The Press.
London, England, 1855-08-18 00:00:00

3ffiantr.

A fog of extraordinary density visited the river of
Cork on yesterday week, to the great risk of the ship-
ping, which, however, suffered no injury.
Saunders's News Letter says :

Numbers of the Irish labourers who have been in the
habit of migrating to reap the harvest in England, and a
golden harvest for themselves in repayment for their
labours, have suddenly reappeared upon our quays in bun•
dreds. Upon being asked why they returned so soon?—
was there no work?—were the wages bad?—or, was there
any reason for their return? —the answer was, " The
Press,"—" The Press." On further inquiry, it was ascer-
tained that they were informed by their Saxon fellow-
labourers that if they remained longer in England they
would be impressed one and all, and obliged to go to
fight the battle of the country in the Crimea. Believing
this idle story, they resolved to fly for shelter to their home,
leaving plenty of work and its results—hard sovereigns—
behind them. It is to be hoped that the bountiful harvest
at home will make some amends for their disappointment.

The Very Rev. Dr. O'Brien has been appointed
Roman Catholic Bishop of Waterford by his Holiness
Pope Pius IX.
Mr. James Perry, one of the directors of the
Midland Great Western Railway, will, it is Said, offer
himself as a candidate for the Queen's County at the
next election.
In the event of a vacancy in the representation of
Clare, Mr. Pierce Creagh has declared himself a
candidate for the honour of election. Although a
member of the Roman Catholic Church, it is said
that Mr. Creagh stands well in the estimation of the
Protestant gentry of the county, inasmuch as he was
a supporter of the late Derby Government.
A numerously-attended meeting of the electors of
New Ross has declared for Mr. Charles Tottenham.
The honourable candidate was recommended to the
assembly by his parish priest, Father Grant, who
expressed a hope, in his letter to the chairman, that
" the people of Ross would return him to Parlia-
ment unpledged, on the principle that pledges do not
bind scoundrels, and should not be asked of honest
men."

A Drogheda paper says :—" Murtagh O'Bryen,
Esq., S.I. who has been a considerable time sta•
tioned in Ardee, has succeeded to the titles of Marquis
of Thomond, Earl of Inchiquin, and Baron Tad-
caster of the United Kingdom. The Thomond
estates, we understand, also fall to him. The mar-
quisate was created in 1800, and in 1808 William
O'Bryen succeeded to the title."
The efforts made to obtain the unconditional pardon
of Mr. Smith O'Brien have, it appears, been for the
present unsuccessful, an unfavorable answer having
been obtained during the past week from Lord Pal-
merston. The Cork Examiner says, however, that
the answer by no means shuts out hope, and adds:—
" Lord Palmerston spoke kindly of William Smith
O'Brien, and allowed it to be distinctly understood
that there was no personal or political resentment
entertained towards him by the Government. In-

deed, he almost stated in words that a similar appli-
cation might, at some distant period, meet with a
more favorable reply; and upon a question being put
to him he recommended that Smith O'Brien should
not act hastily in any manner which would separate
him from his country."
The series of Italian operas at the Dublin Theatre
Royal concluded on Tuesday night, with an over-
flowing house, for the benefit of Grisi. The enter-
prise of Mr. Harris, the manager, and of Messrs.
Beale, Cramer, and Co., with whom he co•operated,
has been so successful on this occasion, as to lead to
the announcement that another operatic company will
appear in the Irish capital in the first week of
September, with an array of distinguished artistes
from Her Majesty's Theatre.

Astoria the medical graduates of the Edinburgh
University who obtained their diplomas at the last
examirstion were a Chinese and four Egyptians.
The Chinese graduate, Wong Fun, is believed to be
the first of the Celestials who has ever graduated at
a British university.
A TREMENDOUS STORM, accompanied by a shock
of earthquake, taok place at Homburg, near Frank-
fort, on the night of Thursday, August 2. The win-
dows of hotels were shaken open, and the bells set
ringing ; the houses in Homburg all trembled vio•
lently, and much glass was broken. Those who oc-
cupied rooms in the upper part of the hotel dressed
and came down ; trees were bent to the earth, but
not broken, in the hurrricane, and the thunder and
lightning were awful. The following day the cholera
appeared at Liege—twenty-two cases—as well as the
potato blight, and is attributed by the inhabitants
entirely to the storms, which have been very severe
all up the Rhine, but not so much se es at Homburg.

SATURDAY,

Volitual anb Omani.

THE GOVERNMENT, in accordance with the recom-
mendation of the committee moved for by Mr. Mack-
innon on the Arctic expedition, have paid 5,0001. to
Captain M'Clure, and the same sum to the Admiralty,
for his officers and crew.
Mn. RUSSELL, it is reported, has resigned the chair-
manship of the Great Western Railway, and is to be
succeeded by Mr. S. Walpole, M.P. for Midhurst,
and late Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment in the Cabinet of the Earl of Derby.
Mn. MASSEY, M.P. for Newport, has been appointed
Under Secretary of State for the Home Department.
Mr. Massey has represented Newport, in the Isle of
Wight, since 1852. He is in favour of an extended
suffrage and vote by ballot.
Sin W. MOLEBWORTH bas appointed Mr. Victor
Holton to be his private secretary at the Colonial-
office. _ _ _ _ . . .

Loan Jost? RUSSELL has left town for Perthshire.
Lady John Russell and family are still residing at
Richmond-park.
LADIES of different classes of society in St. Peters-
burg have formed themselves into a society for the
succour of widows and orphans of officers and soldiers
destined for defence of the capital and the shores of
the Baltic.
A GRAND DINNER was given at Constantinople on
the Ist by Fuad Pacha, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
to the Ministers and high functionaries of the Porte,
the principal members of the diplomatic corps, Omer
Pacha, Lord Paget, and several other persons of dis-
tinction.
AT THE WALKER IRONWORKS, Newcastle-on-Tyne
a large order has just been completed for shells for
the Turkish Government, and the same firm are now
engaged in the manufacture of 35,0(X) shells, from
eight•inch to thirteen-inch, besides a number of
mortars, for the British Government. The foundry
is exclusively employed in the construction of imple-
ments of war. _ _

THE dress regulations of the navy are now
undergoing extensive revision, and epaulettes will
henceforth be abolished. The new uniform will, it
is said, be greatly simplified, and rendered more
suitable and eomfonable for all who have to wear it.
NEARLY ONE THOUSAND GENTLEMEN were appointed
to commissions in the army between the Ist of Jan-
uary and the Ist of July. In July upwards of two
hundred commissions were conferred on candidates.
ANOTHER REGIMENT, the 64th, is placed at the
disposal of the Commander-in-Chief by the death of
Sir Richard Bourke, K.C.B. The gallant general
expired suddenly at his seat in the county of Lime-
rick on Sunday last, immediately after returning
from Divine service at Castleconnell Church.
GENERAL M'MAHON, who has been nominated to
the command of General Canrobert's division in the
Crimes, has arrived at Marseilles to embark for the
East.

A LETTER in the Pays from Lille mentions the
arrival there, on Wednesday, of Lady Raglan, on her
way, with her family, to Paris. The widow of the
late lamented field-marshal is, it is said, one of
the visitors to the Imperial court.
AN ASSOCIATION, to be called the London, Man-
chester, and Foreign Warehouse Company, has been
formed under the Limited Liability Act to carry on
the business of the old firm of Rogers, Lowry, Holy-
land, and Co., who were obliged in consequence of
heavy losses in Australia and the Cape of Good
Hope to suspend payment in January last.
THE LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE INSTITUTIONAL
ASSOCIATION, consisting of seventy literary and me-
chanics' institutions, and 15,000 members, is to visit
the seat of the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby,
at Knowsley, near Liverpool, to-day (Saturday). The
company will visit the paintings of old masters, the
gardens awl pleasure-grounds and Lord Stanley,
M.P., who is to be present, will probably deliver an
address in the course of the afternoon.
POSTAGE LABELS of the value of tenpence will no
longer be issued. The following are the labels at
present in use :—Penny lables, twopenny ditto,
fourpenny ditto, sixpenny ditto, shilling ditto.
THE number of public acts passed in the late ses-

sion was 134, and of local acts 198.
A FEW OF MR. ROEBUCK'S SUPPORTERS met at the
Sheffield Council-ball on Wednesday week, under
the presidency of the mayor, when a preliminary
committee was formed, and a subscription com-
menced, to provide a testimonial in acknowledgment
of Mr. Roebuck's national services, and in commem-
oration of his connection with that borough.
THE BIRMINGHAM INCOME-TAX REFORM LEAGUE
has issued an address explanatory of its principles
and objects. They are thus defined
That there should be an equitable adjustment of the
income and property tax, and especially that income tax
paid from business and professions ought not to exceed an
equitable proportion of that paid from realised property.
That, on appeal, a statement of income, supported by the
oath or declaration of the taxpayer as to his belief of his
InOomei shall be final

AUG. 18, 1855.

yam ant Vitt.

THE CAUSE OF BOYLE Y. CARDINAL WISENAN came
on for trial again, for the third time, at Croydon,
on the Home Circuit, on Monday last. The circum-
stances connected with this case must be familial to
our readers. The plaintiff is a Roman Catholic
priest, and brought an action to recover damages from
Cardinal Wiseman for having published a libel upon
him in a French newspaper. The cause was ori-
ginally tried at Guildford, before the Lord Chief
Baron, and upon that occasion the plaintiff was non-
suited, he being at the time unable to prove the
publication of the libel without calling the cardinal
as a witness, and the Chief Baron ruled that he could
not be examined. Upon this ruling, which the court
above held to be wrong, a new trial was granted,
which was tried by Mr. Baron Platt at the spring assizes
this year at Kingston, and the jury upon this occa-
sion returned a verdict for the plaintiff with 1,0001•
damages. In consequence, however, of the judge
having refused to admit in evidence a certain letter
tendered on behalf of the defendant, this verdict
was set aside, and a third trial ordered to be had,
and the cause was set down for trial at these assizes.
Soon after the case was called on upon this third oc-
casion there was a short consultation between the
counsel on both sides, and, to the apparent astonish-
ment of the persons by whom the court was crowded,
it was announced that the record in the action had
been withdrawn, the parties having agreed upon
terms. It transpired afterwards that the terms were,
that the defendant is to pay 1001. towards the abor-
tive trial at Guildford and the whole of the taxed costs
of the trial at Kingston and the present action, and
it was arranged between the counsel that no apology
or retractation should be demanded or given. Thus
has ended these proceedings. The costs to be paid,
it is said, would amount to nearly 1,2001.

A SPECIAL SESSION was held at the, instance of Mr.
Foster Owen, the high constable of Westminster, at
the Sessions-house, for the purpose of hearing the
cases of persons whose property had been damaged
in the late Hyde-park disturbances, and who claimed
compensation from the hundred. The magistrates
present were Mr. Augustin Robinson (chairman),
Mr. J. W. Thrupp, and Mr. Wm. Evans; and notices
of claim had been received from many persons.

Mr. Curling's case was the first called, his claim being for
ldt 75., the value of a plate•glass window which had been de-
stroyed by the mob.
The CHAIRMAN said they had only broken the windows, and ff
they had been well thrashed it would have served them right,
but there was no felony. The decision of the bench must be to
refuse to make the order for compensation, and if Mr. Curling
was dissatisfied he could appeal ; but he (the Chairman) thought
it would not be worth his while, for the law was dead against him.
Similar decisions were given in some of the other
oases, and the business of the session terminated.
Ix pursuance of the sentence of a court martial
held at Kamiesch, Mr. James Wilkinson Elliott, a
surgeon, late of the Royal Albert, has been com•
mitted to the Devon County Gaol for two years, "for
neglect of duty and unfeeling conduct." He was
lauded at Plymouth last week, and thence conveyed
to the gaol at Exeter to undergo his sentence.
A RESPITE during her Majesty's pleasure has been
received by the governor of Ruthin Gaol for Marga-
ret Davies, convicted at the assizes last week of the
wilful murder of her illegitimate child, by drowning
it in a canal at Llangollen.
THE SENTENCE OF DEATH passed upon Joseph
Richards at the last Brecon Assizes, for murder, will
be commuted to transportation for life. Evidence
which, if it had been adduced at the trial, would
probably have led to a verdict of manslaughter only,
has, it is stated, been submitted to the consideration
of Sir George Grey ; and, after conferring with Lord
Campbell, before whom the case was tried, the Home
Secretary is of opinion that the ends of justice will be
sufficiently answered without the infliction of the ex-
treme penalty of the law.