The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-25 00:00:00

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strange, wild-looking gentleman, whom he bad never seen
before. His first impulse of anger being, however, ap-
peased, he consented to accompany the questioner to the
place where his daughter was at work ; and there the ro-
mance writer beheld a vision of beauty such as had never
before blest even the eyes of his imagination, when penning
the most glowing descriptions of female loveliness. Of
course he returned fully determined to fulfil the prophecy
as far as lies in his power, and now awaits with philo-
sophical patience the accomplishment of that part of it
over which he has no control.—Paris Correspondent of
the Atlas.

The Duke of Genoa, second son of the King of Sardi-
nia, has been proclaimed King of Sicily.
Letters from Constantinople state that a Russian fleet
of 15 sail was about to enter the Dardanelles, the object
being declared to be that of protecting Russian interests,
which were threatened in the Adriatic and Mediterranean.

GERMANY AND DENMARK.—We regret to find that
the armistice is broken off. The struggle will therefore
be recommenced, as a warlike feeling pervades the Frank-
fort Assembly, and it is not likely that Denmark will con-
sent to any further concession. 3000 men proceeded on
the lith to join the army which is concentrated at Kold-
ing. _ _

The Paris papers of Friday are much • struck with the
late accounts from Rome, showing the schism that has
broken out between the Pope and his Parliament. His
Holiness is severely censured by the journals, the Na-
tional saying that he is no better than the King of Naples,
and the Consfitutionnel arguing that he is in the position
of Louis XVI. in presence of the States General.
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN CONNECTICUT.-011 the
Bth inst. a bill was passed in the Assembly of Connecti-
cut, by which all slavery is for ever abolished in that
state. No law completely abolishing slavery has previ-
ously existed in Connecticut, and there are at present
some eight or ten slaves in the state, who, by the provi-
sions of this act, are entitled to a support from their
former masters.

THE CORN CROPS OF POLAND.—The destruction of
property, especially of the growing crops, throughout Po-
land by the late hurricane has been most serious. In the
province of Lublin alone 150 villages have lost all their
crops, cattle have been killed, woods torn up, and houses
levelled with the ground or unroofed. Fears are enter-
tained for the approaching harvest, and a great rise has
suddenly taken place in the price of all sorts of corn and
grain, as well as of other field fiuits. It is expected that
this will prevent any large export of wheat.
EXTRAORDINARY REVOLUTION.—The Red Indiars of
Yucatan, whose forefathers were massacred by Hernandez
de Cordova, are deliberately reconquering their inherit-
ance. The Spanish race, throughout the whole of the
Mexican territories, has, in point of numerical increase,
long remained stationary, and, inneed, has lately retro-
graded, while the race of red men has been steadily gain-
ing ground. Tne consequence has been that here—for
the very first time, we believe, in the history of civilisa-
tion—the inferior aboriginal race has survived the con-
quest ; and, after so many generations, is at length found
again making head against its ancient and degenerated
enemy.

•IRELAND.

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STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—We yesterday had put into
our hands two letters dated 22nd inst., from gentlemen in
Waterford from which we take the following extracts.
They show the melancholy condition to which that un-
happy country is reduced, when the peaceable inhabitants
are compelled to fly for safety. One gentleman says—
" I intend to-morrow morning to take my family over per
Mail packet to Milford, and leave them there for some
time, until the times look more quiet. I shall return on
Tuesday. A good many others are also going, and num-
bers leave daily. The Bristol packet yesterday was very
full. There is a regular packet here, and 1 have no doubt
we shall have a row, but I don't think it will last long."
Another gentleman (who is a relative of a clergyman in
this town) writes—" We are in a state of great alarm
here. Nothing but the most energetic exertions of the
Government can prevent open rebellion. 1 suppose that
but few men of the labouring and operative classes are
not enrolled in clubs and armed. Pikes are manufactur-
ing openly in this city and the rural districts. Large por-
tions of the woods between Carrick and Clonmel and at
Curraghmore have been cut down for pike handles. Un-
der the circumstances I did not deem it safe to keep my
daughter's children or my family here, and have shipped
them off by the Penn to your good city."
The army in Ireland at the present time, including the
armed police, amounts to a force of about 45,000 men.
At Cork, on Tuesday, four persons were arrested, but
admitted to bail, on a charge of sedition.
'The signal fires blazed out on Thursday night in thou-
sands, all round the hills of Waterford and Tipperary.
SLIGO.—At the close of the poll, the numbers were—
Somers, 102 ; Hartley, 90; Ball, 87. Another petition is
to be presented.
The wheat crop in the county of Cork, in addition to its
being thin on the ground, is in some places rather seri-
ously injured by that destructive insect the wheat maggot.
No sooner were the proclamations issued by the Lord
Lieutenant posted on the walls of Cork on Wednesday,
than they were besmeared' with mud and defaced.
On Saturday no less than twenty-six persons were ar-
rested in Cashel, and committed to gaol by the lion.
Martin French, R.M., charged with a riot, and also with
an attempt to rescue Air. Michael Doheny.
At Nenagh, the effigy of the Lord Lieutenant was car-
ried in mock triumph through the town on Saturday
night, and afterwards burned amidst the hootings of the
mob.

On Wednesday, Mr. James Bennett, son of the late re-
corder for Cork, was drowned in the harbour of Cove, by
the upsetting of a yawl, and on the same day, Mr. Pierce
Clarke was lost in that harbour, by the capsizing of a
boat. -

A Belfast paper mentions that, a few days since, a very
large brown eagle, which measured seven feet ten inches
from tip to tip of the extended wings, was trapped by a
gamekeeper on the Carey mountains, in the neighbour-
hood of Bally castle.
Accounts from 'Waterford state that the excitement con-
sequent on the Carrick outbreak had wholly subsided.
Troops were expected in great numbers. Heights outside
the city had been rented by the government for the pur-
poses of a camp, and temporary fortifications are to be
erected. _ _ _

EMIGRATION OF FEMALE PAUPERS. —On Monday
morning last, twenty-three young girls, belonging to the
Magherafelt Union Workhouse, Tyrone, left that estab-
lishment, in order to proceed to Australia, under the
Government emigration grant. They were previously
fitted out with necessary clothing by the Guardians.
REMOVAL OF SEDITIOUS MAGISTRATES.—It is stated
that the initiatory step has been taken towards the re-
moval of the following persons from the magisterial bench
for aiding in the orgies of the League meeting :—Thomas
Hart, J.P., (Mayor of Kilkenny), Mr. Cane, J.P., Mr.
Smithwick, J.P., Mr. Daniel Smithwick, J.P., and Mr.
Potter.

On Monday a rumour was circulated in Kilkenny that
Dr. Cane, one of the leading confederates of that city,
was arrested, whereupon a body of men dashed out, and
in a very short time threw up a pair of formidable barri-
cades. The doctor himself having visited his sympathi-
sers, the works were discontinued and order restored.—
[There seems to be a doubt of the rescue of the priest.
though great excitement existed.]
THE JACOBIN LEADERS.—Mr. Smith O'Brien has ad-
dressed several meetings of the clubs at Drogheda and
Navan, and also appeared on Wednesday at a meeting of
the " Irish League," in Dublin. His language was sedi-
tious or treasonable, but was less so than the furious
harangues of his fellow-agitator, Mr. Doheny, who is
employing himself in agitating the confederates of Tippe-
rary. Among other meetings which he has attended was
one of several thousand clubbists, who assembled on the
mountain of Slievnamon, and were addressed by him and
Mr. T. F. Meagher, who attended with the clubs from
Waterford.

If the " Felon" journals are to be suppressed, more vi-
gorous steps must be employed than those which have been
heretofore adopted. Nothing can be more ridiculous than
to see policemen squabbling with miserable news-hawkers
for their stock of papers. This mode of suppressing a nui-
sance is absolutely contemptible. Besides, it is ineffective,
for, after all the activity of the police, how many scores of
the obnoxious journals have been seized ? There is neither
dignity nor sense in contending with hawkers. If it is
unlawful to circulate sedition through their agency, it
must be unlawful to circulate it through her Majesty's
mail ; yet we have heard of no interference with that.
PROJECTS OF THE ANARCHISTS.—A circular was read
on Wednesday, at some of the clubs in Cork, and, we
suppose, throughout the country, which ought to open
the eyes of any who yet doubt the designs of the dis-
affected. We do not say that those designs will be exe-
cuted ; but that a general massacre is intended, there
can, we apprehend, be little ground for disbelieving. The
plan, in fact, is resolved on ; and it is with the purpose of
working it effectually out that the clubs have been formed,
and the members drilled and armed. The circular we
allude to bears the signature of one of the " felons" now
in custody : it was directed to the president of each club,
gave sundry instructions respecting the organisation, and
exhorted all to be ready against, we understand, the Bth
of August.
Mr. Doheny arrived in Cashel on Sunday morning,
and, having put on the uniform of the 'B2 club, started at
eleven o'clock in an open barouche drawn by four horses,
for the place of meeting. Upwards of 8,000 persons
formed the cortege from the " City of Kings." Winding
their way up the sides of the mountain from the direction
of their various localities might be seen the men of Cork,
Waterford, and Wexford, and from all sides the boys of
Tipperary. At two o'clock the chair was taken, when
not less than 50,000 souls overspread the summit of the
mountain. Tne speakers consisted of four—the chair-
man, Mr. White, Mr. Doheny, and another. Mr. Do-
heny advised the people to form clubs, cautioned them to
be firm and fear not, and the " day was their own." The
observations of the other speakers were of the usual im-
port.
THE ARMAMENT.—Orders were issued to the Custom-
house authorities to search for, and seize, all arms and
ammunition which the disaffected are busily engaged in
importing into the country ; and a vigilant scrutiny has
been established. Better late than never. We have ob-
served that some of the felonious gunsmiths' shops in the
city are quite denuded of their formidable apparatus.
Neither gun nor rifle—musket or fowling piece—percus-
sion lock or flint—pistol or blunderbus—is to be seen in
their windows. We trust the police will be able to trace
these precious secrets to their lurking places. We under-
stand, also, that the fires of Mr. Hyland's forge are put
out, and his anvil become cold—at all inconvenient sea-
sons.—Dublin
Last week eighty stand of arms were purchased by the
Dr. Doyle club, of which Mr. Duffy, of the Nation, is pre-
sident. Twenty thousand of the disused military flint
muskets have been purchased in London for the use of
the insurgents, and are.a.ming over in batches. It is now
arranged that if, upon the formation of the jury to try
Duffey and his fellows, it shall appear probable that a

conviction shall be had, the clubs are to rise immediately
and prevent the trial by an anticipatory, and, as they hope,
a successful outbreak. One word we must add, the 20,000
muskets above mentioned will cost alone, by the time they
are delivered in Ireland, fully ..£lO,OOO. How and whence
are the enormous sums to make these purchases obtained ?
It can only be explained by the supposition that the os-
tensible instigators of rebellion in Ireland are clandestinely
backed by men of large resources.
DUBLIN, WATERFORD, AND CORK PROCLAIMED.—
RESCUE OF PRISONERS AT CARRICK-ON-SUIR.—A Privy
Council was held at Dublin Castle on Tuesday afternoon,
at which the Lord Chancellor, Sir E. Blackeney, the Re-
corder of Dublin, and the Attorney-General were present.
The Lord Lieutenant presided. The Council agreed to
put into operation the provisions of the " act for the bet-
ter prevention of crime and outrage in certain parts of
Ireland," and have accordingly issued a proclamation
against the city and county of Dublin, the city and county
of Waterford, the city and county of Cork, and the county
of the town of Drogheda. The proclamation takes effect
on and after the 22nd of July instant. Although Dublin
is much excited by this vigorous step, no disposition to
commit a" breach of the peace has been manifested
there. Adoring, and, we may add, successful effort to
trample upon the constituted authorities, has just taken
place elsewhere. A priest, the Rev. Father Byrne, was
committed for sedition, and committed to Carrick-on-
Suir, preparatory to his committal to the county jail.
The mob no sooner heard of the arrest than they immedi-
ately set to and rescued the reverend- prisoner, and also
liberated all the other prisoners. The military did not in-
terfere, as it appears that they were without orders. how
to act on the occasion.
FEMALE INTREPIDITY—BREAKING UP OF A NOTORI-
OUS GANG.—For several months past the district of Clon-
macnoise, in the King's County, at its junction with
Westmeath, in the vicinity of Ballinahown, has
been suffering from the depredations of an infa-
mous band of nocturnal freebooters, known as Kil-
lian, Larkin, and Co., and, notwithstanding the un-
ceasing exertions of the constabulary in both counties,
the practised desperadoes continued in their career with a
degree of adroitness which long enabled them to evade
detection. At length, however, the intrepid conduct of a
girl, whose years scarcely number sixteen, has effected the
object of breaking up this evil and extensive confederacy.
On Thursday night the gang broke open an outhouse be
longing to Mr. William Luck, of Bloomhill, and carried
off a number of geese, old and young, the only booty it
contained. On the following morning, Miss Lusk, put-
ting herself at the head of a party of men and women who
volunteered their services, led them to the residence of the
ringleader, " Writ " Larkin, in the bog of Clonascra.
Her appearance was the signal for an immediate fusilade
of threats and protestations of innocence; but the daunt-
less girl prosecuted her search, and her perseverance,
though long fruitless, was crowned with success. The as-
siduity with which Mrs. Larkin kept rocking a cradle in
which a young scion of the hopeful stock was reposing,
attracted the attention of Miss Lusk, who insisted on its
removal, and found that it rested on a large flag, covering
a cavity in the floor, in which was secreted a quantity of
bones, being a portion of a heifer stolen a few nights pre-
vious from a poor man named Henry; and, on further
search, a large glove, filled with pawnbrokers' tickets,
was discovered for property stolen at different periods.
Our heroine took measures to prevent the escape of Lar-
kin and his wife, despatched an express for the police, who
seized the stolen meat, and, accompanied by Miss Luek,
conducted the prisoners, loaded with the spoil, before the
magistrates then sitting at the Doon petty sessions. Lar-
kin has acknowledged his guilt, and the number of depre-
dations which his confession embraces is a proof that an
important public service has been rendered by his detec-
tion ; and as his informations against his associates go di-
rectly to implicate a number of notorious characters, two
of whom have already been arrested, there can be no
doubt but the entire band, who have been the scourge of
the localit!, will now meet that reward which is so long
due to them from the hands of justice.—Westmeath Guar-
dian.

PROGRESS OF THE INSURRECTIONISTS.

(From Friday's Dublin Mail.)

At the meeting of the " Confederation " last week, one
of the speakers, a priest, when heated with his subject,
and rising to the climax, thus came to his peroration :
"When- the time should have come—(a voice—' please God,
soon ')—if the good sense of England was about to abandon her
at last, and if, indeed, Ireland was destined to be the rock on
which her proud empire should split, then must armed millions
arise as one man, on the same day, and'at the same hour, for
thus would the sterner duty of patriotism, and the milder voice
of humanity both be best obeyed ; for going thus, they should
have to strike but one blow, and the first should be the last—
the final death-blow of England's dominion in the country."
The ,constant cheering, waving of hats, and other de-
monstrations of applause, showed, unmistakeably, how
congenial to the feelings and hopes of those who heard
him were those sentiments of the militant priest.
Not less plain was the language of Smith O'Brien. He
dwelt with manifest pride and reliance on the mustering
of clubs through the country. Of that at Cork, he thus
spoke :
They called it a view of his troops; but he was happy to is-
sure them that he met 2,000 men as well arrayeil, and capable of
efficient action, as any troops in her Majesty's service, and at
least 10,000 able bodied men who promised to support and sym-
pathise with them."
And he concluded with the following menace :
"If the trying thee should arrive, and Lord Clarendon seemed
resolved that it should, believe him they would come back to
Dublin enthusiastic as they were then, in a different spirit, if
they were assured that 100,000 of the men of Kilkenny, Carlow,
and Tipperary were ready to walk up to Dublin. (Loud
cheers.)"

While professions such as the foregoing are openly made,
and patiently tolerated in Dublin, the club organisation
proceeds from day to day increasing in strength and self-
confidence ; and yet no effecthe step is taken by the Go-
vernment to crush and disperse them ; while the only steps
taken are such as tend only to irritate and excite. Of this
an instance occurred in Carrick-on- Suir on Monday last.
Three secretaries of the local clubs were arrested, we
presume, for the purpose of instituting some farcical pro-
ceedings at the assizes, after next harvest; and what was
the result? The chapel bells rang out the tocsin—the
whole country, including the neighbouring districts of
Waterford, simultaneously arose and congregated, with
" guns, scythes, pikes, crowbars, &c.," in the town, leav-
ing the crops which they were cutting, and even abandon-
ing a corpse which they were in the act of interring.
And how did the authorities follow up their first ag-
gressive act ? How did they meet this armed mass of
rebels ? The magistrates speedily bailed the secretaries,
and they wisely withdrew the police and the military to their
barracks. The triumphant rebels having gained the day,
celebrated their victory by signal fires along the mountains
of Waterford and Tipperary. Again we warn Lord Claren-
don, that he must deal otherwise with the clubs than by
parchments and informations, by indictments, and tra-
verses in prox, if he wishes to save the country.