The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-01 00:00:00

MONTREAL MARKETS, THURSDAY, SE'', 12.

Asa Fs --XVe have to notice a further advanceiiitoth descriptions.
Since our last remarks Pots bays sold at 265. 3d. per barrel, and
Pearl at 265., alai, u.da small Lilts arc picked up at something under
these prices. The quantity arriving is very light, and by no means
corresponding to the d,mard Fl ,ur —Holders of superior brands
of Canada are endeay.ouring to procure 255. per barrel, but the
highest price obtained for any quantity is 245. 7d., at which rate
we are told that ::50 b ,reels were p:aceil on Monday. ales of good
brands, mixed, have likewise been made at 245. to Ns. 6d. Provi-
sions. —We cannot learn that anything of moment has been done iu
either Pork or Beef; and we are unable to give qw.tations that can
be relied upon. Exchange.—The Bank rate fur Bills on London
is 11 to 1l per cent. pet mium. Private Bills IJ to 104 per cent.
Freights—We believe that 4s. to 4s. 3d. is demanded for Flour,
and 275. 61. for Ashes.

A letter irrm Toulon, states that the offwers of the
squadron of the Pr4xe de Joinville, on their arrival at
Cadiz; (willed their names for the purpose of sending a
deputation to the t-4ficers of the Warspite, to demand sa-
t tisfacli;,n for the letters in the T.mes; hut that the Prince
having heard of their intentirm, anticipated them by
writing to the Commode re ; Who is said to have replied,
that he did not believe there were, in the Enelish navy,
officets base enough to doubt the courage of,French of-
ficers, and promising to publish a disavowal of these
letters in the Times. The Captain of the Warspite has
also pliblished a letter, severely condemning the com-
munications in question, and ihtimating his intention to
punish, if possible, the authors of them.

THE PERILS OF THE GUANO TRADE.
Captain Northwiiod has published a narrative of the
capture and destruction, hy the Moors, of a portion of
the crews of the ships Margaret and Courier, both be-
longing to the port of Lo. don, while in search of guano,
at the island or Arguin, i.n at- a iast of Africa.
The Margatet sailed fioin Gravesend last April, and in
the folio sing morn h reached Ar.:;uin. Landed. but toe,. d
no guano. Visited other is an Is with like sue Less; and,
while in the boat, wa.4, with part of the crew, captured
by seine Arabs. "As soon as they got me into their
beat," he says. " they almo t pulled me to pieces, one
dragging my watch out, oth, r' my pockets, and one pul-
ling at my stock, which was buckled. Sanity 1 Phillips,
John Ward, Geo. liorshorn, James Utrthfiekl, and my-
self, were saved ; John Sims was Ara ; and William
Fransham drowned. Ido not know how we got into the
island; in the middle of Coo night, for we were all very
bad, and all complained of their limbs, it was so very
cold."
They were in hopes that the men in the vessel would
ransom them ; and their hopes were fur her raised by
the arrival of a secenil vessel, which greatly alarmed the
Arabs, as they feared she was a man-of-war. The two
aesse's, however, sailed away. In a few days the slip
Courier appeared, and the captain sent a boat with men
to tie shore with presents. " Mr. Wilson landed with
some of his men, and I kept calling to them to keep
their boats off. I got to the beach and spoke to a man
named Griffiths, and begged of him to go back to his hoat
and get on board. He said it was of no use going on
board, as they had brought every thing they had got in
the brig. He went to the boats, while I kept begging of
him to shove off, but he paid no attenton, and said to
them, -" Give me the captain. and I will give you all."
Mr. Wilson then ordered the sails, tobacco, cloths, and
every thing else to be handed out of the gig, and ordered
the longboat to had in. The Arabs at once got hold of
the longboat's bowsprit, and two of them took hold of
my wrist.. The muskets belonging to the brig were lying
at the bottom of the boa's. A sienal was gh en by the
Arabs. and firing commenced. Mr. Wilson was shot
through ti e breast, face, and head. William Penny,
George Jones, and the carpenter were also shot dead.
William Ilunney was badly wounded. John M'Donald,
Peter M'Kenzie, George Griffiths, George Pilkington,
and Mr. Deane, second mate, swam towards the brig—
supposed to be wounded. Edward Ba'.coinb and John
Coston, when the carpenter feil against them dead, got
under the oars, and escaped unhurt. They dragged me
and George Griffiths through a piece of water that was
behind them, holding clubs and spears over us. Griffiths
not moving quick enough, they ran a spear into his back,
and beat him about the head with clubs. I found it was
of no use resenting, and escaped unhurt. This was all
over in a few minutes, and not a gun was fired by the
brig's crew, as they could not fire without injuring us.
The Arabs stripped the dead and threw the bodies over-
board, and also William Hunney, who they thought was
dead ; he had two balls in his left arm close up to the
shoulder; the poor fellow came from the crowd bleeding
and quite naked, and I covered him over with the rest of
the wounded."
"June 2, at R a. m., the brig got under weigh and left
us. The wounded wished to see me, and one of the chief
men came and led me to them. They wished to have
their wounds dressed, and asked if 1 thought they would
recover. They were in a deplorable state, in a little hut,
lying on sea weeds, and complained of the cold very much.
1 made the chief understand that they wanted their wounds
dressed, and after I left they got little boys, and male
them make water into their wounds. Next day they
scraped their wounds, and burnt them round with a large
nail.head made hot, and gave them dried fish and water.
Wm, Hunney had two balls in his left shoulder, and the
hone Was badly fractured. Two days after he had been
there they probed the balls out with a brass rod, scraped
his wounds and burnt them round. They bathed them
• .with fish oil some days after, and they smelt very bad.
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The also tut from one hole where one of the halls went
in to the other with a common rough knife. V.7hon dres
.sing him they had him held down, and his cries were hor-
rible, and they were a long time about it, the Arabs
- 'Always launiain; ail the time. When 1 left hish he had

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been 42 days under their hands, and looked shockingly
ill. The wounds had got through the arm into his breast,
and they sponged them with reeds bound round with
oakum. I was afraid of mortific tion taking place. He
was ruptured, and they took his truss away, for the sake
of the spring, and would not let him bind himself up,
although he suffered very much. John M'Donald had
three balls in the abdomen, and one above the left knee
through the thigh and groin. He Lad the same kind of
treatment as Hunney ; but when I left he was doing wel.
George Pilkington was shot in the left arm and hack, and
had a severe cut above the foot on the shin, the leader of
the great toe being cut. He was doing well, and could
walk a little. • These three men were left behind. Pete
M'Kenzie had two very had sabre cuts in the head, and
his scull was fractured. They scraped his headiind skull
twice a—day very roughly, and stuffed it with powder like
the bark of a tree. They would not allow him to keep
anything on his head. George Griffiths was lanced in the
back, and they cut another bee with a knife a-breast of
it. burnt round it. and scraped and stuffed it twice a-day.
lie recovered: The Arabs now stated that a Captain
Leunty, meaning a captain over all the captains and land,
was coming to take us to the Canary vessels, to see if he
could get anything. for us. This I doubted, as I knew
they were very much afraid. of the Canary vessels, they
being well manned and armed." He did come, and ulti-
mately they reached Gambia, where Captain Isemonger,
of the Africanus, received them kindly. He had heard
of their captivity, aid arranged with an Arab chief for
their liberation. Of the three poor fellows behind, no-
thing has been heard.
Captain Northwood and his companions bad, for eleven
weeks, nothing to eat but dried fish and water.

IRELAND.

tation will be made which will be t,,taN devoid of reli-
gious partizanship, and presenting a combination ni
Irishmen for the benefit of their fellow-countrymen.
The assembly was then adjourned.

I\l6 E lAVERPOO 1, STANDARD.