The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-16 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Rome of the 4th says :—" An im-
portant financial measure, which has long been in
contemplation, is at last decided upon, and brought
into action. The clergy offers to the Government
a voluntary contribution of 4,000,000 piastres,
about 26,000,000 francs, payable by fifteen annual
instalments, viz., ten of 300,000 piastres, and five
of 200,000 each. The temporal interest of the
clergy dictated this concession, which at the same
time is consistent with justice and equity, as
it is fitting that in a public crisis the church
should give extraordinary support, as expressed by
his Holiness, in his autograph rescript of the 28th
ult., to Cardinal Orioli, signifying his acceptance of
the gift. A Ministerial ordonnance, of the 29th
April in the present year, gave warrant for the issue
of Treasury Bonds to the amount of 2,500,000
piastres. There are bonds in circulation to the
amount of 2,465,000 piastres, and the remaining
35,000 will be issued before the end of the year.
These bonds, which have a forced currency, bear 3i
per cent. interest, and are charged upon the church
property at the pro rata of 2,000, piastres."

TA.TTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING.
Six O'CLOCK.

No business done.

IRELAND.

Dunurr, Nov. 15.—The following is an outline
of yesterday's proceedings in the Court of Queen's
Bench:—

The CHIEF JUSTICE, when the full Court sat, stated,
in reference to the question whether the Attorney-
General had the final reply, that in looking into the case
of the Queen v. O'Connell, the Court did not find it
there decided that the Attorney-General had not the
right to the reply, and the practice in this country har-
ing been to give him this right, the Court would conform
to that practice.

Mr. 'lmams was then heard on behalf of the prisoner,
and adverted to the objections which had been opened
by Sir C. O'Loghlen. lle principally relied on the ob-
jection that the challenge to William Duff, as a juror,
had been disallowed, although he was a burgess, and as
such interested in the conviction, as the charter of the
old corporation, to whose privileges the present body
succeeded, vested in the corporation the goods and
chattels of persons who were convicted of felony.
'1 he ATTORNEY-GENERAL was heard in reply, and at
considerable detail proceeded to answer the objections to
the validity of tieyrocdings.
The CHIEF JUSTICE intimated that the case should
stand over for the consideration of the Court.
'WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN, IN ERROR, V. THE QUEEN.
Mr. D. LYNCH applied, on the part of the Crown, for
a writ of habeas corpus to issue to bring up the body of
William Smith O'Brien, in order that he might assign
errors. He had been found guilty at the special com-
mission held at Clonrael, on the charge of high treason,
and lie (Mr. Lynch) applied to have Friday next fixed
as the day on which the prisoner should be brought up
to hand in the assignment of errs.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—
THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER, Be it sroo.
IN ERROR, V. THE QUEEN.
Mr. LYNCH obtained a like order in this case; as also
in the cases of Thomas O'Donoghoe and Terence
Bellew M‘Manus, who bad also been found guilty of high
treason at the special commission.
Mr. WHITESIDE, Q.C., said that perhaps that was
the proper time to make an application that the place of
custody of all the prisoners concerning whom writs of
habeas corpus had been granted should be changed to the
Richmond Penitentiary.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it would be necessary
for Mr. Whiteside to make the application again on
Friday next.
The Court then adjourned to this morning.
THE NAPIER BANQUET.—IBS Royal Highness Prince
George of Cambridge and the Right Honourable the
Commander of the Forces have announced their in-
tention of attending the dinner in honour of the hero of
Sintle.
THE LATE OUTBREAK.—The following address, signed
by the Marquis of Waterford and the leading persons of
influence in the vicinity of Portlaw, has been presented
to the Rev. Mr. Medlycott:
" Portlaw, Nov. 9th, 1843.
" Sir,—We, the undersigned inhabitants of Portlaw
and its vicinity, being deeply conscious
of the eery im-
-1 porcant services rendered by you to the country during
the late disturbances, beg to present you with this ad-
-1 dress, in testimony- of our appreciation of thorn.
We cannot too strongly express our admiration of
the promptness and intrepidity you displayed on the loft'
1 of September last, in joining the police of this town, and
1 in yoar official capacity conducting the defence of the
barracks against the very large body or armed insurgents
b
who attacked it on that day.
I" We consider that, under Providence, you were
I mainly instrumental in giving a decided cheek to re-
I belhou in this neighbourhood, and think it pfirtieularly
1 de...ervitig of notice that you are the only magistrate
1 in the country who has beeu in actual collision with the

iusurgents•
6, Your valuable and untiring exertions in the perform
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