The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-29 00:00:00

•t, occurred wit'. expressing his confident hope, from the negotiations which had been carried on, but which had not yet been brought to a final issue, that a treaty would be concluded on a basis satisfactory to this country, and to British inter course with the different states bordering on the River Plate. from members of and, temporarily Lnrcl BROUGHAM presented petitions the United Church of England and Ire setti,Ni in Scotlacd. involving questions of doct between two bodies and their ministers, both of whom professed the episcopalian religion, but who in Scotland were seetaripos, and who differed with respect to the use of th Th tic rginn — ents in reference to these petitions were par i in by Lord Brougham, the Bishop of Salisbury, k, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the the Duke of Argyle, the Bishop of Exeter, the Bishop of Cashel, the Earl of Minto, the Duke of Buccleech, the Bishop of Oxford, the Earl .of Harrowbv, Earl Powis, and the Earl of Galloway. Bishop of Glou( Lord BM:YUrxeu, who had originated the discussion finally put it to their lordships, whether they had not had quite enough of the matter. (Laughter.) The real grievance was, that an English clergyman having resided some time in Scotland, could not, on his return to Eng land, get a license to preach, being thus worse off than the Romanist priest, whese ordination was recognised in the Church of England. The English clergyman, under such circumstances, it appeared, being looked upon by certain right rev. prelates as merely a schismatic from the Church of Scotland. TUESDAY HOUSE OF COMMONS. — The house agreed to adjourn over Wednesday—being the Derby day—by a majority of 138 to 119. The remainder of the evening was occupied in discuss ing Mr. TENNYSOt4 D'EvrccoußT's motion for shorten ing the duration of parliaments, when, as occurred last session on the question of the ballot, the Radicals, taking advantage of the sleepiness of the Government whippers, suddenly divided and carried their motion by a majority of 46 to 41, followed, of course, by loud cheering on thefr parts at t unexpected victory as . almost immediately counted out on a motion of Mr. SLANEY'S, for inquiry into the condition of the working classes—an admirable illustration of the real feeling of the victorious party for the practical condi tion of the lower orders. HOUSE OF LORDS-THURSDAY Amendments in committee on the Navigation Bill, pro ps,.;od by the Earl of Ellenborough and the Earl of Wal degrave—the former to delay the period of the bill coming into force until January, 1851, and the latter to reject the mitting foreign ships the privilege cf a British e lost by minorities of 13 and 12 respectively. registe 1.4.)rd STANLEY announced that he should give the bill no further opposition. HOUSE OF COM Mr. COBDEN postponed his international arbitration, to Tties Mr. H. BERKELEY, after presenting several petitions upon the subject, moved for leave to bring in a bill to enable the votes of parliamentary electors to be taken by gal 1-It. -THULISDAY Lotion with reference to 6y, 12L h June —for the 51. Mr. .JOHN WILLIAM When the hou divided, the numbers wer motion, 85; against it, 136 ; majorit Mr. ROEBUCK then, in a speech o _ for leave to bring in a bill for the better government of our colonial posse Mr. WYLD sec I the motion ; ani it w HAWSE, in an address full of detail. The house, after a lengthened debate, divided, when tl: numbers were—For the motion, 73; against it, 116. The Landlord and Tenant Bill mas read a third tin: and passed. HOUSE OF LORD FRIDAY The Bishop of Norwic sented petitions in favour of the b several noble lords pre• Or the protection of women Lard BROUGHAM called their lordships' attention to a letter signed " Manzoni," which appeared in the Timer challenging him and other lords to fight a duel. (Lauf He had received a letter from him, stating that he knew nothing of the letter, and he (Lord Brougham) had no doubt that it had been inserted through inadvertency. The Bishop of OXFORD gave notice that, on the third reading of the navigation bill, he should move the amend ment of which he had given notice before the bill went into committee, but which he did not press on that occa sion. in order to suit the convenience of their lordships. The house adjourned till Monday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY Mr. H. HERBERT asked if the government were aware that a dead body had been cast ashore in Ireland, and that the starving people had eaten portions of the body ? L9rd J. iti;ssEct. said that he had received no official statement with regard to the horrible occurrence referred to, but would cause inquiry to be made. He thought the government had done all that was in its power to do, for he did not feel justified in calling upon the house, in disposed as it was to do so, to advance larger sums than lie had already asked at its hands, for the relief of Ireland. Mr. J. O'CONNELL was glad that inquiry was to be wade into the case referred to by Mr. Herbert. Several members spoke briefly upon the distress in Ireland, and eventually the house adjourned till Thurs day next. OVERCRCWDING OF STEAMERS Mr. LABOUCHERE replied to Mr. Cardwell, that Captain Denman's report on the subject of accidents in coasting steamers was expected to be delivered this day, and he believed he should be enabled to carry out many of Captain Denman's suggestions for the preservation of life on board those vessels, without being obliged to call on parliament for any fresh powers. THE COURT. On Tuesday the Court arrived at Osborne for a short visit. On Thursday, Queen Victoria completed her thirtieth year. The Queen Dowager is about to honour Worthing with a visit. Her Msijesty has engaged a suite of apartments at the Sea House Hotel. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF ST. ALBAN'S.—We regret to announce the death of this noble duke, who expired on Saturday night, at his residence in Piccadilly. William Aubrey De Vere, 9th Duke of St. Alban's, was born on the 24th of March, 1801, succeeded to the dukedom on the 17th July, 1825, married in 1827 (as our readers must be well aware) the celebrated Mrs. Coutts, formerly Miss Mellon, and after her death contractcd a second alliance in 1839 with Elizabeth' Catherine, daughter of the late General Gubbins, of Kilrush, in the county of Limerick. The deceased duke has had issue two children by the pre sent duchess. LAW INTELLIGENCE. THE BRIDGEWATER ESTATES.—We are enabled to give our readers more correct particulars respecting this large property. Lord Alford, agreeably to the terms of the Duke of Bi idgewater's will, is to enjoy the property for ever, if he can obtain a higher title than his father, either at once or within five years after Lord Brownlow's death; failing then in this, the estates are demised to his brother. The Egerton family and the Custs are tnost:anxious to -come to an amicable settlement of this affair, but the highest legal authorities, Lord Brougham, &c., have given it as their opinion that it must be settled in a court of law, otherwise no title can ever be made to the property; so into Chancery it must go. Lord Alford is to take the ;tame ofEgerton instead of Cust ; henceforth he will be John Hume Egerton, Viscount Alford. We regret to add his Lordship is confined to his mansion in Belgrave-square. Dr. Bright is in constant attendance, but the nature of his disease has hitherto baffled the skill of his medical advisers. BANKRUPTCY LA.w.—The bill for the consolidation of the law of bankruptcy has just passed through another select committee of the House of Lords, having been re committed in order to discuss some modifications proposed by the City of London Trade Association, represented by Mr. Hawes. the Manchester traders, represented by Mr. Bennett and Mr. Gale, the Leeds traders, represented by Mr. Courtney, and Liverpool, by Mr. Reay and Mr. C. Nash. The result is, that the penal clauses have been modified, to the extent of depriving the commissioners of the power to imprison, and giving them power to refuse the certificate and protection, a registration of deeds of and, finally ,oral to give ever good cause she mer to det Plats may be t London. to be i without c and fraudulent de modified, has bee pity. It 'trill no. tors hay( tpprov! purpose petitions are i of two t and the 41rorriting5 In Varlfaintitt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. After some routine business the house proceeded to the business of the night, the committee upon the Navigation Bill. The Earl of Shaftesbury being unable to attend from indisposition, Lord Beaumont was called to the chair. Lord STANLEY, in bringing forward his amendment, observed emphatically that he considered " reciprocity" for our own trade ought to be preliminary to any ad which Great Britain bestowed on the trade of foreign countries. The principle of the. Government was to abandon the navigation law, and then to retaliate on other nations which did not follow the example. His principle, on the other hand, was to maintain the naviga tion law, but to reciprocate the advantages which other nations might be anxious to extend to us. He protested against the principle of "retaliation" which it was pro posed to adopt. It would be a difficult principle to carry out; it would be an invidious, hostile, and ur policy ; it would be a policy under which we n arteous sacrifices, without the power of resuu g our rig left it to the llouse to decide, then, between "reciprocity" and "retaliation," and concluded by moving his amend- merit to el Atter a long debate, tile. —_ for the amendment, 103 ; non-contents majority for the Government, 13. larger than appeared to be expected, but it elicited no ex pression of teeling. The majority v HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY A conversation at the instance of the Earl of HAR ROWBY, and in which the Marquis of LANsn.owNE and the Earl of ABERDEEN took par to the state of affairs in the River PI ie motion FOREIGN AND •COLONIAL. LATEST FROM .AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP AMERICA The royal mail steam-ship America; Captain Harrison, arrived here yesterday morning a little before three. She hft New York on the 16th and Halifax on the 19th, with 121 passengers, and has made the passage from New York, including the detention at "Halifax, in less than eleven and a half days, being the-quickest passage on record. On Sunday morning, at half-past eight, she met the steam hip Europa off Cape Clear. "he Hi' P t' 12k' El the .et au posion on ae 12th, anti Canada had reached Halifax and left for New York. The Washington steamer was to leave 'New York on the 21st for Southampton. The West India st earner Thames, from Bermuda, arrived at New York on the 12th, with 2.000 dollars specie on freight, and left next day. The Teviot, tom San Juan de Nicaragua, arrived at Chagres on the 26th ult., and lefi for Carthagena on the all, with a large --iKe 1 amount of specie. hts. He W e .• give the advices from Canada, slid the particulars of a most disgraceful row in New York, in other columns. The business in Exchange for the steamer had riot been large, and the market closed -firmly. Bills on London are quoted Bto 81 per cent. premium. The money market was quite easy, but it led to little or no speculation. The Hibernia's advices had not altered the markets. On the 13th June a very -disastrous fireoccurred at Watertown, by which all the business portion of the vil lage, including three banks, the post-office, three print ing -offices, surrogate's office, two hotels, and thirty stores were destroyed. The loss was 250,000 dollars. The southern papers give bad accounts of the injury to the cotton and corn crops by the late untimely frosts. Its effects seem to be felt most severely in the states of Georgia, Louisiana. Alabama. &c. The fruit and vege tables have also suffered very severely. The farmers are said to be ploughing up in many districts all the early. corn and cotton, and one paper states that owing to the scarcity of cotton-seed a great quantity of the lands previously planted in cotton, will now be sown with corn. The Alabama Monitor says, "Most of our planters have lost nearly their entire stands of cotton, and many of them arc without seed for replanting. The corn and wheat are universally destroyed. Ourbeautiful gardens havewithered, and except in favoured situations. the destruction is uni versal." Other papers make similar reports, but we hope the .tafements will prove to be exqggerate.l. The season at New York was backward, but tl,e crops about - 111er; were uninjured. The advices from Mexico are not important, but the ravages of the Indians continued to be severe. The diligence, on its way from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico, with American passengers, was attacked by robbers on the 15th April, near a place called Plan del Rio, and in the fight that ensued, a New Yorker, Mr. Charles M. Bugbee, express agent of the Sun, was mortally wounded. The robbers were finally repulsed. St. Domingo advices of the 27th ultimo, state, that President Soulouque having, with his army, encamped within a few miles of the city of St. Domingo, used water from a stream whose source, being near the city, had been Poisoned by the Dominicans, much sickness and many deaths in the Haytien army ensued. The Dominicans then attacked them, killed a great number, took many prisoners, and nearly captured Soulouque himself. His army was entirely put to route. On the 21st April the town of Agua was recaptured, and General Santa marched across the lines which divide the two provinces, expressing his determination to be the aggressor, and to kill every prisoner he takes. From Porto Cabello, Venezuela, advices of the 30t1 April state, that the President Managers and Vice-Presi. dent Guzman had sent in their resignations to Congress, which had refused to accept them. All was quiet. LIST OF PASSENGERS.—From New York: Mr. J. G. Gregory and lady, Mr. Placci, lady, infant, and servant, Mr. D. S. Gregory and lady, Mr. R. E. Retortillo, lady, and servant, Mr. E. W. Weyrnan and lady, Mr. W. Adams and lady, Mr. W. G. Braze and lady, Mr. Guilli mine and servant, Mrs. Alliert, Mrs. Fryer, Mrs. Elliot, sons, infant, and servant, Mrs. Nelms, Mrs. Smith Cut ter, Mrs. Roruanes, two children, and servant, Miss M`Greger, Miss Samuel, MissJ. Fleming, MissJ. Anora, Miss Gregory,' Miss Henderson, Miss J. Clement, Miss C. Clement, Miss Nelkenthal, Hon. George Grant, lion. E. J. Stanley, Major Saunders, 8.A., Doctor Ashmead, Doctor J. J. Clark, D o cto r R. J. Holmes, Doctor A. J. de Rossett, Master R. W. Brown, and Messrs. Costor, Herbert Taylor, Fleming, William Carnal, Ellis Garnall, Hood, William Macintosh, E. Cock, D. C. Mu rra y, Tucker, J. L. Smith, Sh aw , E. C. David, E. Lloyd, Sa muel, J. M. Smith, C. F. Blake ' Strachan, N. Carter, Myers, H. Trolly, Gonful, G. du Roslan, Thiuilier, M'Gregor, W. G. GubbinS, E. Albert, G. M. Henry. G. Reisser, A. Schreider, F. de la Fowe, M. Vial, William Fraser, J. E. Kendall, J. Vionnell, W. Hanershaw, W. S. Redmond, E. Dusag, E. Daly, A. Allier, B. Cohen, H. Cheavallie, C. La Chambre, Wallace, Pchullz, White, E. Morriss, A. Heine and friend, Beck e tt, N e il son , Queshda, Dejean, J. C. Sweetser, W. Wild, C. H. Shee han, Jean Lafitte, J. Beck, Jose de los Cavas and boy, Flincks, Feffnny, Fraser, Samuel Rae, J. B. Hay, Shaw, M. Kewan, Knowles, Tschocpke, Rate, Curtis, Norcross, Burke.—From Halifax: Mr. Collins. NEW YORK, MAY 16. BREARSTUFFS.—FIour—The sales for the day reached about 10.000 bbls., including line at $4 064 to $4 124; Troy, Brooklyn and Waterford at $4 25 to St 314 ; common State and mixed brands Michigan at $4 314 to 44 374; straight western and straight Genesee at 444 37:} to St 44; heavy brands Indiana and Michigan at $4 50 to 44 564; pure Gene see .85 124 to 45 25 ; fancy Ohio at 45 to .B's 25 ; fancy State at 45 50 to 45 75; extra at .85 75 to 46 50. included in the above were about 6,000 bb's. of the lower grades made for ex port. Sales 200 to 300 bbls. New Orleans were made at 44 624 to 44 75, and 300 Southern mixed brands at 84 75 to $4 Illeal.—Sales of 1,200 bbls. New Jersey were made at 42 874, afloat, and 250 puncheons Brandy wine at the mills at 43 50; 100 do. at $3, and 300 do., deliverable, at 42 75. liye Flour. Sales of 800 to 900 bbls. were made at 42 874. Wheat.- -Sales of 9,030 bushels prime Genesee, good to prime, were made at 120 c. to 122 c., and 300 do. good Virginia at 100 c. Corn was in active remand, but at rather easier rates. The sales tor the day footed up about 80,000 bushels at 57e,. including Southern mixed at 56 to 57c. ; do. do. yellow at 58 to 59c , and Northern round yellow at GO to 6lc. )lye.—Sales of 4,700 bushels were made at 57 to 573 c., delivered. Barley.—Sales of 2,504 bushels were made at 5 . 64 c., delivered. The export of -. lb:eadstuirs from the United States to Great Britain and Ireland, since the Ist Sept, 1848, as made up in New York to the 15th of May, was :—Flour, 800,473 brig ; Meal, 67,5x8 Lrls. ; Wheat, 999,850 bushels; Corn, 8,743;409 bushels; Oats, 1,000 bushels; and Barley, 1,856 bushels. Last year to May 23 :—Flour, 155,672 brls. ; Meal, 89,925 brls. ; Wheat, 215,139 bushels; and Corn, 2,63406 bushels. COTTON TRADE The annexed statement exhibits the movements of cotton in this country, up to the latest dates, in each of the past two MOVEMENTS OF COTTON IN TILE UNITED STATES, Receipts at Ports since September 1, 1848 Corresponding dates last year , year before Exports from United States since Sept. 1, 1848 Corresponding dates last year , year before Exports to Great Britain since Sept, 1, 1848 Corresponding dates last y_ar „ year before Stock in Shipping Ports of Receipt, Corresponding dates last year 2,026,615 1,656,223 1,704,631 1,369,972 914,106 1,205;782 873,412 607,821 503.708 519,136 'e been ft year ff The receipts at this port since the Ist instait hay. 16,000 bales ; exports, 7,500; taken by spinners, 4,000 P; on sp. culation, 8,500; stock in city, unsold, 00,000; amount on sale, Purchases to any extent could not be made at the annexed quotations; in fact, it would he extremely difficult to buy middling" (a correct classification) Mobile and New Orleans at 74c., and middling Uplands at 7c. The inquiry for the bet ter grades has been active, and sales have been effected of fully fair Uplands at Bc., and good fair at £o 3 c. Lower advices are anticipated by the next steamer. The sales of the week amount to 7,500 bales. N.Orins., Uplands. Florida. 4r. Texas. 64 to none. 6t to 6i to 6a to— 6f to 61 to 7ir to 7a to 7* to 72 to —. 71 to 7-11 to to 72 to 7i to none. 84 to Bto none. 81 to FREIGHTS.—Corn was engaged in English vessels at 6d.; in bulk to Liverpool, and in bags to fill up at 4d. ; cotton was taken at 3-16 d. a 1-id., and heavy goods at 255. ; 100 bbls. ashes were taken at London for 255. ; cotton was taken from Havre at 5-Bd.; corn in a British vessel for a direct port in Ireland was taken in bulk at 7ad. There was nothing new to the con tinent. Inferior ..... Ordinary .... Middling.... Good Middlin Middling Fair Fair . Fully Fair CALIFORNIA The accounts from San Francisco reach to the 7th of March. The steam-ship California was still lying de serted by her crew, who were digging for gold, which is still said to be as abundant as ever. The town was crowded to overflowing. Lots of ground were worth from 5,000 to 30,000 dollars. The steamer Oregon ar rived at San Francisco on the Ist March, and her crew. bad also deserted. Order had been restored in the gold region, and the wet season was expected to last but two or three weeks longer. Trade and speculation at San Francisco, it is stated, beats anything ever known in the States. From Chagres the latest accounts are of the 30th ult., and from Panama to the 26th. Many vessels had arrived at the former port. At Panama nineteen vessels had arrived, and were generally taking passengers for San Francisco. There was no intelligence of the Californin at Panama: the steamer Panama was daily expected. The Oregon was due on or about the 15th of May, so that by this time all three are due or have arrived at Panama. The latest dates from Valparaiso and Callao report no arrivals from San Francisco. There was no contagious disease at Panama, and few deaths. The number of per sons waiting passage for San F ranc i sco , at P anama, on the 28th ult., was estimated at 5.500; but of this number 1,280 had engaged passage in the vessels about to sail. The road across the Isthmus was in good order, and no detention occurred from the want of canoes and mules. Chagres and Gorgona were healthy, excepti ng a f ew cases of fever and ague. RIOT AND GREAT SACRIFICE OF LIFE AT THE ASTOR HOUSE THEATRE.-THE MA CREADY AND FOREST FEUD. ew York, as will t vent and illkfeeling have exis e seen frath paragraphs else , • e respective a I;ch ontnn nn Macread ms, ba% sonal collisions. On t feud between the partic to instant, f much came to an out loss of life, and 3'• The follnw_ engagement I Minna fn. I.L. n from i kip are said to have attended for the purpose. On Wednesday he vas addressed by several gentlemen of the city, with a ri-quest that he would appetir again and conclude his env.Fv, ment, to which he consented; and Friday evening was•fixed upon for his final performance—Macbeth being the ehnracter selected. As soon as this was announced, rumours began to be circulated throughout the city that be would be interrupted, which unfortunately proved too true. As early as halt'-past six o'clock in the evening, every avenue to the house was filled with disorderly crowds, evidently 1N nt upon mischief, and the theatre itself, was speedily filed with the conflicting parties, and numerous gm - am of police provided by the authorities. The rising of the curtain was the signal for the most dis- cordant hissings and hootings from the Forrest party, and opposition cheers from the friends of Mr. Macready, amidst which performance was reduced to .dumb shew, until the conclusion of the second act. At this period it was supposed that the piece would be allowed to proceed and several young men, who had been prominent in creating uproar, were arrested and locked up in a temporary prison under the boxes. In this place was a gas-light and some shavings, to which they set fire, and which was soon ex tinguished by the police. In the meantime the crowds 'outside had become more outrageous : and at length began to smash the windows of the building with paving stone:., to the indescribable dismay of the audience As the mob increased in numbers and daring, cries were heard on every side, " Where are the military ?" &c. ; and at length about nine o'clock, the sound of a troop of cavalry was heard coming up the Broadway, and in tt . few minutes afterwards two troops of cavalry, of the first di vision.of the State Militia, and a battalion of the National Guards were also on the spot. We give the scene which ensued from the New York Herald. "A troop of horse then turned from Broadway into Astor place, and rode through the crowd to the Bowery, receiv ing showers of stones and other missiles,. on their way. The horses became unmanageable, and the troop did not again make its appearance on the ground. In a few minutes afterwards, the National Guard, one of our itiependent volunteer com panies, made their appearance on the ground, and attempted to force a passage through the crowd to the theatre. The mob hissed and hooted at them, and finally attacked them with stones, which were at hand in consequence of the building of a sewer in the neighbourhood. The companies were at this period thrown into disorder by the attack made upon them and retired to Broadway, where they rallied, and made another attempt to reach the theatre. They were hissed and pelted as before. with stones, but they succeeded in r ea ch. iug oesireu point. ney nen fo r . on the side-walk, and while doinf so, five or six of diem were felled to the g' ound by paving stones and taken into the theatre in a state of insensibility. Captain p Pond, the captain o f th e company, was one of those thus injured. The next officer in command then said to the sheriff, who was on the ground, that if he did not get orders to fire, he an d his men would abandon the street s . Accordingly that officer directed the company to fire a round over the heads of the people, which was accordingly done, but without effect. The people continued to pelt them with paving stones as before. An order was then given to the company to fire at the crowd, and it was done, two men falling. one shot in the arm, an d t h e other through the right cheek. The first was sent to the hos pital, but the other was found to be dead. After the volley the mob retreated a short distance, but rallied, and renewed the attack with greater vigour than before. Paving stones and other missiles were discharged at them in great quantities, and while the mob was going on another volley was fired by the military, killing and wounding several more, some of whom were taken by their friends to the drug store on the corner of Ninth-street and Broadway. One young man, named ley, of No. 147, Third-avenue, was shot through the body, and taken to a public-house in the neighbourhood. After thii volley the croWdreTre'aiedl;;Tti;and the military and the police took advantage of it to form a line across the street at both ends of Astor-place, so as to prevent any connec tion between Broadway and the Bowery. Major -general Sand ford then issued an order far more troops, and two brass nieces, loaded with grape, to be brought to the scene immediately, as it was rumoured that the crowd intended to arm themselves, and renew the attack. It was at this time half-past eleven o'clock, and the additional troops, consisting of several com panies and the artillery, reached the scene of disorder. The cannon, loaded with grape, were placed in front of the theatre, ready in case of a renewal of the attack. The result of the firing, so far as was ascertained, was 17 killed, and IS wounded, many of whom are not ex pected to survive. Fifty-three persons have been arrested for taking part in the disturbance. The excitement which ensued, and which continued up to the sailing of the packet, was immense, the authorities and soldiery being loudly denounced by the democratic party, amongst whom are chiefly Mr. Forrest's friends, as murderers, aristocrats, &c. Several large meetings had been held, at which violent language was used, some of it, very singular to say, levelled against Englishmen! We give a specimen of one of the placards issued:— "AMERICANS ! AROUSE! THE GREAT Decide now whether English ARISTOCRATS 11 ! AND • FOREIGN RULE! shall triumph in this AMERICA'S METROPOLIS, or whether her own SONS, whose fathers once compelled the base-born mi curnb, shall meanly lick the hand that strike themselves to be deprived of the liberty of opinion —so dear to every true American heart. AMERICANS' ! come out 1 and dare to own yourselves sons of the iron hearts of '76 ! AMERICA. A verdict has been held upon some of the bodies, justi fying the conduct of the military, but expressing an opinion that, had more police been called in the sacrifice of life would have been prevented. Mr. Macready, the innocent cause of the disturbance, left the city shortly after it com menced, and had arrived safely in Boston, from which he is expected to return here in the Hibernia. !econd ed ti 7.7,. .L= ,1= THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE OVERLAND MAIL ANNEXATION OF THE PUNJAUB TO TIIE BRITISH DOMINIONS. By an extraordinary express, in anticipation of the overland mail, intelligence has been received from Lahore, the north-west provinces, and Calcutta to the 9th, Madras to the 10th, and Bombay to the 17th ult. The event of the fortnight is the formal annexation of the Punjaub to our empire. The Maharajah is to receive a pension of 50,000 dollars a year; the chiefs who have been faithful are to retain their estates ; the property of those who have appeared in arms against us is to be forfeited. There is no other news of any moment. Everything through. out India remains at present in a state of the most pro found tranquillity. The political news from China, of the 29th March, is unimportant. The murder of Captain A. F. H. Da Costa of the Royal Engineers, and Lieut. J. Dwyer of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, in the vicinity of the village of " Wong-ma-kock" district, about 10 miles from Victoria. is unhappily confirmed. The body only of Captain Da Costa had been found. At the date of the last advices, General Sir.W. Gilbert had reached Attock, and was in hot pursuit of the flying Affghans. He crossed the Indus on the 19th and 20th, and pushed on by forced marches for Peshawur, where he arrived on the 21st and 22nd. The Affghans, flying in terror of their lives, without baggage or impediment, had proved too fleet for him : the y had ascended the passes, and got beyond his reach, before he could approach within twenty miles of them. The gates of Peshawur had been shut against them, but they burnt the cantonments and house of the resident, and destroyed the suburbs and villages around. The war was now entirely over, and so soon as the intimation of the complete success of General Gilbert reached the Governor-General a proclamation was issued, intimating that the Sikh sovereignty had ceased, and that the Punjaub was annexed to our domi nions. The chief secretary, Mr. Elliott, proceeded straight to Lahore on the 26th, accompanied by a strong escort of troops. He arrived on the 28th, and next morn ing read before the assembled durba r the determination of the Governor-General. The Prince, no longer Sove. reign, is to receive an allowance of £40,000, and to reside within the British dominions. His mother will be per mitted to join him. Poonah, it is said, will be the place of their abode. The few chiefs not convicted of treason are to retain their estates ; the property of those who have appeared in arms against us is all confiscated. The Sikh soldiers are not to be entertained in our service. The government is to be managed by a council of three— Mr. J. Lawrence, Mr. Mansell, and Colonel Sir H. Lawrence, of which the last is president, with a salary of £B,OOO a-year ; the others have each £4,800. Four commissioners, with a large array of deputy commission ers, act under these. Our new dominions comprise 100,000 square miles of ground, yielding a revenue of about a million, and containing a population of about three millions. For some time to come it will in all like lihood prove a heavy drain on our finances, its revenue falling short of its military expenditure—the charges of government devolving on India. Thirty-three thousand troops have been ordered to stand fast for the present within the country— thirty-eight thousand more are maintained close at hand. We were, however, left but little choice—annexation latterly was almost forced upon us. The people of Umritsur and Govindghur are said to have received the news of the annexation with rejoicings ; those at Lahore are said to be sulky and discontented — the extinction of the court is naturally distasteful at the capital. On the whole, the change of sovereignty will, we believe, be acceptable to all but the Shill military chiefs. LABUAN.-Our advices from Labuan are of the 30th of March. The colony was perfectly healthy, but no new settled had arrived, nor was there as yet much additional traffic with the natives. Hitherto, road-making and ditching had been the chief occupations. The cargo of coal lately shipped to Singapore had been sold at the highest market rate, although the stock of English coal at that port was at the time heavy. From Sarawak ac counts had been received of rather large quantities of gold having been lately found in the interior. Since the de parture of the Meander for Hong Kong, the Sakarran and Serebas Dyaks had renewed their piratical cruises with the greatest audacity, and it is believed they had killed not less than 400 people during the last two months. At the time of the withdrawal of the Meander, they were preparing their fleet of prahus, and might then have been put down with comparative ease, while now that they have gained strength and confidence, the task will be a troublesome one. Sir James Brooke, however, intends attacking them in June. CHINA Our intelligence from Hong Kong is to the 31st March. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Achilles, Captain Evans, arrived on the 19th of that mouth, and earned the present mail Dr. Bowring. who came out in Consu As the period approached for the opening of the city gates of Canton to foreigners the interest and excitement increased. The dealers in the different descriptions of goods had entered into an agreement not to make pur chases from foreigners until they abandoned their inten tion of entering the city, or the question relative thereto was definitively settles]. The merchants and sfibpkeepers the purpose of pro ms disorderly d. Entlam- ainst the nu :h whonithe ,e contn kt.'';'e"."`ftel4:4•WW.,= ~~.~-~ foreigners to enter the city. Surrounded by mass of people so excited, it is fortunate that nothing had hap pened in Canton to cause a disturbance. It was gene rally believed that a letter had been received fromthe emperor of igavourable nature, and that it refers to ano ther which would immediately follow. It is supposed that much is left to Seu's discretion and management ; and the belief gains ground, therefore, that his Excellency Mr. Bonham would, with his suite, enter the city on the 6th of April, under Seu's protection. FRANCE. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE NATIONAL ASSEM-: BLY.—On Thursday, the debate was resumed on thei r-barge that an organised conspiracy had been formed by i the government to over t urn th e repu b l i c. M. Ledru Rollin urged again an inquiry, when he would prove that a plot bad been in contemplation—that men had been paid to cry " Vive Napoleon !" at the last review—and that the seine men were to take part in the covp d'etat. The President of the Republic was capable of any foolish act after the folly he had committed in 1836. He could not be in his senses when lie attacked Louis Phillippe, who was then so firmly seated on his throne. On.: being par doned, he wrote a letter to that monarch, expressive of his eternal gratitude, and, in 1840, accompanied by af, w men disguised as soldiers, and crying " Viva l'Empereur !" landed on the coast of Boulogne. Was not that folly ? Here the most terrific murmurs arose, accompanied by loud cries of " Order ! Order !" M. Odillon Larrot said, that such outrages against all decency and propriety ren dered discussion impossible. M. Ledru Rollin contended, that after two such acts as had been specified the President of the Republic would be guilty of anything. The minis ters knew nothing of what was passing at the Elysee, where the President was surrounded by men who tilled his mind with dangerous projects. He accused not the ministry of conspiracy, but of blindness.—The greatest possible excitement prevailed within and without the Chamber. Neither Lamartine nor Maraast have been elected to the National Assembly. A number of workmen who can neither read nor write have been elected. The Constituent Assembly closed its labours on Satur day night. The proposal of M. Flocon for an amnesty was rejected by a majority of only 5. So ended the last ffort at letting loose the lenders of the June insurrection. A vote of thanks to the National Guard and the army was cameo, nf,.- v stormy .... ere arising trom the efforts made to have a Sunday sitting. M. Marrast made a farewell sp eec h. en di ng with" Vine la Republique." Negociations for the forMation of the new Ministry are going on actively, and promise well. The new Cabinet will, it is thought, cause a revival of confidence. There is a rumour that the Government has rejected the basis of arrangement proposed by the Roman Government. The funds have varied very little since Friday. The Veloce, which reached Marseilles on the 22nd inst., uruugnu irom uivita Vecchia M. Forbid Janson, French charge d'affaires at Rome, who probably brings the terms of an arrangement which has been come to between the Romans and the French. Meanwhile an armistice has been come to and hostilities will cease, no doubt, not to be resumed. THE TROUBLES OF A LEGISLATOR.—We read in the Paris Union:—" One: of the representatives of the Creuse, the mason Nadaud, is at this moment in great perplexity. He wishes to appear in the new Chamber in his Sunday's suit, but his brethen who elected him insist upon him taking his legislative seat in his week-day's blouse, and some, it is said, even exact that it be not the well-washed blouse of the Monday, but the plaster-he spattered garment of Saturday night AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS. —We find in the St. Lucia Palladium of the 16th February, an interesting account of the arrival there of several hundred Africans by the ship Una, from Sierra Leone, who bad been distri buted over several estates to the applicants for their ser vices, under contract, for a poiod of twelve months. The number who left Africa was 367, of whom four had died. They all appeared much pleased with the attention and kindness which they had received from the captain. They had abundance of diet—were remarkably clean, and expressed themselves much pleased with their treatment during the whole voyage, from Captain Caurzas. The governor is using every effort to place the future comfort and advancement of the immigrant s on the best possible basis. Among the items of domestic news from New York, we hear of the sudden separation of Mr. Forrest and his wife, an English lady, the daughter of Mr. Sinclair, the celebrated vocalist. Incompatability of temper is the only probable ground of divorce. It is believed that Mrs. Forrest has a marriage settlement Gf £12,000, and will probably return to England to enjoy her income. Mr. Forrest has been building a curious residence on the banks of the Hudson, consisting of seven towers, con nected together, which he is furnishing in grand style, and which he designs hereafter to leave as a legacy to the fraternity of decayed actors. WHOLESALE POISONING IN BELGIUM. are afloat respecting the seminary at Bruges. It appears that at the commencement of the Easter holidays at that seminary, about 150 pupils quitted their studies to visit their families. On arriving at their homes the next day a great number of them were seized with severe pains all over the body and in the chest, and were obliged to keep their beds. A commission was appointed to visit all the patients, in order that the cause of this malady might be known. The commission commenced the inquiry, and unfortunately learned that eighty of the students had been poisoned. Four have since died, amongst them M. Marquet, who was the laureat at the college of Courtrai two years ago, and was one of the most distinguished pupils of the seminary at Bruges. This occurrence is attributed to the negligence of the cook of the seminary at Bruges. Sad rumours AN -ENTERPRISING VOYAGER.—Recently a little, Spanish schooner, of ten tons, the Pequena Amalia, with a ea! tain and four men, crossed the Atlantic in safety from Cadiz to II ..0;(-.a no littl e sensat i on . H er c hi ef cargo wa hardly less remarkable than her diminutive size--it con• sisted chiefly of leeches, On the voyage out she put into Goree, on the coast of Africa, and was treated with kilt ness and hospitality by the negrces, and was after war d s , by stress of weathe r , d r i ven into Martinique, where flit French authorities gave her all countenance and comfort, and finally safely reached Havannah. Subsequently she vas again driven by stress of weather into Key We‘.' id, as the United States' revenue laws render \fiscati - • —ion any foreign vessel of less than 30 tons enter ing any port of the United States, the collector seized, libelled, condemned, and sold the adventurous little craft. GROSS TREATMENT OF MR. MACREADY AT NEW Yonx.—Mr.. Forrest—a rival actor, whose dastardly conduct towards Mr. Macready on former occasions has gained him an infamous notoriety—has eclipsed his pre vious atrocities by packing t7ie theatre at which Mr. Macready was engages, and preventing the play being performed. The New York papers are unanimous in condemnation of Mr. Forrest's contemptible achieve ment. The New York Tribune gives the following ac count of this disgraceful scene:—"The Astor-place Opera-House was the scene of a most disgraceful row last evening, on the occasion of Mr. Macready's appear ance. The play was Macbeth. When Mr. Macready presented himself he was received with cheers, waving of handkerchiefs, groans, hisses, and all sorts of mena gerie noises, which continued for a few minutes, during which time rotten eggs, potatoes, and pennies were thrown on the stage, and cheers ter Forrest and cheers for Macready given. The row continued during the first second, and third sce nes , s till no t a won • .• of the pia ueard—the performers on the stage being pelted with rotten eggs, potatoes and pennies. Mr. Macready picked up one of the pennies and very cool!) , placed it in his bosom. At last a couple of pieces of wood, having the appearance of shingles, were sent from the second tier, and landed at the feet of Mrs. Pope; this was followed by a unnir Lnrown trom the - same source, which landed in the orchestra, and caused a prestissirno movement among the 1111111,111 , :c.I. c -I • ITALY It Contemporaneo of Rome of the 16th, says that M. de Lesseps is the bearer of an order from the French Go vernment to General Oudinot net to attack Rome unless solicited to do so. La Speranza of the 15th, says that M. LeSseps was in the course of the day to have an interview with the Tri- teing sus One division of the French occupied the meadows and the heights between Montemario anti the tomb of Nero. The Romans occupy Montemario ; another division of the French being at Castel di Guido. Colonel Roselli is named Commander in Chief of the Roman Army. Bologna still held out on the 10th. Our correspondence from Turin is up to the 21st. The appeal of General Ramorino had been rpi,,f,a ..,,,... tiller tins, rnree chairs were thrown from the ~, ~.... muppoNeu no wonia ne snot on the morning of the second tier to the stage, but fortunately injured no one. 2?nd. M. Costa de Beauregard is unwilling to accept Mr. Macready, pointing to the fragments strewn around the Ministry of Foreign affairs. It is generally believed him, bowed to the audience and made his exit. In the that peace has been concluded. Several cannon b a lls h av e b een f oun d i n the Vatican course of half an h our th e - crow d di spersed. " The best Gallery at Ro me , an d h ave b een p l ace d i n the collection comment on these disgr ace f u l procee di ngs is to be found of coins, with th e i nscr i p ti on , " g if t o f P io Nem). in the New Y or k C our i er and Enquirer, which speaks " LEADER OF TIIE R OMAN ARM Y. —G ar ib a ldi i s a native thus—" Reputations establi s h e d b y a s i ng l e performance Nice, who )r a polit in any de [,artment a ~ -...-..11y 'two. _ . • —,' """ - ' , "“"5 i" 010 w Mr. Forrest, however, ac h ieved for himself last muurt ►night a up the theatre at Genoa with the King in it), was forced distinction among actors and Americans of which no sue to run away from there, and for some years was employed censor will ever be likely to rob him. He is safe for ever, as a partizan in South America; whence, on bearing of not only from rivalry, but from that envy from which it the disturbances in Italy. he returned with a small band. often springs. He succeeded in doine last night what He was pardoned by Charles Albert, and passed through even his had acting and unmanly conduct never did Nice in in November last, where he was feted and enthu- fore—he inflicted a thorough and , lasting disgrace upon siastically received by a number of the Republican hot- ,)" heads there. Th ence h e went to I t'aly, and raised a body the American eh ratter. of men about Rieti and in the mountains of the Neapo litan frontier ; but nothing was known of his history until he was taken into pay by the new Roman government. IRELAND. Mr. Martin Keene, proprietor of one of the most ex- THE HUNGARIAN WAR. • • tensive b oo k se lli ng esta bli s h ments in Dublin, has tailed. The defeat of the Russi ans by the Hungarians,A farmer near N enag h finding th at t h e landlord can- in the not seize betwee n sun - se t an d sun-r i se now works his Jablunka Pass, appea rs t o b e con fi rme d , as also the tak- plough by moonliolt. ing of Buda from th e A us t r i ans b y s t orm. Dembinski, at A young man, named Thompson, supposed to be in the last date (the 10th instant), was reported to be be- sane, murdered his sister on Monday last, at Belturbet, tween Bartfeld and Eperies, at the head of 18,000 men, in by repeatedly stabbing her in the body with a knife. advance of a much larger army, whose field of action was The sale of Mr. O'Connell's library commenced on understood to be Gallicia, and a decisive battle was hourly Tuesday last, but none of the books (says the Freeman) expected at Krosno. Carlsberg, it was also reported, had brought any thing like the prices which it might naturally fallen into the hands of General Bern. At the same date, be expected they would realize. a Hungarian army, amounting to 90,000 men, was at God. Maria Edgeworth, the celebrated Irish novelist, died at ing, within twelve English miles of Vienna. The railway Edgeworthstown, county of Langford, on the morning of from Vienna to Prague had been partially destroyed. Monday week, after a few hours illness. She was eighty- It is said that an attempt had been made to take Buda three years of age, and the last years of her life were by storm, hut the assailants were repulsed with great loss. passed in her native village in tranquillity and peace. There is every reason to believe that the insurgents have A new phase in the picture of Irish destitution and left the neighbourhood of Buda. crime is mentioned--the people watch the farmers plant- We learn from Semlin that two complete battalions of ing potatoes, and come at night and dig up and devour the regular troops arrived there on the 14th, and proceeded seed. The consequences of the robbery need not be dwelt at once by way of Banoveze to occupy the right bank of upon. the Danube, in conjunction with the fragments of Puffer's THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMACY.—On Tuesday the corps. Powerful reinforcements are also expected to election for the Roman Catholic primacy was held at arrive within a day or two. Kniejanin is in the Csakisten Armagh. The three priests nominated are, the Rev. Dr. battallion (district), not far from Tittel, with 7,000 men. Dixon. of Maynooth, dignissimus ; the Rev. Dr. Kieran, The Russians continue to advance in great force through p.p., of Dundalk, dignior ; and the Rev. Dr. O'Hanlon, Gallicia. but, in all probability, the only corps already in Professor of Maynooth College, dignus. The votes were Hungary is that at Hardisch, and the vanguard of a —Dr. Dixon, 26; Dr. Kieran, 12; and Dr. O'Hanlon, 12. second, amounting to 12,000 or 14,000 men, with 24 A gross outrage perpetrated on the household and person cannons, under General Sass, in the Arva min y. Of of Mr. Sharpe, a steward to Lord Monteagle, at Mount the movements of the Russians in the Banat, Transyl. Trenchard, in the county of Limerick, has called forth a vania, and the Buckowina we know positively nothing. circular, addressed by his lordship to his tenantry in that The operations of the Ban are also in mystery, and it is a district, in the course of which it is notified that all the matter of doubt whether he has gone down the river to useful works for some time in progress there are to be Peterwardein or ascended it as far as Modatch. suspended, and the persons employed thereon dismissed. --- The Relief Association o f th e S oc i ety o f F riends have GREECE. published their report, from which it appears that the Letters from Athens of the Bth instant announce the contributions, more than one-half of which came from formation of a new cabinet, in which three members of America, confided to their care, amounted to £200,000. the last administration had been retained, namely:— Indeed, money has been expended to an unprecedented Messrs. Canaris (president), Kalifronas, and Glaraki. amount. The aggregate may be safely estimated at one The ministry was composed as follows:—Admiral Cana. million and a half sterling. The advances by government ris, senator, president of the council, minister of marine; amounted to nearly ten millions sterling. General Tsavella, deputy, minister of war; M. Christides, A correspondent of the Limerick Reporter states, "that of the interior; M. Chrestenides, of finance; M. Antono- on Wednesday last a conflict took place between the poulos, deputy of justice; M. Kalifronas, deputy, retained country people and the police in the neighbourhood of the the department of public instruction ; and M. Glaraki, Hospital, when one of the people was killed, and several, was transferred from the ministry of the interior to that of it is feared, mortally wounded. It is stated that a number foreign affairs. M. Rhally had exchanged the portfolio of of cattle, seized, had been impounded on Tuesday, and justice for the presidency of the Areopagus ; and M. Ma- on the same night, the pound having been broken open, vromicalis that of war, for a seat in the senate. M. Boul- every beast was driven off." garis, former minister of finance, had alone retired with- Loss OF SEVEN LIVES.—On Monday a small farmer out a compensation. from the parish of Drumholm, about two miles from Much sensation has been awakened at Athens by a re- Ballintra, named Tunny, went out in a boat to a part of velation of a negress, who declares that she is acquainted the Bay of Donegal, called the Waste Rocks, for the with a spot, near Sparta, where a Turkish pasha bad bu- purpose of gathering sea-weed. He was accompanied by ried 40,000,000 piastres (about £400,000), at the begin- his three sons, a servant boy, and two girls; and when ning of the Greek revolution. The government has ap- they were returning home in the evening, a gale sprung pointed a commission to make a search for this hidden up, the boat was upset, and the entire party, seven in treasure, which will doubtlessly be found to exist in the number, were unfortunately drowned ! imagination of the informer. WHOLESALE EVICTIONS.—The two is orth Tipperary papers bring the particulars of one of the most sweeping At Brescia the Austrians w ere con ti nu i ng t h e i r course clearances of tenantry th a t h as y e t b een recor d ed in the of arrests ; 72 had been arres t e d w ithi n t h e l ast few drys. annals of southern e v i c ti ons . B o th th ese j ournals, one Au extraordinary tax on all th e i n h a bi tants o f twelve being the organ of th e l an dl or d s , th e ot h er the not over cautious champion of the peasantry, give, as in duty years of age and upwards had also each mposed, rang. bound, two wholly different versions of the causes which ing from six to two hundred livres on . led to this wholesale depopulation. Of the fact, however, The Preussische k'taatzanzeiger has letters from War of nearly 600 people being ejected from the lands of Too saw of the 22d, announcing the arrival of the Emperor of mavara, the property of the Rev. Massy Dawson, there is Austria in that city. The Prussian Ambassador at St. no dispute. Petersburgh, General Rochow, has followed the Czar to Warsaw. STATE. OF THE COUNTRY.—The provincial journ a l s -,t,' last week supply accounts of two more brutal murders; THE DANISH vv AR—HAMBURGH, MAY 23.—A flag they were committed at Skibbereen, and at Park, in the of truce had arrived from Fredericia to General Bonin, King's county. The victim, in the first place, was an old requesting a suspension of the bombardment of that town until the result of a commu n i ca ti on t o C open h agen, sent woman who was suppos e d t o b e mur d ered by another woman for the sake of a s ma ll quant i ty o f meal which she by the Danish governor, h a d b een rece i ve d . G enera l Bonin has asked the delay gr an t e d f or , b ut no f urt h er had received from the wor kh ouse . Th e murder at Park particulars are made known. A Be r li n correspon d ent i n was committed by t wo men un k nown, who waited and the Nachricter of to-day says th a t R uss i a d eman d s t h e beat to death Daniel T roy . Th ese j ournals have likewise evacuation of Jutland, and that the P russ i an m i n i s t r reports of several in qu i r i es h e ld b efore coroners on the d cannot decide between a close allian c e w ith R uss i a , or to y dead make her stand at the he a d o f G erman y. deserted hovels. Th e y di e d o f starvation. In the sitting of Frankf or t on th e 21st, nearly all the SINGULAR STATEMENT.—A gen tl eman ca l led at our office yd and mentioned the name of a entleman conservative members, including B aron G agern , res i gne d holding a ester situa ay tion under the government of £BOO or their seats. A motion was proposed and carried, that the house should adjourn to th e 21 s t o f J une , b u t th e ma j or ity £9OO a year, with w h om h e had had a conversation not being sufficie n t t o cons tit u t e it a l ega l one , th e h ouse the subject of d es ti tut i on i n the west of this county, whenn adjourned to the 24th inst. the gentleman stated that there were more death. - Gold to the am oun t o f £4,000,000 was pro d uce d l as t by year by the Russian mines. • ng than isease and starva and exclaimed. Our infor- _ ..... ... .._,....“.....A” ta 9 a. ii v VG 1 Sl ey Eire to them. reply, of f thearises cargoes the _ . The cholera has againbroken out at Rotterdam with not getting into the barbarities of E ng l an d ?" Oh no," he thousands food increased virulence ; no l e ss th an e i g hty c ases pro ve d wa s lie the d sup fatal last week, p The Any Zealauder mentions that a ship of 400 tons, of ships arriving in Liverpool i. - 11 ---"A .." '''''''' '- the first vessel of a large size which has ever been built in Cork ;" :and be further said, New Zealand, has been launched at the Great Barrier action !"—Cork Constitution. island, and will be employed in the trade between New Ma. O'CONNELL'S LIBRARY South Wales and London- credible, nay, some y r - -- • " I know the 'whole trans- —[Fudge !] ,--A singular almost. a impossible spectacle bull and a tiger t oo k p l ace at M a d r id on th e 17th i nstant. is now in progress in Dubl The library of O'C on DULL FIG HT AT M ADRID. —A pu bli c fi g ht between prices bel umes over which he t the bull with his cl with one thrust of his horn radc a spring, intending t but the latter laid the tig r dead graph, can scat I larity. Alas for the mon nnotations and made ly find a bidder ! I so. Of all 1 n and 1 flattered them r The Conway arrived at Southamptot ors Tuesday afte noon, with the. West India mail last outis emykr, 11-1 Jamaica. Antler than he brings 326,814 of all who fawned t out the news of a received Tp of importance of gold dust, British coin, tic even a wile to i n Amidst a mob i n sought to mall ery dull, and i ?May gti< but could not. Two obstacles were ingllrafeT incapacity and his creed. The billet Im e- tha lo peasant who would have followed the Ca 1) 4 left the Protestant in the cabbage-PrA en ,;atri , ever, has done service in his way. In s " 1 ' Irish rebellion have both found their l e vel. A d talk—the co a l ce ll ar an d its toast — where j 9 between them ? Standard. nvcto g NER.—A curious case of assault, very ser e mising a Roman Catholic priest—one of t trates of one of the western counties. one -of the coastauard's sons, was NWT I Y 4 I mass-house, on Sunday, the 13th insteaoff, has been much opposed to this young he bast t r boat, still holding him fast. After one °,, r ; 0 ,0 the oar, the ferry-boat got into deep:cB,ebro'i man was thus dragged by the priest In 1 " his depth, and when him • t the deer be` he ot t) be l e under water, where he kept him as long — fitv l safety to the young man's life. In this w - '0 es h nbe e iazteo w i kn ;a rl s oaw g trh e die t n t lt i ye n oo g s sirhtige3rili.ollminfnn—lioscaalbitoinest atondconma: eb:feonfreol.::: ehtiltEdiirinmu'llposeheotie. ihmfsnifcegSernnriPLlNE OF THE Cgracg......., t asosOonr forbeardiideeeHret on —every now and then dipping "" t h - d : the distance of one I r i s h m il e . BYga reached land, an d w h en th e p r i e st let ". 1 „ t he+ exhausted that he fell different times 4 'ov the priest would n o t a ll ow an y of the e he ine help him out; th e y oung man was nig h- tv ios l The priest is summoned to appear before THE FAMINE IN THE WEST. — Th e —Dublin Herald. in a third letter addressed to the Pr emie ....- r " following horrifying tale of human misery' t 00, bouring union a shipwrecked body wa s , : 0 ,0! rectel ti o starving man extracted the heart a nd 0 0 0 the maddening feast on which he ref; o'r nerishing family ! and, nearer still, a rb o let* hearing th a t h er mo th er was se i ze d with deepto the rescue, a l as ! too l ate, b u t, with tillte/ and filial devotion, desiring at least a de0,L 5 6 01 her dear departed parent, was driven to In ti !, cessity of carrng the rnr ca nnnn tit` woes to this very union, so that s; frc wants known, and simply obtain a c () f iln , dig ° ing officer. Need I tell you, my lord , ea: eV She herself di e d o f c h olera on t h e follow i lrto not, my lord, dwell a tsent n the pt CO rfl the workhouse, as the evil has gone the inmates having died off in awful n u— orte ) liberal supplies being now remitted for th e o expenses—alas! th a t th ese sup plies s ,b ° , o iit', withheld so lo ng ! I wou ld , h oweve r, thst . , deepest attention up on th e appa lling 18 , c ,"'0f,: even at best, t o encounter t h ree inent", 9 b e Pr famine ; an d, b ear i t i n mind, my l o rd, ' p le'd months of the year, in point of home s g i relj out-door relief, while tretn with 27,000 of our population in the i 3?, "000,' fe thousands already lost, are all, with vaining er',,,J indeed, barely trying to hold on throughdeb THE BANTRY UNlO N. — Taking ment drawn up oy some influential g e f; g . etsi district, the C or k Examiner scarcely e x ,7, 0 10; it states that th e a ff a i rs of the h a pless are corner to a dead lock, and that it 1 10 ; fo stt f ii ; with Skihb ereen it se lf , b oth being the Ballinrobe. Here are a few figures dern°, o o: estimated at 50.764 souls. But, c.mditioa The population of this on l ' be j;l tion of extermination and emigrasion, t . ,s rn „ i t e Or? we may not be very far from the exact DgVi down the present population at 40,0 0 °' „al half are known to be in a state of p Limiting the destitution to one-half o f tile v ar which is, we fear, na • • • too O a . It si rrowi . ng it into _ ,,,rtiti s l ! owing to Co, r.uppyriln7, me halt notoriously unsouou%ri those not y e t re d uce d to absolute d e stitut l ',, e ile, man saddled o n hi s b ac k . T he num ber; ' o ur der ago, including in-door and out-d °°r bers2 15.700; but it is ascertained that the nu °l 2oos in need of thi s re li e f may he set d own 8g tsl /7.700 —am erect ~f 8,4 u s '• • • amount to £25,000. Let us' union is in a Position to bear this enol Rp resources. The v a l ua ti on struc k i n IS - I 0 5 0 , which, it is contended by the ratepayer°, . and out of all proportion to the real 01 ,9„ e i ;, 01 ,! ‘Nrious causes well known to be in opera': to set down at £25,000. Were relief give," faii stand in need of it, every penny of this so" 1 would be absorbed in in-door porridge I A Indian meal. But a margin is allowedd o o, suppose the valuation to be really .f.; 3 °' in Why, that less than £5OOO would reins interest upon incurn'orances, fiscal bo r ! e : s ' l 4 ': losses, and the support of owners.' Le t Wise,'!, further into the affairs of this union. d 115 in debt—in debt to contractors for food 3n . 0 Oc : in debt to the officers, for their salaries ro l u nd: government, for recent advances. At a„ tI debt may be set down at £12,000. Th is Z e r () :J law debt, and does not include a t be union owes on account of advances under act." SPORTING INTELLIGEAt' EPSOM - RACES , WEDNESTI A The morning broke favourably, and sava'N heavy showers between eleven and Ve lve ° for .To apprehensions, more agreeable weather t 00.., not have been desired. The Grand Sta°,,,ge A t i ! in all parts, and the assemblage in the a q, ll"! mense, but decidedly below the average Most of the magnates of the turf were Pr e l ; , ,4 not to be gains a id th at i n t h e i tem O f " ran fashion," there was a marked tailing fixed for half-past two o'clock, and b' aft, ,gr,,e that time the hors es , 26 in number, incla' l iedrd six from John Scott' s stabl e , were ceadu, c d t9 and started without a m i s t a k e. The r e- Tee - 11;" will be a heavy blow to th e "ring," aVl3i9 should say, escapes, Lo r d E g li n t on , an" ie; public," win all the money. f The DERBY colts, Bst. 71b.; fillies, Bst. 111 b. The sec°oo • 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the vvintie r ba lf• wards the police re gu l a ti ons. Mil e an d a ~Li e j Lord Eglinton's The Flying Dutchman ••• • • Mr. Godwin's Hotspur ................... • • ..'orri Colonel Peel's Tadmor .................... • ":,( s e Lord Clifden's Honeycomb ................ t The following also started but were n c i;le t i,, Browes's The Knout, Lord Bateman's Goo gess's The Crowner, Lord Stanley's Ur iel 'sit c ;lry Vanguard, Mr. Farrance's The Old Fox, Nicb Thibault, Lord Eglinton's Elthi ron, M r . A' ~t kirk, Lord Exeter's Glenalvon, Mr. C 0 1 1 3 00, 4: Brus, Mr. H. Hill's Henry of Exeter, 3 1 r; Op , / Mr. B. Green's We s t ow , Si r. J . Hawley pas AIPO . Heathcote's Companion, Mr. Pedley's oe, ipt Disney's Montague, Mr. Gratwicke's Lanag n r f r Chantrev. Mr. Nicholl's W oo l w i c h , D u ke " t Charles XII., out of Flambea u ' s d am . t 1 g oi l e i/ 4" Betting.-2 to 1 aga i ns t T a d mor, 2 ~,° t o 1 Dutchman, 6 to 1 a g st. N unny ki r k, terer, 20 to 1 agst. Vatican, 25 to 1 a.„. 2l '„' n t," l l. to 1 agst Elthiron, 30 to 1 agst. The it-r 1 " - Uriel4o to 1 agst. Old Dan Tucker, 400) 4, log de Brus, 50 to 1 agst. Hotspur, 50 to 1 a g;c l —Dutchman .won by half a length. T he o. A i 3 minutes, 12 se con d s s l ower than las t Ye Jr.,' FRIDAY.—THE OAKS• Lord Chesterfield's Sister to Arkwright. • • • Mr. B. Greene's Lady Superior ........... • Mr. Wreford's Woodlark ............... • Twelve others started ; and after a beaut y Arkwright won by about a length. TO ° ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF ` 4 f (BRITISH) CALIFORIN' • it° The London Times of Wednesday, F„I contains the followin g announceme nt 0 pc* very which, if true, threatens to rival th e Jonathan : 4 4 Pl. - The papers received from Port down to the 7th of February, and contsi."cof though vague accounts of a ll ege d g old t hs it e e f neighbourhood of the Py rennees district• sly to be in sole possession of the secret ws s e di e t who refused to divul ge th e exac t s pot wb e fo deposit was concentrated, but he had n e ciy, to his statements by h av i ng di spose d of 7 n to o K ore to individuals who had b roug ht the r r l e r o s i i Two persons—Mess r s. B re t an i an d Duc,.' l ;', Nth named as the fortun a t e p urc h ase rs or nt yl,l l separately weighted twenty-two and 08 , e " V e i l each, and this circumstance is alluded “ ) t be, 0 . 1 1,., one respectable journal. So great was 01311tiri occasioned by the various reports in c l , r a tnr, was feared that a mania would set in. , 8- , 1 100',10 would be diverted from ordinary agr",:; 1/ 14 ' e it'i " which, after all," it is remarked, " fi "tlek e if the true wealth and resources of the se t i le ploring parties have been formed wit l ,'„ r d ceediug to the " run" where the shei , ''''" g ioa to have made his dis cover y, an d a s the PI is , t e farm labourers deserti ng th e i r ma sters, a n re pollot general rush of adventu rers writ, were r_ t hr i r, town, it was hoped th e govern ment f"; e oiPpr •terfere and prescribe rezulations for ar cipitate abandonment of such uaaLaw engage' 0 ,11 6 ~oulavc Ics”.• n" e/W . fir I asserted that, in further mineral research oot this movement, lead had been found iti oo l. ,! / 11 ° in considerable °nonlife.a um. en .r.* Loa, Jam. sight, were quoted one per cent. disc. "„". V1:111,. aoomonai ror every Su days• pf ` a (9 As furnishing a gra phi c ill us tration, c ol j affairs in MelbOu rne s i nce th e report ed the annexed extract of a private lettel:, reoruary, may be quoted : , o ve aP " The good people of Port Philip 00:i; , merited on the subj'ct of gold seeking:• was started of gold mines in California, mipoool. dug like sand upon the sea-shore- - Wh e , r e 'rs, ir tit g vessels departed, crowded with pa n 31 Sn' an , ,1 - TT tni se .4! heads B aton. •e (a t oi I neiter /T,' sorts,A ng is c rate t sin* ht s team Th ( .7 7 out ir town [ 11 '. i ktt e l adies hl - 1 P'eseetl 0, 1 3 , 1 ,?Perl t ti i "Itrs, , -,, 4 13 1 n, l' t - ,' e of th ( e h IA OA- 'Y 11,. a v e ~,, : a 'Z b„ aa If 4 4 " ?Ni l e thre eo4,Pallk ,1 It '.',4'isci, o ,a4d ' 1 44, , ar e. 4, 4 ' )S 1..1'N or , t tto r d, nd 9,?rti tp. et CP i 'Y' t 0 c' (: )°1( 4 4 1:11hf i l e , 11 11 i ' l ' o l s ki rt, 4 21t x ktit l ' 4 'le "4 de h i 4 t, 4 tt ri le eil • a `4ll Y. -. %t..4 l tl:, a tti 14t ) , t v? d, 4 4)1 L hE z Itt k ti . 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