ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 248, 14 October 1848, Page 3

ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

Irish News from Rome. Dr. Cantwell, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, has publishtd the following in the Freeman's Journal-" " Mullingar, May 7, 1848. " Dear Dr. <3ray,— T hasten to forward the enclosed extract of a letter which I received on this > morning. Its publication will afford joy and consolation to the clergy and people of Ireland. How delightful to find, notwithstanding the atiti-liiah intrigues anil antiCatholic efforts of Lord Minto and his Whig colleagues, that the immortal Pius IX. is so decided on the two great questions which have of late excited luch feverish excitement in Ireland. The Irish Church, which has over clung to the chair of Peter with unshaken fidelity, hails the elevation of our gloiious Pontiff, as the special gift of an all-wise and merciful Piovidence, and daily pours forth her fervent supplications to Heaven to grant him length of days and a lasting triumph over the dangers and difficulties by which he is surrounded.— I have the honour to remain, dear Dr. G:ey, your obedient and faithful servant, "t John Cantwem.." M Extract of a letter from a fiiend in Rome— '»« Rome, April 28, 1848. «• ' Dr. Mac Hale and Dr. O'Higgini arrived in Rome a fe»v duy« ago, and were received with marked attention by ilie highest authorities. Though the Pope was very much occupied with the ceremonies of Holy and Easter weeks, still he wished to see them immediately after their arrival. They had a long interview with his Holiness, by whom they were received in the kindest and most affectionate manner. Of course the ecclesiastical affairs of Ireland formed the subject of conversation. His HJiness spoke of the Irish church in the highest terms of admiration. The courage and constancy, said he, with which the Irish preserved their frith during three centuries of perssculion were really miracnlou*. It was one of the gloriei of the Catholic church to be able to point out such examples of heroism in her children. The holy see, he added, had been always sincerely attached to Catholic Ireland, and felt the deepest sympahy in her sufferings, and as for himself, he regarded the Irish church as the apple of his eye. 11 ' His Holineis, in the coune of the interview, expressed his disbelief in the charges that had been made ngainst the Irish clergy, and observed that the very persons who had been some time ago loud in their complaints against the Irish piiests were now heaping jpraises upon them. '• 'The condemnation of the provincial colleges was also mentioned, and his Holiness spoke with complacency of the step he had taken ; he had condemned those colleges, in the hope of making or preserving the education of Ireland, Catholic— he could not withdraw the principles on which he had then acted, and he trusted that the measures he had adopted would be beneficial to religion. " • As to the dijlomatic relations between tlw» Holy See and England, he observed that the bill in question wns brought forward in a way injurious to his rights. England would not recognise him, or trtat with htm as head -of the Catholic church. England would not receive an ecclesiastical envoy from Rome. Under such -circumstances he said he could uot rsceive an English ambas-ador.' " 1 The Irish Trials.— These trials have served to confirm the impression that the Whig ministers, in every step the> take for the government of Ireland, are injuriously affected by the pait they played while in opposition. The fre man's Jow ?ial now quotes eloquent commonplace uttered by Loid John Russell, in 1844, because eleven Roman Catholics were struck off the jury list by the counsel for the Crown ; also a requisition calling an aggregate meeting of Roman Catholics to protest before the Queen ngainst such " nn insult and a wrong to the emancipated Catholirs of Ireland"— the requisition bearing among other signatines those -of Mr. Monahan, Mr. Reding on, Mr. Wyse, and Mr Miicl. At the trial of Mr. Meagher eleven Roman Catholics were stiuck off on the challenge of Mr. Monahan, now Attorney-General! Of course it has not been without enfeebling hesitations that the Whigs hive at last resorted to that which in 1844 thty called "packing the jury" If they obstructed the law in 1844 from the invidious motives of factions, less discreditable compunctions on the score of eonsiftency now would obstruct their own resoit to the same unavoidable expedients— unavoidable they now admit, but in the present instances not successiu . — Sptctati).

News from Spain continued. The civilians who were killed in the conflict are stated to be from 36 to 40, but it is dfficult to ascertain correctly. As far as could be judged by their dress, they were persons of a respectable class, Amongtt them are Domingo Vclo, one of the deputies of Granada, who fell at the head of a party he was leading on near the PKiza M.iyor Two brothers, Italians, named Tassa, also fell. Several officers are severely wounded, and the detachment of the engineeis has suffered a loss in k lied and wounded, of 3j. The other corps suffered in proportion. IZ The court-mailial was presided over by the colonel of th« Regiment of Espana, Loigorri. In ordinary times it would have been strange to confer such an office on the comm,iudim> officer of the regiment which had just revolted, as it is difficult with the best intentions in the world to act otherwise than under a feel* ing of irritation. A mongst those on whom sentence of death was carried into immediate execution were one sergeant, two corporals, and five privates. Amoncst the civilians were a captain and lieutenant who had some time before been removed from the arm\. Two or three of those who were shot pursuant to the sentence of the court-martial hud been previously wounded, and were brought to the ground in litters. Eighty soldiers were, up to yesterday, sentenced to imprisonment for life in the presidios. The person who acted as military leader of the insurgents was a rt tired officer named Baseta, who had been also very actively engaged in the Galician insurrection, when he acted as chief of the «taff to Soils. He was formerly second commandant of cnrabineeis. The gates of tho city were kept closed the whole of yesterday and to-day, and no person allowed egress without a permission in writing from the Captain* General. Since I commenced this letter I have learned that some of the men who were stated to have deserted yesterday surrendered themselves this morning. The fears entertained of a renewal of the outbreak last night have not been realised ; and it would seem that the Government do not now dread any such repetition, as the p'eces of artillery stationed yesttrday and last night in the Puerto del Sol and Calle Area In have been removed. The large detachments in tbe principal parts of the town have ceased to occupy them, and patiols are not moving about as yesterday. The guards of course remained reinforced, and extra lentineli are stationed here and there ; but otherwise the city has resumed the ordinal y appearance. The shops are opened as if nothing had occurred, and people moving about as usual. Domiciliary visits arc, as a matter of course, re* earned, and the utmost precautions, taken, not only to

discover such of the insurgents as may remain concealed) but also to prevent their escape. The Gazette contain* a number of documents connected with the occurrences which have just taken place. Amongst them it the bando of the Captain* General Pezuela, of which gave the I substance yesterday. In the circular addressed by the Homp Miniiter, Sartorius, to the Political Chiefs, relative to the same subject, it is stated that the insurrection was got up, and the soldieis seduced, "by foreign gold." The same idea is thrown out in other parts of the official organ of the government. In the communication from the CaptainnSeneral to the Minister at War it is stated that it was owing to the lloyal clem»ncy that the whole of the military piiioners were not decimated ; the act was performed only on the 78 soldiers who resisted to the last, and who were taken with armi in their hands. 14 Placed in capilla," it continues — 14 And having received the connotations of religion, the thirteen condemned to die, of whom five were civilians, were shot; in the presence of nearly all the troops in the garriion. The pickets employed in the act were of the saftie regiment as the guilty men ; and from those who were not executed, but who were condemned to the next immediate penalty of presidio, I ordered to be torn their uniforms, thus vilely stained with treason, and to be led from the ground to the public prison, previous to leaving the capital for their ultimate destination. I then addressed the troops in the brief speech •übjoined, and ordeied them to match past the dead bodies and return to their quarters." Tue Gazette alio contains the foil iwing : —

"Exposition to her Majesty. " Senora,— The undersigned beg to congratulate your Majeity and the Government on the triumph obtained this morning over the disturbers of public order ; and they offer at the feet of yur Majesty, ai Spaniards and as gentlemen, their fortune and their lives. " Madrid, May 7." The names that follow are many of them members of the Cortes belonging to the majority, Generals, civil and military employes, and some capitalists. Tuere are about 460 uamei, and at the head of the list it the Duke of Osuna. The Hit, it seems, is to be continued ; and from what the Espana (a Moderado paper) says, it would appear that there i» some intention of foiming theie persons into a sort of corps. The idea of drawing up the exposition is said to have oiiginnted with the government; and if we may believe the Heraldo, it wil be considered as a meant of testing' the opinions of the respectable inhabitants of M dnd. The following, from the organ of General Narrate, it significative :— *' We are informed that some of the most respectable cUises or the nation were yesterday occupied in signing an exposition to our Queen, congratulating her on the t mmph of order, and offering her their co-operation in vanquishing her enemies. This exampte ought to be imitated by all the loyal Spaniards who are not the agents of foreign hatreds. We already know which it is ; and to what aspires every one who does not give this proof of loyalty in actual circumstances. 1 ' 1 have made inquiries of some who were present, and engaged against the insurgents, as to the cries or vivas uttered by them ; and I am again assured that the cries we.c those I mentioned yesterday, namely, " Viva la Reyna I" " Viva la Libertad !" •• Viva la Constitucioa 1" and "Viva laPueblal" and that uo cry was heard in favour of a Republic. The Three per Cents. ha\e again declined. They are quoted at 2l£ cash, and after Bourse at 2{\ ; the Five per Cents., at 14$ cash, and 14^ uellets; the Passives, at 5| and 5j ; and the Coupons, at 8| selleis. Exchange, at 41 on London.

The State of France. — The Prcsse contains a 'etter from M. Emile de Girardm, in which he sta'ei that anarchy was never uearer nor dm»e;er more irominent. He add*, that a month since there was a total want of confidence, but that now a further progress has been made, and that mistrust is felt everywhere. It is lelt in the National Asscmb y, which mistrusts the Executive Government. It is experienced in the Lxecutive Government, which mistrusts the National Assembly. It is universal amongst the National Guards, who asiist, with reversed arms, at this equal and reciprocal mistrust. It is amongst the population, which perceives neither an eye that watches, a hand to direct, nor a voice which commands, nor au idea which enlightens. In conclu ion, M. de Girardm observes, that the National Guard may suppress disturbances in the street, but, he nsks, who is to arrest anarchy in the Government ? The same paper con. taint the following instance amongst many of the depreciation of property in France since the revolution of February :— " The estate of the late Marquis d'Aligre was not diiposed of when the revolution of February broke out. It consisted principally of lands and houses, and was eitimated at 53,000,000^ out of which 1 5,000, 00'jf. of legacies were to be paid. It has been found impossible to pay those legacies, inasmuch as the estates would not produce more than one half the estimated value, and consequently the heirs would receive scarcely anything after paying the expenses of the sale. The heirs of the late Count Roy are placed in a similar predicament.