The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-29 00:00:00

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As the period approached for the opening of the city
gates of Canton to foreigners the interest and excitement
increased. The dealers in the different descriptions of
goods had entered into an agreement not to make pur-
chases from foreigners until they abandoned their inten-
tion of entering the city, or the question relative thereto
was definitively settles]. The merchants and sfibpkeepers

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foreigners to enter the city. Surrounded by mass of
people so excited, it is fortunate that nothing had hap-
pened in Canton to cause a disturbance. It was gene-
rally believed that a letter had been received fromthe
emperor of igavourable nature, and that it refers to ano-
ther which would immediately follow. It is supposed
that much is left to Seu's discretion and management ;
and the belief gains ground, therefore, that his Excellency
Mr. Bonham would, with his suite, enter the city on the
6th of April, under Seu's protection.

FRANCE.
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE NATIONAL ASSEM-:
BLY.—On Thursday, the debate was resumed on thei-
r-barge that an organised conspiracy had been formed by
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the government to overturn the republic. M. Ledru
Rollin urged again an inquiry, when he would prove that
a plot bad been in contemplation—that men had been paid
to cry " Vive Napoleon !" at the last review—and that the
seine men were to take part in the covp d'etat. The
President of the Republic was capable of any foolish act
after the folly he had committed in 1836. He could not
be in his senses when lie attacked Louis Phillippe, who
was then so firmly seated on his throne. On.: being par-
doned, he wrote a letter to that monarch, expressive of
his eternal gratitude, and, in 1840, accompanied by af, w
men disguised as soldiers, and crying " Viva l'Empereur !"
landed on the coast of Boulogne. Was not that folly ?
Here the most terrific murmurs arose, accompanied by
loud cries of " Order ! Order !" M. Odillon Larrot said,
that such outrages against all decency and propriety ren-
dered discussion impossible. M. Ledru Rollin contended,
that after two such acts as had been specified the President
of the Republic would be guilty of anything. The minis-
ters knew nothing of what was passing at the Elysee,
where the President was surrounded by men who tilled his
mind with dangerous projects. He accused not the
ministry of conspiracy, but of blindness.—The greatest
possible excitement prevailed within and without the
Chamber.

Neither Lamartine nor Maraast have been elected to
the National Assembly. A number of workmen who can
neither read nor write have been elected.
The Constituent Assembly closed its labours on Satur-
day night. The proposal of M. Flocon for an amnesty
was rejected by a majority of only 5. So ended the last
ffort at letting loose the lenders of the June insurrection.
A vote of thanks to the National Guard and the army
was cameo, nf,.- v stormy ....ere arising trom
the efforts made to have a Sunday sitting. M. Marrast
made a farewell speech. ending with" Vine la Republique."
Negociations for the forMation of the new Ministry are
going on actively, and promise well. The new Cabinet
will, it is thought, cause a revival of confidence. There
is a rumour that the Government has rejected the basis
of arrangement proposed by the Roman Government.
The funds have varied very little since Friday.
The Veloce, which reached Marseilles on the 22nd inst.,

uruugnu irom uivita Vecchia M. Forbid Janson, French
charge d'affaires at Rome, who probably brings the terms
of an arrangement which has been come to between the
Romans and the French. Meanwhile an armistice has
been come to and hostilities will cease, no doubt, not to
be resumed.

THE TROUBLES OF A LEGISLATOR.—We read in the
Paris Union:—" One: of the representatives of the
Creuse, the mason Nadaud, is at this moment in great
perplexity. He wishes to appear in the new Chamber in
his Sunday's suit, but his brethen who elected him insist
upon him taking his legislative seat in his week-day's
blouse, and some, it is said, even exact that it be not the
well-washed blouse of the Monday, but the plaster-he-
spattered garment of Saturday night

AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS. —We find in the St. Lucia
Palladium of the 16th February, an interesting account
of the arrival there of several hundred Africans by the
ship Una, from Sierra Leone, who bad been distri-
buted over several estates to the applicants for their ser-
vices, under contract, for a poiod of twelve months.
The number who left Africa was 367, of whom four had
died. They all appeared much pleased with the attention
and kindness which they had received from the captain.
They had abundance of diet—were remarkably clean, and
expressed themselves much pleased with their treatment
during the whole voyage, from Captain Caurzas. The
governor is using every effort to place the future comfort
and advancement of the immigrants on the best possible
basis.

Among the items of domestic news from New York,
we hear of the sudden separation of Mr. Forrest and his
wife, an English lady, the daughter of Mr. Sinclair, the
celebrated vocalist. Incompatability of temper is the only
probable ground of divorce. It is believed that Mrs.
Forrest has a marriage settlement Gf £12,000, and will
probably return to England to enjoy her income. Mr.
Forrest has been building a curious residence on the
banks of the Hudson, consisting of seven towers, con-
nected together, which he is furnishing in grand style,
and which he designs hereafter to leave as a legacy to the
fraternity of decayed actors.

WHOLESALE POISONING IN BELGIUM.
are afloat respecting the seminary at Bruges. It appears
that at the commencement of the Easter holidays at that
seminary, about 150 pupils quitted their studies to visit
their families. On arriving at their homes the next day
a great number of them were seized with severe pains all
over the body and in the chest, and were obliged to keep
their beds. A commission was appointed to visit all the
patients, in order that the cause of this malady might be
known. The commission commenced the inquiry, and
unfortunately learned that eighty of the students had
been poisoned. Four have since died, amongst them M.
Marquet, who was the laureat at the college of Courtrai
two years ago, and was one of the most distinguished
pupils of the seminary at Bruges. This occurrence is
attributed to the negligence of the cook of the seminary
at Bruges.

Sad rumours

AN -ENTERPRISING VOYAGER.—Recently a little,
Spanish schooner, of ten tons, the Pequena Amalia, with
a ea! tain and four men, crossed the Atlantic in safety
from Cadiz to II

..0;(-.a no little sensation. Her chief cargo wa
hardly less remarkable than her diminutive size--it con•
sisted chiefly of leeches, On the voyage out she put into
Goree, on the coast of Africa, and was treated with kilt
ness and hospitality by the negrces, and was afterwards,
by stress of weather, driven into Martinique, where flit
French authorities gave her all countenance and comfort,
and finally safely reached Havannah. Subsequently she
vas again driven by stress of weather into Key We‘.'
id, as the United States' revenue laws render
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—ion any foreign vessel of less than 30 tons enter-
ing any port of the United States, the collector seized,
libelled, condemned, and sold the adventurous little
craft.

GROSS TREATMENT OF MR. MACREADY AT NEW
Yonx.—Mr.. Forrest—a rival actor, whose dastardly
conduct towards Mr. Macready on former occasions has
gained him an infamous notoriety—has eclipsed his pre-
vious atrocities by packing t7ie theatre at which Mr.
Macready was engages, and preventing the play being
performed. The New York papers are unanimous in
condemnation of Mr. Forrest's contemptible achieve-
ment. The New York Tribune gives the following ac-
count of this disgraceful scene:—"The Astor-place
Opera-House was the scene of a most disgraceful row
last evening, on the occasion of Mr. Macready's appear-
ance. The play was Macbeth. When Mr. Macready
presented himself he was received with cheers, waving
of handkerchiefs, groans, hisses, and all sorts of mena-
gerie noises, which continued for a few minutes, during
which time rotten eggs, potatoes, and pennies were
thrown on the stage, and cheers ter Forrest and cheers
for Macready given. The row continued during the first
second, and third scenes, still not a won
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ueard—the performers on the stage being pelted with
rotten eggs, potatoes and pennies. Mr. Macready picked
up one of the pennies and very cool!), placed it in his
bosom. At last a couple of pieces of wood, having the
appearance of shingles, were sent from the second tier,
and landed at the feet of Mrs. Pope; this was followed by

a unnir Lnrown trom the-same source, which landed in the
orchestra, and caused a prestissirno movement among the
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