The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-03 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA.
The royal mail steam-packet Hibernia, Captain :Rsrie,
which left Boston on the 16th, and Halifax on the 18:h
instant, reached the Mersey on Thursday morning, at
half-past five o'clock. The non-arrival of the Great
Britain, which, it was supposed, had been out twenty-
three days, had created great anxiety, and it was feared
that, like the ill-fated President, she had gone never to
be heard of again. The news is of much importance.
THE WARfTSIEGE AND CAPTURE OF MONTEREY.

The Great Western brought intelligence that General
Taylor had arrived off Monterey, nod news was hourly ex-
pected that he had struck a decisive blow. By the arri-
val of the Hibernia, we learn that Monterey bad been
captured, after battles of three days' duration. General
Taylor, and the force under his command, after a tedious
march, came in sight of Monterey, on the 18th Septem-
ber. The men were much wearied, and began to give
out, their food having been spoiled by severe rains. The
advance were immediately saluted with a heavy cannon-
ade, the sound of which acted like a charm on the jaded
men. All became life and motion, and severe fighting

followed. On the 20th, a successful attack was made by
Gen. Worth on the Mexican iorts, routing the artillery
and capturing their ordnance. On the 22nd the well-for-
tified palace of the Bishop of Monterey was attacked, and

after a severe struggle was captured. On the 23rd, the
whole Mexican force, about double the American, was dri-
ven into the plaza, where, unable to run away, the Mexican
soldiery occupied the houses which surrounded the
square, keeping up an incessant fire from the windows.
The conflict was tremendous. lasting from early morning
till late at night. The 24th brought a cessation of hosti-
lities, by the capitulation of General Ampudia. The
terms of capitulation were in effect as follows :—That the

drowning

of his profession of medicine: The faculty of medicine
admitted him to his studies, but another student born in
the south refused to be in the same society with the black,
and the College of Pittsfield signified to the young man
that she was obliged, though with regret, to close her
gates against him. The New York Sun, indignant that
the lie should 'be given by the philosophers of Massachu-
sets to their doctrines of equslity,asks if this young negro
will not find in New York a college which will admit him.
None has hastened to give him a reception. Robert will
have to leave the land of liberty, and find refuge with the
tyrannical British.—Montreal Paper.
THE LATE PREMIER'S CANADIAN POLICY.—OD the
very day of the official announcement of Sir Robert Peel's
most extraordinary alliance with the rebel party, the fol-
lowing strange scene took place in the Commons' House

of A•sembly of the Canadas :—A Mr. Simpson, who is
married to Mr. Roebuck's mother, was speaking in favour
of Sir ft. Peel's new prole-96 Monsieur Gir,uard, and of
the high appointment which Ind been offered to him,
when Sir Allan M'Nab suddenly rose up, and, bowing to
the speaker, said, " I am sorry, sir, to interrupt the hon.

gentleman, but as he seems to be acquainted with this
Monsieur Girouard, I beg to inquire of him if be be the
same individual far whose apprehension as a traitor the
late government bad offered £500?" Mr. Simpson—
"He is." Sir A. M'Nah—" Then I beg to inquire whe-
ther be was apprehended, and if so, whether the reward
offered by the government has been paid?" Mr. Simpson
—" Mons. Girouard was apprehended, and the reward
has bee❑ paid." Sir A. M'Nab—" To whom was this
reward of £5OO paid ?" Mr. Simpson (confus.edly)—
"To me." (Laughter.) Sir A. M'Nab—" Then, I
suppose there must have been some mistake ?" Mr.
Simpson—" No." Sir A. M'Nab (smiling)—" Well,
then, if the Queen's government intend now to make Lim
her Majesty's Commissioner of Crown Lands, and an
Executive Councillor, you will of course return the

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money ?" Air. Simpson—" Oh, no—l have spent that."
After the melancholy fact of her Majesty's Conservative
government having offered, in the name of the Queen,
one of the most honourable and i,r,portant appointments
in the gift of the crown to a person for whose apprehen-
sion as a traitor Lord John Russell's much abused
" Whig- Radical government " had honestly offered, and
had paid, five hundred pounds sterling, it would be tedious
as well as needless to detail other instances of this unna-
tural policy. " Who are the rebels now ?" said a con-
victed traitor, sneering over his shoulder, as he rode by a
group of United Loyalists. " I guess it's you who are
now opposed to your Queen's government." But, alas!
it was the Queen's Conservative Prime Minister of Eng-
land who was opposed to them :—The Emigrant, by Sir
F. B. Head.

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INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE

The inundations in France have caused the most la-
mentable destruction of life and property. The main em-
bankment of the Loire has given way, not only at
A rnboise but at Meung, Beaugency, Vouvray, and other
places along the course of the river. Most of the princi-
pal streets of the city of Tours—among others, the Rue
Royale up to the Palais de Justice—are under water. The
comuzunication with Paris is completely cut off, except by
the circuitous routes of Chartres and Vendome ; and the
service of the railway (Orleans and Bordeaux) is restricted
to the portion of the line between Orleans and Blois, the
viaduct connecting the Orleans and Vierzon Railway with
Orleans, and which cost six million francs, having been
swept away. At Audrexieux, the part of the town situate
on the Rhone has been levelled, comprising eighteen
houses, and all the traces of the adjoining railway are lost.
The barracks of the gendarmie are but a heap of ruins,
and several persons pet ished. The number of houses de-
stroyed at Roanne amount to 115, and of 400 boats, laden
with merchandise, lying in the Loire or in the canal, and
made fast to the quay, 270 were stink. The most fatal
episode of the disastrous day of the 18th, .at Roanne, was
the loss of the municipal councillor, Merle, his son, and
some other persons, who were upset in a boat within
sight of hundreds of spectators, and perished. Another
bark having struck against some wreck, a young woman
was thrown out by the shock. By a spontaneous move-
ment she clung to her husband, and seizing him by the
neck she prevented :him from swimming ; but, the hus-
band being a powerful man, :of lofty stature, by a despe-
rate exertion, succeeded in bearing his burden near to
some houses, where the inhabitants threw him two sheets
twisted together, with which the husband and wife were
hauled into a house through the windows. At three
o'clock on the morning of the 19th, the Loire rose sud-
denly, and overwhelmed the whole of the lower part of
Nevers, and joining the Nievre, formed an immense lake.
Here and there were seen floating—timber, trees, cattle,
and cries of distress were heard at every point. A poor
boatman saved one after the other, about eighty persons ;
when, while endeavouring to get his boat through a diffi-
cult passage, he fell into the water and was drowned.
The visitation would, it was believed, prevent any fetes
or other demonstrations in compliment to the Duke and
Duchess de Montpensier in the 'south of France. The
king appears, however, resolved on celebrating his suc-
cess by numerous and varied entertainments in the halls
of his ancestors, particularly those of Versailles.
The following details are given by a traveller in a dili-
gence, which was overtaken by a flood near Feurs—
"We were eleven in the carriage, ten men and a woman.
We quitted Feurs at four o'clock in the afternoon. At
that period the bridge was thronged with spectators watch-
ing the progress of the Loire. We were advised not to
Proceed, but an inspector who was in the coach said,
` Whip on the horses, there is no danger.' The unfortu-
nate man lost his life by his presumption, and we must
forgive him. We had scarcely proceeded a few dozen
paces before the wheels were covered by the flood. Our
position became most critical, as we could neither ad-
vance nor return. The postilion attempted to alight, but
he found that if he persevered he would be drowns d.
With great difficulty we succeeded in casting a rope from
the top of the coach over a large tree, by which means we
prevented the coach from being capsized. We remained
in this perilous position until nightfall. A boat manned
with seven men attempted to approach us but failed, and
the crew were obliged for their own safety to attach the boat
to a tree. We remained in the utmost consternation, the
horses could no longer maintain their position, and M.
Bremond, of Lyons, one of our passengers, cut the traces
of one of them, mounted him, and taking a fellow traveller
behind him attempted to reach the shore. At three yards'
distance the horse fell, but the intrepid rider raised him,
and two yards further man and horse disappeared in a
whirlpool. M. Bremond disengaged himself from the
horse, and swam to a tree, where he remained all night.
His companion never re-appeared ; he was the first
victim. Our position did not improve. The horses were
in succession carried oway. The diligence leaned over to
the right, forced by the flood. We were only kept from
falling by our rope, when the lady who had remained in
the coup, with the rector of Sail-sous-Couson, screamed
to us to raise her up to the roof of the coach, as she was

'he conductor. and inspector threw her a
rope, which the priest tied round her waist, and we then
commenced the deplorable change of position which
caused the rope by which the coach was attached to the
tree to break, and the diligence rolled over. The lady,

and the two men who were -raising her, disappeared, and
were seen no more. The priest, when the carriage was
turning over, jumped from the dour, and seizing a leather
strap, succeeded in obtaining a position on the side of the
diligence. Another traveller from Limoges grasped the
priest's leg, and supported himself. 1 was holding by a
slight strap of leather, and was being carried off by the
flood, when the priest laid hold of me by the arm, and
lifted me, with the assistance of the postilion, to where he
stood. The young man from Limoges, exhausted by fa-
tigue, loosed his hold, and was carried off by the current.
He was the fifth victim. We who remained on the coach
were carried on towards the Loire, by the force of the
waters, and after the diligence had struck against a tree,
which was torn by the roots from the earth, we were
almost miraculously saved from inevitable death by two
trees which resisted the weight of the coach. I passed
this dreadful night on my knees, holding the postilion and
the priest."

The works requisite for converting Cork into a naval
station have at last been commenced ; and we may anti-
cipate that this long-promised and very judicious interpo-
sition in favour of the population of the South of Ireland,
will now„speedily be carried into effect.
TIPPERARY GALLANTRY ! I !—On Saturday last, two
armed men visited the house of Mrs. Blake, atSylepark,
and handed that lady a notice, desiring her " not to look
for rent, or if she did, that they would come again and
settle her.'•' When passing the avenue they fired two
shots.

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—On Sunday night an
armed party of men were met on the road near Cottage
by some labourers, who were employed by a Mr. O'Don-
nell to go to work on his farm. The armed party made
them turn back, and informed them that they would not
permit any strangers to work in the neighbourhood.—
Clow/lel Paper.

The Irish provincial journals of last week furnish a large
number of cases of disturbances. In the King's County
the people have stopped and plundered cars laden with
flour, and attacked the mills; while in the same county,
and in Mayo, they are betaking themselves to killing sheep
and taking away the carcases. Burglary and the robbing
of arms still continue, and the general demoralization
seems on the increase.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.