The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-29 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

The report of a revolution at St. Peter burgh proves to
be a Polish invention, though it is stated to have come
mm Riga.
The most serious imputations against M. Ledru Rollin
relate to the alleged liquidation of his private debts by
the public money, which he will endeavour to disprove
by the evidence of his notary.
One of the strongest charges against Louis Blanc is
the evidence of Colonel Watrin, who declares that he saw
Louis Blanc at the Hotel de Ville on the 15th of May.
Louis Blanc will endeavour to prove that Colonel Watrin
was not at the Hotel de Ville himself on that day.
M. Caussidiere, unable to produce any direct proof in
refutation of the charge against him, will endeavour to
cast discredit on the witnesses, and especially M. Chenu,
whom he accuses of being an agent of the police of the
lowest order.
It is stated that the harvest in the north of France and
Belgium was pretty well gathered, but the farmers express
disappointment at the yield. In rae north of France and
Belgium a fair average, instead of abundance, is now re-
ported pretty generally.
The grand jury of New York, in a late presentment,
urged that the police be employed effectually in diminish-
ing the very large resort, chiefly of the young, to cigar-
shops. public-houses, and groceries, which now present
scarcely any perceptible difference between Sundays and
other days of the week in that city.
The French government have wisely suppressed four
papers, viz.. the Representant du People, the Pere Du-
chene, the Lampion, and the Vraie Republique. These
journals, it is well known, inculcated diabolical doctrines,
and the most ardent advocate for the liberty of the press
cannot but rejoice that these detestable periodicals have
been put down, as they went to undermine the very basis
of civilized society.
A singular letter, purporting to have been written by
the Duke of Bordeaux, is likely to excite a good deal of
interest. His Royal Highness says that he is not willing
to cause any division or trouble in his native land, but if
France " be weary of experiments that keep her suspended
perpetually over an abyss, and should pronounce his name,
as the true guarantee of the rights and of the liberty of
all, his hand, heart, and life shall be at their service."
THE CITOLERA.—A letter from Aleppo gives a frightful
account of the ravages of the cholera morbus in Asia Mi-
nor. The number of deaths increases daily, and between
the 17th and 19th July, nearly 1000 patients succumbed.
Belief in fatalism prevents the Mahometan part of the po-
pulation from taking any precautions or resorting to any
remedies. Since the 15th of July the average diurnal
number of deaths has amounted to 140. To aggravate
the evil there are only three European physicians in
Aleppo, wiai a population of 80,000. _

THE LATE INDIAN VICTORY.—The success of Lieut.
Edwardes over the rebel Molraj are placed beyond a doubt.
He succeeded in crossing the Indus and Chenab, and ef-
fecting a junction with the forces of the Rajah of Bhawul-
poor. On the 18th of June the united forces came into
collision with the army of Molraj. They awaited his at-
tack, and sustained a singuinary conflict of nine hours'
duration. The rebel army were completely defeated, and
driven from the field with the loss of nearly all their ar-
tillery, six out of their ten guns remaining in the power of
the British. The cause of Moolraj is completely lost.
MORE DISTURBANCES IN PRUSSIA.—In consequence
of an attempt to disperse the democratic club at Chariot-
tenburg, some severe fighting took place, and the club-
bists received some severe injuries. The mob stormed
the house of the minis;er, and a constable was so be-
spattered with stones that he was left for dead in the
streets. They broke the windows of the Hotel of Presi-
dent Anerswald, destroyed a great part of the barrier at
Linden, tore up the pavements in the Behrenstrasse, and
commenced erecting barricades. The constables were
driven back, and many wounded, in consequence of
which the burgerwetor was called out, and after great
exertions the disturbances were at last put down.
LABUAN AND SARAWAK.—By the overland mail we
have advice from our new settlement of Labuan. The
Phlegethon steamer had arrived from Singapore with some
of the newly appointed officers of the colony, and the first
steps for its formation would now, it was expected. pro-
seed rapidly. The coal mines of the island have already
aeen worked for the supply of the vessels on the station,
in which the coal has been delivered under contract of £1
per ton. but the surface deposit having thus been removed,
proper apparatus would be necessary for more extensive
operations. The belief was, that there would not be much
trouble in making roads to the mines, and it was supposed
that Lboure s for this and other purposes would be pro-
cure without difficulty. From Sarawak the accounts
are satisfactory. The rajah, Sir James Brooke, had ar-
rived, and it appears that the place was rapidly increasing.
The natives as well as the Chinese come there in great
numbers, and are now estimated at nearly 800. They
regard the rajah with the utmost veneration, and their
condition shows great progress ' • they raise the antimony
ore, cultivate gariens, and employ themselves in fisheries,
trade, &c. Fights amongst the Dyaks in the surrounding
-country, to gratify their inveterate desire for getting heads,
and not for plunder, are still frequent, but they do not
disturb the settlement at Sarawak, or cause the slightest
fear to the Europeans.
GREAT PROTESTANT GATHERING IN PARIS.—The
great subject of interest during the past week, the great
topic of conversation, and of reflection too, has been the
assembly in Paris of all the Protestant notabilities of the
country. The long-contemplated fusion of the Lutheran
and Calvanistic doctrines is finally agreed upon, and the
grand Protestant synod is to be held on the 9th of Sep-
tember, wherein the interests of each sect are to be dis-
cussed, and judgment pronounced as to which of the two
is to give way to the other. A new feature in the ever-
varying physiognomy of Purls is mated by this gatherina.
In our public walks and assemblies may be observed
strange groups, such as we have never beheld before.
The grave and solemn Lutherans of Alsace, with long
beards and yellow hair, calm, reflective, and passionless,
jastle the bold and fiery Calvinist of the south, ever ready
to fly to arms, seeking reproach where none is meant,
with a restless flashing eye that seems to dart defiance on
all who meet its gaze. It is easy to see that these men
aave not forgotten that the last synod to which they were
-tonvoked was held amid the caves and solitary fastnesses
of the Cevennes. They remember yet the dragonades of '
friontrevel and Villars ; their hatred to the Catholics is
just as fresh as in the days of Jean Cavalier and his brave
:,'amisards. The approaching conference will have an im-
mense influence over the future position of the Protestants
'jf France. There is said to exist much powerful talent
among those of Nimes Toulouse : their fiery energy is
dreaded to this hour, while their brethren of La Rochelle,
who muster in great numbers to this moment in Paris,
are remarkable for their coo'ness in debate and their sub-
'.lety in argument. They are all amongst the most con-
sidered and wealthy of the inhabitants of the place—the
" haut commerce" of which is entirely Protestant.—Paris
:orrespondent of the Atlas.
VINEYAnDs IN AUSTRALIA.—The Australian journal
:-ailed Lander's Bushman, contains the following remarks
on the growth of the vine in Western Australia :—" There
is every reason to believe that Western Australia will one
day become a great wine country. Its vineyards are be-
coming more and more numerous every year, and the
wine produced in them is of a quality to lead us to be-
lieve that when the art of preparing it is better under-
stood it will be found of a very superior quality. It will,
however, be a new kind of wine, and therefore, before it
will be prized in Europe, prejudices in favour of older
wines will have to be overcome. Soil and climate com-
bined give to different wines their peculiar flavour. The
vines which in Madeira produce the wine of that name,
when brought to another country even in a corresponding
latitude, and planted in a soil that chemically approaches
as closely as possible to that which they have left, will
produce a wine materially different from that called Ma-
deira. So with the wines of Xeres and Oporto, of Tene-
riffe and Constantia. Different countries produce wines
peculiar to themselves, and the wines of Western Austra-
lia will be found to be entirely svi qeneris. Those even
narde of the poorer grapes and common sweet water have
one peculiarity : a good draught, instead of affecting the
head or flushing the face, causes a most delightful glow
to pervade the stomach, and it is of so comforting a na-
ture that the labourers in harvest prefer the home-made
colonial wine to any other beverage. Every farm settler
is now adding a vineyard to his estate." It may be here
mentioned that the finest of the colonial wine fetches a
'higher price in Australia than some of the finest foreign
growth ' • and it is not too much to say that, in time, our
colonial imports may include the juice of the grape, and
the wine ultimately obtain celebrity for some peculiar
flavour it may have. The resources of Australia are not
-fully developed yet, and there is no knowing what time
-will bring forth, if labour be supplied the colony to an ex-
tent its wants require.