The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-18 00:00:00

GERMAN Y.

The Diet had directed an inspection of the for-
tresses of the Bund.

It was not expected that there would be any in_
crease for the present of the military force in or
around Frankfort.

By a decree of the 12th of July the Government
of Hesse, on the authority of the Prussian and
Austrian Commissaries, has deferred the assem-
bling of the Chamber, and suspended the election
for it under the present law. The reason stated
is that the Diet of the Confederation being en-
gaged on a plan for settling definitively the
constitutional questions in Hesse, a new election can-
not be taken under the present law, which will be
modified and brought into agreement with the 25th,
27th, and 61st articles of the final act of the treaty of
Vienna. No election is therefore to be commenced
or completed, and the meeting of any Chamber is in-
definitely postponed.
Three officials of the Finance Department, who by
refusing to receive certain taxes, according to the
order's of September, 1849, cAused a loss to the Trea-
sury cf 4,000 thalers, have been condemned by the
Mditary Court to three months' imprisonment in a
fortress, and payment from their own means of the
amount to which the revenue was damaged by their
disobedience.

DENMARK.
THE NEW MINISTRY.

The Prussian Gazette of the 13th states that the
new Danish Cabinet has been definitively constituted
as follows : —Count de Moltke, President without
portfolio ; M. de Reedfz, Minister of Foreign Affairs;
Count Sponnek, Finance; M. Dockum, Marine;
M. Madric, Public Worship; M. Tillich, Interior;
General Glensborg, War ; Count Charles Moltke,
Minister without portfolio ; and M. de Bardenfleth,
Minister for Schleswig.

ITALY.
The public exchange was opened for the first time
at Turin on the 14th. The old Piedmontese Five
per Cents, were done at 86; those of 1849, '5O, and
'5l, at 82.

AVe have already stated that the new Concordat
with the PorE was addressed by the Tuscan Govern-
ment to all the bishops of the Grand Duchy, accom-
panied by a circular of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, which would appear to be a manifest infrac-
tion of Art. 2 of the Concordat, since it asserts the
right of the Government to be consulted by the
bishops in all matters relating to the posting up of
episcopal notifications, and to the appointment of
preachers. The Risorgimento of Turin of the
13th publishes a second circular, dated the 30th
ult., and signed by the Minister of Ecclesiastical
Affairs, Signor BOLOGNA, which lays a restriction
upon Art. 5 of the Concordat, in so far as it relates
to the free communication with the Holy See gua-
ranteed to bishops, since it requires all Papal acts to
be submitted to the exequatur of the Tuscan Govern-
ment, and maintains moreover the rules established
in Tuscany since 1815 with respect to the communi-
cation of friars with their superiors.
The Milan Gazette quotes a letter from Rome, of
the 12th, announcing that Signor MAGNELLO, the
Sardinian Consul-General at Rome, has left that
capital, and will in all probability not have a suc-
cessor.

WOODS AND FORESTS EVICTIONS.-THE

.---- ---
CASE OF ANN HICKS. —.
The magistrate at Marlborough-street Police-court
received the following letter yesterday:—
" Sir,—The case of Ann Hicks, as reported in the
papers of this morning, appears so harsh, cruel, and
unjust, and deserving of relief, that I am induced to ask
you kindly to allow the enclosed sovereign to be for-
warded to her, it being unlikely I could find her resi-
dence.—l am, Sir, respectfully,

"F. 11. STEWART.
"J. Hardwick, Esq., 24, Great Marlborough.
street, July 17."
In addition to the above 10s. and 2s. Gd. have been
sent for Ann Hicks.

[ADVERTISEMENT.] TRAVELLERS.—CommerciaI
travellers are, of all men, the most social ; their professionoften places them within situations where they are obliged to
freely patronize the science of gastronomy, and to yield to
the seductive allurements of the "rosy god ;" no harm from
these indulgences would ever be felt if they were to take
two or three of Old Parr's Life Pills at night. This fine
stomachic medicine would, without the slightest disturbance
or pain, clear off all acidities, which would otherwise remain
in the stomach and bowels, and: produce feverish headache,
and all other unpleasant symptoms. On account of their
mild and effective operation they are new more used by all
travellers than any other medicines are. For sea voyages
they are acknowledged to be all that is required, preventing
all scurvy, &c. Sold by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-
street ; Edwards, St. Paul's Church-yard; Sutton and Co.,
Bow Church-yard; Sangar, 151, Oxford-street; and Hannay
and Co., Oxford-street.

MURDER IN LtvEr.rooL.—On the night of Tuesday
last., the day after the riots arising out of the attack made
upon the Orange procession, as the wife of a police-officer
named Green, 124, who resides in William's-buildings, Pen-
rhyn-street, was leaving her husband's house to fetch a pint
of ale, she was attacked by three men and a woman, who
knocked her down and seriously maltreated her. Her screams
brought her husband to her assistance, and be, upon seizing
hold of one of the men, was stabbed with some sharP 111.
struinent from behind, and afterwards in several other parts
of the body. In the course of the affray a neighbour
,_ „„
Jones want to the assistance of Green, and immeaaof liTi`f,
a;
interfering his abdomen was ripped open by
heldnoteer police-officer
sailants, so that his bowels protruded. Green
tootatohle. mii":
w o resides
by whom he had been stabbed until another
consequence of jones
cae up,to bewhaeini
Ihrieshmwaaso,snecaumreedd
panadtrietk
sebneo,
provedday be was taken be-.
inignaccount of the serious
in Crophall-street. On the follow.
fore the magistrates and remanded, in
and Green being unable to appear,ed
di on the following night
nature of their wounds. Jonesood Green lies in a state leav-
from the injuries he receive . The woman
who
wag
in
ing little hopes of his recovery. Y
h made the attack is an Irish-
company with the men
al before the assault, had been express-
ingpceed-
woman and,
e threatening revenge for the
indignation at and
for which Mrs. G'reen reprimanded
proceed-
in of the Orangemen,. is supposed,
some ti
the murderous assault
herd; and it is for this,"
i coroner's inquiry •
her. .4 will take place to-
daywas made upon
(Friday).
ERP ST
Tics NNW ANTW EAMER.---The Baron Osy,
the new Antwerp steamer, whose trial trip down the river
short time since, made her first voyage from
we noticed a
London on
werp to ,
,Wednesday last, and reached her
An .n at the I‘
destination • atherine-wharf, near the Tower, at
an cor;y hour yesterday morning. The starting of the new
vessel from Antwerp was signalized by unusual demonstra•
tions at festivity and rejoicing, the whole city having lite-
rally turned out upon the noble expanse of quays to witness
the departure of this splendid vessel, which took place amidst
the firing of artillery, a profuse display of flags of all nations,
and the enthusiastic cheers of the assembled multitude.
The passage was made in sixteen hours, being the shortest on
record, and against a strong head wind all the way. The
Baron Osy brought over about eighty passengers and A
valuable cargo in freight, and will, we understand, run every
week for the remainder of the season between the two ports,
under the management of her skilful and experienced com-
mander, Captain Jackson.

TATIKG IT CooL.—As a specimen of European
coolness, we think the following plundering feat of a soldier
at the siege of Allighur worthy of repetition. Colonel
Skinner says—" As I was returning to the town, I saw a
European passing through the avenue with a bag of dollars
on his shoulders; he was attacked by two native troopers •
who sought to deprive him of what he had bought so dearly;
when he found that blows would not keep the fellows off, he
just took and tore the bag, scattering the cash. The rascals
believing their booty thus secure, stooped down ga
therth
up the money, upon which he took his gun, shot
and bayonetted the other, then coolly taking off his jacket,
he fixed a knot upon. the sleeves, and filling them with
dollars, threw them across his shoulders.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
The number of visitors yesterday, though not reach-
ing the high level of Tuesday, shows no decrease from
the general average. The police returns up to three
o'clock were as follf,w:—
From 10 to 11
11 to 12
12 to 1
1 to 2
2 to 3

58,658
At the close of the day the sum of 3,0231. ss. was
taken at the doors, and according to the police returns
63,746 persons entered the building.
Several Sunday-schools, apparently from the country,
were among the visitors yesterday, headed by their
clergymen and teachers. liar Majesty continued her
inspection, arriving and departing at the usual hour.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of
public business.
THE LATE ENTERTAINMENT TO HER MAJESTY.
The LORD MAYOR rose and said, I have had the
honour to receive a communication from Lord John
Russell, which, as it refers to the entertainment lately
given by the corporation to her Majesty, I propose
may be read to the Court.—(Hear.)
Mr. Woodthorpe, the clerk of the court, then read
the letter, of which the following is a copy :
Downing-street, July 10.
My Lord,—l have received her Majesty's command
to express to the corporation of the city of London,
through your Lordship, her Majesty's cordial thanks
for the manner in which the corporation received her
Majesty yesterday evening and for the splendid enter-
tainment at the Guildhall.
" The hearty, kind, and enthusiastic greetings which
accompanied the progress of her Majesty through the
City, bath on going and returning, have afforded her the
highest gratification.
" The Queen and the Prince Albert were deeply af-
fected by those spontaneous marks of attachment.
Their ottly anxiety has been lest any accident should
have occurred through the pressure of the crowd.
" The Queen has been pleased to direct that the dig-
nity of a baronet should be conferred upon your Lord-
ship, asa proof of her satisfaction and an enduring tes-
timony of her regard for the citizens of London.
" I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's
faithful and obedient servant,

cc j• RusSELL.

" Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."
This 'communication was loudly cheered by every
member of the Court.
Mr. DARIN, the chairman of the Royal Entertain-
ment Committee, then spoke as follows :—My Lord
Mayor, I wish to take this opportunity of moving
that the letter which has just been read be entered
upon the minutes of the Court.—(Cheers.) I con-
ceive that it must be a matter of great satisfaction to
the members of the corporation, and also to the citi-
zens ofleondon at large, as I conceive that such a
communication, from so high a source, will tend in a
very great degree to dispel any feelings of dissatis-
faction which may have been expressed elsewhere as
to the manner in whiBh the royal entertainment was
furnished. I regret to have seen that from a report
of a meeting in the papers, which took place at the
Court of Aldermen the other day, some remarks were
made 'which, in my opinion, would have been much
better spered.—(Hear.) It was there stated that
the Court of Aldermen had not been fairly and fully
represented, and that the members of that court had
not been allowed the privileges to which they were
entitled, The fact is, the arrangements were in the
first instance advised by the aldermen, therefore the
grumbling which hed taken place in the Court of
Aldermen was wholly without foundation. Indeed,
the only failure which had taken place in the
proceedings of the 9th instant related to the mat-
ters under the control and authority of the Court
of Aldermen and police.—(Hear, hear.) It
is therefore quite clear that anything which may have
been complained of did not originate with the enter-
tainment committee.—(Cheers.) It is true an article
a day or two after the royal ball appeared in the
Times newspaper which reflected most severely upon
the committee and the corporation ; but the state-
ments it contained are untrue, and in justice to my
own chaTacter and that of the corporation et large, I
challengs the writer to the proof of them. I will,
therefore, if the Court think fit, send in my own name
a contradiction to it—(No, no)—though I believe
the virulence and bad taste of the article will defeat
the object of the writer.—(Hear.) I have taken the
liberty to name my proposed course in this matter to
the Court, in order to show that I am ready to ask
the Tames to allow me the use of its columns to con-
tradict the unfounned statements which have ap-
peared in them upon the occasion of her Majesty's
visit.—(pheers.) The letter which has just been
read, hcelyeve r, goes far to remove this necessity, and
I thinVeonsequently, that I cannot do better just
now than move that it be entered upon the minutes
of the C&Urt.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. kinEkroN, in seconding the motion of Mr.
Dakin, would move that, in addition to the
proposal Made by the chairman of the entertainment
committee, the following words be added :—" And
that a copy of the same be sent to every member of
this Court." As to the inuendoes which have been
indulged in by the Times, I think that the letter itself
is the best answer that can possibly be furnished to
the offensive article alluded to.—(Hear, hear.)
The !notion was agreed to nemine contradicenle, it
being understood that a full report of the matter
would be brought up in the course of a few days.
ALLEGED INVASION OF CORPORATE PRIVILEGES.
Mr. Deputy STACY wished to call the attention of
the Court to a Bill which had been brought forward
by the Government with reference to the coalwhip-
pers of the port of London. Since he had been in
his place that morning he had received a copy of that
Bill, and upon perusing it he was astonished to find
that in it a clause was inserted which was calculated
materially to interfere with the privileges of the cor-
poration, and which, if passed, would reduce the
power of that Court frLn four-ninths, as given to
them in the existing Act, which every one admitted
had worked well, to the minimum portion of one-fifth.
—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Stacy then proceeded to state
that Mr. Deputy Pewtreas had received a petition
upon the subject, after which he (Mr. Deputy Stacy)
moved that the Bill be referred to the Parliamentary
Committee for immediate consideration and report.
The petition, and the Bill alluded to in it, were, by
the unanimous vote of the Court, referred to the Par-
liamentary Committee.
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

Mr. WATERLOW (the chairman of City Lands
Committee) brought up a report " for authority to
confer with her Majesty's Postmaster-General and
the Improvement Committee in relation to the va-
cant ground at the west end of Cheapside," which
was agreed to.

ELECTION ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
A report was brought up by Mr. Deputy HARRI.
soN (the chairman of the Freedoms Committee), re-
commending " that proceedings be taken against
some person, not being free of the City, who carries
on trade by retail, to
compel him to take up his free-
dom." Upon the bringingup of this report, the dis-
cussion of the question
was opened, the whole of
which was important, an outline of it only being
given below.
Mr. Deputy HARRISON, in that the Court
agree with the Committee
tiankinteh:evirbinrgeport, observed
that years ago steps were
parties carryingn on
the
business corporation
i n
the
legally to compel
city of London to take up theiran freedom,att and so long
as three or four years ago pt to effect this
object was tried and failed; so thatem
now a great ano-
maly existed in this respect betwixt the wholesale and
retail dealers.— (Hear.) The Freedoms Committee
long considered the subject, and eventual hady they had
come to the conclusion recommended in the report,
that being, under the circumstances, in the
opinion
the members the best course they could pursue
eiin o
in
f
order to settle the question.—(Hear.) T
one thing it was necessary for him to state, and that
was
was the great atrxiety the committee had felt re-
warding the large amount paid to the Government
as
i_s fee for every freedom stamp ; that sum being not
less than 31.—(Hear.) This sum they had attempted
to
a;et the Government to take off, but hitherto with-
utsuee"s'—(llear, hear.) They (the Freedoms
Committee) were
willing to remit the small amount
on each freedom
but (2/. 65. Bd.) the corporation re-
ceived,herein lay the difficulty ' • if they did so the
Government would compel them to pay the 31. stamp
duty in every case
effected.—(gear,) that freedom by redemption was
of the position in
which
therefore felt the difficulty
dealers 61
they were placed. Against
the wholesale
itcluesti was useless to proceed, and
now, to try the
quently, to proceed agai on, they proposed, conse-
cipal retail traders. He
est one or two of the prin-
moved., therefore, that the
Court agree with the committeeti in their report.
erastVotnh.e
Mr. R. TAYLOR seconded
Mr. Deputy
ens
sugge
propriety of
giving the committee an oPportunit
with the Government, in order that Y of conferring
Ministers of the Crown might be obtained opinion of the
Probability of their being willing to as to the
remit the
stamp--
corporation
duty of 31. each on the freedoms if the
would forego their amount of--2/. 6s. Bd.;
upp
that they agreed to recognise as a freeman
everysosing
who had resided in the City one year and a day, party
was on the Peiamentary roll, and who paid scot"
who
scot"
and bore " loff' To this effect he would move an
amendment.
Mr. Alderman WIRE seconded the amendment pro-
posed by Mr. Deputy Pewtress. and this he (lUr.
Alderman Wire) did because he believed it was ne-
cessary thiat some such conciliatory step should be
adopted, or, without professing to be a prophet, he
would not hesitate to say that they, as a corporation,
would soon find the end approaching.—(Hear, hear.)
Theyan had-
jried the power of the law upon the mer-
.l% tprinces, and what had they done ? (A voice—
)railed.") Yes they had failed.
And now what
did they propose ,
the to do ? To prosecute and to perse-
cutepoor retail hucksters, greengrocers, and other