The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-09-16 00:00:00

The New York Courier and Inquirer says—" We are
informed, on what we believe to be reliable authori'y,
that the steamer Acadia, which left B *ton on the 16th
of July, took out extensive orders (and other enavesunces
will, no doubt, take out similar orders) to England to
purchase and ship to Throe foreign merchandise, to arrive
and enter there at the existing reduced rare of duties, and
there await the action of Congress on annexation.

We have files of the Montreal Gazette to the 28th ult
Limo inclusive. The only political intelligence is the
appointment of Mr. Cayley as Inspector of Public Ac-
count., an office which was resigned by Mr. Robinson at
the close of the last session. The Ministry was thus
rendered complete. The accounts of the subscrislions
made in this country, more particularly in Liverpool, had
disappointed the expectations which had been formed.
Liverpool is spoken ofas hay ng "behaved most shabbily."
and in marked contrast to Manchester. Meanwhile, the
sufferers had been much di-teased by heavy rains and oo-
preasive hear, against which their tents formed but
slight protection. These ills would soon change to falls of
snow and the severe rigour of a Canadian winter.
From the New Brunswick papers we learn that the pro-
ps* et of making a railway from Halifax to Quebec and
Montreal was seriously entertained, and the co-operation
of the British government sought.
Rio accounts of the 10th July are published in the New
York papers. but tht y are entirely uninteresting.
Advices from the Havana report the construction of a
splendid dry dock, capable of receiving vessels of the
largest dimensions. The Havana editors grumble freely
against the refusal of the British c3hinet to admit the
slave-grown sugar of Cuba and Porto !tiro at the lower
rates of duty. They call fondly upon their own govern-
ment to retaliate by the immediate imtnsition of high
dotes upon nur manufactures. New buildings were ris-
ing with rapidity upon the sites of those destroyed by the
great fire at Mantanzas.
Accounts from San Juan, Central America. state, that,
in Costa Rica, Oredmuna, who was elected chief last year,
had resigned. In San S lvador. Molespine, the former
president, was trying to recover his office by force.
Callao accounts of the 4th July do not contain anything
worth extractincr.

The warm and general execration excited by the Dahra
massacre has prevented a repetition of the act in a late
siege of the Shichos grottoes.
The Emperor Nicholas has just grant.d an amnesty to
eleten Polish emigrants who had been condemned to
punishments involving civil death and confiscation of
property.
It is reported that no less than 400 compositors will be
thrown out of employment in Madr-d, in consequence of
the new law relating to the post-office, which, as far as
the journals are concerned, will come into operation on
the Ist of October.

THE HAND OF THE QUEEN OF SPAIN.—The Me-
morial Bordelais say•, " It seems certain tha' Queen
Isabella will marry Prince Leopold, of Saxe Coburg.
France will consent to this marriage, provided the sister
of the Queen marries the Duke de Montpensier, and all
Europe is agreeable to an arrangement so lung desired by
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert."
The Monileur of the rat instant, announces the sale by
auction at Antwerp, on the 15th instant, of the magnifi-
cent steamer. Briti-tk Queen, as well as all the material.
The purchaser has the option to take also at a valuation
the furniture, linen, plate. &c., in the vessel; should he
decline doing so they will be disposed of by auction on
the 25r h.

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE KING OF WURT-
EMBURG.—A letter from Friourgh of the sth, in the
Fraukjurter Journal, states that two shots were fired at
Meran, in the Tyrol, at the King of Wurtemhurg, but
fortunately without hitting him. The Carlsruhe Gazelle
mikes mention of a report of the same kind. The Je-uits
ars considered, it says, as the authors of this attack, in
co sequence of the King's having spoken, when in Switz-
erland, openly against the influence of that society. His
language to M. Swiegwart Muller, the bead of the Jesuit
party at Lucerne, produced a great sensation.
A STRANGE STORY —The following strange story
appears in the Presxe :—" Madame C—. wife of a
me. cer, who has lately been successful in railway oper-
ations. has been for a length of time enamoured of play,
and, during the past winter, she lost almost constantly.
Her husband at last refused to pay a sou of her play debts,
so that the lady gambler was often in difficulties. She
returned home a few nights since, after having lost a large
sum at lansquinet, and remained up pondering by what
means she could contrive to discharge her obligaVons.
Whilst thus occupied she beard a noise in an adjoining
closet. She rose at once, and opening the door, found
the oldest servant of the family endeavouring to tuck the
lock of an armoire a-glace, in which she kept her jewels.
The man was thunderstruck "at the appearance of his
mistress, and prayed her most earnestly not to inform
against him. An idea soddenly occurred to Madame
C—. Listen to me, said she, 'lt is you who have
already robbed me on several occ sions : the act I have
caught you in proves it. You will be sent to the galleys
if I inform against you. There is one way of escaping.
1 want 10,000 francs. 'You have a quantity of p•cklocl:s
in your hand, If you open your master's sale and take
Out that sum fir me. and no more, I shall say nothing
toout what I have seen to-night.' The conditions were
bird. but the man consented. Scarcely, however, had he
introduced one of the instruments into the lock of the
safe, when a loud detonation was heard, and the man tell
to the ground dreadfully wounded by a ball from a pistol,
which M. C. had got fixed inside to prevent robbery. M.
C. arrived in a minute after, and was the first to lift up
toe man. who still had the picklocks in his hand. The
Commissary of Police being sent for, received from the
thief a full statement of what had tak n place. He was
removed to the Hospital St. Louis, where he lies in the
utmost danger. Madame C., who deities moat strongly
the truth of the man's declaration, has withdrawn to her
family."