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UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, Aug. 21, IB4B.—The SEgSION will be publicly OPENED on Tura -I)4T, October 31, at Two o'clock, P.M., when an ADDRESS to the STUDENTS will be delivered by the Very Rev. JOHN LEE, D.D., Principal. The Classes for the different brancbes of Study will be opened as follows: • 1.-LITERATURE A'lM PHILOSOPHY, JUNIOR HUMANlTY—Wednesday, November 1, at Twelve and Two o'clock—Professor PiLLANs. SENIOR HUMANITY —Wednesday, November 1, at Nine and Half-past Elglit o'clock— Professor PILLANI. FIRST GREEK—Wednesday, November 1, at Ten and Ono o'elock—Professor DvmsAß. SECOND GREEK—Wednesday, November 1, at Eleven o'clock —Professor Dichts. THIRD GREEK —Monday, November 6, at Two o'clock—Pro fessor Dules.An. FIRST 1M A.TIIR It ATIC AL —Wednesday, November 1, at Twelve o'clock—Professor KELLAND. SECOND MATHEMATICAL —Wednesday, November 1, at Ten o'clock—Professor KELLAND. THIRD MAT HE MATIC AL —Monday, November 13, at Nine o'clock—Professor KELLIND. LOGIC and METAPHYSICS—Wednesday, November 1, at Ono o'clock—Slr W. HAMILTON, Bart. MORAL PIIILOSOPHY—Wednesday, November 1, at Twelve o'clock—Professor WiLsorr. POLITICAL ECONOMY—Professor WILSON. NATURAL PHIGOSOPHT—Wednesday, November 1, at Eleven ✓clock—Professor FOSSES. RHETORIC and BELLES LETTRES—Wednesday, November 15, at Three .o'clock—Professor ATTOUN. AGRICULTURE—Thursday, November 9, at Four o'clock—Pro fessor Low. I INIVERSATA. HlSTORY—Wednesday, November 22, at Two o'clock—Professor INNE3. THEORY OP MUSlC—Monday, November 20, at Twelve, Two, and Three o'clock—Professor DONALDSON. IL-THEOLOGY. DITINITY—Tuesday, November 7. at Eleven o'clock —Principal Lna, DIVINITY AND CHURCH HlSTORY—Tuesday, November 7, at Twelve o'clock—Rev. Dr. ROBERTSON. lIEBBEW—Junior Class— November ,at o'cleck. Advanced Class, November , at o'clock. BIBLICAL CRITICISM AND BIBLICAL ANTIQUITIES — Tuesday, November 7, at One o'clock—Rev. RT. Lsa, D.D. 'IL —L AW. CIVIL LAW—Monday, November 13, at Three o'clock—Pro fessor Swlxzox: LAW OF SCOTLAND —Monday, November 13, at Three o'clock — Professor Mozi. COSVETANCING—Monday, Nevsmber 13, at Four o'clock— Professor limatzs. DIETETICS, MITERIA MEDICA, AND PHARMACY—Wed . Itesday, November 1, at Nina o'clock—Dr. CHEISTISON. CHEMlSTRY—Wednesday, November 1, at Ten o'clock—Dr. 0 1EGOAT. BURGERY—Wedaesday, November 1, at Ten o'clock—Profess3r MEDICAL SURISPRUDENCE AND POLlCE—Wednesday, November I, at Eleven o'clock—Dr. TaAIL. INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE —Wednesday, November, 1, at Eleven o'clock—Dr. BENNETT. • GENERAL PATHOLOGY—Wednesday, November 1, at Eleven O'clock—Dr. llNNumisotr. CLINICAL SURGERY (Mondar and Thursday) —Monday, No ',ember G, at Twelve o'clock—Professor STME. CLINICAL MEDICINE (Tuesday and Friday)—Tuesday, No ?ember 7, at Twelve o'clock—Drs. ALISON and CIIRIIITISON. ANATOMY—Wednesday, November 1, at One o'clock—Professor GOODSIE. MILITARY SURGERY—Wednesday, November 1, at Two O'clock —Sir nIiORGE RALLINGALL. NATURAL HISTORY—Monday, November 6, at Two o'clock — Professor .115triox. MIDWIFERY and DISEASES of WOMEN and CIIILDREN— N r ednesdey;'lC6;tember 1, at Two o'clock—Dr. Sncrsos. PRACTICE "of PHYSlC—Wednesday, November 1, at Three O'clock —Dr. ALISON. ROYAL MI/MART—At Noon, Daily. —• ?RAC ricAL ANATOMY. (under the superintendence of Pro fessor Gonsia). PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY (under the superintendence of Dr. earcoßy). Baring the - Summer Session Lectures w:11 be given on the following Bran Ches of Education : BOTANY—By Dr. RaLrouft. MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE—By Dr. Tian. CLINICAL MEDICINE- - CLINICAL SURGERY—By Professor STILE. PRACTICAL cnkiktisTnr and PHARMACY. PRACTICAL ANATOMY— . MATRICULATION.—Every Student in the Faculties of Arts, Law, and Medicine, herofe entering with any Professor must produce a Matriculation Ticket for the ensuing Session. Tickets will be issued at the Matriculation Office, in the College, every lawful day, from Ten till Four o'clock. Enrolment in the General Album is the only legal Record of attendance in ,the University, except in the case of Students of Divinity, who are required to enrol at the Theological Library before applying for Tickets from Professors la the Faculty Of Theology. LIBRAII.Y.--The Library will be open for the purpose of giving out Books to Students, either on loan or for reference, in the Hall ap pointed for that purpose, every lawful day during the winter Session, tem Ten o'clock ♦.se., till Tour o'clock P.m., except on Saturdays, When it will be shut at One o'clock precisely. Every Student applying for Books mast present to the • Librarian his Matriculation Ticket for the Session, with the Ticket of at least one Professor. Every book taken out must he returned within a fortnight un- Injured. N.B.—lnformation relative to the Curricula of Study for Degrees, ExaminatiOns, Fee., may be obtained on application to the Secretary, at the College. 1 Table of Fees maybe seen in the Matriculation-office, and in the Reading-m(sm of the Library. By authority of the Patrons of the University, BLAIR WILSON, Secretary to the University. Ma. BUCK: WINTRR at the several Towns Hu11.... • • „Oct. 16 Beverley.... „ 21 Burlington.. 27 Leeds.. .."..Ikrov. 1 Bradford.... „ 2 Pontefract „ 7 York • • ...... „ 13 :NGHANI'S LEC rURES for the nt the following dates, lIRSE, will commence limed below : Greenock ..Nov. 2) Ayr.. • • .... Jan. 22 nothesay.... „ 13 Kilmarnock „ 29 Stlrling Dec. 4 Paisley.... Feb. 5 Falkirk...... „ 5 Edinburgh• • 9 A110w........ „ 8 Dalkeith „ 13 Dunfermline „ 26 London• • March 1 Dundee.... Jan. 8 Just p, SICETCJI of the VOYAGES, ublished TRAVELS, a-td WRITINGS of JAMES SILK BUCKINGHAM, with the Outlines of all his Public Lectures, and a Portrait of the Author. In One Volume !Ivo., pp. 154. Pri ce As, bound in cloth, gilt and lettered. Peter Jackson, Londen.-.-To be had of all Booksellers. TgE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. A Lecture on Sanitary Measures coanec ted with the Progress of Cholera and other Epidemics, by. Dr. Ryan , dail y , at Half- p ast Three, arid on Monday , Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Nine E*Ch k. — A. Lecture- on the stanufacture of Gutta Percha, by Dr. B*chphantasmagoria, r,M a ornings and alternate Ev enin g s.—An entirely new by Childe, Is exhibited every Evening at Eight witk appropriate Music, directed by Dr. Wallis.—The Dis 'ring Views with hi UriCa I d e scriptions, having been re - arr an g ed Wi th ad 3 -. n addition ', aro shown at Half-past Fo ur dail y , and in the Eve ! ,Is at a Quarter to Ten.—The Chromatreps, with New E ffects. br 'lle Microscope at Oise o'clock daily.—Diver and Diviag-bell. — "Z r kint Models explained. Sat: 1 dally from Eleven to Five , and in the Evenings (including pY) from Seven till Half-past Tea. A 13. —Schools, lialf-price.—Tho Ne w Catalogue, ls. A . MEETING of the " MEMBERS" o f a MOST IMPORTANT "BODY." -k meeting too k place, for I heard and I saw, And what do you fancy this meeting was for? Why the meeting, from all I could gather, was one To decide on the merits of MOSES and SON. The excellent Chairman, Sound Judgment, Esquire, Having said a few words with regard to attire, Mr.. Shoulders, a man of respectable note, Wished to make a remark on his WAISTCOAT AND COAT. Vic," said tke speaker, " you all ought to view M yaistcoat, my Coat, and my Overcoat, too. I ought to speak warmly of MOSES," said he, " When I see tke warm garments they've furnished to me. With tit's Mr. Legs, arose on his pegs, .And declared he considered himself the mere dregs. a My ssibject," said he, " you're aware, is my TROWSERS, nut, alas! as 'o speaking, I cannot tell how, Sirs ; For the speaker's so had, and the Trewsers' so good, That I cannot praise MOSES and SON as I would." Mr. Head next arose from the place where he sat, And delivered an eloquent speech on his HAT. " I am sure, Mr Chairman," said he, " that I'm right, In pronouncing it stylish, elastic, and littht. To the gat -mart of MOSES and SON I'll adhere Al staunchly as evert" (I,oud cries of " Hear, hear.") This speaker was foil wed by one Mr. Foot, Who rose with a dignified stamp on his BOOT. " I am certain," said he, that I'm true in declaring The-Boots made by MOSES unequalled for wearing They are matchless in quarters, in eels, and in vamp." And here Mr. Foot gave another loud stamp. Then the Chairman arose, and was happy to find The - *hole of the speakers so much of a mind. "And." said he, "on behalf of the ladies, good Sirs, I feeilt my duty to speak of the FURS. If I did net pronounce them the best yen could wear, I consider I should not be fit for the chair ; And remember the very low peces you pay, For these, and for all that you've mentioned to-day. I trust that the whole or the journals, as one, Will rep rt what we've said of E. MO-EA and SON." " Hear, hear," said the whole of the gentlemen there, And the business was enned with thanks to the chair. E. MOSES and SON Invite medal at+entlon to their Shooting coats, which pomess a peculiar cat and style, adding much comfort hi the It, • E. M. and S. are eenTineed they will be much approved el by the .puhlic. Shooting Coats, in w variety of materials from 83. 6d. top 21s. ilieDoeskin, e r r Elastie Cost. fr0m.......... 1.78. Od. to 325. LIST OF PRICES. UAW( MADE. Al:auxin and Winter Coats, in all the mew styles.. tram 40 9 6 else,terneld and Codrington's, aad every deseriptloa _ _ . . of O'er -caste, handsomely &hunted ...... ....... 1 i 0 .. 0 15 0 1341 'ffer .... .............. • • .... ••• • • • ........ 1 0 0 ••• • • • 1 6 0 %Doting Coats.— •• • • • • kittuoirrand Winter Trousers ........ • • b •eskin ditto ........ ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 4. + h i Littatt suld Wiater Tests •• • • .... ••..••..•• • • • • •• 0 2 A —Jess qo a t s .. . ........ •• .••••••• . • • • 1 0 0 treek a.. ... •••** : '' : •.; •........................ 1 4 0 .I ° ,l ' ilissar and Tunic . Spits NADI Ti MIABIIII. anion and Mater Coats, in all the newest style rom 1 6 2 0 0 ;Vet cloth Coat ..... .... •• • ...... •••••• • • • •. 2 9 6 rweed Writ ed .. 0 18 IT"P -Ppers •••••• • • • • • • • • • • ••7.''''' .. 16 0 6 b se o stta Patent Trousers, in all this approved st y l e s .... • •1 2 0 Dry At •• ••• •. 1 6. 0 urea% es Dress.... a iteet ou t fi t .. .. 2 15 0 reek t o • • • •••• '• •• •••• •• .. 1 15 0 N aa r quality . .............. w eer* Vest: ...... .• • 8 6 s7 11 B• Plain or Fancy •• • • • • • • • • • • 12 0 m uster and Tunic Stilts .• •• • • • • • • • • • .• .• • • 1 9 Mft ircleB to any extent at Five Minutes notice. „, • A Suit of Clothes complete for 11. 168. c , i pSES and SOl7 beg to call the attention of Emigrant; attoVeit xi;tz lists of outfits, commencing ( including evei• necessary) i c ea. er if requi re d . The list can be had on application, or seat 11 .—E• MOSES Itot • and SON invite especial attention to their puree aal kui t•ilLece ofjuvenile attire. The designs are elegant and until r . pp r w°r/a neuship and materials are such as to command unive - *balls; while at the same time the prices are unusually mc.- `.T.e. trltetilsite,,•—it New Department f or th e sale of Paraso l s ai d Chll- 01:esses has been opened at 157, Minories. .._ ft tr 4 e, it .. e r -4 • 11 .1 article purchased, ready made, or made to mea approved_of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the AeoTrn. ed. p u . s and SIN, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, r‘ieti a i m j, Lr ri n _ere, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for su t i "' ea tlereen. 154, 155, 156, aid 157 )(Mortal, and 63 , ~htia B 6 Addgate, City, London. ate ag - t - ti t Z*,_ ) & ol es and Son regret being obliged to guard the ha, Lehei tom . s ." o oetors, but have learned that the untradesman- T6 s uetn r "" being connected with them, or it's the same concern, 11 OVe e r rtei t e in Many instancas, and for obvious reasons. tlso„_ 0 connexion with any • other house in or out of London; •••rte ll iZ Who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &0., should call at, Dioti—'• )(Mo rita and ,l Cit Lo d tot y n on. iy e a ay e tiu transacted at , this establishment from sua. OCIE, ' lenniet Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve BeTent Porten, Wanted. I OVE is the leading feeling of the h uman breast. More exalted than mere passion. it soar. high on.,v. every other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice, but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt fr om its influence, er can avoid its sway ; and business, pleasure, philo sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling power of LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity with time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage. When union does not take place, however, this passion, this fervour, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly poison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life time spent in the fulfilment of every engagement, snap the very con tract asunder which should be most binding to an honourable mind? It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to b e disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has been instituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment of important ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be beyond measure deplorable 1 Loving and beloved, be entails the most miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon himself a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of unalloyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the attention of all. Those desirous of investigating It will find the fullest and most satisfactory information in the little work er.titled SELF-PRESERVATION, Illustrated by forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the reproductive organs; with practical observa tions en tke secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting from solitary habits, excess es, cAMUELr: infection. By S LA'ME/tT, M.D., Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Licentiate •f Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Lc. This treatise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and much neglected branch of medical practice, and the author having ob tained the highest medical honours, is a guarantee for his profes sional exnerience, which has reference almost solely to the treat ment of these diseases. REVIEW OF THE WORK. La'Mert en the Infirmities of Youth and Uaturity.—" There are scenes is the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but Conscience ; and of these the result Is ever disastrous. happy the mortal who meets with a timely mentor to snatch him from the gulf into which such scenes must plunge him I In the book before us such a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruct the erring, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mind not al ready tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style of masterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of philosophy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a production calculated to confer avital benefit, physically and morally, upon all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and propriety. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. nY un taught innocence the book is not, of course, needed ; but wherever laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these pages is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as of a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine." —United Kingdom Magazine. The work may be had price 2s. 6d., of Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne street, Haymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; or, free by post, for forty-two stamps, front the author's residence, wk.) may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, daily, from. Tea to Two, or from Five to Eight. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.- • . /- 3 • ‘, l " _7l Nq.17,498.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING TO the PROPRIETORS of the MIDLAND RAILWAY. The Directors are preparing a FULL STATEMENT of the Al'. FAIRS of this Company, a Copy of which will be sent to each Pro prietor as soon as possible. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary. 7111 HE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL IL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (enrolled under the Friendly So,:letles' Acts) and BENEVOLENT FUND. 42, Moorgate-street, London. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring*, Esq., M.P. W. G. Prescott, Esq. I Thomas llankey , Jun., Esq. Baron L. De Rothschild, M.P Derby, October 24, 1848 MANUFACTURERS and MERCHANTS consigning Goods to a firm in Liverpool, or to their a g ents abroad, or g iving any other g uarantee, can have advances raade on their account with g reat facility. Address, by letter, to M,, Bath Hotel, Piccadilly, London. Treasurer of tho rleitevolent Fund—John Abel Smith, Esq., 2d.P. NI C 0 I. L'S CHLAMYS PALETO T. This is a new and patented invention, which might perhaps be bette^ described as the 'rade mecum to the traveller by railway or steam-packet. It also maintains the Registered Paletot's character as a fashionable morning or out-door Coat by a general resemblance to this roods* garment. The chief improvement consists In a con trivance called a Chlamys, a name given to an extra lining, which affords additional warmth to the chest and shoulders when worn in the street or on horseback in the usual manner of a raletot ; 'put when it Is intended to be used as a CIILAM'S PALETOT in tra velling, this extra lining, by merely fixing ene button into a button hole, can be made to act es a comfortable cap or hood, effectually Protecting the head, ears, neck, and frdit, or upper parts °flits sliest from draughts or cold currents of air . . Not only will the probability of catching cold he diminished, but travelling by night will thus be divested it itatchief inconvenience, as the wesrer of NICOLL'S CIILAMYS PALETOT may enjoy a' re freshing sleep, his hat or cap being hu•ig up in the carriage or !en tirely dispensed with during the journey, thus avoiding headache and other uneasy sensations caused by its compression upon the forehead. ICHOLL'S CHLLMTS PALETOT can be had of all the reCog sized agents, but in London only of the Patentees, 11. I. and , D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 120, Regent-street, and 22, C•rnhill. Every description •f LIFE ASSURANCI effected daily. Detailed Prospectuses, showing the very peculiar advantages of fered by this ♦ssociation, may be had at the Office, 42, Moorgato street. THOMAS MULLINDER, Secretary. October, l&4s. Now ready, in Four Volumes Bvo., price Four Guineas, c'oth, (Dedicated, by permission, to her Majesty the Queen,) THE SECOND EDITIoN OF R. SERJEANT STEPHEN'S NEW COMMENTARIES on the LAWS of ENGLAND, partly founded on lILACKSTONE. * 4 * A Prospectus of the Contents, &e., of this Work has been prin cd, and may be had, gratis, of the Publisher. Preparing for immediate publication, in One Volume 8-ro., QUESTIONS for LAW STUDENTS, on the Second Edition of Mr. Serjeant STEPHEN'S NEW COMMENTARIES. By ,TAMES STEPHEN, Esq., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. henry Butterworth, Law Itookscller and Publisher, 7, Fleet-street ALL TLIE AUTUMN AND WINTER FASHIONS, In endless variety. will be published in the WORLD of FASHION, on the 31st of OC TOBER. Ladies may depend on seeing a magnificent as • semblage of novel FASHIONS for the Season, surpassing all former efforts, and cannot be equalled by any other publication; it is the Only Authority for Ladies' Fashions.--Should there be any difficulty in obtaining this Magazine, it will be sent, per post, wherever de sired, to any town, city, or village, with the tame facility as News papers, by a pre-paid letter beln: addressed to J. B. Bell, 299, Strand, London, enclosing Thirteen. Peace.—Orders received by all Book sellers. Price only ONE SiIILLING diately told him that he was in quarantine, and made him get into the quarantine boat, and pulled him on board the Bull dog, where he was obliged to remain tho term of her durance. WOOLWICH, OCT. 24.—The Vivid steam-vessel, Cap• twin Selithett, brought over on Sunday morning last, to Dover, his Royal Highness Prince Adelbert of Bavaria and suite, on his way to Lisbon, via Southampton. The Iphigenia, formerly occupied by the Marine So ciety boys, was towed up to Deptford on Monday, and moored at her former station, to be appropriated exclu sively as an hospital ship for cholera cases. The Wye, reserve, was towed from her moorings op posite the west end of Woolwich Dockyard, and is now stationed alongside the Unitii, for the purpose of having the cholera cases which may subsequently occur kept separate front the other patients. The number of cases of cholera on board the Unite hospital ship up to twelve o'clock to-day has been forty-three, two new cases yes terday, and three to-day; fourteen discharged as reco vered; ten convalescent, and thirteen fatal. Captain Fitzroy, acting superintendent of the Woolwich Dock yard, deserves great credit for his exertions to place the convicts formerly in the Justitia in a more healthy loca lity than they previously occupied, and Lieutenant Ro bertson was most active in superintending their remoNal to the Hebe and Sulphur hulks, opposite the dockyard; but the inhabitants of the town are very dissatisfied, as new cases have since occurred, and intend petitioning that they should be removed further down the river than they formerly were. About one hundred of the healthy convicts formerly on board the Justitia have been taken to the Royal Arsenal to work there to-day, and will be taken back in boats to the Hebe in the evening. .ro r p'N• /: ' 1 . 41.1 A . _ - . • x'ist dr • - tee,* 7 4440 • ' '4-46ur j-1....11- • : .4, r '44 . : 411, , - - © 3-41k-:!,-', *.• 4". 01 b • - N AVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Admiralty Dockyard Committee of Revision re turned to Portsmouth from the Admiralty on Monday morning, and continue to sit daily at the Admiral Super intendent's office. It was rumoured yesterday at Portsmouth that the situation of assistant master attendant bad been abo lished, and that in future the masters of the Victory and Illustrious are to do that duty, receiving each additional pay of 601. per annum. APPOINTMENTS. Mates—G. A. W. Welsh, to the Powerful, $4, at Spit head; Clement C. Day, to the Vengeance, 84, in the Meditprranean. n- George Geot H ouor irr . :ihsßiamr R. Bel l , : d or lth, Kingfisher,heeeltal o, d , tFot t hs o t geh late2h Victory, dp e , fier V ttf otya e i Midshipmen—Charles Atkins, to the Fisgard, flag ship, giap: a oic har a e tti t ; sp n2W, Woolwich; o Murray r i i c tßegT h hmi ;c.; Portsmouth; tr e oand o rr ;dk r s g t ng a i h t p e , er, steam-sloop, at Portsmouth. , G t . o N t .t h hm e e iecttto Medina, ryto. o l i l a w m i c h i ; J n g . seam -packet, Masters' .p ae; e ts s fi i t s t t i a a n g t s a — t \ W V i a l the isT St. av a l V c i n a c d e e n t , T l2 h o e , H fl a o g a - s j h o i h p n , a ß t . V S p i i v t i h a e a a , d to. Gunner—Philip Yoe, to the Rifleman. THE SHIPS AT SPITHEAD.—The St. Vincent, 120, Captain S. C. Dacres, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Slr C. Napier, K.C.8., is reported ready for sea. When she will go, and where she will be ordered, or whether she will go at all, is at present uncertain. She is kept quite ready. The Prince Regent, 92, Captain W. F. Martin, is changing her armament, and will be ready for sea so soon as that is completed. The increase of her arma ment is net of that extent as to require so many addi tional men as anticipated; and it is net likely that she will at present have any increase to her complement. At any rate, it is considered that 850—that is, an addi tion of 30 marine artillery—would be an ample propor tionate increase. The Powerful, 84, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., commenced entering her additional , complement yesterday, but there does not seem to be any hurry about it; she is not expected to go to sea be fore the middle of next month. She will enter 15 subor dinate officers, 30 petty officers, 186 seamen, 18 first class, and five second-class boys. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—By private letters from Simon's Bay, down to August 15, we find that the Ad miral had not arrived there from the Mauritius. The Eurydice, 26, Captain T. V. Anson, remained, the Gal lant Captain carrying on the duties of the dockyard and port. The Nimrod, 16, Commander Belgian, had . arrived from St. Helena and her cruise. SUPPLY OF COALS AT MADEIRA..—The Dee, Royal Mail Steam- packet Company's vessel, left Madeira on the 26th instant, having completed her quantity of fuel in the short space of six hours. That the private es tablishment of Mr. Blaudy, at this island, was enabled, in an open roadstead, to ship through a surf 100 tons in six hours, is a gratifying exhibition in a foreign island of what a British merchant can effect to forward the in terests connected with steam navigation. We believe that the home ports of Woolwich or Portsmouth seldom equal the shipment of 100 tons of coals in six hours. THE SEEEW.-SOHOONERS.—The Reynard, 8, Com mander Cricroft, will not be refitted for sea, at Ports mouth, before the 10th of November. The Plumper is preparing to be tried with :the Reynard. She went under the sheers yesterday, and' received her anchors. "The Admiralty have censured the carelessness at Wool wich in casting the defective screw for this vessel. The Sharpshooter (iron), Lieutenant-Commander Bailey, ar rived at Portsmouth from Woolwich on Monday, at 11.22 A.m., and went 'into harbour. The Rifleman (wood), Lieutenant-Commander Crofton, is there fitting for trial. La Hogue, 56, steam guard ship at Sheerness, is to have the midship part of the orlop beams and carlings in the hold removed, and iron ones substituted. The- Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, is ordered to be re moved from Woolwich to the basin at Deptford, to be fitted. The Dauntless, 24, screw-frigate, at Portsmouth, is not to have her stern altered for the present. The Niger, screw-sloop at Woolwich, will ba ready for further trial by the 26th inst. The Driver, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Johnson, re turned to Portsmouth from the chops of the Channel, the wind having shifted to the westward, and went into harbour yesterday morning. In consequence of com munication by the electric telegraph, she again hoisted the blue peter and is ready for sea. Her destination is not known, but it is supposed that she will convey the Irish political convicts to some place of transportation. The Driver looked in at Plymouth in coming up the Channel. The Styx, steam-sloop, requiring such extensive re pairs, has been ordered to Dep tford to have them taken in hand. steam-sloe , Commander Lord A. Beauclerk, will not be o ut of the hands of the engineers The Stromboli, 6, p of Portsmouth before the 11th, and of the shipwrights by the 15th November. The Janus, steam sloop , " at Woolwich, is ord de have the masts, rigging , and stores already pro r her, put into proper con dition and placed on b oa v r i d eredd tfoo The Vesuvius, steam - sloop , at Woolwich, is ordered to have the defects in her hull and m achinery repaired. The Medina, 3, steam - p acket, Lieutenant-Coliimander -live A. Darby, is ordered to have a complement of sixty officers and men, and is to be read y to leave Woolwich for the Mediterranean by the fi r s t week in November. S he will be out of the hands of the en g ineers and shipwrig hts by the Ist of next month. The Teazel-, 3, screw gun-vessel, Lieutenant Com ' mender Jasper Selwyn, commissioned at Woolwich for sea service, is ordered to have a complement of thirty five officers and men. She will be out of the hands of the dockyard and engineers by the 31st instant. The Llewellyn, Holyhead steam-packet, Master-Com mander Gray, will have the accident to her cylinder repaired by the contractors, Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., by about the Ist of December. This vessel, when on the Holyhead station, ran the distance across in three hours and a half ; and the Banshee, we be lieve, has done it even within five minutes less time than this. The Garland, 1, Dover steam-packet, Master-Come mender Smithett, now at Woolwich, is not to have her new boilers now; but the old ones are to be patched and repaired, and by lowering the pressure on the valves she is to work them some time longer. She will be ready to leave Woolwich by the 29th. The Myrmidon, whose boilers have been worn out, although she has not been 100 days under steam since she was built, is to have her defective boilers removed, and new ones to be substituted. The defects in machinery and hull are ordered to be tinkered up again without delay• _ _ _ The Ithadamanthus, 2, steam-transport, Master Com mander Aylen, and the Alban, steam-transport, Master Commander Bradshaw, remain on the coast of Ireland as floating barracks for the battalion of marines, the former, having 318 on board, off Waterford, and the latter with 82, lying off Bantry. All is quiet in that quarter—the men were tonstantly employed in shell practice. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—A rather curious accident, completely unavoidable, happened to-day. The Lym ington, passage -steamer, .a vessel somewhat less in size than the Ryde, passage -steamer, was coming out of Portsmouth Harbour, close in to Blockhouse beach, a strong ebb tide was running, a wherry with, fortunately, only one waterman, was coming into the harbour, and was keeping c l ose un d er Bl o ckhouse Point. B o th ves sel and boat cleared the point at the same time, and the latter was completely severed in two. Fortunately the steamer was low, so that the boatman was enabled to get hold of her gunnel rnd jump on board, much to the sur prise of the captain of the steamer, for so suddenly did the steamer and boat come in contact, that so soon as the wherry was seen she was run over. The boat was towed into harbour in two parts. FIVE P.M.—Wind, westerly, moderate breezes, with dark cloudy weather. THE CHOLERA IT MALTA.—The regulations with regard to the fumigation of letters, &c., are most strictly enforced at Naples. The Bull {log steam-sloop, we learn, by advices just received, has been sent from Malta to Naples with the letters for Sir William Parker's fleet just taken out by the mail, but that every letter, paper, or parcel, was cut open in the most careful manner and taken to the health house ashore, as the cholera was known to have broken out at Malta. The Bull-dog was i t ga h t i e l placed in q u a ran ti ne on h er arrival. The boats of the ships of the fle e t were sent to the heal th-office for the letters after they h a d b een subjected to the usual pro cess. The officer in cha rge o f the Queen ' s b oat, a lieu teeant, got into troubl e f or di sregarding the quarantine regulations. W di T Whilst impatient, he e and wasoifi took off a w o tt e i r ti nogf quarantinefor le t ttitee le t ter that t lettersimtha d m f o e r , h n i o s t sbheipenhefugmo IRELAND. THE TRIALS AT CLONMEL• DUBLIN, TUESDAY.—It will be seen by the follow ing report, that sentence of death - was yesterday passed upon Messrs. M'Manus, O'Donohoe, and Meagher, after which the commission adjourned to the sth of December next. The speeches of the ill fated convicts are deeply interesting. The time for carrying into effect the executions on O'Brien, M`Manus, O'Donohoe' and Meagher, were yesterday entered in the judge's book, but it was not announced to any of the parties most deeply interested. A .communication was made to Orchard, Tyne, M'Donnell, and the other peasants, against whom bills for treason bad been found, that if they pleaded guilty '„e mitigated punishment would be inflicted upon them. Their attorney intimated that if the sentence were only 18 months' imprisonment, they would withdraw their plea of not guilty ; if; however, the Crown insisted upon " transportation," his clients were resolved to take their chance of a trial. They would not even join in their challenges. The Attorney-General declined this, and they will be tried at the adjourned commission, - to be held in December next. The correspondent of Saunders gives the following account of the scene in the Court-house.on Saturday night : " CLONIIBL, OCT. 22.--The jury in Ilf.'lleagher's case were about three quarters of an hour consider ing their verdict, and the period ' which intervened between their withdrawal to their room and their re appearance in Court was one of great interest. A number of constabulary arrived, with muskets and fixed bayonets, and were stationed round the dock, and at the several doors. The corridors and various passa ges were also filled with armed men. The Court-house was dimly lighted, and, to use the metaphorical lan guage of Mr. Butt, the gloom that pervaded it was slightly diminished, or rendered a little less intense, by the dim and partial lights; and one could scarcely avoid conjuring up the shadows of those who had been hurried to the grave of the felon, and beholding them flitting around that dock where the prisoner, with all his genius, power, and chivalry, stood upon the very spot which had been trodden' by many an assassin, and from which so Many had been hurried to an ignominious death. It was a scene that the graphic and gloomy Dante .could have described. [he night was dark and rainy, and the dismal, dreary appearance of the streets, in which few persons but armed constabulary were to be seen, was in keeping with the aspect of gloom that met the eye in the in terior of the building. The feeling could not be sup pressed that it was a melancholy termination to the career of a gifted young Irishman, who, had he directed his talents to the attainment of prac ticable and useful objects, might, in the senate or at the bar, have advanced the interests and promoted the prosperity of his native land. The scene afforded an affecting but useful lesson, that misapplied faculties, perverted eloquence, and misdirected enthusiasm, the end, lead to the ruin of the rash and unreflecting possessor, and blast those prospects whose very brilliancy and promise render downfall and discomfiture more overwhelming. The prisoner, for some time after the Judges had re tired, sat in the dock with a cloak folded about him. He conversed with his friends, chatting and, laughing with them, in apparent good spirits. The High Sheriff told him he might retire, which he did, and remained in the cell till the Judges returned into court. At twenty minutes after seven o'clock their Lordships resumed their seats, and the jury were in formed that they were ready to receive their verdict. As each juror entered his serious and anxious look was a sufficient index to the decision ' • and the solemn and reluctant manner in w hi c h the foreman handed the issue paper to the Clerk of the Crown must have removed any hope of an acquittal that the friends of Mr. Meagher entert a i ne d. The Clerk of the Crown put the usual qaestion 'How say you, gentlemen, is Thomas Francis Meagher guilty or not guilty ?' The foreman replied, y: T in a faint, low voice, Guilt word The ran through the court, and soon whispe red from lip to lip in the streets. The foreman re a d commendation of mercy, on thefgrroomunadpoafpetrhethyeourtei; of the prisoner, and other reasons, l and handed it to the judges, who made no rep retire, and gave the order y. They then rose to 'Remove the prisoner.' Mr. Meagher bowed.to the m very respectfully, shook hands affectionately with s ome friends, and was re conducted to the cell. The do c k only a dim lamp pendant from was so dark, having to one of the bars, th a t the prisoner's figure was little more than visible. The prison van was then driventh e court-house, an d the horses were backed t o the li ttle doer which leads i. from the cell into the ar ea befo re tTe of th e m hegat e were was locked to keep out the crowd, and one re-opened for the departure of the prisoner. The such a manner constabulary were arranged i n surround the conveyance, which thd er as to a i , us guar e an environed, was driven as slowly as a hearse ,to the gaol, and Mr. Meagher was escorted to his apartment. It is expected that the three prisoners who have been convicted will be brought up for judgment to-morrow. The sentence, which must be pronounced according to the law, is one of the most appalling that could be devised —hanging, decapitation, and quartering ; but it is very generally desired by all classes in Clonmel that justice should be tempered with mercy, which blesseth him who gives, him who receives, and drop peth like the gentle dew from heaven.' " THE CONIMISSION IN DUBLIN. Yesterday plichael Moran, John Joseph Moran, and John M'Cormack were indicted; Michael Moran for maliciously assaulting with intent to kill police constable John Byrne, by stabbing him with a dag ger, and the other two prisoners for aiding and abetting in said assault. There were five other • counts in the indict ment, in w hich Michael Moran with assaulting, with intent to d isable, to charged to do grievous bodily harm, &c., and the two oth er prisoners with aiding and abet tin g . The prisoners severally p lea ded not guilty. words from Mr. Curran The case was, after a few counsel for M'Cormack , ordered to stand ov er . Case or ASSAULT. —Henry Mac Ilree was indicted for assaulting M. Smith. The traverser pleaded Guilty. It appeared that the assault had been committed under the following circumstances :—The traverser had served on board her Majesty's frigate Castor, on the New Zealand station, and while performing duty there received a severe blow on the side of the head, which very nearly cost him his life, and from the effects of which be slowly recovered. His subsequent state of health became such that the use of spirits was forbidden him, with . a friend but on his ret urn to this country, while in companyone day, the weather being cold and wet , he was i nduced to par take of some liquor ; he afterwards went with his friend to the house of the prosecutor, with whom the former was acquainted, and while there took a glass of punch. The effect of drinking upon him was to bring on a temporary delirium, under the influence of which he struck the prosecutor a violent blow on the front part of the head with a stick, without having received anything like provocation. He was imme diately given into custody, and removed to th e station-house, but on recovering from the delirium he remembered nothing of what had occurred. These facts were disclosed in an affidavit made by the tra verser himself, by the direction of the Court, hi s counsel (Mr. Curran) having previously mentioned them in explanation of the case. The affidavit furth?r stated that when the traverser was made aware of what he had done he offered the prosecutor 101. by way of reparation, being all the money he Was pos sessed of, and expressed the greatest sorrow for what had happened. 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York, I. i " ' - Air . - ti , ' 1 //2 [PRICE SD. 1 17 - OCTOBER 25, 1848. - ARM A gentleman was examined, who stated that he had known the traverser for twelve months, and had always found him a m ild and gentlemanly person. Judge TORRENS, addressing the traverser, said that he had made all the reparation in his power for that which he had done, by pleading guilty to the accusation of the law, and by offering compensation to the person who had suffered from violence of which he had been the instrument. His Lordship dwelt on the unfortunate nature of the occurrence, and the statement made by the prosecutor as to his sufferings, and said he hoped it would weigh on the traverser's mind so as to cause him hereafter to ab stain from ardent spirits ; and said that in the opinion of the Court the sum of 101. compensation offered by the traverser was not sufficient, and that 41. should be added to it. The traverser should in addition be fined 6d., and should be confined until such time as he paid the fine and the compensation, for a period not exceeding six months. CAPITAL SENTENCES ON M'AIANIiS, O'DONOHOE, AND MEAGHER. ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL C 011• MISSION AT CLONMEL. CLONMEL, MONDAY. The Lord Chief Justice Blackburne, Chief Justice Doherty, and Mr. Justice Moore, took their seats on, the bench at half-past ten o'clock this morning. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Scott, Q C.,Mr. Lynch, and Mr. Sausse, appe are d as counse l or the Crown. The Attorney-General was not present, having gone to Dublin to attend the Commission in that city, " Mr. Butt, Q.C., Sir Colman O'Loghlen, Mr. O'Callaghan, and Mr. Francis Meagher, were in at tendance as counsel for the prisoners who had been tried and convicted. The SOLICITOR.-GENERAL desired the Clerk of the Crown to bring to the bar the following prisoners : dames Orchard, Patrick Denis Tyne Patrick 'O'Dthinell, Wm. Pert, Th o mas Fi nane , John Bren nan, John Preston, and Thomas Stack. The prisoners were accordingly arraigned. They are all men in humble life, labourers and mechanics ; two or three of them are fine stout men, particularly Stack, the rest are miserable and impoverished crea tures. Each of them pleaded not guilty to the in dictment, which charged them with high treason. They were some of the followers of Mr. W. S. O'Brien, and the overt acts imputed to them were similar to those set forth in the indictment under which that gentleman had been tried. Mr. O'CALLAGHAN applied to the Court, as counsel had done in all ether cases, for lists of the witnesses and the jury panel, and handed in a plea correspond ing with those previously put in. He made the pre liminary motion merely to prevent its being said that the cases of the prisoners then at the bar were distinguished from the others because no claim had been put in for the privileges which counsel had con tended should be extended to them. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he would assume that all which he had done in the previous cases had been done in that case. The pleas were then signed by the prisoners, and handed in to the Clerk of the Crown, and the Solici tor-General directed them to " stand by." . They were then re-conducted to the cell. Mr. BUTT, Q.C,, asked the Court if it would con-' sider the' points which Mr. Whiteside and he had urged on Saturday evening ? The Curer JUSTICE said that the Court had them under their consideration ; they did not think there was any substance in them, but they would give them all the weight which they might deserite. THE SENTENCES. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then prayed the Court to bring up for judgment the three prisoners who had been found guilty. Directions were accordingly given to conduct the prisoners, Thomas Francis Meagher, Terence Bellew Mclslanus and Patrick O'Donohoe, from the goal, and shortly afterwards they were placed in the dock. The Clerk of the Crown, having read over the in dictment, and in the usual manner, read the re. cord of the arraignment, the pleas of the prisoners, and their convictions, asked each of them what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ? The first prisoner whom he addressed was Mr. McManus. Clerk of the Crown—Terence Bellew M'Manus, what have you to say why sentence of death shall not be passed upon you ? Mr. McManus said—My Lords, I trust I am enough of a Christian and enough of a man to under stand the awful responsibility of the question that has been put to me. My Lords, standing on this my native soil—standing in an Irish court of justice, and before the Irish nation—l have.much to say why sentence of death or the sentence of the law ,hould not be passed upon me; but, my Lords, on entering this court I placed my life—and what is of much more importance to me, my honour, in the hands of two advocates; and, my Lords, if I had ten thousand lives and ten thousand honours I would be content to place them under the watchful and glorious genius of the one, and the high legal ability of the other. My Lords, I am content in that regard. I have something to say which no advocate, however anxious, can utter for me. I have this to say, my Lords, that whatever part I may have taken through any struggle far my country's independence —whatever part I may have acted in that short career—l stand before your Lordships now with a free heart and with a light conscience, ready to abide the issue of your sentence. And now, my Lords, perhaps this is the fittest time that I might put one sentiment on record, and it, is this—standing as I do between the dock and the scaffold—it may be now or to-morrow, or it may be never, but whatever the re sult may be, I have this sentiment to put on record, that in any part I have taken I have not been actuated by animosity to Englishmen, for I have spent some of the happiest and most prosperous days of my life there ; and in no part of my career have I been actuated by enmity to Englishmen, however much 'I may have felt the injustice of English rule in this island. My Lords, I have nothing more to say. It is not for having loved England less, but for having loved Ireland more, that I stand now before you. Clerk of the Crown—What have you to say, Patrick O'Donohoe, why sentence of death shall not be passed upon you ? Mr. O'Donohoe said—My Lords, I have written out a few remarks, which, with your Lordships' per mission, I will read. The COURT having assented, Mr. O'Donohoe said—My Lords, I beg to say that the Attorney and Solicitor-General have conducted the case against me fairly, but strictly, and I find no fault with them nor with the evidence given against me, so far as it was acted on by the jury. My Lords, I do complain that in such a country the jurors summoned to try me, a stranger, for a political offence, wer e exclusively political opponents, and with such a panel I regret that your Lordships did not, as my counsel requested, allow my jury to have been called from those who had not served, or been re jected, on a former trial. My jury, thus selected, could not be supposed to overcome all bias, and I be. lieve they found a most mistaken verdict. Mr. Justice Moore, in his direction, told the jury that if I assisted Mr. O'Brien whilst engaged in a treasonable design, I was guilty of treason, although I might not know of his intent, and from their recommendation it appears that they found me guilty on that direction. To one unlearned in the law, and supposing that treason depends on intention, it seems contrary to common sense that I can participate in a treasonable design of the existence of which I am ignorant. I do not, however, presume to dispute the law as you Lordship has stated it, but no earthly judge is infallible; and as the doctrine is so startling, and one stamped with the authority of Mr. sMoore's high constitutional character, would form a precedent dangerous to the lives and liberties of the best men, I humbly request your Lordships to reserve the point for the considera tion of the Judges. If your Lordship be in error that error ought to be corrected—if not, it will be a protection to every one to know that the l a w so laid down has been confirmed. It is not fit on this solemn occasion to defend my opinions or conduct—l will, therefore, only say that those opinions have always been tolerant, sincere, and consistent. I ameminent counsel, h t e more 11.1 i r. r Be s o because ut t , for his eloquent abledefence, generously given without fee or n t o truly as myeln m reward, and given, too , to h is p olitical anta g oni st. I that grateful defeandee was cannot but express my admiration for the ingenuity and great talent shown by my junior counsel, Mr. Francis Meagher, and his zeal in my defence. I also beg to thank my solicitor, Mr. Laffan, for the ability with which he conducted my case, and the general exertions made by him on my behalf. I thank your Lordships for this patient hearing. The Clerk of the Crown then asked Mr. Meagher what he had to say why the sentence of the law should not be passed upon him. Mr. Meagher, with fluency of utterance, and re markable firmness of ma nner, then s p o ke as follows : —My I d Lords,esir it is my intention to say a few wor d s only. e that the last act of a proceeding which has occupied so much of the public time should be of short duration ; nor have I the indelicate wish to close the dreary ceremony of a state prosecution with a vain display of words. Did I fear that, hereafter, when I shall be no more, the country _I have tried to Wye would think ill of nie, I might indeed avail myself of this solemn moment to vindi cate my sentiments and my conduct. But I have no such fear. The country will judge of these senti ments, and of that conduct, in a light, I think, far different from that in which the jury by which I have been convicted have viewed them ; and perhaps the sentence you, my Lords are about to pronounce will be remembered only as the severe and solemn attes tation of my rectitude and truth. Whatever may be the language in which that sentence will be spoken, I know that my fate will meet with sympathy, and that my memory will be honoured. In speaking thus accuse me not, my Lords, of an indecorous presump tion. To the efforts I have made for. what I conceived to be a just and noble cause, I ascribe _no vain im portance; nor do I claim for them any.Aiigh reward. But it so happens, and it will ever selappen, that they who have tried to serve their counfl; no matter how weak th e i r e ff o rt s may h ave hied' aresure to receive the thanks and blessings' 'people. With the country, then, I leave myAnentiory, my sentiments, my acts, proudly feeling that they. require no vindication from me this day. A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I was indicted. For this I entertain not the slightest feeling of resent ment against them ; influenced as they must have been' by the charge of the Lord Chief Justice,- they, per haps, could have returned no other verdict. What. of that charge? Any strong observations upon it I sincerely feel would ill befit the solemnity of this scene; but I would earnestly beseech of you, my Lord—you, who preside upon that beach---when the. prejudices and the passions of this hour have passed away, to appeal to your own conscience, and ask of it—was your charge, as it ought to have been, im partial and indifferent between the subject and the Crown? My Lords, you may deem this language unbecoming in me, and perchance it may seal my fate; but I am here to speak the truth, whatever it may cost. lam here to regret nothing that I have ever done—to retract nothing that I have ever said. lam not here to crave with lying lip the life I con secrate to the liberty of my country. Far from it. Even here—here, where the thief, the libertine, the murderer, have left their foot prints in the dust—here in this spot, where the shadow of death surrounds me, and from which I see an early grave in an unanointed soil opened to receive me—even here encircled by these terrors, that hope which beckoned me to the perilous sea on which I have been wrecked, still consoles, ani mates, and enraptures me. No I Ido not despair of my poor old country—her peace, her liberty, her glory.. For that country I can now do no more than bid her hope. To lift this island Up—to make her a benefactor to humanity instead of what she is—the meanest beggar in the world—to restore to her her native powers and her ancient constitution—this has been my ambition, and this ambition has been my crime. Judged by the law of England I knowLthil crime entails the penalty of death. But the history of Ireland explains my crime and justifies it. Judged ,by that history I am no criminal—(and turning to his fellow-prisoner M‘Manus)—you• are no criminal (and to O'Donohoe), you are no criminal, and we deserve no punishment. Judged by that history, the treason, of which I have been convicted, loses all its guilt—is sanctified as a duty— will be ennobled as a sacrifice. With these senti ments, my Lords, I await the sentence of the Court. Having done what I feel to be my duty—having spoken now, as I did on every occasion during my •short life, what I felt to be the trutb, I now bid fare well to the country of my birth, my passion, and my death—that country whose misfortunes have invoked ', my sympathies—whose factions I sought to still— whose intellect I 'prompted to a lofty ;din—whose freedom has been my fatal dream. I offer to that country, as a pledge of the love I bear her, and the 'sincerity with which I thought, and spoke, and struggled for her freedom, the life of a young, heart ; and with that life all the hopes, the honours, the en dearments of a happy and an honourable home. Pro nounce, then my Lords, the sentence which the law directs, and I trust I-will' be prepared to hear it, and meet its execution. I trust, too, that I shall be pre pared with a pure heart to appear before a higher tribunal—a tribunal where a . judge of infinite good ness as well as of infinite justice will preside; and where, my Lords, many, many of the judgments of this world will be reversed. [A low and protracted murmur of applause per vaded the conclusion of the prisoner's most eloquent and impassioned address.] Lord Chief. Justice Douewrr- e frisoners .at the bar, Terence Bellew MiManus, Patrick O'Bionohoe, and Thomas Francis Meagher, after deep considera tion, before entering into this court it was 'my intention, in the performance of the very painful duty which devolves upon me, not to have prolonged your stay at that bar by, any length of observation. You, and each , ofyou, appear there having been con victed by the verdicts of three successive juries of the crime of high treason—the crime of the greatest enormity known to our laws.- I feel bound to say this, that it is the deliberate, dispassionateeand calm opinion of the Court that the :verdicts which were found by those juries, and the verdict which was found by a former jury, could not have been other than they were—that no honest,' fair, impartial, and conscien tious jurors, attending strictly to their oaths and listening to the evidence that was pieiduced in this court in the course of these unusually pro tracted trials, could have come to any other .conclu sion .than that which they have done. They have pronounced you one and all guilty of the crime of high treason. - That crime consists in having levied war in this county within and during the last week of the month of July—of having levied war for trea sonable purposes—and that you, and each 'of you, more or less participated in, excited to, .and prepared for, and were yourselves some of you more, some less, actively engaged in the furtherance of that project. In order to constitute the crime of high treason by the levying of war, it is no ingredient that the means should be proportioned to the end sought to be ac complished, or that there should be a rational pros pect of success. The parties who engage in such transactions become responsible if they have arrayed, assembled, collected, drilled, and prepared those vs ho by force endeavour to accomplish that object—the common object that was in view. It is not, I am sorry to say, to any forbearance on your part that that rebellion—for such I may term it— which broke out in that week, was brought to a speedy conclusion. It is not due to you ; it is under God attributable to the fidelity and the bravery of the police force. When I reflect on what might have been the consequences if that police force, either seduced by promises or intimidated by threats which were made use of, had yielded to the advances that were made to them, if they had been overwhelmed by the congregated numbers that assem bled and attempted their destruction, or if they had failed in dispersing those bands of rebels who assem bled around them on the hills, I think there is no fair man who, looking at and contemplating what the state of this country might have been, will not see how rapidly a temporary success might have added to the numbers of the insurgents, and how soon this country might have been deluged in blood, and given over to all the horrors of a civil war. It is from that we have escaped by the fidelity and by the bravery of the police foree. lam very far, God knows, from wish ing to say one word at this moment that can raise or en hance the feelings which some of you may endure. But I cannot, in looking to what was the state of this country in the month of May last, avoid adverting (without entering into particulars of it) to that authentic speech which was given in evidence upon the last trial ; eloquent no doubt it is ; but who can avoid seeing, in the perusal of that speech delivered by you, Mr. Meagher, on the 6th of June, a terrible picture of what was at that time the s t a t e of this country, and the calamities which were impending and meditated, and from which, by God's assistance, we have es caped. I have told you that it was my wish to abstain from enlarging or giving any details, and I shall do so. I shall merely add this observation, that from the commencement to the conclusion of this commission, which has now exten d ed to the fifth week, there has been a perfect coincidence in the views of every mem ber of this bench as to the law ; and if the observa tions of the distinguished judge who presides here did seem to you, and I can make every allowance for their doing so, to press and bear severely upon you— perhaps, in a cornier moment, when you come to reflect upon it, you will see that it was from the very nature of the transactions themselves that those com ments legitimately arose, which appeared to you to press with undue severity on you. Perhaps, when you come to reflect dispassionately, you will see this in the same light, and I trust that you may be more recon ciled than you appear at present to the justice of the unhappy fete which awaits you, and which there is not an individual with a heart to feel who must not deeply deplore. I shall not now detain you longer. r have merely to exhort each of you to reflect on the awful situation in which each of you at this moment stands, and to prepare for the dreadful fate that im pends over you. We have not failed to send, as was our duty, to the Lord-Lieutenant, the recotnmenda tions with which the juries in your respective cases have a c companied the verdicts that have been found againsiYou. But you must be well aware that it is with the Executive Government, and the Executive Government alone, that the fate of these recommen dations rests. And we in the discharge of our most anxious and painful duty have now only to proceed you, the awful to iass upon you, and upon each of AO" '= ' t l ./../,‘. sentence o h ? w, which jo, ,snat you Terenc Bellew M'Manus, you Patriek -o'Donohoe, and v Thomas Francis_ MeaghAc f - be • taken be e p 1 from whence yojiame, and be tia e raven .a hurdle to the place of execution, and that each of be there hanged by the neck until you be dead, and that afterwards-the head of each of you shall be severed from his body, and the body. of each divided into four quarters, to be disposed of as her Majesty shall think fit—and may the Almighty God have mercy upon your souls. At the conclusion of this address the three pri. soners were removedfdromoe,thelirdisoocnke. soners" a h 'he avi v n a g n been drawn up outsid e , an placed in • it, were at once • conveyed back - t) the prison, where they were placed in separate• apart ments, and none but their chaplain, e and adin persons specially specially permitted by the Sh er iff, see them. Much excitement prevailed in the streets, and suppressed murmurs of sorrow and 'awe ran through the crowd of spectators assembled about the Court House. The police kept back the multitude with fixed bayonets, and in a short time all had dis appeared. CLOSE OF THE COMMISSION. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, addressing their Lord- Ships, said—My Lords, in consequence of the length of time the commission has lasted, the onerous duties discharged by those engaged in these trials, and the protracted attendance of jurors from distant parts of the country, it is not the intention of the Attorney- General to proceed any further at the present sittings. I beg, therefore, to apply to your Lordships to adjourn the commission to the 12th of December. Mr. Justice Moons—ls not that too near Christmas? The SOLICITOR' GENERAL—It may be, my Lord, so will your Lordships say Tuesday, Dec 6 ? Chief Justice BLACRBURNE—Let the COurt be adjourned to Tuesday, Dec. 5. .Mr. MEAGHER called the attention of Judge Moore - to the case cited by him in his charge to the jury by whom Mr. O'Donohoe was tried—namely, that of the Earl of Southan3pton, in order to show that it was • charged as matter of fact that he was aware of the treasonable intent of the Earl of Essex. Justice MOORE said that he cited the authority of Lord Hale, in whose opinion Lord Mansfield' and Chief Justice 'Bayley concurred. He would, how ever, examine the authorities, and see whether what Chief Justice Hale had so uneqUivocally laid down was the law. Mr. MEAGHER. said that he could not expect mare from his Lordship, and would be quite satisfied with his judgment after he had referred to the anthorities. Mr. Burr, Q.C., threw out that Justice Foster had shaken the authority of Lord Hale. Justice MOORE said that he fk.d locked in Foster's book with the view of seeing if he had done so, but it did not appear to him that the passage contravened the authority of Lord Hale. He might have drawn a wrong conclusion, but the law could not be more clearly laid down than by Lord Hale, who was the highest authority upon the subject. The commission was then formally adjourned to Tuesday, the sth of December next. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received Cape of Good Hope papers to the 15th. of August,: which fully confirm the stater. ment regarding the capitulation entered into betvie6ri Pretorious and Major Warden, the British Resident at BloeM Fontein, by which the latter consented to withdrair heyolid the Orange River, thereby sur rendering the Queen's authority to that portion of the Colony over which he had presided. The following official details,', with other particulars, will be read with interest.:—. (From the 'Graham's Town Journal.) Our readers will be prepared, .from the communi cations inserted in our last number, to learn that all British rule beyond the Orange River had for the present ceased to exist—the three magistrates who had been stationed there having been forcibly expelled by the rebellious Boers. It now appears that Major Warden, on his return to Bloem Fontein, after having so narrowly escaped being made a prisoner, proceeded to make his little post in some way defensible, at the same time dis patching Mr. Rex' to the Boer's camp to ascertain their ulterior object. 'Whilst waiting for his re turn a letter, of which we subjoin a copy, was received from Pretorius, Major 'Warden learning from the bearer that Mr. Rex was detained a prisoner. He refused to give any reply until he wits released. This was acquiesced in, and Mr. Rex reports that the Boers' leger or camp was within two miles of Bloem Fontein ; that it consisted of about 1,200 men ; that all communication with the colony. was cut off, and that all attempt at resistance was useless. Major Warden thus having no alternative, proceeded to treat, and the terms given below were agreed upon. TO MAJOR WARDEN, BRITISH RESIDENT. Bloem Fontein, July 17, 1848. As we have been - true and sworn friends to each other, and that for five years; and whereas Sir Harry Smith is obstinate as regards the majority being on our side, I oonsiderit my duty to shed as little blood as possible-. Shall therefore give you one hour to consider whether you will give up this country, or whether I .am to take it from you by force. Many parts of the country have been purchased by the emigrant farmers from the natives, and which natives do not feel at all'disposed - th_come under British rule —I have for the- accomplishment of this obj e ct brought with me i n t o the - field only one thousand of the many thousinds niy ready and willing people. (Signefl) A. W. PRETORIUS, Comdt. Gen. - Fontein, July 17, 1848. At the conference held this day-in front of the vii lag6 of illoem Fontein with Mr. Pretorious, Com mandant-General of the Emigrant Farmers, the Bri tish geSidint and Commandant-General entered into the following engagetm nt, viz.:-' . 1. That the troops and inhabitants of Bloem Fon tein shall evacuate the village in two days from this date, viz., on the 20th instant, taking with them all moveable public and private property of every de, icription, and proceed to Colesberg, five or six wag gons (or as many more as may be procurable) being furnished for that purpose by Mr. Pretorius. . . 2. That the British resident will inform the native tribes of the arrangement entered into between him self and Emigrant Fariners, with the hope of prevent ing a collision between them. 3. That the Civil Commissioner a Caledon, Mr. O'Reilly, is guaranteed a fr€e exit to the colony, on the same terms as the British Resident. 1 ; 4. That Mr. Pretorius will, in the meantime, with draw his force from the immediate neighbourhood of Bloem Fontein. 5. That i►► the event of sufficient transport not being obtainable for the removal of all the property of storekeepers and others, within the time above specified, Mr. Pretorius will guarantee their being allowed to remove it at their convenience, and without molestation. 6. That such coloured perple as are now at Bloem Fontein, although not soldier:, are at liberty to re turn to their homes. ________ A. W. PRETORIUS, Commandant-General. Witnesse!, (Signed) L. R. BOTHA, Comman d ant. P. M. BESTER, Commanant. (Signed) H. _D. _WARDEN, C. M. Rifles, and British Resident. (Signed) Witnesses, (Signed) A. J. FRASER, 31.8., Asst. Staff-Surgeon. T. J. BIDDULPII, Magistrate. Extract of a letter, from Burgher's Dorp, dated 25th July : " Mr. O'Reilly has been compelled to yield, and has retired with his family to the farm of Mr. Adam Gilfil lan on the Stormberg Spruit." Our communicatinn . with the f ron t an d w i t h Kafir land has been totally interrupted this week, owing to the heavy rains which fell on Saturday and Sun day last. The march of the troops has been greatly impeded. Those that left this place on Wednesday are still on this side of the Fish River, and owing to the non arrival of the usual posts, we are not aware whether these from Kafirland have as yet been enabled to cross the Kona!, River, as nothing effective can take place until the arrival of this addition to the small force already at Colesberg 'MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 14 per milk, which, at th.e English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per oance for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.50; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.45, it follows that gold is 0.20 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 437 pi-r mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31 17s. 10fd. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.11; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being it follows that gold is 0.11 per cent. dearer in Ilimburge than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 109 per cent., aid the par of xelp i n ge tp.tween England and America), being 109 23-40 pi.r cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.58 per cent. against England; but the, qtrited exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the intertst must be deducted from the above differunee. • A FAVOURED LOVER.—The affair of Bryce, who was murdered, and found by the aid of aelairvoyant, ac cording to the account, induced a young married man. who was on a visit in the city, to call on one of these seers, and ascertain in what occupation his wife was engaged at her residence, some ninety miles away. She is sitting in the parlour," said the lady, "and every once in a while she looks out of the window, as if expecting some one." " Strange," said the gentleman, "who can she expect?" " Some one ent.•rs the door. She seizes him, and caresses him fondly." "It can't be! it's all a hoax; my wife is true to me," interrupted the gentleman, nettled and worried by the 'green-eyed monster. " Now he lays his head on her lap, and looks tenderly into her eyes." " I swear that .is false, and I'd make you pay dearly for this slander." " Now , be wags his tail, continued the sleeper; and This explained the story. He vanished, and resolved never again to be inquisitive with regard to wifv;sidoings.—New York Harbinger,