New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-01
WA sboo. 70 be he'd there Soon after came the

ref0r Ci TIE hrSt meeting. at which SigHor DOT
romeo took the chair, while FARM, the ceebrsteA
historian, and many iilustrous Consttutionalsts'
such "a Litta aud Porro, were said to have delv-
ertd speechee. These. speeches were made 90 art
fully to express the well-known views OF this sec
tion Of respectable italian patriots, that everybody
was taken in, though, We suppose, IT must hsVe
seemed strange that nore Of these gentlemen were
eyeT met with in Lo1don society. However, the
Convention. after a regular course OF oratlons,
issued maniesto full Of abhOrrence oftyrannicide
sbd an address 10 tue nations OF Europe, setting
forth. n conc;se style scheme Of italian unity and
constitutional monarchy, somewhat after the model
of the present Germsnc Confederation. The man.
ifest0 Wa forwarded 10 the French Embassy and
duly sckI owledged; the sddress was sent to the
nemters Of Parliament, aud Dir. Duncombe az
0Lce Offered his Parliamentary services TO the Con
vention. not IN the way in which Mr. Isaac Butt,
n. p, offered them for f1OO0O to Ali Moorad,
but disinteresedly. for pure love of Italy. Even
Mr. Gladstone replied to Signor D0rromeo, while
The London Timts wrote leading article, wise as
an owl. on the movement, which il declared, had
lot received sufficient attention from the press
or the public; after having psid, as we now
learn, G8 for the reports and documents. The
DAILY Nrrs was also yictimized to the amount oi
fG I'll, Telegraph gave E5 note for the "eX-
"cusive information;" TIE Star only f3; while the
other journals found it more convenient to copy
the reports from their neghbors without pay or
schnOw ledement.
The affairs Of the Conye ntion went on swiinm,ngly
u.:i emboidened BY success it issued an appeal to
the refugees to join in tie protest against regicde,
under penalty Of unpleasant consequences should
they reflse. Some of them now determined 70 sft
TIE matter to he bottom. and proceeded at once
to seek the lodgings of the so-called Sgnor Bor-
romeo, which turned cut to be in one OF the
most wreiched alleys of the dirty suburb Of
Southwark. They found only his wife at home, who
in a most remarkable Hbernian brogue explained
to them that her husband was an Italian Count,
who had twenty -four Christian names, and whose
mother was Irish She also admitted that his father
was an llish,nan and that for the last few years
he had always resided in England. Finally itoozed
out that be himself, with his twenty four Christian
names, had personated all the members of the Con-
vention and bad ddraTp up the speeches, mapfestoes
aod sppeals in his miserable lodgings for his own
benefit and the benefit of the English press. The
Star was honest enough at once to acknowledge that
it had been duped, and took out summons against
the swndler the other papers, and especially
The TimtS, we're ashamed to confess their creduty,
and maintained discreet silence on this impOsture,
which must be ranked next to Arrowsmths Georgia
railrosds and revolvers.
The London press certainly has some admir-
able proft sional qualities especially that OF writing
the English language correctly and with elegance.
But one quality which it would do well to cultivate
lie that of furnishing information about what is going
on in London In this respect it might advantage
ously toke lesson from the press of New-York.
We venture to say that such an imposition as this
Of Sgnor Borromeo's could not be practiced on the
journals of this city, simply because they make it
their business to instruct the public on what takes
place here, and for that purpose are always we'll
informed Themselves. Our English contemporaries
live too much by routine and dulness, and pay too
little attention to the world about them. Some
shrewd and clever man ought to found ne,o,psper
in London and teach them better.