The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-15 00:00:00

SE LECTIONS.

LUTHER'S CONVENT.—We breakfasted this morning
at Erfurt, and made duteous pilgrimage to the Augustine
Convent, which Luther inhabited as a monk. In the
church, he said his first mass ; and it remains in the same
state, with a rude old pulpit in which Luther preached,
and carved wooden galleries. His cell is preserved as
when he lived in it. It is like conventual cells all over
the world, a small square high chamber. Here is the
Bible that he first found in the library of the convent ;
studying which his powerful mind began to perceive the
errors of the church to which he belonged. The convent
is now used as an orphan house.—Mrs. Shelley's
Rambles.

A CONNOISSEURS CONCEIT REBUKED.—Hudson, the
portrait-painter, master of Sir Joshua, was so fortunate
as to obtain a fine impression cf the very rare etching by
Rembrandt, called the " Coach Landscape." On occa-
sion of this acquisition, be gave a supper to his amateur
friends, at which to display his purchase. Benjamin
Wilson, his brother painter, who had a good judgment
this branch of art, and knew Hudson had very little,
though affecting great enthusiasm for it, amused himself
at his expense. He etched a plate in the style of Rem-
brandt, and sent an impression to Paris, circulating a re-
port at home that there had been discovered in France a
print, by Rembrandt, hitherto unknown, and apparently
a companion to the Coach Landscape ;' that money bad
been offered for it for the king's collection, but that the
proprietor meant to bring it to England for sale. Hud-
son, therefore, to anticipate his friends, hastened over to
Paris, and bought the print. On his return, be collect d
all his amateur friends in London to a second supper,
given especially for the purpose of receiving their congra-
tulations, which he received accordingly. Very shortly
after this, the whole of the same party, and Hudson with
them, were invited to a supper at Wilson's. When all
were introduced to the supper- table, every plate was found
turned down, and on the guests lifting t hem, behold un-
der every one an impression of the unhappy companion of
the " Coach Landscape," and under Hudson's plate lay
the money that he had paid to Wilson's confederate in
Paris for the purchase.—The Print Collector.

THE WELL OF JACOB AND TOMB OF JOSEPH.-011
our descending this hill of blessing (Dent. xi. 29), and
such, I trust, we experienced it to be on this interesting
occasion, we went about a mile further to see the well of
Jacob, where our Lord conversed with the woman of
Samaria, and declared the great truth, that " salvation is
of the Jews." Of the fact that the "well was deep,"
and that something was required wherewith to draw up
the water, we had evidence before we came to it; for our
guide was greatly disappointed when, on repeated inquiry,
whilst we rode along towards the well, he found we were
unprovided with a long rope, &c., and proposed to go
back to the town to fetch one ; but, being pressed for
time, we gave up the point, and gratified ourselves by
merely seeing its surface, whilst some of our party went
into a pit, and convinced themselves of its depth by
throwing down a stcne. There is now, I believe, no
water in it ; and the mouth of the well is kept closed with
a large stone. There was something so striking in this
scene, that it brought us back to the time of our Saviour,
and we could fully realise all ttat is related in John iv.
Near it is the beautiful and fertile plain of Moreh, which
at once reminds one of the parcel of ground which Jacob
gave to his son Joseph, whose tomb is also near, which
we visited. There are several Hebrew and Samaritan in-
scriptions on the same. The whole is kept very neat and
in good repair by the bounty of Jews who visit this tomb
of Joseph. On our return to our encpmlment, we found
all ready for starting, and, after two hours' ride, we came
to Sebaste, the ancient Samaria, beautifully situated on
the top of a hill, where there is a fine rain of an ancient
church, in which the Turks have a mosque. The village
is poor and insignificant, but the situation very fine and
commanding. I was greatly interested in this trip, which
I hope to repeat, in order to make myself better acquaint-
ed with it, as it is only two short days' journey from
Jerusalem. The situation of Nablous is very striking,
having the mountains of Gerizim and Ebal one on each
side.--Bishop Alexander.
A NARROW ESCAPE.—A. few months ago, Roger Ed-
wards, a missionary, residing at Kuruman, had a narrow
escape from lions near this place. He was on his way
from the colony ; and after residing at Daniels Kuil, he
had set out, with the intention of riding to the Kuruman
in the night, having a led horse, and being accompanied
by a Hottentot who rode a mare, by the side of which a
foal was running. Just as he arrived at some large scat-
tered bushes, a sudden impression on his mind induced
him to alight from his horse, saying to the Hottentot that
they would stop there. The Hottentot accordingly dis-
mounted; they took off their saddles, knee-haltered the
horses, turned them loose to feed, and lay down under
one of the bushes. They had not been there many mi-
nutes, when the mare screamed ; they listened, and a lion
roared ; they raised themselves upon their knees ; the
horses having got clear of their knee-halters, galloped
past them, taking the road towards Kuruman; the mare
followed as fast as she could, but her knee-halter had
been too tight to allow her to release herself from it ;
they were followed by four lions, at full speed ; a fifth
stopped short, and gazed for some time at the travellers,
as if deliberating whether to spring upon them, or to fol-
low the others. The moon was just setting, but it still
cast sufficient light to enable them to distinguish the ter-
rific beast. The Hottentot in alarm, began to make a
noise, but was immediately hushed by the missionary,
whose knees, though kneeling, smote together, and who
said, if ever he prayed in sincerity, it was then, though it
was a silent prayer. He thought five minutes might
elapse while they were thus situated, but remarked, that
it might not be so much, as, under such circumstances.
minutes necessarily seemed long. The lion at length
sprang upon the path, and went after the others. The
cries of the mare were heard at a distance, more and more
faintly, till they ceased. The missionary and the Hot-
tentot agreed to listen, lest the lions should return ; as,
in case of such an event, a few low trees near them
afforded a forlorn hope of escape ; but, overpowered by
fatigue and fear, they fell asleep, and did not awake till
dawn of day.--Backhouse's Visit to the Mauritius.
POWER OF O'CONNELL TO CONTROL AGITATED IRE-
LAND.-It has been alleged that the power which is suffi-
cient to regulate the motion of the masses, will be finally
able to restrain its action. This assertion discovers a
complete ignorance of the physiology of revolution. The
agitators will discover, it they be permitted to proceed,
that in the manufacture of treason there is a division of
labour ; that the men who excite the passions of a multi-
tude in peace are not those who guide its material energy
in rebellion. Cromwell and Ireton were unheard of un-
til the mission of Pym and Hampden was complete.
Washington was comparatively unknown when Franklin
talked of passive resistance before a committee of the
House of Commons. The eloquence of the Girondists
preceded and prepared the way for the daggers of the Ja-
cobins. Tone and Sheares followed Grattan and Flood.
Yet Mr. O'Connell fancies he can stop the torrent of
events, destroy the connexion between cause and effect,
usurp the power of the deity; ruling events and govern-
ing circumstances. When parties are excited, the peace
of society depends on the forbearance of the violent, and
the discretion of the foolish, a stone flung by a child—a
blow struck by a peasant might have the same effect on
he community as a spark would on a magazine of gun-
powder. If the potato culture be extended ; if the threat
Of confiscation were made the reality of robbery ; if the
plunder of the landlords, the only untried means of the
moral force system, were being perpetrated ;—while, in
that contingency, the rights of property should be vindi-
cated even if an unpaid debt were made a capital felony,
f )r the rights of property should he asserted, at any cost,
to prevent the nation returning through anarchy to bar-
barism,) when the summary power of ejectment would be
followed by clearance and consolidation ; when the ques-
tion wculd be between famine and the sword ; when the
peasant would have but the choice of martyring himself
and his family by starvation, or resisting coercion by
force; DIRE human being say there shall
be no rebellion
in my day, that its crimes and its cruelties, its misery and
devastation shall be legacies of the dead, not gifts of the
living ?—.Dublin University Magazine.

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A FIERY-VISAGED GHOST.—Garments hung upon
pegs in bed-rooms are often taken for ghostly figures. Sir ,
Walter Scott relates a remarkable instance of this as hay- I
ing occurred to himself; and many persons have been si-
milarly deceived. We have heard of a gentleman of ner-
vous temperament being haunted by a colossal figure robed
and turbaned like a Turk, and having a fiery visage.
Night after night did this gaunt apparition present itself.
The visitation at length became intolerable, and the suf-
ferer, terrified into courage,
(" For men as resolute appear
With too much, as too little, fear,")
resolved desperately to attack the disturber of his noctur-
nal slumbers. It would not do to let his impulse cool;
so he jumped cut of bed, rushed towards the phantom,
seized it—and found the window-curtain in his grasp.
The fiery face turned out to be a large brass knob, over
which the upper part of the curtain was thrown.—Ains-
sew' th's Magazine.
O'CONNELL'S INFLUENCE AS A DEMAGOGUE EXA-
MINED.—O'ConneII, it is alleged, enjoys greater influence
over multitudes, greater power of swaying the masses than
any man who has ever existed ; and, that even, the mob-
attribute of fickleness has been suspended towards him ;
that his popularity has been as uniform as it has been
great. He cannot be assimilated, it is true, to Pericles,
the Gracchi, Cromwell, Washington, Mirabeau, or Grat-
tan—to the patriot or demagogue, to the soldier or orator
of this list—to any of those prime movers or guides of na•
tions. Among a population, that possessed the power of
reasoning,- or even the liberty of caprice, his influence
would not endure for a year. The one would expect ar-
gument, the other would demand novelty, neither of
which he could supply. Had he been born amid a people
of either judgment or taste ; he would have remained un-
known. His ignorance of political philosophy would have
kept him in obscurity, where political information was
diffused ; his coarsene:ss of language would have disgusted
where refinement was cultivated. The influence of Father
Mathew could not exist in France, Britain, or America.
In those countries the stern scepticism of knowledge has
prostrated the political superstition, that places idolatrous
reliance upon the regenerating power of a man, his type is
to be looked for and may be found in a semi.barbarous
age. Mr. O'Connell's career is supposed to be without
precedent, because we seek for an example of it in civi-
lised periods, among refined nations. Peter the Hermit,
who lived during the energetic frenzy of the eleventh cen-
tury, at least equalled Mr. O'Connell in his power of col-
lecting and influencing immense multitudes and even of
controlling them ; until his mobs, those human Veers,
tasted blood—then the influence of the spiritual Van Am-
burgh ceased. The unnamed Hungarian who, during the
captivity of St. Louis, carried the letter of the blessed
Virgin in his clenched hand, gathered, directed, and ex-
cited by his eloquence, crowds in many instances of more
than an hundred thousand men, the movement of the
Pastors in France, and the Jacquerie in England, during
the reign of Richard 11. are examples of the aggregation
of numbers and the influence of individual character, in-
consistent with civilisation. The history of the middle
ages are full of such examples. To sway an ignorant rab-
ble requires neither abilities of a high order, nor eloquence
of an elevated kind; the success of an agitator depends
more on the disposition of his audience than on the
powers of his own mind. To flatter the prejudices of ig-
norance—to delude inexperience—to promise benefits,
which are incapable of realisation—to excite to crime, by
misleading passion—and to cause hatred, by calumniating
virtue, neither demands great genius nor lofty eloquence
(and who cannot but rejoice that such prostitution of in-
tellect is unnecessary) : sin and fluency are only required.
—Dublin University Magazine.
LOUIS PHILIPPE AT PARIS AFTER A LONG ABSENCE.
—At the fall of Napoleon in 1814, Louis Philippe (then
the wandering Duke of Orleans) was at Palermo, and on
hearing of that event on the 23d of April in that year, the
Duke left immediately, and on the 18th of May was in
Paris, which he had not seen for more than 20 years.
The Duke's first care, on his return to Paris, was to pay
a stolen visit to the home of his fathers. The porters,
who still continued to wear the Imperial livery, were with
difficulty induced to permit a stranger, and clad also in
the costume of Sicily, to penetrate the innermost apart-
ments of the palace; but the earnestness with which he
pursued his survey left them little leisure to question him
as to his objects. As he approached the grand staircase,
the recollections of his boyhood, the lustre of his ancient
race, the agonies of mind he had endured since he hot
beheld that spot, and gratitude to that Providence which
had spared him amidst such universal ruin, completely
overwhelmed him, and, falling prostrate on the tesse!ated
pavement, he imprinted a thousand kisses on the cold
white marble, while tears gushing from his eyes indicated,
while they relieved, the emotions with which he contend-
ed. The attendants of the palace looked on this scene of
fervent feeling with surprise, some imagining that it was
the workings of frenzy or of folly ; but, on being informed
that it was the long-exiled and sole surviving son of Ega-
lite—the Ulysses of modern ages—whom they beheld en-
tering the palace of his fathers after his wanderings over
Europe and America, pity was superseded by admiration.
On the following day- Louis Philippe was presented to
the King at the Palace of the Tuileries, in his Sicilian
costume, not choosing to wait for a French court suit,
lest his Majesty might imagine that he had not been suf-
ficiently diligent in appearing amongst the Royal Family.
As the Duke approached, Louis XVIII. descended, and,
advancing towards him, said, " Your Highness was a
Lieutenant-General in the service of your country 25
years ago, and you are still the same." The King had
actually appointed him to this rank three days before his
arrival in Paris. " Sire," replied the Duke, " I shall
henceforth present myself before your Majesty in this
uniform." From this period the Duke of Orleans ob-
served the utmost caution in every movement. He pro-
bably perceiced, from the policy pursued by the restored
family, and the character and temper of the nation, the
course which events would probably take. Upon the
return of Napoleon, the Duke was active in his adherence
to the Royal cause ; but he directly opposed a proposition
to raise a civil war. He endeavoured to retain the sol-
diers in the army of the north in fidelity to the King, but
the magic of the Emperor's name extinguished the faint
loyalty of men who had nothing to connect them with the
Bcurbon family but the abstract idea of legitimacy. He
resigned the command of the army to Marshal Mortier,
and left France, he supposed for ever, to "bury himself,"
as he expressed it, "in retirement and oblivion." He
returned to his former residence at Twickenham.—Life
of Louis Philippe.
COMPETITION IN GAS AND WATER COMPANIES.—
In the evidence taken before the Commissioners of In-
quiry into the state of large towns and populous districts,
Mr. Hawksley, Engineer of the Nottingham Water-
works, states an opinion which goes counter, in some
degree, to common prejudices, and will strike most per-
sons as novel, but is, nevertheless, we are persuaded,
worthy of attention. Speaking of gas-works for small
towns, where the expense of an act of parliament cannot
be afforded, he states that, often when such works have
been commenced and are doing well, competitors step in
and ruin the prospects of the original adventurers. Hence
there is a reluctance to invest money in such works, with-
out an act protecting from competition. Being asked
what is the operation of this introduction of a second
company, Mr. Hawksley answers :—" Usually injurious
to the interests of the proprietors and of the public.
Two capitals become invested ; two sources of wear and
tear are created ; two managements, and two complete
sets of officers must be maintained ; two causes of loss
and leakage are established ; for all which the public
must and do ultimately pay, as well as for the enormously
expensive conflict to obtain the act of parliament, and for
the rivalry and strife of several subsequent years. It may
be mentioned that in some districts of London, three,
four, or five companies have pipes, and are occupied in
performing the service which might be quite as effectually
rendered by one, and perhaps by that one, under proper
supervision, at half the cost of the present supply. These
companies seldom continue in active competition for long
periods. Finding the competition ruinous, they coalesce
openly, or enter into a private understanding, by which
the public are deprived of the benefits of the supposed
competition. The charges are either increased, or remain
fixed much above those at which a single company would
willingly supply. It may be affirmed that the metropolis
might, under proper arrangements be efficiently supplied
with gas at ss. per thousand feet, instead of at the Bs. or
9s. now charged; and yet the companies are in general
ill remunerated for the capital they have invested and the
risk they have encountered ; and this evil arises solely
from the great amount of capital brought into the field to
encourage competition, and to satisfy the complaints
against a monopoly which exists only in consequence of
the omission of parliament to subject single companies to
a supervising authority, competent to afford an equal pro-
tection to the interests of the public and of such compa-
nies. Actually at Manchester, where there is but one
gas-work (one under the management of the public), the
charge for gas per 1,000 cubic feet is ss. 2d. In Liver-
pool, where there are two companies, the price is 6s. 2d.
Yet, notwithstanding the lower price and smaller manu-
facture, Mancl-ester has been enabled to apply to the im-
provement of the town, and in increase of assets, as much
as the two 10 per cent. dividends of the Liverpool com-
panies—` thus showing that two companies will cost the
public 20 per cent. more than one company.'" For
a further illustration of the principle, Mr. Hawksley
adduces the case of the city of Glasgow, in respect to
its gas-works. " That city was supplied by one company,
which, as its consumption of gas and its works extended,
went on reducing its charges. The quality of its gas was
proved and admitted to be excellent, the price very
reasonable, and the manufacturing power more than suf-
ficient. But its supposed prosperity excited the cupidity
of another body of speculators, who, hoping that they
might share the extending field of supply, made applica-
tion for a private act. The diminished and diminishing
price was incontrovertible; but the company had refused
to supply consumers during the day, on the ground that
the expense of a day supply to the few consumers requir-
ing it, would, from the leakage of the extensive system of
pipes to be kept charged for that purpose, be wholly dis-
proportionate to the return. This, along with other
minor allegations, was thought to justify the resolution
that the preamble of the bill was proved, and that a fur-
ther supply to the city was needed. Now, the conse-
quence was this, that a further capital of £150,000, or
more, has been driven into a field where itis almost en-
tirely superfluous. The interest of this capital must and
will be charged on the public within the field where it is
obtruded. By the introduction of this other company
the cost of the gas will be increased or kept up at least
Is. Bd. per 1,000 cubic feet, even although the consump-
tion of gas should increase so much as 30 percent. This
will of course constitute a permanent tax, in whatever
form it may arise." The principle concerned in 'these
cases is, we believe, fully established in political economy :
further illustrations of it may be found in a paper en-
titled " Competition," in the eleventh volume of this
journal. And practically, we have no doubt it would be
advantageous to the public to have water and gas supplied
in all instances by one company, if proper provisions
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Journal.

ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP

BRITANNIA..

LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA.

The steam-ship Britannia, Captain Hewitt, which was
telegraphed off Holyhead, yesterday afternoon, arrived at
ten o'clock last night. She sailed from Boston on the let,
and from Halifax on the 3d instant, and has made an-ex-
cellent passage. She has brought 50 passngers, the names
of whom we subjoin:
LIST OF PASSENGERS BY THE BRITANNIA.—From
Roston:—Mr. J. S. Petrie and lady, Mr. Ward, Mr. C.
Moran, Mr: R. J. Thomas, Mr. A. F. D. Gifford, Mr.
E. J. Forstall, Mr. Scbefer, Mr. A. W. Jaffrai', Mr. P.
Arkly (bearer of despatches), Sir George Simpson, Mr.
W. H. Smith, Mr. Ducbastell, Mr. F. Haumer, Mr. H.
Raumer, Mr. Thomas Richardson, Mr. J. S. Lovering',
Miss Ogden, Mr. A. Denny, Mr. W. Woodville, Mr. P.
S. Ogden, Mr. Outram, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. F. R. Sears,
Mr. E. M. Hopkins, Mr. A. H. Tinlay, Mr. H. Woods,
Mr. J. H. Bryden, Mr. J. Tennant, Mr. W. Jones, Mr.
Gunter, Mastrr G. Harrison. Mr. IL 0. Williams, Mr.
H. Farnum, Mrs. Jeffreys, Mr. P. Hammond, and Mr.
Mills. From Halifax :—Sir Henry Caldwell and Lady
Caldwell, Hon. P. Barrington, Mr. M`Gee, Mr. Carrier,
Hon. James Tobin, Capt. Mnnekton, Mr. Arthur Jones,
Mr. Grubb and two Misses Grubb, Lieut.-Col. Stewart,
and Mr. Phillips.

The news brought by the Britannia is of very little im-
portance (except the markets.)
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, Monday, Sept. 30.
The Stock Market was very firm to-day. The sales were
to a very fair extent, and the feeling in Wall-street much
better than we have noticed for some time past. The
domestic trade of the country has become established
principally upon an exchange of products instead of an
exchange of bank bills, and the exchanges of merchandize
has much reduced brokerage in the city. The market
closes with a fair demand for sterling exchange. The
closing rates range as high as at any time through the
season, with every probability of rising still higher.
There is so large a proportion of our import trade carried
on by foreign commission houses, that they are com-
pelled to use their own business paper to make remittances
as soon as their owners on the other side require. This
will brobably advance rates for bilk, and may compel
drawers to make remittances. There is a great difficulty
experienced in obtaining Mexican dollars, all the Canadian
banks having been clra'ned for Europe as well as the Uni-
ted States, on which the New York Herald makes some
very pungent remarks—asserting that it is a dangerous
expedient to arrest the ruin that to many was fast ap-
proaching, the result of which might be ten-fold more
injurious than the evil itself.
COTTON TRADE AT NEW YORK.—This market has,
within the last fortnight, exhibited a firmer tone than
for some time previous. The receipts artbis port have
been limited, and the rates have been gradually improv-
ing.. Business is quite active in the southern markets,
and we may soon expect activity in this.
The receipts at ports of the U. S. since Sept. 1, 1844,
have been 26.700 bales, and were in the same period last
year 11,850 bales, which was however, about 7,000 bales
less than the previous year. The receipts at the New
York markets from the Ist were 7,563 bales; the exports
24.380 bales, of which 4,800 were taken by spinners, and
360 by speculators. The stock on hand amounts to
35,000 bales, and that on sale to 7,000.
We annex quotations now current in this market :
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.

Inferior.

Ordinary

.

Upids. 8 Flor. N. 0. Sr Mob.
4i a 5- .. 41 a 5

541 a 53 .. si• a5l

. 54a6

61 a 61

Good Middling 6+ a 61 .. 6/ a
Middling-fair
Fair

Fully fair .

a7l .. 71 a 8
7i

Good fair.

a 74 .

8I a 81

Fine

81 a 9

9- a 91

NEW YORK CORN TRADE, Sept. 30.—Flour in this
market seems to be settling down to its true value; but
it appears that in other parts of the country prices are un-
settled, owing probably to the want of late advises from
Europe. When, however, the last accounts reach every
market, we shall be able to tell with more accuracy what
the prices for the ensuing season may be.
PROVISIONS.—With the exception of butter, there ap-
pears to be a limited demand for provisions. Prime
country beef fetches 3 dots. a 3 dols. 121; Prime Ohio
Pork, 7 dots. 50 a 7 dols. 621. These rates show a de-
cline. Ohio Lard is rather dull at 51 a 6 cents for bar-
rels, and 6,1 a 61c. for kegs. Orange County butter 13
al5 cents ; Western Dairy 81 all cent. There is a fair
demand at these rates. Cheese 41 a 5 cents.

NEW AMERICAN CONSUL FOR LIVERPOOL.—We
understand from Washington, that Mr. Adams, a private
gentleman from Virginia—an old friend of the President,
has been appointed to the vacant Consulship of Liver-
pool.—New York Herald.
Politics run very high, and both parties are confident
of success.

A few weeks will settle the question as to the Presi-
dency.

LATEST FROM CANADA. Our last accounts from
Canada are of an tinusally interesting kind ; society ap-
pears to be violently agitated, and fraught with symptoms
of another dangerous crisis in the affairs of that country.
The newspapers are teeming with partisan views. violent
abuse of their polit;cal opponents, and the rallying cry of
their respective parties. On the ministerial side, bold
and unhesitating charges of disloyalty, and an ultimate
intention to bring about a separation from the mother
country, are made against the opposition ; the latter re-
ply in terms of recrimination not less characterized by
acerbity and determination._

DISSOLUTION OF THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT.—
The last mail brought us news that the Canadian Parlia-
ment bad been dissolved, and writs issued for a new
election.—Halifax Post.
The news of O'Connell's liberation was celebrated at
Halifax by bonfires and a procession by his country-
men.

No less than forty square rigged vessels from various
vas of the United Kingdom arrived in this port during
tast week, and a great number are now on their passage
hitherward. We can cheerfully say, " Come on !" the
more the merrier !—St. John Observer.

The Naval General Court Martial, at Washington, was
still engaged with the investigation of the circumstances
connected with the burning of the United States steamer
Missouri. A number of witnesses have been examined
during the last few days.
By advices from Mexico it appeared that the town of
Matamoras had been destroyed by a hurricane. It oc-
curred on the night of the 4th ult., and was more tre-
mendous in its effects than the hurricanes of 1835 and
1837. More than two-thirds of the houses of the city
were more or less injured. As to the extent of the loss
of life we are not accurately informed. The correspon-
dent of El Censor de Vera Cruz estimates the whole loss
at above two hundred souls. As to the preparations
which Mexico is making for the invasion of Texas, we
can learn very little of a definite nature. That active
operations are going on in enlisting and equipping troops
there is no doubt. But our personal informants and
our correspondents seem to question whether the con-
quest of Texas be the object in view. There would seem
to be one other, and that is plainly indicated in some of
our letters—to make Santa Anna dictator. But this is a
subject on which we shall not be long left in the dark.—
Boston paper.
EARTHQUAKE AT TRINIDAD.—The schooner Sarah,
at Baltimore from St. Thomas, September 11, brings in-
telligence that on the 30th August, about three o'clock
a.m., the inhabitants of Trinidad were roused from sleep
by the shock of an earthquake, the violende of which far
exceeded that of any other they have ever experienced,
except the one of 1825. Great fears were entertained for
the safety of the town, but no material damage was sus-
tained. The deepest anxiety was manifested on behalf of
the adjacent islands, from neither of which had any posi-
tive information been obtained up to the time of the
Sarah's leaving, on the 3d Sept.