The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

FOREIGN (.5. COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE, ruled, would, it was thought, be an efficient check to
further supdlies from the coast of South America, in as
much as current quotations showed a heavy loss on such
importations.

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

The Clyde packet from the West Indies has arrived
bringing with her the West Indian and Mexican mails.
She has a large amount of specie on board, and £72,000
is said to be on account of the Mexican April dividend.
The papers and letters by her were received late in the
day, and only a partial delivery took place from the Post-
office. From what can be gathered by an examination of
be few papers come to hand, the news by this opportunity
does not seem to be very important. The latest dates are
Jamaica the 9th of December, Trinidad and Eemerara
the sth, and St. Thomas's the 17th. The Jamaica Morn-
ing Journal, in its summary of news, under date of the
9th of December, says—" The weather in many districts
continues dry, and the canes in those localities will, as a
matter of course, be injured. A reduction in the caning
crops from these causes seems inevitable. Trade con-
tinues dull, and money scarce. Some parties are appre-
hending another crash in the mercantile community, and
nothing. it is said, can avert it but a liberal policy and
be ho_ pcd the one will be
Mtitual forbearance. It is io
pursued, and the other practised:".
In Barbadoes the same Complaint of dry V.-eather and
want of rain is expressed, and at St. Vintcrit's and St.
Thomas's the small-pox had made its appearance. The
affair of the Roman Catholic bishop Clancy occupied the
attention of the public at Demerara; and at Trinidad an
endeavour was being made to assimilate the bankruptcy
and insolvency laws to those now in force in England.
The outward mail having just arrived at the departure of
the Clyde, the papers are in a great measure filled with
home intelligence.
The news from Mexico is somewhat important and in-
teresting, inasmuch as it appears that Santa Anna is re-
elected President for a term of five years. On the I Ith of
November, when the Clyde arrived at Vera Cruz, it was
learned that Santa Anna had visited that place the day
previous, and that he had the troops drawn up in the
square, and harangued them. He stated that he had ar-
rived for the purpose of inspecting the fortifications, and
that war with England was inevitable ; that he was deter-
mined to support the honour of his country to the fullest
extent, and would defend the Castle of St. Juan de Lloa
in person, and resign it only with his life. About four
o'clock in the afternoon, however, shortly after his bom-
bastic exhibition had taken place, a special messenger ar-
rived with information that he had been re-elected presi-
dent for a further term of five years. The news was re-
ceived by the military with great rejoicing and enthusiasm,
but no particular manifestation was made by the civilians
on this announcement. The moment the information had
been communicated, Santa Anna immediately mounted
his horse and returned to his house in great haste, with-
out inspecting one of the fortifications or taking further
notice of the troops in any shape whatever. It is the opi-
nion of the inhabitants of Vera Cruz that he merely made
the demonstration for the purpose of securing his election,
and that his denunciations against England were sheer
bravado and nothing else.

FRANCE.

The Paris journals are much taken up with an incident
which occurred on Saturday last, and which at any earlier
period would have caused much alarm. A body of students
amounting to 900 or 1,000 repaired in procession from
the Place de l'Ecole de Medecine to the house of M.
Laffite, in the Rue Laffite, when they complimented him
in the name of " the schools" on the " patriotic" speech
with which he had marked the termination of his acciden-
tal presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, on his con-
duct during the restoration, and his successful efforts to
overthrow it, &c. M. Laffite returned "an appropriate
reply," on receiving which the students proceeded to the
residence of M. Berranger (the poet), at Passy, delayed
on the way by a row with the police, who hung upon their
skirts and arrested some of the most tumultuous of the
body. The poet being abroad, his visitors felt much
umbrage, and had another scuffle with the police, in whose
hands they left some more of their friends, and then
dispersed,
The COMmittee on the address of the chamber of De-
puties met on Saturday last, and after having head the
explanations offered by the Keeper of the Seals and by
the Minister of Public Instruction, they Commenced their
deliberation on the different paragraphs of the King's
speech.
It appears that on Friday the Minister of Finance in-
formed the Committee that it was his intention to present
the Budget for the year 1845 in the course of the present
month. He added that there would not only be a surplus
of revenue to the amount of 800,000 f. over the expendi-
ture for the last year, but that the various deficiencies for
the year 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843, would be reduced to
a sum of 350,000,000 f-
The French papers are fully occupied in discussing the
measures to be brought before the Chambers.

Dr. Kalley, after suffering an imprisonment of four
months in Madeira. has at length been released on bail.
The Portuguese Cortez was opened on the 2d instant,
by the Queen in person. iler speech contained nothing
worthy of particular notice.

The Magdeburg Gazette says, that the Queen of Eng-
land is fully expected to visit the King of Prussia next
summer at Stolzenfels and Bouhl. The King of Bavaria
is expected to visit Cologne in the course of the sunnier.
The Malta Times suggests the introduction of a steam-
tug to the island, vessels being now confined to the " grand
harbour," although, when out of it, the wind would be
fair.

THE FRENCH ARMY.—According to a recent decision
of the Minister of War, no officer of the army shall in
future obtain leave to marry, unless the person to whom
he is to be united should possess a revenue of at least
2000 f. per annum.
The Duke de Nemours, the future regent of the French,
has not waited for his dotation to give himself a munifi-
cent equipage, drawn by the finest horses that perhaps
exist in France. It is said that those superb animals are
a present from the Queen of England.—Paris paper.
The Suabian Mercury states, under the head of Darm-
stadt, that M. de Haber, who recently killed M. Sacharaga
in a duel, intends to surrender to take his trial at the
assizes of Alrey. His extreme punishment, if found guilty,
will, according to law, be three years' imprisonment in a
fortress.
RUMOURED MARRIAGE OF THE QUEEN OF SPAIN.—
The Auysburgli Gazette, of the 3d instant, in a letter
from Rome, affirms positively, that the marriage between
the Queen Isabella of Spain, and the Count de Trapani,
younger brother of the King of Naples, has been de-
finitely arranged. This same journal states, that the
proposal for this marriage was supported by both the
English and French Cabinets. The young prince is in his
sixteenth year.
TREATMENT OF JEWS IN RUSSIA.—The following me-
lancholy intelligence from the Russian frontier appears in
the Frankfort Gazette :—" The ukase, ordering the re-
moval of the Jews from the frontier districts into the in-
terior is at this moment being carried into effect. Nearly
one hundred thousand persons are affected by this mea-
sure. They receive passports which indicate their place
of residence, and they are expected to have all their pro-
perty sold off within a few days after."

The Clyde, on the following day, sailed for Tampico ;
but, on her return, on the 22nd of November, it was
learned that advances had been made by the Mexican go-
♦ernment to the British Minister at Mexico, for the pur-
pose of settling the differences with England. The
British Minister, however, declined to enter into any
correspondence or treaty whatever with the Mexican
government until he had received instructions from our
government; he did not, in fact, open the letters of the
Mexican government.

The Mexicans had been engaged for some time in put-
ting all their fortifications into a state of repair, in the
expectation that the British admiral, Sir Charles Adam,
would arrive, and give them a dressing. Their prepara-
tions for defence were most warlike, and it was evident
they expected a conflict.

THE TEMPLE OF JUGGERNAUT. —The Bengal Govern-
ment has just reported to the Indian Government at home,
in answer to their long-pending inquiry, that no pledge
whatever was originally given for the annual money pay-
ment of £6,O'NO to the Temple of Juggernaut, and conse-
quently that there is no pretence for its continuance. Its
own landed revenue will of course continue, but its own
votaries and patrons must henceforth supply the needful,
and not the British nation.

COLONEL STODDART ALIVE.—We understand that
what may be considered authentic intelligence has reached
town, to the effect that Colonel Stoddart is still alive, and
at large, though strictly watched, by orders of the Khan
of Bokh..ra. It is stated that he has been employed by
that Prince in the drilling of his tro ps. We also learn,
through the same source, that Captain Conolly is dead ;
but whether he has fallen a victim to imprisonment and
disease, or been put to death, is not positively ascertained.
—Globe.

AWFUL VISITATION.—CARLSRUHE, JAN. I.—Prin-
cess Augusta of Nassau, whose birthday was the day be-
fore yesterday, and who was in good health when she rose,
was suddenly taken ill, and so seriously, that she could
not receive the usual compliments on the occasion. A
paralytic stroke has deprived her of the use of her speech.
Fears are entertained for her life. She was visited yester-
day by the Court. Her husband, Count Von Brismark,
the Ambassador of Wurtemburg, does not quit her bed-
side.
ROYAL Vlaisiony.—On Captain Crowdy, being
presented to his Majesty at the reception at the Tuileries,
on Friday last, the King did the gallant officer the honour
to say that he always saw with satisfaction a captain of
the British navy ; Captain Crowdy, in acknowledging the
compliment, reminded his royal interlocutor that he had
had the honour of conversing with his Majesty on board
the Volontaire frigate, in the Mediterranean, in 1808.
" Ah ! " said the King, " you were first-lieutenant of
the Pilot, Captain Walpole. How is my old shipmate,
Admiral Sir Charles Bullen ? I hope he is well." This
is an instance of correctness of memory really remarka-
ble, considering the length of time that has since elapsed
(nearly 40 years), and the momentous events which have
subsequently marked his Majesty's career, so strongly
calculated to obliterate minor circumstances from the
mind.— Galignani's Messenger.
AN ECCENTRIC CHARACTER.—Galignani's Messeniler
announces the death of the Countess of Newburg, an
English lady of very eccentric character. This lady la-
boured under the delusion that she was the legitimate
daughter of the Duke of Orleans, the father of the pre-
sent King, and that when an infant she was exchanged
for Louis Philippe, who she declared was the son of a
gaoler. She published several pamphlets branding Louis
Philippe as an impostor, and the police more than once
was desirous of sending her out of the country ; but Louis
Philippe, well knowing that the woman was mad, refused
to allow so much importance to be attached to her ravings,
and she continued to reside in the Rue de Rivoli in the
full enjoyment of all her eccentricities, one of which was
to open an upper room of her apartments for all the spar-
rows of the neighbourhood, who were there provided
daily with food. The residence of the Countess was well
known from this circumstance, for hundreds of sparrows
were hovering about the place at all hours of the day. We
have not heard whether she has left a legacy for the future
provision of her feathered pensioners. The Countess was
about 70 years of age.
THE DUKE DE BORDEAUX.—During the debate on the
address of the French Chambers, in answer to the
King's speech, M. Guizot stated, that the Government
had for several years kept a watchful eye over the move-
ments of the Duke de Bordeaux ; that when the young
Prince had repaired to Vienna, Dresden, and Berlin,
where France had Ambassadors, remonstrances had been
made against his presence there, which were immediately
attended to by the Governments of Austria, Saxony, and
Prussia. When the Duke proceeded to England, M.
Guizot was aware that in a country enjoying liberty and
publicity to such an extent the Government had not the
same means of repression as elsewhere. He, neverthe-
less, had addressed a note to the English Government,
by whom it was received in a manner that responded
to his expectation. The Queen of England refused to
receive the Duke, and thus gave him a signal mark of her
disapprobation of his visit and sojourn in her dominions.
Encouraged, however, by the toleration they experienced
in that free country, the Legitimists had indulged in scan-
dalous scenes, which excited the attention of the French
Government. It again applied to the British Cabinet,
who protested its regret at not being armed with sufficient
legal means of repression, but at the same time it mani-
fested its displeasure in unequivocal terms to the authors
of those scenes, and left nothing undone to convince them
of its dissatisfaction at their criminal proceedings. The
speech of M. Guizot was most favourably received by the
Assembly.

SUTTEE.-The following horrible case is from the
Madras Athenaeum:—" A Brahmin died on the 19th,
leaving a young wife, aged 17, and other relatives, but no
children. On the morning of the 20th the woman declared
her intention of sacrificing herself on the funeral pile of
her husband, and a wealthy native having offered to defray
the expenses, preparations were made on a grand scale in
a secluded snot at about two miles from Lashkur. A spot
was chosen in the dry 1)0 of a nullah, and four large posts
eight feet high were fixed, on which a sort of scaffold of
dry wood was formed, and underneath it were layers of
the driest wood and cow dung sun dried, and other inflam-
mable materials, so as to burn briskly when set fire to.
The preparations were completed about twelve o'clock,
soon after which the procession set out. One of the de-
ceased's relatives went first, bearing a small vessel con-
taining fire, and was followed by the women and others of
the family, and in the rear came the corpse borne by five
men on a charpoy. Considering the preparations which
had been made, comparatively few natives followed the
procession, which moved at a slow pace. On reaching the
pile the sacrifice appeared to view the preparations made
with a look of exultation, and took her seat by the dead
body, which bad been laid on the ground at a little dis-
tance, where she remained upwards of two hours, sur-
rounded by a host of Brahmins of both sexes, performing
rumerous ceremonies. When the body of her husband
was taken up, and placed on the scaffold, over which a
considerable quantity
of dry straw was strewn, and oil and
ghee poured, the woman having walked thrice round the
pile, mounted it apparently with some reluctance by
clambering up on the outside, amidst the shouts of the
spectators. She took her seat on the right, and after a
short ceremony, putting her arm under the neck of the
corpse, with much composure stretched herself beside the
body, adjusting the hair of her head and her clothes. A
considerable quantity of wood was now put over what I
may call the two bodies, when a tremendous shout of ap-