The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-10-21 00:00:00

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Liverpoo

TUESDAY,

OCTOBER 21, 1845

lcutiElGN AND COLONIAL.

ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA.
The
Royal Mail Steam-ship Britannia arrived in the
hoer Tuesday morning, at half-past 11 o'clock. She
Buxton at 2 p.m. on the Ist instant, and Halifax
P.m. on the 3rd, and has consequently made the pas-
Ir▪ g..e from the former port in thirteen days. She has
..."Nht 76 passengers, a list of whom we subjoin. Her
pas-
-11 from New York are twelve days later than those
";Ight by the Great Western.
fie steam-ship Cambria arrived at Halifax on the Ist
it+
vZober, in eleven days and a half.
It'he intelligence from Vera Cruz is to the 15th ult.
bpi, seems to be settled beyond a question that there
1.,1 be no war between the United States and Mexico,
trieltive to the annexation of Texas. That Republic will
Itolned into one of the " States."
oal
Nl' a
• esteshiasive emigandration
from the
w
"I'n states. In the Oregon Territory the American
erlallation already numbers nine thousand. They have
the United
a government, and intend sending a delegate to
The
States Conference.
Hon. John White, late Speaker of the House of
Presentatives, shot himself on the 22d ult.
A, company has been formed at New Orleans for the
I."', ection of a Steam-packet line between that place and
ureeica
feu" Orleans and Mobile were perfectly free from
tpiiireint oinc.d the South has not this year been visited by any
theihtl
a Canada the fall trade was going on more briskly
arr:'"Ything else. There had been an increase of 175
kel,ls from sea this year over last. Several improve-
te,,l.lts are going forward in Montreal, and property is
deVdlY increasing in value. Lord Cathcart, the comman-
le' of the forces in Canada, had returned from a tour of
teLketion in the western part of the province. The rnili-
-11,7 establishments were in a state of great efficiency.
jig° accounts from the interior represent the farmers
p 044 on the alert to sell their wheat, the great demand
at having brought up the price to a dollar, and in some
more.
etpere will, it is stated, be a large quantity of wheat
te,sm flour shipped to England this season, and freights are
=Petted to be very high in the shipping ports, and it is
kt`LY that there will not be a sufficiency of vessels to
le! the demand for freights.
Ishlst of passengers per Britannia,
.steam-ship,. Captain
(le u Hewitt, from Boston to Halifax and Liverpool,
htober Ist, 1845 :—Froni Boston to Liverpool—Mr.
ce% D. Woolsey and lady, Miss J. Smith, Mr. T. W.
liVrrold, Misses C. and F. Harrold, Mr. Perrault and
ltev. Mr. Arnot and lady, Mr. Hughes and lady,
11„%Mellis and lady, Mr. Edward Wyman, Mr. H. A.
"'wood, Mr. J. Baxter, Mr. T. Egidius. Mr. A.
tillodliidee Dr. Holland, Mr. T. Torriline, Mr. John
Ve "i Mr. H. P. Jenkins, Mr. G. T. Richards, Mr W.
ifah ms, Mr R. H. Lindarn, Mr. Charles Muller, Mr.
Faxon, Mr. Hiram Huston, Mr.H. Southatn, Mr.
SAPalbour, Mr. W. Cochran, Mr. Spyer, J. L. Barry,
11:i ask ell, J. J. Henry, W. Lottimer, Mr. Rennard,
:iir.imerick, Lancaster null, John J. Smith, F.
tes°4", H. F. Spaulding, C. W. Vowesch, Assistant-
lttodssary General Lister, Mr. W. Doherty. Rev. J.
kitii,h, Mr. Forsyth Grant, Mr. W. W. M•Leod, Mr. C.
Ilrtoo and lady, Mr. J. L. O'Sullivan, Mr. B. W.
ken, Mr. J. L. Hubbard, Mr. J. Reith, Mr. J. C.
Pt cuss, Mr. G. H. Resseu, Mr. G.
Pk-rlde Mr. Barber, Mr. Henning, Mr. W. Sloane.
a 4 Rayne, lady, and three children,
;`ain Ginson lady, and infant, Mr. I'. W. Knapp,
L.
4ene, Lieut. 'Hammond, Mr. Geo. Sprot, Mr. R. L,
4°, Miss Peters.
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ti BATHS FROM LIGHTNING.—On the 30th July, du-
o/ thunder storm. the electric fluid entered the house
ip r• Boose, at Washington. The occupier, his wife
Ilgici,nree children were seated round the fire when the
11,,ti; conducted down a tree growing by the side of the
t 100:. ent- red the apartment, and killed Mr. and Mrs.
Ihttd and an infant on the knee of the latter. Mr.
'4thrrs• B• were seat:d at the time on opposite sides of
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Greg Queen of the French has presented Madame Dcrus
it'ith a of the diamond bracelet.
state,l, in a letter from Berlin, that the King and
1"'ell of P • will be the sponsors of the son of the
„ Prussia
Koyal of Hanover.
utphe °revs of whew, rye, barley, and peas. in Holstein,
ktit'uark, and Pomerania, are said to be satisfactory, both
p6un's *he quantity and the quality.
Lltip,ale of nainting,, the property of the late Joseph Boo-
usitret_F, ex-King of Soain, recently took ',lace in the
quit, u States. The gross amount of the sale was 20,000
fh".
tsete Potato crop in the neighbourhood of Paris is the.
kiirit and most abundant on record, particularly on the
of St. Denis des Vertus, Nanterre, and the valley
likuotroorency.
trkoe nineteenth report of the New Zealand Company
it ,'"aed on Thursday. Lord Stanley has undertaken
1.4.4,,4)„,.,1Y to Parliament for a loan to the company o f
the ','U°. The report contains a satisfactory account o
4-Ogress of the colony in all respects.
4e- AIN•—MIVI. Lopez. Cortina, and others, who had
brought
ght to trial for alleged political offences, have
ds- acquitted ; and the government, foiled in their 0b-
)14,T obtaining a conviction, have dismissed the judge
44,0, '''%4 them, and have abridged, for the future, the
Tk, or advocates.
thteA°lont, DUEL Ie WETZLAR.—The barbarous feudal
of duelling has h ,c 1 another victim in Wetzlar.
Ittlitler of the Jagar Guards quartered there, Lieut.
v!ht ,gri, who was universally respected, was shot by
Iten;" ois comrades. He had already fallen with his
,1114 shwound, when he again raised himself on his arm,
%%d shot °t his opponent in the right arm. Negri died six-
, hours afterwards. The cause of this bloody scene is
/,it t 0 have been some unfavourable remarks of the star-
% tinn the nobility of the country, and particularly on
'l,:acent of Negri —A Ilgemeine Z?itung.
ttiotat PRENcti ALGERlA.—Accounts have been re-
!tig,l of another reverse, sustained by the French in
I:t~tali'a• A detachment of two hundred men, recovered
a, were marched on the 27th ult. to reinforce a post
1446 Ain Tirurnouselien. On their way they were sud-
ti,,,surrounded by Arabs, and compelled to surrender.
4,:dulffieult to estimate the effect which this event may
I,4l?4funon the Arabs, as it. is the first
their anns.
.It seems
m,is,,,`! that Abd-el Kader has succeeded in kindling a
it▪ t4ll° the western parts of Algeria; various other con-
ntt !are taken place, in which both parties have suffered
th„ b.PoTaTo Dissasg.—The commssioners appointed
Issing of the Belgians to investigate the cause, and
of cure, of the potato malady, recommend the
'tot• 'lv% the root up and exposing it to the sun, in order to
I_l4.llose tubercles still sound. At the expiration of a
7,4,475, the potatoes which appear to be healthy must be
tir,.lu Picked out from those which
beadsow some signs
141itilration for the worse, and must eposited, with
,4,3tLe delay as possible, and, above all, before the wri-
;ttio light.rosty weather, in a dry cellar, exposed to little
NI NA here this recommendation has been acted
a loss of the potatoes only of three per cent. has
61
th MonmoNs.—According to the advices received
Brirannia,p ancther outbreak amongst the Mor-
iit a
had taken place. A letter in the St. Louis Re-
from the editor of that paper, dated at Warsaw,
~trt,„l:llber 17, represents the state of things among the
.4(1-i34s, or rather among the bands of lawless men
k,14,4" assumed the title of Anti-Mormons, as most
"4. 'hle. They were carrying fire and faggot into the
44 'ton
rth settlements in all directions, and did not con-
emselves to the Mormons only, but laid waste the
ti,aga of all those suspected of favouring those fa-
It4tsd* Down to the night of Sunday, the 14th. it is
k that GP houses had been burnt down in Adams
,t_ltt,"atteock count,es. The Anti-Mormons had entered
jetilt?,O. extended combination, and announced their de-
1441_4'km not to stop short of the expulsion of every
itun from daricock county, in which is Nauvoo ;
"N,l:as apprehended that a conflict would result be.
1,4 e two parties.
hl AN-WOMAN MYSTERY CLEARED UP.—A case,
ttlitll4 out of the death of the eccentric person who for a
I t erable time wore the garb of a man, and went by
ttamltale of Sir Edward Douglas but who was in fact a
'ollj' said to be the daughter of an English nobleman,
‘4, before the civil tribunal of Paris on Wednesday.
%%I N, rte
Person's death, and in the absence of all claim-
ittir" officers of the crown took possession of her fur.
k:Orge an escheat. Subsequently, however, a Mr.
jtrter came forward and claimed this furniture,
tote glB. in right of his mother, who was the reputed
,atiai°, "1
Sir Edward Douglas, alias Miss Digby. In
k,geth2g his claim, he stated that the two sisters lived
titikrevr until the death of Mrs. Carter, to whom the fur.
r:tais .6elnoged, when the surviving sister requested to
f!, allowing Mr. George Carter 100 f
. a year for the
lt• The evidence produced by Mr. Carter in sup-
tes of h.
44,4, Is claim not being satisfactory to the crown 0ffi-
%11,14,41"3, refused to give it up to him, and the7eupon he
it‘lqsll,ted !'t to the tribunal, which, after considering what he
to it, decreed that he was entitled to the furni-
s .:gcl condemned the crown pay all the costs of
tasa ITALIAN STATES.--An important and interesting
II:tat:In, addressed in the name of the people of the
14„k he-, states to the Sovereigns and people of Europe,
tpt5,,,.11 Published in the French papers. In temperate
Vilol'e that document details the history of hopes of
I,4liernd raised only to be disappointed, of promises un-
tkihvitde and but too well calculated to mislead. It seeks
tli,tet•ate t e late unsuccessful attempt in Italy to ob-
if° oil Which has been withheld, although doubly due—
tj,ta. to principle, due by express engagement. The ma-
tl an answer to the reproach of seeking for
li2lns with arms in aeir hands, by observing that
it4l_4,3r
Ina of these un-Roman times have no legal
manifesting their wishes ; they have no repre-
tit Ile 4pe hei.mpower of petition. The memorialits corn-
%o r story of wrong with the voluntarys promise
4,,w4„ Pius VII. to introduce a new regime. They
hZ teuri. that promise was broken by him and by his
)141.beec'hl•a, and how the military intervention of Austria
t',‘tve; employed to support existing abuses. In 1831,
4;1;4 that Power joined with France, England, and
theetpe) thatpg to the present Pope (then newly
kit„lortz, he should consent to remodel and improve
government. They recommended that lay-
veaciA'n he made admissible to civil offices, and that
lake. and municipal councils, and a supreme council
k,,as ahould be elected. The Pope raised the hopes
m • °Ple h • 13. th.
• ti, expressing is assent to ts arrange-
td , like his predecessors, he hung back, and the
""Lage Was not introduced.