The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-10-27
From the New York Journal of Commercial
THE LATEST NEWS BY THE BRITANNIA


LONDON, Saturday Morning, Sept 3O-A report
prevails III the city that the Bank of England has
made some advances on eXchequer bills until the
middle of October, at the rate of 3 per cent, OBJ
viOusly with the usual view of equalzing the cir
| culation as much possible and in connection
with the payment of the dividends There is no
new feature to report in foreign exchanges, except
that rates for Amsterdam rather lower than last
post The firm of Kesals, Of London and Calcut-
a which suspended payment on the 10th June last,
has been reconstructed, under the name of kelsas,
House & Co., and will forthwith resume the usual
business conducted by the former house.
The three million dollars loan of the United
| States Government has been negotiated IN London
by Mr.. Corcoran, of Washington and it is under
stood that this stock will not again be brought ior
ward for sale, it having already been taken up
The prevailing dullness has prevented almost any
transactions during the last six weeks in American
securities, but this loan, readily effected during
a period of stagnation, WILL we have reason TO be-
lieve, draw the attention of capitalists TO hem and
doubtless lead to business. u s. Federal Per cents.
are quoted at 96a, Pennsylvania 66, Maryland ster
! ling SIS IS.
Later advices have been received from Antwerp
| and Hamburg this morning, but they do not con-
tain any commercial news Of importance.
FRANCE.-Our advices from the city Of Paris,
dated yesterday evening, have come to hand-they
do notcontain any intelligence of importance. The
| Paris Bourse was quiet Three per cent. 10 five
| per cent. 1925.
The little pFnclpdllLy OF HOfdIs ON TIE DOFu6I VI
Savoy has declared itself Republic, and demand
ed the protection of France. The Presse states as
fact that the King of Naples has obtained the as
surance of support from Russia in case any foreign
power should interfere with his rights over Sicily.
Venice is not to be moested, provided no attempts
be made to throw in supplies
The weekly returns of the Bank of France have
been published and shows signs of improvement.
In the return for the week there remained q credit
to the Treasury of Al 100000 frances notwithstand
invt I,a nf he 6iyda he
GERMANY.-Itis satisfactory to learn by the adj
vices received this morning, that the Instruction
at Baden under Strive, has been completely put
down. Strive and his followers have been com
pletey defeated by the German forces under Gen.
HOffernan The engagement was OF determined
kind the insurgents fought with great bravery.
Strive himself was taken prisoner tried by court
martial, and shot; the same sentence was also
passed upon eight of his followers, who were taken
prisoners along with him. The free corps are eN-
terminated, all but about 1000 men. who still hang
together and who will probably fall into the hands
of the Wurtemburg troops.
Cologne was tranquil, but the state Of siege was
still continued On the 29th many arrests of per
SONS connected with the outbreak had taken place.
BERLIN-We have advices this morning from
Berlin of the Goth. Tranquility prevailed. The
papers announce the gratifying fact thatthe cholera
was subsidng. In other respects the news was I'M
| important.
| HUNGARY.-Iate advces which have come 10
hand, state that the Hungarian roors had gained
victory over the forces of Croatia. The latter are
said to have lost 1909 in killed and wounded. The
Ban is said to be making preparations TO retrieve
his fortunes.
Danubian letters inform us that 1900 recruits,
Poles and Germans, from the principally OF Cher
| son. had cut their way through the Russian camp,
during the night, to join their own ranks
IRELAND.-LiUerpool, Saturday, IL, A. M.--0u
| express messenger from Dublin has just arrived,
bringing the latest intelligence from all parts of
Ireland including the dispatch of our reporter at
! tending the special commission at Clonmel. The
| following is reporters dispatch:
CLoNMEL, Thusday.-The special commission,
which adjourned on Saturday last, reOpened this
| morning, when the trial of Mr. Smith O'Brien, as
previously arranged, was called on The entire
| day. as anticipated, was occupied in the discus
sing of technical points of law. Mr.. y BFlen, on
being placed at the bar, appeared perfectly cool and
| collected.
| The first application the part Of the prisoner
| was made by Mr., Whiteside, who moved the court
| to postpone Mr. OBriens trial, the ground that
| he had not been furnished with copy OF the panel
and list of tile witnesses, preparatory 10 his ar
raignment. Mr. Whiteside and his colleague, Mr.
| Fitzgerald argued the point raised with great
| ability The Attorney General opposed the appli-
cation and the court ultimately ruled IN favor OF
| the Crown.
| ment, that Mr.. O'Bren should not be called upon
| to answer The Attorney General objected to the
reception of the document, 1t was informal, ana
submitted that there no precedent to show that
| the document handed in was plea in abatement
After another legal skrmsh the court ruled that il
was best 10 receive the plea and leave the Attorney
| General to demur or not. The plea was then re-
| ceived, and the Attorney General said he would
| demur on the ground that the prisoner must an
| swer to the Indictment. Mr. O'Brien then plead
| not guilty. Hereupon a challenge to the array was
mt in and argued at great length by the prisoners
counsel in the course of which some telling truths
| were brought home to the parties who got up the
III. louVt tn fRnE SID a
| the Crown, charged the trer who returned a YER
dict that it was impariay selected, although only
one out Of every eighteen of the Roman Cathoilc
| Jurors were sworn.
! Thus was spent the first day of Mr.. O Brlen's
| trial From the beginning which has been made
| il will no doubt be many days ere decision Is
| reached Mr. Whiteside and his colleagues had SET
| out with the determination to leave no Stone IN.
turned or step untred, to gain favorable Vernic'
! for their client Already they have placed the AZ
| torney General in position that VIII enuile i''en
to sue out a writ Of error in the House o, L9fos'
should Mr. O'Rren be convicted. The poln al
ude to is, that of not allowing the prisoner, ny
of the jury panel and list OF Witnesses; r -
without doubt damage the moral eiiecl " tip
verdict To allow an accused person chargeu WIN
the same crime ten days to prepare M u iI u
ENGLAND and but FIVE in Ireland; that ne sh0ud oe
supplied with list of the panel, anu ol t''e VIZ
nesses TO be produced against hm; on 'le 9e sue
&c G. caor,a;s channel and that he shoud be de-
Mod these necessary materials Tor ms delence upon
The other is not ONLY unjust in ITSELF but ridiculous
lI o'9 in its political bearings. Talk of
e %rS laws for England and Ireland Talk of the
g5orions constitution of the United Kingdom-and
the impartial spirit its statutes.
The question of endowing the Catholic clergy OF
Ireland is at present occupying prominent place
in the public mind. The Irish Government, 1t Is
said. cannot exist without something OF the KIND.
The arrests are still going forward, and several
parties have this week been brought up before me
authorities One or two ladies are committed Tor
barhorino their brothers This you will say IS
stringent enough Tranquility prevails throughout
the South of Ireland. All is suspense respecting
the fate of the unfortunate prisoners at G'onmei;
1t is said that Smith O'Brien has abandoned ali
hone of escare and considers himself doomed man
In The county of Clare several young ash trees nave
, been cut down, it is said, for pike handles