The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-17 00:00:00

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...uaeAPE Or LORD Gonun.---Lord Gough very
narrowly escaped being taken a prisoner at the battle of
Chillianwallah. A letter from an officer on his lordship's
staff says :—" The old chief and the whole of us were
completely exposed to the Gnorchurrahs, who came within
50 yards of us, but in consequence of the jungle, were
not aware of the prize within their reach ; and two guns
happening
.to come up at the moment, God knows how or
why, the horsemen were driven hack by the first discharge.
Had not this providentially occurred, we should have
been ' gone coons,' as nothing; I am sore, would have
persuaded Lord Gough to budge an inch."
Telegraph.

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throw on the stage as a tribute to the actresses. The
proposition was, however, abandoned on the advice that
500 bouquets thrown on the stage would totally prevent
the continuation of the performance. The English, it
may be remembered, were the parties who availed them-
selves of Mr. Crisp's cheap trip to Paris. They were
received by the National Guard and authorities with much
enthusiasm. A beautiful triumphal arch had been erected
in front of the Custom-house, on which was written in
English, " To the fraternal union of England with
France." The sous prtfet addressed our countrymen and
welcomed them to France. Mr. Lloyd, the banker, of
Lombard-street, replied. A body of matelottes, in their
picturesque costume, carrying baskets of flowers, pre-
sented every visitor as he passed on shore with a bouquet.
Among the visitors was Lord Brougham. The party
after a short delay proceeded to Paris. A great number
of the visitors attended the Assembly on Monday. Two
of the tribunes have been set apart for their especial
accommodation during their stay in Paris.
THE SLAVE TRADE.—We have received advices from
the west coast of Africa to the middle of March, and
from the seat of operations (Sierra Leone) to the 20th of
February, brought by her Majesty's ship Penelope, at
Portsmouth, by which we learn that the slave trade has
increased very considerably of late. Commodore Sir
Charles Hotham, in his steam-ship the Penelope, accom-
panied by the Favourite, 14, Commander Murray; the
Waterwitch, 8, Commander R. Quire ; the Sealark, 8,
Commander Monvpenny ; the brigantines Dart 3, Lieut.
Hill, and Bonetia, 3, Lieut. Forbes • and the steamer
Pluto, Lieut. E. K. Joaffe, proceeded' off the island of
Gallinas (the chief slave-dealing settlement on the coast),
on the 3rd of February, and landed all the available force
of that squadron early in the morning, and totally demo-
lished, by fire and sword, all the slave barracoons found
!n the place, the factories, and other receptacles of the
slaveholder, " leaving not a wreck behind." The coast
nas closely watched, and the captures very frequent.
Commodore Sir Charles Hotham gave up the command
of the station to Commodore Arthur Fanshawe, on the
lst of March, at Porto Prava. A most frightful accident
occurred ashore at Sierra Leone, ou the 20th February,
which caused the death of fourteen soldiers of the West
India Regiment serving in that colony. The party were
employed in clearing out the contents of a number of
rockets condemned as unserviceable, when the r
In the band of one of the
ignited, and went off
the heap of powder as
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bodies of all employed in it, whose mangled remains
presented au appearance far too horrible to attempt to