The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-06-03 00:00:00

light has been the triumphant

tal of the great contractor and

banker,

Lulla J

Persand ; the trial lasted twelve days, and the verdict was
unanimous on the part of the jury, and fully concurred in
by the judge.

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Another case of military banking delinquency has
been brought to light. Colonel Ponsonby, while chair-
man of the North-western Bank, had taken 66 shares
without giving an actual value in return ; but, instead of
leaving the scrip for these shares with the North-Western
Bank till they were bona fide paid for, he pledged them to
the Delhi Bank for a loan of 33,000 rupees to Major
Angelo, not as secretary, but in his private capacity.
having obtained the par value of his stock from the Delhi
Bank. Colonel Ponsonby cancelled these shares in the
books of his own bank, of course, without informing the
mortgagees of the fact, who did not discover it till lately,
as the dividends on the shares continued to be paid to the
Delhi Bank, although the shares themselves had actually
disappeared from the• register of. the North-Western

Intelligence was received in Bombay from Calcutta on
the eve of the departure of the last overland mail that a
very fine ship, the Kurramany, bound to the Mauritius,
full of Coolie emigrants, had been burnt to the water's
edge, near Kedgeree. The crew and Coolies on board

amounted to 465-souls, of whom 366 are lost.
The Nizam's dominions are in a worse state than ever—
even in the capital no law prevails but that of the sword.
The Nizam's palace is besieged by a large body of starving
soldiery clamouring for their arrears, and throughout the
districts the unpaid and disbanded troops are paying them-
selves by plundering the temples and inhabitants, seizing
(in one instance) the women and children of a whole vil-
lage till their demands are paid. It is generally asked
whether the paramount power of India is not morally
responsible for the continuance of outrages which it has
the power to put an immediate end to, by the adoption of
measures which, according to Indian ideas and precedent,
it is no more than its duty to adopt in such an extreme

his I case

Accounts from China up to the 30th of March have
reached Bombay. The rebels to the Imperial authority in
the provinces next to Canton were making head success-
fully against the Emperor's troops. The Friend of China
of the 30th of March says,—

" We have heard that Kwei.lin-fu, the capital of the
province of Kwangsi, has been taken possession of by
the rebels. This town is but a short distance from the
province of Hunan (bounding Kwangtung on the north).
The whole tract of country reported to be in possession
of the insurgents is about the size of England and "Wales
united. The Spanish Governor of Manilla had headed a
successful expedition against the little piratical island of
Sooloo, situated between the Philippine Islands and Bor-
neo."

Lord Falkland is now at Bombay, having been called
from the hills by public business having reference to an
expected requisition (which it is thought may arrive by
next mail) for succours to the Cape. The Bombay
Government are holding their steamers in readiness for
the conveyance of troops, which, if any are required, will
be brought from Madras ; if these steamers are required
for such purpose, no mail will be despatched from Bom-
bay o❑ the 17th of May.

FINANCIAL FINESSE.—BARNt'M OUTDONE.-111`Ele-
vey, the tailor, who bought the prize-ticket to Jenny
Lind's first concert in Cincinnati, is one of the few men in
the world who is as sharp as Barnum. The way he worked
things was this : for some days before the concert he went
around among his friends, betting S'lo with this one, £2O
with that one, and so on, until he had $l,OOO bet that he
would buy the prise-ticket. The ticket was knocked
down to him at $'575, thus leaving him S-125 in pocket.
—New York Eaglet.
EXECUTION AFTER DEATH.—A young man named
Barranguero, was some time ago condemned to death by
the Criminal Court of Huesea, in Spain, for having mur-
dered a man named Sierra, with whose wife he had long
maintained a criminal connexion. On the 10th of this
month he heard that the executioner had arrived to carry
the sentence into effect. He determined to commit sui-
cide : he had stabbed himself near the heart with a spoon,
and opened a vein with a penknife. lie was discovered
bathed in blood, and he had just time to confess and to
receive the last sacraments before he died. Notwithstand-
ing his death, the judge determined that the ceremony of
execution should take place. The dead body was accord-
ingly carried to the scaffold, a rope was placed round his
neck, and the ordinary means of producing strangulation
were gone through. The spectacle caused a profound
sensation amongst all who witnessed it. Such an act is
said to be unexampled in Spain.—Galianani.
FIGHTING IN ALGERIA.—The Paris journals are chiefly
occupied with accounts from Algeria. According to the
Moniteur several sharp engagements have taken place
with the Kabyles. On the 11th General St. Arnaud, at
the head of nine battalions, forced some heightQ, which
4000 Kabyles defended so obstinately as to have cost him
11 killed and 81 wounded. The 12th was passed in fight-
ing. On the 13th, during a difficult march, the 10th
Regiment were attacked in a wood and suffered severe
loss. On the 14th, an attack of the Kabyles was repelled.
Col. Maralat, on the 15th, penetrated to the dwellings of
the Kabyles in the mountains, whom he chastised severe-
ly, and on the 16th the Frenai were enabled to bivouac at
Djigelly. Quitting this place on the 19th General St.
Arnaud attacked and cleared the overlooking heights, with
the loss of two killed and 31 wounded. The next day the
Kabyles were driven from a strong position, leaving 380
dead. This victory was followed by the submission of
three great fractions of the B. Amran, the Achaib, the 0.
Boucra, and the 0. Rou Achair. The B. Ahmed has
asked peace. In fact, the main objects of the expedition
were looked on as achieved. The Debats sets down the
French losses in these engagements at 100 killed and 3CO
wounded.

PARISIAN ROMANCE.—M. Sommerson, an ex-cavalry
officer, possesses a handsome fortune, and devotes his
leisure to the study of antiquities. He is in correspon-
dence with several scientific men of Tours, and last year
he went to that place to pass a portion of the summer.
One morning as he was walking with a friend on the pub-
lic promenade of Tours, they perceived a person, having
the appearance of a tradesman, whose countenance ex-
hibited signs of intense melancholy. This person turned
away, but in a few minutes returned, and accosted M.
Sommerson as follows :—•' I have come, sir, to a strange
resolution. You see before you a drowning man, who
would snatch at a straw to save himself. lam a trades-
man of this town, and am in want of two thousand francs.
If I cannot find this sum I shall be dishonoured, and
must commit suicide. I have not the honour to know
you otherwise than by reputation, and vet I think I yield
to an inspiration from heaven when I ask you to lend me
this sum, for Providence appears to have sent you ex-
, pressly in my route." M. Sommerson was surprised at
s 1 the application, but there was

uch an appearance of truth
about the man, and his emotion seemed so real, that he
told him to follow him to his lodging, where he advanced
the money, giving his own address in Paris, and receiving
the debtor's card. M. Sommerson had heard no more

of his debtor, and concluded that his loan had not turned
to the profit of the borrower, when, the other day the
latter (Out upon him in the Rue do Val-de-Grate, and
paid hack the two thousand francs, with interest.—Droit.
FATAL. DUEL.—On Friday night a duel ii.mori was
fought near Buulogne between two Frenchmen—Jean
Petit and George Roussell—who had arrived with their
seconds two days previously from England. On the even-
ing in question they were shown by a commissionaire to
the sand-hills in the neighbourhood of Condette, about
two miles from Pont-de-Briques. Arrived there the na-
ture of their desig,ns became apparent. The men were
set up at twenty-five paces, and fired with pistols, but
without effect. They were then placed for the third time,

but at fifteen paces, when Petit fell under his adversary's
fire, the bullet having entered his left breast, just above
the heart, and passed quite through his body. The death
of this unfortunate h-Jan must therefore have been instan-
taneous. It was now past 7 o'clock, and the commis-
sionaire was despatched to Pont-de-Briques for a doctor,
with whom, as also with the maire of the commune, he
returned in about an hour. But the party bed fled, dark-
ness had likewise set in, and it was only with great diffi-
culty, and after an hour's search, that the body of the de-
ceased was discovered, lying upon his back, his feet im-
bedded in the sand, his hands clasped together, and his
arms pressed upon his breast. His companions had left
upon the ground an instrument for probing the wound,
and also a rapier cane. Upon the person of the deceased
were found his passport, a franc piece, and a book of the
laws of the first republic, in which was inscribed the name
" Jean Petit," and his place of birth, " Roubaix, Bel-
gium." Upon his breast was laid a fine cambric hand-
kerchief, in a corner of which the initials " R. B.", sur-
mounted by a coronet, are worked ; this Circumstance,
simple as it is, by no means tends to dissipate the mystery
in which the matter is involved. A political reason is one
generally attached to the duel, " but of a character which
it would be unwise to mention."

A " MUNICIPAL"—The Reading Mercury says—" At
the last meeting of the town council, Mr. James com-
plained of the high charge of £2 ss. for the crier's hat.
He also wished to take that opportunity of saying that the
crier ought not, at the end of each cry to say God save
the Queen.' It was very improper.—The Mayor: Say
what ?—Mr. James : God save the Queen.' [A laugh.]
—The late Mayor : I always say ' Amen' when I hear
him. CLaughter.l—Mr. James : it aught not to be suf-
fered. It is blaspileray,,,