The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-29 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIE
the north side of t

y rains, which had done much
ge, destroying the roads, &c.: while the planters on
'h side were complaining of the continuation of
, and expressing great apprehension about the
All the Windward Islands were in a state of great
;loorn. the failure of the West India Bank and large mer-
viand connected with West India affairs
i much depression in commercial circles.

drought

.ntile firms hi I

having produ

!zette has the follow-

The money, securities, &c., of the Bank of France
were removed to their eaves, lest the populace should fire
or destroy the bank and pillage it. The feeling was bitter
against M. Guizot. The movement was not confined to
the merely poor and destitute. The opponents
,of the
troops were fir the most part composed of tradesmen anti
better sort of mechanics, and in many instances masters
shut up their establishments, in order to afford their men
anopportunity of taking part in this manifestation.

parag

raph in its leading article of January 18th on
ae state of the West India colonies :—" The provoking
iang-froid with which all discussion on the disastrous
state of West India affairs has been put off by Ministers
until Parliament re-assembles in February is really more
hitter to endure than the most determined opposition to
all measures of relief proposed, or the most obdurate re-
fusal to abate a jot of the cruel policy of which we are
the 'victims. Neglect and indifference are oftentimes
harder to bear than downright injustice. There is more MOny of the hotels were occupied by troops. During
of mercy in the fatal stroke which at once puts the victim the night of Wednesday, there was severe fighting in the
q 0 and misery than in the Tdo not say Rue i'vfontmatre, and in the Faubourgs St. Denis and
say I will not' policy of the present St. Antoine. In the Faubourg St. Denis the fighting was
The v,liow fever was making sad very sec-

88th Reg

, at Bar

Colonel

re. In the Faubourg St. Antoine the people
were early victorious. In the quarter of the Temple the
streets were strewed with broken glass to prevent the
cavalry from charging. General Jacqueminot, the Com-
mander of the National Guards, went round to the differ-
ent arrondissements, and attempted to harangue the men,
but they refused to listen to him. At three o'clock in the
morning the Colonel of the Second Legion of the National
Guards, accompanied by an officer, went to the Tuileries,
and announced to the King that he could not answer for
the fidelity of his men. This account must have obtained
ready credence from the King, as he could not but hear
the cries of "A Las Guizot .' `• Vive la Reforme I"
raised by the National Guard assembled outside the gar-
dens of the Tuileries. At four o'clock in the morning it
was announced to the people that the ministry had re-
signed. They received the announcement with cheers,
but exclaimed, " It is not enough. we must have reform."
From that moment, however, fighting ceased, and Marshal
Bugeaud, who had been invested with the command of
the troops, was escorted home by the National Guards.

27th of Jant

to the malady, which is foi

tunately confined to the regiment

THE MURDERS AT CANTON.
On Sunday, the sth of December, after being at church,
W. Rutter, Small, Bellamy, Brown, Balkwill,
,arte, embarked at Canton in a boat, about two
clock in the afternoon, with the intention of sailing a
few miles up the river, landing for a walk, and returning
to dinner. They had no guns with them, and only two of
them had pistols. They landed at the village of Hwang-
chu-kee, and directed the boatman to await their return.
From the evidence of Chinese witnesses, it appears that
the villagers attacked the Englishmen. A few of the
working people shouted " Fankwei," (foreign devil,) and
threw mud at them, of which they took no notice. From
mud the people proceeded to throw stones. Tieir num-
ber increasing, hoes and farming implements were next
used. At last one of the Englishmen fired, and one of
the Chinese fell. The gong was then struck, with the
view of summoning the villagers. A lrrge multitude soon
assembled, fought furiously with the Englishmen, and
overpowering two of them, continued to str►ke them after
they were down.

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RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS.
On Wednesday a deputy put some questions to M.
Guizot, in the Chamber, relative to the movement, and
he immediately rose and said,—" I have nothing to say
at the present moment to the interpellations of the ho-
nourable member. The King has sent for Count Mole,
who is empowered to form a ministry." (Loud cries of
" Bravo" and cheers followed this announcement, which
appeared to annoy M. Guizot.) lie then continued,—
" We are not to be prevented by such manifestations as
those I now hear, as long as we remain in office, which
will be till our successors are appointed, from doing our
duty. We shall consider ourselves answerable for all that
may happen. We shall act in everything we do accord-
ing to our best judgment and our consciences, and ac-
cording to what we consider the interests of the country."
Odillon Barrot wished to postpone the impeachment of
ministers, but this was not entertained. About one hun-
dred members of the opposition supported the adjourn-
ment ; the whole of the conservatives were against it
The chamber immediately rose in great agitation
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The other four, after endeavouring to
appease the people by the offer of dollars, fled, covered
with wounds inflicted by pikes, poles, knives, and stones.
They were followed as far as the village of Hang Keaon,
where they were captured and brought back tollwang-
chu-kee the same night. It is stated that they were then
confined for two days 4nd two nights, during which time
they were without food, beaten repeatedly, and then
cruelly butchered. Marks of the cane, as well as of the
cords by which they had been tied up were visible upon
four of the bodies, and it was the opinion of Dr. Majori-
banks that inflammation having supervened, they could
not have been put to death for twelve hours, at least, after
being flogged. From the marks of cords on t
had been tied up on three several ()cc

.rms, one
.sions, and the rat-

tans had been applied to th
back. When it was
tlemen were missi _
gregor applied to tl
of the party su
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sides of the face as well as the
_xertained that the unfortunate gen-
g, early on Monday Mr. Consul Mac-
'e district magistrates for the release
,osed to be held captive in the villages.

___ a subsequent meeting it was announced that minis-
ters were out of office. A ministry headed by. Count Mole
was named, but this was merely conjectural.

The Press

reference to the transactions of Wedne
Pt...... At_ _ -

t noon, two boats, with about thirty Englishmen, left the
.ctoriea in search of their friends. They explored seve-
ral creeks in the neighbourhood of Hwang-chu-kee, but
without gaining any information.
In the mean time her Majesty's steam-ship Vulcan ar-
rived at Whampoa from Hong Kong, and Captain
M'Dougall, with about one hundred seamen and marines,

day, says :—'• The whole of the quarter of the Faubourg
Montmartre .and of the quarter Poissonniere were near
remaining last night in complete obscurity. The work-
men of the two establishments which supply those dis-
tricts with gas met in their workshops, and declared that
they would not permit the gas to be lit in the evening,
and that if the cocks were turned they had decided to cut

landed at the factories on Wednesday morning. In the
afternoon of Wednesday, it was intimated that one body
had been recovered by dragging, and that it would be sent

pipes. he authorities, after a long parley, were
obliged to send for the troops and have the establishments
evacuated."

CCUSATION OF MINISTERS

I 2400 dollars for the
00 dollars for each body, if dead.

The following is a copy of the accusation sia
0. Barrot and 42 other opposition deputies ;
" We propose to place the Minister in accusation as
guilty-1. Of having betrayed abroad the honour and in-
terests of France. 2: Of having falsified the principles of
the constitution, violated the guarantees of liberty, and
attacked the right of the people. 3. Of having, by a
systematic corruption, attempted to substitute, for the
free expression of public opinion, the calculations of pri-
vate interest, and thus perverted the representative gov-
ernment. 4. Of having trafficked for ministerial purposes
in public offices, as well as in all prerogatives and privileges

ned by M

he same interest, wasted
hus,.comprisel the forces

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