The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-18 00:00:00

BELGIUM

A few days ago a body of between 400 and 500 Belgian
workmen, who had gone from France, passed the frontier
at Rousbrugghe. They were unarmed, but the authori-
ties sent some forces in that direction. They adopted,
however, measures to conciliate the respect due to unfor-
tunate countrymen with the precautions required for ge-
neral security.

SPAIN.— Accounts from Madrid, -dated the 6th, an.
nounce the arrival there of the Duke and Duchess of
Montpensier. Their Royal Highnesses experienced a very
flattering reception from the populace. They were met
at the barrier by the queen and queen mother, and pro-
ceeded to the palace,
.where they remain till the departure
of the court for Aramuez. Madrid papers of the 7th inst.
mention tumults at Barcelona, which had, however, been
suppressed, and come of the ringleaders shot. Olozago,
on his way to Cadiz, had esmped from theofticers'ir, whose
custody he had been placed. On the night of the 9th inst.,
Madrid was thrown into some alarm, in consequence of
shots being tired by sentinels on groups of individuals wbo
did not return siitiQfaetory replies to their challenges.
One man was killed, and a woman was wounded.
PORTVGAL.—Aceounts which have been received from
Lisbon to the Ist instant, announce the composition of a
new ministry, SS follows :—The Duke of Saliianha, presi-
dent of the council ; Senhor Gongv. de Castro, foreign
§l5llll Nalt9r boo juts.tie. i Et alloy Falcao,

finance; Baron de Francos, war; Baron de Ourem, ma-
rine. The first act of the new ministry was to issue a de-
cree announcing that the Cortes should remain open to
the 2d of June.

Liszt, the celebrated pianist, has gone to Hungary, his
native country, where he has been not only elected as one
of the members of the Legislative Assembly, but ap-
pointed, one of the vice-presidents.
The Austrian Government has forbidden the exporta-
tion of gold or silver till the end of June.
A number of coloured persons, both free and slave,
were arrested in New Orleans on the Sth ult., for the
crime of assembling to worship God ! A New Orleans
paper mentions, as an evidence of their criminality, that
one of them had a bible and three prayer-books.

IRELAND

military officers in Dublin who may be seen to
heir barracks in plain clothes will be placed under

Mr. Mitchell, in addition to the prosecution for sedition,
has to meet a charge of Chief Justice Blackburne, arising
out of Mr. Mitchell's criticisms on the special commission.
A visit was paid to theetspeal meeting in Conciliation-
hall on Monday by Rear Admiral Sir Charles Napier,
now commanding a squadron on the Irish coast. Sir
Charles was introduced by Mr. Maurice O'Connell, and
remained some time as a curious listener.

The " Protestant National Repeal Association" seems
likely to drop still-born from the womb. There is a good
deal of hard puffing" on the part of the Repeal Jour-
nals, who are endeavouring to infuse into it some sem-
blance of animation, but it " makes no sign."
SLIGO ELECTION. —The nomination took place on
Friday week. The candidates were Mr. John Patrick
Somers, the unseated Conciliation-hall member, and
Charles Towneley, Esq., of Towneley-hall, Lancashire,
an English Roman Catholic, and a whig in politics. Mr.
Towneley was elected ; he is brother to John Towneley,
Esq., M.P., for Beverley; and brother-in-law to the Earl
of Sefton, and to C. P. Grenfell, Esq., M.P., for Preston.
A tenant-farmer, holding 200 acres of land in the
neighbourhood of Clogheen, has been sentenced by Ser-
geant Howley to three months' imprisonment, for having
arms in his possession without a license. On looking
over the informations, the learned Sergeant discovered
that the prisoner had " damned the Queen and the laws,"
&c., and this, no doubt, induced the learned judge to pass
so heavy a sentence.

Every one is aware of the fervour with which,' when
appended to an Advertisement, " None but a Protestant
need apply," is reprobated by our liberal commentators ;
yet we have looked in vain to their columns for any cer,•
sure of the recommendation in the Dublin Nation that
" the servants, the butlers, the coachmen, the footmen
and gardeners," in every house should be " organised"
against the families that feed them.

A cry is now being raised that the destruction of the
church would satisfy moderate repealers, and the cry has
been responded to by several not uninfluental whigs—
gentlemen who have ridden into lucrative places on the
strength of party agitation, and who can see nothing but
ruin in the prospect of a fusion of respectable men of all
shades of politics—a consummation which might be
achieved under such statesmanship as that which now
guides the councils of Dublin Castle.

The Lord Bishop of Killaloe (the Hon. and Right Rev.
Ludlow Tonson) has, by the demise of his brother, Lbrd
Riversdale, which event took place, a few days since, at
the family seat in the County of Cork, succeeded to the
title and estates. This amiable prelate, who is unmarried,
is the most eloquent pulpit orator in Ireland. Charity,
indeed, seems to have selected him as her advocate, as his
appeals in her behalf are irresistible.
COERCIVE MEASURES.—We ;lave heard that one of the
six acts passed in the year 1819, the period of the Man-
chester riots, against training, drilling, arming, and meet-
ings encouraging to such deeds, and which was heretofore
considered as only extending to England, has been found
to embrace Ireland also, and is likely to be enforced in
the course of the present week. The penalty attached to
a conviction under this act is two years' imprisonment, or
seven years' transportation. The act is the 60th Geo. 111.,
chap. I.—Dublin Herald.
MILITARY REPEALERS.—At Armagh two or three of
the 57th regiment, lately showed signs of at least very
questionable loyalty. One fellow in particular shouted
lustily for " Repeal," and was soon after sent to the
county gaol, and marched a prisoner from town next
morning. On Sunday week the Romanist soldiers at Clon-
mel attended mass at the chapel, when many of them
signed the petition for repeal, which was reported at head
quarters. At Ballinasloe six of the Scots Greys have been
placed under arrest for having hurrahed for repeal.
THE ORANGEMEN AND THE REBELS.—The revolu-
tionary agitators in Ireland have recently been making
overtures to the loyal Orange body to " fraternise" with
rebellion ; and on Thursday a formal address to them,
full of solicitations to that effect, was adopted by the
Committee of Trades. The Orangemen have lost no
time in vindicating their fidelity to the Queen and consti-
tution, and their reply is a prompt, bold, and decisive
refusal to co-operate, which no " pikeman or Thug" can
possibly misunderstand.
ANOTHER GROWL. FOR MONEY.—John Archbishop of
Tuam has addressed a letter to Lord John Russell, and
which, to say the least, f ully bears out this modest prelate's
reputation as a scold of the very highest order of merit.
He demands more money out of the Imperial Treasury,
pretty much after the fashion of the beggar in Gil Bias,
and is not ashamed to assert that the whole object of the
enactment of the Poor Law was to rid Ireland of the
Roman Catholic population. " His Grace" is, moreover,
particularly angry with the- recent declaration of confi-
dence in the government of Lord Clarendon, and inti-
mates that the total subversion of the established church
would be a step in the right direction.

A " PIKE " ESTABLISHMENT.—Curiosity led me to-
day to visit Hyland's pike manufactory in Charles-street,
within half pistol-shot of the Four Courts. Outside is a
sign-board with a pike painted thereon. Inside the pic-
ture, is realised, for I saw half- -dozen pikes spread forth
on the dingy counter, and two purchasers comparing the_
size, strength, and polish of the various blades. There
was no secret or mystery about the sale. Hyland vended
his wares openly, and boasts of the extent of his trade,
which keeps up five furnaces and twice the number of an-
vils—all busy with pikes. The night sales, I understand,
are considerable. The persons I saw purchasing were of
the better class, at least in appearance.—Dublin Corres-
pondent of the Daily News.
STATE Of THE PROVINCES.—The intelligence from the
provinces is, upon the whole, of a rather disagreeable
character. The arms' mania seems to be growing more
infectious, and the demand for pikes and rifles is particu-
larly brisk in the county of Limerick, the provincial head-
quarters of the Irish Confederates. In addition, there has
been in the same quarter a run made on the savings banks
on Monday, amounting to 14,000/., while notices have
been given for the withdrawal of double that sum. . " As
almost a necessary consequence of the run on the savings
bank," adds the Examiner, "a run of a more partial cha-
racter on the Provincial Bank has occured. The savings
bank pays depositors in notes of the Provincial Bank, and
when the sums are received most of the depositors repair
to the Provincial Bank, and demand, and of course are
paid, gold for the notes."
CHALKING DOORS.—Before the rebellion of '9B it was
the custom to put a mark on the doors of Protestants,
that the pike-men might know where their victims were
to he found. Here and there -the figure of a pike is
chalked on the doors in this city. On one of the
,quays a
few days ago, a maid-servant in the morning found the
door of the house she lived in thus distinguished, but she
rubbed off the chalk. On the following morning the
mark, we understand, was made with paint. The servant,
who is a Protestant, having occasion, in the course of the
day, to attend a place where some persons of the humbler
classes were assembled, one of them said to her, " There's
but three of you on the quay." " What do you mean ?"
inquired the girl. " Why but three Protestants," was
the answer, " and you'd better take care." We cannot
vouch for the truth of this, but we give it as we have
heard it. There are on the quay but three houses occu-
pied by Protestants, and the door of each has, we believe,
bean marked. Pikes are publicly inquired after by those
who can't afford a gun. Guns with bayonets ere in great
request.—Cork Constitution.
THE STATE TRIALS.—At the opening of the Easter
term, in Dublin, on Saturday, the traversers, Mr. W. S.
O'Brien, M.P., Mr. Thomas Francis Meagher, and Mr.
John Mitchell, entered the court shortly before twelve
o'clock. Justice Crampton took his seat at twelve, and,
the grand jury having been sworn, delivered his charge to
them at some length. After referring to the nature of
the evidence by which they would be guided in the con-
sideration of the bills about to be sent up to them, and
the nature of their jurisdiction as compared with a petty
jury, the learned Judge concluded by saying that the de-
termination of the guilt or innocence of the parties rested'
with the grand jury in the first instance, and if they were
satisfied that the writings and the speeches charged in the
indictment were written and spoken by the parties
charged, with the views and motives imputed to them,
were libellous and seditious in character, they would find
true bills: but if not satisfied iu that respect, they should
ignore them. When the learned Judge had concluded,
the bills were immediately handed up to the grand jury,
who, after about an hour's deliberation, returned with a
true bill against Mr. Mitchell, to whom a copy of the
indictment was handed. True bills were subsequently
found against Messrs. O'Brien and Meagher.
INSURANCE CASE.—At Cork Criminal Court, on Fri-
day, Hugh Kinnears was found guilty of a conspiracy,
with others to defraud the Britannia Insurance company.
The Judge, in passing sentence, said, " It appears that on
the 30th May, 1846, you joined with others in conspiring
to maintain an insurance in your favour for a sum of £492,
effected on the life of a person named John M'Mahon.
You have also been charged with carrying out that con-
spiracy by making false pretences to the agent of the com-
pany, and of that the jury have likewise found you guilty.
You have been charged with having in furtherance of
your object put forward these false pretences, with the
full knowledge of the falsehood of everything you had so
pretended. The jury, on all these propositions having
been placed before them, have without difficulty or hesi-
tation come to the conclusion that you were guilty upon
the general indictment. Under such circumstances, it
remains for me to pass upon you the sentence to which,
in my judgment, you ought to be subject. It appears
that upon the insurances so effected you received a sum of
£499. According to the verdict of the jury that sum has
got into your pocket unjustly, dishonestly and fraudu-
lently." The prisoner was sentenced to pay a fine to the
crown of £5OO, and to be imprisoned for six months, and
until the fine be paid.
REPEAL roe. laELANn..---We say again, in the name of
all that is crazy, let them have repeal. Let them try
their " Domestic Legislature " once again. Let them pay
for their own government. Let them pay their own in-
come-taxes. Let them pay their own assessed taxes.
Let them support, unassisted, their own officers of state—
their own share of the civil list expenditure—their own
prime minister—their own secretaries of state—their own ,
generals—their own admirals---their (Pith share of rbt army '

land navy—their own judges—their own colleges—their
own gentry—their own shopkeepers—their own navvies,
and—thew own poor. Let them pay their own debts.
Let them keep their own soup kitchens, and their own
meal depots. Let them make their own railroads. Let
them job their own jobs—in Church and in State. Let
them farm their own lands—with their own capital.
Let them (if they can) collect their own rates ; and (if
not) suffer, themselves alone, the consequence of their
own default. Let them have their own trade, their own
manufactures, their own commerce—and no more. And,
besides all this, let them make their own laws—and, when
made. obey them. When all this is done—then we too,
with them, shall see and believe in the feasibility of a
" Domestic Legislature "—but not till then.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.-Mr. Thomas Arkins presided
over a crowded assembly at the meeting of Old Ireland-
ers on Monday. A gentleman of grotesque appearance,
with hair dishevelled and other peculiarities of dress, or
rather undress, was recognised as Dr. O'Reilly, of Anna,
county Cavan, and, having handed in his subscription,
proceeded to deliver a rambling speech on a variety of
topics peculiarly interesting to himself, and which he
omits no opportunity of laying before the public. He
descanted on the military achievements of his ancestors—
their fidelity to the House of Stuart—his recent alliance
with an English Protestant lady, and other subjects, the
general importance of which the audience were stupid
enough not to recognise, and he at length desisted, in
obedience to a hint from Mr. M. J. O'Connell that
" their time was particularly precious just now." Mr.
M. J. O'Connell then proposed a resolution expressing
the association's disgust and indignation at the bill just
brought in by ministers for the protection of the crown
and government. He also moved that it be referred to a
committee to take the opinion of counsel on the conven-
tion act, in order that they might form the icational
Council of 300, meditated by O'Connell. The meeting
was warned against the Confederates. The rent was
announced to be £52 19s. 7d.

THE COLD WATER CURE.—At a repeal meeting in a
club-room, at Belfast, a few days since, a person named
Rea was recommending a general arming, and the pur-
chafe of rifles, when, lo I to his astonishment the hose of
a water-engine was directed to one of the open windows
overlooking the mob, and the water began to fall in tor-
rents on the unhappy auditors below. It being then quite
dark, the people did not observe whence the water came,
and could not tell what was the cause. The cheering,
which had hitherto been most vociferous, soon subsided,
and all the revolutionary, spark that had been burning in
their bosoms but a moment before now became entirely
extinguished ; and every individual in the square, leaving
the speaker in his glory, scampered off with the utmost
precipitation, but not until they were nearly all completely
drenched. The hose was then turned into the windows
in the club-room, where Mr. Rea still stood, magnani-
mously endeavouring to rally the auditory, but his efforts
were fruitless. The other members in the room took to
immediate flight, when the water came in upon them in
immeasurable quantities, and the rush to force open the
door and get down the stairs was tremendous. At this
period it was stated that a man was seen on the top of one
of the houses that overlooked the rooms with the hose in
his hand, directing the discharges, upon the people, and
some of the individuals in the room, whose curiosity
prompted them to examine for a moment, by going to the
front of the window, the supposed place whence the water
came, found to their cost that there was too much truth in
the statement. Several of the more courageous bolted
down stairs in a towering passion to get stones to dislodge
the house-top occupant, but just as they had opened the
door below a water-spout broke upon them, and they were
obliged to shut the door again in all haste. Some of the
more warlike in the house, in the height of their ardour,
made several fruitless inquiries for pistols or swords, or
any such available weapons, in order to punish the
offender. During all this time Mr. Rea remained at the
window, manfully and patriotically scorning to take refuge
by flight, though the water was playing upon him in the
most liberal manner. It is doing him but poor justice to
say that he never flinched one inch from his post during
all these trying circumstances. He at length, however,
became " teetotally " silent.