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

FORE;Giv AND COLONIAL. DESTRUCTION OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE. MURDER OF THE MINISTER OF WAR Great excitement prevailed in Vienna on the sth inst., in consequence of the publication of the emperor's pro clamation against the Hungarians. Public opinion had already been put on the alert by the concentration of 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 in the late proclama tion were but the links of a chain which was to bind Aus tria down to what she was previous to the days of March. It was loudly protested that the military—and especially the German Grenadiers, were in favour of the popular cause. Early on the morning . of the Cth the Grenadiers were ordered to march and join the expedition against the Hungarians. They did not refuse to quit their bar racks ; but they were forewarned of their march and its object, and had communicated with the corps of National Guards of the suburb of Gumpendorf, in which their bar racks were situate, and with the Academical Legion, from both of which they received a •omise that measures .nd accord- would be taken to prevent their departure ingly such measures were taken. The National Guards assembled at six o'clock on the morning of the 6th at the terminus of the Northern Rail road, from which they removed the rails for the purpose of preventing the departure of the Grenadiers. The latter arrived soon after, and the commanding officer, seeing that the removal of his troops by rail was impossi ble, gave orders for their proceeding on foot to Gansen dorf, a station on the line, from whence he hoped it -would be possible to effect their conveyance by the rail road. But this plan, too, was resisted by the National Guards, the numbers of which increased every minute. A barricade effectually stopped the march of the regi ments near the Tabor bridge. Orders were given for the storming of this barricade; and the War-office, being aware of the mutinous disposition of the Grenadiers, several battalions of cavalry were instructed to escort them. But the Grenadiers crossed the bridge, scaled the barricade, and fraternised with the National Guards. The latter destroyed part of the bridge, thus preventing the cavalry from interfering. Regiments of infantry were then drawn up to reduce the insurgents and to enforce obedience to the commands of the Government ; and the artillery arrived at ten o'clock, when the rioters were summoned to surrender ; this they refused to do, for they bad meanwhile been reinforced by the Academical Legion. The parties stood thus opposed to one another until a body of workmen proceeded to seize a powder waggon and four guns, which they effected without any opposition from the artillerymen. But this act of the insurgents gave, nevertheless, the signal for a bloody conflict. The Nassau (Polish regiment) fired three volleys, which were answered by cheers and quick discharges from 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 riddled it 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 contained. They refused : a combat commenced, in the course of which the 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 garrison 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 rot provided with weapons were then armed. The "lumber 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, probably, 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 Jellachich 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 day 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 1,500 Montene grines, gave battle to the Austrian troops on the 28 th 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, Lamartine, 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 bands ; 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 nation so long from cutting its throat ? 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 fined 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. Ile 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 Grampus 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 ambassader. 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 accrmpanied Sir Thomas Mitchell in his last expedi tion into the interior of Australia, and who afterwards so successfully explored the sources of the Victoria, is about to st irt on another expedition of discovery, into an en tirely new region, it is called York Peninsula, supposed to contain much valuable country. Its maritime boundaries will render it in all probability, at no very distant period, the seat of a new colony, if so it will form a valuable depot for the shipment of horses todndia. His instruc tions are to proceed with his party in the Tam O'Shanter to Roshingham 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 ard's river Mitchell, and, if so, to follow it up to the junc tion of the Lynd. From the junction of the Lynd with Mitchell River, the expedition is to strike off W.S.W. to the Flinders, ascertaining its•souree, 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 E.B. Kennedy, Esq., namely, Mr. Ball, the young naturalist, who accompanied him in the former expedition. Mr. Cahow, who came out four years ago as a gardener, and whose knos ledge of colonial plants is said to be consider able. Mr. Niblett, who is to act as superintendent, eight other persons, and 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, 1428 pounds of sugar. 196 pounds of tea, 3 pounds pow der, 252 pounds of shot, and sufficient ammunition to serve as protection in case of necessity. The instruments employed will be a syphon barometer, by Chevalier, of Paris, three large and one pocket sextant, two prismatic compasses, an azimuth, an altitude circle, two artificial horizons, and three feet telescope on a stand. The arms consist of seven double-barrelled carbines, one single car bine, four double-barrelled guns, one rifle, and thirteen brace of pistols. The expedition is also provided with two very necessary aids for carrying water and crossing rivers. 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 the Royal Family arrived at Windsor Castle, on Monday, from Osborne-house, Isle of Wight. On Wednesday, the Queen of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenbourg, and the Princess Eliza of Hohenlohe Langenbourg, arrived on a visit at Windsor Castle, and dined with her Majesty in the evening. Mr. Brooke, eldest son of Sir Richard Brooke, part., 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 :•acant 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. 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, vid Spalding and Boston, to Lincoln, 35 miles in length, will be o p ene d t o -d a y for passenger and ods traffic. MT Caledonian 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 out 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. NEWSPAPERS ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The privilege of selling newspapers, &c. at 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 atigle 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 :—£111,183 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 ARCIIES.—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 proudest of all as a generally 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 improvement 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 X 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 £112,757. The quarter is, therefore, an improvement on the year. As we said three months since, the tide has turned in our favour, and we may now hope for a glimpse of our former prosperity. TUE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE STATE TRIALS AT CLONMEL. On Monday morning Mr. Smith O'Brien was placed at the bar, when,Mr. Whiteside raised an 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. He 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 vin dication of my conduct, however much I might have de sired to avail myself of this opportunity of doing so. I am perfectly satisfied with the consciousness that J have performed my duty to my country—that I have done only that which it was, in 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 Chief 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 along, 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, your 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 greatest distress) 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 assun,ed. The Judges then left the bench. The governor of the gaol put Ms 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 handed to the press, addressed by Mr. O'Brien to his solicitor, Mr. Potter. Its purport was that Mr. O'Brien was most anxious 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. M`Manus ; 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. He 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 swear-to him. Another witness, of bad character, deposed to M`Manus 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'Cormack's. The evidence was given rather to show the proceedings of the insurgents, for none of the witnesses swore to M`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. Carrel repeated the evidence he had given in O'Brien's case, and narrated a private conversation he had with M`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 bad 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 had not been made out; that all he bed 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 Thursday, 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 preyious 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'DONOGHUE. Patrick O'Donoghue was then placed in the dock. He looks about 45 years of age, is of spare make, wears a dark brown wig, arid has a long, pale, unurepossessing visage. 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 his 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 Cormack's house with a gun in his hand. Mr. F. Meagher having addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, the court adjourned. IRISH MISCELLANY A young man named Reilly has been arrested at Bel fast, on a charge of high treason. _ _ The °rangerlen 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. this was the place that Mr. Smith O'Brien required to be given up to him to lodge his body guard in. The Dublin 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 DEATII.—On the 4th, near Markethill, Mr. Richard Grey, a respectable farmer, who lived on the estate of the Earl of Charlemont, 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 ou the grave which he had assisted to make.—Ulster Gaz. A JUROR 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, but the rest of their property was. SCREENING THE PRIESTS. — MORE FOUL FLAY. —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. Trant 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 biunderbus, 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.lreland, 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 £4,260,000, 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 Sunday, 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. 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 principle on which 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 strok e , 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 Essex a claim was set up by several parties, members of a Building Society, of a right to vote as 40s. freeholders. They paid 10s. a month to the society, which it was contended gave suffi cient interest in freehold property to procure a vote. On the other hand it was argued that the freehold must be worth 40s, free of all demands, and that the holding must be considered in the gift of a mortgage. Mr. Bosanquet decided against the claim. An appeal on the case is to be Argued in the Court of Common Pleas. 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 slaves of those whO do not sick&t. 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 thetraffic 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. The mutiny was quelled by the 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 shot in the breast, and the bodies thrown overboard. If only one of 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 was then d: awn up, shot in the breast, and thrown overboard. The legs of about one dozen were chopped off in this way. When the feet fell on deck, they were picked 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 furthers CHURCH MISSIO4ARY 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 April, 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 which 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, thefacilities 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 ded negro race were crushed with their bodies. One spot, 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. The 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 torquer 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 ielly, 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 lie 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 curl 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 folly 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 frotn 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 we forgive it. We bid it adieu ! We are wiling that it should sit down in the snug chimney corner and take no more trouble in the affairs of the world ; at the most, we would beg it as a particular favour not to trouble itself Oct. 17, ILO. about matters which concern us and others—nay, all men generally. But it so happens that, like old people who have an obstinate determination to do you all manner of services which lead to annoyance and error—playing a ru inous game—one who, in his servile generosity, expends the money belonging to other people, and who may thereby be ruined—it is with this feeling that we implore them to " let well alone,' and to give place to a ministry on whose energies, talents, and straightforward method of doing work we can depend. With more hopeful eyes we gaze upon the future, and trust that there we may find what we have so long vainly sought. By the blessing of God, wno path guarded our beloved land, our sovereign, and our liberties so far—vvila hatb prevented the fearful propagandism of base and de signing men from taking root among our leal-hearted people—we may look towards the next session with greater joy, and behold that what has been wanting or wrong ill this may be remedied in that. ENDOWMENT OF THE ROMISH PRIESTHOOD IN IRELAND There is every reason to apprehend that the endowment of Popery in Ireland has been fully resolved upon by her Majesty's Whig Government. That negotiations were going on between members of the Cabinet and certain of the Popish Prelates in the sister isle, we have more than once taken occasion to state; and it is now understood that the recent visit of Lord John Russell to Dublin had reference to that among other matters. One of the Rom ish journals has had communicated to it calculations of the cost of this endowment of that which as Protestants we cannot but regard as a corrupt and hostile religious system ; and the following are given as the results : Three thousand Curates, yearly salary each, £lOO per annum £300,0 10 One Thousand Parish Priests or Rectors, yearly salary each, £l5O per annum 150,001 Seven hundred and fifty town Rectors, yearly salary each, .300 per annum 225,000 Two hUndred dignified and metropolitan Clergy, yearly salary each, .e5OO per annum lOO,OOO Twent u n y-five Deans, &c., yearly salary each, £lOOO per 25 anm _ - 000 _ , Twenty-five Bishops, &c., yearly salary each, £3OOO • 875,00 a This we may consider as a very moderate computation. The greater probability is that, with all its contingencies, at least a million sterling will be required for the purpose. Nor can we doubt that this will be granted—unless, in deed, a much more determined spirit of resistance is shown to the wretched device, than has been manifested against other liberalizing expedients of the same political school during the last twenty years, whether in or out of Parlia ment. Many of the so-called Conservative party are known to be favourably inclined towards it, including Sir Robert Peel himself ; nay, some of them have already pledged themselves to support it. And we suspect, from an article on Ireland in the current number of the Quar terly Review, that this taint of that sad distemper which has destroyed so much of the constitutional principle which formerly actuated the Country party is spreading` fearfully throughout its ranks. The arguments of tiler Review are of the most self-contradictory character that can well be conceived ; and yet there is a plausibility about them which will captivate the weak-minded, as readily 85 they will suit the hollow-principled, of both the leading parties in mere politics. LIVERPOOL DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY (Before Mr. Serjeant Ludlow.) IN RE BARTON, IRLAM, AND lIIOGINSON.-RE ;FIJSAL OF MR. HIGGINSON'S CERTIFICATE. On Saturday, the bankrupts in this case, M. R. Deane and Mr. J. Higginson applied for their certificates. Mr. Lowndes, solicitor to the assignees, appeared in opposition to the application. As regarded Mr. Deane, he considered that, as the managing partner resident at Barbadoes, he ought to have shown more vigilance ill allowing the house to go on, knowing it was insolvent, and he, therefore, pressed that the certificate should be sus pended. He then, at considerable length, adverted to the application of the bankrupt, Mr. Higginson. lie opposed the application, for the Royal bank of Liverpool, and other creditors, including Messrs. Hinds, of London, on the grounds of reckless trading, and improperly pledg ing goods consigned to him for sale. Mr. Lowndes, at considerable length, then entered into an exposition of his grounds of opposition, and concluded by stating that he was sure his honour would act with lenity ; but he trusted that, on the other hand, he would not be wanting in firmness. He (Mr. Lowndes) hoped he would mark his dissatisfaction at the bankrupt's mode of trading by suspending the certificate of Mr. Deane for a reasonable period, and altogether refusing the certificate of M. Higginson. He hoped his honour would pursue this course, in order to show the world that even such princely firms as that of Barton, Irlam, and Higginson, could not conduct themselves as the bankrupts had done with impunity. Mr. Deane, on the part of the bankrupts, contended that the opposition from the Royal Bank came with a bad grace, as they were the parties who, by their extraordinary advances, had been the means of placing Mr. Higginson in his present position. They had led him into an exten sion of his West India trade, and had also induced him to open a trade with China. Mr. Deane then applied for an adjournment, in order that he might be able to produce evidence in contradiction of the allegations made by Mr. Lowndes. His Honour declined to adjourn the case, on the ground that the bankrupts had not been taken by surprise, and that the examination being on the face of the evidence as given by the bankrupt himself, nothing new could be elicited. His Honour went at considerable length into the chdrge brought against Mr. Higginson of overtrading, reckless railway speculations, and extravagant personal expenses, and then observed, that however blameable he might be in this respect, it was still not sufficient to jus tify him in withholding the certificate as applied for by Mr. Lowndes. if the case had rested there, he should have only suspended the certificate for some time ; but when the case of Mr. Hinds, of London, was considered, he could not but listen to the application of Mr. Lowndes. His Honour then pointedly referred to the pledging of the goods of Mr. Hinds by the bankrupt, to whom they had been consigned, and said, that when he found that in July, 1847, the bankrupt owed Messrs. Hinds from £40,000 to £50,000, and had at that time property belonging to the Messrs. Hinds consigned to him, he did consider that the pledging of that property was a flagrant breach of the Factor's Act. After some further strong remarks, his Honour concluded by saying, " It has been said that this is an ordinary practice. All I can say is this, Ido not know many of the Liverpool merchants, but I cannot be lieve that it is a practice amongst them to pledge goods consigned to them, as in this case. I therefore feel bound to take cognisance of the objection urged by Mr. Lowndes. I cannot in my conscience sign the certificate of Mr. Hig ginson, and I feel truly sorry to be compelled to say so. The certificate of Mr. Deane was granted, and protec tion extended to Mr. Higginson for six months. THE MERCHANTS' COFFEE AND DINING ROOMS, TOP OF EXCHANGE-STREET EAST. This superb establishment is, assuredly, whether as regards architectural exterior ornament, or interior deco ration and magnitude, a magnificent novelty in " the good old town," and, we may add, without risk of contradiction, is not in any point, in accommodation or cheapness as a genteel refectory, equalled even in the metropolis. The exterior, entitled " Lancaster Buildings," presents a fine facade to Exchange-street East, of five stories in height, in the Italian style, and rich in classical embellishment. The coffee-house extends over the lower story of the pre mises, covering an area of about 200 feet in length, by about 50 feet in breadth. There is also a neat back en trance from George-street, to which the premises extend. The magnificence of the interior must be seen to be appreciated. It reminds the beholder, on a first en trance, of the descriptions given in Eastern tales of fairy palaces. The whole is divided into a number of compart ments, large and small, to accommodate large companies, or smaller knots of private friends ; yet all is contrived, with glazed partitions, that the entire space presents but, as it were, one magnificent hall of entertainment, the roof supported by two rows of elegant columns, with foliated capitals, painted in marble, highly polished, while the ceiling is formed in compartments or panels. The mould— ings of the doors and cornicing are delicately gilded, and when the walls (not yet perfectly seasoned) are prepared, the effect will be splendid. It is well lighted by day from front and back windows, and also by a large roof-light in the centre : by night it is brilliantly illuminated by a multiplicity of gas-lights, with globular frosted glasses, which produce a bright yet subdued volume of light. The establishment is intended for the accommodation in food, wines, &c., of mercantile gentlemen and travellers, and the charges are peculiarly moderate. The whole is admirably ventilated, through the embellishment of the ceiling, on scientific principles. The dining saloon is suf ficiently spacious to accommodate 300 visitors at a sitting, and the premises altogether will accommodate about 500 persons. Besides the rooms stated, there are, on the same floor, an extensive kitchen, fitted up with apparatus for cooking by pure and unsmellable gas, a large bar, a chine and glass room, and a room for the plate, which is costly and elegant. The whole of the furniture is in keeping, and is of polished mahogany, &c. In the smoking-room are elegant marble tables and American easy chairs. The plate, the delph ware, and the glass are all designed and made for the establishment, by the most celebrated ma nufacturers in the several departments of art. The whole bear the coat of arms of Liverpool, and the name of the establishment. In the dining saloon, there are four beau tiful bronze female figures, elevated on marble pedestals, and " acting" as lamp supporters. These figures are each above four feet in height, and are truly classical in " per son" and in drapery. There are also four chimney-places, or " Englishman's firesides." The rooms were opened for the gratification of visiters in inspecting them from Thursday to Saturday nig-tit, and during that short time such was the attraction that at least 3000 persons visited the premises, including many of the magistrates and " merchant princes" of the town, who expressed their high approval of the arrangements. The waiters employed are all from London, and are at once expert and attentive. They are provided with small neat silvered coins, representing sixpences, and intended as a check in giving change, &c. The wines are of the best vintages, from the most celebrated houses, and are supplied at extremely moderate prices. No expense has been spared by the spirited proprietors in the fittings UP in every department, and we may add that Mr. Feeney', who is the manager, was the originator of this splendid house of entertainment. _ The establishment was opened for business yesterday , and through the day no fewer than one thousand gentle men there dined, or partook of refreshments, but at sow° times, so great was the rush of company, that it could not have been possible for the best waiters to supply all th ° immediate wants of such a multitude of visitors. Ili?' will be remedied hereafter, the great success so far justi fying even the " doubling" of the number of attendants. Oe beyond The .7 show in white CE accordit The 1 window street, l cigar, o DISP, all dispi argutnei as to co Lord better n ledged, infidel i NV7iNTe; order to of clay 1 a wood, their tu thought A H. 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