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LIVERPOOL MURDERS.

In our yesterday's edition we gave, by electric tele-
graph, the verdict of Guilty in this case. In passing
sentence of death,
His LORDSHIP addressed the prisoner thus :—John
Gleeson Wilson, you have been tried, and you have
had a very patient and attentive and calm trial. The
facts have been brought forward, and have been given
in evidence in a manner which is very rarely the case
—that everything in connexion being so clearly
traced as it has been on this occasion, no man living
who has heard this trial can have the slightest doubt
that those unfortunate persons fell by your hands.
You have been tried for the murder of Mary Parr, and
it is quite clear you killed not only her, but Mrs.
Hinrichson, and her two unoffending children. There
is no doubt about it. Nobody can have the slightest
doubt who heard the evidence. _ . _

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The prisoner here began to be very much excited,
and interrupted his Lordship. When silence was
restored,
His Loixosim. continued—You had better not
conduct yourself in the way in which you were
just now doing, but attend to what I say. Your days
are numbered ; there is no hope for you of mercy at
all on this side of the grave. You must suffer the
extreme penalty of the law for the very sad and
atrocious offence which you have committed. You
have sent four persons out of the world, all of a
sudden ; two of them grown up persons, with all their
gun, if they had any, upon their heady, and two of
them little innocents, hardly old enough—one of them
certainly not old enough—to have committed a sin.
It is for you now to apply yourself, for the short re-
maining period of your life, with all such assistance as
I am sure will he most kindly given to you in the
gaol by the chaplain, to prepare yourself to meet your
God. (The prisoner again became restive, and seemed
desirous of speaking, but was restrained.) Ido not
pretend to say you may not have mercy. I cannot
look at your heart, nor can I tell whether there will
be sincere repentance there at all, or whether you will
appeal to Him for pardon through the merits of the
Saviour or not. I can only earnestly implore you to
do so, for there is no possibility, as far as I can see,
that your life can be spared. If such an offence as
this were not to be punished with the extreme severity
of the law, there would be no security whatever for
the lives of her Majesty's subjects. And the laws of
this land have distinctly provided that persons who are
guilty of murder shall be punished, and it is not in the
power of the judge, who, after all, is but the instrument
of the law—it is not in my power to hold out to you any
possibility of your not suffering that extreme punish-
ment; and, therefore, I once more earnestly exhort
you that you will employ the only few remaining
weeks, or days of your life in seeking for that pardon
at the hands of the Almighty which human laws
cannot afford you. It only remains that I shall pass
on you the awful sentence of the law, which is that
you be taken from hence to the place from whence
you came, and that you be there hanged by the neck
until
you are dead, and that your body be buried
within the precincts of the prison; and I pray God to
have mercy on your soul.
The prisoner, in a loud and confident tone, ex-
claimed, " He has mercy already, my Lord."
He was then removed from the bar. A rush was
then made from the crowded court, and the result of
the trial was made known outside the court, where
animmense concourse of people congregated. When
it was known that sentence of death had been recorded
against Wilson, a loud shout rent the air, and must
have grated harshly on the ears of the convict as he
passed through the dock. The court was deserted
in a few minutes, and as Mr. Justice Patteson got
into his carriage and was driven to his lodgings be was
loudly cheered by those who had assembled outside
the court.
I The trial terminated at nine o'clock.

A E.
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&veld," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely
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mere EpLemaral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
if who owes his present existence, health, and position to this oh-
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w0t..1 be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always
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PEACE CONGRESS AT PARIS.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 22. The first meeting of this
society took place to-day, in the Sine St. Cecile, Rue
de la Chaussee d'Antin. The salle where the meeting
took place is a large building, generally used as a music
hall, and capable of containing a very numerous
auditory. At one end was erected a raised
estrade, on which were to take their places
the chairman and principal members of the
English and French committees. At the other end was
a gallery of considerable extent, with seats placed over
each other, in a slanting position, so as to enable those
sitting behind to see just as well as those in front. The
hall was handso nely decorated along the sides with
faisseaux of tri-colored digs, tastefully intertwined with
those of Belgium, the Unite l States, and England, and
along the centre with large gilt chandeliers. The gal-
lery at the extreme end was decorated with draperies of
crimson cloth.
The whole of the large hall was completely filled at a
little after twelve o'clock. A considerable number of the
Society of Friends were to be seen scattered about
amongst the auditory. Some ladies of that persuasion
were also present, and as is usual, the number of females
present was greater than might have been expected.
The proceedings commenced by the secretaries of the
French, English, and American Peace Societies reading
out the names of the members of the committees of the
three bodies. According as any name was pronounced
of any person of mark, loud applause arose amongst the
persons in the hall below. Thus M. Victor Hugo's
name, those of Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Ewart, M.P.,
Mr. Hindley, M.P., Mr. Sturge, M. Frocisque Bavet,
representative of the people, M. Horace Say, M. Michel
Chevalier, Mr. Elihu Burritt, etc., were received with
the loudest acclamations.
The reading of the names having been concluded,
M. Victor lingo, representative of the 'people, came
forward and took the chair. The rien. aentleman was
received with loud applause. On his left was M.
Coquerel, representative of the people, a Protestant
clergyman, and on. the right M. Deguerry. cure of the
Madeleine. Allir moment's pease M. Victor Hugo
arose and delivered %hp folio wing.address:—
" Gentlemen,—Many of you have come from the most
remote quarters of the globe, your hearts full of religious
and holy thought. You number in your ranks, public
men, philosophers, ministers of religion, eminent writers,
and many of those public men who are the lights of their
nation. You have wished to date from Paris the decla-
rations of this assembly of convinced and serious minds,
who desire not only the welfare of one people, but also
that of all nations. You have corns to add to the prin-
ciples which at the present time influence statesmen,
governors, and legislators, a superior principle. You
have come to turn over, in some sort, the last and the
most august page of the gospel—that which enjoins peace
on the children of God; and in this city, which was hi-
therto only decreed the fraternity of citizens, you have
come to proclaim the fraternity of men. Gentlemen, we
bid you a hearty welcome. Gentlemen, is this re-
ligious thought of universal peace, of all nations bound
to one another by a social bond, that of the gospel ?
Is this idea capable of realisation? Many political men
reply, no. As for myself, I reply with you, without
hesitation, yes—(Loud applause)—and I shall try to
prove the truth of my statement immediately. But I go
further. I not only say that it is an object capable of
being realised, but that it is inevitable—all that can be
done is to hasten or retard its consummation. The law
of the world is not, and cannot be, distinct from the law
of God. But the law of God is not war, but peace. Men
begin with struggles, just as creation commenced by
chaos. Whence do they come? Evidently from war.
Whither are they going? To peace. When you affirm
these lofty truths, it is quite chain that your affirmation
meets with negation, that your faith meets with incredu-
lity, that, in this hour of our troubles and of our conamo-
tions, the idea of universal peace surprises and alarms
every one as being the apparition of something impos-
sible and ideal. It is quite possible that our views will
be called Utopian; and, as far as concerns myself, a
humble and obscure labourer in the great work of the
nineteenth century, I accept this opposition without be.
ing either astonished or discouraged by it. Is it possible
for you to prevent people turning aside their heads
and closing their dazzled eyes, when, in the midst of the
thick darkness which still surrounds us, you suddenly
open the radiant gate of the future? If any one, gen-
tlemen, four centuries ago, during the time when com-
mune waged war against commune, town against town,
and province against province—if any one had said to
Lorraine, to Picardy, to Normandy, to Brittany, to
Auvergne, to Provence, to Dauphiny, to Burgundy, a
day will come when you will no longer make war, when
men will no longer bear arms one against the other,
when it will no longer be said, " The Normans have at-
tacked Picardy," or " The men of Lorraine have beaten
the Burgundians," you would still have many differ-
ences to arrange, many interests to discuss, many
disputes to settle; but do you know what you will
put in the place of armed men` of infantry and cavalry,
of cannon and falconets, of lances, pikes, and swords?
You will put in the place of all these a little wooden
box, which you will call the balloting-box, and
from that box will proceed an assembly in which
you will feel that you all live, which will act as a
soul to all of you, a sovereign and popular council
which will decide, will judge, will settle all questions,
which will make the sword fall from the hands of all,
and justice rise in every heart—which will say to each
man, " Here ends thy right, there begins thy duty ; lay
down your arms, live in peace." And on that day you
will feel that you have common thougits, common inte-
rests, a common destiny. You will emirate one another,
you will recognise one another as children of the same
blood and of the same race. On that ray you will cease
to be hostile tribes—you will be a people, you will no
longer be Burgundy, Provence, Normsndy, Britanny—
you will be France. Appeals will no Langer be made to
war but to civilizatiou.—(Loud applause,) If, at the
period I allude to, such words had been uttered, all men
of serious character and all great politicians of that day
would have exclaimed—What a dreamer I what igno-
rance of the human heart ! what folly I Time, how-
ever, has gone on, and this dream, this folly, has been
realised. Well, you say at the present day, and I join
with you in saying it, all of us here present speak
to France, to England, to Prussia, to Austria,
to Spain, to Italy, to Russia, and say—" A
day will come when arms will fall from your
hands, when war will appear as absurd, and will be
as impossible between Paris and London, between
Vienna and Turin, or between St. Petersburgh and Ber-
lin, as it would now appear absurd between Rouen and
Amiens, or between Boston and Philadelphia. A day
will come when France, Russia, Italy, England, Ger-
many, all the nations of the continent, without losing
your disiingui,hed characteristics and your glorious
identity, will be merged into a superior unity, and shall
form an European paternity, just as Normandy, Brit-
tany, Burgundy, Lorraine, Alsace hale been blended
into France. The day will come when the only battle-
field shall be the market open to commerce and to the
new ideas of the mind. A day will come when bullets
and shells will be replaced by votes, by universal suf-
frage, and by the arbitration of a great sovereign senate,
which shall be to Europe what the Parliament is to Eng-
land, or the Diet to Germany, or the Legislative As-
sembly to France.—(Loud applause.) The time will
come when a cannon will be exhibited as an old instru-
ment of torture, and wonder expressed how such a
thing could have been used. A day, I say, will come
when the United States of America and the United
States of Europe will be seen extending to each other
the hand of fellowship across the ocean, and when
we shall have the happiness of seeing everywhere
arising the majestic radiation of universal concord.
Subject worthy of meditation 1 It is our precautions
against war which have brought about revolution—all
has been done, all extended against an imaginary danger.
Misery, the real danger, has thus been aggravated.
Nevertheless, gentlemen, let us not despair; on the con-
trary, let ,13 hope more tlosu evci let us only regard our
epoch in its proper light. After all it is a prodigious and
admirable epoch, and the nineteenth century will consti-
tute the most important page of history. One kind of
progress brings on another—the fall of national animo-
sities, the obliteration of frontiers from the map and of
prejudices from the heart, a tendency to unity and the
level of education, the predominance of the most literary
languages—all move at the same time, and converge to
the same end, the creation of well-being and goodwill,
extinction of misery at home and of war abroad.—(Ap •
plause.) Yes, the era of revolutions is drawing to a close,
and that of improvements is beginning. The improve-
ment of nations leavesits violent form, and takes a peace-
able one. The time is come when Providence will sub-
stitute for the disorderly action of agitators the religious
and calm action of peace-makers.--(Loud applause.)
Henceforward this will be the object of true politics—the
recognition of all nationalities, the restoration of the his-
torical unity of the people, the connexion of this country
p
with civilization by means of peace, the incessant enlarge-
ment of the civilized world, the giving of a good example
to nations that are still barbarians, the substitution of
arbitration for battles, and, to crown the whole, the
utterance by justice of the last word which this ancient
world uttered by force. Gentlemen, I say in conclusion
—and let this thought encourage us--it is not to-day that
the human race is traversing this providential road.
In our old Europe, England has taken the first step,
and has said to the people, " You are free." France
has taken the second step, and said to the people, " You
aro sovereign." Now, let us take the third step; and let
France, England, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Europe,
and America all unite in saying to the people, " You
are brethren."
Immense applause followed this address : the cheers
were repeated over and over again, and at last three
hurrah were given in the English fashion.
M. Coquerel than rose and read the conditions and
regulations of the meeting, which run thus:—
" 1. The committee shall be composed of the presi-
dent, vice-presidents, and secretaries, of the Congress,
with power to add to their number.
" 2. The secretaries to propose the business for each
day, to receive communications relative to the business
of the Congress, to keep full minutes of its proceedings
in French and English, and to have the care of all docu-
ments properly belonging to it.
" 3. Every proposition which either one or more mem-
bers of the Congress wish to bring before it, must in
the first instance be submitted in writing to the com-
mittee, who are empowered to decide upon its relevancy,
and to fix the time when it may be brought on.
" 4. The members of the Congress who wish to speak

nn any proposition before the chair, must send up their
names to the president to be inscribed on his list, and
will be heard in the order in which they stand on such list.
" 5. No speaker will be allowed more than fifteen
minutes, except by special leave of the Congress; when
that period is passed, the president will intimate the same
to the speaker.

" 6. No speaker will be allowed to speak more than
once on any proposition, unless in the way of explana-
tion. The opener of the discussion will, however, have
the right of reply.
" 7. The object of the Congress being ono of general
and permanent interest, no speaker can be allowed to
make any direct allusion to the political events of the
day, or to discuss any questions of local interest. In
case of any infraction of this rule, the speaker will be
called to order, and should he persist, the president will
withlraw from him the right to speak.
" 8. At the close of each session, the committee will
meet fo'r consultation on all matters that may require
their attention.

"9. The resolutions proposed for the adoption of the
Congresi shall be decided by a majority of votes.
" 10. The resolutions adopted shall be signed by the
president and the secretaries of the Congress.
" 11. The several resolutions adopted shall form the
basis of an address or addresses that may be agreed to
by the Congress; such address or addresses to be
signed, on behalf of the Congress, by the president, vice-
presidents, and secretaries.
" Note. The members of the Congress are respectfully
and urgently requested to be in their places at the com-
mencement of the proceedings of each session; and in
case any question on a point of order should arise dur-
ing the proceedings, to keep perfect silence, leaving it to
the president and committee to take the necessary steps
for disposing the same."
The CIIAIRMAN—I proceed to put these resolutions to
the vote. Whoever is opposed to them can express his
opinion.—(No, no, we all agree to them). The regula-
tions are agreed to. -
- M. GARNIER then read the following letter from the
Archbishop of Paris:— •

"Paris, August 17, 1849.
" To the Members of the Congress of Universal Peace.
" Gentlemen—l have been profoundly touched by the
visits which Messrs. De la Rochefoucauld Liancourt,
Victor Hugo, Coquerel, and Elihu Burritt were good
enough to pay me, and by the letter you have just written
to me to offor me the Presidency of the Congress of
Universal Peace.

" This, gentlemen, is an honour the full value of which
I feel, and for which I should never be able adequately
to express my gratitude.
"I think with you, gentlemen, that war is a remnant
of ancient barbarism; that it is accordant with Chris-
tianity to desire the disappearance of this formidable
scourge from the face of the earth, and to make strenu-
ous efforts to attain this noble and generous end.
"Perhaps, alas ! the time has not yet come when it
will be completely possible for the nations to enter upon
this path. Perhaps war will continue for many years to
be a cruel neoessity.
" But it is proper, it is praiseworthy, it is excellent to
labour to make the people understand that they, like in-
dividuals, ought to endeavour, with the least possible de-
lay, to terminate their differences by. pacific means, and
that humanity and civilization will have made immense
prog
fratricidal
torntdhaei
nte
day when an end shall have been put to
these
" I beg you, therefore, gentlemen, to inscribe my name
amongst the friends of the Congress of Peace, but it is
to me a source of deep regret that I cannot, on account
of my health, accept the honour, which you have so
generously offered me, of presiding over you.
"If my physician, who urges me to a journey to avoid
a dangerous state of health, would, nevertheless, consent
to let me put it off for some days, and if my neuralgic
pains are not too violent, it will afford me real pleasure to
be present at one of your sessions.
" Receive, gentlemen, together with the expression of
these sentiments, the assurance of my most distinguished
consideration.

" MAINE DOMINIQUE AUGUSTE,
" Archbishop of Paris."
A number of other letters were also read from per
sons of note, declaring their adhesion to the objects of
the meeting.
A gentleman here rose in the body of the meeting,
and expressed a wish to have the letter of the Arch-
bishop of Paris read in English, as it had been given to
the meeting in the orig4nal French.
Mr. COBDEN, M.P., then rose, and was received with
immense cheering. He declared that the request just
made appeared to them a reasonable one, and he would
himself read the letter of the Archbishop of Canter-
bury—(Tremendous laughter, which lasted some time)
—he meant the Archbishop of Paris.—(Renewed
laughter.) The Honourable Gentleman then read the
letter, of which the translation is given above, I have
now (continued the Honourable Gentleman) to propose
to the meeting that the Archbishop of Paris be nominated
an honorary vice-president of the society.—(Cheers.)
This proposition was carried by acclamation.
M. Visscirnus, who had been president of the Peace
Congress held some months back at Brussels, then rose
and read a report of the proceedings and results of the
sittings:then held. As :the Congress at Brussels took
place so recently, it is not necessary to go back on the
account given by the Hon. Gentleman, but the result of
the contest for certain prizes offered on that occasion by
the permanent Peace Congress is not without interest.
The Academy Royal of Brussels, being asked to decine
on the prizes, willingly acceded to the request. Two and
twenty papers were sent in previously to June 1,
1849, the oppointed time, and two afterwards, which
could not be admitted. The committee of the Academy
gave in their report on Aug. 6, and at great length analysed
the various papers. It stated that the members were
unanimous in according the prize of I,ooof. to the paper
which bore the following motto:—" C'est de la maniere
dont on s'y prend pour faire une chase que derive le succes
de renterprise que ron a faite." The sealed note which
accompanied this essay declared it to have been written
by M. Barra, advocate, residing at Mons, in Belgium.
The second place was assigned to an essay bearing the
motto, "Artnez vous les uns les autres ;" and the third to
No. 22, with the motto, " L'ideal n'est que la virile a dis-
tance." The Academy found that the first of these two
bad been written by M. Clochereux, law student at the
University of Lie4e, and the second by M. Monange,
attaché to the department of foreign affairs at Brussels.
Those results, it had been announced, would be pro-
claimed at the Paris Congress.
When the Honourable Gentleman had concluded,
The CHAIRMAN called on the three gentlemen named
above, and briefly informed them that their works having
been selected as the best on the subject proposed,
namely, the advantages of peace, he felt the greatest
satisfaction in being the organ of thus publicly presenting
them with the proposed prizes.
Mr. Barra then came forward, and was presented with
the prize. The others were absent.
The CHAIRMAN then announced that M. de la Roche-
foucauld Li.incourt, in the name of the Socie.6 de la
Morale Chretienne, proposed as a prize for next year a
sum of 500 f. for the best essay on the advantages of
peace, and another of 500 r. for the best collection of opi-
nions, from all authors, ancient and modern, sacred and
profane, showing that war is alike contrary to humanity
and morality. These prizes are altogether independent
of any which the Peace Society, properly so called, might
think fit to propose.
This announcement was received with loud applause.

The CHAIRMAN then said that, the preliminary busi-
ness having been disposed of, the resolutions would be
brought forward in order. He would now read the first
to the meeting:—" The recourse to arms being a custom
condemned by religion, morality, reason, and humanity,
it is the duty of all men, and a means of safety, to seek
out and adopt measures calculated to bring about the
abolition of war; and the friends of universal peace, as-
sembled in congress at Paris on the 22d, 23d, and 24th
of August, have issued ;the following resolutions:-
1. Peace alone being able to guarantee the moral and
physical interests of nations, it is the duty of all Go-
vernments to submit to arbitration the differences arising
amongst them, and to respect the decisions of the arbi-
trators whom they may have chosen."
M. BONNETIER read a paper in support of the re-
solution.

The SEURETARY then read a paper pointing out the
objects of international arbitration. War, it said, was
attended with a fearful magnitude. Appeals, it said,
had been made to the sword by all nations, from the
earliest ages; the habit had originated in barbarism, and
had been continued through every stage of civilization.
The vast aggregate of the mischiefs produced by all the
earthquakes and other calamities was insignificant com-
pared with that produced by war, and the grand object
to be desired was, to find a means which might be re-
sorted to whenever differences should arise between
nations of a nature to endanger their friendly intercourse.
The principal proposed, of arbitration, is recognised in
modern jurisprudence, and recommended in the Scrip-
tures. Nations have not been found wanting to adopt
this principle. War is of modes the worst there can
be used in the settlement of disputes. How can a
question of right be decided by the employment of
brute force. The only question that war can solve is,
which is the strongest. With regard to difficulties
which might arise to the selection of arbitrators no-
thing could be more easily got over, fur the real interest
of such a course would point out those most proper to be
selected.

The Rev. Join BURNETT next rose, and was received
with loud applause. He commenced by expressing the
satisfaction ho felt at seeing so large an assembly before
him; it was a practical refutation of the assertion that
France and England were natural enemies.—(Loud
applause.) Re maintained that they ought rather to be
considered natural friends.—(Cheers.) Why should they
be otherwise? Why should any one have his next-door
neighbour his enemy? No one would do so unless be
was a fool.—(Laughter.) For his part, he rejoifcreiel,n
see his smoothfaced friends and his beardedore
theyd
mixing amicably together.—(Laughter.) The
d In
be their
so mixed together the better decidedly would evoaudvocates of
views. But it was asked, what were
peace to do? Were they to take
.I,,voa.yttairemy s from others
were against
and keep them for themselves?
the use of arms in any n
case. and his friends were
altogether against war in any shape—with fists as much
as with firearms, swords, or other murderous weapons.
What, than, did the society propose to do? It proposed
to have all disputes settled by arbitration. They (lid
nut, in making this proposition, intend asking the belli-
gerent parties to submit their disputes to persons of an

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unfriendly character—to persons naturally opposed to
I them. Na; but t 3 well-instructed arbitrators—to persons
whose knowledge of the subjects under dispute would
only be surpassed by their de.ire to settle matters turd-
' cal-tly—(llcar, hear.) But look at wars in general; did
they always terminate according to the justice of the
cause involved? Did not the skill of the captains, and the
strength of the troops, and even the force, and speed of
the force, do more in deciding warlike affairs than the
justice of the cause for which the contest was entered
on ? How often did not it come to pass that the con-
querors were in the wrong ? How often had not
England been beaten when she was in the right. and
have the best of it when she was certainly wrong? It
was, consequently, logical to suppose that arbitration
would he a fairer mode of deciding differences than any
recourse to arms. But let it not be supposed that
arbitration was a novel mode of deciding matters in
dispute. All nations had made use of it in their time,
and even the most barbarous thought of war only when
amicable means had failed. What were the decisions of
the courts of law but methods of arbitration ? He
maintained that by such a plan as arbitration men's in-
terests, their treasures, and their blood could most surely
be saved. There were certainly in this matter of sub-
jecting differences to arbitration some delicate questions.
Many persons were of opinion that peace ought to be
followed in every possible case, yet they did not like to
place themselves forward as the opponents of war in
every imaginable case. For his part, he went the full
length of the doctrines of the Peace Society. He con-
sidered that no one ought to fight, even if sure of con-
quest; ought not to support war, however just might be
their cause. Many persons did not go that length, but
conceived that by allowing public opinion to work, in the
end ideas of peace would gain ground, and they would
be spared the necessity of setting themselves forward as
the ultra-support( rs of peace in every case. He believed
that if men of information in Belgium, France, the United
States, and England joined together firmly, to carry out
the principles of the Peace Society, the result would net
long be doubtful. The Rev. Gentleman dwelt on
this point for some time, and went on to say that Eng-
land had shown the greatest readiness to participate in
this great work, and he entertained the mostfervent hopes
that other nations would join with equal readiness in the
pleasing task. He rejoiced to see the numerous assem-
blage of Frenchmen now present, and he much re-
gretted his inability to address them in their native lan-
guage. The ornaments of the salle also gave him great
pleasure, for he there saw the flags of England together,
not arrayed in hostile array against each other, but en-
twined together in token of peace, and as ornaments to
a room in which the inhabitants of the respective coun•
tries were assembled to devise and propagate the means
of promoting universal peace amongst them. The time
would come when nations would only be regarded as
great in proportion to their advancement in the arts of
peace and in civilization.—(Loud applause.)
The sitting was then susp,nded for about ten minutes,
to allow the air in the hall to be changed.
M. DE GITERALT next addressed the meeting. He
alluded at some length to the miseries which had fol-
lowed the appeals to war among nations for the settle-
ment of their differences, and then proceeded to point out
the advantages which would result from the adoption of
the principles put forth by the present Congress. War
was, he said, now being carried out, but it was no longer
for the purposes of conquest; it was for the restoration
of nationality. No Government could now have an
idea of encroaching on the rights and liberties of the
people. But here a question, he said, arose. Out of the
five great powers of Europe, there were three who pro-
fessed the doctrine that the people belonged to the Go-
vernments—a doctrine contrary to that which was now
professed by France. There were thus, he said, two
principles paced in presence, and it was necessary that
one must overpower the other. The Honourable Gen-
tleman then made the following proposition—" That the
Congress of Peace would lay down as a principle the na-
tionality of people, and proposed that Governments
should maintain it by force, ;for it is impossible to re-
main is a state of vain neutrality and sterile counsels."
M. FREUX observed that he was apprehensive that
the proceedings of the society were not sufficiently prac-
tical. On that account he had proposed a series of reso-
lutions to amend that defect. The Hon. Gentleman then
read the resolutions, declaring that a Universal Peace
Congress should be formed, to meet every year,;the
central committee for the ensuiug year being appointed
at the end of the sittings; that every country should be
included in the Congress, and that the members should
bind themselves to forward the objects of the Peace So-
ciety aslia-nuch as they possibly could; that a universal
language should be decided on, as an important means
of forwarding the principles of peace; and that a sub-
scription of five cents. per week should be paid to defray
expenses.
The CHAIRMAN said that the propositions should be
taken into consideration by the committee, who would
decide if they were of a nature to be discussed. Notice
should be given to the Honourable Gentlemen of the de-
cision come to.

The Rev. Mr. MALIAN, of the state of Ohio, next ad-
dressed the meeting, dwelling on the necessity of choos
ing as arbitrators men actuated by ideas of justice and
benevolence. He should therefore propose that all
points in dispute should be referred to one great peace
committee or congress, chosen by universal suffrage,
which should, independently of the executive power,
decide all questions in a manner most in accordance with
justice and benevolence.

M. JEAN JoUIiNET, in a wild strain, addressed the
meeting in favour of a vast system of arbitration, of
which God should be the head, and democratic princi-
ples the foundation.—(This speaker was frequently re-
called to the question by the chairman.)
M. VINCENT wished to call the attention of the
Congress to the necessity of avoiding at present all dis-
cussion on matters of detail: such matters could be
better entered on in a smaller meeting. lie de-
sired, however, to answer the doubt which had
been expressed of arbitration not being a practical
matter, He would ask if it was not arbitra-
tion which eventually decided all questions in dispute ?
Battles might be fought and enemies conquered, bat in
the end the articles of peace were of necessity settled by
diplomatic means. What he desired to see was arbitra-
tion before hostilities, in place of after. The Hon.
Gentleman then went on to declare that there was no
question which was gaining ground so rapidly in the
public mind as that of the necessity and advantages of
peace. How could it be otherwise when such men as
Richard Cobden—(Cheers)—and so many eminent
members of the Legislative Assembly were engaged in
advocating such principles? lie then spoke strongly
against the evils of war, and concluded by recommend-
ing the Congress to avoid all subjects of detail, and to
refuse to discuss any resolutions which could in any way
offend the public feeling of the people of Paris.
[Cries here arose for Mr. Cobden, which being per-
sisted in]
The CHAIRMAN declared that after the next speaker
the meeting would come to a vote on the first resolu-
tion. The next day Mr. Cobden, M. Emile de Girardin,
M. Bastiat, and others, would speak.
M. GUYARD then read a speech in favour of the re-
solution.

The CHAIRMAN—Mr. Cobden wishes to make a simple
observation.—(Great marks of curiosity.)
Mr. COBDEN, M.P., then came forward, and was re-
ceived with immense cheering. He said, in French,
that he wished to make a single remark on the objectionhadad-
dressed
.
of Mr. Mahan, the American gentleman, who
dressed the a ,sembly. He should, otthe
however, reply t n
English, as he was most anxious that
say.AmericansTheion,
t should hear what be had
Gentlemanpren
then went on to say, in English, that the
objection made by Mr. Mahan to arbitration was on ac-
count of the difficulty of the details, but that ho was of
opinion that a great arbitration society, as it were,
should be formed beforehand, to decide whatever ques-
tions of dispute might arise—the Hon. Gentleman did
not object to arbitration itself, he fully admitted that it
was preferable to war. No objection to arbitration in the
abstract was therefore made by the Hon. Gentleman.
Now he (Mr. Cobden) was of opinion that it would be
better not to have an arbitration congress or society
formed beforehand. It would be better, he thought, that
the occasion should be waited for, so that if a dispute
arose on a point of military etiquette it might be a ge-
neral or admiral selected, and if a commercial matter a
merchant. For his part, he saw no difficulty whatever
in arbitration, and he was anxious to give this short re-
ply to his American friend, that when the report of the
proccedings were published it might not be thought that
any want of respect was offered to the objection which
had been brought forward.—(Hear, hear.)
Some disappointment seemed to prevail amongst the
French at the unimpassioned delivery of Mr. Cobden.
The first resolution was then voted unanimously, and
the meeting separated.

TIIE BANK FORGERIES AT MANCHESTER.—On
Tuesday last we stated that two men named Robinson
and Macaulay had been charged at the Manchester__an.
Borough Court with a series of forgeries on the
the
prisoners and Liverpool District Bank. Yesterday Or,
prisoners were again examined; but the only additional
evidence adduced was that of a Mr. Hunt,
bank, who spoke confidently to Macaulay beingcassl.ierto
the
e
person who tendered, on the 27th of Ju
awn by Messrs .
chequesn
y,aa
or
375/. 10s., purporting to be drawn when the cheque
and Simpson, and which Mr. Simpson,pronounced to be a forgery. Several
was sh,,wn to him,
papers have also been discovered in the
which will
after-
in Liverpool,
Robinson and Afaaulay.
wards be brought in evidence against them. At present
a further remand has been ordered until next Thursday.
Turn, By A PRIZE FIGIITER.—At the Middlesex
yesterday David Hayes, a person of some cele-
bSreisitys°: apugilist, was indicted for stealing two pounds
of cigars, the prop: rty of Isaac Solomon. The prose
cuter deposed that he kept a coffee and cigar shop in
King-street, Covent garden. About one o'clock on Mon-
day morning last the prisoner and another man entered
his shop, and whilst his back was turned they made off
with two bundles of cigars. Would swear to the pri-
soner. The prisoner said they had got the wrong man.
Ile was in bed at the time stated, and his mother could
prove it; but having been committed on the previous
evening, he had not had an opportunity to send for her.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and Mr. Witham
sentenced him to three months hard labour.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.--Traffic for
the week ending August 19, 1849:—Coaching traffic,
2,3241. 103. 10d.; parcels, &c., 56/. Ils. 4d.; goods,
cattle, 2401. 7s. 33.; steam-boats, 2581. 11s. 6d.—
Total 2,880/. 04. lid

THE BERMONDSEY MURDER.
Maria "gentling is on her way to town, having left
Edinburgh in the cus•o,ly of Superinteodent tlioxes,
by the 11 30 AM. Caledonian mail train. She will
therefore arrive at Euston•sq wire this morning at a
quarter to five o'clock, and will 'ae conveyed at once
to the Police-station in Gardener s- lane, hi i.ee-etreet,
Westminster. Thence during the day she
will be
brought up for examination at the Southwark Police-
court ; but the evidence in support of the charge
against her will not be gone into further than to
justify a remand. The Commissioners of Police are
naturally anxious that, when the case is fairly gone
into, the woman and her husdand should confront
each other in the dock, and they have, we hear, every
reason to believe that their desire in this respect will
he gratified by the speedy capture of Manning.
Langley, one of the detective force, to whom the
person of Manning is very well known, left town
yesterday upon his track, and will, it is confidently
expected, soon give an account of him. In the
meantime the adjourned inquest will be resumed this
day at eleven o'clock, before Mr. Carter, at the Lea.
ther Market Tavern, Bermondsey. The public in •
terest has for the last few days been diverted from the
immediate neighbourhood of the murder to the parti-
culars connected with the flight of the accused parties
and the apprehension of one of them. The great
ingenuity displayed by the police in tracting one at
least of the fugitives ; the large and successful use
made by them of the electric telegraph, and the re-
markable and almost providential circumstances
which led to the discovery of the dead body, Lave
naturally excited much admiration. With respect to
the two first-mentioned subjects, great praise is due
to Inspector Ha'nes, of the detective force, who has
very skilfully guided the pursuit. On the last point,
viz., the discovery of the body, the facts are so
striking as to deserve a more special and detailed
narrative than has hitherto appeared of them.
The back kitchen where the body was buried
was the apartment generally used by Mrs. Manning
for cooking operations. Here she received the
officers on the Monday afternoon, shortly before
she determined on absconding. The appearance of
the room at that time was remarkably clean and
neat, and it was observed by Barnes that the flag-
stones with which it was paved had been recently
and very carefully rubbed over with hearthstone,
giving the floor a very white appearance. When
.Barnes again visited the house on the Friday after
it had been deserted, he remarked that the mortar
or cement between the interstices of two of
the stones had a brighter appearance than in the
others. This induced him to pull out of his pocket a
clasp-knife, on opening which and testing with it the
consistency of the cement, he found it very soft. He
was naturally surprised at this circumstance, hut, as
he could observe no irregularity in the mode of laying
the stone in question, he was at a loss to account for
it. He next tried the cement between other stones,
and found it firm and hard. This strengthened his
suspicions, and he at once removed two stones mea-
suring together about five feet. Beneath these stones
he found a bed of mortar carefully spread over the
whole space. This satisfied Barnes that they could
not have been laid by a workman, as masons only
place mortar round the edges of the stones. He found
the earth beneath the layer of mortar very loose, and
on scraping it up to the depth of about two inches he
discovered a stocking. lie then dug down a little
lower, still using his fingers only; and when he had
reached the depth of about six inches, after a layer of
lime, his hand came into contact with the toe
of the
murdered man. The position of the body, with the
head downwards and the feet tied to the haunches,
will explain this.
Immense crowds surrounded the house in Minvcr-
place for the first day or two after the murder, but the
attraction there has now almost ceased, for yesterday
scarcely anybody was to be seen, with the exception
of a stray idler or two occasionally. The back kit-
chen where the victim was buried has now been tho-
roughly put to rights, and the house has been well
cleaned. The landlord (Mr. Coleman) determined
not to satisfy the morbid curiosity of the thousands
who wished to look over the house, and it has there-
fore very properly been kept closed. It is about to
be temporarily occupied by a workman of the land-
lord, and will not be let again for the present. The
writer had yesterday some converation with a baker
residing its the street, who had been in the habit of
supplying Mrs. Manning with bread. The woman,
it appears, was in the frequent habit of coming to his
shop, and was very fond of gossipping. It has been
stated that she speaks broken English, but this is not
the case, as she converses in that language with great
ease and fluency. glie was often talking of her
connexions at the West-end, and frequently men-
tioned the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Blan-
tyre. It is somewhat strange that she was known
to the tradesmen in the neighbourhood, not as Mrs.
Manning but as Mrs. Howard, and until very lately
there was a small plate on the door with the name of
Jervis upon it. This plate, it seems, was removed
only just before Manning and his wife de-
camped. A young man is said to have boarded and
lodged with them for some time. What has become
of him is not known. Mrs. Manning is said to have
claimed some relationship with Courvoisier, who, it
will be recollected, was said to be connected with a
family named Deroux. No great secret appears to
have been made of their intention to leave the neigh-
bourhood, as the man had offered his furniture to a
Mr. Nock, a grocer and cheesemonger in Weston-
street, saying he wished to get rid of it at once.
Manning seems to have made himself known to most
of the tradesmen about, as several of them in 'Wes-
ton-street state that his person is quite familiar to
them. His wife, however, was most frequently seen.
The deceased, Patrick O'Connor, was known to
boast among those connected with his department at
the Customs of his great command of money. A.
gentleman in the Customs, who frequently had busi-
ness with him, had heard him speak about it. It
was also pretty notorious that the deceased was con-
nected with a bad set. On one occasion O'Connor
declared to one of his companions that he made a
good deal of money, but that " a lady had the best part
of it." O'Connor's landlady is said to have had her
misgivings about some of the companions who were in
the habit of coming to the house, or of corresponding
with him, and when he was first missed expressed
her fears that something fatal had happened to him.
Her conjectures have been verified in a very appalling
manner; but while the unparalleled atrocity of the
crime remains unquestioned, there is little doubt that
the world has little to regret in the loss of Patrick
O'Connor. His life appears to have been divided
between the indulgence of the most sordid avarice
and the most depraved licentiousness. For instance,
a case was heard before Mr. Broderip, at the Thames
Police-court, about three years ago, which shows the
singular worthlessness of his character. He on that
occasion charged a man named Michael Lee with
obtaining money from him by threats. Lee's state-
ment was, that he had given O'Connor 51. to procure
employment for him in the docks, but that the em-
ployment had not been got, and O'Connor would not
return the money. Finding how matters stood, he
threatened to expose him unless the Si. was forth•
coming. O'Connor cunningly pretended that he had
not the money with him then, but promised to pay
him the same evening if he called at his lodgings. At
the hour appointed he had a constable stationed in the
adjoining room, and when Lee threatened to expose him
if the .5/. was not returned, he was immediately
marched off to the station house. The evidence of
the threat was conclusive, and poor Lee received
twelve months' imprisonment, while O'Connor, who
had been suspended from his situation at the Custom•
house on a charge of similar malpractices in other
cases, was held to have re-established his character,
and was reinstated accordingly.
The box left at the Folkestone station, with the
name of Manning upon it, turns out, upon examina-
tion, riot to belong to the suspected murderer.
The register-book of the marriages of the parish of
St. James, Westminster, shows that the marriage of
the guilty parties was by licence, and that
durchis
lhat it toti,
k
place on the 27th of May last, at the parish c
Manning being described as a railway clerk, an
wife (then Maria Deroux) as daughter o f David
Deroux,ter being
postmaster.theß
ey Ti.i n Geneva;
Beain es, the t hec officiatingcurate
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and itnhi•
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attesting witnesses, Jean Etienne Beauvais
Louisa Salanson.

On Wednesday morning Maria Rew, cr Man-
ning, whot
the‘v bar of
as apprehended oithbepreviousdaN', was
placed a
the Edinburgh 8h Policy-court,
according formoc dock
observed
witha firm,
in all
unfaltering such cases.
She v,
step, and, during the whole time she was at the bar,
,at tlhe into usual
the d
her countenance did not betoken the slightest symp-
tom of agitation or alarm. Ever since her apprehen-
sion, indeed, she has conducted herself in a manner
Bich shows that she is determined to brave all con-
sequences, and not to give the slightest hint or indi-
cation that may, at a future period, tell against herself
or alleged husband and confederate in the murder.
She was very neatly dressed, and, from her easy and
graceful manners, she is evidently a person who has
mixed a good deal in society. She is not, however,
by any means what may be styled beautiful, as some
of the papers have asserted.
Mr. Moxey read the charge against her, wiindch
in the shape of a petition at his own instance, al wss
as follows:

"'[lie petition of Richard John Moxey, superin-
tendent of police, and procurator-fiscal of court for
the public interest, humbly showeth, that your peti-
tioner has been credibly informed that Maria Roux,
or Reu, or Rieux, or Manning, at present in custody,
has been guilty, actor, or act in part, of the crime of
murder, as also of the crime of theft, in so far as upon
the 9th day of August, 1849, cr about that time, the
said accused did, within the house situated in
Minver place, New Weston street, parish of Ber-
mondsey, in or near London, then occupied by
Frederick George Manning, wickedly and feloniously
attack and assault Patrick O'Connor, residing in