The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-07 00:00:00

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THE WEST INDIAN MAIL

The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Clyde,
W. Symonds, commander, arrived at Southampton on
Sunday, bringing the West India mails.
She brings on freight4s3o,ooo on merchants' account;
platina, value £500;: 149 casks of coffee, 3 bales of to-
bacco, 157 bales of sarsaparilla, 45 serons of indigo;
precious stones, value £1600; 297 packages of sundries,
and 50 passengers.
This steamer encountered stormy weather on the pas-
sage home. From the advices brought by her we learn.
that the West It.dian islands were generally healthy, and
the weather seasonable.
The political intelligence is important and interesting.
A revolution had t ken place on the 24th of January at
Caraccas, the capital of Venezuela, where the Congress
was in session. A violent debate occurred, and a tumult
arose in the Chamber of Deputies, in which five members
were killed. Some fighting afterwards took place in the
city, which ended about nine in the evening ; but fresh
outbreaks were expected.
The commercial advices by this arrival are important.
The trade of the British West India colonies is repre-
sented to be in a sad state of depression, and shippers are
recommended to use the utmost caution in sending sup-
plies of goods.

The Duchess of Montpensiet has. been sent for by the
Madrid Government.

Some revolutionary movements are stated to have taken
place in Germany, but they are not credited.
Among the patents lately obtained in France, is one by
M. Lafond, for the application of chloroform, as a motive
power, instead of steam.

THE PRESBYTERIANS AT MALTA.—Mr. More O'Fer-
rall, Governor of Malta, has directed that for the future
the bodies of Presbyterians shall receive burial in the
ground destined to hold the remains of other members of
the Protestant community.
PRUSSIA.—The King of Prussia's Ambassador in
London made, on Saturday last, an official declaration to
the British Government, to the effect that Prussia would
not interfere in the internal affairs of France ; but that
while she did not contemplate any aggressive military
movement against the new Republic, she was resolved to
resist any attempt of France to violate the territory of her
neighbours.— Times.
GROWTH OF COTTON IN SClNDE.—Attempts are made
at a great expense to raise that staple in different districts
where facilities for its removal are not so available as they
must be by the river Indus. The comparison of the Indus
to the Nile has been often made. Cotton of good quality
has been known to grow well on the banks of the Nile,
and magnificently on those of the Missisippi and its tribu..
taries. There is no reason shown why it should not be
cultivated with equal success in Scinde. With abundant
crops of wheat, of cotton, and even of sugar the value of
Scinde to Bombay will soon be incalculable.—Bombay
Gentleman's Gazette.

ITALY.—We mention in one of our inside forms the
disturbed state of several parts of Italy. We have not
yet received intelligence of the effect which the news of
the revolution in France had produced in Italy. The fol-
lowing extracts, however, show in what temper it was
likely to be received. The students of Pavia had issued
a manifesto in favour of Italian independence, wherein
the following passage occurs :—" The day is at hand on
which, under the roof where Virginia died, in the field
whence Barbarossa fled, on the plains where the vesper-
bell resounded, amongst the men who responded to the
voice of Masaniello, within the walls defended by Michel
Angelo, in the country of Eugene of Savoy, and on the
banks of the river where the children are heroes, seven
armies of warriors will assemble, sworn to embrace each
other on the field of battle. Then will the God of free
men inspire your hearts, guide you in the glorious con-
flict, and decide your destinies.' At the sairear-tteee tee
cintents beseech their menns not to furnish Austria with
any pretext for dividing them by closing their halls and
interrupting:their studies. At Turin a meeting of the
people was held on the 24th ult., to thank the British
Government for its " worthy" reply to the note addressed
by Prince Metternich to Viscount Palmerston on the
affairs of Italy. Advices from Rome of the 21st state
that a movement of battallions towards the frontiers of
the States of the Church, and to several more central
points, such as Bologna, Forli, Pesaro, &c., was in course
of organization.

The London papers of yesterday give the proclamation
of the Canton of Neufchatel on its throwing off the
sovereignty of the King of Prussia. The republican
movement every where gains ground.
On the Sth January last, Joseph Littler, aged 42, left
his home in Pleasant-street, and was notafterwards heard
of until his body was picked up by two boatmen on Sun-
day evening, floating on the Mersey, opposite the North
Docks.

On Saturday night, John Magrath, 36 years of age,
lodging in Walnut street, went to bed under the influence
of liquor. At eleven o'clock on Sunday forenoon he was
found dead in bed. He was in the habit of drinking
hard.

COMMITMENTS, YESTERDAY, FROM THE POLICE.
COURT.—Mary Connolly and Catharine Fazakerly, for
stealing a flannel petticoat, three months' imprisonment;
Patrick Flinn, for stealing 4s. 6d. from a woman; Win.
Brain, stealing from Margaret Davies some lead piping;
John Joyce, Pat Brennan, Edmund Barry, 'and Joseph
Barry, all for attempting to pick pockets, three months
each.

CHILDREN SCALDED.—On Saturday afternoon, Mi-
chael Barry, aged fifteen months, living with his parents
in Ben Jonson-street, was playing on the floor, when a
kettle of boiling water fell from the hob, and so scalded
him that he died next morning:—On the same day, Ca-
tharine Carr, aged two years and three months, living in
Corlett-street, fell backwards into a pot of hot water that
stood on the floor, and died yesterday morning.

GENERAL EUROPEAN EUROPEAN PASSAGE OFFICE.—That a sys-
tem of shaving is daily carried on. by many of the Euro-
pean passage offices, none but those interested deny. it
affords us pleasure in stating that we believe the firm of
Byrnes, Son, and Co., 69, South-street, New York, do
their business honestly and above board. Those who
have had business dealings with them assure us that there
is no shaving in that establishment.—Brooklyn Advertiser.
[That a system of shaving has of late years been carried
on by a few extinct firms is probable, but that it is a
daily occurrence is a reflection on our authorities.
Amongst many firms, however, who are equally wishful to
stand high in respectability, that of Messrs. Byrup...d

Co., the- representatives of the firm mentio

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER,
lit. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD-STREET

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29 29'20 i 28'87 56' 39
1 28'71 ; 28'88 45 41
2 29'23 : 29'56 45 40
3 99'92 30'05 45 37
4 30'07 i 29'93 45 38

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51 48 0.08 w.s.w
44 41 0.01 N.N.Ir
45 42 0.03 N.w.
44 42 N.N.w
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