The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-06 00:00:00

ROME.

GIDIERTI had been admitted to a private interview
with his HOLINESS, with whom he remained closeted
full two hours. On coming from the audience—on the
very threshold of the palace of the gairinal—Vmcnizo
GIOBEIITI pronounced these words in a loud voice to the
assembled multitude—" Romans ! I have this mo-
ment parted from the Sovereign PONTIFF, and I de-
clare to you I have found him to be a greater man
than I had imagined, although I have always re-
garded him with enthusiasm. As to his being an
Italian in the very bottom of his heart, be is more
Italian than myself—if you think that can be pos-
sible."

A copy of the great oration delivered to the
Romans by GIOBERTI, and printed in the Eternal
City on the 27th of May, has just reached our hands.
A want of space will alone retard the time for
publishing this extraordinary allocution in our
columns. We shall, however, lay before our readers
a translation of GIOBERTI'S speech, either to-morrow
or on Thursday.
The letter addressed by the PONTIFF to the Em-
peror of AUSTRIA immediately on the breaking out
of hostilities in Lombardy has at last come to light.
It has already appeared in the Sick. We give a
translation of it, as follows :
TO THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.
" It has been the constant practice of the Holy See

to be the herald of the words of peace in the midst
of the wars which have watered the soil of Christian
countries with blood ; and in an address of the
29th of April, in proclaiming that it was repug-
nant to our paternal heart to declare war, we ex-
pressly avowed our earnest desire to contribute to peace.
Do not allow it, then, to offend your Majesty if we
make an appeal to your piety and religion, exhorting
you, with paternal affection, to withdraw your armies
from a war which, without re-conquering to your empire
the' minds of the Lombards and Venetians, brings in its
train an unhappy mass of evils—evils that you yourself
must certainly deplore. Let not the generous German
nation take offence that we invite it to lay aside its feel-
ings of hatred al,:1 to convert into useful relations of
friendly neighbourhood a rule which would not be either
noble happy, as it could only be maintained by the
sword.
" We entertain, then, confidence that a nation so ge-
nerously proud of its own nationality, will not make it a
point of honour to attempt the conquest of the Italian
nation by the bloody path that alone can lead to it, but
that it will rather deem itselfinterested in recognising
it for a sister. Both are daughters, both dear to us,
each consenting to occupy its own natural territory,
where they will lead a life honourable and blessed of the
Lord.
" We pray the Dispenser of all knowledge, and the
Author of all good, to
einspireEmpress, your Manadjestthyewlimthpewriisael
councils, whilst from the bottom of our heart:we give your
Family,Majesty, o re r-5i sty th
benediction."P. P. PIUS IX."

IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE

RIO DE LA PLATA.

We extract the following intelligence from a private
letter, dated 23d of March, 1348, which has just arrived
by the "Brandy %Vine" from Monte Video :
" In great haste to catch this conveyance, we have to
communicate that, according to all appearances, nothing
is further from the mind of the Intervention than to give
up this question. Negotiations opened yesterday. The
Ministers addressed themselves simultaneously to Presi-
dent SOAREZ, General ORM, and the Alecto took up a
communication (supposed of the came nature) to the
Buenos Ayrean Government. It is contradicted on au-
thority that the French raised the blockade. The sale of
the Fame goes on to-day.
" The French are about to land more force here, for
which they have taken quarters; and it is generally be-
lieved the English also, although this•is not yet so
certain.
" It is now believed that the Griffin (which left this
with sealed orders ten days ago) has been sent to the
Cape, to order hither the troops which were under or-
ders to return home."

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)
The House sat to-day, to hear appeals. The Lords pre.
sent were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Camp-
bell, Earl Brownlow, and the Bishop of Exeter.

SIR THOMAS WILDE V. GIBSON, JUDGE.
Their Lordships gave judgment to-day 9n this case, which
was argued before them a short time since upon appeal from
the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce. We have
already given at considerable length the facts of the case,
and it is therefore unnecessary to repeat them.
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Camp-
bell gave their judgmen's seriatim, at considerable length
this morning, all of them concurring that the Learned
Judge below had failed in the judgment he bad pronounced,
and ordering that judgment to be reversed and the bill filed
for the respondent to be dismissed with costs.
Judgment reversed with costs.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. COX AND GREENWOOD.

The further arguments in this case occupied their Lord
ships the remainder of the day.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice WiGinNtAw.)
IN THE MATTER OF SIMMONDS, A 1)11131,ICAN.

Mr. BALLANTINE applied to the Court to admit to bail a
person named Simmonds, a publican, carrying on business
in the neighbourhood of the Surrey Theatre, who had been
committed to Newgate for trial by the Lord Mayor, for
having two htolen notes of large amount in his imsession.
The Learncd Counsel cited the facts as they have recently
appeared in the police reports, and contended that the
otleace with which Sirnmondi stood charged was clearly a
bailable one. He was a person carrying on a respectable
business,:lne could give hail equal to the amount of the notes,
and was not, therefore, a likely person to forfeit his recog-
nizances.

Mr. Justice WIIIiTMAX said he would consider the appli-
cation. It is most likely he will give his decision to-morrow.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
__ (Sittings in Banco.)

THE " LLACK CAT"-ADAMS V. SIR THOMAS FREISMANTLE

AND OTHERS.

It may, no doubt, be within the recollection of our readers
that this vessel was seized some time ago by the officers
of the Customs, under the provisions of the Foreign Enlist-
ment Act, on the ground that it was loaded with muskets
and ammunition for the purpose of being transmitted
_to
Oporto for hostile parposes.
The ArronzEy-GENza,AL now moved for a rule calling
upon the plaintiffs, the owners of the vessel, to show cause
why an action which they had commenced should not be re-
moved out of the Court of Common Pleas into this court, the
venue having been laid in the former court. It was an action
brought against Sir Thomas Freemantle, the late chairman
of the Board of Customs, and two of the officers of that de-
partment of the public revenue for seising the vessel, under
' the provisions of the Act in question. He held that, under
ithe circumstances, the officers of the Customs were perfectly
justified in the course they took. •
Mr. GREENWOO. opposed the motion on three grounds—
first, that the Attorney-General had not put in any affida-
vits setting forth that the cause of action in the other court
waslone in which the revenues of the Crown were concerned;
second, that it was not an action that could affect the re-
venues of the Crown 4 and third, that even if the action
related to a matter which might have once called into ques-
tion
aandotisi-jeurf affecting the revenues of the Crown, that was
for the ship had been restored to the owners,
and no proceedings had been taken by the Customs towards
its condemnation. 'The Learned Counsel cited several autho-
rities to show that affidavits should have been put in before
such an application could be entertained.
The ArrogwEr-GE-stunnt. replied that he bad affidavits,
showing that the oticers of the Customs acted in the execu-
tion of their duty. He did not think it necessary to put in
these affidavits, as he would not consent to question or name
the right of the Crown to act as it had done, by admitting
1
that such a document was necessary to be produced on
behalf of the Crown in a proceeding of this kind.
In consequence of a remarkfrom Mr. Baron PA&KE he stated
that he should direct the law officers of Customs to look
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other Custom's cases.

EXCHEQUER CHANBER.
(THIS DAY.)
ei SON Di! BODE V. THE QUEEN.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas delivered
judgment in this case, in which a rule had been obtained by
thttorney-General on behalf of the Crown.
The judgment of the Court discharged the rule, thus de-
ciding in favour of the plaintiff.

MIDDLES
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ONS.
(THIS DAY.)
fore the Assistant-Judge and county magistrates.
The Grand Jury having beet sworn, were charged by the
The JunelgDen
Learned Judge to the usual purport.
IVilliain Snead, aged 27, was indicted for stealing a large
quantity of lead from the roof of the
Elliott and Co., at Pimlico. The case brewery of Messrs.
rested upon the evidence of William King,sainst g the prisoner
the emeloyment of Messrs. Elliott, wh a watchman in
half-past eight o'o stated
clock on the eveningated that about
o f Sunday the 19th of
March ; he saw the prisoner coming in a manner which ex-
cited his suspicion, from the direction f
building front which it was subsequently that part of the
discovered the lead
h
was stolen that night. 1
'2—e witness
knew the prisoner by
name, for he had been pointed out to him as a person suspeeted
of
having stolen a great deal of lead from the premises.
On discovery of the robbery, King went with
a constable to
look for the prisoner, and early the next morning they found
lodgings that he had suddenly left his just before their
arrival. fie was at length traced to Wlutechapel, where he
was taken into custody.
The defence WV In alibi.
The prisoner's brother-in-law, Frederick Nagle, by trade
a rigger, swore that on the 19th the prisoner, his wife and
children, dined at his place in Whiteehapel, and remained
there until half past nine at night. The next day the f -
soner came to lodge in Whitechapele at the request of witness,pi
who hoped to obtain work for him. Nagle remembered. the
day, because he had fixed it for keeping Lis birth-day, in-
stead of the previous Sunday, the 12th of March, which.'wa
the proper day. The cause of the postponement was that he
s
had been a fortnight unemployed before the 12th,
and was
" bard up," but earned a good deal the next week.
Mrs. Nagle, wife of the last witness, confirmed her hus-
band's evidence, except that, in cross-examination by the
Judge, she said the postponement of the birth-day feast was
not occasioned by the want of money, for they had a better
dinner on the 12th than on the 19th, but she had forgotten
to write in time to her sister.
The Learned Junots observed that the evidence of an alibi
was always suspicious when the witnesses remembered too
exactly the time and all the concurrent circumstances at-
tending it, without very good reason for their recollection.
It was very difficult to disprove concerted evidence in such
cases, except by the direct contradictions of the witnesses,
in answer to questions upon which they could not have been
prepared.
The jury without hesitation found the prisoner Guilty,
and
The JUDGE in sentencing him to nine months imprison-
ment, said that if he ever appeared in that dock upon a
similar charge he would upon conviction be transported for
seven years. He had been several times tried, and at least
once convicted for stealing lead from the roofs of
and mugs-
an offence which was greatly on the increase
checked.
In sentencing a boy of thirteen years of age to transpor-
tation, that he might be sent to Parkhurst, the Learned
Judge observed that this child's case was another instance of
the effects which had followed from the alteration of the law
in respect to juvenile offenders. Young as the prisoner was,
he had been several times convicted sunnnarily, and bad now
been only out of prison one fortnight. The effect of the
alteration bad been to withdraw those unfortunate children
from.the public eye, which only festered the sore which he
had wished to see something done to cure. He was sure if
the change had not taken place, the public would not have
endured the continuance of the scenes which used to take
place in this court.

Pll YWCA L-901{CE CI lARTISTS.
MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
—James Cochrane and James
Campbell, two rough-looking fellows, were placed before Mr.
Hardwick, charged with being drunk and riotous in Park-
areet, Grosvenor-square.
Cummins, C 200, said he was on duty last night in Park-
street, when the prisoners Cochrane and Campbell came up
to him, and the former said, "Campbell, mark b—y 200 C;
we will nab him on the day." Witness requested them to go
ou, and not interfere with him. Campbell then said, if
witness dared to meddle with them, they would pitch into
him. Cochrane then laid hold of his collar, and tried to
throw him ; witness, however, closed with him, and even-
tually took them to ie station.
In defence, the prisoners said they were returning peace-
ably from Paddington, where they had been to a Chartist
meeting, when the complainant met them, and called them I