The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-24 00:00:00

CHINESE INTELLIGENCE.

( Frurs the Cant;ni Register Extraordinary, Oct. 13, .1834.)
Died, at Macoa, at half-pastl/4 ten o'clock on the nigt.t of Sa-
. tarday, the llth of October, the Right Hon. John William
Lord 'Napier, of Merchiston' a Baronet of Nova Scotia, Captain
• R.N., and his Britannic Majesty's chief. Superintendent•in
China. fits lordship expired after a lingering illness, brought
on by the arduous performance of his duties at Canton, aggra-
vated by the treatment he received from the Chinese govern-
Anent when on his passage in a sick state from Marv) His
lordship was born on the 13th October, 1786, and would this
day have completed his 48th year.
We cannot trust ourselves at this moment with the expression
of our feelings on the truly mournful and distressing event an-
nounced in the annexed reprint of the Cmiton fleyister Extraor-
ithiary of yesterday-s-than which nothing could have given a
orearer shock to the sensibilities of the foreign community at
Canton. I tumediatelyon receiving the sad news several British
subjects proceeded to Macoa. for the purpose of paying the last
tribute of respect to Lord Napier's memory, by attending his
funeral ; and the principal. British ineichants have closed their
cintutiug-housep fur this day in testimony of thtit grief on the
occasion.

About eleven o'clock on Sunday night a very alarming fire
broke out a short distance above the foreign factories, and con-
tinued to burn with great violence for nearly five hours; for-
tunately, however, the wind was nut so strong,, or in such a
direction as to occasion much uueasiness for the safety of our
dwellings. The damage sustained must have been very consi-
derable, but we do not near of any lives having been lost.
H.M. ship Andromache was to sail from Macao Road., for
Madras on Sunday, the 12th instant, at daylight. ship
Imogene will, it is said, proceed ou a cruise to Manilla.-
The arrivals during the week are of greater variety and in-
terest than the register has had to record for some time past.
We enumerate the Griffin,- from Mexico and the Sandwich
!deeds ; the Novo Viajante, from Lisbon. 4th June; the
Hebe, from Liverpool, 25th May; the Orissa, from Sincapore;.•
the Charles Grant, from Bombay; the American ships Italy,
from New York, and Sachem, ftuni Boston, both via Bata, -
bringing Americn' news to June.
In the Novo Viajante a new jndge has come out to -iu succession to Dr. Joze Fellippe Fires de Costa, whose 't
of service has expired ; and this vessel brings the pleasing iu-.
te!ligence of the civil war in Portugal being at an end.
We forthy learn that Mr. 13arnaido Fires, a native of Goa,
has been apointed; under the title of prefect, to succeed Don
Manse( de Portugal as viceroy and captain-general of Portu-
guese India, which designations are now abolished.'
Bums!' Ctrs Nor YET A LIAJW-E1) TAk,ENTEIt•THE
Although sixteen days have now elapsed since the British trade
was resumed at Canton, it is remarkable that no inward bound
British vessels have yet been able to obtain pilots for entering
the port from the Chinese authorities at Macua. Some of
them have been consequently. detained outside of the Bogue
since the latter end of August, suhjeat to all the hazards which
would have been experienced had we been visited with any of
the severe typhoons, which are usual at this season, and which,
cumuli: on vessels lying in unsheltered situations, waiting for
pilots; might have been attended with dreadful loss. Had the
Chinese -aullo,rities been candid, this risk would have been
avoided,' as vessels expecting to remain fur any period outside
would have taken shelter in Cap-sing•moen, ortuin-sing-moon,
But, thank God, the elements have not concurred to bring on
the ruin and destruction of British property, which might have
been apprehended from the unjustifiable conduct of the petty
Chinese °dicers, who have presumed to fly in the face of the
• viceroy's orders, by continuing the s'uspension of so large a
portion of the trade, after being formally reopened by his
excellency's edict. The Macoa officers give out that pilots will
nut be granted until the frigates have left China! '1 he Hong
merchants, on the contrary, allege that the delay is entirely
attributable te.an atteinin of the aforesaid petty Aims to exact
some illegal extortions prom the pilots.
The following extracts from the Canton Register appeared in
the Duolin Evening Post, of Saturday:—
CANTON, Sept. 30, 1834.—A1l the foreign trade, excepting
2-1
the English, was reopened on Tuesday, the 1, and the big-
list' trade was also reopened on Saturday, the 27th instant; we
beg to offer our sincere congratulations to the whole of the
commercial community of Canton on the speedy and satisfac-
tory return to theii importaut avocations under the acknow-
ledged protection of the Chinese Meal government.
The Chinese embargo was-infringed- mi Thursday, the 25th
instant, by Captain Scanlan, of the Hellas, who, in company
with Captain Penrice, of the Ann, had the merit of forcing his
passage to Canton before any regular permission was given.
The defences of the. river at Hewqua's fort, about which
so much has been said and such absurd apprehensions enter-
tained, prove to be not only weak and utterly inefficient, but
even contemptible and ridiculous when considered as obstacles
to the progress of heavy armed English boats.
'1 he raft, a short distance above Howqua's fort. forming these
defences, consists of three ties of spars, tending right across the
river, exCept in:: a passage of about 3/yards open in the middle,
across which- was a chain that used to be drawn. at night; •the
raft. which is about 15 foet wide, is fixed to piles driven into the
bed of the river at certain distances.

Of the two branches into which the river divides itself above
the raft, the tower mouth of the right, which is said to have deep
water, is strogly blockaded with piles and junks sunk in the
channel, the masts of which appear sti&king out of the water.
Lord Napier did not reach Macao till Friday morning. being
as is conjectured, detained on the way till his conductors should
hear of the frigates having passed out of the ricer.

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES. -

The funeral of the late lamented Warren R. Davis, of South
Carolina, took place on Friday last from the Capitol, accord-
ing to previous arrangement. The gloom of the day rendered
the occasion yet more gloomy. Neither House of Congress
transacted business afterwards; the Senate adjourning over to
Monday.

An occurrence took place at the close of the ceremony at the
Capitol, which produced naturally a great sensationat-the time,
which can be heard.by no one without shuddering, and which,
if the consequence had been equal to the apparent purpose,
would have signalized the day by a horrible catastrophe.
We were not witnesses of it, and ill our account of it, speak
from information, but from information entirely to he relied on.
As the President of the United States, who was present at
the solemn ceremony of the funeral came into the portico of the
Capitol from the R;itunda, a person stepped forward from the
crowd into the space in front of the President, and snapped a
pistol at hint, the percussion-cop of which exploded without ig-
niting the charge! This person was struck down by Lieut.
tiedney, of the navy, who happene,l to be near; he also re-
ceived a blow promptly ai►ned at him by Mr. Secietary 'Wood-
bury; but before receiving either blow, snapped a second
pistol ut the President. The cap of that lock also exploded
without igniting the charge! The perpetrator of this daring
outrage was of course immediately seized and taken in custody
by the marshal of the district, by whom he was carried to the
City Mill, where he underwent an examination before Chief
Justice Crunch. Flis name, it appears, is Richard Lawrence,
by trade a painter, a resident for two or three years in the first
ward of this city, and formerly of Georgetowu.—Daily Adver-
tiser, Feb. 2.

The gentlemen whose testimony was taken before the judge
were 111 r. Secretary Woodbury, Mr. Secretary Dickerson, Mr.
Hurd, representative from Pensvivaula, Mr. Randolph, ser-
geant-it-arms of the house, Mr. kingman, one of the reporters
for the Notional lotelliyencer, and Lieut. Gedney. The pistol,
which had been secured by Mr. Burd, was of brass, and, ou ex-
amination in the court, were found to be well loaded with pow-
der and ball, which our readers could hardly suppose, until
Bu fact is stated, could hardly have been possible. How
extraordinary (and oh. how fortunate !) the failure of the evi-
dent design of the miserable maniac, (for so h. mit be con-
sidered, under all circumstances,) against the life of the Presi-
dent ! We say he is a maniac because the act shows him to be
insane, and not because any evidence of his insanity was pro-
duced ou his examination; though we have heard that be has
heretofore- lieen confined for acts of violence indicating au
unsound mind._ _ _

On his examination, the unhappy man declined making any
explanation or cross-examining the witnesses. We have heard
no rational motive even conjectured for his crime.
The offence being a bailable one, and excessive bail being
forbidden, bail was deinanued to the amount of a thousand
dollars, for want of which the prisoner was committed for trial,
the judge intimating that.-if he had been awe. to Kive bail, suf-
ficient securities woubt,havesbeen required, in addition, to insure
his good behaviour. Ile will be tried, of course, at the next
term of the court.

The second edition or the LIVERPOOL STANDS-ED .of Friday
last contained the important debate in the House of Commons,
ou the election of speaker, which we repuldish to-day under our
parliamentary head. Some few verbal inaccuracies, unavoid-
able from the hasty manner in which the report was originally
got up and re-primed at our office, have been corrected. The
public is indebted to the seirit, liberality, and extraordinary in-
dustry of the proprietors of the Sun fur an express edition of
that paper. coutaining tins intelligence. The ,express arrived
here at half-past two o'clock. The distribution of the copies of
the Sun forwarded to Liverpool was entrusted to Messrs.
Wilmer and Smith. . .
IkISH'I'CA sulP.—The Hellas, the ves,el which brought the
intelligence of the death of 'Lord Napie 'from Canton to
Dubin), is the first ship chartered fruur uhliu-to Canton da-
ted.
By Exengss—Tire KING'S Seers an-
nounces that he will•receive by expt .s,- in fifteen hours after its
delivery, the King's speech Outhe petting of the new, parlia-
ment, which he expects will re. • his °dice early to-morrow
(Wednesday) morning, the' ' instant 'No copy. of the
paper can be had containing this document unless ordered this
day.
ACTION FOR Lruer..—The jury, in the action against the pro-
prietors of the Liverp,ol Journal, noticed last week, gave a
plaintiff—damagesver-
40s. We regret to say, that the
defendants, are expected to exceed
d6i,cstts, furw thehic
h
the
LIVERPOOL LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND COMMERCIAL IN-
'STITUTION.—A general meeting of the above. institution took
'place at Paris' Rooms. Hardinan-street, on Tuesday evening,
for the purpose, as the handbills expressed it, of taking into con-
sideration the constitution, laws, and objects of this society.
There were from four to five hundred respectable young men
present, who appeared to take a great interest in the whole of
the proceedings; and whose remarks anti corrections of the dif-
ferent clauses connected with the proposed laws were charac-
terized by an acuteness and intellect that reflected the highest
degree of credit upon their talent and powers of reflection. The
chair was ably filled by Mr. Black, to whom, and the secretary,
31z. H. T. Atkinson, a vote of thanks was passed for their
zeal and labour in the cause of the wellbeing of the institution.
Several gratuitous courses of lectures were placed at the dis-
Dasal of the, committee, among which were the names of Messrs.
e Lara and Black; and, altogether, an enthusiasm was dis-
played which giye•a must encouraging augury of future success.
—Chronicle. ' •

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QUICK PASSAGE OF THE LINTIN PROM SAVANNAH TO Ll-
vEltFooL.—The liiitish ship
Liutin made her passage from _
Savannah to Liverpool in twenty-one days. . The tollowing
has been published as her rate of sailing on e.trti day:—
1 day.
January 22 238 miles.
23 2
2- 3 l3l .
25
4 167
2
• 2i 6 209
28 7 l5B
29 ,: 243
30 9 2lB
31 io lOO --
February 1 11 165
2 - 12
3 13 266
4 14 236
5 15
6 16 '23l
7 17 2,19
18 241
9 19 .221
• .. 1U 20
11. 21 ut Liverpool.
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38.59- miles.
Average rate of s,iliug for nineteen (4314%4 wiles per day.

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E,'XGIIEQUER. EQUITY ki ITTINGS.—F ft oA

T,E(Gti, C.,MACACLEY AND OTHERS.„
Siropk,iuson,said that this vas a urnion on the pert of the
that hoot prejunice to the defendants' al-
, swer, they Might 4e ordered. oa or before the 1211 i :of Januar,
next to pey.into the tank, nn: account of the Accouutant-ge-
. uterat of this Ceurt„.the sum o: the.balaime of au ac-
cnunt. The hill was tired mailer peeutiar.circumstances:.—The
p;aiittlY WO the persenal. representative and .residuary legatee
limier the win ant' his father, Mr. Henry Leigh, and the bill
, liled against the defendants to compel 'them to account for
eeitain, portions of the personal estate of the testator, which
- 41. btu consigned to them several years ago by Kenneth Me-
cittiley, the executor of the testator, who was a merchant nit
Sierra Leone, who died in 1818, leaving by his will the .whole
•uf. his.pttfperty to K, Meceuley„ his sole executor, for the pur-
pose of being sold fur the benefit of his legatees. Ile left to
certain persons. whom he called his .women, certain trifling le-
aeies, and his other people, that is his slaves, he made free,
gave no property orgeods to the women slaves, being Con-
vinced, as the win stated, that any thing he should leave them
"would be consumed in drunkenness and debauchery." K.
'Nlae.ititley, by .virtue of tnis,will, possi•ssed himself of the whole
, ()r." the j.estator's property, and remitted to the defendants vari-
.. tnis,portinukof it to:he sold, as stated in the letter of:consign-
, wilt:for the benefit of the testator's estate. K. Nlacauley died
itl,lB l,.•and,, as it turned out, was iniolveut at the time of his
The defendant, .Zachariely Macauley, proved the will
9/ ',Kenneth,. blacauley. who was his brother, and took. posses.-
; sionof such parts of. the estates.. as he was able to do. The
'PlaintifC, who was the ehlest son of
.the testator of 11. Leigh,
did,not, become ac.onainted with the contents of his father's will
nittll.4fter. the, demi) of .K. Macaetlev, when he immediately
'Pled;a billfigainst the defendtteta fur an account of• the
, traitsection_ before stated. The . learned gentleman added, if
.WPrr,adini,led, it would be a matter of course to cir-
fl.er li44.ney to tie paid inte.court, and. he hoped his lordship
• wopld he of opinion te.t.tlaa money had been already sufficiently
• Tung in the hands of the defendants.
, dr. (4, lideliaide (with wboui was Mr. Joseph Parker). for
the defendants, cputended.that they were only liable to account
119^K„.i)lacauley or his.executors. They hail, however, no oh-
eeCtion whatever to at general account--viz.; an account be-
!Wren h., 3jacenley and the estate of H. Leigh, and between
, Macauley and. the defendants; but he conteeded:that it
,would be,tmast. to compel them to pay this money before such
general account was taken, as it might turn out that the estate
.iaf.Leigh was indebt:•d to the defendants.. , •
Abinger.—Lt any•pereon received trust money, he be-
-2.e, aceogntat)lc to the parties interested in the trust, 'and • if
-hp ~kc.ticl otherwise, the onus was cast upon him to show that he
7was,instified 41-doing so. The defendants could nut apply the
plaiigift's property to pay K. Macauley's debts.
The order was made as- prayed; the niuney to be pail in a
month.