The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-16 00:00:00

THE POPE IN PRISON.

MARSEILLES, MAY G.—l had hardly posted my letter
this morning when I was credibly informed of the follow-
ing startling intelligence—if any news now-a-days may
be so qualified. The Pope has been confined to prison
until he shall have consented to abdicate his temporal
principality. The Roman people are determined not to
forego their part in the Austrian war, and will take no
excuse to relinquish it that the Pope may adduce. They
told him—" Since your holiness feels embarrassed in the
exercise of your two-fold duties, as a spiritual prince and
a temporal, forego the latter, and we will elect a king who
shall act for us in temporal matters with freedom and
independanoe." His holiness hesitated to abdicate his
temporal Government, and was consequently put under
restraint in the Castle of St. Angelo. I cannot guarantee
the exactitude of this news, although it is credibly repor-
ted. Howevel ,as n'est que le premier pas qui co/ate—
the Civic Guard having occupied the gates of the city and
the people taken the law into their own hands, what is
reported to have followed is most probable. The position
of the Pope has caused profound interest, only equalled
by delight. It is seen that Pius IX., in reviving Guelph
against Ghibeline, has committed an anachronism in the
19th century, for which the penalty will be the loss of
sovereign power to the Pope, henceforth a simple bishop.
—Post.

It is confidently stated that a treaty, offensive and de-
fensive, has been entered into between the Emperor of
Austria and the Czar.

MILITARY INSURRECTION IN SPAIN.—A military in-
surrection took place at :Madrid on the 7th inst., at four
o'clock in the morning, which was suppressed after a san-
guinary conflict which lasted several hours. The number
of the dead was not known, but it was considerably
greater than in the insurrection of the 26th of March.
Among the killed was the Captain-General Fulgosio,
brother-in-law of Maria Christina. Thirty-four of the
prisoners taken—one half of them civilians, the other half
military men—were tried and sentenced to death by a
courts-martial, and were about to be shot when the post
left. It appears from subsequent athlices that only thir-
teen persons were shot—eight military and five civilians.
Eighty soldiers had been sentenced to imprisonment for
life. Some of the men who had deserted had surrendered
themselves.

THE DANISH DISPUTE.—The kingdom of Denmark
allows succession to the crown in the female line. The
present King of Denmark is also Duke of Schleswig and
Duke of Holstein. Of these he is reigning Duke, not
sovereign King. These Duchies do not _admit of suc-
cession in the female line. They claim male succession
alone; and they declare that when the male line is in-
terrupted in Denmark by the accession of a Queen, they
must look for a Duke in the next male heir. Just as when
William IV. died, in England, without male heirs,
England passed under female dominion ; but Hanover
was yielded to the nearest male inheritor and divided
from England. To this the King of Denmark accedes as
far as the Duchy of Holstein is concerned. lie acknow-
ledges that Duchy to belong to the German Confedera-
tion, and that it passes to the male heir. He contends,
however, that Schleswig is Danish, and as such adruite of
female inheritance. To this Schleswig and Holstein
reply—that is, the German faction in both Duchies make
answer—that whatever Schleswig may be, she is by her
constitution indissolubly united to Holstein ; that no se-
paration can take place ; and that when a Queen ascends
the throne of Denmark, Schleswig and Holstein cease to
be united with that country, and pass to the next male
heir who, being a German, will carry both Duchies into
the Germanic Confederation, of which even now they are
declared by Germany to be a part.
AUSTRIA.—DREADFUL MASSACRES.—A communica-
tion from Sclut Ilicklos, of the 27th April, contains fear-
ful accounts of the cruelties committed at Barote. The
Illyrians and Christians revolted the same day at Kirkin-
da. They repaired in great numbers to the district stadt-
houses, released 110 men under arrest, and then went to
the Roman Catholic cburch, where they pillaged and de-
stroyed everything. Thence they went to a former as-
sessor, who fled, and endeavoured to conceal himself with
property amounting to 6000 florius. He was discovered,
and though he offered to deliver up all that he bad if they
would spare his life, they cut off his head, stuck it on a
pole, and caused his dead body to he dragged through the
city fastened to a horse's tail. They then went to the
present assessor, and while he wrs attempting to effect
his escape they hot him dead upon the spot. Magazines
and houses were entered and plundered, - Everything was
destroyed. Beds and furniture were thrown into the
streets ; and the city treasury, together with the docu-
ments, were destroyed by fire. Fifty-one hussars, who
were in the stadt-haul, fired upon them, but they were
too few in number. The rebels were furnished with long
poles, to the ends of which scythes were attached, and
with these they attacked the military. The riding-master
had his arm cut off, and Lieut. Count Zichy had a scythe
run through his body, and two privates were killed and
many disarmed. The revolt commenced at Neusatz,
where the Hungarian flag was destroyed, and a red one
hoisted in its stead. Emissaries from Servia are said to
.have instigated the revolt.
UNUSUAL CONNECTIONS.—The quartering of Prussian
troops in Christianfield, a village of the peculiar sect of
Hernhutters, is described as having astonished the prim
and peaceful brotherhood not a little. But they made a
virtue of necessity, and did their best to lodge the men of
battle. General Wrangel and his staff took possession of
the meeting-house, the ground-floor of which forms the
the only inn of the place; the house of the " sisters," and
the " widow sisters," were appropriated to other depart-
ments of the administration. As the community is only
600 in number, on whom 1,400 men are billeted, both
brothers and sisters are thrown into affliction and diffi-
culties by the sudden pressure of numbers upon space.
But war respects no opinions, and takes no account of in-
conveniences ; so the eagles were lodged in the dovecot,
as much out of place as a pile of muskets in the midst of a
gathering of " Friends." The troops appear to have en-
joyed the contrasts of place and people amazingly. The
costume of the men was a perfect rebuke to the gaudy
display of military uniforms, which they regarded with
the wondering pity of a philosopher looking at the war-
paint of a savage. The peculiar head-dress of the women,
and the unmistakeable type "of countenance of all the
community, were equally matters of observation for their
guests, more especially the supernatural gravity of the
children, who are supposed to be some 40 years of age at
the day of their birth, and are never young at all. But
the brotherhood are prosperous and well to do, and for the
great essentials of " provant " and supplies there are much
worse quarters than a Hernhutter's

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.

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The confirmation of Dr. Graham as Bishop of Chester,
took place at St James's Church, Piccadilly, London, on
Saturday.
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The bishop of Manchester has announced that he is
averse to granting letters dimissory under any circum-
stances, and that he will require candidates fur orders in
his diocese to be ordained by himself.
The Rev. Richard Mitchell, B. D., public orator,
przelector in logic, and vice-principal of Magdalene Hall,
has been appointed by tae hebdomadal board of Oxford
university to preach the lecturefounded by Canon Bampton
for the year ensuing. Mr. Mitchell is a sound theologian
and free from the tractarian leaven. .

The Gazette of Tuesday contained an order in council,
ratifying a scheme of the ecclesiastical commissioners, for
compensating certain clergymen whose emoluments have
been diminished in consequence of the establishment, by
authority, of new parishes adjoining their incumbencies.
Among the rev. gentlemen so compensated are Mr. W.
Hutchinson, incumbent of All Saints, Newton Heath,
Lancashire, who accepts £l6, and Mr. J. Henderson,
incumbent of Colne, Whalley, Lancashire, who rcjoices
in the bonus of £24.

CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—On Tuesday morn-
ing the annual general meeting of the supporters of the
above society was held at Exeter-hall. Lord Ashley,
was in the chair ; and amongst the persons on the
platform were the Earl of Waldegrave, the Bishop of Nor-
wich, the Bishop of Manchester, the Rev. Hugh Stowell,
the Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel, and other friends of the
society. The chairman read letters from the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Bishop of Winchester, and the Bishop
of Ripon, expressing themselves favourable to the princi-
ples of clerical aid upon which the society was founded.
The receipts of the society amounted to £25,767 N. 6d.,
and the disbursements to the larger sum of X 29,537 14s. 3d.
The sum received from auxiliaries was £2,697. In May,
1845. there were 77 grants vacant out of 320, while there
were at present only 24 out of 360. The outlay had in-
creased in a corresponding degree, viz., by about £5,000.
The Bishop of Norwich moved, the Bishop of Manchester
seconded, and the Rev. J. Harding supported, aresolution
for the adoption of the report.
THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND THE REV. G. C. GOR-
HAM.—Five commissioners (W. W. Wingfield, chief
commissioner), appointed by the Bishop of Exeter, met
at Penzance on the 2nd inst. to inquire into a charge
against the Rev. G. C. Gorham, of having on several occa-
sions, and, on the 19th or 26th of July in particular, omit-
ted to read the Lord's Prayer in a part of the service
where it ought properly to be read. A witness named
William Addy deposed to the fact on one of those two
days, he was not quite sure which, and on several other
occasions generally. The general omission was also de-
posed to by another witness, who could not point to any
particular day. It was, however, distinctly shown in the
evidence of the Rev. H. Comyn, that on the 6th. 19th,
and 26th of July, Mr. Gorham was performing service for
him (Mr. Comyn) at Sancreed, at the times sworn to by
Eddy as those when he was omitting passages of the ser-
i ice in his own parish church. His evidence was on the
handwriting in the Sancreed register, but it was confirmed
by Mrs. Conlin and Miss H. Comyn, who saw the service
performed, Mr. Comyn being absent. Mr. Kitson, how
Ever, for the prosecution, urged that the general evidence
a 1 not been contradicted ; and the five commissioners,
after a lengthened absence, declared a prima facie case
against Mr. Gorham to have been established. The bishop
ens since, very wisely, abandoned further proceedings.

IRELAND.
The United Irishman newspaper is taken in and read
by the paupers of the Limerick workhouse !
The trial of Smith O'Brien was to commence yesterday
(Monday).
The " Protestant Repealers" have held their first
meeting, and a sorry affair it seems to have been.
Mr. Butt has been retained for the defence of Mr.
Smith O'Brien. So fur Mr. Mitchel perseveres in his
determination to conduct his own defence.

Extensive failures have taken place in the potatoe crop
in the West of Ireland, but as yet no failure has been as-
certained which cannot be traced to ignorance or mis-
management in committing the seed to the earth.
THE QUEEN v. MITCHELL.—The Court of Queen's
Bench, Dublin, has decided that Mr. Mitchel's plea of
abatement is bad, and he therefore has had to put in the
usual pleas to two indictments against him for sedition.
Mr. O'Brien has received a letter from the Chancellor,
informing the bon. member for Limerick that his Lord-
ship has felt constrained to remove his name from the roll
of magistrates.
A PRIEST DOING PENANCE.—Father Bermingham, of
Borrisokane, the author of the celebrated letter preaching
blood and slaughter, and who was very properly suspended
by his bishop, has mounted the stool of repentance, and
in abject communication addressed to the Evening Post,
the organ of the Irish Government, retracts his letter,
and deplores his having uttered sentiments " so much at
variance with the preaching of our Divine Redeemer and
his blessed Apostles."
THE EARL OF ENNISKILLEN.— In his capacity of
Grand Master of the Orangemen of the United Kingdom,
the Earl of Enniskillen has published a long and sensible
address to the Orangemen of Ireland, calling on them,
and upon all the Protestants ,of.lrelnnd, to " come for-
ward as one man, to pronounce one stern declaration from
every Protestant hearth and home, to assure her most
gracious majesty the Queen that they look upon the Act
of Union as indispensable to their existence as Protestants
and to the true welfare of Ireland:"

COURT AND FASHION.

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The Court remains at Buckingham Palace. On Thurs-
day her Majesty held, at St. J.‘mes's, the first drawing-
room of the season. It was most numerously and bril-
liantly attended, the Queen and the ladies wearing dresses
of British manufacture.
On Tuesday, her Majesty and:Prince Albert, accom-
panied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal,
visited the illustrious exiles at present residing at Clare-
mont, returning to dinner at Buckingham Palace.
The Queen, by her own all-commanding example, car-
ried into effect the object which she pressed upon the ob-
servance of others, for we observe it is stated that she
wore a petticoat of black crape of British manufacture,
trimmed with crape flounces and bugles. The train was
of black silk, also of British manufacture, and was trim
med with black crape and bugles. Again, we observe in
the notice of the dress worn by her Majesty's Royal Mo-
ther, the Duchess of Kent, it is said that the dress, trains,
and petticoat, were all of British maw lacture.
VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO IRELAND.—We are enabled
to state, on authority, that it is her Majesty's intention
to visit Ireland within two months of the present time,
and probably to remain a considerable .portion of the
autumn. Arrangements for the Queen's reception have
already been commenced.—Dublin Mail.--Llt is said that
her Majesty will proceed to the sister isle via Liverpool
and Birkenhead, whither the royal yachts will be ordered
to meet her, and it is her Majesty's intention to spend
eight or ten days in the Emerald Isle, proeeeding from
Dublin northward, when she will embark for the High-
lands of Scotland.]
BAPTISM OF THE INFANT PRINCESS.—The ceremony
of christening the infant princess was performed with great
pomp on Saturday evening, in the private chapel of Buck-
ingham Palace. The babe was christened by the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, and received the names of Louisa
Carolina Alberta; the sponsors being the Queen Dowager,
proxy for the reigning Duchess of Saxe Meiningen ; Prince
Albert, proxy for the Duke Gustavus of Meoklenburgh
Schwerin ; and the Duchess of Cam ridge, proxy for the
Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz. The
chapel was brilliantly illuminated, the communion service
and font were of gold, and the chapel and altar were
richly hung and covered with crimson velvet and gold.
The foreign ministers were present, the officers of state,
the heralds, the cabinet ministers, and others in rich uni-
forms. Her Majesty entered the chapel, leaning on the
arm of the Prince of Prussia, leading Prince Alfred, the
Prince of Prussia leading the Princess Alice by the hand.
The Prince of Wales and the-Princess Royal immediately
followed. Then came the Count of Syracuse and the
Duchess of Gloucester, the Grand Duke Bernard of Saxe
Weimar and the Duchess of Kent, Prince' Frederick
William of Hesse and the Princess Mary of Cambridge,
&c. Her Majesty wore the riband of the Order of
the Garter, with a magnificent George suspended, with a
superb suit of diamonds, necklace, and ear-rings. The
head-dress was a beautiful wreath of white accacias, as-
sisted with brilliants. The dress was white and silver.
and was an excellent specimen of the perfection of British
manufacture. It was ornamented with accacias. The
Prince of Wales was dressed in a very elegant light blue
velvet jacket, beautifully embroidered. Prince Alfred
wore a white tunic, embroidered with silver. Prince
Albert wore a field-marshal's uniform, with the ineignia
of the Orders of the Garter and the Golden Fleece in
brilliants. The robe of the infant Princess Louisa was of
Honiton lace. Her Majesty afterwards gave a grand
banquet in honour of the occasion, and a party in the
evening.
It is said that the Duke of Athol intends to visit St.
Petersburgh shortly, taking with him the pick of his
Highlanders.