The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-05 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

AMERlCA.—Advices from Washington to the 4th, and
from Boston to the 7th ultimo, have been received by the
packet-ship Mary Ann, Captain Brown. This fine line of
vessels is rapidly rising in note, and well deserves success.
The political accounts thus received are unimportant. The
question of notice in the Senate bad not been voted upon.
That assembly had been addressed by Messrs. Ashley and
M`Duffie, and with the progress of time the interests of
peace were consolidating. The commercial accounts from
New York are of no moment. _ . _

SPAIN.—The Phare of Bayonne. of the 26th informs us
that the whole of the provinces under the Captain-Gene-
ral of Burgos have been declared in a state of siege. It is
evident from this that the spirit of insurrection is extend-
ing itself. Lugo, Vigo, Tuy, and Pontevedra still hold
out, and Juntas had been formed, the presidents of which
are said to be Esparterists. Very great dissatisfaction
prevailed at Madrid at the date of the last accounts, in
consequence of the delay in convoking the Cortez.
PORTUGAL.—INSURRECTIONARY MOVEMENT.—The
Madrid steam-ship arrived at Southampton on Monday
night, with 143 passengers on board. She brings impor-
tant intelligence from Portugal. A general rising of the
people had taken place in the northern provinces, com-
mencing at Minho, unaided by the military. The cause
of the outbreak was the excessive local taxation, which, it
Appears, is so exorbitant, that it is impossible it can be
borne. The Minister of Justice had arrived in Oporto,
and had taken command of the whole of the disturbed
provinces. The habeas corpus had been suspended.
Troops had been sent from Oporto to quell the distur-
bances, and collisions had taken place between them and
the people, and consequently much blood had been shed ;
but the movement had by no means been put down. The
Minister of Justice arrived on the 22d, the day before the
Madrid sailed. The feeling throughout the country was
unanimous, and little doubt existed that the insurrecti-
onary movement would not be easily put down.
No fewer than 68 persons died in New Orleans from
sunstroke during the:Oast summer.
By letters from Paris, it appears to be the general im-
pression that Lecotite is insane. He has several times at-
tempted to commit suicide.
The French Governor of Senegal (Capt. 011ivier) com-
mitted suicide on the 25th March, by cutting his throat in
a fit of delirium.

An edict has been posted on the walls of Rome, de-
nouncing the modern innovation of gas light, and order-
ing that all private gas works should be suppressed.
A petition was recently presented, in the Ohio legisla-
ture, from John Noel, praying that George Robebaugh
be divorced from his wife, and that she be given to peti-
tioner, in pursuance of a previous contract of marriage.

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GERMAN ROMANISTS.—The dissident Romanists of
Baden have by a ministerial order, been permitted to ce-
lebrate public worship, on condition of their abandoning
the title of German Catholics, and calling themselves an
" Association of the Partisans of the Confession of Leip-
sic."
The arrival of Ibrahim Pasha has occasioned some sen-
sation in Paris. A circumstance connected with it, which
would formerly (when religion was in vogue) have pro-
duced a powerful effect, passes unnoticed. Ells highness
is accompanied by several Frenchmen who have embraced
Mahometanism.

GREAT MORTALITY IN THE WEST INDIES.—From re-
turns recently received, it appears that the 71st Regiment
of Highlanders, at Dominique and Antigua, has suffered
severely from fever, and those diseases peculiar to the
climate, having lost a lieutenant, five serjeants, two car-
vorals, two drummers, ninety-eight privates, and twenty-
five women and children, all taken oft within a week or
two.

THE CHOLERA.—This destructive scourge seems once
more on its way to ravage the continent of Europe, origi-
nating, as before, in the heart of Asia, Northern Persia
being the first quarter in which it was noticed; it is gra-
dually approaching the confines of Europe. The chief
cities of Persia already count by thousands the number of
their dead who have fallen victims to Asiatic cholera.
The line of route taken by it appears to be almost due'
west, for it attacked in regular succession the cities of
Bokhara, Herat, Meshed, Teheran, and Ispahan, while
recent accounts from Odessa state that two or three cases
of Asiatic cholera had been observed at Tiflis.r—German
Paper.
THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.—A letter has been received
from Sir Moses Montefiore, bearing date St. Petersburgb,
April 8, 1846, and stating that be has had the honour of
a long audience with his Imperial Majesty the Emperor,
who received him most graciously, and most patiently
listened to him ; and His Majesty expressed his ap-
probation of Sir Moses coming to St. Petersburg, and
stated that he (Sir Moses) should have the satisfaction of
taking with him the Emperor's assurance and the assur-
ance of his ministers that he was desirous of improving
the condition of Sir Moses's co•religionists in the Russian
empire ; and that this object was at present under delibe-
ration. His Majesty likewise suggested that Sir Moses
should visit his coreligionists in the several towns in which
they principally dwell. Sir Moses acknowledges, in the
warmest terms, the Emperor's humanity and benevolence.

The railway traffic of last week exhibits an increase,
over the corresponding week of last year, of no less a sum
than £30,996.
LIVERPOOL, WARRINGTON, A. ND STOCKPORT.—This
company, the opponents of the Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Chester Junction, retire from the field, and have
announced their intention of returning 275. per share to
the scripholders.
THE NEWTON STATION.—The Liverpool and Manches-
ter Companies are Wilding a commodious and handsome
station at Newton, worthy of the importance of that cen-
tral position on the line. They are also making prepara-
tions for an enlarged station at Kenyon.
A dividend, at the rate of ss. per share, has been de-
clared on the shares of the Preston and Wyre Railway.
The directors have thought it prudent to divide only what
they have earned, but the prospect of the future is stated
to be highly gratifying, inasmuch as the traffic of the line
is increasing, and new sources of revenue will shortly be
opened.
RESULTS OF RAILWAY COMMUNICATION.—The quan-
tity of fish sent from Scarborough along the railway to
York, has averaged eighty tons per week during the
whole of the winter. This fact surprises even the Scar-
borough people. And 1,000 tons of coal are sent on the
line regularly every week from York. The prices of the
latter article are moderate, and the consumption increases.
GOOSING THE DIRECTORS.—An allottee having been
served with a writ, instead of entering an appearance to
it, he took out a Judge's summons, to be furnished with
the names, present residences, and designations of the
seventy-six parties to the writ. This being a poser, the
solicitor to the company called on the allottee, and
informed him he should abandon the action. " No,"
said the other, " I cannot allow that, unless my expenses
of every sort and kind are paid." This demand was, it
is almost unnecessary to add, complied with.
COMICAL INCIDENT ON AN ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY.
—A few days since, during one of those pelting showers
which have lately been so prevalent, the labourers em-
ployed on the works of the Croydon and Epsom Atmos-
pheric Railway had in same places no shelter; conse-
quently they were frequently drenched with rain. The
tubes are about twelve inches in diameter, and are con-
structed with a groove or slit at the top, which aperture
is cemented by tallow and wax, to render them air-tight.
The connecting rod of the piston, as it is forced forward
by atmospheric pressure, travels through, and of course
ruptures, these substances. Shortly after the down train
had passed the station near the Dartmouth Arms, one of
the labourers was non est invenrus. The rain was de-
scending in torrents, and the other men supposed that
their companion had left the line for shelter. After the
cessation of the rain, however, as he did not make his
appearance, the circumstance created some surprise ;
but the workmen continued their labour, until they were
interrupted by faint cries, which seemed to proceed from
one of the atmospheric tubes lying on the side of the rails.
One of the men near the tube became alarmed at hearing
stifled moans from such a quarter. On the men approach-
ing the tube, great was their astonishment on perceiving
the extremities of a man protruding. from the aperture of
the metal, at the same time hearing moans and cries for
help. It appears that the shower bad induced the man
to resort to this extraordinary shelter, and having suc-
ceeded in squeezing himself in, he was unable to with-
draw himself from the pipe. The men tugged and pulled
with all their might for some time, when at length their
efforts were successful, and the man was drawn forth
completely senseless and dripping with the melted tallow.
The heat of his body and respiratory otgans had effected
his deliverance when almost suffocated and saturated
with grease. Had he been left much longer, life would
have been extinct.