The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-16 00:00:00

DEATH OF POPE GREGORY XVI

It appears that his Holiness had been indisposed during
the last week of May, but that on the 28th and 29th of
that month he was deemed by his physicians perfectly re-
covered. His death was sudden, and may possibly give
rise to rumours such as followed the decease, similarly, of
several of his predecessors. In ordinary times, the de-
mise of a Pope would not occasion any sensation in the
political world, but such is not the case in the present in-
stance. Pope Gregory XVI. was more tolerant than most
others who had held the keys of St. Peter. He was fully
aware of a coming crisis in his States ; he foresaw, and
would by concession have obviated, the overwhelming
storm, that cannot otherwise be prevented bursting upon
Rome at least ; but he was overborne by the cardinals,
who to the repeated entreaties of France and Austria,
and it is said England, refused concurrence in even the
slightest amelioration of the civil and political condition
of the subjects of the Holy See. Whether the death of
Pope Gregory will produce immediate revolt or outbreak,
it is not possible to predict.
The member of the Sacred College most likely to suc-
ceed Pope Gregory XVI. is the Cardinal Franzoni, Pre-
fect of the Congregation of the Propaganda. He is, how-
ever, considered friendly towards the Jesuits, and will be,
of course, fiercely opposed by France—a rower which,
through its wily and talented representative at the Roman
Court, is alleged to be playing a game in Italy upon which
the other Governments of Europe, Great Britain included,
would do well to keep an eye. _

Cardinal Franzoni. was born at Genoa on the 10th of
December, 1775, and is, of course, in the 71st year of his
age. Cardinal Acton might not improbably be selected,
and would in that case be only the second Englishman
that has ever held the Papal dignity.
The Presse mentions having received a letter from Rome
of the 30th ult.. stating that " a surgical operation per-
formed on one of the Pope's legs produced a violent in-
flammation in the limb on the evening of the 26th ; it
made such progress during the following days, that on the
3Cth the physicians lost all hopes of saving the august pa-
tient. Gregory XVI. had long laboured under a chronic
affection in the legs, in consequence of his habit of re-
maining, during the greatest part of the day, seated at his
desk."

The French Minister of War has ordered that learning
to sing, on the Wilhelm system, shall be obligatory in all
the French infantry regiments.
Jenny Lind, the great Swedish songstress is engaged at
the Imperial theatre of St. Petersburg, at the rate of
£2,240 per month, exclusive of presents.
RoNGE.—The Spener Gazette states that John Ronge,
the celebrated reformer, has been acquitted by the tribu-
nal of Breslau. at the trial for the publication of the
work called " New" yet Old Enemies.
'I he Parisian Punch, Le Charivari, has been, by supe-
rior order, prohibited from being read in Vienna; all co-
pies destined for that capital being seized in the frontier
post-office.

THE SACRED COLLEGE OF ROME.—This body at pre-
sent consits of 60 cardinals-2 of the creation of Pius
VII., 7 of the creation of Leo XII., and 51 of the creati-
on of Gregory XVI. France at this moment has only
two Cardinali in the Sacred College, M M. de Bouald and
de la Tour d'Auvergne.

THE REGICIDE ITECOMTE.—The sentence of death pro-
nounced by the Court of Peers upon the regicide Lecomte
was carried into effect o❑ Monday morning, at a quarter
past five o'clock. The avenues leading to the Place de la
Barrier St. Jacques, upon which the scaffold had been
erected during the night, were occupied by a large force
of Municipal Guards, and very few spectators were per-
mitted to remain on the square. Lecomte arrived there
in a carriage, accompanied by his conies or the Abbe
Grivel, and having alighted, walked barefooted, and cov-
ered with a black veil, to the scaffold, the steps of which
he mounted with considerable firmness. The veil was
there removed from his head, and the sentence read to the
crowd. After a few instants' conversation with his con-
fessor, be embraced him, and with an air of resolution
delivered himself into the hands of the executioner. A
moment afterwards he had ceased to exist.

By the ship Achilles, arrived off Deal, on Thursday, we
have Port Philip papers of the 27th January. which is
about a week later than the dates via Sydney. The lauding
topic of interest in the colony was the question of sepa-
ration from the government of New South Wales, which
is warmly advocated by the local press. Desertions con-
tinued to take place from the detachment of the 56th
Regiment, sta, ioned at Melbourne, which is attributed to
the high price of labour, and the consequent disposition of
the settlers to conceal the men whom they find useful. It
does not appear that any of them had become bush
rangers, so that they must necessarily have found employ-
ment from the colonists in the frontier of the settlement.
The discipline of the regiment generally would, however,
appear to be defective. Some idea may be formed of the
progress of the colony from the number of animals slaugh-
tered within the police district of Melbourne during the
year 1815, .vhich amounted to 7,266 horned cattle, 32,435
sheep, and 1,413 pigs.

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Butter has fallen ss. per cwt. at Limerick since Wed-
nesday last. The price of the first quality is only 765.
Not long since the same article was lOUs.

Accirding to the unanimous opinion of the Irish press,
the crops of every description of produce in the sister
country are most luxuriant. The recent rains have been
of essential service.

CARLOW.—Mr. Banbury, late member for County
Carlow, is likely to be succeeded in the representation by
Captain M`Chintock, to whom Mr. Bunbury has left
£60,000. Mr. Bunbury has left £30,000 to the ganant
captain's brother. They are Mr. Btribury's nephews.
Mr. French, the stipendiary magistrate, whose co❑duct
in the affair of Sir Francis Hopkins and the convicted
Seery has formed the subject of the recent government
inquiry, has been reprimanded by the Lord Lieutenant,
and removed to another station.

The political supporters of Mr. Smith O'Brien met him
within a short distance of Limerick, on Thursday, when
he ascended a chair, splendidly decorated, drawn by six
horses, and proceeded through the principal streets of
that city. The corporation, in their robes of office, formed
part of the procession. In the evening the honourable
gentleman was entertained at a soiree, which was at-
tended by upwards of a thousand persons.
The Queen's Benoh of Dublin has made absolute the
rule for a criminal information against Mr. Jackson, an
attorney, for writing a letter to Mr. Butt, the barrister,
calculated to lead to a breach of the peace; but the court
intimated an opinion that Mr. Butt ought not to take any
further proceedings in the matter, as that gentleman had
made observations calculated to injure Mr. Jackson's
character, ag:tinst which no imputation could justly be
laid.

FACTION FIGHT.—We have to add a serious complaint
of the disgraceful interruption to business which took
place at Ballinrobe last fair day. Two factions, the Mal-
lays and Jenningses, renewed a former quarrel on this
day, and continued, with some intervals and in different
places, fighting from three o'clock until nine. The po-
lice were assaulted with stones, the shops closed, and two
companies of the 88th had to be called out to quell the
riot. The police succeeded in making 27 prisoners, who
are to be tried at the petty sesssions.7Mayo Paper.

MURDER IN TIPPERARY.— On Tuesday week, a man
named Grady, white returning from the fair of Car►ick,
handed some money to two men, named Walshe and
Whelan, to procure whiskey for the use of all. They
could not get any, whereupon Grady demanded the re-
storation of his money. A fight ensued, and Walshe and
Whelan beat him so severely that he died on Saturday.
A verdict of wilful murder was returned against these
men, who have absconded.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—At the weekly meeting on
Monday, the rent amounted to £l3 3s. from Liverpool.
The most important lecture of the day's proceedings ap-
peared to be the ejection of Mr. George Archdeacon, of
this town, for having, in a recent speech at Liverpool,
counselled physical force. Mr. Archdeacon denied that
he had done so, but a letter from Mr. O'Connell ad
dressed to the secretary, Mr. Ray, insi

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expelled from the association, and accordingly he was
expelled.
MURDER OF FOUR PERSONS BY POISON.—OD Satur-
day, an inquest was held at Kyle, county Wexford, on
the bodies of John, James, and Michael Cullen, who
died on Friday from the effects of arsenic administered in
stirabout, by their sister, Mary Cullen, who has con-
fessed her guilt. A poor travelling woman and her son
who happened to call at the cottage of the Cullens while
they were at breakfast were hospitably invited to partake
of the fatal repast, and she, poor creature, has also fallen
a victim. Her son (a lad), after suffering great torture, is
pronounced out of danger. At the inquest no suspicion
rested on Mary Cullen, who, according to the evidence,
eat of the poisoned stirabout herself, and suffered con-
siderably from it.
DOWNHILL BLAST.—On Saturday, Downhill, in the
neighbourhood of Coleraine, presented a very animated
scene. A rock, which obstructed the passage of the Lon-
donderry and Coleraine Railway, was to be removed by
the force of gunpowder. The rock was charged in two
different places with no less than 35 cwt. of powder. To
witness the explosion, seven steamers brought their crews,
passengers, and bands, from Londonderry, Portrush,
Belfast, and Liverpool. Crowds from the adjoining
country, covered the surrounding grounds and cliffs.
When the last of the signal guns was fired, and the last
signal flag lowered, Dr. M`Caldin, from his voltaic bat-
tery, stationed at the distance of 150 feet from the lodg-
ments of gunpowder, sent on the communicating wires
which joined the powder and the battery, the igniting
electrive spark, end quick as thought all was over.
SMITH O'BRIEN.—At the repeal association last week,
the secretary read two letters from W. S. O'Brien ; the
first accepting the invitation to a triumphal entry into
Dublin, and to a rational banquet, but suggesting a post-
ponement till after a return of the Irish members from
London; the second, graciously consenting to allow the
ass,ciation " to refund the fees paid by him" on his
" release from the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms," and
intimating, that if "the payment of those fees could have
been interpreted as an acknowledgment of the power of
the House of Commons to imprison him, he would never
have paid them, had he not found that they would be dis-
charged by others over whoe conduct he had no control."
The following passage exhibits the martyr's characteristic
modesty :—" Indeed, I doubt whether, under any circum-
stances, I should have been justified in depriving my con-
stituents of my services, whilst enabled to purchase my
liberty by the mere payment of a pecuniary ransom."—
The amount of the fees to be refolded is £4l 65. 3d,