The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-26 00:00:00

A commission to prepare the project of the organic
lays of the Republic was also appointed, consisting of
STURBINETTI, ARMELLINI, CARLO RUSUNI,
ONApARTE, GALLETTI, AGOSTINI, LAZZARANI, and
rtAZZA.
The Minister of Finance then brought up the
report on the finances, from which it results that the
revenue for 1849 amounts to 8,023,814 crowns, and
the. expenditure to 13,192,000, leaving a deficit of
°,168,186 crowns. The representative CARPI
proposed to declare that the national public debt was
Inviolable. This proposition was well received by the
Chamber.
E he Minister of Justice proposed, on behalf of the
.zecutive Commission, a decree abolishing all eccle-
Zastiem jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters, as
well relating to persons as property, except as regards
utters
purely spiritual.
The Assembly has also voted an alliance, offensive
and defensive, with Tuscany. ARMELLINI an-
nounced that the executive of the Roman Republic
had dispatched charges d'offaires to Paris, London,
il°canY, Piedmont and Switzerland.
From
Florence we learn that the Republic was
Reclaimed in that city and in Leghorn on the 19th.
Afn-"e,,„ acting Government, composed of GuERRAZZI,
TARELLI, and ZANETTI, has taken the name of
the
Junta of the Roman Republic in Tuscany.
ZZINI is engaged in negotiating an union between
Republics of Rome and Tuscany.
There is some uncertainty as to the whereabouts of
the ex-Grand Duke. The Neapolitan correspondent
of the French National announces his arrival at Gaeta,
;whilst other accounts state that he has joined General
at Viareggio, and placed himself at the head
of the militia, who remain faithful to him.
The Costituente Italiana of Florence of the ] 7th
announces that Lieutenant-Colonel BANCHI has in-
'armed the Provisional Government, by a dispatch of
the 13th from Porto Ferrajo, that the whole garri-
80a of Elba had taken the oath of fidelity to the
„revolution, according to the form prescribed by the
Minister of War. The Provisional Government of
Tuscany has solemnly declared that it is has re-
ceived no protest from LEOPOLD against its acts ; and
that whenever such official document shall be re-
ceived, it shall be immediately published.
It is said that King CHARLES ALBERT will not
interfere in the affairs of Tuscany.
The popular irritation against the Swiss in Italy has
44ained a high degree at Venice. On the 29th of
Jan. the clubs of that city called on the Government
tOexpel all the Swiss, if within a month the Swiss
troops had not quitted Naples, and if the measures
e enagainst the Italian refugees by the Federal
enneail were not revoked.

SETTLEMENT OF THE DISPUTE
BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND MOROCCO.
Gibraltar, Feb. 13,1849.
for have the honour to acquaint you for the in-
- reatien of the members of your establishment con-
nected
with the trade of Morocco, as well as
hers, that the late dispute between the Sultan and
these overnment, which gave rise to the presence in
waters of the squadron under Admiral Sir
Charleso‘b, Napier, has been brought to an
le conclusion by the Moorish Government at
sated consenting to two British merchants being nonai-
hed by J. H. Drummond Hay, E:q , hr r Majesty's
eme4rogs d'Affaires in Morocco, to examine and adjudi-
d n the claims of Mr. Redman, of Mazagan, for in-
lieetne cification of losses arising from the withdrawal of a
toil:11.8° to export wheat in 1846, which had been granted
bY the Sultan for certain services rendered by
tre° defending Mazagan against the Kabyles during
;gar with France in 1844.
reference in question was made to myself and
us, Ross, of this city. and the amount awarded by
korlo,ooo dollars, will be immediately paid by the
pu°ereo Government in sight of our decision.
tiro of the squadron has already departed, and the
thr ainder will sail, I believe, in the course of two or
iete days.
Mai is considered that very great credit is due to her
tirrnelit.)'s representative in Morocco for his very un-
ttridt exertions and zeal in obtaining ample justice for
subjects on this, as on all occasions where the
teetional interest has required his interference and pro-
' raonan*, Moreover. the precedent which Mr. Drum-
truit; 'IN has just succeeded in establishing for the
ofti;:itt:'ol2 of such questions in this manner is deemed
- highest importance.
I am respectfully, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
J. LANGLANDCOWELL,

Agent for Lloyd's.
'ro Captain Halsted, R.N., Secretary
to Lloyd's, London.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.
kniirrivaits up
to Sunday afternoon :—Moßador, Sir
hilt ard, Wolverhampton, Arab Robber, Iron Duke,
dot4lllx,' Napoleon Allred, Mulligan, Farewell, Cale-
" and'Postillion.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT:
The session of the Central Criminal Court was
Ifeen this morning before the Lord Mayor, the
4, order, Mr. Alderman Fairbrother, Mr. Alderman
qll‘)°(lhB,art Mr. Alderman Musgrove, and Mr. Sheriff
Who calendar contains the names of 211 prisoners,
of whom are charged with murder, 3 with 2 mwainth-
hiNhter, 57 with larceny, 3 with burglary,l
man-
hi
4 with forgery, 1 with child sTtehaeuig,l with
are-se stealing, 17 with housebreaking.
.s remainder
e pude up of c uses of uttering coanterftit coin, cutting
/Pie' wounding with intent, &e., embezzlement, misde-
Tanour, and receiving stolen goods.
i,
grand jury having been empanelled,
tol'e ItEcoanEa proceeded to deliver his charge. He
said 'e
Nile.. " 131
number of persons charged with offences in the
of ar exceed 200,and he was afraid that in the course
be the performance of their duties there would
e‘,131 considerable addition made to the list. The charges
It ZPrehended cases of cutting and wounding, attempts
t4nhrder, setting fire to a house, rape, manslaughter,
cuetwo eases of murder; but the great majority of the
8' in point of number, consisted of charges of lar-
canY, • ttte either simple, or larceny by force and violence,.
ley„ el Y,. larceny by servants, larceny from dwelling-
te;:iest ,and larceny from the person. There were se-
charges he thought six or seven, of cutting and
tit;tlcling with intent to do grievous bodily harm. There
There charge of robbery accompanied with violence;
i'e were chars of criminal knowledge of children
a ether the age oft welve years. There was one instance
letidarge of that description which appeared in the Ca-
ite"et to be a charge of rape; and there was a very
it Portant charge whicb would form a subject for
il,i.atirY against a soldier for accusing a party
an infamous crime with a view to extort money.
sgeeir,e3,lyete four cases included in the charge of larceny
some one individual on the persons of children; in
dee
a of them the children were represented to have been
°le d.ttway for the purpose. With regard to the
chargesaid of murder, it would be material for them to eon-
er whether the evidence brought hcree the charge to
Pettyigat as being the cause of death. In one
wance the party lost her life by the violence of another,
es;"l.sthe child is represented to have died from the effect
el`i:hrit violence which was alleged to have been com-
Plyt:id 1:1Y the parent. In cases of bodily violence sim-
the ,Would be material for them to consider whether
infer rtes was of that nature from which they could
*e, intention to destroy life, seeing no instrument
the-,r9, though the party was accused with throwing
h meceased on the floor with great violence, by which
her
that death was occasioned. If it was clearly proved that
tott- ^as the cause of death, then it would be for them
01.- IV whether it resolved itself into the crime of murder
ra atiolaughter. With regard to the setting fire to the
bathes,hs by which the death of a party was represented_
it ...s
0 been occasioned, if there
fire was proof that
wa
pert , a wilful act of setting to a
Y 3 clothes, undoubtedly that would be nothing
sea than murder, ittil death ensued. It appeared to him
, in probably both of those cases there would be
evidence that they would feel them-
ea a cadegercieeof
upon to send the cases to a further inquiry.
child 5f
h was a most painful case, the parents of the
lostof e
its life being charged with the commission
cattthe ln the other case the husband was the
y
crime.
etitt7 who was indicted.. With regard to the offence of
weretug and wounding, the surrounding circumstances
Nsmost material, to. determine whether the offence
such as was stated in the indictment. For instance,
str:p.,'"et the wounding or cutting was effected by. an in.
fro "'eat calculated to produce serious mischief,
tn e, •
iete hich they might reasonably infer that it was
11h:"d to produce consequences of that kind; and
Seri an Ita instrument was calculated to produce that
theses injury, of course it would be very strong proof of
that 7,141 M not only of the cutting and wounding, but
\Nib "was done with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
ioft ilrderge
iturd to the charge of rape and carnal knowledgej
under twelve years of age, by the law,_ as e
ciftesent Stood, it was not necessary to prove all th
stances which formerly constituted the necessary
e
of
iggietildeuts in proof of the charge of rape ; but by t
(1 vie as Was an express provision that if it was an ac.
cleetv—`ence, proof of penetration was sufli
e-tirldithout further proof in respect of the charge. With
to children under 12 years of age, as it regarded
clifeu fdara, tke law wisely presumed that it was impossible
a° es ir,°f such: tender age could deal with such a subject
I_lll3Pr liji,g`le a lawful consent, and to be subject to the
re a° Of a man under such circumstances so as to
carnal sting party ; and, therefore, to commit an act
*as %,,'„,Knowledge with a child under ten years of age
Ported °"ence of felony, severely punishable with trans-
lteelf I.ll,4nt,,a,lthough the child might have so conducted
heti "it was an adult person consent might have
ftetil Inferred. With regard to the offence of larceny
vthiehthe, Persons of children, there was a statute
I.4Pe ti "ad made various provisions in that
I,°ne apse
he thought they would find in every
*ye p ""se charges that the party must be proved to
ahe,,-nntrnitted the act of stealing from the person itself.
a' l(15.1:as 11 Charge to which he had before adverted, of
4104 St- 'causing a person in the condition of a acvntle-
-y iteß,7 clergyman of an infamous crime, with
et
the
Petite/1;1°f that accusation, to extort money from
seeded charged. The Learned Recorder then pro-
the e to define what constituted an infamous crime in
Of manilaa o the law. There was one charge, he continued,
tie. nghter, to which he begged to call their atten-
the t Would be impossible to disguise from them that
aeceeletle. to which be adverted was one that had
tilleulearedY attracted public attention, through those
communication which were open to them all,
tai Re should act on all those unauthenticated com-