The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-08 00:00:00

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fincess Charlotte (flag ship) for all the boats to go
on s re and render assistance. At four it was painfully
that many were killed and wounded. Among the suf-
-re Captain Collier, of the Castor, who had his leg
oroKen and a contusion on the head. He is, however, doing
well.

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amining his horse, had

le killed

aplain of the flag-ship and twelve marines badly

Twelve marines wounded and several missing.
Forty Turks killed and wounded, and about 100 Arabs,

men and women

wn, oxen, asses, sheep, mules, horses,
_camels, &c

lie indiscriminately with mutilated human bodies. Although
Arabs are employed to remove the dead, the work is one of
much labour, on account of the heavy stones with which the
bodies are covered. There is no supporting the dreadful
odours that arise from the putrefying masses.
Water is scarce and bad. At the time the Tahiti Bairi
left men were dying in the streets for want of surgical aid;
~_ons of the fleet were too few in number to do what
they desired, though their individual exertions were highly

the surge

commendable
Mahmoud Bey, with 2,000,000 of piasters, made his escape,
"- -bout 20,000 people, during the night ; many of them
seized by the mountaineers, or voluntarily

Col. Schultz, a Swiss engineer, after being badly wounded,
surrendered to Sir R. Stopford, by whom he was sent on
board the Edinburgh, with orders to be well treated.
He.was afterwards embarked on board the Tahiri Bairi,
for Constantinople ; but ere he reached Beyrout, he was suf-
fering so severely, that Captain Ford landed him at the Eng-
lish hospital there, where he will receive the very best atten-
tion and care.

The ships in general, except the rigging, are little touched.
Admiral Walker behaved nobly, bringing his ship in close

to the forts, with only two feet water under her keel, and in
a very exposed place. He was raked by a battery on his
quarter, and exposed to the fire of batteries on his beam.
He only lost four men killed and eight wounded. His
ship was much injured, and sailed yesterday (sth) for Con-
stantinople for repairs, and carrying 1200 prisoners.

The assistance rendered by the two Aukitrian frigates were
considerable, and called forth the thanks of Sir R. Stopford.

EGYPT

The Commerce publishes the following letter, dated Alex-
andria, the 11th ult., 3 o'clock p. m., without, however,
vouching for its correctness :
" The fleet is not to quit the harbour ; 8000 men have just
been landed from it, who are to be marched to Rosetta and
Aboukir, to defend those two points. Several convoys of
camels, laden with ammunition, and some batteries of artil-
lery, have been also sent thither.
" After the breaking up of the council of war, held this
morning, it was said that Said Bey was about to leave, for
the purpose of surrendering the Ottoman fleet into the hands
of Admiral Stopford, and that the latter had been invited to
repair to Alexandria, where he was to remain until the final
adjustment of the Egyptian affairs. Orders have been for-
warded to Ibrahim Pasha, enjoining him to return immedi-
ately to Egypt."

ALGIERS

A telegraphic despatch, dated Toulon, the 29th ult., an-
nounces that the expedition to Medeah had succeeded, with-
out meeting any opposition from the Arabs, and that the
troops had re-entered their cantonments on the 22d. The
province of Algiers was tranquil.
Another despatch, of the same date, states that several
Arab tribes had been severely chastised by the French, who
had only lost five killed and 62 wounded.

SPAIN

,ve received intelligence from Madrid of the 27th
le Duke of Victory, entreated by his colleagues not
-adrid at so critical a juncture, had postponed his
tourney to the north. It was hoped that the differences be-
" government and the Basque provinces would be
,ctorily, adjusted. M. Olano. the deputy for Guipuzcoa,
been received by the duke and several other members of
Ae regency. M. Pageot, the charge d'affaires of France,
had arrived in Madrid.

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COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

The only topic of general news contained in the Cape
papers received on Friday, and which reach to the 19th Sep-
tember inclusive, is the state of the frontier, a question which
seems not only to interest the border farmers, but also the
colonial administration. A memorial presented to the Lieut.-
Governor, which was from the farmers residing in the field
countries of the Fish River. Konass and Winterburg, gives

The farmers complain-that
it only have they not received compensation for the loss of
le and other property they sustained during the C?.ffre
'eh was solemnly promised by the colonial admims-
mit that through the negligence of the government,
g the Caffre depredations, their stock and property
is so diminished, that they cannot now even protect them-
selves. They declare that they cannot obtain a sufficiency of
servants to guard their flocks and herds as armed herdsmen,
and that it is utterly impossible for them to remain longer on
the frontier unless some change in the system immediately
takes place. Should they he compelled to adopt this final
course, they say they must not be stigmatised as rebels, be-
cause it would not be they who deserted the government,
-• the government who deserted them, in not affording that
ection which binds a people to it, In conclusion, they
For information as'tc) whether there is any probability of
• gaining compensation, and if there is any hope of the
:ies being altered. Should it, they say, not be in the
mor's power to afford redress, they would be obliged,
3ver reluctantly, and at whatever risk, to resort to !nee-
; which must be as unpleasant fora paternal government
intemplate as for themselves to execute. At Capetown
isions were abundant at low prices, beef and mutton
ig at 2d. per lb. A thunder-storm, unattended with
had been experienced on the 17th.—Times.

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