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

FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.—The will of Napoleon I. has been brought
from London to Paris by M. Charles Baudin, Secretary
of the French Legation in London. The Emperor has
decreed that this will should be deposited in the national
archives.

The Moniteur publishes a circular from the Minister
of Police on the subject of glee clubs and harmonic
unions. Coffee-houses are not to be opened for that
purpose without an ;express license from the Prefecture,
and such licenses, when granted, may at all times be sus-
pended. Four-and-twenty hours before each concert the
programme is to be submitted to the police, and published
by being fixed in a conspicuous place in the establish-
ment. No songs are to be sung that are obnoxious to
order or morality.
The Municipal Councils of several towns have been
dissolved by the government. The determination of the
authorities is, that no officer of any grade shall be tole-
rated who is not known to be a thorough partizan of the
Emperor.

The Minister of Marine has decided that all sailors
from 20 to 40 years of age, who have not yet served in the
imperial navy, shall be liable to serve in that force. It is
thought that these men will replace those sailors who
have been, or who are shortly to be discharged.
More political arrests have been made, but no person
of note is mentioned as having been arrested. The per-
sons in custody are chiefly workmen and small tradesmen,
who are supposed to have belonged to a secret society.
A tradesman (a notorious Socialist) has been taken into
custody, and in his house were found papers proving that
he was one of the channels through which the democratic
committee of refugees in London communicates with its
partisans in Paris.

ITALY.—Letters from Milan of the Bth state, that,
although there seemed no prospect of the early departure
of the British fleet, the sails were all bent, and everything
was prepared for going to sea at an hour's notice. The
Admiral was waiting for further despatches.
A submarine electric telegraph is to be constructed
from Spezia to the island of Sardinia, and thence on to
Malta. No doubt is entertained that this must eventually
be the high road to the British possessions in India. The
line of telegraph projected by Mr. Brett will bear the
name of the Mediterranean and Indian Electric Telegraph.

SPAIN.--The debates in the Senate on the railway
question having become extremely violent, the Govern.
ment have thought it right to prorogue the session of the
Cortes.

On the night of the Bth the ministers resigned in a body.
The Queen asked for 24 hours to decide whether or no she
would accept their resignation. Before the expiration of
that time, the Queen had accepted the resignation of the
cabinet. General Lersundi has been charged With the

duty of forming a new cabinet. The Cortes has resumed
its session.

A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, date 15th instant,
says :—The Cabinet is formed. The following are its
members :—War—General Lersundi, who is also Presi-
dent of the Cabinet. Foreign Affairs, M. Aylon, Jirstice
(provisionally) M. Collantes. Home-office—M. Egana.
Finance—M.Bermudez de Castro. Marine—M. Antonio
Doval.

Accounts from Madrid of the 10th say the Queen has
definitively accepted the resignation of the Minister of
Justice. The other ministers keep their places provi-
sionally. All public officers in the Senate who on the
Narvez question voted against the Senate have been
suspended.

HOLLAND.—The official organ at the Hague makes
an important declaration in reference to the establishment
of the Romish hierarchy in Holland. It states that the
Dutch Government was not consulted in the matter ; and
that, having declared some time ago, in answer to a
question from the Roman Court, that the fundamental law
concedes to everybody the right to confess their creed,
and to organise their internal church affairs as they think
fit, the Government had not thought fit to interfere, and
did not interfere is the recent measure.

RUSSIA.—The Trieste Gazette states that according
to advices of the 25th of March from Odessa warlike pre-
parations are carried on with great zeal, so that all may
be in readiness to start towards the end of April. The
preparations were hardly on such a grand scale in 1812 ;
they extend even to Great Russia, and eight steamers are
employed on the WOlca in conveying troops to Kertsch.
Even old soldiers, who have served twenty and twenty-
five years, are again called under arms.

TURKEY.—A telegraphic despatch from Constanti-
nople to the 2d of April states that Prince Mentschikoff
had made the following demands on behalf of the Russian
Government :-Ist. Respecting the holy places, be re-
quires the repeal of the concessions in favour of the Roman
Catholics made to M. Lavalette ; but he consented to
modify his pretensions in such a manner that nothing
should be decided without the assent of Russia. 2d. The
conclusion of an offensive and defensive treaty according
to Russia the right to enter the Dardanelles for the de-
fence of her ally. 3d. The abandonment of certain tracts
of territory in Georgia. 4th. The Suzerainty of Monte-
negro, whose independence would be recognised by the
Porte. sth. The independence of the Oriental Christians
in all matters relating to their creed. 6th. The eventual
military occupation of the Danubian provinces for the
purpose of repressing the revolutionary spirit. An ami-
cable arrangement of the difficulties was still hoped for,
although Russia continued her warlike preparations at
Odessa and Sebastopol. No decision was anticipated
before the arrival of the English and French ambassadors.
M. de la Cour arrived at Constantinople on the Gth
instant. Lord Stratford de Recicliffe had reached that
city on the 4th. On the sth he assembled the English
residents at Constantinople, he assured them of the main.
tenance of peace, and advised them to carry on their com-
mercial operations with the utmost confidence.

_...—.
The French squadron remained stationary at Salamis,
and the British fleet was still at Malta.

PERSTA.—According to a letter from Teheran, of the
26th February, a grave misunderstanding has arisen be-
tween the Persian Court and the British Legation, relative
to Herat, and a rupture was feared. " What is certain,"
says the letter, " is that Colonel Shiel, who was about to
quit Teheran in a few days, on leave of absence, expected
to take with him all the personnel of his legation."

AFRICA.—The African Steam Navigation Company's
screw-streamer Faith, commander James Parsons, arrived at
Plymouth at 4 o'clock on Wednesday morninz, being within
a few hours of the time she was due. The African Steam
Navigation Company's mail steamer European left Sierra
Leone on the 19th of March, at 6 p.m., bound to the lee-
ward, and the Forerunner left Teneriffe on the 3d of April,
at 2 a.m., for the coast. The screw steam-ship Antelope
was at Funchal, Madeira, oh the sth of April; her ma-
chinery had been repaired, and when the Faith left her
steam was up to proceed on her voyage to Australia.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA,

By the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship Asia, Capt. Lott, which arrived here on Sunday
morning, we have advices from New York to the 6th inst.
The Asia sailed from New York at 2.5, p.m., on the
6th inst. On the 10th, zt 8, a.m. she passed the screw.
steamer Alps, hence for New York, in lat. 43 46 N.,
lon. 51 50 W. On the I6th, at 7.30, a.m., she passed
the ship Linda, from the Brazils for this port; and at
9.50, a.m. passed Cape Clear. At 0.20, a.m. on Sunday,
the Asia passed the steamer Canada, hence for Boston ;
at 3.29, a.m., was abreast the South Stack Light ; and at
9.27, a.m., passed the Rock Lighthouse, having made the
run in 10 days 14 hours and 37 minutes, mean time.
The Asia has brought 47,300 dols. in specie on freight,
and 102 passengers, among whom was Miss E. T. Green-
field, the " Black Swan."
LIST OF PASSENGERS.—MT 3. Blethan, infant, and
servant, Miss Manning, Mrs. M. C. Jones, Mrs. Emma
Vyse. Mr. M. Mitchell and lady, Mr. C. Jacot and lady,
Mr. Thomson and lady, Miss Anna Benkhard, Miss May
Benkhard, Miss Emma Benkhard, Miss Allerton, Mr.
Benkhard, Miss Godon, Mrs. Huger, Mr. R. Norris and
lady, Mr. A. F. Evans and lady, Miss E. T. Greenfield,
maid, and man-servant, Mr. Oscar Kniper, Mr. John
Lowitz, Mr. Henry Gestler, Mr. Napoleon de Sachy,
Rev. James V. Henry, Messrs. J. Westmoreland, T.
Dixon, M. A. Campero, A. Campero, E. Beanes, John
W. Jung. C. E. Bailliere, F. D. Lappage, S. Norris,
J. P. Sullivan, A. W. Cox, Benjamin Lawrence, J. W.
Bates, Pedro Villalonge, James Comas, John Pratt,
Everett, W. Dunlop, R. W. James, J. F. Levin. Gillalan,
Sterry, A. Duncan and servant, Jos. Ayse, Greenfield,
Antonia Seavin, Allan Gilmour, Becker, James Brown,
Auguste Pothew, Andrew Malte, William Barr, F. Ban-
ker, W. Parker, A.Mack, W. Bethune, LeopoldMichaelis,
F. de Marchi, James Moran, W. Dick, T. C. A. Lewis,
Mark F., Alexander F., B. Lascade, James Wilcox, Jas.
Thomson, John Musgrove, J. Brooks, J. Collinge, J.
Macar, J. Walker, P. E. Chenaendi, Robert Campbell,
Leon de Pontelli, Rev. D. Chase, Rev. W. T. Rooker,
lady, and two children, Rev. W. Cook, Dr. Cocker, Miss
Sullivan, Miss Haddock, Mr. Hodges and lady, Miss
Julia Marillert, Rev. G. Nugent, Mr. Latvouche and
lady, Madame de Chambe.
The United States mail steamer, Arctic, Capt. Luce,
which sailed from this port on the 23rd ult., arrived at
New York at 4.30, p.m., on the sth inst.
The screw-steamer Andes, Capt. Hutchins, from this
port, arrived at Boston, at 7, a.m., on the 6th inst.
Mrs. Fillmore, wife of the ex-President, died of disease
of the lungs, at Washington, on the 30th ult. Mrs. Cass,
wife of General Cass, is also dead.
The President, General Pierce, was still busied with
the nominations.

In the United States Senate, on the 4th inst., the
Secretary of the Treasury was requested to furnish the
Senate, at the commencement of the next session, with a
statement, showing the entire amount of United States
stocks and bonds, of all kinds, held abroad. It was said
that the account current of the United States for the last
fiscal year with foreign countries will stand thus :--Excess
of imports over the exports of the country, forty millions ;
interest annually, payable to foreigners on the stocks, &c.,
held by them, eighteen millions; expenditure of travel.
lers. five millions; navy, war, and diplomacy, three
millions ; instalment to Mexico, three millions ; remit-
tances to Ireland, five millions : making a total of seventy-
four millions of dollars. From this deduct the probable
amount of gold and silver brought into the country by
emigrants, ten millions : leaving the sum of sixty-four
millions as the balance against the United States, towards
the settlement of which we have official record of the
exportation above the importation of thirty-seven millions
of gold and silver; and the balance of twenty-seven
millions has, no doubt, been liquidated by the remittance
of federal, state, and other stocks.

The rumoured recal of the Japan expedition is far from
giving satisfaction to the democrats. The British barque
Josephine from London had arrived in the Columbia
river, with merchandise for the Hudson Bay Company.
7,500 seamen, in charge of 175 vessels, had sailed from
Newfoundland for the seal fisheries.

Seven hundred bushels, or about one million of dead
letters had been destroyed at Washington, in accordance
with the usage of the post-office department. They were
carted to Monument-square, and spread over a line of
two or three hundred feet, when the match was applied.
The United States steam-frigate Saranac got ashore at
Warsaw Sound, on the 4th inst., on her passage from Ha-
vana to Savannah, and remained in a dangerous position.
A large fire had occurred at Charleston, destroying
property of the value of $40,000. On the 2d there was
a rain storm before day dawn in Cincinnati, and when
daylight came the pavements throughout the entire city
were found to be strewn with a yellow substance resem-
bling sublimate of sulphur. Several scientific gentlemen
examined it, and pronounced it to be the pollen of flowers
which, they suppose, must have been gathered up in large
quantities in the far South, and borne northward by the
wind. Many earth worms were also found on the pave-
ments. Chesterfield gaol, South Carolina, was accidently
destroyed by fire on the 30th ult., and eight of the
prisoners perished in the flames.
Late advices from Nassau state that the ship Osborne,
of Kennebunk, from Liverpool for New Orleans, with
240 emigrants, struck on Grand Bahama on the 17th ult.,
and was a total wreck. The crew and passengers were all
saved, and had arrived at Nassau. Nearly all the baggage
and cargo was also saved.
CANADA.—Quebec accounts of the 2nd instant, state
that the Inspector-General had given notice of a motion
for the reduction of duties on refined sugar to 10s. instead
of 145., and on other sugars to 6s. instead of 9s. per cwt. ;
molasses 2s. instead of 3s. ; salt Id. per bushel. The duty
on wines hereafter to be uniform, at 6d. per gallon and 30
per cent. Caoutchonc, raw materials for shipbuilding,
and all seeds, to be admitted at 21 per cent. lie also pro-
poses to allow goods going upwards through the St. Law-
rence Canal, to pass the Welland Canal free, and to allow
goods downward, passing the Welland Canal, to go through
the St. Lawrence free. The house had not yet voted, but
approved of the plan.
BRITISH GUlANA.—Advises are to the 15th ult. The
Combined Court was engaged, upon the 4th of March,
with the question of immigration, which after debate, was
settled in the following terms—that there should be a
yearly importation of at least 4,000 immigrants, estimated
to cost $242,000, one-half of which is to be borne by
general taxation, and the other half by direct taxation,
(in the shape of produce tax and contract duties) on the
planters.
CUBA.—Advices from Havana are to the 29th ult.
About 3,000 negroes had been landed on the north side of
Cuba since the 12th of February, notwithstanding the
quickened vigilance of the authorities, and the constant
observation of the British cruisers. A cargo of 1,200 at
or near Camarioca, the first—and vessel put ashore ; a
Portuguese also stranded near the Cugo Verde with 650,
of which only 194 were saved by the owners, the rest
picked up and concealed from knowledge of the shippers
by various crafts in the vicinity ; and it is said a large part
of them had been brought to Havana, and the names are
mentioned of those who participate in the second-hand
plunder ; the last, of 1,200, vessel burned at Stove Key,
off Cardenas, and the negroes taken across the land from
Cardenas to the Esperanza Estate, near Camarioca.
CENTRAL AMERlCA.—Accounts of a fresh dispute have
been received from San Juan de Nicaragua. In June,
1851, before the organisation of the late Municipal Go-
vernment of San Juan, the Transit Company, then

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
Queen 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 Sandizell in
the head. None of these wounds will be of any conse-
quence.

HORRIBLE SUICIDE IN AMERICA..--011 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 depressed 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

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 GAYA ZZI'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. A person 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, where 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 be
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. ugene Mellville. 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 charged 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 aas
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 he ac-
knowledged he 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 Caltfornia ; 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 4r600 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.