The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-26 00:00:00

DECEMBER 26, 18b1.

THE lONIAN ISLANDS.
The Corfu Government Gazette, of the 27th Nov.,
publishes the following correspondence :
Palace, November 26, 1851.
Most illustrious Vice-President,—l have received
from
my resident in Zante copies of the depositions
i taken by the local director of police, respecting the par-
ties principally concerned in the publication of No. 10
thatesta
of the Rigas, which contains, as you are aware, the most
open and insolent repudiation of the political system
established
et din these States, under the treaty of Paris,
appeared in the lonian press. I need only
call your attention to the following Passage:—
pressed through our representati
" What! while we are masters to decide upon our
own fate—while we have a sovereign will, to be ex-
right, by peaceful, but invinci
ble, arguments, to declare,
another longer
p e l ti
representatives—have we not the
unhindered, through the medium of our independent
ehnarvege7 youer
naesr
so
?u r protectors—novv e dem and
Assembly, our unalterable determination no longer to
ours, by the incontestable and • inalienable right of
nations! What! are we not masters of ourselves? And
can wo not send you whence you come,miserable •
beings
that you are, who, for our ill fate, have to hate
vele s.ytionuy —7
. trodden under
foot this land of aradise, convert! mg is into a hell—a
source of death and tears."
It appears by the evidence of Signor Constantino
Rossolimo, the proprietor of the printing-office
called
" Zacinto," that when the manuscript of this
was brought to him he declined to receive it, fearing artitchlee
responsibility that must attach to its publication. The
printing of the Rigas was delayed for three days by this
difference between himself and the responsible editor;
nor did he give way until the municipal officer, Signor
Giovanni Lisgarit, came personally to the printing-office
and, by persuasion and threats, repeated on more than
one occasion, induced him to fulfil his contract.
This statement is confirmed, in all its parts, by the
depositions of Giorgio Pandasin, and Gerasimo Calichl,
servants of Signor Rossolimo; and I am consequently
compelled to conclude that the most active agent in pub-
lishing, and circulating, a document, every line of which
contains a seditious or treasonable suggestion, was a
person, who, not three months ago, took an oath as mu-
nicipal officer to observe and respect the lonian Consti-
tution, which is identified with British Protection.
Under these circumstances it becomes my duty to de-
termine whether I can allow the outrage upon decency
and good faith, committed by Signor Lisgari, to pass
unnoticed.
I have tried proceedings under the present law for
regulating the liberty of the press, in the case of the
pamphlet styled " Ta Kubernetika Anthroparia"—which
have terminated in an unanimous acquittal on the part
of the jury, notwithstanding the clearness of the facts,
and the enormity of the provocation—and the defence,
as you are aware, consisted mainly in the allegation that
the Government had helped to produce the evils, of
which it complained, by allowing articles equally sedi-
tious to remain unpunished.
I am therefore forced to recollect that large powers
for the prevention of political crimes are vested in me,
as the representative of the Protecting Sovereign by
article 4, section 2, chapter 7, of the Constitution. It has
been the desire of her Majesty's Government, as it cer-
tainly has been mine, to use those powers as sparingly
as possible, and I was prepared to give them up, in June,
1850, had the Assembly thought proper to adopt the
substitute proposed by some of its most distinguished
members.
I have borne for two years, with a patience which no
personal attacks have altered, insults and calumnies un-
paralleled in the annals of any civilized community. I
respected the errors of a newborn liberty, and trusted
the remedy to time and the good feelings of the lonian
people. But in proportion as these have begun to ope-
rate the designs of the disaffected have assumed a more
desperate character. My reluctance to use the powers
of high police has been attributed to fear, or to doubts as
to the concurrence of her Majesty's Government, in mea-
sures which the state of these islands imperatively calls
for; and I feel that the time is come, when I must either
support the friends of British proteotion, and rational
liberty, by the firm, but temperate exercise of an autho-
rity which has been used to a much greater extent than
it has yet been by me by the mildest and most liberal of
my predecessors, or surrender the loyal and well-affected
population of Cephalonia and Zante to the tyranny of
the anarchical faction.
I think it right, therefore, to apprise you and the Se-
nate publicly that I have directed the banishment of
Signor G. Lisgail from Zante to Fano, as a proof of my
determination no longer to allow treason and open re-
sistance to the law to be inculcated amongst the pea-
santry of the Southern Islands in the name of "Natio-
nality," and under the mask of " religion." I have to
deal here with conspirators, not with a political party,
recognising and acting within, the limits of the consti-
tution. I have the proof in my hands that designs dan-
gerous to the peace of these States are now in agitation,
by men of desperate fortunes, residing beyond the reach
of lonian law, but corresponding and acting in concert
with the principal members of the Risopasta party. I
know that foreign funds have been applied for the pro-
motion of these designs; that the most unscrupulous use
had been made of the name of foreign Powers, in order
to delude or intimidate, the people; that falsehoods and
calumnies have been systematically circulated to excite
their hopes and to inflame their passions; and I might
justly be charged with betraying my duty, both to my
Sovereign tied to these islands, if I were to permit such
attempts to be carried on, until they produced some dis-
astrous collision, while I have both the right and the
power to prevent them, without overstepping the limits
of the constitution.
I regret that the island of Zante should be deprived,
by the measure which I have been compelled to adopt,
of the services of one of its municipal officers; but the
fault lies in the original selection. The constitution has
vested two distinct powers in the Crown and in the
people; but the rights of a constituency cannot annul
those of the Crown, or debar her Majesty's represen-
tative from exercising them, when he rinds it necessary
to do so, for the maintenance of public tranquillity.
I have the honour to be, most illustrious vice.presi-
dent, your most obedient humble servant,
H. G. WARD, Lord High Commissioner.
The Most Illustrious Sir A. Damaschiuo, K.C.M.G.,
Vice-President of the Senate, &c., Corfu.
Corfu, November 27, 1851.
Excellency,—l have acquainted the Senate with Mile
contents of the message which your Excellency did me
the honour of addressing to me yesterday.
The Senate deeply lament the circumstances which
have obliged your Excellency to have recourse to ex-
ceptional measures, availing yourself of your constitu-
tional powers, for the preservation of order. But since
your Excellency, responsible as you are for the publio
tranquillity, relying upon well-known facts and proofs,
which you say are in your hands, has deemed the
ordinary
laws insufficient, and the exercise of extra-
ordinary powers indispensable, to prevent a collision
which threatens the public peace, the Senate cannot ob-
ject to the decision.
The Senate certainly feels that the Government ought,
in no instance, to step out of the sphere of the ordinary
laws, and thati,the greatest respect towards individual
rights should be observed, in dealing with parties con-
stitutionally opposed to the Government, who exercise
their liberty of opinion by legitimate means.
Such parties should be considered as the soul of a re-
STEAMsentative system, when by their discussions they en-
CARRIAGES ON COMMON ROADS. Pre
boththe Government andthe publicthe
Bath,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Bath, Dec. 10, 1851,
detects of the existing laws, point out illegalities, de-
nounce abuses and acts of injustice, disclose thereby the
Sle,—Permit me, through your medium, to offer
real wants of the people—and co-operate with the Go-
to the public some remarks on the prospectus of the
vernment, al hough occasionally differing from it, to-
projected steam carriage company, entitled " The wards the formation of such an enlightened publio
Gloucester, Somerset, and Wilts Common Road Steam opinion as is entitled to deference and respect.
Carriage Company," which appears in your adver- But the case is very different when an ill-defined poli-
tising columns. For some time past I have exerted tical liberty gives rise to an anarchical party, which in
myself to procure a private subscription for the pur- all its movements tramples under foot the fundamental
pose of constructing an experimental steam carriage laws of the state, the respect due to the public authori-
to run on turnpike roads, and succeeded in getting ties; and, not being able to overthrow the ono or the
other, forms itself. into an organ of agitation, discord, and
nearly the required amount subscribed ; but just as it
was nearly complete, a doubt arose in the minds of internal
i casee mm otio n.
is still worse, if to such a party belong fume.
many that the subscribers would be exposed to an tionaries, who, after taking enlace
under the established
unlimited amount of liability, in consequence of which laws, and after having solemnly sworn to respect, and
I returned the subscription list to the party, and pro- give them execution—rebel against those laws, and
seeded to head another list for subscribers, drawn up e openly violate their oath. Under such circumstances,
by one of the most able solicitors in Bath ; but even great social evils are inevitable. _ The immediate come-
this did not remove the doubts of the most influential quences of such examples, are the want of respect to the
part of the former subscribers. Thus circumstanced, sacred right of property, and to the still more sacred
I submitted to several subscribers who were not de- right of personal security. The more remote, but cer-
terred by the doubts of others from continuing to tain consequences, are general distress—the overthrow
advocate the project, the plan of forming a public o f pniblnicenoerndtera—nddadnagnerertotnthenhtenolpilbee,rt
tt
then
sena
company, to be duly registered, so as to remove the
bodyertaincly becomes' the dutyg oflacompetent and
the authorities
objections and fears of the timid. The plan was not to perm' the people to be overwhelmed by these
c •t
highly approved, and forthwith adopted.
dangers; and to hinder, by well calculated preventive
It will be perceived that it is drawn up with a due
regard as to the amount of liability—it cannot exceed measures, the excesses into which it might be hurried, as
it is also the duty of the Government generally to gua-
-ss. per share without their own consent, because, rantee the liberal institutions already established.
after the experimental trial is made, it is proposed I trust your Excellency will pardon the length of this
that any subscriber who may wish to withdraw, may answer, but the Senate conscientiously feels itself called
do so if the majority of shareholders determine to upon, especially on this occasion when this correspon-
dence is about to become public, to open the eyes of the
continue as a company for promoting the object.
Such is the confidence of the talented :engineer who governed—to
subversive
ideas, p u t
whichth em
mustupot i their
compromiseguard ttainst. those
has offered to construct the said carriage, that he has
of every liberal institution, and hinder the furtheerxlesxtetnee
consented to subscribe for 406 shares, ankh!. made sion of those political franchises, which, if wisely en-
such proposals as will enable the company to effect well-applied, could not but ameliorat the condition and
e of
the construction of the carriage, for an advance of all classes of the people. Every one knows that no-
-2001., equal to the power of eight horses •; and thing is so fatal to liberal institutions as anarchy
although no doubt whatever is entertained of its per- this is inevitable when that respect which is due ; and
to the
feet success, yet with a view to the possibility of laws is lost sight of, and when the Government is
failure, it will be constructed of such strength as to polled to use either extraordinary measures to
recvoennit,
be converted, at a small expense, into an agricultural or force to suppress the designs of those who attack its
engine, by which means the loss cannot possibly ex- legitimate authority. In such oases the promoters of
teed from Is. to ls. 6d. per share. Under this assur- the do orders
are
le in fault, but.the danger and the injury
are eo.
ance I hope the public will readily support a project p p
The Senate, in so far • • admit, will
which, if successful, will prove not only very remu- , a S its attributions
always study to secure Constitutional franchises
nerative to the subscribers, but be a great national ' - for the Coos
already obtained their amidst the unex-
advantage and public convenience.—l am, &c. proper effects,
Petted and grave difficultieswhich have presented
THOMAS MOTLEY.
themselves, and to the path the t progress
P.S. After a careful examination of the probable from being cloied prevent The
vital
points they unreservedly
expense attending working the engine, including wear confide as swell` t the liberal sentiments and excellent
and tear, and every expense, tolls, duty, &c., we have . intent'of ouro Betsey as to the good sense of the
ions y Excellency
no doubt but that passengers may be very profitably lonian people.
conveyed at the average speed of 10 to 12 miles per I have the honour to be,
hour, say from Bath to Bristol at 6d. and ls. each, 1 Your Excellency's most obedient servant,
from the middle of one city to the middle of the other • A. DAMASCEINO.
1
merchandise and parcels equally reasonable ' To his Excellency
e ncy Sir 11. G. Ward. G.C.M.G.,
; and as there will be neither smoke, steam, nor noise attend-
Lord High Commissioner, &c., &c., Corlu,
ing the patent steam carriage proposed,
110 inconve- 1 FATAL AccIDENY IN THE WEST INDIA DOCKS,—
thence or danger of frightening horses need be appre- On Wednesday an inquest was taken by Mr. Baker, at the
hended. I will only add thatnearly of .London Hospital, on the body of Thomas Henry House
one-third the grove,
shares are already agreed to be taken. 1 aged 30. The deceased was a shiprigger, and on Thursday
last was engaged in repairing a mast on board the brig
•,..,....,,......,....im imm...,,„.....
Sidney, then lying in the basin of the East India Docks,
veiled ON THE Surt.—Throu h the fog which pre- Blackwall, when he lost his equilibrium, and fell heavil oil
veiled in Manchester yesterday gbetween two and three the deck, whereby he sustained a compound fracture ofythe
o'clockin the afternoon, two spot; were visible on the sun's skull, from which hi died on Sunday. Verdict—Accidental
disc to the naked eye. They were situated vertically in re- death.
spect to each other, a little above the centre of the orb, The Peel monument at Montrose is to b
0 a free-
lili
s slightly towards the eastern limb. The upper one was re- stone statue, nine feet in heights
markably distinct, and was visible to the most transient , ,on a pedestal twelve feet
t ulgu•
; glartee,--Nanchoter ,Examiner.

A TRAY-EI:LIP, NIUS.
A man who had been an unsuccessful delver in the
mines of Georgia, on hearing the thrilling news of the
gold placers of California, had his spirit quickened
within him; and, although he had arrived at an age
(being about 60) when the fires of youth usually cease
to burn with vigour, fixed his eyes upon the far dis-
tant and but little known country, and resolved that
he would wend his way thither, alone, and Without
that indispensable friend, money, of which he was
destitute. Under such circumstances it would not
avail to attempt a psssage "round the Horn," or by
the more uncertain, and, at that time, unperfected
route, across the Isthmus ; but, as California was on
this continent, he knew that there was a way there,
though it might lead through trackless deserts and
barren wastes. These were not enough to daunt his
determined sprit. He bent his way to the " Father
of Waters," and worked his way as he could till he
found himself at "Independence," in health, and with
no less of strength, and with 150 dollars in his purse.
He had no family to provide for, or even
companion to cater for on the route which
he was about to enter, yet some things were neces-
sary for himself; and, to relieve his body from
the pressure of a load, he provided himself with a
wheelbarrow upon which to place his traps. It must
not be supposed that our hero was ignorant of the
large numbers of emigrants that were moving over
the plains ; and it is quite probable that his sagacity
was precocious enough to look ahead at the result of
attempting to carry forward such ponderous loads and
such a variety of at least dispensable things as the
earlier parties started with. A detailed list of the
amount
Our hero was not in hurry.
superfluous, with all the appendages of refined and.
fashionable life
waste andthat were distributed along the wide
and variety of goods and wares, useful and
mountain ranges would astonish the reader.
ing the comforts of his
6, The world was not made a in a day ; the race is not
He reasoned thus—
The
the swift." He trundledalong his barrow, enjoy-
subject of much - e
sportive rem' ark by those who were
hurried along with their fresh and spirited teams on
their first days. Many
who hadvpi
has had not passed before our
reencedceed
him. A
independent traveller had tangible eno'dPa that trouble
had fallen to the lot of some
Pipe the object of wonder and
stray ox was feeding on his track, the mate of which, he
afterwards learned, was ;killed, and this one turned
adrift as useless. He coaxed him to be the companion
of his travels, taking care to stop where he could
provide himself with the needful Sustenance. He had
not far to travel before be found a mate for his ox;
and. ere long a waggon, which had given way in some
of its parts, had. been abandoned by its rightful
owner, and left in the road. Our travelling genius
was aroused to turn these mishaps to his own advan•
tage ; and he went leisurly to work to patch and bol-
ster up the waggon, bound his faithful oxen to it,
and changed his employment of trundling the wheel-
barrow to driving fa team; onward moved the new
establishment, gathering as he went from the super-
abundance of those who had gone before, such as
flour, provisions of every kind, books, implements,
even rich carpets, &c., which had been cast of as bur-
densome by other travellers. He would occasionally
find a poor worn-out animal that had been left
behind ; and, as it was not important for him to
speed his course, he gathered them, stopping where
there was abundance of grass time enough for his
cattle to gain a little strength and spirit. Time
rolled on and his waggon rolled with it, till he
reached the end of his journey, when it was disco-
vered that he had an uncommon fine team and a good
waggon, which produced him on sale 2,500 dollars.
Being now relieved of the care of his team and in the
midst of the gold diggings, he 60011 closed his pro-
specting by a location ; and, while i all around him
were concentrating their strength to consummate the
work of years in a few months, he deliberately com-
menced building, finishing, and, as fast as he could,
furnishing a comfortable cabin. His wood be ga-
thered, sawed, and regularly piled in a straight line
and perpendicular by the door—convenient, as though
the old lady was within to provide his meals. He
acted upon the adage, " Never start till you are
ready." Now our hero was ready to commence work-
ing his " claim," which he did, as he did everything
else, systematically and steadily. He may yet be
seen at his work, with the prospect (if he lives to be
an old man) of being rich; for in the last two years
he has accumulated 10,000 dollars.—New York
Espress.

COAL DOCKS IN THE TYNE.—Docks for the ship-
ment of the immense quantity of coal annually sent from
the Tyne have been long desired, and on Monday the draft
of a new Bill was laid before the River Tyne Commissioners,
at a meeting held in the Merchants'-hall, Newcastle, for
Parliamentary powers to erect a large dock in a creek called
liayhole, about a stile above Shields harbour, for the ship-
ment of coal from the coal-field on the N.E. coast of Nor-
thumberland; nearly a million tons of coal—about three-
fourths of the coal shipped in the river—being now put on
board vesesls at this place by the ordinary means of staitha.
The commissioners alto seek further powers to erect two
large piers or breakwaters at the mouth:of the harbour, for
the purpose of giving a greater uniform depth of water on
Shield's bar, and affording protection to vessels coming into
the harbour in rough weather. It is also projected to form a
dock of one hundred acres upon Jarrow Slake, the funds to
be raised by private enterprise. The dock of Jarrow Slake
will be for the shipment of coal brought by the York and
Berwick Railway from the Durham coal-field. The funds
for the erection of Hayhole Dock will be raised primarily
upon the ordinary dock dues; secondarily, the dues raised
by the commissioners in the dock will be pledged, the ,coal-
owners having staiths at this place agreeing to ship their
coals in the dock for 50 years.

TUE ROYAL SLATE QUARRIES.-THE very ex-
tensive plant of machinery lately erected by the Royal Slate
Company, at their quarries on Brynhafod-y-wern, near
Bangor, has been permanantly set to work. This machinery
has been invented and constructed by Mr. Dixon, the com-
spaawni3nogs resaniddenfatcimnganasgiaetre and engineer,
and of fa
form atnhuepcutrupring a
purpose of
variety of articles of slate; the several novel processes being
secured by patent. The machinery occupies a capacious
building, with a ground area of upwards of 10,000 feet, and
is set in motion by three very powerful water wheels and a
steam-engine. The immense water wheel (one of the three)
which has just been completed, has its gearing so contrived
that it may be united with the gearing of the steam-en-
gine, so that one power can assist the other—or the machi-
nery can be driven by either, quite independently of the
other, as the case may reqaire. This is a unique and very
clever contrivance, by which tin auxiliary power can be
brought into active operation, at an hour's notice, if a sud-
denly increased demand for the goods requires greater tem-
porary activity. We understand that this superior machinery
works to the full satisfaction of the engineer, and that it was
constructed by Mr. Owen Thomas, of Carnarvon.—North
Wales Chronicle.

BONDING PRIVILEGES.—The Customs authorities
have granted permission for chicory, the produce of the
Channel Islands, to be added to the list of articles allowed to
be landed at Meriton's wharf, on the river side; under the
usual regulations and conditions.
Prince Albert has generously transmitted to the
treasurer of the Slough Mechanics' Institution a cheque
20/., as his Royal Highness's donatien to its finds.
TUE ANNUITY TAX.—We are glad to hear that the
Government are, under certain conditions, likely to give their
consent to the scheme for the abolition of the annuity tax.
This is of great importance, as, without that consent, the
Bill, which interferes to some extent with the property of
the Crown, could not have been taken into consideration
Parliament.— Scotsman.

—The arrivals FOREIGN POULTRY. of the last few
, included
'ma of poultry of every description from
large importations
France, Holland, and Belgium, and will form an important
days from the continental ports have extraordinary
addit
markets and dealers at this festive season. Theion to the supplies from all parts of the kingdom to the
metropolitan
steamer Albion, from Boulogne has brought 79 cases ; the
Triton, from Ostend, 59 cases; the Ocean, from Rotterdam,
19 baskets; the Fyenord, from Rotterdam, several hampers;
the Coq, from,Cherbourg, 12 cases ; the City of London,
from Dunkirk, 24 packages; the City of Boulogne, from
Boulogne, 99 cases; the Wilberforce, from llamburgh, and
the Menai, from Calais, several hampers and eases; tho
Panther, from Ostend, 150 packages ; the Seine, from Bou-
logne, 18 packages ; the Poule, from Cherbourg, 48 cases ;
the City of Paris, from Boulogne, 51
Con-
cordia, from Rotterdam, 24 packages ; the Tourist, from
Calais, 22 cases and 1 basket; the Sir Edward Banks, from
Havre, 8 baskets; the Lord John Russell, from Harlingen,
and several others, the packages; the
and the Lion, from Ilarlingen, several hampers and baskets
es;
mentioned.
Aoo.—The
ST. JAMES'S PARE Two CR/ATI:Was
tover the
moon was shining with a mild yet effulgelt-n glorycan;l in the
centre of St. James's-park seemed 6
produce of the foreign countries
still water of Rosamond's Pond. The;lered like a looking-
glass. The ducks and theif,Z F
y hum of our working day
margin of the Decoy. The e broods slept by the
world was still. purlieu of palaces, our apos-
tolic park was not
iksinwere then much like grassy fields, in-
smooth gravel walks
tersected,by the same stately avenues of trees,
nthgoilsethdays what it is in ours. The
is true,i
because more juvenile, but wearing the
perhaps less statemyin.
a The Bird Cage-walk was truly what
air of a rustic d
proclaimed° it—a great aviary, the fluttering cap-
tives'te Janie
Itheir barred
prisons being hung to rock in the
in it Altbo
hter Deboroh.
breezes from every tree.—Daug

SUDDEN DEATH OF THE REV. MR. Coos, Or
CERES.—Mr. Cook, the established minister of Ceres, while
preaching in the Established Church of Moninaail OR Thurs-
day last, which was the fast day, dropped down in the pulpit.
He was removed to the manse, where he died on Saturday
morning. Disease of the heart was the cause of death. Edinburgh Witness.
AN AGED PONY.—We mentioned some time ego
that a little brown pony was in the possession of Mr. Sharp,
Newton, Ross-shire which had attained an extraordinary
age. It had been ridden by four generations, and was well
known throughout the district over which it had scampered
for two score years. Latterly it was pensioned off, and wan-
dered up and down the farm of its kind owner, at its proper
pleasure, enjoying ease and comfort, which ought to he the
privilege of age. But in an unlucky moment,
ago, the poor old pony wandered to the sea
beach, and
fromget-.
a
ting entangled among the sands, was unable to escape
the rising tide, and perished in the 40th year of his a
ge .
Inverness Courier.
A postal convention between
Belgium has just been concluded.
THE INCOME-TAX IN THE
tice was yesterday issued
out the City, that the Commissioners at t
have appointed WednesdaY P
o'clock in the forenoon, to_
office, 36, Basing .
different wards
aggrieved by an
Property an
35, for the year
re-
spect to pro ts
under the above Act. CITY
the Netherlands and
OF LONDON.—No-
different churches through-
out for General Purposes
'next, the 31st instant, at eleven
hear and decide appeals at their
hall-street,lirom parties belonging to the
the said City who consider themselves
waboTer-assessment under shednle D of the
d Income-tax Act, sth and 6th Victoria, cap.
ending the sth day of April, 1852, with
fi arising from trades, offices, &c., chargeable