The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-27 00:00:00

ITALY

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LOMRARDY.—A letter from Innspruck of the 14th, in
the Ausburg Gaeztte, states, that after the taking of
Vicenza Marshal Radetzki had returned with the first
army corps to Verona. The loss of the papal troops at
Vicenza is stated to have been 1,800 killed and wounded;
the loss on the Austrian side 500 to 600 killed. It was
generally believed at Innspruck that an armistice would be
concluded between the contending parties.
King Charles Albert signed the deed of union between
Lombardy and the kingdom of Sardinia on the 10th inst.,
at his head quarters at Garda. The Piedmontese Gazette
of the 15th gives official news from Milan of the 13th,
stating that Vicenza, after a noble resistance, had fallen,
on the 11th, into the hands of the Austrians, after a loss
among the papal troop of 1800 killed and wounded, while
the loss of the Austrians was only a third that number.
The last advices from Rome bring the declaration of.
the Roman Government, in which is resolved the difficult
problem of the separation of the spiritual and temporal
powers of the Pope. It has been read in the two Cham-
bers and has produced on the Deputies the best impression.
The Minister Mamiani, on being asked by a member if it
contained the sentiments of the Pope, replied, " I can
assure the Deputies that the declaration I have read has
been written with the consent of the Holy Father, and
with his entire approbation." Unanimous applause fol-
lowed this statement, and the greatest joy is exhibited at
Rome.

The steamer Rob Roy, which left St. Petersburgh on
Saturday week, arrived at Hull on Saturday. She brings
130 passengers, a general cargo, and £150,000 in gold bars,
supposed to be for Government, as the exportation of bul-
lion is forbidden to the merchants.

The Swedes, 10,000 strong, were at Funen, and the
Danes, 25,000 strong, in Alsen and Jutland. The most
decided feeling of resistance exists among them, and they
insist on retaining Schleswig. A Swedish squadron of five
ships was lying in the Sound ; the Russian squadron was
supposed to be about the centre of the Belt. The Baltic
is alive with Russian, Danish, and Swedish men-of-war.
From Copenhagen we learn that the Danes have con-
demned several Prussian ships. Their crews are conti-
nued in a prison ship, under the guns of the Kronen bat-
tery, they having plotted to fire the ships in the harbour.

So great is the scarcity of lawyers in the colony of
Swan River, that a suitor was forced to send to South
Australia, in order to procure a solicitor qualified to con-
duct a suit in equity.
A considerable sensation has been caused amongst the
members of the Jockey Club, and the sporting circles of
Paris, by the announcement of Baron N. de Rothschild's
intention of selling off his stud, which includes several of
the best racing horses in France.

WHEAT IN AmEßlcA..—Authentic calculations of the
produce of wheat in the United States of America show,
that upwards of forty millions of bushels are grown be-
yond the average consumption of the population of that
country.

? of Melipotamus, has addressed
a circular letter to all the Roman Catholic Bishops in
France, Belgium, and Germany, requesting their attend-
ance at the opening of St. George's, in July. They are
requested to bring a mitre, and a " Chape rouge."
Accounts from Berlin of the 16th represent the disturb.
ances as entirely at an end, and the city more than usually
tranquil. A change of ministry bad taken place, Baron
Arnim having given in his resignation, which was followed
by the resignations also of Count Schwan, Minister of
Justice, and Count Konitz, Minister of War.
On the 11th instant, Mr. Henry Coxwell, the aeronaut,
made a perilous ascent in a balloon at Brussels. A post-
ponement having taken place on a previous day, he was
resolved that there should be no further disappointment,
and, accompanied by a friend, ascended when the weather
was in a most boisterous state. The balloon was carried
a distance of 55 miles in 20 minutes, and a safe, though
somewhat difficult, descent was made near Herenthals.
THE CHOLEHA.—The last accounts from Moscow state
that the cholera morbus is making frightful progress. Of
four hundred and sixty-four persons attacked, from the
23rd to the 29th of May, no less than two hundred and five
died. The number of new cases on the 29th of May alone
amounted to eighty-nine, and the number of deaths to
forty-two. The cholera has also broken out with great
intensity at Jaroslau, Robinski, and Kalouga, and thus
appears to be gradually advancing westward 1 it is, in fact,
approaching St. Petersburgh.

Wiseman, Bisho

COMBINATION OF CHRISTIANITY AND SLAVERY.—A
Methodist preacher last fall took a load of produce down
the river. Amongst other things he took down five
slaves. He sold them at New Orleans ; he came up to
Natches, bought seven there, and took them down and
sold them also. Last March he came up to preach the
gospel again. A number of persons on board the steam-
boat, the Tuscatora, who had seen him in the shambles
in Natches and New Orleans. and now, for the first time,
found him to be a preacher, had much sport at the expense
of " the fine old preacher who dealt in slaves."—Ameri-
can paper. _ _

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—Dr. A. J. Burmester, a
professional gentleman at Malta, was very fond of prac-
tising pistol-firing, amongst other exercises, and used to
fire at a target in his dressing-room, and at night practise
at a candle. On the morning of the 29th of May he was
practising as usual, when his male servant entered, and
showing a disinclination to pass between the doctor and
the target, the latter jocularly turned the butt-end of the
pistol towards the man, and the muzzle towards himself.
In a very short time the piece went off, and the ball en-
tered the region of the doctor's heart. Medical assist-
ance was in vain.

INDIA AND CIIINA.—The Overland Mail has arrived,
and brines no news of importance beyond the confirms-
tion of the rising in Mooltan and assassination of our
officers. It appears, after the first quarrel, our men had
retired to a small fort outside the walled town of Mooltan,
where for twenty-four hours they considered themselves
protected, but the troops from Mooltan hastened to attack
the fort. Lieutenant Anderson being severely wounded,
was unable to rise from his bed; Mr. Vans Agnew shook
hands with him and bade him an eternal adieu. He then
prepared to defend himself, but his pistols had been tam-
pered with ; and as the crowd of soldiers with which his
soldiers had " fraternised " entered the room, he cut down
the first assailant, but he was instantly shot, and his body,
like that of his companion, Lieutenant Anderson, and
that of their apothecary, Mr. Wilkinson, hacked to pieces;
and treated with great indignity. The new governor,
Chan Singh, was wounded and made prisoner by the
troops of Mooltan. There is no additional intelligence
as to the preparations for vindicating our honour, but
those mentioned at the time the news arrived are being
carried out. Mooltan is the strongest town in the Pun_
jaub, and it has been deemed advisable, considering the
hot weather and the approaching rains, to postpone the
expedition against the insurgents until October or No-
vember. The other parts of India are quiet. Commer-
cial affairs, both at Bombay and Calcutta, are somewhat
better than they have been for some time past ; and still
they have an upward tendency. There is little intelli-
gence from China, but that is highly satisfactory, the
Shanghae dispute having been brought to an amicable
termination.

BOHEMIA.—AWFUL CRUELTIES.—On the 15th, Prince
Windschgratz was in complete possession of Prague.
The insurrection is ascribed to the machinations of the
Swornost faction. The Wiener Zeitung gives the fol-
lowing interesting details :—" Owing to the refusal of the
Prince to give arms to the people on the 10th, the Swor-
nost faction proceeded in large numbers to the residence
of the commander-in-chief, where they sang songs insult-
ing to the Prince, accompanied by hooting and threats.
The military on duty having in vain called upon the mob
to be orderly and disperse, and the fatal shot being fired
at this moment which deprived the unfortunate Princess
of her life, the Prince with great dignity and calmness
advanced in the midst of them, and addressed them to
the following effect :—" Gentlemen—lf it is your desire
to insult me, because I am of noble birth, go to my palace,
and do there as you may think fit. I will even give you
a guard that you may not be disturbed in your amuse-
ment. But if you act thus because I am commander of
Prague, and purpose making a demonstration in front of
this building, I tell you candidly that I shall prevent such
a step with every means at my command. My wife now
lies a lifeless corpse above stairs, and yet I address you in
words of kindness. Gentlemen, do not drive me to
severe measures." After this noble speech, under cir-
cumstances of so heart rending a nature, the Prince,
instead of being hearkened to, was roughly seized upon
by two Czechs, and dragged to the next lamp-post, where
a rope was soon provided—at this moment the Prince's
grenadiers advanced with fixed bayonets, and in less than
a second cleared the square and delivered the Prince.
Five minutes afterwards the artillery swept the streets.
Prince Windischgratz is spoken of as one of the most
distinguished Generals in the Austrian service. The
most awful atrocities were committed. Among others,
Wilhelm Weiss, a paper merchant, was crucified in
the true sense of the word. He :iad shot a couple of
students in his capacity of Burgher Guard, for which his
house was first demolished, and himself literally nailed to
a cross. Prague is horribly devastated; in many streets
there is scarcely a house to be seen that has not suffered
from the bombardment.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday. 'two brothers
were amusing themselves at Byker, near Newcastle, by
jumping across an old pit mouth, when one of them lost
his balance on the side and fell in, and the other, observing
that, made an attempt to save him, and fell in also. The
accident was observed byan engineman, who was sitting
in the engine house getting his dinner at thetitne, andle
instantly rushed to the spot, and, by great daring, suc_
ceeded in saving one of the youths, who was upheld by .a
beam across the shaft, a few feet from the top. In at-
tempting 'to rescue the other, the ,unftunate man sacri-
Aced his own life, both having fallen together tto the
bottom of the shaft, in which there.= seventy Uet.of
water.