The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-12-08
DAILY CRESCENT.
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some demonstration Of respect 10 the memory OF
The late Lord George Benfwick.
Tia. Government OF Chill has voted fifty thou
gand dollars to attract emigration from England.
The London Chronicle Of the 10Th says that the
officers Of the Crown in Dublin have determined
10 bring 20 trial some Of the persons who have Deeh
detained in prison under the suspension Of me ma
beag Corpus Act, or who have been commitled Oh
charge Of reasonable practices.
No proceeding has yet been made in the Queens
Bench for the removal Of Messrs. Smiih " bflenl
Meaghsr McManns and 0'DOn0bue from Cionmei
10 Dublin to attend before the JUICES on the assign
rnent Of errors The date Of return named IN The
wfts Of error is the 18th Of November.
AS an important scientific fact il may be mem
toned, that the researches OF NJ Melville on the ny
which has lately been destructive to the olive IN
the South Of France, and the best Of stopping
its ravages have so far been successful as make
an average annual difference Of sf24O,000 in the
value Of the quantity Of oil produced Surely ms
will be a stimulus 10 Chronological studies,
branch Of natural history so important from It's COLI
nection with agriculture.
John 0'Connell has written another letter on
Repeal, which closes with this picture;
Look but 10 this brief picture that ! present TO
Won Three wears ago the committee OF tie Repeal
Association was a united and powerful body.
Where are those who were prominent lben Ohe
IL mining in captiViiV and exile Five more are
Under he stroke Of the law-condemned, but I'M
certain vet as 10 their doom. Others again pent
M in prison-some awaiting trial, others under
punishment without IT, Two are dead, after mel
anchoIy illness caused in much by the dssensions
thar prevailed among US. And the founder of the
Assocation-the leader OF all-he died in a foreign
land Of broken heart; followed, as in life, in
the cause and circumstance of death Qor England
% Tom Steele was foreign land) by the truest,
and pnrest, the most devoted adherent that ever
man had, and that ever man loved
The highest talenf--fhp most ardent DatriOtsm-
the most acknowledgements lOngestand faith
finest services-at, all rutess and lost TO Ireland
by reason Of her unhappy division And death
and English msrule alone unchecked aud trium-
phanti
The IKisH CONVICT, mitchell. "A cores
pondent Of the Caedonan Mercury writes
I" I have just had conversation with a shipmas-
ter who within these three weeks passed day or
two NJ Bermuda, where, he informs me, he saw
Mr. John Mitchell walking on the quay and look
ing we'll. Mitchell wore his own clothes, and my
friend learned that only once a month, when the
Governor Inspecs the eonveis, was he compelled
20 wear the dress Of convict lie was lodgedsOn
board the hulk, but had the privilege Of walking
the quay throughout the day. Mitchell had been
asked 10 assist in writing mp keeping the convict
books, but refused, saying he would do nothing for
the Government "
Tar SLAVE TRADE-Letters to the middle of
September from the coast Of Africa 10 The London
Chronicle state that the slave traffic was going on
with increased activity. prize made on the
llth BY the corvette Amphtriie-of Il vessel having
800 slaves on board. The preventive squadron
in full force, but few captures made--though
vesse.s were constantly fitted out
Great complaints are made by the land proprie-
tors in the Western and Southern provinces OF Ire
land Of the crushing weight Of the poor law taxes
Several Of them, it is said, will be ruined by them.
Charles A. Dean, inventor Of the diving appar-
tns and a new prOpeng steamboat, committed
suicide in London, on the 9th, ult., in fit of in
sanity.
VIM MeDonough, celebrated in sporting circles,
as a sieeple- ohase rider, committed suicide, by
shooting himself, a; London, on the 9th.
The great Bridgewater collection Of pictures is
about 10 be thrown open TO the public without other
restriction or condition than decent apparel.
Henry Haliord Vaughan has been appointed by
the Queen Regins Professor Of History in the Uni
versily Of Oxford The rumor of Mr.. Halam's APP
pOntment was unfounded.
A great decline in the prices Of cattle and sheep
has been experienced in lrelasd
THE YIeERoY KE-ING- Hong Kong papers
lately received, that Ke-ing the exViceroy of
the Province Of Canton who has signed | the
treaties hitherto concluded between China and
foreign nations, on his return 10 Pekn was loaded
with hOnOrs BY the Imperial Government. Besides
the honorary distinctions which were conferred on
him. he was appointed Keun-ke- choo that is Presi-
dent Of the Emperor's Privy Council. The Euro
pedt residents IN Nnla are we'll satisfied with tins
nomination The liberality and well knOwn mOdera-
ton of ke-ing are universally considered guar
antees Of peace for the future.
The ZoLLvEREIN.-We are informed that all
the States Of the Hoverein have given their adhe-
sion, with an exception in iavorof Belgium to the
additional duties established in Germany as an act
of reprisals for the export dues decreed in France
on the 10Th Of June last.-Ildepeadenc Beige
The charcoal pOrters and vendors are said to
escape the cholera.
The system Of education at Cambridge is about
TO be reformed by the introduction of the more
practical sciences, after the American plan.
The bankers of Berlin and Breslau are sending
their specie 10 Magdeburg to be kept in the castle
One Of the daughters Of the captive Abd-e.-Kader
is said to possess extraordinary beauty.
There has been mob fight between the Jews
aud the Ifastervini, at Rome. Numbers were
killed on both sides
AT the last accounts there was snow ON the hills
in the Northern parts of England aud Scotland.
An English clergyman at Exeter recently at
tempted TO preach 70 his congregation in a surplice
He was Kissed, coughed and seraped TO such an
extent, that he could not proceed until the police
came in and maintained order.
The Baroness st. Mart, who was recently ar
rested IN London for stealing two diamond rings
from Sir John Hare, denied the charge and said it |
was malicious one, and occasioned by her refusal
TO marry him, while she was engaged her present
husband.
Lord Middleton recently committed suicide. in a |
state Of temporary insanity, produced by his separa-
ton from his wife.