The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-16 00:00:00

FOREIGN Ai\D COLONIAL.
The coral fisheries on the coast of France, 114thse
last year, gave a produce of, says the Monileur Parisien
100,000 francs.

The massacre of the Bishops Jinbert, Messrs. Chastan
and Manban, with 70 Christians, all Roman Catholics, at
Corea, is confirmed by the Friend of China. The same
paper adds, that in addition to the above, who were all be-
headed, 180 other Christians were put to death by strangu-
lation.

RESPITE OF JOHN BROWN. AMERICAN SLAVE
CASE.—It is announced in an American paper, by the last
arrival, that " the young man sentenced to death for aid.
ing in the escape of a quadroon slave has been pardoned
by the Governor of South Carolina. He is, however, to
be publicly whipped."
FRANCE.—The goverozsent, it is said, has determined
on abolishing slavery in its colonies. A sum of two mil-
lions sterling is to be appropriated, in imitation of the
English plan, in purchasing from the masters the liberty
of their slaves. The plan is not vet matured, but we may
expect to hear something decided on the subject before
the close of the session.

The. French papers confirm the account, that the Porte
bad yielded to the demand addressed to it by Great Britain
and France that a formal assurance should be given, that
in future no renegade returning to Christianity be put to
death in Turkey. The following is the official note, dated
March 2, which has been handed to. the English and
French ambassadors :—" His highness the sultan is irre-
vocably resolved to maintain the friendly relations, and
strengthen the bonds of perfect sympathy which unite him
with the great powers. The Sublime Porte engages for
the future to prevent, by effective means, any Christian
abjuring Islamism, being put to death."
ALARMING RUMOUR.—We in our last gave Cape news
to the Ist of December, but have since received some
papers of earlier date, in one of which we regret to ob-
serAe mention of a report current in the settlement, that
her Majesty's brig of war Rapid, of 10 guns, Lieutenant-
Commanding C. E. Earle, belonging to the Cape station,
bad been sunk near Benguela, after a smart fight with a
Spanish slaver, and that every soul on board had perished.
Her Majesty's steamer Thunderbolt had been despatched
to ascertain the precise circumstances in connexion with
this unhappy affair. The following officers were on
board the Rapid :—Lieutenant-Bommanding E. C.
Earle; second master, W. Studwell •' assistant-surgeon,
W. Maitland ; clerk in charge, H. Niblett.—United
Service Calcutta Gazette, February 9.
DR. KALLEY AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN POR-
TUGAL.—The case of Dr. Kalley, who was last autumn
illegally imprisoned at Madeira, on a charge of " blas-
phemy and heresy," and " abetting apostacy and heresy,"
has been tried at Lisbon and Funchal. On the 24th
February, the Judge Conservator at the latter place passed
the following sentence :—" Supposing the British subject,
Dr. Kalley, to have disturbed the public order of this
island, by preaching doctrines opposed to its religion, as
is sworn by the witnesses ; and considering this preaching
an abuse which degenerates into crime; nevertheless, the
said Dr. Kalley, as a Protestant, which be is, is not pu-
nishable, seeing that there does not exist a law to punish
in the person of the accused the act charged. I, there-
fore, declare the accusation given against the said Dr.
Kalley irrelevant, and order him to be held clear of guilt."
Baffled on the religious question, Dr. Kalley's prosecu-
tors, it is said, are going to institute proceedings against
him as a disturber of the public peace.