The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-09-08

the same honorable and learned gentleman, repor,
from the committee. disowning all sort of connec
tlon, direct or indirect, with the Nation newspaper
was adopted.
With the exception of an address from Mr.. ].
OConnell, and few words from the chairman,
(Mr. Fitzpa,rick.) Mr.. O'Dowd, Mr.. Steele.
MT Maher and MIR. Loughnan. Mr.. O'Connell
had all the speaking tn himself The week.
rent, which included els 2s from Liverpool. rer
Mr.. George Smyth. was announced to be 1885
Os. Id. The chief feature of imporrance NJ the
meeting on the 18th instant. was letter from
Mr.. :. O'Brien to Mr.. Ray. in which the honora-
pie gentleman insisted at some length upon the
injustice dealt ont to the Nation by the resolution
OF the previous Monday. The following signifi.
cant passage occurs in this epislle :-s For NV
own part. although have felt it TO be nv du,y
to defend men WIN have been unjustly assailed,
and IN doing so, have cheerfnly sacrificed that
popularity and leadership which il is supposed
that ! covet so much. firmly repudiate the i'm
pu,a'i"n mat am DESTROYS to encourage the people
OF Ireland TO struggle for heir legitimate freedom
by an appeal To- arms but, on the other hand.
VIII not consent TO pamper the pride of England,
or 10 encourage the oppression of my country, by
teiing her that the Irish people have for ever
toresworn the use Of the sword as the final vindi-
Gator OF their national liberties" Mr.. O'Brien
the ranks of repeal. Mr.. O'Connell feels ANNOYED
that the member for Limerick is so perverse; and
in replying to the letter, from which the aboye
extract is taken, tells his followers that he could
not approve of the doctrines propounded by Mr..
O'brien. and that until he changed them il was
impossible for him (Mr O'C) to cuaIesce with
that gentleman, for he believed that if thew
adopted ms principles. they would be all liable to
the charge of high treason. That was his candid
opinion as a lawyer" The rent of the week was
.s229 Is. Sd.
FRANCE.
Paris, August l7.-As was anticipated. the
elections have g0ne in favor of the Minister'S
The majority, In fact, is much greater than was
expected. BY the showing of the opposition
newspapers themselves, it is not less than 100
according to the orgaH of the government, ranges
from 100 To 100. or $50. 1t is such crushing ma
jority as almost to annihilate the opposition All
sections OF The opposition have grievously suffered,
Notwithstanding they backed mp each other with
out any regard To principle. The Ligi,ims,s in
particular have sustained heavy lnsses many of
their best men having been sent adrift, and their
ranks being now reduced TO 10 or r. The Re-
publicans. too, have been famously drubbed All
their candidates. except their old siagers such as
Arago. Rollin. Pages. were in woful minorities :
and some of the smaller fry who were in the last
Chamber have been sent Ia the sw eets and calm
OF private life. The Republicans, indeed, were
never very strong. and every day they are losing
ground. The party OF Odlon Barrot has to be.
wall many losses; and that which is pecnliary
attached 10 NJ. Theirs cuts melancholy figure.
The poor oppositionsis however. have had the
satisfaction OF gaining the victory in the largest
constituency OF this country-that of the second
reimbursement of Paris which numbers upwards
of 5000 electors. Their triumph is the greater
from the fact that the cand date they succeeded in
beating was not only thorough. going partisan of
the ministry hut had represented the district Tor
many years, and possessed greater personal in
fuence therein than any other private individual.
DENMARK
CoPENHAGEN. August ll.-A royal ordinance
reduces by one fifth the duty on The tonnage of
vessels leaving Danish ports for Sweden. Nor
way. all the ports of the Baltic, Holland Belgi-
nm, England. France, and Spain. The duty on
the expectation Df rags is also reduced
The publication by the King of letters patent,
relative to the succession of the Dnchies of SchIes
wig and H"ls,ein, has excited an immense com
motion. The object Of his Majesty. in which he
Is Supported by the Danish people, is 10 incorpo
rate the two duchies in the Danish Kingdom
They. however. being German, resist this at.
tempt. and surdily maintain their separate ma
t'onailty In this they are supported by the sym
palhy of all Germany.
ITALY
ROME, August 4.-The popularity Of the new
Pope is unbounded, and nothing else is heard in
the states of the church but blessings on his name
The amnesty has been fully carried into effect,
and the persons set at liberty have returned 10
their homes, to which they have been welcomed
oy The uproarlous applause Of their fellow towns
men. L he rejolcngs led to Disturbances in the
course of which the Swiss guard was called out,
and several persons were killed. IT is 10 be re-
gre'ted, however, that several cardinals, govern.
OTIS OF towns and provinces, set their faces against
me measures OF the Pope; one or two even went
SO Tar as to refuse to publish the amnesty
HIS Holiness has held his first cnnsistory, in
which he delivered speech in Latin thanking
the cardinals for his elevation.
The popular Cardinal Gizzi has been nomina-
ted Secretary of State. He enertains the same
Hoeral and enlightened views the Pope.
SPAIN.
MADRID, August 10.-On the Doth July, Mr..
Washington Irving was received in private audi
tnce by the QnpeD, to take leave as Ambassador
from the United States
Two days later, Mr.. Saunders, the new Min.
lister, was received by the Queen
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr. Austin has realized te45 900, this session
lot his services an advocate before the railway
committees
The only living brother of Napoleon is now
The Prince de Montfort, OK. king of Westphalia,
who is in his 62d year.
n lew days ago the village Of Speicher, on the
hhne, was destroyed by fire; 113 houses, SO
Iarns, and 80 stables were destroyed by the
flames
The British hardware and cutlery exported in
The year l845 was declared TO weigh 20 ,754 tons.
and to be of the value of .e2,l52 ,999.
The lron-uade in South SlaffOrdshire is now in
more Furnishing condition than it has been for
some time. Orders have been pouring in from
all quarters for railway iron.
Numbers Of The cattle belonging to the Queen
ana Prince Albert, at their farms in the neigh
oOIhood OF Windsor, have recently persisted of an
Epidemic