The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-05 00:00:00

imprisoned in Piedmont
in 1853 for conspiracy,'
transported across the frontir,
and subsequently
condemned to death in Trans-lvania, from which
fate however the loud reclama
t-m of the English
Press saved him. Again Rosolinl/4Pilo, the Sicilian
who has organised the present mo,ment,
and who
was its political leader before the t.
rival of Gari-
baldi, was three times expelledfromn
iedmont. In

the Bishop of Oxford, the Duke of Marlborough,
and the Church Tories, lie will certainly be obliged
to look to them to supply the supporters he will
have lost; and his lordship well knows that he
would look to them in vain. Lord John Russell
ought to have given the Noble Premier his support
in favour of the Liberal cause, and if he now fails
to do so, will add another to the many proofs he
has given of his unworthiness to form part of a
Liberal Ministry.—Morning Advertiser.

August, 1859, he was subjected to a
domiciliary
visit" at Florence by the authorities wh,
•
had issued

from the popular movement. Subsequemy
he was
imprisoned for two months at Bologna bye,ii
priani,
and even denounced to the populace as an/.ustrian
spy ! Yet Rosolino Pilo—aci the extriumvir,f the
Roman Republic, Aurelio Saffi has properly 5,;(1 in Returns are now made to the Home-office and
the last number of Macmillan's Magazine—wasmie published in the " Judicial Statistics," showing the
of the purest patriots of Italy, one who has woikd business done in the courts of justice during the
for its deliverance with an abnegation almost be year. Last year 86,270 writs of summons and 582
yond belief. Springing from the ancient family of writs of capes (for arrests by leave of a judge)
the Marquises of Capace, who trace their origin to re issued from the three superior and ancient
the Anjous, he gave up wealth, rank, station, all, Lurts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, af..ld Ex-
and enrolled himself, under the name of Rosolino cht.kuer ; or, in other words, so many actions were
Pilo, under the banner of the independent national con*enced—a number less by 16.5 per cent. than.
party. And that man was treated by the friends in the trevious year. In the vast majority of irs-
of Cavour as an " Austrians py," at the very time stances
se cases are settled, for in only 23,762,
when he was busy maturing plans for the deliver-
not so ver much more than a fourth, was there
ante of his native island. He was transported any appearat.e entered in the proper office on the
from Bologna to Switzerland, then came to Lon- part of the dehndants. But after the defendant
don—only, however, to return to Sicily, and to has taken the fir-, step in the shape of resistance,
organise that movement which soon was to astonish by entering an aPlharance, the process of arrange-
all Europe. He fell near Calata-Fimi, marching ment still goes on,an.L
the number of causes actually
at the head of an enthusiastic band of free corps. tried by the judges hiring the year was only
His loss- was regretted as one the most to be de- 2,113-1,131 in London aad Westminster, and 982
plored by Garibaldi and all the true champions of at the assizes; and of these it is probable that 10
the Italian cause. or 15 per cent. were undefendod, and resisted only
Corrao, of Palermo, who defended Messina in to gain time. So that of the Baits commenced in
1848, is another of the " common criminals" whose the superior courts, little more than 2 per cent.
name Italy will one day proudly write on the roll really require the decision of a jury; the vast ma-
of her leading patriots. After the events of 1848 jority are only to enforce payment of an acknow-
he escaped from the galleys to Piedmont, whence ledged claim. The number of causes tried for
he was three times expulsed. In March, 1860, he obtaining compensation under Lord Campbell's Act
went from Bosolino Pilo to Sicily to secretly orga- for personal injuries is stated at only 19; 105 were
nise the revolution. It is owing in no small de- for libel or slander, 22 for breach of promise of mar-
gree to his exertions that a movement was fairly riage, and 16 for a more disreputable misfortune of
set on foot which has boldly broken through the women. In 1,445 cases (above two-thirds of the
webs of diplomacy, aria raised the cry of a United number tried) there was a verdict for the plain-
Italy under King Victor Emmanuel—that is;of the tiff, without including verdicts subject to a ape
Monarch from whose Ministers Carrao, like his cial case kir the opinion of the Court or a
brethren in arms, had at various times received but reference ; in 343 cases the verdict was for the
scanty kindness. defendant, and in 80 the plaintiff was non-
At this moment when the intrigues of the Minis- suited. In 28 instances the jury had tebe discharged.
terial party at Turin are more rife than ever against without giving a verdict. The total amount for
the Provisional Government appointed by Gari- which verdicts were obtained was £324,388, and
baldi, it is well to refer back to these facts. rather more than half of it is stated to have been
Whatever be the party point of view from which recovered on circuit. Of the writs of execution issued
Italian matters may be regarded, this much is during the year for obaining payment 8,142 were
sure, that true abnegation—absence of all egotis- against the person, and 14,052 against the goods;
flea; and narrow prejudices—is to be found just the former constituting surely a very large propor-
on that side which often is accused of sectarian tion. The work done by the judges "at chambers"
tendencies. The men of the popular party—they was very considerable-41,315 summonses were
who have suffered imprisonment and exile at the issued, and 10,846 of the orders made are described
hands of Piedmont—are tha very men who are as "special orders.'" 28,300 affidavits were sworn
most zealous to carry out that which would seem to or affirmations made ; the office copies required of
be the true interest of Piedmont. Against these affidavits or documents filed at chambers extended
facts, hollow declamations and defamations are of to 10,667 folios. The "fees levied by the Masters"
no.avail. They will only recoil against those who of the three courts amounted to £58,902, out of
are mean enough to culminate the living patriot which was paid £38,057 for "salaries, &c.," leaving
with the foulest slander, and who persecute the a balance of £20,845. The Suitors' Fund of the
martyr even after he is at rest in his gory grave.— common law courts, consisting, we presume, of
Morning Advertiser. money paid into court pendente lite, amounted at the,
close of the year to £37,023. We have to add that
the returns of "proceedings on circuit" ought to be
more plain, and that though the preface prefixed to
the returns is very useful and convenient, there are
one or two obvious errors in it which should be
avoided another year.

THE COMMON LAW COURTS.

THE COMING CENSUS.

The Government will be called upon to-morrow
to state its determination on the vexed question
of that portion of the coming Census relating to
" religious profession," and we hope will be pre-
pared to give a reply that will render further
agitation unnecessary. No valid reason has been
assigned for departing from the method adopted in
1851, and if the results had only been in favour of
Episcopacy, we should not have heard of any pro-
, posal now to advert to a different method. It cer-
tainly took the country by surprise to lgarn that the
majority of persons actually attending on public
worship were Dissenters, and the Bishop of Oxford,
well knowing that this fact would operate in a
' manner unfavourable to his schemes, lost no time in
denouncing these returns, and asserting that they
must be false. From the time when this unfavour-
able fact *was brought to light there has been a
determination to prevent a recurrence to a method
which might confirm this unfavourable discovery,
and even show after ten years a still larger majo-
rity in support of Dissent.
The determination of the Bishop of Oxford and
the strong party of which he is the leader and the
life, has placed Lord Palmerston and his Govern-
ment in a position of very great difficulty. Those
who are alarmed at the truth, and have reason to
fear that the truth of 1861 will be even less favour-
able than the truth of 1851, have been very active
and persevering in their appeals to the Ministry,
and whatever influence they could scrape together
they have brought to bear with all its force. The
natural fear of the Government is, that it must give
dissatisfaction and make enemies whatever course
it may take, and in this position it will be the wis-
dom or Government to look at the question in its
real merits, and to make no change merely for the
purpose of pleasing a party. Dissenters ask
simply that no change may be made, and when
political bishops and their supporters call for one
they should remember that the onus probandi falls
upon them, and the least they can do is to give a
good reason, or, if they can, a number of reasons,
why the Government should go out of its way, and
depart from the course on which it has already
entered.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

NEWARK-JULY 4.

Wheat in moderate ;1;;;;To-claY; and the demand was
again rather slow. Oats in fair show, and quiet demand.
Beans scarce. Very little business passing in barley, and
as low in price.
-- • --

White wheat, new, 60s to 64s Barley, grinding.. 30s to 329
Red do. sss to 60s Oats, old, . 3os to 34s
Old white 6os to 64s New do 28i to 32s
Red do. 558 to 60s Beans. 488 to MS
Barley, malting... .33s to 458 I Beans. new 468 to 48s

Peas,

44s to 48s.

HULL-JULY. 3.

There was a fair attendance of farmers and factors at this
day's market, and the show of wheat was middling, but a
slow sale, at a reduction of is per qr. No alteration took
place in other articles, and business limited.
Wheat.... Old white....per qr.. 6os Od to 61s Od
Old red
New white .. „
New red .... ,
Dantzic Konb , ke. old white 53s Od to 57s Od
Dutch, Belgian, and French s3s Od.to. 543 Od
Baltic and Hamburg, red
St. Petersburg and Riga, old 4ss Od to 49s Od
Barley.... English malting 3Bs Od to 42s Od
Grinding
Saal and Oderbruck
Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 38s Od
Grinding ' 32s Od to 34s Od
Oats English, old
Archangel and Riga' per st Os 14d. to 14 id
Friesland and Dutch osl4id, to Oalsd
Swedish and Danish oBl4d to 081414
AilngliQh, .la, per qr.. 46s Od to 48s Od
New pigeon 44s Od to 45s 01
New tick.
Egyptian .. 38s Od 'to 40s Od
Peas Foreign breakers
Grinding
Tares ....Spring
Indian Corn

Ranna _ _

Linseed, feeding 4Bs Od to 52a Od
crushing
44s Od to, 50s Od
Linseed cakes (Hull)
Foreign 8 15 0 to 9 5 0
Rape cakes 5 0 0 to .5 5 0
Bones 5 10 0 to h 15 0

We confess we have not yet heard or read any-
thing approaching to a good reason why the
method of 1851 should not now be repeated. It
has been urged that the plan formerly adopted
encouraged false returns ; but it is impossible
to substantiate such a charge. Certainly that
method gave no advantage to the Dissenter which
was not given also to the Episcopalian. If Dissen-
ters could pack the chapel, churchman could as
easily pack the church. If the officers of a chapel
could exaggerate their numbers, could not the
officers of a church do the same ? Something has
been said as to certain places, in which greater
numbers are reported as being in chapels than
could be found in the communities in favour of
which they were reported, but the same was
affirmed in reference to churches, It is difficult,
but not impossible, to adopt some effectual method
of checking all these returns; but we must nut
suppose the false addition or multiplication •of
numbers to be all on one side. We have been told
of one church into which 1,000 persons entered on
the Census Sunday of 1851, and when a shrewd old
Scotch wife heard the statement, she replied that
" That kirk must have been a very unlucky one if
1,000 persons entered it, as no one saw above 50
come out."
Then, again, it is urged that the actual attend.
ance test may operate very unfairly, as many
worthy members may be laid up on Census Sunday
and unable to attend, and so not be duly reported
in favour of the Church. This has been said by the
party who are working with the Bishop of Oxford;
but need any one tell them that the cause to which
they refer must operate quite as much against the
Dissenters as against Episcopacy ? We suppose we
shall not be told that, while many Church people
will bo laid aside and kept from church, all Dis-
senters will be well enough to go to chapel. We
have looked somewhat carefully into the statistics
of population for various purposes, but we have not
at any time discovered that the rate of sickness is
less in the meeting than in the parish church. The
Bishop of Oxford is known to be a man of remark-
able ingenuity, and if any one could make such a
discovery, we should certainly expect it from his
lordship, and, in the absence of any such light from
him, and despairing therefore that it will be ob-
tained elsewhere, we must consider that this objec-
tion falls to the ground, not, however, without
showing how bad is the case which it was intended
to support.

The Government will, we hope, not lend itself to
the patty by which it is so earnestly besieged. It
certainly cannot lend itself to this piece of jobbery
without incurring the condemnation of numbers
who are accustomed to rank among its warmest sup-
porters. It is an important fact that no less than
169 members of the House of Commons, all belong-
ing to the Liberal party, have memorialised the Go-
vernment against the innovation that has been pro-
posed. These hon. members say that "the provi-
sion of the English Census Bill which requires
every householder to state his religious profession,
and that of all his household, appears to us very
objectionable, and we believe it to be highly offen-
sive to many of our constituents." They state their
belief, also, that the inquiry as to religious profes-
sion will produce no information deserving of re-
liance, and that, if persisted in, it will seriously in-
jure the Liberal party and Government, and they
therefore heartily recommend that it may be with-
drawn from the bill.
nt will
We cannot but hope that the Govern
now perceive that its true policy is to cast off those
course
false friends and advisers who call fora
against
which, besides the other objections that ii
alienate a large
it, has this disadvantage—it must
is now remark-
a phase which
number of its supporters. The case Is
ably-clear and simple, and it presents a
wise decision.
renders it very easy to arrive
very
importunate in
Here are two opposite parties
which each is anxi-
ous appeals for the concession
parties, and that which
to obtain. One of theseethod, is composed of the Op-
calls for a change
oothfcnir of the friends of Government .
and Tory measure, the other'
measure may be conceded.
P and the
one asks for a Churchno
out of Parliament, or will and
simply begs that Palmerston disappoint his friends
Will Lord
in
straightforwardand
a course, such as they •
their confidence and approval? If
ie-
adept
and
a Supporters
quire,
his loroUlliP 11 W
0 steps 0111 of his way to gratify
have