The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-19 00:00:00

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Ores 'Swordfish, arrived at Liverpool, we have
amounts from Rio Janeiro to the 23rd Nov.; Bahia,
30th Nov.; and Pernambuco, the 22nd Deo.
The news from the River Plate is not of a later
date ; but a private letter from Monte Video says :
We have news hem the interior that tirquisa has marched
seeing Cerdeates mirk 7,000 men, and that flows hu sent
sumer !WM primate into the Parana; it is undeestood
ahM fiat dle FM& retire from this affair, as is expected,
Nibs will week the town. The French have been more
MUM lately fa their blockade, and have detained several
Ellsehrevemsh.
is nothing important from Rio; exchange
on England was 276 to 271.
The screw steam-ship Antelope arrived at Bahia
on the 27th Nov., after a passage of 31 days.
The following is the latest commercial news from
Pernambuco :

COTTON.-Oar market has been tolerably well supplied of
late, and, in consusece of the continued disaatrous accounts
from home, prienhave fallen to our present quotations, at
which the article Kenn to be in some request' Tint quality,
6,200 r. to 6,300 r. per erroba, or Std. to 63d. per lb., on
board, including 5 per cent. commission, ex-freight, and
exchange 27d.
Scout -No sugars of the old crop left; the "apply of new
in bags increases daily, but of cases the arrivals are yet
small. The price of white] in bags opened at 2,280 r. to
2,300 r. per aerobe for common assortments; muecovadoes, at
1,760 r. to 1,700 r. per arroba; cases, winter, at I,ooor to 900 r.
per snobs above farm ; muscovadoes, at 900 r. to 800 r. per
aerobe. New cases, whites, 900 r. per aerobe above fano, in
usual assortments, and ancrding to quality, equal to 19s. 65.
per cwt. ; muscovadoes, 800 r. per aerobe, equal to 13s. 2d. per
cwt. ; barrels and bags, whites, firsts to seconds alone, 2,400 r.
to 2,500 r. per aerobe, equal to 21s. Id. to 235. per cwt. ; ditto,
common assortments, 2,300 r. per arrobe,equal to 21s. 2d. per
cwt. •, ditto, low whites, 1,950 r. to 2,000 r. per aerobe, equal
to 18e. to 18s. 6d. per out.; ditto, superior musooradoes or
yellows, 1,700 r. per snobs, equal to 16s. 9d. per cwt. ; ditto,
muncovadoes, average quality, 1,600 r. to 1,600 r. per arroba,
equal to 141. 104. to 14s, 4d. per cwt. ; ditto, muscovadoes, or.
Binary, 1,500 e. per strobe, equal to 13s. Ild. per cwt.-on
board, including 6 per cent. commission, ex-freight, and ex.
change, 27d. At our quotations of te-day there are still
buyers an severe! cargoes have yet to be completed before
the Cliristmasholydays. In January we shall most probably
see lower prices, and more particularly so if no better ac-
counts are received from Europe by the December packet.
Exchange on London, 27d.
FABICIKTI.- Cotten to Liverpool,B and 6 per cent. per lb. •
sugar ballast, 30s. and 6 per oent. foe eases, 16 per cent. lea;
far bags, Two ftret.tdass English mask have obtained 60t.
to 61e., sad 6 par sans kr sugar In begs, 16 per seat.
higher for cases, to discharge at a port in the United King-
dom ; additional rates if sent to the Continent. For Trieste
the rate is 31. to 31. 3s. and 5 per cent. for bags, 15 per
cent. higher for mei. There are only one or two disengaged
'toggle in port

We have intelligence from the Cape of Good Hope
to the Ist of November, being one day later than that
already received. The following is from the Cap.:
Frontier Times :

There is no intelligence from the front, except that the
troops would ernes the Kei in a few thys, on their errand to
Hnili and Pato.
_ _ .

We understand that Mr. J. H. Delnort, commandant, will
be at Fort Beaufort on the let of November, with a con-
siderable number of Dutch farmers, for the purpose of
co-operating with the troops in the Kei expedition. Mr.
Delport has had assurances of support from several districts,
hut he teen that in consequence of a report that, now that
Sandilla was taken, no further movement would be made by
the government until the arrival of Colonel Smith • fewer
persons will muster than would otherwise have been the
case,. . . _

The so-called rebel chief Sanding was escorted to Graham's
Town's on Sunday afternoon by a detachment of dragoons,
under command of Captain Bisset. He was accompanied by
one of his brothers and some councillors—in all twelve people
—who are confined in a detached building situated in the
Drostdy-field. When it was explained to hint that an at-
tempt to escape might bring death upon him, he cooly asked,
" Why he should attempt to escape, when he had voluntarily
surrendered himself ?"

SPECIAL COMMISSION.

CO= CLARE.
(•ROY 0111 OWN REPORT]

ENNIS, MONDAY, JAN. 17.

SENTENCE OF DZATR ON THE CON VICTS DMZ= AND
Hocsiou.—At the sitting of court this morning, Butler
and Hourigan, convicted on Saturday of the murder of
Patrick Cleary, were brought up to receive sentence.
The priaonen made no reply to the interrogatory, put by
the clerk of the crown, if they had anything tit say why sen-
tence of death and execution should not be pronounced ac-
cording to law.
The judges, having assumed their black caps, the Lord
i Chief Baron, n a feeling and impreuive address, proceeded
to pass sentence. He referred to the murder of Cleary as an
illustration of the general truth that crime has a tendency to
extend itself, and that which to-day affects the landlord and
the person of high rank, will to-morrow effect the farmer
end the man in humbler circumstances. His lordship passed
sentence of death, fixing as the day of execution the 17th
of February next.
Both prisoners then declared their innocence, Butler ex-
claiming that he would meet his death in consequence with
the same ease as he would go to bed.
CONSPIRACY TO MCRDER THE LATE ME. WATSON.—
John Crowe, John Wilkinson, and Michael Kelly, were
then put forward, indicted for conspiracy to murder the late
Mr. James Watson.
The prisoners refused to join In their challenges, and
John Crowe was givea in charge, for that he, with others,
did incite, move, procure, and hire, counsel, and command
William Ryan (Puck), Patrick Ryan, and James Hayes, to
murder Mr James Watson.
The Attorney-Gunnel stated the case for the crown. He
said that the prisoner stood charged with an offence not in
itself amounting to murder, but one which the law rendered
equally penal, and the unhappy subject of it equally respon-
sible to the offended justice of the country. The learned
gentlemen entered into a lengthened detail of the
facts and circumstances attending the murder of
Mr. Watson, as they appeared on the trial of
Hayes and Ryan, and also stated briefly the evidence to
be produced implicating Crowe in the transaction. The
prisoner, it appeared, was tenant to Mr. Arthur, to whom
the late Mr. Watson was agent, and it would be proved that
some cattle belonging to the prisoner having been distrained
and sold by Mr. Watson, the prisoner and others said that
perhaps the set would 1p a dear one to him (Mr. Watson),
and that before long hi would pay for the cattle. It would
ales be proved that between that time and the day of the
murder several interviews took place between the pri-
soner and those who were the priacipals in the perpe-
tration of the murder, namely, the two Ryans—
William Ryan (Puck), and Patrick Ryan (Small).
Perhaps the prisoner thought that because he was not pre.
sent at the murder, and had not been one of the perpetrators
of it, he was safe en the consequences of his offence. He
(the Attorney-General) was very much mistaken if the jury
would 'not be convinced that the very precautions taken by
the prisoner to conceal his knowledge of, or connivance at,
the offence, would tell strongly against him. He went to
Mr. Arthur's house about the tune of the murder, in order
that it could be proved that he was not present at the mur-
der ; but it would be proved that the Hyena slept in his
house on the night before the commissioa of the offence. He
did not sleep there himself that night, having stopped in
Hindu, where he had a public-house ; but it would be
shown that he was at his house at Kneckadareen, a mile and
a half from the scene of the murder, on the morning
of the day on which it was perpetrated, and that
he was present when the arms were loaded for
the purpose of committing the murder. Mr. Watson
did not meet his death from the discharge of fire arms, but
by desperate wounds inflicted on his head with these
weapons ; and it would be shown that the gun, the stock of
which was broken on the unfortunate gentleman's head,
and put of which was left on the spot, belonged to James
Kelly, the prisoner's servant, who is charged with the same
offence, and who slept in the house with the Ryans the
night before the murder.
The witnesses examined on the trial of Ryan and Hayes
for the murder, were severally produced and examined, at
the same length, and as to the same circumstances, as on the
previous occasion.
Up to post-hoar no witnessed had been procured to prove
the consplracy.

DEATH OF THE EARL OF POWIS,
The decease of this nobleman, which we yesterday
announced, was the result of a melancholy accident, which
occurred some days since, whilst his lordship was shooting in
the neighbourhood of Powis Castle, accompanied by his sons,
Lord Clive, the Hon. Robert Herbert, and the Hon.
W. H. Herbert. A pheasant having suddenly risen,
Mr. Robert Herbert fired, and the contents of the gun
unfortunately struck the earl (whe was standing on an emi-
nence a few yards off), and lodged in his thigh. His lord-
ship reeled and fell. Assistance however being close at
hand, the earl was immediately conveyed to the
castle, where medical gentlemen were promptly in attend-
ance, and most of the shots were immediately extracted.
His lordship continued to progress as favourably as could be
expected for several days under the treatment of Dr. Cle-
ments, of Shrewsbury. On Wednesday last then oble pa-
tient had to undergo further operations to remove the shots
which remained unextracted. He passed a favourable night
on Thursday, and was considered doing well on the following
morning. In the course of the day, however, the symptoms
and appearances became alarming, and Sir Benjamin Brodie
was sent for. He arrived on Saturday night, but the united
skill of that eminent surgeon and the family medical at-
tendants failed, The affected parts became seriously in-
flamed, and, mortification haring ensued, the Earl elpired
at twenty minutes past four, a.m., in the full consciouWfts of
the change which awaited him. Edward Hcrb-rt, Earl
of Pawls, was Viscount Clive of Ludlow, Baron Herbert of
Chorbury, Baron Clive of Walcot, both in the county of
Salop, and p
eerageos of Fortis Castle, county of Mont-
gomery, in the pe of the United Kingdom. He was
lord lieutenant of Montgomeryshire, and Knight of the
Garter. His lordship, who was the second Earl of Powis, was
grandson of the celebrated Lord Clive, Baron of noisy, in the
county of Clare, who formerly entered into the civil service
of the East India Company, subsequently adopted the mili-
tary profession, and acquired station, fame, and fortune, by
his gallant achievements as a military commander in India;
and, having attained the rank of major-general for his ser-
vices, was elevated to the peerage of Ireland on the 13th of
March, 1752, and was made a Knight of the Bath in 1760.
His lordship's father, the second Lord Clive, was created
Baron Clive, of Walcot, in 1794. In 1781 his lordship mar-
ried the sister and heir of the last Earl Powis, and was ele-