The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-25 00:00:00

'THE LIVESTOOL STANDAID.

UNITED :STATES,

The Caledonia arrived iniLiverpool on Tuesday evening,
bringing advices to the 4th instant from New York, and
the 75th from Boston. 'The Hibernia steamer entered
Halifax on the 7th instant, after a fine run out ;. the
'Tiraehington, due at New 'York, had not made her appear-
ance. The New York ,journals are occupied with the
contemplation of passing events in the European continent.
A grand demonstration took place in the park at New
York on the 4th instant, .in honour of the revolution in
France. The city was illuminated. and a variety of plat-
forms were erected; at which orations were delivered in a
variety of languages, English, French, German, 4c. The
feeling of satisfaction at the spread of republican princi-
ples is, however, somewhat modified by the fear that, in
the present position of the French people, and in view of
the communist doctrines which at first made so promi-
nent a part of the new faith, stability cannot be relied on.
In evidence of this, it appears in the proceedings of the
Senate that a resolution tendering the congratulations of
Congress to the French people was lost by a majority of
twenty-one to twenty-three votes. It is a question of
time rather than feeling which causes this action, as the
general hope is for a peaceable establishment of a Repub-
lican Government in France. The President of the United
States transmitted to both Houses an official message,
communicating the despatches of the American Minister
in Paris, announcing his course in recognising immediately
the new Government, which the President very emphati-
cally approves. With reference to commercial affairs,
the Courier and Inquirer says—" Our position in the
United States is sound and flourishing, commercially.
The money market, after being somewat disturbed by
the money convulsions of Europe, is calm and free. A
law of the United States for raising sixteen millions of
dollars by loan, has been agreed to. It is not supposed
that proposals for more than ten millions will as yet be
issued, and the stock can only be negociated at par, at an
interest not exceeding six per cent. Our markets for
stocks and produce have been variously affected by the
late European news. Stocks, which at first fell, have
again rallied, and advanced higher than before the arrival
of the Caledonia. Produce, on the contrary, droops,
mainly because of the check given to exportation to France,
which, in cotton especially, was considerable at this season
of the year. In foreign exchange, our quotations for
English sterling. are from 8 to-9,1, and in extreme cases
91. In France there is no market—few caring to draw,
and fewer still being able to nogociate bills on France.
The cotton market has suffered a decline of 2to of a
cent. per lb., owing to the advices per Caledonia, and the
continual large accumulation of stocks at the southern
ports, the excess at the latest dates received over the
stocks at the like period last year reaching 235,000."

The news from the frontiers of Sleswig and Holstein
continues of the most warlike character.
A correspondent of the Morning Post states, that the
Queen of Portugal has sent all the crown jewels and plate
on board Sir Charles Napier's fleet.
The Eskudar, Turkish steamer, has been lost about 29
miles from Trebisonde, with a cargo of the value of
£25,000, uninsured.
The Bishop of Cape Town, the Right Rev. Dr. Gray,
arrived on Sunday. the 20th, in the Persia, with the Rev.
H. Douglas and the Rev. Mr. Badman.
Lady M. Fitzroy and Lieut. Masters have been killed
at Sydney, by the overturning of Governor Fitzroy's car-
riage.
John Jacob Astor, undoubtedly the wealthiest man in
the United States, died in New York on the 29th ultimo,
at the advanced age of eighty-five. His property is esti-
mated at ten millions of dollars.
LADY MORGAN AND THE POPE.—Lady Morgan has
addressed a memorial to the Pope, praying that her work
on Italy may be removed from the Index Expurgatorius.
His Holiness has not at present made any sign.
A new custom-house which is to be erected at New Or-
leans will be the largest building in the United States, as
it will cover 99,000 square feet of ground, a site which
exceeds by 32,000 square feet that occupied by the capitol,
at Washington.
The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier quitted Madrid
on the 14th instant. They intend passing the Holy Week
in Aranjuez. and thence proceed to Seville, where they
purpose taking up their residence in the alcazar of that
city.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—AdeIaide papers to the 11th of
November represent the colony as in a state of unexam-
pled prosperity. There is a grtat demand for labour ;
thousands could be advantageously employed for carrying
out the extensive designs which were contending in the
market for a priority in the supply of labour.
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NEW FACT IN TELEGRAPHING.—Last Monday. during
the rain, the Troy and Montreal line worked successfully
from Troy to Burlington, a distance of 186 miles, with a
battery of ten cups, in which spring-water was substituted
for sulphuric acid ; and the battery bad been at work with
the water for four or five days previous.—New York
Tribune, April 3.
ANTICIPATED COLLISION WITH RUSSIA.—The Cologne
Gazette of the 19th says ;—" An engagement between
Hungary and Russia, on and respecting the duchies of the
Danube, is considered inevitable. The independent Hun-
garian Government seems resolved upon the speedy arma-
ment of the peoplo, and extensive warlike preparations,
300,000 fire-arms have already been ordered at Vienna.
From the Cape of Good Hope papers have arrived, and
are almost filled with Sir Harry Smith's journey across
the Orange River to Natal, which place he reached on
the 9th of that month, and where his reception was most
cordial. From Kaffirland the only news of importance is
the death of the Tambookie Chief Umtirara, who died, as
is supposed, by poison.
The Queen of Portugal has been sued, in the Portu-
guese courts, for wages due to the kitchen-maids, stable-
boys, and other servants of the palace. The proceedings
have been instituted by a money-changer who has dis-
counted the treasury orders which have been paid to the
servants instead of money, and which are now several
months overdue. .

The✓ last letters from Cairo state that two barrels of
gunpowder, deposited in a house in the quarter called Ua-
gouche, had exploded, and destroyed a range of five
houses. Fifty bodies of men, women, and children, in a
frightful state of mutilation, were subsequently dug out
of the ruins. An investigation has been set on foot to
discover the cause of this disaster.

The suppression of Keying is making a great sensation
in Canton, and may be looked upon as an important event
in the present position of the country with reference to
foreign powers,—Wang, Keyang's able coadjutor, has
also been recalled ; it will be remembered that a year ago
Wang was dismissed with ignominy for some informality
committed in the promotion of a civil officer, and that he
was only restored to office at the earnest solicitation of
Keying.
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—Papers from Hobart Town to
the 2d of January ; from Port Philip to the 30th of De-
cember ; and from Adelaide to the 11th of November,
have been received. The conclusion of the year presented
the colony of Van Diemen's Land in a very painful and
dangerous state. The legislative council of the colony,
the municipal council of Hobart, the Puisne Judge, had
all been suspended. L' Etat c' est moi bad been realised
on a small scale by Sir William Denison. The colonists
were in a state of considerable excitement.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—By the schooner Wave, which
left the western colony on the 29th of September, and ar-
rived on Thursday, we have Perth files extending over a
period of nearly six months. The reality of the coal dis-
covery is satisfactorily confirmed ; Dr. Von Sommer's
search for metallic minerals has been partially rewarded
by the finding of some very rich zinc ore. The sandal-
wood trade is flourishing, and the increase of flocks and
herds is very satisfactory. Cattle and sheep were being
exported to the Mauritius, and it was intended to make a
shipment of sheep to Singapore. The chief want of the
colonists is a supply of labour.—Adelaide Observer, Oct. 30.
GAS IN NORWAY.—Our readers may not be aware that
illumination by gas has reached this remote country ; and
it is curious to observe the high prices obtained there,
while in England the gas companies in nearly every in-
stance are lowering their demands. Ou the Ist January
last. Christiania, the capital, a city containing about
35,000 inhabitants, was partially lit by an English com-
pany, wno have obtained a contract from the municipality
for 30 years, at the rate of ss. per 1000 cubic feet for the
public lamps, and at 9s. for the private consumers. Fur-
ther, the contract, should the company demand it, is to be
prolonged 15 years, on a reduction of ten per cent. in their

prices.
MASSACRE OF FRENCH SEAMEN IN THE SOCIETY
ISLANDS.—By intelligence from the Sandwich Islands,
we learn that there has been a bloody encounter in one of
the islands of Pomantu, belonging to Queen Pomare,
where the natives of Barclay and Tolly massacred Capt.
Ricardi and the crew of a French galliot. On receiving
this intelligence, a steamer was directed to the spot, and
twenty of the natives, who appeared to be implicated in
the crime, were taken to Otaheite to be tried. Of this
number ten have been acquitted, four condemned to the
public works for life, and six to the penalty of death.
The capital punishment of three of them is, however, sus-
pended till the government should decide upon the peti-
tion for a respite. The other three have been sent back
to their native island, where summary punishment will be
at once executed.—Journal de la Haye, April 18.
THE OVERLAND MAIL FROM INDIA.--The overland
mail brings intelligence from Calcutta to the 7th, and
from Bombay to the 15th March. The commercial intelli-
gence begins to improve, and though money is scarce,
confidence deficient, and transactions few, the worst is
considered past. At Calcutta, Sir T. Turton has resigned
his ecclesiastical registrarship (from which he received
£6OOO a-year.) He bad been speculating in Union Bank
shares with the money committed to his charge, and is
said to be £150,000 behind. The affairs of the Union
Bank continue to present a most deplorable appearance.
Some £600,000 worth of post bills will, it is expected, be
repudiated. The papers are almost wholly devoid of poli-
titical intelligence. The Punjaub is, if possible, more
peaceful than the company's dominions. Seinde has all
at once become transformed from the most sickly to one
of the most healthy states of Bombay.
THE AUSTRIANS AND PIEDMONTESE.—IMPORTANT
VICTORY.—The Piedmontese Gazette of the 15th instant
states that the volunteers of the Venetian provinces, who
had intrenched themselves in the strong positions of
Montobello, between Vicenza and Verona, were attacked
by the Austrians, and forced to retreat on Vicenza with
considerable loss. Want of discipline, rivalry, and the
absence of any commander-in-chief, were the causes of
this disaster. A letter, dated Frioul, of the 7th instant,
states that a large body of Austrians had traversed the
Isonza. marching on Udine, and that the inhabitants of
this town were raising barricades to defend themselves.
It is added, however, that they retrograded on the follow-
ing day in all haste, in order to oppose an expedition of
Dalmatians against Trieste. The Piedmontese army re-
mained in contonments between the Mincio and theAdige.
The king had established his head quarters, by the last
accounts, at Pozzolongo, on the right bank of the Mincio,
at two leagues from Peschiera. Marshal Radetski was,
with part of his army, at Villa-Franca, half way from
Verona to the Mincie.

IRELAND.
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The Roman Catholic Bishop Kennedy has properly re-
buked Priest Birmingham for his furious epistle.
Maurice O'Connell intends to retire from public life,
and John O'Connell will do the same, unless the repealers
consent to agitate peaceably. _

The Limerick t;hronicleays that a baronet, of ancient
family, is now working in' he county of Meath, as a com-
mon labourer, at a shilling a day.
Three thousand six hundred and sixty-five tenants of
Loid Farnham, K.T. in Ireland, have addressed his lord-
ship—offering their services in defence of the Lord
Lieutenant at any-moment.

There is no abatement in the run on the savings'-banks.
The sum of £4OOO was drawn out in Kilkenny on Monday.
Since the commencement of the panic in that locality the
calls have amounted to £15,000.

The property of Mr. Smith O'Brien, amounting, it is
said, to between £4,000 and £5,000 a-year, will become
forfeited to the Crown on conviction of the hon. gentle-
man for high treason in endeavouring to seduce the Bri-
tish soldiers.

THE LIMERICK 'RIFLE CLUB had sharp practice yes-
terday evening. The target was a rude sketch, in chalk,
of the " human face divine," over which xas inscribed;
in large letters, the word " Clarendon." One gentleman
gave a most convincing proof of his proficiency by plant-
ing a ball on the tip of the nose of this flattering like-
ness of vice-royalty, a feat which elicited much laughter.
—Limerick Examiner.

Strong incitements to rebellion are no longer confined
to the United Irishman, the Nation, and the Music-hall.
The majority of the committee of the Repeal Association
and the Freeman's Journal, the organ of that " loyal
body," have fairly taken the field against the constitution
of the United Kingdom. O'Connellism is flung to the
winds, and Mr. J. H. Dunn, the late preacher of moral
force, is crying "Up with the barricades." These people
are now more eager for the fray than Mr. Smith O'Brien
himself, or Mr. Michael Doheny, who have specially fixed
the week after the harvest shall be gathered in for the
turn out.

Thirteen young men, who had been practising military
exercises, in the rear of a house in Ship-street, Dublin,
were seized on Sunday night week, by the police, and
committed to custody. When the officers entered, the
recruits were just in the act of " learning to walk in time,"
when the nicety of the movement was interrupted by
the police sergeants. The charge entered against the
debutants was for " unlawfully assembling and practising
military exercises." The secretary of a rifle club was
present at the inauspicious gathering. A search for
papers was made, but none of consequence were dis-
covered. it appears the thirteen formed a drilling sec-
tion of a rifle club, presided over by the editors of the
United Irishman. Their military propensities had for
some time been under the notice of the authorities, and
had just reached a point at which it was deemed expedient
to interfere. The parties were brought up before the
magistrates on Monday, at the head police-office, when
the thirteen were fully committed for trial for drilling,
training, and exercising to arms.
SAVINGS' BANKS.—ROBBERY.—Instances are daily
occurring in proof of what we said respecting the losses
likely to be incurred by the imprudent withdrawal of
money from Savings' Banks. On Monday a contrywoman
who had just drawn £6O and converted it into sovereigns
was met on the South Mall by some fellows who asked
her if she had got her money and whether she had had
any difficulty about it. She replied that she had, and that
there was no difficulty. They said they were glad of it,
for that they had money in and they were going to ask
for it. The poor woman told them that they had nothing
to do but go down and present their books, and by way
of facilitating the process she volunteered to accompany
them. Making her way through the crowd, she suddenly
missed her men, and soon after discovered that they had
cut her pocket, and that the £6O which she supposed
secure was gone. She gave expression to her grief in loud
lamentations, but she has since heard nothing of her
money, for the loss of which she and similar sufferers
may thank their Nations, their United Irishmen, and
other " popular" prints, which have been indulging their
hatred of English government by urging the people to
draw their lodgments from a bank in which they would
have been more wisely left.—Cork Constitution.
DEMONSTRATIONS OF LOYALTY.—Proofs of the loyal
attachment of the people to the Crown and Constitution
of the United Kingdom are every day crowding upon the
authorities and the public. We this day publish several
very satisfactory documents of the kind—amongst which
is one from the loyal yeomanry of Newtownbarry, county
of Wexford; another, from the tenantry of the Brook-
borough estates, in the county of Fermanagh ; and, a
third, from the tenants and residents on the Farnham
estates, in the county of Cavan. The latter is addressed
to the noble landlord of those flourishing estates, Lord
Farnham, with a request that his lordship would convey
to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant the expression of
the sentiments therein contained. It received in three
days, since Monday, the signatures of three thousand six
hundred and sixty-five individuals ; and though primarily
intended (as we are informed by one of the subscribers)
as a declaration of Protestant feeling, the subscribers
could not resist the earnest desire of many of their worthy
Roman Catholic neighbours to be permitted to join them
in this loyal demonstration. The Lord Lieutenant's
commentary upon this address is a just compliment to an
exemplary resident landlord, and an industrious, loyal, 1
and prosperous tenantry.—Dublin Mail.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The meeting in Conciliation
Hall on Monday was tolerably well attended, but neither
the orators nor the auditory appeared to be in spirits.
The prosy Mr. Maurice Leyne presided, and the three
Messrs. O'Connell laboured heavily to maintain their
ground ; but it was evident that the momentum of the
machine had gone beyond their control. Mr. Maurice
O'Connell went so far as to say, that as he and his bro-
ther John were determined to agitate within the law, and
not beyond it, this might possibly be the last speech he
(Mr. M. O'Connell) would ever deliver in that hall.
(Cries of " och-one, ' and the gallery ladies nearly in
tears.) His last words would be to caution the people
against rash and foolish leaders who would lead them to
destruction.—Lord Miltown added the expression of his
lordly wisdom against an insurrectionary movement.—
The celebrated priest, Dr. Miley, supported those pacific
inculcations, especially as the government was now so
well prepared, and the inequality of the contest so ob-
vious.. But—(said the rev. gentleman, at the same time
placing his hands on his breast, in concluding his obser-
vations)—if it be decreed by Providence that what we
seek for—the freedom of the country—shall be obtained
only by a baptism of blood, in such case the priesthood
of Ireland will not be found wanting in their duty to the
people any more than the clergy of other countries.
(Here the whole assembly rose en masse and uncovered
their heads, and continued to cheer the sentiment voci-
ferously for several minutes.)—Mr. John O'Connell next
addressed the meeting.—Amount of rent for the week,
£25.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF "TOM STEELE.”—On 'Wed-
nesday evening last, the late Mr. O'Connell's " head
pacificator" attempted to commit suicide, by jumping off
Waterloo Bridge, London, into the Thames. A water-
man passing through the bridge at the moment, seized him
in the water immediately after the plunge, and brought
him ashore, when he was conveyed to King's College
Hospital. When Mr. Steele came of age he entered into
possession of a fortune of £15,000 or £16,000 ; but the
whole of that has been wasted in Irish agitation, and a
short time ago he passed through the Dublin Insolvent
Debtors' Court, since which he has been living on an
allowance out of his estate. He does not appear to have
sustained serious injury from his rash attempt. The un-
fortunate man, a few days before, addressed a letter to a
friend, in which he said,—" The highest aspirations of
my nature were, that I should be O'Connell's principal
instrument of peace, his ' Head Pacificator of Ireland,"
in his efforts for the peaceful, bloodless regeneration of
his own country, and for setting an example to other
realms, as was nobly proved in England by Richard Cob-
den and his league, how revolutions may be achieved by
the consolidated organisation of public opinion, and with-
out the pollution of carnage, bloodshed, and convulsion.
Before you receive this to-morrow I will have ceased to
live. lam quite weary of existence," although of course,
as a matter of manly firmness,:in private society I deport
myself as if I were without a care. I shall manage the
matter in such a way that there shall be no corpse for the
ceremonial of a coroner's inquest and post mortem exa-
mination. When a thing of this kind must be done, the
more quietly and less theatrically it is done the better."

EXTRAORDINARY SPEECH OF THE REV. MR. KENYON.
—On Sunday week, the celebrated Father Kenyon pre-
sided at a meeting held at Templederry, the object of
which appears to have been to rouse the people of the lo-
cality to a high degree of sympathy, if not of vengeance'
in behalf of the anarchists, Mitchel, Meagher, and O'Brien.
He said—and we quote only a few passages of his address,
—" There are three men, the bravest among the brave
that this land ever produced, now about to suffer persecu-
tion for their patriotism (cheering). That is, John Mit-
chel, a Presbyterian from the north, the son of a Pres-
byterian clergyman—(cheers),—the editor of a paper
which you may have read or heard read, although it
is but a young one, the United Irishman (cheering).
With him are Thomas Francis Meagher, a Catholic, from
Waterford (cheers), and a worthy representative of Irish
Catholic feeling; and William Smith O'Brien, a member
of the Established Church (cheers), who, although a Pro-
testant by religion, is a true Irishman at heart, and a de-
scendant filled with the chivalry and heroism of the illus-
trious Boru." (Loud cheers.) In continuation he
exclaimed—" Do you fear—you starved and whipped and
lashed wretches—do you fear death ? (Cries of ' No, no,'
and prolonged cheers.) Well, then, will you listen to me ?
I tell you, my countrymen, that if things go on as they
have and are going on, another million of you will
have died of starvation within the year." During the
whole of this violent and seditious address the rev.speaker
was vehemently cheered. He urged his audience to resist
all government prosecutions of the three " martyrs."
The crowd exclaimed "We will ! We'll die for them ! "
If (he continued) you be apathetic,. " you deserve to be
whipped, lashed, and fed on porridge to all eternity."
At the close of his speech, he said—" the council of the
confederation advises all Irishmen to act prudently but
determinedly. It advises no person to act imprudently,
or expose himself needlessly and uselessly to the harpies
of the law. But prepare yourselves. (Cries of "We
will ; we will : we are already prepared,' and long and
tremendous cheering.) If arms are wanted in any other
part of Ireland, they are more wanted here if we could
have them. The present enactment prevents us from
possessing them avowedly, but I tell you openly to be
ready from day to day, to watch every opportunity, to
face every obstacle, and when the moment comes we shall
be found with arms in our hands, we shall not be unpre-
pared, and then every man must arise and do battle
bravely." (Cheers.) It may be that the rev. father was
urged to these wild expressions by a degree of insanity ;
but they are nevertheless dangerous as addressed to an
ignorant multitude, and we trust that his further rheto-
rical flourishes will be averted by the intervention of
the powers mosv entrAgVato the Lord Lieutenant.