The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-05 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

NEWS FROM INDIA.

The Calcutta mail has reached us, by which we are
placed in possession of papers from India of the lith of
Se tember. and from China of the 29th of July.
We learn by the Chinese papers that disturbances had
again taken place at Canton. The English last year re-
paired the walls of the Company's zarden, which had
been broken down at the fire in 1842. They put on a
gate, and were in the habit of walking. playing at quoits,
and otherwise amusing themselves. On the 15th'of July
the Chinese endeavoured to force themselves into the
garden, but were opposed. Upon this they threw brick-
bats, and broke down the gate, compelling the English-
men to take refuge in a boat, in which they made their
escape to the Consulate. On the following evening a
party of Chinese went armed with brickbats, and at..
tempted to take possession of the other garden. Resist-
ance being offered, they commenced an indiscriminate
attack upon all the foreigners who came within their
reach. Several American gentlemen immediately armed
themselves, and drove them from the front of the facto-
ries. Still continuing to throw brickbats, they were fired
upon, and one man was killed and another wounded in
the arm, which ended the affair for the day. The Eng-
lish and American Consuls applied to the Chinese autho-
rities fcr a sufficient force to protect the facto►ies, and a
message was sent to the American man of war at the
fugue to request assistance. Intrlligence of the 28th
informs us that no further rioting had taken place, nor
was any likely to occur at present, though it was quite
certain that the authorities at Canton were either unable
or un%ill'ni, to adopt measures sufficiently vigorous to
check the riotous disposition of the commonalty.
Exchange was heavy at 1 In ora small fraction above,
at ten months' date.

Commercial matters in China were dull. Cotton yarn
continued depressed as before. The iron market was
over-supplied. Opium was firm, being supported by the
smallness of the supply. In rice prices had given way.
In tea very little doing. The second and third crops sr,
said to have been destroyed by the late rains. Rate of
exchange on London, at six months' sight, 4s. 3d. per
doll-jr; Government bills, at 30 days' sight, 4s. 10d., in
little request. Freight to London and Liverpool, 13 per
ton of 50 feet.

The Iliodostan arrived at Suez on the 24th September,
*wish a comdderable cargo of silk gouda and about fifty
passengers. She sailed from Calcutta on the 18th of
September

We regret to learn the death of Lieutenant Mackintosh,
late Aide-dc-Camp to Lord Ellenborough, and ts:ubse•
quently in charge of the Mysore princes. The gal!ant
officer died from the effects of fever. Caotai4.-.AP Lean
succeeds the deceased lieutenant in charge of the Mysore
princes.

The Gazelle notifies the cessation of the blockade of
San Juan de Nicaragua.
DR. GRANT.—This estimable missionary to the Nester-
rians died of the typhus fever on the- 24th of. April at
Mozul.
lcus.Boa.—The Melpomene, Sutherland, arrived at
Cove from Ichaboe, reports having left there two liundreu
and forty vessels waiting for guano, forty of which had
arrived in one day !
RELIGION IN AMERICA.—Recent accounts describe
the Episcopal Church as being agitated by Tractarianisni ;
the Rowish community exerting every energy to suppress
the unauthorized reading of the Scriptures; the Mot-
monites falling into confusion, and their brother fanatics.
the Millerites, looking for the immediate end of the world.
• INTERESTIFG DISCOVERY.—A letter from Nantes
states that a fishermen of Chinon ha. just rot nd in
neighbouring canal a statue of gilt metal. It is in good
preservation, arid is supposed to be of the time if the
Romans, one of their camps having been erected near
the spot.
The captain of the ship Amity, from London, with
three sailors. having gone ashore on an island, Trinidad,
near the coast of Brazil, and being unable to regain the
vessel, their boat having swamped, they had ti continue
there twenty-three days, feeding on shell fish, &c. They
were rescued by an American ship.
SPAIN.—The Government is prepared against any at-
tempts at revolution. Orders have been issued to s' ize
and shoot all officers who are absent without leave. Mi-
nisters have declared that neither Don Carlos nor any of
his family shall be permitted to regain power in Spain.
The Chartist-2, however, and the laxity of Espartero, are
very sanguine as to their ultimate success.

DR. WOLFF.—Captain Grover has arrived from St.
Petersburgb, and we arc inf rmed that the Emperor of
Russia has kindly promised to do.everything in his power
for the liberation of Dr. Wolff.—[A letter from C,mstan•
tinople, dated the 17th October, rays, " I am happy to
be enabled to state on the best authority. that advices
have been received of the arrival of Dr. Wo ff at Meru,
on his way to Teheran.")
The German papers state that the Cathedral of Trevev,
not content with the devotion excited by the holy gar-
ment in their possession, is now endeavouring to recover
one r,f the nails which transfixed the feet and hands of
our Saviour. It appears that this nail, which formerly
belonged to the Treasury of Trevcs, has fallen, it is not
very well known bow, into the hands of the Prince Met-
ternich.

FALL OF THE DOME OF A CHURCII.—The Abbe Cron,
of Cette, at the moment of the late storm in that town,
was looking from the tower of his church at the weather.
He saw a black cloud. which he at first thetight proceeded
from a steam-boat • but perceiving vessels da-hed t•utettitr.
and the roofs of houses torn off, he has'ened to descend.
lie had not reached half way down, when the dome fell
behind him, and burst in the roof of the church.
BROHDInNAGIAN HAILSTONES.—The MeMoriol
Aix informs its readers that the worm which burst over
that town, on Sunday week, was remarkable for the
strange phenomenon which was witnessed in an adj 'cent
commune. Hailstones of an incredible size fell in the
little district of Eguilks, one of which weighed as many
as ten pounds! The rest were truly enormous. Luckly
the storm occurred in the night, so that nobody was ex-
posed to the pelting of these terrible cannon-balls from
the regions above.

STABBING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF GAS.-At the
exhibition of the laughing gas by P,oressor Ellintson, at
Washington-hall, last evening, a sailor, under the effects
of the exhilaration, cut the rope with which he was con-
fined, rushed amongst the spectators. and, seizing another
sailor, gave him several severe and dangerous wounds
with a jack-knife. The wounded man was taken across
the street, and upon examination by physicians it was
found that a deep wound was inflicted under the shoulder,
and another in the back, near the vertebrae. The sadars
were unknown to each other. The wounds are not con-
sidered mortal.—Boston Post.

AN OLD BlRD.—There is in the possession of one of
cur old Dutch families of this city a parrot known to be
82 ye,irs 01a. This bird is now blind, but, notwithwand-
i,..l that, it can walk to any part of the house without dif-
ficulty, and recognizes the different members of the family
by their footsteps. It whistles tunes with great exactness
and is quite fond of sacred music. We are informed that
in early life this bird like most of its species, was a little
w Id. aqd a good deal given to profane swearing, but for
some tine it has laid aside this habit, and, save occasional
fit., of viciousness, is a staid, reputaLle, and exemplary
b:rll.—Albany Atlas.
A letter from Cettee, near Montpelier, gives an account
-a dreadful storm and whirlwind, which visited that
tnsyn on the 22nd October, and did a vast deal of damage.
The goveroment establishment of engineers, a very large
buildirie, was utterly destroyed, even the walls not being
lef ottntifng. The z'ne roof of the building was carried
into he air, and broken into thousands of pieces, which
f,ll in d'fferent parts of the town, where they did a great
veal f jury. Other large buildinzs were also destroyed,
and the pilce is described as resembling a town which had
tindernine the horrors of a siege. A storm prevailed in
tt,e ha;.bour that wrecked and sunk six or seven large
me. chant vessels, besides a great number of fishing and
o,h-r boats. The number of persons who perished is cal.
euLitud at about 30.

ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.—This noble steamer
reached this port on Wednesday morning. The political
news from our own Provinces, as well as from the United
, States, relates chiefly to the pending elections. The first
member returned to the New Canadian Parliament was a
Conservative, and it is stated that things look well for
the Arninistration of the Governor General. In the
States the elections are rather in favour of the Whigs ;
and the belief was beg nning to gain ground that Mr.
Clay's election as President was certain. In speaking of
American Whigs, it must he borne in mind that that
party answers to the Conservatives in England. The
Presidency of Texas has devolved upon Mr. Anson Jones,
a decided opponent of the annexation of that State to
the other United States. The New York money market
was easy; there was a good deal of speculation going on ;
but the cotton market was dull.

The case of Dr. Kallev appears now to have arrived at
something of a crisis. The Portuguese Government has
proposed to Lord Aberdeen to give a pecuniary
eom peno-f
satioa (about £800) for the doctor's imprisonment
170 days, admitting the illegality of the proceedings
against him ; but upon the condition that he will imme-
diately withdraw from Madeira and the Portuguese do-
minions. Lord Aberdeen's answer has not vet been
received ; but in the meantime we learn that Dr. Kalley
has again proceeded to preach publicly against the Roman
Catholic religion in Funchal, and that great ferment
has been the result. The charter tolerates every form of
worship in private, or within the confines of heterodox
churches erected within the Portuguese dominions' but it
most distinctly announces the Roman Catholic to be the
established religion of the state. If, therefore, 1)r. Kel-
ley will not consent to retire, he will certainly be put
down by a special law, which no effort of British diplo.
mtgcon prevent from passing.—Time.
The latest Quebec papers give particulars of outrages
committed__ by Irish vagabonds, who are using the election
season as a time for riot. The paper states that a mob,
variously esttimwoatedat from 300 to 600 persons, bearing
with them
blazing tar barrels, and shouting for
" O'Connell and'Re Repeal," " parading. the streets, breaking
the windows of every house which no light was visible.
This destruction was
tants, Repealers, and Anti- tt iealers differed alike . and
the windows of the Catholic Church': the. Marines'i and
Wesleyan chapels,
wherein noligsltiotnceosuwlderhsavielubreleedn ex-
pected were demolished. huge
this purpose of destruction ;yin several instances breaking
r
sash and panes. At Johnsons Tavern the damage itifilcted
was very great, and so incensed was he, and that after
piing them to desist, he fired and wounded one man in
three pkices, with small shot—a sailor of the Clio, we are
,they returned here again at ten o'clock, menacing
14§ liftv„when he again fired, wounding another person.
Mr. Leek, at the Cove, also fired, and while preparing
ICI give a second shot, was knocked down by a stone
thrown at him. It is said that three persons have been
wounded but none seriously.