The Sun.
London, England, 1832-03-10 00:00:00

FRENCH EXPEDITION.

PARIS, M►iccu
PRO rE7,TATIOW OF THE POPE AGAINST THE IN-
. V ASION OF HIS STATES BY THE FRENCH,
From the Chamber of the Vatican, Feb. 25, 1832.
. .

The undersigned Cardinal Secretary of State has received by
express from the Pro-Legate of Ancona, and from the Com-
mander of that fortress, two similar reports of an event, which,
in the very friendly state of the relations existing between his
Holiness and his Majesty the King of the French, after the re-
peated declarations of the Government of his Majesty, that it
wished to guarantee the integrity and independence of the
States of the Holy See, and after the two notes addressed by
the undersigned to your Excellency, bearing the date of the Ist
and 13th of February, appears absolutely incredible. This oc-
currence is probably known by this time to your Excellency,
and the undersigned has no doubt that you will be equally
surprised at it.
On the 21st of the present month the French squadron, con-
sisting of the Sufrress, of 90 guns ; a frigate, the Artemise, of
56 guns; and the frigate l'ictoire, of 44 guns, coming from Al-
giers (the latter having still a portion of quarantine to perform,
not having accomplished it at Toulon), presented itself before
the city of Ancona, at a few miles distant from it.
On the day of the 92d of February the captain of the port
went, in the name of the representative of the Government of
his Holiness, to offer the commander of the squadron all that
the latter might stand in need of, and also his own personal
services. The commander of the squadron expressed his grate-
ful acknowledgments for the offers made him, and declared that
on the morning of the Z.3d he would enter the port, and that he
would not fail to fire the usual salutes, which were to be re-
turned by the fort. The etiquette to be observed in case the
commander of the squadron should land was also agreed upon.
Nothing occurred between the Papal authorities and the Com-
mander of the French squadron which did not denote the
most friendly understanding. The commander of the squa-
dron manifested some displeasure, solely on account of the re-
maining portion of quarantine which the frigate La Victoire,
had still to perform.
On the 23d of February, at three o'clock in the morning, the
French troops landed clandestinely, and placed ashore 1,5041
men, who began by throwing down the gate called Morello,
which was not guarded : from thence they proceeded to make
themselves masters of the gates of the city, disarming at the
same time the Papal guards. They surprised, with about one
battalion, the guards of the dwelling of Colonel Lazzorini,
Commander of the fort and city. They then sent up to the gates
of the Colonel's residence a Sergeant of the Papal guards, whose
voice was known to the people of the house, and at whose de-
mand the doors were opened by them. Colonel immediately
piesented himself to the Commander, and declared to him
that he was a prisoner of war of France until such time as he
ordered the fortress to be delivered up to him. The Com-
mander refused to do so, and the Colonel caused him to be
conducted with the Adjutant-Major of the Papal troops, to the
palace of the Pro-Legate, to which place the Colonel himself
returned, to intimate to the Commander that he should not be
set at liberty until the fortress was delivered up. Upon re-
ceiving another refusal, he declared that the Commander, as
well as the officers, functionaries, and military employ-es, were
prisoners, granting them, on the parole of the Commander,
permission to consider the city as their prison.
About the same time,—that is to say, at four o'clock in the
morning—a superior officer introduced himself into the bed-
room of the Pro-Legate, accompanied by a Papal officer, who
had been previously on guard on the place ; he declared to the
Pro-Legate that he had occupied the military posts of the city,
and he demanded the cession of the fortress, to avoid the shed-
ding of blood.
The Pro-Legate, surprised at such a proceeding from the
troops of a friendly Power, declared to the Colonel that he
would not lend himself to such a demand, and protested both
in words and in writing against this attack on the Sovereignty
of the Pope.
Such is the genuine history of the facts stated in the official
reports which the undersigned has received.
On being informed of all this, his Holiness, although per-
suaded that so serious an act against his Sovereignty cannot
proceed from the orders of his Majesty the King of the French,
nor from those of his Government, and that it has occurred
without the knowledge of your Excellency, notwithstanding
this, for the protection of his sovereign rights, he has com-
manded the undersigned to lay before your Excellency all the
circumstances, and to declare as follows :
His Holiness formally protests against the violation of the
Papal territory, which was accomplished on the morning of
the '-nd of February by the French squadron; against all the
attacks committed at the same time against his sovereignty, and
against the infraction of the sanatory laws by the squadron;
and declares the French Government responsible for whatever
consequences may be the result of these acts.
Ilis Holiness demands that the French troops who have en-
tered in a hostile manner into Ancona do depart from that
city immediately. Amidst the deep displeasure which his
' Holiness derives from such an unhappy event, he feels confident
that he will obtain from the French Government the just re-
paration which he demands.
The Cardinal Secretary of State takes advantage of this op-
' portunity, &c. (Signed) T. C. BERNETTI.

HALIFAX MEETING TO SUPPORT
MR. SADLER'S FACTORIES' BILL.

On Tuesday a most important meeting was held in the Piece
Hall, at this place, agreeably to a requisition, signedby above 100
householders, addressed to the constable. The day was singu-
larly unpropitious—yet, at two o'clock. upwards of 7,000 per-
sons had assembled, including the Committees from Leeds,
Hudder,fleld, Bradford, Keighley, Heckmondwike, and several
other places ; there were also present several influential gentle-
men, friends to the measuae, from Manchester, for the purpose
of gaining information prior to the great meeting which will be
held there on Thursday. The chair was taken, amidst storm and
tempest, by F. Brown, Esq., and several speeches were delivered,
and resolutions passed, with a petition founded thereon, pledging
the meeting to support Mr. Sadler's Bill : the petition to be pre-
sented by the County Members. During the meeting two very
singular occurrences took place. When Mr. Oastler, of Fixby
Hall, the well-known friend to this measure, was speaking,
hundreds were in tears—and when Mr. Foster, another old friend
to the Bill, was speaking, a thunder storm burst over the town,
and the rain descended in torrents. Mr. F. begged the people to
retire under the piazza of the hall Abut they positively refused to
stir, but cheered him to go on, the speakers, be it remarked, being
under cover. These two circumstances were great triumphs of
eloquence, and such as are seldom witnessed.
After the meeting the delegates and friends from the different
towns dined together, and concluded a brilliant evening, which
had for its sole object to rescue the infant children of the poor
from worse than the lot of the felon or the West India slave.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at
the East India House, when Captain Robert Cook Fowler was
sworn in to the command of the ship Lord Lowther, consigned
to China direct.

Yesterday the despatches for Bengal and
China, by the ship Reliance, Captain Charles S. Tirnins, were
closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of
that ship.
The Earl of Mulgrave has relinquished his
intention of returning to Italy, and has taken possession of the
family mansion in Lower Grosvenor-street. The people of
fashion resident at Florence lament his Lordship's absence
from that city, where, by his private theatricals and splendid
parties, he so long contributed to their pleasures. The Noble
Earl, several years ago, from the plans of Charles Mathews,
jun., at that time engaged on a professional tour in Italy,
built an elegant little theatre, for the performance of English
plays and farces, and in these Lord and Lady Mulgrave, who
are superior amateur actors, and her Ladyship's sister, Lady
Hedworth Williamson, "played their parts." Admittance on
these occasions was on a liberal scale, embracing all the re-
spectable English, and most of the Tuscan or other Nobility,
residing or sojourning in " fair Florence."

THE HON. AND REV. DR. GREY AND lIIS
PARISHIONERS.—A vestry was holden on Thursday afternoon
last in the Church of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, when the fol-
lowing resolution was agreed to :—" Resolved, That after
having read the report of your Committee appointed at a former
vestry to communicate with the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Grey, re-
specting the return of a sum of money, amounting to
inadvertently paid over to him, together with the correspond-
ence on the subject, this vestry deem it incumbent on them to
mark their sense of the Rev. Gentleman's conduct on this
important transaction. Although the task be painful, the
vestry cannot on this occasion refrain from an expression of
their deep regret that a dignitary of the Church of England,
possessing so large an income, forgetting the wise precept Do
as you would be done by,' and unmindful of the just and
honourable exampled furnished by his Diocesan, should still
insist on retaining money drawn from his necessitous flock,, to
which he has no equitable claim, and which never ought to
have come into his possession."
A BOLD ASSERTION.—A London corre-
spondent, in writing last week to a friend in Sheffield, concludes
his epistle with the following bold assertion :—" Remember
there will be NO Reform Bill this YEAR!! that is well known
to a select few in the metropolis, and no mistake !"—Sheffield
Iris.
ABERDEEN JOKES.—The followingfizcetice
Aberdanenst s we extract from the last number of the Aberdeen
Magazine :—" A venerable Aberdeen Bailie, long, long ago
called to his fathers, had once, on a most extraordinary occa-
sion, to travel all the way to that great city, London. Ile
was informed, before his departure, by an economical friend,
that
apyocftilcie ving in London was to dine at a
coff ooc
the
her ne accordingly adopted. Seated
in a coffee-room one forenoon, very hungry, he could by no
This
way
practice
means name to the waiters any dish which there was a possibi-
lity of procnring. At length, hearing a gentleman call for
coffee, lie vociferated, I'm sayin', waiter, I'll hae coffee, tee.'
Coffee tea, Sir,' said the waiter ; sorry we've no beverage
ee.ih. ape
hi
called that ere in the house.' Lord sake, min,' said the Bailie,
canna ye gee's coffee, the thing the tither chap's gettin' ?'
Oh, yes, Sir ; bring you a cup of coffee.' But when the coffee
was produced, our townsman liked not the three miserable
slices of toast which accompanied it, so, having crunched
them all up, he vociferated, I'm sayin', waiter, I'll hae nae
mail* o' them wafers, ye maun bring me a shave o' loaf at ante.'
Yes, Sir, immediately.' But the waiter was not so good as
his word ; for, returning, he stated, ' ve've sent and searched
every bake'ouse in the street, Sir, and can't find no such thing
as a shave o' loaf among 'em all.' Now this was truly perplex-
ing, and our townsman had still to rack his ingenuity for his
dinner. At length a lucky thought struck him- He saw
some pigeons perched on a chimney close by, and he would
have a doo tett ;' but what this meant all the learned men in
the coffee-room could not discover, and he was at last enabled,
by means of a series of signs, to make known that he wished a
pigeon pie.' "