The Press.
London, England, 1853-12-03 00:00:00

DECEMBER ft, 1853.

'nor, thaw awl et Lotolon proper, stud the INIANNIsa of ni
111,644 itykAses is 12,ti14). Tlte mutilation of Naryletione
is ; tlw mamba" of inhaltited house., I:s.B*ln ; mad
lite area 1. tit() eery, loving more than double that of Lon-
don. The cost o' pollee in London, for an lima of about
610 acres. is isostsi. apar ; ;shah the wltede oust oaf police
for *lw 'wish of Ilaryints, whisdt is Awake die area of
London, i. oady 24,0 km. 'free «dude+ paid for the ma-
nagenteitt of the rum-mous luminae and expenditure of
lilitrvleboue hs I,llld. only.
Tile Chairman Wing is the duration of the lil. eon]
dues received by the eorporatiou ?
ii'ittietts: 'lb.. coal dues of 1.1. per ton were punted to
the Pity for ever, by the toil sod twil or µlmmo and
11Iary. 'fits itukireet taxation levied by the vary of lkoinb.ii
iii the year IA.W. atuowned to 333,102/. iu addition to this, the
following local rate* a eVt• also, collected by ollicent of the
tiorporation :--fiewage rattails, 1 tl,:e.!;/. : paving, ti0,111:11.; /ease
rite. titt.olri/.; trophy tax (tor militia I. •.I.,iiilo/.; poor rat.'.
is,t;:d.; want rates, 4,11001.; church nites, tithes. owl
Easter tab:rings, 70,t100/. Tot 4 171;_iti9l. The trust
estates for public charitable objects 1 ;•stintitte at 417,riwi/.;
mid. if to that I add the revenue den oil front river dues. I
that the gross nickia g'. approximates to 1,h)7,1.5 Ai.
Mr. Ir. Lewis: You untied at a total just now of
000,1100/. a yetir •' how do you arrive at that ?
Witness : Iyy tinting in the coal dues, indirect fees re-
(vivo] by Olken, of the corp,aution, auni Jitret taxation. tt
leis twin stated that the Id. duty on coals i,a expended for
ity improvements, btu this is a mistake. The City calls
(dais Amid its "private property,' and they exislul 10,1 aPII.
a year 'alma Pity improvements. It was stated with re•
ferenee W the sul. ditty, that it was banded over to the
l'onitnissitaters of Woods and Forests, for improvements at
the west-end of the town ; but this is also an error, as the
lip to the present (lily, 1s ebargettlile with improve-
) oth executed within the Pity, under the numagement of
the e„ivonitioo. The Gael tUituuttl which the orejawati tttt
4as yais‘.4 yot the road ditties, fur ittipri,vetto.tits exrlusiceh
Within the City, and lultatinnitored by the Lily authorities!
amounts to 1,4.:0,Jk10/. Of this sum 1.0(10,111.11//. %%widow:tell
" I rus4lois•briAlge atiopi,achea," taolll.lot. fur the abolition
flee Fleet-market, and tri,4itio/. for New lanitagdoat-
Mr. I', Lewis: 11,iw liiiieti does the wt. duty on coal
pp shwa-. ?
‘4l)Jacsbi : it protingeil last year upwards of 113,00311/.
Ml'. : Can the City improvements be carried
sou w iililatt the consent and approval of the Commissioners
of Woods awl Forests ?

Wit 114',N ; ill S9l/Itr i')lSt'S, I believe, tlie conimission-
urs Loe had the 'plans sathanitteti to llum. total
prospective elisrges upon the NI. ditty ant tto 71;:t,os1
I thiuk the altoie ad • • ttation of lamas
4;100 to be placed under one Celan!' and Wll-
- Tlu hisat.ery uY the x 4.4411 would fala Mal au iu-
..,tructive lesson on that general stahject of paddle improve•
talents. Thu present London bridge *as lmilt. mulct. (lie pro-
% isimas of the I .41:4111ge IV., cap. 44). and lite works were e.na-
traLeteat for hi Messrs. Jolitle anal !tanks for Ilat,lloll/.
amount expenalsul 11114111 and its approaelics 11p ta Ihe
Year 104.31utu,runtvlto U 1401091, 'Sing 1,4M00,0001. naore
than the mom aniginally contracted for. It was owing to
the obstruetive spirit of the corporaitimt that the plan of
Sir t'lhriaiopber Wren rim newer caned out. Sir Christo-
pher Wren ph/lame.' to ;flake a forty-feet stulamikinent
along the swath ride of tile 'l'llames fur foot passengers :
hut, although an act of l'arliamelat wait; obttiintal f..r
mylsuation illerlatehl'll 1111011 it, end, i 1114.11,1
itrit tille enabataktliettt, llu rites now presents the most dis
grip:, appe:tranhe .if any liva.r its Europe. Even sadism
Cite last few year* * buihliug has been run out on the *tomb
bauk of the 'llimmes, close to the foot of lowdon.laidge,
twelve feet beyond the steps of the Midge. 'lds is a alis•
ligurmalent to die beauty Of the Midge, anal stands 115 all
illustration of the disgraeaprial reulissmas of the corporation
emaservanars of ti‘e 'fbatsies.

. .M T. .kelguil hind Ure Innlilun; in question sits the proper')
of Air. Alderuniu II 'blowy, and that Iho 'osier part ("II
sislvil of wurcliguses. unit the oprer part of eluunlien.4.
" 1I berms I lonulierb."

Witness : The corporation have always kept a feat hold
upon this eightpossisy study. Soule yc*i'w ago the t.olllttlis•
ttioners of Wsmmls and Forests wry propel-1y told the essrp,..
rat Lino that the time had cootie for the metropolis to hate a
share in the fund fair issetr.apsslitsin improvements. These
overtures, however, were, front time to time opposed by the
corimsratitae, who Iwo ught all their influence to 'War sup till'
aif the films,• of iiiiii 11111i4 to whom the plans ,if
the coninuisssiotterm were referred. 'They also, lay their
ollicsos. gave rvishosee against the proposed ingsrslvsolislits
tithtttostol i v thy Wootiti and Forced's, awl 111 r. I atioilwrt
jiiio-N skimmed that it was quite minecesiaary pull 1.41 W II
M 1110110. T. OW , ILIUM kilt, as all ollioniblattotl lay the mounds-
Minters. Thu efforts of the essrporation were so stireessfttl
that that ottologeit Haw of 0011/17.
1
cot tj a 99 1.1141 i ; Ihe titi•rt of this Wits that st.% yrs!
WIN' line* of streets contemplated in the nortivwertern
plat inn tho llittroltoPp Hero Sistitilollisl tat wtlier, sir
s silly part ial ly v:411114 out. the sit the 11111.1.1.tg ad' the present
spstent tit' inetropsslitan impnivetnent it traced to the
circumstance that l'arliannost, and not a general and lis:sl
.41% is esancllled on the sithivet, anti thus, gentlemen from
t' • 1;• t.l!ii 1.:I. S*4 of dm three kingilsonta—from
is‘ ss, Lo I ;otsittsts--►solo up,ou soisttittnif ter It 11111111 Y iirill
elutrautur, and wills the tuerits, uI Whigh they ore in total
igussrauee. The 'otitis:et a sflplllll* 1.,1.14 ill the City Is one a
great implastansee. Every persun I,..cmiting It ratipii3.l in
-
the I city Is asstiossi*lted at being calicsl upon to tiiintriliiite
:CO NN I/. Mort. than the satin paid by the mingle pas imls of
Alarylehoise in poor rates, when he calla to milli' the large
roar ytl►ieh the City reeeives from eharitablo assumes for
the relief of the poor. 'llse Whole of this extra charge may
las traced lii the expellees of establishment and management.
There Are 10 the City throe unions itemtead of one, and thus
the ""dHlivisioll of IWtiottliti. (btu of tht:lol2 Hiltons bosno
union or pourhotuus whattever. viurithuttsc Woutuulodik

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ta"11 • Wall. Lilt 411% 1.4t'1l throw utuous aulackki
of Wu% hA.,!0.4 104,4mmai., and du. City of lAanalou Untou
'nab *lour exianda,,l tho caunutuua hWH of aitl.l4; J. iu Up,/
lalang of a near yorislaoauta• at lio*. I Lola at LuN Lauul •
ia the .:11%.,101ALIAte on ae.roault 4)1
ut 1144- 14•)444. in taw tiara, any union*. the parnala of St.
1t1ar,1,1,441c, dn• pariah of iameiht.th, Liar yea)* IS,'s
and I .•:4•Z conuraawci Lugt.,ther. 14 that atatixiaarsai N :apia•ar•
that ill the tinee uniuma, a lab a population of 1.,..11,1•:.5.
ry., uditur, ut IsiN aaa., 9:1.751/., an4l 14).!,
iaa tilc 'Wish nil M111)10.ollt. • Midi atalt.q,ulutiuu of 11:4Ltoti,
the calksaaditure in Is4s **a antal w 1N1'2,47,7:111.;
ita the juuiu.la of Lauulet..l.l), with at poptilatiou of 1:19,3V),
atr ekiwialittirt. in IS.'S aka, 46,74411., ;
*Loral„ dud the ihrea, unions of .I.4ualuu, under Ihu
Ala 414.41 aaataw. cold. for* taualkr population, wall, 414)41141v
as Ullta tla: itaxialtea of St. Nix) kbow• awl I.lautlx.tla,
with a much latrin:a. population

POLISH ANNIVERSARY MEETINti.
A nt:F.Tuto, to (onunemorato the revolution in
Poland in IMMO, WWI SMlMionett by the Polish Cott
t I femoerat le Committee, WO Cattle oir Oil TM.N.I:I)
au the JiIiMACE-Mitielll ROOMS. It Whit+ attendod by it
large number of "liatriots," English, Mem+.
lierwam Italian, and Hungarian lineage.
M. Women, a Pole, was called Lo the chair. but ex
ettsod himself Ilom niaking it speedo on the plea of
weak health. An address front the CA'lllllll 1'01)111)1'1We
WAS then read to the assembly in English, French,
and Polish. This manifesto contained a florid Hp
void on behalf (41' the liberty and nationality of
Poland, reeonnuending the patriode populations of
Europe ti) seize the opportunity offered by the pre-
sent war in the East to crush their great
the Emperor of Russia. The moat timorous para-
graphs V,eru llikl following :

_
•' Now. when our chief enemy is (ow the firm time since
IKtil staved in leis onward course 1..arl the Minimum .d•
his ia'rraitary aml,il• sria•tnes--wlu•n thi4 enemy Imp-
iwt►s to be the keystone of h.ttsopeol► atooolutiono, hou hor
whose four Ve4lllll 001 'la' Milgole route►. oolitic,. of the aali4ll,
alliance of )(kip mgainst peoloteo %%0041 howe crottoololvol to
joieees everywhere. from lIIIIWary Vrajee sad to
110 W, Wh,i► Itiosoian Toaristot, this Toortorlty/m ii iii erer,•.
scene•. itttl.lantc•el 111440111 the oost,en ,dear oor a ;mama 10111
strong Shivoitiont mei., is tottering moler Iloot weight ot• its
own etinu's, it is for alt, the eldest and most siggri,l.vol of
its violin's, before h. I • g the great hank .d' luuuauity.
to call tintb to our sister notions, • hour or (Lehi eratore
WALL* .."I'lterefure, this *universal.) is neither at Melt!
INallaienianlitkln of past aVaillll, nor a posthumous triumph
Wr b)gone glory, but 1111 appeal froon Poloist to Europe
and to 11W world, a imulifestatiou of life in the shadow
of avail, u lick bvtwce9► the plot and the fliture. It ,•nut-
wows, au stet e.f alliance, au oath—like that at ;
the alts• 111• aaiVCrbal brotherhood, nor an oath only, but
a deed. . .

"'Therefore, you See hero, side by shift with Voles, the
men who proclainusi the Vrpotblie at the lintel de in
huis ; those who ilium the absinth stied hipal thr 44444 1/11111t0.41
their sub)' c banner of tics' anti the ; hill
111.11 ill; Vienna, )ressivii. arid earlanalte, magis kings to
holt their hats in Is ttttt age to the 'wilder,' royal will ; thus.'
who in Hungary threw tott all,' ianets to an emperor. mei
transfened the sovereign power rosin Mist In the entran•
eltiSt slavo.s—to the whole pisoiole of lititigary.
" Therefore, you see beside us the noble sons of future,
free, democrat te, pmgressive Ittessio, whit, successor's I.l'
the 111uulavietfs smut Pestal, have 'mienss into tridental
alliance with the thimiocravy of Vihanti, forming at toter is
treaty between NO liithehn divided nations, and between
the martyrs and future eintipien ors of Husain', freedom.
"'Therefore, also, we have invitrd to this fraternal
gathering of nations thosee s•ons of Engleuel who sympathise
with &enlists' evenheyimil their town shores, and believe
in international duties as well as national rights. We
lotoryloy fsdil our own anervil duty, and rosier a worthy
hontage to the hosvltalolti land wide!' afforthe to shelter, by
placing our fraternal imulifestation under the pnotaction ad
the Kitglisthitetople, anti conseerattng ttptsit English roil an
altar to univerm;tl itrothechuist,
" 11'hat, then, is it we all have to hit ? The imprisiseil is
to bend's.. fur; Ilia free not to 'dhow their rulers to stop
the progress of the stnigs4le 11...W111.4 111.1.1111111.
" If this, atniggle the war Its 'Turks) is but the begin.

"This, on the Iwenty.thirsll sinniverwilrv,,f her r..v..bition,
is IN slattern lam err from her 114,1111.. 11 heti NM
again milt. %%ill bare but Etan,pe
the Meal esitsquest of liberty for all.-
A lltissian named IlEnvir.ft rend a written speech,
chiefly devoted to et liiagraphieal mill &Attain notice
of the present Czar ;
" Ile ales etltteated, sis it were, in a guarilliouite ; stands
manners patti of the brutality of the lasErsiekriaitti.
thiss wag the type of ruitiierney. lle had deeimateil
Poland, perrismited literature. plundered Turkey ; but still
lie was a miserable man, though he governed alisailittely.
Nielo Ll. hazarded a wnr with Turkey beratise lie wished
rather 41 We a republic in Weer e, iu the event of his defeat,
than a republics h 1 Paris."
Mr. liwrow, as an Englihinnan, net proceeded to
...ketch what he considered the 11111401 and rights of
England its relation to the pending struggle. lie
declared, in her name,

" that if she only moist. one wor.l—war against theCrer,
war against despotism, war against wrong—freedom 1e,,111,1
lipeetlily achieved. Ile know of no ititeher or greater
mission fors nation than to assert the truth In *Mien, ss
was done once tiptoe% a day when Vane sat at the council

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hoard. *bar Milton row, *lieu 111, tommell did boat heinous,
and %hen Make nook het UAW all over Entype .
sio•lt pelt) junto:mlN Its _%lNrnilsi•U, fuhl
1111*24411. it VI 3•4 DOI W,.1141111t1 that England shoulit eowej
to the lei el of cotsieti ; hitt, tliinn,4l their pokey niatie
England like a nation of vermin, the English wan. nut a
dastatilly people, suit kit woukl Say that the
vane,* 4A the witituiVll wire sitar and eamaiminia Mr war
against Itimiana—war its (moor of freadoma. ((leen.) Ilia
I.o4eratitieitt would uot. howeiet. auk lib. aopireina id the
UU: queati.n, tut LIU)) kUllt it would thunder
Lae liar, and he i Mr. 1..) desists' Ule h aulrrs of thu
I.:wroiht.:ol th•towisc) t.. tuatientbuttl that England wail
is g fug to see the right course. atul that, 0110' elearly
seen, she would folio% it. N against the Oar meant
stir agitinst Att.tria and l'rnswia. the nsouTrelion of Poland
tool Hungary, the shimenito the l'opo. it 'keen .1 ho
wailer old woniett and %logs, arni •aitira pr,,,,t4,4“...
nen• aloud of nor, for it womb( wiltiothatessubrut
tvnition--Nlazitini at Itioise. and France stenos% of her
Kelvin ignominy. Ile was lauWwier. Limo 14,„1,4c of
Eitidnaill would do dist nhieb was just, cysts %Imolai the
lwii‘eifs should full, when one, Uwe eottevited
U In the UIMII. of altainocraey, diet efoi
liis voice to lite !tattle-shoot t.. the
Chin. and despotism soil wrong, and life toot the
tossi.tus..l' Europe, l'ottoul. Italy. and limitary. Ile eott-
eltsle.l I.y %Odium goil,pcvd lv Use I,:untpesai irptsithe.
and 1.) hoping that dm anti. witittimil asuittermity of the
l'oltsit liet ulot tett would be held in Warsaw.-
An%oift lit•tif:, speaking in auntie/I, lishi out
small pnwpoet eufnuirliiiirinelit for l'obuiti aiiitil
11w tlity etatio wiseti *lto now divided rliet, of tho
111`111VM% WSW talee unit ml in a ettniuittti btnitl of
vans tisilll Y.
i Ir. N. liAnA.47., a foie, atitiresseti 11w meeting in
Freiteh. lie then stitervti into an analysis of the
position of the l'intpean etsitinental itowera with
respect to Russia:—
" 11w Emperor of Anstala hail no politieal existence
iiith.peitileist of Rossi*: anal tiw King of Prussia wlO4
to the t'roir ; while there could lOC no sits
111111 Wee Tl•%olllll4.liiiry anal the loaf
victual in the head it( 10'1-awe at to Client. It was, therefor',
only by tho ....lidareld of propitys that Plibuid istishl he ry
dated tool 111... if% utl over laWlw youth/whoa ; coal
tilts could tally by brought shoot by a $;(111'1111 I'Vtiilllll4.ll "
liungarian. spoke in English. anti
shi'l'l a picture of !tussle trampling upon and
crushing the helloing Ott eatit milk of liet, lies sailed
that he " hail tut faith. In diplotuacy. but but list( in
destiny mid that destiny of titan was nett darken:tut.
though tile rtalers of Europa timatieti tint advent of
liberty :nitro titan they Aid that ttl the Cirsuisek
hurtles." 11r. Hooey rep eatod his speech arterwartia
in 1.10111
A letter from Ilay/itii was rem!, statist( that the
writer wits hoarse, iieuraigie, mid coughing, all
tumid not atteml the meeting iu ',vista', lint wan
tiovertlieltHts liniment in spirit, and fully ettineitleal iu
vlttlt and ohjeek, which were truth; lovit,miti
liberty, mut the tiniantilisliuti of all titimikittil.
Au Ilaliatt gentleman, wlitsie name did not trails
litre, thou ii.thlressed tin) meeting. l'obusi. hal said,
seconding to European tliplotimey, was avail; but the
tuayertholess felt ctiinpulltiti to guard lair
elire wills a ittisolreol ti 1111 l KIIIIIII bayonets:—

The generous Froielo pvpl« had moo Wk.,' mit
tiovermlielot 01,1 they would N valet, iu their aytutoatioy with
P 110111. .11. ha IV Wllll 111 1W 1111 4.114.1•1111111.11 et thud &yin 101 by,
111'0111.11 then. were trilsloitts in Hanes. as well out l'olosiol,
1 Siberia *me thew Istralleleol by t'ayosiotoos ; but it still
lived ifs the uundr or that olostossotrowy. moot would always lw
Mollified wills the twos. of the re volution, thee 1.11111141
liberty awl of torisKrt•sa. The Nisstker that, roolorol into a
limg Mittel/tweet oh the rise mod &thin• of tits Imo n.v„fit•
twos its France, lINIy, tool oilier eunalrieal soli the 'ilista•
laurel latter Us the alesweeelea tat auledaroli
on the part of the toorotslea eat duvet, eoosiottrios.
nrgswil lbw th,. Nation• of the ree%.shathees hearknel the MO
tocesiotity of the guillotine--I ,st,e,mt tivritio. the
lull follow, to lAIIIIIIIIIII4 NIA to Cayenne, Ni. well AS the
eree..l melosetae.•re... apt Ih.pselpherear ; fusel ha. iteetieele.d that
the only corm a wilt,• sit wltieh reuld rrtabhrh tt4iriiti•
into Him ro.sleetot holimmity wan the republic. Thom was
no without flews weary, anal uo sleniorracy with-
ono SO 4114111149 n : .111.180 111. WWI aware that the word
Sorimlisto toolotlit he shamusl swot toy mach mon as Louie
Nnissols•ssa llosionpartos for the won't intritoses."

The speaker was greatly cheered daring hie addrea%
gem! at its riottelii,,jun. _ _ .

A 111 r. WA'l44/N, al4 a " IMP I,"
&dared dud Ulu I.:autlittli surto:tot sytnputhiwil
with Poland and its heroes, unit knew ull ulx.ut John
Kutiieski venal iiistritoilto.

......
M. I ,rtuto Ittit.t,im then mule an impassioned
speeeli, in whit+ ho emitendisi that war, on an ox•
tended and viimpreliensive scale, ow' so ov init.
inevitable. Ile prorpeile.l to Irtteo. it 4 I.,ltHelm•nev.,
and argued that, war must iknshice litoert)
would bike form and shclter in demon His
miocch WHO. exces,ively chitored by the mccting, who
joined in the milviaker's closing exclamation, " Nee /a
litipitipliepte Itilsmerletigete et Soriale!"
After another siwecli frign another Pole the meet-
ing broke up.

Till; Emi.uttott t b Itu.ssit has, it Ir stated, with-
drawn the whole of liir listithi from thu Bank of Eng
lend. and closed hid IleCOnlit With that
and also with the Bank of t'sance.

PERSECUTION OF BRITISH SUBJECTS
ABROAD.

Tun recent imprisonment of Miss Cuniughame in
Tuscany has served to originate a popular movement.
touching the interference of foreign Governments
with the proceedings and religious opinions of English
subjects who may happen to reside in their respective
countries. Tlpublic interest on this subject has
taken its natural development in various local meet-
ings, of which the most important and most nume-
rously attended was held on Tuesday at Exeter-hall,
under the auspices of the Protestant Alliance, for the
avowed purpose of memorialising the Foreign Secre-
tary "on the aspect of Popery &bread," and specially
with reference to the persecution of British Protes-
tants in Tuscany, Spain, Portugal, and other Roman
Catholic countries of Europe.
The Earl of Shaftesbury presided, and upon the
platform were Sir Culling Eardley, the lion. A. Kin-
naird, M.P., lion. S. C. Curzon, Hon. Capt. F. Maude,
Colonel Alexander, Admiral Hawker, Admiral V.
Harcourt., Mr. A. Haldane, Major Soulsby, Captain
Trotter, and Revs. Canon Miller, W. Jenkinson, W.
Chalmers, Thomas Nowlan, Pr. Thomson, G. 11.
Davies, E. Garbett, &c., &c.
The Noble Chairman, at the opening of a long
address, observed that their purpose in meeting was
to discuss the principle, and not to dilate upon in& •
vidual instances, of persecution. His lordship pro-
ceeded to comment upon the law of Portugal, which
inflicted fine and imprisonment upon any one " failing
of respect to the religion of the kingdom, the Roman
Catholic Apostolic"; and to the conduct of Spain, in
relation to the question of the Protestant cemetery.
Alluding then to the treatment of the Medial, and
somewhat infringing his own rule by expatiating,
with considerable detail, upon the imprisonment of
Miss Cuningliame, Lord Shaftesbury finally con
tended that the perfect liberty allowed in England to
all faiths justified us in demanding reciprocal freedom
of action for our own subjects abroad. We asked
only what we gave ourselves, and were therefore
entitled to obtain it.

Sir Cumtso EA utnatv moved a resolution declaring
that the unceasing encroachments of the Itomish
priesthood, in procuring the enactment of new, and
the revival of obsolete, laws against the peaceable
profession of Protestant Christianity, in countries
under their influence, calls for decided action on the
part of British Protestants, in order to the security
of themselves and their fellow-subjects, while residing
in, or travelling through, countries where the religion
of Rome is dominant.

The Bey. Mr. Miller. of Birmingham, having
seconded this resolution, a voluminous memorial to
Lord Clarendon was mad to the meeting and unani-
mously adopted. The principal clauses of this address
are the following :
" The committee of the Protestant Alliance beg leave to
Anise to your lordship their most respectful aeknowledg-
Now of the promptitude and energy with which lemon-
MONIS have been conveyed to the Tuscan Government of
the WINN sad imprisonment of Miss Cuninghame,
whisk hate happily issued in the liberation of that lady.
The esmeitise are anxious, at the same time, to call your
Mbilidoli to the fact that, under the law recently
which Miss Cuninghame has been accused
aiming violated, British subjects residing or travelling in
the Tessa. dominions will still be exposed to the most
tendons and oppressive proceedings in case of any alleged
mestillsalation of opinion at variance with the religion of
the state. The committee are fully aware of the justice
and importance of the general principle, that it pertains to
the sovereignty of every state to make its own laws, and to
preseribe the conditions upon which it admits foreigners
t r visit or reside within its territory. But they subunit
that amicable relations with any state involve reciprocal
cinditione; and that, without questioning the right of legis-
talon, this country has an undoubted claim to require on
Its part, se a term of continued amity, that all British sub-
Joel' shall be allowed the free exercise of their religion,
such as is guaranteed to individuals of every country or
tweed visiting or residing in the British dominions. The
oonitnittee are confident that it cannot have escaped the at-
tention of her Majesty's Ministers that the recent proceed-
ings of the Tuscan tiovernment are but one instance of a
manifest change in the policy of several European Courts,
which is distinctly traceable to the influence of the Vatican ;
having for its object to promote, by every means of intrigue
or open aggression, the domination of the Burnish priest-
hood, and to assail, insult, and suppress the evangelical
faith of Protestants. Thus, in Portugal, by a decree of the
Both of Deeember last, a new penal code was promulgated,
which is in direct violation to the constitutional charter,
and by which the following offences are declared to subject
the offender to fins, and from one year to three years'
imprisonment.—viz., : 1, Injuring the established religion
publicly, in any dogma, act, or object of worship, by deed
or word, or publication in any form. 1. Attempting by
similar means to propagate doctrines contrary to the Catlin.
lie dogmas as detined by the Church. 1. Attempting by
au' means to m ake proselytes or converts to a different re•
bitten or sect condemned -by the Church. 4. Celebrating
publie acts of a worship other than that of the said Catholic
religion. As this code extends also to Madeira, it will
threaten the safety of many British subjects. lie Spain,
the committee need only refer to the recent refusal of the
Goveniment to allow to British Protestants even the use of
a burial-ground, except on the intolerant and insolent condi •
hen that no religious service whatever should be used at
thy interment, and that all publicity shall be avoided in