The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-13 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND 'GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVE

ISER

I EXHIBITION

OF THE LIVE_RP OOL

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feres with our plans, causes uneasy ,
tells us we are not of sufficient importance to make her LONDO
more prompt. To the business man time is money, and
to the business wo _ A

THE annual opening of

ademy of art c

fail to be an event of more than mere passing interest in

a it is more—it is peac

any community pretending to intellectual culture; and
we accordingly look with much satisfaction at the interest
evinced by the intelligent classes of Liverpool in the open-
ing of the twenty-ninth annual exhibition of the works

of art under the auspices of the Academy

That exhibi-

tion was opened to the public yesterdi

having taken place on Saturday. On both days, we are
glad to learn, the attendance of visitors was large
The numbers who on Saturday visited the

allelies were

more numerous than on any previous occasion, and in-
Auded, besides a large number of ladies and gentlemen

)elonging to Liverpool, a very considerable accession o
visitors from Manchester, Preston, and other towns an(

places in the neighbourhood, and, as was to have been ex-
pected, all manifested a lively interest in the collection,
and most of them expressed sentiments of approbation as

to the exertions of the committee in making the requisite
arrangements, and of congratulation as to their success

in securing the display of so interesting a collection of

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FO.RER

hstentions" took place
ly at Orleans, where in

8,000 electors

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the transatlantic steamers has be(
but the rivalry of the principal se

13, 1853.

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of a deserted French vesse!:
.rived from Cardiff. A British ves-el
of tallow had been lost at the south of ailoe.
,racers and crew saved themselves in the boats.
Advices from Punta Arenas, Central America, are.,t°
le 20th July. Business was very dull, and great do.'
unity was experienced in procuring cargoes. The govelt
ment had it in contemplation to close the port of Pg"
and establish another in its stead at a more nor;
'";ne more convenient for the cornnierc

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. n,
Nnv.—The stock market is dull, and
NEW YORE, AITGrST
Money is more at ease, and the rates for 'Ape
•er
The Exchange on England, with an
.081_4
kPt fhP rafi, enntinueS to advance, closing
prices goer

lament, wl

himself lower. 3
he assist- I declining

a buy his Wet to 1091 per cent. t, test
This per- CorroN.—(From W.P.Wright's Circular, ofa.. „tea
A 0 reposition of 30—The operations in cotton have been on
...assi,!,4
-c ; ....the end scale, except on Saturday, when 3,000 bales were cil 71:a
rates, aro
is , port designated of; buyers are not disposed to pay the present
,of „arse, the necessary holders are unwilling to give way. The chief business
oll•
ast v.c made by government. been for export and on speculation ; our domestic
, u 0
There ~..._ Jeginning, eight vessels, which sumers are taking very moderately just now. There ,nhe.,
number afterwards, however, Will be increased to 16, and alteration to note in the qUotations from last v6'.l.ee'..'ffect
they are to run in three lines between France and New lower grades, however, are entirely
York, the Gulf of Mexico, and Brazils. sales a reduction would have to be submitted to.. ,eO.
It was declared very positively on the Bourse on Thurs- 8 00"3•1
sales since 23d inst. to last evening amount to , _ bject
pictures. day that accounts had reached the French Government of The accounts from the south are conflicting on til Mnage
Considering the reputed taste, the intelligence, and the the refusal of the Emperor of Russia to accept the note of the new crop. From some sections we hear of (roe
wealth of Liverpool, it would probably be saying more of the Porte in a modified state, and that it was for the by rain, worms, &c. from others, that the pros Peel
nominal, and ty .08
than strict justice could approve of, were we to aver that purpose of discussing the course to be pursued that M. improved, and that a good crop will be made. ISO
Fould had been summoned to Dieppe by the Emperor 1853 1852 1851 _ ,„,, 000
Receipts at the ports 3,221 GOO 3 018 000 2,331,00 .•'SC:000
the exhibition is in all respects what might have been an- Napoleon. An opinion is held by some politicians in Paris Exports, to Great Britain! 737'000 1,665,000'2 1,416,00 1,7,-iOOO
ticipated or wished, either in respect to the character of that the Emperor of Russia himself has, by means of France '427,C00 4000 301,060 N:ooft
the works shown, or as regards the accommodation for corruption at Constantinople, assisted in producing a „ other for, ports 363,000 352,000 265,,t3 1 577,e
decision of the Divan which gives him a pretext for pro- Total exports 2,527.0,0 2,439,000 1,05= '142,'",
their advantageous display, or for the comfort and Stock on hand
longing the occupation of the Principalities.
convenience of visitors. As to the last named ground BELGIUM.—A succession of fetes, almost unbroken since BREADSTUFFS.—In consequence of a break in the- 000'
of complaint, if any such exist, the public have the the marriage of the young Duke of Brabant with the still supplies of flour last week were retarded; and Or, 0,11,
• es Igor 01
more youthful Duchess; has' marked the royal condescen- the article
.comes forward slowly, present prw jibe ,
matter pretty much in their own hands, for by afford-
mon and the popular sympathy, in all the principal towns remunerative to the millers. There has been a_.,,, soil
ing countenance and pecuniary aid to the academy, of Belgium. At'Antwerp the king and the newly-married demand for flour and wheat for the French P°l-71ter
that body will experience little difficulty in procuring royal pair had a most enthusiastic reception. also for Belgium. Further, there have been semeci for
the most ample and suitable accommodation which even HANOVEH—It is stated that the reigning Duke of sive purchases of flour for October delivery 8t „Iprieg
the most fastidious could desire. To improve the Brunswick, who has no issue, is about to abdicate. The Western Canal, being 25c. per brl. above the car"mbille'
character of the works exhibited is an achievement titular duke, so long notorious in London and Paris, is de- of the day of purchase on the spot. These e°4f the
probably less within the reach of public aid ; yet by no barred from the succession, having been deprived of his causes have not only sufficed to counteract the dee" saile,
means absolutely beyond the operation of their influence ; duchy by the Germanic Diet. The consequence of the decline in the English markets, but even to prod,",hose 01,
but to effect this most desirable object, the public and the projected abdication of the present duke will be, commer- advance, the quotations being 12c. per hrl. above 'lied
academy must co-operate in a liberal and enlightened cially as well as politically, important. The duchy of this day week, the market being' still scantily stlP.Pbashe;
spirit. Preconceived theories of artistic excellence, and Brunswick is merged in the kingdom of Hanover, which the enhanced rates. Wheat declined lc. to 2c. Pe`i 10
slavish imitations of particular schools must not be per- thereby becomes nearly as large as Saxony. towards the close of last week. There was a good ue
mated to overrule the dictates of sober reason. To secure AUSTRIA.—The Russian reply to the despatch contain- for Indian corn. rice'
true excellence in art, nature must be appealed to as the ing the modifications of the Porte is expected at Vienna PR ;
OTISIONS.—There is no alteration to notice .011 90.
guiding star of the artist's course, and a truly great about this period. The Russian cabinet's objection to the The demand is moderate but steady, and prices
swe
t°
artist can no more be created by even the most devoted modifications will refer principally to the treaties of Kain- tained.
study of pictures, than a great poet or philosopher could be ardji and Adrianople. IRON.—A limited business in Scotch pig, at
reared up by the most painstaking familiarity with books To prevent further complications, the Austrian govern- per tons six months. notice'
alone. Severe self-culture in the various walks of litera- ment, supported by the Ambassadors of the great Powers, FREIGHTS.—There is very little alteration t° r lb,
tare and science, and a continual looking up to nature in has proposed the opening of direct negociations on the The rates to Liverpool are, for cotton, 7-32 d. to ta.;,11 re
an humble yet intelligent spirit, must form the ground- points in dispute. These negociations are to be conducted flou, 2s. 6d. per brl. • grain, in bulk, 7d. to 1%01113,
work of an artist's efforts, who aims at anything beyond by the Count Nesselrode and the Ottoman Ambassador, bushel. To London : &Jur, 2s. 9d. to 3s. per brl. ; r lb.;
the evanescent fame of, mere coterie commendation. who is tille sent to St. Petersburgh. This proposal, it is in bulk, 9d. per bushel. To Havre : cotton, ic• Pe
Familiarity with the noble works of those great masters hoped,
be accepted by the litigant parties. The Rus- flout, 65c. to 70c. per brl. ; wheat, 18c. per bushel. ctice.
whose excellences form an exhaustless subject of admira- sian Ambassador is said to assert that the evacuation of NEW ORLEANS, ArGIIST 27.—The market was 5°
tion, and a never-failing theme of commendation and the Principalities will shortly commence, and that in any with small sales, and prices were nominal. Da'
delight, will, no doubt, do much to increase his resources case the Russians will not pass the win
from nter in those
Constantinople ing lugust 25, . CEARLESToN AuGlIsT
2,201 bales 27.—Receipts
14 S.I her
wet °;;;es ens
as an originator of really estimable works ; for it is cor- TURKEY.—The news of the 25tUp, and
rectly said by Sir JosnuA REYNOLDS, (we
.quote from and of the 26th from Odessa is not satisfactory. The pre- export. Cotton attracts very little attention. "Liit t`memory,) "He will ever be found most original, who is valent impression in the Turkish capital is that Russia withoit change, and the sales 1,200 bales. x '
most familiar with the ideas of others." " But, says the will consider the proposed modifications equivalent to a Liverpool, ice. e
0
same master, with, equal truth, "to follow in the path of rejection of the Vienna note. At all events the Porte is 31011 LE, AUGUST 22.—Receipts for the week to
a great man, it is not necessary that he occupy his foot- • preparing for the worst, as fresh troops are continually Angus; 19, 69 bales. Exports to Havre, 2,01
prints or step into his worn-out slippers. Mere imitation sent off to Varna and Shumla. On the 25th a detachment Quotations nominal. No freight for Liverpool•
is the bane and destruction of true greatness in any walk of the Imperial Guard left Constantinople, and it is again
of science or of art, In carrying into practice the artist's rumoured that Mehemet Ali Pasha, the Minister of War,
efforts to attain excellence, public countenance is indis- is about to follow it to the camp.
pensable, as approbation and reward .are " the breath A letter from Shumla of the 15th ult., states that the
of life" to an artist, without which he must inevit- army of Omar Pasha consists of 05,000 men and 180 pieces
ably languish and die ; and, on the public, therefore, of cannon. He was daily receiving reinforcements, whilst
in a great degree, depends the course an artist has to the Russians, it was said, had lost 13,000 men by typhus
steer. Relying upon this truth, we know it is but too and diarrhoea since their entrance into the Principalities.
much the fashion to lay blame upon public patronage, The Russians, to the number of 5,000 men, pitched their
when the error has in reality rested with the cultivators of tents on the 10th at Totragun, on the left bank of the
art. The effect of public encouragement upon art, and Danube, so that the sentinels of the two armies are within
the products of artistic culture, must of necessity act and musketshot of each other.
react on each other. If the public confer the reward, the Letters from Odessa state, that the wheat in the town
artist, in a great degree, sets the current on which favour stores amounts to 2,000,000 of chetwerts, and that the
is wafted to his door. Art, in this country, is acknow- rent of warehouses had been quadrupled.
ledgedly of recent origin, and it is no disparagement to The latest accounts from the Danubian provinces state
the general intellect to avow that intimacy with artistic that the Russian army is suffering severely from disease,
excellence is by no means universally diffused. Still we and that provisions have reached a famine price at Bu-
are not to infer from that, that the public is either illiberal charest. It is believed that the Emperor would willingly
or unjust in its treatment of artists. Capricious and fickle withdraw his troops if an "honourable excuse" were
it may be in its tastes, as those' generally are who have offered to him.
no fixed principles to guide them in their judgment ; but, It was positively stated at the Russian Embassy in
with all its waywardness, the liberal hand, the generous Paris, that when the Emperor was informed that the
impulse, is not absent. Let artists be true to themselves, Porte had modified the note of the Conference of Vienna
and loyal to the legitimate object of their allegiance, and before accepting it, he observed in a tone of much modera-
they need not fear the absence of public sympathy and tion, that he would willingly make concessions for the
support. Let them remember that it was not following express purpose of meeting the wishes of the European
the conventionalities of a particular school which induced Powers, but that he would not humilitate himself in the
BUONAROTTI to compass the wonders of his " Last eyes of the world by submitting to propositions proceeding
Judgment." It was not conforming to principles evolved direct from the Sultan.
in the labours of a particular master, which enabled RUSSIA.—A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 27th tilt.,
DE VINCI to conceive and delineate the sublime and mys- in the Hamburg News, says : "The manceuvres of the
terious beauties of " The Last Supper." Nor was it fol- corps of Grenadiers of the Guard has just been terminated
lowing the dicta of CIRABUE which urged upon RAPHAEL by a grand review in presence of the Emperor and of all
the design and execution of the " Transfiguration. No ! the Court. The next day the troops took repose, and then
Each and all of these great works may have been in some were marched off to their winter quarters. The Emperor
degree beholden to the maxims and rules of preceding is shortly to set out for Warsaw, and may perhaps even
professors or schools of art ; but they owe their value and visit Austria?' Another letter from St. Petersburg, of
their greatness' to the independent workings of intellect in the same date says : " Intelligence has been received here
their respective authors. We have been .led into a some- from Teheran, that the proceedings of the sect of the Babis,
what lengthened digression on this subject, because, from who some time ago attempted to assassinate the Shah, still
what we can learn, there appears to be an under current continue. They lately spread a report that the Shah was
of popular feeling in 'favour of what cannot be looked on dead, and the rumour gained such ground that his Majesty
as other than a tramelled and factitious style of art. We thought it advisable to make a public promenade, accom-
hope that such is not the case ; yet, as sincere admirers panied by his Ministers and several officers of the Court,
of legitimate art, we have deemed it right to allude to the through the bazaars and the principal streets. Several
subject as one of vital importance to its interests. Babis were arrested, and tortured in the most cruel man-
To return to the exhibition, however ;we learn from ner in the presence of the people."
the catalogue, that there are 712 works of art contributed Apnice.—The royal mail steam-ship, Forerunner, Capt.
by 333 artists, being an increase of 112 pictures over the Barnwell, arrived at Plymouth, on Friday, with mails
number exhibited last year. Of these there are a con- from the west coast of Africa, &c. The Forerunner made
siderable number from the pencils of artists who occupy a good passage, and would have reached home earlier but
a prominent position in British art, including specimens for her being obliged to call at Ferrol for coals. She
by the late J. M. W. TURNER, R.A. ;W. P. FRITH, R.A. ; brings news that the boats of the Faith, which were sup-
C. STANFIELD, R.A.; J. P. KNIGHT, R.A.; C. LANDSEER, posed to have been lost, with the purser and crew with
R.A. ; NOEL PATON, R.S.A. ; J. A. HousToN, R.S.A. ;J. mails, had since been seen, and search was being made for
G. GILBERT, R.S.A. ; besides characteristic contributions them by the Ferrol and Waterwitch.
from the studios of our best resident artists, in nearly all H.M.S. Volcano and the American frigate Constitution
the walks of art, comprising landscapes, sea-views, por- were at Sierra Leone. The Britomart sailed the day pre-
traits, conversation pieces, historical incidents, and still vious to the arrival of the Forerunner at that place. The
life. There is, likewise, a numerous display of miniatures Polyphemus was off Accra.
exhibiting various degrees of merit ; and a small collection Admiral Bruce was expected at Lagos on the 16th of
of sculpture. The latter is placed in such a situation as to August. The slave trade is said to be more than usually
be seen to great and manifest disadvantage. From the brisk.
artists and the subjects we have enumerated, it is not
difficult to infer that, as a whole, the collection must be AMERICA.
one of an interesting and highly gratifying kind; and we ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.
might well be content to conclude our preliminary notice at
steam-
this point, but reflection induces us to perceive that in even .American royal By the British and North
ship America, Captain Shannon, which reached the Mersey
the few general remarks which we are enabled to offer, we
on Sunday afternoon, we have intelligence from New York
ought to say a word in reference to the standing assumed by to the 30th and Boston to the 31st alt.
our local celebrities, artistic and non-artistic. In the por- The America brought 79 passengers, among whom were
trait department we recognize with pleasure twofemale por-
the Earl of Elgin, Governor of Canada, Lady Elgin, and
traits by JOHN ROBERTSON, both of which are possessed of
three children. She also brought $127,569 on freight.
high merit, and deservedly hold a distinguished place in
that walk of art. The portrait of Sir JOHN BENT, recently The_ steam-ship Europa, which sailed from this port at
11 30, a.m., on the 20th ult., arrived at Boston at 5 30,
Mayor of Liverpool, is a favourable specimen, by WEST-
a m.
COTT ; and SAnuSAMUELHOLME, Esq., the present Mayor, is .
The Georgia had arrived at New York with $1,300,00C
also represented at full length, in a painting by FATTEN, dust on freight and $2O ,
who likewise presents a half-length portrait of Triceilas . gold "0 000 in the hands of pas
BERRY VonsFALL, Esq., M.P. Among the numerous s
pictures falling under the general denomination of conver-
sation pieces, " A Shebeen, at Donnybrook," from the
pencil of E. NrcoL, deserves prominent consideration; it is
instinct with life, and is so prodigally imbued with indivi-
duality of character and varied expression as to remind us
of WILKIE'S earlier productions. " Life among the
Gypsies at Seville," by J. PHILIP, is also a meritorious
picture, containing bold drawing, rich colouring, and
Copious grouping. Of TURNER, STANFIELD, FRITH, N.
PATON, MARTIN, and others whose names have been long
and favourably known to the public, it is not necessary
here to speak, more especially as in after notices we shall
have ample opportunities of referring to their peculiar
'styles and merits. Meanwhile we content ourselves with
commending the exhibition to the favourable consideration
of our readers, as one which will afford them much rational
gratification, and which is well deserving of public en-
rt 1 couragement and support. 1

steamers ready-built in Englan4
mission was verbally granted, in s,
some of the ministers. The first
of October for New York. Dieppe is
as the principal starting O.—

:melts for a seaport must
.re to be, for the be'-'

ARRP:TAL OF THE HUMBOLDT. 1,01
By tle United States Mail steamship Humboldt, .r_oce
arrived at Southampton on Thursday, we have in
telbg
from New York to the 27th ult. deo°
The ItTew York papers have published the corresPoniatice
between Lord John Russell and Mr. Crampton, redregt
to the reply to the tripartite treaty proposition frol.,:,1„a11,
Britain and France. In answer to Lord John Pilo
after alluding to the geographical distance bet w eo,ts of
country and Cuba, it informs him that, if the 111,te,reLt
this country should in any way be affected, it wn.,,-,1,7,4,31',,,"
regarded with indifference. In short, though or
has threateningly declared herself free to act sing l% tot
conjunction with other powers, assurance is gic'e ricer
there will be no hesitation on the part of President of tl
to protect and uphold the interests and dignitY
Unted States.
Accounts have been received of immense ini the u/ to
_l
crop in the Southern States, in consequence of
rain;, and the cotton has been very much darnag"'Lite
Lerd Elgin had left Quebec for Halifax, en Iv
Engand. a oi
Tin yellow fever in New Orleans has increast—one C 134
of the latest reports mentions 315 interments in
Adfices from Jamaica to the 12th ultimo state L"
political and commercial situation was unchangetA
The steam-ship Cherokee, one of the New s-or“
Califoriia steamers, was destroyed by fire at New
theM 26 ult.
oretli
arrivals from California, but no later Descs.
fortnightly gold will be two millions. scerea to
United States Minister to Mexico is eniP°
negotiate for a railroad through Sonora to Calif°.

FOREIGN 2111SCELLASZ
°..,C611;
THE FORT SMITH Herald learns that an /PlA-
tain has been discovered in Scott county. Seco- tb
o
mens of lead, silver, and iron, from that sectica
country, have been received at Fort Smith.
COAL AT SlNAL—Egypt is in a state of asell7,-,en't;
now about something else than the aninuj,„;,dture
The Nile has risen well this year ; the agr- and 111';
valley is safe ;and the Cairo people have leisure been c":'
• e has t jar
tion for the grand news—that a coal Ton Breato
covered on Mount Sinai. The news is of verY,;tieer4it,
examine
to the Pacha, and he has sent off enure to j
examine into the matter, and ordered prePar,3le the CO
for the immediate working of the del cost•oef
should prove to be of a quality that will rep to. sclio,°4
ENTERPRISE REWARDED.—The fast-sawn,' po'il;
Dee, belonging to the St. John Wrecking l'icoyage,,eo
Company, has just returned from a successful
o..sie„f
the Bay of Fundy, laden with some of the loar_e of W
treasures of the deep, richly repaying the enterPl7.oo,/
owners. We understand she will immediatelY 40,0'
an old wreck supposed to contain $40,000 to
St. John (N. 8.) Freeman, Aug. 18. rece,
A MYsTEßtous INDIVIDUAL.—A man NC— cliAlrAY
lodged in the gaol of Pithiviers, France, on a„ ref alp
vagabondage. He is of gigantic strength, hth".l,,iip,
tell his name or answer any question put tO;al.te.
body presents the peculiarity of being at.lVltittec
over. There may be read on it ProserPTe4
1 Mille
" Eurydice," " Armide," " Arthemise„ 15 ,',01;
Marine," " Pas de Chance," " Sternuth, 18,;1e,"
" L'enfant de Malheur," " Adam et Eve, k %et'
B. Lucien ;" and there may be seen, also, Onaflti
of men and women, of a man armed with syvord,,,d
of anchors, of a cock, &c. The police are Inatr-atea
exertions to discover who this profusely ibis 410;
vidual can be. ode
THE AMERICAN YACHT IN ITALY.—,9 401.01,
singular coincidence, the celebrated American erg tr.
North Star, Captain Vanderbilt, with about 80 Poit!),.6
board, arrived in the port of Civita Vecchia, oil,
intention, on the part of the owner and hiispo tDoelt).;
paying a visit to Rome, just at the period w.`t-thro
covery of the so-considered Mazzinian plot had 6.01
government into a paroxysm of suspicion and °ap,
police authorities, staggered by the imposing wlde.
o asf tah
sympathising
vesselpath
s andin tgh e
expedition,number
us seteietshpsee;ilreev lirt;
land ; so that, after two or three days'
the North Star proceeded to Naples, whereesd to see
no better reception, and was ultimately fore

_ great ship of 5,000 tons, building at East Boston
by. Mr. 3.llCay, and intended for the Liverpool and Austra-
lian trade, had been GreattepTtheef Montreal

_ launches m ROM. UV u
papers announce the formation of a joint-stock company to
run six iron ships, of SOO tons, between that port and
Liverpool. Two bales of the new cotton crop, received in
New York from Charleston, had been sold at 13c. per lb.
The first bale of Sea Island cotton was received in Savannah
on the 26th. •

was to

more hospitable shOres of Malta.
BREAKING A CONTRACT.—"
the Gazette des Tribunaux,"a

tions :—Aug. 26th. The interments yesterday were 219.
Deaths by yellow fever, 200. The interments to-day
numbered 183. Deaths by yellow fever, 154. Aug. 27th.
0. L. Dabbelstein, the Mexican consul at New Orleans,
died to-day. The interments were 185, of which 159 were
caused by yellow fever. The New Orleans papers give an
account of the operations of the Howard Association. The
Ited up to August 20th, was 4,550 ;

LLIGV 111 1G . ,
.Thfty,were providing nurses
employed. Five deaths from yellow' re-v-4 300 nurses
Mobile on the 23d ult. The firing of cannon in the streeg
had been discontinued on account of its bad effects on the
sick, but the burning of tar was continued. A correspon-
dent of the New York Tribune, says, " The officer in
charge of St. Patrick's Cemetery informed me that they
have fights there every day over the dead. Many of the
Irish pull up the pickets of the fence and bury their dead,
without a certificate or any account taken of them. Cattle
had got into the cemetery and trampled upon and in
the new-made graves. At Potter's Field they bury in
trenches, dug from two to two-and-a-half feet deep. A
deputation of citizens from Baton Rouge has arrived to
assist in nursing the patients."
A disturbance had occurred at Niagara Falls. It ap-
pears that the Deputy Marshal proceeded to arrest a
coloured waiter, named Sneed, alias Watson, on the
charge of having killed a Mr. Jones, at Savannah, four
years ago, and for whom a reward of $1,500 had been
offered. The other waiters, believing that their companion
was arrested as a fugitive slave, rescued him from the
officers, and, after a severe fight, started with him for the
Canadian shore. The ferryman, who had some misgivings
about the matter, rowed out into the stream, and then
came back to ascertain the nature of the negro's offence,
Upon being informed that it was murder, he promptly
returned the man to the American shore. By this time
upwards of two hundred negroes had assembled at the
landing, fully prepared for a desperate resistance. The
officers, however, called to their assistance some three
hundred Irish railroad labourers. A regular pitched battle
ensued ; the negroes were put to flight, and the prisoner
was conducted by the officers to Buffalo, where he will be
detained till the necessary papers are received for his
transfer to the south._

tiple,4lf 1
A married eetter",os
after living t„0.0 to Eeibe '
erns for some time, resolve. few days ''il At "40 ere
They sold off all their furniture, but finclingf,osleti ivatli
it realised was not very important, they Pr°'earb' ni ef.
mit suicide, and yesterday they went at an vielloolift
the Canal St. Martin to execute the design' ;f,,al°;o °AP
leaped in first, but after a while, being a entlicelip 1,q..)
he raised his head above water, and Pearn- 1;0;1'
standing quietly on the bank watching n,,i: cone{ 0
abusing her, and said that, according to tn`'efet,r tiller
she ought to drown herself. Instead, bnlet„l'Le,4 (11 eV
plying,reftiseiE shle,oacreclutsi,oerildiiheim of intending ti;le'l l'irr
whilst he saved himself bLiswouirnt
a tremendous thrashing.
went to seek for the guard, and the liiefle` the ta ar
arrested. On being questioned they mei er ft3of tbefd
THE EARTTIQVAKE AT TIEEBES.-10e,,„"t 0„-,a Pe,' lle,
got osuotmo:fa
pnt' 17leyrseerni:aisynre;1,, :))I:;;:aiarPrl fii;
een!,
of the 26th ult., gives the following parts rol"t/ 0
new houses, solidly built, and
struction of Thebes by an earthquake :-, tslc-e_,lforee' 0'
have lost their lives, and 18 have been ose'''es‘ , 'di!
ruins badly wounded. The town was coniJo on ati'4
of,o
beeo .tilp
partlY
strutted of wood and bricks. The first I,ll3;irse'ea,ts'll;e6,,t,'
destroyed, and had not the inhabitants -- „arid L-,ebigy
would have been buried in the vilills ;h; aninP4eo;e.'i
class of houses are so much injured asl°;-. the:v.6.lY
The whole population are encamp bunchny e ° .
tr
'Thebes, where water was formerly so 0 obariot 4,
scarcely any, and the dust raised by the arcis inilei
.3
houses has so covered the gardens agingvineYd the 0 ~,,
fruit has lost all its savour. The „ntindraeletet,*
when informed of this sad event,. ent fiv- ,19t .
s •taats• gt
a quantity of military tents to the inhabit , far
~0)..,3
Thebes, but also the neighbouring villages af.elo wwfo ll't
have so much suffered that there are 17 of tti,do 13be lf,l
quite uninhabitable. The town of Chalcis vox, t 0,4
some houses destroyed by this earthquakei at Ole vlo'
18 years shocks have been frequently fel
.„, felt
Athens, sometimes several shocks have be" Iron'
the sce of 24 hours." fr°lll ,i
• NEW STYLE OF NAVIGATIoN.—A. letter le, a010i,,,
of the 22d ult., in the New Prussian Gaieibe 13:
i,,,ti
~
young nobleman, Mr. S—, nephew °I „tid Ili'„0?.;
1 W--, who, by his Herculean strength;nst 01776
1 rashness, such as racing on horseback arNestre T:ail,a
train, and swimming from this place to '`.-1-04 a)? v,,,
an open umbrella in his hand, has aeclwo pern'ea t,4
renown, recently made a bet that he VN' riding iliev;
passage from Venice to Trieste alone, and stag font' Di' i,
planks four feet long by one foot vride, an
planks
thick, strongly attached to each other in the a; . va4
iron clasp, and with no other help than Teleids,l,
day morning last this young gentleman mat:o io-a fy
ante before the Prezetta on this raft of his o. lit an. t) ,
on which it was very difficult to stand alnled the ~
serve an equilibrium. Scarcely had lie ashoWePei:
than he was upset by a wave. He did not
_., re ,ieffi
courage, but, bringing his raft to the shnl'ine proy;„ ale::
and, after placing on it a box containing soted os",
again started. After six hours' uninterrlP of St. ije 'Vt
of his arms he was seen from the steeple _he A
Church at a short distance from Carole:_ie {b t,/
appeared from sight. The Trieste G.?_-,,e,, oadr4g.ll
this extraordinary voyage was accomnlis7 The t-C,-neP
S-- arrived in that port safe and soul
_,„niy P.:
from Venice to Trieste is more than. ,e,'„`,,, froP
miles, allowing for the necessary deviau"
straight course."

AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE the performances
during the past week have been chiefly confined to a re-
petition of those pieces in which the combined talents of
Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone form the chief at-
traction ; and among them " Mr. Buckstone's Ascent of
Mount Parnassus" has continued to prove a leading
feature. The houses have generally been well filled, and
the histrionic acquirements of the two performers we have
named have met with their usual and deserved modicum
of applause and patronage. Besides the parts sustained
by Mrs: Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone in the "Ascent
of Parnassus," they have likewise repeated their characters
in " The Serious Family," " Green Bushes," " The Mouse-
trap," and " The Flowers of the Forest". On Friday
evening the performances were for the benefit of Mrs.
Fitzwilliam, when an entirely new play, entitled "Ap-
pearances are Deceitful," from the pen of Mr. Palgrave
Simpson, was produced for the first time on any stage.
The comedy, as we are informed in the announcements,
has been written for the purpose of displaying the stage
capabilities of the two stars, who have for some time back
been shining with gratifying lustre in our theatrical sky.
The mode of its production was welcomed and applauded
by a numerous auditory, who, in a style of enthusiasm,
acknowledged their approbation of Mrs. Fitzwilliam's
varied skill and representative powers. The new comedy
was followed by " Parnassus," the stock piece of the sea-
son, which was, as usual, received with loud demonstra-
tions of delight.

Advices from the City of Mexico to the 9th ult. state
that the establishment of a national bank had been unfa-
vourably reported upon. The black vomit was prevailing
at Acapulco. Many deaths had occurred. Gen. Manuel
Villada had died of the disease. Accounts from New
Mexico announce that the Mexican troops had again ad-
vanced, as if to take possession of the Mesilla Valley.
Letters from Montreal report the arrest and liberation
on bail of the Hon. Charles Wilson, mayor of the city, on
a charge of murder. This charge arises out of the colli-
sion between the troops and the people on the occasion of
the Gavazzi riots.
The British mail steamer Quito was wrecked on the 1
elv oth
of August. She struck unexpectedly upon a rock, twc
miles from Huasco, and, rebounding from it,, was dashed
against another, sous to stave in her bottom immediately.
The Quito was a new iron vessel, the property of
Donthe
Pacific Steam Navigation Company. One passenger,
Cruz Tobar, was drowned.
$420,000 in
Thin estpiseopiue, ionftowould be shipped
Panama24o on the 6th ultimo with
across the isthmus, and the balance via Valparaiso to
England. which