The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-16 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1851.

No one knows better than your lordah;p that in
no church within your diocese were " the his-
trionic arrangemcnta" of which your r,harge
•-:--1 miniod to *ore catceasi!o leneM
is

ChapeL It an-
your lordship *as remonstrated
-ego: the appointment of Mr. Richard,
saw • district was, completed, op this ye-
_c ground of the corrupt tenancies of his punch-
ing and practices. It cannot be believed that your
t of the rumour that Mr. Richards
mere —and priestly absolution as fleece;
wry to a tarbig or beneficial communion in the
of the Lord, or of the fact that he did, if
banes not now, admit choristers to the choir by
a special service not recognised or authorised by oar
church, or of the address which he circulated among
his parishioners teaching as doctrine that which our
church denies. Your lordship cannot forget that no
congregation boa given more converts to Homo than
that of Margaret-street Chapel.
How, then, does your lordship answer this gen-
tleman who takes it upon himself to rebuke the de-
claration of 1835, and the letter bearing your own
signature and that of the Archbishop of Canterbury ?'I
1/o you tell him that he is among the last of those
who should speak of fidelity to the church of Eng-
land. Are you consistent with your own so lately
written letter, now circulated throughout Europe, and
answer him that the church of England knows of
"no priest of the universal church"? Do you remind
him how our church teaches that they are lawful
ministers " which be chosen and called to this work
by men who have public authority given unto them
in the congregation to call and send ministers into
the Lord's vineyard"—and that Merle d'Aubigne is as
truly minister of Christ as is the Bishop of London ?
Do you applaud, encourage the ministers, who have
but, as they thought, followed your desires?
Here is the answer :

Fulham, June 11,

DIAa Stit,—My attention had been called to the notice
affixed to Portman Chapel before I received your letter,
and I have written to Mr. Reeve, pointing out to him the
illegality of his proceeding, and expressing my surprise at
his having made such an arrangement without any previous
reference to me. Woburn Chapel had not been brought to
my notice till I received your letter. I shall communicate
with Mr. Dale this morning.
I am, dear sir, your faithful servant,
The Rev. W. C. Richards. C. J. LONDON.

My lord, more persons will feel much distress of
mind—will be sadly perplexed—than only Mr.
Richards's congregation ; persons, also, more to be
cherished than that hybrid congregation. My lord,
you have called in more to judge of your conduct
than only your own countrymen. More is at stake
than only your own reputation. It is not irreverent
to pray you, for God's sake, to break with the Anti.
Anglican faction, which you have toa long allowed
to surround and to hamper you. If upon this occa-
sion you again fail, you will have lost for ever the
remnant of confidence which some were willing still
to place in you.
I am, my lord, very faithfully yours,
VIGIL

ITALY.

Our Roman correspondent states in his letter of
the 10th inst. that two Roman soldiers were shot

on that morning, according to the sentence of a
French court-martial, for assaults on French soldiers.
These executions had produced a deep sensation.
The intelligence (already published) of the Austrians
having occupied Spoleto had reached Rome. Ex-
change on London,477l‘.
The police of Turin have conducted to the fron-
tier Count Bertola di ltimini, a spy and agent of
Austria and Rome. The Chamber of Deputies has
voted the abolition of the privileges of Nice from
11954, and the revision of the tariff in 18.15.

NAPLES, Jess 7.
Many reports are in circulation here relative to
the health of the King, and I observe the Italian
journals are very erroneously informed on this as ou
most other subjects. The fact is his Majesty has
adered of late from slight indisposition, and as he is
Mown to be dropsical it was asserted that the dis-
mss was making rapid strides. I have it from
medical authority that there is no immediate danger.
"His Majesty," said my informant, "is twenty
rare older in body than ho was two years since.
The King's hair is silvery white, and on the occasion
of his birthday, which occurred on the 30th of last
month, those who attended the reception agree in
similar statements. Ferdinand's military passion
appears to increase ; his Majesty devotes all his time
to warlike preparations, camps and soldiering in
every shape. Nearly six thousand recruits have
been sent off for Sicily, which are to replace old
troops, that the King may empirg " the flower of
the army" in the intended expedition to Home,
should Austria call upon him to o so. Here I may
observe the Roman note to Austria has created great
sensation, though very little surprise. The court
party assert there is no truth in the whole affair;
that it was never, in fact, written by Antoneili. Be
this as it may, the desires and hopes of that docu-
ment are precisely thew of tho Gaeta plot ; it is, in
fact, the pressing of a policy planned by tho Jesuits
for the Grand Duke of Tuscany, the King of Naples,
and the Pope, and which I have already pointed
out. Whatever may be said to the contrary, you
will find the King of Naples deeply engaged in the
events of 1832, should the sword be drawn. His
Majesty can spare 40,000 or .50,000 troops, such as
they are, and even then possess an army at home
larger than that which existed before the events of
1848. The King has evidently an idea of changing
his policy at home ; not one pardon appeared in the
official journal on the occasion of his Majesty's birth-
day, as is generally the case. Poerio and his com-
panions still wear their chains; the spy is equally
active, and the prisons arc as crowded as ever. The
King's councils are torn by the contending police
and military authorities. Reports from the pro-
vinces represent endless squabbles between the civil
and bayonet rule, and what with the one
and the other, law becomes rather the caprice of the
functionary than the rule of the state.
I hear the Neapolitan government has promised
to grant a concession for a-railway from Naples to
Puglia, if M. Falcon, who is to form the company,
can raise the funds in Belgium. Now, in 1840, this
line was granted to an English company formed by
Mr. Chadwick, and 10,0001. was deposited as a
guarantee that the works should commence at a
stated period. Political events here, as well as
financial difficulties at home, induced the company to
petition for a prolongation of the time stated in the
concession for the commencement of the line. That

period has also long since expired, and the English
company has lost altogether not less than 20,000/.
If the auditors of Mr. Chadwick intend to recover
any of these losses there is no time to lose. The
Neapolitan government has not touched the original
deposit money, but it may be appropriated to the
new company. M. Bayard is to have the Caserta
line to Rome, and is now raising the funds. A diffi-
culty has arisen from the fact that the Neapolitan
government wishes to work the Caserta line from the
junction, and proposes to transfer passengers and
luggage to their own cars and waggons at that point,
which would create much difficulty and annoyance.
The government is to guarantee 4 per cent.
P. 6.—1 have ascertained the Pope is expected at
Gaeta on a visit to his Neapolitan Majesty. If such
an event really takes place, the Austrian move on
Rome will certainly follow. I have reason to sup-
pose communications from the Vatican state the ne-
cessity of this decision, originating from the want of
confidence in the French government. Beyond
doubt, preparations have been made at Gaeta for the
reception of some one, and a considerable number of
troopp are concentrated in that direction. Several
cardinals are also expected. The whole plan, I hear,
is suggested by Austria.
Neapolitan Fives, 1024. Exchange on Lon-
don, 6.9.

OPERATIONS OP THE ENCCIABERSD ESTATES COE-
uissioN.-0a Saturday a paslkassatasy paper was printed, 1
by order elate Hare of Lewis, &swift the working of the '
Encumbarad Maim Cam Wan la Wand. Thu total'
number of petitions NM to the 30th ult. was 1,803. The
noweber of petition OMNI is esgelar_course was Loa, NA
the weal amber of aeOwes amiatesi was 242. Tim date
of the smart emiteW rain was tile till et November
last The aster if ps*lns &Wed wpm model ap-
pikatien, which were hied dam the lath of November,
was NW
RieutTfiNG FOl TIM MIMI DT PINsIONIMA.—The
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United &met Gore he dame : “ Oemelderable dilemma of
opiates Immingham Lase the military monition
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in the veleuilint, It lee lota sposumem tt toy ex-
ert lie yin is of ore to teams with the
riativiakirw illoisiee. Noattesaihn b. however, for the prcetnt
to loe nude wilt dr Melt belles tibia 01l recraite us there
to be bought tskonard."

FRANCE.

PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING.
The incongruous composition of the Committee on
Revision is already producing its fruits. The sit-
tings of this deliberative assembly of fifteen rival in
storminess and Waster the debates of the chaotic
legislature from which it was hatched. In the last
sitting a fierce dispute between MM. Montalembert
and Barn was succeeded by a fiery altercation be-
tween' MM. Jules Fevre and Berryer. To-day
General Cavaignac developed the proposition, that
the question of republic or monarchy ought not to be
permitted to be raised M. Berryer made a vehe-
ment speech in reply. The discussion was opened
by M. de Montalembert, and followed up by Charms
and de Tocqueville. After a tempestuous sitting, the
committee adjourned till Monday.
An incident of great importance in the debate of
yesterday was the stroke by which Lamoriciere cut
short the debate raised upon passive obedience and
intelligent bayonets. Barnguay d'Hilliers and Chan-
gamier had spoken with reference to the personal
allusions of Charms on the day before, and the latter
was about to reply, when Lamoriciere, with great
vivacity, started up and called for the close of the
incident. The effect was electric. The artifice ofthe
Mountain in working this theme to the dissolution of
all military discipline, and preaching from the tribune
the right ofprivate judgment tithe soldier was rebuked
with irresistible authority by a champion of liberal
institutions. Lamoriciere had spoken on the second
reading of the bill, and warned the Assembly
against depopularising the national guard by de-
stroying its municipal character and turning it into
a gendarmerie. But his feelings as a military,
officer and a statesman were revolted by the pro-1
pagation from the parliamentary tribune of dectrinse
calculated to sow doubt and irresolution in every
barracks, and to relax the nerves of power by
which the law is upheld. On the other hand the
democrats are naturally chafed and irritated by
what they consider little short of tergiversation and
treason in a professed ally.
After this incident, the forces of the Mountain,
having sustained a pitched battle upon the general
principle of the new National Guard Bill, took their
stand upon the 14th article, which consigns to the
reserve those citizens for whom the ordinary service
is pronounced too onerous. M. Nadaud, the mason,
a speaker whose naive idiom procures him an in-
dulgence soon neutralised by his communist doc-
trines and malignant asperity against the rich and
powerful, made a rambling speech, in which he
ripped up the history of the last half century, pass-
ing in review the whole range of legislation, customs,
taxes, administration, the civil code, and lighting
of

at the end of a long flight upon the laws. . Ma f.
The tendency of speeches like Nadatufs is peculiar y
offensive to the majority, because they feel that the
crude Jaeobinism of this philosophic Cade will be
passed from hand to unwashed hand in taverns and
ateliers, and hailed by the ourriers as the courageous
utterance of their political gospel. C,nsequently,
the speech of M. Nadaud was the signal for a series
of pungent epigrams,_ posing interruptions, hitter
jeers, which multiplied as the enterprising Montag-
nard proceeded, till at last he was fain to shelter
himself in silence against the pelting of the pitiless
storm. M. Pierre Leroux, in pointing out the edi-
fying circumstances of his colleague's harangue,
raised roars of laughter by calling him a man with-
out education, as if that want gave an interesting air
of ingenuousness to the unlicked communism of M.
Nadaud.

To-day the Assembly entered upon the discussion
of the bill for prolonging the powers of the municipal
bodies until the promulgation of the new organic
law. Urgency was declared. M. Pascal I)uprat
then made a long speech in opposition to the bill.
After a debate, in which MM. Monet, Laroeheja-
relit', Leon Faucher, and de I,arcy took part, the
single article of the hill prolonging the councils-
general, councils of arrondissement, and municipal
councils, until the Ist of December, was adopted.
The sitting then broke up.
In consequence of the reluctance of the Assembly
to embark once more so soon upon a subject which
has already given occasion for speeches of a mis-
chievous tendency on the duty of the soldier, the
third deliberation on the pay of the decorated soldiers
of June has been adjourned.
The government is a good deal vexed at the austere
spirit of retrenchment which is presiding over the
proceedings of the committee of the Budget. The
suppression of the grant to the Italian Opera will be
sharply disputed.
A considerable improvement took place to-day in
the funds. The Fives closed at 92.43, with a rise of
We. The Threes rose 20c., and closed at 33.50.
M. Dumas, late Minister of Commerce, has just
left Paris for London.
PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.
Last night at 11 the Court of Hainault gave
sentence in the trial of the Bocarmes. The count
was sentenced to death : the countess was acquitted.
The debate in the Committee of Revision yester-
day was exceedingly animated. General Cavaignac
demanded the close of the general debate, and pro-
posed that the committee should occupy itself first
with the question of " monarchy or republic."
M. DE MONTALMIDERT regarded the election the 10th
December as a protest against the men and the things of
February, but not as a return to monarchy. It was a re-
action in favour of the ideas of order. Ito thought that
the permanence of the legislative power was an im-
mense inconvenience. On the other hand, men of
influence and consideration talked of abolishing the
presidency. On every side some objection was brought
against the existing state of things. Ilow was it possible to
resist these universal complaints. The constitution was
defended as a barrier to the re-election of the President.

But such an argument would have no weight whatever
with the people, who would be quite justified in their dis-
satisfaction at not being consulted on such a question.
The national sovereignty ought to be sacred, especially for
republicans. How refuse the people the exercise of their
right? The re-election of the President was not feared by
the country. What was humanly possible the President
had done, us regarded his duty ; the accumulation of petitions
was a totimony of it. If, as had been pretended, these peti-
teams had been squeesed out by the pressure of the adminis-
tration, what earthly power could have raked together
800000 signatures in favour of the republic ? In conclusion,
if the President was re-elected in spite of the constitution,
lan immense danger would arise, which ought to be pre-
' vented by making the re-election optional.
M. DE Tociaczyttte declared in favour of revision, as
well as M. Odilon Barrot. Ile thought that it was their
duty at this moment to set about the amendment of the
republican institutions. Next, inquiring what were the
most practical means of proceeding legally to work, he
indicated, as a direct and essential preliminary,
the alteration of the electoral law of May. But he thought
that if the constitution could not be revised legally, the
only course for the Assembly was to submit, and to make
the law respected.
M. CitARRAS admitted the national sovereignty,
which be confessed to be the solo source of right. But
he would vote against revising the constitution. Ile demaded
the repeal of the law of May 31, by which the national
sovereignty had been maimed. He would not vote for
revision so long so the right of meeting, particularly for
electoral purposes, was denied ; while boundless license was
permitted to the propagators of imperialion,and six depart-
ments were in a state of siege. It would be madam to convoke
a constituent for October or November, while the President
had still six months before him. No doubt there were great
defects in the constitution ; but the new constituent would
not make one a bit better. If the Assembly had been sin-
cerely republican, the President would:have been curbed.
The election of the 10th December was a protest against the
treaties of 1813. The peasantry voted with cries of Wive
la Republique! Viva l'Empereur General Cavaignac
represented the boormiMMe ; Louis Napoleon represented
socialism. " You are afraid," he concluded, " of an uncon-
stitutional re-election, and you favour it."
General CAVAIGNAC said that he did not feel himself at
liberty to enter into discussion with those who began by
wishing to get rid of the republic. The ground
of argument ought first to be cleared of the question be-
tween monarchy and the republic ; and when they came to
the details he would point out a line of discussion by which
they might arrive at the formulation of an opinion. The
republic was the only form of government founded on the
sovereignty of the people ; monarchy was the exclusion of that
principle. He challenged the royalists to propose their
Principle. He would drive them to do so at the tribune.
First, the committee ought to examine the motions for par-
tial, and afterwards for total revision. The intention of
the motion of the Rue des Pyramids was to bring the
Assembly to vote the revision, and to shirk the
debate. But revision was a crisis, and it became the
Assembly tempest out at each a juncture. He admitted the
foree of national sovereignty, but this principle had ita
limits ; and be eantioned he regarded with great distrust the
readiness with whisk the new partisans of the sovereignty
of thelpeopie appeolad to it for the de of all questions. Total sivisisa ks mail *sly aft* as dr result ofdebating
the white at Ist mothball tram *AU kat over again. But the
first questiso Mama that aflame:thy. He knew that the
debate wield Essmostrate the impotence of the monarch-
ists, and that the republic would emerge triumphant from
the emit& After tlus trial the war would naturally stop. No
doubt the constitution was defective. He would prefer
indirect rased= of the President, which would leave a
freer field kr competition among numerous candidates.
The republic would meet less opposition. Nevertheless, he
would vote against revision, because the constitution, im-
perfect as it was, constituted a valuable barrier against
usurpation. The tith article was, in partiottlar, apart from

all personalio.usiderations, a principle indispensable to the
life et the republic. It was the fixture of men which pre-
vented the fixture of affairs. The only means of rendering
power stable In France was by divorcing it from all per-
sonal pretensions.
Mr. BEILILYER said that :the predominating idea in his
mind, in voting for revision, was to avert the chance of a
greater evil, tho unconstitutional re-election of the Prod-
dent. As for the limits of the faculties of the constituent,
they had no right to make a programme or to dictate a line
of conduct; in fact, it was impossible, in the present state
of the country, to do so. Every set of people took up a
different point of view in objecting to the present state
of things; therefore the most reasonable way of
satisfying all was to set no limit to the power of change.
Ito and his friends thought that the republic government
was not the sort of government which the country wanted,
or which was good for it. Ho thought there was no other
path of progress open for an ancient stream of so-
ciety, but the channel by which it had arrived
at its broadest and deepest development, the hereditary
perpetuation of power and representative institutions. But,
grenting the republic, still the constitution was bad. It lay
not in their province to decide whether the majority of the
nation preferred monarchy to the republic. The Assembly
had not the right to do so. It could only convoke the con•
stitueut in the terms laid down by the 111th article.
The sitting was adjourned to Tuesday, without
any resolution having been taken.
The bill of the government for adjourning the
municipal elections did not pass yesterday without
some severe questioning from opposite sides of the house.
M. Leon Faucher declared that the sole object of the
government in adjourning the elections was to avoid
the agitation inseparable from the repetition of the
elections six months hence under the empire of a
new law, after the enactment of the Municipal Bill.
Larochejacquelin said that the obvious meaning of
the adjournment was to shirk the application of the
law of May 31, and that he accepted the bill as a
protest against the present electoral law. M. Leon
Faucher declared that the ministry could not accept
such an interpretation, anti that he preferred with-
drawing the bill to countenancing such a construction
of the government's policy.
The charge of the Archbishop of Paris occupies
several columns of the papers, in which the mainte-
nance of order and the progress of wise reforms are
shown to spring from the bases of chat ity and justice.
A filiture deserving of attention in this document is
that papers of the most opposed principles, such as
the Silde and Debuts agree in praising it.
The delegates of the beetroot interest have pre-
sented a petition to the President of the Republic to
exercise his prerogative in their favour by sending
hack the sugar bill to undergo a fresh deliberation.
There would indeed be a just pretext for such a step,
one of the moat important clauses having been foisted
in on the third reading by a majority of five.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Jt'NE 10.

The Marquis of Miraßores, Ministm: of Foreign
Affairs, declared in the sitting of the senate this day,
that if the intervention of Spain WWI called for in
the affairs of Portugal, this intervention would only
take place after previous agreement between Spain,
and the powers which signed the treaty of the
quadruple alliance. A naval force of observation
is to sail from Cadiz, to the mouth of the Tagus.
The boundary question of Navarre is to be settled by
a French and Spanish commissioner.
Our correspondent states in his letter of the 10th,
that the difficulties of the ministry daily increase by
reason of the unmitigated bitterness of the moderado
party ; and that it seems likely that Bravo Murillo
will be obliged, in the long run, to give way to a
Rios-Roans cabinet. To-day Vidal made a speech
two hours long, which was one torrent of aczusa-
tions against the government. Bravo Murillo was
speaking in reply when the post left. In the senate
the bill for levying 25,000 men was passed to the
last article; but the number of senators present was
insufficient to vote the enseinbk of the bill.