The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-01 00:00:00

N. C. M`Lean

MUNITIONS ,OF WAR FOR 'PORTU'OAL.—qhe :govern-
ment have ordered the Geyser, steam-sloop, Commander
Brown, to load with as much ammunition and 32-pounder
shells as she can stow, and to proceed directly to Lisbon.
It is said Sir Charles Napier will not proceed to Lisbon
until the Bulldog returns with dispatches.
On the 9th instant, during high mass, at a church, in
Breslau, one of the choristers put a cartridge into the
censor which he was waving before the venerable priest.
It instantly exploded, severely burning the clergyman.
_ _

had gone to Kat River. Heavy rains had fallen in the
midland districts, but it is not stated whether they were
seasonable. The wreck of the Gilbert Henderson, an
emigrant vessel, in Algoa Bay, is reported by this arrival.
Adviees from ..St. Petersburgh, received on Friday
indicate henceforth a supply of grain to the south of Eu-
rope which will be regulated only by.the number of vessels.
In the St. Petersburgh market alone the purchases for ex-
portation up to the present time amount to no less than
2,000,000 chetwerts, " but," it is observed, " the riddle is
how is it to be shipped ?" The navigation is now esta-
blished, the Favourite, from London, and the Rob Roy,
from Hull (both steamers) having been among the first ar-
rivals. The grain market continues extremely active, and
hemp and tallow are without alteration. Exchange was a
shade flatter, the quotation being 38 l -16 d. to 381 d.
the I Anecdotes of domestic unhappiness, coloured to suit the

Breese, Mr. A. J. Tobias, Master A. H. Lessak, Mr. L.
S. Levy, Lieut. Edward Swenton, R.A., Mr. and Mrs. A.
Norrie, Miss Norrie, Gordon Norrie, Mary Norrie, Julia
Norrie, Miss Van Horne, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ewart, 3
children, and servant, Mrs. R. Child and son, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Wake and servant, Mr. Friede Nictor, Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Moffett, and Mr. C. Motz.
The Massachusetts arrived at New-Orleans on the 22d
instant, bringing dates from Vera Cruz to the 14th.
The following is from the correspondent of the Picayune
of the 23d ult. :
There is no doubt at all but that Santa Anna, with from
twelve to fifteen thousand m• n, is between us and Jalapa.
It is concluded on all sides that if Gen. Twiggs does not

whip him,
Scott, who left

eep him in check until Gen.
sterday, reaches him, which will be to-

The boy isin custody, and is liable to be put to death;
he asserts he only did it to fright the congregation, and
was not willing to injure the ,priest, who had been his
benefactor. _ _ _

The barque Emilia, from Rio Janeiro, arrived here late
last night. She sailed on the 6th.ult. A detachment
from General Riva's army had succeeded in taking.a fort
on the Brazilian territory, by which supplies to Monte
Video could be intercepted ; but it was apprehended that
this aggression would provoke the emperor to active hos-
tilities against Rosas. Exchange at Rio Janeiro, 282.

'The emperor had departed on his northern tour. -
Letters from Rome of the 14th instant state, that the
Pope's birthday was celebrated with great enthusiasm on
the 13th. A grand religious service was performed at the
church of St. John of Lateran, after which His Holiness
bestowed his benediction on the multitude, who conduct-
ed him back to his Palace in triumph, strewing the streets
through which he passed with flowers, and rending-the

r with deafening cheers of affection.
Cape of Good Hope papers bring news about one week
Sir Henry Pottinger had reached the frontier,
wneye he was prepared, it appears, to commence operations
against -Pato, or any other chiefs who might show a dispo-

sition to disturb the tranquillity of the Countiv, or to set
at nought the arrangements contemplated for the settle
ment of disputes with the border tribes. Col. Somerset

ae will at

morrow night

The Mexicans are playing a bloody and at the same
time bolder game than is usual for them, as it is thought
they have killed no less than fifty of our men within the
last three days on the road.
Gen. Scott had issued a Proclamation to the Mexicans,
urging them in strong terms to remain 'at their homes,

and no longer countenance the military tyrants who had
been leading them to destruction. He proclaims himself
and army as the friends of all peaceable Mexicans,, and
determined to protect them in all their civil and relgious
rights.

To-day being packet-day the markets have been very quiet,
'and transactions too small to characterise the market, or en-
able us to fix quotations with much definiteness. We have no

taste of English readers, are the staple of the Spanish
news. The Queen and her husband, to their mutual re-
lief, are apart : the King, at Madrid, dissipates by a drive
in a close carriage on the Prado, and a quiet game of bil-
liards with his servants—the Queen, at Araujuez, by rid-
ing, boating, and rabbit-shooting, bull-fights, and fgtes
hampgtres. The gossip about General Serrano has re-
I, and a divorce will probably be the next thing we
of. The Pope has scru - -
to doubt that the Queen

;he is so minded

anuounce
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has a righ'

IRELAND,

o insist on

in Dublin may be seen the following
`Asses' milk every morning hot from

The Earl of Clarendon, who has been appointed to
succeed the late Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, arrived in
Kingston harbour on Wednesday.

Mi. James Watson, of whose 'recovery there was never
a shade of hope has sunk under his wounds, thus adding
another name to the long and dreary lists of victims to
the agrarian code of Munster.

As an instance of the high price of beef in Dublin, two
bullocks were purchased by Mr. Robert ,Heffernan, vic-
tualler, of Great Britain-street, at the enormous price of

mahon

taking casts, in the hope that their sale will realise some-
thing towards the relief of the poor.
THE CROPS IN IRELAND.—The weather throughout
Ireland is splendid, and the crops are most encouraging :
the potato, too, holds out promise of abundance. Grass

has at lengthlecome plentiful, owing to which butter has
fallen 2d. per pound, and butchers' meat has sensibly de-
clined in some of the country markets.

have had no effect, the tenor of her news hairing been very cor-
rectly anticipated. In the present state of things prices are
affected more by the amount of supplies, than the slight

sumption, the stock here would not last until the receipts from
the canal could arrive, which will be in about ten days. The
trade, however, buy very sparingly at present rates, preferring
to wait a few days, when the prices must be considerably lower,
say a dollar. We continue to quote Genesee and Western at
$7,64 to tf 7,7 5 , and Southern at $7,37 to $7,53. GRAIN.—
There was some Ohio Wheat on sale, but nothing done. Corn
is held at 90 to 98 c. for white, and 94 to 96,c. for yellow, on the
!pot, very little offering. To arrive, prices are firm at yester-
day's quotations. PROVISIONS continue quiet and firm. Lard
sells freely at 10 to 10i c. SUGARS.—We note sales by auction
to-day of 286 hhds. prime New Orleans, at Xf7,06 to .8'7,56 per
100 lbs. FREIGHTS are unsettled. For flour, 3s. is a full quo-
tation, but it has been taken to fill up at 2s. 6d., and in British
vessels reported at 2s.

of the National Bank of Ireland, held in London on Wed-
nesday last, that the late governor, Mr. D. O'Connell,
owed the bank the sum of £4,000 at the time of his death,
against which the bank held life policies to the extent of

MORE VICTIMS TO THE FEVER AMONGST THE CLERGY
AND GENTRY.—The following gentlemen have died of
fever :—The Rev. John Reardon, P.P. of Castlemoyne :
the Rev. Robert Potter, curate of Louisburg, Mayo ;
Stepney St. George, Esq., of Headtord Castle, Galway ;
Mr. Robert Davison, merchani, Armagh ; and the Rev.
Mr. Duanne, C. C. Michaelstown.
PUBLIC PRAYERS FOR MR. O'CONNELL.—The follow-
ing notice is affixed to the doors of the metropolitan
church, Marlborough-street, Dublin :—" R. I. P.—Pray
for the repose of the soul of the late lamented Liberator of
our altar, for whom the masses of to-day and the two next

The royal mail steam-ship Caledonia arrived here on
Saturday, with advices from Boston and Halifax respec-
tively to the 16th and 18th ult.
The last Mexican army, under the first general of the re-
public, Santa Anna, had been entirely defeated at CerroGor-

cost week."
EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY. There iS living at
present in Baronscourt, within seven miles of Omagh, a
man named Taggart, who has arrived at the patriarchal
age of 121 years ; he is able zo walk into Omagh and
transact business, and, what is equally astonishing, his
son, who resides in Oagh, has been a commercial traveller
for 70 years, and is now in his 99th year of his age. He
retains all his faculties, and has not a grey hair in his
head. He visits this town on business once a month.—
Erne Packet.
FRIGHTFUL OUTRAGES.—At Glenfin, in the county
of Derry, a man named Doherty, an agent of the Board
of Works, and the agriculturist of the estate, had made
arrangements for expending about £4OO or £6OO on the
property, in works. When in his own house, a few
days since, he was attacked by upwards of 100 armed
men, headed by a man dressed in woman's clothes ;
they persuaded the poor man to come out of his house,
and having taken him a few hundred yards off, and forced
him to put out his tongue, they cut away about an inch
of it. In addition to the foregoing, we may add that a
conspiracy to shoot a magistrate in one of the southern
counties, has just been providentially discovered, the
particulars of which, we hear, are fully known. There
are, also, some outrages in the county of Limerick,
committed by " lawfully" armed peasants ; but these
usual trifles are scarce worthy of notice.
STATE OF CORK.—There is one thing that must strike
the most thoughtless saunterer through our streets—the
number of familiar faces he will miss. Day by day we
read of the removal of neighbour and of friend. The
rich and the poor, the old and the young, are gathered to-
gether to the grave, and the heart is appalled by the chasm
in circles till lately uninvaded and complete. We have
this week to announce the death of Mr. Lane ; and by a
private letter we learn that a gentleman who left this
lately for London has been seized with fever and carried
off. We allude to Capt. Saunders, an old and respectable
citizen, whom his relatives little supposed they saw for
the last time when parting with him about, we believe, a
fortnight since. Another citizen (at least a gentleman ,
resident long enough to be so considered) is suffering in
the same place from the same cause, but we do not name
him, as we hope for his restoration. Again, there is
Doctor W. Murphy, of the South Mall, one of our most
eminent physicians—a man of large-practice, of high prin-
ciple, of extensive acquirements, an ardent but unobtru-
sive upholder of the honour of his profession, and a liberal
contributor, not alone to charitable institutions, but to
the relief of that (if we may so call it) private poverty
which shrinks from the disclosure of its wants—he too, is
taken, but not by fever, and will be lamented by many
who appreciated his kindness, his humanity and skill.
We could prolong the list without going beyond the week,
but we have no pleasure in the melancholy task.—Cork
Constitution.
IRELAND.—We ought not to despair of Ireland when
we see the marvellous change which half a century can
effect in its character. The man who has just closed his
famous career, and who, beginning from the disastrous
epoch of 1798, may be said to have governed the whole
soul of his country, found the Irish a nation of rebels and
left them a nation of paupers. Of the two, there is more
hope in a weak servility than in a fierce independence.
Both are painful, both are disgraceful, and both are costly.
But from time immemorial, among races as amongst indi-
vidual men, humility has been the step to promotion ; and
they whose lot is cast the lowest in the political scale, and
who have either lagged or been thrust to the rear of civi-
lization, must make up for4list centuries by accepting the
help and guidance of their more fortunate neighbours. If
it be asked why it should be so, and why duty should im-
pose so great a sacrifice on that amour propre,. and that
keen sense of dignity which Heaven himself has implanted
in the inheritors of an ancient name and a peculiar tongue,
it can only be answered that thus it must be. Such is
the order of the world. There is .no one nation under the
sun which has not gone to school and been a pupil in its
day. The mightiest commonwealth that the world ever
saw, notwithstanding its heroic origin, its adorned annals,
its prophetic destinies and its boast of inviolated inde-
pendence, had learned every title of its religion, its laws,
its customs, and its arts, from its Tuscan schoolmaster,
whatever the relation of pupil and teacher may have been.
England itself, the most dominant race in modern times,
adapted by nature for all climes, and by genius for all in-
stitutions,—a race of which every one is born with a soul
of mastery—glories in a perpetual union of the conqueror
and the conquered, which has made the " true Briton "
the descendant of a hundred tribes, and the pupil of a
hundred codes.—Times.
LAST MOMENTS OF MR. O'CONNELL.--The Rev. J.
Miley, Mr. O'Connell's chaplain, gives the following ac-
count of the last hours of the deceased. " At no stage,
especially for the last two days, was there anything like
pain. At this time the Vicar-general, who is a prelate,
with the clergy, were round his bed ; his breathing be-
, came gradually more weak ; as the prayers were recited,
his hands were firmly clasped upon his noble breast, his
countenance perfectly serene ; and as I suggested to him
all that my sacred office required and my grief permitted,
he responded by word and sign so as to express perfectly
and fervently the glowing sentiments of his heart. Daniel
and me, and his faithful Duggan, he recognised to the
last. Our supplications, in the sublime and consoling
language of the Church, were mingled with our tears, as
we knelt round his bed. When at last his mighty voice
was hushed, his countenance--his hands—responded to
the prayers. At thirty-seven ,minutosl „past nine, the

do ; Tuspan, Jalapa, and Perote has been captured and in-
vested ; Puebla, incapable of resistance, was shortly to be
attacked ; and the capital, without defences capable of ar-
resting for a moment the enemy, was entirely at the mercy
of the American arms. The attack on Cerro Gordo
commenced on the 18th April. The American brigade
ascended the long and difficult slope of Cerro Gordo
without shelter, and under a tremendous fire of artillery
and musketry with the utmost steadiness; reached the
breastworks ; drove the enemy from them ; planted the
colours of the Ist artillery, 3rd and ith infantry, the
enemy's flag still flying; and, after some minutes of
sham firing, finished the conquest with the bayonet; the
Mexican commander, General Vasquez, with a large num-
ber of his men, falling in the conflict. A strong fort to
the rear, manned by a large force under General Pinzon,
shortly after surrendered to General Worth ; and ere the
second division gained the national road Santa Anna with
Generals Canalizo and Almonte and some six or eight
thousand men, was in full retreat towards Xalapa,
pursued by the American troops. About three thou-
sand men laid down their arms, with their officers and
five generals, Pinson, Jarrero, La Vega, Noriega, and
Obanda. Large quantities of heavy ordnance, field bat-
teries, small arms, and accoutrements, together with
Santa Anna's carriage, plate, money-chest, and a portion
of his papers, fell into the hands of the American general ;
and by two o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th ultimo
General Scott was in full possession of the field, with a
loss of forty-three killed and 265 wounded. The Mexi-
can army was completely disorganized. Its loss in the
field amounted to about 350 killed and wounded, and in
addition large numbers were killed in the pursuit. Gen.
Scott's force numbered about 8,000 men, and Santa
Anna's force was estimated at about 10,000. The troops
who surrendered were subsequently released on parole.
Jalapa and Perote were occupied without resistance by
the American advance.

The news of this defeat excited great alarm in the capi-
tal. An extraordinary session of Congress was imme-
diately held, and a decree adopted authorising the Supreme
Government to carry on the war ; specially prohibiting the
Executive from making a peace.
The capture of Tuspan was effected also on the 18th.
The expedition consisted of several vessels of war, under
Commander Perry. About five miles up the river some
slight resistance from two small forts on the right bank
were encountered ; but the enemy soon evacuated the spot.
Another fort was subsequently occupied after a brief re-
sistance; and at the same time the town was in possession
with a loss of merely seventeen men killed and wounded.
On the 22d the main force was re-embarked, and the ex-
pedition left, after having destroyed the fork.
The accounts from the Rio Grande announce that Gen.
Taylor was preparing for an advance to San Luis de Potosi.
From Chihuahua we learn, that the capital of that de-
partment was still in possession of Colonel Doniphan.
From New Mexico we have the details of the engage-
ments arising out of the recent insurrection of the in-
habitants. They are, however, unimportant.
The domestic affairs of the States are unimportant.

The most favourable accounts from all parts of France
have been received respecting the prospects for harvest.
The King of Denmark has granted the sum of £15,000
for the purpose of furnishing bread to the poor at a price
below the market rate.
Among the recent arrivals at New York from Europe
are 600 carpenters. Within the last year over 1,200 tai-
tots are known to have landed from England alone.
MR. COBDEN IN ITALY.—A letter from Leghorn, dated
the 6th ultimo, announces that a splendid banquet was
being prepared in that city in honour of Mr. Cobden.
EMIGRANTS.—During the month of April last, no
fewer than 21,882 emigrants arrived at New York, 18,000
of whom were from Great Britain.
Many of the cotton mills of Rouen have ceased work-
ing, and it is expected that no fewer than 50,000 workmen
in that city and its neighbourhood will be unemployed at
the end of this month.

_THE
CROPS IN EGYPT.—The corn harvest in Upper
and Middle Egypt has been got in, and produce is
very abundant. • A Vienna letter of the sth represents the
growing crops throughout the Austrian States to be in
the most promising state.
Thousands of emigrants are landing at Boston and New
York-3000 have arrived in a day ! As a consequence the
streets swarm with beggars. Vast numbers die on the
passage from ship fever : 30 perished in one hold, from
Havre. The Corporation are building new alms-houses on
Staten Island, where the pauper passengers are now landed.
A little church, of a pretty Gothic design, (says the
Jerusalem correspondent of the Daily News,) is waiting
for the roof, which, though of timber, is to be brought
from England. The highest point of Mount Sion
crowned with an English church is an interesting object
for contemplation.
FALL OF IDOLATRY IN INDIA.—Dr. Gutzlaff records a
remarkable effect of the British invasion of China. The
natives expected that their idols would repel the invaders,
but seeing them unable to make the least resistance, even
to save themselves from the hands of an excited soldiery,
veneration gave way to contempt. The idols having
proved their worthlessness, the Chinese refuse to worship
them, and the shrines and the priests are deserted.

hand of the priest of God, privileged " to' bind and= loose
on earth, even as it is done in heaven," was extended
over him. Shere was no struggle—no change visible upon
the features, except that as we_gazed it was plain that a
dread mystery had cast its shadow over him. The spirit
which had moved the world took its flight so peacefully,
that all who were there, except the angels who were in wait-
ing for it, were in doubt if it'had departed. He died as
an infant sinks upon its mother's breast to sleep. Itswas
by the soft and beautiful transition of the prayers that we
were reminded that we had before _us only the noble body
of O'Connell, as if listning, hushed in attention, for the
summons to a glorious immortality. We are thrown upon
our own counsels with nothing to guide us but what we
inherit from his conversations and casually expressed
wishes. Acting on this, we are determined to have the
heart embalmed, placed in a silver urn, and transported
to Rome, as of old the heart of Robert Bruce was carried
to Jerusalem, when it was not permitted him by Provi-
dence to perform, in his own person, that pilgrimage to
the holy sepulchre which he had vowed, as O'Connell
had vowed, his pilgrimage to the tombs of the apostles.
His body, also, is to be embalmed anddeposited in a chapel
of the church of our blessed lady, Delle Vigne, where it
is to repose until, on our return from leaving the heart in
Rome , we convey it to Ireland."
THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—A special meeting of
this body was held on Thursday in Conciliation-hall,
" for the purpose of adopting an address to the people of
Ireland, 'upon the melancholy occasion of Mr. O'Connell's
death." The deepest sorrow was depicted in the features
of all present. The proceedings were gone through in
silence. The chairman, Cornelius M`Loughlin, Esq.,
pronounced a high eulogium on the deceased, and trusted
the people whom he loved and liberated, and to whom he
had devoted his whole life, would obey and carry out the
solemn principles which he never ceased to inculcate.'
The loss of such a man would be, he felt assured, shown
by a national and general mourning.—Many of =those pre-
sent wept.—Mr. O'Hea, with reference to, the dead said
" His chair was vacant, and was to be for ever vacant.
' O'Connell was no more. The pride of their hearts and
the glory of their nation, the teacher of mankind, the
instructor .of the world had departed from amongst them.
Who could speak their sorrow ?—who give expression to
their mourning ? He concluded by calling on the people
never to disturb the public peace, order, and tranquaity,
which lie had laid down for their guidance, and read an
address of the Loyal National Repeal Association, to
their countrymen, commencing—" O'Connell is no mom I
The animating spirit of Ireland has passed away. 'Phe
light of the nation is extinguished. Weep and wail, and
let your grief be without limit, 0 children of Ireland, for
the cup of your affliction is full, and the extent of your
suffering without measure. The pride of your hearts has
been stricken down—the bright one of Erin is removed—
the Liberator of our country has departed. With a sea-
son of sorrow, it has pleased the Almighty to afflict us to
the uttermost—pestilence and famine blight our people—

in a foreign country, fax away from his own loved native
land, low lies the champion of Ireland's liberties. Oh,
well may we mourn him, for the whole human race de-
plore his loss, and the gloom of our bereavement afflicts
the world." The address proceeded to urge that they
should best prove that they loved him while living and
mourn for him when dead, by reverencing his principles,
obeying his dictates, and pursuing the same noble objects
in the peaceful steps he trod. " What nation, what peo-
ple has not lost a benefactor ? Our country has lost its
guide and leader. Oh, let that country still be directed
by his wisdom, and be marshalled beneath his standard."
The last sentence was—" By his long and faithful services
—by the noble example of his life—by the glory of his
immortal name—we beseech, we implore you, fellow-
countrymen, swerve not from the principles, desert not
the objects, nor abandon the doctrines of O'Connell.
The address was adopted, and the meeting adjourned to
Monday the 7th instant.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

MANCHESTER MEETING

WEDNESDAY

The inquest on the remains of Mr. Paxton, recently The WILTON STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added.
murdered in the county of Down, terminated on Satur- Mr. Meiklam's Lightning came in third, Mr. Eskrett's
Exr. G. 's Al fift. A dead
day, and the verdict returned was, " Found murdered byExhort
fourth, and
M
heat between Meaux and Louisa Arnold Newellice afterh which the
some person or persons' unkno7n." There was no evi-stakes were divided, and Meaux walked over.
dente to warrant a different finding.
The PENDLETON STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 40
Count D'Orsay has presented his statuette of Mr.
'
O'Connell to the committee of the Central Relief Society added. Mr. J. Lillie s The Great Britain first, Mr.
)üblin, with the moulds and necessary apparatus for Green's Miss Musgrave second, Mr. Meiklam's Otterburn
third.

The MANCHESTER TRADESMEN'S CUP Of 200 sovs„
in specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 20 sovs.
each. Mr. R. Stephenson's Sheraton first, Mr. R.
Phillip's mare by Talleyrand second, Mr. Harland's
Copack third. Won by a head. The Jockey who rode
the winner of this Cup, being the first run for on the new
course, will be presented with a gold mounted riding whip,
bearing an appropriate inscription.

THE LITEKNOOL STANDII'D.