The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

THE New York Journal of Commerce denies the state-
ment that the French government had ordered a " fleet of
war steamers" to be built in New York.
THE CORONATION OF THE EMPEROR AND ;tit EM-
PRESS.—lmmediately after the Easter holydays the doors
of Notre Dame will be closed to the public, and the pre-
parations for the coronation will commence.
MISS FREDERICA BREMER promises to publish a work
on American slavery. She has excited the ire of the
South by saying that she has witnessed worse things than
those described in " Uncle Tom's Cabin."

IMPERIAL TASTE.—A Frankfort journal states that it
is able to communicate the interesting fact that General
O'Donnell has received from the Archduchess Sophia, in.
memorial of the service he rendered the Emperor on the
18th ult., a gold ring with a large turquoise. Under the
stone are several hairs of the Emperor, clotted with the
Imperial blood.

ENORMOUS- AVALANCHE.—An enormous avalanche of
snow fell a few days ago from one of the high mountains at
Reboul, department of the Ariege. It swept away crops,
trees, and detached houses, and completely buried the
hamlet, with all its population. 40U men from the adja-
cent village immediately assembled, and after a great deal
of labour, succeeded in rescuing 12 persons; they were
all sadly bruised and partly frozen, but it is hoped they
will recover. Nine dead bodies, three of them children,
were dug out of the ruins ; as were also a number of
horses and oxen.

THE SYDNEY• PAPERS attack Melbourne with much
fierceness, as the scene of lawless plunder and the land of
murders. The Victorians are incensed at the aspersions,
and request Sydney editors not to give currency to false-
hoods, which can only have the effect of retarding the
progress of British emigration—already impeded to a
great enough extent by the foul name of Botany Bay.
THE GOLD FIELDS MANAGEMENT BILL, which had
passed through committee of the Sydney Legislature in
December last, imposes a double license upon foreigners ;
all persons suspected to be aliens shall be deemed to be
such, unless they prove the contrary ; and a fee of £25 is
to be paid by applicants for quarterly " claims," as a
test of their bona fide.?•.! The diggers declare that, if this
bill passes, they and the diggins are done for.
BLACK MILITIA.—It is in contemplation to build a
barrack for 300. men, at Cape St. Mary, a most- salubrious
spot, about eight miles from Bathurst, on the Gambia,
and also permanently to embody the militia in that
colony. Percussion muskets have already been shipped
for that force, and the clothing is being prepared without
delay. The strength of the regular troops (black) at pre-
sent in garrison does not exceed 180 rank and file.—
United Service Gazette,

ECUADOR.—Letters from Guayaquil, dated February
1, received by the West India mail, announce the dis-
covery of gold deposits in the Republic of Ecuador, at a
place called Jama. Nothing appears to have been ascer-
tained with regard to their extent, but various rumours
were in circulation, some of which represented the riches
of the district to he extremely great. About 400 persons
are stated to have proceeded there from the surrounding
districts, and two vessels were about to take passengers
from Guayaquil to the nearest point by which the mines
could be reached from the coast.

A WHOLESALE MURDERER.—A horrible discovery has
been made by the police of Toulon. For some time past
public rumour signalised a house, occupied by an agent
for finding substitutes for the army, as the theatre of a
series of atrocious dramas. Minute searches having been
made, about 20 corpses buried in the cellars of the house
were found. It appears that the victims were successively
assassinated, and that the death of the first took place
several years ago. The confessions of a woman in her
last moments placed, we are assured, justice on the trace
of the crimes. The victims were military substitutes
received by the Conscils.de Revision; and the man mur-
dered them in order not to have to pay the price of their
enrolment."

THE FORTY THIEVES IN PARIS.—The pollee of Paris
have just arrested a band of forty thieves, amongst whom
are several children, aged 12 or 14. This band was under
the orders of a man who has been several times condemned
by justice. From his ignoble ugliness he was nicknamed
" Tete de Morte," and all the band had nicknames. The
second in command was called " Fine Oreille," and the
other chief bore the names of the " Anguille," the " CEd
Arn6ricain," the "Fiancheur," "Mort a la Rousse," &c.
The gang practised different species of robberies. The band
were accustomed to take their meals together in a lodging-
house in the Rue Beaubourg, and every Sunday a division
of the profits was made amongst them according to a scale
fixed by " Tete de Mort." All the gang and the chief
were captured at the same time, and a considerable quan-
tity of different sorts of booty was seized.—French paper.
THE WILD MAN OF ALABANIA.—A wild man named
Goings (says an American paper), originally from East
Tenessee, who has been living in the hollow of trees and
caves, and who has frequently been mentioned in the
newspapers, was recently captured near Florence, Ala-
bama. He is from 25 to 30 years of age. He had been
surprised several times by parties, and tales of romantic
encounters with him were deemed fabulous heretofore.
Last December an attempt was made to capture him, but
he eluded his pursuers, and forsook his then quarters in
the hollow of a chestnut tree. A pack of hounds after-
wards got on his trail, but owing to the rugged character
of the country, the horsemen could not keep up, and the
fugitive was lost in the waters of Shoal Creek. All fur-
ther pursuit was then abandoned, and many believed the
whole story fabulous, until last Sunday week, a boy,
belonging to A. P. Neely, reported to his master that he
had seen a man upon the bluffs near a noted cave, on the
plantation of Judge Posey. M. Neely immediately col-
lected a number of gentlemen, and proceeded to the spot
indicated. The day was one of the most inclement of the
season. On nearing the mouth of the cave, they ciisco-
vered the shivering form the poor wretch buried be-
neath a covering of straw, He paid no attention to their
summons to come forth, and one of the company (thought-
lessly we hope) tossed in a dog, which, making a furious
assault, brought the hapless recluse to his feet. He then
came out in a state of almost perfect nudity, presenting a
picture of abject misery and squalid wretchedness, which
utterly beggars all description, and we shall not attempt
it. He appeared perfectly sane, but gave no satisfactory
reasons for his singular conduct, beyond a general charge
that the world had treated him badly, and he had deter-
mined to come out from it. He protested that he had done
no man harm, and begged to be allowed to continue his
solitary life, but he finally agreed to go. home with Mr.
Eastrage, which ho did, and when we last heard of him
he was suffering from a violent cold, contracted no doubt
by his sudden change from a worse than savage to a civi-
lised life.

ADVERTISEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—We extract the
following from the New York Tribune :—" Boarders
wanted.--A middle-aged lady, who has once enjoyed the
smiles of fortune, but who, from inevitable causes, has be-
come somewhat reduced in her circumstances, proposes
opening a respectable, not geuleel, boarding-house in this
city, provided she can obtain a limited number of boarders
who can appreciate good living and are willing to pay for it.
Her house is new, convenient, and in a pleasant location—
her table will be supplied with good substantial food,
well-cooked ; athletic butter, equivocal eggs, promiscuous
hash, malignant coffee with consumptive milk will be ex-
cluded—neither will she regale her guests with the grizzle
of the patient ox, burnt up in his own tallow : having
her regular grocer, milkman, and butcher—she is under
no necessity of scouring the market to obtain articles half
a cent per pound under price, which are 'good enouyhfor
hoarders.' Those who are willing to live on buckwheat
cakes exclusively will be charged half price only, but will
not be guaranteed against salt rheum and cancers ; ginger
snaps and hot water will be provided for those who wear
false teeth, if required—but those who Lave sound teeth
and healthy gums are advised to give this compound a
wide berth—comfort not show being her aim. The kitchen
will be looked into occasionally if the parlours get less
furbishing ; not having any male or female pets to clothe and
feed out of her boarders, she will not be obliged to curtail in
her table to meet such expenses; and having two ears
with one tongue, will devote twice the time to hearing
what her boarders wish that some do in taking away their
appetites. What leisure she may have will be devoted
more to her own personal cleanliness than ogling and
smelling round boarders' rooms to find out their habits.
Boarders' religious creeds and political opinions will form
no part of her solicitude, and as she does not covet the
marriage state, will not keep up a tiresome, toady gabble,
to some particular guest of eligible age and fortune.
Those desirous of finding a home of this description, will
please address Mrs. Ann T. Mak Lean, at this office."