The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-21 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY.

Mr. LABOUCHERE brought under the consideration of
the house the state of the cooperage trade, which was un-
able to compete with either foreign or colonial com-
petition.
Mr. GLADSTONE admitted that a strong case had been
made out in favour of the coopers, but was prepared to
prove that there was considerable exaggeration in their
statements, for their difficulties were to be chiefly attri-
buted to the present short supply of Baltic staves, and the
consequent temporary high price to which they had at-
tained.
After some discussion the house went into committee
on the Customs Duties Bill.

A discussion arose as to the policy of differential duties,
which Mr. EWART contended ought to be done away
with; but the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER insisted
that our colonists, as British subjects, were entitled to
share in the protection invariably afforded by the mother
country.
After some discussion, Mr. Ewart's proposition of re-
ducing the duty on foreign coffee to the same amount as
that on colonial was negatived by a majority 0f39 to 28.
A discussion took place upon the abrogation of the
wool duties, but ultimately all the clauses. in the bill were
agreed to with amendments, and the house resumed. The
report was brought up, and ordered to be received on
Monday next.
In committee on the Stamp Duties Bill, Mr. FOSTER
proposed larger reductions of the duty on marine in-
surances than those contemplated by the Chancellor of
the Exchequer.
A discussion ensued, and on a division the amendment
of Mr. Foster was negatived by a majority of 69 to 22.

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.

By the steam-ship Acadia, Capt. Ryrie, which arrived
in the Mersey on Wednesday morning, after a fine pas-
sage of ten days nineteen hours from Halifax, we have
received New York papers to the Ist instant inclusive.
The Acadia brought home 101 passengers, viz. :
From Boston.—Mr. C. Rollins, Miss M. Goodwin, B.
C. Morse, B. Bradley, Hector Morrison, J. W. Pierce,
Charles Falkner, Mr. Burke, J. Copeland Zigonala,
Rev. Dr. Cunningham, A. Comstork, John Hartley, R.
P. Kensington, H. B. Ferguson, A. Woods, Miss Smith,
J. M. Hutton, Mr. Brown, Mr. M`Kee, R. L. Dawson,
J. Tryon, S. W. Bent, Geo. Atkinson, C. W. Thomas,
B. 0. Vignald, Mrs. Buchan, Rev. E. L. Magoon, Mrs.
Mary Pares, A. J. Lewis, G. B. Brower, Lieut. Laure,
B. Graham, J. Moses, Mr. Cleveland, J. Hilliard, C. F.
Baxter, W. L. Beal, Autonis Salgado, Manuel Ose, and
servant man, W. Moore, J. A. Roberts, Louis Potestad,
Lady, Master Potestad, and servant man, Thomas Hill,
Peter Johnson, Joseph Blackwood, Stephen Crocker,
John Nicholson, George Urquhart and servant man, P.
Charman, E. C. Richards, S.W. Connell, Mr. W. Adgar,
Lady, child, and servant maid, Franklyn Scavers, Wash-
ington Scavers, Mr. H. Thompson, B. W. Roberts, C.
Oxley, J. C. Pickersgill, F. W. Franktykee, R. Salor,
F. Almy, Charles Clarke, C. Cartlidge, H. Q. Ferguson,
F. W. S. Coolidge, Z. S. Henry, D. H. Loudon, J. F.
Cole, P. Delata, Mr. Butterfield, E. A. Pierce, Lewis
George, C. F. Powell, R. B. Jay, and S. P. Williams.
From Halifax.—Mr. R. S. Allan, Mr. Pennington,
Mr. Satlock, Lady, and child, Capt. Middleton, Arthur
White, Mr. Reade and attendant. Capt. G. A. Bedford,
Lody, two children and servant, Miss Minchin, Mr. G.
Minchin, Mrs. Bagges, Mr. Sandon, and Rutherford.

The question of a treaty of annexation with Texas oc-
cupies the papers to the exclusion of almost every other
topic. The New York Post publishes the treaty and a
variety of accompanying documents ; and from that paper
we take the following extract :—" 1. The treaty cedes to
the United States the whole territory of Texas, to be an-
nexed as a territory, subject to the same conditions as
other territories. 2. The citizens of Texas are to be ad-
mitted to all the privileges of citizens of the United States,
as soon as qualified according to the federal constitution.
3. The United States are to undertake the settlement of
all titles and claims to real estate in Texas. 4. The pub-
lic lands of Texas to be subject to the laws regulating the
public lands of other territories. 5. The United States
assumes the public debt and other liabilities of Texas,
estimated not to exceed ten millions of dollars, to be paid
in successive instalments. 6. Four commissions to be
appointed to examine into the validity of certificates and
claims to lands." The remaining provisions are merely
formal.
A disgraceful affray took place in the United States
House of Representatives. Mr. Riqhbun, of New York,
said, not in debate, but in conversation, that" we," him-
self and friends, could prove a certain assertion. Mr.
White, of Kentucky, who sat near him, said, " You can
pr
reove a lie, then ; swallow that—you!" Of course
a ncontre followed, both striking at each other. They
were instantly separated. Great confusion arose, which
was interfered in by a man named Moore, of Kentucky,
who is not a member of the house, and had no business
in it. Mr. M`Causlin, of Ohio, took hold of him, and
interfering
thrust him out of the hall, as he had been with
the officers. As he went out, he fired a pistol. at Mr.
M`Causlin, which missed him and hit Mr. NN ales, one of
the police of the capitol, in the thigh. The wound is
painful, but not dangerous. Moore was arrested.
Several motions were made in the confusion. Mr.
White, who gave the insult, requested to be heard. He
made a sincere and feeling apology to the house, express-
ing deep regret and contrition. Mr. Rathbun instantly
followed his magnanimous example, and the two shook
hands by a movement apparently spontaneous with each.
On the following day Mr. Barnard offered a resolution,
which was agreed to, the substance of which was, that the
act which had occurred met the unqualified reprobation
of the house ; that the house had listened to the apology
of the parties, and witnessed their reconciliation with
satisfaction ; and that it declared the violence of which
they had been guilty admitted of no palliation, and me-
rited and received the severest censure of the house.

Moore was ordered to be kept in the custody of the
Sergeant. at-Arms until further orders.

The Legislature of Pennsylvania aims to be quite as
dignified and peaceable a body as the United States Con-
gress. There was a row in the House of Representatives
at Harrisburg. Mr. Smith, of Berks, it appears, rose in
his place, and interrupted Mr. Cooper, of Adams, with
the remark " It is false Mr. Cooper demanded whe-
ther the gentleman from IRtics intended to apply the re-
mark to the evidence, or to himself. Mr. Smith replied
that he intended to apply it to the gentleman himself.
" I pronounce you," said Mr. Cooper, " a scoundrel and
a coward ! " The Speaker with manliness and energy
then interfered, and compelled the gentleman from Berks
to apologise to the house, and the gentleman from Adams.
This settled the affair.
The accounts from Havana stated that more than a
hundred negroes had been shot at Matanzas for having
taken part in the late insurrection. A large number of
prisoners were still in confinement at Havana. _

The New Orleans 713;11 ''''''''''' the British ship Wel-
lington, Capt. M'lntyre, which cleared on the 29th March
for Liverpool, went ashore upon the Tortugas Shoals on
the 31st, and was a perfect wreck. Her cargo consisted
of 1642 bales cotton 160 barrels lard, and 3 cases linen.
About 600 bales of the cotton were taken off by the
wreckers in a damaged state, and carried to Key West.
No lives were lost.
Judge 13aldwin, one of the Associate Justices of the
Supreme Cow t of the United States, died at the Mer-
chants' Hotel, in Philadelphia, of paralysis.
There was a want of animation in the cotton market at
New York. Anticipating unfavourable accounts to be
received by the steamer to leave Liverpool on the 4th
ino-
—.at, prices gradually receded, resulting in a decline on
fair and grades below, up to the 22d instant, of toy a
cent. per lb., when it was announced that the
',learner
Acadia had arrived at Boston, with
.
in Liverpool of id on all
.ecounts of
la decline
and the grades d on fair
..es below fair, and
which- being more unfavourable
thanZ:ounted upon, operations were suspended; but
on the day following a further reduction of c. per lb. on
the grades below fair was submitted to, and 1.000 bales
were disposed of at the decline, which being established,
purchasers had freely entered the market,; and since the
announcement of the steamer's news to this date, 10,500
bales had been taken, priu,z,-,pally for export. Fair Up-
lands are quoted at 8 tr., 34 cents per lb. as the extreme,
while
New OrlF.:ans and Mobile command to ic. addi-
tional, bettg preferred particularly for shipment.
zns stock of cotton at New York was about 170,000
bales.

EXECUTIONS IN ITALY.
(From the Courier Francaise.)
A frightful event occurred on the 7th May, in Bologna.
Six of the persons capitally convicted by the military
commission as implicated in the political affairs of last
year, have been put to death, almost without the know-
ledge of the population, the sentence having been notified
to the condemned last evening at a late hour. This
morning, at sunrise, they were shot, in the centre of a nu-
merous square of troops, who surrounded the place of ex-
ecution, and prevented the people from approaching it.
Scarcely was that barbarous act known, than a cry of
genaral indignation was raised through the city. The
whole garrison is under arms, and the streets are traversed
by large patrols. A manifestation on the part of the peo-
ple is apprehended, and the fears of the government are
the better founded, as it has set to it a terrible example
of revolutionary measures.
The executions of this morning, carried into effect in
virtue of a sentence delivered by a special and purely mili-
tary commission, can only be viewed in the light of poli-
tical murders. They are contrary to legality and to the
provisions of our codes.
The following is the sentence, which has been posted
up on the walls of Bologna :
" In the name of His Holiness Pope Gregory XVI., &c.
"The Military Commission sitting at Bologna, insti-
tuted by an order of his Excellency Cardinal Ugo Spinola,
legate of the province, under date the 26th of August,
1843, composed of Lieutenant-Colonel Feddi, Command-
ant of the Carabineers of the four legations; Lieutenant-
Colonel Allegrini, Commandant of the Pontifical Dra-
goons ; M. Sampierri, Captain of Carabineers ; M.
Savacinelli, Captain of the Line ; M. Martinelli, Captain
Commandant of Fort Urbino, and assisted by Councillor
Fontana, extraordinary commissioner and reporter, and
Dr. Piselli, Chancellor, has been convoked to examine
and try the case of insurrection and rebellion against the
Sovereign and the Government, in which the accused have
taken an active and culpable part :
" 1. In the armed band, composed of upwards of 60
individuals, which rose on the Bth of August, 1843, and
traversed the mountains of the province until the 24th.
" 2. In the engagement which took place on the 15th
of August between that band and the loyal force of the
Carabineers, and in which a captain, four carabineers,
and a volunteer were killed, and a sergeant of the volun-
teers dangerously wounded.
"3. In the armed band which marched from Bologna
towards Imola in the night of the Bth of September, 1843.
" 4. In the encounter on the evening of the 3d of Octo-
ber, 1843, at the Borgo San Pietro, between several
armed individuals and a patrol of Carabineers and Swiss,
three of whom were wounded.

(Here follow the names, age, and professions of the ac-
cused, all belonging to the class of the people.)
" Having examined all the acts relative to the case, and
heard the report and charges ofthe reporting commissioner,
together with the defence of the accused, presented by
Professors Giacomelli and Carlo Monti, the military com-
mission has pronounced a judgment, by which 20 are con-
demned to the penalty of death, 13 to the galleys for life,
three to 20 years, two to five, and all to the confiscation
of their property."
By a sovereign rescr;pt of the 27th of April, 14 of the
condemned to death have obtained the commutation of
their penalty into that of the galleys for life ; and as
respects the six others—namely, Ludovic Manari, Joseph
Veronesi, Raffaele Landi, Joseph Rabbi, Joseph Ming-
hetti and Joseph Gavoni, the sentence was executed this
morning at six o'clock, at the place called it Prato de St.
Antonio, where they were shot in the back.
Six others accused had been set at liberty pro tempore
for want of proofs. The contumacious offenders being
considered the chiefs of the conspiracy, the sentence
orders that the most diligent measures be adopted for their
apprehension. These are Count Zambeccari, the Mar-
quis Tanara, Count Biancoli, the Marquis de Pietramel-
lara, the two brothers Muratori, Turris, Maczari, Zanardi,
Lambertini, Giugni, and several others.
Councillor Galletti, who was arrested on the Ist inst.,
has been sent off to Rome under a strong escort.