The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-16 00:00:00

PIEDMONT.

In the sitting of the 10th of the Piedmontese
Chamber of Deputies, M. Carquet asked the Mi-
nister of Grace and Justice whether he was aware
of a sentence pronounced by the Tribunal of Albert-
ville, condemning an advocate, M. Andriez, to a
fortnight's suspension for having refused to join his
colleagues appointed, according to custom, by the
President, to carry the canopy of the Holy Sacra-
ment in a procession M. Carquet inquired on what
grounds a man could be condemned for refusing to.
violate his conscience in a country where all tho'
abuses of clerical coercion had been abolished ? Mi
Boncompagni, Minister of Grace and Justice,
replied that liberty of conscience was recognisel
by law, that the public authorities could nOt
force any man to observe any religious custom, and
that no one was obliged to profess any particular
religion ; but that, in the case before the house,
the advocate bad been condemned on the ground
of disrespect to the Court, having refused to sign
the notice which had been sent to him, informing
him of his appointment. Moreover, M. Andriez
might have appealed, but had not done so. M.
Carquet then expressed a hope that, after the ex-
planation he had given, the Minister would not
object to the following order of the day :—" The
Chamber, after hearing the explanations of the
Minister, is convinced that the Government will,
within the limits of its attributions, protect liberty
of conscience, and. passes to the order of the day."
The Minister consented, on condition of its not
being understood to cast blame upon the Tribu-
nal, and the order of the day was adopted accord-
ingly.

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY.

The United States' mail steam-ship Franklin,
Capt. J. A. Wootton, arrived off Cowes at 10 p.m.
last evening, and, having landed the English mails
and passengers, proceeded to Havre. The Franklin
brings dates from New York to the 4th inst., 180
passengers, specie value $720,000, and a large cargo
for Havre. Among the passengers is Mr. Stocker,
bearer of dispatches to the Russian Legation. On
the 7th inst. the Franklin spoke the American mail
steamer Washington; on the 10th the brig Henrietta,
and on the 13th a three-masted screw-steamer,
bound west.
Baltimore and its vicinity had been visited by a
tornado, which destroyed a good deal of property.
The steamer Eclipse had exploded near Chicago,
killing several persons.
From Havannah our dates are to the 24th ult.,
but contain no news of importance.
From Washington there is no intelligence of a
political character.
The New York Stock Exchange was moderately
active.
Exchanges—On London, 1091; on Paris, sf.
13/c. to sf. 121 c.
Ashes were brisk and firm.
In cotton there was more offering ; sales on the
4th, 2,500 bales.
In flour and meal, State and Western brands
were more plentiful, and rather declining in price.
Sales on the 4th, 11,000 barrels, at a falling off of
filc. per barrel. Wheat was more freely offered,
and the price had a downward tendency. The
crops in all directions were represented to be in the
highest possible growing condition, and the pros-
pects of the fruit season were good.
The Legislature of Maryland had closed its ses-
sion, after incorporating the Baltimore and Euro-
pean Steam-ship Company and the Delaware and
Maryland Ship Canal Company.
The Governor-General of Canada had given his
assent to a bill for incorporating the Canadian
Steam Navigation Company.
Late papers from St. John's, New Brunswick,
give particulars of the measures taken by the British
Government for the protection of the fisheries.
Her Majesty's steamers Basilisk and Devastation
are to be anchored off Newfoundland ; four small
vessels, each manned by 25. men, are to be fitted
out from the flag-ship Cumberland, and to cruise
near Halifax.
From Mexico and California there is no later
news.
The screw steamer City of Manchester reached
Philadelphia on the 2d instant, from Liverpool.
Among the passengers by the steamer is Mr. J.
B. Croskey, Consul of the United States in South-
ampton.

WEST INDIA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 15

The Royal Mail steam-ship Parana, Captain F.
Woolley, arrived here this morning, bringing the
usual British and foreign West India mails, in
charge of Lieutenant Payne, R.N., Admiral
agent. Her latest dates are—
Greytown
Carthagena — 26
Chagres
Santa Martha — 14
Kingston — 27
Jacmel — 28

Grenada May 26
St. Vincent — 27
St. Lucia — 28
Martinique — 29
Guadaloupe — 29
Dominique — 29

San Juan
Borbice

- 30'
- 23

Antigua
Montserrat !N. 29

Georgetown
Tobago
Port of Spain — 25 Tor la — 31
Bridgetown —2B St. bmas —3l
This steamer also brings mails recgived. at Pa-
nama by the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's
ship Barota, which vessel' had 32 passengers and
specie value $250,000 for transmission to England,
The dates were— ..

Valparaiso May lllslay
Coquimbo — 2'Pisco
Copiapo —31 Callao — 12'
Cobija — 5 Payta — 15
Iquique — 6 Panama — 19
Arica — 6

The Parana has on freight specie value SBOO,QQ9;
or say 160,0001. sterling; 52 serous cochinea7l7
bales sarsaparilla, 9 casks of ginger, 2 hogsheads of
copper ore, and 2 packages of.sundries.
The Parana left St. Thomas's at 3 p.m. on the
31st ult., having received the branch mails from
the Trent and Derwent on the previous day, and
from the Medway the same morning. She has ar-
rived here nearly two days before due, the mails
coming to hand just in sufficient time to allow a
clear day to merchants and others to reply by the
outward packet of Friday.
The Parana remained about a fortnight at St.
Thomas's.
In consequence of the prevalence of yellow fever
Captain Woolley considered it more prudent to re-
ceive coals from the ships alongside, rather than
moor his steamer at the wharf. During her stay
in the harbour his servant died of the fever in St.
Thomas's Hospital and one seaman was left on shore
ill, but he sailed with a clean bill of health. Not-
withstanding these precautions the yellow fever
appeared the day after the Parana sailed, and Mr.
Green, midshipman, from the Medway, on leave to
England, died in seventy hours after seizure, and
William Hosted, fireman ; Robert Stone, captain
of the hold ; and Henry Humphries, master-at-
arms—successively fell victims to this fatal disease,
of which there have been eleven cases during the
passage. All the cases appeared within three or
four days after leaving St. Thomas's' and no
case occurred after the 4th of May. As soon as
the fever set in it was deemed prudent "to en-
camp" the sick on deck, not only as a good reme-
dial measure for them, but as a means of prevent-
ing the localisation of the disease below, and the
spread of panic among the crew and passengers.
A temporary tent was erected in the fore part of
the vessel *and used as an hospital,' and the result
was productive of great benefit. The surgeon
(Mr. Barton) was unremitting in his attentions to