The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-14 00:00:00

FOREIGN INT.ELLIGEN'OB

We have to advise the arrival, on 'norm
of the Linnet packet, Lieutenant Coghlan,
having sailed from Rio de Janeiro, on the
whence she has come direct, bringing on fr
diamonds, at £BOOO. Mr. Ellis was expo,
about the beginning of March, iu her Ma.;_
bar, for this country, having been unable to
of commerce, &c. with the Brazilian govern.
at the moment, or just prior to the packet'
application had been made by the officials to
detain the Linnet fur three days longer, whi
been refused. An announcnnent of the fai
fluential houses for very large amounts has b
this conveyance, which failures were follow(
cations of several coffee-dealers. The each

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at 27d, the first houses having appeared anxiou;to(Vaa.
that rate, and the amount of transactions for this packet I
been considerable.

A suspension bridge, surpassing all that has
is to be constructed at Vienna, says a letter fro
across the Danube. It will be 1,470 English fee
with only one pier in the river.

ACCOUCEIMENT OF THE QUEEN ( NAPLES.—
from Naples states that the Queen w•r `ely
daughter on March 24, at Caserta. The young
baptised on the same day, in the presence of the ministers
and high dignitaries of the kingdom.—Globe.
FALL OF A TOWER AND LoSS OF EIGHT LIVES.
Telegraph brought news to Paris on Saturday that
belfry tower of Valenciennes had fallen down and
eight persons. It appears that the structure, for t}
of which 80,000 f had recently been voted, such)
down about two hours after the labourers wI
working at it, alarmed by the falling of sow,
had quitted their dangerous position. Most
occupying the houses at its base also o'
destruction in time to save their lives ,
case with all. The wife of an officer of the
killed, and the man posted on the top of the
down with the ruins and was taken out dead.
rence excited a good deal of alarm in the town,
as a fire broke out among the ruins immediate
fall.

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A TIGER STORY.—The following story is relat
from Batavia, dated Dec. 6, inserted it
Courant :—" On the evening of the
whilst a Creole, named Ramein, was at
house, a Royal tiger, coming from a thi
behind him, and got pretty close up
Perceived. 'the father of Ramein,
the house, observed the animal, but
terror that he was unable immediately
' alarm, and in another moment he perceiveu LUC..
animal had seized his son by the leg. Kamein. with great
presence of mind, turned round and threw himself over the
tiger ; then, exerting all his strength, he held with both hands
the animal's head between his legs, and pressed it down to
the ground ; but finding that his strength was insufficient
and that the animal was endeavouring to drag him into
neighbouring thicket, he began to cry out for help, -
to force his fingers into the tiger's eyes, which object. how-
ever, the struggle prevented him from accomplishing. Mean.
while, the father of Ramein, having recovered his self-pos-
session, drew out a sort of pogniard called a badie-badi,
which he wore about him, and plunged it into the tiger's
side. On receiving this wound, the animal let yn
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and was about to retreat, but Ramer'-
again, and wounded him a second time.
turned upon his new assailant, but fortunat
ment Mallang, the brother of Ramein, car
the infuriated beast a blow with his gollok. The tiger no,
reared himself on his hind legs, and endeavoured to attac*
Mallang with his claws, and succeeded in wounding him ort
the legs. Both father and son now attacked the tiger, andi.
fortunately, soon succeeded in killing him. Ramein has been
very seriously wounded in the conflict, but hopes are enter-
tained of his recovery. The tiger was very old. and of ur
usually large dimensions, measuring 6 feet 10 inches al,
the back, exclusive of the tail. A female tiger, of si•
dimensions, has been seen in the same neighbourhood

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