The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-11-18
Seven Days Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.

The steamship, America, from Liverpool,
Oct. 26lh, arrived at Quarantine, New York,
\ on Wednesday night, in the very short pas
sage Of eleven days and few hours.
4 Prices both of cotton and breadstufl5 had
! experienced slight decline, in addition to
q that noted by last and previous arrivals. The
large arrivals of Wheat have depressing eff
feet on the corn market.
II has been resolved to spare the lives ofthe
+ convicted Irish rebels.
The cholera is scarcely mentioned in the
English papers. The alarm had subsidized
The affairs Of Austria are still in crisis
the capital being surrounded 10y troops in the
interest ofthe empire, and The llungnrians
having retired from its vicinity, thus leaving
the insurgents to their own resources, wheth-
or they will capitulate or fight it out to the
last remains to be seen.
IRELAND.
MNIunus, O'Donohue, and Meagher, were
srHnHced to death Oh Monday, the 23d Oc-
,Obcr as O'Brien had been previously, but
4 We are glad to learn by an article in the Lon
don Times that none of them are to he exc
culed.
LIVERPOOL, Oct %. The Special Commits
sion one of The most protracted hat,pcrhaps,
was ever held in Ireland-hus at length been
adjourned until ihe 9Th December, after oc-
4 cupying no less period oftime than twenty
three days The immediate result is the tri-
al, conviction, and sentence of four persons
4 for the crime Of high treason; whilst several
the humber Clnss of tho people still await
the decision which the law officers of the
crown shall adopt in relation 10 prosecuting
x Ncm.
The sentence pronounced upon the three
prisoners first mentioned above. is rs follows,
by Lord Chief Justice Doherty.
"Tmt Won Terence Bellew McManus, you
Patrick O'DOnohue, aud you Thomas Fran
els Meaghnr, be taken hence TO the place
from whence you came, and be thence drawn
ON hurdle TO the place ofcXecution, and that
each Of you be there hanged by the neck I'M
til you be dead, and that afterwards the head
ofeach of YOU shall be severed from his bod
v aud the body of each divided into four
quarters, to be disposed of as her Majesty
shall think fit--and may the Almighty God
have mercy on your souls"
The PUNISHMENT OF THE PRTsoNERs. at
. has been resolved to spare the lives of the
convicted Irish rebels. This announcement,
though really important, and calculated to
raise some very grave questions, will he re-
. cciyed rs matter of course by the public, so
4 entirely has it been anticipated, from the
date of the repetition itself, not to say earlier.
For one reason or another, no one was pre-
pared to see Smith O'Bren dying the death
of mnlefactor. The scaffoId was either too
gnominious, too dignilied, or too grave, for
so silly and contemplate an offender. What
the actual punishment will be, is another
question, and one which admits of more con-
sideratiOns. Among those considerations j.
IDEAS offitness come in, and every body feels
that wholesome discipline ut Bermuda, or
some other safe retirement, would suit Mr.
Aleagher's complaint much better than the
gullows. "-ITmeS.
FRANCE.
DEFEAT OF THE MINISTRY. Thenew cab
met of Gen. Cavaignnc- sustained signal de-
feat OH Friday, on the question of military
substitution. The 10Th article of the CON
sIitution proposes to abolish substitution in
the army, and to make every citizen liable to
serve his country, without permitting him to
purchase an exemption. The idea whence
this article etnanated was essentially demo
cratic; and it was based on the principle that
equality amongst citizens could not exist if
one class were permitted to escape, because
rich, the burthen military service. The
chamber passed vote and defeated the min
istry by majority of 523 votes, rejecting ,be
abolition of substitution in the army.
The discussion ofthe constitution was ter
minated by the Assembly on the 23d. Be-
lore 1t Is ilnaty proclaimed 1t viii have to I'M
dergo revision. This revision would take
place after an interval of five days, and was
not expected to occupy more than day or
two
PARIS, Thursday evening, Goth AT six o.
clock the Assembly divided on the important
question of the election of President of the
Republic, when the following was the unex-
pccted result:-Number of votes $40. In IA
yor ofthe decree, 5s7;against it, 232; minority,
"oo;consequently the election will take place
on The 10th of December. The result excited
inc greatest surprise. The Ministers of the
Interior and of Paris have addressed circu-
lar on the subject ofthe democratic banquets,
TO- 10 The Projects and Procureurs Gencraux.
The banquets are not to be preventedb but no
public tunctionary can attend them.
NORTHERN RAILROAD. The down mer-
Gnandlse train on the Northern Road last
i uesday consisted of 90 cars! The train of
mat uuV nCunIl1 tho hao &c, 4