The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-07 00:00:00

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f north latitude. A line
would then be drawn to the sources of the Rio Gila,
ich flows from east to west in that parallel of latitude,
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Gulf of California, so as to transfer the
. of Old California, as well as the more
tertilo region of New California, to the United States.
With th"'" "—is, it is amusing to add, Mr. Polk is dis-

way down t

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ed.—Tir

BELGII.

Everything seer

ilm in Belgium, though
occurred at Brussels on Sunday
persons assembled, and shouted "Viva
and other seditious cries.. These men
, however, speedily apprehended by a party of the
guard, and were found to be almost all Germans and
;, several of whom were armed with poniards, and

h whic

Belgian independence, and the
the chambers voted the additional

ency, has been approved
The ministry has just
reform, which seems to
and is more full than that
The &lc* affirms that
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revolution, King
.....,,;uioted his Ministers, and de-
-1;1, nbdiente if 11.10itun deemed it its
The

form or 1

country, where, according to his own expression!, he
remains at the disponi of events► The 0114qe priut bas

letter from Colmai of the 29th, which it deems deserving
of full confidence :—On the evening of the 29th, on the
installation of the French Provisional government's
Commissioner, the news arrived that there was fighting at
Carlsruhe. A postscript to the same letter says that a
rising has taken place in the Baden country ; the tri-
coloured flag is hoisted everywhere ; and Mentz (Hesse
Darmstadt) is in open rebellion.

The Pacha of Egypt has left Alexandria for Malta, for
the benefit of his health. _ __ -

Lord Hardinge and suite arrived at Cossier, on the 12th
ult., and proceeded across the desert to Kenneh, and
from thence he intends proceeding to Thebes, and, pro-
bably, some of the neighbouring temples, and was ex-
pected to return to Alexandria on the 26th.

Tom Thumb had a narrow escape from drowning,
from a collision of steamers on the Mississippi on the 6th
ult. There was a great confusion in the boat, but Mr.
Barnum picked up the mannikin and bore him safe to the
shore.

The King of Prussia is about to send a scientific expe-
dition into Negroland, in search of some vast and splen-
did ruins of an ancient city, which a Mahommedan• tra-
veller, whose work has been translated from the Turkish
by Dr. Rosean, asserts that he discovered during his
wanderings in Central Africa.
Dr. Wiseman has caused to be inserted in the Roman
(official) Gazette, a rather strong paragraph, to the effect
that he has no connexion with the London Tablet, and
that he is " very far from being a party to its exaggerated
notions ;" and that he is no collaborator of Mr. Lucas
the editor.

THE TRIAL OF LEOTADE AT TOULOUSE.—The people of
Toulouse have become so excited at the disclosures made
on this trial that they have sacked the establishment of
the Christian Brethren in that town. The general of
the order has summoned the brethren to tell the truth,
no matter what may be the consequences, and not dire to
screen the murderers of the unfortunate Cecille Combet-
tees.

THE INDIAN MAlL.—Apprehension has, been enter-
tained that the outward Indian mail was destroyed during
the recent disturbances in France. Official information of
its safety has, however been received. The Admiralty has
ordered one of the best steamers to proceed ,direct to
Malta, to meet the mails that were to leave Hong Kong
on the 31st of January, Calcutta the Bth, and Bombay
the 16 of February, and to convey them direct to South-
ampton.

SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN AT MALTA.—On the morn-
ing of the 23d of February, the Rev. Robert Irvine, M.A..
Incumbent of S. John's, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, who
occupied apartments at Barker's (Princess Royal) Hotel,
was found in his bed room with his throat cut, and dead,
evidently having committed suicide. The deceased had
lately arrived at Malta from Tunis, and no cause has as
yet been discovered for his committing the act, though
it is rumoured that some of the rev. gentleman s friends
and acquaintances had witnessed in him for several weeks
previous a change of manner.
SLAVE-HOLDING JURISPRUDENCE.—The Charleston
Courier contains a list of criminals recently sentenced by
the City Court of Charleston for various crimes. Among
them we noticed that one man, for a highway robbery,
was sentenced to a few months' imprisonment and a
slight fine; while ano her, William Smith, for negro steal-
ing, (abducting negroes from their masters), is to be im-
prisoned until the first Friday in September next, and
then hung by the neck until he is dead. So it seems that
in South Carolina negro stealing is a vastly greater crime
than robbery.—New York Evangelist.
STATE OF EUROPE.—If the symptoms of France are
menacing, the state of Europe is so too. Spain is dis-
organised—ltaly on fire—Switzerland in legalised re-
bellion against order and religion—Austria smouldering—
Belgium, and, perhaps, Holland, ready for revolt—Poland
is smarting from recent chastisme.it—Germany agitated
by wild, though, as yet. aimless desires—Greece stands
on the edge of military revolution—and, finally, Rome
herself, the centre of religious subordination, holds out
her hand to Democracy—not fanciful, abstract Democracy,
but such as the nineteenth century beholds her—and tells
her that " She shall reign."
IMPORTANT MOVE. —A bill has been introduced into
the Legislature of Alabama, the object of which is to pre-
vent the separation of the families of negroes, and to
exempt them from sale by legal process. A motion was
made to indefinitely postpone the bill; but it was lost
by a large majority. A good, a glorious move ! Slave-
holders will not belie their Letter natures, or much longer
tolerate injustice, by submitting to the terrible moral
wrong of separating families, and a cold blooded traffic
in slaves. Will the Kentucky Legislature, following the
Alabama, legalize the marriage of coloured persons, and
forbid the desecration of home ties ? Will churches, in
obedience to the Word of God, insisting upon these mat-
ters declare, that no man ought to separate families, and
traffic in human flesh for money ?—Louisville Examiner.

THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE

PARIS, SUNDAY

The National Guard are nobly preserving peace up to
the present moment. All classes are animated with the
greatest enthusiasm.
Paris is perfectly tranquil.
The penalty of death has been abolished for political
offences.

There has been some very severe fighting between the
military and the people at Strasburgh.
The Republic has been formally announced by the Pro-
visional Government, and royalty abolished. The United
States Minister has recognised the Provisional Govern-
ment. Bordeaux has acknowledged the Republic. The
Provisionsi Government has decreed the immediate esta-
blishment of national workshops. A meeting of Peers
has been held, and a resolution to adhere to the Republic
adopted. Property of every kind belonging to the Crown
confiscated.

Bou Maza has• made his escape. Dreadful commotion
at Amiens, but the troops have declared for the Republic.
Loss of life on both sides estimated at 500. "The Duchess
of Orleans has, it is rumoured, been arrested at Rouen.
At Madrid no Bourse held. A deputation from Belgium
has formally announced the accomplishment of the revo-
lution at. Lille. Admiral Baudin has left to take command
of the Mediterranean fleet. After executing his commis-
sion be sails for Italy. Algeria is declared an integral part
of France.

The Provisional Government is stated to have at its
disposal 135,000,000 f. at the Bank of France, and
55,000,000 f. at the Treasury.

The Paris journals of Monday announce the perfect
reestablishment of tranquillity in the capital, and the ar-
rival of " adhesions" from the departments. They refer,
however, to horrible outrages in the vicinity of the metro-
polis, and in an especial manner at Rouen, where the po-
litical agitation was made the pretext for a brutal demon-
stration against the English workmen on the railroads,
and the burning of the wooden bridge of the Havre rail-
road. The Provisional

Government was working with
energy for the reorganisation of all the public offices. All
the accounts from the departments announced the rising
of the people and the recognition of the Republic. The
army was equally and similarly unanimous. At Toulouse,
where a Legitimist expression had been feared, the Re.
public bad been proclaimed with acclamation. The whole
of the Thiers and Odillon Barrot parties had rallied round
the Provisional Government. The first Marshal who has
given his adhesion to the Republic is Marshal Bugeaud.
The hospital list shows that the number of wounded is
428, of whom 350 are civilians and 78 military. On Sun-
day, the 27th ult., a numerous band of incendiaries pro-
ceeded to Maisons Lafitte, near Paris, with the intention
of burning the bridge. The National Guard immediately
took up arms, but not being strong enough to oppose the
banditti, they sent for assistance to St. Germain-en-Laye.
A larga detachment of National Guards of that town. ac-

compaaied by a squadron of dragoons, who each carried
behind him an armed citizen, immediately proceeded to
Maisons, where they arrived i❑ time to prevent the de-
struction of the bridge. They then attacked the incen-
diaries, killed eight of them, and made a considerable
number prisoners. The incendiaries, nineteen in number,
who burned the bridge of Asnieres, have been arrested
after an obstinate resistance, in which one of them was
killed. They were conducted by the National Guards of
the Batignoles to the Prefecture, and confined in the Con-
ciergerie.

,unts of Tuesday represent everything as ver

'here was then little-known about the fugitives

x-King when he left the Tuileries with the Queen
a brougham in the Place de la Concorde and drtve
off to St. Cloud at such a rate that when they had crossed
the bridge the horse was too exhausted to mount the hill
leading to the Chateau. . Several men pußhed thpparriage
up, however. After taking some papers the ex-King en-
tered a hackney-coach at St. Cloud and drove off to Ver•
sailles and thence to Trianon. He in a she-A Inters
a travelling carriaze. b”. sa,

uemre leaying t.
ng towards him,six men on'
, and became afraid that they were in so—

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the railroad station (Montretout),'and concealed himself
behind a stove. The men having passed, an aide-de-camp
informed him that there was no danger. Lie accordingly
reentered the carriage and drove off. At the village called
La Queue, on the road to Dreux, he was joined by the
Dukes of Nemours and Montpensier. Further than that.
he then went on to Eu and embarked at Treport on board
the Furet steamer nothing was known. _

Marshals Soult, Molitor,Sebastiani, Bugeaud, Rollie,
and Dode de la Brunerie, had sent in their adhesion to
the new Government. M. Dupin had been superseded by
M. Baroche in the functions of Attorney-General in the
Court of Cassation. M. Larochejaquelin, the celebrated
Legitimatist Deputy had addressed his adhesion to the

Goiernment

without

mental reservation."
One hundred and ten hogsheads of wine, found in the
cellars of Neuilly, were removed to Paris on Tueaday,
and distributed among the hospitals of that capital.
As the workmen and operatives accomplished the Re-

volution, and one of them is member of the Provisional
Government, they are not disposed to have their claims
overlooked. It is accordingly statedLtha! 25,000 ofthetn

unarmed, but in regular order, uenieu velure toe Ho
de Vile, the seat of the Government. The Governnu
has undertaken to provide work for all ! But the reci