The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-31 00:00:00

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generals had caused a great se
oops at Vera Cruz would,

against Congress.
Commodore Jones, with the United States frigate Potomac
and the corvette Cyane, had, in consequence of a report which
'ad reached him, that war had been declared by the United
ates against Mexico, occupied Monterey, a town in Cali-
,ia. He gave up the town in two days, after having been
-d of the falsity of the report. The Commodore had for
-^t been recalled by his Government.
hold out against the Mexican land
.snes, which did not lead to important
..es, were of frequent occurrence. The
e said to have been thinned by the ravages
.• yellow fever.

Campeachy continued to

ea force

Mexican ranks an

FRANCE

After a powerful speech from M. de Broglie, the address
to the Throne was carried, on Wednesday, by 117 to 33.
The draft of the address of the Deputies was read in the
Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday. It includes a aragraph
Df the refusal to ratify the slave-trade treaty of 1 pB4l, and
uggesting the abrogation of the treaties of 1831 and 1833 ;
,t is coughed in as delicate language as possibler
Chamber of Peers having negatived the proposition of
immendation to the Government to negotiate for the
cation of the treaties of 1831 and 1833, the efforts
.of the
iosition, in the way of excitement, are now directed, with
oubled enery, to the Chamber of Deputies. This is,
essanly, the touchstone of the Ministry, and, considering
extent to which the cry of "No right of search" has been
rried, we shall not be surprised if the struggle should be
en greater than the anticipations of the Cabinet. We un-
;rstand, however, that M. Guizot is confident of a majority
lual to that which he has hitherto considered sufficient on
then occasions, to enable him to carry on the business of the
lover Iment ; and it is not improbable that many deputies
isapprove of M. Guizot's policy, but whop
that
M.
,ers so much that they would oppose anything, that could
he slightest tendency to restore him to office, will vote
Ministry, for the purpose of preventing any chance
i a result.

it TRAVELLED CAT.—There is at present in this to wn, in
possession of Mr. Lucey, on the Loudon-road, a re-
rkably fine cat, whose travels may almost lay claim to a
ice in the records of history by the side of the celebrated
tigator, Captain Cook. Originally from China, his native
d, he has made four voyages to the East Indies, and twice
led rounct•the globe, having altogether travelled upwards
inn 000 miles ; a circumstance, we should suppose, unpre-
in the annals of the feline species. Puss is very
e and docile, his colour gray, marked with dark
ind his age between 10 and 11 years.—Derby

rSPIRACY TO TAKE A CONVICT SHlP.—lntelligence
at been received of an intended massacre of the officers
vilians on board the Eliza, Government transport,which
from her Majesty's Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, a few
s ago, with convicts for South Australia. It appears,
.el neared the line, a murderous conspiracy existed
me of the convicts, which would have terminated,
certain destruction of those marked down as
There were 267 convicts on board, among
tier who had been transported for 14 years
He privately sent a letter to the stir-
intended outbreak on the morning
was to put to death all the sol-
and such of the crew as offered
o steer for the Brazilian coast.
to the cabin, so as not to

Nas a s

that tt

of the
desig

Ln was prudently Uvas :
dcion, where be was minutely examined by the sur-
captain. He never varied in his statement, and so
• nut to him as left no doubt
Extra

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of the intended horrors

osted, and, at three o clock on

morning‘

ers
n was explained to them,
nrdered to defend their

our correspondent writes,was
.per was heard on the mighty
announced the hour when
Ace. The prisoners were
d other weapons
with all the gal-

Iv eigt

fe of the

Lu
n the convicts gate at fonr

ie surgeon un:

a-couple of

desirin

the first p

t once per

d to their berths, and

e ports

the loss of lit(

young

;On, who had been an apothecary
1. Holborn. He was a desperate opium
rtpr the discovery,

Ilim, he. was I

xertion to say

aution was adopted for tt

security of

were handed ove

civil power on 1

UNIVER

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An Election will be held in Corpus Christi Coll
day the 3rd day of Mach, to two Sco' --
:ives
of the dioceses of Bath and 'Wells

Ind Exeter res-

holden on Thursday last, The Rev.

Benjamin Thomas tialeott uoie, ,i.,-,.., u
lege, Cambridge, was admitted ad eundem
In a Congregation holden at the same ti

s were conferred

Robert Jackson, Fellow of New
Physicians to the Radcliffe Infirmary

Rev. William Bedford, Fellow of New College.
Rev. William Judd Upton, Fellow of New College
_ _

BACHELORS OF ARTS

Jonathan Dawson, Exeter College, grand compounder.
George Henry Greville Anson, Exeter College.
Henry Worsley, Exeter College.
Edw. Sampson Eardly Cousins Eardley, St. Edmund Hall,
The Rev. "Walter Kerr, M.A., Fellow of Merton College.
Prebendary of Wells, and Canon of Salisbury, has been
appointed Precentor of Salisbury Cathedral.
On the 13th inst., the Rev. Augustus A. Bagshawe, 8.A.,

resignation

orpus Christi College, was p“.„..__
.:y of Wormhill, Derbyshire, vacant by tut.
or the Rev. Wm. Baghawe, MA. ; patrons, Trustees.
The Bishop of Lichfield has returned to Eccleshall Castk
in a very improved state of health, and with every prospect
of final recovery.—Derby Mercury.
The Rev. J. Turner, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, has
been collated by the Lord Bishop of Ely to the Rectory of
Fen Ditton, in this county, vacant by the death of the Rev.
J. Haggitt.