The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-31 00:00:00

FOREIGN MTSCELLAN Y

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SLAVERY.—A lad, or a girl of 15 years of age, mar_.
bought in the interior of Africa for four yards of Mil"'
chester cotton, value 6d.
M. MADrat and his wife passed through Pont-dvoi
a few days ago on their way from Ilyires to Nice, If°,,t
whence they were to proceed to take up their residenee"
Geneva.
Louis XXIL—The Indian mother of Eleazer
liams, the supposed son of of Louis has Wade
affidavit before a magistrate of the state of New .
which denies the truth of the story of his being a 130111.'
bon.
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Snlpwitkcici. On the 14th of last month an Eng-I5
vessel called the Columbo, chartered to convey Coe 6
from Ceylon to Tatscoren, was overtaken by a hoitrical/n
3bortly after leaving port. There were 150 Passere;
gers on board, but only 23 persons, including the teas
aba
and'many of the crew, were saved. Upwards• of Zit°
had been recovered, and eighty bodies.

HANTl.—lntelligence has been received-from Port-ell°
r
Ptince to the Vela April. The empipe was pert- re
tranquil. On the 11th of April the chambers We
opened by the Emperor in person, all the Mobility !IL
gentry of the island being attracted to witness the
posing ceremony.
THE BouNnAmarLINE between the Uaited.StateLathe
Mexico is nearly settled. The country thponih why biNis
line runs is a perfect wilderness. The an
are described as being perfectly new to uerarr.,:iticvs.atees.tTyh.fetre
are twenty-five triiies- of Indians speaking
-
different languages.
SLAVERY IN SOUTH AMERICA.--
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protection of the government. The fever had .disappeare'
in Pernambuco, and business was becoming luite active'
TFIR CALORIC SHIP ERICSSON.—This ship is 19/t
lying at her dock in Williamsburgh. Important al:
terations are going on in her machinery,_ which t
owners-are confident will considerably increaseler spee _
She is-to be ready to sail for London. Captain- Ericso3
will go out in her to Ehrope.—New York Paper.
TARLE-MOVING is now all the rage in Rome :.from tb:
Vatican and Quirinal to the cafe and osteriai the, t0Y,40
circle-of -hands is formed with nnive, sal success. .1
Pope himself has seeaand verified the fact-rand Cardi7;
Antonelli had the experiment performed at his-palace 'irlhe
such power that an aiiiite,was struck to the ground by 66
force of the accumulated electric fluid. Tbo Jesuits b 31.4
decided that the influence actually exists, but they ha"
hitherto oflered no saltation of its modes oporandi. ,0
A TRIPLE CRIMINAJA—The Court of Assizes of to_,
Crease, in a recent sitting, tried a man named Dagnetruj
the village of Petit-eOuret, for parricide, fratricide, an
murder. He lived with. his father, his mother-in-lawrP4
his sister. He was of a gloomy charaster. and fir At
susceptibility, and was noted for his extreme avarice. ,„e
the commencement of- 1852 he demanded from his fat, ':ig
payment of what was-due to him in the inheritance ot jmg
mother, but the father, for some reason, refused, 611.'4
quarrel ensued. He thought of bringing enaction arTg
his-father, but the fear that he might make a will leat'leig
all his little property to his sister deterred him. His sisa,
was sought in marriage by several young men of the v 0
lap, but he received them very badly, evidently feariaitio
see any portion of his father's property pass to the hell,
of a stranger. On Zebruary 12th his stepmother was oft
pied in household affairs, when he entered,, and, witb°lll
saying a word, struck her a violent blow from behind eit,,e
an axnhaegits.tttethrxSeee;she fell, and he repeated his blows until Pp
died. He then took his gun and advanced to the 0%;
At that moment his father was approaching, and, With°o
saying a word, he discharged the gun right into his bre' -0
The old man bathed in blood. He then reloaded btu
gun, and at that moment his sister came up. Seeing bed,
father on the ground, in a pool of blood,, she er:l,4
" Brother, what have you done?" but instead of renlPfi
he fired at her and inflicted a mortal wound.. He Peet
seized his axe and beat in the skulls both of her and t'j
father. A young man, one of the suitors of the .04
e,
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stgaeoddu
made
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attempt
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tos see
escape'
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hearingmwthijetthtmi
said to his uncle, who reproached him, "The thieho
done, and you may do with me what you will ; I will
no more harm to any one." He was requested to e
the mayor's, and he consented. On the way he repeat)
asked if any one had been charged to watch over the d
bodies. "Do you feel no remorse ?" said some one., e;
would begin again if the thing were not done," saioteA
but presently hewept,and cried—" If my poor mother 1,01
lived this would not have happened." On being e5,,,i4
what was his reason for committing the crimes, be
that it was because he was hated, despised, and perseetlo
by all his family, and, as a proof of it, he asserted thato;
sister had been married two years, but that he had ~Lit
been told of it. When informed that she had not ere
married, he persisted, and said he had seen her put olloPog
wedding dress. On behalf of the accused, an attempt
,madeui
ittoy ,
and the
proveh him
Courtinsane; butthe
condemned juryhi
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death in the form employed for parricides.—Galle

THE LADY FRANKLIN, Captain Penny, and the qophills
Arcttc vessels, were at Aberdeen on Friday last.
Ot
bo°o6
400 tons, has been engaged by
THE STRATFORD,
a small fast-sailing vessel
eke oc
—thLe EtS Po:`*
Swtheeffike,e tthoe
t
the mails for the Australian colonies
on the 4th of J"
for which the sum of Xl,OOO is granted.
GREAT FIRE AT WATFORD.
ke.r
house at Watford, containing a large quantity of sgrrias
tural produce, was burnt down. Some of the adjoll2.oo
premises were also rauch damaged. It is feared Oa.
fire was the work of an incendiary. of
A GRATIFYING,. EXCHANGE.—TWO hampers-4f tb.
cod liver oil, the other of claret—recently entrusted 1000
Eastern Counties Railway, suffered a change of addrq
the road, and were cross-delivered. The doctor's Pailt°oo
who got the claret, are said to have been more 08
than the gentleman's friends who got the oil.
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PLYNIOU7H ELECTION,—The nomination is -
Wednesday, and the polling for Thursday. Thetbo
dates are, Mr. Roundell Palmer, who represeete,,rtll
borough.last session, and retired at the last electiotiBjorge
after the appearance of Mr. Chas. Mare. and Air. at tliti
T. Braine, who stood next on the poll to Mr-Mere
last alection.
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MEETING OF LETTER•CARRIERS.—A meeting of
the
General Post letter-carriers was held on Mom's)? th°_
Bell Tavern, Wood-street, preliminary to petitionte7 006
Postmaster-General for an advance of wages. Evlty Ara
must feel that this meritorious class of the cowmen
very inadequately paid for their arduous labours-
.afgce!
A CABINET COUNCIL was held at the Foreign:ister?,
Downing-street. on Saturday afternoon. The AliTtisse)!
present were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Jobtici:lrgy/1:„
the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke °: Or
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palreert%c'ell°,
Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Cus'wooef
of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Cherie ~cdes#
the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William
or 4
worth. The Council sat three hours. va/alio
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM 1" cent. 1r.,/
COMPANY.— On Saturday, a dividend of 3 Per „ad avers
resolved upon. The directors stated that qifyxa"adia
reason to believe that the railway from Aw pass,evr
_or
Cairo would be completed for the conveyance „d V] a
gers in the course of the next six monthsnconceni elyf tk°
confidently hoped that, by that time, the..:
of tho most imperfect part of the transit..
I\lahrpoudieh Canal and Nile, would be entlrt',uchw
latterly
The road across the desert los been ;
proved.