The Sun. — London, England, 1856-08-28 00:00:00

TBE LOYAL FiMILY OF OUDE. "There is nothing so wretched as a vagabond King," said Napoleon to his brother Joseph ; and he was right. Even in the days when most people belied in the divine right of Kings, the spectacle of James Stuart at the Court of St. Germame was a pitiful sight ; and after a short time even the mag nificent French Monarch got tired of his guest. In later times, th e truth of the aphorism becomes still more palpable. Poor Louis Philippe, transformed into Mr. Smith, with . a white hat and a pea-jacket, lauding on the coast of Kent • the Pope of Rome mounted like a flunkey behind' an ambassador's carriage ; the Duke of. Brunswick pleading his own Cau se against a Sheriff's officer in the Court of Queen's Bench : ail teach the same philosophy— "if only we had the trick to see it." The man who wants to study this sort of thing should cer tainly come to England. All your deposed monarchs—your fallen ministers—your dilapidated courtiers—your banished courteseins—find rest for the soles of their feet in London if they find it no- where else. We cannot too often remember that Louis Napoleon—the Emperor—once took his daily saunter with his gold-headed stick in St. James's, and that the Empress learned her le iSODS at an nglish boarding-school. Generally, how ever, such royal visitors appear en deshabille. They do not come surrounded by the pomp of a court. From kings they have already become counts, and are content to live in private fashion. But within the last few days the good people of Southampton have had the first sight of a different, and, it should seem, a more exciting, spectacle. A complete Eastern Court has been bodily transferred from the gorgeous East to the Royal York Hotel at Southampton. The deposed of Europe come to usin humble guise ; but the deposed of India come in gorgeous state. Our " Moonshee " relates with glowing pen the strange scene which he witnessed on board the Indus. The decks were crowded with dusky personages, clothed in every variety of Ori ental garb. There were princesses, courtiers, aides de-camp, barbers, secretaries, gold and silver mace bearers, physicians, eunuchs, musicians, bakers, butchers, cooks, tailors, shoemakers, water-bearers, —stn Eastern Court with all its paraphernalia. Not without diffieulty, as it seems, the Court was transferred to the bored ; for it was essential that by some .means the . Queen sheuld be transferred unseen from her cabin on board ship to her bedroom on land. The thing has been done, and—the Royal York Hotel is now in their possession. The show appears to be mast captivating. At every windesv may he sesn men rolled in shawls, leaning our, or smoking, or performing their ablutions. The coif e-room is given up to the inferior castes, who are kept busily eini.leyed. The bar is one of the cooking-rooms, where we presume the sacred slaughter of the poultry and the sheep is duly per formed. Inside the inner doorway sit the upper servants, " the gold sticks" of the palace, s chatting, and purchasing goods. The streets are inundated with the suite. The populace, of course, is in ecstasy, and stand gaping before the hotel windows, eager to-catch a glimpse. Even Peers of the Realm, great Ladies, Generals, Admirals, and radical Lord Mayors, swell the crowd of curious spectators. The Princes have held a Court, at which many of our " great ones" have been pre- - suited. The scene was striking. Tice heir apparent to the throne of Oude, clothed in scarlet and gold— his head adorned with a coronet enriched with pre cious stones—his hand grasping a scimitar sheathed in a gorgeous scabbard, supported by his uncle in his cloak of blue and silver, and by two gigantic Nubian .eunuchs, stood to receive the strangers, and displayed, wo are told, a gravity and dignity of demeanour worthy of a King. The Queen has held herlevee, too, and has lamented to L Ldy Hardwicke her inability to converse in Eng lish. Mr. Andrews, the mayor and eminent coach builder, has been permitted to kiss something —which lie believe§ to have been a royal hand. And the Princes, standing on either side of their Prime Minister and Interpreter, Major Bir 1, have through him pleaded their cause to a sympathising crowd of Englishmen. • . Of the wrongs of the Princes of Oude—if they have any—we desire at present to say nothing. The discussion of that question may be reserved for the meeting of Parliament. But it is something for an Englishman to know that the deposed Kings of the East this it worth while 'to travel some 10,000 miles, with all their train, to plead their cause in person. To the•very centre of Asia the belief has penetrated that the appeal to British justice is the only substantial hOpe for redress. The King of Oude and his advisers. show. by their conduct that there was no hope of being restored to the throne by an insurrection of his former subjects. In their view, either the . English Gpverninent must be so powerful as to be able to suppress any attempt to reinstate him, or those whom he govornecl must be so benefited by the change as to refuse to join in any revolution. But such apathy is not the way in which the subjects of a Patriot King usually re quite him. At all events the Kiug of Oude has chosen to rest his claina.on the ground of right and justice. lie will find, we trust, that his expecta tions were not mistaken—that the English Govern. ment and the English Parliament are ready to listen to his appeal, and to consider his case with all calmness. • There is a strange notion which prevails even in Europe, and certainly in the East, that as in Eng land everything appears to be valued in money, money, judiciously distributed, can procure any thing. We doubt not that, like other Eastern magnates who 'have come to claim redress, the Queen and the Princes.of Oude are satisfied that gold will again open the doors to the throne froin which they have been excluded. But they must be taught that in this country, at least, provinces are not to be purchased. They must be sent back to their native- land with the conviction deeply stamped upon their minds that, whilst an English Minister and an English Parliament will listen to justice,they will close their ears to corruption ; and that, whilst kings have rights of which they are not lightly to be deprived, the people whom kings rule have also rights which need to be vindicated. The other day we published a letter from M. Louis Blanc, in which ho gave utterance to the sufferings of the exiles of Cayenne, the Victims of Louis Napoleon's despotism. Day by day we pub lish to the world the fruitless cries of those wretched men confined in the dungeons of Italy. It is the curse of despotic' governments that it cannot vindi cate itself when assailed ; for it cannot prove the truth of its assertions. But with a free Govern ment the case is quite otherwise. The insolent King of Naples asserts that our oppression in India falls nothing short of his opl , rssioes in Sicily and in Naples. The Princes of Oude may serve as an example. The wretched victims of Neapolitan tyranny are gagged. The Prineei of Oude are free to. plead their cause. They haye ample op portunity—they are challenged to do so. Let the King of Naples give Pomo and his companions the same liberty,•and the world MAy judge whether the acts of the.free- Government of England or the acts of .a Neapolitan despot are the more tolerable. Daily News. FESTIVE 4FINUIiATIONS. Our dread of festive t.0.,,,, 4 4,..at lons amount almost to a superstition: Mn may safely in-tri umphal calebrations of achieved. sueee.ss 7 -.-.no poWer can alter th e c h arac t er o f t h e past.- But too.confi, dent an expression of anticipated success would almost appear to call down reverses as apunishment. The issue of * Sir:pharles Napiet's campaign in the Baltic was a sorry Sequel to the Banquet - at. Re form Club. It is .owing, perhaps, to this. preposses sion that we calk -never think of the .gorgeous pageants abou); to be enacted zrt Moscow without f anc ying we see "malignant deip.on' 1 tirkin g behind them, and gloating over the pr os pect of - the trials and tribulations .which are to ensue fur those who are the chief actors •in them. • ....... __ The most pros-tic view that can be taken of the position and , proflwets'of Russia suggests a similar train of reflection. The finances of Russia hav e experience I a: rude shock from the late war. The treasury of t-he State has been drained ; there are many outstanding bills that haVe still to be paid ; there,are extensive' dilapidatioiis to be repaired. No doubt the 'material resources of Russia, and her fiumerous population, will -soon ' be able to restore prosperity, if industrial, enterprise is left undisturbed by foreign wars or intestine corn motions. But the enormous expenditure that is about to be .incurred at Mosco.w. comporti;' ill with the preent condition of. .ti,e- country. The ontlav of the - Government alone•will•be enormotq but t a will be the least important item', From every , elnarter of the coloss al empire vas:4.W princes and noble s h re each otherin extravagant to the capital to vie with itiaebteirmber • the war the ~r ma t v e a r g a nt sl'iendclir..• Even before were - deeply to th e of - . R,nsAari •nobility .4ipprial Loan Bill Ir. 'The inte t i,,, plic h as materially augalentetklvb of h trade, during the war at a s ir liabilities. Their preparation; to- make 3 t they deem an ap pearance befitting their rank a the coroneion will completelrbegg4r not a few of them, T " hese, then, to be the results of ;h e are not 'unlikely display; for decourits of which all Enropine aarificent Ame rica are nowclieening with sharpmed eartstcl i in p o verisb el" Go ve r n rn en t . will he' utia'A o to k c i e ' i e a strong hand of coercive power on its subject s '. The in i ipoverished noloility will be obliged to.hav e rezourse to all manner of shifts and devices to r a i se the Wind. o,rie of the most obvious is their atility to sqt4eezil their serfs. Among the mercantile classes,in Russia are tnany.serfs who have accumu lated large.fortunes, who,.mix. on a .footing af ,per fect equality with their free animates, but who have never been able to prevail upon their lords to emancipate them. Freedom has been denied to them more from a sense of gratified vanity on the put of their owners, at being known as the pro prietors of wealthy men, than from any deliberate sieve to oppression and extortion. They have al most universally been leniently dealt with, and will continuo to be so as long as their masters are in prosperous circumstances. But when poverty invades the hall of the nobles, what is to be ex pected from men who have never learned to deny themselves ono gratification ? The poor nobles will seek to replenish their purses from the better filled purses of their serfs ; these serfs will bear them a grudge, in which the whole class to which they be long—freemen and bondsmen—will participate. The war of classes will begin precisely at the mo ment when a beggared Government is unable to organise the means of. repression. We speak not of these things as certainties, but as possibilities— we might say probabilities. Internal convulsions in Russia—the social chaos out of which new insti tutions are to emerge—may take their date from the joyous and gorgeous pageant of the Coronation. Nor is Ressia the only country upon which these festivities scowl a petrifying Medusa-like glance, under all their beauty. The lavish expen diture of the French Embassy is the topic of the day at St. Petersburg and Moscow. 'From what funds is it to be defrayed ? A prominent feature of the Imperial policy of France has been to dazzle men with lavish display. Costly structures have been erected, not in the capital alone, but in every considerable town of France. The customary magnificence of th e C our t e xc ee ds that of any other in Europe. Every excuse has been seized upon for making one dazzling fete tread close on the heels of another. When the Queen of England visited Paris there was an affectation of costly gal lantry that reminded one of Oriental tales. The Court of France has been living far beyond its means. The State expenditure has been equally lavish. The policy of buying the support of the working classes by finding remunerative employ ment for them has been carried to an extreme. When a monetary crisis threatened France last year there were rumours of extensive sales of the lands of the communes, and of the payment of the proceeds into the Imperial Treasury. Now, men supposed to have glimpses behind the scenes shake their he ids when the funds of the Savings Banks are spoken of. The amount of the postponed credits continues to increase, and no explanation regarding them is offered by the Government. A sense of uneasy apprehension pervades Francs with regard to the condition of the public finances. It is the last drop that makes the cup run over —the last feather-weight that breaks the back of the overloaded camel. The Court extravagance of the early years of Louis XVI. completed the revolutionary work of the bad husbandry of Louis XIV. and the Regency. The display of Count de Morny at Moscow may do the same bad service for the new dynasty. It is with pleasure then that we hear that the more modest state of the British Embassy, as con trasted with that of the French has afforded a tilt ms , of comment for the gossips of St. Petersburg. We would have the display of our country's represen tative on such au occasion rich, but neither tawdry nor excessive in cost. The merchant princes of Italy, in the middle ages, were rich in their ap parel, yet vied not with - the butterflies of the courts. The best of the old French nobility, under Louis XV., never cared to vie in expense with the fer miers-generaux. Like them, the Ambassador of Great Britain at the Moscow coronation ought to distinguish himself from the representatives of the old feudal and patriarchal despotisms on the one hand, and from the representatives of the bourse gambling despotism on tke other, by his sober and unostentatious state. The substantial power and wealth of Great Britain can dispense with much of outward show. A time is coming when Eng lishmen may find a better use for their money. The dismantled bulwarks of European freedom will have to be rebuilt—as were the walls of Jeru salem—by workmen who wore their swords while they toiled.—Daily News. THE SC f•T. DIPLO.4.AVY AND TILE ITALIAN QU.ESTIO:Y A LETTER FROM L. C. 1 1 ,1P,II•TI TO MR. W. GLADSTONE. ont, Tftc Sao of TuesdOy ) Turning my attention to the Roman States, it strikes me es worth noticing how the things said by the Earl of Clarendon at the Congress of Paris, and the advice ten dered by him and Count Cavour might have at first raised the hope that Western diplomacy, in beginning to perceive the true reasons for the weakness of the Government and the contumacy of the people, might be the means of rais ing the mind above certain expedients that reason and ex perience condemn. Because, although the advice to which I allude may not have gone beyond the bounds of an ex pedient, yet the reasons given for it may have bee❑ con sidered by the hearers as a preparation for something better. It is true that we heard lamentations made about it by grave men of sense and generous hearts, as if the design was a cruel one with respect to the inhabitants of Rome and the southern provinces; and it is likewise true that it appears to many unreasonable to suppose that they would have relied on the clerical government, even had the inhabitants of the northern and middle provinces been able to rely on it iu the new order of things. But it ap pears to others, as it does to me, that where the European arbiters might have declare I their iiiabiiity to secure by the power of the clergy a quiet life fOr a part of the Pope ' s subjects, this opinion might of itself alone have been the forerunner of better destinies for all. In the treatment of human affairs, and especially of politics, when we are not able to attain at once the object that is deemed the fairest and the best, true wisdom i❑ adopting a course, which at least may trace out a good path, and serve as a groundwork for bettor works. It is not a wise—l might say it is not an honest counsel—to seize hold of an expedient that has already led to sorry results, when we are persuaded that at last it will be necessary to strike out new paths. Di plomacy has turned hitherto in a vicious circle, or rather is a labyrinth of vicious circles. It says that the Pope's government stands in need of reformation. The clergy ray either that, this is not true, or that they cannot endure it ; and diplomacy begins to meditate on its reforms, giving heed not to the people who require them but to the shaken nerves and the distempered aspect of the clergy. Now, if it be true thatchanges are requisite and needful fur the wel- fare and content or the people, and not for the satisfaction of the clergy, which latter are but too well content to plod on hr the old ways of reling, it is clear that we ought to study those measures which may be best adapted to the people, and not those th tt give the least umbrage to the clergy. This then is the way in which diplomacy is acting ; it is consulting with the Celia of Rome, and not with the po pulation of the Roman state. I have no wish to enter hero into long arguments for ex- plaining sshy the sketch of Lord Clarendon, filled in by Count Cavour, might be a more rational one, and of greater service to all the inhabitants of the Pontifical state, than the other expedients would be that are being preached up ; Lut I do wish to observe that since the pub lication of the protocols diplomacy has again entered that labyrinth from which it cannot escape, either to the ad vantage of others or with honour to itself. In fact, your ministers, who first of all declared that the people could not be quiet and content with the clerical form of govern ment, are now praising up the motu•proprio of Purtici, and if things go on at this rate we shall in a few months be able to distinguish between Lord Palmerston's libe rality and Count Boors or Cardinal Antonelli's. The temporal government of the Pope, if you are to be- . lieve the Jesuits, cannot without prejudice to the spiri. tual, accommodate itself to the forms of modern life. The fair logical inference would be, that it ought to cease, if it be true that Governments are instituted for the people, and net the people created for governments. But in array against human reason Rome brings into the field the divine, asserting that spiritual dominion cannot maintain itself free and unenthralled without the rule and adornment of the temporal. The purport of which argument is, to speak clearly, that 3,000,00) Italians ought, for the spiritual wel fareof all Catholics,to resign themselves to temporalevil. I Bey to temporal evil, because even diplomacy itself thinks and states that clerical government is an evil for the people. They used to sacrifice at one time human victims upon pagan altars : nowadays the poor Romans are the expia tory victims of the Catholics. This in substance is the spiritual theory with which the diplomatists want to red , letter the temporal reforms of the Roman state. But oven this theory, that seems to guarantee for an eternity the domination of the Pope, does not yet suffice to maintain it in its statu quo. Suppose, in fact, and let it be an article of faith, that the Pope ought to have temporal dominion, and write in the dognias that his government cannot con form to the modern mode of life, the field for disputation respecting the extent of that dominio❑ will remain open and free notwithstanding. We have seen in the course of ages the Roman Court sometimes enlarging, sometimes curtailing, its own jurisdiction, and yet the church stood: We witnessed in our own times the treaty. of Tame tino, and not only did the Church stand, but it conse crated Napoleon. And we now see maintaining them selves ou a footing at least of equal independence with the Papal many other states of no such very large dimensions, whence we may conclude that so likewise the Pope's would do were it no larger than the republic of San Melino. Little states are defended and guaranteed by public right, not by force ; had the inde pendence of the Pope's to be upheld by its own strength every one knows what its fate would be. Thus it appears that by how much a smaller the state may be, of which they say the church stands in need, by so much the more secure and free would it be, since it would tempt less the cupidity and ambition of others, and with less force might preserve itself from popular insurrections. And if it be true, as Signor Mont.►lembert believes, that the best form of Government is the parliamentary, but that it cannot be adapted to the pontifical state, the same most religious Signor Montalembert ought to desire that the privation of benefits, which in his opinion are procured by the free orders, should weigh heavily on the least possible number of Catholics. It appears to me that he and the other Ca tholics who reason after his fashion do not sufficiently con sider that if political liberty be really an excellent thing and much desired by the people, they are putting the pa tience of the Romans to too severe a trial, when they take from them all hope of acquiring it. They say that for re ligion people have to make these and greater sacrifices, but do not reflect that living without hope may stifle in the human heart both religion and its dogmas, being what we see to be the case already iu the Pope's state, where unbelief is far more widely spread than in all the other states. I know very well that if such or such a one shows the intention of taking away a hand's breadth oven of that ter ritory, which they make out to be sacred to the Church— and that means to anarchy- Rome threatens her thunders. This is peradventure the reason that keeps diplomacy in a state of disquiet and perturbed thought; and thus all the political Roman philosophies go about preparing for excom munication, and the Bull in Ccenct Domini becomes the preliminary of the protocols on the Roman state. At the present time, however, there is a sign of a change in the soybistry and rhetoric of certain advocates of the clerical. - regimen, since it appears perhaps to this or that person that there is little harmony between canonical pie. tensinus and the lucubrations of Signor Montalembert, who. has set himself up again for the defender of liberty, now that he has lost in his own country the power of de stroving there whatever yet remains of it. In fact, such and such a ono now declare!, it is not true that the people who champ the temporal bit of Rome are unhappy, because cor tain disagreeables and certain miseries are ineffable de lights. If the Bishop of Arras is right, Signor Moutalem bc.rt is wrong inlauding modern institutions ; and if the sstate of Rome reflects the image of Paradise, diplomacy lins nothing else to do. but to put Cardinal Antonelli on the altars, and light up the torches. The French pre late is,, upon my wor6, the worthiest defender the clerical government has yet met with, according to that theory which wishes it to be maintained for the sole end of procur ing, with the greatest possible mortification of three million Italians, thu greatest possible spiritual good of all Catholics. The login of the bishop is irrefutable. Th 3 kingdom of the heart us is open for the poor in spirit and fortune, hence ignoranoe and wretchedness are a gift of Providence; rutlinne also, confounding the reasons of meuna and tunny, distra:t souls from earthly desires; the foolish NVOI Id laments, ',but there is joy in heaven. The Jesuits, however, (Io not countenance such over spiritual doctrines; thoy gay that the whole country is cor rupt and full of robberi its, of murders, and evil customs, but att .. ; this is the fruit= not of clerical institutions, but forscain of the modern , ioctrines. In the State of the Pope the ecclesiastics have always postessel is the most complete sense, if you exce pt the few brief years of. Na poleon's rule, religious, ci vii, political, and educational control, and if the people t here be corrupt, one ought to blame those doctrines again: &. - which the Jesuits are arming themselves. If ever there -was a period when manners were strict, the government ; firm, the people contented, it was truly then when, - -une ler Napoleon's sway, modern doctrines and civil instituti :ems flourished there. Now, these and those, if you wo; thl listen to . the Jesuits, aro temporal ruin and spiritual I z.ranation. Seriously, 0 re verend sirs, you have boon fi a - a long, long time both apostles and lictors, edue item a 3d confessors, administra tors and inquisitors, masti.ra st .d judges, censors and ser iants ; you have the pulpits Tro in which you pour out your pleading`s-; you have tha 1 frcCessorial chair, which you turn into a pulpit ; you hay 3 the Holy Office and a hun dred tribunals, three or four tribunals of police, and three or 4ur censorships, your ow la and foreign soldiers; you are everything —the laymen i tolling; and if the state is wretched, if the people are wicked, is it tide laity you will blame, and agaiopt wl' xtre dcctrines is it that you wage w,r ? Is not the bla: na 1 - .7411er on yourselvcs—on tirsely y ourse l ves ? Y ou it i s t h at have footend thieves, rebels, asiassius, miscreant ' libertines. • •• I *as , goin g t o say re j o i ce at i t. . I will say meditate upo n it. Let diplomacy nreuitate Likely ise, and without contend jog in s i ncer i ty with theSe suits or in canonical s ub:letios with the Co ur t o f R orr,p ufine itself to the consi. deration c those pror Anent fa, its of monstrous gro wth , f chat exist in the preser ot social or :der of things. In the Roman Sto into and over, inquires into waists the goly,Office, that watahf s cases of conscience. It has a supreme *cougregation, inquisitors, vicars, and familiars; it arrests without giving it reason, e save to the government ; it judges, one does not know in what man ner ; it punishes, Gel only knows how. Now I ask whe ther the quiet aed secuiity of the citizens can be com patible e ith the Holy Office ? And if acy one answers that it can, I shall entreat soma empire or kingdom to re-estab lish that Sacred Tribunal, in order that the subjects ef the Pope may see that they are not exclusively blessed with it, and that they may argue, if it is something not good, it is endurable. Besides the Holy Office there are the police tribunals and those of the bishops, who take cog nisance of violations of the church's precepts, and punish them with temporal penalties. I send to you, sir, an edict of twenty cardinals, archbishops, and bishops, pub lished in the Lent of this current year (I).* A treatise, as you se, on blasphemy, on the non-observance of festivals, on the profanation of churches, on the violation of fasts, on immorality. Read, in courtesy, this phrase in the preamble : " Shall we still abstain from reminding all persons with what severe chastisements God has com manded in the divine Scriptures that we should punish the above-named crimes, and with which indeed they may be punished by the canonical and civil laws ? All know that according to the qualities cf the offences and (maark the equality) of the persons, according to the circumstances and times, sometimes excommunication, sometimes prisonment, at one time fines, at another time fustigation, now exile, and now even death, were always the ordinary penalties." They add that they do not intend "to bate one jot of any and everything still in force." Note these two articles. The sixth runs thus :—" Under this title (i.e., that of the blasphemers) they do not mean to com prise those who intentionally, either with words or writings, introduce false maxims against the Divinity, and against the doctrine of the Church, and in kind those who utter heretical blasphemies, because these are not simple blasphemers, but doginatisers and heretics, or at least suspected of heresy. Against such as these pro ceedings will b 3 taken in the usual forms (i.e., in those of the Holy Office). Aud here we record the very grave ob ligation every one is under to denounce to the competent ecclesiastical tribunals within the delay of one month, under pain of excommunication by severe sentence, the names of whomsoever they may have known to have ut tered the above-named or similar perverse maxims, or to have made use of heretical blasphemies." Reflect, sir, that the entire common people of those parts, and still far too many of the gentry, cannot open their mouths with out iuterlardieg their discourse with an imprecation or a curse; of such value has jesuitical education been for giv- in; good and methodical habits to the people. As for those dogmatieers to whom the bishops allude, there is a council to be created i i every town, and God knows whe ther they have ever thought of dope atiaiog, when they blaspheme God and the saints. But these are jokes. This holy precept of denunciation is not a joke, how ever ; far from it. Now, if the making it a matter of con science to denounce masters, members of the family, rela tions, friends, pa:haps the husband or son, be not an im morality (were I one of the bishops, I should couple it with fustigation), I really don't know what ins morality Take note, also, of the seventh article, for which, with the view of correcting cursing and swearing (and with a view likewise to its denunciation) there are instituted, or re-instituted, " confraternities of pious persons who, clad in sackcloth and covered with the hood, go about visiting, either by themselves or in pairs, those retreats or places where the vice of swearing is most frequent." Now, ima gine the joyful and confidential life of the citizens with • these hooded bags around them, with the Holy Office at their shoulders, and with all the competent ecclesiastical tribunals facing them. Whoever should make a collection of the episcopal edicts and proclamations in the State of the Popo would be engaged on a very curious work, though ono very useful for those who wish to become learned in that species of legislation by which the people are saved, whom Europe wishes to be obedient to the clergy. A few years ago a bishop gave orders teat Christian medical men called to attend the Israelites were to endeavour to convert their patients, and should these be restive, to abandon the cure of them. Nor are certain penalties threatened in these edicts obsolete. We have seen the swearers tied to the gates of the churches with gags in their mouths. I myself, when quite a boy, saw at Itnola a woman on a beast of burthen with a placard attached, on which, in letters half a yard long, was a description which decency forbids me to explain ; and on another horse was a man with another manifesto of a still more brutal nature, and the submissive agents of the bishop's will followed whipping him, while the mob and the rogues made merry. It was the Cardinal Bishop who caused the infliction of this punishment for immorality. God forgive him if this torture offended morals and decorum in a still greater degree than did the immorality of the sufferers. These are samples of the punishments and forms of eccle siastical justice. I will give now a sample of criminal and civil justice. The immunity attaching to persons and places belonging to the Church is so firmly established that no one could violate it with impunity. All lay persons, even those be ' longing to the Holy Office, enjoy a portion of this immu nity, nor can 'they be arrested without the permission or consent of the Inquisitor; and if they are seized the In quisitor has the power of setting them at liberty, or of tak ing upon himself the office of deciding upon the merits of their case. Last year a certain Doctor Galetti, a Bolog nese, who had a patent from the Holy Office, was im prisoned by the Director of Police. Nevertheless Father Felotti, the Inquisitor or Vicar, set him at liberty. The patented may with impunity carry, and in fact do carry, all manner of concealed weapons, and yet (mark the impartial justice) the Austrians make the wearing such weapons a Capital crime. The French in Rome punish this offence with a few months' imprisonment, the ordinary tribunals punish it with many years of the galleys. Neither are all the climes for which the punishment of the galleys is awarded inscribed in the law books or edicts, for the Papal and Austrian soldiers invent at their will new crimes as the occasion arises, and punish them with the utmost severity. The sentence is made public at the very time when notice is given of the newly-invented crime, and those who are found guilty are punished befere they know that what they are accused of is a crime at all. The Austrians, as an eiample, have made the discovery of a crime which they stigmatise as a demon stration against government and against tobacco, of which those are to be considered guilty who have taken it int o their heads to leave off smoking in order to show their con tempt of the government and to damage the receipts of the treasury. The S acred Council in Rome made the disco very that letting off artificial fireworks was a crime, and sentenced some youths who had let off Bengal lights on the eve of the anniversary of the republic to twenty years of the galleys. And since I have m mention of the Sacred Council I may be permitted to state that this tri bunal does not permit the accused the choice of his defers dere, nor will it allow of an appeal to any higher tribunal. In the administration ,of civil justice a great point of consideration is the extent of the privilege granted to the Fero Ecclesiastieo, or ecclesiastical tribunal, to which the priests may summon all laymen with whom they may have disputes on the subject of enema and two and marvel lowly numerous are the jurisdictions which are contrived. , o as to protract the decision of suits indefinitely; and numerous also are the tribunals particular, special or ex ceptional, or by wh dever other name they may be called. Here is an example, The fabric of St. Peter inherits everything that is left by the faithful, when on their deathbed, for the good of their souls. If a contest on the subject of the legacy arises, no recourse can be had to either civil or ecclesiastical tribunals ; the sentence must be given by the special tribunal of the fabric of St. Peter. The Santa Casa of Loretto has numerous possessions. What person who had to contend with it could over expect justice from the special tribunal which goes by its name ? &tad what has been the state of public safety for a long time past ? The factions of the ruffieus of the Campegua, in the reign of Pius VII. and Leo XII. are well known. The government was obliged to capitulate, and I have seen some of these very assassius, set free by amnesty, perform ing iu Rome of duties of guards of the pu.slie safety, gaolers of prisoes, episcopal police. Au admirable ex ample ! Daring the first years of the reign of Gregory, assassins and robbers of another class were in the as mdaut. These were arm° 1 centurions, endowed with privileges, it was said, for the maintenance of th , throne and altar; in sober truth, for the end of bringing both into contempt, and fur the persecution of the liberals. These mon were flogged,- wounded, murdered with impunity, in the presence of Austrian troops who occupied the Revenue. Well for you if, after having been struck or wounded, you ware not despatched to prison. You were certain to be sent there if you disputed with the centurion. Many wore imprisoned on. this ac count. In Faenza there lived an honourable gentleman, who, although a thorough-going Papist at heart, was struck with horror at the crimes he witnessed, and. chronicled them with the names of the executioners and the victims. In the year IS3 ihe showed me his catal gums. In Faenza, alone there were more than a thousand persons who had been flogged, wounded, or murdered by the centurions. This worthy gentleman had written at the head of the list the names of a prelate of Faenza and several parish priests who had encouraged him in his labour. Those calamities finish° I, in God's own good time and after several wicked cardinals and prelates had governed these aacted countries, a good. cardinal set ti work to re medy the evils that had been done. But vengeance and assassination now began on the other side, and how many P:tpal centurions were slain by liberal centurions and do . curious, I am not able to say. Tho most horrible part of the business is that the actsof vengeance wore not only de_ feuded but praised. •In the year 1817, on a certain day, when a chase after the centurions had. taken place, a lady toll sue they hal only killed four, and that was very little. Tell us after this that these people axe educated to forgive. The atrocities in which the factions indulge iu the present day are visited with the execration of the whole of Europa, which however was silent when, during the reign of Gre gory, crimes were_cOlurnitted which are still sadly present to the memory. Alas ! let there be a little justice even in the distribution of infamy. It would be a long and wearisome task to chronicle the deeds of It Passatoro, of Lazz trini, and of a hundred other ruffians who governed Rowe with more authority than * This reference is to an appendix of documents, which we will publ 14h in a future number. either the Pope or the Austrian soldiery. City and country exposed to sack and plunder ; life and property not secure in open daylight; [Azure of the person and detention until ransom was paid; these are the piincipel features of the lest restoration of the clorictal authority and the Am' tri In protection. Who can cloy this ? The Austrians, under pretext of the preservation of pub lic order, have seized and removed all the weapons of the inhabitants of the city and country. The robbers alone are armed. And at the same time the military tribunals con demn to death the country people, who having no means of defence, afford hospitality to the robbers, and to save themselves from molestation enter into agreements with them. Years ago I asked a landed proprietor in the Ro magna how he could endure living in the country whilst Il Passatore was the real ruler of the district. He replied that a steward of his had come to an agreement with Il Passatore to give him a certain sum per month, as a tax for protection. Il Passatore received the tax and kept to the bargain. Yes, sir, in the Romagna you must pay. these taxes, or pay ransom for those seized as hostages for payment. Yet the Austrians are there, and keep the country in a state of war—that is to say, in a state of sie b e for gentlemen, a republic for robbers. Weigh well, sir, the following facts. In the city of Bologna alone the military tribunals have in flicted capital punishment on 178 individuals. They have had an equal number of victims, at least, in other pro vinces. The Sacred Council has inflicted punishment on others, and the ordinary tribunals have done the same. Nevertheless crimes increase, and the prisons become every day more crowded. These are the prison statistics of the Roman Government : In 150 the number of prisoners was 1851 JP ll 1852 „ „ 18-3 lf ll 1854 fl tf Here aro the statistics of a single prison, Fort ITrbano, in the commune of Bologna. On the 3 lst August, 1855, there were 683 within the walls. Of these 21 had been condemned by the Sacred Council, 191 by the military tri• bunals, 7 by the episcopal tribunals, 124 had neither been tried uor condemned, but had been arrested, as the prison registers express it, " for prec tution sake." The rest were condemned by the ordinary tribunals. Here, again, aro the criminal statistics of half a year in the commune of Bologna. From January 1, 1855, to the end of June, 800 robberies had been committed, 80 attacks of violence, 20 burglaries, and other and minor crimes are not reckoned, and yet how numerous are they ! I do not speak of the amount of smuggling, or the nume rous contests and deaths to which it gives rise. Smuggling has become a speculation in the Papal States, and competes with government. Cardinal Antonelli is an authority for this statement, as may be seen in his edict of June 1, 1855, which I publish in an appendix. (2.) As to the question of public safety, it is sight to know that the pontifical delegates make what provision they choose with re3pect to it, without any regard to the laws or accustomed forms. I give a proof of this assertion in the edict of the prolate governing at Viterbo, bearing date July 5, 1855. (3.) Such being the state of affairs in the Papal dominions, can any man of sense suppose that everything can be put, and kept, in order by a few expedients of little moment ? And, before thinking of all kinds of extensions of institu tions, by which the municipalities and the provinces are governed, ought it not be remembered that the very ele ments of civil union are wanting in this State, and that the vitiated constitution of the clerical government cannot be corrected with palliatives ? Wiil the subjects of the Pope remain tranquil as long as they are to envy the subjects of the Sultan those gua rantees of security and good government which Europe demanded from Turkey before it could be received into the communion of recognised States such as were protected by popular rights. And will ever the inhabitants of the Romagna, ono of the most quick-sighted populations of Europe, acknowledge themselves grateful to the Western Powers until they are placed at least on a level with the populations which obey the Grand Tfirk. And what are the forms on which the Western Powers are deliberating? They are talking of codes, systems of laws. But have we not the Holy Office, the episcopal tribunals, the privileged tribunal, and the privilege of immunity, and a hundred exceptional tribunals? The peo ple want liberty of conscience, equality in the administra tion of justice, and public security. But while these tri bunals, these privileges, these forms, or rather deformity, remain, can they ever obtain these first, I may call them elementary, benefits ? In the year 1851 the Powers recommended the Pope to make laymen eligible to all official situations. Secularisa tion was the theme of many eongltations and disputations, and the Emperor of the French had even recommended it, when he was President of the Republic, in his letter to Edgar Ney. And even now it is the subject of discussion, bat we are beginning to be told that much has already been done in this direction ; and that the laity, nowa days, ought to be contented, Cardinal Antonelli having published statistics by which he endeavours to demonstrate that the laity have taken all the official situations, and the poor clergy are put to the greatest shifts. A French public ist some time back made the statistics of the Secretary of State the subject of some remarks, and arrived at con clusions certainly not worthy of one conversant with Ro man affairs, but rattier of a referendary of either segnatura. M. de Mazade pretends to understand important matters, and he does understand them, but he does not understand the affairs of Rome. I can tell him that with respect to secularisation nothing has been changed in Rome. Allow ing Cardinal Antonelli to put down at as high a figure as he chooses the number of the laity who are judges, secre taries, commissaries, ushers, chamberlains, beadles, grooms, policemen, custom-house officers, amanuenses, still eccle siastics alone have the right to all the highest offices of state, to all the chief eruployments,to all those charges and dignities, which are of value and consideration in the ad ministration of a state. No layman can, in fact, enter, as the phrase is, upon the career of diplomacy. No layman can preside upon the supreme tribunals of the Rota, ehe Sognatura, or of the Holy Council. No layman was ever, for any considerable period of time, a governor of a province ; and the law which affirms the establishment of the new territorial divisions, and the new governors of the same, rigorously excludes laymen. The Cardinal Secretary is the sole Minister of State; the others, who have the name of ministers, are heads of offices, commissaries, the petty stewards, I may say, of the Secre tary of State. And at the present time, once more, all are ecclesiastics, with the exception of the person who is at the head of the war department, who is a layman, I will not say a soldier. The Minister of Finance is au ecclesiastic, and so is also the Director of Police. The priests of the Ca mera are appointed to the tribunal which decides disputes on the subject of administration. Education, administra tion, and benevolence, all are under the supreme jurisdiction of the ecclesiastics. It is true that in the Council of State,and in the Council of Finance, laymen are received, but we soon see that by degrees they give way to priests. Be this as it may the laity require a judicial voice in ministerial employments; and if they are to be made contented they must have a deliberate voice. Add to this, that the Council of Fi nance, and the Council of State, whether from the manner in which they are constituted, whether from the essential antipathy which the clerical constitution feels against representative or responsible forms, have already shown by experience that they can give no good fruit, since all good warnings have been wastel upon them, and over will be. The priests are not an aristocracy, and never will be anything but a caste. Aristocratical privileges may stand, but not a caste privilege. You see the social effect they produce in the Papal States. What youth of good family, well educated, gifted with good qualities, and distin guished for his accomplishments, would dream of entering into the public service, when he knows that there is a limit on which the ecclesiastic wtites : " Thus far shalt thou go and no further?" They will say to him to become a priest. But here is the reply to, and the con demnation of, the whole clerical system. Inasmuch as there is for laymen neither high honour nor respectable living to be obtained by entering in the lists of public life, it is clear that the privilege of c tste offends the sense of justice, disturbs the economy of the family, does violence to persons in their choice of a vocation, foments hypocrisy on one part and discontent on another. Consider, sir, that in the Papal States commerce and manufactures aro in a wretched state—that, if you will believe the Bishop of Arras, is Providence—and that the labours of intellect, thanks to the multiplied and mul tiform censorship, produce no fruit. How then can the activity of the mind, the grace of the intellect, display it self ? To what end can we direct the honour able ambition of youth, who have no vocation, and are not to be tempted by the honours and gains of the priesthood? Secret clubs and conspiracies aro the produce of clerical privilege. It is easy to say the profession of arms is open, and truly the Pope's subjects may become his soldiers. But the world must cease from crying down the " soldato del Papa"—a phrase which has become proverbial; and the Pope must cease from enlisting them out of the idlest and most dissi pated characters ; he must cease from assigning to them, in rank, pay, and honour, the last rank in his army, giving the precedence to all foreign troops, whether they be auxi liary or mercenary. No right feeling man becomes a soldier from choice, unless he hopes to gratify a noble ambition or love of glory, fighting for his fatherland. (To be continued.) NEW DUTY ON RACEHORSES.—The new duty on race holseF, which is 3/. 174. a-year to take effect on the SV - 1 of April, awl to be paid to the clerk of the course before the "start." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills have a world wide ren,wil in alleviating Liver Coinplaintw.—Mr. Benjamin Grant, who has resided fur up% ards of a quar ter of a cautur; in various provinces of Bengal as an Indigo Pia , ,tEr, suffered most severely from complaint ,•f the Liver. Urged, however, by many of his friend, ii eluding sonic ernin,nt medical men, he commenced tAing Hollowa,y's Pills, and, after a vigorous per-ever ance in their use, derived such relief from his sufferings that he dehrhs himself entirely freed from the distressing malady of which he was the victim.—Sold by all inedi ci,e vendors throughout the world ; at Professor way's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stamp, Constanti nople; A. Guidicy, Smyrna; and C, Muir, Malta. .PRICES Or S WARR'S, BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PAY STOCK. - Pram the Official List. PUBLISHED ETERY TITZSDAY AND FR!PAY EVENINU LONDON, TIIESDILY, AUGUST 26, 1856. GAS-LIGHT AND COKE CONIPANIE6. Name of Company. British - •• • •• •• •• •• Ditto Provincial .... Brighton • •• • •• City of London ...... Continental (4th Cap.) Equitable •• ........ Great Central ....... Imperial .. • • ........ Independent .......•• Do., Parl. Preference rco ix.•• •••••••••• Ratcliff .„ United General ...... Westminster Chartered Ditto, New •• •• Name of Company. Dividend Amount per of Annum. Share. 71. 5/. 41. Os. 21. 10s. 81 per cent. 101 & bonus. 51. 1 GI. per cent. 41. per cont. 61. 21. 10s. 41 per cent. East London Grand Junction .... • • Kent .......... Lambeth ...... • • • • • . New River Company.. Southwark & VauThali West Middlesex • • • • .. WATER-W , Dividend per X s. d. Annum. Amount of Share. Paid. 61. per 4 1 . per cnt. 4t. per cnt. X s. d. Stock. 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Price d. 100 all 2L 10s. Si. per cnt. SI. per cent. Sporting Intelligence. EGHAM RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Town Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous. Half a mile. Mr. E. J. Lloyd's Gitana, by Turnus, 2 yrs, sst 4lb, carried sit 81b Cot. James Garnet, 3 yrs, 64t 131 b (Quinton) 2 Mr. Elwes's British Remedy, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ...(Bray) 3 The following also ran :—Jack Sheppard, Queen Mal) n are, Primrose, The Unexpected, Kimburn, Roebuck, Jane Shore, The Vaulter, Arsenal, 'Maus, Companion, The Roman, Anuela filly, and Maid of Perth. Batting-2 to 1 agst Gitana, 6 to 1 agst Queen Mab mare, 10 to 1 agst Garnet and The Unexpected, and 100 to 8 agst any other. Won by two lengths ; three lengths between the second and third ; Queen Mab mare was fourth ; Roebuck, Maid of Perth, Primrose, and Jane Score, well up, were the next lot. The Magna Cuarta Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added; two-3r old,, 7st ; three, Oat ; fillies and geldings al lowed 3!b ;.maiden horses at the time of eat tiNg, hav ing run once, allowed 31b; twice, 51b; winntrs once in 1856, 31b ; twice, s:b ; thrice, 71b extra (matches excepted) ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs if de manded, &e. ; if entered for 1501., allowed 81b ; 1001. s:b. T.Y.C. Eight subs. Mr. Sargent's Sister to Spindle, by Orlando, 2 yra, 64t 31b. (1501 ) (Fordham) 1 Duke of Bedford's Eloquence, 3 yra, Bst 91b, (1001.) (Rogers) 2 Sir W. Booth's Fanfaronade, 2 yrs, 6st 81b, (2001.) (Bray) 3 The following also ran :—The Amorous Boy, Illustra • tor, and Judy. Betting—Even on Sister to Spindle, 5 to 1 each agst Fanfaronade and Eloquence, and 7 to 1 agst The Amo- rous Boy. Won easily by half a length ; three lengths separated Eloquence from Fanfaronade ; The Amorous Boy was close up ; the ot k ir t wo were baten off. The winner was claimed by Admiral Rous for the Duke of Bedford. The Queen's Plate of 100 guinea 3 ; three-yr-olds, 76t 71b ; four, 9st ' • five, 9st 71b ; six and aged, 9st 10Ib. Two miles and a distance. Mr. S. Walker's Winkfield, 5 yrs (J. Mann) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Goldhill, 3 yrs The following also ran :—Rialto, The Earl, Primrose, Adam, and-Turk. Betting-5 to 4on Goldhill, 3to 1 agst Winkfield, 9 to 1 agst Adam. Won easily by a length ; the others were pulled up. The Baron's Stakes (Handicap) of 5 soya each, with 40 added, for two-yr..olds ; winners after the declaration of weights 4lb extra ; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 20 subs. Mr. Sherwood's Fright, 7st (D. Hughes) 1 Mr. Stevens's'Barbarity, Tat 711; Duke of Bedford's Sister to Spindle,' 7st 6.b (in. 4'b extra) ( Wells) 3 The following also ran :—Adawas, Miss Dixon, and Springy John. Betting -6 to 4 agst Fright, 2to 1 a g st Barbarity, 3 to 1 agst Si s t er to S p i n dl e. Won bya length ; bad third ; a head between the third and fourth ; the other. two beaten off. The. Egharn Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; optional selling weights, &a. One mile. Five subs. Duke of Bedford's Questionable, 4 yrs, 7st 61b, (80/ ) (Fordham) 1 Nfr . 11adland's Fishion, 3 yrs, Est 4ib, (801.) (Plumb) 2 r. Stevens'. Lucy Lockit, 4 yrs, 7st 31b, (801.) (Prior) 3 Mr. Newman's Kimburn, 4 yrs, 7st 71b, (1501.) (Wells) 4 - Betting-5 to 4on Q iestionable, 3to 1 agst Kim burn, 4ki 1 agst Lucy Lo-Ait. Won by three lengths ; a length arid a half between the second and third. Th , .. winner was sold by auction to Mr. r. - :Stevens for 115 guineas. PETTING ON THE COURSE. LEAMINGTON STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Quince (taken) RADCLIFFE RACES. —WEDNESDAY. Two-year-u!d ntlioap. Threa-qilaiters of a mile. INl•ngrei N rtm, Laly Jer ey colt . . Seven ran. • Manchester Cup. One mile and a quarter. Pnntmnime Cali t h Ilight Hawk Seven ran. Virbit-±fiela llandicap Plate. About Half•a-mile. Cora L ynne - 1 Alfred Sacrifice filly ........ .... ................................................... .................... . ... 3 Four ran. oP JOINT STOOK COM- P A.N I t;S IN CHANCERY. THE NATIONAL LAND COIIPANY.—The proceedings in Chancery under this unfortunate project of the late Fear pis O'Connor, under the act of Parliament passed in 1849 to dissolve the company, and to dispose of the land and property beloOng to it, and wi n d up the under tikilig„ are being carried out.to completion: as rapidly asmatters will permit by Mr. Roxburgh,.Q.C., and Mr. Goodchap, the-actuary; who have been-appointed by the Court of Chancery to settle the claims of the subscribers to the company, in resOect of anylvoneys paid for, or on account of, shares in the company, and the commis eioness: sill sit during the ensuing month for this pur pose, in the particular counties and districts, in which the various estates and land allotments of the company are kituat:,d. CItEAT CAMBRIAN ALINING COMPANY._ —The liabilities in c , nuection with the winding-up of this ; elriiptny's affairs are estimated at 4,8001., and it is found that a call ofilOs. per share will be required to meet this awttrikuinnt; i T t h fo e r rn_ g i o n l e d h . as been p dispo sed of fo r I,OOPI, and i is understood that the arties n w in ,possession are the a ffa ir s SEWAGE of l4 thi s company C 'An "41 `t . • OMPANY or er o wind tip company ha s jue4 been granted. ' Name of Company. Paid. Price. s. d. —7% V% 20U X s. d. X s. d. flungerford .....• .... - - - Southwterk ...... •• .. - 110 0 0 - Ditto New of 7% p,c, 11. per cent. 50 0 0 - Waterloo ..... .... •• • • - 100 0 0 - Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 - Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 - Vauxhall .......... • • 965. 70 10 3 - DOCKS• Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. : Annum. Share. £ s. d.l X s. d. Commercial •••• 5l. pr cent. Stock. Stock. Bast and West India 61. pr cent. Stock. East C.antry.. 2os. per sh. - - London .•..•, •• • • 5l. pr cent. Stock. - Ditto Bonds .. .... 4l. per cent. - - St. Katharine 4 per cent. Stock. - outhampton 37. Os per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Victoria 1 51. per cent. 20 0 0 ; 10 0 0 JOINT-STOCK B ANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Annum. Share. -.--- X s. d. A a. d. :Australasia........... 201. per cent 40 0 0 all Biltish North American 61. per cent. l 50 0 0 PP Conimerclal of London. 10/.per cent. ,(100 0 0 20 0 0 Colonial .............. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 10nian........ • ....... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 L L o o i n t d d 0 . C ri h a a n r a Bt u of t A y u . s . . ! 10'. per cent.. all o 0 0 Londn and Westminatr 'l4/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 London Joint-Stock ... 121. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 1 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto, New. • • ...... B/.per cent. 10 0 0 all Natiorml of Ireland.... ; 6!. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 Nat. Provincial of Eng. 1 81. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditte, New .. •••• •• i 8/. per cant. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Oriental Bank Corpora. 87. p. ct.&bs. 25 0 0 all South Australia • • .... 141 p.ct.& bs. 25 0 0 Union of Australia.. •• 3 01 . per cent. 25 0 0 Ditto .............. 301. per cent. - PP 2 10 0 Union of London - ... 20'. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Madrid ..... 1 - 40 0 0 all ..• 1 CANALS. Dividend Names of ~.9 Dividend Names of t per Companies.Z 1 per Fri" Companies. C 6 4 Annum. ch !Annum. ; co x 1 -, X Ashtn &Oldh 98 71. p. ct., 145 Nfacclesfleld. 100 21. 10s. Barnskty•• ••',160 - - :death -•• •• 100 161. Brknkcc Abrg,lso V. Oxford.. •• •• 100 - Birmingham 1 40' 41. 92 Peak Forest. 78 51. Os. Coventry.... 1100 257. - Regent's •• • • 30' ll Derby ••• .. 1 100 6/. 15s. 84 Rochdale.. • • 85 11. 10S. Ellsmre&Chsi 69 2% p. ct. - Somrset Coal 140' - GrandJunctn 100 31 pr. ct. 43 Do. Lk FdSt 121 - Do., 6 pr•Ct.l 10 61. pr. ct. 1134 Stfird &Wore 1 40 f 281. Grand:lurrey; 100 41. - Shrewsbury.. 1 251 - Grand 7..1n ion; 100 1/.os. - Stourbridge- i 45 121. Kennt &- Avn! 39 6s. Od. 634 'Severn and'?" Lancaster -1100, - - i Wye Rail. .5 26 21 . Leeds &Livrp' 100 251. 483% / Warwick &? Leicester.... !100' 51. 4934 Birming. 5 100 SIL Leicstr &Nth' 83' -••-• Warwick & 1 Lought,orogh I 142' 701. 550 Napton.. i 100 31 ' Monmoutlishi 100 - - Worcstr &I 78 21. 51ntgmerys121100 - - Birming. MeltnMwbry 100 - - ,Wilts & Brks -10 s. Od. Price Price. 104 4014 36% 69% 83 Frico. 103 76 16 76 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - X s. d. X s. d. Albion ....•• .....• .. 81. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Animus Brit. and For. 71. 145.6d.b5. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18 Ditto Marine ... .... 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 42 Anchor .... - ...... - 6 per cent. 5 0 1 0 0 - Atlas . Argus Life .........•• 41. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 23 sritish Commercial .. 71. 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 ' 6% ClerieLiled.& Gen. Life 6pr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 l== County .............. 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Crown .............. 17s. Od 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle . Equity and Law...... 4% per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 6% European Life ... 1/. 20 0 0 all 18% 0enera1.............. 61, 5 0 0 5 1 ,i 99 Globe • .... -.. 51. per cent. Stock. 105 4 Guardian ............ 51. per cent. 100 0 0 47 5 0 56 Imperial Fire......... 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 - Imperial Life •• •• 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Indemnity Marine.... 11. 3s. & 31. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Law Fire ............ 2s. & 25.135. 100 0 0 210 0 3% Law Lite............. - 100 0 • 10 0 0 61 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 5 London .. London Ship-. - Marine lBs.per share 100 0 0 28 0 0 57W, Med.lnvlid& Gen. Life 4% /. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 34 Minerva - Monarch •• •• •• •• - 5 0 0 1 0 0 , 11, National Loan Fund 5l. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - Palladium Life ... Pelican .... - •• •• •• - - - - 50 Phcenix •• .•• • • •• - - - 180 Professional Life...... 51. per cent. 5 0 010 0 - Provident Life.... .... 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 88% Rock Life.... •• .. •• •• 7s. 5 8 0 010 0 8% Royal Exchange ...... 101. per cent. Stock. all 276 Sun Fire ........ ...... 61.105. , - 99 - Ditto Life ..... 11. 14s. - - United Ningdom .. .. 41. p. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 4% Universal Life .•• ..... 51. per teat: 100 0 0 10 0 0 40 Victoria Life .. - 412 6 5% LIST OF SCOTTIS a COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. X a. d. Sank of Scotland ...• 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 200/0s British Linen Company 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 230/091 Caledonian Bank ..... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 210 041 3s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 -0 10 0 0 121 'Os Clydesdale Bank .... 5%1. p cant. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13 11 s Commercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 235/0s Eastern Bark.. - .... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 121 5s Ediab. & Glasgow- - 831. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 051 Os Exchange Bnk of Scot.. - - National Bank ...... 6% per cent. 100 0 0 i 0 0 0 1881 Os North of Scotland Bank sLper cent 20 0 0 . 210 0 Cl 3s Royal Bank of Scotl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1461 0 Union Bank of Scot. .‘. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 10210 s Western Bank- - .... 71. per cent. 503 0 0 50 0 0 .13 /Os Alliance Fire and We.. 8%1.pr cent: 100 0 0 11 0 0 16115 s British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11 14s Caledonian Fire Incur . 109. per cont. 100 0 0 10 ' 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Lite , 61. per cent. 0 0 2 0 0 11 8s Co' onial Life ... •..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 a5l is Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. oer cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 291 3s Eng. & Scot, Lay, Life 61.,cr ceni. 50 0 0 A. 5 0 4/ 8s Life Assoc. of 3celiand 6/. per dont. 10 0 0 110 061 10s Nationai Fire and Life 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 00 21 Os North British Insur... 71. per coat. 200 0 0 20 0 0 :16110s Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. pr cont. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 159 Standard Life ........ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 201 Os United Dap Assurance 51. par sent. 10 0 0 . 1 0 0 - .......................-....--------------. MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -.--- --- X I. d. X a. d. Assam 'lea •......... 51. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auctiom Mart........ 2 1 4 per cent. 50 0 0 - - Australian uricultur/ 1/. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 - Australian Trust .• .. AL pet cent - 25 0 0 - Austradan 'Loyal Mail Si. 10 0 0 all - Angle-Mexican Mint.. IL 108. 10 0 0 all - British American Land 15s. - 40 0 0 - Canada ... • • .....• .. 61. percent. 100 0 0 82 10 0 126% Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent. - - - Ditto, 6 per cent. •• 61. per cent. - - 114 fifty Navigation Bonds - - - - Electric Telegraph .. 6 per cent. 25 0 0 24 0 0 95% Ditto - - . - - Equitable Reversionry 71 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Ditto New ...... • - 50 0 o'l7 10 0 - 4en. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. & bs, 100 0 0 100 0 0 - -; (~en.steamNavigation 10 p. et. 15 0 0 14 0 0 - I /Inds° i's 8a,....... - Stock. - - liungerford . - London Institution .•• - - - - London Reversionary 5l per cent. lb 00 , all - Russell Institution.... - - ,1210 0 - Pri io'sPatenteand. Co 104 per cent. 20 0 0 1 17 10 2; Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 - Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 I 60 0 0 70N South Australian Land 61. per coat. 25 0 0 all - Trust and Loan Comp. Upper Canada ...9 - 20 0 0 , 0 - [ADVERTISEMENT.] —We quote a few more of the extraordi nary cures without medicine effected by Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Rcvalenta Arabica Food of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma , Cons u mption, and Debility: Cure No. I 80.—" Twenty-five years nervsusn ss, constipa tion, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very shsrt time.—W. R. Reeves, Pool Anthony, Ti verton. " Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health -restoring Food.—l shall be happy to answer any inquiries.—llev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,836,—. Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Food.—Ales. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen." Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorlaud ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all othem means c f cure had failed. Suitably packed for all climates, with full instructions. In canisters, 51bs., I ls. ; 121b5., 225. super-refined, lib., 6s. ; 2lbs., Ils. ; bibs., 225.; 101bs., 338. The 101bs. and 121bs carr.a,e free, on receipt of post-office order. Barry du Ba rr y and b Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Picca dilly ; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 33.) and 451, Strand , 4 , CheaPSide; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Char. iag-cross i 54, Upper; Baker-street; 63 and 157, Oxford. street. 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1 50 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 IRKS. 100 0 0 1 61 0 0 BRIDGES. Dividend Amount per I _of Annum. Share. Cot? tr— r-larket=l. Paid. Price. Z s. d. 20 0 8 -- 20 0 0 15 50 8 0 20 0 0 all ! 35 all 12k all 90 52 0 0 16 0 0 16 all 2! ', 53 1 4 10 0 0 10% EDINBURGH MEAL TTIA.RKET—.AEG. There were in the market to-day 14 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 280 lbs imperial, which sold at 495. 01 EDINBDI‘G.H HAY AND STRAW MARKET- AUG. 26. Supplies of all kinds these last six days small. - Oat straw, from lls 6d to 14s Od per kemple of 16 stones ron; wheat do., 103 6(1 to 133 6d; barley do., 103 od. to lls Od. Hay from is to 15d. ; tew, 8d to 10d. I DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—Auct. 25 There were in the market to-dny 8 bags of oatmeal, 0 of barleyflour, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs 1 1 .i.'irst. Second. I Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s al ,—s Od ,—s On Peasemeal, per ditto -s Od 1— sOdl—s Od Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s •Od Pot-barley, new, per ditto —B Od —is Od --e Od DUBLIN, AUG. 26 The weather has been fine since Friday, but to-day it is showery. We note no alteration in our quotations for old wheat or oats, though in some instances prices were rather in favour of the buyer. These was a small supply of new grain. Wheat, oats, and rapeseed supported the curren cies of Friday, but here became difficult of sale towards the close, even at a reduction of is to 2s per barrel. The demand for Indian corn was very trifling, without any alteration in value. White wileat, 403 Od to 42s ; red ditto, 36s Od to 39s Od ; barley, 24 , 40 d to 258 001 ; oats, 14s 03 to 16s Od ; rapeseed, 323 Od to :36s 01 per brl ; oatmeal, 143 6d to 168 63 ; bakers' flour, 23s Od to 27s Od per cwt; ludiancorn, 32s 01 to 34: Od per 480 bits. COAL MARKET Prices of Coal per ton at .—.A.IIGUST 27. ;he close of the market. Wallsend, &a. s. d. North Percy Hartley l7 0 Green's Tanfield 13 0 Byass's West Hartley lB 0 &c. Bell's Primrose l4 C Cassop 18 (*, Belmont 17 c. Birchgrove Graigela 22 Tees l9 3 Adelaide Tees lB 9 Lyon's Stone Coal 22 Wayne's Merthyr 23 6 Ships at market... 3 A. South Hetton 19 0 Lambton lB 9 Keno() 18 3 Eden lB 0 Riddell l7 3 Framwellgate lB 0 Haswell 19 6 Stewart's 19 6 aeugh Hall lB 0 South Hartlepool lB 3 South Kelloe 18 0 •4 I Sold LOCAL SJEARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 27. STOOK EXORANGE.—The market has been doing a dull business to-day, and pikes are merely nominal. London and North Westerns, 107$—South Easterns, 22i Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolns, Pref., 68—Aberdeen, 130—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 981—Midlands, 83i — Caledonians, 27i— Blackburn, Si—Eastern Counties, 9i —Great Westein of Canada, 251 1. MANCHESTER, AUGUST 27. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been doing a quiet buhiness, and little change in prices, but inclin ing in favour of buyers. Matiocks, 21—Sheffields, 31i — Midland Railway Consols, 83i Lancashire Insnranoe, prem.—South Eastern and Dovers, 22i 7-16—Ditto. account, 22:- Great Western, account, 66i—Chester and Birkenhead, 15g. BIRMIN€4HAM, AUGUST 27. STOOK EXCHANGE.—Thib market has been doing a very inactive business to-day, and the prices were a shade firmer. London and North Westerns, 1071—Eastein Counties, 9i—Manchester and Sheffield, 34I—Shropshire Unions, 491 504—North Staffords, 13—Crystal Palace, Pref., 53. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAYS Traffic return for th• week ending Aug. 17, 1856 £23,114 3 1 Corresponding woek last year 22,874 8 2 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.--Traffie re• turn for the week ending Aug. 24, 1856 £26,027 18 5 Corresponding week last year 24,367 8 5 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 24, 1856 £6,982 0 0 Corresponding week last year 7,017 0 Decrease in 1856 £3s 0 0 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY.—Traffio return for the week ending Aug. 24, 1856 £656 13 3 LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMP/RT.—Traffic re• turns for the week ending Aug. 23, 1856 £9,259 16 2 elid BORNE MAILS. (iq signifies that the mails are sent from the Galeria e ey the night—and M by the morning--despateh.) Day when made up From who` W • v COUNTRINV. in General Post- Port due is Office, London.* Dispatched. Begiaad. America(byDrit,paek)N Every Friday Liverpool Weekly &merlon.. (by United Sts . „ „A, Every Tuesday - . likaithamptce. Weekly &rn pa e c ri k c e a t) (by Liverpool .. packet) .......... U. States Australia (via Liver pool) ............ 4th and 19th Liverpool .. Twice Ditto (via Marseilles) A Ditto (via Cape of Goo(' Hope) ........ ../4 •- • ;Unoertals Africa (West C 06. 5 44- 1, iRd of the month . Plymouth 6th of Imo. Alexandria A 10th' 26th of n o. Dover ...... 2(1 & 19th A1ezandria..........31 tin & 20tin of moo. Southampto' 4 allelns Bahamas ...........It 17th of the month Southampton 16th Belgium —24 Daily Dover .... Daily B 9th of the month Southampton M BUMS Ayre5........M att , •hri naont, Southampton , 16th Cape of Good Hope ..N Uncertain Various port s,Thneertainn Cape of Good Hope N Cato de Verde ......N 9th e' th • month Southamptm! 16th el m Ceylon (see India) 10th and 26th la & 29th Ceylon ..............N 4th and 20th 4th & 21st Channel Isles ........N iiuw.,s vu.,10 ci Southampton Tri.Ta.r.at Chill.. 2d & 17th of month touthamPto' , 1 and 16 China....... . 4th and 10th 4 and 29 10th and 26th D0ver...... 2 and 19 Constantinople -N .. 4th & 20ta of in, Southampton 7 a n d 2 * Cont. of Europe M N Twice daily Dover .. Twice day Constantinople Egypt (see India) France & N Twice daily Dover ,Twicedaily Gibraltar ..........M 4,7,17,20, 27 4m Southampton e, 7, 24,2 e Greece (see India) Greytown .......... 31 2nd & 17th of mon ,Southamptne I 1 aid 16 Hamburg' 'London .... Dal+l Elavannah .......... Di !2n,1 of the month Southampi, Ist et me Holland ~14 „ Dever ,„. „ „. Daily Honduras 17th of the month. Southampton, 16th India (viaSonthampt.)M 4th !e 20th of mon. Plymouth .. 4 and 21 a India (via Marseilles)M :10Lh&26th of mot! Dover lb & 29 at lonian Isles (see India)! , 1D0ver...... Ireland & N !Twice daily _ I Holyhead ... Li5ben..............M ,2cl or '; o • Southampton Madeira bit. of nun - Southamptor. 6 and 16 'faders! •••• • • •• N 234 o month Malta (see India) Malta A 4, 10, 20, and 26 Dover " ... 4. lb, 21,2 Mauritius (see lndlal Mauritius ........ 20th of the month 4th aid t 1 Mexioo 34 2nd of the month.. Sonthampt , st Naples,.., •• •• —NiDaily.• , • !Dover New Granada ,2d & rith of monthSouthamptox, lit and 16 New 'Twice a month Various ports Papal States l4 •• • Dover ...... '4 weekly Penindula M Southampton; Porn ld & 27th of mon. Southampton Ist & 16th Port Natal 13y Private ahin...lVarious portal Sicily aa •• •• •• •• •• • •2 4 1 Every Saturday. • 'Dover •• Weekly Tuacany Dai1y........ • • Dover ...... Venezuela .. , ~,„M 2d a ath oimonth Southanapion!l m 16moil Van Diemen's Len d (see Australia) _, 4th of mon... mon:hly Welt Indies - Al Liu v. Wont. , !Southampton 1 and 16 When any of these dat spatched on the followin, ionthampton) i stnd the Dd preceding daY. tee fall on a Sunday, the malls will be de 1g day, with tho exceptien of the India (.is delta, both of which will be despatehi, l the The merchant Haniel, of Ruhrort, on the fiftieth anni• versary of his marriage, has made a present of $lO,OOO to the town of Berlin, for the endowment of an hospital. The New York MuB leaf Review says Concert tours by foreign artistes during the present season have all turned out failures, with one exception. Strakosch always succeeds. He understands the tastes and desires of our public so well, that even a third-rate prima donna under his direction will reap more laurels and dollars than De Lagrange herself. The latter artiste has just returned from an unsuccessful tour with Gottschalk through Canada and New York. Miss Adelaide Phil. lips's western tour was abandoned almost as soon as commenced ; Ole Bull has laid aside his violin, and taken the stump for Fremont ; and so'with all the rest e,cept Strakosch, who, with Parodi, &c., has brought back a well•filled purse." BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 27th inst., at 41, Charles-street, Berkeley -spank Airs. George Cavendish Bentinck. On the 26th inst., at Wadhurst Vicarage, Sussex, Us lady of the Rev. John Foley. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 27th inst., at ChaleotVillas, Hampstead, the wife of Friend Edward Streeten, Esq. On the 25th inat , at Caversham•hill, Mrs. L. Cooper. On the 22d inst., at Clateneeplace, Kingsland, the wife of B. L. Thomson, Esq. MARRIED. On the 26th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, John Leslie, second son of the late Colonel Charles P. Leslie, of Glasslough Castle, county Monaghan, Ireland, to Constance Wilhelmina Frances,. the youngest daughter (..f the late Colonel the Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson Damen On the 26th inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, Edward Edwin Morgan, Esq., Commander R.N., to Christina Lamie, eldest daughter of T. Laurie Murray, Esq. DI ED. Oa the 26th inst., at 8, Glocester gardens, Charlotte Arthur, daughter of General Sir John Fox Burgoyne. On the 26th inst., at 42, Eaton-place, the Hoa Cecile C. Auguste Colville. On the 26th inst., at 45, Albert-street, Regent's-park, Mr. Jean Francois Baumann. _ On Lower Eaton-street, Gros• venor-placo, John Littlewood, Esq., aged fio. On the 23th inst., at 56, Baker-street, Portman-square, Michael Arthur Gorman, Esq., aged 84. On the 24th inst., at Exeter, John Clatepitt Sercombe, Esq., aged 64. On the 24th inst., at Blofield, Norwich, John J. Ons Esq., Post Captain }t.N., only surviving son of the late Admiral Sir Richard Onsl ow , B art., G.C.8., aged 61. On the 24th inst., John Bond, Esq., J.P. and Deputy'. Lieutenant for the county of Lancaster, aged 78. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Mice, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of tho Savoy, in the oouuby of Middlesex, Thursday, August 28,1856. At • r, 11 4 J. J. Ur ;;;.,