Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-31

ranks OF he reb.l army, was equally Su,'y wiz
inc leaders. and must be supposed 10 nave 'ne
same objects in view, and TO have adoP'eD 'n''
plans. :, sov ,ha,
Plisoner.-I, is right my lord, 10 say s rah,e
don't wish 10 escape upon ths poo, ,rnnd NM
pree1l which The ANNOUNCEMENT "o''N
into my mouth. "a hs,er leave
Chief Jus,ce Blsckbnrn-You had oe''er lea'e
vour case in The hands OF your counsel ord
Mr.. M-apher-It is right TO say, my Lv nv
ma, il was no, intended 10 put The deiepee y
client upon that ground. ,on spch mise.
rable pree1t. ga h,ve very able counsel,
md w.njd advise yoa - leave your oa'e WIN
,hem. ,.u 40, no made the mise.
rsbIe creature OF described by lne or,nni,v of
neral. The better 10 give him an oPPoi'uu"'
Staggering. r
CT cs-You had better not tnina me
Mr. Mcashet advised his client 10 remain .
lent.
The court then adjourned. ,,,t n Dub.
A mos, important meeting was heRi ~ -
lin, on Thursday, tor Inc purpose VI p,U
ing feeling 10 accordance WIN '.s S.;,h ~.
dalton of the jury, in The case u W.. and 70.
Brien. The attendance was uu' unI ~ was
snrc,abe. Mr.. Snarman Crawford, M. K ma'
c,llsd On 10 preside A Memorial 10 ms EXCEL ice
tsncv The T. I'd LIEUTENANT, was agreed TO- no
following is copy OF The Memol'd''
aTo his excelency Earl Clarendon, LORD Lieu
,sn.n,aud Governor General oil lfeano.
@May il please your EIcellency.-We Inc un.
nr-e.ea, consisting principally ol g ,oaiiencv
| DnbIin and lis vicinity, address your E1ceiiency
| as Inc Representative. in Ireland, OF nel mus.
Gracious Majesty The Queen. we iu'ly co ..I ~
| 10 The recommendation OF The jury oy Wnom " ~
Smith O'Brien has been found suli'y, duu We
humby aud earnestly eatteai The exercise VI hel
Majesty gracious pferosatiVe o. ins's5 -
| iayor"
The following depulation 10 wait on MS Excel !.
lency The Lord-Leutenanl in lur'herance OF Inc
ohiect OF that n .eiug was then appointed f1oh
Mr., iawless, M P, Colonel Duane, W. Shar'
man Crawford, Alderman OBren, NJ. r, rran
| els SculIy, NJ P. James Haughton and tue Lore
Nayor. II was understood that the MISSION "
| the above deputaipn was 10 ascertain "hsu "'S
| En- cheney would receive The second cepnlau"h
with the memorial iuy signed and 10 inquire III,
| to the Truth Of the rumour respecting Inc "diidn
| for Mr.. O'Brien's execution.
Al Jour o'clock the deputa,ion returned.
Mr. Crawford announced that the cepuialioh
| was detained considerable time III consequence
! of his excallsncy being out, but on MS feiu'l
| lhey received message irhm HIM iilal ne Wou'o
| receiy, Them The memorial adopted there ma
day had previously been sent IN 10 his Excelleu'
cy. When ne received the deputalion he WI
Crawford) explained that the reason oil iheir nav,
| ing come SO promptly was, that report hdu
| been mentioned al The meeting mat WaIleu
| mad been issued tor the execution Of Mr.. " bfien
! 10. which reason The meeting requested tnd' .ne
denu,atun should Immediately wait on his hx
1 a. M.
er there was any truth in that report win Iesa e
| 10 the warrant and, secondly, whether his Excel
| lepcy would be pleased to receive depntahot
| on a future day 10 present The memorial aler
| had received more extensive signatures. NJ
! ExcelIeucy, 10 reply, sa,l, first he haa no hesi
| lation in stating that the report Gl any Waifah
having been sent down was entirely false aud IN
| found q; ami secondly, that he should he happN
| to receive The depu,ation 10 present me memotia
! as soon as il was signed 10 the extent tnat wa
d..,red; and whca he should be informed OF II
| being ready for presenIalion, he would himsei
| name he time.
The French revolution is again marching WIN
ra mid strides The National Assembly has decl
ded by an overwhelming majority OF oUZ again
| OIL that The President OF the Republic shall o.
elected by direct and universal suffrage ny oaho'
ard by an absolute majority. a variety Q
amendments were proposed win view 10 moo'
fy he vote and 10 confer the power Of NOMINATION
upon the Assembly, bu, hey were all rejected .
large maJor,ties, and the people OF France VII
now decide upon the person whom lhey oes'fe y
elevate 10 the new dignity. In us nnas !oiin li'
vote stands, that the President Is 10 DC no'h'ndte
| hy secre, scrutiny, and by the absolute MAORI.
Of the yo.ets By lbe direc, surage OF all the eec
'rSh Sstr Is epp!menls o. France ana ~. A'seIs
In the event Of no absolute majority, The Nation
al Assembly will elect the President BY BALL"
and by absolu'e majority from among The nv
Candidates who may ob;ain The largest number .
surfaces. Tie candidate ior The Presidency wi
b. 6 neral Cavaignac, LamaI,ine, Theirs, an
Louis Napoleon BoHapare. Al !eas! these ar
The names generally spoken Of al present.
| When the Ash article OF the Constitution wa
under discussion, which declares that the PTesl
dent must be native OF France and Frencl
ciuzeu, NJ Anthony Thoulet proposed IN addio
to II excluding every member Of the royal and i'm
perial families. The two Napoecns, then in tn
house, rose 10 protes! against the amendment
and in a lew miaules after, Louis Napolean as
cended the tribune. The Government organ
give he following repor! Of his speech:
"Punce Louis Napoleon, in directing his step
,owsris The tribune, showed lha, he was over
whe.uied with his position. On hisarIival Their
he mac some difficulty in commencing al all, AM
a, length n came out 10 hesiiaicg and uncoD
c-ra.d manner, with the following words:-
"Ct.z-ns,-I GO not come before you 10 spea
against the amendment; certaioy have beef
sLffi ieniy reward in recovering all my right
| rs a ciliZ:n IL entertain any otnsr amollion
! Neither DO | come here 10 make any complain
asains, Inc caumnies OF which have been hi
object. Ii is in The name OF The 300,O electors
| VINO have twice hcnored me- with their suffrage,
~ Al lha M
which is constantly brought forward against me
"At this point the Prince stopped, hesaed
| and appeared inclined 10 60 on, but al length ut
| descended from The tribune apparently greatly
disconceHed, and amidst marks OF great asIonlsh-
| men, en- The part OF portion OF The members
| and OF annoyance On The part OF others The
| German accent, the confusion, he vagBeness
J and inanily OF The words spoken, the absence
| Of all the qualities OF a popular orator, had done
their work. Prince Louis Napoleon had been
warned against the dangers oil the tribune, aud The
warning has been h'own away upon him. He
| has more damaged his cause by this short atcmpi
to speak than by ali he pas, lolles OF his lite.-
| His adversaries al once saw The advantage they
had gained, and prof ed by il. After a short
| consultation with M S.nafd, NJ. Anthony Thou.
| ret rose and in a tone of contempt which was
| moi even disguised. ~ said, that after the few
| short words they lad heaJd, he was quite salts
fed that his fears from the 'Pfetender' were ex-
aseeraicd, and that his amendment, was needless,
and that he therefore vi hdrew it. The obssIva-
ton was received with loui plaudils from all
sides OF the Assembly, excepting from that up
on which FRINGE Louis Napoleon and his friends
were seated. The Dcbats says that the words
spoken by the uraio:icai novice produced mar
velIous effect, for thai they sci those who most
feared him quite al their cas-"
AFFAIRS In AUSTRIA.
In Austria The terrible uadegy OF war is being
enacted with with deadly effect. We were ena-
bled in postscript last week TO announce the as
sassna,ion, or rather bu'cherG, OF Count Lam
berg, The Commander-in-Chiei of Hungary
Whilst in the act OF bringing abou, pacifcation
of the conlending Huuearaus and CIoaians he
was cruelty slain by The mob, who recognized
him as he was crossing the bridge irom Buda