The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-22 00:00:00

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LATEST FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
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THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

----- The Rnyal mail steam-packet Avon, Robert Steer, Nor-
MISS WHITNALL respectfully announces to her ton, commander, arrived at Southampton on Saturday
Friends and the Public that she has RECOMMENCED evening, with 37 chief cabin passengers, and the usual
giving INSTRUCTIONS in SINGING and PIANO FORTE. mails.. She. has made an excellent. voyage and notwith-
Miss WHITNALL also begs to state that, at the request of
staanding eight days head winds, arrived o days before
several of her Pupils, she purposes forming a SINGING CLASS
two days in the week, where they
_will have the advantage of her time. Her dates are—Puerto Bello, August 1 ; S.
PRACTISING their Exercis isze. under her diiection. lago de Cuba, 18 ; Jamaica, 23 ; Jacmel, 25 ; Puerto
For Terms apply at cademy, 2, UPPER DUKE-STREET. Rico, 28; Demerara, 18; Tobago, 20; Trinidad, 20;
Liverpool, .September 16th, 1846. Barbadoes, 24 ; Grenada, 25 ; St. Vincent and St. Lucia,
26; Martinique, Dominique, and Gundalope, 27 ; Antigua,
Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitt's, 28 ; Tortola, 29 ; St.
Thomas, 30, ; Fayal, Sept. 13.
Amongst the Avon's passengers are Dr. Kalley and
lady, whose house was attacked and ransacked at Madeira,
in consequence of their attempts to spread the knowledge
of Protestantism : and Sir Robert Schomberg, from Bar-
badoes, after a railway visit to that island. This packet
brings on freight 161 bales of sarsaparilla, 68 of tobacco,
62 tierces of coffee, 2200 dollars, and a small quantity of
gold and silver.
The Ocean Queen, Welch, was wrecked on the Grand
Caimans on the 28th of July, where the Rapid, Thomas,
was wrecked on the 20th of June.
We learn by this arrival that the crops are generally
good, the weather fine, with a great deal of rain ; and
several slight shocks of earthquakes had been felt at
some of the islands. Sickness was commencing at Ja-
maica when the Avon left. She had a fine passage home,
except strong easterly winds from Jamaica to St. Thomas,
and as far north as latitude 31 degrees, thence to Fayal
moderate south west winds.
The emancipation anniversary celebrations seem to
have passed off with unusual dullness.
We have our usual files of West India papers, but, with
the exception of congratulations on the improved state of
the weather and prospects of the crops, they contain no
news of importance. We gather from the Jamaica
Despatch that for many years the island had not been
visited with so long and uninterrupted a series of favour-
able weather as had been experienced since the latter end
of June, and never had the growth of cane been so re-
markable. The indications of a continuance of this sea-
sonable weather was still apparent; indeed, in some parts
of the island the fall of rain still continued, and the next
year's crop was expected to be proportionably great.

DANCING

ATESSRS. JOSSET and DUGIT beg to inform
'l_ their Friends, that their ACADEMIES will RE-OPEN
on the 24th instant, at 1, DEVON.STREET, at Half.past Twelve,
and at the ASSEMBLY-ROOMS, GREAT GEORGE-STREET, at
Two o'clock. and at the CRAVRKfROONIS, Birkenhead, on the
26th instant, at a Quarter befOre Eleven o'clock.

PRIVATE 'EVENINO-LESSONS, in DEvo.EET, will com-
mence on the Ist October, when all the Fashionable Dances
will be introduced.

EDUCATIONAL CARD

MISS CARNABY, who fok many years conducted a
highly-respectable Seminary in Inverness, begs leave to
announce, that she has OPENED an ESTABLISHMENT in
CATHERINE-STREET, for BOARD and TUITION of a limited
number of YOUNG LADIES and DAY BOARDERS, and by
particular request, for DAY PUPILS also. The situation is
healthy, in a genteel and airy part of town, with easy access
to Prince's Park. The syste pti•sued by Miss CARNABY is
on the most approved p p es of religious, intellectual, and
moral training now ad6-pted in all Normal Seminaries.
Respectable references can be given, and Cards of Terms may
be had on application at Mr. GRAPEL'S, Bookseller, Church-
street ; or Mr. SMITH, Music-seller, Bold-street.
Liverpool, September 15, 1846.

SEVERE FIGHT BETWEEN THE TURKS AND
KURDES.

• CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 4, 1846.
The intelligence from Kurdistan is not very recent in
date, but important in point of fact. An expedition had
been organised and put in execution by Nejib Pacha,
governor of Bagdad, in conjunction with the governor of
Moussoul, reinforced is they were by the troops of Arabia,
for the suppression of disturbances from the Kurdes, in
the province of Moussoul and tlat neighbourhood. The
Kurdes, under the command of Ravenduz Pacha, occu-
pied a formidable position at Akben'd, situated about
90 miles from Moussoul.
On the approach of the Turkish vanguard the Kurdes
made a sally, and a severe skirmish ensued, in which the
Turks were repelled with great loss ; subsequently on the
arrival of the main body of the army, the Kurdes with
signals of truce intimated their desire to surrender. This
induced the general in chief, Nejib Pacha, to depute
sevetal officers with his conditions to the Kurdes, who
seized them in defiance of their flag of truce, and cruelly
put them to death; they even cut off the ears and tails of
the horses, and in this state restored them to the Turkish
camp.

This event so enraged Nejib Pacha that he was on the
point of determining on granting no quarter to the Kurdes.
However they finally surrendered and were humanely per-
mitted to depart with their wives and children on their
delivering into the hands of the Turks the perpetrators of
the cruel act on the unfortunate officers. The place was
pillaged and subsequently occupied by the troops of Nejib
Pacha, who, during the whole exhibition, is said to have
acted in the most honourable manner. Late reports state
that the Kurdes, made over to the Governor of Bagdad,
had made their escape.
Essad Pacha, governor of Erzeroom, whose late pro-
ceedings bad given great dissatisfaction to the British
embassy, and others, has finally been removed from his
post, and named governor of Sivas, on the representation
of the Hon. Mr. Wellesley, during the late persecutions
of the Protestant Armenians at Erzeroom. On dit that
be was the chief instigator and abettor, and that he
encouraged and excited the Armenians towards the course
they subsequently took in regard to their converted
countrymen. It is a well-known fact that there is not a
quieter or more respected community in the empire ; but
once allowed to follow their course, the Armenians
become intractible and furious.
The military Badri Pacha is appointed governor of
Erzeroom. By this nomination, and by the previous pre-
parations made by the government in that quarter, one
can easily perceive the design and intention of the Porte,
in taking strong measures of attacking the Kurdes in
their own fastnesses. The Kurdes are a nation of war.
riors, who have for centuries been entertaining a wild
species of independence, setting all laws and institutions
at defiance. During the late campaign they were nomi-
n• Ily conquered and subdued by the renowned Mehemet
Resehid Pacha, who levied a tribute on them, which,
however, was always imperfectly paid, or not paid at all.
At present their chief commander is Bedr Khan Bey,
who, some say, can bring into the field 30,000 to 40,000
horsemen. Although this may be an exaggeration, his
power must he very great, assisted by and united with other
Kurdish chiefs, who can equally command considerable
force. At any rate, the Porte is ill find great difficulty be-
fore it ca❑ succeed in bringing these nomade tribes into
subjection.

RUMOURED DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS,—The Augs-
burgh Gazette, on the faith of its Constantinople corres-
pondent for September, states that a rumour prevailed at
Trebisonde, that a relative of SCIIAMYL had defeated the
Russians.

Adrianople was ravaged by fire in the night of the 24th.
The conflagration broke out in the populous quarter of
the Israelites, and lasted 12 hours, reducing to ashes
about 600 houses, a considerable number of shops, 30
taverns, several mills, and 5 synagogues.

SPAIN.—A despatch from Paris, received on Saturday,
announces that the Count de Montemolin, eldest son of
Don Carlos, has escaped from Bourges. General Cabrera
has clandestinely left Patis, and arrived at Rouen on
Sunday evening, the 13th. In the night he left that city
in a carriage, accompanied by a friend, and took a route
towards the'sea, where be, no doubt, bad a boat waiting
to take him to England for Spain. The Count de Mon-
temolin has issued a proclamation, dated Bourges, 12th
September, calling on the Spaniards in energetic lan-
guage " to forget the past, and concord must be established
among all Spaniards ; let the epithets of parties cease ;
let hatreds and remembrances of injury he buried in forget-
fulness. Institutions conformable to the spirit of the time
we live in, the holy religion of our forefathers, the
free administration of justice, respect for the rights
of property, and a cordial amalgamation of parties, lo !
these ate the principles which guarantee the possession of
that happiness which you so fervently desire. I will adhere
to what I promise and what I offer, and in the moment of
success nothing will be more sweet, nothing will give me
greater satisfaction, than to see around me neither victors
nor vanquished. I thank you for all you have suffered,
for your constancy and for your prudence. The admirer
of your courage and your exploits, I shall know how to
recompense them on the field of battle."
ROMANTIC STORY.—The following romantic story ap-
pears in the Augburg Gazette :—" The Countess de --,
one of the most attractive &nines of Berlin, and who is
now in the prime of her beauty, is noted for her adhesion
to the ultra-liberal principles of female emancipation.
Having contracted, when very young, a marriag de con-
venance with a man for whom she did not feel any
attachment, she decided on making up for the sacrifice, by
indulging in intrigues with those more to her taste.
The count, her husband, on the other hand, carried on
a secret and guilty connection with the Marquise de
M--. which becoming at length known to his wife, she
resolved to watch him narrowly, in order to procure proofs
which might enable her to obtain a divorce.. For this
purpose she summoned to her aid two of her admirers.
These gentlemen, one of whom is connected with one of the
tribunals at Berlin, engaged to get possession of the letters
written by the Count to Madame de M—. Knowing that
she had just set off for Paris they followed her and reached
an hotel at Cologne, where she had just alighted. While
she was at dinner they contrived to get hold of her
luggage, and observing a small box which they im-
agined must contain the wished-for billets dour, they
carried it off. Madame de M-- soon becoming
aware of her loss, made inquiries, and discovered the
gentlemen at the station of the railway from Cologne
to Bonn, just as the train was about to start. She
got into it, The two gentlemen bad in the meantime
opened the box, and to their horror found that, instead of
containing the coveted billets doux, it contained nothing
but a parcel of matter of fact billets de banque, and that,
instead of having executed the mission of their inamorata,
they had placed themselves in the position of common
robbers. Alarmed at the consequences of their act,
they endeavoured, on arriving at Bruhl, to make their
escape, but the vigilant marquise prevented it, and
had them taken into custody by the police, under whose
guardianship they still remain to await the result of their
further investigation.

USEFUL.-At this time of year, says a correspondent,
when from atmospheric influences animal food is likely to
become tainted, it cannot be too generally known that a
bit of charred stick boiled with beef or mutton thus
affected will take away all taint or disagreable taste..

A JUST REBUKE.:—WC look in vain for any
exposure of the monstrous fallacies of Mr. Fiume and
Mr. Bernal Osborne. They are answered, indeed ;—but
bow? Coldly and apologetically; as if their antagonists
only invited attack; as if they were cmscious that there
was a prima facie case against them ; as if they were half
ashamed of the cause which they were commissioned to
defend ; only anxious to make a plausible show of resist-
ance to hostility, which they felt must, in the end, be
successful.

"Non tali auxilio ; nec defensoribus istis,
Tempos eget." _ .

If our Church is unworthy to stand, let it fall. If its
friends can make out no case in its defence, which would
put to shame the conceited and insolent jackanapes, and
the malevolent accuser, let it meet its merited condemna-
tion. If it be, indeed, " a gorgeous nuisance," or " a
bloated ineumbrance ;" if its prelates be " lazy sineeurists,"
and the clergy a " harpy priesthood," we call at once upon
those who have hitherto championed its cause, to take
their place in the ranks of its enemies. But if the contrary
of all this be true ; if its clergy be over-worked while they
are under paid ; if they are as remarkable for their zeal in
works of piety, as for their forgetfulness of religious dis-
tinctions in works of charity; how happens it that they
are suffered to be borne down by calumnies, which have
no foundation but in the most rancorous virulence, and
made the victims of misrepresentations. which never would
have been hazarded where a prompt and indignant ex-
posure might be apprehended ? Is it not "because they
have no one to stand up for them ?"—Dublin University.