The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-06-18 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL

An extraordinary express, in anticipation, of the Over-
land India Mail, has bronght advices from Bombay to the
11th ult., and China to April 23. The whole of India
enjoyed tranquillity. The Afreedies charged with the as-
sassination of Dr. Healey upon the Kohat frontier have
been liberated, the proof against them not being deemed
sufficient to convict them of that deed.—A serious outrage
occurred in the prison at Agra in April last, arising out of
a personal quarrel between a Sepoy and a Sikh ; the other
convicts, to the number of three hundred, joined either
one or the other, and the tumult became so great that the
guard fired, and from seventy to eighty of the rioters were
killed or wounded.—On the 27th and 28th of April, a ter-
rific hurricane took place in the Bay of Bengal, the effects
of which were felt twelve hundred miles distant. The
gale happening just after the full moon, and the centre of
the hurricane crossing the Sandheads about the time of
high water, had caused considerable damage by inunda-
tion towards the mouth of the river, both banks of which
had suffered severely. Even so high as Acra. within
eight miles of Calcutta, the fields were flooded, and it was
reported by the natives that the water was so salt as to
destroy vegetation, and to make the tanks unfit for use.
In the May gale, 1833, similar mischief occurred, the suf-
ferings of the people for want of water were severe, and
their loss of cattle very great. Apprehensions were en-
tertained that much suffering would ensue on this occa-
sion. Another case of wilful ship-burning had occurred
in Bombay harbour.—Business was slack at Bombay. and
vessels with large supplies of goods were continually
arriving. At Calcutta the trade markets were exceedingly
dull ; the demand was daily falling, and the prices gradu-
ally declined.
It appears from China that Shap-'ng-tsai, the notorious
pirate chief, has made excellent terms with his govern.
ment, for his submission has not only been accepted, but
he has obtained office as a mandarin of the fifth grade ;
he has also secured an amnesty for all those who had acted
with, 111 Lumulatia.—Duolimoa era, In a otaszialit, ntatc ab
Shang hae nothing could be done except at extremely low
prices, which the owners of merchandize felt no disposi-
tion to submit to. At Canton, it was something better;
but generally speaking it proved far from remunerative.

The Danes have refused to allow the Prussian corvette
Amazon to pass the Sound. The Amazon made the at-
tempt in company with a transport, but was compelled by
the Dutch men-of-war to return.
ANOTHER SOCIALIST TRIUMPH.—EmiIe de Girardin
has been triumphantly returned by the anarchists of the
Bas Rhin. He had a large majority over the candidate of
order, Mr. Muller.

A dreadful accident happbned near Meelun, on the
railroad from Paris to Lyons. A lady named Madame
Brueure, daughter-in-law of Baron St. James, travelling
in the coupe- of the diligence, was burnt to death before
assistance could be afforded. The cause is attributed to
some lucifer matches that had been left in the carriage.
The accounts from Paris represent the difference be-
tween France and England to have been amicably ad-
justed. Lord Normanby, it appears, was exceedingly
anxious to bring the question to a satisfactory conclusion
as soon as possible, in order that her Majesty's Ministers
might be better able to meet the motion of Lord Stanley
on Monday.

MORE SAINTS FOR THE CALENDAR.—On Trinity Sun-
day the Pope decided, ex cathedra", upon the merits of
two candidates for canonization—viz., Peter Claver, a
Jesuit missionary, who died about 200 years ago, and
Germaine Consin, a secular virgin, a shepherdess, born in
1579, whose theological and cardinal virtues his holiness
pronounced to be evidently proved by four miracles
wrought by her.
Louis Napoleon, the President of the French Republic,
cannot zet on at all with the monthly allowance assigned
to his use. It won't by any means serve to keep up that
state of Imperial splendour which it pleases the chief of
the Republic to indulge in. The consequence is that his
pecuniary embarrassments have reached a climax, and he
demands from the Assembly an increased allowance.
And he will get it. There is a disposition to carp at the
demand, but the Prince will gain his end.
The Russian Government has addressed a pointed note
to the British Cabinet, repudiating the notion that British
subjects living in Tuscany or Naples during the late re-
volts, have any just right to claim indemnity for the los-
ses they suffered during those disturbances. Should any
unjust demands be enforced by arms, (the note adds),
Russia will then find itself compelled to indicate, in the
most precise manner possible, the conditions alone upoa
which it will grant to British subjects the right of resi-
dence and of property within the Emperor's dominions.

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THE FAMILIARS OUTWITTED.—A search was made in
Cernuschi's rooms some days previous to his leaving the
Castle of St. Angelo. He told the police officer that he
knew very well what he came for. " You expected to
find papers in my possession, and you were right; there
they are," added he, pointing to a little heap of ashes on
the floor, " I have prepared them all for you." The
officer, surprised and disconcerted, asked what he meant.
" I mean," replied Cernuschi, " that our police is better
than yours, and that I was informed of your intended
visit in time to destroy any papers,"—Letter from Rome.
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE.-It may be remem-
bered that Goethe, in 1827, had delivered over to the the
keeping of the Government of Weimar a quantity of his
papers, contained in a sealed casket, with an injunction
not to open it until 1850. The 17th of May being fixed
for breaking the seals, the authorities gave formal notice
to the family of Goethe that they would on that day
deliver up the papers, as directed by the deceased poet.
The descendants of the poet Schiller also received an in-
timation that, as the papers concerned their ancestor like-
wise, they had a right to be present. The casket was
opened with all due form, and was found to contain the
whole of the correspondence between Goethe and Schiller.
The letters are immediately to be published, according to
directions found in the casket.
The Stockholm journals announce an event in the musi-
cal world. Jenny Lind has broken through her resolution
not to reappear upon the stage. She will perform a part
in a new opera, written expressly for the files. given in
celebration of he marriage of the Crown Prince with the
daughter of Prince Frederick of the Netherlands. Jenny
arrived at Stockholm on the 22nd ult., and on landing she
was received by a great number of young girls, all clothed
in white, who offered flowers and wreaths to her. A car-
riage drawn by four white horses, sent by the Philhar-
monic Society, conducted Mdle. Lind to her hotel, where
some apartments had been prepared for her. In the eve-
ning the houses joining the hotel were illuminated by
lights placed at all the windows; a chorus of professors
and dillitante executed a serenade under her windows,
and hundreds of young men promenaded the principal
I streets of the town in procession, carrying flambeaux.
THE CANAL BETWIXT THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC.—
A treaty is nearly completed in all its forms between this
country and the United States, which provides for the
inviolability of a ship canal betwixt the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans. The line is to be regarded as the high-
way of nations, as neutral and sacred ground, to be kept
free from military works, and excluded from the influence
of international disputes. We give the main article of
this important agreement, the Ist in the text of the
treaty :—" The Governments of the United States and
Great Britain hereby declare that neither the one nor the
other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive
control over the said ship canal ; agreeing that either will
never erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the
Same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or

colonise,.or assume, or exercise-any dominion over Nica-
ragua, Costa Rica, the Musquito Coast, or any part of
Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion
over the same; nor will 'the United States or Great
Britain take advantage of any intimacy, or use any alli-
ance, connexion,• or influence that either may possess with
any State or Government through whose territory the
said canal may pass for-the purpose of acquiring or hold-
ing, directly or indirectly, for the citizens or the subjects
of tne one, any rights or advantages in regard to com-
merce or navigation through the said canal which shall not
be offered on the same terms to the citizens or subjects of
the other." _

A MIRACULOUS IPICTURE.—The Popish prints are full
of wondrous tales of a picture of the Virgin at Rimini,
which is reported to move its eyes in a miraculous manner.
The following account is abridged from the letter of a
correspondent of the Arai de la Religion :—" On Satur-
day, the llth of May, it was observed that a picture of the
Virgin Mary, which is worshipped in the small church of
Santa Clara, at Rimini, under the title 'Mother of Mercy'
and which is painted on canvass, framed, and glazed, had
moved its eyes. .0n the following day being Sunday, the
miracle was again observed, when a great crowd collected
in the Chapel of the Madonna, and the most viol-znt ex-
citement of devotion ensued in the spectators. To con-
vince the unbelievers, tha picture was taken out of the
frame, the glass removed, and the bare canvass exposed,
and still the picture went on maoing its eyes, and contin-
ued to do so several times on its way from Santa Clara to
the great Church of St. Augustine, to which it was carried
in procession. A number of miraculous cures were ef-
fected, among them, blind persons receiving their sight.
The Bishop of Rimini proceeded to examine into th• case,
and certified the miracle, which is attested by other
Bishops and Dignitaries of the Romish Church, and,
moreover, by the Commandant of the Austrian garrison,
who, and with him two officers,—came in a scoffing mood,
but such was the effect of the miracle upon them—left
their decorations as votive offerings. A subsequent ac-
count states that the Bishop of Cesena, after sending two
of his Canons, and not being satisfied with their report,
came himself, and after having been prostrated in prayer,
before the image for a few instants, he saw the eyes of
the miraculous Madonna opening, and fixed upon himself,
and during five minutes he was enabled to contemplate
the seven wonders of paradise, till he was obliged to turn
away his eyes, being unable to endure the brilliancy of
what he saw." Such is, with many embellishments, and
accompanied by sundry pious reflections, the story told
for the edification of Romanists in the accredited organs
of their Church !

A REMARKABLE RENCONTRE WITH ARABS.— M.
Mane, a tradesman of Phillippevllle, in Algeria, was pro-
ceeding to Setif on the 16th, accompanied by a domestic,
when all at once he perceived near the village of Oued
Temente seven armed Arabs foliowing, and having appa-
rently the design of surrounding him. Arrived at a river
which had to be waded through, M. Mane descended
from his vehicle to examine the depth of the water.
Almost at the same moment three Arabs dragged the do-
mestic out of the gig and put him to death. The four
others then rushed on M. Mane, but he seized one of the
nearest to him, an old man, and, by the display of con-
siderable activity, kept him before him to ward off the
blows of the yatagan which were directed against him.
At last, he and the, old man fell into the water, which
was not very deep. Whilst he was on the ground, one of the
Arabs put his gun close to the Frenchman's cheek and pulled
the trigger, hut no discharge took place. He then calmly
arranged the gun and fired, wounding M.Mane in the neck,
Feeling the inutility of resistance, M. Mane fell to tha
ground, struggled as if in the agony of death, and then
lay perfectly still like a corpse. The Arabs took all he
had in his pockets, and went off with it and with his
horse. Presently the youngest of the Arabs returned,
and dragged him a little out of the water, saying, " In
the name of God !" He then proceeded to strip
him of his clothes, but, finding some difficulty in undoing
the buttons, he took out his knife and ripped up the
cloth. When he had stripped the unfortunate man, M.
Mane thought he was free from his assailants, and began to
reflect what he was to do; but a moment after two of the
Arabs returned to take a gun which they had let fall. One
of them looked at him fixedly, and the other asked, " Is
he dead ?" " Look yourself," was the reply. "Ah ! 1
see ! He has some lead in the throat, and two wounds in
the breast." The last speaker then approached as near
as he could without putting his foot in the mud. M.
Mane remained perfectly still. The Arab cried, " After
all, nobody knows anything !" and threw a large stone at
his victim's head. The blow caused M. Mane to faint,
and he remained senseless until some travellers came up
and afforded him assistance. The local authorities imme-
diately commenced a search after the assassin, but it was
without success up to the date of the last advices.—Gal-
libnani's Messenger.

IRELAND.
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A whole family at Ballincuslane, Kerry, have been ar-
rested on suspicion of murdering their stepfather. The
wife has also been taken.

Two men named Doherty, were drowned on Saturday
week, through the upsetting of a boat on the entrance to
Londonderry. They hare left eleven children.
The Dublin Court of Queen's Bench has quashed the
mandamus, and allowed the return of Mr. Reynolds ; the
Lord Mayor, who will now probably be left in undis-
turbed possession of his seat.
During the last few days potatoes have been hawked
about the streets, the price varying from ninepence to a
shilling per quart, and are selling to-day at sixpence.—
Derry Journal. _ _ .

The Belfast Whig mentions a sample of flax, eighteen
states that that valuable crop, although in many places
sown too late, promises well in other parts of the country.
The town of Killarney was posted, last week, with bills
announcing a sheriff's sale to take place at Derrynane
Abbey. The sale was to be at the suit of some half-dozen
creditors, and the sheriff's name appended to the placard
was " O'Connell !" _ _ _

On Monday, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, (Mr. Rey-
nolds) appeared in his robes, before a police magistrate,
on a charge of having assaulted Alderman Kinahan, by
having him forcibly removed at the late tumultuous town
council meeting. The magistrate dismissed the case.
MELANCHOLY DEATH.—On Thursday, Agnes Diver,
had come to the house of Mr. Fleming, of Inch, near
Londonderry, to fill the place of a servant who had just
left, until another would be engaged. Mr. Fleming's son,
Fitzgerald, was in the kitchen, charging a gun, and just as
he was putting the cap on the nipple and lowering the
hammer, the girl came into the kitchen, when the gun
went off, and its contents penetrated her left thigh, and she
died soon after.

TIIE TENANT-RIGHT AGlTATlON.—Aprovincial tenant-
right meeting for Ulster was held in the Music Hall at
Belfast, on Wednesday. A string of eleven resolutions
were passed. Among the movers and seconders were ten
Presbyterian clergymen and two Roman Catholic clergy-
men. A committee was appointed. A tenant league for
all Ireland is to be formed, and, in short, the men who
formed this meeting are to carry all before them, and in
double quick time too.