The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-17 00:00:00

Oct. 17, 1848.

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Ten o'clock.

LATEST FROM IRELAND.

THE WRIT OF ERROR.

The Yreeman's Journal of yesterday says, " The pre-
ntainaries for the issue of the writ of error have been
Perfected by Mr. O'Brien's legal advisers, and the ne-
"eeSsary documents have been lodged in the pro 3er quar-
ter for some days ; but it is said the Irish law officers are
tiuwilling to let the writ issue. They have been silent all
through the past week. There was a sort of tacit under-
standing that on Saturday the course of the Crown would
be determined. We waited for Saturday and still nothing
bas been done."

WILL OF O'DONOIRT.

THE VERDICT.

°a Saturday evening the jury, having retired at half-
past seven o'clock, applied several times to the Court
for assistance before bringing in their verdict. At length,
then minutes past eleven, an intimation was conveyed to
their lordships that the jury had agreed to their verdict ;
and the whispered conversation which had been carried on
In the court instantly subsided into a profound and an-
tious silence.
The jury were then directed to come into court. and
he
taken their seats in the box, the foreman handed
tile issue paper to the clerk of the Crown, who having
called over the names of the jurors, to which they respec-
tively answered, said—
" Gentlemen of the jury, have rou agreed to your ver-
dict ?"

Foreman—We have.
Clerk
of the crown—ln the case of Patrick O'Dono-
h
ue, y°W say You, gentlemen, is the prisoner guilty or
not guilty?
Foreman (in a low but firm tone)—GUILTY.
This announcement. owing to the previous statement
44 the foreman. that the jury were not likely to agree,
evidently came by surprise on the greater portion of those
resent, and produced considerable sensation and excite-
ment in court. The prisoner alone seemed unmoved at
this result, so unfavourable to his hopes.
After a short pause, JUDGE MOORE perused the issue
Paper, and then handed it to the Clerk of the Crown, and
directed him to read it. It was to the following effect:—
"We find ' guilty' on the first five counts, and 'not
"iltY' on the 6th. We unanimously recommend the pri-
soner to mercy in the strongest manner, in consequence
" his having withdrawn, and having disconnected him-
self from his associates previous to the attack at Farrin-
rory.

The Chief Justice then directed the court to be ad-
journed to ten o'clock on Monday (this day), immediately
tnon which the judges retired.
A rush was instantly made to the dock by several
bends of Mr. O'Donohue, including Mr. Maher, his
31111inr counsel, and his solicitor, Mr. Laffan, who were
liaztous to take their leave of him before he was conveyed
bank to prison. He shook hands cordially with them, and
843tained a brief conversation with a cheerfulness and
tic°l4osure truly astounding, considering the painful posi-
-04 in which he stood—a position which might well shake
„
rein fortitude of the most courageous man. As he was
do7king the court a person in the crowd leant over the
d ' and, stretching out his hand to Mr. O'Donohue,
addressing some words to him, the purport of which did
reach
us. Mr. O'Donohue, however, turned round
t er
nd addressed thisd individual in the following indignant
ms
t; I do not kno 7v who you are ; but the observa-
-°as you have just made, induce me to think that you
are little better than the witnesses who have sworn away
nir life. I think you are one of the Dublin detectives;
and I will not pollute my hand by touching yours." Mr.
O'Donohue then retired to the department underneath,
211) whence he was shortly afterwards conveyed to the
on van, guarded by a strong force of police.

tarrature.
VARIETIES.

ANECDOTE OF POOTE.—When in company with a num-
ber of gentlemen who were trying to outvie each other in
marvellous statements, the conversation happened to turn
tllt.D°ll a calamity which had not long previously occurred,
iAte explosion of the powder-mills at Hounslow Heath.
any extraordinary stories were related, and amongst the
iiginiber. one of the company declared that, as he sat
tit.vlng his hair dressed, his servant and himself were
°wn out of the dining-room into the bedroom, where
Lie), broke a looking lass to pieces. The story was
hitherto
at as a problematical one ; but Foote, who had
he was
listened with seeming attention. immediately said
was not at all surprised circumstance, as he
at the
where he sat
Itcself was forced forty feet from the place
-F breakfast by the shock he received at the concussion.
Aye, sir," said a young gentleman, " that was very
strange indeed." " Not at all, sir, replied the English
tyistophanee, .‘ for on finding the room shake, I ran down
"airs into the street to inquire what was the matter."
SHOPPING, AND A SHOPMAN.—Shopping ? What a
tore I I grant you, shopping is at times a bore, especially
if You go to shop with ladies. A man is never more out
Of his element than when he enters the haberdasher's.
There you stand, perhaps, at the door shop, for the time,
a discarded appendage—a mere fag-end of humanity—
whilst your fair friends plunge into the mysteries of silks,
satins, laces, and mouslin-de-laines, winding up with the
I:irchase of a yard of bobbin or a penny. worth of pins.
have admired the patience of Job, but am astounded at
tr,be, endurance of a shopman. And yet is patience his
b-4,1! Virtue ? Verily, as Madame de Stael said of Bona-
He is a system, not a man ;" a regular combina-
te owe'f physical and moral excellencies. The labour of a
tiffeules, the winged heels of Mercury, the lying versa-
icy of
(Edipus, the eloquence of Cicero, the good looks
°f
---'nYcnede, the craft of Ulysses, the polish of a Paris
maull are mere items in the composition of a perfect shop-
-üblin University Magazine.
s °MART Doe.—A shepherd once, to prove the quick-
WO °I. his dog, who was lying before the fire in the house
ten;,„r° we were talking, said to me in the middle. o casen-
00' concerning something else—" I'm thinking,ir, tae
st,., '8 in the potatoes." Though he purposely laid no
eeBB en these words and said them in a quiet unc9n-
ttletlled tone of voice:the dog, who appeared asleep, im-
voa,' ",iiatelY jumped up, and leaping through the open
scrambled up to the turf roof of the house, from
the he could see the potato field. He then (not seeing
sva-s COW there) ran and looked into the barn where she
110,7 and finding that all was right, came back to the
wn-,„lse• After a short time the shepherd said the same
QC" gain, and the dog repeated his look out; but on
,toed falsae alarm being a third time given, the dog got up,
so ' 'wagging his tail, looked his master in the face with
aetTlniical an expression of interrogation, that he could
growiellZlaugbing aloud at him, on which, with a slight
ofrenj ne laid himself down in his warm corner with an
Of -ue,d air, and as if determined not to be made a fool
.1,,,,g,4111.--American paper.
TIN". O'BRIEN DURING THE PASSING OF THE SEN-
the Smith O'Brien, true to the last, profaned
4, „awful scene with an outbreak of temper which proved
h. 'lltle his courage as it did his self-respect. He defied
his his
and his judges, and contumaciously repeated
the
Offence, as far as words could do it, in a tone worthy of
...e most agitious malefactors at the Old Bailey, or the
Wretched offenders familiar to the authorities of Bow-
Itreet: He still showed that utter want of meaning or
44Insistency which has marked the whole of his career.
fwhen lie recommended all Ireland to follow his example,
,p 1 he mean that he had resisted arrest, or openly rebelled ?
taoi urge a nation to avoid the police, to hide in the moun-
ns, and take up arms against a constable when pressed,
42_ a, ridiculous sort of suggestion for any sane man to make
‘`l3'n'here, much more one placed in Mr. O'Brien's awful
risition—on the very steps of the scaffold. On the other
tea,!'d, if he seriously meant that his countrymen ought to
t° oel as he had done, he might at least have had the grace
t acknowledge the fairness of his trial and the justice of
verdiat. But his speech meant neither one thing nor
puee other. It was simply an act of vulgar bravado and
wiiN'ish Persistence in crime ; and to all intelligent persons
he .cendemn the man, much more than an honest con-
rontl°n Would have done. Mr. O'Brien has added one
bei%,e example to the great induction, that a causeless re-
l‘is generally a vain and foolish man..—Times.
FOR THE PEOPLE.—There exists on Long Island,
ets4 Erooklyn, several manufactories of milk—the process
space
should be known. One of these dairies covers
, of 600 feet front by 300 feet deep, carefully closed
as to be as private as possible—the business of the
'lnacre'e being to drink the milk, not to know how it is
roue In this enclosure 400 cows are kept all the year
distii7. These cows are fed on the refuse slop of whisky
coaiate,ties, and it is given to them warm. Each barrel
.feeAsnE cents, but being adulterated with water and cheap
cows "rings the price still less. Such is the fondness of the
/fo for this vile compound, that after having fed upon it
that week or more, their appetites become so depraved
ilktlleY Will take no other food. The result is. tneir
gree:Producing organs are stimulated to a wonderful de-
Ihei; they yield enormously, but soon become diseased ;
been guts ulcerate, their teeth drop out, and their breath
Iswe:les fetid. Though thus diseased, they do not fall
app4 In flesh, but on the contrary puff up and bloat to an
the_ar'ln
CO of great fatness ; their joints stiffen so that
Ilati cannot lie down, and rarely or never come out alive.
wate:s this is, the milk is afterwards mixed with molasses
d whiting, and then sold to the people of New
vans that Pure milk ! Any one may observe the thirty-six
ver9wry it round every morning. It is of course
qua nOurious to children, who use it in much greater
Nun sties than adults. Some idea may be formed by corn-
% j,?ne barrel of slop to a cow, costing sixpence, and
"K produced being 80 cents.—New York paper-