The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-17 00:00:00

FORE..3Iv AND COLONIAL. DESTRUCTION OF TH•E AUSTRIAN EMPIRE clamation seeing t bh would I latter destroye the Gth at t MURDER OF TUE MINISTER OF WAR prevailed in Vienna on the sth inst., Quence of the publication of the emperor's pro ' opinion had t excitemE put on the alert by the concentration c large masses of troops in the vicinity of the capital, and the ferment was still increased when it was said that the dissolution of the Hungarian Parliament. the appointment of Baron Jellalich to the Lord-Lieutenancy of Hungary, and all the other measures contained' tion were but the links of a chain wl as to bind Aus i.vs of March. It was loudly protested that the military—and especially were in favour of the popular They did not refuse to quit their bai they were tor object, and had communicated with the corps of National Guards of the suburb of Gumpenclorf, in which their bar- 1 Legion, from both of w .nt their departure ; and accor s'were taken 3s assembleC at six o'clock on the "rn Rail- - - . termmus of the Nort ,ey removed the radi departure of the Gr, after. and the corm gave orders for their proceeding on fo ion on the lin ible to effect their conveyat plan, too, was tubers of which increase arricad would ingly such measy worm road, for the pup , 'enadiers. '1 of pre vas impossi to Gansen- a he hoped it ; by the rail- ted by the Nationa] every minute .eh of the regi- he mutinous disposition of the Grenadiers, %lions of cavalry were instructed to escort 'he Grenadiers crossed the bridge, scaled the ' fraternised with the National Guards. The 1 part of the bridge, thus preventing the Regiments of infantry were a insurgents and to enforce of the Government ; and the interfc then drawn up to r( obedience to the coal body of workmen pro. and tot from i gave, The 'ret s. whicl n o'clock, when th, y refused to do, for they i to seize a powder w ffected without any opposition artillerymen. But this act of the insurgents ,rthele, - :s, the signal for a bloody conflict. ssau (Polish regiment) fired three volleys, which uy cheers and quick dis awn the National Guards, the Students, and the Grenadiers. The Nassau infantry was soon forced to retire, and on being charged with the bayonet their retrograde movement be came a downright flight. General Bredy, their com mander, was shot. After routing the government troops, the insurgents marched from the suburbs into the town, where they placed their guns in the middle of the Univer sity-square. At one o'clock a party of the insurgent Na tional Guards were attacked on the Stephans Platz by a party of loyal National Guards, who stood by the go vernment ; but after a short fight the latter were forced to retire into the Cathedral of St. Stephen, the doors of which they then barricaded from within. But the insur gents battered down the doors, entered the church, and dislodged their antagonists, whose leader was killed on the very steps of the altar. After this the tide of insurrection rose to a very uncon querable height. The rioters entered the . War-office be tween the hours of five and six, seized the cannon and arms deposited in that building, and captured the Minis ter of War, Count Latour. The wretched man was con ducted into the street, and then he was murdered with blows from axes and sledge hammers. The people tore the clothes and orders from the bleeding body, and hung the naked corpse on a gibbet, where it remained sus pended for a whole day, during which the National Guards with musket balls. Count Latour's papers were seized and brought to the University. At half-past six o'clock there was but one place of re fuge left for the troops and National Guards who sided with the Government—that place was the arsenal, famous for its glorious trophies from the Turkish wars. The people surrounded the arsenal, and demanded from the garrison they should give up the arms which it cont ,, : : a combat commenced, in the tour tne garrison swept the Rengasse with grape and canister, and killed and disabled a great number of the insurgents, whose fury increased after each unsuccessful attempt to gain possession of the building. The com mittee of students sent several flags o f truce summoning the gars icon to surrender, but the bearers were shot dead on the spot. The people then commenced bombarding the arsenal, and the firing continued all the night through, till six o'clock on the morning of the 7th, when the gar rison surrendered. Those among the popular party who were not provided with weapons were then armed. The number of killed and wounded is said to be very great. In the midst of these scenes the Emperor and the other members of the Imperial Family left Vienna at about four o'clock p.m. on Saturday. The were escorted by 5,000 cavalry, and took the road towards Lintz. All letters from Vienna state that General Latour met his horrible fate with the noblest resignation and dignity, smiling contemptuously upon the fiends who tore him from his house and condemned him to the ignoble death they merited themselves. Liberty, liberty !—these men make your name accursed ! The events of Vienna will, of course, influence the affairs of Lombardy and Hungary. Both will, probr.bly, be declared independent. Austria, we fear, will fall into shreds, and verify the predictions of those who foretold this catastrophe long since. The latest accounts from Vienna state that the people were terribly alarmed at the consequences of the late in surrectionary movement. The intelligence of the march of Baron Jtllachich on the capital has filled the democrats with terror, as they justly tremble for their fate should the victorious Ban pour the vials of his wrath upon their de voted city. The number of those killed in the late com bats was 97. It was rumoured in Vienna that Kossuth, at the head of 60,000 men, had marched against the ban. The Oesterreichisehe Zeitung has a letter from Trieste of the sth inst., which states that intelligence was received on the previous thy in that town, by a steamer returning from Dalmatia, of a fearful insurrection which took place in the district of Cattaro. The insurgents of Zuppa, it was reported, together with 1 ,5 0 0 Alontene grines, gave battle to the Austrian troops on the 28th and 29th ultimo, who, as they were only 600 in number, and did not think themselves equal to combat against a supe rior force, amounting to 3,000, retreated in forced marches. A collection of tithe is said to have given rise to the insurrection. FRANCE The candidates for the French presidency are Cavaignac, Lamurtine, and Louis Napoleon—the latter is expected to win—The quondam Hotel Wigram is being fitted up for the Prince, who says little and hopes much. The resig nation of the General was talked of ; he has consented, however, to remain as a warming-pan for his probable suc cessor. Five of the ministers are expected to resign ; General Bedeau, M. Dufaure, M. Havin, M. Fould, and M. Vivien, are mentioned as about to take office ; the names of the deserters are Senard, Recurt, Marie, Bas tide, and Vaulabelle. The tinkers of the constitution have all been turned off, except a few first-rate hands; the article is wanted in a hurry, and is promised by the end of the month, when France is once more to know what are her principles. A scheme for coining paper money chargeable on landed property has been repudiated by the Chamber. In a debate on the freedom of the press, ministers had a majority of only nine-345 against 336. _ _ _ _ _ The admission of MM. Dufaure, Vivien, and Freslon into the cabinet, has already caused a serious division amongst the Republican party. M. Ducoux, the Prefect of Police, has forwarded his resignation, in an angry letter, addressed to General Cavaignac, and his example has been followed by several municipal councillors, M. Ducoux has been replaced by M. Gervais de Caen. The Moniteur states that the new ministry have resolved to raise the state of siege, and to transport the insurgents of June to Algeria. The assignees of Louis Philippe have been ordered to pay his debts, and to make an allowance for himself and his family. Is M. Guizot to have nothing for keeping the LUILLOLI s 'mug iruiti VIAWaI• : It is proposed to build another suspension bridge over the Niagara, opposite Queenston, in Canada. At the present time only 17 prisoners for debt are con ned in all the various prisons of Belgium. The battle of the 24th ult., at Valencze terminated in favour of the Hungarians, the troops of the Ban of Croatia having retreated in confusion. In Hungary, all bishops appointed by the sovereign immediately perform every part of their functions which relates to jurisdiction, before they have been confirmed by the Pope. The German poet Freiligrath, who had been charged with having published a poem exciting the people to re volt, was tried and acquitted at Dusseldorf, on the 3rd instant, and received an immense number of nosegays from a crowd of his admirers who attended his trial. The Roman correspondent of the Daily News says of the Eternal City :—" Every hotel is closed up here. There is not a single wealthy stranger in Rome. The re sident nobility have moved off to the mountains round about. Most of the foreign artists have left months ago in despair of employment." Mr. Green made another ascent (his 201st), from the Hippodrome, in Paris, on Sunday. He was accompanied by four persons and a monkey, the latter in a parachute. When at a certain height the cord was cut, and the para chute gently descended on a house in the Champs Ely sees. Mr. Green and his companions continued their voyage and descended near Corbeil. The Grainpus frigate brings nearly two millions of dol lars from the west coast of Mexico and South America. The amazing mineral riches of those countries are daily developing themselves; and, through all the vicissitudes of commerce here, a profitable trade has been carried on. From the Brazils, there is nothing very encouraging; the low exchange (22d. per milrea) precludes all profits on goods. General Rosas has now definitively refused to re ceive our ambassador, Mr. Hood ; and it is high time that some step should be taken with regard to the River Plate trade. The Mexican government has proposed a reduc tion of 50 per cent. from the duties of the tariff of 1845. NEW EXPLORING EXPEDITION IN AUSTRALIA .—We learn by the last . papers from Sydney, that Mr. Kennedy, who accompanied Sir Thomas Mitchell in his last expedi tion intodhe interior of Australia, and who afterwards so 5u... essfully explored tL. 'bout to at rt on another expedi Crory new repiA., mirces of the Victoria, i tion of d very, into au en- contain r %Ili render it i: iistant period the seat of a new colony, if so- - it will form a valuable depot for the shipment pf horses to India. His instruc tions are to proceed with his party in the Tam O'Shanter to Roshingliam Bay, in the parallel of 18 deg. S., and if ready, under convoy of her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, to travel thence by land to Princess Charlotte's Bay and Cape York, keeping the .most convenient distance from the coast. After communicating with the Rattlesnake, or Bramble, at Port Albany, near Cape York, and receiv ing a supply of provisions to be forwarded by the govern ment in four months' time, the explorer will move down the east coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, to the water Plaaetts, to ascertain whether this is the estuary of Lich- .d's river Alit tion of the I , and, if so, to follow it up to thejunc- From the junction of the Lynd with the Flinders, ascertaining its source, and from it to con nect the journey with Sir Thomas Mitchell's discoveries in 1846, by the Bellyindo, or some other convenient point, and thence return is to be made to Sydney. _ The party will consist of twelve persons, under the direction of L.B. ly, Esq., namely, Mr. Hall, the young naturalist, :companied him in the former expedition. Mr. , who came out four years ago as a gardener, and whose knowledge of colonial plants is said to be consider- Kenn€ Cahow who is act assuperintenc lent, eigh Id Harley, the aboriginal native who was employed on the last journey. The equipment for this party is to consist of 27 horses, 250 sheep, 47501b5. flour, sugar. 196 pounds of tea, 3 pounds pow s of shot, and sufficient ammunition to ity. The instruments ler, of compas horizon , theta 28 pounds of nployed will be a syphon barometer, by Cheval iris, three large and one pocket sextant, two prismatic in azimuth, an , two artificial nd three feet telescope on a stand. The arms of seven double-barrelled carbines, one single car barrelled guns, one rifle, and thirteen 'he expedition is also provided with two r y aids for carrying water and crossing rivers. Ititude circl cons bine, four double- trace of pistol For the former purpose there are two three-gallon kegs, and twelve air pillows ; and for the latter, one water-tight cart, and two life-preservers. Thus equipped, it is confi dently believed that no expedition hitherto sent out has had greater promise of success.—Emigrant's Journal. COURT AND FASHION The Queen and I astle, on Monday, he Royal Family arrived at Windsor from Osborne-house, Isle of Wight. queen of the Belgians, the Duchess of Hohenlohe Langenbourg, and of Hoheulohe Langenboiirg, arrived on a visit at Windsor Castle, and dined with her Majesty in the evening. _ _ the Piir, is about to lead to the hymeneal altar Miss Duff, second daughter of General the Hon. Sir Alexander Duff, and niece to the Earl of Fife. ORDER OF THE GARTER.-It is reported that either the Marquis of Westminster or the Earl of Clarendon will receive the Blue Ribbon vacant by the demise of the Earl of Carlisle. Since the accession of the present mi nistry, three Garters have fallen to the disposal of the present Premier. arrigttli96l.s.l9,ll.lr RAILWAY AFFAIRS CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended 7th instant :—Coaching traffic, £1275 lls. 4d. ; parcels, £54 12s. ; goods and cattle, £ll9 Os. 10d. ; steamboats, £lB5 7s. 6d. ;—total, £1634 lls. Bd. A portion of the Great Northern Railway, extending from Peterborough, via" Spalding and Boston, to Lincoln, 35 miles in le ng th, w ill b e opene d t o -d a y for passenger and goods traffic. The CuledortTan Mercury mentions, as a proof that railway regulations must be observed by all men, that on the Queen's return from Scotland, when the train stopped at Glammis, the porter came cut with a lantern, and Prince Albert asked him for a light for his cigar, but re ceived the answer, given with the utmost coolness, " No smoking allowed here, sir." THE LATE RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR NEWTON BRIDGE.-Mr. Shuard, another of the sufferers by the accident, died at the Queen's Hotel, at Birmingham, on Tuesday evening. The unfortunate gentleman, who was an architect, residing at Somerlayton, in Suffolk, was found after the accident completely jammed in amidst the carriages. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.—The arrangements for leasing this undertaking to the Southern companies have been fully concluded, and the agreements signed. The Scottish Central Company is guaranteed in perpe tuity a dividend of 7 per cent. and half the surplus profits by the Edinburgh and Glasgow, the Caledonian, the Lan caster and Carlisle, and the London and North-Western Railway Companies. NEWSPAPE RS ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN The privilege of selling newspapers, &e. at RAILWAY . _ the several stations on this line of railway has been let by tender to Messrs. Smith and Son, news-agents, Strand, for the sum of £1,500 a-year. The person who has hitherto supplied Euston-station offered the company the enormous sum of £6lO for a stand at that station alone, — Builder. A WEIGHTY LIFT.—On Saturday week the angle quoin was lifted into its berth in the facing of Bangor tunnel. The weight of this stone when chiselled, was 16 tons; in the rough, 25 tons. It was drawn through the street by 12 horses in single file, and before arriving at its destina tion, one of the wheels of the waggon took fire through friction, and had to be taken off and set to rights. Luckily the ponderous mass did not topple over. From official returns it appears that the amount of traffic for the last week, on 4,115 miles of railway, was £218,892, thus accounted for :—£111,185 for the convey ance of passengers only, £52,708 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £54,999 for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £13,087 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mileage was 3,288. The average earnings per mile were £53, whilst in 1847 they were £63. OPENING OF THE SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAIL WAY.—This line of railway, which is forty-one miles in extent, was on Thursday opened throughout. A special train started at twelve o'clock from Chester, conveying Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P., the chairman of the company, the directors, their friends, and the Corporation of Ches ter, to Shrewsbury. The civic bodies of the two towns met for the first time for at least a century past. At Shrewsbury a banquet was prepared, at the Music-hall, by the Corporation, and the proceedings of the day were closed by a grand ball and fireworks. BRIDGE ACROSS THE TWEED.—The bridge and viaduct across the Tweed, at Berwick, was formally opened on Tuesday, when a train of fourteen trucks, laden with coke, drawn by two engines, proceeded from the Tweed mouth station to that of the North British. It is estimated that the total weight of this train could not have been less than 180 tons. Beyond a very slight vibration, the train went as smoothly as upon the firmest rock. Several trains of the same kind, and one or two goods trains subse quently passed over, during the day, and the regular pas senger trains commenced running along the bridge on Wednesday. _ USES OF RAILWAY ARCHES.—On Friday the Lambeth Infant School was removed from the old school-rooms, in Church-street, to the arch of the South-Western Railway viaduct, numbered 193, facing Doughty-street, which has been fitted up, and seems very well adapted for the pur pose. Some of the licensed victuallers adjacent have con verted the arches into drinking-rooms and skittle-alleys. Several of them having commanding frontages in the principal thoroughfares, are about to be turned into shops. A popular preacher is also in treaty with the company to convert one of the arches into an Indepen dent chapel; whilst a society of philanthropists have it in contemplation to fit up one or two as shelters for the houseless during the approaching inclemency of the win ter. . SELLING OUT OF RAILWAYS. — The railway panic of Monday and Tuesday, originated in absolute orders from Liverpool, Manchester, and two or three other provincial towns, but principally from the two first-mentioned, for sales at any price. It is reported that a large proportion of these orders came, directly or indirectly, from the banks there, who had advanced upon shares some time ago with a large margin as to price in their favour, but which had not only been reduced by the continuous fall to the market quotations of the day, but below, so that, as the parties mortgaging could not redeem them, or give security to restore the balance, the banking mortgagors became alarmed, and resolved to realize at whatever loss. The more extraordinary feature of the panic has been, more over, that it bore more rapidly upon the London and North Western line. the uroudest, of all as a zenerallv accepted measurement of share values. One broker alone sold £12,000 value of the shares of that line, all bona fide, and for transfer. IHE QUARTER'S REVENUE In the ordinary revenue there is a nett increase on the quarter to the amount of £722,277. But in order to check any excessive congratulations at this little bit of prosperity, it must be remarked that the quarter ending October 10, 1847, with which the comparison is now made, was about the very worst we have had for some years. It fell below the corresponding quarter of 1846 by no less a sum than £1,276,912. The present increase, therefore, recovers little more than half of the previous downfall, leaving the quarter still more than half a million below the corresponding one of 1846. The quarter end ing October 10, 1847, exhibited what may be called an unnatural and accidental depression. Owing to the high prices of barley the previous spring, there was a decrease of about £500,000 in the malt duties, and about £240,000 in the spirit duties. The parallel, therefore, does not offer much positive satisfaction. We can only say that we are not down quite so low as we were last year at this time. As may be guessed from the reason just stated for the extraordinary decrease in the corresponding quarter last year, there is a considerable impr,vement in the malt and spirit duties. The increase in the Excise, however, is partly owing to a change of accounts, the duties upon public and hired conveyances, as well as some other mat ters, having been transferred from the Stamps to the Ex cise. Hence an apparent decrease of £246,003 in the for mer department. There is an increase of £469,839 on the quarter's Customs, owing partly to the receipt of a consi derable sum on the admission of corn, which in the corre sponding quarter of last year came in duty free. That the Customs should have maintained themselves at all in the face of the tremendous difficulties and disasters of this un paralleled year, is as much as we could possibly expect, and a reason of great thankfulness, when we look to the prostrate finances of other European nations. In the les ser items of the ordinary revenue there has been no con siderable change on the quarter. The comparison of the year with the preceding offers little occasion for remark, and has been substantially an ticipated in our notices of previous quarters. We will only observe that on the ordinary revenue of the whole year there has been a decrease to the amount of £412,757 The quarter is, therefore, an improvement on pr,-sper THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. He was a law-clerk in Dublin. He was defended by Mr. Butt and Mr. F. Meagher. _ _ _ The Clerk of the Crown stated the substance of the in dictment, which is, in fact, the same as the indictment against Mr. O'Brien, and the prisoner being called upon to plead, answered in a firm voice, " Not guilty." Mr. F. Meagher then moved pro forma' that the trial should be postponed, on the ground that a copy of the in dictment, with a list of the witnesses, had not been deli vered to the prisoner ten days before his trial. The mo tion was of course refused, and the objection was then put in the form of a plea, as in other cases. The Attorney-General then, for the third time, detailed the particulars of the late outbreak, commencing hs state ment with the arrival of Mr. O'Brien at Enniscorthy, on the 21st of July. As he was referring to the speeches made there by that gentleman, Mr. Meagher objected to those speeches being taken as evidence against his client. The Attorney-General (evidently much affected) said he had a most painful duty to discharge. His only object was properly to discharge that duty to the Crown, whose servant he was. The prisoner, with a loud voice, and in a coarse, violent manner, interrupted the Attorney-General, and said, " I think it right, my lord, to say that I dont wish to escape on the poor, miserable pretext the Attorney-General puts into my mouth." The Lord Chief Justice—Would it not be better for you to leave the matter in the hands of your counsel ? The prisoner (with increased vehemence)—l will not escape on such a miserable pretext as that. The Lord Chief Justice—You have a very able counsel, and I think you had better not interfere with these re marks. Mr. Meagher also expostulated with the prisoner, but to no use, for he immediately answered him, by repeating in a still louder voice, " I will not escape, I say, on this occasion on such a ground, with a view to give the Attorney General an opportunity of swaggering." The Attorney-General—I wish to do my duty honestly. The Lord Chief Justice—Mr. Attorney, don't take any notice of him. The witnesses examined were—Constables Roach, Williams, and Mahoney.—The Court then adjourned, it being understood that the order of evidence would be altered so as to establish a connection between Mr. O'Brien and the prisoner before the speeches of the for mer were adduced against O'Donogbue. On Friday, the case was resumed, when evidence was given that the prisoner was with Mr. O'Brien at the town of Mullinahone, where he assisted J. B. Dillon and Mr. Stephens to form the armed people who had assembled in the . town into ranks of four deep, and marching and drilling them in the streets. He was also present with Mr. O'Brien at Killenaule, where he was at the barricades with Mr. M'Manus, &c., and he was identified as having been outside of the widow Corroack's house with a gun in his hand. Mr. F. Meagher having addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, the court adjourned. THE STATE TRIALS AT CLONMEL On Monday morning Mr. Smith O'Brien was placed at the bar, when Mr. Whiteside raised au objection, which the bench overruled, and declined to reserve, for the con sideration of the judges. Upon the prisoner being called upon to state why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he stood erect in front of the dock. Not a trace of emotion was upon his face, -except at the con clusion of his brief address, when a slight flush passed over it for a moment. lie spoke in a loud and firm voice the following words—every syllable {of which was drunk up by the anxious ears of his silent and attentive auditory : " My lords, it is not my intention to enter into any yin- diedion of my conduct, hdlvever much I might have de sired to avail myself of this opportunity of doing so. I am perfectly satisfied with the consciousness that I have performed my duty to my country—that I have done only that which it was, ih my opinion, the duty of every Irish man to have done. And lam now prepared to abide the consequences of my having performed my duty to my native land. Proceed with your sentence." A partial burst of applause, accompanied by stamping of feet, took place in various parts of the court, which was suppressed by the officers. The Lord Chia Justice Blackburne proceeded to ad dress the prisoner, who rose from the chair on which he had taken his seat on the conclusion of his observations, and presented himself to the Court with the same im passability of features that he had before exhibited : William Smith O'Brien (said his lordship), after a long, patient, and laborious trial, a jury of your countrymen have found you guilty of high treason—their verdict was accompanied by a recommendation to the mercy of the Crown—that recommendation, as is our duty, we shall send forward to the Lord-Lieutenant, to whom, as you must know, exclusively belongs the power to comply with it. It now remains for us to perform the last solemn act of duty which devolves upon us, and to pronounce that sentence by which the law marks the enormity of your guilt, and aims at the prevention of similar crimes by the example and infliction of a terrible punishment. Oh ! that you. would reflect upon that crime, and dwell upon it with sincere repentance and remorse. Oh ! that you would regard it as it is regarded by every rational being—that you would feel and know that it is really and substantially as repugnant to the interests of humanity. to the precepts and spirit of the Divine religion which we profess, as it is to the positive law, y;,tir violation of which is now attended by the forfeiture of your life. The few words you have addressed to the Court forbid me (1 say it with the grcatcat dictrece) to proceed any further with this subject. It now only remains to the Court to pronounce the sentence of death. (Here his lordship and his brother judges put on their black caps, and the act caused a perceptible sensation in the court on every one but the prisoner. His lordship proceeded with much solemnity)—That sentence is, that you, William Smith O'Brien, shall be taken hence to the place whence you came, and be thence drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution, and be there hanged by the neck until you be dead, and that afterwards your head shall be severed from your body, and your body severed into four quarters, to be disposed of as her Majesty may think fit. May the Lord have mercy on your soul ! As he uttered the words, his lordship raised his hands towards Heaven, and seemed deeply affected, in that respect shar ing the feelings which had been produced by the awe-in spiring accents in which he had pronounced the terrible sentence. The Attorney-General was sensibly agitated. [The Morning Chronicle says he shed tears.] No one who looked upon him could say that his had been a labour of love. Amid the regret which appeared on the counte nance of every person in court, the prisoner alone seemed to glory in maintaining an indifference—stoical, at least— and which, under the terrible circumstances around him, could have been but assu.hed. The Judges then left the bench. The governor of the gaol put his arm 'on Mr. O'Brien's shoulder, and was about removing him, when Dr. Gray, Mr. Porter, (his solicitor,) and Mr. O'Hara, pressed to the side of the dock, and with outstretched arms sought his hand. He turned round and gave each of them a hearty shake of the hand, bowed his head to his friends, and almost with a smile on his face descended from the dock in the custody of the officers of the prison. A low murmur among the audience followed his disappear ance, and they immediately proceeded to address them selves with fresh interest to the details of the following trial. Soon after the sentence was pronounced on O'Brien, Terence Bellew M`Manus was placed at the bar charged with high treason. An objection was taken by Mr. Butt, the counsel for the prisoner, which was soon overruled. Two witnesses, police officers of Liverpool, were then called. The first witness, Matthew Walcock, proved that he attended a repeal meeting in Liverpool, in June, at the Christian-street theatre, where the prisoner made a vio lent and inflammatory speech, in the course of which he said that " every man who fought with them should have h piece of land in Ireland allotted to him, to be retained as his own," and that " unless repeal was granted there would be a bloody slaughter." The next witness, Richard Jebbett, also accompanied Mr. M`Manus to Dublin, on board the Iron Duke steamer, and followed him to the Felon office. He likewise saw him entrust to the care of the steward of the Iron Duke, a tin case, which proved to contain a suit of uniform of the 'B2 club, a pair of pistols, a drinking flask, and some wearing apparel. [These arti cles were produced, and the prisoner smiled as they were exhibited on the table.] On Tuesday morning a letter was banded to the press, addressed by Mr. O'Brien to his solicitor, Mr. Potter. Its purport was that Mr. O'Brien was most anAous that none of the witnesses or jury through whose instrumen tality he had been convicted should suffer any insult in consequence, and requested Mr. Potter to give this desire all publicity possible. A great number of witnesses were afterwards rapidly examined in the case of Mr. WManus ; but as most of them had been examined in the trial of Mr. Smith O'Brien, and repeated their evidence in many particu lars, it will be more concise and intelligible to put the case of the former prisoner in the form of a narra tive. He was first seen in Balliugarry on the 26th, on horseback, and during the morning was engaged in drill ing the people, who crowded the streets, and was observed in frequent communication with O'Brien. lie was next seen at Killenhaule, the day of the erection of the barri cades ; and a witness was called to show that he had dis mounted him in the town, and taken the horse away, though it was afterwards returned. This witness, though he bad identified M`Manus in Killenhaule, now-refused to BWear to him. Another witness, of had character, deposed to WAlanus standing opposite the light in Killenhaule. A car-driver next deposed to the conveyance of M`Ma nus and some other gentlemen from Kilmainham to Bal lingarry and the Commons on the 28th, and to the three remaining there all night. A great number of witnesses were then examined relative to the proceedings at Ballin garry, on the Commons, and at Widow M`Corrnack's. The evidence was given rather to show the proceedings of the insurgents, for none of the witnesses swore to 111 `Manus personally. The constable Carrol detailed the arrest of M`Manus, about 300 yards from Cormack's, in the midst of a large crowd of armed people, shortly after the firing had ceased. Carrol repeated the evidence he had given in O'Brien's case, and narrated a private conversation he had with 111`Manus, on the strength of the military in Kilkenny. A gentleman named Kilkenny deposed to his being tra velling on horseback on Saturday afternoon, the 29th July, and to his passing in the neighbourhood of the Commons. Large bodies of police were dispersed about the road. He stated that his attention was attracted by a shout from be hind, and, turning round, he saw the prisoner, who pointed a gun at him, and demanded whether there were soldiers on the road, or if he were a courier. He replied in the negative, and was allowed to proceed. The circumstances attending M'Manus's arrest at Cork were then detailed. This closed the case for the Crown. On Wednesday, Mr. Butt, Q.C., rose to address the jury. After a few introductory remarks, in which he implored the jury to dismiss all that they had heard of the circumstances which gave rise to the prosecution be fore they came into the box. and to find a verdict accord ing to the value of the evidence as laid before them, he said, they might believe his client's conduct wicked, or worse ; they might believe that acts were committed which amounted to an evident indication of treasonable or disaffected practices, but until they could say on the oath they had taken that he was guilty of the precise charge in the indictment, they could not find him guilty. The learned counsel here referred to the indictment, and proceeded to address himself to the several counts which it contained. After quoting a portion of the statute of Edward 111., he proceeded to contend, at great length, that the charge of levying war against the Queen bad not been made out; that all he hed done was plainly done to prevent the arrest of Mr. O'Brien ; that he never enter tained any general project of revolt, and that the speech at Liverpool, reported by an illiterate policeman, must be left wholly out of the question. Several witnesses were called, who gave the prisoner an excellent character, and proved that the uniform found in his box was that of the 'B2 club. Mr. O'Callaghan summed up on behalf of the prisoner. The Solicitor-General was about rising to address the Court and Jury, when The Chief Justice said that was the time for the priso ner to addrese to the Court any observations which he might desire to make. The Prisoner said,—l have nothing to say to the jury, my Lord, but to endorse all that has been already said by both my counsel. All I desire to say is, that I did not belong to any Chartist society. I pledge my honour as a man that I never did. I never attended any of their meetings, nor was I connected with them in any shape or form. The Attorney-General.---Allow me to say that I would not have stated that the prisoner had attended a Chartist meeting had it not been that the policeman mentioned that the speech attributed to him had been spoken at one. The Chief Justice.—That was understood by the Court. On Thuriday, immediately after the Solicitor-General concluded his reply, which presented no new feature to that delivered by him in the case of Smith O'Brien. Chief Justice Doherty deiivered his charge to the jury. The jury retired at half-past two. On their retirement, Mr. Butt rose and begged their lordships would recall them, as he feared that the Chief Justice had not suffici ently explained to them that Mr. M`Manus must have co incided with the intention of his asssociates, as well as with their acts, before he could be found guilty of the pre sent charge. After a long discussion, the application was refused. O'Donohue was next placed at the bar. The same ex ceptions were taken by his counsel as in the previous and similar cases. The jury being sworn, the Attorney-Ge neral stated the case. At six o'clock, the jury returned a verdict of guilty against M`Manus, accompanied by a strong recommen dation to mercy. He was perfectly collected. TRIAL OF MR. O'DONOGIII: Patrick O'Donoghue was then placed in the dock. He looks about 4a years of age, is of spare make, wears a dark J..rown. wig, and bas a long, pale, - unprepossessing visage. IRISH MISCELLANY A young man named Reilly has been arrested at Bel fast, on a charge of high treason. The Orangemen of Dublin have generously come for ward to memorialise the Lord-Lieutenant in favour of Smith O'Brien. General Napier has written to say that the statement in the Freeman's Journal about his having pledged him self to secrecy about Mr. Young's letter, is not true. The Irish Roman Catholic Bishops have declined to in terfere in any appeal for mercy in the case of the Crown convicts, and have also passed a resolution " deprecating a state provision for their clergy." On Tuesday night the windows of the Police Barrack of Bouleagh were smashed with stones. The barrack was built by the Irish Mining Company. Phis was the place that Mr. Smith O'Brien required to be given up to him to lodge his body guard in. The Du&in Post,' the organ of the Irish government, solemnly assured its readers over and over again that the report of General Napier's appearance at the state trials was all talk, and yet when he did appear, the Post has not published the extraordinary letter which he was sum moned to produce. On Friday morning two houses in Catherine-st., Dublin, occupied by numerous indigent individuals, fell a heap of ruins while most of the inmates were in bed. No fewer than seventeen persons were buried beneath the materials. Only twelve were extracted alive; the other five, all fe males, being taken out dead. AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH.—On the 4th, near Markethill, Mr. Richard Grey, a respectable farmer, who lived on the estate of the Earl of Chariemont, fol lowed the remains of a deceased neighbour to the burial ground of Claddy, Miltown, and whilst paying the last sad homage to the dead at the funeral, fell a lifeless corpse on the grave which he had assisted to make.—Ulster Gaz. A JUROK ATTACKED.—During the trial of Mr. Smith O'Brien, Mr. George Bradshaw, one of the jurors, was attacked within a mile of Clonmel whilst travelling in a gig, and two men rushed on them and seized the horse, which they pulled down on his haunches. The Messrs. Bradshaw resisted, and their assailants fled ; they took one of the fellows prisoner, and the police have captured the other. ARRESTS.— On Sunday, when the steamer Albert reached Dublin from Liverpool, two persons were arrested, and in the box of one of them a small pistol, a gun, a cane-sword, a foil, and a powder horn were found. They were taken before the magistrates. but were liberated, on proving that they were American citizens going to Ireland on their lawful calling. The arms were not then given up, bet the rest of their property was. SCREENING THE PRIESTS.—MORE FOUL PLAY. —A correspondent informs us that it was publicly stated, in the club-house at Clonmel, by an official of high standing in the constabulary department whom he names, " that Mr. Trent was prepared to prove, if permitted by the Attorney-General, that a Roman Catholic priest"—and not Mr. Smith O'Brien—" was the first to demand of the police that they should surrender their arms." We leave this fact, for the present, to the consideration of the honest public.—Dublin Herald. BARBAROUS MURDER.—A most cruel and wanton murder was committed on the townland of Drumhilla, between Cootehill and Ballaby, on the night of the Bth or morning of the 9th inst. The name of the unfortunate victim was James Conolly. His body was found with the skull smashed into pieces, and it was evident that more than one person must have been concerned in the murder. At the inquest, the jury found a verdict of " Murder against some person or persons unknown ;" adding that strong suspicion existed against the son of the deceased, Philip Conolly. DARING AND FATAL ATTEMPT.—On Thursday, in pur suance of a long-concocted scheme, a daring attempt was made by the convicts in the Carrickfergus gaol to procure their liberty. Fortunately, the governor was forewarned of the attempt by a convict named Orr. The attempt was to be made at eight o'clock, when the prisoners were conducted from their night quarters to the apartments they were to occupy during the day. The attempt was still, however, made somewhat unexpectedly, but by the promptitude of the governor, who drew out his pistols, and motioned the convicts back to their cells, it did not succeed. The prisoners got beyond his reach and scaled the walls, when one of them, named Edwards, was shot dead by the sentinel. The other, seeing the grovernor approaching with a blunderbus, fell on his knees and begged for mercy. AN UNPROFITABLE DEPENDENCY.—IreIand is one of the least taxed portions of the British empire. Out of fifty-two million pounds levied in the United Kingdom, scarce £4,500,000 is raised in Ireland, from a population equal to half the population of England. The total net revenue of Ireland in 1846 was only £4,333,933—a sum barely more than sufficient to provide the interest of the portion of the national debt assigned to Ireland. Taking the annual revenue, in round numbers, of Ireland at pre sent as £4,600,000, the expenditure as £3,600,000, and the interest on debt at £4,200,000, the deficiency is £3,200,000. Ireland, therefore, costs the British Exchequer at least this sum. Estimating the annual deficiency of Ireland at three millions sterling, the cost of Ireland to England since the Union, amounts to £141,000,000. This fact deserves consideration in both countries. FRIGHTFUL MURDERS.—On Sundsy, at daybreak. six or seven armed men, with their faces blackened, entered the house of a man named Bryan, at Ashford, Tipperary, where three men were placed by the landlord to distrain, and murdered these men in a terrible manner. At the inquest, Patrick Cushen deposed that he lived half a mile from Bryan's house ; that on the night of the murder the three men came to his house, and Regan called out that there were men pursuing him ; Regan entered and locked the door; soon after, several men came up and asked to be admitted, but were refused ; they then broke open the door, and some of them, with guns, rushed in ; Dwyer and Walsh implored mercy, but in vain ; they were mur dered in the kitchen ; Regan, who was dragged out by others of the party, was placed on his knees ; witness heard repeated blows given to him, and he saw a gun pre sented at him ; witness retired, fearing he might himself be shot. vv IMPROVEMENT IN THE STEAM-ENGINE.—ECONOMY OF FUEL.—We have just seen the copy of a registered patent, obtained by Mr. Wm. Rowan, of the firm of J. Rowan and Sons, of this town, for an improvement in engineering, whereby a considerable saving of fuel will be effected, and a greater degree of regularity obtained in the working of the steam-engine. The p r i nc ipl e o n w hi c h this improvement is founded, is no less remarkable for its elegance and simplicity . than for its easy adaptation to all steam power. It consists of a slider acting in connexion with the governor on the expansion valve, adapting the motion of the engine to the weight of the pressure. by cutting off the steam at any given point of the stroke, and thus securing regularity of motion, and economising fuel to a great extent. The improvement is now in full operation, on the engine at the York -street Foundry, as well as on several others, amongst which may be men tioned an engine of forty-horse power, recently erected for Messrs. Langtry and Co., Portadown.—Belfast Whig. POLITICAL MISCELLANY, Prince Metternich and, his son, and Baron Huegel, have become members of the Brighton Conservative Club. Mr. Beckett Denison and Mr. James Brown, of Leeds, have been spoken of as candidates for the West Riding. The latter is a free trader. LAW INTELLIGENCE. In the Revising Barristers' Court for E set up by several parties, members of a Building Society, of a right to vote as 40s. freeholders. They paid 10s. a a claim was month to the society. v cient interest in freely)l the otl A gave hand i decided ;t the clai argued iu tt ich it was conten d property to argued that t THE SLAVE TRADE Lord Denman has just published an eloquent exposure of the horrors and iniquities of the Slave Trade. The motives of his lordship in thus coming forward on the side of humanity are beyond suspicion. With becoming indignation Lord Denman relates the atrocities with which this most horrible of all trades is attended. It is common to ship more slaves than a ves sel will carry, on the calculation that a great number must die during their voyage. Captain Matson, in his evidence, relates : " The effort of a slave captain is to land as many slaves as he can on the coast of the Brazils, but, as it is not possible for the most practised eye to tell a healthy from an unhealthy slave by seeing him in the barracoons, if the vessel could take 300 slaves moderately crowded, the captain would take half as many again, say 450, and cram them on board, below and on the decks, for the sake of putting them to the test, knowing that all those who were not likely to cross the Atlantic would sicken during the first forty-eight hours; then directly they show the symptoms of weakness, on account of their weak constitution, they are put on one side of the deck, no food nor water is given them, and they are allowed to die ; they are then thrown over board. Then, at the end of forty-eight hours, that man has a prime cargo of slaves of those who do not sicken. Those whose constitutions are strong enough to stand the first crowding and the heat will live till they have crossed the Atlantic; they will live during the passage." The miserable cargoes sometimes suffer more from the fears and brutality of their captors than even from their avarice. One case is related by Mr. Bandinel of mutiny, which is quoted by Lord Denman, as an example of the monstrous cruelty with which the traffic is not uncommonly attended. The Kentucky, a slave-vessel, took in a cargo of negroes at Inhambane; the day after the vessel sailed the blacks rose, and some of them got off their irons ThP -.lied by t" - ' de mutiny was que.. ....ie crew firing below on the crowded cargo. The remainder of the terrible tale we extract as we find it ; "On the next day they were brought upon deck, two or three dozens at a time, all being well ironed, and tried by Captain Fronseca and officers ' • and within two or three days after wards forty-six men and one woman were hung, and shot, and thrown overboard. They were ironed or chained two together, and, when hung, a rope was put round their necks, and they were drawn up to the yardarm, clear of the sail. This did not kill them but only choked or strangled them ; they were then sthnt in tlip hranct find tha hnrliac thrnnyn nArearlinfiv.ri Tr nrsll7 one or two that were ironed together was to be hung, a rope was put round his neck, and he was drawn up clear of the deck, outside of the bulwarks, and his leg laid across the rail and chopped off, to save the irons and release him from his companion, who at the same time lifted up his leg till the other's was chopped off, and he released. The bleeding negro The legs of about one dozen were Chopped off in this w When the feet fell on deck, they were acked up by the Bra zilian crew and thrown overboard, and sometimes at the body while it still hung living, and all kinds of sport were made of the business." These cases are quoted by Lord Denman to excite that detestation of the entire system of slave-dealing which they are sure to raise in every human mind. It is impos sible to conceive a blacker degree of human guilt and atrocity, or to imagine that man's cruelty to man can be carried further. CHURCH MISSIOzARY SOCIETY JUBILEE The design of the Jubilee commemoration is to honour and acknowledge the God of Missions as the Author of all success in our work. The appropriate topics of re flection, therefore, at such a season, are three-fold — gratitude to the Lord for His mercies—humiliation before Him for the inadequacy of our returns—resolutions for the future. Innumerable are the special mercies which call for a grateful commemoration. In the compass of this address we can but refer to the great outline, ex hibited in a contrast between the origin and the present condition of the Society. On the 12th of Api:il, 1799, twenty-five individuals, clerical and lay, not one distinguished by rank or station, met together to institute this Society, by laying down the principles of action. and by mutually pledging each other to pray for, and to care for, the Heathen. They sub mitted their plan to their ecclesiastical superiors. For fifteen months they waited in inaction, before they could obtain any notice or answer in respect of their proposal. Contrast this recollection with the scene exhibited at the last Anniversary Meeting, when the Primate of all En gland presided over an assembly whiel the largest room in' the metropolis was scarcely sufficient to accommodate, surrounded by a goodly numher of his suffragans, and of the representatives of rank and influence ; all uniting in the sentiments of cordial attachment to the principles of the Society, and of zeal for its interests. We may contrast, again, the facilities for carrying out the design of the Society, in its early days, with those which now exist. Then, all Europe was at war with England—lndia was virtually barred against missionaries —New Zealand was shunned for its inhuman cruelties — the Mediterranean sea was occupied by hostile fleets and armaments—in the West Indies, the minds of the degra de? One negro race were crushed with their bodie pot, the colony of Sierra Leone, invited by its openness, but repelled by its insalubrity, the benevolent enterprise of the fathers of the Church Missionary Society. Contrast, with these recollections, the present openness of the whole world to missionary enterprise—the easiness of access—the frequency of communication—lndia not only welcoming the arrival of missionaries, but reproach ing our slackness in not sending more. he fragrance of the first-fruits gathered on her soil, and already waved as a wave-offering before the Lord, invites us to reap the abundant harvest. New Zealand has been won by mis sionaries to the crown of England, and to the visible Church of Christ. The West Indies, having anticipated their Jubilee, permit us to withdraw our forces to corquer new countries. From all parts of the world invitations arrive, which the Society is compelled to decline. Compare the means at the disposal of the Society in its early days, both in respect of labourers and of money, with those which it now possesses. The founders of the Society knew not where to look for men. They dared not call for clergymen : schoolmasters and catechists they hoped to obtain: or perhaps the churches of Germany might furnish the zeal which was lacking at home. The income of the Society rose by slow degrees. At the tenth year, the amount subscribed had only reached £2llB. With these recollections contrast the present goodly number of its missionaries-166 European teachers, 14 native clergymen, and 1298 native teachers. Reflect upon our numerous training establishments for the sup ply of missionaries—at Islington, Sierra Leone, Tinne velly, Travancore, and Ceylon. Survey the extent of the field already occupied by missionary agency—the rising native churches, the schools, the numerous congrega tions, furnishing more than 13,000 communicants. This review will surely force upon us the reflection, " What hath God wrought ! " and the more fully we dwell upon each particular included in this general out line, the more we discover proofs of the mercy and loving kindness of the Lord, which call for our praise and thanksgiving. OUR FUTURE PROSPECTS (From the Church of England Quarterly Review.) What, then, is to be done ? Not to let men utter treason under the name of patriotism—not to buy the co-operation of a priesthood inimical to us, and who work against us in a base and under-handed manner—not to allow cargo after cargo of arms to quit the ports of Eng land in order to be distributed in Ireland—not to allow the time of action to give place to discussion, while every man in the country has his musket and his pike stowed away, and grins exultingly as he hands over his rusted weapon to the policeman's hand. Neither should the Ministry receive hints with a supercilious ,:url of the lip, in order to act upon those very suggestions afterwards. This is what must not be done; courage, firmness, and decision, are the necessary elements which combine to form a power that would be respected, and supported within, and held in salutary awe without. We cannot have our Legislature laughed at, nor its agents brought into contempt ; but what can we do when they will bring this upon themselves ? Shall we say, " Get ye hence, and let us have better, wiser men ! " It is painful to break up a dream of power—to blow into thin air the bubbles of a fanciful statesman, however iris-bright be the hues of that luminous spectrum. It is, after all, un pleasant that the cushions of St. Stephen should be found strewn with thorns ; but we must not—we dare not — tolerate the blowing of bubbles when interests so vast are at stake. If the Premier visit Ireland with an intention of seeing with his own eyes and hearing with his own ears the vices and virtues of a factious and turbulent people, it is to be hoped that he will be benefitted by such a trip ; and if on his return we behold that he is convinced of the foPy of some favourite Whig scheme which takes a me dium, much in the fashion of a " short cut " to save time and distance, we shall congratulate ourselves and him upon his change of views and the adoption of a new mode of action ; we are satisfied that, in every way, all parties will be the eventual gainers. It is said that, as in gaming, those who win do so at the expense of those who lose, yet here is a case in point where all are gainers : and, in the long run, even the factious, the dishonest, and the fierce and fearless demagogue, when brought to his senses, will perceive his advantage, and will end by acknowledging it. If success be the test of ability—if obstacles are re moved and difficulties are surmounted, while the causes of such fearful descriptions as have visited us are no more to be witnessed—what, then, must we think of a complete failure in all of these ? . In pinning our faith upon the sleeve of a Prime Minis ter, be he who he may, we after all hang but upon a loose hook. One cannot, and another will not, aid us in a mo ment when we are in a manner perishing. We have for awhile lost sight of that self-reliance which, to a great ex tent, will make us independent of all such factitious and questionable aid ; and when, after all, those who trusted so fondly in the calm weather through which the vessel of the Constitution was to sail, now behold the blackening sea with a fierce and ferocious howl rend the planks and scatter the cargo, and threaten to swallow up our valuable freight, are we to sit down in a stupor of apathy and say, " Useless all our endeavours—we have naught remaining, and the last star is dead in the sky ?" Not so. The still small voice comes to man, even in his darkest hour, in his greatest extremity. " Arise ! and faint not ; look abroad, and behold the indestructible energy which animates all things. Hope and faith—those bright twin harbingers of success—are around thee and before thee." And thus we press on, for what cannot be done at one time will be accomplished at another; and we, therefore, trust that a better destiny will dawn for us than has been brought to our homes and hearths this stormy year. It is in this spirit that we do not utter the sweeping condemnation that rests upon our lips—on the tips of our pens. Seeing how decrepid and helpless (like an old grand sire who happens never to have been highly respected) this imbecile ministry crawls to its dissolution, we are in a mood to part from it with a feeling of pity, for we may pity those who force us to hold them in contempt ; and, though a sentiment of anger at its absurd obstinacy—at its immense obtuseness— -has now and then crossed us, yet Ve are wi particul )1 - to trouble itself Oct. 17,1845. about matters which concern us and others—nay, all — l , O generally. But it so happens that, like old people wvt have an obstinate determination to do you all manne r .., services which lead to annoyance and error—playing a„l s inous game—one who, in his servile generosity, exP e 'bi the money belonging to other people, and who may ther e „ be ruined—it is with this feelin g that we implore theca 1 5e " let well alone,' and to give place to a ministry on ifh° energies, talents, and straightforward method of de l% work we can depend. With more hopeful eyes we gaze upon the future, _ l 9 I trust that there we may find what w e h av e so long fr iir sought. By the blessing of God, wuo bath guarden_t o beloved land, our sovereign, and ou r libe r ti e s so far'T e , bath prevented the fearful propagandism of base an d signing men from taking root among our leal-be people—we may look towards the next session with gn i joy, and behold that what has been wanting or wrong this may be remedied in that. MENT OF THE ROMISH PRIESTII O IN IRELAND. ENDOW There is every reason to apprehend that the endowal e , of Popery in Ireland has been fully resolved upon by i ; Majesty's Whig Go v e r n men t. Th a t negot i a tions o f going on between m em b ers o f th e C a bi ne t an d certain, !, the Popish Prelates in the siste r isl e , w e h ave more tla once taken occasion to state• and it is n ow underst ° that the recent visit of Lord 'John Russell to Dublin reference to that among other matters. One of the ish journals has had communicated to it calculation s the cost of this endowment of that which as Protestant!, we cannot but regard as a corrupt and hostile religi° system ; and the following are given as the resu:ts Three thousand Curates, yearly salary each, £lOO per annum One Thousand Parish Pr each, .£l5O per annum Seven hundred and fifty town Rectors, year each, .'3OO per annum Two hundred dignified and metropolitan Clergy. yearly Jl OOl s or Rectors, yearly salary salary each, X5OO per annum ,.... Twenty-five Deans, &c., yearly salary each, £lOOO per annum 1 - 411UU1I1 This we may consider as a very mod era t e comp -- tt s a 7 t s i:: The greater probabilityis that,with all its contingencies,i! Nor can we doubt that this will be granted—unless, in' deed, a much more determined spirit of resistance is s hoo'n to the wretched device, than has been manifested againb; other liberalizing expedients of the same political s chool during the last twenty years, whether in or out of rarna• ment. Many of the so-called Conservative party known to be favourably inclined towards it, including om, Robert Peel himself ; nay, some of them have shoal pledged themselves to support it. And we suspect, fr o f an article on Ireland in the current numbe r of the Q 11 ,,f, c ' terly Review, that this taint of that sad distemper,w;;;le has destroyed so much of the constitutional pri a dirig which formerly actuated the Country party is sPre a , t he fearfully throughout its ranks. The arguments °` t hat Review are of the most self-contradictory character u t can well be conceived ; and yet there is a plausibilitY', s them which will captivate the weak-minded, a s reacw,i i , j a ; they will suit the hollow-p r ;n c ipl e d, o f b o th the lea parties in mere politics. LIVERPOOL DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUrr6 (Before Mr. Serjeant Ludlow.) IO IN RE BARTON, IRLAM, AND HIOGINSON.-RE- V OF MR. HIGGINSON'S CERTIFICATE. a pe On Saturday, the bankrupts in this case, M. R. and Mr. J. Higginson applied for their certificates. a Mr. Lowndes, solicitor to the assi g nees, apPeoZ o e opposition to the application. As regarded Mr. Pe" fi t he considered that, as the managing partner resident 0 Barbadoes, he ought to have shown more vigilance allowing the house to go on, knowing it wa s insolvent , $ O , he, therefore, pressed that the certificate should be 5 , pended. He then, at considerable length, adverte d the application of the bankrupt, Mr. Higginson. 00 1, opposed the application, for the Royal bank of LiverP on , and other creditors, including Messrs. Hinds, o f LOU le , 8" on the grounds of reckless trading, and improperly P t ing goods consigned to him for sale. Mr. Lown4 es ' of considerable length, then entered into an expositnn o t his grounds of opposition, and concluded by stating t he he was sure his honour would act with lenity ; bt n ii n g trusted that, on the other hand, he would not be wan Tr IS.. r In nrrnness. He (Mr. Lowndes) hoped he won't.. "- his dissatisfaction at the bankrupt's mode of tradulg ab ie suspending the certificate of Mr. Deane for- a rcason‘ir, period, and altogether refusing the certificate of Higginson. He hoped his " -'ur would pursue tilt` - ..,1111,.... course, in order to show the world that even such princelit firms as that of Barton, Irlam, and lligginson' could r l t % conduct themselves as the bankrupts had done vc` impunity Mr. Deane, on the part of the bankrupts, contena.:i that the opposition from the Royal Bank came with E! , bf„ grace, as they were the parties who, by their extraordpul advances, had been the means of placing Mr. liigg' 6 %, in his present position. They had led him into an e2Lte, sion of his West India trade, and had also induced hos' open a trade with China. Mr. Deane then applied for t° adjournment, in order that he might be able to pro is evidence in contradiction of the allegations made by 261 ' Lowndes. His Honour de fined to adiourn the case, on the erood that the bankrupts nau that the examination being on the face of the evidence,.e given by the bankrupt himself, nothing new could to elicited. His Honour went at considerable length I n the charge brought against Mr. Higginson of overtrall reckless railway speculations, and extravagant pers o expenses, and then observed, that however blameable i 3; might be in this respect, it was still not sufficient to .I°,, y tify him in withholding the certificate as applied for;i,a Mr. Lowndes. if the case had rested there, he sb°,,o have only suspended the certificate for some time; !'„,A, when the case of Mr. Hinds, of London, was considerre;, he could not but listen to the application of Mr. Low } t he His Honour then pointedly referred to the pledging o',,d goods of Mr. Hinds by the bankrupt, to whom thel:'io been consigned, and said, that when he found tio'nno July, 1847, the bankrupt owed Messrs. Hinds from £4 O to to £50,000, and had at that time property belonging ) ,o the Messrs. Hinds consigned to him, he did consider t b e the pledging of that property was a flagrant breach of ' l O Factor's Act. After some further strong remarks , ,oo Honour concluded by saying, " It has been said that ', l os is an ordinary practice. All I can say is this, Ido b e , know many of the Liverpool merchants, but I ca nnot 0 0 lieve that it is a practice amongst them to pledge g ° „a consigned to them, as in this case. I therefore feel W i le, to take cognisance of the objection urged by Mr. I cannot in my conscience sign the certificate of Mr. P 4? ginson, and I feel truly sorry to be compelled to sal The certificate of Mr. Deane was granted, and Pr° tion extended to Mr. Higginson for six months. ken by sur ~ THE MERCHANTS' COFFEE AND G ROOMS, TOP OF EXCHANGE-STREET EAO'. so This superb establishment is, assuredly, w hether,, regards architectural exterior ornament, or interior de`',4 ration and magnitude, a magnificent novelty in " thegr a , old town," and, we may add, without risk of contradic t :, is not in any point, in accommodation or cheapness r os genteel refectory, equalled even in the metropolis. 1 0 6 exterior, entitled "Lancaster Buildings," presents e i t, façade to Exchange-street East, of five stories in 11 °g /i t. in the Italian style, and rich in classical embellishre e r e. The coffee-house extends over the lower story of the Pbf raises, covering an area of about 200 feet in lengt,h'e , about 50 feet in breadth. There is also a neat boo w o trance from George-street, to which the pre_ ° ,oo, extend. The magnificence of the interior must be $". e r be appreciated. It reminds the beholder, on a firs t mpwa r as a ielt. n iaaht r ewsgs:le.al o raze f reT t gd h oehn e eaen d dem wholes partitions,ac small,g i magnificent ii t fis io cdte n thi on s vati tdgheti accommodatead v hl leeinnoetfnionteianrEetea numbersi t s ptaelaairenrnegi entertainment, e a oren l ef e ots tales orne, o pr t aa r d s r ee or smaller knots of private friends ; yet all is conte l tut; supported' by two rows of elegant columns, with nt i b e ts l eiB S J capitals, painted in marble, highly polished. whi le o ld• ceiling is formed in compartments or panels. The m ° s ci ings of the doors and cornicing are delicately g ilded , 4, when the walls (not yet perfectly seasoned) are PreP a i r l o so the effect will be splendid. It is well lighted by da Y it ) front and back windows, and also by a large roof-lig. _ the centre : by night it is brilliantly illuminated oe ' f , multiplicity of gas-lights, with globular frosted Oa which produce a bright yet subdued volume of li g ht. , iOO The establishment is intended for the accommodt e e, in food, wines, &c., of mercantile gentlemen and trove', it and the charges ars peculiarly moderate. The wbtbe admirably ventilated, through the embellishment o a f. ceiling, on scientific principles. The dining saloon isi o g , ficiently spacious to accommodate 300 visitors at a e l l 50 1/ and the premises altogether will accommodate a b o ut 01 e persons. Besides the rooms stated, there are, on the 5 10 f floor, an extensive kitchen, fitted up with appeeet li c i, cooking by pure and unsmellable gas, a large bar, 0_,, 5 0, and glass room, and a room for the plate, which is "",s° and elegant. The whole of the furniture is in keeping' is of polished mahogany, &c. In the smoking:roo el p t elegant marble tables and American easy chairs. , plate, the delph ware, and the glass are all design e d made for the establishment, by the most celebrate u og a e nufacturers in the several departments of art. The i• bear the coat of arms of Liverpool, and the name ° } , e lo: establishment. In the dining saloon, there are fou r ' s olo' tiful bronze female figures, elevated on marble peel„, e cf . and " acting" as lamp supporters. These figures 0 7,91 1 : above four feet in height, and are truly classical in son" and in drapery. Thereare also four chimney-P,,,, or "Englishman's firesides." The rooms were orf f se c for the gratification of visiters in inspecting. them t iro i Thursday to Saturday night, and during that shorty"; such was the attraction that at least 3000 persons sr the premises,• including many of the magistrat e , e tbs of " merchant princes" of the town, who expresse e • high approval of the arrangements ,a The Waiters employed are all from London, amti, F or once expert and attentive. They are provided wit",„dre:A neat silvered coins, representing sixpences, and lin to as a check in giving change, &c. The wines are best vintages, from the most celebrated houses, ae, supplied at extremely moderate prices. No exPel.'is of been spared by the spirited proprietors in the fitt v l " ce oe,i t i in every department, and we may add that - Mr. 1 10 0 who is the manager, was the originator of this eP house of entertainment. , The establishment was opened for business Ye,s`o trdN tie : e and through the day no fewer than one thousa nd 0 o 0 01 4 men there dined, or partook of refreshments , b uy " u ld n't times, so great was the rush of company, that it c,° a ll d% have been possible for the best waiters to suPPI '11::, , the great success so ``","i l t: of the number of attenuo en the •` doubiir SE( The Prec fc Perfected b Bs arY doct ter fo r some unwilling to through the standing thf be determin -has been do "On Satur past seven for assistan at t en minx ; t heir lordst and the whi ill the corn / dons silence The • ---- Jury uaving take the issue r filed over tively an; `` Gentles diet ?" Forernztn. Clerk of hue, yow not guilty? Forema n This ann4 of the fore evidently ca Present, an( flent in coi this result, After a s Paper, and I directed hit "We fin 8411 tY' on t sOner to roc o f his havi %elf from rory. The chi Journed to upon whicl A. rush f riends of JUnior cou l b 1 ( 1 °i to s pri t. stistained composure *km in whi t he fortituc leav ing th 4 dock, and addre ss i n g not reach t an d addr terms " Sir, to ns You are little b( lor life. I a Mlwill] °'Donohu, itoo l when, rtisen van,