The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-08-06 00:00:00

THE WAR. IN THE DUCHIES.

No change has taken place in the position taken up by
the hostile armies in Schleswig-Holstein, after the battle
of Istedt. The Holsteiners are making great exertions to
resume operations; and the broken wing of their army
has succeeded in joining the main body under General
Willisen. The victory of the Danes, however, has pro-
duced an impressive result.; and their triumph is generally
believed to be certain. In Haroburgh, where the Schles-
wig-Holstein cause is extremely popular, the Danish
funds have risen, while Schleswig-Holstein paper is not
neg•rtiahle. Without the immediate assistance of the
German states, of which no sign has yet been given, the
Hoisteiners must ere iong succumb.
The Danish report of the battle of Idstedt is published.
After enumerating the number of various grades killed
and wounded, it states that the Danish army is quite
ready for action. GeneralWillisen has also published his
report of the battle. He is not able to give an accurate
return of the killed and wounded. He regrets the num-
ber of officers killed and wounded. As soon as the loss
shall be replaced the army will be ready and powerful for
action.

Mr. Smith O'Brien is to be removed from Maria Island
to Port Arthur.

RUSSIA.—The city of Samara has been destroyed by
fire ; 33 store and 486 wooden houses were consumed, and
about twenty bodies were found.
The Rev. Dr. Thomas Jackson, the Bishop nominate
of the Canterbury Settlement. New Zealand, is the son of
the Rev. Mr. Jackson, the President of the Wesleyan
Co n Terence.
Letters from Madrid of the 30th ult announce the ar-
rival there of Lord Howden, the British Minister, on
the previous evening, together with the other members of
the Legation. General Jose de la Concha is named Cap-
tain-General of Cuba. General Serrano replaces him as
Inspector-Ger.eral of Cavalry. General Manuel de Con-
cha will probably be named Minister of War, in place of
General Figueras, who will be appointed Captain-General
of Valencia.

DOMESTIC VILLAINY IN AMERICA.—A letter from
Baltimore says, " An arrest was made yesterday in this
city of a person charged with the seduction of a lady
under the most revolting circumstances. The arrest was
made by an officer of the sheriff, and for the present their
names are withheld. I learn that the gentleman is a
young physician, that his victim was the daughter of a
physician, residing a short distance from the city. The
crime was accomplished by the administration of chloro-
form. The lady died in childbirth, and with her dying
breath assured her father that all knowleti2e as to how or
by whom she became pregnant was as deep and unfathom-
able a mystery to her as it was to him. Shortly before
the birth of her child she was brought to this city, under
the supposition that she was afflicted with dropsy, and,
although the distinguished physician under whose charge
she was placed promptly discovered the true cause of her
illness, he sent her home with some gentle opiate, without
disclosing to her parents or herself the true cause of her
trouble. The death occurred some months since ; but
the accused has kept out of the way up to the present
time."—New York Journal.

THE PROSPECTS OF NICARAGUA.—The departure of
the steamer Director, for the navigation of the San Juan
River, in connection with the steamer Nicaragua, which
will ply upon the river of that name, marks the beginning
of a new era in the condition of Central America. The
preparations for establishing a regular communication
from sea to sea are now nearly completed,, and within a
few months part of the current which now floods the
Isthmus with its semimonthly ebb and flow will give new
vitality to the decaying towns of Nicaragua and San Sal-
vador. The first route will be that from San Juan on the
Gulf side to the Bay of San Juan del Sur on the Pacific.
The Director, which is a boat of 120 tons burden, and
calculated to carry 400 passengers, will run from the port
of San Juan to the Castillo Viejo, a distance of 50 miles.
Here she will be met by the Nicaragua, (the quondam
Orus,) which will convey travellers to the ancient city of
Granada, on Lake Nicaragua, and within 15 miles of the
Pacific. This route we have already described. The
carriages for the last part of it are now being made in
Newark. N.J. The elevation to be overcome by the road
is but 1000 feet. It is probable, however, that in the be-
F• • .rsl.....atcrpriae the port of Realejo will be made
the terminus of the line on tho Pacific side. Howard and
Son's steamers, as well as those of Law's line, on the Pa-
cific side, will hereafter touch at Realejo, and the ships of
the former company, on this side, will run to San Juan,
where they will connect with the river steamers of the
Nicaragua Company. It is expected that the line through
to San Francisco will be in operation in about two months,
when the voyage to California will he shortened by about
six days. The next advance on this undertaking will be
the construction of the Nicaragua Ship Canal, which is
now in a fair way of being started.—New York Herald.
MORE WINKERS IN ITALY..-011r friends of the Ro-
mish church do not appear to be very cognizant of the
adage which says ne quid nimis—that too much of any.
thing is good for nothing. They have set up their wink-
ing idol at Rimini, have bidden men to bow to it, have
been obeyed, and have rejoiced exceedingly. Great pro-
fit, pecuniary profit, has ensued, although father Antonio
Forci, in a letter now before us, modestly states that
" the public prints have exaggerated this, and stated be.
yond the truth." In the meantime, the winkers wax
daily and are becoming multitudinous. Fossombrone
followed Rimini—San Genesia has a winking picture
which now rivals both—and Terni boasts a Madonna that
winks as intensely as all the preceding put together. The
San Genecio Madonna is curing the deaf and dumb, and
the people of the district are said to be turning honest
and living cleanly in consequence—a fact which, however
brought about, we are glad to hear of, only hoping it may
be true; for honesty and cleanliness of life were not,
heretofore, the characteristics of the district. At Terni,
the winking process appears to have been first got up in
the private chapel of the bishop. "At Terni (says a
correspondent of the Univers), the prodigy takes place
in the private chapel of the bishop. After being con-
vinced, as were a multitude of people, of the reality of
the fact, the prelate wrote to the holy father to know
what ought to be done ? The Pope replied that the Ma-
donna should be removed to the cathedral church, and
there exhibited to the veneration of the faithful." Father
Porci assures us that the same prodigy takes place not
only in the localities above named, but, " it is said," at
Lago, at St. Arcangelo, at Saint Agata, and at Montba-
roccio, in Pesaro. The whole peninsula threatens to be
overrun with this alleged phenomenon a thousand times
repeated.—Church and Slate Gazette.
FEARFUL STORM IN AMERICA.—New York has been
visited with a terrific gale, which has done fearful damage,
and three lives were lost in consequence of the upsetting
of a boat. The effects of the storm were everywhere ap-
parent. Every portion of the city gives evidence of its
violence in the destruction of buildings of every descrip-
tion, shade trees, &c. The shipping suffered much, and
several steamers were wrecked. The particulars of da-
mage, in this respect, will be found detailed below. The
ship Elizabeth, from Leghorn to Gibraltar, ran ashore
and lost eight of her passengers, including Celesta Paulina,
of Rome ; George Bradford, of Germany ; Count and
Countess Ossili and child, of Florence. The storm did
not confine its ravages to New York, but it spread over
almost an indefinite space. From Philadelphia, we learn
it was truly awful. Thousands of awnings were wrecked,
fruit and shade trees completely uprooted and destroyed ;
several houses (finished and unfinished) are entirely de-
stroyed ; the steam-boat and railway lines disarranged ;
the wires of many of the telegraph lines laid on the
ground. Amongst the shipping its effects were painfully
visible, a great number having been driven on shore, and
others sunk or totally wrecked. At Baltimore, also, the
gale raged with great violence, and much damage was
done. The following British ships, at quarantine at New
York, felt the effects of the storm, viz, :—The Ellen,
Phillips, master, which dragged her anchors and went
ashore, but she was afterwards got off ; the brig Berlin,
Lawson, from Liverpool, dragged her anchors, and lay
close to the shore, disabled ; the ship Constellation,
Liverpool packet, went on shore on Bedlow's Island.
The steam-boat A. H. Schultz, with about 60 passengers
on board, was driven broadside on the beach at Cedar
Grove, but all the passengers were,' by great exertions,
saved. The crops have suffered severely. There has heen
no storm like this, in the month of July, for half a cen-
tury. It appears to have commenced at Baltimore on the
17th, reaching Philadelphia at noon, and New York at
nightfall, on the 18th.

COURT AND FASHION.
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The Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal children re-
main at Osborne, all in the enjoyment of good health.
The Queen has had but few visitors during the week.
Her Majesty and the Prince Albert intend visiting the
Earl of Carlisle, at Castle Howard, en roofs to Scotland.
The Royal visitors will sleep at Castle Howard on the
night of the 28th instant, and proceed next morning per
rail to Berwick. On their arrival the Prince Albert will
open the Berwick railway, and proceed thence to Edin-
burgh, where the royal party will again rest.
It is stated that the second daughter of the late Sir IL.
Peel was engaged to be married to Lord Cantilupe, who
died the week before her father.
The Duke of Manchester will shortly be united to Miss
Dobbs, one of the daughters of C. Dobbs, Esq., of Castle
Dobbs, county DC Antrim.
The Countess of Wilton and Ladies Egerton left
Landon on Tuesday for Cowes, Isle of Wight. The
noble earl will join her ladyship and family in a few days,
and take up his residence at the above a mine reudezvou
or the yachting season.