The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-07-15 00:00:00

NEW ZEALAND

Accounts from Wellington have been received to the
16th of March. A dinner had been given by the Hutt
settlers to Sir Geo. Grey, to shew their gratitude for the
benefits conferred upon the district by the construction of
the Hutt road. and other local improvements. A new
wharf, called Plimmer's wharf, has just been completed,
which would afford increased facilities to shippers of
goods. The latest prices of domestic provisions included
first flour, 19s. to 20s. per 10131 b ; bread, 6d. per 21b loaf ;
beef, 3d. to 6d. ; mutton, 4d. to 6d.; and pork, 4d. to
6d. per lb.
DREADFUL MURDERS IN AMERICA.—A man, named
Riely, has surrendered himself at Williamsburg, near
New York, for the murder of his wife and mother-in-law.
His wife was only 19 years of age, and was married when
she was 15, much against the wishes of her parents. The
parties have not lived amicably together, and the prisoner
became extremely jealous of his wife, and at last was so
exasperated that on the 28th ult. he rushed into the house
of his father-in-law, and so severely stabbed his wife and
her mother with a knife that they both died soon after.
He then inflicted several wounds on a servant girl in the
house, named Conroy, but she is likely to recover. The
prisoner, after committing the dreadful deeds, gave himself
up to the police, stating that he was perfectly satisfied
with what he had done.

THE JEWS IN NORWAY.—The recent abolition of the
clause of the fundamental law which prohibits the Jews
from settling in Norway may probably lead to the con-
clusion that they are thereby permitted to settle in the
country. Such is not the case. In order to prevent the
Jews from acting upon a mistaken idea of this kind, the
Swedish journals call particular attention to the fact that
the change introduced by the Storthing into the funda-
mental law is inefficacious so long as the private law of
the kingdom remains unchanged. So much, however,
having been gained by the abolition of the obnoxious
clause by the Storthing, the possibility of a change in the
private law of the kingdom is rendered more probable.
But till this has been done no Jew will be permitted to
settle i❑ the kingdom, and every Jew who vists the coun-
try must provide himself with the usual pass.—Wiener
Zeitung.

EXCOMMUNICATION OF THE PRESS AT MALTA.—The
person styling himself " Don Publius Maria, &c., by the
grace of God and the Holy Apostolic See, Archbishop of
Rhodes," has addressed a Pastoral to " his venerable
brothers, &c., of the diocese of Malta," in which he de-
nounces the Avvenire a Roman Catholic but liberal journal,
published at Malta, as " an irreligious print, which con-
tains erroneous, false, and captious doctrines in matters of
religion, which twists Scripture in a sense different from
that recognised by the Church, maltreats ecclesiastical
authority, without sparing the supreme Bishop, and gives
to Christianity an aspect entirely different from that in
which it should be viewed by every son of the Catholic
Church. The same document pronounces a mitigated
condemnation against two other journals, Med iterraneo
and Ordine. During the governership of Mr. More
O'Ferrall, repeated Government prosecutions were insti-
tuted against these journals for their political opposition
to the King of Naples and the Papal Government, but all
of them failed. The " Pastoral" of the Archbishop of
Rhodes is said to have been issued by the express com-
mand of the Pope, and was introduced into Malta by the
Russian Consul, who having gone to Naples brought it
back with him. It was affixed to the door of St. John's
Cathedral in Valetta on the 20th of June.
DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER GOLD REGION.—About 18
months back was mentioned the alleged discovery of a gold
region in the republic of Bolivia, situated in a part of the
Andes about seven days' journey from the city of La Paz.
The deposits were originally found by an Indian on the
banks of a small stream, and were of the same cha-
racter as those in California, except that they, were of
greater purity. But, although a large number of persons
were understood to have started for the scene of opera-
tions, whither expeditions had also been organised from
Arequipa, in Peru, no further partimilars were received.
The disturbed state of the country, however, and the un-
certainty of communication, encouraged the supposition
that the absence of in telltge,nce Iniskt not,hav been owing

to the accounts, which originally came in a reliable shape,
haling subsequently proved false, and this view has now
been strengthened by a letter received in London by the
last 'South American mail, of which the following is an
extract. The writer is evidently under the excitement of
extraordinary hopes; but, making every allowance for
that circumstance, his statement, as that of a respectable
resident in the country, is entitled to attention :--" I again
.have to call your attention to the subject of Curabaya. It
is supposed that this will be a second California. They
are discovering every day new and immensely rich veins
of gold, but from one mine alone, which is several yards
. wide, and which is partly owned by a distant relation of
mine, they have got out already 24,000 quintals of ore,
which will yield an amount of from '8'200,000 to .8'250,000
in gold. This is only waiting for proper machinery for
grinding. Curabaya differs from Tipuani in one respect,
where they are veins and not washings, although these
last exist as well, but are not worked on account of the
sources of the gold, that is, the veins, being on the sur-
face. The stories told of the riches (and they gain strength
every day) are almost incredible, and every one here is
endeavouring to get a share in some of the undertakines.
I wish I could convince you and others of the unheard-of
riches whirl have never been explored by the Spaniards,
and which are only now coming to light."
CALIFORNIAN BRIITALITY.—The following account of
the pursuit and shooting of thirteen horse thieves in
the northern part of our State has been furnished us by
R. W. Granshaw. He says the people of that region are
determined to take summary measures to relieve them-
selves of those scoundrels who are so sold to crime as to
conciliate the Indians into their villanous practices. The
returning persons brought back thirteen scalps of Indians
and two of the white men, as evidence of the truthfulness
of their statements :—On Sunday night, April 20th, fifty
head of horses and mules were stolen from the coraal of
Messrs. Peasley and Lockhart, on Trinity River. The
thieves—white men with Indians in their employ—took
the animals as far as the South Fork of Trinity River.
thence up the South Fork of that stream through the
Coast Range Mountains to the head waters of Cotton-
wood Creek, and down the Sacramento valley, crossing
Sacramento river above Ide's Ranch, over to Antelope
Creek, which empties into the Sacramento River, on the
eastern side, near Ide's Ranch. On Monday following
• eleven men started on foot in pursuit of the thieves and
animals ; but, finding the Indians very numerous and
dangerous on the route, seven of the persons returned,
leaving four men to follow the trail through the mountains.
These four, B. F. Bradford, J. I. M'Kinnis, W. H.
Mitchell, and Coleman Jameson, followed the trail on
foot six days, and arrived at Mr. J. Klanton's, on Cot-
tonwood, on the 26th, after having been without food for
two days. Mr. Klanton kindly furnished them with
food, &c., and they continued the pursuit. When they
arrived at Major Reading's, weary and suffering with sore
feet, they were shown that kindness and hospitality which
have ever characterized that man, furnishing them with
horses and provisions to continue the pursuit. They were
joined by Mr. Peasley, who had taken the valley route on
horseback, and ascertained when the thieves had crossed
the Sacramento River. While crossing the Coast Range
' Mountains, they were attacked by a party of Indians
numbering from 50 to 100. The whites gave them a
desperate figh., and killed thirteen of their warriors, after
which, unhurt, they reached the valley, having followed
the serpentine course of the thieves through the mountains
a distance of some 175 miles. The pursuers, now num-
bering five, left Major Reading's on Saturday, the 26th,
and on the evening of the 27th found the animals quietly
grazing in a secluded spot on Antelope Creek. When
they recognised the animals, they looked for the thieves ;
but, from the fact that the encampment was almost sur-
rounded by chapparel, did not discover them. But on
entering the chapparel they were fired at by two of the
thieves, though fortunately without receiving any injury.
Seeing this, two others, more bold and determined than
the first, rose to their feet. The first, J. Spafford, from
Ohio, rose with his gun levelled upon Bradford, when, at
the first glimpse, Bradford shot him through the heart;
the second, John Emory, known as Sailor Tom, with his
gun levelled at M'Kinnis, was shot dead by that quick-
sighted Texan before he could pull trigger. George M.
Holliday, the third thief, is supposed to be one of the
first that fired. He escaped, but is supposed to be
wounded. There must have been a fourth, as two guns
were fired from the chapparel, while Spafford and Emory
fell with loaded guns. The camp seemed to be one long
frequented. They had a good stock of provisions and
cooking utensils, seven riding saddles, a pack of cards,
and " Lorenzo Dow." The driving of the animals seemed
to have been done by about fifty Indians, who were doubt-
less sent back on the trail to kill those pursuilg.—San
Francisco Herald,