The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-16 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

FRANCE.
The French Assembly was thrown into a high state of
excitement and confusion on Monday, during the discus.
sion on the Press project, the Minister of Justice, while
defending the measure, having designated the revolution
of February as " a veritable catastrophe." No sooner
was this emphatic phrase pronounced, than the Mountain
broke forth into ungovernable fury, with shouts of
" Order, order !" " It is disgraceful !" " The Republic
has been grossly insulted !" and such like Expressions.
M. Girardin declared that he would not sit in an assembly
where such an odious sentiment was offered, and that it'
the minister were not called to order, all the opposition
members ought to resign their seats. This opinion, how-
ever, received but a very feeble response from the Left,
while the Right laughed and jeered, which increased the
uproar. The sitting was adjourned in the greatest dis-
order. M. Girardin and his party afterwards held a
meeting, which was throughout most tumultuous; but
the proposition of resigning en masse obtained no favour.
It was, however, resolved that a protest against the
minister's language should be laid before the Assembly,
which was duly complied with ; but the calls for the order
of the day were so frequent and so loud, that no further

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THE BEAR AND THE ACTRESS.—A. M. Bonnet, of
Montpelier, having a bear of the Pyrenees, to which he
had succeeded in imparting a remarkable degree of instruc-
tion, entered some time ago into a contract with M.
Fournier, director of the Theatre de la Porte St. Martin,
to exhibit the animal on the stage for 40f. a day, for two
months, from the 13th of May last. A play called the
Bear of the Pyrenees was written, and the animal learnt
its part admirably. But an actress who was to be saved
from death by the beast refused, as required by the
authors of the piece, to throw herself into its arms, as
an expression of her gratitude. This led to difficulties
between her and the director, and the authorities having
interfered, gave positive orders that the bear should
not be allowed to appear in public unless muzzled. This
rendered the performance impossible. Bonnet accord-
ingly brought an action against Fournier for 1,875 f., the
amount due to him on their contract, and the authors
of the piece brought an action against the director for
1,000 f., for the loss sustained by the non-performance of
the piece. M. Fournier, on his part, having given up the
management of the theatre to M. Colin, demanded that
that gentleman should be declared responsible in his
place. The Tribunal of Commerce, after hearing the
arguments of all the parties, relieved M. Fournier from
all liability, and condemned Colin, as his successor, to
pay Bonnet 1,000 f., and the authors 500f.—Galignani's
Messenger.

Two engagements have taken place between the Rus-
sians and Circassians. Both suffered immense loss.
A letter from Bordeaux of the 10th instant, states that
the wheat harvest has commenced in the department of
the Gironde under the most favourable auspices. The
grain is firm and heavy, and of excellent quality.
A piece of gossip by the last overland mail is, that the
Ex-Ranee of Lahore, the Queen-Mother Chundah, who
escaped to Nepaul, is now in England in disguise, as
one of the mission from that country ; a tale at least
indicative of her high reputation for boldness and suc-
cessful cunning.
At the recent convention of the diocese of North
Carolina, the Bishop requested the appointment of 'a
committee of some of his own clergy and laity for the
investigation of certain imputations of false doctrine of
a Romanizing tendency which had been cast upon him-
self, and which he met at the same time by an explicit
denial.
Sir Moses Montefiore has received news from Damascus
that Osman Bey, President of the City Council, has re-
ceived an imperial firman calling on the Christian and
Israelite communities each of them to elect some man of
talent and integrity to represent them in the council,
hitherto exclusively Moslem. The Jews had chosen the
venerable and respected Mr. Meir Salaman Farhi, a suf-
ferer in the persecutions of 1840.
Accounts from Malta of the 24 instant state that great
alarm had been felt by the re-appearance of the cholera.
The seamen of the fleet had been refused permission to
land, but some of the cases which had occurred on board
had proved fatal. Among the troops the malady had been
almost entirely confined to the 44th Regiment, quartered
at Florian. The city was generally healthy ; but the total
number of persons attacked, including on sea and shore,
were 82, 60 of which cases had proved fatal.
THE LAND OF LIBERTY.—We are informed that a
most infamous outrage was perpetrated on Saturday, by
several men, in the vicinity of the Lager Beer-vaults, on
the Schuylkill, near Fountain Green. A coloured boy
was seized by the men in question, who were heating
pitch in a large kettle, and his feet and legs thrust into
the boiling liquid. They were scalded in the most
shocking manner. Up to last night the perpetrators of
this inhuman outrage bad not been arrested.—Pennsyl-
vanian.

PRESIDENT TAYLOR.—An American correspondent of
the Manchester Examiner says :—" President Taylor has
just purchased a magnificent sugar plantation in Lousi-
ana, on the right bank of the Mississippi, about twenty-
five miles from New Orleans, at a cost of £73,000.
He was previously the owner of an extensive cotton plan-
tation, which he intends to abandon, and devote him-
self, in his private capacity, to the cultivation of
sugar. A singular position, you may be tempted to
think, for a republic president, to be laying plans for
accumulation of wealth by the labour of slaves. But it is
by no means without precedent. He merely treads in
the footsteps of his predecessors, Washington excepted."
AN EXECUTIONER KILLED BY HIS SON.—It is well
known that among the degrading punishments provided by
the penal code of the Netherlands is the one which is called
the brandishing of the sword, and which consists in the
culprit being placed on his knees on the scaffold with his
eyes blindfolded as if he were about to have his head cut
off. The executioner then whirls several times over the
culprit's head the sword which is used for the decapita-
tion of criminals. At Bois le Due, in Holland, a few
days ago, the executioner entrusted this duty to his son,
whose arm growing weak, he lost command of the wea-
pon, and struck his father on the head, inflicting a fatal
wound. The youth is in custody, but the occurrence
was evidently accidental.
THE BOASTED LAND OF FREEDolll.—TheDailyPicav-
une, New Orleans paper of the 14th June, has the follow-
ing advertisement in its columns :—" Seamstresses for
Sale.—On consignment, the following named slaves : The
mulattress woman Ann, aged 27 years, a superior planta-
tion seamstress; she.understands cutting and fitting negro
clothing, and is also an excellent ladies' maid ; can cut i
and fit ladies' dresses. She s a servant of good character,
and will be sold under a full guarantee against vices of
body and character, with her daughter Julia, a nurse-girl,
12 years old. Also a family for sale : Malinda, a superior
seamstress and hair-dresser, with her two children, ser-
vants that are highly recommended." The above, is
signed "E. Cresswell, 156, Common-street." 1 o such
an extent have the minds of the inhabit/Kits of a land of
unrivalled freediam, _as.they are apt to boast, become de-
based,

notice was taken of the document in question, and M. Ewiscoeat Itrevers trE AMERICAN CHURCR.—A
Victor Hugotesumed the debate on the Press law. He painful correspondence appears in the New York Church-
condemned the measure as most unjust and tyre/I-triad, man, between the Bishop of Maryland and one of his
and claimed the right of the human mind to einfettered presbyters, arising out of the refusal of the latter to-allow
liberty. the op the the holy communion in his church
A manufactory of detonating caps •a Abbevele, near on the occasion of a visitation and confirmation. The
Paris, exploded on Thursday morning, by which consi- rase is to be laid, in the first instance, before three ether
derable damage was done to the village, and some' lives bishops, for •their counsel upon it.
were lost. Accounts from Odessa, of the 22nd ultimo, state that a
CHEAP TRAINS IN FRAws.--,lt hawing been an- frightful tempest had visited that port. The vessels were
flounced that tickets for an excursion by raßway to Dieppe, driven one on the other, and a fine war steamer would
at greatly reduced-prices, would be issued on Monday, an have been thrown on the coast if its guns bad not 'been
immense crowd assembled at the station. The railway cast overboard in time. On land, also, the disasters were
clerks, notwithstanding all their activity, were unable to 'very great. The roof of the theatre was torn off, and the
satisfy the impatience of the crowd. 'Seeing this, a clever iron bars which supported the façade were 'bent like corn
fellow hit upon the ingenious idea of issuing what he after a storm ; at last they gave way, and 'the façade fell.
called" regulation numbers," for enabling persons, as he Houses were half destroyed, and corn:stores were forced
said, to take their departure without first providing open, and considerable quantities of corn carried away.;
themselves with tickets, provided only they would pre- Altpiether, enormous damage was done. '
sent themselves some minutes before the departure of the CAUFoRNIA.—A gentleman -named Sell, writing from
train. 'He charged 50c. for each number, and it is be- San Francisco to his brother, at `Lancaster, says—" As
lieved netted about 700 f. On Thursday morning, just be- regards the reports of the gold, which you have read so
fare the hour fixed for the departure, about IMO persons, muck about, they have never been-over-rated, for Wheats
who had taken the numbers, demanded places. lnvain everything I ever saw, and will be mere easily imagined
the railway people represented that they bad been im- than described. Money is plentiful, and gold dust in
posed on. They broke open the doors and rushed to abundance. Everything is brislc. It is a great place for
the train. A battalion of infantry had to be called out gambling, which is sanctioned by the law ; there are
to compel them to leave the waggons. This caused some houses with six or eight gaming-tahles each. The chief
agitation in the neighbourhood, but no accident occurred. game is one called Monte; 'heft they have sometimes i2O
A LUCKY FELLOW.—The Echo de Mile recounts the to 50,000 dollars on the table at a time. They play day
following bit of good fortune which has fallen to the -lot and night. Clothing 'of
,every. description is very dear
of a young sailor named Laurendean. It appears that here; strong-Wellington boots are 20 dole. per pair, that
when onbel4 years of age he was at Raven, when he saw is £4 sterling ; any sort of common pegged shoes, sor 6
a young English lady fall into the river when landing at dolseper
,pair ; for a pair of good cloth trousers we must
the quay. Laurendeau jumped in., -told was fortunate pay an ounce of gold, that 'is 16 dols., and everything is
enough to lay hold of her, but being caught by the clothes in proportion. Butter -60 cents. per le, that is 2s.- 6d. ;
by some of the ironwork of the vessel they both'would sugar 40 cents„ that is Is.'Bd. sterling. 25 dollars per
have lost their lives bad not some persons present released week is very poor board, that is £5 sterling ; the first-
him with a boathook. The mother of the young lady class board is 40 dollars per week, or 7 dollars per day,
thanked him warmly, and made him a present, and also that is if you only stay a day or two. For washing we
paid the expense he incurred in curing the mound he had have to pay six dollars per dozen, that is 2s. each piece,
received in his leg! rom the boathook. Laurendeau had and was eight dollars till 'very lately, but when I, write
neither seen nor heard anything more of the persons for again I will tell you more particulars. I went into a store
15 years, when, a few days since, an English gentleman the day after I landed here, for it is a mouth or so too
came to him, alluded to his act of 'courage, and in order to early for the diggings, on account of the wet season caus-
be certain of his identity had his leg examined by rernedi- ing so much wet and dirt in the mines. lam receiving
cal man, who cicarlyrecognised the mark madeby the hook. 150 dollars and my board per month, that is £3O sterling.
When thus certain of his man, the Englishman told Lau- If I can get 200 dollars per month I shall stay where I
rendeau that the poung lady whose life he had saved am, and not go to the mines, but if not I. shall be off.
wished to thank him in person, and to present him 'with You may think I have been exaggerating, but the above
an annuity for his life of 10,000 f., and at the same time he are all real facts. I shall stay a few years here, that is if
gave him 500 f. to pay the expenses of his journerto Lon- I have my health and live, and then I'll steer for Old
don. The fortunate young man immediately made his England. I mean to come back a gentleman now, or
preparations and started. you will never see me again in England."
A FRENCH CRIME.-011 Friday last alabo urer, named TRAGICAL AFFAIR IN VERMONT.—Darpiille, June 21.
Allier, residing at Point-du-Jour, commune of Anteuil, —I volunteer my services in furnishing you with a
complained to the mayor of the commune that his statement of a shocking affair which has just occurred in
daughter, aged thirteen, had disappeared from her home, our court-house, and has thrown our village into a state
and that she had last been seen by a man named B—. of great consternation and excitement. The felons,
About the same time a messenger arrived from the com- Warburton, alias Bristol Bill, and Meadows, were
missary of polite at Bologne, to request information brought into court this forenoon, at half-past ten o'clock,
respecting this B—, complaints having been made against to receive sentence for the crime of counterfeiting,
him of having criminally assaulted several young girls of of which they were found guilty last week, a report of
that village. Orders were immediately given for the arrest which trial was published in your paper. Immediately
of the man. On Sunday the body of the young girl, after sentence was passed—to wit, ten years' imprison-
Eugenie Allier, was discovered in the Seine, and on a me- • ment and hard labour—on each of the prisoners, Bristol
dical examination it appeared that her person had been Bill suddenly, and with the agility of a tiger, sprang
violated and thrt she had afterwards been strangled. Deep upon Mr. B. N. Davis, State Attorney, and plunged the
marks of finger nails on her neck showed that she had blade of a large ease-knife full three . inches into his
strugged violently with her assassin. From the investi- neck, just at-the back of the rig-lit ear, striking the neck
gallons which were made, it appeared that B— must have I bone, and glancing backward instead of forward, to which
committed the murder in presence of his daughter, a fortunate circumstance of the backward direction the
child between six and seven. The next morning he was State Attorney is, no doubt, indebted for his life. The
seen to leave his house at an extraordinary early hour, first intimation that any one present had of the prisoner's
accompanied by his daughter, and carrying a large intention was the sharp tinkling of his chains as he sud-
package. A female neighbour asked him where he was denly leaped forward to inflict the wound. Mr. Davis
going to so early, and he answered to Paris. The pack- fell reeling to the floor, uttering but a faint cry, the
age must have contained the body of the victim. B— weapon sticking in the wound. A bystander pulled out
afterwards went to the house of a friend at Passy, and the reeking blade, while Bill stood erect, with a look of
there he was yesterday arrested by the police. He pro- exultation depicted upon his countenance. Indeed, while
tests his innocence.—Journal des Debats. being doubly ironed, he repeatedly stated that he had
MAN AND HORSE VOYAGE IN A BALLOON.—On but one anxiety, and that was the fear that the work was
Sunday, an immense crowd assembled in the Champ de but half done—that it would not prove fatal—during
Mars, to witness the ascent of a balloon carrying a living which he evinced as much coolness as though nothing of
horse, attached by a peculiar apparatus to the net-work any particular moment had occurred. The family of the
of the balloon, and having the aeronaut, M. Portevin, on State Attorney were immediately sent for, and are
its back. At a little before six o'clock, the horse, a hand- anxiously attending by his bedside. Mr. Davis is in a
some dapple grey, was brought out, and the aeronaut, very critical situation, though the attending physicians
who wore a jockey dress, mounted on its back. The encourage us with the hope that the wound will not
balloon was brought by ropes over the horse, and the prove fatal.—American paper.
slings were affixed. The balloon was then suffered to rise MURDER OF BRITISH SEAMEN AT ERROMANGA, NEW
a little to raise the horse from the ground. The animal HEBRIDES.—The following is an extract from the log of
plunged a little as it lost its footing, but when fairly lifted the Rover's Bride, dated 11th December, 1849:—" Light
from the earth it dropped its legs, as in the case when breeze, schooner Rosetta in company. At seven a.m.
horses are slung for embarkation on shipboard ; and the lowered the boat, and sent-the first and second mate to
rope which retained the balloon being cut, it rose majes- trade for sandal wood, at Mallaby and Bunkett, the ves-
tically over the Ecole Militaire, but at times the wind sel cruising between those places. At two p.m. Mr. Ban-
was so violent as to drive it in such a position that it ner, first mate of the Rosetta, came on board, and stated
appeared on a level wi:h the aeronaut. The emotion of that he had some suspicions that one of my boats was
the spectators was very great. M. Portevin displayed taken by the natives, he having been trading at Effoo, a
extraordinary sang froid, and saluted them with his cap and place about two miles distant from Bunkett, and that about
whip. After a while he was seen to leave his saddle, and noon the natives of that place gave over trading, and in-
ascend by means of a rope ladder to the platform con- formed him that the Bunkett tribe had taken a boat and
taining the ballast, in order to throw some of it away, so killed the crew of five men. The Effoo natives then went
as to rise higher. This done, he descended and again in the direction of Bunkett, taking with them their tome.
mounted the horse. There was no network or anything hawks and other weapons. On which Mr. Banner went
to protect him or the animal. The daring aeronaut back to the Rosetta, and informed Captain Edwards. Tn
alighted at Meaux. and both horse and rider have returned the meantime Mr. Dill, who had been trading at Bunkett,
safe and sound to Paris. and had seen the Rover's Bride there trading with the na-

tives on very friendly terms, went back to the Rosetta for
more trade, and on his return to Bunkett found no na-
tives but two, who hrandished their spears, and said " No
wood to-day." The Rover's Bride was gone, -and Mr.
Dill having returned to the Rosetta, and informed Capt.
Edwards of his trip, that gentleman immediately sent Mr.
Banner to inform Captain Bell of the Rover's Bride.
Captain Bell immediately made a signal to his other boat
at Mallaby to return to the ship, and on her arrival he
despatched her with two extra hands, in company with the
Rosetta's boat, to ascertain the facts. On their return at
seven p.m. they made the following statement:—When
the boats arrived at Bunkett, the crews landed, leaving
one man in charge of each. On examining the beach,
they found it strewed with portions of hair and patches of
blood ; they then proceeded up the river as far as possible
in the boat; and on landing dis Covered one ton of sandal
wood besmeared with blood, near which was the stump of
a tree literally covered with blood, portions of flesh, hair,
&c., and which, from its appearance, seemed to have
served the purpose of a block for this inhuman butchery.
Near the stump was found a pistol belt and canvas
pistol bag. No natives were seen, and not a vestige of the
boat, save the anchor buoy. Finding that nothing fur-
ther could be ascertained, they took the sandal wood and
returned to the vessel. Captain Bell then consulted with
Captain Edwards ; and it was deemed best for the Rover's
Bride to proceed to Anatam, and the Rosetta to continue
cruising about Cook's Bay for five days, in case anything
further should transpire. On the Sunday prior to the
massacre, the chief of the Bunkett tribe was on board the
Rover's Bride, received some presents, and appeared on
the most friendly terms. Bunkett is a small boat harbour
and creek, on the south entrance of Cook's Bay, Erro-
manga. The following is a list of the names of the men
killed:—Mr. William Jordan, first mate, of Berwick-
upon-Tweed ; John Allen, of Liverpool; Frederick Gar-
dener, of London ; John Burrows, of Glasgow ; and Ed-
ward Ward, of Bristol, seamen.—Hobart Town flerald.

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