The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-11-11
FOREIGN.
FURTHER ITEMS ny THE AMERICA.
From the N Y. Journal of Commences,


ish papers to the day of her sailing.
Prices both of cotton and breadstus had experienced
slight decline in addition to that noted by last and pre-
vious arrivals
1t has been resolved spare the lives of the convicted
Irish rebels.
The cholera is scarcely mentioned in the English pa.
pers. The alarm had subsidized.
The affairs of Austria still in crisis-the capital
being surrounded by troops in the interest of the empire,
and the HungaTans having retired from its vicinity, thus
leaving the insurgents TO their Whether
they will captulae fight it out TO the last remains to
be seen Particulars will be found below
The Hon. and Rev Gerald yaerian Wellesley. brother
of the Duke of Wellington, has deceased the age of Is
The steamer Trent arrived at Southampton on the 25,h
She brought ISL 272,343 from Mexico ISL ,243 305
count OF merchants, and $293 of dividends y 10 or.
dwt. gr gold and "a gold dust; E2l9 las. Cd
British coin; l,3lS sllver 10,025 francs 365
cochlnea; SO bales tobacco and 40 cigars and
bags of coffee.
The northern parts of England and ireland had been
visited on Wednesday with heavy falls OF snow.
The Brussels Herald of Saturday gives favorable re-
port OF the potato crop in Belgium.
The VINTAGE IN FRANcE--Letters from Montpelier
province OF Hrau, mention that the vintage has proved
very abundant in that district owing to the favorable
state OF the weather.
DEVASTATION AMONG THE FLocKs AT PoRr PHILIP
gentleman in Devices has received letter from a
friend in Van Diemen's Land, in which he says: The
fatal effects OF the catarh in the sheep at Port Philip has
been made 10 the governor OF Van Diemens Land (Sr
W.. Denson) not to permit any more sheep to be import
ed from Port Philip for fear of infections as numbers of
the settlers have lost every sheep they possess One
gentleman has lost as many as l9,OO0anoher 10000 =
some 10000 up to $1,000. An entire flock died in the
course OF a night from the complaint. One gentleman
had gone from Port Philip TO Sidney, leaving his flock
quite healthy On his return, the whole flock, with the
exception of eight were dead. The writer of letter
states that he the time surrounded by SO 900 dead
sheep, and momentary dread of the infection spreading
to his own hock."-DeUizes Gazette
LIVERPOOL, Oct 2s--The general tone OF business has
not undergone any Improvement since this day week.
est possible limits Money is cheap, and the rates for
discount must further recede unless there should shortly
be revival of trade and consequent demand for money
The nominal rate is now 81 per cent, hut transactions
have been effected at a point below that figure.
couple of mercantile failures have occurred this
week. one in this town, and the other in Manchester
The liabilities of the Manchester understood
to be considerable, but the liabilities of the Liverpool
house are not important The of the Manchester
firm having been published, we need not suppress it,
Messrs. s. A. Buterworh and Co. are the parties
ferred to-
Since the departure of the last there has been
rather doing in cotton. but with downward ten
dency in prices Yesterday the sales reached 1000 bales
Arising in great from the large ATTENDANCE OF
buyers collected by the sale at public auction OF 1000
Upands under order from the court of chancey The
quality ranged from mlddlng 10 fully far, and sold al
Sad to 34d being decline OF 3D. per h. on the prices oil
last Since the sale rather better rates have been
obtained by private sae and the quotations for all classes
Fair Orleans placed at 4d; middlng Sid; fair Up
lands and Mobiles sad; mddlng ssd per ID. The sales
Of the week $500 bales of which exporters have
taken ,450 bales, The American descriptions sold
0so Orleans at 2sd TO Sd; $500 Alabama and Mobile
at 2d 35d; 1870 Upands at 3ad I'd and 200 Sea
Island at I'd to lad per h. The stock of cotton in this
port $50 900 bales against 42i 900 that of American
I374,0 900 against 81 900 at this period last year.
The large arrivals of wheat have depressing effect on
our market Western canal flour quoted at 3Os. ;
Philadelphia and Baltimore, 29s Cd; sour, PTS Sd per
barrel wheat Is. Sd. to IS. Cd. per 10 bs being de-
cline of Is Cd per barrel flour, and 3D. per 10 lbs
wheat Indian continues in fair demand at 34s. to
35 Cd per quarter; and Indian meal at It's per barrel
The duty wheat has advanced to IS per quarter and
on flour 10 3s per barrel
Nothing doing in turpentlne; prices nomnally S. Cd
to 9s 3D. per cwt
Holders of American lard having further given way to
the extent of Is to Is. Cd per cwt buyers have
forward rather freely, making the transactions OF
the week 400 TO 500 barrels al 3ss Cd to Ais per cw
according quality There has been no lard offered by
auction since our last. In bacon, have also had
increase In the sales although at very low rates
Ireland.
MManus O'Donohue, and Meagher, were sentenced
to death on Monday the 23d October, OBren had
been previously but glad to learn by article
the London Times that OF them TO be executed
LIVERPOOL, October 2S.The special commisslon-one
of the protracted that, perhaps, held in
lreland-has at length been adjourned until the 9Th De
cember, after occupying no less period OF time than
twenty three days. The immediate result is the trial,
conviction and sentence of four persons for the crime OF
high treason whilst several OF the humber class of the
the crown shall adopt in relation to prosecuting theR
The sentence pronounced upon the three prisoners first
mentioned above is follows, by Lord Chief Justice
Doherty
Prisoners the bar Terence Bellew MManus Patrick
ODonohue, and Thomas Francis Meagher, after deep
consideration, before entering into this court it my
intention, in the performance of the very painful duty
which devoves upon not to have prolonged your stay
that bar by any length of observation YOU and each
OF there having been convicted by the verdcts
of three ures, OF the crime of high treason
the crime of the greatest enormy known to our laws.
feel bound to say thistha it is the deliberate dispas
opinion of the court that the verdlcs which
found by those ues and the verdict which found by
former jury. could have been other than they
That no honest, fair impartial and conscientious jurors,
attending strictly to their oaths, and listening to the EVIL
denCe that produced this court the OF
these unusually proracted trials could have to any
other conclusion than that which they have done They
have pronounced you, and all guilty of the crime OF
high treason That crime consists In having levied war
in this county within and during the last week OF the
month of July-of having levied for reasonable
purposes-and that YOU and each of you, or less
participated in excited to, and prepared for, and were
yourselves, OF you more, some less actively en-
gagged in the furtherance of that project. In order
10 constitute the crime of high treason by the levy
ing OF war, it is ingredient that the should be
propooned to the end sought to be accomplished, or
that there should be rational prospect OF success The
parties who engage in such transactions become respon
sibe if they have arrayed, assembled drilled, and pre-
pared those who by force endeavor to accomplish that OBJ
ect-the common object that was IN view.
Ii is not sorry to say to any iorbearance on your
part that that rebelion-for such may term (which
broke out in that week, brought TO speedy conclu
sion 1t is not due to yout under God, attributable to
the fidelity and the bravery OF the police force. When
reflect on what ght have been the consequences that