The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVF4NING, AUGUST 23, 1851.

that the testator, having a right to do what he liked
lwith his own estate, might as well make the acqui-
sition of a title a preliminary condition to the reten-
tion and transmission of the property dependent on
. any other, capricious terms not being impossible or
illegal; and though the point is open to much argu-
ment, we suspect that, as the law stands, the VICE-
CII.INCELLOR S decision will be upheld by the House
of Lords, where the cause is to be prried by appeal.
absurdity of giving any effect-to such conditions
is, however, manifest, and ought to be got rid of by
direct enactment.
But there is far more in this ease worthy of being
made the subject of comment than the crotchetty
condition about the Bridgewater peerage. It ex-
. hibits in a strong light the operation of our law of
entail, in placing landed property beyond the power
of any existing_ person. The facts are these : The
late Earl of Bat9Gswayi:o gave his MUM* and
estates in the counties of Middlesex, Hertford, Buck-
ingham, Bedford, Northampton, Shropshire, Chester,
Flint, York, Durham, and elsewhere to certain!
' trustees, to convey them upon limitations, which,
divested of legal phraseology, are as follow :—To
' the testator's brother fur his life, with remainder
to his first and other sons successively in tail ; if his
brother died without issue, then the testator's wife was
to take the estates for her life ; and this happened,
for the brother died childless in 1S:19, only six years
after the testator, and the widow enjoyed the pro-
perty until February, 1549. Then the late Lord
Atsonn, eldest 6011 of Earl BitowsLow, became en-
titled, under the will, to the estates for his life, with
remainder to his first and other suns ; and in case he
should die without children, then to his next brother
for life, with remainder to his brat and other sons in
the same way. And various other limitations over
in succession were made to other persons. The
condition about the Ilatu6tWATEßt peerage was, that
if Lord A LVOlCUshould die without having acquired the
longed-for title, then the limitation to him and his
first son and his heirs should cease and be void ;
and also if the Earldom of Brownlow should come to
! him, and he should not acquire the Bridgewater
title within five years next after he had become Earl
BnowsLow, all the limitations in his favour, and in
'favour of his children, were to cease and be void.
Lord ALioan left a son, and the contest in the
issue is between that son and his uncle, Lord
ALFORD'S next brother, who, the peerage condition
being held good, is entitled to the life-interest
in this vast property. Ile, however, will
not be able to transmit it to his family, unless
he acquires, during his life, the title of Duke or
Marquis of Bridgewater, and the property will
then go over to other persons named in the
will ; and even then, in strict settlement,
though, we believe, not subject to the condition about
the title. Now, just murk the elket of the law of
entail in this Case. When the testator died, Lord
Malmo was twelve years of age, and by imposing
this absurd condition no one can have any more than
a life interest in the estate until after the death
(Lord Aussie) being now dead) of his next brother,
the Hon. Chi tut.ss HES RV CLST. Then his son will
not take, but the next person named in the will as
tenant for life will succeed to the estate, and so forth.
In ordinary cases of settlement it is bad enough
that there should be power to give an estate to a child
of twelve years old as tenant for life, with a limita-
tion to his unborn son which is absolutely indefea-
sible, until any such son shall come into existence
and attain his majority, when father and boll to-
gether could acquire the absolute ownership •
but in this instance. if Lord ALFORD had lived
until his son attained twenty-one, or if the
present life-tenant, according to Lord CRANWORTICS
judgment, Mr. CUST, should have a son who attains
twenty-one, there was and can be no power of ob-
taining an absolute ownership. It is impossible to
conceive the owner of un estate in a position less
likely to render him an improving landlord than that
in which LordAtsosto was, and Mr. Cc r is, placed.
j Why should he increase the value of land out of his j
income for the benefit, not of his own children, but of I
!a mere stranger? With an immense life income him-
'self, and the nominal ownership of large estates, be
must neither expend his income nor improve his
estates, if he means to provide any fortune for his
children.
Truly must such land be designated property in
mortmain Why should this morbid craving after
I posthumous power, at the expense, be it observed,
! of all persons actually in existence, be any longer
rleyrnitted ? Settlements upon unborn children have
en .quivocally condemned by our ablest real
pmperty lawyers. The utmost power now possessed
jas to postpone the period at which some one must
have absolute power over the estate. When the
first unborn son, in ordinary settlements, becomes .1
twenty-one, he. if in possession, or, if his father be
living, he and his father have the absolute'
dominion. To somebody that absolute dominion
must by law be confided, and, as has been justly
said by an eminent lawyer, " why should confi-
denim be reposed in the unborn child rather
than in the living parent?" Such a settlement has
'no tendency to protect or benefit the father, whose
advantage and comfort ought first to be consulted.
jlt dues not shield him from the consequences of his
!own imprudence. On the contrary, if his expendi-
ture should in any instance excetd his income, he as
a mere tenant for life, is in danger of being obliged
to borrow upon annuity ; a proems which, once
begun, proceed* generally, and. indeed, almost
necessarily, to the complete exhaustion of his life
income. But it may be urged that the settle
mcnt preserves the inheritance for the son, or
creditors. The son may be an idiot, or a spendthrift.
lle may be tempted to raise money by post .bit.
At best such a settlement is a speculation ; at
• worst it is the occasion of distress, profligacy,
and domestic discord, ending not unfrequently
as the Chancery reports bear witness. in obstinate
litigation, ruinous alike to the peace and to the pro-
' perty of the family. Settlement seldom preserves
more than a nominal interest in an estate to a fancily,
for if the father became involved in debts, he generally
contrives, when his eldest son comes of age, to get
them saddled upon the estate, and the estate thus en-
cunilayed resettled,and the son commonly pursues the
same course, until the ownership is littl'e more than

FRANCE.

PARIS, FILIIIAT ETtNINO.
M. Rouher, NV 'to of Justice, is appointed to the
Ministry of Finance, ad interim, during the absence
of M. Pould.
M. Fould has left Paris for the Pyrenees.
i The Minister of the Interior has declared that the
government do not think it necessary to extend the
state of siege to the Ardeche.
The Mountain Committee of Permanence, who
base purposely fixed their day of meeting on the day
after that chosen by the constitutional and legal par-
liamentary- committee, duly assembled this morning.
M. Victor Hugo presided, and about twenty mem-
bers were present. The conversation turned chiefly
upon the recent occurrences in the Ardeche. But
the committee, following the example of that which
sat yesterday, resolved that nothing that was going
on in the political world called for their interference.
The ca'm which prevailed in the two committees
most accurately represents the present feeling out of
i doors, which is that of profound tranquillity. Be-
, yond the usual vacation rumours, and the contradic-
tions of them, which are made the most of by the
papers, there is a complete dearth of news.
the Canstitationnet has a very long article upon
the religious agitation in Dublin, which, it says,
gives rise to the apprehension that we are destined
to see a renewal of religions war, in the midst
of the 19th century. It comments, in terms of severe
censure, upon the conduct of the Roman catholics in
calling the meeting in Dublin. They moderation
which they displayed, and which was so much to
be admired, as showing confidence in a good cause,
whilst the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill was pending, the
I'unstitationnel now attributes to political calculation.
Parliament being over, they now take their revenge
upon the Anglicans for the numerous meetings which
they held after Lord John Russell's letter. The
article quotes a passage front Dr. Cahill's address to
the Irish ueople by which he convoked the meeting,
and qualifies as most abominable. The expression
of sanguinary desires', the ferocious joy at the thought
of England's ruin, those inhuman and unpatriotic
wishes, are described as revolting to the conscience,
and incredible as coming from a priest of the Chris-
tian religion. After an equally severe commentary
upon the proceedings of Mr. Gregg, the article con-
cludes by the expression of a bitter regret that those
faults which they formerly attributed to the Angli-
cans only justice now compels them to impute equally
to both parties.
Another rumour is current with regard to the
coming elections. It is said to be the intention of
the I)uke de Broglie to propose that they should
take place in February. 'this would be, beyond all
question, legal, the article of the constitution appli-
cable to the elections only directing that they should
take place 43 days at the latest before the expiration
of the preceding Assembly. It is contemplated that
the new Assembly should be elected whilst the for-
mer one is sitting, and therefore it would be quite
unnecessary that the present Assembly should dis-
solve themselves in order to hasten the elections, a
course which has been frequently suggested.
The Prefect of the Haute-Garonne has suspended
M. Carrerc, the mayor of the commune of St. Elix.
land his assistant, M. Soule, for having placed their
names at the head of a subscription-list for the benefit
lof the refugees now in London who were condemned
lby the High Court of Justice.
M. Emile do Girardin has written letters in the
Presse to the l'rocureur of the Republic and to the
Minister of Justice to denounce an article in the
Canstitatiantal of the 9th of August, which was not
only a crime, within laws which lie specifically pointed
\
out, of excitation to hatred and contempt of the
government of the republic, but was a flagrant pro-
vocation to high treason and an open breach of the
constitution. These letters having been, as M. E. de
Girardin must have expected, unattended to, he now
writes to the President of the Republic. He says that
he is, as is well known, an advocate for the unrestricted
i liberty of the press, but failing to obtain that, he
'demands at least an equal measure of justice for all
the journals. He reminds the President of his oath
to maintain the constitution, and reproaches hint for
the favour shown by his government to those
journals who treat it with disrespect. In return for
' the support which lie gave to the President at his
election in 1848, M. Girardin now asks of hint his
support in his demand for equal justice.
NI. Suin, the advocate-general, in his speech
against M. Sarrans, told the jury that if he were to
prosecute the journals of Paris as often us they de-
'served it, it would be necessary to have several new
courts of assize constantly sitting, and attending to
no other business than delinquencies of the press.
The Cliarirari observes upon this, very fairly, that it
is probably with a view to save the courts trouble
that the advocate-general of the republic confines
his prosecutions to republican journals only.
The Mende/sr publishes an account of the produc-
tion and consumption of beetroot sugar from the
commencement of the season of 1830-31 to the end of
last month. The number of manufactories at work
, was 30,), against 28.8 at the same period lest year.
IThe total quantity manufactured was 80,398,378
kilog. against 67,7,0,606, and the quantity sent out
73,432,070 kilog. against 61,194,124. there re-
mained in the manufactories at the end of the month
6,836,308 kilog. against 6,396,483 at the correspond-
ing period last year.
By a return of the receipts of the Customs, just
published in the Manama., it appears that the
II amount received in July, 1831, was 10,493,939 fr.,
I being 1,323,727 fr. less than in the corresponding
month of 1830, and 1,996,433 fr. less than in 1849.
At the Bourse to-day the Five per Cents. closed at
93.33, without change from yesterday. The Three
per Cents. rose Ise., and closed at 37.40.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Aro. 17.
The English packet-boat which arrived at Cadiz
on the 13th had on board General D. Francis
Armero, who had just quitted the command of the
naval station at the Havatinah. It is not yet known
' whether the general will accept the portfolio of
Minister of Marine which has been offered to him.
He is expected immediately at Madrid, and on his
arrival a decision on the ministerial crisis will pro-
bably be come to.

nominal.
If the condition of the majority of our Eng-
lish landed proprietors could be enquired into, it
would be found that settlements have not prevented
immense incumbrances on their estates, and that the
effect has been to increase their difficulties by pre-
h venting sales, which are the natural means of relief.
This is a subject which must be looked nt boldly by
!our landowners, if they would avoid an Incumbered
Estates Act for England.

ITALY.

PIEDNIONT.

The Minister of the Interior, upon the report of
the Council of Prisons, has determined to establish a
school in every house of correction, in which, besides
the usual elementary instruction in reading, writing,
and the Christian religion, arithmetic, the metrical
decimal system, and line drawing are to be taught.
All prisoners am to be admitted to these schools
after the period of close confinement which the
prison regulations require. Exclusion from the
school is to be a punishment for bad conduct. The
schools are to be open three days in the week for one
hour. On :'sundays and fete days they may be open
for two hours. The chaplain of the prison is to be
present frequently during the lessons.
The Cruet di &intuits of the 10th says :

TUE HEATT PORTION OF THE INDIA .MAIL.—The
Oriental Company's steam-packet Indus, Capt. J. Soy, ar- I
rived at Southampton this morning, and landed her mails
under the charge of Lieut. Brady, R.N., Admiralty agent.
Her dates arc: Malta, Aug. 12; Gibraltar, 17. Among her
cargo arc 19 packages of specie. Among the passengers is'
Mr. Borthwick, one of the engineers of the Egyptian Rail- I
way. This railway is to commence immediately, and the
whole of the English staff necessary for its formation is ex-
pected to go out to Egypt in the Indus on the 20th of
September.

THE I.7IBRERLEY TRAGEDT.—The melancholy in-
Serest esissed by this unfortunate affair has been Consider-
ably increased by the circumstance that no government
inspector Was present at the inquest. Tkere is a talk of
attempting to quash the verdict, under the impression that
the inquiry we+ informal.

We are assured that the Minister of Public Works has
just concluded a preliminary agreement with Mr. Brassy,
which is to serve :is the basis for the railway undertaking
from Turin to Novora. This line, which will run on the
left bank of the l'o, will touch Chivasso, Cigliano, Pan-
da* St. Germain, and Verceil. Mr. Massey will be the
general contractor, and consequently one of the principal
shareholders of the company, which is to execute all the
works at its own charge, and have them completed within
thirty months from the day of the definitive formation of
the company.
TUSCANY.

• -
Pt: sLle WOnks.—on Wednesday some returns, ex-1
tending to 36 folio pages, obtained by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, were primed by order of the II ouse of Commons,
relative to loans for public works. It appears that the
total amount contracted to be advanced far great Britain'
and Ireland was ole,9•iW. The amount advanced was
10,49'2,3451. The interest paid was 2,446,64.54. ts. The
principal repaid was 3,989,8,24 9s. Id., and the principal
unpaid, 3,2047/. Its. Ilan. The total principal and inte-
rest paid iuto the Exchequer on account of loans advanced
by the commissioners of imblic works under the several
acts to the Sth Jantuery last was 8,436,2171. 13s. Id., of
which 2,446,34 51. ts. was interest for advances made.
From June, 1817 (the tint appoilntinent), to the Sth Jan.
last. the estimated profit on advamV for public works by
' the commisaionen was 1,416.3541. rig. 3d., from which
' 100,387/. 2a. Bd. had to be deducted t. 7 expenses, making
the net profit 1,315,9671 9s. 7d. The ea 'senses of the board
last year amounted to 3,4801. 4.. 7d. The awounts placed
by varlotta acts of parliament at the dispoe.,l of the tom-
massioners for public works to the sth .1 =lazy :ant were
10,996,000!., of which 248,2261. 10s. 3d. remained ant: issued
on the 6th January last.
MIDLAND MAILITAIN—This company have made• a
ea, for the ninth isatalmont of 31.6 a. Bd. on their 60/. th atei.
Resin 311.6. it pa Aare coned op.

The French journals, La Presse, Lr National, and
La Republique, arc prohibited in Tuscany.

ufort
than
non% limfelu,,el
thhuenitransyetpaietthyyt
hoeueronstrnegogt.le
Gemeau, does not directly persecute the people, the hne
in Rome by Mr. de Rayneval and General at that momesnett(afthrMmayouts,loB-iyal)
wgerciretiatuddde--[r"sitnlige'
II whoprotected the arsecuted I
I • luguenots
in France It is now time to awake and to , •
seconds them in it. being called together after the events of May:, ad- • ,join us.
so, nn , d sin of need,
but it lws the Roman authorities to do Chamber of Peers, as well as the lower house, on Cromwe . P
he All free eirishes of the European continent an f
increase of assassination, which threatens to became loyalty—see official journal of that date)--whilst t
• calof N h
The lamentable consequence of such a course is the dressed the throne in a sound constitutional spirit of And so we come to a practical proposition.
h " 'ted " •
honourable and judicious. It Is poor t emse to a um commi tee, w itch resides
a complete system of organised vengeance. The lust records of their brief parliament display a con.serva. the Ina States North America, have to submit
victim of the stiletto was an individual named Cowan, five spirit, alike of
this 'moment in London, in order to pursue tho
ecclesiastical authorities, at the suggestion of struggle against jesuitism and religious oppression,
the reputation of being a spy. The dagger was lett Thei i
in the employment of Cardinal Antonelli, who had consolation
nowto cry per: !
tablish ecclesiastical tribunals which shall committee appeals to the sympathy of the Engl;sh
in his body, and is said to have been precisely of the Rome, have addressed the government for permis- with combined and welldirected force. Ihe united
same description as that which proved fatal to the sion to es
be empowered to punish offences against the Roman people, and appeals to every one who is a friend of
Chancellor Evangelisti.
h support their labour and to join them.—l am, Sce
crease the irritation and discontent prevalent in the those who neglect confession—in a word, to establis
Every act of the goverment seems destined to in- . catholic religion. They ask also for powers to punish religious liberty and of the progress of humanity, n,
JOHANNES RONGE,
provinces. You may recollect that on the even-'c a Holy Office, or inquisition. Lower Mount Cottage, Lower If
• r
was greeted with a series of festivities throughout thehis visit to the Pope, ignor Pirelli,Commissa y
lion of the republican form of government the t lam informed, a few dais after the King's return
Ilampstead.
of each town or village, represented by the mum- 250,000 scudi for his Holiness Pio IX. Ihe money
date, the expenses being borne by the community of War, was sent to Rome by his Majesty with
eipality and chief magistrate. The Papal govern- ! was sent as an indemnification for expenses
went has now bethought itself of this fact, and has and injuries caused to the Roman states when the
issued a most sapient circular to the provincial mini- Neapolitan army occupied Albano and Velletri.
cipalities, declaring that, as the republican govern- This is a remarkable stretch of honesty for a govern-
ment was an illegal one, its orders should have been ; ment which to this day is indebted to Piedmont for
studiously disobeyed by its subordinates, and that their share of expenses caused by the " Italian war
therefore the magistrates must refund the sums of Independence.' According to the Roman faith
which they expended from the municipal hoards fur good Christians can buy themselves out of purgatory,
so infamous a purpose as celebrating with festive and many a Pope, for a much smaller sum than
rejoicings the downfall of his. holiness—" di fatto e 280,000 seudi, has lifted a sinner out of 'limbo!'
di diritto she
the sovereignty of the Roman May not this be cash on account.
states. Another circular inflicts a fine of two An Austrian frigate, bringing the younger brother
dollars per diem on the chief magistrate of the Emperor of Austria, has arrived in Naples.
of each municipality, so long as he neglects His Royal Highness immediately proceeded to Gaeta
to enforce the payment of the burthensome tax on to visit his Neapolitan Majesty.
all classes of tradesmen, agriculturists, and manufac-
turers, and professional men of every denomination,
which has been so long hanging in terrorent over the
reluctant population, but which has not hitherto
been carried out. The poor magistrates may remon-
strate in the words of the old song " It is not so easily
done as said," to collect impracticable impositions,
and restore the exhausted finances of a ruined ex-
chequer. The official journal of yesterday evening
announces that paper money, to the amount 9,585
dollars, has been withdrawn from circulation and set
apart to be burnt, a corresponding amount of treasury
certificates having been disposed of during the month
of July.
You will be amused by the old story of the British
Consul's removal from Rome being again revived by
some Italian papers. The Motlenese Me.senyer pub-
lishes a letter from Rome, in which it is asserted
that Mr. Freeborn has finally been removed from
office by Lord Palmerston, at the earnest request of
the papal and French governments, who solicited his
recall on the oft-repeated pleas of having given pass-
ports and pecuniary assistance to political refugees,
and of having been, as the i'ectrie states, the most
active and zealous promoter of the protest against
the bombardment of Rome ; so great a crime is it
in the eyes of civilised France to have endeavoured
to save the Roman treasures of antiquity and art from
the destructive effect of General Oudinoes bomb-
shells. The llimwynnento of Turin takes up the
cudgels in defence of our consul, and I trust
that his conduct throughout the very difficult and
trying position in which he has been placed ever
since, and even before the political events of the last
few years, has been such as to ensure him the full
support and approbation of the British government.
It is easy 'o imagine that in this ill-fated country,
and indeed all throughout Italy, with the exception
of Piedmont, it is a crime to assist those unfortu-
nates whose political conduct may have subjected
them to the unrelenting vengeance of Romish priests,
I Neapolitan kings, or Austrian marshals; and there-
fore we must not be surprised if Mr. Freeborn has
incurred the hatred of the agents of despotism, who
arc now perpetually
.spreading the report of his dis-
missal, on the principle that "coming events cast
their shadows before."
Although the British consul himself is not as yet
a sufferer by the ill-treatment of the ecclesiastical
authorities, British subjects, I regret to say, are by
no means treated with the courtesy due to a great
nation. Signor llnlbi, a native of 'Malta, a cameo-
cutter, and a most respectable person, arrived from
that island on the 3th inst., and landed at Civita
Vecchia, where he was seized by the police, stripped
of great part of his clothing, and deprived of his
lepers, including his regular English piussport, signed
by General Ellice, pro-governor of Malta, instead of
which a temporary passport was given him, with
which he was allowed to continue his journey to
Rome. Such arc the indignities to which British
subjects are forced to submit through the suspicion,
the fear, or the hatred of tee ecclesiastical authorities.
NAPLES, AI*MST 14.
The universal interest which the publication of
Mr. Gladstone's pamphlet has excited, not only in
England, but on the continent, has no doubt induced
many generous minds to hope some change of policy
—some cessation of suffering—some return to jus-
tice, will take place in Naples. lam sorry to say
I have no such good news to communicate; nor have
I the least hope of being able to report any improve-
ment in the government of the Two Sicilies, whilst
the present system is supported by Austria and
Russia. The King, lam assured, has sought the ad-
vice of his northern allies, and those cabinets know
perfectly well he has so Mr committed himself, by- a
violation of his oath, and the persecution of many
thousands of his subjects, that his Majesty can only
rule with bayonets, or retire to Mivart's Hotel. The
common cant of the dishonest few is, "The King is
not aware of what is going on." Certainly his Ma-
jesty cannot know every individual case of misery;
it would occupy the ordinary life of a man to do So ;
but the King must know .he has called about him
dishonest advisers—men without heart and soul,
pledged to any amount of injustice and cruelty, and
placed ut their disposal a physical force executive.
Instead of blushing at the revelations of injustice
and cruelty which are now before the world, it is
thought right to combat the huge accusation by
ingenious counter statements, which I have already
seen in some of the French prints. I can personally
testify to the truth of Mr. Gladstone's statements. The
number of political prisoners he has himself treated
with caution, as no doubt lie anticipated that was a
point open to contradiction, because the statistics of the
prisons in Naples are as great a mystery as any
other subject. I have vainly endeavoured to
oStain correct returns, but hare only suc-
ceeded in being able to see the prison
registers of a particular period. What I pave'
sought to find is the number of "orders to
arrest" since the closing of the parliament up to
the present time—that is the only way to arrive at
the truth. On a late visit to the islands of Naples
I found about 1,200 political offenders distributed
over these retreats, and paid by government a earlino
(4d) per day. Now all these men had been in
prison and were removed to make way for others.
I am told the prisons of Naples, including those of
the Neapolitan provinces, will hold 30,000, and yet
they were not large enough for the vengeance of the
Neapolitan government! Who has ever revealed
the number of prisoners in Sicily ? The dungeons of
Messina are known to be crowded with dying men,
who actually rot in eaves under the level of the sea
—surely, more merciful was the tyrant of old, who
caused his victims to leap the rock!
Mr. Gladstone has only narrated a few of the cruel-
ties which have taken place in Naples since In4B, and
probably those which came immediately under his
own eves, but I could fill a copy of the Daily News
with instances equally revolting and horrible Here
are two or three of recent date : The sister of the un-
fortunate Leunica was thrown into prison fur ten
days, accused of assisting a politically persecuted re-
lative in his escape. This is following vengeance
beyond the grave of her murdered brother ! Two
e
°lht)huenierrobnroti,aditwiro cosfwaihrumenolrdiellaesnihi: imprisoned
brnflntnaftoneiudsednnnybdoy!ntfuotohnrnecontmAtl.acceemet"nom!arnc,ph:ittibeh.nwoietnnn,asg,Ntlot'
to
ROUE, pnhlocesawrloiwifbcwtrahthotneled as innocent, but ordered to leave Na-
ROME, Atousr 8.
Mr. Gladstone's remarks upon the dungeons of the paid spy—the old story—no trial—no investiga-
Naples. and the paternal mode in which the Dour- tion—the victims of a system—Er uno discs mows
tonic sovereign treats his ex-ministers, have been The readers of the .Daily News have known the
widely although secretly circulated in this country, state of Naples for months past. The facts
in the
inin_ltahcee
and have produced a most profound sensation, not so narrated by Mr. Gladstone may be found
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hoifothissieilijonuornNaila—jefoactyts
found supporters
wer were taking gthpe c°-
Ibarape. The government of his holiness may more British House of Common facts which
se Ins be subjected to the same strictures, and it is place when the nines put on a convenient were
taking
an
iee/ily to be regretted that the French government mouthed the praises or Ferdinando ll.—facts
should have had the power, without the will, to were taking place when that journal covered which
prevent so many crying sins of misgovernment. It puties of the Neapolitan parliament withthe de-
true that the French government, as re tedabuse, de-
prawn signating men as demagogues and revolutionists who

PORTUGAL.

By the Indus there are Lisbon dates of the 12th
inst. The Madrid arrived out on the 12th inst. from
Southampton. The Oberon steamer had also at--
rived, having parted company with the Trafalgar,
120, in the Bay of Biscay. The Lisbon advicestontain
the railway project of M. St. Romano, which
had been submitted to a public meeting held
in Lisbon on the evening before the packet left.
A committee was nominated to consider the
plans, which propose to raise the needful funds
for constructing railroads, and other public
works, by the sale of all landed property involved in
litigation, the ho!ders to be re-imbursed by a 5 per
cent. railway stock. It was said that there is no
chance of this project ever being carried into effect.
Lisbon was perfectly tranquil, although reports of
some disturbances at Matra were prevalent. The
Duke of Saldanha was at Coimbra, and it was as-
serted that the electoral process was proceeding
favourably for the return of moderate chartists and

SUPPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN
GERMANY.

TO THE 501T011. OE' THE DAILY NEWS.
connected with the fate of your own : you therefore
SlR,—The fate of our protestant country is closely
cannot avoid feeling the deepest interest in the
encroachment of popery on our ancient religious
liberties, and in the suppression of the new reforma-
tion in Germany, which by the Pope and the despots
in this very moment is going on. I speak of the
" German catholic church or of the " free parishes,"
whose existence is now at stake ; it is the existence
of many thousand parishes and schools throughout
the whole of Germany.
Protestant Prussia having yielded complete sub-
mission to catholic Austria, popery bursts rapidly in
and overflows all protestant parts of Germany.
Under various names the Jesuits are kindly received
by the governments in their dominions and re-
warded beforehand for their services by rich dona-
tions of landed property. The King of Prussia, the
grandson of the philosopher Frederick the Great, is
completely in the hands of the catholic retrograde
party. So the police and the army of Prussia are
in the service of the dark and sanguinary
plans of Rome, and nobody in England would ima-
gine the persecution to which protestant clergymen
must submit, who are reluctant against preaching.
from their chairs in favour of court-martials and
breaking of oaths, the two favourite measures of the
German courts. In the first line of persecution are
placed the "German catholic parishes founded since
1544. Having proceeded by successful agitation
within the walls of the Roman catholic church, of
course they are hated above all by. the ruling jesuits.
It was very natural of Mettermch to declare cri-
minals the partisans of these parishes, and to
banish them from Austria. But since the revolution
of 184 m a great many " German catholic reformed
parishes' in Austria and Bavaria came into existence.
And they were fully entitled to do so, as every one of
our 34 Sovereigns solemnly upon their oaths war-
ranted absolute religious liberty to their subjects.
But now in the course of the counter-revolution a
real hunting up of all these parishes, who altogether
may consist of about a million of people, has begun.
In Austria, they are no longer allowed to worship
or to meet. Their clergymen or churchwardens are
imprisoned or driven out of the country. The clergy-
man of the parish at Vienna is declare insane by the
catholic clergy, and so confined in a madhouse.
In Prussia, the government is more cowardly but
not less cruel. Last January the ministry of that
chief protestant country in the continent held, in a
prisy council, the deliberation whether they should,
destroy at once the " free religious unions," or kill
them by and bye by measures of force. The council
decided for the latter way. So the Prussian governs
ment endeavours to please the lope and —the Czar.
Since 1f443, of course, in these parishes, numerous
marriages have been contracted. The books of the I
parishes and the statements of those contracted mar-
riages were recognised by the authorities. Now,
suddenly, the government declares all those mar-
riages to be no better than concubinage.
Mr. Editor,—Call into your mind the confusion
and the alarm which, by this diabolical measure, are
brought into thousands of honest homesteads ; fancy
the trials which must originate from it, the spolia-
tiona of the fortunes of so many innocent children
the offsprings of such marriages, if dishonest judges
take up this measure of the government as a law
of the country. And you can rely upon it that they
will do so, poor Germany having no other source of
law besides the wretched souls of those governors.
And they are not satisfied by disturbing the sacred
home of these unhappy families, they persecute
every individual of these parishes from his cradle to
his grave in every instance of his lifetime. The new
born infant, if it is not brought immediately to a
state church parson, is picked up by the royal gens-
darmery, taken to a state church, and there
prepared for the blessings of eternity ; for such is
the command of his Majesty, the grandson of
Frederick the Great.
The worship of the large 'parishes having been in
existence for more than six years, was not at once
prohibited. Riots were apprehended. But there
was a police measure at band. The government took
away from them the chapels, which were lent to
them by their protestant fellow-citizens. So it hap-
pened to the parishes at Berlin and at Breslau. To
the small parishes the command of prohibition at
once was handed over. The Lord's Supper of free
parishes has been punished in several towns by im-
prisonment. So it happened in Konigsberg. Public
officers, who were members of free churches, have
been dismissed. Even the support of the poor child-
ren of those parishes is forbidden, and the schools
which the free churches had erected are shut up. In
Breslau, where to the free parish belong 10,000 souls,
the Ladies Union proposed a public auction of ob-
jects which they themselves had worked, for the
benefit of poor i children. The Berlin govern-
ment prohibited t. At Breslau and at Nadhauscn
the " childrens' gardens" (Kindergaerten) of the
" Ladies Union " are dissolves'. What do you think
these gardens are, that they should frighten that
warlike Prussian government ? The " Kindergaer-
ten" are playing rooms and gardens for young
children from three to seven years, in order to be
educated there by playing together, under the super-
intendence of members of the "Ladies' Union"
(Frauen Verein). Indeed the Pope could find no
protestant}K.eiengeeatntdhihet, asboir,mthinearebleeegouldv
better tool for his destructive purposes than this
And do
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con-
nexion between the conversion of the King of Prus-
sia and the papal invasion on England ? I think
Lord John Russell knew real facts when he stated
in parliament that there was a wide-spread con-
spiracy against all European liberty and religious
freedom and enlightenment. Was it not close after
the Olmutz meeting and the
.glorious battle of Bron-
maJesdueit iheisAeupsitun
appearance
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zell, or the shameful submission of Prussia to that
t
think the Jesuits will gain their ends better in Great
Britain, where such powerful superstitions of every
kind support them, as soon as they have thoroughly
enTheeteeddteclienthiesee,otfhealtl
tnhearetionise
leftare
subdued that country, which is the cradle of the
Reformation and of so many distinguished men of
artthe
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be covered by the darkest night.
The free catholic church, an offspring of the Ger-
man scientific progress, is the most powerful enemy
of papacy and jesuitism. It takes away from them
I the people, the families, the children, the schools.
Shall the free protestant people of England and
America sleep, meanwhile this new reformation in
their motherland of Germany is crashed by the
bloody hands of senseless pots 1 Let them raise
their powerful cry of just • • Let us have

gbe COW.

OSBORNE, FULDAY, Ara. 22.

The Queen and Prince took their accustomed early
walk yesterday morning. The younger branches of the
Royal Family also rode and walked iu the gardens sal
grounds.
The Earl of Liverpool let yesterday.
There WWI no addition to the royal dinner party.

Sir George Grey has derived considerable benefit from
the sea air, and is now very much better.
Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governor of Canada, and the Governors of the
other North American colonies.

(Prom last nIM,r. (la:elle.)
DOWNING-STREET, Avo. 20.—The Queen has been
pleased to approve of Mr. Cornelius M.Caullay as Consul At
Belfast for the United States of America.
Exilturru)9 OF 1931.-11er Nlajesty's Commis-
sioners for the Exhibition of 18.11 hereby give notice that
the Exhibition will dose to the public ou Saturday, the I Ith
of October. The goods may be removed on or after Thurs-
day, 16th October.—J. SCOTT IitASZLL. STAFFuttll 11.
NORTHCOTE.—Exhibition Building, August 19, WI.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO MANCHESTER.

The good people of Manchester are beginning to
get into a fever of anxiety already about the propo,ed royal
visit. Distant, in point of time, as is her Majesty's arrival
in the great manufacturing town, the question of a fitting
reception has already been the subject of grave considera-
tion among the authorities, and amongst the population 4
large scarcely two people meo, either in public or private,
on business or pleasure, but incidentally it forms a topic of

consideration. There can be no doubt what will be the re-
sult, for, as there never was a sovereign of these realms
who thought it worth while to pay a special visit to the
lieges of these industrial districts, so it may be as safely af-
firmed that no sovereign before had so universally the love and
esteem of these people. It is very early at present to speak
of the arrangements so far as the towns are concerned, for
it is hoped that her Majesty will visit both the borough of
Manchester and the royal borough of Salford; but an out-
line of the plan iu contemplation by the authorities of the
county, acting in concert with the Earl of Ellesmere and
the London and North Western Railway, is very generally
spoken of, and may be mentioned with some degree of
certainty.
The Queen will, it is said, reach Worsley Hall, Lord Elles-
mere's, on the evening of the 9th of October. She will reach
ratrieroft, per London and North Western Railway, and
go from thence in a splendid canal barge belonging to the
noble earl. The distance from l'atricroft to Wortley Hall
by the canal is about two miles. The canal passes imme-
diately in trout of the hall, at the distance of a few
hundred yards only. The arrangements contemplated by
the Earl of Ellesmere and the county authorities, whilst
they arc such us will effectually protect the royal party front
improper intrusion, and preserve order, are such as will
afford means for much public gratification on the part of
those who wish to see their Sovereign and give expression to
their loyalty.
The present station at Patricroft is situate close to the
Bridgewater Canal, leading to Wortley Hall, but is not
one of the most elegant or commodious ones; but the Lon-
don and North Western Railway Company, it is under-
stood, propose temporarily to enlarge it, and to cover it
over, as a protection from the weather. The station can be
so extended, by means of temporary erections, as to extend
over the Bridgewater Canal, and thus her Majesty and
royal consort will be enabled to descend at once
from the platform to the royal barge on the
canal. The public are nut to be admitted upon
this platform, but will be allowed to approach
within certain barriers so so to have a good view of the
. ceremony of her Majesty's reception and departure. So
along the whole line of canal : the public are not to be
allowed to ge upon the west or towing path side, but on the
eastern or right bank, which is the private property of the
Earl of Ellesmere. Along the greater part of the route
arrangements will be made for the people to stand by the
, water's edge, but they will be admitted to this prii liege on
condition that they do not attempt to run along with the
royal barge to produce disorder and ueseeinly tumult. The
. right bauk of the canal, which is easily accessible, is well
adapted for the purpose, and though six to eight miles ilia-
, tent from Manchester, no doubt/the SCOW will attract great
numbers of people under such an arrangement. Opposite
to Woreley Hall it is proposed by the noble owner that a
. pavilion and landing stage shall be erected on the

canal, where her Majesty will land ; and private car-
riages will convey the Queen from thence, by a new
carriage drive, to be specially constructed for the purpose,
to the mansion. The ground rises with a gentle swell to-
wards the hall, and it is said the Earl of Ellesmere liber-
ally proposes that parties shall be admitted to portions of
the grounds, under certain limitations, by tickets, giving •
view of the landing stage.

Her Majesty, the Prince, and the royal suite will pass
the night at Worsley. On Friday morning, the 10th, his
Itoyal Highness Prince Albert is expected to drive over to
Manchester, accompanied by the Earl of Ellesmere, to
visit some of the principal manufactories, and inspect some
of the most curious processes of machine making, as well
as the machines themselves—including the machinery used
both in silk and cotton manufactures. Her Majesty will
leave Worslcy about noon fur Manchester, accompanied by
the Countess of Ellesmere, the Doke of Wellington,
and suite, taking the carriage-road by Swinton, Pen-
dleton, and Salford. The royal cortege will be
escorted by the Worley troop of yeomanry cavalry,
under the command of the noble earl's son, Vie-
count Brackley, as far as the boundary of the borough
of Salford. The royal party, it is expected, will pass
through Peel Park (one of the people's parks) whilst in.
Salford, and there it is probable the authorities will pre-
sent an address to their gracious Sovereign. The remainder
of the route through Salford will be by Chapel-street,
passing over the new Victoria-bridge (named after her
11lajesty) into Manchester, affording a good view of the
venerable cathedral church. The arrangements beyond
this are understood not to have yet been decided upon, but
it is expected that the Queen will pass through the mag-
nificent room of the Exchange, and through some of the
principal streets of the town, to the Town Hall,
where the Manchester corporation will present an
address. Her gracious Majesty and royal consort
return to Wonky to dinner, and after passing
a second night at the mansion of the Earl of Ellesmere,
depart for one of the royal palaces in the south. The
dis-
Mace from Worley to Manchester by the public road is
eight miles, and with a view to giving many parties a
better view of the royal cortege than they will get in the
crowded town, as well as with a view to drawing a portion
of the populace from the town, where they will inconve-
niently throng the streets, it has been suggested to the
magistrates that spaces along the sides of the road might be
enclosed and occupied by permission, on proper previous
application being made, by Sunday schools and other publicand private bodies. It is proposed to illuminate the bet
roughs of Manchester and Salford in the evening of the
10th, In honour of the royal visit.