The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-09-02 00:00:00

AUSTRALASIA

An industrial exhibition is to be held in the Government
Domain, Sydney, in October. It is to include products
from Australia, the neighbouring countries, and the
islands of the Pacific.

No further intelligence has been received of the missing
State prisoner, Mr. M`Manus, and Sir William Denison
is said to be half frantic at his escape.—Melbourne Herald.

TURKEY.

An imperial ordonnance has been communicated to the
Divan, requesting all the civil officers of the empire to
send their decorations to the mint without delay. The
amount of jewels collected amounts to upwards of £300,000
and will be lodged at the Yetim-office, for the purpose of
obtaining ready cash to pay the contingent expenses of
dispatching the fleet.
We have received the intelligence from Sulemanieh of
Aziz Bey's flight to the interior of Persian Kurdistan.
Accompanied by eight or ten horsemen he proceeded to
Senna, and from thence, although not very probable, it
was reported he had the intention of seeking protection at
the court of Teheran. The province of Sulemanieh, since
Aziz Bey's departure, has been in a state of tranquillity.

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A most destructive and dreadful fire broke out at Scutari
a little after twelve at night. At about two in the morning
it had consumed all the bazaar, and had taken five different
courses, and was burning most splendidly. At half-past
two the fire was communicated to the lofty minarets of
the mosque of Scutari, which burned like tapers in candle-
sticks. All efforts to extinguish the fire were fruitless,
and the people in despair were everywhere seen invoking
the clemency of the Almighty. At about half-past four,
the wind abating permitted the efforts of the firemen to
have effect ; and finally, at about five, a heavy shower was
the cause of its being mastered. The loss is calculated by
eye-witnesses at from 1200 to 1500 houses and shops, ex-
clusive of public establishments.

The barque Linda, from Canton, reports, in lat. 29 42
N., lon. 140 31 E., discovered an island having the ap-
pearance of a ship in the distance. It is not laid down on
the chart.

The Queen of Holland gave birth to a Prince at four
o'clock on the morning of the 24th ult., at the Hague.
The First Chamber has presented a congratulatory address
to the King on the occasion of the happy accouchement
of the Queen. The state of her Majesty is far from satis•
factory ; she suffers much from fever. The state of the
royal patient, however, does not present any dangerous
symptoms at present, The young prince is to receive the
names of William Alexander Charles Henry Frederick.
AN ESCAPE.—M. Tardini, the Swedish aeronaut, had a
narrow escape the other day. He ascended at Stockholm,
and, when at an immense height, a fissure somehow or
other took place in the balloon, the gas began to escape,
and the aeronaut begant to descend with fearful rapidity.
Fortunately a light north-wenter had blown the machine
over the sea, and just as M. Tardini was precipitated into
the water, the mail steamer iEgir was passing, and the
captain picked up the aeronaut and his balloon, and con-
veyed them to Stockholm. _ _ _ _

PLAYING A T WAR.—" Little children and great fools,"
says the old proverb, " should not play with edged tools."
Its wisdom is apparent to all but continental governments,
who play at soldiering regardless of the danger of placing
sharp swords and deadly weapons of all kinds in the hands
of ignorant men. The Bavarian papers contain accour.ts
of an accident at Munich, which ought to be a lesson to
them all. At a grand review and sham battle on the 14th
ult., two squadron of cavalry, one attacking and the other
defending a battery of artillery, got actually engaged; they
rushed against one another with more than the usual fear-
lessness displayed in a field of battle ; a hand to hand con-
flict ensued, and some forty men were more or less seriously
wounded. The causeof the encounter is involved in mystery.
THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA.—Lieut. M. C. Watk ins,
of the American Navy, has laid a plan for the exploration
of Africa before the Secretary of the American Navy.
His scheme is to cost the Government nothing. He
simply asks leave of absence, on present pay, for himself,
one midshipman, one engineer, and six mechanics, now
belonging to the naval service and under pay, and doing
little or nothing. He also asks for the use of a small iron
steamer, to be built under his direction, which steamer he
will take out to Africa in one of the government storeships.
The boat will be made in two pieces, and will be so light
that she can easily be carried around the falls and other
obstructions that may be met with in the rivers. Mr.
Watkins does not even ask for rations for his party, as he
expects to procure supplies very cheaply by traffic with
the natives. 10,000 dollars will cover all the expenses of
the expedition, which the Overnment is called upon to
pay. With a staff of scientiffic men, including a.physician,
he will take six or eight coloured natives of Liberia who
are accustomed to the people, and have accompanied
former exploring parties. Mr. Watkins will first explore
the St. Paul—a very interesting river—and trace it to its
source. Ile will next trace the Niger and the Congo, and
other important rivers, from their mouths to their sources,and proceed to explore the vast and now unknown regions
of the interior. Lieutenant Watkins says, "If we do
not come back, our journals will, and there will be many
officers ready to take up ;our work where we leave it.
His offer is now under consideration, and it is supposed
dirt if the President makee no objection, it willbeaOcepted.

IRELAND.

BARBAROUS MURDER IN QUEEN'S COUNTY

Mr. Edward White, a gentleman of property, residing
near Abbeyleix, in the Queen's County, has been barba-
rously murdered. It appears that the deceased, who was
nearly 70 years of age, having by his own industry
amassed a considerable property in ready money, pur-
chased a short time since a portion of the Portarlington
estate in the neighbourhood of Abbeyleix. A dispute
arose with some persons in the neighbourhood about a
turbary, and some summonses to petty sessions had been
issued on both sides. Some litigation was thus going for-
ward, but there was no uncommon feature in the transac-
tion, and anything like serious ill-feeling towards him
was not apprehended by Mr. White. However, on Mon-
day morning, while driving to his land, he was met on
the road by a man who stopped the gig, deliberately shot
Mr. White through the heart, and then, having thrown
the pistol into the vehicle, coolly walked away. when the
pony proceeded on its journey and conveyed the inanimate
corpse of its master to the farm. THE MURDER WAS
C,%II.MITTED WITHIN SIGHT OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
R,:kPING IN THE SURROUNDING FIELDS, BUT NOT THE
SLIGHTEST ATTEMPT WAS MADE EITHER TO RENDER
ASSISTANCE TO THE GENTLEMAN ATTACKED OR TO AP-
PREHEND THE ASSASSIN. In commenting upon this
atrocious deed, the Dublin Evening Mail says, " the
murder of Mr. 'White is the most remarkable proof which
recent years have produced of the utter worthlessness of
ponular esteem and favour as a shield against the assas-
sin's blow, or a motive to pursue and give him up to jus-
tice. Of his class there was not, perhaps, in Ireland a
man more generally known, or for whom the lower classes
of the people professed and, we really believe, entertained
a more undivided sentiment of regard. He had for many
years carried on a thriving trade in goods adapted almost
exclusively for their use; and his dealings were felt and
acknowledged by them to be conducted with the strictest
probity, and in a most kindly and considerate spirit. Ile
was courteous and obliging—never gave offence to any
man—never spoke slightingly or rashly of any man's
opinions or politics ; and lived on terms of perfect peace
with all his neighbours.
If the Roman Catholic priests were the efficient conser.
raters of order and teachers of morality which they pre-
tend to be, could a murder, under such circumstances,
have been perpetrated ? In the open day an assassin
places himself kr ambush, his purpose palpable, and the
murderous instrument in his hand ; the wheels of the
victim are heard, louder and louder, as they approach, and
perhaps, in the dreadful hush of expectation, the very
click of the gun, as it is brought to a full cock, might be
distinguished. But nobody runs to meet and urge him to
turn back. Not a voice is raised to warn him of the
deadly adder that lies coiled in his path : he is suffered to
come on to the place marked out for the tragedy, and when
all is over, the chief actor, his heart slaked with blood, as
Sylla is described on his abdication, " departs in savage
grandeur home."

The witnesses of this deed were, all of them, doubtless,
among the devout congregation at mass last Sunday, and
their places will not miss them on the Sabbath which is
approaching. Possibly the murderer himself, too, may be
in the midst of them, perfectly conscious that his secret is
safe. We ask, of what use is the church of Rome, which
professes to probe the inmost thoughts of all its children,
and to rule them through that inquisition, when deeds
like this are not only contrived, and achieved with the full
knowledge of its flock, but screened by the ministrations
of its priesthood ? In such a system the Influence of a
pastor may be great to cloak and conceal a criminal ; but
he is bound up and restrained by the strongest obligations
—were he ever so well disposed—to prevent a crime or
expose its perpetrator.

ATTEMPT TO MURDER A PROTESTANT CLERGYMAN.
We regret to announce that on Sunday last two shots
were fired at the Rev. Hamilton Townsend, of Port Royal,
Ballinrobc, while the rev. gentleman was in his bedroom.
Happily, the shots did not take effect. The Rev. Mr.
Townsend is a resolute and faithful champion of the
Christian faith, and has fearlessly exposed the priests of
Rome on all occasions. This was his crime.

THE CROPS.—The provincial journals still continue to
speak hopefully of the potato crop. Some uneasiness is
felt about the weather at this precarious crisis, but hither-
to, notwithstanding its roughness in the beginging of the
week, no material injury has been sustained by the grain
crops. The harvest operations have been going actively
forward in various parts of the country, and the crops are
described as being at least an average.
THE IRISH EXILES. —A "public national soirei" is to
be given at the Rotunda on this day, Tuesday, to com-
memorate the escape of Terence Bellew M'Manus, one of
the heroes of the great rebellion of 1848. The proceedings,
says the advertisement, " will wind up with a ball," and
"intoxicating drinks are to be excluded from the refresh-
ments." Among otherdistinguished " friendsof humanity"
who have been invited to attend, M. Ledru Rollin stands
foremost.

ASSAULT ON THE MAYOR. OF Kt LKENNY.—On Tuesday
the Mayor of Kilkenny having directed a prisoner named
Kelly, who was under examination, and who had previously
been remanded, to be remanded again, the fellow ex-
claimed, "You will send me back again, will you ? Take
that !" and producing a heavy paving stone from beneath
his coat, he flung it at the Mayor's head with fearful force.
Luckily it only struck the Mayor's hat, which it knocked
off. The villain was to remain in prison until he was tried
for this murderous attack.

MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE.—The family of Henry
Grattan Curran, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate at Strokes-
town, have just been plunged into deep affliction by the
accidental death of his only son. The unfortunate youth
having gone to dine with some other lads at the house of
Mr. Mahon, while they were preparing for dinner in a bed-
room one of them having been tampering with a pistol
which he found on the chimney-piece, and supposing it to
unloaded, raised it in the direction of young Curran, when
it exploded, and the lad fell dead on the spot, the ball
having penetrated his brain.
BIRTH ON BOARD A STEAMER.—On Saturday, about
twenty minutes after the Garryowen steamer left the quay
of Limerick for Kilrush, with a great number of passen-
eers, a sudden cry was raised on deck for an accoucheur.
This unexpected demand caused much surprise • but the
fact was, a married woman had been taken andi did re-
quire immediate aid. The ladies in the steerage were in
a state of consternation, and the gentleman knew not
what to do ; but Captain Bingham promptly directed a
few of her own sex to convey the woman to the female
cabin, where, in a few minutes, she was safely delivered of
a fine son, much to the gratification of all the passengers.
Captain Bingham directed every attention to be paid the
female, and permitted her to remain on board until next
evening, when she was conveyed to Kilkee, with an agree-
able present to her husband.—Limerick Chronicle.

ARMY AND NAVY.
OFFICE OF OF ORDNANCE, Aug. 27.—Royal Regt. of Artillery.
—Second Lieut. William Wilberforce Hagan to be First Lieut.,
vice Piers, resigned.
ADMIRALTY, Aug. 27.—The following promotions have this
day taken place consequent on the death, on the 2Gth inst., of
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Lord John Hay, C.B.:—Constantine
Richard Nloorsom, Esq. ; Right Hon. George James, Earl of
Egmont; and Sir George Augustus Westphal, to be Rear-
Admirals on the Reserved Half-pay List. Provo Wm. Parry
Wallis, Esq., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
The following Captains on the Retired List have been pro-
moted to be Retired Rear-Admirals, on the terms proposed in
the London Gazette of the Ist Sept., 1846, but without increase
of pay :—Hon. John Gordon, William Popham, Esq., James
Hay, Esq., Sir Charles Thos. Jones, Robt. Riddell Carre, Esq.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

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LATEST BETTING

The betting upon all fotqhcoanle;ents to-day was nearly
at a stand, still the only apparent alteration in the odds since
the beginning of the week being in respect of Herbert for the
LO'amington Stakes, about whom 9 to 2 was several times
accepted, 7 to I being offered freely against Goldfinder, and 10
to I laid against The Castle. It will be sufficient to add, the
remaing business on the different events named was limited to
offers, viz.:—
Leamington Stakes.-4 to 1 agst Herbert (9 to 2 tk); 7 to I
agst Goldfinder (offered); 100 to 10 agst The Castle (tk); 10 to 1
agst Fugleman (tk 12 to 1); 12 to 1 agat Doubt (offered); 12 to I
agst Leap-Year (offered); 100 to 7 agst Windhound (offered).
Great Yorkshire Handicap.-5 to I agst Nancy (offered) ;
7 to I agst Cossack (offered); 100 to S agst Niss Ann (tk, aft
off); 14 to 1 agat Knock Knoll (offered); 100 to 7 agst Vatica❑
(tk, aft off); 10 to 1 agst Nancy winning this and the Cup (tk
11 to 1).

The St. Leger.-5 to 2 agst Hernandez (tk 3to 1); 3to 1
agst The Ban (tk 4 to 1); 5 to 1 agst John Day's lot (tk 6 to 1);
12 to 1 agst Hothorpe (offered); 12 to I agst Aphrodite (tk 100
to 7); 100 to 3 agst Calculator (offered); 100 to 3 agst Exeter
(offered).
Cambridgeshire Slakes.-15 to 1 agst Nancy (tk 20 to 1);
500 to 12 agst Bordeaux (tk); 1000 to 15 ugst Eliza Middleton
(offers to take).
THE PEDESTRIAN FEAT AT SHEFFIELD.—TENTH WEEK.—
Richard Manks is still proceeding favourably with his great
teat, although for some days during the last week the weather
has been exceedingly unfavourable. On Sunday and Monday,
heavy showers, with boisterous winds, impeded his progress,
causing him at times to carry an umbrella, and to change his
clothes for warmer and thicker apparel. During some miles
he took at least three minutes more than if he had been clad
in his regular walking dress; his left heel also has pained him
more than usual, blisters having formed into sores difficult to
heal. Still his germ rat health remains excellent, so much so
that his weight is daily increasing; the decrease of the first
four weeks being considerably lessened. At the present time
he weighs lest. 61b., having added during the last three weeks
more than 141 b. to his weight. As the time of completion
draws nearer, his good spirits and resolution increase. indeed.
nobody now doubts that he will be enabled to perform the
whole 1,750 miles truly and honourably, which will leave
immeasurably in the distance all other walking feats ever
attempted by man. The average time taken during the twelve
hours of each (lay for the week has been 12 minutes per mile ;
and, during the night, about 16 minutes. At ten o'clock on
Friday night, he would commence his £6oth mile, leaving him
but 140 more to complete the whole number of 1,759. Next
week, it is expected, will bring a vast concourse of spectators
from different parts, to witness the completion of this extraor-
dinary undertaking. Several special trains are alreidy engaged
to convey passengers from Birmingham, Manchester, and
Leeds. The non-commissioned officers and privates of the
11th Hussars, now quartered at Sheffield barracks, have agreed
to subscribe the amount of one day's pay, wherewith to pur-
chase a silver snuff-box to be presented to Manks. The offi-
cers have also signified it as their intention to present the
pedestrian champion with a piece of plate, so fully convinced
are they that he is going through the whole of his feat man-
fully and truly. .

Warwick
Wilmslow
Lincoln
Rochester
Airdrie
Radcliffe
Lichfield
Cheable
Yarmouth
Leicester
Weymouth
Morpeth
Bridgewater, &s

RACING FIXTURES.
, Sept. %Liverpool Hunt (Hoylake) ..10
%Tunbridge Wells lO
4,U ttoxet,r
4;l)over
4,l)oncaider
s,'Fenby
8 Sherburne
8 Upton-on-Severn ..
B!Bedford
9 Eglinton-park
10 Manchester Autumn
10:Newmarket F. 0
10iSandbach

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