The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

COPENHAGEN, OCT. 24.—A royal resolution of the 17. h of
this month, has been published to the army, by which-the pu-
nishment of flogging is abolished in the Danish army, anc im-
prisonment with bread and water substituted fur it. As thepro-
posal for the abolition of this punishmeut in the English army
has given occasion to so many debates in Parliament, the ex-
ample set by the Danish Government may be interesting. The
same resolution orders that blows with a cane are to be applied
only in a few cases, which are stated.—Frankfort paper.
CHRISTIANIA, OCT. 31.—The Storthing has granted 12.7,400
dollars species to complete the King's residence and the depen-
dencies, and authorised the Government to purchase !lateral
houses and pieces of ground, in order to make a suitable ap-
proach to the palace.
SWITZERLAND.—BASLE, Nov. s.—This morning, at 7 o'clock
precisely, a violent shock of an earthquake was felt here, which
was quickly followed by another less severe. It appeared to
proceed in a direction from south to north. During the night
the barometer fell suddenly, and the wind changing to the south
west produced a rise in the thermometer. In the night of the
28th and 29th Oct., a smart shock was felt at Tarnes.—S3me
time since, an old man, upwards of eighty years of age, hating
inflicted a mortal wound on an individual, suddenly disappear-
ed. A few days afterwards, he was discovered in a granary,
concealed behind a heap of corn. His first impulse on finding
himself discovered was to demand something to eat. He had
been for five days without tasting any thing but his own water.
His strength, which was already impaired by age, soon sunk
under the agitation caused by the accident, and he died a few
days afterwards in the prison.
Downy or THE NEW QUEEN OF NAPLES.—The fortune of
the Arch-Duchess Theresa, has been fixed by the Arch-Duke
Charles, at six millions of florins, or about £600,000, which will
be paid into the King's hands. This large sum comes altoge-
ther firm the Arch-Duke's private purse, which is estimated at
from 20 to 25 millions of florins, or two millions and a-half ster-
ling. It is stipulated, however, that the King of Naples is to
vest nearly one half of this dowry in the purchase of landed pro-
perty in Naples, which is to he taken in the Queen's name.
The Journal du Haut et Bar I?hin states that the Rhine has
risen upwards of eight feet within the last two or three days.—
The coup d'ceil is magnificent.
The French journals announce that the Emperor of Russia
has at length positively acknowledged the kingdom of Belgium.
BERLIN, Nov. 7.—According to two letters from St. Peters-
burgh, the pain in the chest which the emperor suffered, and
which gave no grounds whatever for uneasiness, was considered
to Le only the consequence of his late accident.—Hamburgh
paper.
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 4.—The Norwegian government proposed
to his Majesty on the 13th ult., that in addition to the 120,000
Hamburgh banco marks which are to be employed in loans, for
the assistance of merchants to facilitate the supply of the coun-
try with corn, 500,000 marks more shall be allotted for the same
purpose and on the same terms, and that his Majesty's com-
munication respecting the measures adopted in consequence of
the failure of the crops be laid before the extraordinary Star-
thing. His Majesty has been pleased to assent to this proposal,
hut that the consumers, who already suffer from the failure of
the crops, may be further burdened as little as possible. His
Majesty has ordered that the merchants shall be charged with
no higher interest than that usual in Norway, viz., 4 per cent.
—Hamburgh paper.
The Journal du Frankfort, of the 11th instant, announces that
the Sovereign Prince of Reuss Greitz died at half-past eleven
in the morning of Oct. 31, after a long and painful illness, in
the 47th year of his age. Having no issue male, he is succeeded
by his brother Prince Henry XX.
PRINCE POLIGNAC.—The Senfinelle. Picarde says that Messrs.
de Polignac and Guernon Ran vine will probably quit the for-
tress of Ham on the let of January at latest. This indulgence,
adds the Serttinelle, will be demanded, not by the prisoners
themselves, but by their relatives and friends, as appears to have
been the case with regard to Messrs. Peyronnet and de Chante-
lauze.
Ressime TRADE.—The number of vessels that arrived at
Cronstadt, the port of St. Petersburg, from the Ist of Jan. to
the 13th inst., was 1140; departures 1102. •
A letter from Lyons states that the inundation came on so sud-
denly, that the grooms and horses of the circus, on returning
from their evening exerrises, could not get into their stables.
This scene of desolation appeared to give great uneasiness Wan
elephant who formed part of the troop, and which was very dif-
ferent from its usual mild demeanour.
A letter from Havre represents the increase of the commerce
of that port to be so great that the formation of a new dock has
become indispensable.
Sr. PETERSBURGH, Nov. 2.—ln consequence of the violent
storm from the north west, on the night of the 28th of October,
the water in the Neva and the canals rose six feet eight inches
above its usual level. Part of the Isodes bridge and of the
Troizky bridge was carried away, so that the communication
between tbo two banks of the Neva is now confined to boats.
In all the lower parts of the city, even i s the Million, much
damage was done. We learn also that some boats were run
ashore.
Joseph Bonaparte will return to America next spring. He
has ordered his house at Borden town to be ready fur him by
that time.
DEATH OF CHARLES X.—Letters from Goritz, near Prague,
in Austria, are said to have reached Paris, by which the death
of Charles X. is announced. This event is said to have been
hereighe eo by an attack of cholera.
In consequence of the late heavy wins, the Rhone, in France,
has risen to a height which has not been witnessed since 1812.
Very considerable injury has been done to houses and property
lying upon some parts of its banks, at Lyons and other places,
by the overflow. At. Paris, too, the Seine had overflowed its
banks, but by the last accounts the waters were receding in both
streams.