The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-19 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC.

The United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Capt. Com-
stock, arrived on Thursday morning, with advices from
New York to the 2nd inst. She brought 181 passengers,
and about 6,000 dols. in specie on freight. The Baltic,
whon two days out, broke the crank pin of her engines,
and had to lie-to for 26 hours in consequence. At one
o'clock on Thursday morning she got foul of the Bell-
buoy, and lost an anchor and a quantity of chain.
The steamer Niagara, from Liverpool, arrived at Boston
on the Ist inst.
By telegraph from Savannah we learn that the Royal
mail steam-ship Conway, with late advices from the West
Indies, had arrived there.

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

MoNTE VIDEO.—The consular fees payable on vessels
trading from the United Kingdom to Monte Video are
about to be assimilated in the British outports to the
standard prevailing in London, where the scale is con-
siderably lower than the rate in Liverpool or elsewhere.
A LITTLE GIRL in the State Lunatic Hospital at Har-
risburg, who is but three years and a half old, is labour-
ing under mental derangement, produced by sickness.
This is the only instance recorded in this country of one
so young being afflicted in this form.--New York Herald.

DANGEROUS EXPERIMENTS.—A letter from Munich,
dated the 10th inst., says :—Professor de Liebig was last
night giving a lecture on chemistry at the palace, before
Qacen Maria, Queen Theresa, King Louis, the younger
branches of the Royal family, and some persons belonging
to the Court, when a bottle of oxygen gas being impro-
perly handed to him by his assistant, who took it for
another bottle, an explosion took place, and the bottle
flew into a thousand pieces. Fortunately, the explosion
occurred in an inner room, the door of which was open.
Still some fragments of the glass passed through the door,
and slightly wounded some members of the Royal party
who were sitting in the front rank. Queen Theresa was
cut in the cheek, and the blood flowed in abundance;
Prince Luitfold was slightly wounded in the forehead,
Countess Luxburg in the chin, and Countess Sandizoll in
the head. None of these wounds will he of any conse-
quence.
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HORRIBLE SUICIDE IN ANtEnicA.—On Friday night
last, at about one o'clock, the inmates of the St. Charles
Hotel, in this city, were startled by the heart-rending
screams of a female, whose husband had fallen from the
window of the third story, and was a corpse beneath it.
This unfortunate man—Mr. Edward Snyder, of Dubuque
—being greatly depresond on account of business reverses,
had become partially deranged, and deliberately purposed
to commit suicide. On the day preceding his melancholy
death ho had procured a razor for the purpose, but his
wife, discovering it, concealed it between the beds. On
Friday he obtained another, and at about one o'clock,
while his wife was sleeping, slipped to the window, opened

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it, leaned far out, so as to be sure to fall, and then plunged
the razor into his throat, through all the arteries, nearly
to the spinal bone, and fell upon a shed below, and
thence to the ground, covering himself and everything
around him in a pool of gore. The frantic cries of his
wife, who, awakened by the falling of the window, was
soon by his side, with bare feet, and in her night clothes,
gathered together a number of persons, who bore the
corpse into the hotel, where the coroner's inquest was
held early in the morning. He had been a man of con-
siderable property, and returned, two years since, from
California, where a great portion of his means were swept
away in the flood of 1851. He had been married about
three weeks to a lovely and intelligent wife, the feelings
of whose lacerated spirit are not to be described by lan-
guage, or alleviated by human sympathy.—Keokuck
(Iowa) Dispatch, March 3.
Row AT FATHER GAVAZZI'S LECTURES IN NEW
YORK.—Father Gavazzi, on his arrival out in New York,
met with an enthusiastic reception. On the first instant,
we learn from the New York Herald, he delivered his
third lecture in the Tabernacle, before an audience much
larger than either of those which attended his two former
lectures. The worthy Padre was much applauded on
making his appearance on the platform. He announced
the subject of the evening as " Monks and Nuns." He
would prove that both were useless, and dangerous to the
Church and to society. Father Gavazzi, as usual, lectured
first in Italian, and then proceeded to deliver his lecture in
English. During a portion of his Italian address, at which
some applause was given, a party of two or three persons,
who had attended each of his lectures for the purpose of
hissing, commenced their usual performance in that line,
when a general call arose through the house to turn them
out. Aperson near one of the trangressors seized him by
the collar to drag him out, but was in turn seized by
a very efficient: police-officer. In the mean time, an
Italian drew his fist, and, in a most cowardly manner,
struck the hissing gentleman full in the face—a feat which
was hissed again by the audience—and this individual was
instantly seized by the policeman, and led away in custody,
amidst the cheers of the audience, the original trespasser
having been also removed. Then Father Gavazzi re-
sumed, and concluded his lecture without interruption.

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF MORMON PREACHERS.—
The Boston Herald, in announcing the death of Elder G.
Adams, a Mormon preacher, says :—" On his second
visit (to Boston) the Elder preached, baptised converts,
whipped a newspaper editor, and played a star engagement
at the National Theatre. He was industrious, and filled
up all his time. We have a fund of anecdotes concerning
this strange mortal, which we shall be glad to print at
some other time. We close this article by briefly advert-
ing to the chastisement he gave an editor for strongly
criticising his performance of Richard 111. The office of
the editor was in Washington-street, *here Propeller now
keeps, Adams armed himself with a cowhide, and watched
for his victim. Soon the unsuspecting fellow came down
the stairs, and Adams sprang upon him, exclaiming ' the
Lord has delivered thee into my hands, and I shall give
thee 40 stripes save one, Scripture measure. Brother
Graham, keep tally.' So saying, he proceeded to lay on
the punishment with hearty good will. In the meantime
a large crowd had gathered around the avenging priest
and the delinquent. When the tally was up, Adams let
the man go, and addressed the crowd as follows Men
and brethren, my name is Elder George J. Adams,
preacher of the everlasting Gospel. I have chastised
mine enemy. Igo this afternoon to fulfil an engagement
at the Providence Theatre, where I shall play one of
Shakspeare's immortal creations. I shall return to this
city at the end of the week, and will, by Divine permis-
sion, preach three times next Sabbath on the immortality
of the soul, the eternity of matter, and in answer to a
question, Who is the Devil ?' May grace and peace De
with you.—Amen !' "—American Paper.

HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK :
JEALOUSY AND MURDER.

THE New York Herald of the 2d instant gives the par-
ticulars of a most deliberate murder, which occurred at
half-past ten o'clock on Thursday morning, in the butter
and wine packing store of A. Giraud and Co., in the
Fifth Ward, New York. It appeared from the statement
of Louis Steamer, a boy employed in the store, that the
deceased came in at the door leading from Greenwich-
street, and entered the place of business. He then com-
menced a conversation with M. De Corn, and showed
him a piece of paper, which De Corn seemed to read
from. After a little the boy saw Dc Corn retire to a dark
angle of the store and draw a pistol from his pocket, raise
it, and fire at the deceased, who fell and instantly ex-
pired. The murderer ran away immediately, taking the
weapon along with him. It was a large, long, and new
pistol. The ball penetrated directly into the region o
the heart, and lodged about the edge of the right shoulder
blade. The deceased was a very respectable looking
young Frenchman, and the body was afterwards identified
as that of Mr. Eugene Yellville. At about half-past
three o'clock, Mrs. Mellville, wife of the deceased, came
to the Fifth Ward station house, in a carriage, accom-
panied by Mr. Rucastle, proprietor of the Franklin-square
hotel, and stated to Captain Carpenter that she had been
informed that her husband was murdered, or shot, and
was at the station house, and that she wanted to see the
body. Mr. Rucastle then informed the captain that Mrs.
Mellville boarded at his house, and he believed that the
man charred with the murder was then secreted in the
room of Mrs. Mellville, from the fact that at about 11
o'clock that morning he saw a man bearing the description
of the accused enter the room occupied by Mrs. Mellville.
Accordingly, Captain Carpenter proceeded forthwith to
the room, accompanied by Mr. Rucastle; the door Ras
forced open, and De Corn found secreted in the closet ;
his person was searched, and in his pocket was found
a pistol— one of Colt's revolvers which be ac-
knowledged be had discharged at the deceased, and
inflicted the fatal wound. The accused was taken
into custody, and conveyed to the station house,
there to await the holding of the Coroner's inquest.
The trunk belonging to Mrs. Mellville was brought to the
station-house, and when opened a large number of letters
were found, showing quite an extensive correspondence
between herself and gentlemen admirers. There was also
found in the trunk a daguerreotype likeness of De Corn,
the man under arrest for the murder. The wife of the
deceased, at first sight, is not very prepossessing in her
appearance, but becomes more interesting on acquaintance.
Her conversational powers are very good. She converses
readily in the French language. She is of medium stature,
rather short in person, dark complexion, black hair, and
dark piercing eyes. There appears to be much determina-
tion in her disposition, yet withal a perfect nonchalance.
But to use her own language, she says :—" I was born in
Connecticut, and shall be 19 years of age next •October ;
my parents are dead ; my maiden name is Emma Eugenia
Woods •, I was educated in Philadelphia, and have
travelled considerably ; my uncle is in Calfornia ; about
a year ago my uncle sent for me to visit California ; I
started, and, arriving at Chagres, was taken with fever,
and there remained sick for six weeks, and being unable
to proceed, returned back to New Orleans, and there be-
came acquainted with this poor unfortunate man, Eugene
Mellville ; we returned to New York in August last, and
in October we were married by the Rev. Mr. Verren, and
Mr. De Corn and Mr. Giraud were both present at the
ceremony, since which time we have lived together until
the last eight days past ; I have an income of my own
of ,B'6oo a-year, which my husband used to take from me,
and spend, leaving our board unpaid ; ever since our mar-
riage I have supported him ; he latterly became jealous,
and threatened frequently to take the life of Mr. De Corn;
Mr. De Corn has been a good friend both to Mellville and
myself, he has loaned me money to enable me to pay
my board ; there has never been any improper intimacy
between myself and Mr. De Corn. De Corn has been
committed to the Tombs, to wait "a prompt and speedy
trial." The body of the unfortunate Mellville was
privately interred. Capt. Carpenter sent for an under-
taker, and a handsome coffin was soon furnished. At half-
past two o'clock in the afternoon, the hearse drove up, at-
tended by a private carriage. The widow of the deceased
accompanied by her friend, Mrs. Barker, and officer
' Evans, of the police force, occupied the carriage. The
funeral then moved to the New York Bay Cemetery,
New Jersey, where the body was buried. The lonely at-
, tendance had a peculiarly saddening effect. De Corn has
retained counsel for his defence. It is said that Mrs.
Mellville has also employed a lawyer.