The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-25 00:00:00

WEST INDIES.

The royal moil steam-ship Avon arrive] at Southamp-
ton, on Sand ay, having, left amaerara oa the 20th ult.,
and Jamaica on the 21th ult.
Rain had fallen in partial showers, and vegetation WAs
much improved. Two or three shocks of earthquake had
been experienced.
Great drought is complained at Havannah.

H NYTI.
The dreadful state of affairs in Hayti will be taken t'o'
tice of ; revolution has been followed by general anarchy:
the successor of Boyer has been superseded by Guerrtet.
an old general of Christophe. A general named Actat
has felt indignant at this having taken place without hlp
.
being consulted, and has issued a counter proclamation!,
he is in possession of Cayes ; his followers are represented
to be about 500 ragged wretches, badly armed, but per-
fectly under his control; he has flogged many of the Prl'
soners in the fort Boyer unmercifully, and had othell
shot. With his own hand he is represented to have shot
six, and is said to be one of the greatest monsters tillt
ever existed, and his natural ferocity is said to be mach
increased by an immoderate use of rum. He has beet'
seen frequently so drunk as to knock down his aides-de;
camp, tear their swords from them, and they only escaped
with their lives by running away.

BIRKENHEAD ;DocK B ILL.—The Lords' Committer
on this bill will commence their sittings this day, Tuesday'•
A grand rezatta will take place on the Mersey, near
Eastham, on Tuesday, the 16th of July.
THE POLES.—We learn from Warsaw that the Emperor
of Russia has just granted several exiled Poles permisstott
to return. and to enter into possession of their propertft
which had been confiscated.— Galignani.
At a meeting of the Oxford University Convocation ott
Thursday. Dr. TrAtershall, of this town, a member
and late Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge, took his
ad eundem degree of Doctor of Divinity.
COFFEE.—The reduction in the duty on coffee is an'
nounced in another column, by Messrs. Hollis, Watford,
and Co. ; and if public patronage in any way denotes the
quality of the article they offer, theirs must be equal to
any. The flavour is exactly to our palate.
THE IRISH VICEROYALTY.—The Duke of Richmond
has been mentioned as the probable successor of Earl de
Grey as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, but there is reason
to believe that Lord Heytesbury will b e appointed to that
important post.

CUSTOM HOUSE FRAUDS .—The following verdicts
were found for the crown in the cases specified, in the
Court of Exchequer, on Friday; Attorney General v.
Candy £2,918 18s. Same v. Deane £2,91818x. Same r.
Candy £2,755 4s. Same r. Dean £2,755 4s.

CARPETS, &c.—We bed to direct the attention of our
readers, particularly those furnishing, to the advertise-
ment of Mr. Hutton, in another column. His stock is
extensive, and of such a character as cannot fail to give
general satisfaction.
Letters from Stettin dated the 18th inst. state, that the
Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia. the Prince
Royal of Prussia, the Dowager Grand Duchess of Meek-
lenburgh Schwerin, and her daughter had arrived in that
town, and that the Emperor and the two Princesses had
embarked for Swinemunde.

A CONSIDER kTE KING.—The National states, that
the King of Wurtemberg, in order to prove his solicitude
for the welfare of his subjects, has forbidden any exhibi-
tion of rope dancing in his dominions, in order, as lle
declared in his proclamation, to spare the spectators dap•
gerons emotions.

IMPORTATION OF COFFEE.—It appears that in 1840
the quantity of coffee retained was 28,664,3411b5-; ja
1841, 28,370,1571b5. ; in 1842, 28,519,7301b5. ; and in
1843, 29,979,4041b5., of which last-mentioned quantity
20,130,6301h5. was the produce of British possessions?
and 9,818,7741b5. foreign.
SALMON.—The Salmon fisheries in Scotland, and is
the north of England, this season, are unusually full of
fine fish, large quantities of which have, during the last
fortnight, been taken, as may be inferred from the fact,
that in the markets, fine large salmon are selling at the
reasonable prices of 7d. and Bd. per pound, and salmoti
trout as low as 4d. and 41d. per pound of 14 ounces.

THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON.—At $
meeting of this society, held on the 13th instant, at their
rooms at Somerset-place, Strand, the Rev. D. James,
incumbent of St. :Mary's Church, Kirkdale, was dull.
elected a member and fellow. The rev. gentleman took
his place among the fellows at their last sitting before the
long vacation, on Thursday evening last.
A BIRD'S-NEST IN A LETTER-130X.----A small bird bag
built its nest, and at the present time has young ones, in
the letter-box in the gate at the residence of Mr. J. T•
Leader, M.P., at Putney ; and, what is still more sin:ular
is, that this is the fourth season that the same bird, or one
of the same species (tom-tit), has built its nest and reared
its young. [lt would seem that the hon. member is not
much troubled with co:•respondence from his constituents•l

SUMMER ASSIZES.—NORTHERN CIRCUIT, 1844.--
(Before Sir Frederick Pollock and Sir Cresswell Cress-
well.) York.—Wednesday, July 10. City of York.--
Same day. Durham.—Wednesday, July 24. Newcastle-
twon-Tyne.—Wednes•Jay, July 31. Northumberland.--
Wednesday, July 31. Cumberland.—Monday, August 5.
Westmoreland.—Thursday, August 8. Lancaster.--Sa-
turday, August 10. Liverpool.—Thursday, August lj.
IRISH STATE TRIAI.S.—It will he seen that the eircuith
are to be postponed for the writ of error in the state trials,
but such postponement is not to exceed ten days. We
confess ourselves unable to perceive the justice of any
postponement at all. Why are some hundreds of persons
to suffer ten days' additional imprisonment, and, still
worse, so many days of the torture of suspense, for the
sake of eight men, whose imprisonment is. as compared
with theirs, a luxurious retreat ? Legal Periodical.

DISTRESS OF THE WIDOW AND FAMILY OF AN OLD
AND WELL•KNOWN PUBLIC SERVANT.—Patrick Mur-
phy, better known as " Pat of Birkenhead slip," died last
week, leaving a wife and ten children unprovided for, to
deplore his loss. " Pat" was quite a character in hie
way, and well known at the ferries, he having plied on the
river Mersey for upwards of thirty years. Before the in-
troduction of steam on the river Mersey, " Pat" was al-
ways inquired for, as no man was better acquainted with
the navigation of the river or time working of a ferry boat.
This venerable boatman's family, we trust, will not be
lost sight of by the humane, and we shall be glad to re-
ceive any subscriptions on their behalf.

OPENING LETTERS.—Few persons are aware how let-
ters are opened and re-sealed by the Post-office. Wafers
are opened by the application of moisture, and sealed
letters are opened thus :—The letter is laid on an anvil
with the seal up, upon the seal is laid a square piece of
pure lead, and upon this lead descends a hammer wits
considerable velocity. The sudden impact converts the
lead into a seal as faithful as an electrotype, and accord-
ingly it is used to re-seal the letter, which is now opened
by destroying the wax bit by bit. For all letters simi'
larly sealed, the lead seal will do. A blunderer in the
management must have recently led to suspicion. Ie
small country towns, curious postmistresses keep by there
an assortment of seals, with impressions of hearts, darts]
&c., for the purpose of enabling them to get at little
secrets.

AWFUL TRAGEDY.—The Dublin Evening Freeman
publishes the following extract from a letter, dated Gort,
June 21 :—`' A horrible murder took place within a fey,'
miles of this town yesterday evening. A pensioner
residing near Gort went home and murdered his two sons
—one 13 years of age, and the other 15 years ; and is
attempting to murder his daughter, she clasped her hands
round her neck, and he instantly cut her right breast off
He also attempted to murder his wife. He cut the fore
finger of the right hand off, and the next two are nearly
the same. The two boys have departed this life, and also
the daughter. The mother is nearly distractel since it
took place. The murderer is in the bridewell in Gort.
They were all asleep in their beds at the time the murder
was committed. The name of the murderer is Peter
Lurkin."

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issuing of the writ of mandamus, in the case of " Denis
Heron v. the Lord Primate and the Archbishop of Dub-
lin." The writ of mandamus was granted by the full
court on the last day of term, and commanded the de-
fendants as visitors of Dublin Trinity College, to adjudi-
cate upon the plaintiff's claim to be elected a scholar of
that college, having been duly qualified by examination
and good answering, and the only objection being that he
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Burton declined to make any order, upon the ground that
if he was to grant the application be would be setting
aside the decision of the full court, which no judge in
chambers, in his opinion was qualified to do except in a
case of most pressing and extraordinary nature.

LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, JUNE 24.
We have had a small supply of Bcef at our market to-dß'',
and ; rices about Its higher than last week—say tad to 6d per.
lb. The supply of Sheep was large, and prices a shade lower,
Wethers Sid to aid; Ewes sd to 54d. Lambs saleable at sad to
6d. Number of Beasts, 642; Sheep, 8544.

LIVERPOOL:
TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1844.
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