The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-11 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

CANADA.—There has been much excitement lately among
the Huron Indians. and a good deal of ill-feeling manifested
by some of them against the government. This unhappy
state of affairs was occasioned by a misapprehension of some
late acts of the Government, but more especially by the in-
triguing of a Methodist preacher, who took an active part in
fomenting disaffection and discord among them for his own
advantage. As the affair began to assume a serious aspect,
the Indians having forbidden surveyors to approach their
territory, it was determined by his Excellency the Governor-
General that a grand council should be held, in order to try
and arrange matters. A council was held, therefore, at Table
River, on the 19th ult., at which Viscount Bury and suite
were present on the part of the government, and about 150
Indians, delegates from various tribes. The discussions were
very animated, but the difficulties were settled in a manner
satisfactory to all parties, except the preacher and a few of his
satellites. Everything in the political way is especially dull.
Now and then violent spasmodic efforts are made to get up an
excitement about the Maine Anti-liquor Law, or some kindred
humbug, but without success.
WEST INDIES.—The Atrato arrived at Southampton on
Thursday with the West India and Pacific mails. Her dates
are Jamaica, August 11 ; Demerara, 16th ; Trinidad, 12th ;
Barbadoes, 15th ; and St. Thomas, 22nd. She brings about
$500,000 in specie. The weather in:Jamaica was intensely
hot, the island tranquil, and fever very prevalent. The market
was dull, and bare of provisions. Exchange on London, 90
days, one per cent. premium. The yellow fever prevailed
among the troops at Barbadoes. At St. Thomas the yellow
fever was declining. Small-pox had appeared in many places.
The Eagle, with the mails from the windward route, broke
down. The mails from Demerara, Trinidad, and Barbadoes,
were sent to St. Thomas in hired vessels. Exchange on
London, 90 days, 54 to

CAPE OF GOOD Horx.—Dates to the end of June have
been received from the Cape. Business was not very brisk,
but no mercantile difficulties were apprehended. The Kaffir
taxes had been paid with the greatest alacrity by the natives,
and realised much in excess of last year. From Port Eliza-
beth we learn that, during the last quarter, up to the 9th of
June, the exports of wool had amounted to 1,626,252 .lbs.,
valued at £93,000. About 2,000 bales were lying at Graaf
Reinet awaiting carriage, and some of the upper districts
were in an equally bad plight, with no prospect of relief for
the next few months. Wool was firm at 54d. The Orange
Free State Herald states that upwards of 300 farms, to the
value of about £60,000, have changed hands in little more
than twelve months. The Natal coffee is much improved,
and now ranks in the good marks of Ceylon. There was no
change of consequence in the import trade of Cape Town.
The price of Liverpool coal has advanced to £2 10s. per ton,
and Liverpool salt to £3 10s. per ton, being an advance of ss.
per ton on each article.
forete this._
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idorngmuaosi
in A
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summary,ALt .
says:—There
yi
st 1 hTehe heavyr eis ploarttli
l
f
two weeks to our experience enables us to add to our former
have come many Melbourne banks
aen
tndi
kt Adelaide dn e,l
haveta
hi
edoetelpterhoirifacprice
tpapers.bhotrehfa the addition
the
dherhe overland
preomrtaiornksoofnthtehire
business,g o gold-fields. The
especially T h yield
t all
the
e steadilylarger
gold
fiincreasingfields,
with the wet season.
and keep. up, by a keenTeho
Thereceipts by escort of the first five months of 1854 and
1855, as compared with the shipments, are as follow :

1854. 1855.
Ounces. Ounces.
Receipts by escort 779,689 737,950
Shipments 930,875 990,757

Since our last summary there has not been a great amount
of transactions in our import market, but the arrivals
of cargoes have been few, and a further buoyancy has
been imparted to many articles. Notwithstanding
much undoubted tightness in money matters, a tone
of increasing confidence is springing up, and the
spring is looked for as the season in which our market
will once more be more nearly under the legitimate sway
of supply and demand than has been the case for the past two
years. A great social difficulty had arisen at Adelaide, in
consequence of the accumulation at the immigration depot of
Irish females sent out to the colony under the regulations of
the Land and Emigration Commissioners. The girls, although
healthy and strong, are generally totally unfit for domestic
service, and cannot find situations in private families. The
government, assisted by the Catholic clergymen, intend to for-
ward them to depots in various parts of the country districts,
where it is hoped the wants of the settlers will lead to employ-
ment in farm or rough household work. We doubt not that
proper representations have been made to the commissioners
to prevent a continuance of this kind of emigration. The wea-
ther during the autumn has been in the highest degree favour-
able to agriculture. Most of the farmers have got their seed
in, and the crops look in the highest degree promising. The
breadth of land under cultivation is larger than was ever
known in the colony before, and there is at present every
prospect of a most abundant harvest. As we have so often
referred to the deficiency of rain during the past season, we
may now state that the total quantity of rain during the year
1854, as indicated by the government rain-gauge, amounted to
only 12-91 inches.

DENMARK.-A letter from Berlin, in the Augsburg Gazette,
states that the Danish government has declared itself willing to
reduce the Sound-dues for all countries. It is said that Aus-
tria has strongly recommended Denmark to make the conces-
sion, and that this latter power will shortly make its inten-
tions known to all the states interested in the question.
PnussiA.—Private letters from Berlin would seem corro-
borative of what has been already said of the state of the
King of Prussia's health : his condition inspires considerable
uneasiness. The Russian party at court are in dismay, as the
death of the king would be fatal to their influence. The
Prince of Prussia, it appears, keeps apart, and does not inter-
fere, at least ostensibly, in political affairs.
ABTSSINIA.-Dr. Graph, the South African missionary, has
just returned from a mission to Abyssinia from Bishop Gobat,
of Jerusalem. He had several interviews with the King, who
seems bent upon improving his country, and his authority is
now so firmly established that he can carry his wishes into
execution. The King of Abyssinia has prohibited slavery,
renounced polygamy, banished the Jesuits, and is anxious that
some European mechanics, particularly masons, printers, and
gunmakers, should settle in his country. Mr. Plowden, our
consul in Abyssinia, has taken to European clothing again, and
has great influence with the King, to whom he gives good
advice. An Englishman of the name of Bell is one of the
first of the King's warriors, and, in battle, enjoys with three
others the great honour of wearing the same apparel as the
King, in order that the latter may not be distinguished by
his enemies. Another Englishman, named Coffin, who has
been in Abyssinia forty years, is still living there as chief of a
province, and is now sixty-eight years of age. Besides these
three Englishmen, there are nc Europeans in all Abyssinia.

[SEPTEMBER

IRELAND.

outTrZeslriiisihsojom
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offered sundry rewards for the detection of perse.
in these offences; in the King's County and TiPPertfsAd
IN order to give increased facilities to comninn;
journals
diaisstrirecPt°srtof
America, the Harbour Board of Cork have dete
_,stto
exempt from tonnage dues all steam vesssels tonchl!VijO
port, and conveying the mail passengers or telegrsPe'
gence to and from America.
AGRICULTURAL STRIKES.—The combinations . ~,,,
cultural labourers for higher wages have,
tthheereconeuwnttaryo.f taoheyoelrodorneotoulgoi
assumed the character of ribbonism, and serieusgololl,
outrages have been the result. Threatening 7,, *-1
been again frequent. Employers are warned oil; dt
consequences if they dare to offer their men less
eL„Able 17.1
wages, while the labourers receive fully as int nw,tegr
that punishment awaits their accepting lower tbsl!roo:.!
fixed by their mysterious governors. In the Quen,kco!
the county Tipperary, and Kilkenny, this state ot !;,77,41,
become a source of considerable embarassment toktf.'" A
portion of the rural inhabitants. Morning of pi,
ARREST OF ONE OF THE MITRDEREES '9', the
CLARKE, Esq.—lntelligence has been received 01,,,d,
at Toronto, of Hawkins, charged as being the Prhiel,so74,
murder of the late Patrick Clarke, Esq., which was,hiliai
in October, 1845, in the open ay, d wit.hi.raysl3
own hall door, in the county Tipperary Tf, conr.l
murder, two men, named Rice and Hayes, we tord
iT
haatiinlinte
agfhoneifollows
therein,oewwlsi
cen:i ehbohaunvlte
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411 e7a. was the .Ilieuithi'
who shot Patrick Clarke, Esq., deputy-lieutenantnew.prini...ol.lo.,
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NOVELTY IN SECIFBUILDING.—The Co'A --4.--
ship, with an auxiliary screw propeller, now ''"'„ alo ;l'
boar, built on a new and curious principle,A°;oll.A
believe, she is the first constructed. She is Wh..,,--, 0,- 6
iron, being framed and put together in the "-„tisav47
the Britannia Tubular Bridge, without knee. .s c),' 6 0 d,
of any kind in her hull. A plank deck is lal' -C
fiv
, 04.4,j ,
bsb
sense
peauedmov
fap
ne td a
g,
timbers,
rin
one, and on this are a couple of large deck Ontcr,'"iro",
,Thtazo
The name
extent reqw.dt"tber-
of stowing ballast, in the usual way, she i55,0;401'
water-tight compartments in her hull, into s,rl" Pme"1105,,,;
&c., she heafsthstoe
vragesseeL;;O:, '
tackle is worked by steam machinery, su e),,4,700,'°1
city for a large amount of manual labour.P
vVotoo„,""fr
balibtsealaelmsf::
cargo, though measuring little over 400 tons-71c't7,,V
and she is bound for Singapore, being intenu„e
stand, for trade in the Chinese seas. Eater
.'s
ante is very singular, from the convexit
nautical phrase, she " tumbles home" alo'
manner.

AN EXTRAORDINARY SKELETON.-Th,
of a "marvellous discovery" is related in t
"We have been informed, but what exaci
lity we should give to the statement we
say, that in the progress of the formation
way, some of the labourers discovered,
beneath the surface of the earth, within
Askeaton, a gigantic skeleton, eleven feel
the remains was found a vessel, with an i
dicating that someting would be found
Following this intimation, they uncove)
something resembling a bottle in shape,
gend which directed that three drops of t
be poured into the mouth of the skeleton,'
would come to life again. Although mucl
lowed the instructions ; but on letting I
the mouth the skeleton began to stir, upon
came so frightened that they took to flighl
ran, to be pursued by the half-resuscitat
port of this strange story caused such
neighbourhood that the police had to close
thus the old Fenian giant has been once
his long slumber of many ages."

Idiolooe
OWING to the large number of insane s° +.OO
recently arrived at Fort Pitt, the accomraoda:'l
altogether inadequate, and orders have been globe '4, f
additional building for this class of patients :11°9,, otzt
ONE MORNING last week an invalid gentle Po
cell, took his seat in the parliamentary trais:eoPpt.
Brighton from the London-bridge terminns,we
ing the Three Bridges station, he suddenly bv (6°);.1
o
almost instantly expired. t 001 edkit
Two CHILDREN, whose parents reside in the
ot it#
ford, strolled upon the Great Western Rail O,the t .1011
afternoon ; a goods train came along, whet;oo
knocked down one of the children, and literati
The other escaped unhurt. iC•
Ocl
A CORONER'S jury at Dover has brought 13,0,, AO
manslaughter against the captain, John Wats° of Pfd
Kidham and Thomas May, the look-out ineu,Doooo,
mail-steamer between Dover and Calais, which
lision with the Henry, a Yarmouth vessel, in D '
showing a proper light at the time. ,or
SEAL FISHING.—A sloop is being fitted up
_1..0 soprof
modation of a party of gentlemen, including Tr the
Baillie, of Bedcastle, who are to VreeaThe sa
of seals, near Tain, in the Dornoch Firth. Ave eeks capt
last season, with the same party, ing-eids
killed no fewer than 153 full-gown -
LIST WEEK, during the Pogres- s named Fetter efi,,?
Newcastle to Kelso, a young man Aa,.„ssia
smoke. He was 0w... t
roof of the carriage to sal thew' iirwt
mark through the hole in the roof in which tyj
when his body came in contact with a bridge °.71 docti
the eon. in.t.ant death. He ' ea
mutilated'''. tpt
Mn. DENT, storekeeper of Plymouth dOcUrol,'l ayb
on Monday, by the upsetting of a boat, in scr,o-,,0p
his sons, he was fishing between Mount Plalollie pso
island. The eldest son, a lieutenant in the 0,, frtea,'l'
only one of the party sensible when picked ui;aits
of an excursioa if,
son, a clerk in the establishment, though res .0101',4
t 3 fl
a precarious state. the tfecsileri
A LETTER from St. Petersburgh states
broke out on the 22nd ult. in a large estabfis4 co 6 19
fruit, belonging to Prince Dolgorouki, t;telfieerif
state, and now used for drying sourkrout I,e seirqt
troops. The loss of this building is stated to. ova AO 00
there being no other establishment of the tter
i le d
provisioning the troops. „ mai
ABUNDANCE OP CORN ON THE DAxvE
Vienna says that the Steam Navigation 7:0009,1
Danube is sending all the towing vessels I",irie'ted,
provinces of the Lower Danube, but that colicep
sufficient to enable the large quantities of corn if,Dc
f;l
ti
beto baeblseentet
eobff,taainndfrethigabtteevaetnbg
prices.numbere
THE QUEEN AND THE LAPDOG.-011 , y
fPt
the Queen suddenly perceived she had left b t t
'
little lapdog, and expressed very great regre Doy4,c4
notice was taken apparently beyond sympathl.
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mgato
to the
oEdehtnshiset
and steam were made to perform their ieenulsO,V
feats, and when the Queen entered her boukor 1 1
the first thing that she saw was her lapdog, t' 4 r '
ward to meet her. A II" 0 eil P A i
' Two BROTHERS, named Edwin Lister and droll,;o4f,
aged nineteen and seventeen, have been found olvifisr,
exhausted clay-pit at Broad Pill, on the east° ci (fill'
river Avon. The body of the elder was divestfbe ,44
stockings, and many persons surmise that A isfeeifr,Y '
fatal occurrence he was in the act of washing peti Di iOO
stooping forward with this object he overbalan", ,
fell in, and that the younger brother was dr° e'l
ell "fi
tempt to save him. me, ..d. f
A FARMER in the neighbourhood of D0n1","3 1-W.
on his socks the other morning, was stung I') 0. .4
had found its way into the inside of one of tile
oj r
wards came into the shearers' hiring market, :ilitivo:
unwell, falling several times down on the paceli r
berry-square, and ultimately fainting awaY• -ea or
singular that the sting of a wasp has prod cil 4,
stilt on former occasions, while from the o,wceo itifttlY
evil effect was experienced by lf Dantfrke. 01 'V
'
ma.—
—,aoni 0 l',li
SIR JAMES ,GRAHAM performed the eerv—,..,lisie, illdr,,l
the first sod of the Silloth railway, near "", „" Of
week. He delivered a speech on the occas'°' %iv/
dwelt upon the value and importance of th:
works which distinguished this country, 3°,1 iheltlPV
gratification that the war had not yet retarde tbe ;,1j ,I.
A dejeuner took place afterwards, at whi°ll„oo,,,k ~
baronet was present; but in his address be„',.,-je ' 1V
to the objects of the meeting, and did not all" VI d
JA,,l4'' iff
tical object. itin
.4,
FRAUD BY A CONFIDENTIAL SERVANT."' OA„DvO.,
bert, one of the managers in the extensrLttie:clo,,,
Messrs. Hine, Mundella, and Co., hosiers, 9' 1"; os,:tDe 'r
on Tuesday committed for trial t the sessiri,;,:e.fodebei44,
purchased
questing
rErgw employers.NecamthDrhasreiatThtetEXPENDITURE
dnt
hsEtteehoyeooliimPtl appearedea3irgßcibehess:
rlstblrin.sire.Atßs
hyeti
nevh
:ea
nrtot
aomiamnuapend. Julysoa g
esioi,:ofeiiiii:jr,:tll,
ittle
ir: .1.7:1,4. , : ' tri:10;:f
frudulently obtaining 4,000 dozens of threstlias.-t et ;u8
ri
whom they were sold at £lOO less than Ow riPjel:fr It
, 1;
dered by the House of Commons, shows 4,,,,- 00 °O5, "
legal, and engineering expenses of 160 rail ,0 r,OS t. intber
appears that the total sums of money Or% eu_A) °,',g ° ief,
acts of Parliament for establishing suer, I etyvol,
£12,548,715 Bs. 21d. giving an average jpsre,l °PO!
The money expended obtaining acts or Oil ste.,„t eet'A e
railways, or amalgamating with railwaY °„t ill 6i.lpt"„ptriort
amounted to £852,202 2s. The money slie`ci etileose'",, re' I
and expenses incurred by actions, suits, n° vies, dc''' eotlf
at law or in equity by some of the cora°,e t03.,04'
£685,104 4s. 3d. Forty-five companies 10 re l'esiP,-, Yr;
, The,,; b ~,,,l ,
A CONVENT ROMANCE IN BAVART..(O.I,-00P-eleff:
the-way
,place in the neighbourhood of
Ant,}l, fp/
Anger, on which stands the convent el c"ooci ti
School Sisters." A young girl entered thishiishines the ceili4
time was sent as a novice to a branch estet she icareetOrri,y
helm, where she suddenly recollected Oa she sea toe
sor
sor of youth, health, and 9,0001 (f7°°') nolnioll of /IVO/
resolution not to take the veil, and yens 00 over pef.q
to the " Anger." On the road she calleacig be_oct wool
tions, an employi, who, instead of gotheyeti,,sol4.o9,
ordered her to go to the convent. Shecueb sivliotvelfe'
time nothing more was heard of ber. '-'
re force ut well
circulated, that the civil authorities we weii, b
toe c:fii/
uses t° re nisi
will 3.00 6 04
filllnaetdt eirn.
the
cwoun v found
stlhiaetrtelsioeltgitirelvivrasesti,
and the trustees of her deceased Parent f the Pi 00/
es o
vouring to get her out of the clutch c°llll4l
were ,a, , e 0
Nuremberg Paper.
: works , fro- ~niploof4
WINDSOR CASTLE.—Extens.ve , ~artur ~„Jb.T.,,er
si 0 upsa
stsoa°gt baeigisoPef eittneb e „di• fine irie ,It:
immediately after the Court took its e..ecomplet`oc v i
in April last, and will, it is expected L''
h oetober•row, f"
Her Majesty returns to the Castletiof a subtee 04,6;01
progress consist of the digging 1t,,„, seven ti°lo,l l';'"sile,4l
to tromsotuettuhbeeorn: :we:: ::::111:lteltv;
300 feet in length, and varying ~,..,.....: wing, the CA ,Jef
passage heath the h
we
width, extending from the north"' wing ot :I'4 o.sell
gratings 6 Coo° P"'ff
iql lu ad
de
lightrriavnegle
the quadrangle, covered by
ironbservati°"' Ai cep's cr,3o/:
ranged as to escape particular 0
of large CC' 30.1°1 6111
these passages will be a number
to lier sin °le le 1
• t access
by this alteration convenient
nraeteiltneAgewiatill'ittifielfijOd
apartments and the numerous
carried
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df thealo
along
Castle.the v
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trances to the apartments. Severiaine _
d close
wio
aoto
icy.
the north terrace, which have redly
exploredie fon rot'
of Elizabeth, have been recently
but
they were g
0,, ,
forming them into coal cellars,
nsequenee I
suited for that purpose, in co
and inconvenient position.

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