The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

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portance whatever

that the crops are Working exceedingly well, notwithstanding
immense quantity of rain had fallen, more particularly in
Jamaica. Such wet weather had not been experienced
for many seasons. Just previous to the sailing of the

packet it bad moderated.
Sickness bad prevailed to some extent in Jamaica, but
the disease was on the decline.

The storm of the llth October was not felt at Vera
Cruz to any great extent.

however, a severe
that Tt

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visited Montego Bay, Trelawney, and Falmouth in parti-
I much damage was done to some of the craft in

the harbour

d on board the Tc

eed on the 16th of

and was buried at

idad, and
time.

s in a very infirm state of health at the

PORTUGAL

THE INSURRECTION.—FALMOUTH, Nov. 19.—The
smack Marys, Captain M'Lennen, arrived in this port last
night from Lisbon,•having left the Tagus on the 11th inst.

at three p.m. From information received from Captain
Ms Lellan. it would appear that Lisbon was in a state of
great confusion and excitement when she sailed, and fears
were generally entertained that the success of the queen's
troops were very doubtful, although no news had reached
of any decisive engagement having taken place between
Saldanha and the popular faction. The British squadron
was in a state of instant preparation for receiving and pro-
tecting the queen end family, if deemed necessary, and no
sailors or marines had landed. The American frigate,
which had sailed for Oporto, was not only not allowed to
but had •nd totally

eat
dismast

en fired upon by the batieri
and had been towed into a neighbouring port
ly loss had occurred Captain Ati,ellen did not

Wheth

The _ &ought no letters whereby
to gain detailed information.—Timer.

111arys lef

Marys has

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
Cape of Good Hope papers have arrived to the 18th of
September. The latest intelligence from Graham's Town,
the neighbourhood of the Caffre war, reaches to the 12th
of the month, at which date it appears the governor had
fallen back to Line Drift, on account of the difficulty ex-
perienced in obtaining provisions for the troops. Sir
Andries Stockenstram had, it is stated, left the command
of bis forces, and returned to his farm, in consequence of
differences with the governor. Acc ,rding to these ad-
vices, the aborigines continue their depredations, and a
large number of oxen and sheep have been swept away
from several of thoae farms which were not thoroughly
protected. On the Baviaan river and at Bottas post the
Caffres seem to have been irresistible.—Times.

THE WAR IN

MEXICO

(From a Correspondent who has resided many years in

that country.)

The news brought by the Caledonia, after having pe-
rused our various columns from the United States and
Mexico, certainly gives us a very different idea of the
future success of our Anglo-Saxon friends, from that be-
fore mentioned. The battle of Monterey was certainly
one of great slaughter, and the official returns, one month
after its occurrence, had not reached Washington. The
genre

Government have hazarded a stroke of mercy at the
first trial of participators in the Irish food riots. The
rioters of Dungarvon, fifty-one in number, were brought
to trial at the quarter sessions, on Tuesday. Mr. Hatchel
awed the case against the prisoners very leniently. They
pleaded guilty ; the ringleader, Patrick Power, was sen-
tenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and the other
fifty were discharged without sentence on finding sureties.
c1egn0.,... At the Association meeting, on Monday, Mr. O'Con-
that the invaut... , nell announced the heads of eleven bills which he has in
ties and ammunition, tn., —_ hands ; but as the bill mania seizes Mr. O'Connell every
hot to fire; and we all know that t tut., ,o year, about the same season, we may conclude that the
~en cannot charge with the bayonet, preferring, as their present notices will not be more productive of legislation
brief historic lore leads us to believe, being behind trees than their predecessors. They are a regular ruse, and
--and, in fact, carrying out the Indian warfare. We never the only inference we draw from them is, that the tribute
for an instant doubted the real moral courage of these our is not absolutely abandoned.
race, but of course custom, instead of patient, accustomed SHOCKING TRAGEDY.—On Wednesday night, one of
submission to their superior officers, has always been
their et aracteristic.
Ampudia had so admirably placed himself within the the most appalling events took r Lurgan, glace at near
Loughrea, when Mr. John Lalor, (brother to Mr. Lalor,
inspector of national schools,) who has been for a con-
wall3 of Monterey with 7000 troops; that although some
siderable time past labouring under insanity, set on fire
days previously, having received distinct orders from
the house in which he resided at Lurgan, and it was con-
Santa Anna to retire from that place to Saltillo, was so
sumed to ashes. He also shot his sister Sarah, aged 30,
convinced of success, that he took this stand upon him-
whilst endeavouring to induce him to leave the house
self, rather than join the two other wings of the 'Mexican
when burning. The gun-shot wound inflicted on the
army ; and although he has not proved victorious, ac-
sister at once put an end to her existence.— Galway Mere.
cording to acknowledged warfare, he has not been beaten,
SUPPRESSION OF THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—His
in having made terms by which hostilities are to be dis-
Excellency the Earl of Besbot ough hos promised to do it.
continued for such a while, taking all private property, His will be a bloodless victory and an easy one. The
ammunition. and six field pieces with him, thus allowing modus
operandi is simple. " 1 will," said his Excellency,
Santa Anna's great trap for the States' soldiers to take
of down the Repeat A.slbeteafttlow by giving. plane: ill, ...ti
effect, by inveigling them into the passes of the mono- "
tains, and between the passes. They now have a park of the leaders!" John O'Connell is marked down for a
commissionership of stamps or excise at £2,000 a-year—
thirty field pieces to act upon them, which, if well ma-
" say £2,000 ;" Captain Brodrick a stipendiary's corn-
naged, must cut the Americans up ; and the firing troops
mission in Tobago or some other warm locality ; and then
will be thoroughly slaughtered by the Guerillas, who
there will remain but Robert Dillon Browne and one or
have a deadly hate towards their northern brethren.
two others worth buying at the lowest possible price. A
The day will ere now be rued when they penetrated into a
strange termination all this will be to a ten years' fierce
peaceful country, in the rapacious and unjustifiable spirit
agitation for a Repeal of the Union.
which they have exhibited. The cabinet have indeed at
'Washington disgraced their country and countrymen, by REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The meeting on Monday wa
enlivened by the presence of one of the Roman Ca-
emptying their coffers in such a pernicious warfare, in
tholic bishops, Dr. Browne, of Elphine, and the receipt
having pandered to the worst passions of their western
of more money than has for several weeks past been poured
brethren ; for which a just Providence will visit with a
into the repeal exchequer. The week's rent was an-
serious loss the most valorous of their troops. nounced at 1:372 3s. 2d., of which £2OO came from Boa-
The fleet now remains actively employed between Pen-
ton, and £2O from Patterson, in America, and £63 from
sacola and Matamoras, Vera Cruz, &c., &c. Report
the Roman Catholic bishop and clergy in Waterford. Mr.
states that it is their early intention to make an attack
O'Connell was present, and made a speech, abusing the
upon Alvarado and Tampico. After passing the bar at
Young Irelanders, for whom he declared" he did not care
these two places, the attackers will require to proceed at He announced " that the Roman Catholic
least eleven miles in small boats up the river, the banks twopence."
of which are so thoroughly covered with wood of great prelates assembled in synod, last week, in Dublin, had
done him the honour of entrusting to his care certain pe-
thickness, that, with tact and zeal, the attacked wia not
allow a living man to enter either of their ports. The titions to Parliament, which they had agreed upon. One
ano-
visest course would be, seeing their immediate danger, at of these was for an amendment of the Bequests Act ;
third,
to attack the castle of St. Juan de Ulloa ; but of they for an alteration of the marriage law ; and a
complaining of the persecution of the religious orders on-
able fully to anticipate coming events. der existing laws.

supposition however, seems to be, that the
slaughter had been much greater than that which we
glean from the daily papers ; that it exceeds 800 killed
and wounded; and notwithstanding the great clemency

which they endeavour to blind the world with, the terms
which General Taylor made to the Mexicans are those,
not of a great and decisive victor, but of one who was
7hted to make terms in any way. Private letters
state that the invaders were so desperately off with regard
and ammunition, that they had in reality not

to supplies

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ALGERIA.
(From the 3loniteur Alge'rien.)
OVERFLOWING OF THE ARRACH.
,tful catastrophe took place the day before yes- OXFORD, Nov. 19 —The following degrees have been
The Arrach, swelled by the heavy rains which conferred :—Bachelor in Civil Law: Rev. J. A Hessey,
len in the course of that day and the preceding fellow of St. John's College, head master of Merchant
overflowed its banks and inundated the lower part I Tailors' School, commutation.—Masters of Arts; C. J.
Mitidjab. Towards nine o'clock the Parke, Oriel ; Rev. A. Forbes, Brazennose ; Rev. E. T.
inundation was increasing, and the water rushed on with Waters, Worcester ; Rev. W. Dalton, Pembroke, incor-
rapidity and fury. Of the eleven houses composing the porated from Trinity College, Dublin.—Bachelors of
- Malson Carree, seven had already disap- Arts : F. R. I'. Bastard, Balliol (grand compounder);
all that they contained. Here and there H. C. Butler, Queen's; J. W. R. Roy, and J. R. Hen-
were perceived the wretched inmates hurried by the water wood, All Souls'; S. I'. H. Jervois, J. H. Wotlehouse,
toward the sea. Before they reached it they disappeared F. E. Tuke, J. W. Parker, and C. W. Goode, Brazen-
under enormous waves, occasioned by the collision of the nose; W. T. Browning, Exeter; H. R. Wedmore and
waters of the Arrach with the high tide. All human suc- H. S. Polehampton, Pembroke; E. Eade, Balliol; A.
cour was impossible; it was a frightful spectacle which King, Oriel.
nothing can describe. Towards ten o'clock the inn of La The Rev. Wm. Dalton has been apphinted by the Lord
Nonvelle France, on the roof of which eight or ten per- Bishop of the Diocese Rural Dean of Wolverhampton.
sons had sought refuge, fell into the water. Seven of The Rev. J. A. James, of Birmingham, has refused to
them followed the course of the stream on the ruins of the assume the degree of D.D. conferred on him by the Uni-
roof ; it was in vain that attempts were made to rescue versity of Glasgow.
them, and they could not be induced to trust to Swim- PREDOMINANCY OF THE CHURCH.—ACCOrdingtO the
ming. They were soon overwhelmed by the water, and a last return of the Registrar General for England and
few moments afterwards an unhappy mother, with a child Wales, 79 per cent. of the population are baptised, 90.7
in her arms, was carried away, and also disappeared. per cent. are married, and 85 per cent. are buried accord-
Nine persons were seen on a hillock, about a hundred ing to the rites of the established religion.
metres below the bridge, only part of which was discern- Sonoa AND MAN.-L-41e Rev- Dr. J. Griffith is to be
ible. They had only a few metres of earth left. Two or the new bishop of this Diocese, vacant by the translation
three others were clinging to the ruins of the chimney of of Dr. Short to the see of St. Asaph. By the last returns,
the inn; eight persons shut up in a house near the bridge the income of the vacant See was £2OOO per annum.—
uttered cries of distress, and called for help ; a few metres Post. [The Morning Herald of yesterday contradicts
further on was the roof of a house in the water, with this; and, with an air of authority, announces that Arch-
-yen or eight persons in it. The greatest efforts were deacon Shirley will have the vacant Bishoyric.]..
_ _

UNIVERSITY (5- CLERICAL NEWS.

of the plain of t:

of the

peared, with

. made to save the persons who were on the hilock, but The Church Building Society resumed its sittings on
nobody could get to them, and the gendarme Schmitt, Monday last, the Lord Bishop of London in the chair.
who had courageously plunged into the water to convey The payment of grants were ordered to seventeen parishes,
ropes to them, would have perished, but for the devoted providing addit:onal accommodation for 8124 persons; of
aid of Corporal Aubert, who had himself a few moments which 2958 were free sittings. Several new applications
before vainly attempted to reach the unfortunate suf- were examined, and votes of money granted ; including a
ferers. During this time efforts were made, though new district Church at Paddington ; Eccles, Lancashire ;
unfortunately without avail. on the right bank. Twenty and another at Dukinfield, St. Mark's D:strict, Chester.
men of the 6,h Company of Native Sharpshooters, corn- LORD RECTOR OF GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.—The elec-
mantled by Lientenant Tirard, as well as some men be- tion of this office was proceeded with on Monday last, the
longing to the sth Chasseurs, threw themselves into the candidates nominated being the poet Wordsworth, and
river, in the hope of saving, by swimming, some of the I Lord John Russell. The result of the gross poll was a
persons in danger. Their efforts were, however, useless, majority of 21 for Wordswoi th, the numbers being 212
as the current carried them away so strongly that ten of and 191 ; but as the election is conducted by sections, or
them were near perishing. A sergeant and two Native " nations," of which there are four, and each candidate
Sharpshooters were lost in this manifestation of devoted- having a majority in two of them, the Vice-Rector, Dr.
ness. About twelve o'clock a boat was brought to the Nicholl, gave his casting vote in favour of Lord John
spot from Algiers, with four boatmen to guide it. These ' Russell. It is, however, surmised that, under the cir-
men speedily set to work, and after four hours' perilous cumstancet, his Lordship will not accept the office.
efforts, succeeded in saving nineteen persons. By four SEE OF ST. ASA PH.—An order in council has just
o'clock the bridge had considerably fallen, and aid could been promulgated, carrying into effect the recommenda-
be afforded to the nine individuals spoken of above, who tion of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners that the Bishop
were also saved. The bridge of the ford of Constantino, of St. Asaph do pay into the credit of the Ecclesiastical
which had been carried away by the waters, floated down Commissioners, the fixed sum of £l,BOO by half-yearly
until it came against that of the Maison Car ree. As it payments, that being the excess of the income of the see
might prove a great obstacle to the flowing off of the• over and above the sum of £1,200, which the Commis-
water, soldiers were set to work to remove it. In an rnissioners believe would be a suitable annual income for
hour after, the circulation was restored, and no danger a Bishop of St. Asaph. The recommendation is made in
existed for either habitations or individuals. The troops, consequence of the provision for uniting the see of St.
in consequence, were permitted to withdraw. The num- i Asaph and Bangor not having yet come into operation ;
ber of dead is now known to be twenty-three in all, and and the appointment to the bishopric, though made, is not
seven dead bodies have been as yet found. On the 4th, yet completed.
the loss in constructions and goods was estimated by the DR. SCORESBY'S SERMON TO THE FEMALE FACTORY
Mayor of Itussein Dey at 2G.000f. We just now have OPERATIVES.—On Sunday week, the Rev. Dr. Scoresby
learned that the principal bridges over the Nlitididi have delivered his promised lecture to the female factory opera-
suffered severely. Those of the ford of Constantino, of tives of Bradford and neighbourhood. Long before the
the Oued-el.Kebir, the Chiffa, and the Mazafran, are ' commencement of the service, the church was crowded,
destroyed ; those of Rovigo and Mok-a.Khera have and many hundreds had to go away, finding it utterly im-
stood firm• It is to be feared that the habitations of the possible even to obtain standing room. The church is
colonists in the province of Algiers have suffered. considered to be capable of holding upwards of 3000
peo-
ple, and of this number fully 2000 were mill girls. The
Mr. E. Eyre is to be appointed Lieutenant-Governor of scene was interesting in the extreme, and must have given
New 'Zealand, under Governor Grey, the worthy vicar the greatest satisfaction. It is the vicar's
Canada is shortly to be annexed to the United States intention at the request of the factory girls, to publish the
by magnetic telegraph wires, the contract for a line from sermon in a cheap form for their use. The test was taken
Buffalo to Toronto being taken at 125 dollars the mile— from Numbers, 10th chapter, and part of the 29th verse,
4,000 dollars the entire distance. —" Come thou with us, and we will do thee good."