The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-19 00:00:00

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The Diario di Roma of the 6th publishes a brief,
addressed by the PorE to Father PERRONE, of the
Company of Jesuits, who has dedicated to his Holi-
ness a work on the Conception of the Virgin. The
brief, in which the PONTIFF speaks in the most flatter-
ing terms of the fraternity of JESUS, is said to have
caused a great sensation at Rome. After eulogising
the work Pius IX. says :—" Such merits do not as-
tonish us in a member of that illustrious society,
which has reared within its bosom so many men who
have been honoured for the integrity of their lives,
the glory of their sanctity, their devotion to the Ca-
tholic religion, by their various kinds of knowledge,
by their services and benefits done to the Christian
world and to civilization in general."
The publication of this brief, coupled with the dis-
missal of Barri from the censorship of the press, for
having suffered an article of too liberal a tendency to
appear in the Contentporam,, feal.
ailrelgian Ambassador, tend to raise suspicions as to
the sincerity of Pins IX. in his professions of
liberality. The resignation of Cardinal FERRETTI is
not calculated to re-assure the minds of those who
view with pain the retrograde tendency of some of
the recent acts of the PONTIFF, and what tends still
further to add to these suspicions is the ominous fact
that the Journal des Debats has recently been as
loud in the praise of Pius IX. as if he had been one
of the chiefs of the Sonderbund, or an active agent in
the massacres of Galicia.

The Emperor of AUSTRIA has addressed the two
following letters, written by the royal hand, to
Counts MAILATu and APPONY, appointing the
former Minister of State, the latter Chancellor for
Hungary :

" Dear Count MAnani—ln gracious considera-
tion of your tried services and well-tested loyalty, I
graciously deign to appoint you one of my Ministers
of State, relieving you from the duties of Court
Chancellor for Hungary, reserving to myself the
use of your acknowledged talents as the occasion
may require them.

(Signed)

" Vienna, Oct. 31, 1847."

" FERDINAND

" Dear Count APPONT,—Having, under date of
31st October, relieved Count MAILATII from the
duties of Court Chancellor of Hungary, in fulfil-
ment of my Cabinet decree of Bth April of the
present year, I now entrust to your care the direc-
tion of my Chancery for Hungary, confident that,
as hitherto, you will know how to reply to the trust
I place in you.

" FERDINAND.

(Signed)
" Vienna, Nov. 6, 1847."
The Archduke ALBRECIIT has been seriously in-
disposed; he caught cold whilst exerting himself to
prevent the destruction of property from the late
overflowing of the river at Vienna.

Madrid papers of the I2th have arri►ed.

The Gacela publishes a decree appointing BRAVO
MURILLO Minister of Public Instruction and Com-
merce, and another conferring the French Embassy
on General MANuEL DE LA CONCHA. CHRISTINA.
has thus succeeded in placing one of her most reckless
partisans in the Cabinet, and in sending into honour-
able exile the only man in Spain who could with any
success oppose the influence of NARVAEZ with the
army.

The Espectador announces that an English diplo-
matist had arrived at Madrid on " a delicate mission ;"
and it says that, in order not to create obstacles, it
will for the present not state what the mission is,
though it will do so hereafter. The Heraldo pro-
fesses to know nothing either of the diplomatist or
his mysterious mission. The Espanol states that it
was positively asserted that the Bank de Foment()
had offered to transfer the quicksilver contract to the
representative of the house of ROTHSCHILD. A French
General named CORDINHAS left Madrid after several
days' stay. His visit excited some attention from its
having been supposed by some persons to have had a
secret political object. He was treated with great
distinction.

On the 12th M. DE TALLETRAND, of the French
embassy, left for Paris with an important mission.
Ministers were preparing for the opening of the
Cortes on the 15th. The QUEEN'S Speech, it was
said, would be very short. The Deputies were arriving
in great numbers at Madrid. Those of the Moderado
party were to hold a meeting, at which it was be-
lieved the question as to the propriety of impeaching
SALAMANCA would be discussed. It was generally
believed that MoN would be elected President of the
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appeared, stating, amongst other things, " We think
that our correspondent has expressed himself
unguardedly," and " that the facts did not warrant
his opinion ;" and also, " hence we regret the
insertion of the letter referred to, and thus publicly,
and unasked, tender our apology to Mr. DumnELL
for so doing. Common justice requires this at our
hands ; for we have always endeavoured to conduct
this journal on that principle, and we are determined
still to do so."

Now we confess that we can hardly conceive any-
thing further that could be required by any reasonable
person ; however the complainant was not satisfied.
One fortnight after the above was inserted a further
apology was required, and that the manuscript
should be given up, together with the name of the
author, and the means of proving him to be so. Mr.
FARGUER immediately replied, stating " that he had
already, unasked and unsolicited, made what he be-
lieved to be a full and ample apology, and expressed
regret for the appearance of the article referred to, and
which he then unequivocally repeated, but that he
could not make the further apology required, espe-
cially as he was called upon to declare what he was
unable to declare, and to submit to terms which the
law did not impose, but that the manuscript of ills
letter, the name of the author, and the means
of proving him to be so, were at the dis-
posal of Mr. CRAIGIE (Mr. DUMBELL'S agent)."
Even this was not sufficient, and shortly afterwards
Mr. FARGUER was summoned to appear, to answer
criminally for the offence. The day he received this
summons he called upon Mr. CRAIGIE, and expressed
his readiness to publish the apology in the manner
required, and to give up the manuscript and its author.
This, however, was, after some consideration, re-
fused. Mr. FARGIIER immediately sent his editor
to the parties acting for Mr. DUMBELL, begging
them to state what more was required, as he was
willing to do everything in his power to satisfy the
complainant, to which the reply was, " that they
had no terms to propose, and that they did not think
that any proposition would be accepted."
Notwithstanding this refusal an apology, sub-
stantially the same as that originally required was
inserted in the Herald and two other Manx papers,
and in addition, Mr. FARGUER offered to comply
with the other terms originally demanded,
and to pay the costs of the suit. Nothing,
however, could appease the anger of the com-
plainant. The prosecution was proceeded with,
and Mr. FARGUER was convicted and sentenced to
the punishment above-mentioned, viz., to three calen-
dar months imprisonment in Castle Rushen, to pay
a fine of 501, and the entire costa of the prosecution.
'We have stated the facts of this extraordinary case
at such length—a full and accurate knowledge
thereof being absolutely essential—that we are unable
to offer the comments we had intended on the entire
circumstances connected with the trial, the various
ruling of the Learned Deemster who presided, and
the manner in which, if the letter of the Manx
libel law was adhered to, its spirit was violated.
We shall, however do so, on an early occasion. In
the meantime we direct the attention of the Home
Secretary and of our brethren of the Press thereto,
and beg to say that at this moment an innocent
man, a British citizen, is suffering a rigorous
and unmerited imprisonment under what we
cannot help regarding as an undue strain-
ing of the law. We do trust that Mr.
FAILG HER will speedily be released from his incar-
ceration, and from the pecuniary penalty imposed
on him ; and that measures may be taken sufficient
to render it impossible that any persons should again
suffer in a similar manner in the Isle of Man.