The New York Herald Newspaper, October 26, 1848, Page 1

NO. 5258. : AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. ARRIVAL STEAMSHIP EUROPA. Astonishing Passage over the Atlantic, ONE WEEK'S LATER NEWS. HIGHLY IMPORTANT. VBRDIcYr OF GUILTY AGAINST O*BRIEN AND McMANUS, 4nd Sentence of Death Passed on Smith O’Brien. REVOLUTION IN AUSTRIA. | ™M AR KE T Ae, bes Se The marine telefraph announced, at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, the steamship Europa, Capt. | Lott, off this port. She sailed from Liverpool on Saturday, the Mth instant, and was, therefore, only eleven daysin erossing the Atlantic from Liverpool to New York . ‘The America was once tén ddys and eight hours an crossing to Boston. ‘The distance to New York is equal to twenty-four hours more. The swift express steamer Ajax reached the city about three o’clock with the news. We are indebted to the officers of the steamer for some papers. They are public spirited gentle- men. Our regular files came through the Post Office. The news is of the greatest importance. Our accounts from Ireland are very exciting. O’Brien was convicted, and sentenced to be exe. cuted. McManus was also convicted. See the details of this intelligence in another column. The news from Austria—from France—indeed | from all parts of the continent, indicate a general war in Europe. It 1s almogt impossible to see a gleam of hope for any other result. Out of such confusion and anarchy, and so much bloodshed, nothing else can be expected. (fficers have been | ordered from Paris to immediately join the army | of the Alps, with the view of striking, if neces- sary, into Italy. Itisto be expected that the in- | surrection in Vienna will prostrate the claim of Austria in Lombarcy, and set the Italian kingdom again in a blaze. ¥ The long, dreaded cholera, the approach of which has been so long heralded, has now, if we may believe the reports of the London aud some of the provincial newspapers, attained a footing in Eng. land, many decided cases and some deaths having occurred in the metropolis as well as in the outporis. | A good deal of interest has been excited by ‘a’ | report from Peel’s river that the Esquimaux have seen some vessels to the east of the Mackenzie river, which furnish the hope that the long lost | enters party of Sir John Franklin, in the Arctic seas, have conquered the elements, and may, at this | moment, be in perlect safety. | The steamship United States, Captain Hackstaff, | sailed from Southampton on the 12th inst., at 11 | o'clock, for New York. She took out about eighty | paseengers, anda large cargo of near 500 tons measurement goods, principally from France. | The weather during the week has undergone a very favorable change. With some unsettled states of the atmosphere in diflerent places, upon the whoie tolerably fine weather has prevailed, | and in Scotland it has been so genial that the har- | court was immedi | from the countenances and manoer of all how much | him at this IMPORTANT FROM IRELAND. VERDICT AND SENTENCE ON THE PATRIOTS, O'BRIEN AND MSMANU [Correspondence of the Freeman’s Journal.) At @ quarter: past five o’olockjthe judges entered, and took their reats on the bench, and Mr. O’Brien was bs placed at the bar. For a few minutes a profound silence prevailed through every part of the bi presently a rustle was heard at the door of the jury-1 and the foreman, holding an issue paper in his hand, entered the box, followed by the other jurora, The foreman, when ali had taken their seats, handed the verdict to Mr. Pedder, Clerk of the Crown, who com- mence‘ calling over the names of the jurors, While this formality was proceeding, a solemn hushjof breath- less, intense, almost agonizing expectation, prevaded the entire audience, while all eyes were intently fixed on the dauntless and high- man whose life and liberty, whore hopes and prospects, whose noblest as- pirations and dearest affections, were dependent on the awful fiat which was about to be pronounced. The Creak or vp Snown, having finished calling the names, asked, rather nervous and indistinct tone, manifestly sensible of the painful effect about to follow. Gentlemen, have you agreed to your verdict ? The Formman.—Yer CLERK or THe Crows.—How say you? Smith O’Brien guilty, or not guilty / There was no response, and that sickness of the heart which follows oo deferred instantly came over all present. The answer was not needed to teli the sad avd distressing tale; but, after a pause of some da- ration, alow, half suppressed murmur of “guilty” from the foreman, fell upon the ear, bringing to every heart a throb, and a tear to every eye There was one—and but one—in that sorrow-strick- en assembly who blanched not. His form and bear- ing bore the dignified impress of his manly nature; he stood erect, unmoved, undaunted; his eye beaming with its wonted fire, and his arms folded across his baeast in the full repose of an upright conscience — He slichly inclined his head to the jury, and again resumed his erect and firm bearing. A conyulsive sob was beard for a moment throughout the court, and ain all was still The Foreman of the jury essayed to say something, but his self-possession seemed to fail him, and he said, ina harsh under tone, to the Clerk of the Crowa— “Mr. Pedder, can’t you read the rest !”? ‘The Clerk then read from the paper what follows :— We earnestly recommend the yrisoner to the merciful oonsite- ration of vers m he jury being noanimously of opinion that, for m Is William ma, bis life should be spared, and fellows, RICHARD M, 8. MANSERAGG, Chairman. The Clerk of the Crown then resumed his seat. and for about five minutes an unbroken silence prevailed, the eyes of all being fixed on the calm, self-possesied countenance of the prisoner ; at length Chief Justice Blackburne said in a low voice, “Ad- journ the court to ten o’elock on Monday morning.’ Proclamation to this effect was made. Mr. O'Brien was then removed from the dock, and the building was soon empty. ] Bi [In the course of the afternoon Mr. Dalton was served with a crown subpena (on behalf of the prisoner) to attend and give evidence on the trial of Mr. Meagher.) SENTENCE ON W. 8. O'BRIEN, ESQ. Croxmet, Ost. 9, 1848. It being understood that the sentence of the law was to be passed upon Mr. O’Brien atthe sitting of the court this morning, the doors were surrounded from an early hour by crowds of ladies and gentlemen, of the highest respectability, anxious to obtain admis- sion to witness that solemn and painful scene. As s00n as the doors were opened every available place in ly filled, and’ it was easily seen sympathy and interest were felt in the fate of him who was about to be called up to hear the dreadful doom which the law prescribed for the offence of treason. ekintil the sitting of the court, a low, Lushed conversation was carried on, one question being anxiously asked by all, namely, whether it was portible that the government, would suffer the sentence ofthe law to be carried into effect, if the points re- served in favor of Mr. O’Brien were ruled against | him? ‘The judges took their seats on the bench, at a quar- ter past ten o'clock, when the most solemn silence at once prevailed in court. ‘The crown counsel were not in attendance for some time after their lordships ascended the bench, and during the interval the most intense anxiety prevailed. The most painfal interest was felt to ascertain if there could be collected from the words of the jndge who was about to pass senterce, any assurance that the recommendation of the jury would be attended with the efect which all so ardent]y desired. So deathlike was the stillnes in coart tuat you could hear a pin fall. At 25 minutes after 10 o'clock, the Attorney General the court, and. addressing their lordships, said: “My lords. it now becomes my duty, in the case of the queen against Williem Smith O’Brien, to hum- bly move sor the judgment of the court upon the pri- soner, Cur court! The Governor of the gaol replied in the affirmative. All eyes were now turned towards the dock, and in 2 few moments O’Brien was placed at the bat’. Though after conviction for high treason, and though about to be sentenced to die the “death of a traitor,” his ap- pearance or manner was not in the slightest degree chanced, He still maintained the samo firm. mialy y Justice Bracknunne.—Is Mr. O'Brien in | bearing—still displayed the same cheerfulness of man- ner. His astonishing fortitude of mind, and the tes mony of a good conscience which supported him dur. ing the former part of this trying ordeal, did not desert wiul moment. He advanced to the bar vest has been got in with greater success than has been experienced for many years, The several reports which reached us from the manufacturing districts since our last report, are again of a discouraging character. Our continental news 1s still a record of san- yeople, of wars and rumors of wars, and of the still disorgamised state of almost the whole of Eu- rope. The Schleswig-Holstein affair seems to be now subordinate to the great contest going on in the centra! and southern part of Germany, and the efforts of Lord Palmerston to compel the bellige- rents to keep quiet, is at present successful. Every thing is quiet inthe Duchies, and their eventual pacification depends, as we have always said, upon a totally different concatenation of events. In Austria, the ter rible tragedy of war is being enacted with deadly effect. We were enabled, na posteript ast we ek, to announce the assas: tion, or rather butchery, of Count Lamberg, the Commander-in-Chief of Hungary, The war seems now to have assumed a determinate character. The Emperor of Austria as thrown off the | | ment, addressed Mr. O'Bri | dictment you have pleaded mask; and, maddened with the murder of his brave lieutenant, Count Lamberg, who had been sent to compose the differences between hi own subjects, he has dissolved the Hungarian Diet; has appointed anew Baron Jellachich, Com- mander-tn-Chief of all the armed troops in Hunga- ry and the Allied Kingdoms, with despotic pow- | ers, and has placed Hungary under martial law. It is now clear that Jellachich has been, throughs | ing ; and thirdly, whether the contents of the with his usual firm step, and ool, collected, and dig- nifed demeanor, Having politely and cheerfally bowed to the friends whom he recognized in court, and shaken hands with such of them as were within reach of him, he cast a yee and dignified glance about the court, and with the most perfect composure and fearlessness awaited the sentence of the law. The profound silence thi prevailed for several guinary conflicts between piincedoms and their | minutes, was broken by the clerk of the crown, say- ing: “William Smith O’Brien, you having heretofore stood indicted for that you with cthers— he thought that was the fitting time to make an appli- cation in arrest of judgment, as he found by the act that the proper time to apply to the court as to the re- servation of matters that occurred was after the con- viction. He, ftherefore, asked the court to reserve these questione—first, whether the three speeches deli- | vered by ‘Mr. O’Brien,in the months of March and April, ought to be admitted in evidence against him ; secondly. whether the circumstances detailed relative to the meeting of ths 2ist, should be admitted against him—on two grounds, counsel contended that they ought not, because Dobbin, the informer, was not con- firmed, and as Mr, O’Brien’ was absent from the meet- ort. manteau should be received in evidence against him. There was a fourth question also, which he would state tothe court. He moved an arrest of judgment, o> the Part of Mr. O'Brien, on the grounds stated. Mr. hiteside then proceeded to enforce his motion argument of creat ability and considerable lei He was replied to by the Solicitor General. The mo- tion was ultimately refused by the court. ‘THE SENTENCE. The Clerk of the Crown, having read over the indict- len, and said—To this in- ot guilty,” and put yourself upon your country. That country has pro- nounced you guilty. What have you now to say why the sentence of the law should not be passed upon yeu Mr. O'Briex ina calm and firm voice, addressing the judges, aid : My lords, it is not my intention to enter into any vindication of my conduct, however much I might have desired to avail my* felf of this opportunity of doing so. I am perfectly satisfied with the conscionsness that J have performed my duty to my country out secretly supported by the Emperor, and the contest between the Croatians and the Ifunga- | rians will be severe. The former had advanced near Pesth, and iast was ikat the Croatians had conquered the Hangarians nacemplete victory. Better accounts iniorm us hat the Croatians had been partially defeated, andcompelled momentarily to retire. But it i plain that they would again advance, and a bloody battle, under the walls-of Pesth, would probably occur. Whilst we write, intelligence from Vienna has reached us, that the appointment of the Ban to the post of Royal Commissary of Hungary, and the proposed departure of troops from Vienna to join his army, has led to the most deplorable @ icesses. week it War, Count Latour, has shared the fate of Count Lamberg and the two Zichys; and Vienna was in the possession of the insurgents on the 7th. It seems that hostilities in Italy are not renewed, and, indeed, whilst the French government has so many domestic aflairs to settle, it would be much | forse to be deplored that she should waste her strength about foreign aflairs. An amnesty has been pub hshed at Milan by the Austrians, We are still in the dark about the progress of the mediation ques- ‘ion; itis, however, beyond all doubt, that Aus- tria will never yield an inch of Lombardy. Genoa and Tuscany appear to be again tranquil, and the threats of Charles Albert, of renewing hostilities, are wisely forgotten amidst calmer counsels. The intelligence from Naples and Sfeily 1s more | trang’ ing, but the belligerents having been stayed in their career of destruction by France and | England, heap upon both the most vindictive re- proaches, cially ebnoxious. The Sictlians are organising a defence at every point ehould the Neapolitan torces | march on Palermo. H The news from Spain and Portugal is of the | + usual unsatisfactory character. thought | 2: ; | merey of ts An insurrection has taken place at | ‘heltend Vienna—the Emperor has fled—the Minister of | | precepts and spirit of the divine religion you profess, aait is | | The English ships of war seem espe- | —that Ihave done only that whieh, in my opinion, it was the duty of every Irishman to have done; and I am propared now t abide the consequences of having performed my duty tomy nativ® land. Proceed with your rentence. On the utterance of these words, a deep murmur. followed by a burst of applause, filled the court, but it was at once suppres . Mr. O'Brien then stepped back a pzce from the front of the dock, and, folding his arma across his breast. looked steadily at the judges. and made a slight inolination of his head. serving, in this trying momont. the sacie calm posure which has characterised his bearing thr the eventful progres of this memorable trial After the lapse of a few moments, Chief Justice Busexnunne proceed, with slow and impressive accents, and amidst the mest profound to pronounce the awful sentence of the court. om: recon crown: and that recommendation, 95 elT send forward to the Lord Lie }now, exolvsively belongs the powor to comply with it It aow remalne for us t nce thac sentence by which the law marks t, and aims at the prevention of sinilar No and the infliction of a terrible puniat remorer, rational being —th and pubstantial Fepugnant to thi the poritive law, yon violation of which {é now atonded by the forte your life, (Great sensation.) The words which have ‘addresied to the court forbid maT any it with pain And sorrow—from proceeding any further on this subject, It now oaly remaing for the court t ince the sentence of the law. [ Here their }'rdships, without the slightest apparent emotion, pit on their bieck caps, which caused a thrill of horror to porvade the «crowded court} ‘That sentence is, that you, William Smith OBrien, be taken from hence to tho place from whence you oame, anal bo thence drawn én a hurdle to the place of execution, ani Ve there dianged by the neek until you are dead: and that after- pT nt head shalt LY severed f in 15", body, of ce boas vided into four quarters, to be disposed of as hor Majesty shal think ft.” And may God have merey on yout soul, “4 The judges then hastily retired from the bench. During the delivery of the preceding sentence, the deepett and most profound sensai pervaded the court; as it drew towarda a close, the excitement be- came more marked and j | barous provisions of the sentence were pronounced, the public féeling could only manifest itself by stifle be and broken murmurs fer the heroic sym) ho alone was unmoved during Xnie awful scene ~-whose lip alone did not quiver—whore hand alone did not tremble—but whose heart beat with the calm pulsation of conscious guiltlessness and uneul! ho- nor, He bowed cordially to his counsel, who were sepa- rated by a bench, and warmly shook hands with Mr. Potter, Dr. te) wh beside the dock. Mr. O° Mr. Wuitxsipe here interrupted the officer, and said | ant, to Whom, ag you must | ense; but when the last bar- | free man upon his native soil, instead of being a pri- 80 whoee life and inheritance are at the mercy of an English minister. An eminent Queen’s counsel, who was present during the awful ordeal, was heard to give utterance to a sentiment, so truthfully graphic, that we record it in full: “Well,” said he, bis eyes fall, | and bis countenance flushed with emotion, “never was there such a scene—never such true heroism displayed before. Emmet and Fitz; 1d, and all combined, di not come up to that—so dignified, so calm, so heroic. He is a hero.” Such, too, was the « pinion of all who heard the words and witnessed the manner of Mr. O’Brien previously to the passing of the sentence—such was the opinion of all who followed lis retirlag Ogu from the dock. with tearful eyes and sorrowing hearts, On leaving the court, Mr. O’Brien was conducted In the van to the guol, strongly guarded by a body of po- lice with bayonets fixed, The cortege was accompanied by a large concourse of Eesont, any of whom t fied, by tearsand lamentations, their deep and heart- felt anguish at the fate of their distinguished country- msn We understand that Mr. O'Brien will be per- mitted, for the present, to occupy the apartments hitherto SpproRHars to him, and that none but the | members of his ow: mily , or his immediate relatives, | will be allowed to see him. ‘The Liverpool correspondent of the New York Herald, in speaking on this subject, says : No one believes, or believed, that the sentence would be carried into effect. Think, then, how startling was | the following extract from a letter posted at our Iix- | change news-room, on Thuredey : Duntay, Oot. 1. Smith O'Brien is to he hanged, drawn, and quartered, on Satur: day next, at Clonmel. The Lord Lieutena I not listen to merey, Init is determined to carry the se ence into effect to the | Jettek:| Lady O'Brien (Smith O'Ririen’s mother,) lias flown to the | cvcen, but che will scarcely have time to do aay vod, as phe on!y jefe Dublin this mornit {From the Freeman’s Journal, October 14 } The public will hear with feelings of astonishment and grief. that, notwithstanding the many grounds which existed for anticipating a different result, the | jury bave returned against Smith O'Brien a yerdict | of guilty. ‘the jury bave accompanied their verdict with an carnest recommendation to mercy. ‘Throughout the course of the trial, there was much | reason for hoping that the jury would haye arrived at adifierent conclusion. ‘This hope wasraised to x high pitch, when, at the cloze of the procesdings, by ascom- | ingly providential interposition, the prisoner was en- abled utterly to demolish the evidence of the govern- ment witness—the informer Dobbin. But the event has disappointed expectation. The jury have pro- nounced Smith O’Brien guilty. Of the demolition of the informer’s evidence, our readera will find more elsewhere, It was utter and | complete. A respectable witness, a student of ‘Trinity | | College, Mr, Dalton, a Protestant and au anti repealer, | thoroughly trustworthy, though in unpretending cir. | cumstances, accidentally reading in a newspaper, some days old, the evidence of Dobbin, was struck with a re- | collection of a singular conversation which be had had with that individual, in which he, Dobbin, had actual- ly revenled to him his intention of counterplotting, on | the avowed basis of perjury. Mr. Dalton having called | at this office late on Friday night, to publish a lettor | revealing the infamy, but without the least idea that | any evidence of his could be made available for the trial, which indeed he believed to be over, we imme- | | diately erdered a rpecial engine, and though unable to | have it ready for departure until half-past four on Sat- | urday morning, we were still enabled to reach Clonmel | with the witness and an eminent counsel, te whom the | country is indebted, Mr. O'Hea, at the hour of ten | o'clock. ‘The court had sat an hour before. The Chief | Justice was completing his charge, which he bad part- | ly gone through the evening previous; but such w the importance of the new evidence announced, that | after hearing counrelin chamber, and by consent of | the crown, the witness was examined. Dobbin was | | utterly demolished; but the jury, it appears, thought, | that enough remained to enable them to find the priso. | ner guilty EVIDENCE ON WHICH SMITH O'ERIEN VICTED. | We copy the following from the Freeman's Journal. When it is known that it was mainly on the testi- | mony of the villain Dobbin that the patriot O’Brien | has been convicted, our readers can appreciate the | baseness which the government is guilty of. | NARRATIVE How the Evidence against the Ap, how it was made 4 About six o’clock on Friday evening, ilenry Dalton, | a classical teacher, and a student of Trinity College, apparently one of that meritorious class of persons who, against straitened cireumstanoos and unremit: | Aing Yoll, both of study and of ill-requited teaching, maintain an unflinching struggle to acquire for them- selves a high education, # collegiate position, and a | profession, called at the office of the Freeman's Jour: nal, in order to offer for publication a letter gyspect | ing the evidence which had been given by an ap- prover named Dobbin, on Smith O'Brien’s trial, at Clonmel. He was, on that vccasion, informed that | none of the gentlemen who were responsible for the | conduct of the paper were then in the office, but thit | | some of them would be in the office between 10 and 12 | o'clock that night, between which hours he was invited | | to cali again. ‘lie did, accordingly, call between ten and eleven o'clock, when he found Mr, M’Deyitt in the office. Mr. Wilson Gray, the brother of Dr. Gray, | (Dr. Gray was absent in Cionmel,) and other gentle- nen, happened also to ke in the office. Mr. Dalton stated that in perusing ata tavern, on Thureday, (the | previous day.) a copy of the Freeman's Journel, of the | Monday betore, he had, for the first time, seon the ev!- | dence of the approver, Dobbin, a; given against Smith O’Brien at Clonmel; that tuis evidence brought to his | | recollection that he Lad had two remarkabie interviews | with this man; that although it was too late to be of | any use to Smith O'Brien, justice compelled him to | give to the public an account of these interviews, | which would show that the testimony of this man was | Was con: | r turned up, and ‘ailable, manner in which I confounded the repealers—that all this arose from the conduct of the government in giving places to apist and that until the Papists were extermin: ted, and Popery down, things would not come to righta in irelard, Be thea alluded to the Protestants who joined them, who, he argued, were mveli more criminal than even the Papists, Ile sald he be hooked into the snare, and down, He arked ine to take a had not money to pay for it. id for it myself, He said that according to the tenets of Pope- ‘a Papist was allowed to porjure himself against Protestants, cd teoeive absolution fort from the priest and that he road therefere, consider himself a to perjuro himself agains! him; bat ope man would not be belloved unless i were thoked by several, He thought I would be a proper person, as the go- vernment were looking out for such. I replied, "1 would not cept the Lord Lieutenant's income, and be guilty of such vil- | lany.” Mereplied, “a man in diatreas will do anything to) cot | monoy.” We linda quarrel. I called him a rascal anda black- gvard,and told him to quit my company. He aaid he was only : MORNING EDITION ---THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1848. constructed while this fight was going on. The old | fortifications of the city were oceupied by the artillery of the national guards. After this, the tide of ingurrection rose to an uncon- | querable height. The rioters entered the War office, | between the hours of 5 and 6, seized the cannon and | arms deposited in that building, and oaptured the | Minister of War, Count Latour. The wretehed m was conducted into the street, and then he was mur- dered with blows from axes and sledge hammers tore the clothes and orders from the bleed Body, and hanged the naked corpee on a gibbet, wh it remained surpended for a whole day, during which the national guards riddled it with musket balls, Count Latour’s papers were seized, and brought to the | University. ‘At half-past 6 o'clock, there was but one place of tying me, and could it be possible a man of my learning did nob | refuge left for the troops and national guards who | know that he was bumbugging—that the landlords of Ireland | sided with the Government—that place was the Ar- | were tyrants and villaing, and if every man was like him, there | senal, famous for ite slerinas trophies from the Torkish | to sound men, and report on it to the club. Ibid him | ¥@F8. The people surrounded the Arsenal, and de- | ting that would sever join. any political body—at the | ded from the garrison they should give up the | me time convinced he was a most unprinctpled character. | arma which it contained. They refused. A combat | rdon for having trespassed so far | commenced, in the course of which the garrison swept | upon space by this narrative. HENRY D'ALTON. the Renngasee with grape and canister, and killed and | Friday Night, Cetober 6, | disabled a great number of the insurgents, whose fury | THE VERDICT IN MCMANUS’S CASE. | increased after each unsuccessful attempt to gain [From the Freeman’s Journal, October 14.] possession of the building. ‘The committee of students At five minutes to five o'clock, a rap was heard at | rent ceveral flags of truce, summoning the garrison to the door of the jury-room. and the jury took their seats | surrender, but the bearers were shot dead on the spot, in the box. The foreman handed down the iesue-paper, | The people then commenced borabarding the Arsenal, and the mort anxious suspense and excitement at once | and the firing continued ail the night through, till 6 seemed to pervade the court. | o'clock on the morning of the 7th, when the garrison ‘be an ‘to the British yoke in Ireland. {He had adopted | of the | political condition of Europe in general | the bar, Mr. McManus was placed at the bar, where he stood with the same firm and composed demeanor which 60 remarkably characterised him during the whole pro- | gress of his tri | ‘The Clerk of the Crown having read out the names jury, to which they respectively answered, | arke How say you, is Terence Bellew MeManus | guilty or not !*° ‘The foreman, in a low voice, replied at once- Guilty, | The Clerk of the Crown said—That the jury had | added the following recommendation We esrnesily rwoommend the ys sideration of the Crown. For telf and fellows, | SAMUEL W. BARTON, Foreman, | And then added—“Look to him, gaoler.”” | ‘The undaunted man whose life was by this awful | verdict forfeited to the law, and placed at the disposal of the government, did not for an instant quail, or even change eclor, upon ityannouncement. Ie heard | | it with extraordinary nerve and resolution, yet with a calm and resigned air that etruck with astonishment all who witnessed his manner and bearing at so dis- | trersing a moment. | Cur Justice BuackuurNe—Let the prisoner be removed | Mr, M’Manus extended his hand over the bars of | the dock"and having shaken hands with his junior | counsel, Mr, O'Callaghan (Mr. Butt was not in court) he made a slight inclination of his head to the court, | &ud was taken into custody by the turnkeys and re- | moved to the apartment beneath, preparatory to his | transmission back to prison, Our Latest Liverpool Correspondence. Livenroot, Oct. 14, 1848—8 P. M. The State of Europe—The Cholera in England—The ntence of McManus We have not very flourishing accounts to send you | of the state of commerce in this country, nor yet of the | The Euro- | pean revolution (as the Mercury observes.) as yet, gives | no token of subsidence. ‘The latest foreign news | published in the journals of this country, consists, generally, of an account of the movements of armies; and our own news fills column after column with the speeches for and against the high treason prisoner at ‘Twenty-three cases of the cholera had occurred at Edinburgh, up to Tuesday last, and seven at New- haven, and four fresh cases are reported to have ap- | pea ed in London, In Hamburg, it appears the notion of the disease being contagious has been universally apd entirely abandoned. The London Times, of yes- ierday, fay » ‘The ‘highly favorable change in_ the weather, it is to be hoped, bas checked the progress of fatal cholora cases in the metropolis. | Only one fatal case was reported on Thuraéay—that of a person in the Tower, ‘The attacks of diarrbara were reported to be mu- merous and severe, with, however, very satisfactory statements er to the merciful con- | | ror. | pevor will consider about the address, furrendered, Those among the popular party who | Were not provided with weapons were then armed. | The number of Killed and wounded is sald to be very | great. | In the midst of these scenes, the Kmperor and the other members of the Imperial family left Vienna at | shout 4P.M, on Saturdays They were escorted by 5,00Dcavairy, and took the road towards Lintz The trantactions of the Austrian Diet, while the above bloody deeds were enacting around them, are equally striking and significant. We give a short mmary of the heads of their resolutions » ‘ Left asieabie, Eleven'e'clo M.—Several members of the to the President, M ty summon the m embers of the House, of blood might be stopped, ‘The President refu with their reqrest. He docs not think that tho ciently important. Upon thia, the Diet aeseinbl covetitutes Itkelfen perunanence, and elects ano the person of M- Smolka, Scven o'clock, P.M.—An Executive Committee, consisting of | members of the Left, is appointed, M. Lohner moves an address to the Emperor, demanding the format cabinet, with Messrs. Dobl val of Baron. Jellacieh fre revoeation of the last proc! Aguinge the Hungarians, an amnesty for those implicated in the riots of that day. The House accepts the motion, and sends a deputation to the Empe 0 rnorship of, ngary Tialf: past Seven, P M—Rosolved, to appoint Me. Scherzer Provisional Con mande in-Chief of the National Guards of Vi- ennaand the suburbs. Ri uta stop to the combat against the garrison of the ar eeolved, to insiruct the | military commander, Count Auersperg, to prevent the inter. | 2 ed, with acclaination, to serve out fresh | mical Legion. ovk.—Resolved to instruct the ern Railway that they will not be allowe Vienna. Half:past lirectors of the South- | 1 convey troops to even o'Clock.—The depuration returns, ‘The Em- ud rromises to appoint a popular Ministry, with Messrs, Doblhoff and Horaborstel in it. Ive o'Clock at Night.—The nrsenal is reported to bo on fire. olved to cntrent the people to desist from the combat, Th locke ved to inform Count Auerspers that itis his duty 5 commands ut those of, il Re et. BivTING oF TH ‘oni Resolved, ‘That the new Provisional ‘once enter upon ita functions. Ten o'Clock M.—Information received of the Emperor’ flight from his C pf Schonbrunn. The house appoints a o mittee to inquire into the truth of this statement. Half.past Eleven o'Clock, 4s Mc Minister, M. Kraus,in- | ferms the house of the Emperor'sdeparture. His Majesty has left | A proclomation tehind him, in which it is said that be lewes Vienna on account of its riotous disposition, and that at another | place he will take such measures aa it shail seem to him fit to adopt. ‘M. Krausadds, that he (M. Kraus) refused to countersign this unconstitutional and threatening proclamation. Resolved, | that the house invest iteelf with both the deliberative and execu: | tive powers, and that this revolution be communicated to the pro- | vinces by epecial commissioners. | The proclamation of the |: mperor is as follows :-— * Thave done all that a sovereign can do fur the Ihave yencunecd the absolute power I inherited from my ances | tore, In May I wos obliged to leave the pulaceot my fathers, | end’ 1 again returned with no*othcr guaranty than my confi: | faction. but strong in its av t extremity. acity, | Pillage and morder | of the success of ‘the treatinent recommended for checking the disease at once in the first stege, or in its premonitory symptoms, | Shee of my oppressed Here, in England, the early winter seems to have set inthe mornings and evenings are intently cold; what Seto become of the outstanding harvest in Ireland [ dent know. Aye, you may stare when I say outstand- ing barvest, and this the 14th of October; but I was atsured by a gentleman, who ten days ago travelled from east to wert in Ireland, that it was quite @ | misteke to suppore that the harvest in that country wae got in; to this moment I suppore that not more than one-hal? of the grain crops is secured ; and ac- counts aguin state that the potatoes are as bad as they | can be, and that shortly there will be none. Our stccks of grain are, however, enormous. | During thetlast five days we have had the wind from | the northeast, almost without variation ; and as the | Durometer is high, and inclined to rise, it will probably continue from that quarter. 950, A. M ‘The trish mail has just arrived. McManus has been rentenced to be hung and quartered! Thig is ql} | Ihave time to communicate. 1 hope you will be able | to decipher this, Highly impo t trom Austria—Insurrec- | tion at Vienna. {From the London Times, Oct. 13. ‘We have received information of the outbreak of a new and terrible insurrection at Vienna onthe 6th inst, It appears from the accounts in the German | papers, whic! by travellers who have arrived in London direct | utterly unworthy of reliance. He added, that he from Vienne, that the military having refused to | | did this with anak reluctence,. inasmuch x it , March against the Hungarians, part of the ional | would scarcely be creditable to him, who aspired | Guards joined in the mutiny; barricades were erected, | to « profession, to publish himself’ as one who was in the habit of entering public houses, al- though it might readily suggest itself to the con- siderate, that his present humble circumstances made it suitable to him to go into a public house. when per- sons in more affluent circumetances would go to a | more costly tavern. Still, he said he yielded toa sense | of duty, apd felt compelled to offer to the public the | letter which be then asked to lave inserted in the Freeman. He at the same time stated. in order to warrant his trustworthiness, that he could, if neces rary, eatisty the editor by showing him evidence that | he wes a student of Trinity College and a person of in- | terity. Ile Jeit that the letter should be published | immediately, if at all, and he would, if required, at once. go for, and show to the editor, his cortidcates of classical honors obtained in the previous year, and several testimonials from private gentlemen, clerzy- men. and fellows of college, as to his moral character | and his ability ae & teacher. | ‘The followin, the letter which he offered for | publication. The original ef it is still in the office of | the Freeman's Journal :— To THe Epvror ov rie PReeMan :— Sm—I tice to the important case now before ‘he jury, beg to sta tion pursued hy them, bein of Trinity Collere, Dublin, ly fairplay, compelied ts vbtrude myself a little pon “yu | modating space, and the attention of an unprgudived a | public. Fam not uoknown to some ef the igh mis onoratlejury who are dealing with the case of Willian Smith O'Brien, In the year 1832 and 1883, Thad the hovor of re iding the house and family of Edward Pennefathor, Esy., of Marlow, private tutor, and, on By resignation of that situation, receiv: ed from bim—which is still in my possession—a testimonis!. than | which none could possibly be couched in stronger terms, for vat character, fidelity, and integrity in the discharse of the daties of my situation for tbe, period of ¢ the tutor oft ay an gann | ant tutor, though not perronally kr own to ‘Though'the adiniesion justice now compels mo to mals pethape, be prejudicial to my temporal prospects. ss *+p) an honorable profession—that 1 had fallen into the compa ore Dobbin, a law clerk, whe, I Velievs, fe fdentieal with the J nof that heme, now | former again | Mr. O'Brien, at a'tayorn newedl be ween ts ard In the etreet, Fe | the eireumstances qui to the jury sow tryin ‘There were thry | swokieg, aynrt from me, dri and discussing the | pol grivaner Twas at the thio reading the newspapers of the My attention wus arrested Ly one of thom. partic who appeared to be much mere patriotic and talented (h 6 other two, ere nll advocating the freedom axl independerce of I sp ecive modes of « were Reman Catho No ccuntry of Brittch dominion, and that was. | ot theesme time pointing attention to the | vpon the result of tho recent revolution in France. and fon claimed be was for & republic, and a diaciple of doh Mite man's vashness and laformatton, 1 just surmised be hanicter and raanner ny, 1 aftorw inion, Twas eal | upon to decide the difference of political opinions between thein ; | end Yoing my elf altogether opposed to the reverat ce of the two countries and hostile to all agitation, | endeavored to convine: them tat Iveland would lose more than she would gain by re pealing the Union, and if separated from Eugland, would ver- tainly fall by it, Upon thia, my attention was arrested by a wink from Doblin. Tt being eleven o'clock, we left the hones, aud I roceeded home, Dobbin ran after mo, and scon overtock me. Je told me they wish fe supper with them. I repliod it was too late; this request, Hi then snid—" ¥ i jome, when tny Tesldenee, adding he wrult call on me agaios and get moto 1@ would call on me again, and got me to | | {olnaet, {ald "Y would join no olzh as Aetine ranel oneal | | Yo expelled from college.” He then said, “I ow | whi ‘would to to come into contact with him again, “in ‘ome, ‘hvee weet after, im the street, T did not street, ear the ofice of the im nowledge of him. fe naneh race | Browne-thnt ty he ei | masterly the tockin was sounded, the arsenal bombarded and | racked, the Minister of War, Count Latour, was killed and bis naked body expored ona gibbet. The Sile- sian and Berlin papers are filled with the following details of there alrocious proceedings: Great excitement prevailed in Vienne on the st inst., im consequence of the publication ef the Em- peror’s proclamation egainrt the Hungarians, Public | opinion hadalready been put on the alert by the con- | centration of large masses of troops in the vicinity of | the capital, and the ferment was etill increased, when it w tthe dissolution of the Hungarian par- | Mament, the appointment ot Baron Jellachich to the Lord Lieutenancy of Hungary, and all the other mea- sures contained in the late proclamation, were but the | links of a chain which was to bind Austria down to what "| she was previous to the daysof March. It was whispered at first by the demayogues, and afterwards loudly pro- tested, that the, military, and especially the German gtenadiors, were in favor of the popular cause, Early on the morning of the Oth the grenadiers were ordered to march and join the expedition against the Hun- | gariaps, They’ did not, indeed, refuse to quit their barracks. but they were forewarned of their march and its object. had communicated with the corps ards of the suburb of Gumpendorf, in which their barracks were situate, and with the Aca- demical Legion, trom both of which they received a promise that mearures would be taken to prevent | their departure. Such measures vere, indeed, taken. The National Guards from the Hundsthurm gssembled at 6 o'clock cn the morning of the 6th, at the terminus of the nor- thern railroad, from which they removed the rails, for the purpore of preventing the departure of t grenadiers. The latter arrived soon after, and the commanding officer, seeing that the removal of his | troops by rail was impossible, gave orders for their pro: ceeding on foot to Ganrerndorf, a station on the | line, irom whence he hoped it would be possible to ct thelr conveyance by the railroad. But this plan. too, was resisted by the National Guards, the | numbers of which increased with every minute. A | barticade effectually stopped the march of the regi- | ments near the Tabor bridge. Orders were given | for the storming of this barricade, and the war offce being aware of the mutinous disposition of | the grenadiere, several battalions of cavalry were | instructed te wt them But the grenadiers | crossed the bridge, sealed the barricade, and fra- | ternized with the National Guards. The latter de- | stroyed part cf the bridge, thus preventing the | cavalry from interfering. Regiments of infantry were | then drewn ap to reduce the insurgents, and toen-— force obedience to the commands of the government, | and the artillery arrived at 10 o'clock, when the riot- trs were Kummoned to surrender; this they refused to | do, for they bad meanwhile been reinforced by the Academical Legion. The parties stood thus opposed | to one another, until a body of workmen proceeded to seize a powder wagon and four guns. which they é fected without any opposition from the artillerymen. But this act of the insurgents gave, nevertheless, the signal for # bloedy conflict, ~ ‘The Naseau Infantry tired three successive volle: which were answered by loud cheers and quick dise } charges from the National Guards, the students, and the Genadiers, The Nasrau Infantry was soon forced — to retire, and Gn being charged with ihe bayonet, their | retrograde movement became a blag ight. Gen. Bready, their commander, was shot. The government | troops had ona killed; the insurgents five. There | were many wounged, but their number had not as yet been ascertained. | After routing the government troops, the insurgents marched from the suburbs into the town, where they | placed their guns in the middle of the University rquare; the gates of the town were guarded by detach- ments of students and National Guards, the toosin was _ sounded, and a central committee formed for carrying on the war, At 1 o'clock, @ party of the insurgent National Guards were attacked on the Stephans Plats by @ par- | ty of loyal National Guards, who stood by the govern- | it; but after a short fight, the latter were forced to | Cathedral of St. Retort ja oF, still remained Three com- ins, entered tpite of the grape Siany . Man: disarmed, nd confined in the Formidable barricades were iment jee of and miners, with four te at vad inewy = in the a once attac! total: routed, in and canister which they deo from tl of them were , University buildings. | that from this moment the law, are confirmed by private advices, as well | ua, avd the Minister of War has killed. 1 | iene in God ard in my just right, and I leave the neighvourheod of my eapital to find meang to vome to the assist. pple, Let those who love Austria aud liberty hasten around their Emperor.” | When the post left, on the 7th, the city of Vienna | wa in arms, and great excitement prevailed; but | there seemed to be no disposition to perpetrate further | cutrage. oF ciger publishes the follow- | The Preuissisehe Staatzan ing proclamation of the Die “the Dict Las teen informed of the fatal events which have cecurred in this capital. thas met, and appeals to the popula- tion of Viewna for sesistance in the execution of ite arduons due ties, ‘The Diet is deeply afflicted at an act of unwarrantablo vio lente, Ly which the death of the Mi Warhas been caused; but it trusts, and, in #0 trestip ns its firm resolution, fear of the sain, wil! and | declared iteelf perauent; it | mn of public order, safety, and | thall be paramount, ‘The Diet is taking measures for the protect liberty, and it will provide for the unconditional execution of its | recolutions. It is row making an appeal to the sovereign forthe | rewoval of those of h's counsellors who do not possess the ¢ nti | gence of theccunsry, ‘The Diet poe the safety of the city of Vientr, ene inviolatitity of the Diet and the tarone, and tie | | Welfare of the country, under the protection of the National of V For the Di Goard of Vienna, For in ahe'President, FRANZ SNOLK A. | “Vienna, Oct. 6.” atl The Orsterveichische Zeitung mentions the arrival | of the Ban of Croatia at Raab, with an army of 20.000 men, and 33 pieces of artillery. The approach of this army to the confines of Austria, and the direction of their march beiag from Raab to Wieselburg, and, con- sequently, on the high road to Vienna, appears of great importance to the Oesterreishische Zeit The French Republic. Paris, Thursday, Oct. 12.—P.M. The greatest agitation hag prevailed to-day re- erecting the ministerial crisis, and veiy vi reports have prevailed; one of the most generally received is, that the executive have asked M. Ar- | and Marrust to take the leadership. We be- | lieve that these are only rumors, and are in hope | that the best course that can happen will happen, and that the present ministry will struggle on till | the appointment of a President. It is thought that King Charles Albert will avail | himself of the catastrophe at Vienna to recom- mence the war in Italy. Several of the generals in garrison at Parishave been ordered to-day to join the army of the Alps. A report prevails late this afternoon that a great number of the German cities are in insurrection. These and simular ra- mers have, however, little foundation better than conjectuie. In the National Assembly, after the President had rectified an error in the numbers on the divi- sion yesterday, the discussion on the constitution was resumed. ‘The Assembly adopted all the ar- ticles from the 46th to the 59th, witkout any dis- cussion of interest. Upon the article which fixes the salary of the President, M. A. Thouret pro- posed to reduce it to 400,000 francs. ‘The left de- manded an open vote by division, the majority a vote by ballot. The amendment, however, was negatived by a majority of 549 against 182, There hes been a slight disturbance at Florence, which, however, had been suppressed without dis+ order, by the firmness of the military and police. We leara that in the insurrection at Vienna 150 were killed, whilst the wounded were 500 or 600 in number ‘The debate on the liberty of the press in the Na- tional Assembly on Wednesday, ended in the rejection of the proposion of ™. Navier Durrieu, by only 345 votes against 336. A modification in the ministiy was considered tmevitable after that vote. 1ous | Our French Correspondence, Important Movements in France—The Ministerial Crisis, The Presidential Candidates— Scenes in Paris, §¢ Paris, October 10, 1848 ‘The events of the Jast week have been pregnant with importance. Seazeely was my last letter clored, when the Assembly, conecious of the vast importance or bringing to a close the debate on the question of the election of the President of the Republic, brought the discussion to « termination at a late hour on Saturday uch) however, of the celerity of this discussion must, in common justice, be attributed to M. de La- tine. This illustrious orator and poet delivered, | on Friday afternoon, « speech in the Assembly which | will be ever memorable in parliamentary annals, It | war, inJved,a burst of eloquence such as has been | rarely heard, and may not inaptly be compared with | the celeb rated speech cf Sheridan, inthe case of War | -ren Haetings. The Arsembly felt and acknowledged the magic of its power. A number of members, more or lees eminent, had been inscribed on the President’’ | list, a8 demanding to deliver their sentiments on this | important question, With a few presumptuous and contemptible exceptions, all there renounced their | claim, and the debate was considered as practically settled when M. de Lamartine descended from the tri- | dune, at 6 o'clock, on Friday evening. M. de Lamar- tine spoke in favor of the election of the President by universal suffrage, and not by the Assembly. The grounds on which the latter mode of election were re- commended were chiefly a distrust of the people, on the ground that the nation was not essentially republican: and that, in trusting to it the duty of electing « President, it might perchance elect aking. M. de La- martine replied to this in noble Innzuage, and in ®& truly demooratic epirit. He denied and re. | enounced such distrust of the people at large; but, he | said, if the people at large, epeaking through universay | tvffrage, delare that they prefer even gq king, who will | 4 | Of the pla wal | has already lett, | him in spite of his w | itis not coat all | pecifie; Flocon. the ennning pol TWO CENTS dare to say that they have not a right todo so? The foar, in plain language, is, that they will elect Prince Louis Napoleon as President. Prince Louis Napoleon is, as you know, the heir and legitimate successor of the Emperor, under the laws which govern the succes- sion of the empire. It is, therefore, feared that if he be elected, that it will be an easy transition from the presidential chair to the imperial throne. Whether that be probable or not, one thing is considered as quite certain, which fa, thet if the election place soon, Prince Louis will be returned by an immense majority. Woe shall, therefore, see the truth of the above opinion tested. On Saturday various attempts were made by amend- mente, tointioduce into the constitution conditions which, without damaging universal suffrage for the Presidency, would, nevertheless, sougestrict it as to ex- clade the object of distrust. All these amendmenta were succersively rejected, either without » division end unanimously, or by immeneo majorities din fine, the Ascembly has decided that the Presidential chair shall be opened to the ambition of Prince Louis Napoleon, andsthat the popular voice in the selection of the Chief of the State shall have no other restriction than that of being thirty years of age anda French citizen One of the most remarkable circumstances attend- ing this vote was that ic wae opposed, might and main, by General Cavaignac and his government. No effort was left untried to defeat it. General Caveignac and all bis ministers voted in a minority of 211 against 602. Immediately after the debate, the ministry all placed in the hands of General Cavaignac their resignations, as is customary under constitutional governments when ministers are left in a minority. General Ca vaignac, however, under the actual cirgumatances fused to accept their resignations, a over, not to retire him This decision was wise ant patriotic, and hos received general epprobation The Assembly. fyou will observe, ia in the fmidet of the discursion of the constitution They ate now at the fifth chapter on the executive power. There are still seven chapters; but av they do not ineinde eo much debatable matter as the former, they will be | more epeedily adopted, and it is expected that before of the present week the constitation wil! b> 4 By the hundred and nineteenth artielo it red thatimmediately after the passing of tha constitution, and before the Assembiy discusses the organic Inwe. the nation shall be called on to elect its President General Cavaignas, therefore, thought it his duty not to embarrass the sountry by a ministerial crisis, on{the eve of an epoch so important, and he accordingly remained in office himgelf, and prev on his subordinates to do #0 ‘The candidates for the Presidency, 80 far as appears likely, will be, besides Prince Lonis, General Cavaiznse, M. de Lamartine, and Marshal Bugeaud. It is proba- ble that a scattering of votes may be given for M. Thiers. and one or two others. al Bugeaud will receive, by tacit agreement, the votes of the Orleanist party, It 18 now anid that the legitimists will give their votes to Prince Louis. ‘The professed object of this manccuvre {s to push for- ward the Prince into a position which may excite his ambition to grasp the imperial diadem, which the legiti mists feel quite sure thatzhe cannot retain, and losin) vhich he will open the door finally to Henry V Whatever may be the grounds of thin it is now certain, as | have already state’ on unforeseen circumstances should Prince Louis will’ be returned to t from four to seven millions of vores. The following notes of tho emba whieh beret the Prince, appeared. within the " i journals : Louis ia reduced to having no domic Paris, teoking nfuge somett not, tleoping lwo night» rin wu id Rue de Kiche- has led same house a ished ho io Ia Paix, K lieu, at other tines in the honso of his nnele, ‘the ex-king Jerome, or in that of hiscousin the Princesso Mathilde Domidoff, Rue de Courceller, If disappo nted sporteinen place themsrtves in am- bush at the deor of the house in which the Prince lodged on the preceding evening, they will await Lin in vain, and they must azain place themrelves on the ti Lich will be again broken by these ant evolutions. es, informed by their spies in whieh th passod the night, they ar- rive at an carly b ii like bailiff# armed with a rant to arr prince, nt as an insolvent debtor, utatrippng his pereeoutors, The necooty of Tor bis safety compelabim to go out at sunrise, shut ‘arvioge, with fhe blinds down, A promenade on foot is terd cted to him. He rarcly makes one,’and when he does, is almost always alone, escorted, however, by his faithfal Ham, the mest intelligent and ugliest of all known doge, Like many personages of our days, Ham has taken the name of the place of Bie biray i in the fortzes hivl the prince was i ud inomer, who reesived A whoee cunuihe charmed by his tricks and ingentou You must, however, exeggeration e, the prince concealed his whereabouts, shifted frequent- ly Lis ubode. and avoided even the reception of his friends. Latterly. however, this is not the case. Ile is now staying at the Motel do Rhin, in the Place Ven. dome, where he occupies the Premier, He receives his friends, whom be chooses to communicate with, with all the frankness and off-handedness which he acquired during his long residence in England. His manners are entirely exempt from the pretension and assump- tion which might be expected from his descent and his particular position, and which persons connected with Toyalty #0 frequently assume. He takes bis old friends by the hand in the most warm and cordial manner and converses freely with them, not only on general topics, but on French politics, and on his own pros- pects, In person, without possessing any particular claims on the score of appearance, he is well looki with regular features, gray and expressive eyes, and thick nrustacheos. ‘The common lithograph prints in Paris are an excellent resemblance of bim. 4 The Committee of Finance was yesterday occupied with, the bill relating to the property of the royal family. The bill maintains the sequestration laid on the property, but authorises the State to mortgage and borrow, in order to pay the creditors; the Minister of Finance is also authorized by it to pay a certain income to the memters of the royal family. !t appears that the king’s debts amount to 30 millions, whereas the sums paid into the estate, to this day, are only 600. 000 fr ; in consequence, in order to pay the craditors, it is necessary to have recourse to aloan, until the pro- perty can be alienated, Tho revenue of the domaine é, omounting to sbout four millions, now on!y gives veuue of 2.500060 fr. ommittee charged to examine the bill for estab- in income tax. has reported that it admits the principle of(n tax in the uniform proportion of three per tent, but without comprising in the income the profits derived from agriculture, and without taxing the wages of workmen, and incomes inferior to 400fr., 600fr . and SCOfr . according to the localitivs, ‘The committer sub- stitutes the impot de quotifi to the impot de repartition, and gives to a cantonal commission the initiative of fixing the taxable income of each citizen M. Proudbon hes just pabliched « pamphlet, entitiet Le Dr mu Travail, et le Droit de Propriete,in which he speaks as follows of the party in the National A:- rembly called the Montagne’ ‘The Montogre fancies itself to be revolutionary, bocanse, after its own ‘aehion, it chatters about polities and governmer I cannot conceive the terror, hatred th frecticn of the National Assembly inspires. What sort of rovo- Jutionists are the erable cit'zens Gambon, Pelleties ville, Brives, Brvy 8, Buvignier, Creppo, Jamer de Monty, Ba tin Bernard: with headsa litle hot, perbape. but at the the hert creatures in the world: Agricol Perdiguer, eailed Avie vonnais la Vertu, 60 worwty of his soubriquet ; Considerant, toe cian; the voncrabie . ameanaia, and my good friend Pierre Lerowx, the most inoffensioe of men? Ledru Reilin alore shows, at tires, come revolutionary aspii tions, ond I find him, more than any one, having some likeness to Danton, and, therefore, | bope his part is not finished. Unfortu nately, however, Lecry Rollin is #s idle as Danton, October 12 For the late three days, we have been in a full mi- nirteriel © The government, left in « small minority, on Saturday, on the quostion of the mode of ction of the President, has had again another escape erday, or, to speak more properly, a virt feat, ‘on the question of the liberty of the press. You will, dcubtless. remember that ever since the insurrection of June, the liberty of the press in Paris has been sus- pended. and Gen, Cavaignac bas been invested with +n arbitrary, and quite unlimited, power over the-jour- rae and the journalists. ‘Thur, he may suspend any rewspaper. at any moment, without reason assigned, spd may imprison its editors and its writers; and not only may he do this, but he has actually done so, and there are several journals now under suspension There was actordingly a motion, yesterday, in the Asrembly, that thief monstrous power should cease, and that the journals should be placed under the operation of the ré it laws. “Let the laws be a stringent as you will. (it was said,) impose any restric- tion, hewever narrow, but let them be regular and well understood. and, above all, let the observance of them be enforced by the regular tribunals.” This was op- posed by the igovernment. who, through the Minister of Justice. M. Marie, one of the most democratic mem- bers of the ex-Chamber. insisted that the liberty of the press was at present incompatible with public order, and thatthe government must maintain its present arbitrary power over it By every, effort which the government could make, it was not able to obtain, in a house of 681 members. greater majority than nine. If, therefore, the vot~: of the ministers and their secretaries be suppreaseu, the majority would bave been actually against them. | All this has made the cabinet feel t stability could not be relied on for a single hou id te- Cay, sccord- ingly, there are, it is said, negotiations to plaster up the Fail edifice of ministerial power by the addition of one or two of the moderate pan 80 as to emabie it to stand until the election of the President. Nothing, however, is yet actually decided, although it is not improbable that you may bear the result by the mail which brings you this letter, The National Assembly mt da, in, the reporter of t! of remarke from M. Flandi er of tf roporition Tiajority of 868—the mitt Foneier, decided. by the large numbers being 678 C4 240—not to pase to the conside- ration of the articles of the bill relati mortgage notes. This Credit Foncier involves the creation of » certain amount of mort, bills or notes; or, in other words, bills or notes having a forced curreney, and secured on landed reopens . Itis @ subject that bas e sed much attention here, yalarly ¢ moneyed classes, As it may be ‘becribers with some interest, | subjoii d by the Nationai journal on thts subject. It ject which bas excited ao mueh influence that little doubt some measures will be adopted with reepect to it, in favor of the landowner, who now is almost deprived of the means of obtaining money. «x- cept at a ruinous rate of interest. ‘he National ays :— “Tet vs disengege thi ° bj there is