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

FOREIGN (5- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. I

1 R E s. A N I)

LOSS OF THE MEMNON STEAMER IN THE j" REPEAL CAVALRY-CLONTARF MEETING "
RED SEA, WITH THE OVERLAND INDIAN
MAIL

The following advertisement, headed as above, appears
(From the Morning Chronicle.) in the Radical papers.
We have received the following communication by ex- The committee for this great national demonstration,
press from our Paris correspondent : being apprised of the intention of many Repealers to ap-
" PARIS, MONDAY MORNING, Oct. 2.—1 hasten topear mounted at " Conquer Hill!! I " Clortarf, recom-
communicate to you that despatches have been received mend the following rules to be observed for the regulation
from Malta of the 24th ult., announcing the arrival there of the cavalcade at this first
of the French Levant steamer, which brings intelligence
from Alexandria of the total loss of the Memnon steamer,
VOLUNTEERS:I!
from Bombay, near the entrance of the Red Sea, on the
a Ist—All mounted Repealers of this city, or from the
Ist of August. The crew, treasure, and passengers were south and west sides of the county, to muster on the open
saved, but the mails were lost. ground, Harcourt-street Fields, on Sunday the Bth of
"The Hindostan arrived at Suez on the 12th Septem-
October, at 12 o'clock at noon, and form into troops. each
her, from Calcutta, with 108 passengers. Left Calcutta
troop to consist of twenty-five horsemen, to be led by one
on the 10th August. officer in front, followed by six ranks four abreast, half
It will be recollected that the Memnon left Bombay on
distance, each bearing a wand and cockade, distinguishing
the 20th of July ; that is, ten days earlier than she would
the number of his respective troop.
have done on ordinary occasions, on account of the mon-
2d—That regulation w nds and cockades will 131 fur-
soon, which prevails in those seas during the month of
nished by the committee to such gentlemen of the city or
August. The Memnon was a splendid new ship, which
county as shall a} ply, and be approved of, to head each
bad recently been sent out from England, having been
troop.
built expressly for the service of the Overland Mail. She
was much larger and more powerful than any of the other 3d—That no person shall be be permitted to join the
steamers upon the station ; and so great was the confi-
cavalcade without a cockade and wand ; and that until one
dence of her commander in her powers, that he deter-
troop is complete no second troop be formed.
mined to steer direct from Bombay to Aden, instead of N.B.—The committee will make the necessary arrange-
. to prevent delay or confusion, at the turnpike
gments,
taking the longer route generally adopted during the pre-
valence of the monsoon. The experiment was thought a
dangerous one, and it was the opinion of many naval men 4th—Each horseman to take and keep the place assigned
that it must fail, as it had done in a previous instance;
to him on joining his troop, and remain in rank until dis-
missal of the parade in the meeting fie
but the result has shown that the confidence of the cap- sth
formed by half-past
That such troops as shall have fld.
tain was not misplaced, as she completed the voyage to by
Aden within ten days. No sooner, however, had she corn-
twelve o'clock do proceed in their order at slow time
the following route : Harcourt-street, Stephen's—green
pleted this great feat, than she was fated to meet with a
west, Grafton-street, Westmorland-street, Sackville-st.,
misfortune little looked for. On the evening of the Ist
Britain-street, Summer-hill, Ballybough-bridge, Clontarf-
August, when off Cape Guardafui, on the coast of Africa,
road.
and not far from Aden, she struck upon a reef of rocks,
6th—The mounted repealers from the northern parts of
and in a very short time became a total wreck. The crew
the county to muster and form, as above prescribed, at
and passengers, with five cases of treasure, which were on
the southern extremity of the Howth-road, and bring up
board, and which happened to be on the deck at the time
the rear of the Dublin cavalcade to the meeting-field,
of the accident, were fortunately saved ; but the mails,
Conquer Hill.
cargo, and passengers' baggage were entirely lost, having
7th—That the chairman and members of the committee,
gone down with the wreck. The loss of the mails upon
bearing wands and cockades, do form the mounted staff
this occasion is the more to be deplored, as, owing to their
in advance ; and that the muster march and parade, at
late arrival at Bombay on the previous month, there had
the meeting-field, shall be under their sole order and di-
been an accumulation of mails from Madras and Ceylon.
rection until dimissed after the proceedings of the meet-
The number of persons on board, including crew and
in g have commenced.
passengers, was about 110. It appears that the Memnon
Bth—That the horsemen on the meeting ground shall
Ins ne to
Captainpieces. Haines, the Political Agent at Aden, had sent keep a proper distance from the platform, so as not to
incommode those attending on foot ; and it is earnestly
to the assistance of the shipwrecked people three steamers.
requested. on the other band, that no obstruction or inter-
Two passengers who were on board of the Memnon,
ruption will be offered to the cavalcade by those on foot
Messrs. Southey and Crawford, arrived at Suez from
or in vehicles, so that the order and regularity of the
Aden by the Hindostan. march may be preserved.
TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION AT KING-

MUSTER AND MARCH OF THE MOUNTED REPEAL

STON, JAMAICA

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

Advices from Falmouth of the fifth announce the arrival
on the previous day of the West Indian Steamer Tay.
By this arrival we are put in possession of the particulars
of a most fearful conflagration, by which a very large part
of the city of Kingston has been reduced to ashes. The
account runs thus :—" At about noon on Saturday the
26th of August, a fire broke out at James's Foundry,
situate at the S. E. end of Kingston, Jamaica. The sea
breeze was then blowing very strong, which caused the
flames to spread northwest with almost incredible rapi-
dity, and speedily reduced to ashes a vast amount of pro-
perty. The fire continued its course in this direction
until towards nightfall, when the wind changed, and with
it the course of the fire, which now took the direction from
whence it first originated, and ere the hour of midnight
hundreds of houses were reduced to ashes. The loss of
property is estimated at £400,000, and which has falle

,rty on the eastern
the city, extending in a northerly direction to the extent
of a quarter of a mile. The feeling of sympathy for those
who have suffered, and the distress that pervaded among
the houseless had thrown a gloom over all classes, and
caused business of every description to be almost entirely
neglected. On the supposition that the fire was the act
of an incendiary, £lOOO were offered by the mayor of
Kingston, as a reward for the discovery of the offender."
The elections at Mexico were supposed to be proceeding
against St. Ana. The utmost discontent prevailing, but
it was believed that should he not be re-elected, the mili-
tary would not be instigated to overthrow the new con-
stitution, and proclaim St. Ana as dictator. Foreign trade
is completely destroyed by the restriction laws.

side of

heavily on the owners of p

SPAIN,

On the evening of the 22nd ult., there was an explosion
of the powder magazine, situate outside of the Bilboa
Gate, at Madrid. Several houses were more or less
damaged, and the number of persons killed is estimated
at between thirty and forty. It could not be ascertained
whether the calamity was the consequence of accident or
design. Several pesrons had been apprehended on sus-
picion.
The Supreme Junta of Saragossa has proclaimed that
all employes who do not adhere to the pronunciamento
lose their places, and that those ejected as Esparterists,
shall be restored to theirs. Don Jose de Crof is named
commandant-general of the province.
Madrid has been placed virtually under martial law,
without the ceremony of a proclamation, and numerous
arrests have taken place at the sole will and pleasure of
the government and its dictator, Narvaez. The Spaniards
have already found out that they have exchanged their
King Log for King Stork with a vengeance.
Accounts from Saragcssa, b'- post, of the 25th, show
the complete falsehood of the telegraphic accounts given
from that town. Instead of the town being blockaded or
bard pressed, the Eco of the 25th says,—" Some de-
spatches have been exchanged between the Captain-Gen-
eral Lopez Banos and the Central Junta of 'aragossa.
The general declared that he would not attack the town,
unless himself attacked. Alcaniz had adhered to, and
imitated the rising of Saragossa.

The Gazette of the Grand Duchy of Hesse announces
the accouchement of the Grand Duchess Maria, wife of
the Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia, of a Prince, at St.
Petersburg, on the 20th ult.
GENERAL JACKSON.—The rumoured death of this
great and good man has no foundation but an indorsement
upon a way bill between Cincinnati and Wheeling.—
Boston Post.

I A diligence between Dole and Niogret was nearly de-
stroyed by fire a few days ago, from a piece of ►inder used
in lighting a pipe having fallen upon some straw. Before
the fire could be extinguished it had made such progress
that the passengers were nearly suffocated by the smoke.
The Journal des Debals announces, that the French
government has obtained from that of Piedmont a further
reduction of duties on the importation of wines and bran-
dies, on porcelain, and on Parisian elegancies. It has
conceded in return en abolition of some tonnage duties, a
diminution of the duties on rice, %bite lead, and cattle.
The duties on spirits introduced by the Savoy frontier
will be reduced one-fifth for that below 22 degrees, and
one-sixth for that above it.

THE INSURRECTION IN THE PA PAL STATES.—
ROME, Sept. 21.—According to the latest intelligence
received here, the bands of insurgents at Bologna have
been broken up, and many prisoners hare been made.
It is mentioned that an Englishman has been taking part,
as an amateur, in this mountain warfare. Captives con-
tinue to be made, and the gaols are filled with prisoners
of all classes. The Grand Duke of Tuscany has con-
sented to send back all the rebels who may take refuge
in his territory.—Brussels paper.

HORRISLE MURDER.—An inhabitant of Lommel, in
Belgium. suspecting that his wife had misconducted her-
self with an officer of the Customs a few evenings ago,
reproached her with infidelity. A violent quarrel took
place, and the woman became so exasperated that she
went to the room of the Custom-house officer, who lived
iu the same house, and taking a pair of loaded pistols from
his table, returned with them, and discharged one of them
at her husband. Having wounded but not killed him, she
deliberately fired the other into his breast, and completed
her object. The next morning she attempted to destroy
herself with the sharp edge of the cover of a pot in which
some coffee had been brought her. She made a severe
and ragged wound in the throat, but did not accomplish
her purpose.— Galignani's Messenger.
ARRIVAL OF THE. WEST INDIA MAILS—The Royal
mail steamer Tay, Commander Hayden, arrived on Thurs.
day evening, with Mexican and West Indian mails,
bringing twenty-seven passengers, and on freight 300,000
dollars and 210 serons cochineal. Her dates of leaving
are :—from Tampico the 19th August, Vera Cruz the Ist
of September, Havana the 9th, Nassau the 11th, and
from Bermuda the 20th of September. The Tay brings
dates from Demerara to the 4th September, Jackmel to
the 10th, and from St. Thomas to the 15th. The royal
mail steamer Clyde brought the Windward Island mails
to Bermuda. The mails by the Tay were not landed at
Falmouth, but taken to Southampton. Among the pas-
sengers by this arrival is a Mr. Cueto, from Vera Cruz,
who is the bearer of all despatches from General Santa
Anna. The Royal mail steamer Thames brought the Ja-
maica mails to St. Thomas, and dates from that island to
the Bth September, and also accounts of a serious fire
having taken place at Kingston on Saturday, the 26th of
August, particulars of which will be found elsewhere.
UNITED STATES.—The packet-ship Hibernia, Bunt-
ing, which left New York on the 19th ult., arrived here
on Sunday morning. The Stock Market was active and
money continued abundant. The Havre packet, of the
16th, took nearly two thousand dollars in specie, but
thete was no disposition to send that commodity to
England. The supply of bills was good, and but little
alteration had taken place in the rate of Exchange, hi
wch
was on London 109 to 1091, and on Paris 5.23 to 5.22.
In cotton much business was doing amongst speculators.
A destructive fire bad occurred at Boston, by which up-
wards of twenty buildings, chiefly of wood, were de-
stroyed. The Halifax Herald states that two American
schooners had been observed by Captain Darby, off Sable
Island, and within the British fisheries. The schooners,
it appears, were wreckers, which went to the island for
the purpose of plundering thewrecks and stealing catitl.e.
Captain Darby, finding that he could not come within
gunshot of them, proceeded immediately to Halifax and
reported the circumstance to the admiral, who, next
morning, despatched the man-of-war steamer Hermes to
the island. The steamer returned to Halifax, after being
satisfied that the two vessels were there, and that they
were acting contrary to the treaty. Nothing, it appears,
was done to them: for, from their position and the
breeze that was blowing, a steamer might have taken them
after a chase of three hours at the farthest. One blank
shot was fired at one of the schooners. By an arrival
from Mexico, on the 18th ult., intelligence vas received
of a contemplated renewal -
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oners had returned
s that no treaty had been concluded, and that
the, commission was dissolved. The Mexican commis-
sioners had returned to Vera Cruz.

MOUNT FOR REPEAL I—MARCH FOR CLONTARF j
The committee will meet at the Corn• Exchange each
day during the ensuing week, from four to five o'clock.
Corn-Exchange, 30th Sept., 1843.