The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-29 00:00:00

FOREIGN AAD COLONIAL.

The Berlin journals announce a great rise in the price
of cotton goods in Prussia. and that the ri.anufactures in
that country are in the most prosperous state.
SICKNESS IN THE FRENCH ARMY IN ALGIERS.—
The number of sick in the milit iry hospitals of Algiers is
at this moment 2,400. Diarhoea and dysentery are the
prevailing maladies.
It is stated in the Bible Society's Monthly Extracts
that the conversion of the entire Commune of Villefi-
v.ird, in the department of the Haute Vienne, in France,
consisting of 600 Roman Catholics, has been effected by
the simple reading of the Scriptures, circulated by the
agents of the London Bible Society.

HonIIBLE EVENT.—The Prase states, that at Urdos,
in Spain, two lions and a tier escaped from a menagerie.
One of the lions devoured a child, and wounded the
mayor of the town. On the departure of the courier the
animals had not been retaken, and the population re-
mained under the impression of the most profound terror.

NEW SOUTH WALES.—GREAT SALE OF SHEEP.-At
Mr. Samuel Lyons's sale of sheep on Monday, the follow-
ing prices were realised :—Four thousand five hundred and
seventy-five head, warranted sound, were sold at 25: lid.;
and eight thousand six hundred and twenty three head,
very fine sheep, at 4s. 3d.—Sidney Colonial Observer,
May 23.
TO PARTS IN A DAY.--By means of the railway from
Amiens t,) Boulogne, the two metropoli,es of the civilised
world will have only the distance of twelve hours between
them. In the course of three years, accordmg to all
probability, the journey and voyage from Paris to Lon-
don will, during the greater part of the year, be accom-
plished between the rising and setting of the sun.

The trial of the Duke de Montmorency for the dis-
tribution of seditious medals took place on Monday, be-
fore the Paris Court of Assize. The Duke (or the Prince
de Rohm]) was defended by M. Btrrver, and was ac-
companied ti court by the Duke of FitzjilDeS, the Mar-
quis de la Roche Jaquelin, and several other distinguished
members of the legitimatist party. M. Berryer asserted
that there was nothing political in the affair, and the jury
coincided in his view, for, after consulting five minutes,
they returned a verdict of " not guilty."
A WRETCH.—The Montreal papers contain accounts
of a horrible .Irime committed by Captain Walne,, of
the ship Jane Brown, at that port from Gla,gow. A
young lady of IG, who was put under his charge by her
friends in Glasgow, was seduced and dishonoured by the
captain during the passage, and when the sh p reached
Montreal the poor girl was an iii and the crew state
that the captain used to beat her with a rope's end, the
marks of which were deep and frequent on her shoulders!
The wretch was committed.

EFFECTS OF RAILROADS ON POSTING IN FRANCE.—
The Paris papers of Wednesday state, that on Tuesday
last M. Dailly, the prt-sident of the committee appointed
by the postmasters of France, together wi!h M. Joulan,l,
their delegate, waited on the Minister of Finance to ex-
plain to him the st to of their e,tatilishinente, becoming
every day more deplorable. Seme of them were totally
ruined by the establishment of railroads, awl others were
unable to maintain tae number of h.rrs.f's necessai y for the
public service, and consequently the communication be-
tween several principal points was in d ,ng-r of being in-
errupted. The Minister repPed, that l e was determined
to bring the subject under the considerationtof the Cham-
bers in the ersuing session.
OUTRAGE IN MADEIRA.—The Sierra San Antonio. a
mountain district of Madeira, has recently been given to
pillage, under the following circumstances :—On the even
ing of the 16th of September, fourteen policemen, some
armed, and others intoxicated, attempt .d to Seize Nicola()
Vieira, a Portuguese, who, about tiglreen mouths ago,
had jeined the Scottish communion. Their only autho-
rity was a warrant, not signed as required by law. Under
these circumstances, Nicola() refused to follow them until
it should be light. His ne:ghbouis rallied round him;
and, atter some altercation, but without a blow being
struck by either side, the p relied. On the 23d of
Septembee, fitty soldiers. commanded try Capt. Oli,eira,
proceeded, under pretence of seizing the offenders, to pil-
lage the district. Some of the houses were gutted, others
stewed of their valuables, the live stock was killed, and
the inhabitants either taken prisoners, or obliged to fly.
The houses of two English merchants, Messrs. Burnett
and Ellicort, were fill d with women flying from the vio-
lence of the soldiery. It was not till the pillage had con-
tinued three days that these gentlemen obtained, by their
urgent remonstrance, an order to restrain the soldiers.
Twenty-two prisoners were brought round in a frigate
and lodged in Funchal gaol.