The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-14 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Paris letters, dated half-past 10 in the forenoon of Sun-
day, state that up to that moment the fete of the consti-
tution was proceeding without any indication that disorder
or disturbance would take place.
Tie weather was exceedingly cold, and the snow was
ng heavily.
A despatch from Tunis announced that there was the
occurrence of a serious misunderstanding between the
Bey and the Minister of the French Republic.
Pauperism has succeeded the state of siege in the French
capital. The number of persons fed at the public expense
is at this moment 260,000; it will be 300,000 before the
winter is over. Fifty per cent. has been added to the
municipal taxe3. _ _ _. • .. . .

The French bishops have placed the presidential election
under the special patronage of the Virgin. It will not be
surprising if the president proves a doll.
A fine instance of magnanimity liastecently been given
by the French republican government. From the statue
of Joan of Arc, in the palace of Versailles, the name of
the sculptor has been erased, because the artist happened
to be Marie, a princess of the fallen house of Orleans.
WOULD-BE PRESIDENTS.—There are at this moment
only four candidates in the field—General Cavaignac,
Louis Napoleon, Lamartine, and Ledru-Rollin ; and the
whole question of interest will turn upon whether Louis
Napoleon shall or shall not have the absolute majority of
two millions.
A French journal states that while Viscount Oliver
d'Archide, son-in-law of Marshal Gerard, who was shoot-
ing near Beaune, was giving some broth to his dogs, one
of them, in struggling to seize a morsel, touched the
trigger of his fowling-piece, which immediately exploded,
lodged a charge of shot in the viscount's head, and killed
him on the spot.
BLASPHEMY OF REPUBLICANISM.—At a Sunday ban-
quet in Paris of 800 persons, entitled "The Federation of
the People of Europe," a M. St. Just gave a very long
toast, which was frequently interrupted by loud applause.
and, at the end, was even encored. A portion only of the
toast we translate :—To all those whom history calls he-
roes l To Brutus, to Catalina, to Jesus Christ, to Julian
the Apostate, to Attila ; * * to Jean Jacques Rous-
seau, to his pupil, Maximilian Robespierre; to the demo-
cratic republicans of the present day, Louis Blanc, Ras-
pail, and Barbes ; to Ledru-Rollin, Proudhon, and Thore ;
to every Brutus of royalty, to every Gracchus of property;
to general association, to the universal federation of all
nations.

AHD-EL-KADER.— The arrival of Abd-el-Kader at
Bordeaux created a lively sensation in that city. He
alighted at the Hotel des Princes. The ex-Emir had
assigned to him the apartments on the first floor, which
were occupied by the son of the Viceroy of Egypt when
at Bordeaux. The females were lodged on the second
floor. They were soon after followed by their suite,
amounting to 47 persons. On Friday the Mayor and
Municipal Council visited the prisoner, being introduced
to him by Capt. Fournier, of the staff, who is appointed
by the Government to attend him during the whole of his
journey from Pau to Amboise. On Saturday evening
Abd-el-Kader was prevailed upon to go to the theatre,
and entered at nine o'clock, attended by Major-General
Ponsignon, the Prefect, and the Mayor, going first into
the Prefect's box, and afterwards into that of the Mayor.
He was received by the audience with every mark of re-
spect, which, in spite of his Oriental gravity, he evidently
showed afforded him great satisfaction. He did not re-
tire until the whole of the performances werg finished.

In New South Wales, there are now 53 tallow-boiling
houses, which last year produced 72,168 cwt. of tallow.
The first railway in Spain, from Barcelona to Mattara,
s been opened. It is five leagues long.
IMMENSE CORN FlELD.—Twenty-two miles below
Cincinnati there is a field of corn covering six thousand
acres, the crop of which is valued at £lOO,OOO, the field
` t producing 75,000 quarters !
FALL OF AN AVALANCHE.—News from Lucerne =-
Pounces the destruction of the diligence of Mont St.
Gothard by an avalanche. One of the passengers lost
his life.
Sir Robert Gardiner has been appointed governor of
• Gibraltar, in the place of Sir Robert Wilson, whose period
of service has expired. The new governor is an artillery
officer, who served with much distinction throughout the
Peninsular war, and at Waterloo.
JOHN MITCHELL AT BERMUDA .—This convict, owing
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work, is exempted from heavy bodily labour, but he is
unceasingly engaged at menial occupations, which, he
says, are so repugnant to his feelings, that, if he were
able, he would prefer stone-breaking, or other equally
bard and monotonous labour- He is in wretchedly low
spirits, never sees a newspaper, or has an opportunity of
speaking to any one who can inform him of the events in
Ireland or the other portions of Europe since the day he
received sentence of transportation. His family being
aware of the restrictions imposed upon the corsespondence
with the convicts by the governor of Bermuda, very pro-
perly confine themselves to private subjects when they
write to unhappy Mitchel. The unfortunate fellow is
rarely ever permitted to leave the hulk, to which, it should
be understood, he is strictly confined.

IRELAND.

ANOTHER INSURRECTIONARY MOVEMENT.

CLONMEL, Nov. 9.—Last night, at about nine o'clock,
the greatest alarm was created by the collecting together
of the constabulary, many of whom are in lodgings • they
hurried through the streets to the police-barracks, followed
by crowds of people, anxious to learn the particulars and
the cause of this new move. The police, numbering over
100, were soon under arms inside the barracks, and it was
rumoured that they were going to escort Mr. O'Brien and
his fellow-convicts to Waterford, but the true cause soon
got wind, that a body of countrymen were matching on
the town. A patrol of about 20 men were seen to issue
from the barracks under a head-constable and proceed up
the town.' The force in the barracks still remained under
arms; and at about twelve o'clock, the entire constabu-
lary force turned out, the 64th Regiment and the Dragoons
with them, and marched off under the direction of Mr.W.
Ryan, R.M., and Col. Stretton, of the 64th ; the consta-
bulary under the command of Capt. Colclough, County
Inspector, and Sub-Inspectors Fosberry and Gernon.
They proceeded to a place called the Mile Tree,..and thence
to the Wilderness, a sort of wood, about a mile and a half
from Clonmel, where they came in view of a body of men
• numbering from 1,500 to 2,000, nearly all of whom were
armed with guns, pikes, pitchforks, &c. They were drill-
ing in a large field, divided into bodies, each under a sepa-
rate commander. When they saw the military and police,
they all separated and ran. The constabulary pursued
and arrested 17 men, soThe of whom were armed. They
are not of the vet y lowest glass, but convinced tradesmen,
many from this town. The entire body, it is said, was
under the leadership of a student named O'Leary, pre-
paring for the bar. A man named Milea, and another
named Wales, of this town, are amongst those arrested.
They were brought into gaol by the constabulary at about
three o'clock this morning. In the pursuit, one of the
fellows in trying to escape jumped off a high projecting
rock in the Wilderness, and was nearly killed. The mili-
tary and police are all on the alert here now, as it is clear
that another season of insurrection and robbery is again
about to set in. There is nothing more mad than for
these rebels to think of succeeding in rescuing the con-
victed felons.—The 17 prisoners have undergone an exa-
mination and been fully committed. They represent se-
veral of the trades of the town, and the supposition is,
that those persons were delegated as a council from the
main body of the people, who are stated to have been in
the distance. The man who leaped from the projecting
rock is very seriously hurt; his name is England, a stone-
mason by trade, belonging to this town. From the na-
ture of the several reports which have reached town during
this day, it is very certain that a well-organised and ex-
ten,ive plan exists in this neighbourhood and the adjacent
localities, having for its object the rescue of Mr. O'Brien
and his co-traitors, either from the gaol, or else during his
journey from here to the railway station at Thurles, on his
way to Dublin. The route to Thurles would be through
the heart of those districts which were the scenes of the
former attempt at rebellion—the distance about 23 miles.

By adviccs from Clonmel, dated Saturday. it appears
that the third " of 1848 has evaporated in a
bottle of smoke •, the " rebel" army has been broken up,
and the capital of Tipperary is still in the possession of
her Majesty's forces. The object of the late insurgent
gathering is not very clear, and whether it was with the
insane view of effecting the rescue of Mr. Smith O'Brien,
or, what is more probable, of overawing the authorities
engaged in the collection of the poor rates by a demon-
stration of physical force, it is tolerably plain that, to
whatever influence we are indebted for it, the " rising" is
postponed, for the present year at all events.

In the county of Cavan an attempt was made to shoot
W. A. Moore, Esq. of Drumealis, as he was proceeding to
receive rents due from Lady Annesley's tenants.
N. Latnartine positively contradicts the statement that
Mr. Smith O'Brien had ever demanded assistance from
him for Ireland.

A London weekly journal of radical principles argues at
great length the question, " Who rules Ireland, Queen
Victoria or the Pope 7" and resolves it by deciding that
it is his Holiness who does so.

CELT v. SAxoN.—The Irish Hre and Cry maintains its
character. Mr. Creig has lost a horse with " a white star
on his forehead, which is very badly shod." Patrick Quinn
" has brown eyes which lost the toes off the right foot ;"
and John White has " grey eyes which wore a fustian
jacket."
THE GOVERNMENT COLLEGES.—The president and
vice-presidents of the new colleges in course of erection
are at present in Dublin, conferring together as to the
_regulations_ for _their_tuidance_and the cut-rim/um of in-
struction to be adopted. It is said these gentlemen are
acting as if the Pope had not interfered pro or con. on
the subject. If the Roman Catholics will not send their
children to these colleges, why, they need not, and that
is all the concern their obedience to Rome ought to give
those who really support these edifices.
EMlGRATlON.—Notwithstanding the winter being al-
ready commenced, the tide of emigration is rather in-
creased about this neighbourhood than has been for the
last spring and summer, as every morning a great number
of persons are found on their route for a distant land, and
the Irish cry kept up on parting with their families and
friends. Every family who has the means of leaving this
country are rapidly emigrating, and leaving all the noc-
turnal idle vagabonds here, who have not the means to do
so.—King's County Chronicle.—The most respectable
class of agricultural farmers that for the season emigrated
from this district, with their families, left yesterday by
the eleven o'clock train for Liverpool, from whence they
sail for North America.—Limerick Chronicle.—Every
American passenger vessel intending to leave Galway for
a month hence, is certain of being thronged with passen-
gers from every direction and district of the country.
Vessels are now taking passengers there for New York,
Baltimore, and New Orleans.
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ROBBERY OF £460 BY A SERVANT.—On the 2nd
instant, a servant girl, named Dorah Condall, who resided
with a lady named Mri. Gore, of 15, Stephen's-green,
Dublin, ran away from her mistress, taking with her a
sum of £460 in bank notes. The girl went to the shop
of a chandler in Moore-street, where she was acquainted
with a porter named Brennan, ;,and said to him—" I have
plenty of money now ; I am going to America, and if you
come I will take you—if you refuse, I will take the first
man I meet in the street." Brennan went with her, and
both parties sailed that evening for Liverpool. the
police were not informed of the facts until Saturday
evening, when Craven, of the detective force, was put on
the scent. He, however, came too late, as it was dis-
covered that the fugitives had sailed on Saturday morning
from Liverpool, by the royal mail steamer, for Halifax, in
America, having previously paid £4O a piece for their
passage, so that at present they are out of reach of the
officers of justice.
LAW AND PHYSlC.—During the summing up of Mr.
Justice Torrens, on the trial of Mr. Dalton Williams, at
Dublin, his lordship was suddenly interrupted by one of
the jurors (Mr. Robertson), who expressed a wish to re-
tire to the jury-room for a while, as he felt unwell.—
Judge Torrens : Would you wish to have a glass of port.
I'll turn physician for the present instead of judge. Would
you like a little good port ?—The Juror : I would, my
lord.—Judge Torrens : Mr. High Sheriff, some of your
best old port, if you please. (Laughter.)—The wine was
accordingly sent.—Judge Torrens : Is your stomach af-
fected ?—The Juror : It is, my lord.—Another Juror (Mr.
Malone): My lord, I'll prescribe for him also, if you al-
low me.—Judge Torrens : Certainly.—All the jurors then
withdrew to their room, and remained absent some time.
On their return, Judge Torrens, addressing Mr. Robert-
son, said, " I hope you feel better now."—The Juror : I
am, my lord, thank you. Mr. Malone was somewhat si-
milarly affected when leaving home, and he had a bottle
of something in his pocket that did me good.—Judge
Torrens : I think a small infusicn of laudanum in a glass
of port would be useful in such a case.—Mr. Malone :
That's just what I had, my lord.—Judge Torrens : Ah !
Mr. Malone, you see that you and I agree in our notions
of physic ; whether we shall also agree in our notions of
law remains to be seen (laughter). His lordship then re-
sumed the delivery of his charge.
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CONFISCATION IN IRELAND.—We assure the reader
that the following is no imaginary case :—ln a certain
poor law union, overrun by heavy rates, a nobleman re-
sides, surrounded by his tenants. He is a man of talent
and intellieence, well versed in country business, and de-
votes his time to those pursuits which become his station,
and tend to the advantage and the contentment of society.
He is a just and vigilant magistrate, a considerate land-
lord, an affable and hospitable neighbour, a liberal em-
ployer, a skilful agriculturist, and a judicious improver.
The education of the people, and the relief of the sick and
needy, are objects of his peculiar care. His children have
been brought up in the same tastes and dispositions- -and
are examples, to all the country round, of active benevo-
lence and of every virtue. His maner of life is plain to
frugality, but most hospitable : he has always lived within
his means, whilt the frank and unaffected character of his
intercourse with the gentry has promoted good fellowship
and confirmed their attachment to their Irish homes.
But the protracted visitation which has fallen upon the
country presses with extreme severity upon the district
where this nobleman's estates are situated. His tenants
are no longer able to pay rents ; and, although he and
they might still hope to subsist upon the curtailed fruits
of their industry, until the scourge be overpast, they can-
not support the overwhelming burden which the law com-
pels them to endure that the destitution of other estates
may be relieved. Rates of so enormous an amount have
been imposed that their stock and grain have been swept
away from their doors, and no provision is left for their
own maintenance.—. Dublin Mail.
THE ORANGE PRESS AND THE IRISH TRIALS.—We
are not ashamed to take our station in the ranks of the
Orange press—the press maintaining the principles of
that glorious revolution of which the Prince of Orange
was, under the Divine Providence, the great instrument;
of these principles we trust never to lose sight. The
charge against the Orange press is that it " desires im-
munity for rebels, and encouragement to rebellion." It
surely requires some effrontery to make this charge
against the Orange press, which has been for years de-
claiming against the immunity extended to rebels—the
true rebels of the Repeal Association, and against the
encouragement given to rebellion by the patronage be-
stowed upon the firebrands of rebellion in both countries.
Even now our complaint is not that some rebels are

brought to justice, but that all rebels are not brought to
justice ; that the worst class of rebels are spared at the
expense of sacrificing those who are not the worst. If
such gross partiality be chargeable upon the Whig Go-
vernment, they, not we, are the parties open to the suspi-
cion of " desiring immunity to rebels, and encouragement
to rebellion." But is not this partiality chargeable upon
the Government that prosecuted Mr. Meagher, and let
priest Fitzgerald and priest Mackey go free ; that is now
seeking to prosecute Mr. Duffy, for a letter far less atro-
ciously criminal than that which it has overlooked when
published by priest Hughes or priest Kenyon ? Surely
we may condemn partiality in the punishment of crimi-
nals without being exposed to the suspicion of " desiring
immunity to crime," and " encouragement" to it. " En-
couragement" ! Why, notoriously the highest encou-
ragement to crime is such partiality. How often has it
been said that the certainty, not the severity, of punish-
ment is the great sanction of penal law. What, then, is
the worth of penal laws when whole classes are exempted
from their operatien ? Are not they who make the ex-
emption the persons really guilty of the encouragement
to violate them ?—London Standard.
ENDOWMENT OF THE ROMISH PRIESTHOOD.—The
following, from a dissenting publication, is tolerably
strong :—" We think we know the British character and
the strength of the British conscience on the subject,
perhaps as well as does Lord John Russell. And we
frankly tell him that if our estimate approach the truth,
there is no form or degree of constitutional hostility that
would not be brought to bear against such a measure.
He was given to understand that opposition from that
quarter is nut to be trifled with, by what he saw of it
when the augmentation of the Maynooth endowment was
under discussion. But he may rest assured that what
had then to be resisted was feeble compared with what
he would have to encounter in proposing to establish'
the Roman Catholic Church. All personS, in whatever
sect, who are opposed to ' establishments' in general,
would of course be opposed to him ; and it would con-
found us if there were one true-hearted Protestant in the
empire who would not join in the antagonism. Come
when or from what quarter it might, and terminate as it
might, either in securing or withhclding the endowment,
one effect of the struggle would he to forward, in a de-
gree hardly conceivable, the voluntary principle,' and
thereby to shake the foundation on which the English
establishment' now rests complacent, because secure.
And if our rulers think that by the scheme alluded to
they could quiet Ireland, let them know that it would
produce a movement throughout Great Britain, by out-
raging the sacred convictions and moral feelings of her
sons, which—though it assumed no form that would re-
quire troops to suppress, or allow of being disposed of by
a ' special commission'—they would find as much more
serious to deal with than what has disturbed them there,
as are the unbroken heavings of the Atlantic or the Pa-
cific compared with the rippling of an inland lake."—
British Quarterly Review.