a letter from Breslau of the 18th, which says— " A revolution has broken out simultaneously at St. Petersburgh and Moscow. Travellers who have arrived here from Russian-Poland unanimously con firm this intelligence. The EMPEROR has fled to Cronstadt. A provisional Government has been established at St. Petersburgh. Further details are as yet not known. The Prussian messenger at St. Petersburgh has arrived here with the Vienna mail. The same train has also conveyed a Russian courier. The Kolner Zeitung publishes similar intelli gence, and adds:— " This is the information which we have received. We ate not enabled to confirm it from authentic sources, neither can we disprove it. All we can say is, that all news coming from Russia ought to be received with con biderable doubt and mistrust." The Schlesische Zeilung, of the same date, brings the same news, with some additions:— "The rumour of a successful revolution in Russia came first to Breslau on the evening of the 17th, by a traveller, who arrived with the night train from Myslo witz. It was confirmed o❑ the following day by the Prussian Consul at Warsaw, who passed through Breslau on his way to Berlin. The revolution, it ap pears, was effected by a monster conspiracy. Its out break was contemporaneous in the two capitals. The troops refused to fire on the people. The Emperor ma naged to effect his escape to Cronstadt, and a Provisional Government was proclaimed at St. Petersburgh. The Oder Zeitung, too, publishes the same report, almost literally ; but the Preussische Staatsanzeiger, of the 22d, has no news whatever under the head of " Russia." POLAND. The Cologne Gazette publishes the following from Warsaw : " The brutal conduct of the soldiers of the sth In fantry Regiment, in union with the Bth, which two now comprise our garrison, increases. Yesterday evening a general plunder of the eating•houses at the Altmark was apprehended. The tumult was so great that after various eatables had been stolen, both the booths and the shops were closed. We must do the officers the credit to say that they did their utmost to check the soldiers, but it is very evident that the reins of di►cipline are somewhat slack. If the sth Regiment be not re called hence, we may expect events equal to those which took place at Schweidwiir.." I T A .17Y. ROME. In the sitting of the 14th of August the Chamber, on the proposition of the Mi n i sters, unanimously agreed to a law admitting Jews to the full an d 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 the square of the Qui rinal to receive the POPE'S benediction. Pres 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, holy Father 1 " The POPE having been attacked, now openly spoke of war, but his only reliance was i n French intervention, which be earnestly demanded from M. Bois LE COMTE during the two days that the Envoy remained at Rome. 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 i s rea d y to answer f or a ll i ts a cts, and to prove that so l ong as i t was i n power, i t never f a il e d i n 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 fir s t care was by every means in its power to recognise the army, to increase th e dipos a ble forces, to mobilise the National se pctoe complete, Guard lierten,e i bx n ut to s b u tie c rt h te a ; manner that by the beginning of re giments would have been not only disciplined than before. " It adopted the necessary measures to enable the fi na nces of the State to meet the expenses demanded the maintenance of the na tio nal honour , and without for weight of those expenses failing too heavily on the tax pay ers. " It protested to all free Governments again 3 th e 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 Italian brethren in arms, who shared with her the laurels of the field of battle under the glorious standard of Napoleon. _ _ h 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 p ersuas ion th a t 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 lost.' " There would be an indignity in losing, for ten days' fortuitous disasters, the confidence due to four months of prosperous events and heroic sacrifices: it is great im prudence to believe that a shameful pence 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) " CASATI, " DURINI, RICCI, GIVIA, COLLEGNO, PALLOCOPA, PARED), GIOBBRTI, 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. 21.—THE BOURSE.—At the com mencement of the Bourse the inland funds were flat, but recovered subsequently. The unfavourable intelligence from Balby had a prejudicial effect. Spanish funds wore lower, as were also coupons. Integrals were in demand. Austrian, at first. in consequence of the fall in Vienna funds, were considerably lower, but as there were many purchasers, they got up again towards the close. Five per Cents. Russian maintained their prices; Four per Cents. more in demand. Little variation in the other foreign funds.—Amsterdam Courant, Aug. 22, DUTCH FUNDS.—AmsTuiDAm, Axe. 21. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2 %per Cent •••••• • • • • • 43% 44% Ditto, 3 per Cent ••.• .. . • •• .. 51% 52% Ditto, 4 pet Cent 694 Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent.......... 70% 70% Commercial Company, 4% per Cent East India Loan, 4 per Cent • • • • • • • • •• Exchange on London, at sight ••• . • 11 95 Two months... ••• • .. 11 87 On Hamburgh, at sight .... 35 25 Two months.• ••••••• " • • • • 3 ! On Paris •••••• • • • ••• • • j 6 75 Two mouths. .... • 56 25 SECONDARIES'. -(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) NEW TRIA L , RYLAND V. FAIREY. e pintiff in this is a weelwright, and brought the Th action la to recover the action sum of 5/. h 7s. ld. for work and labour done. The defendant pleaded a set off for a chaise sold. The cause was tried a short time since, when the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff. An application was, however, made to a Learned Judge at Chambers to stay execution till Michaelmas term, in order that plaintiff might move the Court above for a new trial, but by consent an order was made 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 case 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 tent to plaintiff's for sale by auction, but was bought in, but that afterwards plaintiff and defendant met, and plaintiff agreed to buy the chaise for 61. 10s., and it was left in his possession. For the plaintiff, two witnesses were called to prove a conversation, which made it improbable that the sale took place as described. The evidence was very uninteresting. The SECONDARY' said that it was entirely a question of credibility. The chaise being still in plaintiff's possession was no proof of a sale having taken place, as it was perhaps more the duty of defendant to have fetched it back than plaintiff to send it if not sold. The jury retired for a considerable time, and then gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 51. 7s. ld. The 4COXDAR7 said he quite agreed with them. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY . OLD COURT: CHARTIST TRIALB.—At ten o'clock this morning Mr. Baron Platt took his seat upon the bench. , The case of George Shell was immediately called on. The indictment charged the prisoner with having in the presence and hearing of divers subjects of this realm uttered certain seditious, scandalous, and inflammatory words concerning the then present state of Ireland and her Majesty's Government, the tendency of which was to alienate from her Majesty the Queen the affection and loyalty of her subjects, and to excite them to tumult and insurrection against the said Government. The Attorney-General, Mr. Welaby, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Clark conducted the prosecution. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in stating the cafe 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 responsibilitzea of those whose conduct it as then brought in question. He regretted, however, to say that the hope he entertained had not been realized, and that he was obliged to appear again in his character as a public pro secutor and as a law officer of the Crown against other in dividuals. The cases that would be brought before them were precisely of the same character as those he had re ferred to, and they would fearlessly discharge the duty they were now called upon to perform, and would not allow the invaluable rights of the people of this country to be so far abused as to become an instrument in the hands of those who made it a pretext for the dissemination of disloyalty. and for exciting tumult, disorder, and probably insurrection. The Attorney-General then proceeded to state what amounted to the crime of sedition as laid down by Chief Justice Tindal at the special commission at Monmouth, in 1839, and by Mr. Justice Pattison in the month of June last, and other learned functionaries. In judging of the crime of sedition the circumstances surrounding the commission of the offence ought always to be taken into consideration ; because, what under one set of circumstances, would not be sedition—would , under another, amount to that crime, and would absolutely demand the intervention of the law for its suppression. He should therefore call their attention to the circumstances under which the crime in question was committed. It would be recollected that a person of the name of 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 alarming, i n consequence of the fatal doctrines which had been p romu l ga t e d and urged turned b ry th a t person. A t e l egrap hi c dispatch, which af terwardsned out to be a scandal ous an d w i c k e d 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 of Ireland in a stateof 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 speech, in the course of which he proposed a resolution condemning the conduct of the Go vernment in suspending the Habeas Corpus Act, expressing a determination to assist the mob—who were then supposed to be in a state of open rebellion--when,the hour of trial should arrive, commend ing the conduct of Feargus O'Connor, and those who opposed the measure in Parliament. The prisoner, in his speech, which was of a violent character, abused the Government, and insisted upon the right they possessed to assist their Irish brethre n who , u we ie r t estruggl strugglin g n against their oppressors. He termed the coved felon mitchell an honest patriot, but was it honest patriotism to call upon the God of Battles and of the Barricades to assist the people in their unlawful pro ceedings? Was it honest patriotism to incite the people to erect barricades in the streets, and to defend them with the risk of their lives; to incite the people to strew the streets with broken glass, to cut and maim the feet of soldiers and of horses; and to exhort women to pour vitriol from the house. tops upon the military and authorities below ? The patriotism of Mitchel was the advocacy of a system of spoliation and de vastation, and of anarchy and bloodshed, and yet the prisoner at the bar held it up as an example for his hearers to follow. The meeting consisted chiefly of Irishmen, who appeared to be very excitable, and the pri soner exhorted them to act like men when the time arrived, and told, them if they did not do so they ought to go howling through the streets like a cowardly race of men, and ho prayed God Almighty to grant them victorious over their enemies, who he hoped soon would be compelled to hide themselves from the indignation of the people, whilst the people who had been so long oppressed would be free, and would be able to live in the enjoyment of that liberty they had been so long struggling . for. Thank God (said the Attorney-General) that juries in this country were not to be deterred from fearlessly discharging their duties, and whilst on the one hand, he hoped they would protect the invaluable privileges which the subjects of this realm enjoyed, he trusted that they would show by their verdict that those privileges should not be used for the propagation of doctrines which were calculated to lead to disaffection, tumult, disorder, and i nsurrection. The Learned Attorney-General concluded by stating that the jury would take into their serious considera tion the whole circumstances under which the prisoner de livered the speech, and if they were of opinion that the motives of the speaker were such as had been attributed to him, am e l to excite feelings of disloyalty among the Chartist People' anmde n hatred towards the government of the kingdom, they w ou ld f i nd him guilty of t h e cr i me o f se di t i on. William Coun se l, exa mined by Mr. WELSOY--I live in Camberwell, e t and inz am in a vv s e h b o b rt e - rb.a a t n re d e liv , r ß it i e a r e . k f r l i a w r a a - s r o presenta t t h a 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 Kean spoke at the meeting. Shell moved a resolution, condemnatory of the conduct of the Government , in proposing the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, re • turning thanks to Mr. Feargus O'Connor and to other Mem bers of Parliament for their opposition to the measure, and pledging the meeting to give every support and assistance in its power to the unfortunate Irish in throwing off the thral dom of English misrule. The witness then read the speech p that the Irish in detail. Kean proposed a resolution to the effect ado that the te( meeting viewed with distrust and alarm the measurei by her Majesty's Government, and cons idered ought to have a free and independent Parliament, and that they offered their Irish brethren their cordial sympathy. the prisoner, who was undefended, asked no important question of the witness. Mainwaring, police-constable, said he apprehended the prisoner on the 2d of August as he was coming out of a Chartist meeting in Webber-street. He searched his lodgings in Southwark, and found a book which he now produced. He also found a letter upon his person. Mr. Law said he was the landlord of the house in which the prisoner lived, and proved the finding of the book in the prisoner's room. John planhT n h e mo A ift r r c l eml ß. , : w E l i n -icGchal communication." read. . a read d. the book ;—" Proposed by Mr. Cuffey, that every district should send four men to Cartwright's ceffee-house to arrange Richard Dennis produced a copy of record ox conviction of 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 had been defeated, and that the south of Ireland was in a state of open rebellion. It is needless to remark that this report turned out to be untrue. This being the case for the prosecution, The prisoner proceeded to read his defence, which did not at all attempt to deal with the subject matter of the charge, but was a mere resume cf Chartist doctrines and professions. The ATTORNET-GENEZAL briefly replied. Mr. Baron PLATT summed up, and having read over the evidence, stated the law in detail as it affected the prisoner. The jury deliberated for a few minutes in the box, when the foreman stated to his Lordship., that it would be neces sary to have the speech handed to them in order to convince one of their body. A copy of the speech was then handed to them, and the jury retired, the proper officer of the Court having been first sworn to keep them under his charge. The jury returned into Court, after an absence of a little more than half an hour, and the foreman stated that they had found a verdict of Guilty. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman FAENCOMB.) ROBBERY AT THE LONDON DOCKS.— James Bartles, Andrew Thompson, and W. 111itler, three foreign sailors, were indicted with stealing one pound eleven ounces of sugar, on the 7th July, the property of the London Dock Company. From the evidence it appeared that the three prisoners, who belonged to a vessel lying in the London Docks, were seen, on the morning in question, about six o'clock, to put their hands into a cask of sugar lying in the dock, and take a handful of sugar out and put it in their pockets. The prisoners, through an interpreter, admitted that they had taken the sugar and put it in their pockets, but stated that they did not take it from a cask, but picked-it up from the ground. The RECORDER enquired how long the prisoners had been in custody Mr. PARNELL, who appeared for the prosecution, said that the prisoners had been in custody since the 7th of July. The RECORDER observed that the 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 bad gone out without them? The prisoner Bartles said that it had, and had taken all his clothes out with it. The RECORDER said that the case was not at all the ordinary case of a prosecution for the protection of the Dock Company. This case was a most trivial one and the pri. soners had already suffered longer imprisonment than he should have inflicted upon them if they had been convicted. It was a pity that the Dock Company, when they brought such paltry charges against threemen, bad 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 found the prisoner Guilty, and The JUDGE sentenced him to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. Mr. CLAWSON, 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 WEER. Wheat. 2.750 qrs. Barley. 330 qrs. English •• • • • • Oatg. Flour. 390 qrs. 1,680 siu 10,060 Iriih. • ....... Foreign ...... 3,910 220 Malt, 1,570 qrs. SMITHFIELD. With Beasts, the general qualify of which was by no means first-rate, our market was seasonably well sup plied to-day. On the whole, the Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, at prices about equal to those paid on Monday last, the highest figure for the best Scots not exceeding 4s 2d per 8 lbs. As will be seen by our re turns, the supply of foreign stock was tolerably exten sive. There was a considerable falling off in the number of Sheep compared with that shown on several preceding Fridays, owing to which, the demand for that kind of stock was somewhat active, and, in some instances, the primest o'd Downs produced a trifle more money. In Lambs a steady business was transacted at extreme rates of value. Calves moved off freely at an advance of quite 2d per 8 lbs; but Pigs were very dull in sale. M►lch Cows sold at from 151 to 181 each, including their small calf. Per Bibs. to R. d. to I. d. Inferior Beasts...—, 3 2 3 4 Second quality -... 3 6 3 Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 0 Prime Scots ...... 4 0 4 2 Large coarse Calves 3 6 310 Prime small ditto .. 4 0 4 6 Suckling Calves ..17 0 25 0 Inferior Sheep • . .3 10 4 2 TOTAL SUPPLY Ink the offal. s. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8 southdown Nether 410 5 0 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs . • 310 4 2 Small Porkers •... 4 4 4 6 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 22 0 Lambs •••••• •• .. 4 0 5 0 AT MARKET. IP3ifos. Beasts. 1,186 I Sheep. 8.350 FOREIGN Calves. 463 SUPPLY. I Pigs. Beasts. 197 I Sheep. 1 Calves. 1,490 209 Sonoc—Beasts, 190 ; Sheep, 360 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets were very firm, and prices were we supported in every instance. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. 4. to F. d. Beef.inferlor•• •• •• 2 8 3 0 Mutton, interior 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 ......... 3 4 4 4 small •• •• 4 4 4 6 Lamb. 4s Od to 5s Od. BOROUGH HOP IVIIIHILET. Although most of the reports received this morning represent the mould to have shown itself in nearly 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', quotatiotr. Otherwise, the demand is in a very sluggish state. Duty, 180,000/. 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 ss. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market has been rather fully supplied with West. India, and prices have buyers. The sales yesterday were 700 ohh e d e s ks. and trcs, being larger than on previous days of at 52s per the been w in favour of cwt. REFlNED•—•Standard Lumps have been EAST INDIA.-2,441 bags Bengal, nearly all found buyers; fine white Benares at 43s 6d to 44t, mid 40s to 41s, and low 39s 6(1. Khaur was taken in at 30s to 31s 6d per cwt.; Madras, 4,506 bags was nearly all taken in at full rates, mid damp yellow, 32s to 32s 6d, and good brown 30s 6d to 31s. Singapore, 31 cases, brought 39s 6d for fine yellow, and 10,037 bags Mauri tius partly sold at a bout former val u e s ; fine yellow, 39s 6d to 404 6d, and ord as 36s ; 10 baskets Batavia went at 39s for fine damp yellow. Java, 1,389 baskets, was chiefly taken in at 38s 6d to 42s ; for mid to good dry and strong, part s elling at 37s to 39s for mid b rown to good mid yellow. FOREIGN.—Cuba has been taken in at 18s 6d to 21s for yellow, and at 27s Gd to 50$ for white. Porto Rico, good and fine, has been sold at 42 s to 44 5, and low a t 36s Gd to 38s. Low brown Pernambuco has realised 15s 6d per cwt. Havannah has been taken in at 378 6d to 38s 6d for low and mid yellow, and at 39s 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 40s to 425, and good ord 28s to 31s. A superior sample 91s per cwt. C eylon has b e en cheaper. Native low good ord 28s to 295, mid a nd good 503 to 665, fine and fine fi ne ord to low mid 40s to 48s Gd and pea berry 48s 6d to 56s 6d 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 545, and good ord 27s to 28s. Of Rio 5,376 bag s 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 40s for ord to mid, and at 40s 6d to 44s for good and fine Lucia was tak en i n at 38s to 40s per cwt. ; St. SPlCES.—pimento has been sold at 30 to 3id per lb. for mid to good. Malabar pepper has been taken in at 2jd to 21d per lb. Mace has been sold at 2s 4d to 2s 10d for mid to good, and Cloves at is 2d to Is 7d for 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, 14s; Arracan good yellow, lOs to lOs 6d per cwt. SALTPETRE.—Rough has been firmer; low to fine 24s 6d to 27s per cwt. Ruat.—The market has been dull. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been 44s per - cwt. on the spot. TEA.—The following are the prices current :—Bohea, 2d to 3d ; Congou ord to good ord 71 to 8d ; ditto best mid Sid to 91 ; 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 Od ; Flowery Pekoe Is 2d to 3s; Orange Pekoe 7d to 10d; ditto, scented Is Id to is 10d ; Caper 8d to 10d; ditto, scented is ld to Is 6a ; Twankay, good ord to to best mid lid to 8d ; ditto Enid, to Hyson kind 10d to Is Id; ditto Canton kind 21d to 4d ;;Hy son good - to best mid is 2d:to Is 6d," ditto mid to good mid 2s to 3s 9d ; Young Hyson is 31 to 312 d ; ditto Canton kind 6d to Is ; Imperial Is 2d to 3s ; ditto Canton kind 10d to is ; Gunpowder is 6,1 to 4s 6d, and Canton kind is 2d to Is 6d per lb. The market has been steady. A HANDSOME OFFER TO LORD JOHN. (From .Punch.) 85, Fleet street, Aug. 22. My dear Rimell,—l perceive that Lord Minto, your estimable father-in-law, has brought in his Bill for tra velling expenses to Rome, Naples, and Sicily (a journey patriotically undertaken for the abiding good of the em pire), a little bill to the amount of 2,0001. The sum, even for a nobleman and a Minto,.ia rather large; but then, possibly, his Lordship—for the better dignity of the English name—was very liberal to boots and waiters. Now, my dear Lord, your guid e , phil oso ph er , an d friend, Punch, feels that he has some private business to transact somewhere upon the continent. And being desirous of combining public patriotism with personal affairs—he Punch, will have no objection to undertake any little mission for the Whig Government, by which he may be enabled to lessen—or rather entirely to cover —the travelling expenses of himself, Mrs. Juditha Punch, and family. Be it Understood, my Lord, Punch places himself entirely in your hands. So that you send him a suffi • cient letter of credit, you may send him to any part of Europe (Russia excepted, Punch having no desire to catch weazels in Siberia)—any part in which the affairs of this country may be a little out of order, demanding a delicate hand in the diplomatic art of dove-tailing. My gear Lord, let us take a glance at the map of Europe. Ido feel that I might do something in Paris— (Juditha, who has never been there, and is at this mo ment at my side, sewing on a shirt-button, says " she is sure of do think that the country would feel the benefit of any dinner I might be empowered to give to Citizen Cavaignac at the Trois Freres. It is my opinion that I could employ, say a couple of hours after dinner, in a manner that would serve the interest of England—at least in my own person—in the article of French wines. And then for our iron ; I do think that, sheathing the sword, I could induce the French Ministry to take a knife and fork. Leaving Paris, it strikes me that something very bene ficial to our interests might be effected in Belgium. At all events I feel that I could pass, say three days, very well at the Court of Leopold. With our present pros pect of a limited harvest, is it wise, is it politic, to leave the question of the tariff unsettled in the matter of Brus sels sprouts? lam told that the discipline of the railway service throughout Prussia and Austria is worthy the attention of an observing mind, with a view to a probable improvement of the railways of England. It may not be generally known to the people of Great Britain, that—in 'Germany the trains start to the sound of a trumpet, and not to the ring of a bell. Now, my dear Lord, as I have no objection to take a few of the German cities—(Juditha will now consent to visit Vienna, " the dear Emperor," as she says—poor woman!—" having gone back to make it respectable")— as I have no objection to Frankfort, Berlin, Dresden, and so forth, I think a settlement—once and for ever—of the bell and trumpet question, would be a considerable boon to the railway interest—(and you know its strength in the House)—bringing a harvest of gratitude to any Minster. However, should your .Lordship see nothing to be done in Germany, surely myself and family may be made very useful in Italy. I shall be very happy to go into the thick of the Austrian garrison (my wife and daugh ters arc delighted at the notion) in Milan or elsewhere. Again, an advantageous visit might be made to Genoa (Juditha having resolved upon a plum-coloured velvet for next winter), for it is now pretty well known that Mr. Abercrombie has lamentably failed. My patriotic ad vice therefore is very brief.—Try Punch. Leaving Milan and Genoa, I feel that the country could lose nothing were I to put up for a fortnight or so at Florence. I have no doubt that I might pick up something useful in the galleries there, for our National Wigwam in Trafalgar-square. However, should it be thought otherwise, I will push on for Naples ; and (hav ing taken a bath of rose water before and after the inter view) confer with his Perjury the King. It must, how ever, be distinctly understood, my Lord, that, on no account, I am to be expected to dine with him. In the present feverish state of our lucifer trade, I may venture to suggest a visit to Sicily, with the view of taking stock of the sulphur of Etna. My (laughter Juditha (a promising but timid artist) is quite prepared to illustrate her papa's report with a water-colour of the crater. Rome, of course we must see. It is not for me to brag of the private friendship of his Holiness the Pope; but if Minto has failed (and, indeed, my Lord, such is the general impression), it is only that Punch might triumph. Pio Nono has a yearning love for my Italian origin, and will not consent to take the hand of Sir Robert Inglis but from the hand of Punch. To serve my country, I should have had no objection to become resident Ambassador at Rome. But, alas! what would Fleet•street do without me? And now, my Lord, as I must leave England for a few weeks—(for here we are upon the threshold of Sep tember)—dispose of myself and family as you will. I don't know that I should even object to Turkey; though Juditha insists, for safety sake, on lodgings at the Bri tishEmbas!y.__ My Lord, I am aware that—in this application—l suffer under disadvantages. I am not in the Peerage ; my name is neither Howartp nor STANLEY—names ex pressly made to denote a race of politicians—it is simply Punch. I have, nevertheless, one recommendation— I'll go very cheap; I'll travel "an alarming sacrifice." MINTO sends in a bill for 2,000/. Punch will go for half that sum. Yes; for 1,0001. Punch feels that—for a month—say a month—he can, in himself and family, support the credit of England abroad, and smuggle a few things to cur, a dash with at home. I remain, my Lord, yours with esteem (and carpet bag), PUNCH. P.S. Please send an early answer. Because, in the unlooked-for event of Government refusing to pay my expense to Rome, I shall be compelled to go at my own cost to Herne Bay. T--- _IIE STORM ON THE EAST COAST OF SCOTLAND.— ABERDEEN, MONDAY, AUG. 21.—T0 the disastrous results of the terrific gale of Friday morning, as realized on the east coast, we have now to add at least as deplor able an account of the effects of the storm at Wick and other seaport towns on the opposite shores of the Mur ray Frith. From letters received here to night, it appears that the storm overtook the fishermen when at sea, about two o'clock in the morning, and there being upwards of 1,000 boats exposed to the fury of the ele ments, many of them well laden with herrings, the loss could not be otherwise than great. At the break of day the coast was literally strewed with wreck. At the port t of Wick four or five boats' crews perished within sight of their relatives and friends, and altogether more than the 50 fishermen were drowned within a short distanceastwrecks of harbour. At all the other ports along th have been cast ashore, and at the date oef coast the last ac counts no true estimate could be formed h of the actual loss of life that had been occasioned gale y the storm. On e of Friday thirg appears certain, that hf t t l the value o f the the 150 boats h ave morn inghee been Oowrecked,fishermen and,htaavkei taking r i t h e (' account netsr()yendd,as well as the herrin gs d e . s ear, uld g no cover the dra onge do ne b y this awful gale. Fro m Peterhead we learn th at 70 boats t a 20,0001.er fishing wo are wrecked or missing , and the estimate of t h e sad repcon sequencesorted. of the gale is fully as larg e as was at f irst THE LATE EXPLOSION IN ALBANT•STREET.—DIS INTERESTED KINDNESS.-At the conclusion of the in quest on Mary Bentley, the unfortunate i s e u a ffe i r n e t r er b e ) s • t t in h g e explosion in Albany-street, the f circumstance was publicly communicated to the coroner and jury by :lir. 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. M r . Sudlows said he had en 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 unfor tunate woman who was killed on Monday evening last by a collision between the London express train and one of the Lancaster old company's trains, as reported in this paper, commenced at Lancaster on Tuesday afternoon. 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, te and having the brakes put on, but in vain, owing to h slippery state of the rails from the wetness and we Preston tnessofth cetn ewea- then On the part of the Lancaster Com pany it was also shown that the usual care a t ehvaedrybL:tnateiexe hibited in displaying the proper signals as the express train came up. The inquiry was then adjourned till Monday. Captain Laffn , one of the in spectors of theltl n sv d a e y n a ßo n a d rd N o e f rth Tr l a v d e e s , te a r n e d , the Laan cstrepre sentativesLancaster of the and Carlisle, Lancaster Canal, and other companies in terested in the result, were present. Miss Bland, one of the sufferers, is in such a state as to engender the worst apprehensions. Some of the others, it is expected, will have to undergo amputation. A Hem 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 gar,!- son, a distinguished guest dropped in quite unexpectedly, who came from England to see his Noble Friend, Lord Ilardinge, and this was Sir Henry Lawrence, Governor of Lahore, and a field officer of the Bengal Artillery. Ile was received in the most cordial manner by the gal. lout 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 inquest at the Greyhound inn, Greenwich, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Mr. James Coro, late of the firm of Messrs. Corns and Roberts, clothiers and outfitters, 63, Shereditch, who was found weltering in his blood, with a pistol by his side, at that inn. Mr• James Corse, sen., identified the body of the deceased as that of his son, 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 at a warehouse in Wood -street. Witness found that de ceased had purchased several hundred pounds worth of goods, which were sent home that day. Never saw the deceased afterwards. Thomas Roworts, the waiter, said deceased came in soon after ten o'clock on 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 stays 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 b a ll h a d l o d ge d i n t h e head near t h e l e ft temple. The following is a copy of a letter which was found upon the person of the deceased : " Greenwich, Monday Evening. "My dear Father,—My madness has at length con quered me. Now, when in possession o f ever ything I wished, all around me seems nothing but gloom. That great defect of my character, want of determination —ft 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 beggar of me. For myself I care not, but time must reconcile those whom I would rather undergo any torture thka bring into trouble. It is the certainty that this day would come, sooner or later, which determines me now, while unfettered, to end all. Did I, my dear father, see. one ray of hope f or i mprovement i n my nature, I wou l d live. The only future that I can paint to myself is wife and children beggars, and myself hearing theirs and the world's curses for bringing them to that state. Be it cowardice, or be it laziness, it is not to be eradi cated. How many times have I tried, and how many times have I flattered myself improving, and yet it remains an indelible black spot, as even at school. It was the same in America to a great extent, but since I have been home the thing becomes worse and worse. I cannot write—it unnertes me for that which I now feel to be my duty. I had intended not to have written, but felt that I owed to all who might otherwise have thought themselves in some way connected with my determination. I state again that my only reasons are the feeling of thorough incom petency to grapple with the world in business—a feeling of disgust for rn) self every day, for doing so little, so that my brain wanders, I can scarce see what I write. Give my love to all. I could not bid them good bye. Let 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 a hundred had better prospects or more dsmestic comforts. The family were united, and lived on excellent terms. The deceased, who laboured at times under great depres sion of spirits, left home one morning, and the next tuve 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 di facts which had been coming on for a length of time. The CORONER remarked at some length upon the case, and said that after reading the letter in the deceased's own hand there could be no doubt as to his state of mind. Verdict—" Insanity." b 92 bition YORK RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) The Convivial Stakes of 30 soya. each. T.Y.C. Ada Mary ~, ~, ... Post tem pore ... ... ... ••• THE GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. Miss Lydia filly... ... 1 Springy Jack ... 2 Distaffina __ 3 COLONIZATION. TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN. SIR,--I think Ministers have come to a wise determi nation in not attempting to conduct a systematic emigra tion and colonization. If they had undertaken to remove our surplus population, they would have found it as im 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 any thing of the kind has been clearly shown, for during the last twenty -three years nearly 900,000 of her Majesty li subjects have been almost forced, contrary to the wish" • of a majority of them, into the United gtates► the 'Td to o increase the w e alth an d power of our g reat w to"" out an e ff ort being ma d e to assist or induce g to our own coloni es . I t i s creditable to Ministers that they have refus e d t o t urn so important an affair into them mere job, which it would have become in their hands, or in those of any other administration. Places repre sented by the most subservient and time-serving charac ters would have got their redundant population removed at the cost of the nation, whilst the application of an in dependent Member would have been disregarded. That we must have emigrati on to a ve ry great extent i s ob vious. The welfare of the mother country de pends on it quite as much as t he _ prosperity of the col on i es . Th e pl an I suggested last month in your valuable pap e r I believe would effect the object—i. 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 expense, and the same number of acres, leased with the power of purchase, to every poor man w ho c a nnot paythe cost of his own em i gration. A distinc tion must be made to encourage people to go out at their own expense. Had this been done some years ago, whe n the increasing population became pressing and alarming , t h e poor-rates would not have been halt what they are, been e n ae d vne the bwe employment es p do l uignyrme f orei gn aetn,t that capitalans Britisha n dmi money re t ey h i gewn orailways, colonies idlw not sys,hovewouldbe. . th f a or cause it could not meet with remunerative investment to the British emp i re. Let every parish people a district? which it might du to its advantage, for its rates would soon begin to decrease, and the land it obtained from Government would improve in value as settlers we re Placed on it. W e s h ould then have such a systematic colonization as no Government could produce. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, • null, Aug. 14,1848. T. N. WONDERFULLY FORTUNATE.---" Touchstone," in the Era newspaper last week, prophesied the winner of the Ebor Handicap, as well as of four other races at York. Be sure and purchas e t hi s rap idl y rising family sporting journal of August 26 an d 2 7 , w hi c h will give you full particulars of the meeting, and a peep at the St.:Leger. Follow " Touchstone" (who has foretold nearly fifty winners this season) lin your betting, and II fortune will bo your reward. Order of all newsmen , price 6d. Office, 3, Catherine -street, Strand. Lord Seymour and the Lord Advocate of Scot land arrived at Alton Towers on Monday last on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, who are . about to receive a success i on o f guests at their splendid chateau. SITTINGS OF THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS' Courr.- -- * This Court will sit again on Tuesday, to hear and de' termine applications for bail before Mr. Commissioner. Harris; and the sittings of the Commissioners for the hearing of cases will be resumed on the 14th of Ser tember. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge 1 ) 55 joined the Duchess and Princess Mary at Gothic Lodg e ' Cowes, Isle of Wight. On the 24th inst., at Grove-house, ne ar L ee d s, t h e la- ,1 1 Of Joseph Middleton, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son. On the 18th inst., at Ramsgate, the lady of Lieutenant Bursts!, R.N., of a son. On the 20th inst., at Little C ress i ng h am Rectory, Norfolk, the lady of the Rev. S. B. Warner, of a son. On the 21st inst., the lady of the Rev. Adolphus Hamil ton, of a daughter. • Mr On the 22d inst. (under the influence of chloroform), - -5 J. 0. Smith, Brighton, of a daughter. •On the 22d inst , a t V entnor, Isle of Wight, the wife of Captain G. Rippon, Bombay Army, of a daughter. On the 22d in s t., at H arley-street, the wife of J.S. Short, - Esq., of a son. On the 23d inst., at Upper Grosvenor-street, the lilf e of Philip Plevdell-Bouverie, Esq. of a son. On the `23d inst., the wife Of James Gibbs, Esq., Bombs! Civil Service, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at the parish church of West Tw,lord, ~e t Edmund Burke R oc h e , E sq., M.P., to Eliza Caro li ne , daughter of J. B. Boothby, Esq., of Twytord Abbey , - 11 "" dlesex.- - On the 22d inst., at St. John's, Oakfield, Isle of Wig" John Johnson, Esq., of Vernon-villa, near Ryde, to Mary, eldest daughter of J. Percival, Esq., of Woodlands. On the 22d inst., at St,. Michael's, Stockwell, E. Charl e l on, Esq., of G rove -h ouse, N orth Brixton, Surrey, to Eliza Flet cher, youngest daughter of the late Rev. John Ross, A.M. , of Crawford, Lanai kshire. On the 22d inst., at St. Nicholas Church, Plamstead, John Lull; Esq., of Plumsteathcommon, to Mary Warden, niece of Major H. D. Warden, of H. M. Cape Rifle Mounted Corps, Grab m's-t own. DIEE, 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, wite of E. Paddon, Esq., of Fare ham, Hants, and fourth daughter of the late C. Uag ri l' 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 Nid Rock, Yorkshire, Lieut.-General George G. C. L'Estrange, C. 8., Colonel of the 61st Regiment. On the 22d inst., at Bath, aged 31, 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 YOUNG, al No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the couvitr et Middlesex, Friday, August 25, 1848, . -- 1 ' Cl Tilt Tinto Menai pointer fare. 370 The h o inuctic four In F lung, in the Quart ( 2. 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