Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-08-27
FOREIGN NEWS.

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FOREIGN NEWS.
FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM ENGLISH
PAPERS BY THE CAMBRIA.
Mr. Bancroft's Speech at the Royal Asrt-
cultural Dinner.
At the dinner OF The Royal Agricultural Socie-
" At Northampton, on the 22d ult Mr.. Bancroft,
the American Ambassador, upon the health OF
1.-THE Foreign Ministers" being given, made The
following graceful speech:
He said that he could hardly find words to ex-
press his gratitude for the kind manner in which
his country had been alluded 10. Although The
minister OF a foreign country, he was not ALTO
pether a stranger in that meeting, for nature had
Established bonds Of union between the farmers
of every nation on the face OF the earth. The
same sun shone upon them all; The same seasons
as they returned furnished the seed time and
ripened the harvest. The celestial influences TO
which he mus, look for a blessing on his exef-
lions, might we'll blend in The breast OF the nus
bandman with that spirit OF brotherhood when
had made the ,ilers OF the soil especially
those of Anglo Saxon orisin-the guardians oil
freedom and conserva,ors Of peace. Wherever
the councils ofthe cultivators OF The soil prevail.
ed. there il was certain that nations would dwell
in peace. Nor was that the only point on which
foreign nations found themselves interested in
societies of this kind. Wherever he turned his
eyes, he beheld evidence Of The spirit OF enter
prise and improvement which distinguished the
people OF this country.
They rifled every CLINE OF fruit and flowers to
enhance The value OF their own. Every where
YOU had evidence of the combinations of inter-
est which connected together the nations oil The
earth. Since he had been in England, he had
seen American plants 10 which English skill and
culture had been applied, and they had attained
a degree of beauty and perfection which they
never possessed in their native soil. (Cbeers.)
Ii had afforded him the highest qualification 10
witness the beauty of the horses and stock exhi-
biled that day. Agriculture in his country dill
fered very much from that in England. In Eng
land The farmers went through a course OF work
which had been continued from century TO GEN.
tury, and had only TO perfect what their torefa-
theirs had handed dow 10 them. The Ameri-
cans, on the other hand, had TO erapple with the
difficulties Of nature-to tame, subdue and rem
der useful the natural exuberance Of their eS-
haustless soil. Nothing had struck him more
since he had been in England than the manner
in which the fields were cultivated and weeded
by the hoe and The hand. In America the trees
were older than the ~roads-older than the towns
zana, where spared. were the Oldes! monuments
NAL was suffered 10 live, unless it could produce
its passport and prove It's right 10 be iallened and
fed. (Cheers and laughter.)
The farmers of England cultivated The soil be-
meath those beloved churches, (cheers) which
stood amidst the graves of their fathers, that
(Cheers.) With the Americans, beneath whose
blows the forests fell-with that moving and ac-
tive population, those who now lived upon The
soil were more numerous than all who slept be-
meath it. There the agriculiuralisis, with the in
strumenls of husbandry in their hands, were
Obliged to erect school houses and churches, and
prepare for com petition with the mother country
in all that was calculated 10 promote The pros
perily of mankind by The advancement OF reli-
gion and the cultivation OF science and arl.-
(aear, hear.) In The name of every American
be responded 10 The wish that peace might for
ever prevail between the Two countries. (Cheers.)
Let il be hoped that the relations of commerce,
and the interchange Of intelligence between lie
cultiyators ofthe soil in The Two countries, would
knit them together in such bonds OF unity that
no apprehension OF a rupture need be entertain
ed. With these sentiments, uttered from his
heart and soul, he responded 10 the sympathy
shown for his country, and would conclude by
praying for the prosperity OF the farmers OF Eng
land. loud cheeriDg.)
ITALY.
The most interesting political news by the
Cambria, is OF the exciting events in Rome
The l7th of July was to have been celebrated by
a grand tete, in commemoralion Of The amnesty
proclaimed to all political prisoners on the ac-
cession Of the present Pope. The occasion was
selected by a band oil conspirators, whose OBJ
jecl was TO destroy The power Of the Pope, as a III
one for the execution Of a plo, Tor that purpose.
The plan was to distribute persons among the
multitude gathered together on the occasion oil
this ieie, with instructions 10 gel up a quarrel, as
q justification Tor military Interference; where
upon disafiec,eG portions OF the troops were TO
make a general onslaught. The fugitives AMI
leaders oil the Pope's party were 10 be waylaid
in the back streets by accomplices armed with
s~lileltues. The sanguinary result was 10 he held
up as the natural consequence oil coDcessionsto
a people not ripe for freedom. In this way il
was expected to produce The desired reaction ii
the Government.
"This notable scheme" says the account, gi-
ven in one Of the London papers, "got wind in
the club OF The Circolo-Romano. Prince Saliva
Il, at The head OF a depuia,ion from The club, CON-
municaled The matter 10 the Pope, who took i'm.
mediate measures for The public safety. The CT
tiZens were armed, and orders were given to ar
rest The ringleadcrs. In the midst Of the hustle
on the 10Th, Cardinal Ferretti opportunity ar.
rived TO assumathe OH re OF Secretary of State
His first official act was 10 Danish Monsisnor
Grasselini, The Governor Of Rome; who was al
lowed only lwenty-four hours 10 quit The civ.
The conspiracy is falhered upon The party Lead
ed by Cardinal Lambruschini."
On The 2lst OF July a proclamation was issued
By Cardinal Ferrelti, declaring TO The people the
sentiments and the determination OF the Pope
1t expresses the qualification felt BY the Pope, that
the people, al the voice OF religion and the re-
monslrance OF the pro-Governor Of Rome, relin.
qnished their designs, dictated by a misconceiv-
ed zeal for public order against certain individu-
as" (meauing no doubt The conspirators.) II
assures them that the Holy Father, as he declar-
ed Twelve months ago, twill always remember
that Justice is the frs, OF his duties" aud declares
that justice shall always be visited upon the enc
mics ofthe public authority and public order. The
civic guard are publicly thanked, on behalf Of the
Pope, for their services in the recent occasion OF
alarm. The people are assured that his Holi-
ness is determined that his Government shall have
Hentire force and full liberty OF action" tina, mea-
cures are taken for the preservation OF order, and
that individuals shall not be prosecuted. The
Cardinal takes occasion 10 add, towards the close
OF The proclamation an appeal in behalf of The
new ministry, (which" says the document, 1.-THE
clemency OF our well beloved and august Pontif,
Plus TX, has been pleased to confde 10 us"
The New York Tribune publishes a letter
which throws yet more light on this highly inle-
resting subject. 1t is dated Paris, August ist.-
We make the following extracts from it:
In Italy, affairs are yet worse, and thus Austria
is no less impolent than France and Switzerland.
The Two powers, allied TO the disgrace OF the Re-
~volution Of July, had already succeeded in check
ing the forward career OF the Pope. In the col.
lege OF Cardinals they had excited suspicion, had
shaken Gizzi The Secretary of State, and thus
forced certain reIograde measures upon the Pope.
In sorrowful establishment The people OF the Ro.
mish State, fallen from all their dreams, saw
their Sovereign, who shortly before had inspired
in them the mobiles hopes, led out OF his path. A
universal excitement and fermentation seized up.
on Them. The holder fastened 10 lay before the
Pope the true state of public opinion, while a pc
,i,ion, with thousands Of signatures, besought the
immediate organization OF the National Guard
as the only means Of maintaining peace, order
and the security of persons and property. Plus |