The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-07 00:00:00

INDIA.

The express from Marseilles, with despatches from
India and Egypt, in anticipation of the Overland Mail,
which left Bombay on the 2d, reached London on Satur-
day.
India is at peace except at two points, viz., the Boogtie
frontiers and the Goomsoor country.
The Boogties are a lawless, plundering tribe residing in
the mountainous districts of the west of Shikarpore, in
North Scinde. According to their usual habits, they, at
the end of September, came down to the plains, with the
object of plundering the peaceful inhabitants, who reside
there under the protection of the British. This horde of
plunderers amounted to about 700 men ; they assailed
some of the fortified towns, but were repulsed with loss.
Between the Boogties and Jakranees a deadly feud subsists;
the latter have become steady adherents of the British.
They acted as spies on their enemies. The Scinde Horse,
which is commanded by Major Jacob, was put iu requi-
sition and a detachment of 183 troopers, under the orders
of Lieutenant Merewether, proceeded to expel the
invaders. The Boogties, who were encamped in a thick
jungle, on seeing the Scinde Horse moving towards the
mountains, thought they were retreating, and hastened to
attack them. A daring conflict ensued ; the short mus-
ketoons of the cavalry did great execution, and numbers
of the enemy fell. Lieutenant Merewether and his
soldiers frequently offered quarter, but the desperate
Boogties would not accept it, and it was not until nearly
three-fourths of the 700 were slain that the remainder gave
in and became prisoners. This dashing affair took place
on the Ist of October, the day of the departure of Sir
Charles Napier from Scinde. The destruction of the
Boogties is considered to be sufficient to insure quiet on
the frontiers. Nevertheless a report was circulated at
Kurrachee that some of the remaining Boogties had per-
suaded other tribes to come down from the mountains.
and to avenge the deaths of their brothers. This report
is not confirmed.

Scinde generally continues tranquil. The new civil
governor, Mr. Pringle. was buoy in procuring reports
from the officers administering the various districts.
These reports are, it is said, to be laid before the governor
of Bombay on his arrival in Kurrachee, which is to take
place in the month of December.
The Goomsoor country remains in the same unsatisfac-
tory state as before. _ _ _ _

An attempt was made at the end of September to seize
the person of the notorious chief, Chokra Bissaye, but he
got early notice of the movement of the detachment sent
against him, and escaped. It is said that a force is to he
sent from Madras to control a refractory rajah in the di-
rection of the Goomsoor country.
From Affghanistan the news is not of interest. Dost
Mahommed is employed in settling the dispute among his
sons. The new vizier, Haider Khan, has made some
changes in the pay of the troops, and introduced men of
an inferior class into the service.
Much interest was attached to the visit which Lord
Hardinge was about to pay to the King of Oude. His
lordship. while moving towards Calcutta, was, in Novem-
ber, to meet the King, and to spend some days at Luck-
now.

The much-talked of ex-Rajah of Sattara died at Be-
nares on the 14th of Octeber. His obsequies were per-
formed there with pomp. He has left no children, and
bis brother now enjoys the sovereignty of Sattara without
any rival to dispute his title. He, too, is childless, and
his dominions are likely to lapse in a short time once
more into the dominions of the Hon. Company.
The loss of the steamer Indus near Diu on the 7th of
October has awakened public attention to the ineffective
state of the Indian navy. The Indus ran on a ledge of
rocks, where means were found to save her engines, but
she has since sunk in deep water, and is, it is feared,
totally lost. From various sources intelligence has been
learned of the Cleopatra having been foundered in April
last.

The London mails of Sept. 24 had not arrived in Born-
bay on the 2nd Nov. Great disappointment was felt.

The influenza is raging with virulence at Paris, Per-
pignan, Montpellier, &c. ; at Toulouse no less than 15,000
persons are stated to be ill.
On the 17th of November, at Berlin, the first Jewish
licentiate, and practical physician, Dr. Remak, took his
degree in the medical faculty of the university.
Intelligence has been received of the death of Dr. Car-
nana, Romish Bishop of Malta. At the age of 16, the
then young Carnana, hawked vegetables about on a
donkey ; he died at the age of 89.
A WEALTHY PRINCE.—The late Elector of Hesse,
who was one of the richest sovereigns of Europe, leaves
a fortune of upwards of 100,000,000 f. He has appointed
the Emperor of Austria his principal executor.
Madame de Contade, of Paris, who last year undertook
for a wager to dance at three balls, on three successive
nights, in three different countries, the places chosen
being Paris, Brighton, and Brussels, is now crippled in all
her limbs from imprudent bathing in the sea.
It is now some time since the idea of employing ether
as a propelling force was suggested. A mechanic at Paris
has reduced the theory to practice, by the erection of a
machine which is now in full operation as a glass-cutting
factory. Its power is equal to that of twenty horses.
Mr. Stephenson, the engineer, has arrived in Vienna,
and has had several conferences with M. Negrelli on the
construction of the projected canal across the Isthmus of
Suez. They were expected shortly to set out together for
Egypt.
The Council-general of the Seine has passed a formal
vote on the question of free trade, declaring that it is of
opinion that, in the present state of things, the protection
of national industry ought to be maintained ; but it at
the same time considers that the customs' question calls
for revision and improvement.
SWITZERLAND.—The French papers of Wednesday
furnish us with the important information that the leagued
cantons have submitted, and that consequently the civil
war is over in Switzerland. It will, therefore, now de-
pend on diplomacy whether peace will be lasting, or
grounds laid for future strife and contention.
A somewhat remarkable undertaking is at this moment
in progress in Sweden—that of lowering the waters of the
great lake of Oleron to the extent of twelve feet. This
operation has become necessary, in consequence of the
construction of a railway from Stockholm to Gothenburg.
It will cause upwards of 10,000 acres to be brought into
cultivation. _ _

Fresh disturbances have broken out at Leghorn ; an
arrested rioter stabbed the corporal of the guard, killing
him on the spot. The populace assembled before the
prison and demanded that the prisoner should be given up
to them, that they might avenge the death of the soldier.
The terrified man avowed that he had been paid to com-
mit the crime. The people at once attributed it to the
retrograde party, and, proceeding to the house of the for,-
mer commissary of police surrounded it, shouting, "Down
with the partizans of Austria! Down with the Jesuits !"
They then broke into the house, destroyed the furniture,
and burnt all the papers they could find. The timely in-
terference of M. Ricci prevented other disasters.
THE POPE'S LIBERALITY.—Much is said in the present
day of the Pope's liberality : but it would seem, from the
following extract from a speech of " His Holiness," re-
cently delivered, that he does not seem disposed to abate
one jot of the unreasonable claims which have invariably
been put forward by the Romish church. "I thank you
said he, " for your good intentions, and as regards the
public welfare, I esteem them of value. It was for the
public good that since my elevation to the Pontifical
throne I have, in accordance with theeouncils inspired by
God, accomplished all that I. could • and I am still ready,
with the assistance of God, to do all for the future, with-
out, however, retrenching in 'any degree the sovereignty
of the Pontificate ' • and, inasmuch as I received it full and
entire from my predecessors, -so shall 1 transmit this sa-
cred deposit to my summers. I have three SailliOile of
=l4=o as witnesses."

SINGULAR MARRIAGE.—" We are about," says a
Frankfort letter of the 27th ult., " to witness a marriage
of a very singular description. Mlle. de Reichenbach,
daughterof the late Grand Duke of Hesse-Cassel by a
morganic marriage, was divorced from her first husband,
Count de Luktner. She then married M. Wolzdorff. a
councillor of the state, who died two years ago. She is
now about to re-marry her first husband, the political
differences which led•to their divorce no longer existing."
Loss OF Two FRENCH MEN-OF-WAR.—The China
Mail received by the last overland India news contains
an account of the total loss of two French men-of-war
on the Corea coast. it says, " The French frigate La
Gloire (50 guns), Commodore La Pierre, and the corvette
Victorieuse (20 guns), Captain de Genouilly, were totally
lost on the coast of Corea, in August. It is reported that
they were four degrees out in longitude. and struck on a
quicksand at high water. The crew were landed on an
island, and two boats sent to Shanghai for assistance.
Her Majesty's ships Daedalus, Espiegle, and Childers,
went to their relief. The Daedalus has brought the com-
modore and part of the crew to this port ; the Espiegle
and Childers carried the remainder to Shanghai, from
whence they embark to Macao." _ _

FEARFUL ACCIDENT IN A BALL ROOM.—At the com-
mencement of the ball lately given at Algiers to the
Duchess d'Aumale, an accident occurred, which might
have been attended with dangerous consequences. A lustre
suspended in the middle of the room, and lit with gas,
suddenly gave way in one of the branches, and the gas
escaped through the room in a burning state. Fortunately
a person present had sufficient presence of mind to throw
the earth contained in some flower-stands over the mass
of flame, and thus deaden its effects. Mademoiselle
Lecheane, daughter of a merchant of Algiers, who was
designated to dance in one of the quadrilles with the
duchess, bad her dress set on fire, and was burnt in the
shoulder. She was obliged to return home, but fortunately
no other disaster was to be deplored.—French paper.
The Tribunal of Commerce, at Seine, has condemned
Miss Birch, the celebrated English singer, to pay 30,000 f.
damages to the manager of the French Opera, for alleged
breach of engagement. Of course Miss Birch can ap-
peal.—That this lady was not suited for the French stage
few who knew her will doubt, and the indignation they
would have felt on her behalf will be much mitigated by
the regret of her attempting to appear there. With every
qualification to render her the first English singer of the
day. it is lamentable that she will strive after what she
cannot but accomplish indifferently. If she must appear
on the stage, a determination regretted by all her sincere
admirers, the English stage was the proper place for her
thThut—ltaly or Germany—we had almost added Kam-
schatka (only we have no distinct recollections of operas
in the wild regions of the north), would have been better
than France. Paris is the last place in the world she is
suited for.

Miss Catherine Hayes, with her name half Germanized,
is crowding the theatre at Bergamo, and anticipating
equal success at Milan, where Miss Noble, another Eng-
lish vocalist, has gathered laurels at the Theatre Re. A
Mr. Curtis is also engaged as primo terzore at Parma.
Mesdames Parepa (late Miss Seguin), and Learti (late
Miss Susan Hobbs), and Miss Eliza Birch, are pursuing
their studies at Paris, under Signor Emanuel Garcia. the
instructor of the famous Lind. The nightingale declined
an engagement at the Paris Opera, and so did her rival of
Covent-garden, Mademoiselle Alboni, till she was over
persuaded to make trial of two night's performances,
when, it appears, she was received with an enthusiasm
equal to the Jenny Lind furore in England and elsewhere.
The Parisians are in raptures with Alboni's " elegance,
purity, and flexibility of style," and literally astonished at
the extraordinary compass of her vocal scale from Fin the
bass cleff to C sharp above the lines in the treble.