The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-02-25 00:00:00

town, and Pietermaritsburg

The system of franking letters by means of stamps is
being introduced into the postoffice of Poland and Russia.
All foreign gold coin, except the English sovereign, is
withdrawn from circulation in Portugal, for a silver cur-

During the month of January 16,929 emigrants arrived
at New York, of whom 11,259 were from England, 577
from Scotland, and 512 from Ireland.
At Rome the anniversary of the revolution passed off
without any disturbance or public demonstration of any
kind. _ _

Prince Galitzin has announced the discovery, in the
centre of the Sea of Aral, of a group of islands, to the
principal of which the names of Nicholas I, Constantine,
and Lazareff, have been given.
The news from France is of a very quiet and uninterest-
ing kind. The late excitement in the public mind caused
by the warm and animated debates in the Assembly has
entirely died away, and the people appear as unconcerned
about political affairs as if they were not at all interested

in the matter.
During the burial of a French soldier in the cemetery
of San Lorenzo, at Rome, a short time since, the grave-
digger and four soldiers successively swooned away, from
the effect of the mephitic gas which was inhaled from the
ggave; and although the four soldiers recovered the

grave digger died. -
Letters from Geneva of the 17th instant, mention the
arrival of the celebrated Roman chief Garibaldi, whose
object, it is said, is to get up an expedition to operate in
Italy at the commencement of spring. Mazzini is actively
engaged with Garibaldi, in forwarding the contemplated
plan of insurrection.
The advices from the east just received announce that
Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., the eminent engineer,
had left Egypt for Malta, with a party of friends in his
yacht Titania. This gentleman went from Cairo to Alex-
andria by land, in order to survey the country, and is very
decided in his opinion of the expediency and great advan-
tages of a railroad between the two towns.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—Advices of the 26th of Decem-
ber speak of the agitation on the frontier, owing to the
apprehended turbulence of the Gaika tribes and the pro-
bability of their supporting the other insurgents. At
Graham's Town, all adults were being enrolled for the
protection of the place. Farms and crops had in seve-
ral cases been deserted, the owners leaving under fear of
a sudden hostile demonstration. Sir Harry Smith would
make Fort Cox his head quarters.
MR. AND MRS. HEALD.—Some time ago, Mr. Heald
ordered a French artist to paint a full-length portrait of
himself, in his uniform as an officer of the Guards, offer-
ing to his bride, seated on a sofa, a present of jewellery.
When the painting was finished, Mr. Heald objected to
the price, which was 10,000 francs, as excessive, and the
matter having been brought before a legal tribunal, on
Saturday the price was fixed at 8,000 francs, which Mr.
Heald was condemned to pay.
TURKEY AND EGYPT.—From the Daily News corres-
pondent :—" Vienna, 14th Feb.—The latest news from
Egypt is of extraordinary importance. The Porte has
made categorical demands on the Viceroy with which he
has refused to comply. instead of reducing his army to
20,000 men, the Viceroy has ordered new levies of 40,000
men for the land and 15,000 for the sea forces. He will
resist the pretensions of the Sultan, if necessary, by
arms."

GENERAL BEM'S EFFECTS.-At a public sale held at
Aleppo, on the 23d of January, of a portion of this cele-
brated General's effects, considerable anxiety was felt to
obtain souvenirs of the late General. An odd cotton
sock, worth 4d., sold for 9s. ; a cotton coat, worth 255.,
sold for 555. ; a pair of fur-lined inexpressibles, worth
305., sold for £6; common cotton nightcaps, worth 3d.,
brought 16s. ; a broken common china cup, value 2d.,
sold for 20s. ; an old pillow-case, value ls., brought ss. ;
a cravat, 75., realised 205.; a pair of leather straps, value
Id., sold for 9s. ! &c. _

Accounts from Kingston, Jamaica, state that cholera
was fast disappearing from the colony, and the only parish
now afflicted to any extent is Lucia. A serious riot had
occurred in the parish of St. David during an election for
a member of the House of Assembly. A hired band of
ruffians was in attendance, and a fearful riot ensued. The
Court-house was almost entirely demolished, the police
and other persons cut and wounded, some of whom would
not survive. Mr. M`Lean, the coroner of the parish was
killed ; and the sheriff, Mr. Lyons, was obliged to fly for
his life. A detachment of troops had been sent to the
district, and some of the ringleaders arrested on a charge
of wi'ful murder. _ _ _

OUTBREAK AT ALEPPO.—We learn by letters from
Aleppo, dated 16th of January, that Mehemed Pasha has
been most successful in repairing the effects of the dis-
orders which broke out in that city a short time since.
It appears from the Pasha's report, that the statements
which appeared in some of the European papers relative
to the outbreak at Aleppo were of a most exaggerated
kind. In the onslaught only five Christians were killed
and six badly wounded. A hundred Christians's houses
and five churches were pillaged. On the other hand, the
insurgent Mussulmans were severely punished on the in-
stant, for the troops brought against them showed them
no mercy. Six hundred of them fell by the hands of the
soldiers, and that part of the city inhabited by the insur-
gents. and in which they defended themselves, was com-
pletely destroyed by a furious cannonade. Six hundred
of the principal rioters who escaped the conflict with the
soldiery have since been sent to the galleys by Mehemed
Pasha. A portion of the property of which the Chris-
tians were plundered has been restored to them, and the
Porte has given orders that they shall be fully indemni-
fied for all their losses.

CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES.—The official returns
for the census of 1850 have been so far completed, that a
sufficiently correct estimate can now be made of the po-
pulation of the country, as compared with what it was in
1840. The white race numbers 19,878,211 ; the free
coloured, 500,000; the slaves, 3,295,495 ; in all, 23,673,706.
They are divided thus :

New England States
Middle Free States..
Western Free States

2,719,840 2,234,821
8,070,037 6,024,332
3,142,697 1,448,303

9,707,456