The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-27 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

UNITED STATES

The American packet Oneida, Captain Funck, arrived at
Havre on Friday from New York, bringing dates to the 3d
instant, three days later than those of the previous arrival,
during which period nothing of importance, political or
social,
.had taken place. The weather in the United States
seems to be the very reverse of what this season affords in
France, the extreme heat being a general topic of remark
in the journals. The thermometer at Boston stood at 97;} in
the shade. The crops are stated to be in a highly promising
condition.

The papers contain the debates in Congress to the 30th
ult. inclusive, thus exhibiting the progress of the " Fiscal
Bank " bill through the senate for one day later than it was
previously known. A moss interesting clause was discussed,
referring to the admission of foreigners to become sharehold-
ers in the proposed bank. The subject was brought forward
by Mr. Henderson, of Mississippi, in the shape of an amend-
ment to the bill, by which he proposed to exclude foreigners
altogether; and this amendment naturally gate rise to a
lengthened debate, in which the effects of allowing foreign
influence were considered, and much jealousy exhibited lest En-
gland should acquire undue power. The prohibition against
votes by foreigners was brought forward by those who fa-
voured the admission, as if it afforded a sufficient check, but
did not prevail, as it was replied that capital alone would
give an influence that should not be tolerated, and the clause
of the constitution (Art. 1, sec. ix, § 8) was quoted, by which
it was declared, that no person holding an office of profit or
trust under the United States shall accept of any present or
emolument from any foreign state. The force of this cita-
tion is not apparent at first sight, but the intent of the senator
who used it (Mr. Woodbury, the ex-secretary of the treasury)
was to show the tenacity with which the framers of the con-
stitution resisted every attempt at foreign encroachment.
Mr. Clay, who has distinguished himself as an enemy to all
restrictions on the bank during the whole progress of the de-
bate, was naturally in favour of foreigners on this occasion,
that is, if the admission to such a doubtful speculation can
be viewed as a favour at all; but as he perceived the majority
going the other way, he agreed to the exclusion, and voted
with the " nays" on a motion for permitting foreigners to
hold stock. The exclusion was voted by a majority of 25 to
23 ; and was afterwards made more stringent at the sugges-
tion of Col. Benton, who observed that several of the insti-
tutions of the United States were controlled by foreigners,
and that while these were permitted to purchase stock, fo-
reigners conld.not be effectually excluded. Thus, by the
vote of the senate, the purchase is limited to citizens or com-
panies of the United States.
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The stock-market at New York was declining, in conse-
quence of the distrust felt among the brokers. A wholesome
rule has been adopted, which, though it might prove
awkward at first, was likely to be of essential benefit to all
who practice it ; it was, that payment should not be made
for stock till it was known that they were actually trans-
ferred. United States Bank shares had fallen I per cent. ;
Delaware and Hudson, per cent. : North American
Trust, per cent. ; and Haarlem, 4- per cent. The State of
Indiana had failed to meet her interest, with the exception

of that due ou the bonds issued to the Bank as capital, which
had been paid by the Bank with the view to maintain its cha-

WEST INDIES

Her Majesty's packet Sheldrake, bringing the West India
mail, furnishes papers to the following dates :—Demerara,
the 9th of June ; Jamaica, the 19th of June; Barbadoes, the
9th of June ; and Trinidad, the Bth of June.
The most important of the contents of the West India
papers are those from Demerara, which are, however, of a
gloomy character, commercial distress having strongly
exhibited itself there since the last arrival. It was partly
attributed to the depressed state of trade in imports, and
partly to the severe losses which had been sustained by many
of the colonists, in purchasing shipments of sugar, at a
higher rate than those subsequently obtained in the home
market. The news of the " bubble budget" had created
great consternation, and at the latest date the result was not
known. So prostrate was speculation, agricultural and
commercial, that it is remarked that •` if any capitalist were
hardy enough to purchase real property either in town or in
country, there is little doubt of his being able to do so almost
upon his own terms." There was a proposal on foot to
case the money market in two ways—either by investing
in the banks the large amount of unexpended " public
notes," or by investing in the banks or elsewhere the
unappropriated sums in the custody of the courts of justice
awaiting adjudication. The Chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee brought up the budget for 1841 on the
7.th of June, which proposed, among other things, an import
duty on British goods of 24 per cent., and on foreign not
enumerated 74, and enumerated 24 ; the produce and income
tax was proposed to be 3 per cent.
In Jamaica the state of trade was still bad, but the banks
did not evince any desire to come forward and assist with
accommodation, and the continuance of the distress of the
commercial community was said to be in a great measure
caused by this conduct. There had been seasonable rains
both at Jamaica and Barbadoes.
It is worthy of observation that all the files of West India
papers are filled with articles condemnatory of the late Mi-
nisterial project for lowering the protection on sugar. They
all looked upon the measure as fatal to the interests of the
colonies, and their only consolation was their firm hope that
it would be defeated, as it has been since the date of these

papers.
A correspondent refers thus to the chancellor of the exche-
quer's financial scheme :—" The palpable injustice of such
measures as Mr. Baring proposed in his budget of April 30,
we fervently trust, will of itself prevent the possibility of
their passing; we rather suspect the chancellor's brain is
turned, for in no other way can we account for the equally
futile and destructive measures which he now proposes."
It is in contemplation to establish a collegiate institution in
Jamaica.

Of the weather 'the Royal Gazette states, " The May
seasons,' which we have hitherto so long and so anxiously
been looking for, have at last made their appearance in real
earnest, with the trifling difference of being this year rather
later than usual in their visitation. Indeed with the excep-
tion of one solitary shower a few weeks ago, and another
during the month of October last, this city hnd the neigh-
bourhood have scarcely had the dust laid upon the roads for
for the last two or three years. We need scarcely describe,
therefore, Cie heartfelt thAnks which must be felt in every
considerate' mind for the inestimable boon which has latterly
been vouchsafed to us, not only for all agricultural purposes
but for the equally important end of cleansing our streets and
lanes, and otherwise purifying:the atmosphere, which in a
city like Kingston—extent, temperature, and general habit
considered—is but too apt to become tainted, and thus en-
gender disease of the most virulent and fatal nature."

DREADFUL CALAMITY OFF DOVER-EIGHT
LIVES LOST.

DOVER, SUNDAY AFTERNOON•—A considerable degree
of painful excitement was created here yesterday by a report
that no less than 30 persons had perished by a fearful colli-
sion between two vessels off Southsand-head. There was so
much discrepancy in relation to the melancholy occurrence,
that I determined on going off in a galley to satisfy myself
if such a calamitous event had taken place. Upon getting
into the bay, I perceived, by means of a telescope, a remark-
ably fine bark with foreign colours, in a very damaged
state, and, upon pursuing my inquiries, I ascertained that it
was the Russian bark John of Riga, laden with timber and
long spars for the use of the Spanish navy. She was bound
for Bilboa, and was about four miles off Southsand-head
about one o'clock yesterday morning, when she ran foul of
the Prussian bark Prosperator, Captain D. W. Albretch,
bound to Stettin, from Newport, with a cargo of iron rails,
carried away her bow, and caused her to go down in about
30 fathoms of water, with eight souls on board, all of whom
perished. The mate of the Prosperator, the boatswain, M.
Hehendorff, and Euzan, a seaman, saved themselves by
jumping on board the Russian vessel. The latter, however,
sustained a severe injury on the knee, by being struck by the
mainyard, and he now lies in the almshouses in Last-lane,
Dover. The John has had four or five of her stanchions on
her larboard side carried away, besides her jibboom, fore-
top-masts, and yards. A fishing smack belonging to a
shipwright named Johnson, of Dover, brought the John
into the bay, and in the course of the afternoon she was
towed into the wet dock alongside the harbour, where she
will remain to undergo repairs. The fatal occurrence appears
to have originated from the fluke of the John's anchor
coming athwart the bow of the Prosperator, and the vessels
steering a contrary course, the timbers of the Prussian bark
were perforated, and for some minutes it was doubted by
the seamen on board either vessel if both would not go
down. The John, however, was extricated by cutting away
her anchor, and she thereby averted the dreadful fate of the
Prosperator.

STATEMENT OF ONE OE TEE SURVIVORS

Since writing the above, I have seen the mate of the Pros-
pereor, Charles Rathka. He is an intelligent man, and made
to me the following statement, setting forth the origin of the
collision, and the names of those who met a watery grave :
" About 18 o'clock we were S.S.E. quarter E., and five
miles distant from the Goodwin easterly light, keeping our
course N.E. half N. Our vessel was making about four and
three-quarter knots an hour, and about 12 o'clock we were
S.E. half E., and about six miles from the light, and one of
the men on watch said there was a vessel ahead. The night
was dark, and there were two men forward keeping a look
out, and there were also on deck myself and a man at the
helm. The captain had gone to lie down, and the other seven
hands were in their berths asleep. Our full number was 12,
but we lost one hand in the Bristol Channel. When I was
told there was a vessel ahead, I sang out to the men at the
helm to keep off, and put the helm up alarhoard. I also sang
out to those on board the John, but instead of her keeping to
windward, as she should have done, she ran foul of us, and
her larboard anchor fixed in our bow. I believe there was
no look-out on board the Jonn, and the captain told me that
he was below at the time making up the log, and all the crew
were aft hauling in the braces. The anchor of the John made
a hole in our bow of several feet, and we were both
fast; with our stern upwards, and did not know which
vessel would go down. I called to our captain, who im-
mediately came upon deck to see what was the matter,
and upon seeing us foul, he asked the other if they were
English. No answer was returned, and we afterwards heard
by their conversation that they were Russians. The captain
of the John inquired why our captain came so close to him,
and the latter answered, 'My name is Albrecht.' Our cap-
tain then called on us to try to get clear of the other vessel,
and half of us on deck set about hauling in the mainvards,
and the others were engaged in cutting away with an axe the
bulwarks of the Prosperata, for the purpose of disengaging
her from the anchor of the John. The carpenter, named
Wesling, was called, but did not come. I perceived at this
time that there was a large hole in the bow of our bark, and
I told the captain so. The sea now carne up between the
vessels, and the captain ordered us to get the boats ready. I
immediately ran to do so, and was cutting away the lashings
when the John hove to, and struck us again, and our vessel
went down immediately. The captain, when he ordered us
to get the boat ready, went into the cabin to fetch his papers,
and he had not time to reach the deck again. I saved my-
self by jumping on board the John, and Heckendorff, the
boatswain, and Eugen, a seaman, did the same. Those that
have perished are D. W. Albrecht, captain ; Wesling, the
carpenter ; Schultz, Ladke, Worm, and Abraham, seamen,
and the coxswain's boy and the cabin-boy. They were all
in bed except the captain. 11Iy opinion is, that it was very
wrong of the crew of the John to be hauling in the braces,
and all to be aft at that time of night where we were, and for
the captain to be below. He told me himself this was so,
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Tulsa ELEcTio?is.—To describe the difficulties under
which, in this portion. of the kingdom, this victor hasebceaenn
la?lecdotrior an alarming'
achieved, would be literally impossible. No lanYgua
, Tipperary,
convey an adequate idea of the magnitude. An outline,g
however, but no more than au outline of the savage aroceed-
ings resorted to under. the direct sanction of the' Romish
priests, will be found in ouF present publication, as it has
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extent. In short, the reign of terror has. been revived in
all the forogoing counties in its most revolting form ; and as
to freedom of election, there was none. To talk of it would be
a mockery. Under these circumstances, the conservative can-
didates had no other alternative save to resign, with a formal
protest against the illegality of the sheriff's return, which,
there can be no doubt, must be set aside by any committee
of the House of Commons, on petition;. and a petition we
have the best,reason to know, will be lodged by every disap-
pointed candidate for each of the above-mentioned counties.
The result, let the tribunals be constituted as they may, can-
not admit of a moment's hesitation.—Dublin Packet.