The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-05 00:00:00

SPAIN.

According to the Madrid papers of the 23rd ult. every
thing seems to favour the prospect of another change,
and the dramatis prrsonce of the late insurrection, lately
so clamorous for place, are now declining the responsi-
bility On all bands. The partisans of legal progress were
beginning to raise their heads, and the Expeetador speaks
with confidence of their success at the next election, at
least at the capital. In Cadiz the authorities had been
obliged to adopt energetic measures for the maintenance
of public order. Barcelona was tranquil on the 25th ult.
Only one member of the Junta remained in the city.
The Junta of Sargossa retained the character of supreme,
and had raised three battalions of volunteers who were to
be at its orders. .

A Kingston (Canada) paper has the following remarks
on his excellency Sir Charles Metcalfe :—The sew gover-
nor general is winning golden opinions from all sorts of
people. He is affable, easy of access and very charitable ;
In fact, so much so, that he becomes a prey to all kinds of
imposition in that line. He must be a very rich man, for
be gives away more than his provincial income. Every
body makes a plant upon him, and no one goes away em-
pty-handed."
Sydney papers to the 2Gth, and Adelaide papers to the
15th of April, have arrived. With regard to matters in
the former place there is little to notice. The expediency
of protective duties to prevent inundating supplies of
foreign meat and grain occupied the attention of the peo-
ple at Sydney, and the journals are filled with theoretical
opinions on the subject of free trade, and its attending
advantages and evils. The markets were without change.
Politics at Adelaide were the order of the day, and an
attempt was being made to bring the new governor,
Captain Grey, into bad repute by getting up a memorial
to the Queen requesting his recall. Various charges are
made against his administration ; but the general censure
of want•of confidence in his government is quite sufficient
to show that he was somewhat unpopular among the colo-
nists. The harvest in South Australia has been most
abundant, and the surplus above the wants of the popula-
tion, estimated at 80,000 bushels of wheat, was to be ex-
ported for sale to the neighbouring settlements. A vessel
lately arrived there, named the John Pifie, had been taken
up to convey 10,000 bushels to the Isle of France. The
colony is stated to be gradually recovering from its late
difficulties.

BANK MISMANAGEMENT.—A most gross instance of
mismanagement and fraud on the part of a banking officer
is mentioned in the American papers received by the
Acadia. The directors of the Northampton (Pennsylva-
nia) bank, by a unanimous vote, expelled John Bice, the
president, and formerly the cashier. The circulation of
the bank was 108,217 dollars, the mosey found in the
vaults, 1 dollar and 69 cents in silver ! The deficit for
the payment of debts amounts- to 263,059 dollars, The
prostration of the bank is- whnny -imputed to the mal-
practices of Mr. Rice, and they embrace nnmerouschuTges
—suctt US allowing particular favourites largely to over-
draw their accounts—discounting the paper of irresponsi-
ble persons--suffering unpaid notes to run over unprotec-
ted, the president himself being the endorser—investing
large 'sums- in unprofitable stocks—paying heavy " attor-
ney's fees" in seeking an increase of capital—and other
similar frauds. Mr. Rice refused to make any disclosure
or explanation whatever. Other disclosures of a remark-
able kind, illustrative of banking operations in the United
States; have come out on the trial of Wyman, the late
President of the Phoenix Bank, at Concord, which had
not been concluded at the date of the papers by the Aca-
dia. This bank, it will be recollected, was carried on at
Charleston, and broke down not long since.

NARROW ESCAPE OF KING LOUIS PHILIPPE AND

HIS FAMILY.—The King and Queen, and Queen of the
Belgians, left the chateau at three o'clock, on the 28th
ult., in a char-a-bane drawn by six horses, to drive to
Treport by the new road called De Mers. Having ar-
rived at the sluice of Assas, at the head of the canal which
communicates with the sea, four of the horses were on the
bridge, when they were frightened by the firing of the
canon at Treport, and like,ai,e by the noise of the water
rushing from the sluice-gate. One of the leaders plunged
and broke the slight chain placed as a protection, fell into
the canal, and dragged with him in his fall the two middle
horses, whose weight fortunately caused the harness which
connected them with the carriage to break. The postilion
who rode the wheel horse, with muchmind presence of
and great physical strength, turned -his horses so as to
bring the pole of the carriage against one of the posts at
the entrance of the bridge, so that the carriage was stopped
by this manoeuvre. The King, Queen, and the persons
who accompanied them, alighted from the carriage. His
Majesty, after having ascertained that no one was hurt,
continued his promenade to Treport on foot, accompanied
by the neighbouring population, who advanced with cheers
of " Long live the King." After having walked on the
pier for an hour, their Majesties returned in their carri-
age to the Chateau d'Eu.—Paris paper.

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LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE QUEEN FROM
THE QUEEN OF TAHITI.

The Times of Tuesday gives the following curious letter,
in which Queen Pomare, of Tahiti, solicits the protection
of the English government against France :
" Tahiti, Jan. 23, 1843.
"MY DEAR FRIEND AND SISTER QUEEN VICTORIA,
QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN,—
" Health and peace to you, and saved may you he by
Jehovah, the foundation of our power as Queeas of our
respective countries. We dwell in peace from the arrange-
ments made by our predecessors.
" This is my speech to you, my sister friend. Com-
miserate me in my affliction, in my helplessness, and in
the difficulties in which my nation is involved with France.
" The existing protectorate government of France in
my dominions I do not acknowledge. I know nothing
of what my chiefs and the French consul had done be-
fore I wrote to you by Captain Jones, I being absent at
Raiate.

" On the arrival of the French Admiral, A. Du Petit
Thouars, the same chiefs who formerly signed the docu-
ment requesting French protection assembled, viz., the
three governors and Paraita, the person who was lft in
charge at Papecte, (Paraita is the root of this great evil
the French Admiral and the French consul, after having
completed their design in signing the document, sent it
over to me at Moores., through the medium of my mes-
sengers, Tairapa and Mr. Simpson, for my signature.
Tairapa said to rne, Pomare, write your name under
this document. If you do not write your name, you must
pay a fine of 10,000 dollars-5,000 to-morrow, and 5,000
the following day; and should the first payment be belayed
beyond two o'clock the first day, hostilities will be com-
menced and your land taken.
" On account of this threat, against my will I signed
my name. I was compelled to sign it because I was
afraid ; for the British and American subjects residing on
my land (in case of hostilities) would have been indiscri-
minately massacred ; no regard would have been paid to
parties.
" This is the way my government has been taken from
me, and constituted into a French government.
" My government is taken from me by my enemies,
Paraite, Hitate, Tati, and others connected with them ;
it was they who combined and entered into agreement
with the French. They have banished me, that I should
not be sovereign of Tahiti; that they should be kings,
and also their children.

" And now, my friend, think of me, have compassion
on me, and assist me; let it be powerful, let it be timely
and saving, that I may be reinstated in my government;
let it be prompted by the feeling which caused the Mes-
siah to come into our world to save you and me.
" Have compassion on me in my present trouble, in
my affliction and great helplessness.
" Do not cast me away ; assist me quickly, my friend.
I run to you for refuge, to be covered under your great
shadow, the same as afforded to my fathers by your fa-
thers, who are now dead, and whose kingdoms have de-
scended to us, the weaker vessels.
" I renew that agreement; let it be lasting and for ever.
Let its continuance extend not only to ourselves and
children, but to our children's children. My friend, do
not by any means separate our friendship. This is my
true wish.

" I now deliver up to you, my friend, my last effort;
my only hope of being restored is in you. Be quick to
help me, for I am nearly dead ; I am like a captive pur-
sued by a warrior and nearly taken, whose spear is close
to me. _ _

" The time is very nigh when I fear I shall lose my go-
vernment and my land.
" My friend, send quickly a large ship of war to assist
me. A French ship of war is daily expected here ;
speedily send a ship of war to protect me, and I shall be
saved.

" It is my wish that the admiral may speedily come to
Tahiti. If he cannot speedily come, I wish a large ship
of war may come just at this present time.
" Continually send here your ships of war; let not one
month pass away without one, until all my present diffi-
culties are over.
I have also at this time written a letter to your ad-
miral on the Spanish coast to come to Tahiti and assist
me.

" Health and peace to you, may you be blessed, my
sister friend, Queen of Great Britain, &c.
" POMARE, Queen of Tahiti."

DESTRUCTION OF LOGWOOD MILLS.— On Sunday
week the extensive logwood mills of Messrs. Lediard
and Mortimer, situate at Cbewton Keynsham, about six
miles from Bristol, were discovered to be on fire. As the
mills are situate at but a short distance from the banks of
the Avon, a plentiful supply of water was obtained, and
the engines were enabled to play without interruption.
We regret to state, however, that the firemen were unable
to prevent the fire from destroying the house connected
with the establishment. The mills, which were exten-
sive, welt completely destroyed.
THE MODERN JACK SFI F,PPARD.—On Wednesday last
a notorious thief, named Richard Price Roberts, was
brought up before the magistrates at Manchester, charged
with several burglaries of the most daring description.
He has been long known to the police of the district by
the name of " the modern Jack Sheppard." The bur-
glaries and highway robberies to which he has been the
principal are almost without number. He has been fre-
quently apprehended and placed in irons, and as often has
he escaped, sometimes by wrenching the irons from his
legs and arms, and sometimes by cutting them away, and
afterwards breaking open the prisons. Superintendent
_Smiley stated, that, in October, 1836, the prisoner was
aPPrenmativa‘ mans,. -a -4. ling tour pigs, which went
found in his possession, at Great Anc"aie, 14.ot:beater.
He was conveyed to the lock-ups, from which he effected
his escape. He left the country, but soon returned again:
He was next taken up for a burglary, committed by break-
ing into the house of Mr. Charles Brown, in the township
of Walton-le-dale, near Preston. He was taken and com-
mitted to the House of Correction for trial, from which he
effected his escape, taking with him six other prisoners,
who were waiting their trial on a charge of sheep-stealing.
On this occasion he knocked down the turnkey, and took
possession of the keys, and, securing the doorkeeper, made
his escape, followed by the others. On Tuesday week he
was arrested in the Isle of Man on another charge, and
placed in irons in the lock-up. Two policemen were left
to watch him during the night; but, notwithstanding their
vigilance, he escaped. He was retaken on Friday, and on
Saturday he once more escaped; but was again captured
in the afternoon, twelve miles from Douglas- He was
conveyed to Liverpool, and from this town to Manchester,
by railway, heavily ironed. He was on Thursday sent off
to Preston House of Correction.

ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—A considerable sensation has
been created in Derby by a young man named Grocock,
about 17 years of age having surrendered himself on
Saturday morning, saying that he had murdered a young
girl at a place called Borough Ash, three or four miles from
Derby. When he had been lodged in prison he wrote down
a statement of the entire occurrence. On Friday he was
at Nottingham, and having formed the idea of murdering
a child that lie knew, he decoyed her in an unfrequented
place called Druid's Caves, and just as he was about to
strike her, her father shouted and he ran away. On leav-
ing Nottingham, he passed some boys and a girl at Bees-
ton, and as the girl, whose name is Eliza Allwood, hap-
pened to say that she should like to go to Derby as she
was tired of the mill at Beeston, Grocock said that he was
an overlooker there, and would find her work. She went
with him, and having wearied her with walking about he
led her to near Borough Ash. In his written statement
he said " I promised her to go to an Inn and get her a bed,
but at last, through persuasion and fatigue, she consented
to lie down under a tree. She slept soundly greater part
of the night, while I was awake plotting the most ready
way of a silent murder. About half after one she was
asleep, I took out of my hat a white cotton stocking I had
previously worn, and taking from my pocket a small ham-
mer, forcing the stocking into her mouth and striking her
violently on the back of the head. She exclaimed, Oh
master, don't you—don't you kill me ; I wonder you can
find in your heart.' I again struck her with the hammer
when the head flew off; 1 threw down the hammer handle,
struck her with my fist and stamped upon with my left
foot what I believed to be a dead body, and then wiped
the blood from my hand on the stocking and directly left
the spot with an intention which I had previously formed
of immediately giving myself into the hands of the police.
At the end of Derby I met a policeman, and gave myself
into custody. As regards my intention for committing
such an act, I was determined to be transported or hung,
having at that time no means of obtaining a livelihood,
but I cannot properly explain the motive for committing
such an action." The prisoner was taken before Dr. Bent,
a magistrate, by whom hs was remanded; but fortunately
for him the girl, who was found by the police not far from
the place he had described, very much covered with blood,
is rapidly recovering from the savage attack.
DREADFUL MURDER.—On Tuesday last as two gen-
tlemen were proceeding in a gig from the village of Cob-
ham, near Grayesentt,-on their way to Wrotham market,
they saw a man lying about 30 yards from the road, whom
they imagined to be drunk, and whom they went to
arouse, to prevent his being suftwo.ted. On a closer exa-
mination, however, they found it was the dead body of a
gentleman, whose face and chest were covered with blood.
The grass around the body evidently showed that a severe
struggle had taken place. The corpse was removed to the
Ship Inn, at Cobham ; and the waiter there recognized it
as that of Mr. Charles Dodd, a respectable chemist some
years since at Rochester, but now retired, and who had
been staying at the inn along with his son. Subsequent
inquiry also proved that the unfortunate gentleman bad
been murdered, and that by no other than his third son,
Richard Dodd, a fine young man, 24 years of age, and
that lie committed the act whilst labouting uuder an aber-
ration of intellect. He was an artist of 'some celebrity,
and has gained several prices at the Royal Academy. A
year or two ago this unfortunate youth accompanied Sir
Thomas Phillips, the late mayor of Newport, on a tour
through Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. &c., for the
purpose of improving himself in his art. Owing to his
arduous duties and constant exposure to the sun, his brain
became affected to such a melancholy extent as to produce
insanity. Ile returned to England three months since,
and hopes were entertained that the change of climate
would restore his health. Such, however, was not the
case, and his disease became more serious. He was visited
by most of our eminent physicians, and only so late as
last Saturday, Dr. Sutherland was called in, and recom-
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unfortunate son into Kent, and reached Cobham. on
Monday evening. There they had tea, and Mr. Dodd re-
quested that beds should be provided for them both. The
son was noticed to behave in a very sullen manner, and
partook of a pint of beer in preference to tea, and about'
half-past nine o'clock they left the house, as they stated,
for a walk. It is needless to state, the dreadful catas-
trophe
must have quickly followed.

TIE L.l VERPO

I R E ia AND.

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

The usual weekly meeting of this association was held
on Monday.
A contribution of £270 was handed in from New-
foundland, and a vote of thanks was passed to Dr.
Fleming, the Roman Catholic bishop of the island, for
his exertions in support of repeal.
Several other letters were then read, enclosing sub-
scriptions, and in one of them a reference was made to
the exercise of the royal authority against repeal.
Mr. O'Connell said that the writer was mistaken, and
he wished it to be generally understood that there was no
royal authority against the repeal ; it was a ministerial
authority, and, as a composition, it deserved to be cha-
racterised as it had been by the Morning Chronicle, as
" the essence of stupidity and insolence." He then stated
that several letters had been received, complaining of the
delay which had taken place in carrying the report of the
arbitrators' committee into operation. He trusted all the
necessary forms would very shortly be perfected.
Dr. Gray could answer that everything would be ready
on Wednesday.
Mr. O'Connell next entered on an explanation of the
plan brought forward last week for re-organising the Irish
parliament, and announced as a "next step" towards the
completion of that plan the appointment of district repeal
wardens of the towns of Ardee and Arklow. for the purpose
of ascertaining and reporting the number of householders
resident therein for the last six mooths—the number of
married men, not being householders—and the number of
repealers. He wanted to make those district repeal war-
dens a sort of returning officers, and if they succeeded in
these two towns, they would take the rest of the cities
and towns seriatim. After some remarks as to the neces-
sity of proceeding with slowness and caution,
The Hon. Gentleman said that he now came to a sub-
ject which was of too much importance not to be treated
with all possible deliberation and deference—he alluded to
the topics arising out of the speech, reported to have been
delivered by her Majesty, on the prorogation of parlia-
ment. He could not help observing that the Queen's
speech was the ministers'—(hear, hear)—and that it was
no more her speech than it was his. (Hear.) The senti-
ments it contained were those of her ministry, and he
wished this to be distinctly understood in Ireland, because
he-was desirous of counteracting the incitement to disaf-
fection, of which the ministers had been guilty, by putting
forth such a speech. A more traitorous project had never
been concocted than by putting such a speech into her
Majesty's mouth, and thereby endeavouring to sever the
affections of the Irish people from their venerated Sove-
reign (hear.) Affection was the best protection and preser-
vative of allegiance, and that affection the ministers at-
tempted to destroy. That any party should have the
daring profligacy to strive to weaken their love and vene-
ration for their Queen, was an extent of guilt of which he
did not think that even the present ministry would incur
the guilt. They (the Repealers) were accused of disaffec-
tion and discontent, but he wished to consider on whose
side the incitement to disaffection was. (Hear, hear.)
He denied there was disaffection among the Irish people;
he admitted there was discontent, and that discontent
would continue till justice was done to their country. To-
morrow he would vindicate the people from the imputation
of being guilty in their discontent, by showing that if not
discontented they would be the most degraded of human
beings. (Cheers.)
The rent for the week was then announced to be
£1,380 7s. 4d., and the meeting adjourned.

At the adjourned meeting on Tuesday, Mr. O'Connell
proceeded on the well-understood plan of denouncing the
royal speech as the speech of ministers and not of the
Queen. Of course it is. But equally of course the
Queen herself pronounced it in person in the House of
Lords. She need not have done so had she objected to
its policy, and Mr. O'Connell, while he sophisticates it
away, and declares his resolution to proceed with the
" pernicious agitation," evidently feels his more difficult
position in consequence. But Protestants must also
avail themselves of the additional strength which this
constitutional document affords to them, while it embar-
rasses the conspirators. The speech will avail little with-
out truly loyal organisation and action.

The Marquis of Londonderry has addressed a letter to
the Irish papers, stating that he " looks with great anxiety
and dismay" to the general meeting of Protestants in Bel-
fast on the ith inst.

The custom-house officers at Derry made a seizure last
week of nearly 500Ib of gunpowder, which were brought
from Glasgow, packed in a hogshead so as to resemble
sugar.

A new repeal cap, of black velvet, lined with green, and
and modeled from an ancient Irish crown, has been pub-
lished by a Dublin artist, and is recommended to the re-
pealers for general adoption, instead of the puritanical
English felt hat.

The Kilkenny Journal says that Mr. Fayle who was
fired at recently near Eniscorthy, is so much improved in
health as to be able to walk about, though his intellect is
affected to such an extent that he cannot divest him-
self of the idea that he is living in the Town of Borris.

THE MURDER OF LORD NORDURY.—Peter Dolan, late
of Durrow, in the King's County, was on Wednesday
fully committed by Sir Nicholas Fitzsimon to Kilmainham,
for transmission to Tullamoore gaol, in order to take his
trial at next assizes there for the murder of the late
lamented Lord Norbury.

A list of the various repeal meetings held in Ireland,
August 15th, with the numbers
each,at-
ftreormdi4larch 1
uct:
.1,, repeal j'0ur.,..1._ has
been published in tne Times, from wlucn 1E appears that
co-
the total number of persons who are said to have attended
these meetings is 8,610,000.
Mr. James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New
Fork Herald, has addressed a letter to the Times, in
which he says that the reason why he was recently treated
by O'Connell in such an extraordinary way at the Ccrn
Exchange was because he (Mr. Bennett) contributed,
through his paper, to stop the "rent" that was expected
from America.

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His Excellency the Earl de Grey, Lord Lieutennant of
Ireland, with the Countess de Grey and suit sailed from
Kingstown, Dublin, on Friday evening week, and arrived
as the noble Earl's Family manson in St. James.s square
last saturday afternoon. His Excellency is not expected
to return to Ireland for six or seven weeks ; but will visit
Buxton for the waters prior to the assembling of the noble
Earl's Regiment of Yorkshire Hussars, for their annnal
training and inspection, in the first week of October.

THE ANTI-REPEAL MEETING OF BELFAST.—The
noblemen and gentlemen concerned in this meeting have
decided on postponing it. The firm tone adopted by her
Majesty, and a consideration of the extent to which mi-
nisters are thereby pledged to protect and support the
well-affected people of Ireland at the present crisis, has
produced this effect by inducing them—
" To forego the meeting fixed for the 7th of September,
lest the Protestants of Ulster should be charged by their
enemies, however unjustly, as the cause of continuing po-
litical agitation."
The reasons which led to this determination are worthy
of the Protestants of Ulster, and we particularly call at-
tention to one of those reasons, exhibiting as it does in
a strong light the difference betwee❑ the loyalty of the
two classes into which the people of Ireland are now di-
vided. The fourth resolution of the Protestant gentlemen
of Ulster declares as follows

" 4. That, while we adhere to the opinions detailed in
our resolutions of the 24th of July last, and feel that we
were then called on to give expression to them in the
manner proposed, we are desirous that, as the advocates
of repeal are without any excuse for their past agitation,
they shall hereafter have no pretext for any act of ours'
however constitutional, for continuing a system of agi-
tation which has been now so explicitly condemned by
their Sovereign."