The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-24 00:00:00

FOREIGN 21,\D COLONIAL.

BUENOS AYRES.-Advices from Buenos Ayres of the
29th of June state that the House of Representa'ives had
confirmed the law authorising a monthly remittance of
5,000d015. to Messrs. Baring, Brothers, on account of
the dividend till some definite arrangement is made for
the liquidation of the foreign debt. The return of many
of the old English residents for their native land seems to
have created some sensation in the Argentine Republic,
and their departure is mentioned in terms of regret. The
packet bringing these accounts is the bearer of 10,000 dls.
being the amount for May and June. By the same op-
portunity we learned the May
of the departure of Corn-
modere Purvis for Rio de Janeiro, having been superseded
by Captain Talbot, of the Vestal, till Sir Thomas S.
Pasley, takes command of the station. Paz was reported
to have sailed for Rio Grande. The exchange on En-
gland was quoted 3d.

half an )lour, but before sunset she again sieered-west-
ward.

" O❑ the 25th there being no appearance of land, the
boat's course was altered to westward, with the hope of
falling in with some vessel. They continued this course
28th, the wind being all the time eastwardly. . On
this day, for the first time, it rained for about two hours.
By using two pairs of shoes, all they had among them,
and by wringing their clothes, they succeeded in getting
about half a pint of water each.
" From this time till the 31st, they saw no vessel, and
were without water. Oo the 31st and the day following
it rained three or four hours, and they obtained sufficient
water to quench their thirst for the tinAe. From the Ist
to the 6th of August they 'obtained no water, but on one
of those days they picked up a piece of bamboo, which
was found to contain four small fishes about two inches
long, which they divided among them : this was all :he
food they had while in the boat. On the morning of the
Gth three ships passed them, but it was supposed the boat
was not seen by them. Tney were, however, soon after-
wards gratified with the sight of the ship which afforded
them relief, on board of which they received every care
and attention."

SYDNEY.—Sydney papers to the 12th of May have
come to hand, but being only a week later than those re-
ceived on Thursday last, they add little to the information
before made public. Business transactions continued ex-
ceedingly limited, and there was no actual impi ovement
in prices to notice. Wool in grease was fetching 7d per
lb., and choice flocks is Id to Is 2d perlb.; flour, accord-
ing to quality, was £9 to £ll per ton ; sperm oil was
quoted £22 to £2l per ton.
NEW ZEALAND.—Accounts from New Zealand state
that on the 12th of February an interview took place be-
tween Governor Fitzroy and the New Zealand chiefs con-
cerned in the massecte at Wiirou. After. a reque-4 en
-
hear from them their own account of the affair, v hie
was complied with by Rauparaha, his Excellency h via ,
deliberated for some time, addressed the natives to tug
effect that, as the English had in the first instance been
in the Avt ong, and the New Zealanders had been betrayed
into Unlawful acts both by their ignorance of English law,
and by the-great provocation they had reeeived, no pun-
ishment should follow their offences, He cenoluded by
assuring thee tMt he would pettish all Attempts on the
part of the English to wrong the natives, and ekhorted
the chiefs in their turn to exercise their influence to pre,
yent the natives' from any similar infringement of their
pe 001
Woeei,--.After trucli coreeeeondence, and obtain.
all the iaterferenoe aeol
ing from oar own governs.._.. Dr.,
it feels authorised to undertake for the retra-e
o.
Wolff, Captain Grover a few days since started for St.
Petersburgh, persoi a'ly to interest the Emperor Nicholas
in the same humane and holy rouse.
• FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT :e.fittlAilia..—Miss Murtha
• N 0. • ree.eion ; out he knew that an
K. Rugg, a young lad'
t, I e 3
.f, Ica het A. bays since to await weight of respcnsibilityhung over him. They had
visit her sister
6ba Wes Udder the care of her brother- arrived at the time when they could Le free, if they de-
in-la—
Arriving sit 'Niagara Falls, they etopped, with served it, and conducted themselves accordingly. They
the intention of spending a shot t time. On Saturday, in were something more sober than on the last day. , Tney
company with a party from this city, they walked out, were then warmed with the triumph they had obtained.
and when on the hank just below the Falls,. on the Look at the transactions of the last twelve months, and
Canada side, Miss Rugg suddenly left the arm of her see springing up at every side,' the disposition amongst
protector to gather some bushes growing on the very brink. Irishmen to combine one with the other. Take his own
of the precipice, and almost instantly lest her balance, individual case, when the verdict was obtained in a man-
falling, about 100 feet perpendicular. She was heard to ner which he need not describe, there was nc insulting
utter one fearful cry as she was falling, and all was still. I triumph upon the part of those who held different.
It was some 20 minutes before her companions could There were no Orange processions—no Orange lodges
reach her; when they did so, they_ found her still alive, lamented—no Orange processions marched out in com-
but she died in about three hours.—Buffalo Gazette. mennoration of triumph—ne drunken orgies—go hell with
the Pope and O'Connell." Nothing of that kind took
The Portland (U . S.) Argos states, that an Anti-
, place. Three ear ago a very fferent of thigs
Swearing Association bad been formed at Orono, and
Mould have existed. Little more tdihan threestate years ago nhe
about one hundred had signed the pledge.
; risked his life. while going along the Queen's highway from
The expenses to France of the expedition against Mo- Dublin to Belfast. Three years ago the north was in a
rocco, ascertained at the Ministries of War and Marine, blaze; but upon this occasion there was no triumph over his
amount already to upwards of 20,000,000 f. conviction, or his sentence to imprisonment. That was an
MUTINY AT Ictraeon.—On the first week in July a excellent symptom : that neutrality was one which they
serious disturbance seems to have taken place at Ichaboe. should hail as the harbinger of better days for Ireland. He
The number of vessels loading at the date of the letter rejoiced at that neutrality. He was grate:Tole He thanked
announcing the fact is represented to have been between the Orangemen for their forbearance; he expressed his
70 and 80, and the origin of the disturbance was from the strongest gratitude to them to thvt proof that they were
new corners attempting to take precedence of previous ar- becoming more Irish than they were, and for holding out
rivals in the loading of the vessels. I that prospect of still better days. But what had occurred
STRANGE CUSTOM.—By virtue of a very old custmn since he was liberated. fled the popular triumph been
in Belgium, particularly in Brussels, the reigning sieve- marked by any discontent upon the parts of the persons
reign of this country becomes godfather to the seventh who were hitherto opposed to them Were 'there any
consecutive on of any family, however humble their situ- meetings expressing resentment at the mode in WWI the
ation may be. The other night, the wife of an honest ultimate success was obtained, or disparaging theazonduct
mechanic, residing at No. 17, Rue de la Betterave, gale
of those through whom that success was announced; no
birth to her seventh son, who will accordingly have the such thing ; quite the contrary. He was proud to say
t
honour of becoming the godson of his Majesty, the Kiaghat he had received congratulations from multitudes of
persons who were formerly opposed to him, and whose
of the Belgians.—Brusse/s Paper. ; politics were not identified with his. His first object was
Two IRISH CLERGYMEN DROWNED AT ROME.—/t. to consider whether it ought not to be referred tothe com-
melancholy event occurred at Rome on the 28th ult. Two mittee to consider the propriety of holding the Clontarf
ecclesiastics, students of the Irish Franciscan Coll< ge in , meeting.
He told them fi anklet his.own opinion was that
that city, were. unhappily drowned whilst bathing in the ;
it would not be necessary to hold the meeting. The
Tiber. One of the deceased, the Rev. E. F. Martin, was
only necessity for calling a meeting would be this—that
in priest's orders, and bad celebrated the holy sacrifice ..
being public men, and bound to preserve the principles of
the morning of his untimely death. His companion, the
the constitution, (the meeting being legal a-st.d constitu-
Rev. R. A. Kavanagh, was ordained sub-deacon on the tional,) they should hold it for the purpose of showing
previous Sunday. The former was an excellent swimmer,'' that its suppres ion was an outrage, and ought not to be
but Mr. Kavanagh Mild not swim, and it is conjectured
acquiesced in. He (Mr. O'Connell) saw a great deal in
that one was drowned in the endeavour to save the other. that argument, but he thought that it would not be neces-
DANGERS OF THE AFRICAN GUANO TRADE.—A let- ' sary to carry out their principles further. When they had
ter,_ dated Sunday, received here on Tuesday, from Fal- ' the five counts of the indictment which referred to those
mouth contains a statement of a very extraordinary cha- meetings struck out of the writ of error by the consent
racter, the truth of which there seems no reason to doubt. of the crown counsel—including the Attorney-General—
It is as follows;—" The Sam Slick, of London, arrived they had the principle established, and there was no
off hire (Falmouth) reports that Mr. W. Vaughan, rims- occasion for going to the unplesantness of entering
ter of the merchant brig Courier, of London, having into a controversy with the government, or anybody
touched at Bathurst (Gambia) on the 15th of June, ' else. Then, taking this suggestion as their line of con-
whence the Sam Slick sailed August 7th, made a declara- duct, he would remind his Protestant friends of the pro-
tion to the authorities there that nearly the whole of that gress which those meetings had made. Forty-one of them
vessel's crew, as well as the master and come of the sea- had been held with perfect tranquillity—without accident
men of the barque Margaret, of London, including the or disorder. He was told that he repeated this too often,
Captains, had been captured by the Moors at Arguin, but he denied the fact, for he wanted to announce to the
upon the western coast of Africa, where they had gone world that the people cf Ireland were unanimous in their
to procure guano. Seven men, including the chief mate conviction that the country was misgoverned, and that
of the Courier, had been killed. The Africanus, of Lon- the unjust act of union ought to be repealed. This was
don, Captain Isemonger, lying off Portendic, having his opinion as to the Clouted meeting; however, be
heard of the.tragedy, had ransomed a party of nine per- would, as a matter of forte, move that it be referred to the
sons, including the captain of the Margaret, for £300; committee to consider the matter. And now for the second
and six of the party arrived at Bathurat on the 6th of question for consideration. The next matter he wished to
August, including the captain of the Margaret. Three refer to was the " Preservation Society" of three hundred
remained behind, unable to travel in consequence of their gentlemen, to be selected from all parts of Ireland.
wounds. The captain of the Margaret was three months Upon the last day of meeting, he suggested that thii
in captivity." ' society should have control over the Association. How-
THE PIRATES OFF THE COAST OF BORNEO : ANOTHER ever he had since changed his opinion, and had come to
Seta's CREW MURDERED. By letters, which were , the conclusion that the authority of the Association
received at Lloyd's on Monday, from Singapore, we should not be lessened. The learned gentleman upon the
learn of further horrible atrocities by the pirates off the third point stated that instead of moving the impeach-
coast of Borneo. In addition to the capture of the ment of the judges, they would petition the Queen for
Belgian brig Charles, another unfortunate vessel, called their dismissal, and continued at great length to refer to
the Lucky Blass, a brig, 200 tons burthen, has been the proceedings at the trial.
taken hg them, plundered, and afterwards set fire to, and
the whole of the crew and passengers, amounting, it is O'Coeremen's PRISON BED.--Mr. O'Connell has
currently reported, to eighteen persons, were massacred. I caused the bed on which he slept during his incarceration
The wretches, there is no doubt, are the same who mar- • to be removed to Merrion-square, and has supplied the
dered the Hon. Paul Erskine Murray and two seamen in deputy-governor with a new one instead, declaring that he
the month of January last. A letter from a naval officer j would keep it as a raemcriel for his children.
on board the Harlequinus, dated S.ugapore, July the 3rd, i COMICAL FRIAR.--TWO ladies, in the sect of the
states, that her Majesty's surveying ship, Captain E. Bel- White Quakers, were apprehended in the streets of Long-
cher, C. 8., bearing of the treachery perpetrated by the : ford, where they displayed themselves in the supposed
natives, (the Sultan admiting the massacre of twenty-seven . costume of Eden; viz., a garment of leaves twisted toe
Europeans and the capture of their vessels,) proceeded gether, and coveting them from the waist to the knee.—
along the coast. The Sanaarang returned to Singapore Limerick Chronicle.'
two days since, with her commander. Capta'n Belcher, t AN ATTOR.NEY KISS—Too MIRACLE.—It took three
severely wounded in both thighs, but doing exceedingly Toe
judgmentrulhalf-an-hour to convince Mr. O'Connell that
well. The ship had been engaged in a fight with the'
pirates, and they had burnt and destroyed no fewer thanhim was
notwithstanding even the of t.i kiss
attar-
. nies kissed
him, on
and reversed.
eight piratical proas. ! attorney—a thing, we believe, rarely given, as it could
THE FRENCH AT TAHITI.—By a letter from Tahiti, not very well be put down in the hill (to kissing our client,
dated April 24, beirg later than our previous advices, we so and so)—Mr. O'Connell remained inc. edulous. He
learn that events have occurred at that island, which, when ! knew, indeed, that the news must be true or the attornies
stated in detail, as they are sure to be in future accounts, could not be there to tell it, but lie could not believe it
will place the character of French rule in the Southern because the attornies told it. It was enough to make
Pacific beyond all question. At the time we refer to " the anything: untrue to have three attornies agreeing in assert-
French have been cruelly murdering the natives by broad- ing it, and one embracing and kissing in a manner to call
sides of canister and yrape from their two hears/ frigates! Judas to mind.—Examiner.
The Queen had been upwards of twelve weeks living with l SANGUINARY 'OUTRAGE.—On the llth inst. a land-
her family on board of our small ketch of war Basilisk, lord with eight men went to levy the amount of an exe-
and during that long period had not dared to put her foot cution upon lands in the county of Cork. They had
out of the vessel. The French had carried their unwar- some difficulty in entering the house, but shortly after
rentable measure of confiscation of the Queen's property
to so great an.extremity that they had even seized upon an immense number of people amounting at least to
1000 persons surrounded the dwelling and commenced an
the little presents of poultry, and fish and fruit, which
her sincerely attached subjects had from time to time attack upon the party inside and dealt blows on them
with scythes and pikes, and afterwards heat the wounds
provided for her. These trifles the French had appropri-
with sticks—a new mode of torture. One man was held
ated to their own personal uses 1" These proceedings
while he was cruelly mangled in the head, a pike thrust
with relation to the Queen seem to savor a good deal of in his month, and his teeth smashed. Several of them
persecution, and very little honesty. They are merely and in a very oanerons condition, and . this is the fourth
unrelentingly severe and disreputable. 'Tis the tyranny time that suchmurderous work' has taken place though
of the giant- usine his power like a giant, but in a little the other occurrences were of far less atrocity.
way. Neverilu:ress, the great gun practice with grape and
roseipoelemeNT OF REPEAL.—" Mine ancient Pistol"
canister, which is spoken of es a warlike service performed
of the Nation gets into his altitudes once more, only to
by heavy frigates against an undefended people, is an af-
set his readers down again into the lowest " slough of
fair of too merciless a nature to be tolerated as the plan-
Despond" • .—" Oh! but it, makes our eyes to fill," quoth
wed and deliberate exploit of the assumed to-be skilled
he, " and our throat to close, and our hot breast to labour
navy of a great and civilized nation. (as •the ocean would when a volcano heaved within it),
when we think of that day when Ireland's flag shall float
over her people, educated, united, and free. Flow well
were a life of•breathless toil—how well were the death of
scaffold or battle-plain faced, to catch a glimpse of that
hour. It shall be—it shall be—if not to us, to this gene-
ration." One would argue from this passage (combined
with others of recent cccurrence), that there is a conside-
rable split in the cabinet of the Corn-Exchange—at least
a very important difference about the point of time when
the breach in the Legislative Union will be practicable.
On the one hand, we are to have—within six months from
any given day that may be pitched upon—either the
Leader's head upon a block, or a domestic parliament in
College-green. On the other, the sitting of this domestic
parliament is adjourned almost sine die—" if not to us,
to this generation."
Horatio CASE.—Three months ago, a little boy, while
tending sheep near Castlebar, Ireland, was bitten by a dog
subsequently destroyed. On Thursday fortnight, while
at mass, a sudden thrill seized him, and he bectme con-
scious of' his impending fate. He told the clergyman that
lie could not endure the appearance of any liquid, that his
chest was internally burning with a fierce heat; but that
if a wheaten straw were got, and one end of it immersed
in a vessel of water, he might contrive to drink it through
the tube of straw. This was accordingly. ppared but
each drop of the liquid he imbibed was received (judging
by the heavy agitation of his chest) as it had been burning
lead. Excepting the convulsed horror he evinced on the
appearance or idea of any liquid, lie continued sensible for
a long'time. and told his mother he was aware he would
soon die ; that Inc would go violent, and to tie him, lest he
should do any injury, but not to bleed him to death, as
had been done in the village about twelve months previ-
ously to another person affected with hydrophobia. At
length the madness reached its crisis, black froth and
curdled blood foamed from his mouth, and he died in
an awful paroxysth of violence and excitement.
O'CoNweree'sCoNsisgeNcer.—On the 9th instant, at
theathn
ed n
p ag the
haa lee h
pitsacsnnot:tioaotfiwothnh .iechj meeting,uid,
eg ews
as
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hurreeodi
nu, neacdneydd,
tly
which, he . was determined to cam out. Alas that the
people should now be left without any remedy at all ! for
the "only" one was formally abandoned at the last meet-
ing; and it now .remains to be considered whether even
" an address to the Crown" will be adopted as a substi-
tute. " The next and only remaining topic," quoth Mr.

LOSS OF THE BRITISII SCHOONER ORANGE.
The New Fork Tribune relates the following particu-
lars of the awful sufferings experienced at sea by the crew
of an English vessel :
AwFur. SUFFERINGS AT SEA.—The ship Vicksburg,
Captain Berry,- which arrived at New York from New
Orleans, fell in on the Gth August, in lat. 26 27, long. 87
46, with an open boat containing seven persons, and took
them on board. They proved to be the captain and crow
of the British schooner Orange, which was lost on the
voyage from Jamaica to Matanzas. Their names were as
follow :—Alexander M`Donald, master ; William Young,
mate ; Edward Cook, Richard Evans, John Brown, Wm.
Roscoe, seamen; and Robert Wilkinson, cook. They
had been thirteen days in the boat, which was but 14 feet
long. When fallen in with they were in a very exhausted
state, and three of them bad to be lifted on board. The
youngest of them, Wm. Roscoe, was totally insensible ;
and although every exertion was made to restore him, he
survived but about three hours, and at sunset his body
was committed to the deep. During the first night the
mate was delirious, but has since, as well as the rest,
nearly regained his health. Their thirst was excessive,
and p.eat care was taken in giving them water at first,
and
was
not until the third day that it was satisfied, at
which time each person had taken about three gallons of
water.
" Captain M'Donald stated that about the 24th of July,
at two a.m., when in lat. 'a 45, long 83 4, his schooner
was capsized in a sudden squall from 'the eastward. The
lanyards of the wra'llet rigzing were immediately cut
away, but the ballast having shifted, and the sails and
masts being in the water, it was impossible to right the
vessel. Fortunately, when she capsized, the jolly boat,
being in the bottom of the long boat, turned over, and
all hands succeeded in getting into it, and got clear of the
vessel, which almost at the same moment disappeared.
They weed then left to the mercy of the waves, without
provisions or water, or even an oar. Part o
thef one of the
and boat as
masts was made use of to steer with,
kept before the wind till daylight.
" During the day the linings and footboards were taken
off and converted into a mast, on which was placed the
captain's shirt for a sail, and the boat was steered in a
southerly direction, in the hope of falling in with land.
In the afternoon a barque was seen to the westward,
steering towards them, and, when about two miles oft
hove to fur a short time, then hauled southerly for about