The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-04 00:00:00

Commence at 7 o'clock.

CA.NTERBUR Y HALL CONCERTS._
v EVERY EVENING.—The Atusic of Verdi's Opera of
MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con-
eerte), the extraoroinary Violin Performances of the cele-
laated Infant DELEPIERRE FAMILY, and the usual
Vocal Concert.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Hackney.
Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
sights of the metropolis.
Will shortly be produced, a Grand Selection from Meyer-
beer's new opera of DINORAH.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 4.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
74—highest since noon yesterday.
64—lowest this morning and during the night.
73—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.92.
WIND, South-Westerly; light, with fine :summer
weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

This DAY.—Morning, 6h. 43m.—Afternoon, 7h. 16m.
To-Moscow-Morning, 7h. 66m.—Afternoon, Bh. 42m.

Dumb before the public, saving when he was
robed in scarlet and ermine upon the Bench, Sir
JOHN COLERIDGE has been particularly loquacious
since his final retirement (after long service) from
the toils and responsibilities of his high profession.
Already the learned ex• Judge has, more than once
since his relinquishment of the judicial character,
spoken trumpet-tongued to his fellow-countrymen
upon the importance of our all caring more sys-
tematically for the condition of the National De-
fences, and upon the advisability of our multiply-
ing, here and there, all over the land, our fast
rising corps of Rifle Volanteers. To those who
have failed to recognise the earnest and perfectly
unaffected civism of this Just Judge, the theme
thus selected by him, as the one upon which, first
of all, to expatiate, upon the resumption of his long
abandoned post, as a mere civilian, may have ap-
peared, at a superficial glance, rather anomalous—
not to say even, for that matter, almost Quixotic.
So incongruous has it seemed, indeed, to some that
it might almost be compared by them, one would
fancy, to the learned and absurd Sir HUDIBRAS
going forth—as SAM BUTLER sings, at the outset
of his great burlesque-epic "a-colonelling !"
However this may be—and however much the pre-
posterous resemblance may be resented by those
who more fully appreciate the zealous patriotism,
dictating the impassioned appeals made to the war-
like ardour of the population, by " old men elo-
quent " both within and without the walls of the
House of Peers, by the venerable Lord LYNDHURST
and the hardly less venerable Sir JOHN COLERIDGE
—there cannot, at any rate, be two opinions as to
the complete "fitness of things "—the entire har-
mony subsisting between Subject and Speaker—
throughout Sir JOHN'S deeply interesting lecture,
delivered, on Wednesday evening last, in the Athen-
aeum, at Exeter, upon what the ex-Judge suggestively
entitled "Circuit Reminiscences." It is but a glimpse,
of course, that we can obtain through the medium of
this single night's prelection—but the merest
glimpse of Sir JOHN COLERIDGE'S prolonged and
diversified forensic and judicial recollections. Yet
for even this brief and purely incidental fragment,
taken, as it seems, almost hap-hazard, from those
abundant and enthralling experiences, we are
grateful. Grateful, surely, none the less because
we are sanguine that more may follow of a similar
kind—and that we may obtain, bit by bit, the
chief part of Sir JOHN'S kindred remembrances.
It is not every sage who has the advantage of a
watchful and sagacious BOSWELL ready at his
elbow with pricked-up ears and retentive memory
and devouring notebook to absorb the riches of
wit or of wisdom, of ripened judgment and ex-
tended experience squandered about in careless
profusion in the abandonne of garrulous and un-
premeditated conversation. We have reason, there-
fore, to be especially thankful, to acknowledge our-
selves peculiarly beholden to men like Sir JOHN
COLERIDGE, when they themselves volunteer to
give the world, as Sir JOHN did on Wednesday at
Exeter, a taste at least of their individual medita-
tions and reminiscences. The recollections even
of one rather notorious than renowned 'possess a
value almost beyond ready computation. VIDOCQ.
for example, the
Pollee spy, could draw upon his
memory to our advantage. We would give some-
thing to have an authentic Ms. that proved, upon
scrutiny, to he the autobiography of the infamous
JEFFRIES—the judge of the blood-stained ermine,
whose arch-crime still shines luridly upon our an-
naN as The Bloody Assizes. how deep the value,
then, of the recollections flowing from the pure
memory and the spotless conscience of a venerable
judge, a judge venerable no less by character than
by years, like the honoured and revered Sir JOHN
COLEAIDGE. It is befitting his character that Sir
jOHN'IS inaugural address (may we call it ?) as a
lecture.r upon this fruitful theme of his "Circuit
,uld end, as it did on Wednes-

day in the Exeter Athenaeum, with a fervent
panegyric upon that time-honoured Palladium of
our liberties, Trial by Jury. Let these weighty
words be taken duly into popular consideration.
That they are not ill-timed Sir JOHN himself takes
occasion to intimate. Foi—" There were some," he
said, " who laboured to depreciate trial by jury, or,
as it was more correctly termed, trial by judge and
jury. He did not mean to say that this mode of
trial was perfect, or that it was appropriate in de-
ciding all matters of fact. He was far from saying
that it would not admit of some improvement ; but,
speaking from long experience and from much con-
sideration, in nothing was he more confident than
in thinking that to trial by jury they were much
indebted, as members of society, as citizens, in re-
spect to their property, their character, their safety
and their liberty, than to any other single institu-
tion in the country. He had been a judge for an
unusually long period, and he should ever regard
with admiration the manner in which juries dis-
charged their duties. Again and again he had
reason to marvel at their patience, and again and
again he had observed questions put by a jury
which had been omitted by counsel and judge, the
answer to which had thrown a light that had
guided them to the truth of the whole matter. As
it regarded the judge and society generally, the
institution of trial by jury was most important."
Again, he observed, in regard to trial by jury—
" They could not possibly overrate the blessing
which they possessed, yet it was so much a matter
of course that they were apt to think as little of it
as they did of the sun that shone upon them from
heaven. Such was human nature, and he should
not consider that he had spoken so long that even-
ing in vain, and they would not have listened so
patiently for nothing, if what had been said to
them should rouse them to a grateful sense of the
blessings they enjoyed, and to an earnest resolution
that as far as it was in their bower they would
hand down this institution of trial by jury pure and
undiminished to their latest posterity." These are
words of solemn import; and they are words, of
course, that are all the more persuasive, falling as
they do from the lips of one who is as clear,
and sound, and temperate in judgment as he is
eminent and unsullied in reputation.

Prompt and regular postal communication is the
life of over-sea trade. To all, therefore, who are
really interested in the further growth and deve-
lopment of our Southern Colonies, it must be a
source of unmixed satisfaction to witness the great
and undoubted success which has crowned the
efforts of the Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company to connect the metropolis of Aus-
tralia by a mail service with Nelson, Wellington,
Canterbury, New Plymouth, Otago, ana Auckland.
A scheme in itself most promising was happily
supported by men of zeal and ability, and it must
be a source of well-earned pride and satisfaction to
M. PEARSON, Mr. COLEMAN, and the other pro-
mcters of this undertaking that their labours have
been so early crowned with a brilliant success.
The Company was only formed a year since, and
at present their fleet consists of four screw steamers,
with an aggregate of 2,885 tons. These vessels
have made eight voyages since last November, and
the returns upon each have shown a steady and
marked increase. A dividend, in course of pay-
ment, of 71 per cent. to the shareholders, is the
pleasing result of this auspicious commencement.
The present subsidy of the Company is £30,000
a year, but to perfect a system of intercolonial
communication, which shall include Tasmania and
Western Australia, will demand an increased sub-
sidy and extended capital. Our chief object in
now recording this remarkable instance of
well-directed British enterprise, is to call
the attention of the members of Parliament who
sat upon the committee upon ocean contracts, and
of all who are interested in the consideration of
our oversea postal arrangements, to the position of
a company which already holds the key of so im-
portant a portion of our intercolonial service. We
hope, in any recommendations which may be laid
before Government, full justice will be done to the
facilities for wider intercourse between our southern
colonies which this company presents, and that
every encouragement will be given to this spirited
effort to develope the inexhaustible resources, and
foster the expanding trade and commerce of those
young and vigorous dependencies.

Viscount and Viscountess Sydney have returned
to London from visiting the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs.
Herbert at Wilton House, and Viscount and 'Viscountess
Palmerston at Broadlands.

Count D. Bibbekoff has left Farrance's Hotel,
Belgravia, for Paris.

Lady Loftus Otway has left Grosvenor-square
for the Oatlands Hotel, Walton.

Mr. Henry B. Baring, M.P., and Mrs. Baring
have arrived at Farranco's Hotel, from Paris.

The officers of the Royal Navy who have taken
a part in Polar expeditions entertain Captain M'Clintock
to-morrow evening, at a dinner at the Thatched House
Tavern.

THE LATE EXPLOSION IN BIRMINGHAM.—Four-
teen of those who perished by the sad occurrence were
buried in St. Mary's churchyard on Sunday afternoon ;
from thirty to forty thousand persons are said to have been
present.
THE EXPLOSION OF A STEAM-ENGINE AT LEWES.
—The jury after a number of sittings to inquire into the
deaths of the unfortunate persons killed by the explosion of
an agricultural machine at Lewis, have returned the follow-
ing verdict :—" That the deaths were occasioned by the ex-
plosion of a steam-engine boiler, caused by the non-action
of a safety valve ; and that the said engine, from subsequent
examination, has been found to be of inferior quality and
construction, and not properly prepared and examined be-
fore it was used. The jury feel it their duty to recommend
that every portable steam engine should have an indicating
pressure gauge ; and that the present system of employing
unskilled persons as engineers requires that all persons so
employed should be properly examined and certificated ;
and that a periodical inspection of such engines should be
made by competent persons."
THE AFFAIR AT THE PEIIIO--The following is
an extract from a letter dated Foochow, Aug. 6 :—" The
Peiho affair is likely to be a far more serious one than has
ever yet occupied the attention of England in her relations
with China—the mere fact of the opposition at Peiho
being founded upon a direct order from Pekin and the Em-
peror will make it so. Hitherto our quarrels have origi-
nated with some mandarin or other official, against whois
we have first taken measures and then demanded repara-
tion from the Government ; but in this instance it is the
act of the Government itself, and it is the strongly ex-
pressed opinion here that the Chinese should be made to
know and feel that a ratified treaty cannot be broken with
impunity. The Chinese Government also seem to compre-
hend this, as they are proceeding in the matter with energy,
and calling upon the patriotic spirit of the natives, who, to
do them justice, seem to respond to it nobly. Thus the
Governor of Hopeh has sent 20 brass guns and 80 iron ones
for the defence of the Peiho. The Salt Commissioner has
given 8,000 taels of silver (about £2,500 sterling), and many
other nobles have given 4,000 taels (about £1,750 sterling),
towards the fund. The subscription raised in Foochow is
now leaving for the north with 25,000,000 strings of cash,
and thousands of dollars ; so we may expect that the Go-
vernment is about to put forth its whole strength. At pre-
sent we are quite s de in Foochow, and at the first appear-
ance of danger shall move down to Nantai. The policy o
China is certainly peculiar which makes war with the allief
in one place, and yet continues trading with them i
others." a

SHOCKING AIT:RDER IN LIVERPOOL.—A fearful
case of murder occurred in Liverpool on Sunday night, in
which the unhappy victim was the husband of the woman
who dealt the death blow. It appears from what can at
present be gleaned of the circumstances connected with the
case that both the parties, Alexander Trotter and Susan
Trotter, residing at Id Shawhill-street, had been drinking
together until about " closing time" (11 o'clock) on Sunday
night, when they were observed to proceed towards their
own residence, down Preston-street. On entering the house
everything appeared quiet, until the husband was observed
standing in the door, with his coat and waistcoat
off, and talking loud and rapidly to his wife, who
was inside. Shortly afterwards the woman ran out into the
street, when she was immediately followed by her husband,
who said he would kill her, and flourished a knife over his
head. The woman retreated a few steps, and drawing a
taknifeband,
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inflictedinder a severe wound her clothes,
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made aruse
cavity of thehatherlius
chest. The man cried out that he was stabbed, and he was
at once conveyed to the Northern Hospital, but although
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the stipendiary magistrate-
made of the deceased. examination might be

MUSIC.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
GARDEN.

The second English opera season at this theatre,
under the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and
Mr. Harrison, began last evening. They have be-
gun well, and so, we trust, they will continue, for
assuredly they deserve well of the public. By their
management, at once liberal, spirited, and judi-
cious, fever since " the Pyne and Harrison company"
was farmed, they have given our own national
opera that which for many years it had entirely
lost—a local habitation and a name. English now
divides with Italian opera the occupation of the
greatest and most magnificent theatre of our metro-
polis, and hag, moreouer, a full share of public ap-
probation and patronage.
It is significant of the position which English
opera, thanks to Miss Pyne and Mr. Harrison, now
holds, that the Queen has announced her intention
of patronising the establishment, and has com-
manded the Royal Box to be reserved for her Ma-
jesty's use during the season ;. and the state of the
subscription, we understand, is sufficient to ensure
success.

Since the lessees began their labours in their ori-
ginal domicile, their constant prosperity has had
the effect which prosperity ought to have ; by in-
creasing their means it has enabled them to extend
their establishment to a scale in every respect
worthy of a great national theatre, while
success has quickened instead of relaxing
their exertions. The company is larger and
more efficient than it ever was before; the orches-
tra is such as no English theatre ever before pos-
sessed; and, for the production of every piece with
due completeness and splendour, they command all
the means and resources of the great theatre where
they are located. In Mr. Alfred Mellon they have
a musical director of the highest order; and the
appointment of Mr. Edward Murray as acting ma-
nager is a guarantee for the manner in which the
business of the stage will be conducted. Of the
qualities and attainments of the different per-
formers we shall have occason to speak in connexion
with their appearances ; but there is one whose
name is not on the list of the present company, and
whose absence we sincerely regret—Miss Susan
Pyne, who has hitherto held the place of seeonda
donna to the great satisfaction of the public.
Pleasing and ladylike in appearance and manners,
a sprightly and intelligent actress, with a good if
not a powerful voice, and the acquirements of a
well-educated musician, she has been a valuable
member of the company, and her retirement from
it-will probably be felt.
The house has undergone some alterations. The
grand tier of boxes has been converted into a
" dress circle" of open boxes ; and the stalls, in-
stead of engrossing nearly the whole of the pit, are
now limited to the three front rows adjoining the
orchestra. These changes give the house the look
of an English theatre ; and the dress circle, filled
with company, gives a much more gay and lively
aspect to the house than a tier of private boxes.
The opera was " Dinorah," the announcement of
which drew one of the fullest houses we have ever
seen. The work is adapted to the English stage
from the original French, the libretto being written
by Mr. Chorley. The dialogue, except in
the airs and concerted pieces, is spoken without
recitative, very much to the advantage of the dra-
matic effect. The action moved with much more
rapidity and spirit than it did in the Italian version
produced on the same boards, when it was neces-
sary, in compliance with the conventional exigen-
cies of the Italian stage, to clothe the whole dialogue
in music. Mr. Chorley has performed his task with
ability. His dialogue is neat and lively, and the
difficulties of adapting to the music words in a dif-
ferent language from those to which it was origi-
nally composed have been surmounted with skill
and felicity. The opera is now too well known to
the musical public to require any account of its
plot or detailed criticism of its merits. Its character
is fully established by the voice of all Europe as one
of its illustrious author's happiest efforts, having a
greater affinity to the "Etoile du Nord" than to
any of his other productions, but even excelling that
work in originality of style, in novelty of ideas, in
the charm of its melodies, and the richness and
picturesque variety of its harmony and instrumen-
tation. Though much of this music is as profound
as any that Meyerbeer has written, it is singularly
free from all smell of the lamp. Simplicity, indeed,
is its most remarkable characteristic ; it is full of
rural freshness; and it flows as freely as if it had
come into the composer's mind without the slightest
effort of thought or labour. The drama is faulty in
various respects, especially in the character of the
hero, who is an unworthy personage, and excites aver-
sion rather than interest; but the heroine, the poor
crazy country girl,is a charming creation,and engages
our warmest sympathies. And the piece, taken
altogether, though somewhat incoherent and ob-
scure, has afforded ample scope for the genius of
the musicians.

Miss Louisa Pyne's Dinorah was a perfect per-
formance. In her personation of the character, as
well as her execution of the music, she was cer-
tainly equal, if not even superior, either to Cabel
or Carvalho. She acted with charming simplicity
and pathos, and it seemed as if the music had been
written expressly for her, such was the ease, grace,
and finish with which she sang the wildest and
most arduous passages. The famous "shadow song"
was a blaze of brilliancy ; the audience listened in
wonder and delight, and expressed their feelings by
repeated peals of applause. Her performance, in-
deed, was a triumph from beginning to end. The
part of Corentin, the buffo of the piece, being for a
tenor voice, was necessarily performed by Mr. Har-
rison, who did it great justice, exhibiting the gro-
tesque terrors of the clown with considerable
himour, and singing with his usual ability and
effect. The character of Hoel was assigned to Mr.
Santley. It is an ungrateful part, and afforded no
moans of judging of his powers as an actor. But
he sang admirably, and the pathetic romance in the
third act was one of the gems of the evening. A
remarkable triumph was achieved by a young de-
butante hitherto unknown to the public, even by
name—Miss Pilling, who performed the little part of
the second goatherd. She sang the canzonet at tha
beginning of the second act with such a lovely con-
tralto voice, such purity, simplicity, and grace,
that the audience not only encored the air with a -
clamations, but, at the end of the opera, when the
performers were called for, there was a loud and
general call for her, which was continued till she at
length came forward. This young lady, who is said
to be a pupil of Mrs. Wood, is evidently quite un-
practised on the stage ; but, with her rare musical
gifts, she cannot fail to achieve success. The other
parts were performed by Miss Thirlwall (another
promising debutante), Mr. Corgi, and Mr. St.
Albyn ; the whole caste being complete and satis-
factory.

After the opera " God save the Queen" was sung
by the whole strength of the company with extra-
ordinary power and effect ; and a short divertisse-
ment terminated the entertainments of the evehing.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The popular comedian,
Mr. Walter Lacy, will take his benefit on Wednesday (to-
morrow), when he will play Benedict in "Much Ado about
Nothing" to the Bcatrice of Miss Reynolds.
PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Since our notice of the
re opening of this house the new piece, " Ivy flail," has
been considerably curtailed, and now plays more evenly
than on its first production. Planche's burlesque, " Love
and Fortune," has proved a decided success; Miss Louise
Keeley as Love and Miss Carlotta Lecleiq as Fortune have
good opportunities for the display of filcir wonderful talent,
and the scene of the " Gardens of Cassandra" by Beverley,
does credit-to his well won reputation.
MR. ROEBUCK AT MILFORD HAVEN.—Mr• Ito
buck attended an entertainment given by Mr. Lever on
board the Queen of the South, at the Neyland terminus of South Wales Railway, Milford Ilaven, on Saturday.
On this occasion the Queen of the South, the first of the
new line of steamers to run between Milford Haven,
Lis-
bmt, Brazil, &c., to sail under the Portuguese the:, re-
ceived her new name—The Miltbrd Haven, The ceremony
was performed by Miss Roebuck. under a salvo of cannons,
after which a large party of the elite of the neighbourhood
sat down to a splendid entertainment in the beautiful and
capacious
saloon of the vessel. Mr. Roebuck was chair.
man, and Mr. Lever vice-chairman. The speeches were
wholly of a mercantile description.
Epps,Fll ItGheHTenFgUiLneellr,EoAf TtHhe.
—o°ldn KSeantt_urrodaady Mr. d~ltn
superin-
tending the sinking of a well in Skinner-street, when by
some mischance he fell down the aperture, a depth of 70
feet, having an iron crowbar in his hand. He fell on the
pointed end, which entered his abdomen, and on being got
out he was quite dead.

LATzy
EST.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, OCT. 4.

It is asserted that the Austrian Government has
consented to reduce the debt of Lombardy, to be
borne by Piedmont, from 400 millions to little more
than half this sum.

General Chaugarnier has returned to Paris from
Belgium.

Marshal Canrobert and Marshal the Duke of
Magenta have quitted Paris for Nancy and Lille,
to resume the command of these military districts.

ZURICH, OCT. 3.

The six Plenipotentiaries were present to-day at
a Conference, at which the articles of the treaty of

peace were read over.
Count Colorado is expecting to receive replies
from his Government to the despatches he sent off
last Saturday.

PARIS, OCT. 3.

Lord Cowley left yesterday for Biarritz, it is
asserted in order to arrange with Count Walewaki
for the joint expedition to China.
The Patrie of this evening maintains that the
treaty of peace will be signed within a very few
days at Zurich. The treaty will confirm the ces-
sion of Lombardy, and will contain a settlement of
the Lombard debt. There will be three instruments
of peace—one between France and Austria, another
between France and Sardinia, and a third between
the three Powers named. A congress will be ac-
cepted for the settlement of the Central Italy ques-
tion.

MARSEILLES, OCT. 3.

The King of the Belgians left this morning ; he
will pass the night at Valence, and from there pro-
ceed to Switzerland.

News from Rome states that the garrison of
Ancona has been reinforced.

Advices from Algiers state that the departure of
troops for Oran continue 3. One column assembled
at Sebdon under General Derrien will operate on

the soutt.

The Moorish troops on the frontiers are expect-
ing reinforcements of black cavalry.
There is some agitation among the tribes, espe-
cially at Riaret, but the assemblage of troops pre-
vents any suspected outbreak.

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY.

We regret to announce the sudden death of the
Hon. J. Y. Mason, the American Minister in Paris,
which took place this morning at nine o'clock, from
an attack of apoplexy, with which he had been
seized during the night.
A Paris letter, in the Nord of Brussels, says :
—" A Belgian journal has pretended that the
Princess Clotilda was likely to be called to the
throne of Etruria, and that Prince Napoleon would
stand in the position of Prince Consort. Putting
aside altogether the denial given by the Emperor
Napoleon to such reports, it is astonishing that
any journalist can imagine such an absurdity.
When the passage detailing this fine project was
mentioned to the Princess Clotilda, she expressed
her wonder that any French writer could be so
little acquainted with the laws of France as not
to know that they did not admit for a husband,
even if he had the rank and title of a Prince, such
a condition of relative inferiority. In fact, the
principle of the sallic law prevails throughout all
the French; legislation, and the Princess Clotilda,
when she became the wife of Prince Napoleon,
became French, consequently she could not occupy
a position which that legislation does not allow
woman to assume."

BollitsE, Oct. 3.—The market has been heavy.
Threes, after having been done at 69f. 60c., de-
clined to 69f. 25c., and are now at 69f. 35c. MO-
biller varied from 9161. 25c. to 907 f. 50c. ; Aus-
trian, 5501. to 542 f. 50c. ; Lombard, 553 f. 75c. to
5511. 25c ; Orleans, 1,407 f. 50c. to 1,400 f. ; Lyons,
910 f. to 900 f. ; Southern, 524 f. to 5151. The fol-
lowing were the last quotations :

per Cents. 95 50
Do. end month
3 per Cents. 69 30
Do. end month.... 69 50
Bank Shares. 2825
Credit Mobilier .. 810
Do. Account ..... 810

Credit Foncier
Belgian 11 —
Piedmontese (5)
Roman
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt 44 50

RAILWAYS,

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern
New ditto B2O .. 825

Lyons and Alsditerranean 902 50 905
Geneva 537 50 .. 535
Southern
Western 5BB 75 .. 505
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard ....
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 251. 13c. • money,
25f 11c. ; throe months, paper, 241.98 c.; money, lit 931 c.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, OCT. 1.

The subjoined letters, which reached this city
yesterday, will be found to contain political infor-
mation of unusual in t erest

" Rimini, Sept. 26.

" The concentration on the Papal frontiers of the revo-
lutionary forces in the Romagna is assuming a menacing
character. The troops in the Papal camp at Pesaro are not
without apprehensions, as there is a report in circulation
that Garibaldi intends to assume the offensive, and possibly
to make a sudden attack on the fortress of Ancona. During
the last few days five battalions of Tuscan troops have ar -
rived here, so that the force which the revolutionary Go-
vernment has at its disposal consists of above 10,000 troops
of the line, ono battalion of Chasseurs of the Alps, four troops
of cavalry, and 18 well-mounted guns. The corps francM
(free troops) under General Rosetti, which are stationed at
St. Arcangelo, may consist of about 2,500 men.
" Garibaldi has hired six small vessels (trabaccoli) by
the month, and purchased one. This last is to be armed ;
the others will, if necessary, be used for transporting
troops, ammunition, &e. Garibaldi, who has again sud-
denly quitted Rimini, is said to have gone to the north of
the Romagna.
" As a consequence- of the above-mentioned rumour rela-
tive to Ancona, reinforcements are to be sent there. In
fitet, the Ist batallion of the Ist Swiss regiment is now
marching from Perugia to Ancona. Tho 2d native (Roman)
regiment, composed of 1,000 men, two companies of artil-
lery, and the local gensdarmerie from the garrison of this
place.
" P.S. Credible intelligence has just been received that
the danger of an immediate attack on the part of the revo-
lutionary army is nu longer imminent. Yesterday afternoon
the pickets, which had been pushed forward to a consi-
derable distance, fell back on Rimini, and even the position
occupied by the artillery at Cattolica has been given up.
This sudden change of plan—which is attributed to higher
orders—has greatly depressed the leaders of the revolu-
tionary pally; and it probably led to the sudden departure
of Garibaldi.

" Ancona, Sept. 25,

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" Authentic advises have been received that the revolu-
tionary force at Rimini is continually reinforced by troops
from Tuscany and Modena. The battalion of Bersaglie
dells Alpi,' which was dissolved in Piedmont, is being re-
formed in the Legations, and an incomplete battalion has
already joined the corps at Rimini. The pickets on the
Papal frontiers, at Cattolica, have been reinforced, and
some earthworks for artillery have been constructed. The
military preparations at Rimini, which aro under the direc-
tion of the adventurous Garibaldi, lead the Papal troops at
Pesaro to fancy that an attack is likely to be made on them,
and to fear that General von Kalberinatten, whose force is
very inferior, will not be able to offer an effectual resistance.
" Garibaldi is busily employed in inspecting the troops,
and in improving their position on the Papal frontier. On
the 211 of tiepteinbcr Garibaldi was still at Rimini, and a
day or two before he harangued the people from a balcony,
and told them ' that the dominion and tyranny of the spi-
ritual Power had ceased for ever.' At the conclusion of his
speech he called on his hearers to rise as one man, and to
Like orals in order that the separation from Rome might
be durable.

" Some of the inhabitants of Bologna display an inclina-
tion to make the Marchese Pepoli Dictator of the Romagna,
but at present they have no great chance of success."
In open violation of one of the conditions of the
peace concluded at Villafranca, the Sardinian Go-
vernment levies taxes and recruits in some parts of

the provinces of Mantua and Verona, which belong
to Austria, though they for the moment are in the
hands of the Piedmontese. This conduct the Irc,„.
perial Cabinet greatly resents, and it will prob,_;,bly
make reprisals by raising taxes in cert9f,n dis-
tricts in Lombardy, which will eventuall:l be ceded
to Sardinia, but are at present occupied by Aus-
trian troops, About 10,700 Lombard soldiers have
already returned to their homes, and we learn from
Venice that another large batch passed through
that oily on the 26th ult. Many persons have re-
cently been arrested in Venetia forpersuading young
men to cross the Po, in order to join the troops on
the opposite side of the river, and they will doubt-
less be severely punished, as the Imperial authori-
ties are resolved, if possible, to put a stop to what
in German is called " falsonwerberei" (illicit
recruiting for another Power). Venice is still
without a Podesta, but no attempt to get one
elected will be made for some weeks to come. A
few days ago Count Archinto, who is one of the
richest and proudest men in Milan, greatly annoyed
the Sardinians by wearing the Order of the Golden
Fleece at a soiree which was given by King Victor
Emmanuel while at Monza. Count Julius Litta,
who hates everything Austrian, appeared in the
uniform of a Sardinian captain, he having held
that military rank in 1848 and 1819.

THE PAPAL STATES.

A letter from Turin of the 30th ult. says :

" The Ojficial..Tournal of Bologna has just made
some curious revelations. It states that several
years back, an advocate, M. Berni degli Antoni,
found the conventsons which were entered into in
1447 between the city cf Bologna and Pope Nicho-
las V., by which the Pope recognised the rights of
that city, and denounced any one who should dare
to infringe them; and these conventions were
ratified by 27 successive Popes. When in 1815,
after the cessation of the French occupation,
the Pope was invested with the possession of
Bologna, the senators of the city claimed its rights
in virtue of the convention of 1447. Pius VII.
repEed that he would not refuse 'to render to
Caesar what belonged to Caesar,' but he referred them
to Cardinal Gonsalvi, his Minister. The senators
caused Antoni to present a petition to the cardi-
nal, and in it the advocate took care to cite the
document of 1447. But the cardinal said, ' Woe
to you if you publish that document ! And con-
sider yourself lucky that you are not at once sent
to the fort of San Angelo to be detained for the
rest of your life for having quoted it ! ' The offi-
cial journal of Bologna also throws light on an-
other matter, which has excited considerable in-
terest. Some journals of the clerical party have
accused the volunteers of Garibaldi of having com-
mitted infamous acts in the convent of Veriruchio.
Other journals have asserted that there was not a
word of truth in the accusation, and that it was
only made by the enemies of Italian independence.
But the former persisted in their statement,
without, however, giving any proof. It turns
out that the whole affair is the result of a mis-
take. A letter was received at Rome, giving an
account of horrible acts committed by soldiers
in a convent at Perugia, and one of the persons
who saw that letter read by mistake Verrueltio in-
stead of Perugia. As Verruchio, which if in tho
Legations, is occupied by the soldiers of Garibaldi,
Mezzacapo, or Roselli, the person, in writing an
account of what he had read, ascribed to those sol-
diers the atrocities which had really been com-
mitted by the Swiss soldiers of the Pope at Peru-
gia. So true it is that the Swiss were the real of-
fenders that recently one of the criminal courts of
the Papal States condemned one Swiss to death
and another to 20 years' hard labour for atrocities
perpetrated is a convent at Perugia.' The gover-
nor of Romagna, desiring to relieve his army from
the false accusation brought against it, instituted
an investigation, and the result was that no soldier
had entered a convent at Verruchio. A solemn
attestation of this fact was requested from the
abbess of the convent at that place, and she readily
gave it. This attestation, which is signed Fortu-
nate Rinaldini, and is drawn up in due legal form,
and vouched by witnesses, is published in the offi-
cial journal."

Reminiscences," shoe

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1859.