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THE FAA of An= his the merit of having
brought on a general ditionnion in the Upper Home
on the present position of the " Cagliari" question.
The matter, upon Lord ALBULARLE'S statement, ap-
pears to stand thus. The English Government, in
conformity with the opinion of their law officers,
admit the condemnation of the ship to be illegal.
The FOREIGN SECRETARY states that, OW a right of
appeal lies from the decision of the Neapolitan Court
of Wrecks and Prizes, by which the sentence of
condemnation wu pronounced on the 28th of
November, the ship cannot yet be considered
as finally condemned. The more correct state-
ment would be that the ship now stands COLI•
demned with a possibility of release on appeal.
As regards Sardinia, the status of the vessel is that
she is at present, and until reversal of the sentence,
a ship condemned as prise. Such condemnation
has been ananimmely declared by the law °Soars of
the British Crown to be in contravention of the princi-
ple, of international law, . must, therefore, he held
by the British Governing* to afford a just mow
MU to the Crown of Sardinia. That the Sardinian
Government is prepared to proceed to the ultimo
ratio of arms, should the King of NAPLES
persist in his refusal to restore the ship and
release the mew, is authoritatively stated by
Lord hiausuncar to be in the highest degree
probable. Should war ensue, no doubt the area of
the conflict would not be confined to the terri-
tories el Sardinia and the Two Sicilias.
Angela meld be drawn into the strife, so would
Frame. The war would speedily become European.
With a view to averting each a result Lard MALICE&
RIMY has, it appears, informed the Sardinian
Government that Great Britain is ready to inter-
pose bar good offices, and employ to the utmost
her influence and prestige in order to prevail upon
the King of NAPLES to abandon the condemnation
of the ship and restore the crew to Sar-
dinia. Representations have ales been made
by Lord brier's Government to the Cabinet of
Turin, recommending a resort to the mediation
of some friendly power in reference to the Sardinian
claims against Naples, supposing the KING to con-
tinue obstinate in his refusal. It will pro-
bably be considered that this is as much as
can, under the circumstances, be reasonably
expected. The detention of the vowel and the mew
is undoubtedly a violation of the rules of inter-
national law ; but though, aa such, it concerns us
to protest against it, it does not constitute,
as between this country sad Naples, a cams
balk. As between Sardinia and Naples the
are is different; but by the interpmition of
oar protest with the Court of Naples, and by
advising a reference to the mediation of a blindly
power, we have probably done all that the imme-
diate circumstances of the case demand. Should
Naples, as is only too probable, repel our protest,
and reject the proffered mediation, the ems
will, of course, assume another aspect. But
until that be done a are will not have arisen
for a resort to the shims ratio of war—a step
which, it will on all hands be admitted, can
only be justified by the proved impossibility of
taking any other course with due regard to the
requirements of insulted honour and violated
right. The essential thing in the remit state of
the question is, that should suolain, by
`.''!!';" Available means, the jut demands of Sar-
dinia—demands which, though just, would not
probably have been urged with such determination
but for the despatch of the British Foreign-Moe, as
misinterpreted by our diplomatic agents at Turin.
It is not necessery to plunge into war ourselves ; it
is eminently desirable to dissuade Sardinia from re-
sorting to such a course, until she has exiaausted
every honourable means of procuring a pacific solu-
tion. Should those means fail, a necessity for war
may arise ; if it does, England will expect her Go-
vernment to do its duty.

Twat Noose of Commons has got through its May-
nooth altogether better than could have been ex-
pected. The two holy incendiaries wbo annually
°Eclat, at this melancholy "act of faith," made
comparatively short work of it. Btoonna waved
the firebrand feebly, and NEWDEOATE attempted in
vain to pass it on. The faithful pair were left the
sole performers in the theologic torch dance. The
cold water thrown by Lord DEJLET on the late depu-
tation had produced its nataral eff.ote. No amend-
ments were proposed. There was not the ghost of
a debate. Mr. WALPOLE, with pious gravity, inter-
posed a few remarks of a lenitive tendency—and
then came the division 15.5 for the motion, 210
against it ; and so, for the session, there is an end of
&roost& Of course he will crop up again with the
returning seasons. He is an established fact in the
parliamentary year. (Irons in August, fogs is
November, Guist and NIAILIO in May, east winds
at all timer—are not more certainly to be
calculated upon than SrootfEß after the Ember
recess. "About this time expect a debate on May-
. neoth" used, we believe, to form a regular entry
is Mocha's Almanack, till the joke grew too stale
wan fee the farmers' ordinaries. Like ether things
at the kind, people get used to it ; bat, after all, it is •
great nuisance. Can the Torn* hit on no method
et patting it down as an indecent expememe of
gmdadiess. Many exhibitions bane Lea nap-
premed with a high hand whisk me fir Ima
offensive to good taste and sound Oforala. Aid them
what • bore it is. Imagine anybody is amiety L-
eading • Mayaoeth discussion on his fellow-aras-
turas. Tin hospitable mahogany, the dab maelther

room, are sacred from the persecution-1
the Home of Commons alone be witkost

or defame t There ire the bariel-organs,-
Manes. At the very time wbile tie Hal. 3

for North WarwiCkshim was grinding away at
Maynooth in the Lower House, my Lord WEST-
MEATH, in the Hereditary Chamber, was attempting
to abolish the peripatetic nuisance of our street dis-
cords. Why should organ bop suffer and SPOONER
escape ? My Lord Warner.arn, by one of those
touching and simple strokes which acute suffering
sometimes inspires, admirably set before his
noble hearers the inveterate nature of that social
tyrant--the organ grinder. " From braes bands,"
said the Marquis, " it is possible to get a Little re-
" lief, for the performers tire and leave the place;
" but the organ never tires." Nothing can be truer;
but it is equally true of SPOONER. SPOONER never
tires. What is to be done with him ? Will Lord
WESTMEATH introduce a Bill for his suppression,
and get Lord LYNDHURST to look carefully over the
clauses ? The present CHANCELLOR might, perhaps,
oppose such a measure ; but with Lord DERRY'S
support, which, after his reception of the Maynooth
deputation, may be assumed as a matter of coarse,
the Bill would have every chance of passing the
Lords. If sent down to the Commons it would of
mares be carried by at least as great &majority as
that which has just rejected the Maynooth Endow-
ment Bill.