The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-16 00:00:00

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SOUTH AMERICA.

By the Teviot, Captain Revett, which landed at South-
ampton on Saturday, intelligence is brought from South
America to the 21st ult. She brings £21,376 in specie;
diamonds of the value of £5,300 ; 50 barrels of tapioca,
115 barrels of arrow►oot, 5 serous of cochineal, and 70
packages of general merchandise. By advices from
the River Plate, we learn that an important battle
had been fought on the 3rd of February, between Menlo
and Passo del Rey, in which Rosas had sustained a corn-
plete defeat from the allied Brazilian and Oriental armies.
As many as 4,000 men were killed in the engagement ;
and the Holstein Cavalry in the Brazilian service is said
to have actually ridden over the boasted cavalry of the
dictator of the Argentine Republic. Rosas himself escaped
to her Majesty's ship Locust, disguised as a marine, from
which he was transferred to the Centaur, now at Buenos
His daughter escaped in the same way, disguised

Ayres.
as a s,

for boy. Her name is Mannelita. Urquiza's
army embraced 28,000 men, 5.000 horses, and 40 pieces of
artillery. The master of Her Majesty's ship Locust had
ridden out to see the fight ; and some Gauchos in retreat
took his horse from him. He was so badly wounded in
his attempts to resist, that he died shortly after.

FOREIGN MISCELLANEA.

A clause in.the will of the late King of Prussia has
come to light, forbidding the royal family to acquire any
possessions whatever in foreign countries ; this provision

aims at forcing the family of -Hohenzollern to link all the
interesta and stake its whole fate on the welfare of Prussia.
A Dums WEDDING.—A few days ago a man and
woman presented themselves at the altar of the church of
Reichenberg, in Bohemia, each of whom was deaf and
The bride, the daughter of a citizen, had become

.af and dumb institu-
been educated. The

tion at

Prague, w

marriage ceremony was performed in perfect silence.
The questions were handed to each, written on slips of
paper, and the answers were returned by nods or shakes
of the head.

NEGLECT OF THE DEAD.—It appears that although the
inual mortality of Paris amounts to 12,000 or 13,000 in

us rites performed over their tombs. To
supply a remedy to a state of things barely credible in a
Christian country, the Prefect of the Seine has just laid
municipal council a proposal to appoint to each

number,
had reli

more than one

before the

public cemetery two chaplains, whose special duty it shall
be to accompany the corpse of each poor person to its
grave, and perform over it the rites of the church.
. .

THE ENGLISH ABROAD.—The following is an extract
of a letter from a British resident at Leghorn :—" The

talking a

from the police every six months, and some every three
months, to remain here ; and every time the permission

d every

a family to have a separate one, which would come to be
a considerable tax. Their object is twofold—First, to
raise money to support the Austrians; and, second, to
have it in their power to send any away when their leave
is out."

The French Pays relates a fatal incident arising from
a morbid imagination. M. Karaits, a clever artist,
became most melancholy, all his ideas took a gloomy
turn, and some friends, with a view of laughing him
out of so grave a mood, took him, in a large party, to
Vincennes, where, after spending a day in the woods,
after returning to Paris,_and, on the pretence of a visit to

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monuments and tombs are made, and the first object
which met his eyes was a marble column, on which was
engraved in letters of geld the following inscription :
"A. Karaits, peintre de la nature, artiste plein de cceur
et de talent, excellent ami, homme obligeant et bon.
Mort a 37 ans." On reading this inscription M. Karaits
stood as if thunderstruck ; his features became convulsed,
and before any one could assist him, he fell dead on the
ground.
POPERY I

; ITALY.—Tt is perhaps necessary to travel
in Italy to verify the fact, that in no part of Catholic

Europe is there so little real Catholicism as in the Papal
States. But so it is. The Pope has far more moral in.
iluence over the Irish in London and Dublin than he
enjoys over his immediate subjects in Rome. In Rome,
and generally throughout the north c

f Italy, a disposition
to resist the intolerable usurpations of the priesthood is
universal—usurpations that would not exist for a moment
but for foreign influence. They are upheld solely by the
bayonets of the Austrians and French. This is an in-
tense political blunder. The would-be masters of Italy
make themselves doubly detested—detested not merely
as conquerors, but detested as the supporters of a system
of fraud and tyranny by which the country is becoming
emoralised. Religion

le and utter:

in the north of Italy is now only an affair of police,
Piedmont excepted. To neglect attendance at mass, or
to enter a Swiss Protestant place of worship, involves
arrest and imprisonment. All classes, including the most
educated, are subject ,to a re'aime of compulsory hypo-
crisy, which they feel not only as an oppression but as a
disgrace.—Correspondent of the _Daily News.

ROMANTIC INCIDENT.—:The Memorial Bordelais has
the following romantic story, which it guarantees to be

" Three years ago a garde mobile, after the break-
ing up of his corps, went to the south of France to seek
for employment. He, after a while, succeeded in getting
the place of clerk to a corn merchant at Bergerac, and
occupied it until the beginning .of February, when his
employer was obliged to discharge him. He, however,
gave him a recommendation for a M. X—, living near
Gradignan. The young man, whose name is Charles B—,
only discovered this gentleman with some difficulty,
owing to his leading a very retired life. When he had

communicated his letter, the gentleman, who is old and
wealthy, expressed his regret that he could not employ
him, as he was no longer in business ; but be promised
to use his influence in his behalf, and invited him to din-
ner. At table the young man amused his host by relating
his adventures, especially his exploits as a garde mobile
in the insurrection of 1848 at Paris. In the course of
conversation he stated that he was of illegitimate birth,
age, and that he was born in a
artment du Nord. This statement
---^ression on the old eentlp—

t he was 23 years o

and he questioned him a good deal about his ;other and
his early life. His replies seemed to interest him to an
extraordinary degree,_and when night came he made his

papers, and the young man produced with his passport,
litre!. &c., some letters written to his mother by her
seducer. On reading the latter the old gentleman rushed
into his arms and cried, ' Those letters are mine ! I was
the seducer of your mother, and you are my son !'
Since then the young man has remained with the gentle-
man, and is to become his heir."

RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE IN FRANCE.-M. Lenoir, a
Swiss minister of the Free Protestant Church of France,
undertook at the beginning of 1851. in compliance with
the wishes of the inhabitants of St.-Hilaire-Labreille,
Haute-Vienne, to preach in a barn in the village. The
prefect of the department having interdicted clubs and
public meetings, the deputy-mayor ordered M. Lenoir to
cease to preach. M. Lenoir refused, on the ground that
the meetings of his congregation, being for a purpose ex-
clusively religious, did not fall within the provisions of
the law on clubs. The sub- prefect of the district accord-
ingly interfered, and peremptorily ordered M. Lenoir to
put an end to his preaching; but still the rev. gentleman
refued to do so. After this refusal he preached on two
several occasions, but at length he was arrested. After
some weeks' delay he was tried by the Tribunal of Correc-
tional Police at Bellac, and the public prosecutor de-
manded that he should be condemned to 15 days' impri-
sonment, 100 f. fine, and the costs. But as it appeared
that M. Lenoir had not touched on political matters in his
sermons, that the meetings of his congregation had always
passed off with the greatest order, and that he had ful-
filled all the formalities set forth in the law before he be-
gan to preach, he was acquitted. The public prosecutor
appealed to the Court of Appeal at Limoges, and that
Court, though admitting that M. Lenoir's meetings had
been orderly, and his sermons non-political, decided that,
being a foreigner, he had not the right of convoking pub-
lic meetings like a Frenchman. It accordingly condemned
him to sf. fine. Mr. Lenoir appealed against the sen-
tence to the Court of Cessation. The Court, after hear-
ing arguments, quashed the judgment on the ground of
some technical informality, and ordered a new trial before
the Court of Riom. This new trial took place a few days
ago, and it ended in the complete acquittal of M. Lenoir.

IRELAND.

ARRIVAL OF THE LORD-LIEUTENANT.

His Excellency the Earl of Eglintoun arrived in Dublin
on Wednesday, to assume the high and honourable office
conferred on him by her most gracious Majesty. The
noble lord met with a reception which, take it in every
point of view, must be highly gratifying both to him and
to the Government with which he is connected. From
an early hour in the morning Kingstown presented a most
animated appearance; groups of people were to be seen
proceeding towards the jetty, the various ships in the
harbour hoisted their gayest colours, and the wea-
ther was beautifully fine. From 10 o'clock crowds conti-
nued to arrive in the half and quarter-hour trains ; and
by 12 o'clock those who had not been fortunate enough to
secure standing room on the pier or the railway platforms
were obliged to take up their position in places where
only a distant view of the expected landing could be hoped
for. At noon the 35th Regiment of Infantry arrived at
the jetty, to form his Excellency's guard of honour, and
formed a double line from the landing-place to the termi-
nus of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. At half-past
12 the Prince Arthur, which had their Excellencies on
board, was observed to be making towards the harbour in
gallant style. Flags were now to be seen waving in all
directions. The Eblana, Trafalgar, and Columbia stea-
mers, the revenue cutters, and several merchant ships,
were adorned from deck to topmast. The Railway Ter-
minus and the St. George and Royal Irish Yacht Clubs
sported banners innumerable, and union-jacks floated
from. the fronts of the hotels and various private resi-
dences. The Prince Arthur left Holyhead at a few mi-
nutes past 9, and rounded the pier at Kingstown at a
quarter before 1 o'clock precisely, amid a thunder of
heavy fire from all sides. The yachts paid the Viceroy and
his noble Countess the customary honours, and as the
steamer made its way towards the jetty the artillery fired
successively 21 guns. On the arrival at the pier of the
Viceregal party, a platform covered with scarlet cloth
was made to span the distance between the jetty and the
deck of the steamer. The Earl and Countess were on
deck from the time the Prince Arthur hove in sight, and
a truly Irish cheer greeted their Excellencies as soon as
they were recognised. His Lordship took off his hat in
acknowledment of the compliment, remaining uncovered
until after landing. Nothing could be moreelegantor grace-
ful than the manner in which the Countess expressed her
sense of the kindly and warm reception afforded to her and
hernobleconsort. When thelandingarrangements had been
completed, the directors of the Dublin and Kingstown
Railway proceeded to the steamer, and informed their
Excellencies that -there was a special train in readiness to
convey them to Dublin. The Lord-Lieutenant was attired
in a blue paletot, a blue satin scarf, &c., and wore a tre-
mendous bunch of shamrocks in the breast of his coat.
The Countess wore a magnificent Irish poplin, richly
flowered, a white gauze bonnet, and very rich black scarf.
When their Excellencies were leaving the steamer, the
band of the 35th struck up the National Anthem, the
military presented arms, hundreds of ladies waved their
handkerchiefs, the crowds cheered, and all united in
giving the new Viceroy and the Countess of Eglintoun a

hearty welcome. Arrived at the terminus, their Excel-
lencies, accompanied by their suite, took their seats in a
gorgeous carriage, built for the Queen, and in which her
Majesty travelled on the occasion of her visit to Ire-
land. The directors entered a carriage attached to
that in which the Viceregal party were seated, and, amid
a tremendous burst of cheering for the noble Earl and
Countess, the special train left Kingstown. Everywhere
along the tine crowds were in waiting to greet their Ex-
cellencies, and the greatest enthusiasm was displayed by
all assembled. The journey from station to station was
performed in nine minutes, and at five minutes past one
o'clock their Excellencies reached Westland-row. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, commandant of
the Dublin district, met the Lord-Lieutenant when the
train stopped, and shook him cordially by the band.
The Earl of Roden was also present, and paid his cordial
respects to his Excellency. Shortly after the arrival of
the train the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor (who, with the
aldermen and town-councillors, had come from the Man-
sion-house to receive the Lord-Lieutenant) came forward
to present the keys of the city to his Excellency. In
presenting the keys to the Lord-Lieutenant, the Lord
Mayor welcomed his Excellency to the city, and the Earl
of Eglintoun in very handsome terms expressed the plea-
, —.

sure he felt at his connexion with that country, and his
thanks for the warm reception he had met with at the
hands of the Irish public. The gates of the terminus
were then thrown open, and his Excellency, accompanied
by the Duke of Cambridge, proceeded to the street, and
mounted a beautiful thorough-bred horse, which his
grooms had in waiting for him. The Countess of Eglin-
toun, leaning on the arm of the Earl of Bective, followed,
and took her seat in a chariot drawn by four noble blood
horses. The Duke of Cambridge, who was attired in the
full dress uniform of a general officer, and wore a brilliant
star on his breast, took his place on horseback by the side
of the Lord-Lieutenant. Every window in Westland-
row was filled with elegantly-dressed ladies, and the most
' deafening cheering, with other manifestations of popular
Y favour, hailed their Excellencies a-

us the procession was
being formed. The procession left Westland-row at 20
minutes past one o'clock, marching to the stirring notes
of the National Anthem and other airs, performed by the
several military bands. It then proceeded through Lin-
coln-place, along Leinster-street, Nassau-street, Grafton-
street, College-green, Dame-street, and Cork-hill, to the
'Castle. Enthusiastic cheers broke out, ever and anon,
along the entire route from the dense masses who had
turned out to witness the display ; windows, balconies,
and roofs were put in requisition, many shops were shut,
flags waved from numerous eminences, and the whole line
presented a gay and spirited scene. Upon his arrival at
the Castle, the Earl of Eglintoun was received by the
Gentleman Usher, and conducted to the Presence Cham-
ber, where their Excellencies the Lords Justices received
his lordship, sitting covered under the canopy as Chief

Governors. The ceremony of swearing in completed, his
Excellency entered the Throne-room and held an undress
levee, which was very numerously attended.

" ROW

AT THE COLLEGE

As the procession was passing Trinity College, a large
assemblage of the students, who were collected within
the area and posted in every corner where footing could
be obtained,. enthusiastically welcomed the noble viceroy
to the seat of his government. One young gentleman,
who was lustily cheering from the gate-pillar, while tak-
ing off his cap with one hand to join in the general cheer-
ing, suffered an orange-coloured pocket-handkerchief to
depend from the lamp-rail which he held with the other
hand. This act, or rather accident, caught the eye of an
over-officious constable, who, snatching at it, gave it the
appearanca of treason to the "tender" feelings of the
mob who had congregated around, and thus by a con-
stable's hot-headedness, much confusion followed. Seve-
ral other students then " set up" the Kentish fire, and the
mob commenced hooting and pelting stones towards the
College. This so excited the remainder of the young
gentlemen who were present, that they rushed out through
the gates en masse, and compelled the disorderly fellows
to retreat. The news soon spread that the collegians were
attacked by the city mob, and that the police did not deal
justly with the former. This caused large bodies of
students to assemble, and a little after two o'clock they
marched, many hundred strong, through the midst of the
mob, several times round the statue of " Glorious Wil-
liam," pealing the Kentish fire. They were attacked
both by the police and mob, and returned the attack.

No serious injury, however, has been done, and the ex-
citement gradually subsided.

SWEARING IN OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR

On Wednesday, the Right Hon. Francis Blackburne,
late Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, was sworn
into office, as Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, before
the Right Hon. Maziere Brady, ex-Chancellor, at his
residence, Upper Pembroke-street.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE-BURNING OF THE
NEW TESTAMENT BY A MONK.

At the Mayo Assizes, the greatest excitement pre-
vailed to hear the following case, which mainly arose out
of the exertions of the Irish Church Mission Society in
spreading the Bible throughout the west of Ireland.

John St. John Bridgman, alias John St. John, alias
Brother John, a Franciscan monk, was indicted for that
he, on the 23rd day of November last, at Ballyovey,
did blasphemously burn and consume the Holy Scrip-
tures, to wit, the New Testament, and did then and there
utter the following blasphemous words :—" This is not
the Word of God, but the word of the devil, and the de-
vil's book—Luther's Bible, or your own heretic Bible."
The prisoner pleaded not guilty. He was defended by
Mr. Keogh, Q.C.

'Callaghan 2,lTartby examined.—ls a schoolmaster ;
recollects the 23d of November last; it was Sunday ; was
employed teaching a class at a National School at Cappa-
duff ; the Rev. Hamilton Townsend, John Sheridan, and
others were with him; in consequence of what he heard,
he left that house with Mr. Townsend and John Sheri-
dan about three o'clock; in the direction of his own
house met two !milks and some people. and one of the
monks was John St. John, the prisoner; prisoner went by
the name of " Brother John ;" he lived two miles from
witness's house ; saw the prisoner burning a book on the
battlements of the bridge; Mr. Townsend asked the pri-
soner was he burning the Word of God ? he answered,
" It was not the Word of God, but the word of the devil:
it was Luther's book—the devil's book, and your heretical
book." The prisoner held the hook in his hand at the
time, and it was on fire. He then gave it to another man,
who gave it to a third person, who threw it into a field,
and John Sheridan went into the &Id and brought it
back. The book was then handed to the witness. The
book was a copy of the New Testament, and appeared to
be two-thirds consumed.

John Sheridan examined.—Remembers the day of this
transaction. Was in company with the last witness, and
with the Rev. Mr. Townsend and others. Saw the pri-
soner there. The prisoner had a copy of the New Testa-
ment in his hand. He held it by the leaves over a small
fire on the battlements of the bridge. Mr. Townsend
asked him was he burning the Bible ? He said, "No ;
he was burning the devil's book, Luther's bible; our
damnable and heretical Bible ;" and, after burning a great
part of it, he handed it to another man standing near him,
who held it up and then give it to a third person, who
threw it into a field. Witness went after it, quenched it,
brought it home, and gave it to Mr. Townsend that night.

Rev. Hamilton Townsend examined.—ls rector of
Ballyovey. Remembers the 23d of November last. Saw
the prisoner that day at a small bridge on the Cappaduff
roid. He was holding a book in his hand, waving it.
Witness asked him if it was the Word of God he was
burning ? He said it was " the book of the devil, your
heretical Bible—Luther's book." He repeated these
words several times, and said he would burn an many as
he could lay hold of.
Mr. Keogh addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner.
The Learned Ju.4 e. in chargin4tla@ laryt said—l ern

anxious that this case should be confined within the limits
required by the law, and shall state to you what that law
is. It is for you to say whether those charges have been
proved or not, and whether you are satisfied that he said
he was not burning the Word of God, but the word of
the devil, and whether the words were applied to the au-
thorised version of the Holy Scriptures, and whether the
burning of that book is consistent with the reverence due
to that version of the Scriptures authorised by the law of
the land. In this case he is indicted for burning the au-
thorised version, but the offence is equally applicable to
any other version of the Scriptures, whether it be the
Douay Bible or the Rhemish Testament, and the words
used would be blasphemous against either version, spew-
ing a want of reverence for the Scriptures, because it is
not the version of the Scriptures which will warrant the
commission of such an offence. It is not because fallible
men cannot agree upon the translation of a portion of the
Scriptures that they are to be treated with this want of
reverence—that because it is not a particular translation
it shall be treated with such vilification. Is it to be held
that when the law of the land sanctions a certain version,
and calls it the authorised version, is it to be said that
any man, be his opinions what they may, shall•pour con-
tempt on it, and thus be guilty of a violation of the law ?
Is he to be at liberty to throw that book into the fire and
say that he shall vilify that book which the law has sanc-
tioned ? It has been said to you that this act must be
done with intent, and on that the law is clear—every man
is presumed to understand the consequences of his own
acts. If a man can throw a book into the fire, whether it
be a Douay Bible or the authorised version, and if you
believe that he did not intend any contempt, then you
should acquit him ; but if you believe that he did burn
the book and made use of the language, it will be your
duty to find him guilty.
The Jury retired, and after about half an hour's delibe-
ration returned a verdict of " Guilty."

Immediately on the Clerk of the Crown reading the
verdict, Mr. Blake, Q.C., said to his Lordship, that the
Crown did not wish to press for any punishment in this
case, the object of the prosecutors being to put a stop to
such acts.

The Learned Thron was very glad to hear counsel for
the Crown say's°, and trusted there would be no further
acts of this kind perpetrated, and, after a brief address to
the prisoner, concluded by pronouncing the following
sentence :

" To give bail, himself in £2O, and two sureties in £lO
each, to keep the peace and good behaviour to all her
Majesty's subjects for seven years, and to come up for
judgment when called upon, getting ten days' notice."

The Limerick Chronicle states that Earl Roden is to be
restored to the commission of the peace.
Mr. Alexander M'Carthy has been compelled by the
priests to retire from Cork.
Mr. John Kells Ingram, Fellow of Trinity College,
Dublin, has been elected to the professorship of oratory,
vacant by the promotion of the Rev. Dr. Macdonnell.
FREE TRADE.—Vessels laden with foreign bread stuffs

are again pouring into Queenstown, and -further heavy
arrivals are daily expected. Sunday 15 arrived : six with
wheat, five with maize, three with beans; and one with
linseed for cattle feeding.—Cork Constitution.

LORD DERBY AS AN IRISH LANDLORD.—The Earl
of Derby, who has an extensive estate in the county Tip-
perary. within an hour's drive of this city, is one of the
most liberal and considerate landlords in Ireland. All his
tenantry are happy, and no crime is perpetrated on his
possessions.—Limerick Chronicle.
DEATH OF SIR lIARCOURT LEES.—Protestantism has
lost one of its oldest and most ardent champions by the
death of the kindhearted Sir Harcourt Lees. The rev.
baronet expired on Sunday at Blackrock-house, at the
ripe age of 75 years. He is succeeded in his titles and
estates by his eldest son. Mr. John Lees, who married the
daughter of General Sir James Coldwell, K.C.8., of
Beechlands, Isle of Wight.

ASSAULT ON A HIGH•SHERIFF.—WiIIiam M. Fitz-
maurice, Esq., has been indicted, at Castlebar, for having
in that town assaulted D. Rutledge, Esq., high-sheriffof
the county of Mayo, with intent to provoke him to com-
mit a breach of the peace by fighting a duel, and also of a
common assault. The jury found Mr. Fitzmaurice guilty
on the second count, but could not agree on the first.
The traverser having made an apology, and Mr. Rutledge
stating that he had no vindictive feeling in the matter,
Mr. Fitzmaurice was sentenced to a month's imprisonment.

CRUSADE AGAINST THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH,:
The clergy of the diocese of Dr. M'Hale, assembled in
full conclave at Tuam have issued a series of resolutions,
fhe first and most audacious of which is the following :
" That the established church is such a monstrous nui-
sance in Ireland, amid a Catholic population, that no can-
didate offering himself for this county shall have any
chance of the votes of the Catholic clergy and people who
will not uniformly oppose every ministry that will not
consent to make the annihilation of this source of grievous
oppression a cabinet measure."
PROSECUTION OF THE "APPRENTICE BOYS OFDERRY."
—A second edition of the Derry Sentinel of Friday
announces that about half-past two o'clock this day the
grand jury came into court, and announced that no bills
had been found against James Gamble, Matthew Clarke,
Henry Presdee, John Magee, Robert Platt, and Jeremiah
Smith, charged with having, on the 18th of December, at
Londonderry, violated the Anti-Processions Act. This
announcement was hailed with loud cheers in the body of
the court. The demonstration was not checked by his
lordship, (Baron Pennefather,) and the cheering was
immediately taken up by those outside, and a prolonged
shout of acclamation announced the end of the second
recent attempt to persecute the loyal Apprentice Boys of
Derry. _

WITHDRAW AL OF LORD NAAS FROM KILDARE.-The
Duke of Leinster and the Defenders have triumphed.
Lord Naas, finding the confederacy of Maynooth (intro
muros et extra) irresistible, has been advised by his friends
not to persevere in a contest which might cause " strifz
and ill-will amongst his fellow-subjects ;" and he has
complied with their suggestion. In other circumstances,
we might have condemned the noble lord for giving up
the contest without testing the sincerity of those who had
promised him their support. But he forebore, through
a concern for the peace of the community, and'a
deration for the feelings of many who were forced to desert
him ; and we honour him both for his prudence and his
generosity. If the conscience of the Irish elector were
his own—if he were not coerced by a dread and mysterious
despotism to be false to his neighbour, as often as he is
told it is a religious duty to be so—Lord Naas would have
been returned by a very large majority. But the priests
publicly absolved his supporters, from their solemn pro-
mise, declaring it to be immoral, and a crime against God
to keep their word in such a case. This we know to be a
fact; and several of the wretched, servile creatures came
weeping (" crying Irish," as the old Chronicler says,) to
the noble lon., and saying—" What can we do ?" Mr.
Cogan then walks over the course, and will be introduced
to the Speaker next week, by his noble friend and col.
league the Marquis of Kildare, on one hand, and by Mr.
Reynolds on the other; unless that learned and "judi-
cious bottle-holder," her Majesty's ex-Attorney-General
for Ireland, should come at the inside of our city member,
and insist on the honour as his own.—Dub.EveningMail.

PROGRESS OF RIBBONISM.—The Belfast News Letter
gives an alarming statement of the progress of the Riband
conspiracy in the disturbed districts of Ulster :—" It
seems incredible, yet it is nevertheless true, that in that
district especially which has been made lamentably noto-
rious by the outrage upon Mr. Chambre, the leading gen-
try are obliged, for the protection of their lives, not only
to go out armed themselves, but to be accompanied by a
strongly-armed force of constabulary. Travel in what
direction you please along the roads in this district, or at
whatever hour, and you will be sure to meet these indi-
cations of a fearful struggle between civilisation and
savage barbarism. The Riband reign of terror is extend-
ing in every direction and penetrating every rank of
society. If a gentleman dismisses a servant on suspicion
of his being tainted with the Riband poison, forthwith
the master receives the notice' of the conspirators ; and,
if he refuses compliance with the demand therein con-
tained, lie is one of the proscribed, and literally may
' prepare his coffin.' This has already happened in some
instances, and may happen in many more ; for the truth
is, no servant in the neighbourhood can be trusted, unless
his attachment to the family has stood the test of long
trial and faithful service. We have heard of one gentle-
man in the district who has thrown up an agency, out of
which he derived a moderate income, under the influence
of the prevalent alarm. Not only those who are in any
way connected with the land, but those whose ordinary
commercial avocations one would suppose might exempt
them from alarm, feel themselves overawed and intimi-
dated, and it is manifest that the operations of trade are
daily suffering, and will be ultimately checked and de-
stroyed, unless the Government and the Legislature de-
vise 8 prompt and effectual remedy. There is no time to
be lost."

TIIE RE-ELECTIONS.

EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.—The election of
member to supply the vacancy in the representation of
the East Riding, occasioned by the acceptance of office
as one of the Lords of the Admiralty by the llon. Captain
A. Duncombe, took place on Tuesday, at Beverley. No
opposition whatever was offered to the re• election of the
hon. and gallant gentleman.
NORTHERN DIVISION OF ESSEX.—The Right Hon.
W. Beresford, the New Secretary at War, was on Tues-
day, at Braintree, re-elected one of the members for the
Northern Division of Essex.

DORSETSHIRE.—The seat for the county of Dorset,
vacated by Mr. Bankes's acceptance of the office of her
Majesty's Judge Advocate-General in the Administration
of the Earl of Derby, was on Tuesday, at Dorchester,
filled up by the re-election of that right hon. gentleman
without opposition.
DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.—On Tuesday Mr. Napier, Q.C.,
the Attorney-General for Ireland, was re-elected for
Dublin University without opposition.
ENNISKILLEN.—The polling commenced on Monday
morning, and at the close the numbers were—For Mr.
Whiteside, 81 ; for Mr. Collum, 71 : majority, 9. The
Sheriff then declared the Solicitor-General duly elected.
PORTARIANGTON.—On Monday Colonel Dunne was
re-elected for the borough of Portarlington without oppo-
sition. . .

OXFORDSHIRE. On Wednesday the Right Hon.
J. W. Henley, President of the Board of Trade, was re.
elected to serve in Parliament as member for the county
of Oxford. _ . . . _

LONDON EERRY ELECTION. On Saturday last Mr
Bateson was re-elected, without opposition. _

Christopher was 011 Saturday
re-elected member for the Northern Division of Lincoln-
shire. _ _

kILDARI3.-Mr. Cogan was elected member for the
Claude Hamilton WAS re.eleoted on
county,oordcr
yßci nNE Saturday..—Friday: withoAt apposition.

COURT AND FASHION.

A cabinet council was held on Saturday afternoons at
the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The ministers pre'
sent were :—The Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the
Earl of Lonsdale, the Msrquis of Salisbury, Mr. Bore'
tary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Sir J. Pakingtollf
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Northgun
berland, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, the Earl et
Hardwicke, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, and Lord Mit
Manners. The council sat two hours and a half.
The Countess of Derby will hold her first asserobli10
the official residence of the First Lord of the TreasurY, In
Downing-street, to-morrow (Wednesday). '
MEETING CV LIBERAL MEMBERS AT Lotto JO-
RossEces,—As many as 168 Whigs and Liberals Dann
tered on Thursday, at Lord John Russell's invitation, to
hear and accept his policy for the conduct of the °Wel-
tion. They were delighted to find that he intended ht:
mediate and decisive operations. 14he only law to u'
given is the Mutiny Act, and three months' supply.
at it, ye Coppocks in Pall-mall; ye Edwardses,
Blagges, in your respective boroughs j ye attorneft
town-clerks, and publican's ; get ready the sinews of War;
look to your standards and favours, and barrels of heel
to arms, to arms ; a dissolution in three weeks, and anew
parliament by Midsummer-day. Never was there such S
town and country row as we eze likely to have. We tract
the 168 gentlemen who met on Thursday, at Cheshaul'
place, have good balances at their bankers, for they
assuredly have need of them.—Times.
APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE
Marquis of Bath is said to be the accepted suitor for the
hand of the Lady Harriet Hamilton, eldest daughter et
the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn. The Viscount
Mandeville, eldest son of the Duke of Manchester, fen.%
derstood to be about to marry a German lady of high raw"
and large fortune.
It is stated that the health of the ex... Queen of ttit,
French has become much shaken, in consequeneeuf 11,1
recent trials ; and that her Majesty has expressed a'ig"
to see all her family assembled around her.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Thursday, at 1-fetlenr
Church, Bucks, by the Hon. and Rev. Llewellyn rrbl:,
rector of Whiston, Northamptonshire, (brother of tit
bride), Walter Caulfeild Pratt, Esq., late Captain of ,
es
M.'s 67th Foot, son of Colonel Pratt, of Cabra Cast
county Cavan, Ireland, to the Hon. Catherine Ceo'
Irby, youngest daughter of Lord Boston. The amie,a:
and lovely bride was attired in a dress of rich white alwri
with flounces of Irish point lace, veil to correspond, one
wreaths of the white rose and shamrock, with °rapt
flowers intermixed. The bride was attended by 5,,„'
bridesmaids, who were similarly attired in dresses of white
,
tarletane over white silk, with three pinked floulle7l
white polkas, and white drawn silk bonnets, ornamented
with a wreath of the green shamrock.
LADY JANE DALRYMPLE HAMILTON.—ThiS 164;
rs
whose death took place at Paris on Sunday week, was the
eldest daughter of the celebrated Admiral Lord DOn•
and sister of the Earl of Camperdown. In her youth sbe
was reckoned one of the most beautiful women of the del'
and attracted much admiration on that remarkable occei
sion when, hanging on the veteran arm of her stately 08,,
gallant fatner, she appeared in the Royal procession o'll;
went to St. Paul's after the battle of Camperdown Sloe
thanks for the great naval victories. She afterwards 01'1
ried Sir Hugh Dalrymple Hamilton, of Bargeny nll
North Berwick, in Scotland.
FATAL ACCPDENT TO 'A LADY OF TITLE.—On Friday'
about noon, an accident occurred to the lady of Sir B 1111;
Graham, of Esle, which unfortunately terminated fatal"'
Her ladyship was in the act of calling upon a friend,
re-
siding at Metropolitan-buildings, Old St. Pancras.roll
London, and having ascertained that her friend was !b:
he-
sent from home, she was retracing her steps down
stone staircase, when she missed her footing, and fell Ilrb
lently into the passage, her head coming in contact 4i,
the door of an apartment at the foot of the stairs. oie,
sengers were immediately sent to three medical genLr,
men, each of whom, it appeared, was out, and the un',.•
tunate lady was removed to the Free Hbspital, Graff,'
Inn-road, where the house-surgeon pronounced tharer
was extinct, her ladyship having dislocated her neck. Her
ladyship was thirty years of age, and at the occurrence
the accident was accompanied by her son, aged 7 Yearrl.,
FATAL ACCIDENT AT HAMPTON-COPTItT PALA...„C"'•d,
An inquest was held at Hampton-court Palace on Weaog
nesday, on the body of Miss Julia Gordon, a Yr).
lady, 15 years of age, one of the daughters of Lord fleriab
Gordon, residing in Hampton-court Palace, who met w!:0,
'
her death by the accidental burning of her night-dues,
It appeared by the evidence that the young lady in 'loe
tion was in the habit in the morning of sitting near a-
fire in the study, which was near her bed-room, With II
other clothes on than her night-dress, and that on .91,Tirs;
day morning the nurse was alarmed by perceiving 'rip
Julia Gordon running out of the study envelope
flames, with no other cavering but her night dress, er' ng
was partially burnt upwards. The screams of- the 9°_ubo.
lady attracted the attention of Lady Henry Gordon.'
rushed from her bedroom, and succeeded irtextingeisast.
the flames, but not without suffering severely ill the rot
tempt. The unfortunate young lady was so severely 1100,
that she lingered in great agony until 4 o'clock on 3'-tal
day morning, when she expired. Verdict, Accideu
death." We regret to hear that Lady Henry Gerdo let•
an invalid, and suffers severely from the effects-of
courageous exertions to save her child.