The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-26 00:00:00

BAIL COURT-SATURDAY.

QUEEN V. COOPER.
Mr. Stuart Wortley, Q.C., moved for a certiorari to
remove the indictment in this case from the sessions at
Liverpool. The indictment was for a libel, alleged to
have been published against the Rev. Joshua King, the
prosecutor, which amounted to no very grave charge, as
it merely imputed the poisoning of some foxes. There
was the affidavit of the attorney that difficult points of
law were likely to arise.—Rule granted.

EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Saturday, a young man, named
Arthur George Reed, was charged, before Mr. Rushton,
with having stolen a letter containing six £5 notes, while
be was clerk at the post-office at Stafford. Since the
alleged robbery, it is said he had married a Miss Bryers,
of Chester, and became landlord of the Concert Tavern,
Richmond-street, in this town. The robbery had been
committed in October, 1843. Mr. Rushton decided that
the prisoner should be handed over to the Staffordshire
authorities.

Nov. 26, 1844.

THE BRAZILS.
The swift packet from the Brazils arrived on Satur•
day. By this arrival we learn that the elections had
passed off without any serious disturbances. Alth"g1:1
apprehensions were entertained that some rupture wont
take place at Pernambuco, up to the sailing of the packet,
however, nothing had occurred.
Twothe
Ivo
on
tevd Admiralea
nßsr oawnnd' s
a squadronslight
skirmishhad
acda pttankr ee
by
place outside the wall's of the city, between Riveira at
Oribe's parties, in which the former were reported o
have been victorious. Her Majesty's steamer Gorgon
was still on shore.
Business transactions had been to a fair extent. Co'
siderable quantities of merchandise continued to be rles
e.
ceived in anticipation of the increased duties. The care.
busi•
of coffee have been to an average amount, and the
bess in exchanges has been extensive.
Exchange closed at 25i1 and 24, but this conveyree
sailing so soon after Penguin, the business transactions
for her have been of comparatively small amount.
The lanthe arrived at Buenos Ayres, September 3rd,
from Liverpool.

SPAIN.
The Madrid Gazette publishes a decree, declaring Zur•
bano and his followers a traitors nd ordern themr°
be shot without any trial. In conseaquence ofi reg cent dig,'
closures said to hare been made by the Government'
ordered Genera to quitlsßanlirezth,
eUirciisntgizdaobmel,wainthdoEutspdineloazya., Tbe be fl
tence on General Prim is stated by some of the ga(1)10
journals to be imprisonment in a fortress in some or 'to
Spanish possessions abroad. There seems, howev
er,
be some doubt whether the sentence will be enforced
to
its full extent.
During the discussion in the Chamber of Deputiese
the 16th
Ta
eqgteiersetsi,onaswtaes
tphuet
lteotethme
eGvoevmeernmt n eenftb by
e
Roza et
Zurbano. He wished, he said, to know whether Pr"
measures had been adopted to put down this insurrectioniq
demonstration, and to defeat the criminal designs of to;,
general. The Minister of War replied that the A
chow
might feel perfectly tranquil on this head, for that the Go
v e rnm
ander t wereput down fullyanyattempt
to assail th
prepared
order,
rights
security of the Throne.

UNITED STATES.
The steam-ship Great Western, Captain Mathevis,.,.Br,'
rived in the mersey shortly before noon on Saturv"e
She left the wharf at fifteen minutes past two o'clock 81.3
the afternoon of the 9th inst., and made this port
i"hed
days 161 hours, the shortest passage she has accomPln
during the season. She brought 31 passengers.
The Great Western spoke the Boston mail steam
Caledonia on the afternoon of the 21st inst., in lat.sla'.
30 min. W., long. 12 deg. 18 min. W.
The contest for president has been virtually decided
l;
favour of Mr. Polk. It is true, complete returns ha
not yet been received from one-half the States, but tbkobs;
that have been received are from States that give ,11.1,
greatest number of votes and deemed the most doubnu'A
New York, Pensylvania, and Virginia, have all returned
electors favourable to Mr. Polk by very small majoritie'
On the result of these States depended the success of the
democratic candidate.
The first steam vessel ever despatched from the lJnithail
States for any parts beyond the Cape of Good Hope b 8„
sailed from New York on the 4th. It was the steam pr".
peller Midas.
Severe frosts and snow are said to have been eXPe ce
,
enced in different parts of the United States at the eln-,,/
of the past month. In Canada, also,
,we have tidings "
the near approach of winter.
Money was abundant, the demand for foreign Who
active, and shipments were about to be made to Eur°Pti
The Great Western is said to have brought half a roil.
of dollars. The quotation on London was 110 to 1 t.
Stocks had fallen—a result of the elections, it is given °li
Freights were active, with a disposition to advance,
Tobacco, per hogshead, 30s. to 355. ; naval stores, 2s-
A.
to 3s. ; measurement goods, per ton, 305.; heavy ditto,
355. ; ashes, 255. to 30s. ; beef, per 3041 h., ss. to ss• ° e
Seamen's wages had advanced generally from one to thre..
dollars, and the rate to Europe, with small stores, vin''
15 dollars per month. ,
In Canada the Governor-General is succeeding gin-9
ously. 42 conservatives are elected, 23 radicals, Odd
doubtful. This leaves 10 more returns to come in,
-
which a fair proportion are sure to be conservatives.

It is probable that the dinner to Sir H. Pottinger 11
take place on the 17th December.
The progress of the eclipse of the moon agreed closely
with the calculations, as already published.
what
The French, by the latest accounts, seem trying „
debauchery and vice can do to confirm their ill-got`e;
p ewer in Tahiti, in vain. The Tahitians in crowds hay'
retired to the hills, and are resolved to be neither Cor-
rupted nor subdued. At home, it is finally arranged tbs.
Mr. Pritchard does not return to the consulate of Tahttli
but in lieu thereof Lord Aberdeen has cffered to aPP°In
him British consul in a neighbouring island. The gentle-
nzan appointed, or to be appointed Mr. Pritchard'S e"
cescor, is said to be a Roman Catholic. This sounds in-
credible, yet we are assured, upon most credible autho-
rity, that it is a fact; if so, Lord Aberdeen, it is presuni-
able, was ignorant of the religious opinions of his protege.
But whether or not, if the gentleman in question be a Ro-
manist, public steps, it is clear, must be instantly taken
to prevent his going out to Tahiti as British consul. The
notion of a Romanist consul giving proper protection to
Protestant missionaries in that island, is preposterous'
The cause of all that has happened there is the resistance
Romanist error has given to Protestant truth ; and for
England to send to Tahiti a Romanist consul is to aban-
don her missionaries and the Tahitians also.—John Bull.