The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-24 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

half an hour, but before sunset she again steered west-
ward.
" O❑ the 25th there being no appearance of land, the
boat's course was altered to westward, with the hope of
falling in with some ve•ssel. They continued this course
till the 28th, the wind being all the time eastwardly. On
this day, for the first time, it rained for about two hours.
By using two pairs of shoes, all they bad among them,
and by wringing their clothes, they succeeded in getting
about half a pint of water each.
" From this time till the 31st, they saw no vessel, and
were without water. On the 31st and the day following
it rained three or four hours, and they obtained sufficient
water to quench their thirst for the time. From the Ist
to the 6th of August they obtained no water, but on one
of those days they picked up a piece of bamboo, which
was found to contain four small fishes about two inches
long, which they divided among them : this was all the
food they had while in the boat. On the morning of the
6th three ships passed them, but it was supposed the boat
was not seen by them. Tuey were, however, soon after-
wards gratified with the sight of the ship which afforded
them relief, on board of which they received every care
and attention."

BUENOS AYRES.—Advices from Buenos Ayres of the
29th of June state that the House of Representaives had
confirmed the law authorising a monthly remittance of
5,000d015. to Messrs. Baring, Brothers, on account of
the dividend till sonic definite arranuement is made for
the liquidation of the foreign debt. The return of many
of the old English residents for their native land seems to
have created some sensation in the Argentine Republic,
and their departure is mentioned in terms of regret. The
packet bringing these accounts is the bearer of 10,000 dls.
being the amount for May and June. By the same op-
portunity we learned the fact of the departure of Com-
modere Purvis for Rio de Janeiro, having been superseded
by Captain Talbot, of the Vestal, till Sir Thomas S.
Pasley takes command of the station. Paz was reported
to have sailed for Rio Grande. The exchange on En-
gland was quoted 31d.
SYDNEY.--Sydney papers to the 12th of May have
come to hand, but being only a week later than those re-
ceived on Thursday last, they add little to the information
before made public. Business transactions continued ex-
ceedingly limited, and there was no actual improsernent
in prices to notice. Wool in grease was fetching 7d per
lb., and choice flocks Is Id to is 2d per lb.; flour, accord-
ing to quality, was £9 to £ll per ton; sperm oil was
quoted 1:22 to £2 1 per ton. MEETING OF TEIE REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association
NEW ZEALAND.—Accounts from New Zealand state
took place on Monday in the Conciliation Hall, which was
that on the 12th of February an interview took place be-
crowded to excess in every part. Shortly before one
tween Governor Fitzroy and the New Zealand chiefs con-
o'clock, Mr. O'Connell entered the Hall, and was received
earned in the massacte at Weirou. After a requese to
with long-continued cheering and waving of handkerchiefs.
bear from them their own account of the affair, N MC 1
He was accompanied by W. S M.P.,Henry
was complied with by Rauparaha, his Excellency h via; • O'Brien,'
Grattan, M.P., Nicholas Maher, M.P., John O'Connell,
deliberated for some time, addressed the natives to true
M.P., &c. When the noise subsided, Mr. O'Connell
effect that, as the English had in the first instance been
moved the Hon. Mr. Hutchinson in the chair.
in the wrong, and the New Zealanders had.been betrayedi
After Mr. Hutchinson's address, the handing in of sub-
into unlawful acts both by their ignorance of English law,
scriptions was proceeded with, and the rent for the week
and by the great provocation they had received, no pun-
was £7OO. Mr. O'Connell handed in £25 from Liver-
isimeut
should follow their offences. He concluded by P°
assuring them that he would punish all attempts on the
W. S. O'Brien announced that the committee
part of the English to wrong the natives, and exhorted Mr.
proposed to award the following sums as prizes for the
the chiefs in their turn to exercise their influence to pre-
best essays written in support of a repeal of the union :
vent the natives from any similar infringement of their
For the best essay, £lOO ; for the second best, £75 ;
mutual rights. third best, £5O.
Dr. WOLFF.—After much correspondence, and obtain- Al r, O'CONNELL, M.P., rose, and said that the con-
ing from our own government all the interference and aid , terns of Ireland were now in their hands ; they had ar-
it feels authorised to undertake for the release of Dr. i rived at that period in which, if they acted with discre-
Wolff, Captain Grover a few days since started for St. tion, prudence, and propriety, the Repeal of the Union
Petersburgh, personally to interest the Emperor Nicholas ; was not only certain, but near at band. He doubted
in the same humane and holy cause. whether they were able to spoil the cause, it was in so
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT NIAGARA.—MiS3 Martha ' prominent and powerful a position; but he knew that an
K. Rugg, a young lady, left her home a few days since to awful weight of responsibility hung over him. They had
visit her sister. She was under the care of her brother- arrived at the time when they could he free, if they de-
in-law. Arriving at Niagara Falls, they stopped, with served it, and conducted themselves accordingly. They
the intention of spending a short time. On Saturday, in were something more sober than on the last day. Tney
company with a party from this city. they walked out, were then warmed with the triumph they had obtained.
and when on the bank just below the Falls, on the Look at the transactions of the last twelve months, and
Canada side, Miss Rugg suddenly lift the arm of her see springing up at every side, the disposition amongst
protector to gather some bushes growing on the very bride Irishmen to combine one with the other. Take his own
of the precipice, and almost instantly lost her balance, indivnlual case, when the verdict was obtained in a man-
falling about 100 feet perpendicular. She was heard to I ner which he need not describe, there was ne insulting
utter one fearful cry as she was falling, and all was still. 1 triumph upon the part of those who held different.
It was some 20 minutes before her companions could j There were no Orange processions—no Orange lodges
reach her; when they did fo, they found her still alive, • lamented—no Orange processions marched cut in com-
but she died in about three hours.—Buffalo Gazette. ' memoration of triumph—no drunken orgies—go hell with
the Pope and O'Connell." Nothing of that kind took
The Portland (U. S.) Argus states, that an Anti- .
place. Three years ago a very different state of things
Swearing Association had been formed at Orono, and , would have existed. Little more than three years ago he
about one hundred had signed the pledge. risked his life while going along the Queen's highway from
The expenses to France of the expedition against Mo- Dublin to Belfast. Three years ago the north was in a
rocco, ascertained at the Ministries of War and Marine, blaze; but upon this occasion there was no triumph over his
amount already to upwards of 20,000,000 f. 1 conviction, or his sentence to imprisonment. That was an
MUTINY AT ICHA.I3OE.—On the first week in July a excellent symptom : that neutrality was one which they
serious disturbance seems to have taken place at Ichabce. should hail as the harbinger of better days for Ireland. He
The number of vessels loading at the date of the letter ' rejoiced at that neutrality. He was grateful. He thanked
announcing the fact is represented to have been between ' the Orangemen for their forbearance; he expressed his
70 and SO, and the origin of the disturbance was from the ' strongest gratitude to them ter that proof that they were
new corners attempting to take precedence of previous ar- becoming more Irish than they were, and for holding out
rivals in the loading of the vessels. i that prospect of still better days. But what had occurred
sate tae was liberated. Had the popular triumph been
STRANGE CUSTOM.—By virtue of a very old custern .
marked by any discontent upon the parts of the persons
in Belgium, particularly in Brussels, the reigning sore- .
reign of this country becomes godfather to the seveuth who were hitherto opposed to theme Were there any
consecutive son of any family, however humble their situ-
meetings expressing resentment at the mode in which the
align may be. The other night, the wife of an honest
ultimate success was obtained, or disparaging the conduct
mechanic, residing at No. 17, Rue de la Betterave, gave of those through whom that success was announced ; no
birth to her seventh son, who will accordingly have the
' such thing ; quite the contrary. He was proud to say
honour of becoming the godson of his Majesty, the Kiag that he had received congratulations from multitudes of
of the Belgians.—Brussels Paper. ' persons who aet e formerly opposed to him, and whose
Two IRISH CLERGYMEN DROWNED AT ROME.—.A. lPolitics identified with his. His first object was
were not
to consider whether it ought not to be referred to the corn-
melancholy event occurred at Rome on the 28th ult. Two
mittee to consider the propriety of holding the Clontarf
ecclesiastics, students of the Irish Franciscan Coll( ge in ,
meeting. He told them frankly his own opinion was that
that city, were unhappily drowned whilst bathing in the
it would not be necessary to hold the meeting. The
Tiber. One of the deceased, the Rev. E. F. Martin, was only necessity for calling a meeting would be this—that
in priest's orders, and had celebrated the holy sacrifice being public men, arid bound to preserve the principles of
the morning of his untimely death. His companion, the the -
constitution, (the meeting being legal and constitu-
Rev. R. A. Kavanagh, was ordained sub-deacon on the
tional,) they should hold it for the purpose of showing
previous Sunday. The former was an excellent swimmer, that its suppres• ion was an outrage, and ought not to be
but Mr. Kavanagh ould not swim, and it is conjectured • acquiesced in. He (Mr. O'Connell) saw a great deal in
that one was drowned in the endeavour to save the other. that argument, but he thought that it would not be neces-
DANGERS OF THE AFRICAN GUANO TRADR.—A let- ' sary to carry out their principles further. When they had
ter, dated Sunday, received here on Tuesday, from Pal- the five counts of the indictment which referred to those
mouth contains a sta'ement of a very extraordinary cha- meetings struck out of the writ of error by the consent
racier, the truth of which there seems no reason to doubt. '. of the crown counsel—including the Attorney-General—
It is as follows ;—" The Sam Slick, of London, arrived they had the principle established, and there was no
off brie (lalaiesesna r.P.rto Ihca Mr• W. V..." 13"... ...... u,uaciuu fur guiuv, to thy uuplcaantncos of entering
ter of the merchant brig Courier, of London, having ' into a controversy with the government, or anybody
touched at Bathurst (Gambia) on the 15th of June, else. Then, taking this suegestion as their line of con-
whence the Sam Slick sailed August 7th, made a declare- duct, he would remind his Protestant friends of the pro-
tion to the authorities there that nearly the whole of that grass which those meetings had made. Forty-one of them
vessel's crew, as well as the master and some of the sea- had been held with perfect tranquillity—without accident
men of the barque Margaret, of London, including the or disorder. He was told that he repeated this too often,
Captains, had been captured by the Moors at Arguin, but he denied the fact, for he wanted to announce to the
• upon the western coast of Africa, where they had gone world that the people of Ireland were unanimous in their
to procure guano. Seven men, including the chief mate conviction that the country was misgoverned, and that
of the Courier, had been killed. The Africanus, of Lon- the unjust act of union ought to be repealed. This was
don, Captain Isemonger, lying off Portendic, having his opinion as to the Clontarf meeting ; however, he
heard of the tragedy, had ransomed a party of nine per- would, as a matter of form, move that it be referred to the
sons, including the captain of the Margaret, for £300; committee to consider the matter. And now for the second
'and six of the party arrived at Bathurst on the 6th of question for consideration. The next matter he wished to
August, including the captain of the Margaret. Three refer to was the " Preservation Society" of three hundred
remained behind, unable to travel in consequence of their gentlemen, to be selected from all parts of Ireland.
.wounds. The captain of the Margaret was three months Upon the last day of meeting, he suggested that this
in captivity." society should have control over the Association. How-
- Teutt PIRATES OFF THE COAST OF BORNEO : ANOTHER , ever he had since changed his opinion, and had come to I
Sine's Cnew MURDERED. —By letters, which were the conclusion that the authority of the Association
received at Lloyd's on Monday, from Singapore, we should not be lessened. The learned gentleman upon the
'learn of further horrible atrocities by the pirates off the third point stated that instead of moving the impeach-
coast of Borneo. In addition to the capture of the ment of the judges, they would petition the Queen for
their dismissal, and continued at great length to refer to
Belgian brig Charles, another unfortunate vessel, called 1
the Lucky Blass, a brig, 200 tons burthen, has been the proceedings at the trial.
taken by them, plundered, and afterwards set fire to, and ________._______
the whole of the crew and passengers, amounting, it is O'CONNELL'S PRISON BED.--Mr. O'Connell has
.currently reported, to eighteen persons, were massacred. . caused the bed on which he slept during his incarceration
The wretches, there is no doubt, are the same who mar- to be removed to Merrion-square, and has supplied the
dared the Hon. Paul Erskine Murray and two seamen in j deputy-governor with a new one instead, declaring that lie
the month cf January last. A letter from a naval officer would keep it as a memorial for his children.
on board the Harlequinus, dated Sunapore, July the 3rd, COMICAL FREAK.--Two ladies, in the sect of the
states, that her Majesty's surveying ship, Captain E. Bel- White Quakers, were apprehended in the streets of Long-
cher, C. 8., hearing of the treachery perpetrated by the ford, where they displayed themselves in the supposed
natives, (the Sultan admitipg the massacre of twenty-seven costume of Eden, viz., a garment of leaves twisted to-
Europeans and the capture of their vessels,) proceeded gether, and covering them from the waist to the knee.—
along the coast. The Sausarang returned to Singapore Limerick Chronicle.
• two days since, with her commander, Captain Belcher, I AN ATTORNEY'S
N KISS—THE MIRACLE.—It took three
severely wounded in both thighs, but doing exceedingly attornies half-an-hour to convince Mr. O'Connell that
well. The ship had been engaged in a fight with the i the judgment on him was reversed. One of the t
attor-
pirates, and they had burnt and destroyed no fewer than . nies kissed him, and notwithstanding even the kiss of ar
eight piratical proas. ! attorney—a thing, we believe, rarely given, as it could
THE FRENCH AT TAHITI.—By a letter from Tahiti, : not very well be put down in the bill (to kissing our client,
dated April 24, being later than our previous advices, we so and so)—Mr. O'Connell remained inc. edulous. He
learn that events have occurred at that island, which, when knew, indeed, that the news must be true or the attornies
stated in detail, as they are sure to be in future accounts, I could not be there to tell it, but he could not believe it
will place the character of French rule in the Southern , because the attornies told it. It was enough
to make
- Pacific beyond all question. At the time we refer to " the anything untrue to have three attornies agreeing in assert-
French have been cruelly murdering the natives by broad- ing it, and one embracing acd kissing in a manner to call
sides of canister and grape from their two heavy frigates! Judas to mind.—Examiner.
The Queen had been upwards of twelve weeks living with SANGUINARY OUTRAGE.—On the 11th inst. a land-
her family on board of our small ketch of war Basilisk, lord with eight men went to levy the amount of an exe-
and during that long period had not dared to put her foot
out of the vessel. The French had carried their unwar- cation upon lands in the county of Cork. They had
some difficulty in entering the house, but shortly after
rentable measure of confiscation of the Queen's property an immense number of people amounting at least to
to so great an extremity that they had even seized upon
1000 persons surrounded the dwelling and commenced an
-the little presents of poultry, and fish and fruit, which
attack upon the party inside and dealt blows on them
her sincerely attached subjects bad from time to time I with pikes, scythes and and afterwards beat the wounds
provided for her. These trifles the French had appropri- -•
with sticks—a new mode of torture. One man was held
ated to their own personal uses ! " These proceedings while he was cruelly mangled in the head, a pike thrust
with relation to the Queen seem to savor a good deal of in his mouth, and his teeth smashed. Several of them
persecution, and very little honesty. They are merely I are in a very (dangerous condition, and this is the fourth
unrelentingly severe and disreputable. 'Tis the tyranny time that such murderous work has taken place though
of the giant using his power like a giant, but in a little the other occurrences were of far less atrocity.
way. Nevertheless, the great gun practice with grape and
POSTPONEMENT OF REPEAL.—" Mine ancient Pistol"
canister, which is spoken of ass warlike service performed
of the Nation gets into his altitudes once more, only to
by heavy frigates against an undefended people, is an af-
set his readers down again into the lowest " slough of 1
fair of too merciless a nature to be tolerated as the plan-
Despond" :—" Oh I but it makes our eyes to fill," quoth
nod and deliberate exploit of the assumed to-be skilled
he, "and our throat to close, and our hot breast to labour
navy of a great and civilized nation. (as the ocean would when a volcano heaved within it),
LOSS OF THE BRITISH SCHOONER ORANGE.. when we think of that day when Ireland's flag shall float
over her people, educated, united, and free. How well
The New York Tribune relates the following particu- 1 were a life of breathless toil—how well were the death of
lars of the awful sufferings experienced at sea by the crew scaffold Or battle-plain faced, to catch a glimpse of that
of an English vessel:— h our• It shall be—it shall be—if not to us, to this gene-
"AWFUL SUFFERINGS AT SEA.—The ship Vicksburg, '
ration." One would argue from this passage (combined
Captain Berry, which arrived at New York from New
others of recent occurrence). that there is a conside-
Orleans, fell in on the 6th August, in lat. 26 27, long. 87 withrabl split in the cabinet of the Corn-Exchange—at least
46, with an open boat containing seven persons, and took
them on board. They proved to be the captain and crew a yeeryim important difference. about the point of time when
of the British schooner Orange, which was lost on the the breach bl-each ihnantdh,e Legislative Union will be practicable.
we are to have—within six months from
voyage from Jamaica to Matanzas. Their names were as theonegiven day that may be pitched upon—either the
follow :—Alexander M'Donald, master ; William Young, 1:•° ,eseYader s headu on a block, or a domestic parliament in
mate ; Edward Cook. Richard Evans, John Brown, Wm.
Roscoe, seamen; and Robert Wilkinson, cook. They College- green. upon
the other, the sitting of this domestic
had been thirteen days in the boat, which was but 14 feet poartiament is adjourned almost sine die—" if not to us,
long. When fallen in with they were in a very exhausted t thus generation."
HORRID CASE.—Three months ago, a little boy, while
state, and three of them had to be lifted on board. The
youngest of them, Wm. Roscoe, was totally insensible ; tending cheep near Castlebar, Ireland, was bitten by a dog
subsequently destroyed. On Thursday fortnight, while
and although every exertion was made to restore him, he
survived but about three hours, and at sunset his body at mass, a sudden thrill seized him, and he became con-
was committed to the deep. During the first night the scions of his impending fate. Ha told the clergyman that
mate was delirious, but has since, as well as the rest, he could not endure the appearance of any liquid, that his
nearly regained his health. Their thirst was excessive, chest was internally burning with a fierce heat; but that
and great care was taken in giving them water at first, if a wheaten straw were got, and one end of it immersed
was
and it was not until the third day that it satisfied, at in a vessel of water, he might contrive to drink it through
but
which time each person had taken aboutthreegalons of the tube of straw. This was accordingly prepared
water. each drop of the liquid he imbibed was received (judging
di Captain M;hDenonianldhttitta.t.4e2d
4tsll,alteanlego.uststh4e, 24th of July, by the heavy agitation of his chest) as it had been burning
at two a.m., his schooner lead. Excepting the convulsed horror he evinced on the
was capsized in a sudden squall from the eastward. The appearance or idea of any liquid, he continued sensible for
lanyards of the weather rigging were immediately cut a long time, and told his mother he was aware he would
away, but the ballast having shifted, and the sails and soon die ; that he would go violent, and to tie him, lest be
masts being in the water, it was impossible to right the should do any injury, but not to bleed him to death, as
vessel. Fortunately, when she capsized, the jolly boat, had been done in the village about twelve months previ-
being in the bo!tom of the long boat, turned over, and ouslY to another person affected with hydrophobia. At
all hands succeeded in getting into it, and got clear of the length the madness reached its crisis, black froth and
mouth,
vessel, which almost at the same of thenrm wentadviessa.ppea _red. curdled blood foamed from his and he died in
They were then left to the mercy
without an awful paroxysm of violence and excitement.
provisions or water, or even an oar. Part of one of the O'CONNELL'S CONSISTENCY.—On the 9th instant, at
masts was made use of to steer with, and the boat was the
ilareeppeeaaelhAmsesnoteiaetfi Association
emjettedtginesg,asO'tCheon,,noenllly, announcedremedy,
kept before the wind till daylight.
" During the day the linings and footboards were taken and as the plan to which he was greatly attached, and
should now be.left without any remedy at all ! for
wsdetermined to carry out. Alas that the
off and converted into a mast, on which was plircediitllise Ypieheipchle
captain's shirt for a sail, and the boat was steered
southerly direction, in the hope of falling in with lend. the " only one vitas formally abandoned at the last meet-
In the afternoon a barque was seen to the westward, ing; and it now remains to be considered whether even
steering towards them, and, when about two miles off, "an address to the Crown" will be adopted as a substi-
hove to for a short time, then hauled southerly for about Lute. " The next and only remaining topic," quoth Mr.

IRE LAND.