The Press. — London, England, 1853-12-31 00:00:00

THE PRESS. No. VI. A Russian fleet appears at Portsmouth. Mr. Cobden, who is Minister for Foreign AtliUrs, causes all the English guns to be thrown into the sea, and hastens to receive the Russian Admiral. The Russians disembark, the British flag is taken down, and the double eagle hoisted, the Foreign Minister remarking that it is ehildish to think one hit of calico better than another. The Russians plunder Portsmouth, and, on a gentle reinonstranee from Mr. Cobden, bang him, and proceed on their first stage to London. SATURDAY, Fifth Pot —l'm for giving to the masses Tinny:ands more o►f seeret voles. Sixth 1. 1 4.-1 believe them stupid asses, And would stop their bawling throats. Seventh 1 1 01.-I'm for letting loose the Red Man, Flooring all the ancient powers ; Eiyhih 1 1 01.-1 believe, and oft have said, man, Smash their thrones, you peril ours. natl.—Yet we all unite like brothers ; What im bolder than. our face? Every man him hobby mothers In that gilded blanket—Place. [ A gigantic image of Humbug is drawn into the midst of the fair, and a prom. sion is formed, which petioles round and round it. Fr.un time to time an it dig steps out to lay all offering ut the feet otf the idol. Th e Earl of A met-Weer: his consistency; the I Mkt: of A—, his independence; Mr. t his theological views ; Sir W. M—, his Radicalism ; Lord the ii.• wrests of England ; Mr. It. several bad jokes; Mr. K—, a cocked hat and blither ; Mr. M—, a dagger ; Mr. C—, a mob reputation ; Lord .1. IZ—, a Jew's-hiuT, &c. Le.] Clionrs RENEwED. How good, and how wise, and how happy are we ; How enlightened, how noble, how proud, and how free! Hurrah ! fur Great Iltnbug, whose rule wo obey 1 And we'll be his servants for ever and aye. [Thunder, and the Idol Humbug suddenly totters; and, swayed to and fro for a moment, UN with a ten•ifie crash.] THE TERRESTRIAL GENIUS APPEARS OVERHEAD. Avaunt, imposture and Imposters all! • Read your own future in your idol's WI. At length a Power this nuisance to abate 1 thus commission as I now create : Give Truth her due—mark Folly as it raves— And lash alike its Bullies and its Slaves. Smite the false chains by which Convention binds The feeble herd of undiseerning minds. Speak plain—strike hard—straight downright English knocks In the old fashion—frank and orthodox. Abjure sly Bitterness in tortuous phrase, Muted Malice or half-hearted Praise. Uneloak Hypocrisy, strip off Veneer, Make Falsehood shrink as from Ithuriel's spear. When Pigmies chuckle and Prigs coalesce, And English Scorn requires 1111 English dress, Remember to what end I dedicate (qt Vrtss. but they support Sir Michael Beach's political views. The election i., expected to take place about the Itith of January. linEcoN.—Mr. Morgan, M.P., is dangerously ill in the south of France. Sir Charles Morgan left Eng land last week to attend the sick-bed of his son. Swill STAFFORDSHIRE.— Lord l'aget has been visiting some of the districts under the nursing care of Mr. Robert Scott, Mr. Mathews, and several other would-lie important nobodies. In the event of the noble lord being successful in violating the arran ment under which Mr. Littleton was chosen, the earldom of Dudley is expected to be restored to the English peerage !! Nous verrons. The friends of Lord Ingestre are prosecuting a very successful can vass, and his cause is espoused by the working-men, among whom the noble lord is justly popular and mach beloved. THE TAFF VALE RAILWAY has a branch from Mer thyr to Dowlais. More than a mile of this is an in clined plane, using 400 feet in that distance, on which the trains are worked by a stationary engine. The officials on Wednesday neglected to attach the rope to the midday passenger train before starting, and it consequently dashed down the incline with prodi gionsly-increasing velocity as it neared the bottom. The guard leaped off the break soon after the car riages commenced their descent, and was uninjured. None of the passengers were, however, enabled thus to escape, as they were all locked in the compart ments, and their shrieks while passing along the bridges over the roads near the town were most ap palling. The branch joins on to the main line at the bottom of the incline by a sharp curve. The train abandoned the rails at this spot, leaped clean into the air a great height, the carriages separating into shred ,, , the passengers being thrown out, and, with the dibris of the train, fallinl like a shower into the Taff river and on the adjoining cinder-tips. Notwithstanding this extraordinary violence, some of the passengers were enabled to walk away comparatively unhurt; others were much injured, two women mortally so— one having her back broken, and the other a fracture of the skull. Had the train been worked with a proper break it could have been brought to a stand, or, at all events, its speed down the incline would have been so reduced as to avoid the fearful results of the catastrophe. No. VII. The Chalkedlor of the Exchequer makes a public renunciation of P►otestantis►n, and trjes to euiter three monasteries at once; but, it being explained to hin► that this time only one course is open to hi►u, he is disgusted, recants, and goiters to become one of the open-air preachers. But his first ser►non bust►►►g nineteen hours, he is dis mi►+scd, and f►nally becomes a clerk in the South Sea-house. NO. VI 1 le Exhumation and translation of the hones of Lord Abel%lee n, and his worship at Moscow as an English Saint. No. IX. A phantasmagoria of knouts, vitriol-bottles, daggers, rosaries awl Progress generally. Mumbingos to Spirit.—Enough ! Lot us go. I regard your le,•si- He Future as an instalment of thc People's rights, which will decrease their balance against destiny. SCENE VI.—VANITY ['flu. fair is l'aiiissrola. military trail diplomatic, iue Seen gling With the 16h•.1 mid With vitriol's clerical omen's, thu golden vestments of a cardinal to the moat approved M.li. t Ixforsl walat coats. 111 staie of no excellent character. As the ctowd 'weds' Ily separate, hsiollia ass• saris, fsir the sale of Ilitialsoudle of all kind.—politieal. literary, fashionable, diplomatic, religions, artistic, ishilstiiihropie, sosist general. The wawa are eagerly bought ; the sellera ruitistio, elittelditig—the bityera go away delighted with their bargains. Ilt•Nnywnt's and Setntr enter. A Band of l'oliticions come forward. Clionrg. Mark our union,—who shall sever Colleagues linked by such condition? Sure, inearnate !landing never Showed as in our Coalition. Firsit Po/. the Russian's tool and agent, Seemed Put tieter,l hint like the deuce ; Third admire It priestly pageant, Emirth ore religion's n0.:t4.• littlanb. SPECIAL AND lIINCTE ltr•rrnxs In►►r, it is said, been called fi►r by the Government respi cling the present state of the constituencies in the Irish boroughs, as compared with the number of electors on the registry immediately after the passing of the Irish Reform Act. It is supposed that those returns have some connection with Lord John Russell's new Reform Bill. Tin: GREAT SEAL. OF IRELAND has been placed in iu consequence, it is said, of the inten tion of the Lord Chancellor to proceed to London, where, according to a prevailing rumour, his attend ance is considered necessary, respecting the Reform measure for Ireland. A seems MORNINO PAPER statr4 that a condi• Ronal order for an attachment, bearing date 15th I wee., has issued against John Stollen., Esq., M.P., one of the Lords of the Treasury, to comsel the pay ment of the purchase money of the portions of the Gletigall estate bought by him on the llth Nov. last. The amount is 67,01'01., of which 1,000/. has been paid in. It is understood that. Mr. Sailleir only made the purchases in trust, and that his responsi bility iu the affair is not of a personal character. THE CASE o!• DOWLINIi r. I,Awici:," which arose out of the last Carlow election, and occupied the whole time of the Dublin Exehequer Court from Monday to Saturday m last week, was brought to a close on the e►ening of the latter dui. Among the witnesses examined was Mr. Sadleir, M.l'., who de nied on oath many allegations and charges made against him, one of which was to the effect that he had caused the imprisonment of Mr. I fowling for not voting for him. The issues which the jury had to try were these :—" First, whether there was an agree ment between Daniel Crotty and John Sadleir. or any person on behalf of John Sadleir, that Daniel Crotty, should be released front all liability on two hills of exchange for the respective sums of 150/. and 200/., mentioned in certain affidavits in this matter: se , condly, if so, whether the Carboy branch of the Tip perary Joint stock Bank, or any person on that behalf, m pursuance of such agreement, discounted a certain bill of exchange drawn by one Edward Lawler on and accepted by one William Ling: thirdly, did the bank discount the last-mentioned bill of exchange with the bond fide intention of holding Edward Lawler liable thereon ; fourthly, whether or not Daniel Crotty was bmnuifide trustee for Edward Lawler or for the Tip • perary Bank in issuing the execution under which the plaintiff was arrested." The Chief Baron having delivered his charge, the jury almost immediately brought in a verdict for the plaintiffon all the counts. The etfeet of this will be the release of Dowling from durance, free from all liability, as far as the two diets puled bills are conceived, and the probable institu tion of an action for false imprisonment and con spiracy to deprive the plaintiff' of his right to vote at the Carlow election. , Ti,,: a REPoRTED ESCATE OF SMITH O'BRIEN turns out to be unfounded. Letters have been received in Dublin front that convict, written from New Norfolk, bearing date ISth September, three days later than the date assigned for his elopement. A %Env InsinEssiNo CAME or Sr itroE took place in Dublin on Tuesday, Lieut.-Colonel Layard,late M.P. for Carlow, having destroyed himself by cutting his throat in a very frightful manner with a razor. It appears that some alarm WWI given before the de ceased was able to complete the fatal act, and that his wife, who called two other gentlemen residing in the house to her aid, rushed into the room, and seized his arms; but the of of all three to prevent the ac complishinunt of his purpose were ttnavailing,and he inflicted some gashes on himself even while his wife and the gentlemen in question were struggling to hold him. Death ensued in about twenty minutes. It is said that depression of mind, arising from mat ters of business. was the cause of the fatal deed. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. EAST 6 LOU t' EsTER.—AII accounts concur in report ing the certainty of Sir M. Hicks Beach's election, and that his opponent prosecutes the contest with the knowledge of defeat, in consequence of his pledge " to dennuni a poll," and on the possibility of luck which unscrupulous tactics may produce. The subscription of Mr. Holland of Wt. to the O'Connell Tribute Fund has seriously damaged his popularity among the Church people in Cheltenham and the Dissenters in the clothing districts. At Cirencester it was hoped that his connection with the Agricul tural College might aid his party ambition, but the electors in this division have severed "the man " and the member—they respect Mr. Holland's zeal, p .