The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-03-27 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL

CENTRAL GERMANY.—lntelligence from Germany
brings the rejection of General Welcker's motion for
electing the King of Prussia Emperor of Germany, by a
majority of 283 to 252. The excitement in the parlia-
mentary circles at Frankfort is still increasing, and it is
said that Austria intends the ruin of Germany, and that
the Prussian and Saxish members have declared that they
will not henceforward sit with the Austrians in one and
the same Parliament, or stoop to obey laws which these
Austrians participate in making, while their own country
defies the authority and the laws of the Frankfort Parlia-
ment. Immediately after the vote of the Parliament
against M. Welcker's motion the Ministers of the Empire
sent in their resignation to the Regent. Such a step at
such a time is well calculated to startle Germany, and fill
her with amazement and confusion, and the rest of Europe
has reason to fear the results of that division, and of the
abdication of Baron Gagern and his colleagues in office.
Some of the German papers express a fear of events of a
most serious nature, which might, possibly, put a term to
the labours of the Frankfort Parliament.
Three of the murderers of Count Latour were hanged
on Tuesday, at Vienna.

The BO;-ienhaielE; letters from the Russian frontier
districts of the 16th instant, from which we learn that
the Russian troops that were near Neidenburg have
marched to Kalish. Warsaw is so full of soldiers that
many regiments are forced to bivouac in the streets of
that town.

During the greater part of Saturday snow was falling
in Paris.

The cholera has struck two members of the Paris as-
sembly. M. BEn de Bourdon died of it on Saturday ;
and it is announced that M. Gustave de Beaumont is se-
riously attacked with it.
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The Socialist agitators in Paris intended to make a
manifestation yesterday, (Monday,) the pretext being the
alleged stoppage of the relief to the poor.
The French expedition is ready to sail the moment the
Austrians shall set their foot on the Pontifical territory.
It consists of 12,000 men.
The Archbishop of Paris has handed 60,000 f. to the
Pope's Nuncio, being the first instalment of the collec-
tion made in the churches of Paris for His Holiness.
The principal leaders of the ultra-Republicans have
left Rome and accepted some mission abroad. Even
Cicerrachio has proceeded to Tuscany under the pretext
of fraternising with the Tuscans. The greatest anarchy
prevailed, at Rome, and the people even regretted the
government of Sterbini.

CURIOSITIES IN THE LONDON DIRECTORY.—The Di-
rectory points out a division of labour in, or belonging to,
the hat-trade that few persons dream of: it records hat-
band makers, hat-blockmakers, hat-boxmakers, hat-case
makers, hat-dyers, hat-lining and leather cutters, hat shag
makers, hat-tip makers, hat-varnish makers, hat-bow-
string makers, hatters' furriers, and hatters' trimming
makers. Those who have a taste for such details, would
also be amused by turning to the pages which set down
the ten distinct varieties of handicraftsmen which seem
indispensable to the making of a piano-forte, and the
twenty-nine necessary to make the works of a watch and
put it together. As instances of the extremely minute
division of labour, we may add that there are tea-pot
handle makesr and...v.-rim:
we have mentioned one of what may be called the curiosi-
ties of the London Directory, we may as well digress to
make a few more. Scarcely a year passes but the trade
classification will notify a new trade, originating in the
introduction of some novel article of commerce or in some
improvement in science or the useful arts. Of such
trades we find in the Directory for 1849 that there are 15
dealers in gutta percha, who owe their livelihood to the
recent discoveries of Sir J. Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak.
The railway mania has placed upon the record 111 " ave-
rage sorters and adjusters," and 3 railway statists. The
tide of emigration has, it seems, so strongly set in of late,
that it occasionally sweeps away to the antipodes entire
habitations. Hence we find that there are two firms
solely employed in building portable houses "for expor-
tation."
A SCENE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.—It was on the 15th of
November, 1847, that I took my departure from the Cres-
cent City, on board the steam-boat Gen. P—, of Cin-
cinnati, Captain R—. While lying in port, a young
man of noble appearance came on board, and took
berths for himself '
and wife for some port in Indiana,
and paid the fare • but when he brought her on board of
the boat, the captain told him he would have to take his
wife down on deck, for he thought she had some nigger
blood in her. Here some words followed between the
husband and captain, which ended in putting the lady on
deck, and re-funding the passage-money. They informed
me that they were from Baton Rouge, and were on the
way to Indiana, to purchase a farm. The young lady had,
at her breast, one of the fairest and prettiest children that
I ever saw, apparev:tly about ten months old. The mother
was of a truly feir;inine appearance ; she had long black
hair, dark blue eyes ; and a very delicate form. Upon
the boat landing at Natchez, the captain informed the
authorities bf that town, that he had on board of his
boat, a riraaway slave. They, of course, repaired im-
mediately to the boat; but could not find their victim,
until s}..e was pointed out to them by the captain. They
then, dragged her ashore, and put her in jail, until her
hus'Jand could get what he had forgotten, namely, a cer-
tificate showing that he was legally
i married to her. The
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'ooat shoved off, and we left them n tears. I could not
myself detect anything in her countenance or conversa-
tion, that would condemn her in the North from walking
in the highest circles of society. Now, this is but an
every-day occurrence in the South, where the institution
of slavery prevails, and yet northern Christians have
nothing to do with American slavery !—From the :Pitts.
burgh Saturday Visitor.