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THE CASTLEREAGII PAPERS. Now ready, 2vols. Bvo., printed uniformly with the Wellington and Nelson Dispatches, Vs. bound, MESIGIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH, SECOND MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY, EDITED by his BROTHER. This work, comprising the Secret History of the Irish Rebellion and Union, will be f 0.1.1 t one of surpassing importance, not merely on account of the records and illustrations of the extraordinary events of a past period which it furnishes, but for the startling points of comparison With ozcturences of the present day. :N.B. Those whe may desire early conies, are requested to give their orders immediately to their Booksellers. henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THZ NEW NOVEL. IIIIIE DISCIPLINE of LIFE, -111 In Three Volumes,: May new be had at all the Libraries. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " This mirk is, we believe, the first production of Lady Emily Pon sonhy It cannot fan to plaoe the authoress in the first rank of fe• male novelists."—Britannia. " Since Miss Austen ceased to write, and Mrs. Marsh began, we heVe •had no other story-telling of its class that we would place upom a level with this."—Examiner. " The authoress of ' The Discipline of Life' is a worthy fellow-tra veller in the path of the authoress of ' Angela.' Altogether she is likely ie be one of the first ds in this class of literature."—Times. " Rumour—we believe with truth—attributes this work to the Lady Emily Ponsonby, daughter of the late Earl of Besbotough. It requir,s, however, no titled name to secure for it extensive cinulatioia. It is long since we Dave perused stories so absorbing. We commend the work to novel readers for its interest, to the literati for its liter ary merits, and to readers of all clasJes for the instructive lessons it communicate , ."—Morning 11( raid. Henry Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HANW E L L COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, • MIDDLESEX. Principal, the Rev. J. A. E3IERTOS, D.D., Twelve Years Curate of Ilansvell. Tice Michaelmas Term will commence on Thursday, the sth inst. Prospectuses, with full par icul ire, or an inspection of the Esta blishment, obtained on application to the Principal. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Mr.SUNN has the honour of announcing that he will OPEN this THEATRE for the usual , sinter Se son on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, and being enabled by an arrangement entered into with the Directors of the Royal Italian Opera to avail himself of the vast resources of that celebr.ted Establishment, the Entertainments will be supported by a ipise en scene never yet given on the English stage. With the view of representing the Perfermances submitted to public patronage in an equally efficient manner, he submits the names of the principal Artistes with whom he has entered into engagements : tOR GRAND OPERA. SOPRANI 'A ROD CONTRALTI.—MdIIe. Nissen (principal singer from tea Imperial Theatres of Italy and St. Petersburgh), Miss homer, Basun° , Miss "tVlace (sister of the composer, her first appear ance), Miss Nelson (her first epdearance on any stage), Miss 3lessent, and Madams Stoltz (the renowned singer from the Grand Opera at Paris). BASSES AND BABITONES.—Mr. 80171111, Mr. Whitworth, Mr. Bur dini, 31r. 11. Cord (principal buffo from the Theatre Royal, Dublin), air. S. Jonlee, and Mn. IL Phillips_ Treoas.—Sir. W. Ilavrison, sir. Herberte (his first appearance on the London stage), Mr. Barker, and Mr. Sims Reeves. The Orchestra has been entirely re-lrratiged, and selected from the first talent, on a greatly increased scale. Musical Director, hignorSchir t. Thy Chorus will be augmented to an unusual extent, and will com prise the but voices in the country. Chorus Master, Mr. Land. FOR GRAND BALLET AND SPECTACLE. Allies. Plunkett and Sophie Fuoce (both from the Grand Opera de la Nation, Paris), Mdlle. Celeste Stephan, 31dlle. Moncelet, Mdlle. tiatilut, and Mdlle. Antal (all from the principal Theatres of Paris), aidlle. Louise, and Mdlle. Maywood (principal danseuse from the San Carlos. Naples) ; M. Petipa and M. Desplaces (both from the Theatre de la Nation', Paris), M. Jules (from the Grand Opera La Scala, at Mien), M. Paul, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mr. T. Matthews, Mr. Cormack t (from the The are yal, Liverpool, his first appearance), M. MASI er (his first appearance these eight years), and the most renowned Dancer now on thontinent, M. Durand ; with a more numerous an I effective body Corps de Ballet, Figurantes, and Promeneuses, than has ever yet been engaged in an English Theatre. Arnontzst other novelties of the season will be produced the new Bellet of " The Amazetis," now performing with great success in Paris), and a new grand Ballet by M. Barrez (expkossly composed for :Mlle. Plunkett.) The celebrated 0. era of " Hhydee" (the last production of Messrs. Scribe and Auber, and adapted to the English stage by 3fr. Lavenu), will be instantly produced. A grand Opera, in three acts, composed expressly for this Theatre by Mr. muv. Wallace. " "Ile* Hirst Wulpurgis Night" (th , Poem by Goetle, and the Mu sic by the late Dr. Men.lelssohn), will be given in a dramatic form ley all the immense resources of the Theatre. A celebrated Musical Work (dramatised for the Ilrst time by J. P. Planate) is in preparation, and will be produced as speedily as the magnitude of the ,u,bject will permit. • Arleew grand Opera, entitled "Kenilworth," by Signer Schira ; and a grand semi-ser a Oper I, composed expres,ly - by Mr. W. Balfe. An en ireiy new Ballet will be produced for the debut of Mdlle. Maywo d. Numerous treaties are pending, and amongst others, an answer Is daily expected from the celebrated Herr Pischek. Principal ,scene-p4lnters—lVles.6rs. Grieve and Telbin. Property Maker—Mr. Blamire. Ballet Masters—MM. Barrez and Mazilier. Under Ballet Master—Mr. B. Barnett. 3tage threct or— -3k. G. Ellis TllElritE ROYAL, ADELI'IIf. .te . N ti,eCtiutl 0: Madame eleste ...„ During the Recces this Theatre ha been entirely re-decorated, the osigtaA designs by DLiby Watts, Erq , executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem rif &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seas, and Stal's rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed RORY O'AIORE. ..ktt4r which, THE IRISH LION. To txmclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. foLOYAL LYCEUM TIIEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. Sole Loewe, MT. Charles Mathews. Tills EVENING, Widl be performed a comic Vrama, enithled ANYTHING FOR CHAN Character Messrs Hariey, C. Mathews, Honner; .Mls4 K. Fiewilliam, and Wm Marsh4ll. Alter which, COURT BEAUTIES. To conclude with THE CRITIC, s,t ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25. ; Gallery, is. No 4 tatt,l2}4ee to any part of the house. The it,x-otrce, No. 2, Wellington-street, le open to the r 15;i , i 4. - ry fifty, from 'ten till six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Will open for the Season THIS EVENING, When %sill be performed the Opera of LA VIVANDIERM. Alter which, PAY Mills! Olt IF YOU DONT- To etmclacle with the Ballet of LA ROSIEIIE. ASTLEYS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Ttm Gast Week of the Season, arrangements having barn made for the appear:4l , e of the-Equustrian portion of the Establishment at Etbithilrgh. Trium; , :rant.nocess of the Popular Equestrian Spectacle of Mazeppa, witich has been nightly received with enthusiasm. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EYE`il t, WIII he performed Lord Ilyron's Hippo ramatlc Spectacle of 11.1%;g:I'l'A ;din'. The Wild Horse. ;0i:0w,,1 by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS- V , ' ltris'ES in thg ARENA. Tel con,Wde w.th the Farce of THE SECRET. otwn from Eleven nil Five. tqace Manager, Mr. W. West. 10) Y AM 'SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. ,n o MI% SARA FLOWER and MISS TOWNSEND. Ye-engagement of MR. HENRY PHILLIPS. First Appearance of Mr. A. 'EDGWICK- Iit DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROItE, by Danson. Superb and Unique MEN AGE tt lE. Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra barge. MONDAT, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDIY. View of Rome —Promenade Conceits, Vocal and Initrumental, vin'filel•e.l by Mr. GODFREY. The splendid Eand of Soloyerformers incliti,les Messrs. H. Collins, Cioffl, George and Viotti Collins, Richard son, .•_e.--1 1. 1vo Solos will be pertornred each Evening by Artists of Eminence.— Several favourite Songs and a !met by Miss Sara Flower Red 'liSa Town3ei3(l—Tsvo favourite Songs by Mr Henry Phillips, for thins week only 'The Programme will contain a choice selection of popular Quadrilles and Waltaes.—Also to be seen, .]using the day, the beautiful Nenagerie—Shakvere's House—The Magic Bridge— and other noveltes wtit be exhibited, the whole concluding with a moalf argnificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, which elleifed sluch rapturous approbation on the occasion of M. Jullien's Eerie :t, by the , Messrs. Southhy Op.tes epon at 'fen a.m., Feeding Time Half-past Four—Concert at 11/di-past Bave—Fireworks at Half-rast Eight. AdrAission, as usual, One Shilling. Cvneirtuat;c TO CORRESPONDENTS. commurkation can be attended to unless authenti- by tie) nanaL aid Address of the writer. .omintinientions e.tro:Jit he returned. itt LE WEATLIER.—Sost OFFICE, OCTOBER 2. TIIER3IO: , ZETER, Lowest, 46, highest, 62; Noon, 63. BA. aor4RiER, 29.7 6 Vrz_vo S.S.E.; morning, showery; afternoon, cloudy. "(ATEA AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. . 27 !Ina. after 4 I Evening 44 min. after 4 c P .- . ..!'; 4. it74 l- 4.4 i e . A . 4 4 ; 6 v;i: ~ 4 ,...„ ---: f • :• , ft. 1.... _ • .., •i i i/C,,,.. „ 07 . 4, 4 :-•,,, , ,.. f ,i 4 . 4.14. - -c..• •,.. z 7 ,. : : : _ , ,, , ', :Ms. 4 , 4r.„ -; _ .':), .___ ' E '' 4E, "- O, ' ~ ' 44 0-4•44. h - ' DAM •!;11.1f A . • , ~.. I " tin ♦ a LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1848. The Chartist trials have at length been brought to a conclusion. The jury, after a prolonged and pa tient investigation, which occupied an entire week, returned a verdict of guilty against CUFFEY, FAT, and 14A61`, and the unfortunate men, together with Doweieo, who had previously been convicted, have been sentenced to perpetual banishment from their native land. We have no fault to find either with tiM verdict or with that sentence. An honest and conscientious jury could have arrived at no other eoneruslon upon the evidence that was adduced before them. There could be no possible doubt as to the gnaw intentions of the wretched men—that the! desired, to involve the country in all the horrors of eivil wer, and that they were utterly reckless of the consequences that must inevitably follow the There was an ostentatious parade of weapons proviled for the purpose of destroying the plliee and all those who might array themselves on the side of order. Infernal machines were con structed, instruments of the most fearful character -.... ifiven,ted. Murder and arson were manifestly contemylated. What other end or object could have iptoed the parties to provide themselves with the formidable weapons, the combusti bites, and fire-balls that were discovered upon tbeii, persons, at their places of meeting, and at their peepective dwelling-houses? A deep-laid conspiracy clearly existed, and it was not because the ringleaders tieroin were tailors, bootmakers, closers, and others of The working classes—because the means at their disposal were wholly inadequate to the achievement of their objects, or because a natural feeling of horror ...4 \ All a iiitt ation was necessarily excited at the atro 14EWS !RD " amy, the coldvblooded iniquities of the '"-:-:lo,ateiir 'es and traitors who had wormed them --" i - elv4i4o, a confidence of the prisoners, for the mere .'l-1-/- 1: '::, ' 1)1;411;014E0f b traying their secrets, that twelve men 4poo - their snap could refuse to return attempt. a true verdict upon the grave questions sub mitted for their consideration. The punishment about to be inflicted upon the culprits is undoubtedly of great severity—transporta tion for life, perpetual slavery, and all the horrors of the penal settlements to be encountered. A fearful prospect, indeed, lies before them ; but could a more mitigated sentence have been pronounced, when the possible results of their crime were taken into consi deration, and the necessity of an example sufficient to deter others from the commission of similar offences, to instil terror into the minds of those who might otherwise become involved within the meshes of the law, if impunity were extended to such offences, or if they were visited with comparatively light punishments ? The end and object of the penalties prescribed by the law has been declared by one of the ablest jurists to be— fit pcena in paucos perveniat, metes in Gaines. If the few to whom the charge has been brought home escaped with imprisonment, or even a short term of transportation, that salutary fear would not be excited, and many others might, from pure wanton ness and mischief, enter upo❑ a course that would lead on, by gradual and almost imperceptible degrees, to guilt equal to that of the unfortunate men who have just been sentenced. We cannot conclude our observations without ex• pressing the most unqualified disgust at the con duct of those who figured as the principal witnesses fur the Crown on the present occasion, whether they are regarded as accomplices in guilt, or as spies, who pretended feelings by which they were not really actuated, and led on parties to the commission of crime, that they might afterwards betray them and obtain the vile rewards of their infamous occupation. Who can peruse the evidence of the chief approver, " POWELL, " alias " JOHNSON," alias the " Welch Novice," or the statements made respecting him by the several witnesses produced for the defence, with out feeling the utmost horror and indignation that such a wretch should be permitted to contaminate a court of justice by his presence? This was the " pa triot" who attended the meetings merely for the public benefit, and with the object of exposing the proceedings to the authorities, and not with the view of assisting in the intended outbreak—who planned and made the instruments to lame the horses, or as he himself expressed it, to " cripple the cavalry" that might be brought against them—who was the most violent amongst the violent, the contemptuous as sailant of the " milk-and-water" advocates of moral force—who led on his unsuspecting companions in the path of crime until he brought them to the requisite length, and then planned the trap into which they should fall, all the while being in daily com munication with the police and giving the fullest information of every proceeding. What credence could be attached to the statements of such a man ? The affected want of memory, the prevarication which he exhibited in the course of the very able cross-examination to which he was subjected, would alone have been sufficient to render his testimony extremely doubtful, if his previous character had been wholly unimpeachable ; but how could the slightest belief be accorded to any statement of the hypocritical spy, the pedestrian who crossed his matches, the decoy duck to thimble-riggers, who pretended to bet, that others might b..! induced to lose their money to his swindling coadjutors—the assaulter of his own father—the blasphemous infidel, who reviled the sacred scriptures—the measureless liar, whose habitual mendacity had earned for him the sobriquet of "Lying Tom," by which he was known to his companions and fellow-workmen. We verily believe that the only Possible chance of a failure of the case for the prosecution was to be found in the production in the witness-box of a wretch so infamous and so degraded. It is a dangerous and unconstitutional practice of any Government to resort to the " spy system." All experience has proved that the wretches who are base enough to traffic in " blood money" are quite prepared to seduce innocent persons into the nets pre pared for their destruction, to stimulate their pas sions and induce them to plunge into guilt which they might never have contemplated, but for the in sidious temptations to which they were thus exposed. It may be that the evidence of accomplices in crime cannot at all times be dispensed with, that approvers must sometimes be admitted into the witness box, to give a clue to the guilt that has been com mitted. It has been justly held that the evidence of such a person requires confirmation, not merely as to the circumstances of the case, but as to the persons engaged therein, but how much better is such a man than one who from the be g inning has determined to betray his associates. It is unbecoming to en courage such persons. If the authorities are aware that crime is contemplated, they should at once inter fere to prevent its commission, and not suffer parties to be worked upon by those in their own ; pay. It would appear that it was the intention of the Legislature to prevent the possibility of such a course, for in the very Act under which the Parties were indicted it is provided (sect. 10) " that it shall not be lawful fur any Court before which any person shall be prosecuted or tried for felony under this Act to order payment to the prosecutor or the witnesses of any cost which shall be incurred in preferring or prosecuting any such indictment.': Is it not manifest that that most unu,ual enactment was clearly directed against the spy system, to pre vent parties from pursuing a course similar to that adopted by the patriotic Mr. PowELL on the pre sent occasion ? France must, on no account, regard the expres sions insidiously put forth by the English Tory press as indicative of the opinions entertained by the population of Great Britain. Those madmen who yearn for the Icarie of M. CARET and the Ideologistic Socialism of M. LEDRII ROLLIN—who yell forth their regrets for the Republic of 13 ABCEUF and the Sep tember of 1792—wh0 shout in the banquet halls of Toulouse such devilish cries as tho-e of Five l'Echa faud ! Vie la Guillotine ! Vire Robespierre ! Vice Marat ! Mort aux Riches ! Mort aux prdres ! A bas 'Assemblee Nationale !—these ferocious neo phytes of Red Communism are not one jot less op posed to the maintenance of a Republican Govern ment, founded upon moderation, than are the Tory press of England, under the secret inspiration of M. GUIZOT and Prince METTERNICH. Yes ! we would warn the citizens of France of this fact of com plicity between the extreme enemies of the Republic—between the aristocratic influence of England, and the very scum and dregs of the ultra-democracy of the continent ! 'We would solemnly warn France not, only of the rela • tionship of interest between the revolutionary in cendiaries and the bigots of Conservatism, but we would have the truth vibrate in the ears, and not only in the ears but in the heart, and not only in the heart but in the memory of thirty millions of French men, that the Tory journalism of England is merely the organ of a clique in everything relating to the republican regime in Paris; and that this clique is presided over by the refugees of Absolutism—by the Homme de Gand and the Lord of Johannisberg—by FRANCOIS GUIZOT and METTERNICH WINNERORG. None but desperate men, none but men utterly dis armed and beggared, both in power and in reputation, would resort to the insane expedients now adopted by the statesmen who fled from the Tuileries and from Schoenbrunn, to exist upon suf ferance and in ignoble obscurity, in the back drawing-rooms of London. Their old autho rity—that authority which usages had almost ren dered venerable—no longer existed after the revolu tionary explosions of March and February ; one dismal alternative was alone remaining to them when they paused to breath amidst the quiet respecta bility of Brompton, and to look back to the scenes of their former pomp and criminality. The alterna tive, we have said, was dismal. It was this : Either to live obscurely and die obscurely in the gloom of their unnoticed expatriation, or to abuse the generosity of England by plotting in their place of shelter. They have chosen the latter course as preferable. True to the preceding ignominy of their career, they have resolved to employ, for the gratifi cation of their vengeance, all those dark and dastardly weapons of intellect which are only em ployed for the purposes of moral assassina tion. They strive to drop, deliberately, drop by drop, the " leprous distillment" of their slanders into the ear of French Republicanism. They stab by calumny—they bludgeon by vituperation—and they carry out the whole of this murderous policy under the pusillanimity of a mask and that mask is English Toryism ! Let France remember this ; let her remember that when the Tory press of Great Britain breaths forth its misrepresentations against the present Government of Aloderate Republicans— against the Government served by BASTIDE, sup ported by 111ARRAST, directed by CAVAIGNAC, and inspired by LAMARIINE—Iet France remember that she is not listening to the indignant voice of the popular opinion of Great Britain, but that she is rather listening to the insidious whisperings of GuizoT, and to the morose and austere sophisms of the veteran schemer METTERNICH. One of the latest sneers by which this ultra- Sociali st- Aristocratic- Gui zotian- and - Mettern ichean- Pact has endeavoured to ridicule the French demo crats into rebellion, is to the effect that the policy of the present Administration of France is subservient to the present Administration of England, that Gene ral CAVAIGNAC is the most obedient servant of Lord PALMER'TON, and that the former has deliberately abandoned the lofty role of WASHINGTON to " con descend to enact the part of ESPARTERO." We can thoroughly appreciate the rapture with which this atrocious insinuation was thrown out, because with a single blow it aimed a wound at two adversaries, the poignard was sharpened keenly at both edges, it was to pierce at once the prestige of the respec tive Administrations at Paris and at London. By that means, moreover, two objects would be served, a double hatred would be gratified ; General CAVAIGNAC would be assaulted to the joy of the banished conspirators, and Lord PAL MERSTON would be assailed to the delight of English Toryism. "We have heard," says the organ which has degenerated into the tool of the ignoble clique to which we have already alluded, " We have heard," says this scholarly instrument of the Homme de Gand, " imprudent admirers of our Foreign Secretary vaunt, as a great stroke of policy, his present pre dominance in the Rue des Capucines." Pshaw the purpose of the imputation is too transparent, and its frivolity too ridiculously manifest. The journalist may have capacity to estimate correctly the politicians of the last century; he may be capable of analysing the regrets of the soured and still ambitious BOLING BROKE ; he may be able to comprehend the Protean intellect of MIRABEAU whether he roared forth his eloquence from the tribune of the first Assembly, or made love to an adulterous woman in the gardens of Pontarlier—but he betrays in his elegant diction and pedantic raillery a profound ignorance of the present rulers of the French Republic. Ile mistakes BASTIDE for BRISSOT, and VAULABELLE for GAUDET he can see in the respectable sincerity of MARIE nothing better than a reflex of the virtuous mediocrity of ROLAND ; he beholds the weakness of GENSONNE through the glittering popularity of MARRAST ; he can recognise in the military pre-eminence of CA VAIGNAC the presentiment of a treason like that of DtMOURIEZ ; he only detects in the glory of LAMAR TINE the genius, and the feebleness, and the ♦acilla tion, and the evil-doomed devotion of the good and the great VERGNIAUD ! Such are the errors into which Toryism is deluded when it condescends to become the advocate of a few degraded and banished minions of Abso lutism. Let our contemporary be assured of this, that the awful experiences of France have purchased confidence for her people, and wisdom for her states men ; and let him not rest too securely under that most fallacious impression that the Moderate Repub licans of 1848 are merely plagiarists of the Girondins. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. We find the following in the Moniteur " There has for some time past been introduced into a certain part of the press a tactic of which it is only necessary to expose the secret object in order to render it powerless. This system consists in group ing together and bringing forward with an insidious art a thousand little facts, either inexact or designedly exaggerated, and which, received by the credulous, are rapidly circulated and magnified by malevolence or by fear. These false reports, the majority of which escape, by reason of their apparent inoffen siveness or calculated ambiguity, an official contra diction as well as repression through the medium of the laws, do not, however, prevent their exercising a mischievous ii fluence. They keep the people in a con stant state of agitation, prevent money from again coming into free circulation, paralyse the resumption, of both business and pleasare, and throw Paris into a state of constant uneasiness, the echo of which extends even into the provinces. It is by the aid of this skilfully conceived plan that the factions, despairing of tri• umphing over the Republic by open force, flatter themselves that they can prevent quiet security and general prosperity from being solidly re-established The duty of the authorities is to enlighten the public as to the perfidy of those dark manoeuvres ; that of good citizens is to defeat them by distrust and con tempt. Let them not too readily give ear to those rumours which only have their source in the imagi nation of certain interested alarmists. Let them feel convinced that the Government, the guardian of public tranquillity, will be the first, on the day when it shall be publicly compromised, to prevent, by a frank and loyal appeal to the devotedness and to the excellent spirit of the Parisian people, the dangers which may threaten the country." The same journal, alluding to an article on the Italia❑ question in the Presse, says— " A journal yesterday published an article on the question of mediation. The assertions contained in it do not proceed from any official source, and have no authentic character, as might be supposed from the word ' communication,' with which it is headed." In the Assembly on Friday several interpellations were addressed to the Government on the subject of the affairs of Italy, but as the Minister for Foreign Affairs was nut present, M. DUVIGNIER who put the question, gave notice of them for Monday. On Saturday the Assembly was the scene of great confusion, in cons , quence of certain questions put by M. DENJur on the subject of the Toulouse and Bourges Banquets. Having described the proceedings at the Toulouse Banquet at which the cries Mort aux Riches—A bas Assemblee National—Vice Marat— Vice Barbes—Vine la Guillotine were raised, Denjoy thus proceeded—Messieurs, the town of Toulouse was held in a state of alarm by this manifestation. And now I ask if it is by presenting the Republic under such colours you hope to make it accepted by the population ? Is it thus, by what takes place at Toulouse, or in the Chalet at Paris— (Violent explosions of murmurs on the Left—cries of " order"—several Members on the Left rise and warmly question the Speaker— tumultuous agita tion.) The President—l know not what may have taken place at the banquet at Chalet, but we are now con cerned with the proceedings at Toulouse, and nothing else. After a brisk interchange of remarks between the Right and Left, M. Denjoy—lt is no easy matter to drive me from my purpose.—(Agitation becomes greater and greater.) Several Voices from the Left—You insult 150 of your colleagues who were at the Chalet. The President—l invoke the Assembly to mode ration and silence. M. Denjoy—l shall only name the banquet at Toulouse, and I ask the Assembly if it is by evoking the souvenirs of 1793—if it is by promising to the young Republic assignats and foreign propagandism —and if it is by holding out the prospect of the guillotine ? The Left rose in a body, uttering cries of fury and making threatening gestures. M. Duvignier rushes to the tribune, which he attempts to mount, but is kept back by the huissiers. M. Clement Thomas attempts to mount also from the other side, and is equally kept back. A crowd of representatives cluit their places, and come down, some from the Right and others from the Left. Several Members interpose, and appear to appre hend that the animation may degenerate into personal rencontres. The tumult beeomes so great that the expression de tintamarre, employed yesterday by the President Marrast, would give but a feeble idea of it. M. Corbon, the Vice-President, puts on his hat, and even that does not calm this violent storm. At length after a quarter of an hour, the agitation being diminished, the sitting is resumed. M. Del - joy proceeded next to give an account of similar occurrences at Bourges, and concluded by calling on the Ministers to say if there were not pre sent, and taking part at those banquets, mayors, muni cipal councillors, prefects, and law officers of the Re public, and other functionaries. M. Senard, the Minister of the Interior, replied that the Government were making inquiries into the matter, and that if the statements which had ap peared in the journals with regard to the conduct of the authorities should prove correct, dismissal would be too light a punishment to inflict upon them, but with regard to the affair of Toulouse he believed the matter had been greatly exaggerated by the journals. This explanation was received with murmurs of disapprobation, and a stormy discussion ensued, in the course of which M. Joly declared that the so- counts given by M. Denjoy were fabrications of the Legitimatist papers, and that the banquet was neces sary in order to show to the Vendeans of Toulouse that the Republic was not dead. The Hon. Deputy proceeded in the midst of interruptions from the mem bers of the extreme Right to expose the intrigues of the Parti Preire at Toulouse, who were conspirinc , to produce a Royalist insurrection in the south of France. The Minister at 'War (General Lamoriciere) then mounted the tribune, and said that he had sent down orders by the telegraph to the military commandant of the division of Toulouse not to attend the banquet. He had to add, he said, on the part of the Minister of JUstice, that the Toulouse journals would be prose cuted, and he assured the Assembly that the Govern ment would not fail in its duty. He was enabled, however, to assure the Assembly that the cries which had been brought under their notice had not been uttered in the banquet room, but in the streets; and thus ended this exciting scene. The Constitutionnel has for the last three days pub lished various chapters of M. TRIERS'S new work on Property, which is of course vehemently attacked by the Socialist papers. The Corsaire says—" It was remarked on Thurs day, in the great question of two Chambers, that each of the three BGnapartes gave, a different opinion. CHARLES LOUIS NAPOLEON, the pretended Pretender, did not vote. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, son of LUCIEN, voted against two Chambers. PIERRE BONAPARTE, son of JEROME, voted for two Chambers. Assuredly this is a tricolor family." We read in the Debats : " Numerous protests have arrived at the National Assembly, as is confi dently stated, against the elections for Martinique and Guadaloupe. It appears that, in the first of these colonies, the Commissioner-General, by an order, forbade the soldiers in the garrison and the seamen on the station to ♦ote, although, by a resi dence of six months, they had acquired, according to the terms of the decrees of the Provisional Govern ment, the right to take part in the elections. At Guadaloupe this right was admitted, and they voted. But, in both colonies, acts of violence are spoken of, sufficient to vitiate the election, and (if proofcan be sent in) of a nature to cause its annulation to be pronounced ; for the National Assembly cannot receive amongst its Members any but representatives freely chosen by the inhabitants of these portions of the territory of the Republic." Another detachment of insurgents, 147 in number, arrived at Havre yesterday morning, and were im mediately embarked on board the frigate the Darien, which had already 47 insurgents of the last detach• ment on board. The frigate afterwards sailed for Lorient. We read in the Journal du Havre : " Within the last few days a grave circumstance has occurred at Havre, on which we cannot maintain silence. Among the persons compromised by the recent evils.in Ireland, and who came to seek in our town a refuge which France always considers it an honour to offer to persons of all countries proscribed for political offences, is a young Irishman named John Kavanagh. This young man, who took an active part in the affair of Ballingarry, where he was seriously wounded, succeeded in avoiding arrest, notwithstand ing a reward of 3001. was offered for his capture, and he managed to reach an English port, from whence he em barked for Havre, where he arrived a fortnight ago, and has since been waiting the departure of a vessel to conduct him to the United States. He must have believed himself out of the reach of pursuit, but such was not the case. On Tuesday morning, half an hour before the departure of the Southampton steamer, a commissary of police of Havre, accom panied by two agents, presented himself in the hotel at which Mr. Kavanagh lodged; but, warned of this disquieting visit, Mr. Kavanagh prudently went out of the way. It appears that the commissary of police was the bearer of a letter addressed by an agent of the English Government to Mr. Featherstonhaugh, Consul of England at Havre ; and he announced that the object of his visit was to ascertain if the papers of Mr. Kavanagh were en regle, as if the circumstances under which Mr. Ka vanagh left his native country were of a nature to permit him to get his passports vises on departure by the English authorities. Now this is what might have happened; the police finding a foreigner without papers, and not knowing the peculiar circumstances in which the foreigner was placed, would have the right to embark him immediately, and send him back to his country with an appearance of legality. The commissary has since admitted that he acted under the inspiration of Mr. Featherstonhaugh, who, in recom mending Mr. Kavanagh to his surveillance, said that it would be well to induce him to return to England, but omitted to make known to him the important cir cumstance that the person in question was a political refugee. Fortunately things did not go so far ; but we demand by what right, and what object, the Eng lish Consul thus took the initiative in an affair of local police ? Explanations are desirable." The Garde Mobile of Lyons has been disarmed by order of the Government. The subject of the election of President is now engrossing the attention of the Parisians. The con test will IR- between General CAVAIGNAC and Louis BONAPARTE, but the chances are in favour of the General. Louis BONAPARTE chooses to sit for Yonne, so that another election for Paris will shortly take place, and as it will be for one deputy only, it may be regarded as a fair test of the comparative strength of parties. Marshal BUGEAUD is the mo narchical candidate. A few transactions were effected in the Passage de l'Opera on Sunday at 68f. 40c. and 68f. 45c. for the Five per Cents., being a shade lower than on Saturday. Speculatcrs seemed unwilling to engage in new business, waiting until the settlement of the account had passed over. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-adifAdFT, SEPT. 31 . Dutch Rhenish, 4—Northern of France, 6 1 / 2 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 1— Paris and Lyons, 4% —Paris and Orleans, 25%—Paris and Rouen, 1614 —Rouen and Havre, 7%. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1848. SPAIN. Madrid papers of the 25th and 26th ult. have ar rived. The Madrid journals of the 25th contain no news of interest. The Gazette officially announces the birth of the Duchess DB MONTPENSIER'S child, and that she h a d been baptised, and had received th e fol lowing string of names :—Maria Isab e l F ranc i sca d'Assis Antonia Luiza Fernanda Christina Amelia Felipa Adelaida Josefa Elena Enriquita Carolina Justa Rufina Gaspara Melchora Baltasara Mates. She is to have the title of Duchess of Port St. Mary's. The run on the bank still continues. The Carlists in Catalonia and Valencia are daily receiving reinforcements. MADEID BOLSA, SEPT. 2 6.--Three per Cents. 191 Five per Cents., NI. Exchange on London, 47 80. SWITZERLAND. The Gazetta Ticinese, of the 22d, announces that the blockade of the canton by RADETZILT continues, and that, consequently, the treaty of 1845, concerning the postal communications bet Ween Lombardy and the cantons of Lucerne, Zurich, Berne, Uri, Basle, and Ticino, having been violently infringed, Switzer land is virtually in a state of war with Austria. It is generally believed that Switzerland will depart from her state of neutrality, and that 10,000 men will be immediately sent to the frontier, and a reserve of 30,000 men called out. Several thousand Austrians are stationed between Luvino and Uggiate. EGYPT• Advices have been received by the Ripon from Alexandria of the 4 t h u l t . The cholera had entirely s c o e m as e ed a , ass n.otpraevaiionugs to single case s ailing of the Ripon. At having been reported for Cairo, on the morning the Ripon left, two cases had taken place, but it was thought that the sufferers would recover, the attack not being very severe. DIPARTURE OF T HE COURT FROM BUCHINGIIAM P h A e Princess by H Majesty and Prince Albert, accom paniedtheerPrince o f Wales, Prince Alfred, and and suite, left Buckingham Palace this morning at twentyfive minutes before t :i n . — e ess Royal, ten o'clock, in three carriages and four, for the Vaux hall station of the South Western Railway, from thence the Royal party proceeded by special train to Gosport, en route to Osborne, Isle of Wight. The guard of honour to the railway station consisted of a detachment of the 11th Light Dragoons (Hussars.) LIVERPOQL, SATURDAY.—The usual North Ame rican mails were dispatched by the steam-ship Britannia, Captain Lang, which sailed to day for Halifax and New York. The steam. ship Hibernia, Captain Shannon, with the homeward mails w hich would leave Boston on the 20th instant, and Halifax on the 22d, will be due at this port on Monday. We have reason to believe that the arrangements proposed at the recent Conference of Railway Directors are proceeding under the most favourable auspices. We are not at pret.ent at liberty to enter into any details, but we believe they will be highly favourable to the rail way intereste.—Chronicle. THE DUCHESS or KENT.—Her Royal Highness left Arundel Castle, the seat of the Duke of NOrfolk, on Saturday morning , Loudon. • G E AI A N Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA, HUNGARY, AND CROATIA. VIENNA, SEPT. 25.—Yesterday the Archduke STEPHEN, Palatine of Hungary, arrived here. The cause of his visit is, up to this moment, kept so secret that it is affirmed that even the Ministers are not acquainted with it. Some affirm that he is come for the purpose of resigning the Palatinate into the hands of the EMPEROR. So much is certain, that his appointment to the command in chief of the Hungarian troops, which is considered by the Hun garians as the only remedy, is very seriously ob jected to by the Court.—Amsterdam Handlesblad, Sept. 30. SEPT. 26.—T0-day it is reported that the Arch duke STEPHEN will return to then, and has consented to retain his post of Palatine. Nothing positive, however, has transpired. Mean while, his Majesty the EMPEROR is said to have no minated an extraordinary Commissioner. Count LOMBERG, Field Marshal in Hungary, is designated for the settlement of the Hungarian-Croatia affairs, But on this subject, also, nothing official has tran spired. The Ministerof Public Works, M. VON SCHUARZER, has already tendered his resigL.tion to his MAJESTY; his successor has not yet been appointed. SEPT. 27.—Nothing but conjecture prevails re specting the Imperial manifesto of yesterday, which was sent to Hungary, and which is therefore looked upon as secret. Respecting its contents, we have ascer tained on good authority that the EMPEROR expresses his desire in this manifesto that an armistice shall be concluded, and all hostilities suspended forthwith. Count LOMBERG has been appointed Commander-in- Chief of the whole army, Croatic as well as Hun garian, with orders that the Sclavonian hordes who have penetrated into North Hungary shall be forced to withdraw. As the manifesto is not countersigned by any responsible Minister, great anxiety prevails respecting its reception and results. A report was in circulation on the Bourse to-day tl at JELLACHICII had already reached Ofen. This, however, appears problematical. Everything is quiet here, but yesterday, and, indeed, for the last three or four days, we have again had the cdious cats' concerts, and there have been risings in several of the suburbs. To-day the whole garrison has been again consigned to their barracks. The Borsenhalle says, " We have just received the above manifestoes, which are essentially the same. The one is addressed to the llungarian people, the other to the army in Hungary. They are dated the 26th, and their contents are as above stated." The Archduke Palatine arrived here incog. in a one-horse carriage. This mode of travelling looked somewhat like flight. It is conceived that an ultima tum will be sent to Pesth from our Court. JEL LACIIICK nowhere meets with resistance. Stuhlwer berg is already in his hand, and the important fortress of Arad has declared itself neutral, a neutrality which indicates its adhesion to the Croatic cause. It is generally spoken of here that J E LLACHICII is to be the civil and military Governor of Hungary.— Ifamburgh Borsenhalle and Hanaburgh Correspondent, Sept. 29. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, SEPT. 27.—For the 15th of October, the birthday of the KING, manifestations, in the most diverse senses of the word, are projected. The an• nouncement of a very extended amnesty, which is to take place on that day, will probably be well received by all parties. By a circular to the Government the Minister of the Interior has abolished the censorship of the theatre as being closely connected with the freedom of speech and the press. By this circular the Go vernment has forestalled a resolution of the National Assembly. CHOLERA IN BERLIN.—From the 27th to the 28th twelve persons sickened of the cholera. The total number of cases reported is 1,689 ; of these 1,000 died, 296 recovered, and 394 remained under treat ment.—Haniburyh Bersenhalle. MUNSTER, SEPT. 25.—Last night a lamentable excess took place in front of the palace. About eleven o'clock at night, a body of rioters, about thirty or forty in number, noisily assembled before the resi dence of his Royal highness Prince WALDEMAR. Here they violently rung the bell, and when the porter opened the door several of them forced their way into the palace amid the most violent invectives , and demanded immediate access to the Prince. his aide-de-camp had a lengthened conference with them, and at last prevailed upon them to re tire, without, however, being able to induce them to state the object of their intrusion. The police having appeared they withdrew, and by the time the military had arrived at the palace they had nearly all dispersed. The tumult is said to have been owing to the arrest of a subaltern, whom it was their object to get acquitted. betters from Koningsburgh, of the 231 ult., state that the cholera was raging fearfully in that town. The Gazette de Carlsruhe, of the 29th alt., states that a peasant insurrection had broken out in Upper Silesia. BADEN. The Carlsruhe Gazette, of the 27th ult., gives officially the account of the arrest of M. STRUVE and his wife, but does not confirm the report of his having been tried by court-martial and shot. The Aix-la• Chapelle Gazette gives the following from Staufen, dated the 25th ult.:— " The Republicans, most of whom threw down their a rms at the beginning of th e fi g h t, h ave fled towards the mountains by the Rebberge, hotly pursued by the grape-shot and musketry of our soldiers. Struve fled with his wife to Boshwil and St. Ulric, in the direction of Friburg and the Black Forest. The military chest, cont a i n i ng a b out 1,700 flor i ns an d his correspondence, with some very i mportant papers , have been seized at the Hotel de Ville. This morn ing the drum beat to arms, and soon after firing was heard. At first th e cause was not k nown , but we have since learnt that seven Republicans have been shot. Six of them were found in hiding places, but the seventh openly fi re d upon th e so ldiers as they were quietly passing. The house in which they were disco vere d was surroun d e d a nd searched. Flames immediately burst forth, but were ex tinguished. The Republicans were brought out, and shot in front of it. We do not know the number of those who hare fallen in the combat. The troops have lost only one man, who was buried to-day. Of the insurgents, besides the seven shot in the morning, there have been found 21 dead bodies, among which several were people cif Staufen. There have been 76 prisoners sent off to Friburg. The troops marched at twelve o'clock from Staufen to Salzburgh and Mullheim, where they will be joined by a battalion of Hessiass." Another letter from the same town, and the same date, says:— " The Republic of Lorrach has here found a bloody tomb. Yesterday, between eleven and twelve o'clock, Struve, preceded by a red flag, made his appearance at the head of about 3,000 men, of whom 800 were well armed and organized. The others formed an irregular corps, and a great number were without arms. This band had not been assembled an hour when the troops appeared, and the latter being received with a discharge of musketry, the barricades were immediately attacked, and being carried, the troops entered the town." DENMARK AND SCHLES 'WIG HOLS FEIN. COPENHAGEN, SEPT. 24.—The opinion prevalent at Frankfort, that our Government had promised by the late armistice to make further modifications, caused a great sensation here ; but the perusal of the document, together with the official note addressed to our various diplomatists, has reassured us, and we feel perfectly satisfied that the constitution of the im• mediate commission was a legitimate act, and that our position with regard to the great powers is such that if called for, they will be powerfully supported in their new functions at Schleswig. At Fuhwen 3,000 Swedes remain stationed. None of our ships of the line have yet returned. The Russian fleet is still in our vicinity; 4,000 men are in readiness, which might be increased to 6,000 by the spring, and it has already been made evident to the nation that the protecting hand of PROVIDENCE guides the affairs of Denmark. A letter from Kiel says :—" Letters have been received here from London which confirm that Lord PALMERSTON has addressed a powerful remonstrance to Copenhagen against any deviation from the cmn ditions of the armistice. This I.ote could not, how ever, have reached its destination when the so-called Immediate Commission was forming in Sonderburg• j The effect of this latter step looked for. in Berlin FRttNKFORT. A letter from Frankfort of the 28th states that M. RAVEAUX has been charged by the Ministry of the German Empire to demand explanations from the Swiss Vorort respecting what has passed in the Grand Duchy of Baden, and to insist on measures being taken to present similar Republican movements having their origin in Switzerland. M. MOlll, Minister of Justice for the German Empire, has addressed the following circular to the Ministers of Justice of the different States of Ger many : "The abuse of the press for criminal purposes, having exceeded all bounds, must fill the minds of all true friends of their country with pain and anxiety. If the nation justly regards the freedom of the press as one of its most precious rights, against which no attack must be made, it ought not to be used as a letter of license for insulting and calumniating the authorities and functionaries in the most outrageous manner ; preaching insurrection and the overthrow of all es tablished order. The Provisional Central G o vernment of Germany, which, according to Article 2 of the law of June 28, is to exercise the executive power in all matters that concern the security and prosperity of the Federal State of Germany, cannot permit the crimes and offences of the press to remain any longer unpunished. As it does not intend to set any limit to the freedom of the press, nor to adopt towards it any preventive measures, it must, on the other hand, insist upon the crimes and offences committed by the press being made sub jects of prosecution and punishment, according to the existing penal laws. It can no longer be allowed that the authorities and functionaries be insulted in the clubs and other popular assemblies ; that the over throw of the established Constitution should be therein proclaimed ; that the people should be thus excited into violent insurrections against the laws. The right of meeting shall be preserved intact to the people of Germany ; but the crimes committed by abuses of this right must be punished according to the existing laws. In consequence the Minister of Justice for the Empire calls upon the Ministers of Justice for the different States to give to their respective authorities rigid instructions on the subject of the press.—Dated at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, this 24th September, 1848. " The Minister of the Empire for the departmen of Justice, " R. MOHL." DANUBIAN PROVINCES. CZARNOWITZ, SEPT. 15.—A corps of the General in Chief Baron LUDER, under the command of Ge neral GUSTEN ZWIG, has marched into Moldavia. The General lately demanded a furlough which was granted him from St. Petersburgh, with the observa tion that the EMPEROR desired to see him at St. Petersburgh. The General immediately entered on his furlough, was detained at the quarantine of Pesth, and there shot himself with a pistol. The act is said to have been caused by political motives. It appears that in Moldavia a corps of men, who are not Turks, is being enlisted for the Turkish army. Trade being at a complete stand-still at Jassy, many German mechanics have enlisted into that corps, as well as about 200 Poles. The number of recruits already amounts to about 1,200 men. The Russian Government got notice of this, and sent one of their Generals to surround and disperse the corps. The recruits, however, who had admirable leaders, forced their way in the middle of the night through the Russian camp. The melancholy death of General GUSTENZWIG has probably something to do with this. —Hamburgh Borsenhalle, Sept. 29. ITALY. NORTHERN ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 26th says—" We are authorised to contradict the statement of the Debats of the 23d, that the armistice between ICING CHARLES ALBERT and Marshal RADETZKY had been prolonged for forty-five days. There is nothing positive on this subject beyond what has been pub lished in the official gazette." Letters from Novara state that troops are concen trating there in great numbers, and that lodgings are preparing for the Duke of GENOA. - A letter from Bologna of the 18th ult. says—" The Austrians have abandoned the line of the Po, from Ostiglio to Pont Santa Maria. They withdraw to wards Padua. A messenger has been dispatched to General Ziuccur, to solicit him to accept the War Portfeuille. The Austrian General, Count DE THUEN, has concluded a convention with Placencia, by virtue of which the Sardinian civil and adminis trative authorities were to re-enter that town. is anxiously , consisting of the following prisoners were brought; into the dock : Taylor, Gibbs, Herbert, Winspere, Cox, Irons, Prowten, Conway, Harvey, Poole, .Norton, S. Earley, Morgan, Greenslade, Brown. Ta) lor, Cox, Prowten, Harvey, Norton, and S. Harley pleaded not guilty, and the other prisoners pleaded guilty. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said he purposed to take the same course with regard to these prisoners as ho had done with regard to tie others. He might state, with reference to the case of Cox, that although a Chartist card was found in his possession, be was satisfied that he had attended the meeting at which he was appre hended for a laudable purpose, viz., to prevent his son, who was a Chartist, from joining or taking any part in the proceedings which were going on. Mr. BALLANTINE said he thought it right to state that the Attorney-General had inquired into the motives of some of the prisoners, and had immediately acted upon the information which he bad received. Mr. BALLANTINE applied to have the sentences upon Scudding, Abel, Irons, Snowball, and Herbert postponed until next session, in order to give the Court an oppor tunity of carefully examining the depositions and judg ing of the amount and nature of their guilt. He felt strongly impressed with the belief that there were cir cumstances in their cases which would justify the Court in dealing with them in a lenient manner. Mr. Baron PLATT was understood to express his dis sent from the course suggested by the Learned Counsel. Mr. Baron Platt and Mr. Justice Williams then left the court for the purpose of considering the depositions in the cases of the prisoners who had pleaded guilty, pre vious to passing sentence upon them. After being absent some time the Learned Judges re entered the court. Ritchie was then placed at the bar, and was sentenced by Baron PLATT to be transported for life. The following prisoners were then sentenced to two years' imprisonment in the House of Correction, with the addition of a fine of 10/. ; to enter into their own sureties to keep the peace for five years, to find two sufficient sureties in 104 for the same pur pose, and to be further imprisoned until the fines are paid:—Gurney, Able, Snowball, Scadding, Martin, Jones, Young, Argue, Winspere, Conway, Morgan, and Prow ten. Others were sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, with the same additions. One prisoner exclaimed, as he was leaving the dock, " This does not show much mercy." Baron PLATT—As much mercy as you deserve. Shaw was then called, and having been informed that his treats ent rested entirely in the hands of the visiting magistrates, that the Court knew n o di st i nct i on between the punishment of offenders, and that he would be permitted to see his wife three times a week, and to correspond with his friends every day, provided his letters were submitted to the proper authorities, he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in Newgate, to pay a fine of 501., to enter into his own recognizances in that sum, and to obt a i n t wo sure ti es of 504 each to keep the peace for five years, and to be imprisoned until such fines are paid. The Court then rose. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE G. W. M. REYNOLDS. This morning was appointed for his Honour (Mr. Commissioner Holroyd) to give his decision, on the ap plication of the bankrupt, the well-known author, for his certificate. The parties, however, not being present, the case stood over. The cases heard were not of the slightest interest. LATEST FROM IRELAND. STATE TRIALS. CLONMEL, SATURDAY.—ShortIy after nine o'clock this morning the judges entered the Court, and the trial of Smith O'Brien was proceeded with. The first witness called was Captain Emens, of the 44th Regiment, who proved that he received a small bundle from Mr. Smith O'Brien after his arrest, which con tained, amongst other matters, a bunch of keys. Mr. Gore Jones, R.M., deposed that he had a conversation with the prisoner subsequent to his arrest, in the Thurles Bridewell. On that occasion Mr. O'Brien expressed his anxiety with regard to a portmanteau which was in Cashel, and witness pledged himself to procure it for him. On the faith of that promise Mr. O'Brien gave him a letter, addressed to Mrs. Doheny, at Cashel, desiring her to give up the portmonteau ; but, in place of fulfilling his engagement, he sent the letter to Sub-inspector Cox, at Cashel, with directions to have the trunk seized. Several witnesses were then examined to prove that the portmanteau was forwarded to Dublin in the same state as it was when found at Cashel ; and Mr. T. H. Burke deposed to its arrival at the Under- Secretary's residence, in the Phoenix -park, where it was opened, and the documents adverted to by the Attorney-General in his opening statement dis covered. The witness also stated that the portman teau contained, besides the papers relied on by the Crown, some title deeds and a marriage settlement, which were handed over to one of the commissioners of the Dublin Metropolitan Police. Three witnesses, Lowe, Sharman, and Franklin, swore that several documents and letters found i n th e pormanteau were in the handwriting of Gavan Duffy, T. F. Meagher, and the prisoner. The Attorney-General then pro posed to have the documents alluded to read, w hi c h gave rise to a discussion as to their a d m i ss ibili ty as evidence, and the Court said they sh ou ld b e rece i ved as evidence, but the reading of them was another question. They were not read. Two police-officers and a young woman h av i ng been examined, touching the finding of some par cular papers at the lodgings of Mr. Halpin, secretary to the Irish C o nfederation, • James S. Dobyn, an approver and member of a club,produced and e xam i ne d at considerable length was by the Solicitor-General, the object of his tes timony being to prove that Mr. O'Brien took part in the secret proceedings of the Confederation, at which the preliminaries of the i nsurrect i on were discussed. lie likewise deposed to the formation of an " Execu tive Council," and detailed the circumstances relative to its election. It consisted of five persons—Dillon, Meagher, O'Corman, M'Gee, and Devin The witness was cross-examined by Mr. White side, and in the course of his examination admitted that it was by the desire of a certain person he at tended the meeting of the 19th of July, but refused to tell his name, alleging that his doing so would lead to his assassination. An argument took place between counsel for th• prisoner and the Crown on the propriety and im propriety of his disclosing the name of his employer, and the Court decidtd, atter a somewhat lengthened deliberation, that the name ought not to be made public. On the suggestion of Mr. Whiteside, however, the Court took a note of the matter. The witness sub sequently admitted that the individual whose name he refused to give was a person " of station and respect ability, and of hereditary loyalty ;" that he was in correspondence with him for some time, and he be lieved it was through him his communications reached the Government. The witness underwent a most searching cross-examination without deviating, except in one instance, from his direct testimony. Several police-constables were then examined to prove the progress of O'Brien, Meagher, and Dillon from En niscorthy to Callan, in the county of Kilkenny ; and they likewise deposed to the delivery of speeches by them at different places through which they passed. They gave the substance of those speeches. The entire proceedings of this day were of the most monotonous and uninteresting character. At its rising the Court adjourned to nine o'clock on Monday. DUBLIN, SUNDAY MORNING.--A man named M'Carthy, a journeyman baker, who had been engaged in insurrectionary proceedings at Ballingarry, yester day surrendered himself to the Commissioners of Police in Dublin. Two more of the persons concerned in the insur rectior.ary ,movements at Portlaw and Glenbower have been arrested in Waterford. The police in Clare and Limerick are still in hot pursuit after Mr. Richard O'Gorman, notwithstanding the positive statements of his escape. The Limerick Examiner contains accounts of the arrests of three persons, in different localities, who had been mistaken for Mr. O'Gorman. One, a Catholic clergyman, the Rev. P. Moran, was takes up at Ballyvaughan ; the second was a Dublin attor ney, who was arrested at Knockany ; the third arrest occurred at Newcastle. In that village nine person s were arrested on Monday last, and have been com mitted on a charge of treasonable practices, in having entertained Mr. O'Gorman, and aided in his endea. yours to escape. The Limerick Examiner of Saturday contains th e following "Mischievous persons are, we fear, busy in thi s county. Last night armed parties traversed the dis trict of Shanna-golden, Loughal, and Foynes, i n which they visited several farmers' houses and de manded fire-arms. They succeeded in getting arr as from a few who were afraid to make any resistance. The police of the different stations went out in pursuit of the infatuated men, but did not succeed in coming in contact with any of them." DESTRUCTION OF A CHAPEL BY FIRE.--ThiS morning, about three o'clock, the lower part of the Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Liverpool-road, Islington, was discovered to be on fire. Inspector Thatcher, of the N division, with an engine and several constables, started for the scene of destruction. Messengers were sent for the Brigade, West of England, and County office engines, which quickly arrived, but such was the delay in procuring water that the flames extended, and by half-past four o'cl oc k th e c h a p e l was destroyed. The st books r;d documents of the chapel were saved, as also some small dwellings attached. The loss is estimated at about 3,0001., but insured in the Sun Fire-office. FIRE AT THE SHOOTING-GALLERY IN THE STRAND. —This fire was discovered by Constable Wilkins, F 133, and he with his sergeant, No. 5 F, Bashford, succeeded in arousing the inmates, Mrs. Shepheard and family; but the entire dwelling house, gallery, &c., were destroyed, notwithstanding two engines from Chandos• street, fol lowed by several others, arrived in rapid succession. The loss hero is also very great, but, supposed to b 9 insured. VENICE. On the 16th ult. the Austrian squadron appeared within sixteen miles of Venice. The Venetians occupy the forts of Malghera,l3rondolo, and Chioggia. There has been as yet but light skirmishes, but the Austrians will soon make a general assault. NAPLES ANI) SICILY. We are informed that the Ministers of France and England have requested his HOLINESS to inter pose his good offices between Naples and Sicily. The French and English Admirals have received strict orders, if the Neapolitan Government continue hosti lities to fire on their fleet. The Roman Cabinet, it is supposed, will wait an answer from Piedmont, before replying to the above request.—Patria of Sept. 24. The Sicilian Parliament have resolved to accept the joint mediation of England and France. It is reported that the English and French Minis ters have imposed their mediation on the King of NAPLES respecting the Sicilian question, and that their Governments will treat this question conjointly with that of Upper Italy between Austria and Piedmont. THE CHARTIST TRIALS. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Mr. Baron Platt and Mr. Justice Williams took their seats on the bench at ten o'clock. Shaw, who was convicted last session of sedition, was called up to be sentenced, lie applied to the Court to order him to be treated during his confinement in New gate as if under a first-class misdemeanour, and to be allowed the use of writing materials, as he had been treated since his conviction as a felon, and kept in soli tary confinement. Mr. Baron PLATT told the prisoner to retire, and he would consider the application. The following batch of prisoners were then brought into the docks:—Joseph Ritchie, William Gurney, Alfred Abel, John Shepherd, Jumes Snowball, James Richardson, George Greenslade, Henry Small, Eaward Scadding, it illiam Burn, Philip McLain, 1 homas Jones, Charles Young, and Henry Argue. Mr. BALLANTINE said, after a lengthened investiga tion of all the points in the evidence given in the case of Cuffey and others, who had been found guilty, he could nut help thinking that ho would be utterly powerless i❑ defending the prisoner Ritchie against a similar result. Under these circumstances he thought it would only be a waste of the time of the Court to proceed with the defence, and he had, therefore, advised the prisoner to withdraw his plea of not guilty, and to plead guilty of felony. Ritchie then pleaded guilty of felony. The prisoners Gurney, Abel, Snowball, Scadding, Martin, Jones, and Young, pleaded guilty. The prisoners Shepherd, Richardson, Greenslade, Small, and Burn, pleaded Not Guilty. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL said, with respect to Shep herd and Richardson, he proposed, with his Lordship's sanction, not to proceed further against them upon en tering into their own recognizances to make their ap pearance in the Court when culled upon. Ile took that course, because he had made inquiries into their cases, and found that they went to Orange -street for the pur pose of hearing a lecture which was announced to be de livered, and not for any illegal purpose, and that they had been at their usual work up to a certain time on the ' day in question. With respect to Greenslade and Burn, he proposed to take the same course with his Lordship's sanction. Immediately upon being appre hended they sera information to the solicitors of the Treasury, which had been of great value to the Govern ment in forwarding the prosecutions. Small, likewise, followed his occupation during the „hole.. day and up to a late period of the evening, and it appeared also that he w 4 nt to the meeting for the purpose 01 hearing a lecture•, and was there when the police entered, and he would, therefore, make a similar application with respect to him. lie had called upon the other prisoners to plead to the indictment for misdemeanour, aid would leave the Court to deal with them as it thought proper. Mr. PARRY said the Attorney.Geni sal had stated that Greenslade and Burn had sent information to the Trea• sury. Now he wished to say that the information given had reference only to their own proceedings, and that they were unacquainted with anything else that took place. Mr. Baron PLATT--I suppose you wish to avoid their being considerf-d spies ? Mr. PARRY—No, my Lord. The Attorney. General knows that the information they supplied to the Trea sury WaB merely as to the part they took therns.elves the proc e edings. Tile ATTORNEY. GENERAL admitted that that was the case. The prisoners were then removed, and another batch,