The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-09 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

"The head-quarters of the Prussian army are most
probably this day (the 3d instant) at Kolding, within the
confines of Jutland. Our 'outposts will by this time have
advanced to the small fortress of Frederica. The position
of the troops is such as to prevent the communications
from Funen with the continent.
" The Federal troops will on Danish ground enforce
the safety of the German and Prussian mercantile inter-
ests."

A letter from Swinemunde of the 2nd instant, in the.
Ostsee Zeitung, states that twelve more English vessels
were on that day lying off Swinemunde, their entrance
into the harbour being prevented by the Danish frigate.
Letters from Berlin of the 3rd of May, in the Cologne
Gazette, ar3 unanimous as to the quiet and orderly con-
duct of the people of all classes during the elections.
Some party quarrels occurred, but they were of little or
no importance.

GRAND DUCHY OF POSEN.
MORE SLAUGHTER.

Letters from Posen of the Ist inst. and the Cologne
Gazette bring information of some fresh butcheries of the
insurgent Poles and the Prussian troops. The combat
has been renewed with twofold fury, first at Gratz •and
next at Xiono. The Poles fought with a courage worthy
of a better cause. They seemed resolved to die—not to
be conquered. Whole ranks were mowed down by the
Prussian artillery. It is said only 17 men of 1,700
stooped at last to flight. 500 were taken prisoners, and
the others remained dead or wounded on the spot. A
troop of Kujarians had formed a square, and were .at last
mowed down by grape-shot. Another Posen letter in the
same paper contains accounts of a similar fight at Milos-
law, where the Prussians suffered much from the fire of
the Polish sharp-shooters, who picked out the officers.
Several hundred men of the 18th and 19th regiments de-
serted to the Poles. The general is much blamed for
leading Polish regiments against the insurgents. The
town of Miloslaw was twice taken by the Prussians, who
were at last thrown back by the Poles, and forced to re-
tire in the direction of Schroda. Mieroslawski has issued
a proclamation calling for a general insurrection. Men,
women, and children are congregating at Miloslaw,Wres-
chen, and Pleschen.

SOUTHERN GERMANY.
Some riots took place at Munich on the Ist inst. The
brewers and bakers had raised their prices. The people
were indignant, and subjected them to outrages. A col-
lision took place with the military in the Schrannenplatz.
Some windows were broken, and several people wounded.
The discomfited chiefs of tLe Republican party, M.
Sturve, who is thought to be a Russian "agent provoca-
teur" and M. Heinzen have, from their quarters at the
Hotel-zum-Rebstock, at Strasburg, issued a proclamation
to the German people. After abusing the soldiers who
had beaten them, they protest that they still mean to
" liberate" Germany from the " hated yoke of Princes."
They announce their intention of fomenting secret con-
spiracies, and obstructing the constitutional governments
of Germany, calling upon all Germans to send them money
for that purpose.

ITALY.
Letters from Rome to the 28th ult. state that Mon-
signor Morichini had resigned the Finance Department,
which was confided by the Pope to Prince .Simonetti.
The Provisional Governments of Milan, Sicily, and Venice
had sent agents to Rome, who had not yet been recog-
nised by his holiness. A diet was to be held in that
capital for the adjustment of certain affairs of a general
interest for Italy, which would have already met, if the
Neapolitan delegates had arrived. The Pope had refused
to concur in a military congress which the King of Sar-
dinia proposed to convoke at Tarin.

INSURRECTION AGAINST THE POPE.
The Paris Moniteur of Sunday contains the following
from Rome. dated the Ist instant :
" The Pope having refused to declare war against Aus-
tria' an insurrection took place, the ministry resigned, and
the Pope was allowed by the insurgents only 24 hours to
decide. If he were to refuse, a Provisional Government
would immediately be instituted."
AUSTRIAN ITALY.—Letters from Vienna of the 27th
and 28th April, state that the Piedmontese had encoun-
tered the Austrian troops at Monzambano, and after a
hot engagement had been driven back beyond Lenato.
The loss of the enemy is reported to have been 1,000
killed, and twice as many wounded, besides 600 made
prisoners. A letter from the banks of the Mincio, dated
30th April„ says " A smart affair took place yesterday on
the left bank of the Lake Garda, a short distance above
Pescheira. It being the object of the King to establish
the left of the line of blockade of that fortress at Piacenza,
on the lake, 400 men were despatched to drive the Aus-
trians from it. They found the Austrians in force there
and at Sandra—some say as many as 2000 men—and after
some hours' firing the enemy was driven back with the
loss of 17 men killed, and he was compelled to retire to
Pontone. A large Austrian force holds the communica-
tion open between Trent, Roveredo, and Verona; but I
hear the Piedmontese expect to break the line by getting
possession of Pontone, on the Adige, I am told the Royal
head-quarters are now near to Villafranca, which is the
very centre of the quadrangle formed by Peschiera, Vero-
na, Mantua, and Legnano."

Some of the enthusiastically national Germans have
lately proposed to lay aside the present costume, and to
adopt a dress resembling that worn in Germany at the
beginning of the sixteenth century, and depicted in the
paintings and engravings of that age.
Loss OF FIFTEEN LivEs.—A supplement to the Over-
land Bombay Courier, of the Ist of April, contains an
account of an accident by fire to the Benares steamer, off
Calcutta. Ffteen persons, trying to save themselves, were
drowned. When the fire reached the engine-room, it was
extinguished.
The operations recently carried on against the city of
St. John of Nicaragua by Her Majesty's forces, under the
command of Captain Granville Loch, have been attended
with complete success. After a severe service of 35 days,
during which the officers and seamen of the party never
slept out of their boats, and maintained with considerable
difficulty their position in the country, a treaty of amity
was at length concluded by the senior officer, Captain
Loch, accompanied by Captains Ryder and Peel, with the
State of Nicaragua, by which all the points in dispute
were satisfactorily adjusted. We understand that the
gallant commander of this little expedition has been de-
signated as a Companion of the Bath, and that the junior
officers, of the Alarm and the Daring will receive imme-
diate promotion.— Times.
How THE CASE MAY BE ALTERED.—A few days ago
a wag meeting a peasant, who was on his way to Bor-
deaux on business, said to him, " What are you doing
here ? They are about to divide all the lands of the rich,
and you had better go to the mayor and put down your
name for your share." The peasant set off at full gallop ;
and, on arriving at the mayor's, said, " Monsieur le
maitre, as there is to be a division of the land, I wish to
have that meadow of M--, which joins my garden.
Put down my name at the head of the list." The mayor
turned over some papers, and then said, " You are not
the first ; I have an applicant who demands the meadow,
and also your garden with it." "My garden ! my gar-
den ! my garden !" said the peasant in a fury, " I will go
and get my musket ;" and he set to watching his garden
day and night. There is a host of persons like this pea-
sant—they wish to share the property of others, and keep
their own.—Gazette de France.

Bangor for Euston-square, reaching the latter station at
eleven o'clock. They are the first passengers who have
made a journey from Holyhead to London in fourteen
hours. The Conway tube has been visited in the course
of the week by an immense number of persons.
LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE Jl7NC-
'rum RAILWAY.—On Thursday, the adjourned special
meeting of the company, was held at the London Tavern,
London, Mr. Wilson France, in the chair. Mr. Matthey
moved a resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Ashlin,
" That it is expedient to dissolve the company, ar.d wind
up its affairs as soon as possible." Mr. Marriott in
moving an amendment stated that it was his opinion, and
that of the minority represented by the 9,700 shares, that
it would be better to wait for two years and hold the under-
taking in abeyance rather than to abandon it after having
expended one hundred thousand pounds in obtaining the
act. Mr. Fisher seconded the amendment, which claimed
for 'the minority to be heard against the bill in committee.
The amendment was then put and lost, only three hands
being held up in favour of it. The original motion was
then put and carried. The Chairman stated, that of the
70;000 shares issued by the company, answers to the cir-
cular had only been received from the holders of 49,456
shares; 39,708 shares were for immediate dissolution,
and 9,748 shares were for postponing the dissolution and
holding the concern in abeyance. There was consequently
a majority in favour of immediate dissolution of 29,960
shares.

IRELAND.
There are now ten regiments of cavalry in Ireland,
while there is but one in Scotland.

Mr. Mitchel and his friend Mr. Devin Reilly, have both
retired from the Irish Confederation, which seems to con-
sider them as dangerously violent.
The Roman Cat:wile Bishop of Killaloe has suspended
the Revs. Mr. Kenyon and Bermingham till they une-
quivocally recant their recent treasonable speeches and
letters.

An attempt was made on Monday, within a mile of
Limerick, in the county of Clare, to assassinate Mr.
Banytine. Six balls were lodged in his gig, but for-
tunatelv none took effect on the gentleman's person.
At Youghal, on Thursday, twelve young men, respect-
ably attired, were charged with assembling in numbers
and practising themselves to the use of arms. On pro-
mising not to offend so again, they were discharged.
In the old oak door of the Chapter House of St.
Patrick's Church, Dublin, may be seen to this day an
aperture, ctit in the year 1564, for the Earls of Desmond
and Ormonde to shake hands through; each gentleman
fearing much to be poignarded by the other, during the
opportunity. They had quarrelled and fought, but Queen
Elizabeth commanded them to be reconciled.
At a Privy Council, held in Dublin on Monday, it was
determined to proclaim the county of the city of Lime-
rick under the Crime and Outrage Act, and the procla-
mation was accordingly issued. By the provisions of this
law, all persons not duly qualified must deliver up their
arms within nine days. Another proclamation was also
issued, warning the people against taking part in the
proposed Convention of 300 delegates, and also against
the formation of a National Guard.

MAYNOOTIL—Among the loyal addresses to the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, we look with anxiety for one from
the College of Maynooth, and the neighbourhood. It is
true that the master-elect of the future Roman Catholic
College at Galway now receives his salary, though now
there is neither college or student. This favoured master
was appointed, or recommended, by Sir Robert Peel.
Lord Anglesea, when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, used to
boast that he had put down the Orangemen : what does
he think of them now ?

UNABATED SEDITION.—There was a large and excited
meeting of the Irish Confederation in Dublin on Wednes-
day. The members arrived in well-arranged columns,
having previously organized their movements in their re-
spective clubs. The speeches of Messrs. Gavin, Duffy,
and Meagher, were fully as violent as any ever delivered
by themselves previous to the recent Act. A proclamation
read by the latter gentleman, and which is to be posted
throughout the country, is a bold and daring attempt to
bring the proclamations of the Castle into contempt.
An attempt was made last week to murder the governor
of Cork gaol, by a fellow named Connor, who had been
liberated after an imprisonment of two years, for serving
threatening notices on the Dean of Cork. As Mr. Mur-
phy, the governor, and Mr. Perry, the local inspector,
were proceeding from bridewell to the bank, Connor
rushed from behind a corner, and struck Mr. Murphy a
blow with a sharp stone on the ear, which divided one of
the principal arteries and knocked him down. He then
made a rush on Mr. Perry and felled him to the ground,
and was in the act of choking him, when assistance came,
and the fellow was taken into custody.
TRAINING TO ARMS.—At the Head Police-office,
Dublin, on Thursday, two young men, Andrew English,
of 14, Anglesea-street, and Michael Keane, of 71, Peter-
street, were' brought before the Bench on the information
of Sergeant Scott, of the County Dublin Constabulary.
It appeared ;that on Sunday week, in a field in the neigh-
bourhood of Dundrum, a number of young men and lads,
to the number of about 40, assembled for target practice.
Sergeant Scott. at the time, arrested English and brought
him before two neighbouring magistrates who discharged
him. On Wednesday Sergeant Scott swore informations
against English and others for training to arms, on which
English and Keane were arrested. They were fully iden-
tified, English' as the person in command and supplying
them with percussion caps ; Keane, as firing himself and
also loading the arms of others. They had about 20 guns.
They were committed, under the 60th of George 111., to
take their trial at the ensuing county Commission. It
may he recollected that, about a month since, English
was the person sent for trial for training people to military
evolutions in Ship-street.
SMITH O'BRIEN AND HIS THREE COPATRIOTS MOBBED.
—On Saturday, Messrs. O'Brien, Meagher and Mitchell
were entertained at a soiree in Limerick. The Old Ire-
landers were determined to oppose them, and, in conse-
quence, a dreadful riot took place. The windows and
doors of the building where they were assembled were de-
molished, stones and missiles were hurled in through
the broken window sashes, shots were fired by the
confederates, who in self-defence, were obliged to tear up
the seats and forms to protect themselves—an effigy of
Mr. Mitchell was burned outside the doors. The scene
was frightful. Smith O'Brien received a cut on the head;
and a severe contusion on his side, one of his ribs
being said to be broken. The rioters were at last dis-'
persed by the police and military. After the troops
bad withdrawn, the mob broke all the cups, saucers,
plate, benches, and ornamental festoonings. The mob
would have murdered Meagher and Mitchell but for the
police. When Mr. O'Brien appeared at the Queen's
Bench on Monday, his head was bound up with straps and
plasters. Mitchell and Meagher were protected home by
the Mayor, the latter having a drawn dagger in his hand to
protect himself ; they were hooted and hissed, and pelted
the whole way to the hotel. Mr. Meagher was smuggled
out of Limerick on Sunday. Mr. O'Brien resigned the
representation of the county of Limerick in consequence
of the treatment he experienced, but has since consented
to withdraw his resignation. The row was got up by a
rev. father, who reverenced the name of O'Connell, and
instigated the Old Irelanders to the attack, in consequence
of a libellous charge brought by Mitchell against the
" Liberator." In a meeting of Young Irelanders at Cork,
on Monday, Mr. Meagher gave a description of the scene
at Limerick, tallying in all the main points with the pre-
vious account. He added that, while he was entering his
inn, a stone was hurled at him by one of the mob, who
missed his aim, and struck the landlord with such violence
as to deluge his face with blood. Mr. Mitchell was forced
to conceal himself in a blacksmith's shop, where be re-
mained for several hours, until at length he ventured to
his inn.

THE STATE PROSECUTIONS,

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, DUBLIN.-MONDAY.

The Court was much crowded, as Mr. O'Brien had to
appear in person, when charged with the informations
filed against him by the Attorney-General ; and it was
understood Mr. Mitchell meant to apply that he might
appear by attorney.
Both Mr. Mitchell and Mr. O'Brien appeared. On
Mr. O'Brien being charged with the indictment filed
against him he pleaded not guilty.
Sir C. O'Loghlen, on the part of Mr. Mitchell, applied
that he might be at liberty to appear by attorney, but on
failing to make out any case, the application was refused,
and Mr. Mitchell has again put in a dilatory plea in
abatement, on the ground that an indictment has been
found against him for the same offence as that for which
the Attorney-General has proceeded by ex officio infor-
mation, and has been quashed. The plea is, that
the indictments should have been quashed, instead
of having nolle prosequi entered upon them, as has
been done by the law officers.

The trials of O'Brien and Meagher, will come on about
the 15th inst. Mr. Mitchell will have a slight respite.
On Tuesday, the attorney general having joined issue on
the plea in abatement, sought to force Mr. Mitchell to
join issue at once, instead of in four days, according to
the established practice. The Court refused to deviate
from its usual course. The result of this is, that Mr.
Mitchell cannot be tried this term. Add to this, there is
a tolerably general opinion at the bar that the plea is a
good one.

COURT AND FASHION.
On Tuesday, Her Majesth Prince Consort, and
Royal Family, returned from Osborne House to Buck-
ingham Palace.
The Christening of the infant Princess is to take place
on Saturday the 13th May.
The Queen and Prince Albert visited her Majesty the
Queen Dowager on Wednesday.
On Thursday, her majesty held a Chapter of the Garter,
when the Duke of Norfolk was invested, according to the
customary ceremonies, the Duke of Wellington and
Prince Albert assisting the Queen in buckling on the
garter. In the evening, the Queen honoured the Italian
Opera with her presence, to witness the re-appearance of
Jenny Lind. Her Majesty was speedily recognised in the
royal box, and was received with the most enthusiastic
tokens of loyal attachment.
Monday was the birthday of the Duke of Wellington,
on which day his grace completed his 79th year.
It is rumoured that the Marquis of Lansdowne is to be
created Duke of Wiltshire.

The Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Anglesea
were among the crowd •of equestrians in the Park, on
Thursday. Both looked aged, but rode like Young Rapid.
The Count and Countess of IsTeuilly visited the Queen
Dowager on Tuesday. The Duchess of Gloucester and
the Duke of Cambridge also visited her Majesty on Tues-
day at Marlborough House.
The young Ears. of Stanford and Warrington last week
paid his first visit to Durtham-paTk since the attainment
of his majority. Mr. Lowndos, a barrister, has been ap-
pointed the new agent for the Altrineaain..and Bowdon
otates.