The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-30 00:00:00

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TUESDAY

31ORNING, NOV. 30, 1852.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC.
The United States mail steamship Arctic, Capt. Luce,
which left New York on the 13th instant, arrived in the
Mersey on Thursday morning, at half-past one, with
THE past week has been here, as well as in London , seventy passengers.
one in which the feeling amongst all classes has BlTzthoen sotnea;)ilie-shfitprnoon Canada
trheeacll2ietidl her wharf at East
been almost wholly political, the consideration of IThe Hon. Thomas Baring, having recovered from his
mere commercial matters and of the ordinary busi- indisposition, has come
value of home in the Arctic.
Property to about sixty thousand dollars
ness of life having been absorbed by the great was destroyed, by an incendiary fire at 'Charleston, on the
question at issue before Parliament,—what is to be 17th.
Dr.Wainwrioht, late Secretary to the House of Bishops,
the future policy, and what set of men the rulers, has been consecrated Bishop of New York.
for some time to come, of this country. To capi-It was rumoured that an expedition was fitting
talists nothing is more essential than a strong outtlie at ot t seize
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Government, with clearly defined and intelligible Septexpenditure of the
en Uniissuedted States, from July 1 to
Sep. 30, 1852, has be. The were
principles ; and, on the ground that it is thus essen- 16,686,919 dollars, and the expenditure 13,860,268 dollars.
tial to the trading world, as a guide to their opera- —From the Lobos is
the dates extend to the 20th
lions, to be in possession of the policy of the new utilite.
ATmheeriPeaenruvveisasnelgsowvehrinehmelnlatdhavdistfeedreitlhcehLrltaenrsd
islands
0 for
Government,—especially in a crisis when extensive guano.—The commodore of the American man-of-war on
fthetem
affordingstation had
protectionoffi ei a! y notified
any that
Americanlie should
vessels fih spt ar
ei n
financial changes are believed to be in contempla-
tion,—it has been very generally thought that the curing guano without the sanction of the Peruvian autho-
proceedings of the Free Trade party have been reirt!easn.iseT
a hset at South anAemveerrican continent was in a more dis-
mistimed, and savouring of factiousness. For
months past this party have been complaining that
the Earl of DERBY and Mr. DISRAELI have kept the
country in the dark as to their intention ; yet, since
the commencement of the session, it seems to have
been their study to prolong the country's uncer-
tainty. Mr. VILLIERS'S motion was intended to
extract only from the Ministry a vague declaration,
which would have committed them to nothing save
the carrying out of what are called Free Trade
principles, without defining what are such princi-
ples, and in what direction they are to be eitended.
It has resulted only, as most intelligent people ex-
pected that it would, in depriving the country for a
week longer of that definite knowledge of the pro-
posed policy of the Government which has been so
long desired. Since the defeat of Mr. VILLIERS
and his friends, their object seems to have been di-
rected towards dictating to the CHANCELLOR OF
THE EXCHEQUER the items of a financial scheme,

THE WEEK.

AUSTRALIA.

The latest accounts from the Australian gold fields are
of even a still more exciting nature than any we have yet
printed. Mount Alexander appears to be exhaustless,
sending, in one week, 144,207 ounces of gold to Geelong,
representing the large sum of £432,721. But this is only
a specimen of the district. On a rough calculation, which
is rather under than over the mark, the Victoria diggings
yielded in the month of August about 246,000 ounces of
gold; and this, too, in the rainy season, and with not a
very considerable increase of their mining population.
Every mail brings fresh marvels :—" One place, ' a flat,'
between Adelaide Gully and Wattletree Flat, on the road
leading from Forest Creek to Fryer's Creek, has obtained
colonial celebrity by a party of four Adelaide men, who
had gone there ' prospecting,' turning up 1501bs. weight
of pure gold in one morning between breakfast and
dinner. That is to say, £6,000 worth of sterling money
obtained in one hole in the course of one morning. An-
other hole has, of course, been sunk immediately, closely
adjoining ' the claim' of these lucky fellows, and here, too,
the daily yield averaged from six to nine pounds weight of
gold. In the whole line of the gullies and flats in that
vicinity, the diggers have been eminently successful.
Many in the neighbourhood have taken nine, twelve, and
twenty pounds weight in ' pockets.' but, of course, the
1501bs. of gold we have quoted above stands as yet unpa-
which is already known to be complete in all its relleled in the history of gold finding. Seven tons of gold
main features, and upon the approval of which by were lying idle at Adelaide Gully for want of horses to
take them to Melbourne, and more was fast accumu-
the country the Government are prepared to stand lating. At New Bendigo Flat, Forest Creek, one ' party'
or fall. Thus, Mr. MACGREGOR has given notice took 121bs. weight from one hole, and four Germans gained
2
that it is his intention to press for a reduction of
sidell b st. of
to
the picture i
ictnuroen-e week,"
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prosperity
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yaroofth
the
the Tea duties, altogether regardless of the circum- miners has had a bad effect on their orals. There are
accounts of drunkenness, rows, thievinmg, and robberies.
stance whether such reduction at present is consis- Gangs of mounted bushrangers, with pistols in their hands
tent with a due regard to the financial position of stoppings to their faces. are infesting all the roads, and
travellers and gold transports, unless the escorts
the country. Mr. Wm. EWART has given notice are strong and well-armed."
of a motion for Thursday next, for the abolition of THE Melbourne Argus contains the account of a new
the duties on butter, cheese, eggs,hams,and poultry, railway company, to be called the Melbourne, Mount
Alexander, and Murray River Company, with a branch
Other members will, no doubt, propose shortly to Williamstown. The proposed capital is £750,000, in
equally taking reductions, the granting of any one 37,500 shares of £2O each.
of which may render impossible the carrying out of A letter dated Geelong, July 3, 1852, says :—" The
golden prospects of aggrandisement have staggered and
the Government policy as a whole. Such a course still stagger. Hardly a day passes but I hear of people
is regarded very generally on 'Change as unfair ; making fortunes. Our late salesman, after a month's
absence, came down with £230 worth of the precious
and strong opinions are entertained that what is metal. He was one of a party of six, and the gold ob-
most wanted at the present movement is a consoli- I tained by the lot amounted to £1955. Of course some
of the party were up longer than a month. I think it
dation of our entire commercial system, which, as I most likely I shall be off with the same party early in
left by the measures of the Free Trade party, is most October. They have been up twice, and have each time
been lucky ' • three out of the six are worth £lOOO each,
anomalous, and based upon no intelligible principle and this in about eight months."
whatever. Even avowed Whigs do not hesitate to PROVISIONS IN AUSTRALIA.—By the last accounts the
give this direction to their wishes as to the policy to prices of provisions went, to adopt the expression of a
Sydney correspondent, " up and down" like a barometer.
be adopted at this crisis. On the 11th of August flour sold at Forest Creek at £l2
Of purely local politics we have little that is of per bag; sugar at ls. Gd. per lb.; salt was 25., tea 45.,
cheese 3s. 6d., ham and salt pork 45., beef Bd. per lb.,
interest, the most startling being the presentation biscuits 2s. Gd. per lb. About the same time the quota-
of a petition, signed by Messrs. Wm. RArHnoNE, tions in the Melbourne market were :—Flour (at the
mills. that is to say minus carriage), £25 ; wheat Bs. and
jun., and ROBERT WILSON RONALD, against the I oats 7s. 6d. Good cattle sold at 12s. per cwt., sheep 11s.
The price of butchers' meat was rising generally, but flour
return of Messrs. TURNER and MACKENZIE at the
and bread were not expected to rise higher, since the
recent election for Liverpool. The petition, a copy markets were more freely supplied. The Launceston and
of which will be found elsewhere in our columns, Hobart Town markets remained almost unchanged ;
wheat at 9s. and first flour at £24 ; barley 55., potatoes £4.
complains that the sitting members, by themselves At Hobart Town there was an advance of ls. generally on
and agents, were guilty of bribery; that gross cor- the Launceston prices.
ruption and treating notoriously prevailed ; and
prays that the election should be declared null and
void. The proceeding is generally regarded as one i THEcht DANISHtte s
thatS U
the Grand
.d—, 'lLLtrio crcb• reregnhbeurr Ahrazha-s
of those absurd emanations of ill-temper which rassenettedstoa the settlement of the Danish succession accord-
ing to
on such occasions are frequently in the habit ing to the London convention of the Bth of May.
of being guilty of. The Free-traders,.however, A MANUFACTURER IN WURTEMBURG has invented a
mode of applying a surface coating to sheet-iron, which
shake their heads myteriously, and even talk of enables it to take freely the mark of a slate-pencil. It is
startling facts which their committee have disco- said to be much lighter, and much less liable to injury,
than a common slate.
vered. They have got the money, too, it is boasted.; THE SUPERIOR ROYAL TRIBUNAL OF BERLIN has
although,:if we had to choose the most improbable recently declared itself in favour of coercive measures to
be adopted against the editors of journals, and other
party named as the leading " victim" on the occa- periodical publications, who refuse to point out the source
sion, we should certainly not look for him amongst from which they receive their articles.—Voss Gazette.
representatives of Abercromby "Ward. A Roensit PERVERT.---It is stated that the Countess
Hahn-hahn, authoress of " Jerusalem and Babylon," and
Last night's proceedings in the House of Corn- other works, whose recent conversion to Romanism made
mons, however, will probably decide whether the some noise, has just entered the Convent of the Order of
the Good Shepherd, at Angers, in France ; and will, after
whole affair is, or is not, a sham. The Hull petition, due probation, found a similar convent in Coblentz or
we learn, will most certainly be proceeded with, and Cologne.
as certainly result in seating our townsman, Mr. SLAVERY IN BRAZIL ANT) CUBA.—A parliamentary
paper just published shows that only one vessel contain-
BRAMLEY-MOORE, as one of the members for that ing negroes landed in June, 1852, on the Brazilian coast,
port. The Derby case, also, was to be brought be- but that the importation of negro slaves into Cuba
amounted to 4118 in the period between theist of January
fore the house last night, on the motion of Sir A and the 9th of October of the current year.
COCKBURN ERICSSEN'S CALORIC SHIP.—The New York papers
mention that Ericssen's caloric ship would be tested about
A report has been current on 'Change during the the Ist of December, but it is now stated that she is not
week, of a fracas, represented to have taken place expected, under any circumstances, to make the passage
to Europe in less than 14 or 15 days, so that, in the
between two members of the Council. From the facts present stage of the alleged invention, its competion will
which have reached us, we are able to say that the be against sailing ships, and not against the existing
circumstance has been much exaggerated, and in no steamers.
Ai-
way affects the character of the Council as a body. dentGhEa
Rs lA.
pa—rdTohneedMlgneitoeundremannnre soldiers,
dertislatdethtae:nPer:saii
--- hard labour at La Calle, in the province of Constantine,
for having assisted in opposing an attack of the Arabs on
a military post. A month ago 50 condemned soldiers at
Bona were also pardoned, for their good conduct in re-
cent engagements in the same province.
HORRIBLE Dome—The Santa Clara Register gives
the following particulars of a duel which occurred between
a Mexican and a native Californian, about a game of
monte, and Colt's navy revolvers were the weapons used
in combat. Nine shots were fired, and four of the balls
took effect in each of the combatants. Both parties ex-
pired immediately, and they were each ushered into the
presence of their maker to answer for the murder of the
other. After the second or third shot, the Californian
crawled on his hands and knees nearer his antagonist and
fired, in order to make sure of his victim.
HATS IN GERMANY.—Hats are again playing an im-
portant part in public life. The police in Munich are
confiscating that variety of the article known as the
" Calabreser," or Hecker hat, generally worn by banditti
i n melo-dramas. Those of a brown colour are especially
proscribed ; the Munich authorities have already seized
200 of this sort. The white and grey varieties are for the
moment tolerated ; but travellers will do well to avoid
any singularity in this article, as even " wide awakes"
may be misconstrued.
ASSASSINATION IN PARIS.—A shocking case of assas-
sination has just occurred. M. J. Lecoq de Marslay, of
Nantes, belonging to a good family in Brittany, arrived
-.6 in Paris a few days since with his sister, Madame John
Lust much Fishly, and took lodgings at 31, Rue Tronchet. On the
..ee have manifested day before the fatal occurrence he complained of an
_...nines went on on Monday in uneasy feeling about his head. His sister ordered a cup
...g places very nearly the same as on the of chocolate for him at eight in the morning. The con-
The following are the numbers of the votes cierge went into the apartment at that hour, and found
*----4 by the latest intelligence : Madame Fishly lying dead upon the floor. Her brother
7.714,585 had killed her with a sword, and had given himself
several dangerous wounds in the chest with the same
weapon. He was found kneeling by her aide in a weak
Majority
The Corps Legislatif met on Thursday, and M. Fould, that be is in a state of insanity.
Minister of State, read a message of the President, in GREECE.—King Otho arrived in Athens on the 4th of
which he says that the Government will only change in November, and was received, in spite of the lateness of
form . that devoted to the great interests which are brought the hour, by an immense concourse of people, whose un-
forth'by intellect and carried out by peace, it will, as in ceasing acclamations were of the most enthusiastic cha-
the past, maintain itself within the limits of moderation. racter. Two days before the King's arrival great excite-
This message was received by unanimous acclamations of ment was caused in the town by the arrival of an English
" Vive l'Empereur ! " The Corps Legislatif will go in a courier, London,
in nine days from having given at
body to Saint Cloud on December Ist, to present to Louis Trieste £lOOO for a special steamer to bring him to the
Napoleon the official result of the vote. Isthmus of Corinth, which he crossed on foot, in order not
The Austrian government still objects to the French to lose the time necessary to procure a conveyance. He
President assuming the title of Napoleon 111., and many was the bearer of the protocol of the Conference of London
notes on the subject have passed between the Minister of
on the subject of the succession, the result of which the
Foreign Affairs and the French Ambassador in Vienna.
court and the nation generally are much satisfied with.
A curious light is thrown upon the policy of the present
ruler of France, by the fact that while the protest of the BELGIUM.—The Central Section, charged to examine
Due de Chambord was ostentatiously printed in the the bill on the press, met on the 19th. The first part of
columns of the Moniteur, numerous arrests were made in art. 1, which relates to verbal offences and abuse against
the provinces of persons concerned in the distribution of foreign sovereigns, was rejected by the section, but it
adopted the remainder of the article. The government
the document.
The government perseveres in its intention of giving expressed its readiness to consent to this modification.
strength to the navy. Orders have been given that two The chamber has unanimously passed the budget for ways
new line of battle ships shall be completed next year, and and means for 1853, amounting to 123,224,250 f. The
a screw frigate of tne first class built. minister of war has demanded an extra supply of
The Tottionnais mentions two rumours as being current 8,450,000 f. for the budget of 1852, to cover the expenses
at Toulon. One is that the Mediterranean fleet will of the military works which were commanded to be ex
shortly be sent to Civita Vecchia to bring the Pope to ecuted for the national defences.
France ; the other is, that it will be sent with the future ITALY.—On the 14th instant, there appeared in the
viceroy to Algeria. Official Saroy Gazette a pastoral letter, signed by several
A letter from Marseilles of the 20th instant states that, Piedmontese bishops, (among whom is the exiled Arch-
in consequence of the continual rain which fell there for bishop of Turin, M. Franzoni,) threatening excommuni-
tl'e preceding 15 days, the waters of the Var had risen to , cation to all who shall henceforward peruse Liberal news-
publicly read from all the pulpits of Turin.
an extraordinary height, and had swept away two arches 1 papers, was
of the bridge between St. Laurent and Nice. The pro- The churches were thronged with people on the occasion,
gress of the stage coaches in that direction had conse- but no disturbance ensued. The Grand Duke of Tuscany
quently been interrupted. has just ordered the expulsion of about one thousand
It is announced that the Deputies will present their re- Lombard, Roman, and Neapolitan refugees. On the
port on the elections to the Emperor, at St. Cloud, to- other hand, we are told that the accouchement of the
and with it the liberation of
morrow (Wednesday), and that on Thursday he will pro- Duchess is daily expected,
ceed to the Tuileries and receive the three great bodies of the Madiais, "as an act of s" pecial favour. This is also
the State, who will formally proclaim the Empire. The I confirmed by the statement of the Prussian Envoy to his
unds rose rapidly during Thursday and Friday, and the I Government,: holding out hopes of speedy liberation. A
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

FOREIGN NEWS.
INDIA OVERLAND MAIL.

We have received, in anticipation of the Overland
Mail, the following telegraphic despatch, dated, "Trieste,
Nov. 26 " :
'• The Austrian Lloyd's steamer Egitto arrived to-day

with advices from Rangoon.
" Prome was captured on the 9th of October by the
force under the command of Commodore Lambert and
General Godwin.
" Very little resistance was made by the Burmese, the
British loss only amounting to one man killed and six
wounded.
" Five thousand Burmese were posted at about six
miles from Prome, but General Godwin did not wish to
attack them until he was reinforced.
" The Admiral had died of cholera, but the troops were
particularly healthy.
" The campaign was considered virtually at an end, and
orders were expected hourly for the annexation of Pegu."

out a garrison.
CANADA."--A letter from Toronto says :—The rumour
of Lord Elgin's recal gains credit, and we shall soon hope
to have a governor who will not suffer himself to be made
a mere puppet in the hands of the present ministry, such
as we now have: The on dit is, that Lord Harriss is to
succeed our present noble patron of rebels. By a provin-
cial statute, passed during the last session, the patronage
of the rectories heretofore in the Crown, is vested in our
Diocesan Church Society. A special meeting of the
society was called for the 10:h instant, to decide how this
patronage is to be exercised.
THE NEW AMERICAN PRESIDENT.—ScandaI, which
is always rife on the other side of the Atlantic, says that
Gen. Pierce is fond of " the bottle." This, however,
has been denied; and a letter from Concord, N.H., to
the Union, says:—" His habits are plain and unostenta.
tious. His practice yields him a large income, and he is
generous to a fault. It is said in Concord by those who
know him well that he will spend his Presidential 25,000
dollars every year. The health of Mrs. Pierce is too feeble
for housekeeping, and so, with their only child, a smart
boy of a dozen summers, they board in the private family
of W. 'Williams, a respectable citizen engaged in the ex-
tensive manufactory at this place of coaches, omnibuses,
and railroad cars. The house is a most beautiful frame
building, shaded by a line of noble old elm trees."

THE FRENCH PRESIDENT.—The most alarming ru-
mours continue to be circulated regarding the Prince
President. They are chiefly to this effect :—that he is
actually, and has been for some time, suffering from a
malady which seriously menaces his existence, and which
may render his election as Emperor useless, as he cannot
long enjoy his new dignity—that the vote of the 21st and
22nd will be the last of universal suffrage, as the very day
after the proclamation of the empire the elective franchise
will revert to what it was in the reign of Louis Phillippe
—that a formidable and extensive disaffection exists in
the army, and that the departure of a regiment recently
for Rome has been occasioned by that fact—that a mu-
tiny had broken out at Vincennes on the part of a
regiment against its officers—that the taxes will be in-
creased to an enormous amount for the next year—and
that, notwithstanding the comparatively small reduction
of the army, as announced in the Moniteur of Sunday,
measures are even now contemplated for a considerable
increase of the effective force—that the Prince of Join-
vine has been in the department of the Pas de Calais—
and the most recent rumour of all was that on Monday,
during a drive in the environs of St. Cloud in an open
carriage, the horses took fright, and, in a word, that the
President was very near becoming the victim of the same
fatal accident which betel the lamented Duke of Orleans,
in 1842. It was also rumoured that an attempt has been
made to fire the fortress of Vincennes. These, however,
are but a few of the many rumours that have been in cir-
culation.
THE BLOOMER FASHIONS FOR 1852-3.—Mrs. Blooiner
publishes the following information relative to the
Bloomer fashions for the season, in the last number of
the Lily, a monthly quarto, edited and published by her
at Seneca Falls. :—We have several letters of inquiry about
the style of making the short dress, and also what style
of hat is to he worn the coming winter. It is a little per-
plexing to us to answer such questions, for we Know little
about the fashions, and we do not wish to set ourselves
up as a pattern for others. We are not aware that there
Is any particular style for making the short dress, or any
fashion for it. At least we have none, but wake ours
just to suit our own fancy and comfort, and we hope
others will do the same. We believe our dress will not
differ materially from those worn by others, except in
the length of the skirt and bodice, and in giving our-
selves room to breathe freely, and depending on our own
muscles, instead of whalebone, for support. And this
we consider all important, whether the skirt be long or
short. Another important consideration which we urge
upon our lady readers is, the supporting of under skirts
by elastic suspenders (the same as those worn by men,
and worn in the same manner), instead of letting them
rest upon the hips. They are perfectly easy, and far pre-
ferable to " straps." We are happy to know that they
are now worn to a considerable extent, and they will be
generally adopted when their advantages become known.
The prettiest style of cloak for the short dress is a full
circle, or Spanish cloak. The sacque looks well, and is
very convenient, as it leaves the arms free. Both bonnets
and hats are worn. If a hat, the beaver is preferable,
though they may be made of silk or velvet. The trousers
are made mostly straight and plain, or with spring
" bottoms," though some still prefer them full, and con-
fined at the ankle. The large number of ladies who at-
tended the meeting here on the 14th ult., dressed in
short skirts and trousers, proved the falsity of the state-
ment mede by some of the papers, that this style of dress
has become extinct. The number present on that occa-
sion was, by different persons, estimated as high as fifty,
and these came from different sections of the state.
Lucy Stone, whom all so much admired, we are happy to
see, still adheres to this style of dress.—New fork
Herald.