The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-26 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.

We have received by extraordinary express our usual
-correspondence and papers in anticipation of the overland
mail. The latest dates are Hongkong, April 25th ; Cal-
cutta, May 2nd ; Bombay, May 12th; and Alexandria,
June 13th.
With the exception of the single fact that the missing
Maharanee had made her appearance in Nepaul, after
travelling 300 miles in the disguise of a pilgrim, the In-
dian intelligence brought by this arrival is almost utterly
devoid of public interest.
It was reported that Major Edwardes had been deputed
to carry the famous diamond, the Koh-i-Noor, to Eng-
land, for presentation to the Queen.
Some disturbances bad broken out in the Niram's do-
minions, owing to an attack made on Ellichore by a pre-
tender named Appa Sahib, at the head of 600 Rohillas.
The insurgents were overtaken and routed by a force un-
der Brigadier Onslow-, but we regret to announce that
the Brigadier met his death by accident immediately after
the close of the action.
From China we learn that the Imperial authorities at
Canton had positively refused to open the gates of that
city on the 6th of April, according to the terms of the
treaty concluded by Sir John Davis two years back.
Accounts from Labuan state that some outbreaks had
occurred near Sarawak. TheSarabas and Sakharan Dyaks
had attacked the Sadongs and taken about 70 heads. The
Sadongs being friendly, the Rajah (Sir -J. Brooke) col-
lected his force and called upon this tribe to join him.
They ascended the Sarebas river with theNemesis' boats,
burned three villages, and killed 17 men, but could not
succeed in getting at the main body .of the aggressive
Dyaks, who made their way to the interior, where they
have strongly ,stockaded themselves. The Rajah, not
liking to risk a failure, returned with the expedition, and
has written to the admiral for assistance. He wishes to
have three or four hundred Europeans with him. The
estimated numbers on the present occasion were about
5000 or 6000 on the side of the unfriendly Dyaks, while
from Sarawak there were about 3000, with 30 or 40 Euro-
peans, including the crew of the Nemesis. The story
about the discovery of unusual quantities of gold in Sa-
rawak seems to have come to nothing, but it is stated
they are constantly finding small quantities in the interior.
From Bally the accounts at length announce a com-
plete victory by the Dutch. The attack commenced on
the 13th of April; and, after thirteen hours hard fighting,
all the fortifications were taken, and the Netherlands flag
was hoisted within the walls. The Ballinese. it is said,
had 5000 killed, and the loss of the Dutch was about 250.
It is assumed that the island will forthwith be annexed to
the Dutch possessions.

EXCLUSION OF NEGRO CHURCHES.—At the Conven-
tion of the diocese of Pennsylvania a petition from St.
Thomas's (African) Church, praying that the eighth re-
vised regulation, which precludes the lay delegates from
that =Church from taking seats in this Convention, be
rescinded, was ordered to be laid upon the table by a
majority of 99 to 50.
ROMANISM AT MALTA.—The Roman Catholic Bishop
of Malta has tried to renew the attack of his predecessor,
Camana, against the institution of masonry. A poor fel-
low, a tailor's foreman, was a few days ago threatened
with excommunication for the grave offence of making a
masonic apron ! The Masons, as they go to or return
from lodge, are again assaulted. and bigotry in its full
force reigns. This proceeding, after the blasphemous
bull, now figuring on the church-doors, against Pro,
testants generally, is causing a bad feeling.
FRENCH INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.—The vital ques-
tion is, that of the public finances in France. The Presi-
dent's message laid bare such a state of things as no
nation ever before witnessed. The vast loans and addi-
tional imposts of last year were all swallowed up by the
current expenditure, leaving a deficit of three or four mil-
lions after all these extraordinary resources had been ap-
plied. The present year has nc.such resources. A loan
could hardly be raised—ati. additional charge on the land
tax is impossible—two-thirds of the salt-duty, a large por-
tion of the Post-office revenue, and the whole revenue from
liquors, have been swept away. A deficit of 9,000,000 is
acknowledged. The State is embarrassed to insolvency;
yet at this very moment the army consists of .450,000
men and nearly 100,000. horses ; an expedition is sent to
Rome, of which the cost must be enormous, and the
whole of that cost must obviously be borne by France, as
long as any part o
f the Papal State is occupied by their
forces ; and in this juncture M. Lacrosse, the Minister of
Public Works, goes gown to the assembly with a bill to
. raise the money required for the completion of the north-
ern façade of the Tuileries and the Louvre—a magnificent
i
work, which Napoleon n all his power and Louis Philippe
gjl his wealth held to be too costly an tmdertaking !