The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

CoPasuaGEN, Ocr. 21.—A royal resolution of the 17th o
this month, has been published to the army, by which the pu•
nishinent of flogging is abolished in the Danish army, and tut
prisonment with bread and water substituted fir it; -.As (helms
posal for the abolition of this punishment in the. English arms
has given occasion to so many debates in l'arliament,.the ex
ample set by the Danish Government may be interesting. The
same resolution orders that blows witha cane are to be applied
only in a few cases, which are•stated.:—Frank.fort paper. .
CHRISTIANIA, OCT. 31.,--The-Storthing has.granted.l2s,4oo
dollars species to complete the King's residence anal the depen-
dencies, and authorised the Government AO purchase several
houses and nieces of ground, in order to make a suitable ap-
proach to the palace.
SWITZERLAND.—BAsLE, Nov. 5. —This morning, at 7 o'clock
precisely, a violent shock of an eat thquake was felt. hcre, which
was quickly followed by another • less severe. It appeared to
proceed in a direction from south to north. During the night
the barometer fell suddenly; and the wind changing to the south
west produced a- rise in the thermometer.: • In the night, of the
28th and 29th Oct., a smart shock was felt at Tarns::.s--Some
time since, an old man, upwards of eighty: years of age, having
inflicted 'a mortal witund on an individual, suddenly disappear-
ed. 'A few days afterwards, he was discovered in a granary,
concealed behind a heap of corn. His first impulse on finding
himself discovered was to demand something to eat. He had
been for live days without tasting any thing but his own water.
His strength, which was already impaired by age, soon sunk
under the agitation caused by the accident, add he died. a few
dais afterwards in the prison.
Downy oF THE New QUEEN OP NAPLES.—The fortune of
the Arch-Duchess Theresa, -has been fixed by the Arch-Duke
'Charles, at six millions ,if florins, or about £&$),000, which will
be paid into the King's bands.- This large sum come* altoge-
' titer from the Arch-Duke's private purse, which is estimated at,
from 20 to 25 millions of florins, or two millicns and a-half ster-
ling. It is stipulated, however, that the King of Naples-is to
vest nearly one half ~f this dowry in the pUrchase landed‘prii-
pea ty in IN; aides, which is to be taken in the Queen's name.
The.: Journal dts nerd et Bus Rhin states that tha Rhine has
risen upwards of eight feet within the last two or three days.—
The coup d'teil is magnificent.
The 'French journals announce thatsthe I;:uperor of Russia
has at length positively acknowledged the kingdom of Belgium.
BERLIN, Nov. 7.—According to two letters front St. Peters-
burgh, the pain in the chest which the emperor suffered, and
which gave no grounds whatever for uneasioess, was considered,'
Os tie only the consequence of his late, accident.—Hambursik
paper. •
STOCK HOLM, Nov. 'l.—The Norwegian government proposed
to his Majesty on the, 13th ult., that in addition to the 120.000
Ilainburgh banco marks which are to be employed in. loans, for
the assistance of met chants to facilitate the supply of the coun-
try with eosin 500,000 marks more shall he allotted for the sane
purpose awl on the same terms, and that his Majesty's- coats.
respecting the measures adopted in consequence of
the failure of the crops be laid before the extraordinary Stor-
thing. His Majesty hasheen pleased to assent to this proposal,
but that the consumers, who already suffer' from' the 'failure' of
the crops, may be further burdened as little acs possible. His
Majesty has ordered that the merchants shall be charged with
no higher interest than that usual in'Norway, via., 4 per cent.
—flanthnsyh paper.
The Journal du Frankfort, of the 11th instant, announces that
the Sovereign Prince of Reuss Greits died at half-past eleven
iu-the morning of Oct. 31, after a twig anal painful illness, in
the 47th..yearof his age. Having no issue male, he is succeeded
by his brother•Plinee Henry XX.
PRINCE PuLIG N A C.—The Sen.inelle Picarde says that Messri.
de:Poliguac and-Guernou will probably quit the for-,
tress of Ham on the let of Januarsatiatest. This indulgence,
adds the Sentinelle, will' be deina wird, not by the -prisoners
themselves, but by their relatives and friends, as appears to have
been lite case with regard to Messrs. l'ey rootlet and de Chaute-
lauze.
litsstars Tuaok.—The timber of vessels that arrived at
Cronstadi„the port of St. Petersburg, from the ht of Jan. to
the 131 h iust., was 11,10; depai tures 1102.
A letter from Lyons states that the inundation came on so sud-
deuly, that the grooms and horses of Pre circa's; on returning
from their evening, exercises, ,could intn''their stables.
This scene of deSolation appeared tOgitieTgreat uneasiness loan
elephant who formed part of the troop, and a.bieh was very dif-
lerent from its usual mild demeanour.
• A letter front liiirssvepresents the increase of the commerce
of, that port to Ociso,great that the formation of a new dock-has
because indisnetnt'alsies,s
Sr. PETERSISURGH,'NUe. runsectueneet'oVthe' violent
storm from the_uuttlLEALLn the niwkidor tavgatti7nfi-Oeti,her,
the water in the Neva arid-the-ciiiitslaseeliTieet eight inches
above its usual iev'et ;Krt/Untie ihedtsi bridge and of the?
'l'roizky bridge was carried-away, so that the communication
between. the two banks of :rite Neva ittunty, cotligido boats.;
In all the lower parts of thi city, even 7 iu tne jam, mash
damage was done. 'Wu learn also that some buaisi*Oe aim
ashore.'
Joseph Bonaparte will return to America next spring. lie
has ordered his house at Borden town to be ready for hint by
that time:-
DEATH OF CHARLES X.—Letters from Gritz, near Prague;
in Austria. rare said-to have leached Parrs, by which the.death
of Charles XlJS'anuounced. This event is said to have been
brought on by au attack of cholera.-
In consequence of the latuiteayy rains. the Rhone, in France,
has risen to a height which has notheeu witnessed sauce 1812.
Very Considerable injury alone •ttt,hOuses. and property
upon smite parts of its hanks,,V, Lyons anal other places.
tiv the overflow: At. Paris, too, tatt,tiettie bad overflowed its
lb:inks. but by the last acctunih: tlie'‘vateis were re,:tding bulb
streams. -,•l' •

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