The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-01 00:00:00

tTHE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1853.

FOREIGN NEWS.

ITALY.—A letter from Rome, 14th Jan., states that
an extraordinary congregation of twenty cardinals was
held five days before at the Vatican. Although it was
endeavoured to keep the subject of discussion a secret, it
is geherally thought that the question under consideration
was the cession of the legation of Renevento to the King
of Naples for 8,000,000 ducats.

The Roman Journal states that on the 12th Jan. King
Maximilian of Bavaria, accompanied by Count de Spaur,
his minister at the pontifical court, had repaired to the
Vatican to pay a visit to the Pope. His Majesty was re-
ceived at the foot of the staircase by Monsignor Medici
d'Ottaiano, major-domo to his holiness, who treated him
with all the honours due to his rank. The King, after
remaining an entire hour with the Pope, was conducted
back to his carriage with the same ceremonial. After his
departure, the aides-de-camp of his Majesty were pre-
sented to his Holiness by Count de Spaur. The King
was to remain ten days at Rome, and to leave afterwards
for Naples.

Letters from Genoa state that a trial had taken place
in that city, similar to that of the Madiai in Tuscany.
The name of the accused is Daniel Mazzinghi, 25 years of
age, and a surgeon by profession. The trial took place
with closed doors, but it is said that he was charged with
having.' in company with Captain Packenham, of the
British navy, preached against the religion of the State
and in praise of Protestantism. He was sentenced to im-
prisonment for three years, by virtue of the 164th article
of the penal code.
Twenty members of a socialist club have been arrested!
at Milan. Three of them are mercantile clerks, and the
remainder operatives.

Masks have been forbidden by the police authorities of
Milan, during the approaching carnival.

GERMANY.—The official tables of the revenues of the
German Zollverein, for the year 1851, have just appeared,
with a summary of the preceding years. The following
are the comparative amounts of 1845 and 1851 :—lmports,
1845, 823.849,125 f. ; 1851. 670,667,775 f. Exports, 1845,
667,663,675 f. ; 1851, 636.645,025 f. Transit, 1845,
234,220,400 f. ; 1851, 294,409,250 f.

SPAlN.—Despatches from Madrid of the 22d state that
a negociation had been concluded between the goveanment
and some foreign capitalists for an advance of money on
the national property. The sum was 57 millions. Besides
the commission the government was to pay 7i per cent.
interest.

INDIA..—A. telegraphic ae.watcli from irieste, dated
27th Jan. states that General Godwin having imprudently
stationed an advanced post of only 400 men at Pegu, 60
miles from Rangoon, and within a short distance of the
main body of the Burmese army, the Burmese comman-
der immediately attacked it, cut off its communications
with Rangoon, seized an ammunition convoy, invested the
place, harassing the little garrison night and day, and cut
off the approaches from Rangoon.
A naval force, 150 marines, 300 European soldiers, and
a steamer, attempted to force the passage, to relieve Pegu,
and were driven back with loss.

Two columns of 2,400 men left Rangoon, encountered
the Burmese, defeated them with great loss, and suc-
ceeded in reaching Pegu.

AMERICA

ARRIVAL OF TIIE ASIA

The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship
Asia, Captain Lott, reached the Mersey from New York
with the usual mails and passengers on Wednesday last.
Her advertised time of sailing was noon on the 12th of
January, but, owing to the N.E. gales and a severe snow
storm, she was unable to leave until 7 a.m. on the 14th.
She experienced severe easterly gales during her entire
voyage, and brought 47 passengers and 5201,051 in specie.
The royal mail steam-ship America, from hence, arrived
at Boston on the 10th. The United States mail steam-
ship Baltic, from hence, arrived at New York on the 11th
January. The royal mail steam-ship Arabia, from hence,
put into Halifax on the 13th, short of coal, having en-
countered severe weather.

There had been heavy falls of snow in the States gene-
rally, and at New York sleighing and snow-balling was
the order of the day. Many of the mails were over-due
in consequence of the snow.
The caloric-ship was subjected to a second trial on the
11th of January, and it is stated that she made ten knots
an hour against wind and tide. The consumption of coal
was the same as on the first trip, and the engines are
estimated at 600 horse-power.
In the United States senate, Mr. Gwin, senator for Ca-
lifornia, had brought forward a bill for forming the great
railway from the valley of the Mississippi to California and
the Pacific Ocean.

The British barque Sophia, from Liverpool, with a
cargo of salt, went ashore near Charleston on the 11th
inst., and, after getting off, sunk in seven fathoms of
water. The passengers and crew were saved.

In New York, Sontag and Alboni were attracting
crowded audiences.

The Northern Light had arrived from San Francisco on
the 11th Jan., with fourteen days later from California,
and on the 13th the Illinois arrived from Aspinwall,
whence she sailed on the 3rd instant, arrived at Sandy
Hook on the 11th, but did not get up to New York till
the morning of the 13th, owing to thick fog and the
bursting of the cylinder of the starboard engine. She
brought one day's later news from California, and
2,010,543 dollars in gold, brought to Aspinwall by the
Tennessee. Her Majesty's sloop-of-war was at Acapulco
when the Tennessee left there, and was to sail to England
immediately with 800,000 dollars. The news from the
mining districts was favourable, but provisions were very
high in price.