The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-25 00:00:00

At Kurrachee the cholera was raging with great fierce-
ness. The number of deaths of Europeans alone on the
15th, 16:11, and 17th of June, is stated to

upwards of 100 of these cases belong to her Majesty's
86th Regiment. No officer is mentioned as having fallen

manufactory was only partially inured.
MIGUELITE INSURRECTION.—An insurrection is now
Inc natives were dying by hundreds. Reports being attempted to be got up in Portugal. A proclarna-
were current of the approaching retirement from the go- tion has been circulated at Oporto signed " Reginald
verument of Madras of the Marquis of Tweeddale. Macdonell," who styles himself General in Chief and Mi-
From China we learn that the British authorities had litary Director, inviting the Portuguese to throw off their
not given up Chusan according to the terms of the treaty, allegiance to the Queen, and recal that precious sample of
and a Chinese mob had expelled foreign residents from humanity Don Miguel ! The proclamation is a long-
the city of Foo-chow-foo. Hitherto the violence of the winded affair, and like that of all traitors, is full of pro-
populace had been confined to the city of Canton !if it mixes and boasts.
extends to the eastern ports, we may again see our corn- OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS.—The French
merce thrust out of China, and once more have to recover Chambers were opened on Monday. The speech of the
it by force of arms. King was corfined to a few sentences expresssive of his
PIRA cr Es AT HONG KONG, 24th June, 1846.—Piracies satisfaction at meeting the new parliament. As the charn-
are increasing here to a fearful extent; it would seem as hers were merely convoked for the purpose of enabling
if a second Coxingo had arisen. No fewer than three the new members to take the necessary oaths, and to have
cases have taken place during the month, two of which their returns verified, no allusion to foreign or internal
have been attended with loss of life. A week ago a schoo- questions was introduced into the speech. His Majesty
nee. which left this for the Cumsingtnoon, with property looked remarkably well, and was received most enthusias-
to the extent of between £30,000 and £40,000, was cap- tically.
tured by two junks, and the captain and seven or eight of DEFEAT OF THE KAFFIRS.—The Windsor, which has
the men were missing ; supposed to have been murdered. arrived at Falmouth, brings accounts from the Cape of
The junks were seen alongside by a small pleasure boat, Good Hope to the 16th June inclusive. They represent
which gave the alarm at Cumsingmoon, when three schoo- a battle, of some hours' duration, to have taken place be-
ners went in chase, and retook the other, which had only tween the Kaffirs and the force under the command of
been partially plundered, and then abandoned by the pi- Col. Somerset, in the vicinity of Fish River, which ended
rates, who appear to have been afraid of discovery, and in the defeat of the former. The loss of the Kaffirs is
bad not time to remove more than a portion of the pro- said to have been about 300 or 400; that of the British, 1
perty. It is getting actually dangerous to go about in killed and 16 wounded, including among the latter Capt.
sing! crafts. Walpole and Sir H. Darell.
SILVER MINE AT mAoLmE/N.—we are informed that THE GERMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.—In the Times
the discovery of a silver mine has been reported to the of Friday there appears a letter from Johannes Czerhki
Government by the surveyor of the teak forests at Maul. and Angus in Post, dated from " Edgeware-road,: Lon-
mein, and that some specimens of the ores have reached don," in which they vindicate their orthodoxy, and express
I Calcutta. It is welt known that large quantities of silver their total dissent from the views of the party of Ronge,
psic
are imported from the Burmese territories,

victim

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Jut the exact which has been rationalistic, and repudiate the
localities in which this precious metal is worked have confession. '1 hey also call in question the truth of the
never, we believe, been ascertained. It is therefore by no report of the synod at Schneidemuld (noticed in another
means improbable that a workable mine may have been column). In conclusion, they say—" We have firmly
discovered withi-, the British provinces. It could not resisted every attempt to impose human institutions upon
have happened at abetter time. Our supply from China us, and by the grace of God shall continue to do so, corn-
is apparently exhausted, and unless South America can mining our cause to Him who judgeth righteously."
replace it, vve bid fair to come to an end of Our coinage. OrtANGEtsm Iv AMERlCA.—Throu2h.ou.t the major

would be a very pretty increase parts of *British Arnetica, the 12th of July has been gio-
_ It might make up for a fall in riously celebrated with the greatest pomp and grandeur.
,or allow a reduction in the salt tax. But as min- In Toronto, the alangemen of that district marched in
proverbially a lottery, it would perhaps be best to procession, to the number of about 3000, on the 13th July
the mine to adventurers to contract, rather than to (12th being Sabbath) through the city and suburbs : after
an expensive establishment for what may prove to be displaying their loyalty, they retired to their respective
value.—Calcutta Englishman. lodge-rooms without the least breach of the peace. In
BOMBAY, JULY 2. New Loudon, the Orangemen of that district marched in
!lot little news. Letters received this day procession also. The earlier part of the day being esqui-

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