The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-08-05 00:00:00

Brazilian Minister had made any protest tigannt IL; A.
the Brazilian Minister had presented such a protest it
was fitting that it should be laid on the table forthwith
for the information of Parliament.
Sir R. PEEL explained to Mr. M. Gibson the stipula-
tions of our different treaties with Brazil, and again
refuted the objections which Mr. M. Gibson had founded
upon a misconstruction of them. He admitted that the
Brazilian Minister had within the last few days prote,ted
against this bill, and informed the House that her Ma-
jesty's Ministers could nut consent to the production of
that protest until they could produce at the same time
the reply given to it.
The Games and Wagers Bill was read a third time.
The Fees (Criminal Courts) Proceedings Bill, and the
Waste Lands (Australia) Bill, passed through committee.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved an ad-
dress to the Queen, praying her Majesty to take measures
to grant the sum of £20,000 to relieve the sufferings of
the Canadians, and assuring the Crown that Parliament
would make good the grant. The motion was unani-
mously agreed to.
Mr. BODKIN obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend
the laws relating to orders for removal of the poor to their
places of settlement, and the trials of appeals against
such orders. The Hon. Member explained the object of
the Bill to be, to carry out a Bill which the Home Sec-
retary had brought in and subsequently abandoned, re-
laxing the stringency of the law of settlement, and al-
lowing appeals to be tried on their merits, instead of, as
for the most part they were at present, on some mere
technical objection

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY.
The Earl of DEsBOROUGH brought up the report of the
select committee appointed to inquire into the case of
John Stinton, to the effect that, though it appeared that
the said John Stinton had wilfully contradicted himself,
tie committee were not of opinion that it would be expe-
dient to prosecute him.
The Bills of Exchange were read a third time.

STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION
(From a iv,fr Orleans paper.)
An awful steam-oust explosion occurred at New Or-
leans as described by those who saw it immediately after
the frightful accident, was awfully heartrending. Pieces
of the wreck were thrown, with human bodies, into the
air, and at immense distances. The boat was literally
blown to atoms. The hull and upper works from the
wheel-houses forward are all gone.
The number of persons standing on the boiler deck is
variously estimated at from 10 to 15, among whom were
several cabin passengers. They were all blown to the
height of 150 or 200 feet in the air, some with their limbs
rent asunder, and all of them falling into the river, with-
out exhibiting any signs of life, and sinking to the bottom
instantly. The clerk and bar-keeper were in their rooms,
which were blown overboard, and their bodies have not
yet been found.
The number of deck passengers and of the crew killed,
wounded, and missing, is, as near as we can ascertain, be-
tween 25 and 30. The scene presented on the lower deck
was one of the most heartrending description. In one
place laid a body with a head severed from it ; another
with both legs torn off above the knees ; some with
frightful wounds and gashes upon their head and limbs—
others without scarcely a particle of skin upon their bo-
dies, from the effects of the steam and scalding water. A
lad of some 15 years of age was thrown upon the Levee
with both legs broken and badly scalded.
How many lives have been lost by this terrible accident
is not known —indeed it can never be accurately ascer-
tained, as several who were going as passengers had not
registered their names, and it is feared that many of the
deck passengers are lost. The ladies and children in the
cabin were all saved, and escaped injury, except a small
girl, who, we learn, was scalded, but not mortally.

THE MARKETS

CHARLESTON, i11i;4.2--eoiton.-Jtpland very quiet
throughout the week : sales confined to small parcels, at
full prices, to complete freight engagement. They would
have been more extensive but for the upward tendency
of prices. Stock on the market not only limited, but
so completely under the control of holders, that they
are indifferent about making sales unless they can
obtain their terms. In continuing quotations of the pre-
vious week, we should remark, that although no positive
advance has been established, holders have within a
few days refused to sell at these figures. Receipts 1236
bales; sales 850 bales at 6.-1 to 71c per lb. About 50
bales Sea Island sold at 15 to 25c. Rice—prices firm.
Sales 3 to 400 tierces at 3 dols. to 3i per 100 lbs.
Freights—A vessel taken for Liverpool at 5-16ths for
round and square bags. We quote to Boston 15c per
100 lbs. cotton in square bags, 75c per tierce for rice, and
very dull.—Courier.
The Cotton Market at New York was very active in
the early part of the week, previous to the sailing of the
steamer, and prices advanced gradually until an improve-
ment of to cent per lb. was established : during the
la,t two days however the market has been rather languid.
The sales of the week reach 8500 bales, as follows :
Upland Sc Florida. Mobile &f• New
Orleans.