The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN 4- • CODONIAL INTELLIGENCE-
'The Based of Health at Naples has thought ifitto place
all vessels from the United Kingdom of England, Sc ot-
AMERICA. land, anddreland in quarantine, in consequence of -a re-
The British and North American Royal Mail Corn- port that; two cases of Asiatic cholera bad occurred in
pany'ssteam-ship Hibernia, Captain Ryrie, arrived in the London in-the month of November last. It is intimated
Mersey on Sunday, at.noon, with advices from New York that all vessels which may have cleared from the port of
to the 2nd, and from Halifax to the sth instant. Her London since the 3d of December will be refused ad
wimi-
appointed day for leaving New York was the Ist, but tce altogether into the port of Naples, and that vessels
owing to a dense fog. which prevailed, she did not sail till from any other port of the
fUnite4d Kingdom 2 will he
e sub-
the following day. The passage from New York, includ- jetted to a quarantine of 71 to 1. days. trust
ins-the detention at:Halifax, has been made in fourteen that. the Foreign Secretary 711 lose n. o trine. -in protesting
days, and from llalifax in little more than ten-and-a-half with suitable alacrity and vigour against this absurd mea-
days. The run. from New York to Halifax occupied 72 sure, so extremely injurious to the mercantile interests of
hours, being the quickest on record. She brings £90,000 i this country, and so utterly unwarranted by the facts of
in gold on freight. I the case.
The steam-ship Caledonia. Captain Lott, hence, arrived ENGLISTI MUSIC IN SPAIN.—The Lancashire bell-
at Halifax on .the 3rd, ,and proceeded to Boston. The
ringers, who, when in Paris, about two mouths ago, had
West India mail steam-ship Teviot had arrived at New
the honour of performing before the King and Royal fa-
Orleans. mily at St. Cloud, made their appearance 4ast week at the
4 highly respectable meeting of merchants had taken Grand :Theatre of Barcelona, and were received hy
place at New York, convened for the purpose of expressing crowded audience with a warmth even exceeding that
their gratification at the establishment of a direct steam which they experienced at the Havannah. The Spaniards
communication between Liverpool and New York. An appear to be delighted with this kind of music, but they
address on the subject had been presented to Captain
were near being disappointed by a curious circumstance.
Rorie.
When the bell-ringers reached the Spanish frontier from
Paris, on their way to Barcelona, all their bells were
'Great damage and loss of life has been occasioned by
the,nyeificeving of the Ohio. seized, on the ground that the importation of sells is
in Spain. In vain did they observe that these
The accounts from Mexico are so conflicting that it is prohibited
were their musical instruments, and not bells introduced
difficult to understand the-real state of affairs.
One account states that the governors of all the states
for sale ;-and it was not until the British Consul at Bar-
have assembled at Queretaro, and, with one exception,
eelona had sent an express
to Gerona, with a strong re-
were inclined to peace. monstrance against the rigid interpretation of the law by
Another account states that no propositions of peace had the Spanish functionaries that the bells were released.
been made by the Mexican Government. Another that, EMANCIPATION V. SLAVERY.—At a recent meeting at
by aslecis'ae -vote, they had rejected propositions, and de-
Brownsville, Jamaica, a series of resolutions were passed
dared against allnegotiations with the United States while declaratory of the actual and anticipated evils resulting
her armies and fleets occupied their country. President
from the application of free trade principles to the eulti-
Anaya had issued an inaugural address. It is stated that vation of sugar. And by whom were these resolutions
many members of the Congress, displeased with his elec-
Passed ? Not by planters. but by emancipated labourers.
tion, had givenup their seats, and retired in disgust from Nor is this .all. At the meeting which adopted them,
the city of Queretaro. There ;remained, however, more several of the speakers were emancipated labourers. The
than the fixed number which is required to form a language in which they expressed their sentiments was not
t:oomin,
perhaps as classical as the orations of Cicero, but the res-
Some three or four of the northern states, including tuning it clothed was sound and clear. Independently of
Sea Louis Potosi and Tamaulipas, ase stated to hold out
their novelty, as emanating from such a body, these reso-
strongly in favour of a continuance of the war. lotions are deserving of consideration, as our readers, we
General Scott, United States 'General in Mexico, had
are
sure, will admit after perusing them. Petitions, it
trrested two of his generals, Worth and Pillow.
will be seen, 'founded upon them, are to be presented to
the Queen
•.
room, next week, we willouses extract from the Jamaica
ficafions and mounting cannon on the castle and other of Parliament. If we call
Mexican accounts from Santa Fe state that a body of 3,000 and both
Mahan troops were busy at Chihuahua in erecting forti-
rind
Dispatch, in which there is a report of the meeting, a
defensive works. specimen or two of negro oratory.
The occupation of Mazatlan and Guaymas by the United EXTRAORDINALY SCENE.—In the Spanish Chamber of
States naval forces is mentioned. Deputies, the impeachment of Salamanca for peculation
Lord Palmerston had -protested against the forcible and other financial delinquencies, was brought forward on
levying of taxes upon English residents in Mexico, to sup-
the 6th instant, when Senor Benavides warmly defended
port the war with the United States. These levies were
the conduct of his late colleague, the ex-minister. The
made some six months since, when the English residents
debate was brought to a close for the day by a very ani-
petitioned against it.
mated scene. In the course of the discussion, Pidal de-
The financial condition of the states of Pennsylvania and dared that Salamanca. ould not be considered free from
Maryland was extremely satisfactory, rendering easy the suspicion until he should have undergone a solemn trial.
punctual payment of their dividends. This called up Salamatlea, who declared the statement to
be a calumny, and added, " I demand a solemn judgment,
There bad been another dreadful steam-boat accident.
The steamer A. U. Johnson blew up with a tremendous in order that I may go to the gallows if I merit it, or that
explosion near Magsville, Kentucky, from some defect in
Senor Pidal may be declared a calumniator !" On this aher machinery. Between sixty and seventy persons were
scene oft indescribable
and gesticulatingescribable confusion ensued, numbers of de-
killed on the spot, and a large number frightfully injured. puties
shouting
Order . order !" Senor Salamanca was pro-
Rumour is again rife that Mr. Robert Dillon Browne is ceeding, when he sullenly .exclaimed, " I cannot conti-
about to receive a colonial appointment. nue, gentlemen !" and fell back on his seat. (He has for
The Berlin journals announce that Prince Albert of some time back, it should be observed, been labouring
Prussia is about to imitate his cousin, Prince Waldemar, under severe indisposition.) Senor Salanianca was borne
by visiting the East Indies and other parts of Asia. from the chamber in the arms of his friends, all of whom
The Hon. T. J. Bernard, member of her Majesty's appeared greatly agitated, and many of whom cried, "It
Council in Jamaica, bas been admitted into the Romish is an infamy ! It is a calumny !" The chamber deter-
church there. mined that the debate should be adjourned.
The Queen of Spain's illness does not create so much Rome.—Letters from Rome of the 2nd instant mention
alarm now as it did at first. It is attributed to the means the failure of a new conspiracy against the people of that
adopted by the medical men to cure a cutaneous complaint capital. The Retrograde party had circulated a report
to which her majesty is subject. that the Pope had declared that he would not receive the
A bible, brought to America in the ship which conveyed felicitations of the Romans on the occasion of the new
the puritan settlers, is still preserved, and was lately year. The Ist of January accordingly passed off without
exhibited at New York. at a meeting held to commemo- any demonstration. A deputation of the inhabitants,
rate, the anniversary of their landing. however, having waited on Prince Corsini, the senator,
The French government has decided that a small pyra- to inquire into the truth of the report, the latter repaired
mid shall he erected on the spot where the interview to the Quirinal to ascertain if such was the determination
between Abd-el-Kader and the Duke d'Aumale took of his Holiness. After some difficulty he was admitted
place, to perpetuate the memory of that event. into the presence of the Pope, who said to him, " What !
From the Ist of January, 1847, to the Ist of October the people have refused to present me their wishes ? After
last, 233,798 European emigrants arrived at Boston, New giving the Romans so many proofs of my affection, I
York, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Baltimore, while could not expect that they would treat me with that in-
for the preceding year the number was only 151,662. difference and coolness." " But," replied the senator,
A ROYAL ACT.—The Hague journals announce that the " you forbade them to come to the Quirinal, and the
King of Holland has gives the sum of 10,000 florins from people, supposing that you were suffering or ill, have sent
his privy purse, for the construction of a house of refuge me to express their grief, and the wishes they form for
for old men of the reformed evangelical communion at the your Holiness." The Pope assured the Prince that he
Hague. was not ill, and that he had given no such orders, and
The fortune left by Madame Adelaide amounts to con- added, " since the people have been prevented from con-
siderably more than 100,000,000.0 f francs. The Dukes ing to me, to-morrow I will myself visit the people." On
of Nemours and Montpensier and the Prince de Joinville the following day, accordingly, the Pope traversed the
are each to have 30,000,000 francs. The Queen of the city, amidst universal acclamations, stopping at all the
Belgians gets a legacy of four millions. posts of the civic guards, saluting and blessing the multi-
Three Royal marriages are reported on the Continent, as tude."
settled or probable : the King of Sardinia's youngest son AMERICA.—The packet-ship Liverpool arrived on Tues-
is to be united with a daughter of the Hereditary Prince day, in the Mersey, with dates from New York to the 23rd
of Saxony ; the Prince Royal of Sweden, with the Prin. ult. The Liverpool brings £lO,OOO in specie. The news
cess Louisa of Prussia; Prince Francis Oscar of Sweden from Mexico is of great interest. Santa Anna having, as
with a daughter of the Prince of Wasa. was before stated, issued a pronunciamento against the
A FEMALE RENEGADE.—A French woman, named provisional government at Queretaro, calling upon them
Juliette, was found, says the Toulonnais, in the deira of to organise a force of 50,000 men, for the purpose of re-
the Emir. She has arrived at Toulon, but had become so newing the war, a pronunciamento in his favour had been
perfectly habituated to the manners and customs of the made by the military at Queretaro. He had left Tehuacan
Arabs, that she earnestly entreated that she might not be on the -2nd or November. and had assumed the command
separated from the man to whose fate she had united her- of the army at °aka. He says that he was deprived of the
self.— Galignani. command of the army at Oaica by Pena y Pena, in order that
The King of the French has received an autograph the latter might find no obstacle in making peace with the
letter of condolence from the Queen of Great Britain on Americans. He avows his determination to oppose any
the occasion of the death of Madame Adelaide. The negotiation for peace with the American forces occupying
letter is written in very affectionate terms, and expresses any portion of the Mexican territory. He was said to be
great sympathy for the King and Royal Family in their at the head of a force of 16,000 men of all arms, and was
grief, Her Majesty has also written a letter of condo- threatening Congress in session, at Queretaro, most of
lence to the King and Queen of the Belgians. whose members were inclined to peace. So great were
The French government has broken faith with Abd-el- the fears entertained at Mexico by the Americans of Santa
Kader. It has announced to him that it cannot con- Anna's succeeding in breaking up Congress ala Cromwell,
sent to his going to St. Jean d'Acre on any terms, and that General Scott had ordered thither a strong force to
that' with regard to Egypt it must first see whether the protect their deliberations. Gen. Filizola was at Quretaro,
Pasha will agree to receive him.—lt has since been deter- with a force of 2,000 men. The General-in Chief, Basta-
mined that Abd-el-Kader shall be imprisoned in a fortress mente, had yet his head-quarters at Guanajuato with an
at Lamalgue, which is being fitted up for his -reception. army of 9,000.
General Espartero arrived early in Madrid on the 7th, I RIOT AT MILAN.—The burlesque and the bloody have
and thus avoided the demonstration prep :red to greet his been strangely mingled in Milan. The cigar, like many
return. The people, however, on hearing of his arrival, other trivialities in their time,—has become a political
repaired to his residence, and rent the air with deafening badge, and a man ranks as an Austrian or an Italian, and
cries. " Three times, says a letter from Madrid, " the may be cut down either by the soldiers or the people, as
multitude have already burst into the house, determined he chooses to make an open manifestation of his respect
to see their idol. They rushed to his presence, they or disdain for tobacco. It had already been announced
lifte I him from the ground, fell at his feet, and hundreds that the people of Milan, to embarrass the government,
of these wild-looking fellows wept and sobbed like child- had resolved to discontinue the use of tobacco, from the
ren. Espartero cried like a woman." tax on which a very large revenue bad been derived. The
A New York paper, after urging various reasons why pledge seems to have been universally kept without any
the capital of the United States should be removed from other demonstration of feeling on either side until the 2nd
Washington to New York, reserves, for its climax, the fol- instant, when the appearance of two persons on the Corso,
lowing conclusive argument :—" In less than a year we an Austrian officer, and an American, became the occa-
shall communicate (by means of railroads and the electric lion of an unfortunate excitement,—the officer received a
telegraph) with the remotest points of the Republic—with blow on the cheek, and the American's cigar was knocked
New Orleans on one side, Chicago on the other, and out of his mouth. A wise policy would have overlooked
Boston on the north. New York will then be just such a the affair; or at most have mildly dealt with it, as an or-
place as the government of this great country ought to be dinary police affair. The military authorities, however,
in—the great central city of the country and the great judging otherwise, hit upon the most senseless and dis-
centre of its decency, its dirt, and its fashions." graceful course which it was possible to pursue. Cigars
NEW ZEALAND.---An unpleasant state of things exists were distributed among the troops during the night with
in New Zealand, where the natives claim the sole right to orders to smoke them on the morrow in the town. This
the " wilderness" or waste lands, and are aided in their could be neither more nor less than a provocation to
efforts to obtain them by the new Bishop, who has ex. bloodshed. From 100 to 200 men of the garrison, it is
pressed nis determination to assist in the maintenance of said, flushed with wine, smoking their cigars, swaggered
their rights as British subjects by peaceful remonstrance through the town jeering at the people. This stupid in-
and
petition to the Imperial Legislature. On the other suit was borne patiently for some time, but at length the
hand it is contended that the ownership of such lands rests people began to hiss ; the soldiers then fell upon the peo-
with those who reclaim and cultivate them. Early in pie; a sort of fight was then kept up from six o'clock to
July a collision took place at Wangnini, between the na- midnight, the people showing great firmness, and leaving
Lives and the British troops, about 400 on each side, in no means untried to repel their ageressors. Several
which the loss was considerable. Of the British, 3 were parties were killed and others i"..,tied. Two days after-
kilted and 11 wounded. wards the American-Municipali , apparently displeased with this
Aceording to the Last papers, it appears that military outrage, issued a proclamation couched in kind
a mail service for Oregon, by means of steamers on the language, exhorting the people to be tranquil. The Vice-
Pacific, will soon be established. " Two splendid roy, who was absent at the time, pursued a similar course.
steamers," it is said, " have been contracted for, to run Meanwhile, the people call upon each other not to be
on the coast of Peru, the starting point from Panama, or provoked into unseasonable violence; though they openly
rather Callao, to extend as far as the mouth of the Ore- cry for vengeance, and are supplying themselves with
gon River, touching at the various places between these arms. Another step in the policy of passive resistance has
two points. They are to carry the United States and been resolved on ; the lottery is virtually put an end to ;
Oregon mail, in connexion with Mr. Law's steamers, every man in a dependant position who takes shares in it
which are to ply on the Atlantic side, having Chagres as to be dismissed; every independent man to be held up to
the terminus, or depot. Two of the latter aie now in public contempt. All this is serious. It is another in-

gant build and finish.
CROSSING THE DESERT.—A new common road locomo-
tive carriage, on a large scale and of a novel principle, has
been invented by an intelligent engineer, named Maxton,
for the conveyance of passengers and baggage on the de-
sert between Suez and Cairo. The Pacha has required a
committee of scientific men to report upon the adaptation
of the machine for the purpose contemplated ; and as that
report has been favourable, instructions have been given for
theconstruction ofan experimental one of 200 horse-power.
on three wheels of thirty feet in diameter, and possessing
a saloon for passengers, capable of accommodating one
hundred persons. Its speed is calculated at 20 miles per
hour, and is expected to be in operation in six or eight
months.

gredient of mischief that the introduction of Austrian
trobps int644odemt•and'theDitchrof Partmr has greatly
exasperated the Italians. The various Cabinets' of Europe
cannot look without anxiety on the actual aspect of the
affairs of Italy.

THE

CHASE

The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet on Wednesday,
(To-morroNi,) at Hankelow ; on Thursday, at Cholmon-
deley ; on Saturday, at Wrenbury Village.
Sir W. W. WYNN'S Hounds will meet on Tuesday,
(this day;) at Bangor; on Thursday, at Oteley Park ; on
Friday, at Carden. Each day at half-past ten o'clock.

THE MONKS OF Sr. BERNARD.—The Augustines of
the Great St. Bernard have received rather severe treat-
ment from the new-fledged authorities of that canton.
Not content with demanding from them a fine of some
x5,c00, these persons, headed by the notorious M. Druey,
have taken actual possession of the monastery. At two
o'clock in the morning they broke open the doors with
pick-axes, seized the keys, and rifled the house from top
to bottom. The baggage of casual inmates was rudely
searched. Soldiers are planted at the doors and windows,
with orders to, shoot any person seen to carry away the
most trifling article of furniture. In short, every wooden
platter in the monastery has become the absolute property
of the canton of Valais. At Martigny, the infirmary-
house, to which the octogenarians of the hospice retire
for a somewhat milder air, and the enjoyment of such
ease as ague and rheumatism will allow, the
was repeated

same scene

LOLA MONTES.—A letter from Munich says—" It ap-
pears that Lola Montes is increasing in favour at the
Court of Bavaria. The Queen has conferred on her the
order of St. Theresa, calls her ' My dear Countess,' and
admits her into her intimacy. The ladies of the Court, of
course, feel it their duty to caress the fr0...4.,

fact, she has all the world at her feet. The styleOfleiu
rp
in which she lives passes all bounds, nothing equal to it
• ---- k--n seen at Munich, even in the Royal pa-
e o" " •