The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-04-16 00:00:00

'FOREIGN AND 3LONIAL.

The Government of India have at length resolved on
adopting a comprehensive scheme of national education.
The Italian papers contain long accounts of the Pope's
journey. The Ministers left Rome on the sth to meet
his Holiness at Terracina.

The colonists at the Cape have had rreat rejoicings to
celebrate the removal of the obnoxious decision as to con-
victs. A public illumination was held, and many other
festivities.

TURKEY.—The Sultan is adding a Christian battalion
to each of his regiments. Hitherto, Christians have not
been allowed to enter the Turkish army. The enrolment
is quite voluntary. _ _ _ __ _ _ _

Infra-mural interments are about to be forbidden within
the State of New York (by a legislative act), under cer-
tain penalties of fine and imprisonment. Thus does Jo.
nathan go a-head of the old country in matters of civilisa-
tion.

In Malta, the Roman Catholic Church has been pro-
claimed the dominant religion. The Bishop of Gibraltar
protested against it. This comes of having a Roman Ca-
tholic governor, who admits Jesuit refugees and expels all
others.

Lieut. Hardman, of her Majesty's ship Hogue, at Lis-
bon, put a loaded pistol to his mouth with the intention
of killing himself. The ball struck his teeth, glanced up-
wards, and came out at the eye, which it destroyed. He
is recovering.

Fresh disorders broke out on Thursday in the Theatre
at Rouen during the representation of " Tartuffe," but
were calmed without the intervention of the military.
The theatre has been closed by the authorities in conse-
quenee of the disturbances.
Advices from the Cape of Good Hope mention the com-
plete destruction by fire of the British ship Ocean Queen,
800 tons burthen, on her way to Suez. The crew left her
in four boats, two of which have not been heard of. The
captain and a party of ten were picked up by the French
ship Gabriel, and landed at the Cape.
In Corsica, a bride and bridegroom were recently
struck by lightning. The brother of the bride, on seeing
the body of his sister, supposed her death was caused by
the hand of a bandit chief, whose hand she had refused,
proceeded instantly in search of him. He ultimately
found him, fired, and wounded him. The band retaliated,
and several parties were injured.
STATE OF FRANCE.—Lord Ashley, in a letter to his
constituents at Bath, dated from Paris, April 6th, says
that he would be detained there by the illness of his
daughter, and adds, " The state of the public mind here,
and the uncertain continuance of tranquillity, render it
almost impossible for me, with any degree of assurance, to
leave my family to find their way home alone."
NEW ZEALAND.—The New Zealand letters to the 28th
of December state that emigration to California had not
abated. The conduct of Governor Grey in the adminis-
tration of affairs was not generally approved. Under the
combined influence, therefore, of a diminishing popula-
tion and some political irritation trade was in a declining
state.

Letters from Rome of the 2d instant, state that the tri-
umphal arch erected at Balletria in honour of the Pope's
return, had been burned during the night. The Austrian
General in command at Bologna had adopted measures
of extraordinary precaution, which are ascribed to indi-
cations of hostile feeling to the Austrians by the people of
Bologna.
Late advices received from Mr. Layard, at Nimroud,
state, that in a part of the building not far distant from
that containingithe throne the whole of the culinary ap-
paratus of the Monarch of Assyria has been discovered.
It consists, among other things, of an immense brazen
caldron, and more than 100 dishes, &c., of the same
metal. No golden utensils nave, however, yet come to

We received on Saturday morning, by the new packet.
ship Vanguard, Captain Nortcn, accounts from New York
to the 22d ultimo inclusive; being two days later than our
advises by the last steamer. The Vanguard arrived in the
channel after a run of about seventeen days, but subse-
quently unfavourable winds delayed her entrance into the
river until Friday night. Our accounts are not of special
importance.