The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-17 00:00:00

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I.IIE NON-INTRUSION QUESTION IN INDIA
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) CHINA

A MOVING APPRII..—THE HAGUE, Oct. 6.--Yester-
We announced briefly in our last the arrival of the Ori- day the wife of Val Stenis, who ha. been condemned to
ental at Malta, without bringing with her the September death, with her child •n her arms fell at the king's feet as
mail, which, from some unexplained cause, had not ar- his majesty was leaviwy, the palace of the Prince of Orange.
rived at Suez. We have, therefore, two months' mail His tnajestv, as may be supposed, could not hold out any
now in arrear. By the steamer Hindo3tan, however, hopes to her; but he treated her with great kindness, and
which had been dispatched from Calcutta on the 10th of assisted her to rise.

August for Suez, touching at Madras, Ceylon, and Aden. ---: --- . •" ~
heingstic IN THE IIF:RM [MAR.—A fatal fever existed
we have a supply of papers which no doubt comprise all
at the Bermuda Islands in August. Lieutenant-Colonel
the material intellizenc- which the mail would have
Arahin, commaudinz the artillery, fell a victim to it; also
brought us, although nr. , ne;te to so late a date.
Captain Sir H. Chamberlain, Bart., of the Artillery, wiio
, e ieipertant. Further hostili-
succeeded him ; and Adjutant Jenkin, of the Royal En-
ties have taken place, , .;-'i have resulted iii the entire
gineers. In addition to these officers, 9 gunners, and
annihilation of the force - tl,e feeitive Ameer Share Ma-
drivers of the Royal Artillery, and 37 privates out of a
homed. After a slight affair Witt, Lieut. Anderson, which
cut off his means of recruiting in Behiochistan, the Ameer, company of only about 70 Royal Sappers arid Miners,
finding himself surrout.ded by the movements of Col. have died, and about 120 of the reserve battalion of the
Roberts in the north, and of Capt. Jacob on the desert,
20th Regiment of the Line at present serving on the Ber-
made station. We are glad to find by sebsequent accounts
turned upon the latter (fte weakest), with about 8.000 from the islands, that the epidemic was fast subsiding, and
men ; but his Beloochcs had not resolution enough to
that the number of patients in the hospital, as well as in
stand—they broke and dispersed.
private houses, had greatly diminished.
Previous to this. Col. Roberts had succeeded in cap-
turing Meer Shah Mahomed, and in dispersing his force. IMMENSE IRON MINE NEAR BALTIMORE.—The
Of the further operations, we have only disjointed ac. Baltimore Sun says :—" We have the satisfaction to an-
connts, nounce, that an immense iron mine has been discovered,
Great sickness was said to prevail amongst the troops. extending along the shore, as well as some distance into
Affairs at Cabul ire unsettled, and intrigues are said to the river. The outer edge of the mine has been walled
oe going nn against Dost Mahommed. up, and large quantities of ore have been raised, which
The flurkarn mentions a report that, early in the en- good judges pronounce to be equal in quality to any that
suing cold weather, an army of observation, amounting has been discovered in the United States. The ore is al-
to 15.000, will he assembled on the Sikh frontier, under most as heavy as iron itself, and will of course veild largely.
the command of Sir Robert Dick. " Some attribute this The mine is situated on the ground of the Canton Corn-
contemplated movement to the unsettled state of the Pun- P
an v . by whom it is worked, and if it should prove as ex-
jaeh. and others. again, to a rumoured confederation of tensive as is generally supposed, will greatly enhance the
the A ffghani, aided by the Persians, for the recovery of prospects of this enterprising corporation. A large en-
Peshawnr." gine has been rected, and it is expected that operations
The accounte from Chins are highly satisfactory. Col. in Smelting will be commenced about Christmas.
Malcolm, who left Hone Kong on the Ist August, in the EXCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT OF HORSES IN THE OR-
Akhar, brought the ratification of the treaty of peace, the DNA.NCR SERVICE THROUGHOUT IN D/ A.—By the last
result of which is a new Chinese tariff and regulations for Mail we are informed that the camels attached to Capt.
the carrying on of our commerce with that country, which Whitlie's Bombay battery at Hyderabad have not been
documents we give entire in our columns this day. foiled to answer and the application of these animals to
Sir Henry Pnttinger has announced his determination, ordnance draught purposes is now considered a complete
"by every means at his disposal. to see the provisions of failure. We learn that Sir Charles Napier has ordered
the commercial treaty fulfilled by all who choose to engage the battery in question to he horsed with all practicable
in future in commerce with China,_ and that, in any case expedition. Every day's experience serves to prove more

The news from Scind

where he may receive well-grounded representations from clearly that the ho-rse is the only animal generally suited
her Majesty's conauls, or from the Chinese authorities, for this purpose, and great hopes are entertained that the
that such provisions of the commercial treaty have been present heterogenous system of employing bullocks,
evaded (or have been attempted to he so), he will adopt camels, and elephants, will be abandoned, and horses
the most stringent and decided mess tea against the of- given to all the batteries throughout Indira, which is the
fending parties; and, where his present powers may not only means by which efficient field artillery can be en.
fully authorize and sanction such measures as may seem cured.
to him fitting, he will respectfully trust that the legisla- The Voice of Jacob, a Jewish newspaper, announces
tors of Great Britain will hold him indemnified for adopt- from an authentic source that the execution of the atro-
ing them." cious decree of Leo, XII. against the Jews, which was
The smuggling vessels late at Whempoa were leaving recently revived by the Inquisitor-General of Ancona,
the river, and H.M.S. Dido was stationed at Whameoa, and some of the clauses of which had been actually put in
to assist in making the new trade regulations observed. force, has been suspended, in consequence of the feeling
Meanwhile, precautions are being taken against the exhibited by the press of England and France, and the in-
future. Ilong Kong is to be strongly fortified. terference, pehaps, of some influential individuals. But
A proclamation, issued by the High Commissioner whilst we have been exclaiming against the oppression of
Keying, announces that the treaty had been ratified, and the Latin Church, the tact appears to have escaped notice,
reenlations and tariffs agreed to, which tariffs are "to that a still more iniquitous persecution is now being per-
take effect with reference to the commerce with China of petrated by the Greek Church, a ukase having been issued
_all countries as well as of England." by the Emperor of Russia, by which from 300,000 to half
a million of Jews are ruthlessly expelled from their homes,
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. without even shelter or sustenance being assigned to them,
on no better plea than that their removal is necessary to
VICTORIA, JULY' 27.
-We have late letters from Canton which report that put a atop to the contraband trade on the Polish frontier.
business had been resumed under the new system. although THE LATE CONFLAGRATION AT HAMBURG.—The
prices had not been much affected, the operation of the
senate and people of Hamburg, in grateful acknowledg-
change having been anticipated. A correspondent avers, meet of her Majesty's bounty and the liberality of the
that unless permission he given to foreigners to erect English nation, have addressed a letter to the Queen in
houses and godnwne (and it would seem very unlikely to suitable terms, signed by the presiding burgomaster, and
'be granted). the present system is hut a perpetuation of forwarded it to their resident here, (Mr. Colquhoun,)
the Hene innnopolv without the former general liability which has been presented to her Majesty. The address is
for each member. He save the storage and pecking of beautifully written on vellum, and illuminated with cold
a
teas and all other goods will he retained by the Hones, and coloured letters. The illustrations and the writing
and whilst ender the Company's regime teas could he are executed in the taste which began to prevail in the
shinned off at three taels on original cost, including all beginning of the sixteenth century, combining classic an-
duties and expenses, yet be the best working of the new tiquity with the gothic, and forming a fantastic style usa-
system it cannot he accomplished under four taels. ally designated the renaissance. The artist, Mr. James
Be her Majesty's shin Vixen and the Anelona we have Gensler, of Hamburg, has succeeded in expressing power-
late letters from the North. At Amoy on the 25'h of fully the proofs of good and friendly feeling, end the vi-
July the market for British goods and Straits Produce gorous assistance afforded to Hamburg during the calamity
was bet dull. Cotton twist, No. IR to 26. 3() dole. per of the fire, and has referred to the ancient relations with
pecul : grey long cloths, 3 dols. 40 cents per niece ; rat. the mighty empire of Great Britain.
tans, 5 d 01..; pepper. 5 dol.. ; Malwa opium, 800 dole. ARTESIAN WELL IN WISTPHALIA.—It is intended to
At Chilean, on the 9th of July, opium. Patna. 680 d 01..; bore to a depth of 2000 metres (a mile and a quarter
Male's, 620 dols. British goads and Straits produce look_ English), and at that depth. it is supposed that the water
Inc down. hut white shirtings were selling at 4 dollars ; will be of the enormous heat of 70 centigrade. The
grave, 3 doll. 40 rents; rower, 64 to 7 dole. ; lead, 6to borers have reached it depth of 622 metres. To that
64 dolt.; sandalwood, 7to 9 dole ; rice, 2 dols. ; rattans, depth, the augmentation of temperature had not followed
6 dols. There were ten merchant vessels Icing in the the ordinary law, which, according to M. de Humboldt,
harbour of Chusan, and five in the Yang-tze-keane. was owing to the cooling of the column of air by the
Twat export of tea from Canton for the year ending waters of filtration from above; but once arrived at 622
the 30th June, 47.721.746 lb. metres, the aecensional force was so great as to drive back
Business in India appears to have assumed a more Ss- the water of the upper sources, and the ordinary law was
tisfactory shape. The demand for most British imports re-established. It is the intention of the French govern.
is active. Frights from India have considerably ad- ment to make an artesian well in the Jardin des Plantes,
vanced, and vessels for British ports are in great request. of a depth of 900 metres—viz., 200 metres more than filet
of Grenelle. The water from the artesian well of the
Jardin des Plantes will, it is supposed, be of a tempera.
ture of 31 centigrade, and it is to serve to heat the hot-
houses of the gardens, and supply the hospitals of La
Pitie and La Salpetriere, which will effect an enormous
economy as to fuel.

CHINA.
(From our Second Edition of Tuesday last.)

By the Overland, accounts have been received from
Hong Kong and Canton as late as the 26th July. A fire
bad broken out at Canton, but by great exertions on the
part of the Chine,,e Governor and the English residents
and sailors, it was fortunately subdued without occasion-
ing much damage. The latest date from England was
April 6. A copy of the treaty brought home by Colonel
Malcolm is among the documents furnished, and em-
braces every apparent provision for a future amicable
understanding. As far as we can ascertain, the mer-

RUMOURED ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE EMPEROR
OF RUSSIA.—Both the Prussian Gazette and the Augs-
burg Gazette make mention of an alleged attempt on the
life of the Emperor of Russia on the 19th ult. The for-
mer paper says that either a gun or pistol was fired at a
late hour in the evening close to the Imperial Chancery's
carriage when it was passing the Wallischei suburbs. The
Augsburg Gazelle says, " It is rumoured that twenty
shots were fired at the Emperor and his suite, and that by
a miracle nobody was wounded." It is not known whe-
ther the occurrence arose from design or inadvertence.
Some persons in the neighbourhood heard the explosion,
but deeming it a joyful demonstration, took no notice of
it. Several arrests have taken place at Warsaw; nd a
plot against the life of the Emperor was talked of. The
The investigation at the latter city will probable show
whether the alleged machinations there be connected with
the alleged attempt at Posen.
Loss or THE MEMNON.—Further particulars.--On
Thursday week a brief and hastily written letter from a
gentleman at Aden, connected with the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company, was received by
their secretary, which communicates the gratifying intel-
ligence that there were only seven instead of one hundred
and seventy passengers, who endured the personal suffer-
ing and loss of property consequent on the wreck of the
ill-fated steamer. Five of these were enabled to react►
Aden in safety; the remaining two, a lady and gentle-
man, were, at the time the letter was sent off, with the
crew, encamped at a village called Uloolah, about twenty
miles from the scene of the wreck. On their mach to
Utoolah their fatigue and sufferings must have been very
great, as the heat was so intolerable as to affect one of
the crew with brain fever, and who, melancholy to relate,
in a fit of delirium, dashed out his brains against a rock.
A steam-boat had been dispatched from Aden to fetch
the above unfortunate individuals from Uloolab, who will
be brought to England in a few days by the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Company's vessel, the Oriental.
A DANCER IN TROUBLE.—A letter from Berlin states
that Mademoiselle Lola Montez, the Spanish dancer, who
has been for some time much admired iu that city for her
great talent, is likely to be put in prison for some time.
The day of the grand review she was present on horseback,
and kept at some distance from the royal crrleye. When,
however, the firing began her horse took fright, and
rushed amongst the suite of the two sovereigns. A gen-
darme ordered her to fall back, and at the same time gave
a blow with the flat of his sabreto her horse. Feeling ir-
ritated at such a liberty, she struck the man across the
face with her whip. He was cool enough to keep quiet,
and merely lodged a complaint against her. The next
day a hussier handed her a summons to appear in court
to answer the charge. As soon as she learned what the
paper meant, she tore it in pieces, and threw it her feet.
The hussier at once went for the public force, and had her
arrested for having manifested marks of disrespect to the
orders of justice—a misdemeanour punishable with from
three to five years imprisonment. Mademoiselle Montez,
who is the daughter of a deceased Spanish general, is only
19 years of age.

chants are highly satisfied with the treaty. Sir H. Pot-
tinger had formally assumed the government of Hong
Kong on the 26th June; the city on the northern side of
the island heine named after her Majesty, " Victoria."
A Legislative Council was appointed, magistrates and
other civil officers had been installed, and the whole pos-
session seems to show signs of rapid growth.

Mention is made of the loss of a vessel believed not
before to have been noticed, viz., of the Alcmene, Capt.
Galbraith, from Bombay to China, lost on Ceram Lant.
The crew and a considerable part of the cargo were saved.
and taken first to Banda by the Dutch war schooner Argo.
The Spanish governor of the Philippine Islands arrived
out on the 11th June.

INDIA.
The military news of the month does not possess much

The Hyderabad force had returned to that station.
There was a great paucity of European officers at Kur-
rachee and Sukker.

Lieut. Horne, the Adjutant of the 55th Regiment, was
drowned by the upsetting of a boat in the Khypore dis-
trict.

All officers on staff employ, belonging to corps in Sinde,
bad been ordered to join their regiments.

The amount of prize-money at Hyderabad is likely to
prove very considerable.
The troops employed in Scinde at the end of Jnne
amounted to about 16,000 men, and a wing of the 78th
and of the 2d Bombay Light Infantry had been sent to
Kurrachee from Bombay.

A large force was stated to be assembling for duty in
the Punjaub, on account of recent disturbances there.

SPAIN.

Telegraphic derpatches have been received to the fol-

lowing effect

" BAYONNE, Oct. B.—The elections of Malaga and
Castalon are for the parliamentary party. They are for
the oppo-ition at Almeira, which rose on the Ist, and pro -
claimed the central junta. The elections of Pontavedra
are equally favourable to the opposition.
" General Concha left Madrid on the evening of the 3d.
in order to assume the command of the army of Aragon."
" BAYONNE, Ca. 10.—There was an attempt at a ris-
ing in Grendda, on the 27th September. There was fight-
ins ; some persons were wounded. Order was established.
There was no change on the 2d at Almeira, and on the 7th
at Saragossa."

" PERPIGNAN, Oct. 10.—On the 7th, the junta at-
tempted to storm the citadel of Barcelona, with 1000 of
the 1500 men disposable. They were repulsed with the
loss of 80 men. Bosch, the vice-president of the junta,
was mortally wounded. In consequence of this attack the
citadel and forts fired on the town. The firing ceased in
the evening, and did not recommence on the Bth. The
forts fired only when they were provoked."
The Paris correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette says
that numerous applications continue to be made for the
hand of the Queen of Spain. The family of Francisco de
Paula, the house of Coburg; the Courts of Naples and
Lucca, are endeavouring to exercise their influence with
the five powers, whilst the latter appear to have laid aside
their pretensions. The propriety of the marriage of the
queen with the eldest son of Don Carlos is now recognized
by France, as well as by England, and this is undoubtedly
an important step towards an arrangement between the five
powers. The difficulties, however, are far from being
removed. The conditions on which this marriage is to be
effected, are not yet determined on. France and England
cannot grant to the Prince of Asturias more than the title
of the queen's husband. The conservative courts will pro-
bably yield on this point, particularly as the rights of the
prince and those of the queen meet, and are consolidated
by their succession. In supposing that the courts yield
on this point, a new obstacle will soon arise, and the abdi-
cation of Don Carlos in favour of his son, would not suit
the new combination. The disposition and opinion of the
Cortes, also, must not he forgotten. It will be difficult
to lead them to a similar determination.

GREECE

The revolution in Greece seems to have settled down
very quietly. The lest advices from Athens, which are
to the 19th ult., represent the country as perfectly tranquil,
and King Otho returned public favour. The new minis-
try enjoyed his Majesty's confidence, and were actively
• `,e routine government of the country.

ged in tn.

A Stockholm letter states that the town of Egersund
(Norway) was entirely destroyed by fire on the 4th ult.
The Leipsic Gazette announces the death of Count de
13riancki. at Warsaw, leaving a fortune of 120 millions of
Polish florins; £3,000,000.
LONGEVITY.—Elizabeth M. Gross, nged 112 years,
died in Baltimore last Saturday week. Her descendants
to the, fifth generation followed her remains to the -
—New York

The Cologne Gazette states t

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