The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-26


father and con- TO he executed the 18th II tn
commission open that day it will be one of grea
eSc as the judges will pass the place Of
ton in going 10, and leaving the court aud
their lodgings ore close to 1t During the sitting
the OF nmission. there will probably be 1000 soldier
The general opinion of the authorities in Ireland
that Mr. r O'Gorman and John Dillon. barrister, an,
other insnrgent leaders are stu fagtives in Ireland
and not reported, in France most active searol
mas taken place during the last few days for
Dublin against whom a warrant was issued Is
In Paris. from Whence he has sent over communities
| ton to the corporate
an exraordp feet that the Of Mr.
Smith O'Brien- namely, Sir Lucius O'Bren, then
leading the Munster circuit Of which Clon
mel at the time formed part-was the advocate fo
Father Shelby. his trial for the murder of John
the Bridge, of which murder the reverend gentleman
was found guilty though the said John of the Bridge
was living thirty years afterwards in good health II
| newfoundland
1t said in Newry that is the intention Of the lady
sisters of that unfortunate gentleman to proceed t.
America immf distely and that preparations for thai
Prince d'Joinvile's sketch, from memory. Of tn,
burning of the Ocean Monarch which forms an in
teresiDg picture has been published and great mum
lodged the receipt Of gold medal, presented him By
the Liverpool Humane Society, in letter Of thanks
The same pociety awarded to each Of the officers Of
the Alfonso the s0cety's silver medal of the first GLASS
and to each Of the four seamen (whose conduct was
highly eulogized3 their silver medal of the second
SILVER medal OF the nret also awarded
to the first officer Of the Ocean Monarch Mr. lothian
Bragdon and els to five of the of the said ship
whose conduct was most praissworthy. A gold medal
was awarded to the master of the steamer Prince
Wales; and silver medal to his mate and ELS for
distribution amongst the crew Of that vessel.
Inc subscriptions now amount to 10000.
Another dreadful fire has occurred at CONSTANT
1oPie which destroyed property to the amount OF
Several encounters have taken plsce between the
Ilungsrians and Croatans in all of which the Hunga-
rians have been defeated The Croaans have crossed
The Publications Of the srmistice between Denmark
and Prussia were exchanged at Lubec the LIST inst
The Berner Ndchchten states that Prussia is to in
demnfy Denmark for regulations in Jutland. The
Danish prisoners at Athena set at liberty on the
1st and the federal troops leaving the Duches.
issued BY %.sss. 'i FRINGE
the military governor Of that city The Prince
mands that all natives Of Lombsrdy, residing in Milan,
except those born there, SHALL within eight days. pro-
cure certificate of their BIRTH from the district to
which they belong The masters of furnished hotels
called to make return to the authorities of all
persons residing in their houses
The Madrid mails of the 3lst have been received It
was expected that series of financial measures would
IN few days. be announced in the Gazette which
would form the basis OF the financial system Of
Mon In two or three days, 1t was expected that .
commu nication the subject Of the quicksilver
mines, was expected hourly from NJ Rothschild. Of
London The reported resignation Of villa Hermosa,
as political chief Of Madrid is contradcted 1t
reported that NJ Artats would succeed M. Euoiso,
chief police The Captain General villalonga had
bad appeared at Maeztrasso Cariist chief was ar
rested at Dram, in Algeria by the French authorities
who was employed in recruiting for the insurgents
ALTOONA.
Our Southampton Correspondence.
Southampton Sept 8, 1s4s.
The Mshcps to the Steamships United States and Her.
m0nn-The West India Steamer; &C., &c.
Two mishsps have occurred to American steamers
which it is necessary shouid Communicates you
this week. The first was the mail steamer Hermann,
Capt Crabtres from New York, which vessel had the
bad luck to get ashore in Gurnet Bay Isle of Wight,
on Monday morning last, during very thick fog
The Hermann had made a mos. excellent voyage from
your city CT under thirteen and half days. She
took board pilot at the usual place bet ween Port
land Bill and the Needles. and passed through the
Needle rocks in safety but nearing Cowes, it be-
ing about A. M. in the morning, very dense fog
came suddenly on, and, from this cause, added to
some variation having been discovered in the needle
of the compasses the Hermann went on the ground In
Gurnet Bay, about two miles from Cowes.
The engines were immed ately reversed but, as the
tide fast ebbng all efforts to back off the ship were
unavailng, and Captain Crabtree was forced to wait
till when asslstanos was promptly REQ
mails and passengers. Fortunately the weather was
perfectly calm and thus the for getting the
Herman off we're facilitated. Lighters were procured
from Cowes large quantity Of GOALS discharged;
the anchors chain cables, and some heavy gear were
hoisted out as to tighten the ship against the next
high tide and pre- parat0ns made to pump the
water out Of the boiler, in case such proceeding
should be found necessary The measures thus taken
! am happy to cay, attended with success and,
at high water the 4th inst O'Clock in the after
noon, the Hermann tioated gently off the shoal on
which she had grounded not having received received; the
the mud The Hermann then made for the anchor
in Cowes roads where she took in the Goals and
stores which had been discharged and sailed the same
night for Bremen The accident might have been at
tended with serious to the ship had she
gone anywhere else in the bay a. there a number
ofo Eun in fha nil W.
ever she went comfortable clay M nd bottom, and
not being at full speed when be struck was the cause
of such q fay bile termination to the mshap The
passengers by the Hermann prese nted most congrs-
tulatory and complimentary letter to Captain Crao
tree to whom not the slightest blame is attributable
the ship in charge Of most experien eed pilot
The Penipsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com
pany's ship Potinger. when coming home from Alex.
andria in 1s47, went on shore within 1000 yards o.
| the same place; and the British man of war Cyclops
was also ashore there, for few hours, in the same
The Hermann may be said to have a second time
beaten the America on the voyage from New York tc
Europe The America arrived last week In Ii day.
and q hours, whereas the Hermanns present voyag'
has only occupied ID days IL hoursboth ships having
reported five days bad weather and head winds afte
leaving the American coasts The Acadia arrived =
Liverpool from Boston at P. M on the 4th instant
and taking into account the respective distances ira
verted, the Hermann has also had an advantage, II
point of speed, over the Acadia.
am thus particular in giving you the exact detail
of voyages Of the competing transatlantic steamers
because kno that the interest at present excited B.
great, and am an xious that you should be In pos
session Of correct information 70 lay before your nu
merous readers
The Liverpool people are very loud in their ohuch
ling over the defeat experienced by the Hermann o
her last voyage from Southampton to New York; but
must be borne in mind that she had very heav
cargo and deeply laden too deeply for her to 90
full speed 1t Is however, undisputed, that hithert
the Hermann has made the quickest voyage ever y
known from New York to Europe | sllude to n
voyage last July-and that she has two ohaks TO tn
Americas one
am sorry to have to aude toa serious disa
ter which has befal that splendid steamer Il
United states. After leaving Havre. the I'd inst
with so passe Dgers. and . most valuable cargo st
called of Cowes for English passengers, &C., whic
embarked and she rally called the followin
day for New York She proceeded only 80 far as III
Scily Islands, when II was discovered that the boss
which fastened to the condensers on which I'll
main centres work, had cracked, and thus the safet
Of the engines was jeopsrdized, unless immediats
repaired, meeting Of the passengers hmm
diately called by Captain Hackstaf and It unan
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