The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-19 00:00:00

FOREIGN COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. I The Austrian Government has just decided on esta-
blishing a line of telegraphs from Vienna to Trieste, a dis-
tance of rather more than 120 English miles.
THE CHOLERA.—News has been received from Persia
that the cholera was still raging and sweeping off thou-
sands. The deaths had greatly exceeded the worst year
of the plague. More than 100,000 have been destroyed.
It is said to be making its way gradually towards Europe
by the roads which the caravans travel.
The coloured citizens of Cincinnatti held a public meet-
ing on the 2nd ultimo, and passed resolutions eulogistic
of the late Thomas Clarkson, and regretting his death.
They also resolved to wear mourning for thirty days, and
recommended pastors of their churches to deliver dis-
courses appropriate to the occasion..
PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE JEWS AT
JERUSALEM.—In the correspondence of the current num-
ber of the Jewish Intelligencer, we find the following
statement :—" The Jews at Jerusalem are greatly alarmed
at the progress of Christianity, which is secretly spread-
ing amongst them, almost from house to house ; they
therefore use all the means in their power to stop it. Se-
cret tribunals are formed, whose business it is to search
after those who read Christian books, or who visit our
houses. Not satisfied with that, they have recently issued
two excommunications against the missionaries, against
the hos?ital, and against all who are in connection

ARRIVAL OF THE CA.MBRIA.
Tlie steam-ship Cambria, Captain Judkins, arrived at
Liverpool, on Wednesday, bringing the New York mails
of the 31st ult., Boston of the Ist, and Halifax of the 3rd
instant. There is no matter for special note in the pro-
ceedfins of the American Congress. Congress has been
occupied chiefly with the discussion of the President's
message with regard to the Mexican war. The debates
were extremely sharp. The duty recommended upon tea
and coffee would not be imposed it was believed. It is
satisfactory to announce that the shipments of corn and
lour to England are in no way slackening. A large num-
ber of vessels were still loading at New York, for Liver-
pool and London ; at New Orleans, too, there was great
activity, and freights rule enormously high, so much so as
to make shipowning " fortune making," as the Yankees
say.

Late accounts received from the armies of the left and
centre had been received. We take from the papers the
following :—General Taylor luis returned from Saltillo,
which was all in the quiet possession of the troops under
General Worth. No demonstration had been made against
him, though at a distance of only thirty miles the scouts
of General Worth had discovered about 3,000 cavalry, said
to ll:Are been sent from Potosi. General Wool has been
ordertd by General Taylor to occupy the town of Parras.
The inhabitants made no opposition to General-Wool, but
The feature of the colonial news is a military move it were prepared to receive him peaceably. His troops are
enjoying excellent health, and are in the highest state of the south of New Zealand. The scene of action was the
bush in the neighbourhood of the Hutt River, and its ob-
occupy a.discipline. It was understood that General Taylor would
sect the capture of the rebel chief Rangiheata. The expe • y the ports and towns upon the line of operations
to Tampico. He would himself shortly take up the line dition deserves to be called a successful one, the chief hav-
of march upon Victoria, where rumour says Santa Anna inn dodged his pursuers from one log-fort to another, till
has 10,000 choice troops. his knot of followers was dispersed, and himself driven
General Taylor was to move, in columns on the Bth into the open country. A party of natives were then laid
,
9th, and 10th instant, for Victoria, with about 1,500 men., on the scent, and the troops returned to their quarter"
Victoria is equi-clistant from Monterey and Tampico, and Cape of Good Hope papers announce the
it wasi.supposed that General Taylor would make that vein of copper at the Orange River Mine.
place his head quarters. THE CROPS IN CANADA.—Extract of a letter dated
Toronto, December 12, 1846 :—" Business has been very
No further demonstration would be made towards San
dull this fall, partly owing to the very great quantity of
Luis Potosi until further orders from our Government.
General Taylor had imprisoned the Alcalde of Monterey rain, which has rendered the back roads almost impassable,
and partly owing to the low prices the merchants and
and hig -son, and served valiente hombres for furnishing
millers hdve been giving for produce, which has made all
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money: and horses to deserters from tti

American army

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and will snomy nave under his command 2000 men. k,o,
lonel Riley was at Monte Moreles with about 1000 men
General. Pillow was to mnvo 1-n 44.- 5241.

with 1000 men

General Worth was at Saltillo,

Le finest wheat is only from

buslel Of

vino. weignt, and good spring wheat is selling in London
for 2s. 2d. ; India corn I saw offered for is. 6d. per 601 b. ;
pork is selling at frnm Inq t., 19. I am,

and l am
• ...Lorla, u„ sue lain.
told Year-..
beef was offered for•pe 4s.MU ;
per 100113. the
Santa Anna has sent out a detachment of 2000 men to
other day in Hamilton Market ; fine turkeys are from
destroy:',. the water tanks between Saltillo and San Luis Potosi.
U Is. Gd. to 2s. each ; geese—l saw two very large ones sold
The .
for 2s. 6d. the couple in Brantford this week. Butter is
nited States brig of war Somers has been totally
lost off Green Isle,about sd. to 6d. per lb. Potatoes, owing to the failure of
Vera Cruz, _ Thirty seven of her crew, the crop, are high ; they are now selling here for 3s. 2d.
even' ' the bushel; in London they were sellintr. when T xv . Q

sent off to Montreal, and I suppo:
[t rnnoli of it itra tha

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thq.priees were so low that no one would
d by any means hold."

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tow upwards of 160 prisoners in Enniskillen
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THE LIVERPOOL STANI)ARD.

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FEVER AND DYSENTEBY.—The insufficiency of the UNIWERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS
supply of food is beginning already to produce, amongst
the poorer classes of the peasantry, the results which OXFORD, JAN. 14.—1 n a congregation held this day,
might naturally be expected--namely, disease and death. being the 'first day of Lent Term the following degrees
Fever and dysentery, accordingly, in some parts of the were conferred :—Masters of Arts: Rev. M. E. C. Wal-
country, are becoming prevalent, and carrying off their cott, Exeter college; Thomas Leslie, Balliol college ;
victims rapidly. :In the centre of Clonmany parish, we are E. E. Garbett, Rev. J; T. Pigott, Rev. R. F. Wood,
infornied, the mortality has for some time past averaged and Richard Ley, Brazennose college ,• Herman L. Prior,
from five to six per day. Even in this city, which has Trinity college ; the Rev. H. Mansel, Fellow of St. John's
long been proverbial for healthiness, funeral processions College.—. Bachelors of Arts : Harry Wright, Magdalen-
are of frequent occurrence • and we believe the same re- hall, Grand Compoundei; J. W. Taft, St. Edmund-hall.
mark holds good with reg,anl to most of the towns in the The-Morning Post announces another victim. The
surrounding district .—Derry Sentinel.
SURRENDER OF MURDERERS FROM STARVATI Rev. Francis John Laing, 8.A., of Queen's College,
ON.— Cambridge.
-
On the 15th August, 1845, a man named James 31-nrphy The Rev. Charles Perry, MA., minister of the district
was horribly murdered at a place called Lisheens, within church of St. Paul, Cambridge, has been appointed to the
five miles of Bantry. The principal in the murder was a Bishopric of Melbourn, about to be erected in Australia
man named William Downing, the leader of a powerful Felix.
faction in this country. Since then the police were most
The Chancellor of the Diocese has conferred on the
desirous to arrest him and others, who were abettors in Rev. Henry Carpenter, 8.A., the respected minister of
the crime, and though night after night they traversed the St. Michael's, in this town, a token of his kindness and
hills, and a large reward was offered, they did not succeed, regard, by appointing him to the office of surrogate, tice.
Downing and his guilty associates having been sheltered The Rev. William Cruttenden Cruttenden, M.A., Mi-
and protected by his murderous adherents throughout the' nister of Macclesfield, has been appointed by the Right
country. However, on 12th December last, James T. Hon. Lord Stanley, of Alderley, to the Rectory of Al-
Flynn, one of the. parties charged, gave himself up to
Carley, Cheshire, vacant on the resignation of the Rev.
head constable Grant, stating that he could not suffer Charles Girdlestone.
hunger any longer, as those who heretofore fed him were DR. Hof
Dr. correspondent of the London Times
without food themselves. On the same day James D. asks how, if Dr. Hook be sincere in his professed abhor-
Flynn surrendered, giving as his reason the inability of rence of Popery, he can, when to draw near to Rome is
the people longer to assist him. On the 15th ult. John only to enhance her power, advertise a cheap tract with
M`Carthy, a third party charged, surrendered himself, some such title as-this—"jn the Sacrament there is a true
and on the 24th, the principal, William Downing, came sacrifice." Was it not the denial of this monstrous doc-
in. He had -been an athletic man, but his frame was so trine, he asks, and the glorious defence of the simple truth
shattered and his countenance so haggard, that he was
—Christ died once for all—that caused the life-blood of
not recognised until he gave his name. He said he sup- the martyrs to be poured out ? And if so, how can we
posed he would be hung, but even that were preferable to justify any man, calling himself a Protestant, who thinks
the horrid death which awaited him if he remained at large lightly of a truth so dearly bought, who can tamper with
any longer.—Cork Constitution..
it, y
fritter it away by nice distinctions or mstical subtle-
• GREAT MEETING IN DUBLIN.—The meeting of Irish ties of any kind, by which the name of the thing is left,
peers, commoners, and landowners, convened by the pro- but
the substance of the truth destroyed ? If a real sacri-
ductive employment committee, took place at Dublin, on flee be once admitted, why should we halt between two
Thursday, for the purpose of "considering the present _.._:....,____ . .

presence must follow, and a change of
and who cares by what 'name it be
loctrine is believed ?
FUTURE COURSE OF DR. HOOK.—A correspondent of
the Oxford Herald says:—" Dr. Hook has written to a
distinguished member of the Hebdomadal Board to ac-
knowledge the pain with which he now beholds the part
taken by him against the Heads of Houses, with regard
to the most prominent incidents of the controversy which
has furnished an excuse for secession. He no longer tr"-s
of ' usurped authority,' or of the ' unhappy determina-
tion of the Hebdomadal Board to censure Mr. Newman ;'
he can, at length, see that he was wrong, and confess it.
With his own hand he has torn down ' his colours from
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the elements too
called, so that the.

confin

TANT. He will issue no more adverse manifestoes, but
will henceforth fight with the University."

On Mond

NOBLE THANKOFFERING.—At the meeting of the
Lichfield Diocesan Church Building Society, last week„
the bishop 'of that diocese (who has just given £lOOO to
the
good effect society)s of related thefollowing anecdote, showing the
, A- •

pal Lie u.tar
occasion to send his foreman 500 sovereigns in a bag, to
Pay his workpeople. The men came to know of this, and
a.plot was laid between some of them to waylay the fore-
man, rob him, and throw him into 'the canal. One
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warning to the intended victim, and the diabolical plot
was frustrated. Mr. Minton, in gratitude for this pro-
vidential escape, although not what the world calls
11,

Lue ow soverens, wine,
to have been the priceof blood, to the Church Extension
Society.

BIRKENHEAD NEW COLLEGE.—The site of this in-
tended building has been fixed. It is to be in Slaty-lane,
in Claughton, about midway between Oxton new Clcurph

and Mr

Le conclusion of j diately ludo
I to Shave been I back before