The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-19 00:00:00

No. 18,873.]

SLAVERY.—SIRS. BEECHER STOWE CORROBORA'
Now ready, in post Svo., 10s. 6d.,
AN ENGLISHWOMAN'S EXPERIENC LE IN
AMERICA. By MARIANNE FINCH.
Rich and Bentley, New Burlington-street,

ART UNION OF LONDON (By Royal
Charter).—The SUBSCRIPTION LISTS WILL CLOSE
31st Instant. SPECIMENS of the Two Prints to bet Oven to
every Subscriber may he seen at the Office—viz., ' The Sn trrender
of Calais," a work of national and historical interest, by H. Komi-
sox, atter H. E. Selous ; and " Christ Led to Crucifixion." In addi-
tion to the above Two Prints, each prizebolder will be ent /tied to
select for himself a work of Art from one of the public Exhibitions.
GEORGE GODWIN,I Bono) miry
LEWIS POCOCK, 5 Secret tries.
444, West Strand, March 8, 1853.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 16th March, 11853.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the 3 :II AST
INDIA COMPANY do Hereby Give Notice,

That a Proprietor of Last India stock has given notice that , at the
Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed to b e held
at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, ' Che 23d
instant, he will sabmit a motion—
That it is expedient, at the Annual Election of Direct(» )).3, that
the Court of Directors withhold their support (by ad rertise-
- meat) from the Directors who have gone out by rotati on.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Seer( tau.

y ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND
.I_4 MIDLAND RAILWAYS.

EASTER HOLIDAYS.
DAY 'MEETS issued on THUftSDAY, 24th instant, a nd in-
tervening days, will be available until TUESDAY, the 29th 1 nstant,
between London and York, BradforJ, Leeds, Normanton, Oaken-
show, Doncaster, Sheffield, 14iasbro'„ Lincoln, Nottingha, u, and
;Newark.

By Order. MARK lIU ISII
General :►tanager's Office, Euston Station, March, 1n53.

LONDON AND NORTH-WEST3ERN
• RAILWAY.
DAY TICKETS issued on THURSDAY, the 24th instant, r and
litt6"Aign.:jl:
in-
tervening days, will be available until MONDAY, tile 2sth in
)srtant.
133, Order.
MA JIM 11.
General Manager's Office,.Euston Station, March, 1853.

NOTICE.
TO INVENTORS, ARTISTS, AND OTHERS.
THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INST
ETII-
TION is now CLOSED until EASTER MONDAY, t br the
purpose of ERECTING spacious NEW ROOMS for a P. iOTO.
GRAPHIC SCHuOL, &c., &c.
MODELS of MACHINERY, which will be described to th, e Visi.
tors, WORKS of AR I, &c., are RECEIVED for EXHIIII rioN,
free of expense to the Depositors.

LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.-
Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslcw-house, Fu 3 ham-
road. Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during
the week, " The Thistle," " Shamrock," " Rose," and "A znina"
Waltzes, the "Napoleon" Galep, "Le Cirque" Quadrille; "La
Valerie," "Juno," and "Steeplechase" Polkas.— Admissio xi, is.
Doors open at Half-past Eight; to commence at Nine o'cloc' k, and
terminate at Half--part Eleven.

iaEORGE REEVES; 3,4, and 5, POP'E'S
VII HEAD ALLEY", 19, CORNHILL, LONDON,
(nearly opposite the South Entrance to the Royal Exchange), 'being
determined to supply the Public with the very best WINE S and
SPIRITS, at the lowest remunerating prices, begs to submit the fol-
lowing list for their consideration:—
WINES.

Good Draught Ports and Sherries •
Superior ditto (second to none)
Very fine Old Crusted Port, 4 years in Bott'e .. .. per42s. er do zen.
Fine Old z•herry, Pale or Brown .... .. .. • • 425. do zen.
SPIRITS

Gin of the finest Quality, 9s. 6d., 10s. Bd., and 12s. per gallon..
ine Old Jamaica Rums, 10s. 8d„ 125., and 165. per gallon.
Glenlivet and Campbelton Whiskies, imported direct, 5 years old,
and 5 over proof, 20s. per gallon.
G. R. having purchased. previous to the rise, 50 Hogsheads of
Martell's Pale and Brown Brandies, 4 and 5 years old, feels disposed
to offer them at the Original Prices, taking no advantage of the 3s.
advance in the markets.
Finest Pale Champagne Brandy ••••••• • • • •• • 28s. per gallon.
Coloured ditto ..............255. per gallon.
Hampers charged Is. per dozen, and bottles 2s. per dozen.
REMITTANCES in all cases to be msde in advance, by Post-
office Order, or by Cheque payable in London.

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH ' 19, 1853.

New Edition, price Sixpence, or Six Stamps, post free, direct from

the Author.

THE PRIVATE MONITOR:
a Practical Treatise on Certain Complaints of Youth, Man-
hood, and Decay. By Dr. HORACE GOBS, Surgeon, &c., 55, Great
Queen•street, Lincoln's-inn•fields. London,
Dr. Goss's admirable little book gives every information which
can be required upon this difficult subject. It is the work of an
able surgeon and perfect gentleman, and should be in the hands of
every one, as its almost nominal price enables it to be.

NO ACT OF PARLIAMENT REQUIRED TO SETTLEI
THE BOTTLED BEER QUESTION.

EARLE BROTHERS and CO. beg to inform
the Public that they have made arrangements to Sell Bass's
or Allsopp's PALE ALE, and other Pale Ales of the first quality,
Genuine DUBLIN STOUT, in Bottles manufactured expressly for
them, containing the full IMPERIAL QUART and PINT MEA-
SURE, at the following prices :
Bass's or Allsopp's best Pale Ales, at per dozen im- a. d.
perial quarts .. .. 8 0
Ditto ditto pints 4 6
Genuine Dublin Stout, warranted of the first quality—
Per Dozen imperial quarts .. .. 7 0
Ditto ditto pints .. .. • • 4 0
Earle Brothers and Co guarantee their Ales and Stout to be of
the finest quality, and earnestly invite the Public to avail themselves
of the great saving they will make by honouring this firm with their
patronage.
Earle Brethers and Co. call the attention of the Public to the im-
portant fact, that they are offering Three Gallons, that is,One Dozen
and a Half of the present miscalled Quarts and Pints, for a Lower
Price than the Public is now generally paying for Two Gallons, or
One Dozen of precisely the same article, identical in quality, and
brewed by the same eminent firms.
The advantage to the Public is one-third more for the same price.
The Public has loudly complained of the short measure it has been
the practice of the dealers in Bottled Beer to give.
Earle Brothers and Co. offer the Public a complete remedy, ani
respectfully Leg the Public to avail themselves of it.

AFFAIRS OF BUSINESS.—In every affair of
trade, buying or selling, equality and prices, are tha condi-

tions of satisfactory contract. The superior quality of all goods
offered to public loopec ion, or made to order by E. MOSES and
SON, is so well known, and has been so long tried, that very little
need be said on that subject ; but the unity of low p ices, and the
very best qualities, Is a system of business which E. MOSES and
SON were the first to introduce, and have been the most successful
in carrying out. This they have made applicable to every branch of
their gigantic business, and have adhered to it during all changes in

the seasons or the markets. They have never hesitated to pay the
best prices for the most artistic and accomplished workmanship—
but they will by no means inflict higher charges on any of their pa-
trons. The LADIES are furnished with HABITS the most graceful
. . . _ .

in style, and from the finest and most fashionable materials, or
with HOSIERY, the neatest, most novel, and useful. GENTLE-
MEN are provided with the best materials and workmanship in
every description of ATTIRE which their professions, engagements,
or the season may render necessary. All goods or orders are charged
much lower prices at E. MOSES and SON'S, than at any other
house in the world.
GOLD FROM AUSTRAL I A.—The last arrival amount-
ed to upwards of one and a half millions sterling—a large por-
tion of which was for business transactions in Australia, by E.
MOSES and SON, their CLOTHING having sold for a vast amount
of " Golden Treasure," and the satisfaction it is giving, warrants in-
vestments' to any extent. 111 l ENIGNAME, MERCHANTS, or San,-
PERS, may avail themselves of the most SALEABLE, because the
BEST and most SUITABLE GOODS, at E. MOSES and SON't', the
prices being considerably lower than at any other house—the same
advantages are offered to Emigrants of every Class, their Outfits or
any portion of them, being charged wholesale prices. A depart-
ment kept for Outfitting, and full List of Outfits and shipsailing in-
formation may be had on application, or post frce to any part of the
kingdom.
CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the
public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like
falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's
the same concerti," has been resorted to in many instances, and for
obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have
CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN 11111 OUT Ow LONDON,
except their 9wn Establishments, as fellows :
London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minorics, 83,
84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
3, Bart-street, all communicating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge-street.
Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate.
_ _

Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and
Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
IIiPORTANT.—ShouId any article not gtre satisfaction, it will b
exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
without hesitation. All goods are marked in.plain figures, the lowest
price, from which no abatement can be made.

The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on
Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock.
A new Book, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the
Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions tor self•mea-
surement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of
the kingdom.

A handsome Almanac for the year ending 103 can be had gratis,
on application.

Ed I'on parle Francies.
[Der spricht man Deutsch.

Qul si parla Italian.
Aqua se habla Espanol

MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF
YOUTH AND MATURITY.

DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of
Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medic
Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c.
VI AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on
I V IL the various disorders of the nervous and generative system,
resulting from juvenile irregu'arities and excesses, which have pro-
duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema-
ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis-
eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience
ix the treatment of these sdiseases has proved that there are in exist-
ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in
existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous
Debility, various torms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri-
ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their
endless modifications owe their almost entire origin.
It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are
principles of personal management which cannot be violated without
incut ring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed
the heyday of inconsiderate self-Vdulgence, how these penalties
may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed,
and how the evil and its con,equences may be avoided, and above all,
that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional
derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure.
DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged
in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com-
plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless
of the taunts and envy of the hNpocritlcal and mock-modest, has had
the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct
attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is
tree. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply
rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the
treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the
care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated
publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues
of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who
have been induced to place faith in their pretensions.
At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from
Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 11., and advice and
medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address.
It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT
should first obtain a copy of his work on

SELF-PRE SERTATION."
A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage, and Nervous and
Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty coloured engravings, and des-
cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and
excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct
llessrs. Piper
Oxford-street ;
description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English,
French,Brothers
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39, Conthill ; Stone, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free
-two stamps to any address from the Author's resi-
dence, 37, BEDFORD-BQUAB.E, LONDON.
Diann,
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On comparison of these two tables it will be seen that a person
under the novel system of DEPOSIT assurance can secure the follow-
ing advantages, viz., l st. For a lees sum, paid annually, he can assure
a larger sum in case of death than under the ordinary system.
2dly. In the event of a desire to surrender his Policy he can receive
in this Company, by the above example, which applies to all ages,
THREE times as much as on the ordinary system. 3rdly. In the event
of inability or omission to pay, his policy remains still his property,
of the same value as it was, though he cease his current payments
for any number of years; whereas on the ordinary system, he gets
nothing. 4thly. Should he require to increase or decrease the
amount of his policy, he can do so at pleasure. He can at any time,
by giving a fortnight's notice, withdraw any part from 11. up to the
whole amount of his previous payments and with interest. After he
has withdrawn part one year he can, by a single payment, three
years, or any time afterwards, raise his policy to a greater or even
Its former amount ; and by this system he can at all times regulate
his annual savings by his annual expenditure, with the facility in the
bargain of having a fund to fly to in case of necessity, the same as
in a bank, with this palpable advantage, however, that he gets Inte-
rest for his money, and in case of death his family receive more than
the amount of his savings. In ordinary Life Offices be can do no
such thing, but his policy at once lapses or is cancelled the moment
he ceases to pay his current premiums, and, instead of having any
fluid to by to for aid, all his hard-earned savings become forfeited to
the society, and his misfortunes serve to benefit the pockets of his
more fortunate co-assurers.
Such a system is too equitable 'and too striking to be overlooked
and DEPOSIT assurance is the only system of assurance which ca:a be
universally recognised and adopted when the principles are im par-
tially canvassed, and its palpable benefits become widely diffused. It
confers greater advantages than a bank because it allows a fair rate
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Mann,.39, Cornhill. Price One Shilling each; by
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row , Carvalhe,
p05t,147 i
,Fls 6d.
ect-street ,

ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time."
aces —Country
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Forests, Fields, High-roads,
Trips and Rambles—The Sea —London at liight—Evenings at Home
Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air,
Rest, Ease, Occupation, Stc., &C.
IL
FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTALNS. Two Tole.
Tol. I.
VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c.
Tol. 11.
THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY REMINISCENCES OF
DUBLIN, Ike.

ADTANTAGES OF A BANK WITH THE BENEFITS OF
AN ASSURANCE COMPANY.
In case of endowment assurances the advantages of the DEPOSIT
system are still more striking.
ADTANTA.GES OFIFE THIS COMPCE ANY UNDER THE ORDINARY
LRAN BRANCH.
To those who prefer this branch Policies are granted from 201. to
5,0001. on every known principle thereof.
Lives in all but the worst stages of disease, and such as have been
rejected by other Offices, are taken at rates equivalent to the parti-
cular disease.
Loans from 50/. and upwards granted on every kind of security,
real or personal, on the most equitable terms to the borrower
Annuities of every description granted on very favourable terms.
Non-forfeiture of a Policy.—ln case of Inability to pay the currant
premiums, the Directors will eitner purchase the Policy at a fair
market value, or give a new one in lieu thereof, less 5 per cent., inte-
rest corresponding in amount to the whole of the previous payments
which have been made.
Detailed prospectus further tables in further illustration of the De-
system, and any information may be obtained on &pg.
the Agents in the country, or to
CHARLES W. BEVAN, Resident Secretary,
ii.B.—Agents Wanted in all parts of theyorld.

111.
WHAT TO EAT, DMNK, AND ATDID,
" That three score years and ten oar course nay run."
A popular review of almost every form (cause mad cure) of ner-
vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution that harasses
the Y•duir, besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and em-
bitters old age; with tables and ralesfor the diet and physical regu-
ation of every-day life.

IT.
THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard?'
SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old ace.
ad-
vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties
oflicentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra-
tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. The

THE MARRIAGE STATE.
To ho or not to be, that is the question."
PROGRAMMB:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli-
gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and Its removal. Sterility and its conversion ,
Cases, &e.

R. J. CtTLVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827),
(1824), Twenty.ilve years Medical and Forensic Referee in there
matLers. .

Price Is.each ; by post, Is. 6d.

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

In the Pays there is a long article on the pro-
bable effect that the influx of gold will have on the
relation of trade, and on the question whether the
French Government ought to adopt some measure
as a provision against the consequences which
would otherwise result from a serious alteration in
the value of gold. The Pays does not, however,
express any decided opinion as to the course to be
pursued.
The Emperor has just named the Marquis Tur-
got, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, as Ambassador
at the Court of Spain, in the place of General
Aupick, lately nominated as Senator.
About three o'clock the day before yesterday,
says the Constitutionnel, the Emperor tried a horse
for a short time in the court-yard of the Tuileries.
A number of persons had assembled along the iron
railings, admiring the skill and dexterity with
which his Majesty mastered the noble animal.
We read in the - Moniteur :—" Some foreign
journals have published pretended copies of the
sermon which the Abbe Lacordaire delivered in
the church, of St. Roch on the 12th of February
last, in presence of the Archbishop of Paris, in
favour of the Christian schools. These copies
having contained odious attacks against the Go-
vernment, the Minister of Public Worship wrote
to the Archbishop of Paris to inquire how fax
they were exact. He received the following
•
reply :

!, Monsieur le Ministre,-I,teceived with your letter
of the 12th of March, the extracts of the Observateur
Beige, containing the pretended exordium of the sermon
which the Abbe Lacordaire delivered at St. Roch in my
presence. Neither my grand vicar nor myself have been
able to discover in these extracts, which are said to have
been taken down in short-hand, the sermon which we
heard. During an hour, which the improvisation of the
celebrated Dominican lasted, I only remarked, as I wrote
in my preceding letter, some inopportune quotations,
and some words which Father Lacordaire pronounced
quite simply, but which, I saw clearly, party spirit and
malignity could lay hold of, for the purpose of seeking
for allusions which were far, I am convinced, from the
mind of the speaker. So little is necessary to change
into epigrams inoffensive words I That is what has been
done with the sermon of Father Lacordaire ; in which
phrases have been inserted in an inexact manner, either
by additions or by changes of words, as we have posi-
tively perceived in reading the extracts which you were
pleased to forward to me. I have nothing more to say,
Monsieur le Ministre, unless that I will never permit the
Christian pulpit to be made a political tribune, or the
liberty of the Holy Word to degenerate into licence.
That is my duty, and I shall take care to perform it.
Your Excellency can make any use you please of this
letter. Accept the assurance of my high consideration.
" DENIS AUGUSTE, Archbishop of Paris."
The Echo of Valenciennes states that the deputa-
tion of the beet-root sugar manufacturers, who had
come to Paris to have an interview with the Minis-
ter of Finance, had returned with the hope that
their claims on the subject of the duties would meet
with just attention.
The Esperance du Peuple of Nantes has received
notice from the Procureur Imperial of that town,
that the Government had decided that no prosecu-
tion should be instituted against it, as was at first
intended for the erroneous intelligence which it had
published of a domiciliary visit having been made
by the police, in the hotel of M. de Rothschild in
Paris.

AT a numerous and highly respectable MEET-
ING of MERCHANTS and TRADERS of the CITY of
i.uNDON, held at the London Tavern, on Monday, the 14th March
1853,

JOHN MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P., in the Chair,

was proposed by J. llorsley Palmer, Esq ; seconded by Samuel

GregsOn, BEI , ht.P.,

That in the opinion of this Meeting the present duty of 2s. 214 d.
per lb. on tea, or from 200 to 250 per cent., is a most oppressive tax
upon an article of universal consumption, vrhich enhances the price
so considerably as seriously to limit the demand, and that such is
directly opposed to the established commercial policy of this coun-
try. That the effect of this duty upon our commercial relations
with China is prejudicial in the highest degree, inasmuch as the
trade being principally one of barter, our exports of British menu-
faetures are dependent upon the extent of our imports from that
country—it may, therefore, be fairly expected that our trade would be
materially increased, were there a considerable augmentation of the
returns at present received from China. That a large reduction of
duty is important, inasmuch as tea is a favourite article of consump-
tion wall the great mass of the people, whose comforts and social
habits world be promoted by placing within their reach an accept-
able and wholesome beverage at a reasonable price. And Rather,
that as a Parliamentary Committee, in July, 1847, after a length.
ened inquiry, recommended to the House of Commons a considerable
reduction of the duty on tea it is highly expedient at this time to
urge the Chancellor of the Exchequer to re-consider the Report of
the Committee, with a view of submitting to the house a proposal for
carrying their recommendation into effect.
It was proposed by W. Crawford, Esq. ; seconded by Hugh M.

The budget for 1854 was presented yesterday to
the Legislative Assembly ; the estimated expendi-
ture exceeds the receipts by 1,388,630 L, notwith-
standing the long-desiderated equilibrium. The
receipts are
,estimated at 1,528 millions, and the
expenses at 1,519. The details will not be known
till after the distribution of the budget next week.
To this cause, in some degree, as well as to the dis-
tracted state of Europe, especially in regard to the
affairs of Turkey, the heavy fall in the prices of
the public securities, which will be observed in the
report of the Bourse, must be ascribed.
The Assembly has adjourned till the Wednesday
after Easter.

The Russian Princess de Lieven, whose former
relations with Guizot are so well known, and who
holds a high rank in the upper circles of Paris, is
to be presented on Sunday next at the Court of
the Emperor—a fact of considerable political im-
portance, and in which may be seen the influence
of the Russian Ambassador.
Generat--Cene met M. Berger, Prefect of
the Seine, at the Horticultural Exhibition, when,
in reply to a remark of the Prefect, the General
said, «We are not only not of the same opinion,
M. Berger, but we do not belong to the same
camp."
The requisite capital has been subscribed, chiefly.
by English houses, for the construction of a rail-
way from Duren to Treves, in communication with
the French and Prussian lines.

[PRICE SD.

of Tuscany to the International Sanitary Conven
tion drawn up at Paris.

To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147,
Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Combill; or of M. R. Culverwell, M.D..
10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, who Inky be consulted dally rom
Ten tlll nye, and Seven till Nine.

The ratifications of the treaty of commerce be-
tween Tuscany and France were exchanged at
Florence on the 9th.

The Giornale di Roma, of the 10th, announces
that the Pope has suppressed the Ministry of Grace
and Justice, and transferred its attributes to the
department of the Interior.

Mons. and Madame Madiai were suffered to em-
bark on Wednesday last from Leghorn for Mar-
seilles.

TURKEY.
The Russian Ambassador having laid before the
Sultan his ultimatum, the Divan decided to refuse
compliance, and the Sultan sought the protection
of France and England. The fleet of Sebastopol
was about to sail to the Dardanelles.
The Universal Gazette of Prussia, under its Berlin
head of the 15th, says :—" The Turkish Govern-
ment has charged Prussia with the important office
of mediating in the dispute between Russia and
France on the question of the Holy Sepulchre, that
is, between the Roman Catholic Church and the
Greek Church. This is not the first time the
Porte has appealed to the mediation of Prussia, as
in 1790, the Sultan entrusted all her destiny to
Pfussia, in making this latter power her arbi-
trator:"

M. Trouves Chauval, who was prefect of police
in Paris in 1848, is appointed head of the new Bank
of Constantin%)le, which is noEjAille_ PITO. of being,
dolitirel, with a capital of four hundred million
of piastres.

The Bourse has been very dull, and prices of all
the securities have sustained a heavy decline. The
Three per Cents. closed at 80f. 20c. for the account,
being a decline of 80c., and at 79f. 35c. for cash,
being a fall of 65c. from the prices of Thursday.
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(From the Times.)
The Tuscan Government has at length determined
upon a measure which has been far too long deferred,
and our readers will learn with great satisfaction that
the Madiais are released from prison and put on board
a vessel at Leghorn bound for Marseilles. The Grand
Duke of Tuscany has professed latterly to keep them in
confinement, under the infliction of most unmerited
pums • hment, for no better reason than the care of his
own dignity ; and it was alleged on his behalf that how-
ever he might be disposed to temper the rigour of eccle-
siastical persecution, he could not yield without some
show of independence to the pressing solicitations brought
to bear against him. In our judgment it would have
been a wiser and a manlier course to wipe out at the .
earliest possible moment the stain which this transaction
has thrown upon the administration of a Prince who
was once considered humane, liberal, ,and just. Nothing
he can now do will obliterate the fact, that in his domi-
nions, and under the decrees,of his courts of justice, at
the instigation of his public prosecutor, a man and a
woman were sentenced to ignominious punishment,
which. they underwent, not without peril to their lives,
for the offence of reading the Bible and usine, the English
Book of Common Prayer. That was the latest, though
not, we fear, the last, effort of the spirit which founded
the Inquisition.
Though Europe has still very little reason to boast of
her progress towards political freedom, this outrage on
religious liberty was regarded as an anachronism, and
an outrageous attack on those rights of conscience which
ought at least to be secure in the harids of justice. The
feelings of indignation which the condemnation of the
Madiais excited were honourable to the Protestrnit na-
tions which joined in advocating their cause, and we
would fain believe that amongst our Roman Catholic
fellow-countrymen there were many who viewed this
abuse of power with as much pain and aversion as were '
felt by ourselves. But although it is long since any
case has occurred to rouse in an equal degree the resent-
ment that follows persecution, it cannot be doubted that
this iniquitous sentence marks the revival of a spirit in
the Roman Catholic Church which is not peculiar to the
priests and the Government of Tuscany. Under different
forms and to a different extent, but with the same object,
the pretensions of the Ultramontane party in the Church
are, ggazigge the same,, profess in-
tolerance tte hi.o7t itsolifte ; they would convert the
Church to which they belong, and its whole hierarchy,
into one great engine of spiritual despotism under Papal
authority ; they condemn and dispute the national and
diocesan rights which have hitherto been cherished by
many of the ablest and most sincere champions of that
creed ; and they would convert the religious unity, which
is the basis of their system, into the most absolute spiri-
tual bondage which ever oppressed mankind. In Italy
the opposition to the extreme doctrines of the priestly
party is secret, for it is denouned as schismatic and pun-
ished as heretical. Even these proceedings against the
Madiais were unquestionably suggested by a desire to
intimidate a class of thinkers who have eagerly embraced
the tenets of a purer faith. But in France the Roman
Catholic clergy are themselves openly divided on these
questions, and the agitation kept up by the Ultramon-
tane school of writers has been condemned by no less
an authority than the Archbishop of Paris, who is cited
by them in his turn to defend himself before the Pope.
In the 17th or 18th centuries these opinions would
have assumed the shape of a sermon or a pamphlet, to
be condemned and burnt perhaps by order of the Sor-
bonne. In our time they take the more convenient p.nd
effective form of a newspaper, and, accordingly, M. Louis
Veuillot, himself a layman and the editor of a paper
called L' Univers, has assumed the functions of an eccle-
siastical censor, defending the most absolute propositions
for which the Order of the Jesuits has ever contended,
denouncing all that is national and independent in the
Church of France, and asserting, in unqualified term;
the unlimited supremacy of Rome. The Archbishop of
Paris, being of opinion that many of these views are
exaggerated, and that it is subversive of the order of the
Church in his diocese that a lay agent of the Pope should
write down his authority, has spiritually condemned the
journal in question, and ordered his clergy and the
faithful not to read it. Some other French pre-
lates have done the same, for at this moment the
condemnation of the Univers is the criterion of
Gallican opinions. Others, on the contrary, and
especially the Bishop of Moulins, have impugned
the act of the Archbishop with the greatest violence.
The Archbishop has retorted by a letter to his reverend
brother of Moulins, which he has published, and which
certainly is not written in a tone of pastoral serenity.
M. Veuillot, in the meantime, has started for Rome,
leaving the prelates of France by the ears, and proceeds
without more ado to invoke the judgment of the Pope
on his newspaper, or, in other words, to cite the Metro-
politan of France to answer at the judgment-seat of the
Vatican for this exercise of his authority. With consid-..
erable address M. Veuillot has first endeavoured to
obtain a suspension of the interdict placed on his news-
paper, pendente lite, which would amount to a partial
reversal of the archiepiscopal decree. He has also ob-
tained from the Monsignore who writes the Pope's Latin
letters a very elaborate testimony to his known zeal and
orthodoxy. Thus far the case looks ill for the Archbishop,
for, after all, the cause of M. Veuillot is that of Rome
herself, and we know not if we are to expect of Pius IX.
a condemnation of any amount of intemperance on
behalf of the Papal supremacy. Yet it may prove no
less inconvenient to humble and rebuke the most emi-
nent and independent members of the French clergy,
especially at a moment when hopes have been held out to •
the Pope by the French Government of concessions to
his authority of a more positive character.
The Government of France is undoubtedly embarrassed

by the violence of this dispute between a class of men
whom it desires to unite in common devotion to Louis
Napoleon's interest ; and an ecclesiastical quarrel is an
awkward prelude to the Pontifical visit which Pius IX. is
so ardently solicited to pay. With a view to that great
object of the Emperor's ambition, to which he is disposed
at this moment to make every other consideration give
way, and also for the purpose of conciliating the most
energetic party in the Church, the Government has
avoided committing itself decidedly to either side. The
Pope's journey to France, if ever takes place, and the
termination of the solemnities already in preparation.
may either have the effect of giving a momentary advan•
tage to the Pontificial party, or of releasing the Govern-
ment from the obligations it is now politic to observe.
But the questions which have been raised of late in all
countries by the revival of claims which had long slum-
bered in the bosom of the Romish Church are not of a
nature to be easily or speedily set at rest. They con-
cern the very essence of that power in its nearest rela.
tions to modern society and civil government. They are
persecution in Italy ; they are a new-fangled hierarchy
in England ; they are absolutism and the Jesuits in
Austria ; .they are opposition and resistance to the
Siccardi laws in Piedmont ; they are Ultramontanism
and the repeal of the organic articles annexed to the
Concordat in France ; everywhere a cause to be gained ;
everywhere a step to be won towards the grand and
unchanging object of the spiritual subjection of the
world. In the present state of Europe, that mysterious
influence alone forces its way through military cordons
and above absolute decrees. That Power alone raises

itself with the tenacity of a parasitic plant wherever an
authority holds its ground against the movement of the
age. If it be held in check at all, it is mainly by the
force of public opinion in this and other Protestant
countries ; for as we examine the condition of the Con-
tinent we are more and more convinced that emancipa-
tion from the yoke of the Papacy is the first element of
national independence, and that there are no lasting civil
rights where there is no religious liberty. The expan-
sion of the power of Rome in these later times is inti-
mately connected with the almost universal sway of ab-
solute Government ; and whenever that unnatural state
of political control is shaken Rome will probably share
the fate of those who have sought her aid to prolong the
bondage of mankind.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Mertes 18.

The Fairy yacht, Master Commander Daniel N. Welch,
hauled out of dock this day at noon, having shipped her
now metal propeller (Griffiths' patent), and went to the
measured mile at Stokes' Bay, where she took several
turns. She came into harbour at 4'33. We will give
the results of the trial in our next.

The Encounter, 14, screw, Captain George W. D.
O'Callaghan,
Woolwich, which s
ivedohie•ddersid,thuins
dmero
jrnibingantdo
tlryeaveaeuhs here
for w
9.30 a.m. After several tacks (the wind being E.N.'E.)
she brought up at St. Helen's Roads, where she let go
her anchor at 4p.m. ; the wind haying freshened and
the weather looking very threatening for a snow-storm,
at 6she'ranback to Spithead, under topsails, and brought up
.30.
The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Captain Henry
Byam Martin, sent up her topsail yards to-day, has got
on well with her coppering, and is using all dispatch to
get out of the hands of the dockyard artisans.
The Banshee, 2, steam- packet, Lieut. Commander
James Hosken, hauled out of the steam basin this after-
noon, and is gone along the Maidstone, coal depot.
The Illustrious, 39, block-ship, shifted her berth from
the jetty' to opposite No. 6 dock.
PoTwhdeerP
andne es
hi! lel gs
The Sprightly, steam-tender, Master
Woolwich.Commander
Allen, came into harbour last evening from
eat 90 9moo,
rnCainp
Spithead. iinndy, had
The London, 90, Captain George
ithead.
some target practice this morning
The Agamemnon 90 (screw).—
officers and crew helpless prisoners.
SHIPS OP WAR AT STrrREAD•
Leopard,--Sidon, 22 (paddle) ;
;Encounter, 14 (screw) ; Megmr,
morning at
sHutton, received her
16 (paddle)
l6(paddle) ;Prince Prince Regent,
6 (screw .troop ship) ; Odin,
90 ; London, 90. at
Sickness continues

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PRIZE-MONET FOR THE ESMERALDOy—Messrs. Chard,
that the
and bo t
proceeds of vessels and cargo un yon the
lsihaispgßivaetntlenro,tAice.
etounlthme
iontceErssqa.n,dccreomwmoafnhdeerr,Mty's
sale
tBh E, smeraldo, slave-vessel, captured on the
t7othnnJaugley,°fl 50 - and also of the sale proceeds of the
vessel andcargborigaanndtirmeatyptuonredtheontotnhneag2ed oSuithy,e
Volusia, slave
1850, will be paid to those who were on board at the
time of capture, or to their represensatives duly% autho-
rised to receive the same, on the 6th of April, at No. 3,
Clifford's inn, and the shares not then claimtehdirdwiellial:e_
recalled every Wednesday and
9s;Thd.rudrsh.v,;doeallylgulisiitfaihoir,.l3,tlch.ir6de:.,;;
months to come, agreeable to act of Parliament. Pro-
portions due to each class. Esmeraldo :—Commodore,
681. 9s. 4d. ; commander, 1281, 7s. 7d. ;
ns3ii3xn/tt.hho,, 892.115.. d11.8s;s: f3oidud.r. t;;hts,
tenth, 11.
h11,615.8,14.35d7.
661. 165., nu?. ;
modore, 351. 13s. Od. ; commander,
third class, 171. 3s. 9d. ; fourth, 10/. 6s. 3d. ; fifth,
61. Os. 3d. ; sixth, 51. 3s. ld. ; seventh, 3/. Bs. 9d. ;
eighth, 1/. 14s. 4d. ; ninth, X ls. sd. ; tenth, 12s. 10d.