free from foreign quarrels and sanguinary conflicts. In this spirit, in 1848, he declared, in his allocution of April 29, that he would take no part in the war of Italian independence. The passage alluded to is as follows:-" It is wholly abhorrent from our counsels, seeing that we, although unworthy, discharge on earth the office of Him who is the author of peace and lover of charity, and agreeably to the duty of our supreme apostleship, regard and embrace, with equal paternal earnestness of love, all tribes, peoples, nations." In the same spirit, when the bishops of the Roman Catholic communion from all parts of the world went to Rome, in the course of this present year, they described Rome, in an address to the Pope, as the seat of a temporal authority, independent of any other; "the centre, as it were, of universal concord; a place where no human ambition breathes; where no one ever intrigues for territorial dominion." They remind the Pope of his own words, that "it is by a special disposition of Divine Providence that the Roman Pontiff, established by Christ the centre and chief of His whole. Church, possesses a temporal power." If the French army at Rome protected a Power thus holy, religious, and charitable, the evils of the French occupation would be in some degree mitigated. But there is a long distance between the theory thus stated and the existing fact. The political banditti who infest the southern provinces of Italy have their head-quarters at Rome. They constantly issue from haunts rendered secure for them by the cover of the French flag, to destroy whole villages, and to murder the peaceful farmers of the south. A detachment of 260 men lately went from Rome, well armed, and clothed in blue overcoats and red trousers, in order that they might look like French soldiers, and thereby deceive the Italian outposts and patrols. If such detachments of robbers were to be sent from Switzerland into Lombardy, the Italian Government would at once protest, and the Swiss Republic would at once put an end to such an unfriendly proceeding. At Rome, however, things are done in a different way; and the high dignitaries about the Pope's person, as well as his illustrious guest the late King of Naples, are believed by the world in general to be the instigators of these incursions. It is obvious that if the Roman Government were really independent, it would be at once called to account by the King of Italy for these aggressive and unjustifiable proceedings, and would not venture to disregard his just and well-founded remonstrances. The continuance of these barbarous outrages is, therefore, an evil entirely owing to the French occupation of Rome; and it would cease at once if proper orders were given by the French Minister of War to the general commanding the French troops in the Roman territory. The Minister of War has but to say peremptorily, "Let brigandage cease," and the Roman banditti would be extinguished in a fortnight. Her Majesty's Government cannot refrain from submitting to that of France that the Government of the Emperor ought either to leave the Roman State to settle its own quarrels, and to atone for its own misdeeds, or it ought to insist upon a behaviour on the part of the Pope which shall be peaceable towards his neighbours, and in conformity with that impartial love and universal charity professed in words by Pius IX., but utterly disregarded in action by his minister. Your Excellency may read this despatch to M. Drouyn de Lhuys.—I am, &c. (Signed) RUSSELL. In answer to this despatch, Earl Cowley wrote, on the 30th December, 1862, that M. Drouyn de Lhuys had no objection to make to the general principles laid down in Earl Russell's despatch, and that the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne had gone to Rome with very strong instructions upon this important subject. He would state, further, that the opinions of the French Government had been conveyed to the Pope, to Cardinal Antonelli, and to the ex-King of Naples, in a manner which he could not but hope would produce a proper effect. There was, no doubt, great exaggeration as to the extent of the evil complained of; but evil, he could not deny, there was; and he would take this opportunity of renewing, in pressing language, the instructions with which M. de la Tour d'Auvergne was, as he had stated, already furnished. On the 28th January, 1863, Earl Russell received a letter from Mr. Odo Russell, dated Rome, January 14, in answer to complaints made by General de Montebello, for the information he had sent, which proved incorrect, as they reflected on his military administration of Rome. Mr. Russell told the general how much he regretted that any statements of his should have been a cause of annoyance to him; that he had made them on what he considered good authority; and that similar statements formerly made by him, had been entirely confirmed by his predecessor, General de Goyon. The means employed, he said, by the Legitimist Committee, to send arms and men to the frontier, had formerly been as follows:-The men were sent singly on foot to certain convents on the frontier, while old French uniforms were bought from the Jews in the Ghetto, and as well as arms and other equipments, carried bit by bit to isolated vignas in the Campagna, and at night packed in old herring casks, and gradually conveyed to the frontier, where they were distributed to the men already there assembled. The general said he had entirely put an end to such proceedings; besides which, he now had the full co-operation of the Papal Government to put down brigandage; and that he could assure me, on his honour, that armed men could no longer leave Rome and proceed to the frontier without his knowledge; and that he had, therefore, been misinformed, and the statements sent home by him, and communicated by Earl Cowley to M. Drouyn de Lhuys, would prove to be incorrect. Mr. Russell replied that he was glad to hear from him that he was so successful in putting down brigandage, and he hoped he would occasionally give him some correct information on these subjects, as his predecessor, General de Goyon, had done. Count de Montebello replied that he would do so; and that for the present he could tell him that Tristani's band was reduced to about sixty men, and would probably soon be altogether disbanded and destroyed; that in Rome he had put a stop to all communication between Tristani and his employers; and that he had lately seized and confiscated, in a Roman printing establishment, about 2000 copies of a printed proclamation calling upon the Neapolitans to rise and join their legitimate sovereign, King Francis II. PUBLIC GENERAL STATUTES. 25° & 26° VICTORIE, 1862. SERIES B.-DIPLOMACY AND WAR. UNITED KINGDOM. CAP. IV.-An Act to enable Her Majesty to issue Commissions to the Officers MUTINY. CAP. V.-An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. (11th August, 1862.) ROYAL MARINE FORCES. CAP. VI.-An Act for the regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on Shore. (11th August, 1862.). SANDHURST VESTING. CAP. XXXIII.-An Act for vesting in Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the War Department the Lands of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, and for completing certain exchanges of Lands now or late of the said College. (7th July, 1862.) ARTILLERY RANGES. CAP. XXXVI.—An Act to appropriate certain portions of Land lying between High and Low Water Mark, situate in the Parishes of Shoebury and Wakering, in the County of Essex, as Ranges for the use and practice of Artillery. (17th July, 1862.) RIFLE VOLUNTEER GROUNDS. CAP. XLI.-An Act for amending the Rifle Volunteer Grounds Act, 1860. (17th July, 1862.) NAVAL AND VICTUALLING STORES. CAP. LXIV.-An Act for the better Protection of Her Majesty's Naval and Military Stores. (29th July, 1862.) The Admiralty, or their contractors, may apply marks in naval or mili tary stores; and if any person apply the same in any naval store contrary to this provision, he shall be guilty of misdemeanour. The obliteration of marks, with intent to conceal her Majesty's property stores, to be felony. Knowingly receiving, possessing, keeping, and selling marked stores to be a misdemeanour. A knowledge that the stores are marked is presumed against dealers or persons employed in yards, but to be proved in other cases. No unauthorized person to creep, sweep, or dredge for stores within 100 yards of dockyards. The police may stop suspected persons. When information is given that there is reasonable cause to believe that some stores are in a house, the justice of the peace may issue a search warrant to a constable. Dealers in marine stores and in old metals to account for the possession of stores found on search. SURRENDER OF CRIMINALS. CAP. LXX.-An Act for giving effect to a Convention between Her Majesty and the King of Denmark for the mutual Surrender of Criminals. (29th July, 1862.) Certain offenders to be apprehended on requisition of an ambassador of the King of Denmark. The convention specifying such to be persons accused or convicted of murder, comprehending the crimes of assassination, parricide, infanticide, and poisoning, or attempts to commit murder, or of forgery (comprehending the counterfeiting of bank-notes, or public securities, or money), or of fraudulent bankruptcy, committed within the jurisdiction of the requiring party. The convention to apply to the colonies or possessions of both contracting parties. MILITIA BALLOTS. CAP. LXXVII.-An Act to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots for the Militia of the United Kingdom. (7th August, 1862.) FORTIFICATIONS. CAP. LXXVIII.-An Act for providing a further sum towards defraying the expenses of constructing Fortifications for the protection of the Royal Arsenals and Dockyards and the Ports of Dover and Portland, and of creating a central Arsenal. (7th August, 1862.) DISEMBODIED MILITIA. CAP. LXXX.-An Act to defray the charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other expenses of the disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances, in certain cases, to subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, and Surgeons' Mates of the Militia; and to authorize the employment of Non-commissioned Officers. (7th August, 1862.) AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. CAP. XC.-An Act for Rectifying a clerical error in the Act of the present Session, chap. 40, with respect to the African Slave Trade Treaty. (7th August, 1862.) CAP. XL.-An Act to carry into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America, for the suppression of the African Slave Trade. (17th July, 1862.) ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. Fourteenth General Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England. THE Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England submit, in accordance with the 26th section of the Act 13 and 14 Vict. c. 94, and the 10th section of the Act 17 and 18 Vict. c. 116, a report of their proceedings for the year preceding the 1st of November, 1861. An abstract of the accounts of the commissioners for the same period is annexed, in compliance with the directions of the firstly-named Act. During the year to which this report relates, the estates of the see of Worcester have become vested in the commissioners, under the Act 23 and 24 Vict. c. 124. Schemes have been passed in accordance with the provisions of the Act 23 and 24 Vict. c. 124, for placing the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Durham, and their successors, in possession of permanent estates sufficient to produce the amount fixed by Act of Parliament as the incomes of their respective sees, whereupon the remainder of the estates of those sees became absolutely vested in the commissioners for purposes of the common fund. The dean and chapter of York have agreed to accept certain real estates in lieu of the income agreed upon the commutation of their estates, to be paid to them by the commissioners pending the provision of a permanent estate. In the course of the year to which this report relates, the deans and chapters of Winchester and Salisbury have, in consideration of money payments, transferred to the commissioners certain portions of their capitular estates. The apportionment of episcopal patronage contemplated by the proposition No. 40 of the 1st section of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, has been completed, a plan for settling the patronage of the several bishops holding Welsh sees having been carried into effect by means of a scheme. Schemes have been passed for authorizing the sale of certain sums of stock belonging to the dean and chapter of Norwich and the dean and chapter of Westminster respectively, and for appropriating the proceeds of the same towards improving the precincts of the cathedral church of Norwich and of the collegiate church of Westminster. In pursuance of the Acts 3 and 4 Vict. c. 113, 4 and 5 Vict. c. 39, and 6 and 7 Vict. c. 77, a scheme has been passed for regulating the incomes of the dean and canons of the cathedral church of Bangor, and for permanently annexing a canonry residentiary in the same cathedral church to each of the archdeaconries of Bangor and Merioneth; and by another scheme the income of the archdeaconry of Stafford, in the diocese of Lichfield, has been augmented by a grant out of the common fund. A scheme has been passed under the powers of the Act 3 and 4 Vict., c. 113, for uniting prospectively the sinecure rectory of St. Florence, in the county of Pembroke, with the vicarage of St. Florence dependent thereon, and for constituting the united benefice a rectory with cure for souls. By the passing of the Act 24 and 25 Vict. c. 116, the share of the divisible revenues heretofore received by the commissioners in respect of the seventh and eighth canonries suspended in her Majesty's free chapel of St. George in Windsor, has been withdrawn from their common fund, and |