The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-09-18 00:00:00

ROME.

A letter from Rome of the sth in the Debate states that
the cardinals will, according to the prevailing rumour,
leave Rome, and throw the civil administration on the
shoulders of the French. There is no longer any hope,
says this letter, of an understanding being come to be-
tween Paris and Gaeta. The Pope has expressed the
greatest irritation at the President's letter, and the diplo-
matic corps at Gaeta would, had the letter been offered,
have agreed to a joint protest. The Univers signifies
that the Pope had left Gaeta for Portici.
A letter from Rome, of the 6th instant, announces that
M. de Rayneval had arrived in the Eternal City, and ap-
peared to be perfectly satisfied with the Pontifical Court.
Everybody was curious to know the cause of his satisfac-
tion, as the Government was enforcing its system of seve-
rity, unaffected either by the public press, the popular in-
dignation, diplomatic notes, or the President's letter.
The Emperor of Russia has just removed all the Russian
artists from Rome, after having caused their debts to be
paid.

deneral Sir Charles Napier quits India in the spring of
next year.

General Cavaignac is now suffering from a consumptive
affection, hereditary in the family, and which carried off
his brother Godefroy.
M. de Lamartine has declined a proposed national sub-
scription to relieve from embarrassment his patrimonial
estates, affirming that the produce of his literary labours
is more than sufficient for his wants.

The storm which prevailed in Paris during the last few
days has torn up from the roots several trees in the Tuile-
ries and the Champs Elysees, and has laid prostrate the
Tree of Liberty planted in the Place de la Bastile.
Mr. Layard, author of " Nineveh and its Remains,"
left Constantinople on the 29th ultimo in a Turkish steamer
for Trebizond, on his way to the scene of his late brilliant
discoveries, accompanied by an artist, a medical man, and
a secretary.
Letters from Toulon, of the 10th inst., state that the
French Government has ordered an expedition to Tangier
to support the representative of the French Republic in
his claims on the Emperor of Morocco. The expedition
will be composed of six vessels, including, two ships of the
line.
Cholera has now existed six months in the French ca-
pital, and from its first appearance till the 31st of last
month there have been 10,195 deaths in private houses,
and 8406 in the hospitals, giving a total of 18,011, or an
excess of 200 over the year 1831. The population of
Paris, however, has increased since that period by 300,000.
Accounts have been received from the lonian islands
of an insurrection in Cephalonia, attended with circum-
stances of considerable atrocity. One of the most
respectable inhabitants of the district, with two of his
servants, were burnt alive in their house. Several other
habitations were fired, and a band of from three to four
hundred men in arms paraded the district, compelling by
force the well-affected to swell their numbers. Tran-
quility has been restored.
DRAINAGE OF THE HAARLEM LAKE.—An Amster-
dam letter of the 3d instant states, that the difficult
operation of draining the sea or lake of Haarlem is being
carried on with the greatest activity. The works are not
even suspended on Sundays or fete days; nay, they are
sometimes continued during the night. During the
month of August, the waters of this immense lake were
lowered to the extent of 27i. inches, Dutch measure. It
is hoped and expected that they will be entirely drained
off before the month of March, 1850.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO M. DUMAS.—M. Alexandre
Dumas, the celebrated romance writer, narrowly escaped
destruction a few days ago. He was returning with his
family from a hunting excursion, in a two-wheeled car-
riage drawn by one horse. In descending a steep decli-
vity near Compiegne, the horse was unable to sustain the
weight of the chaise, and endeavoured to throw himself on
one side into a valley some 40 feet below the level of the
road. Happily the drag of the vehicle acted as a sort of
anchor ; but the sudden jerk threw the four travellers to a
distance of 10 or 12 feet. Poor Alexandre Dumas escaped
with some severe bruises and a broken gun ; his son, with
a torn pantaloon, and their friend with a long swoon from
sheer fright.
The Cape of Good Hope papers extend to the 10th- of
July. The greatest excitement prevailed in the colony
owing to the publication of the order in council making
the Cape a penal settlement, and this, coupled with the
anticipated' arrival of the first vessel with convicts on
board, had tended more than ever to incite the inhabi=
tants to combine together and destroy, if possible, the
success of the experiment. Meetings had been held, and
memorials and petitions passed, one of which was ad-
dressed to the Queen, praying that the "obnoxious
order" might be rescinded without any delay. The
Anti-Conviet Association, formed with the express view
of agitating the question, were actively engaged in en-
rolling members, and the topic furnished materials for all
descriptions of advertisements in the newspapers.
BLOWING UP OF THE SHIP MINERVA.—The ship
Minerva, Captain Hovenden, left Sydney on the 6th
February last, bound for Portland Bay, having on board,
besides passengers, 200 barrels of gunpowder, and a large
quantity of rum, brandy, and sulphur. She was obliged to
put into Jervis Bay to undergo repairs, and left that place on
the 20th of March.. On the following day, the hold was
discovered to be on fire, and the crew, being aware of the
nature of the cargo, launched the boats, and made their
escape in them withoutl delay, accompanied by the cap-
tain and passengers. Within fifteen minutes of their
leaving the vessel, a tremendous explosion took place,
carrying the decks 500 feet into the air. The rum and
brandy, &c., were ignited, and the vessel, after burning
to the water's edge, sunk. The boats made for Port
Fairy, and, after being tossed about in a tempestuous sea
for six days, and having nothing but a keg of water and
some baracootas to subsist upon—the baracootas proved
poisonous and were thrown overboard—succeeded in
reaching Port Philip Heads, where assistance was obtained..
The loss is estimated at several thousand pounds.
LOLA MONTES AT NAPLES.—A correspondent of the
Times writing from Naples says :—A youthful bridegroom
and a fair lady who, though still beautiful, once was
younger, answering in all respects •the descriptions given
of the enamoured couple who lately figured at the Marl-
borough-street police-office, appeared at, and disappeared
yesterday from, Naples, with all the circumstances of
eccentricity which have ever distinguished the movements
of la belle dame, whether recognized as Mrs. James, Lola
Montes, the Countess of Landsfelt, or Mrs. Heald. The
happy pair arrived at the Vittoria Hotel by the railway
from Capua, in one of those modest vehicles which ply at
the town terminus; but a smart travelling carriage, a
courier, and afemnae de chambre followed in the course of
a short time, and the small rooms at first destined for their
use were changed into the handsome apartment, No. 10
on the Pianno Nobile, or first floor, lately occupied by
Madame Tadolini. There was an instinct of propriety in
thitsarrerngement, as the premiere danseuse ever follows
the prima donna, and who more worthy to succeed the
brilliant star of the San Carlo than the luminous Georgina
Sidus ? A lady's caprice or a lawyer's letter which awaited
the gentleman at his banker's, has, however, baffled all
imaginings, and possibly changed the fate of the peninsula,
for no sooner did the brilliant constellation appear than it
vanished in a misty vapour. Tn plain English,. no boat
being on the berth for Marseilles, and the exigency not
admitting of a moment's delay., a special steamer was
hired at the small cost of s une four hundred pounds. awl
in it Mr. and Mrs. Heald embarked, sole passengers, leav-
ing courier, famme de chambre, and the best part of their
goods, behind.
OUTRAGII.—On the 22nd ult. the English schooner
Treffy, Captain Jenkins, arrived at Oporto, shortly after
which she was boarded by two boats, like custom-house
barges, the men from which jumped on the deck, seized the
apprentice, pinioned him, and then forced him down the
companion into the cabin, where four of them, wearing
masks, armed to the teeth, and in a sort of undress mili-
tary uniform, followed him.. The captaild was roused
from his sleep by their entrance, but no sooner had he
raised himself in his bed, than two pistols were presented
at his- head, with a declaration that if be resisted he would
be murdered. The mate was dealt with in the same man-
ner, and both of them were pinioned. While this was
going on the others of the party bad secured the men in
the forecastle by nailing down the companion over them,
having likewise bound and gagged the Portuguese revenue
officer who was on board. This done, the object of their
visit was proceeded with. One box of Spanish dollars
they found, and with it they were about to depart, when a
demand from the deck was made, in good English, for a
second box, which was named in the manifest, and as the
captain hesitated about giving it up, the same voice
threatened him with instant death, if be did not say
where it was, which he did, and they took it away, hav-
ing, before they left the vessel, carefully nailed down the
cabin companion, and fastened a sail over it. The cebin-
boy was the first to free himself, but so much time was
lost in forcing an outlet from the cabin, that the boats
were clear out of sigh:, long before an alarm could be
given. The Portuguese authorities have exerted them-
selves actively to discover the perpetrators of this out-
regeous act of piracy, but as yet to no purpose.
LOVE AND ASSASSINATION.—A dismal tragedy was
enacted at Orleans, in the Rue de l'Aiguillerie, on Sunday
; week. M. Desbordes, a young man twenty years of age,
residing with his mother in the rue Nationale, was desi-
rous of marrying Mdlle. Estelle Hareau, a youthful
workwoman, of that city. Some time ago, he addressed
to her a love-letter declaratory of his affection and his
honourable intentions ; the young girl asked " time for
I reflection," knowing well that to wed in haste was to court
I unhappiness for life. At length, in spite of the ardent
appeals and passionate entreaties of the gallant lover,
I Mdlle. Estelle decided adversely to his suit, on the
ground that she was too young to marry. On Sunday
morning, the distracted youth presented himself to the
father of her whom he still called his betrothed, and
asked to see her. He was told that she was working at
her atelier, in the rue de l'Aiguillerie, and immediately
repaired thither. He asked permission to speak to the
young girl, and was allowed to retire with her to an

adjoining apartment. M. Desbordes forthwith locked tha
door, put the key in his pocket, and asked Estelle to re-
turn him his first letter, declaratory of his flame. She
replied that it was at home, but that she would return it
at her earliest convenience. The lover, pale and dis-
tracted, hereupon exclaimed, " Ah ! Mademoiselle, you
know that I love you dearly, and the love of r man is not
to be trifled with. You must die !" Suiting the action
to the word, Desbordes seized the unhappy girl by the
head, drew forth a pistol, and fired at her twice. He
then retired to the other end of the room, took from his
pocket two other pistols, and administered the same
deadly discharge to his own person. The report of the
firearms alarmed the neighbours, they rushed in, and,
seizing Desbordes, conducted him to the mairie, whence
he was remanded to prison. The young girl was but
slightly wounded by one of the balls, but the other pene-
trated to some depth into the nape of the neck. Des-
bordes fired into his mouth and temples. Estelle was
promptly attended to, and is now out of danger. It is
even. hoped that the wounds of Desbordes are not mortal.
Estelle Hareau is a girl nineteen years of age, and of
remarkable beauty.