The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-27 00:00:00

ble sensation has been caused amongst the
Jockey Club, and the sporting circles of

fans, by the announcement of Baron N. de Rothschild's
intention of selling off his stud, which includes several of
the best racing horses in France. _

WHEAT IN lAMERlCA.—Authentic calculations of the
produce of wheat in the United States of America show,

that upwards of forty millions of bushels are .grown be:
yond the average consumption of the population of that

country

Dr. Wiseman, Bishop of Melipotamus, has addressed
a circular letter to all the Roman Catholic Bishops in
France, Belgium, and Germany, requesting their attend-
ance at the opening of St. George's, in July. They are
requested to bring a mitre, and a " Chape rouge."
Accounts from Berlin of the 16th represent the disturb-
ances as entirely at an end, and the city more than usually
tranquil. A change of ministry had taken place, Baron
Arnim having given in his resignation, which was followed
by the resignations also of Count Schwan, Minister of
Justice, and Count Konitz, Minister of War.

On the 11th instant, Mr. Henry Coxwell, the aeronaut;
made a perilous ascent in a balloon at Brussels. A post-

pont:menu naving 'maw' putt.. uu a pleviuus Clay, he was
resolved that there should be no further disappointment,
and, accompanied by a friend, ascended when the weather
was in a most boisterous state. The balloon was carried
a distance of 55 miles in 20 minutes, and a safe, though
somewhat difficult, descent was made near Herenthals.

THE CHOLERA.—The last accounts from Moscow state
that the cholera morbus is making frightful progress. Of
four hundred and sixty-four persons attacked, from the
23rd to the 29th of May, no less than two hundred and five
died. The number of new cases on the 29th of May alone
amounted to eighty-nine, and the number of deaths to
forty-two. The cholera has also broken out with great
intensity at Jaroslau, Robinski, and Kalouga, 'and thus
appears to be gradually advancing westward ; it is, in fact,
approaching St. Petershurph.

COMBINATION OF CHRISTIANITY AND SLAVERY.--A
Methodist preacher last fall took a load of produce down
the river. Amongst other things he took down five
slaves. He sold them at New Orleans ; he came up to
Natches, bought seven there, and took them down and
sold them also. Last March he came up to preach the
gospel again. A number of persona on board the steam-
boat; the Tuscatora, who had seen him in the shambles
in Natches and New Orleans, and now, for the first time,
found him to be a preacher, had much sport at the expense
of "the fine old preacher who dealt in •slaves;"—Ameri-

can paper.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—Dr. A. J. Burmester, B.
professional gentleman at Malta, was very fond of prac-
tising pistol-firing, amongst other exercises, and used to
fire at a target in his dressing-room, and at night practise
at a candle. On the morning of the 29th of May he was
practising as usual. when his male servant entered, and
showing a disinclination to pass between the doctor and
the target, the latter jocularly turned the butt-end of the
pistol towards the man, and the muzzle towards himself.
In a very short time the piece went off, and the ball en-
tered the region of the doctor's heart. Medical assist-
ance was in vain.