The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-08-17 00:00:00

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THE DUKE AND DUCHESS DE MONTPENSIER arrived
at Lisbon on the 30th ult., in the Isabella 11. steamer,
and been received by the Queen of Portugal in the Palace
de las Necessidades. The Duchess has been most se-
riously indisposed, nor was she declared out of danger
when the mail closed. The health of the Princess Amelia
was still declining ; she had not left for Madeira, but
was expected to do so shortly.

DEATH OF THE ENGLISH VICE CONSUL AT HAYTI.
—We have received from Port-au-Prince, Hayti, files of
papers to the first of July. Mr. W. K. Gretton, Vice
Consul of England, died of yellow fever a month after his
arrival in Port-au-Prince. His young wife had preceded
her husband to the grave but 24 hours, leaving alone
their young child. Mr. Gretton was of a distinguished
family in England, and had been a captain in the sth
Carbineers. Mrs. Gretton was a daughter of Lieut. Gen.
Sir J. Burgoyne.
THE ADVICES FROM GEORGETOWN, DEMERARA, con-
firm the report of the discovery of gold in that colony.
Two persons had arrived at different periods within the
last few weeks, bringing accounts of the existence of The
metal in the interior, together with specimens, which sold
respectively for 5240 and 40300. A party of twenty
young whitemen had already set off on a digging expedi-
tion, and the planters were in great alarm, as it was feared
that the general business of the country would be thrown
into confusion. _

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SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS IN PARIS.—The number of
dead bodies exposed at the Morgue in Paris during the
month of July has been unusually great. This augmen-
tation is attributed to the great heat, which occasioned a
number of sudden or accidental deaths. The total num-
ber of bodies exposed during the month was GO, of which
50 were adults, 41 men and 9 women, 3 children, and 7
foetuses. Out of the 50 adults 44 were recognised : 21
cases of suicide, 15 accidental deaths, 11 sudden ones, and
3 cases of drowning, the cause of which is unexplained,
The number of persons drowned when lathing was IQ.

IRELAND.

THE CITY OF DUBLIN was visited on Wednesday with
a storm of thunder and lightning which, for violence. is
without parallel. The rain fell in torrents throughout the
whole day.

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man lost forty, and another

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THE RESULTS OF VOTING FOR CONSERVATIVES AT
CARLOW.—Anne Doyle was turned out of Orchard Cha-
pel, because her master voted for Colonel Bruen. There

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