The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-11 00:00:00

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and, his peoj
lar errand to h • native
ceedings it is quite evil lit that there st'll are iu action
latent spark, of dis,ff. ction and re' ellion among the
natives; a.,d that they only abide their own time and
favourable opportunity to commence aga,n their predator
and warlike opera i•ms, In fact, the snake is col
scotched. not killed."
ARRIVAL OF Tit F. Ft DE r.rA—(INE DAY LATER
FROM NEW YOliK.
The naves by this arrival is not a a vet

nice chnrster. wer
entertained that neither the l'ariff, ih
the Sub-Tiel•liry Hills mould he p

r-• h ginning tO
ile NV,,rehousine, nor

during the pr

Sent B,S•i011, tli

even berwern the h. o Ho
cih able rharaetr e. Toe ee
be carried into S Vember

cif a c

irrecnn..
, would

Tint GREAT FIRS AT NANTIPCRET. We have no
later accounts from the scene of debt. urCon. It is statett
by the New York Herald. on the authority of a (arta
arrived from ti e spo , that the who'e of the bosineFe par
of the town was in ruins, and the fire still raging; an
we believe that Nantucket was visit-it by a severe fire In
June, 1838, which &Armed properly to the value of
200,000 dnllsrs. Since then the penile Irv,' g-nerally beet‘

insured. The mon yrn4rket was heavy. hut will
in the quotations. The Ca cnbria had not arriv

ut change

FRA NCI

The French papers sire exelu•ively oceop;ed with the
elections, the remilt of %%Well i
minibtr y- Of the 458 rtturns w
at the end of the we, k, out I
in the Chamber of Deoutie,..,
nisterial candidat, a, and 173 by nie,orer• of
tion. The elections of Co

1 of 479 Beat
rd by Ml-

280 had been carr

PPolg-

In which a fresh election must take pl
whole number of deputies.

punt fur Uzi

SPAIN

Our accounts from Madrid are of the
Gazelle putili•hed a It,lal d•cree, sup, r
mittee on the Code,. which had rouirly terminated its
labonre. The Ecn del entnelcio ett.t s. th.tt M. Bulnfer,
the British Annbassadoi, had removed to a country teat
near the chaptl of San Isidro, but that i-. was not on ac-
count of his health. which was racdletit. According to
the Expand. the diff.-renees bet,yeen Sp-in and Portugal
were hegitining to ashume a less almrildlig aepyct ; and,
thanks to the mediation of England, they ate likely to be
amicably adjusted.

2nd inFt. The
the Cons-

EXTENSIVE DESTRUCTION OF PROPEEtri
A r THE BRISTOI, [H)( I-
tFi om our own Curre

BRISTOI . AUGUST 9.
An accident of a mast alarmine des. rintion. which has
been the means of sacrificing limper y to the extent of
several thousand pounds, occurred last night arour pubtie
docks. I totwells.

For some fiats past extensive works have been in pre.
gress tor th. purpose of widening the southern entrance
lock at Cumberland basin, so as to afford a sufficient
spare for the admission of ve.sels of the lareest class,
like the Great Britain. In order to carry on the opera-
tions it was necessary to Met dams at both ends of the
lock. Th;s was done by mean= of driving donbie rt
piles of large size, and loading the i
rulvkle

ehi
ardri
aag
admtnro rtodw miraculousur
nned
the
tn pick
hhd oee ascendedofuelipt
Last night was the I ighest spring tide. and just at the
point of high water the accident occurred. A workman,
who was in the bottom of the lock, pumping out water
which bad been left from the he,rvy rains, observed a
crack in a wall, and while he was examining it he perceived`
that the timbers were giving way. He aniieipated danger,
ptatiii rushedn,
lliede.s
fwesotirietcashaeloo,dp,
euaritdnwiw,wtadahsiidesi
:ahprnscoeetr:Bl his
sasri
Crash,
Tl:tee:r,uarei ii
eft ' dw, I rl
Id:liar:re:li
tsrtnairser seu, I
l: anything,etpaeehodo eogofsrobfiuebr the
tenl hugeet
i
eer,rratiti,oeriilitanf
himself in mersel to the waist.
The rush of the tide carried away everything within isa rheawe h", al:i on
dtahsehetodp
deemed expedient to erict against a row of houses on the
osrCletn et
to fd
eesce";i'nt
fol-
lowedsidr o of
t the
wouldlok .be The scene
rushed screaming from their house s—the crowds vi Lich
bid congregated on the quays. to w 'it'll the arrivals of
the packet., 11-d with precipitance from she spot —am]
the greatest alarm prevailed among the ours ers and crews
of tbr d &rent vessels, whose safety was jeopardised, in
the basin. Captain Parfitt, of the Swift rtram.boat, i,
attempting to jump on shove from h.s paddle-box, 'Alma
his footing, arid, striking against the quay with violence,
fell into the water, from which lie was got nut much in-
jured. A female. trained B lily. was likewise knocked
down by a piece of the timber, arid had her collar-horse
fractured.

Tne +p.•rtators on the banks of the river, below tl
11,,mr1114, part•elpated in the eeneral alarm, for, findi,

the tit

,u-tdeoly thrown over the r

20 0 30 feet, they behevedth;: it

n. the a

‘
elrthqu ke
Froth are entertained that the tide t.)-uight will throw
dux n the houses on the iNla N-man's Island.

TIJ PAINTINGS Al'l'H JUDGKs' LODGINGS
DUhING THE VI6IT OF Pi INCE ALBERT.
As in the buses, of reporting last wrek, after a very brief
visit, acid the still greater hurt y of priitti• g. we made some
mistakes, and necessarily solve onnissio,,s, At 3 rigsrds the
paintings at the Judges' lockings; we now supply a correct
list tit the whole of those worthy of pat ticul r notice flois
their merit aid value:—

His. Worshipful the Ma% or. contributed a ve

pertisit of the celebrated Homy., pawed by himself,
and a pleasial Landscape. by Simon
Mrs. Ph hips, of Belle View. cawtribuied her valuable
pait,t,ne of Mary Queen of Scots sisiaing her Abdication.
The B awl Pl.yers, painted by U. Troiers; formerly in
tie Davaint caection.

LantiNcipe and Figures, Evening. by J. and A. Both
late iu the Du( ket,fi, Id collection.

The Misers. b% Quintal Matbey.; from the collection
of the late William tbrle. Eq-
Thp 11-torn tr. m the Chace, by Philip Wouvermaos:
from, thr o,l..afis collection.

Landscape. Cattle. and Figures, by Bergbem ; from the
colli-etion of G..orge Esq
.bintisca e, with Figures. Sce., tw Bevil and Berghen2l
from the c•dleciion of the Earl of Lioel fi-Id.

Landscape, with PC,III/111td Shooting. by P. Wouver-
m.n4.

(The above seven paintings. of the highest class of art,
be►n• g to C. Leyland, B;q.. banker.)
Fruit, Fl.iwers. iStc., by MiKnion.—View in the Bay of
Naples, by Stork.—Children at a Cottage Door, by
Witivrington —(The property of William Bates, EEct,
humbler-terrace )

KI wers. Bo , by J. Van Huysum.—(The property of
JA;hn 'Wright, Esq.)
The remainder of the collection, compti.ing valuable
paintings tby J. B Pyne ; a Maidah-ne, by Carlo Cignani;
a Battle, the Siege of Viatins. by Vander Meulen ; a Ma.
done and Child, by Etiribetta s,rani ; a Seaport, Ey
Claude; Lin•'vcape. by Cornelius Decker. so, &c., were
farnibbed /rum the rooms of Mr. "%Valium Burland,
(Artiste' Repository, Church-st ee.t,) whose property
they were, and to whose care and joihzwrot the whole of
this valuable collect" was enlru.red. Mr. Borland
tmite4Pedwit byh ahllispeurrieaal
gawl,
who raw
.411111.11. h it;
nnudd.w arrangeda hi
g iltyh the
tpna,

MEPTING IN t ONCILIATION 114.%1.1. ON MONDAY...
The merii.,g this day. to attend seinen the Arch-Agint'or
had rume txpres. from London, went (ff.. contrary to all
t•xpratittons, with great ttmeot. ee. D. 0.1-1 having it all
his „.n wee, ai d the Young irelatol-la not -swing up„
some sub,rop ions totiarea the ren wen in,

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