The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-23 00:00:00

72, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN GENTLEMEN'S DRESS AT
THIS ESTABLISHMENT.
DMYERS, in returning thanks for the distin-
• guished encouragement he has received during the last
seven years, begs most respectfully to call the attention of his
Friends, and the Public generally, to his superior select STOCK
of CHOICE MATERIALS, all of which have been purchased
from the most fashionable leading Houses of the West of London
and Paris.
The following is a List of Prices for the best Garments, that
cannot be excelled by any Gentlemen's Tailoring Establish-
ment in the world.
.e s. d.
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DRESS COATS
FROCK or SURTOUT DITT
DRESS PANTALOONS
RIDING TROUSERS 22s. to 1 10 0
CLOTH or CASHM 1 VESTS 0 15 0 •
FRENCH SHAW ITTO l2s. to 1 3 0
FRENCH SI ED 'or EMBROIDERED
DITTO 24s. to 1 16 0
ALTERS'S TATTERSALL OVER COAT, as
originally introduced by him 21s. to 3 3 0

NAVAL UNIFORMS TO THE LATEST REGULATIONS.
Swords, Gold Epaulettes, Lace, Buttons, Crowns,
and all Articles for the Navy.
Merchants' and Captains' Orders carefully and punctually
attended to.

Observe! MYERS, 72, LORD-STREET:

LIVERPOOL.

ESTABLISHED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
JOHN PRIESTLEY, DISPENSING CHEMIST, 42,
LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
PHYSICIANS' AND SURGEONS' PRESCRIPTIONS
ACCURATELY PREPAREQ.
FAMILY AND SEA MEDICINE CHESTS FITTED UP.

PRIESTLEY'S CONCENTRATED DECOCTION OR FLUID
EXTRACT OF THE FINEST JAMAICA SARSAPARILLA.
This most efficient and agreeable preparation of that well-
known and valuable alterative, JAMAICA SARSAPARILLA, is
prepared by a peculiar and scientific method, by which the
whole of the aromatic and volatile parts are preserved -
and the experience of many years has fully establishei
the reputation of this Medicine, as containing more of the vir-
tues of the root than any other preparation. Its beneficial
effects have been particularly striking in the following com-
plaints :—Nocturnal Pains in the Limbs, S&rofulous Enlarge-
ment of the Glands, CutaneouseAponf, Chronic Rheuma-
tism, &c., &c, • in freeing the syst after a course of Mer-
cury, its beneficial effects are V powerful. It purifies the
blood, and by giving to the cutaneous vessels a healthy and
regular action, it removes t disposition to Erysipilatous In-
flammation, from whic 6 many persons periodically suffer;
and when taken in th pring and Fall of the Year as an Altera-
tive Medicine, it wilrbe found to impart that strength to tha
constitution whist's is indicated by firmness of flesh, good appe-
tite, and fresh/less of the complexion.
Prepared and sold only by John Priestley, 52, Lord-street,
Liverpool, in bottles at Ils., 225., and 335. per bottle.
N.B.—For the convenience of parties in the country, boxes
are safely packed up, containing Two 22-shilling bottles for
£2, and cases equal to Five for £5, upon receipt of a Post-
office order.
This Preparation will keep in any climate.
SEIDLITZ POWDERS,
which approach nearer than anything yet discovered to the
Chalybeate Waters of Germany. The style of preparing
PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS IS peculiar to himself, and
combine scientific skill with great accuracy; and though num-
bers of people unacquainted with the business, and others, have
of late years attempted imitations, they have invariably been
found to be spurious compounds, neither possessing the agree-
able flavour nor the medicinal properties of the Seidlitz Waters.
Sold in Boxes, 2s. each, containing twenty-four Powders, to
make one dozen tumbler glasses, and in Tin Cases.
CITRATED EFFERVESCENT MAGNESIAN APERIENT.
This delightful compound is recommended in Bilious Affec-
tions, Indigestion, Gout, Costiveness, and for the prevention
of all disorders that have their seat in the digestive organs..
The citrated flavour and the carbonic acid gas evolved render
it peculiarly grateful to the Stomach, and an admirable correc-
tive when a too free indulgence has impaired its energies.
Prepared and sold only at 52, Lord-street, Liverpool, in bottles
at 2s. 9d. and 45.6 d. each.
STOMACHIC OR DIGESTIVE PILLS.
For a number of years have these Pills received the approba-
tion of the public in general ; and from the very frequent and.
favourable results of this Medicine in the above complaints,
the Proprietor feels the strongest confidence in recommending
them as a safe mild, and most efficient Family Medicine.
To Ladies they are strongly recommended as an effective
Medicine in cases of general debility of the constitution, by
strengthening the organs of the stomach, creating an appetite,
and correcting impaired digestion. They give relief to those
troubled with fainting fits, nervous giddiness, violent pains in
the head, &c. ; and for Females, before and after confinement,
they are invaluable, and may be taken as a substitute for that
valuable (but nauseous) medicine, castor oil ; nor can they be
too highly recommended for the general use of Schools.
These Pills contain no mercurial or antimonial preparation,
require no confinement nor alteration of diet, and are adapted
to every variety of age and constitution. In Boxes, price
Is. lid., 2s. Pd., and 4s. 6d. each. Also,
PRIESTLEY'S AROMATIC TONIC TINCTURE.
A pleasant and agreeable remedy for Indigestion, ioss of Ap-
petit., Wind, Flatulency, and all complaints arising from in-
ward debility, weakness, &c.
COUGH AND ASTHMATICAL DROPS,
For Coughs' Colds, Asthma:, Consumptions, B.e.
This invaluable Medicine immediately relieves Coughs, Colds,
Hoarseness, Difficulty of Breathing, and Huskiness in the
Throat.
These Drops are also the best preventative that can be taken
against SPITTING Of BLOOD, and AFFECTION OF THE LUNGS.
Persons troubled with ASTHMA are considerably relieved by
taking a few doses of the Drops, as they tend to promote ex-
pectoration and remove viscid phlegm. For the speedy cure of
the BOOPING COUGH, they are no less efficacious. Those who
are troubled with that unpleasant tickling in the Throat which.
deprives them of rest night after night;by the incessant Cough.
which it provokes, will, by taking one dose, find immediate re-
lief, and one bottle, in most cases, will effect a cure.
Sold only at 52, ..ord-street, Liverpool, in Bottles, at Is. lid.„
2s. 9d., 48. 6d., and FamilyßLE BottlHAlßes equal to 5 small, I Is.
Is allowed to be an excellent discovery for invigorating and re-
novating the human Hair. It eradicates the scurf, nourishes
the Hair, prevents it falling off, produces a most beautiful na-
tural curl, and gives to artificial Hair a peculiar softness Of
texture and luxuriant appearance.
Sold, in Bottles, at Is. 3d. and 3s. each.
ESSENCE OF RENNET,
For making delicious Curds and Whey.
This wholesome preparation is engaged to keep, and obviates.
all the uncertainty of making Whey from the Rennet Bag.
MUCH-ADMIRED ALMOND FLAVOUR.
A few drops of this Flavour, added to Custards, Puddings„
Cakes, Wines, Jellies, &c., communicate a most delicious taste
of Almonds. Sold, in Bottles, with Direcitons Is. 6d. and 3s.
PRIESTLEY'S FURNITURE PASTE,
For Cleansing and Polishing Furniture without labour or trou-
ble. The Paste is used for cleaning and polishing every de-
scription of Furniture; whatever preparation may have 'been
previously used for that purpose. It adds a high lustre to
French polish. Sold in Pots, at Is. each, or Three Pots for 2s. 6d.
GENUINE METALLIC LUSTRE.
This article is recommended to Housekeepers for cleaning al/
manner of Gold and Silver Plate, Metal Teapots, Pewtser
Plates
on Brass Fenders, Candlesticks, Stair Rods,
on Doors, Tin Covers,. &c., &c., with half thieonuiFitaismlelaabboouver
lustre is generall required with other preaParal
6d,analeaisv.eseaca beautiful Polish on the Met 1. Sold, in Squares,

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TIE LITERP:OOL STANDARD.

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Emptrial partianuitt; of AsVmbly in ova S-ahtlisit-to , ''l3-11&41 the sum of DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.—The fine packet ,Creole,{' der to reach Tunis,, the French government had placed at
£lOOO towards the relief of the distress in Ireland and which was long employed between New Orleans and my disposal the steamer Ve/oce ; it was for the use of
—ap.--
Scotland. Bordeaux, has been wrecked on the eastern coast of the myself and the Bey of Tunis alone.—Such favours are
HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. Mr. LABOUCHERE, in answer to Mr. Foster, said the island of Cuba. - She left Bordeaux on the Bth of Novem- only,granted to Princes and friends We were close to
Lord ASHBURTON moved for various returns, showing Government had sanctioned the importation of 600 buihels ber, with 135 persons on board, including crew and pas- the African coast when I learnt that our prisoners might
the amount of capital embarked in the various railways of of superior flax seed into Ireland, but it was not intended sengers. On the 19th of December she was driven on the be liberated by asprompt intervention on my part. • Twelve
the Uniied Kingdom, the amount borrowed, and the to make any further importations whatever of that article submarine rocks off Nuevitas, Canal of Bahama, and re- lives were to be saved, the sole remnant -of the captives
sums advanced by the Bank of England on railroad secu- upon their own accounts. mained in this perilous situation during two days and three who escaped the massacre of Sidi Brahim. It was I, who,
cities, but which motion, at the suggestion of the Earl of Mr. B. HAWES, in answer to Mr, Barkly, said a-ves- nights. All hopes of getting her off, notwithstanding the with the Velooe under my orders, saved Captain Cognard
CLARENDON, the noble lord withdrew until Thursday, sel was preparing under the authority of the Government, passengers added their exertions to those of the crew, be- - and-his brave -comrades, and brought them to Melina,
stating that he did not feel any alarm at the monetary for the purpose of establishing a steam communication ing at an end, the captain ordered her masts to be cut off Where 3,000 persons offered me a banquet. I am now,
condition of the country ; all he wished was that parlia- between the coast of Africa and the West Indies, for the by the board, and turned every effort to save the riassen- forsooth, asked for 50,000 francs damages for having been
went should be in possession of information which might purpose of facilitating the emigration of free labourers. gers ; but before means could be taken the ship broke up. idle—whilst I—yeg, I—saved from the sword of the enemy
avert n4schief. In reply to Mr.- Bright, Lord J. RussELL was under- Out of 155 persons, only 82 reached the shore. Among the lives of twelve of my countrymen ! I took six persons
The Destitute Persons (Ireland) Bill originated a de- stood to say that he would, on Monday,- lay on the those who were lost was-the captain, M. Jules Cayol, who in my suite, who represented the art of-painting, as I my-
bate, but no decided opposition, and was read a second table a copy of the memorial of a large body of millowners refused to quit the :vessel until every other livingn3erson self represented the art of literature."—The case was ad-
tune. ~ , in Lancashire, which had been presented to him, on the had been got off. Those saved have been well-treated by journed. A large crowd was collected outside to see M.
HOUSE OF CQMMONS.—MoNDAY. subject of the Factories Bill. The noble lord also inti- the inhabitants, and were expecting to leave shortly for Dumas come out, and they accompanied him to the Rue
Lord MORPETH, in answer to Mr. C. Berkeley, said mated, in answer to Mr. W. Collett, that the earthworks New Orlew s. Barillerie, where a magnificent Arab charger, with gold
the comtnittee of the Wellington Statue had given direc- of Irish railways would in all cases be considered as relief THE BLACK SEA.—The Siecle quotes the following trappings, was waiting for him.
Lions that a still further portion of the scaffolding should ' works, and if the companies 9bjected to that rule, or de- letter from Odessa, of -the 29th ult. :—" The trade of
be remciied, in order to enable the Government fairly to sired its enlargement, they must do so by way of memorial. Odessa was never more flourishinz than in 1846. In the T I? 14' T. I NT 71
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judge 4the merits of the statue in its present position.
The Government had not thought this proceeding at all
necessary, but inasmuch as the expense of partial demo-
lition, re-erection, and final removal, would fall on the
committer; they left- it to them and the sculptor to take
their own course. He might add, that on a review of the

north portion, of Waterloo-place was considered the Most
fitting. .'

The adjourned debate on the Irish Railways Bill was
resumed by the Marquis of Granby, who was followed by
Alderman Thompson, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. J. O'Connell,
and Mr.i.Pisraeli, in favour of the second reading, which
`lr. W. Brown, Colonel Mure, Mr. F.

was opposed b

French,:Captaiii Corry, and Sir
W. Molesworth, the debate standing adjourned.

•
'SE OF COMMONS

,-TUESDAI

On the motion for the resumption of the adjourned
debate on the second reading of the Railways (Ireland)
Bill,

Mr. S. O'BltiErr drew the attention of the house and
government to the system by which whole districts were
involved in the punishment .of specific outrages upon
public works, with the intention of asking the govern-
ment if they sanctioned such a system.
Mr. LABOUCHERE observed that such had been the
rule laid down by the government, in order to protect
public servants in the execution of their duty. It was
the only manner in which they could be adequately pro-
tected, and the• result had, in many instances, proved the
wisdom- f- the rule. -

The adjourned debate on Lord G. Bentinck's bill was
then opened by Mr. B. Osborne in favour, who was fol-
lowed on th

Sir Hen

opposed f

The bill was

and Lord John

The noble lord stated, for the convenience of Irish mem-
bers, that, on Monday, either the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer or himself would make the financial statement of
which he had given notice, and proceed with the Railway
Commissioners Bill ; and as the estimates must be moved
in the next and following week, it would be Monday

fortnight before the house could proceed with the bills for
the improvement of Irish estates, and that for the relief

of the poor
Mr. Hu

ME announced that when any vote was pro-
posed to be taken on account of the British Museum, he
should bring under the consideration of the house what
he considered to be defects existing in the constitution of
the governing body of that establishment.

The question of going into committee on the Lab

ing Poor (Ireland) till,-originated a discussion on all the
debateable points referring to the present state and condi-
tion.of that country, after which the house went into, and
the bill passed through, committee.

FOREIGN 4- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE

AMERICA

The packet-ship Oxford, which left New York on the
4th instant, has brought no papers to that date, which

contain important news

We learn that General Taylor had really captured
Victoria, which town he entered with General Quitman
on the 9th. General Quitman drove the Mexicans before
him the last 30 or 40 miles before entering Victoria.
The Mexicans were -very reluctant to give up the place,
but went out on one side as Quitman entered on the
other. General Quitman, having no cavalry•, could not
pursue them. The Mexican army, it was believed, was
not far off. The Mexican soldiers seen in the neigbour-

feelings of

Lord NormanbN

a. sever more flourishing than in 1846. In the
course of that year, 1,441 vessels entered our harbour,
and 1,512' sailed from it. The exports amounted to
22,763,055 effective roubles (91,052.220 f.), and the im-
ports to 7,745,047 effective roubles (30,508,462 f.), forming
together a total of 30,-508,462 roubles. and showing an
increase, as compared with the amount of the preceding
year, of 4,318,360 roubles. The imports of 1846 con-
sisted of 5,840,803 effective roubles (25,363,208 f.) in
merchandise, and 1,904,605 roubles (7,618,420 f.) in spe-
cie. The wheat exported last year exceeded 2,000,000
tzetwers, representing a value of 15,000,000 of effective
roubles (60,000,000 f.), the largest quantity of grain ever
exported from Odessa in one year. There were still
lying at Odessa, on the Ist instant, 725,000 tzetwers of
wheat (1,515,250 hectolitres), and 95,000 tzetwers of
other grain (198,350 hectolitres), besides 30,000 tzetwers
of flax seed."
A MoNsTtit STEAM SEttr.—On Saturday, the 31st

nit., the first of a line of steam ships, to rain between
New York and Bremen, touching at Cowes, was launched
at New York. She is built of white oak ; length of keel
220 feet, length of upper deck, 240 feet, extreme length
over all 260 feet; breadth of beam moulded, 39 feet;
depth of hold, 31 feet ; on the outside 40 feet ; Custom-
house measurement, 1750 tons ; carpenters' measurement,
2350: she has four decks, the upper one will be flush fore
and aft. She is to be fitted with two engines,_ each

of 1000-horse power. The capacity of the Cylinders is
72 inches, with ten feet stroke, and they weigh 20,000
pounds ; each of the bed plates, which are of cast-iron,
weighs 40,000 pounds ; she has an entire wrought-iron
frame ; four cranks and shafts, each weighing 8000 pounds ;
the shafts are 20 inches in diameter, and 18 inches in the
The boilers are 16 feet front, 36 feet long, and
Ire braced in every square foot. The whole will be 40

journals

coal; &c., will be 600 tons. She will be commanded by
Hewitt, late of the Havre packet ship Utica, and
- New York on her first voyage about the first of

will leavf
March.

EMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES
has introduced a bill into the House of Representatives,
the object of which is to prevent the evils arising out of
the course pursued by the parish authorities in many of
the European states, namely, that of sending their crimi-
nals and paupers in ships to this country—thus, for a tri-
fling sum, getting rid effectually of supporting them, and
throwing upon us the responsibility and expense of pro-
? I viding poorhouse or prison accommodation for the trans-

The Lenten Pastoral Litters of the French Bishops for
this year are tinctured with an unusually strong infusion
of Ultra-montanism. Papal supremacy is the exclusive
theme of some, and forms a more or less promi-
nent feature in all which we have seen. In more than
one of these letters the terms in which the doctrine is in-
culcated, indicates something like a feeling

the part of the writers. They seem to suspect
pate a latent insubordination among the inferior Clergy

of insecurity on
ntici-

The steam-ship Teviot
Friday. She br-

%rrived at Southampton on
It is be-

igs no news of importance

mand of the fo:

poken of in Barbadoes
Is the new commander-in-chief of the Windward station.
A very heavy rain last Christmas was experienced in
Barbadoes, Grenada, St. Vincent, and Tobago, which
Col. Torrens

was exceedingly welcOn

was to be succeeded in the governorship of St. Lucia by
Major Yea, of the 7th Fuziliers. At Antigua a bill to as-
similate the currency of the land to that of the mother
country had passed the assembly. 164 emigrants from
Madeira arrived- at Domini& on the 19th of January. A
smart shock of earthquakewas felt at:Trinidad on the 13th

f January. Lord Harris, the Go'minor of Triuidad, has
ffered a premium for the best essay on the cultivation of

Mr. Seaman

IRELAND,

The Ballinasloe Star contains several instances of the
re-appearance of the potato blight in the forthcoming

It is a remarkable fact, from which each will draw his
own inference, that there are not less thanfifteen thousand
puncheons of whiskey at present stored in Dublin.
At the meeting of the Repeal Association, on Monday,
the rent for the week was announced to be £l7 14s. 2d.,
of which `£ll was forwarded from Liverpool.
The Queen Dowager has sent £2O to the remote and
retired district of. Headford, in the county of Galway,
where there has existed a lace factory for more than two
centuries. The remittance was accompanied with an or-
der for lace to that amount.

TEE BANK PARCEL ROBBERY.—The parcel containing
£1,500 sent &Om the Nenagh branch of the Tipperary
bank to Limerick, was found in a stable of the Limerick
coach-office. The boy who was taken up on suspicion
confessed to the robbery, and pointed out the spot where
the booty was bid.
STOCK OF CORN IN DUBLIN.—So unusually large is the
stock of corn at present in the Custom-house stores in
Dublin that no room exists for a further supply, nor can
there be any more warehoused there until a new loft in
one of the large stores, which is at present being erected,
shall have been completed. --
- Two cases of blunderbuses arrived in Clonmel from
Bristol on the Bth inst. The proprietor said the price of
the blunderbuses was two shillings and sixpence each,
and guns and pistols cheaper. These arms, he said, were
obtained from the pawnbrokers and Jews' shops in Lon-
don, where they are lying useless, the owners being glad
to get rid of them at any price.
The barque Champlain, so long known as regular

Ist of January last, at the entrance of the harbolu. of Li-

garrison, and a
rin IT rril C. 111111 i

verpool, Nova Scotia, and has since been condemned, and
the hull materials sold. She latterly belonged to Mr.
George Lawrence, of Cork, who, we are glad to learn, was
insured. The Master and crew were all saved.
MURDER NEAR CHARLEVILLE.—The house of a man
named Fox, 'situated in Coolsmuttane, parish of Shan-
drum, within about three miles of Charleville, in Cork,
was attacked and broken into on Saturday night, and the
occupier Fox, who it is supposed resisted the entry of the
miscreants, was Shot dead. The motives which could
have influenced them in their fatal attack have not trans-
pired.
Mr. Monahan, the Irish Solicitor-General has been re-
turned for Galway, by a majority of 4 over the repeal can-
didate. The numbers for Mr. Monahan 510 ; and for
Mr. O'Flaherty 506. It is said that much bribery was
resorted to. Some imprudent person caused the Cathe-
dral bell to be rung, and the consequence was a riot. The
tnnb prillertpd rnntirl the CafhPilral and dPninlichPd all the

from Madras) landed 172 male Coolies, 64 wiimen, and
85 children at Port of Spain, on the 2nd of January. By
one p.m. the whole had found employers.'

ported The bill provides that the consuls and commer-
cial agents of the United States shall examine on oath or
otherwise, as may best serve the proposed end, all immi-
grants who take passage in vessels from the ports where
they are resident, and which vessels are, bound for the
United States ; and if it appears that such emigrants have

not been paupers or convicts, then the consuls are to give
certificates to that effect ; but if, on the contrary, it ap-
pears that they have been the inmates of prisons or work-
houses, the consuls are to refuse the certificates. The
certificates, when given, are to be duplicated, and a copy
sent to the authorities of the port for which tl-1 vessel
sails. Persons arriving in ports of the United States
without such certificates are to be sent whence they came,
and the master or owner of the vessel from which any im-
migrant is landed without such certificate shall be liable to

Monahan's supporter's were injured

The Marquis of Waterford has directed the purchase of
Indian corn to the amount of £4,000, to be retailed at
prime cost, and a portion to be distributed gratuitously
where destitution prevails. The Marchioness of Water-
ford, independently of establishing a soup kitchen and a
clothing institution, has subscribed £l6O to the Portlaw
Poor Relief Fund. The Marquis established a soup
kitchen at Curraghmore, which has been open during the
winter, and one at Kilmacthomas.
OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SYSTEM.—The
Meath Herald publishes the subjoined extract of a letter
received by a gentleman in the neighbourhood of Kells :
" I think it but right to inform you of two persons who
have been put on the public works in the barony of
Skryne by the .relief committee. One of them is the son
of a widow who died in May last. He sold, since then,
two cows for 24 guineas, three pigs for £l5, two yearlings
£l2, one cow £6, one calf £.3, making a sum altogether
amounting to £6O. The other man was in the employ-
ment of a gentleman since May. He left his place about
three weeks since, because he could not get a better din-
ner on a Sunday than a leg of roast pork, or bacon, and
6d..per day." With such practices of daily occurrence,
it can scarcely be wondered that spring work on farms
should be wholly neglected.
LOVE AND CONSPIRACY.—A very curious case of love
and conspiracy came before the Bantry petty sessions on
Thursday week. Mr. Cornelius O'Donovan, a young
gentleman residing at Bantry, received no less than forty
love letters, purporting to be from Miss Catharine O'Sul-
livan ; but, when matters had become ripe for marriage,
they all proved to be forgeries, Miss O'Sullivan knowing
nothing of the matter. These letters were brought to him
by a beggar named Connelly, answers being duly returned
by him through the same source. On one occasion he
received a present of a watch, a scarf, and a ring, all of
inferior value. He went twice, by appointment, to Cork,
but the lady of his hopes never came. Connelly, on the
second occasion, was with him, and was well fed by Mr.
O'Donovan, in addition to the receipt of several presents.
Evidence was called to show that the letters had been
written by a Miss Nano O'Sullivan, who, it
.was consi-
dered, designed to marry Mr. O'Donovan by personating

a fine of V2so.—American paper.
AN INDIAN BATTLE.—A letter from a gentleman at
Council Bluffs, dated on the 17th of December, to his cor-
respondent in St. Louis, states that on the previous day a
band of the Omahas were met by a band of the Sioux, in
the neighbourhood of the Bluffs, that a battle ensued be-
tween them ; and that the Sioux killed 60 of the Omahai

before the conflict terminated. The following particulars
we find in a-letter to the St. Louis Republican :—" It was
a cold-blooded butchery of women and children, in the

absence of all the warriors of the village. On the night
of the 12th and 13th, the letter states, a war party of
Yancton Sioux Indians-defeated and destroyed 14 tribes
of the Omaha tribe of Indians, located at the time at
Wood's Bluffs, situated about 60 miles from this place—
Belleview. The men and warriors of the Omahas had
left the camp on a hunt ; and the Sioux, soon after they
reached the camp, discovered that they had only women
and children to contend with

The sliughter was terrible
73 were killed, and 19 mortally wounded. Two men

lem-named Jos

ph Lapeche

loy of Mr. Peter A. Sharpy, and at the
time in charge of a stock of goods. He ran from the
scene of blood barefooted, and arrived at BellevieW with
both feet frozen. Mr. Sharp and Major Miller, the pre-
sent agent, dispatched a party of men to ascertain the
facts, and they confirmed, An their return; the report of
Lafleche. They also reported that five of the Sioux In-
dians had been killed, no doubt stabbed by the Omaha
Squaws. Going 20 miles further than the ground of the
massacre they found the place where the goods of the
trader had been divided among the robbers. "It seems,"
adds the letter, " that fate is against the Omaha Indians.

a trader in the, em

the former lady. Informations were granted both against
her and Conelly. and the case was returned for trial at
the county assizes.

HORRIBLE MURDERS IN IRELAND.-011 the night of
the 11th instant, about four miles west of Louisburg
( Mayo), a wretch, named James Gibbons, after robbing
a house in which lived two sisters, named Mary and
Honor Gibbons, but one of whom (Mary) was absent, set
fire to the premises, and the unfortunate inmate, Honor,
was burnt to death. The murderer was a brother of the
deceased, and some of the property was found hid in his
house ! He was committed for trial for wilful murder.—
a farmer named Kelly, reported to be
Carlow), was murdered by
afterwards ransacked the
ipped the dead body. He

NEW ZEALAND

xday week

The bark Cecilia, Captain Pearce, with a full cargo of
contract Kauri spars, and a small quantity of copper ore,

a man name(

)m Anckland,

arrived at Plymouth on the 15th inst
New Zealand. The native chief Heki, who form(
turbed the northern colony, continues quiet, and appears
likely to remain so. In the south the vigorous measures
of Governor Grey have completely suppressed the rebel-
lious efforts of Ranghieta, whose brother was taken priso-
ner in Cook's Straits, and has been executed, after an in-
vestigation which proved his participation in the late dis-
turbances on the river" Hutt. The course pursued by the
new colonial government at Wellington has given entire sa.
tisfaction.

The William Peile

RIVER PLATA
'rem Monte Video, an

Captain Sproat
in Friday_ Chi

le up the Uruguay, .with a force of 3000 men
n Monte Video, and trade generally
The London Observer says that Lord Howden is still at
Paris, and that there is no reason whatever to doubt that
he will be speedily enabled to proceed to his destination,
armed with the combined instruction of the Governments

vera had
111 is nu:

of France and England for the settlement of all points in
dispute between the belligerent parties on both sides of
the River Plata. So far as the negotiations have pro-
ceeded there is no point of difference, and they only wait
the leisure of the French Cabinet from other more press-
ing matters. to be uut into such a sl

)e as will enable. the

British Envoy to carry out the wishes of both. Govern-

LIULIDG •••
:
made his'escape. A verdict of wilful murder was record-
ed against the same county, on Friday se'n-
night, a bailiff, named Hynes, while in the execution of

br rent in t

Louse of a

ie eye with a pitch-
fork, which penetrated V the brain and produced death.
The murderer absconded, and a verdict of wilful murder
was returned against him.
IRISH OUTRAGES.—Returns of the number and de-
scription of outrages specially reported by the constabu-
lary throughout Ireland, in eachof the years 1845 -and
1846, have been laid before Parliament. It appears that
the total number (in class 1) of offences against the per-
son amounted in 1846 to 1,923, against 1,639 in 1855, thus
exhibiting a large increase-in the number of outrages.
The list of crimes thus committed in Ireland during the
past year contains 176 cases of homicide, 158 cases of fir-
ing at the person, 6 of conspiracy to murder, 1 of poison-
ing, 105 of rape, 49 of assault with intent, &c., 100 of in-

ments fora satisfactory pacification

The public slave-market at Constantinople I
abolished, but it is suspected that the traffic in human be-
ings will still he carried on in the shape of private bargains.

atter in t

of those aggravated assaults peculiar to the Irish, 290 of
assaults endangering life, 28 of assaults with intent to rob,

Lord Hardinge has resolved on the reduction of the
postage throughout India, and the introduction of a sys-
tem similar to that of Rowland Hill. At present, for a
daily paper, restricted in weight to about one-fourth of a
London journal, the postage amounts in some parts of
India to £lO annually.
TUE, EMIGRATION TO CANADA IN 1 1846.—The Mon-
treal Herald furnishes the following official statement of
1846:—Number of Emigrants landed at the Ports of
Quebec and 370ntrea1,'32,753, viz., from' England, 9,263 ;
from Ireland,
_21,049 ; from Scotland, 1,655 ; Germans
from Hamburg and Bremen, 896 ; total, 32,753. Adults,
males, 12,366 ; femaleS, 10,826 ; children, Ito 14 years,

8 of assaults on btaliffs, &c., 49 of cutting and maiming,
34 of common assault, 147 of child desertion, 66 of con-
cealing births of children, and one of unnatural crime.
In 1846 there were 4,766 cases of offences against the
public peace, including 465 incendiary fires, 611 robberies
of arms, 232 administrations of illegal oaths, 1,783
threatening letters, 536 attacks of houses, 449 injuries of
property, and 167 cases of firing into dwelling houses. 1'

,
males, 3,901; ditto, females, 3,814 ; children under one
year, 1,180 ; total, 32,153. The male adult emigration is
classed as follows, viz., mechanics, 715.; farmers, 4,831;
labourers, 6,733 ; servants, 87 ; sotal, 12,366. Destina-
tion—Proceeded to Western Canada, 24,136; estimated

class 3, "
.Offences against property," the alarming in-
crease is exhibited, between 1845 and 1846, from 1,739 to
5,670 cases, including 3,025 cases of cattle stealing, 813
burglaries, 258 highway robberies, 534 robberies, 287 cases
of maiming cattle, and 416 cases of plundering provisions.
The gerierAl tettil is 12,380 cases of crime and offence in
1846, against 8,104 in 1845. The counties in which crime
appears to have been the most rife are thoSe of Tipperary,
Cork, Limerick, Clare, Roscommon, and Leitrim, whilst
those most free from the stirma are Antrim. London-

number in Eastern Canada, 2,U00; destination unknown,
estimated as 'having gone to the United States, 6,617 ;
total, 12,753. The emigration into Western Canada rid
the United States, froth actual returns received, is 2,864,
of which number about. 500 are Germans.' Of the Ger-
man ,emigration this year, vid Quebec, upwards of 200
have settled in tipper Canada ; the remainder went to the
United States. The Irish emigration of the :canon is

lorry, Lou
ELOPEM

onora iN:

estim;tei;iuPwarti; of five-sixths of the whole

Kildare, an(

L policeman, of the name of Jacob
Rathcormac, stationed in Newcastle,
merick, got acquainted with a Miss

,vhile she was on a visit with her maternal uncle, Mr.
Larkin, a wealthy shopkeeper in the town in which she
was. stationed- The attachment having reached the ears
of the family; the father forbid the acquaintance, and " to
make assurance doubly sure," a lad eligible to seek the
hand of Miss Macmahon, was introduced, and a marriage
determined upon. The wedding clothes were bought-:-
the marriage settlements completed, and the day named.

But, as the- old adage goes, " there's many a slip 'twixt
the'cup and the lip,' So it was with respect to the Mac-
mahon family, for the night before the appointed day, the
sly policeman rescued the bride-elect from the custody of
her watchful uncle, and before the discovery of her elope-
ment, she was on the road to her intended people-in-law
at Rathcormat

When the morning came, Newcastle
was in a.ferment. A warrant hiving been obtained from
a magistrate for her arrest upon a 'Charge of 'felony, the
family of the Macmahons was up in arms, and the
country around "was searched for the delinquent, and a
reward of £lO was offered through the Limerick Chronicle
for her apprelienion. Within two days Webb returned
tolls station, to avoid coming under the charge of deser-
tion and resigned his office as policeman ; but so great
was the indignation of the family and the friends of the
Macmahons that he had to be escorted out of the town.
Perceiving he was " set," with the instinct of a policeman,
he made a circuit to arrive at the place of appointment,
and, eluding his pursuers,- arrived in Cork on Sunday
night. Mere he met his "intended," and on Monday
they went to get married, but were recognised by an old
soldier of the local companies, WEiriave them into cus-
tody. They were immediately taken before the presiding
magistrate, who discharged Webb, but remanded the
lady. -However, on Tuesday, Webb having engaged the
services of Mr. J. J. O'Brien, he showed the bench that
she was not criminally chargeable, and she was - conse-
quently discharged. This was -a fortunate' release„for
that day., being throve Tuesday, they were enabled.with-
out much delay to he joined in Wedlock by a priest. On
Wedne4day; the father and 'uncle of the young wife
arrived in this city, hut they found they were a day too
late,,the happy couple having started the same morning
to enjoy the - scenery of the Lake 3. of Killarney.—Cork
Con/dilution.