The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-02 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

AMERICA.,
New York papers to the-18th•ult. have been received by
the Caledonia, 'whose arrival we have • noticed elsewhere.
Mr. Tyler had sent further •rnessages and documents
on the subject of Texas. One is a letter from Mr. Eve-
rett, Americatl' Minister at London, acknowledging the
reception of the treaty .with Texas and the documents
accompanying it. -Mr. Everett had received no com-
munication from the British Government on the subject,
though he'had Waited some time in the expectation cf
doing so. He refers Mr. Calhoun to the conversation
that had occurred in relation to the treaty between Lord
Aberdeen and Lord 13rougham in the House of Lords.
The discussion of the Texas question is still continued
in the American papers, and the correspondence between
the executive officers of the respective governments has

been wrung from the President of the United States, by
repeated r« quisitions of the Senate, and published at
length. The treaty itself has been rejected by tic Senate
16 for, to 35 against it. 34 votes, or two thirds of all
present and voting would have been necessary to pass it.
No sooner had the Senate rejected the treaty than the
President sends in a message to the House of Represen-
tatives, urging the Texas annexation project. Mr. Ben-
ton too, in the Senate, seems to think that he went too far
for his political well-being in his hostility to the plan, and
so brings in his bill for annexation upon a plan calculated
to obv:ate the difficulties existing in the treaty. He
brought it in on the 10th of June, and delivered his speech
before the democratic nominations were made at Balti-
more. He calculated on the nomination of Van Buren,
and he is the next succesor of that dynasty. But Van
Buren was thrown over, and Mr. Annexation Folk was
nominated. so Benten's opposition injured his prospects,
so he wished to do away with its effects ; but in this he
was not quite successful. He brought forward his motion
on the 13th, and addressed the senate in a speech of two
hours, on the subject, chiefly, of the rejected Texas
treaty, and the more recent message of the President of
the United States to the House of Representatives ap-
pealing from the Senate, which he handled with great se-
verity.
When Mr. Benton concluded, a motion was made to
lay the bill on the table; upon which the question was
taken without debate, and decided in the affirmative.
This decision (says the Nritional Intellagencer), we take
it for granted, settles the Texas question definitively for
the present session of Congress.
The project of Sir Robert Peel for the new arrangement
of the Bank of England had met with the approbation of
all who are capable of judging of the matter.
We have Canadian journals up to June 13, but find lit-
tle in them of interest. The Kingston Chro'sicle of May
29 says:-" If any progress is being made in the formation
of a new administration, no part of it, so far as we know,
has transpired. The delay is a subject of regret in what-
ever light it is viewed."
The New York American of the 15th inst. says, " The
tariff policy is now settled. The reciprocity treaties,
although they will not be passed before the adjourn-
ment, will not, it may be confidently assumed, be re-
newed as they expire—nor will the treaty negociated with
the Zollverein be ratified. Independently of any other'
objection, the people of this country will not pet mit the
tariff of duties to he modified or regulated by the treaty
making power, in which the House of Representatives
have no share.

The wheat crop of this year promises to be most exu-
berant.

Exchange on London stood at 1091 to 1091 ; on France
5. 25.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND AUSTRALIA.

, From a document published in the Cape papers, it ap-
pears that the total exports for the year ending the 5t of
January, 1844, were valued at £349,438, against £354,095
for the year 1843. Wine, flour, skins, and unenumerated
articles show a decrease, while, on the other hand, wool,
horns, and hides show an increase. The table of imports
for the same period shows an excess of £45,477 against
1843, the gross value for each respective year being
£807,270, and £71,793. The amount entered for con-
sumption in 1844 was • £730,220, and the amount ware-
housed £77,050. Of this amount £135,914 were entered
at Port Elizabeth. With respect to exports? it appears
that the increase in wool has been 178,6021 b., Table-bay
having shipped 169,4951 b. less than in the former year,
while the shipments from Port Elizabeth have increased
to 268,4791 b.
An extract of a letter from Icbaboe, dated the 9th of
April, quoted in the Zuid Afrikaaen, states that there
were 37 vessels at that island taking in cargoes of guano,
and that some of the natives of the coast had at last made
their appearance. It was thought they might be profitably
employed in the new trade. The abundance of guano is
alluded to, and now the pits have been worked some time
there seems to be less difficulty experienced in procuring
the necessary supplies.
The schooner Ann had arrived at the Cape with advices
from the Mauritius to the 27th of March. The " Price
Current" of that date reported the sale of a bottomry
bond for about 1,400 dollars, secured upon the French
ship Bordeaux and her cargo, bound to Bourbon, where
the said bond will be payable 15 days after the vessel's
arrival, at the maritime interest of 14.4 per cent. upon the
amount of capital advanced. The rate of discount for
commercial bills in the money market continued to range
from 9to 12 per cent. per annum. The premium on so-
vereigns was 10 to 12 per cent., and on British silver 2
per cent. Freight was 30s. to 40s. to London and Liver-
pool.
The first of the Sydney mail packets (the Mary Sharp)
arrived in Table-bay, on the 20th of April, having left the
Downs on the 6th of February, being two months and 14
days on the'passage.
Hobart-town and Launceston papers to the 24th of Fe-
bruary have also come to hand. Fine flour at the mills
was £lO per ton, and wheat 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. per bushel.
The grain markets altogether appear to be looking up.

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THE WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND
MOROCCO.

The Messager contains the following telegraphic
despatch :

TUE GOVERNOR-GENERAL' OE. ALGERIA TO THE

MINISTER .OF WAR. 1
" TOULON, JuNic,23, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK,
LA LLA M AGRIN A, JUNE 16.—Yesterday, during a con,
ference with the commander of the Morocco army, hig
troops, to the number of 5,000 cavalry, fired upon ours*
and wounded an officer and two soldiers, without our
returning the fire. The conference was broken up, and
Generals Lamoriciere and Bedeau were attacked by the
troops of the Emperor of Morocco.
"I arrived, and assumed the defensive, and killed of
the enemy from three to four hundred, who remained on
the field. I captured some horses, and from, three to four
hundred stand of arms. Never was any chastisement
better merited. We had six killed and twenty wounded."

The Rev. Dr. Woolf had, by the last advices, arrived
within 230 English miles of Bokhara, but almost despaired
of finding Colonels Stoddart and Conolly alive, and
evinced some apprehension that his own head would be
forfeited if he should reach that place.
The Russian government has ordered a superb steam-
vessel to be built to run between Constadt and Stettin.

It is to be of 300 horse power, will be able to carry 450
tons of merchandise, and 100 passengers. A house at
Liverpool has obtained the order for the construction of it,
the cost of which is estimated at nearly £32,000.
A WONDERFUL STORY.—We find the following in the
Echo de la Nievre :—" In the night of the 11th instant, a
diligence, proceeding from Paris to Clermont, being at a
short distance from Maltaverne, was lifted off the road by
the effect of a thunder storm, and carried over a large
ditch into an adjoining field. Carriage, travellers, and
horses were left there as if by enchantment. The carriage
was not upset, but a strong smell of sulphur, and a large
hole in the trunk of the carriage, demonstrated by the
passage of the electric fluid the cause of the accident.
The travellers could scarcely believe their eyes when they
alighted." •
TURKEY—According to the latest accounts received
from Albania, the rebellion in that province, as far as re-
gards open resistance to the troops of the Sultan, has
been completely suppressed. The last town which held
out was Vrania, but the chief of the rebels, Messib Bey,
alarmed at the progress of the imperial troops, and appre-
hensive of being surrounded and cut off, suddenly took
flight, upon which his followers also dispersed. This
speedy termination of the campaign proves the Albanians
to be as cowardly in the field as they are cruel when they
have only to deal with the defenceless Rayabs. It is pos-
sible, however, that, though the towns and fortresses
which form the keys for the military occupation of this
province have fallen into the hands of the Turks, the
Albanians may yet give them much trouble in the moun-
tains, and inaccessible parts of the country. In the
meanwhile, the Porte looks upon its triumph as complete.
EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE ON BOARD THE BEN •
TINCK, STEAMER.—We learn, from the Ceylon Overland
Observer, that a singular accident occurred on board the
Bentinck, steamer, on the 6th of February last, while on
her voyage from Aden to Galle, the particulars of which
we have not seen mentioned in any of the English papers.
It appears, that the builders of the Bentinck placed in her
bottom, some distance below the water line, a large brass
sea cock, through which, when requisite, a stream of sea
water could. be admitted, which, mixing with the bilge
water and pumped out by the engine-pump, would sweeten
and cleanse the vessel. This operation had several times
been performed with success during the voyage from
Suez. On the morning of the 6th of February, a slight
smell of bilge being perceived, the sea-cock was turned.
and the unpleasant colour soon abated, upon which the
carpenter was sent down to stop the influx of the water.
The method of closing the pipe was by turning a screw
which worked in a brass valve. Something having got
displaced, the screw moved without turning the valve,
and all the efforts of the carpenter to check the flow of the
sea into the vessel was unavailing. The water gained in
spite of the pumps, and soon completely flooded the lower
part of the vessel, damaging some portions of her cargo.
Endeavours were made to stop the flow of water by
means of sheets and blankets, but without effect ; and at
length, when the engines were stopped. the passengers
became acquainted with the state of affairs, and much
alarm prevailed. At length, after considerable labour,
the water having in the mean time risen several feet, the
carpenters and others contrived to force the end of a
plank over the top of the valve, forcing it down with a
lever. By this the influx of water was temporarily stayed.
Bolts and nuts were subsequently prepared, and the valve
was securely stopped. There were 250 persons on board
the Bentinck when this accident occurred. The imprac-
ticability of acting on the valve was discovered at eight
o'clock in the morning, and it was not till three in the
afternoon that the vessel was reported to be water-tight.

The following is from a Halifax paper :—Two of the
prisoners, Carr and Galloway, turned Queen's evidence,
and made a confes,ion to the following effect.—The
Saladin sailed from Valparaiso about the Bth of February,
with a complement of twelve persons, including; officers.
Some of these were new men. A Captain Fielding, whose
vessel had been seized for smuggling a cargo of guano,
and his son, a lad about fifteen years of age, were taken
on board as passengers. His plan, suggested by avarice,
for he must have been aware of the valuable frieght.on
board, was to kill the captain and officers, seize the ship,
and proceed with her to the St. Lawrence, on the shores
of which they were to land, divide the plunder. and then
separate and enjoy their unhallowed gains. Unhappily
he prevailed. The bloody drama opened on Sunday
night, the 14th of April. The first mate, whose watch it
was, had been unwell, and had lain down to sleep on the
hen-coop or companion, and was the first victim of Field-
ing and those of the crew be had persuaded to join in his
iniquity.
'I he second mate came on deck, was seized upon and
thrown overboard. While in the water, he called out,
" Murder 1" and Fielding, fearful, perhaps, that such an
alarm might have put the captain on his guard, raised the
cry, " A man overboard !" This awoke Capt. M'Kenzie,
who rushed on deck, when the Swede, (Anderson,) one of
the prisoners, struck at him as he was emerging from the
companion.

He was seized upon, and his existence terminated with-
out raising any alarm among those below. After the cap-
tain was &act, the rest of the crew who were not implicated
in the conspiracy were de• ra ched in cold blood, as each
made his appearance on the da .k, and their bodies thrown
overboard. Fielding then as umed the command, and
explained his designs with regard to their future deAina-
tion.

It pleased the Almighty to crush this daring villain ere
the exultation attendant upon his success had subsided,
by the very instruments through whom his unhallowed
designs had been executed. Dark hints of there being
too many on board, led each one to consider his own
safety involved, and to suspect the designs of their tyrant.
To prevent, it is supposed, any fatal results which might
ensue from the quarrelsome disposition of such a gang of
desperadoes, all the fire-arms, and all weapons whatever,
at his suggestion, were thrown overboard, with the excep-
tion of the captain's gun.
Fielding, however, had concealed weapons for his own
defence. These had been discovered in a berth—it is
said a pair of loaded pistols and a knife were still in his
'possession. The men questioned his intentions, and not
being satisfied with his replies, they seized upon and
'bound him one whole night in the cabin. After a serious
consultation the next morning, (the Tuesday succeeding
the murder of the captain,) they determined to throw him
overboard, which was soon effected.
The destruction of the father involved that of the son.
The lad had taken no part in the horrible scenes, though a
witness of them. He entreated them piteously to spare
his life, but the shrieking victim met the same miserable
fate as his parent. •
Nothing extraordinary appears to have occurred be-
tween this time and the wreck of the vessel, save the
scenes of riot and dissipation that might have been ex-
pected. The figure-head was disguised, and the name of
the vessel covered with painted canvas—her guilty crew
must also have carefully avoided speaking vessels on their
voyage. One of their boats they sank, probably as a pre-
cautionary measure against any portion of the crew es=
caning in her.
The prisoners will be tried by the High Court of Com-
missioners, appointed to take cognizance of crimes of
mutiny and piracy upon the high seas. The names of the
prisoners are—Carr, Galloway, Johnson, Hezleton,Jones,
and Anderson—the last a Swede.

[Captain Fielding sailed out of this port in the Vitula,
and was well known here.]

IRELAND.

Lord llaytesbury, late ambassador at St Petersburgh,
has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the
room of Earl de Grey.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The rent for the last week
amounted to £3,178 Ils. ld., being a little less than the
week previous.
POPISH FANATICISM.-"It has 'Ten determined," says
a Dublin repeal paper, " to appoint Sunday, the 28th7day
of July next, as a day of general humiliation and prayer,
when the whole body of the Catholic people of Ireland
should offer up their entreaties to the Almighty tlyit He
would mercifully regard this nation, and in His beneficence
that he would favourably regard, and speedily accomplish
the happiness and freedom of her people. "

Daniel O'Connell, Junr., has addressed a letter to the
repeaters of Ulster, to which before appending his name,
he puts, " signed on behalf of my father." This, as the
Dublin Mail justly says is either an open and contuma-
cious infraction of the terms on which Mr. O'Connell was
indulged with many and valuable privileges by the In-
specting Committee of the Richmond Penitentiary—or
else it is a mean and fraudulent evasion of them.

THE O'CONNELL TRlBUTE.—According to the boast
of the leading managers of the above named fund, the
proceedings since the last '• round of the hat," in the
month of November, 1843, have touched the agreeable
figure of £28,000, and the " collection" in several districts
has not yet closed ; so that if these enterprising financiers
have not drawn more largely on their fancies than on the
pockets of the peasantry, the grand total of the tribute for
1844 may be put down in round numbers at £30,000.
We'l might the fortunate recipient scoff at the offer of
the Chief Baronship or the Rolls ; both appointments
combined would yield just one-third cf his present emolu-
ments.

`EXTORTING THE REPEAL RENT.—The correspondent
of the Morning Post says :—Among the screws put on
the piiest bound people of this country to get in repeal
rent, is that of exclusive dealing. A priest at Sligo thus
harangues in his chapel-yard :—Father Caughlin—" We
must show the anti.repealers whether they be Papists or
Protestants, and the Catholic renegade is by far the more
infamous character of the two, that we can do without
them, and that we despise them for the want of love of
country. The repealers are every day increasing in num-
bers and in strength, and they have only to know their
own power, and wield it well, to accomplish their own
objects. They must resort to all legal means to carry out
their views. I will not tell any man what corirse he should
pursue—but I will say what I intend to do myself—l will.
purchase no articlefrom any man but a Repealer."

FATAL ACCIDENT IN A MILL.—On the 21st ult., At
Riverstown, near Carlingford, as a young man named
Douloutihan, a miller, was cleaning the dust from the
water mill inside, a heavy rain running down the chanEel,
turned the wheel, which caught him by the arm. He
called for assistance, and a person at hand, to save his
life, threw him over the wheel, and he fell and-•r it. His
sister, a fine young woman, sprung to his assistance, and,
sad to relate, was also caught by the arm, and in an in-
stant became a mangled corpse. The brother was seri-
ously injured, the flesh being stripped from the bones of
his leg and arm. He was still in danger. Another man,
in attempting to save them, had his finger caught, and
would have been dragged in also, but with great presence
of mind, permitted the finger to be crushed off. Two
others also narrowly escaped. On the following day an
inquest was held on the body of the young woman; and a
verdict of " accidental death" was returned.

THE AWFUL TRAGEDY AT GORT.—An inquest was
held at Gort, near Limerick, on Saturday week, on the
two children murdered by their father, under the appalling
circumstances mentioned in our last. It appears that the
infuriated wretch, after he had fatally wounded one of
his children, attempted to cut the throat of his daughter,
who, however, struggled with him, upon which he in-
flicted a frightful gash on one of her breasts, and then,
drawing the razor round the other, nearly severed it from
her bosom. He then, while she was running from him,
cut the throat of his other boy horribly, after which he
pursued his shrieking wife, who had rushed to the door
with the boy first wounded dying in her arms. She and
the daughter ran through the streets almost naked, the
latter holding up her mangled creast with her hand, and
marking her track with blood. It appears that the
wretched man has lately exhibited symptoms of insanity.
He did not deny his guilt, and expressed a desire to suffer
death for his crime. A verdict of " Wilful Murder" was
returned.

ORANGE PROCESSIONS.—Lord Farnham, the tried and
faithful friend of the Protestants of Ireland, has addressed
a letter, in which he strongly recommends the continued
abstinence from processions on the approaching anniversa-
ries in July. His lordship says, "The advice which I
would give you comes from a warm friend, and it is offered
to those who, he trusts, will receive it as such. It is
simply this : that you, the loyal Protestants and Orange-
men of the county of Cavan, will strictly obey what is still
the law of the land, and that you will do so, not only to
the letter, but in the spirit of it ; that you will, during the
ensuing month of July, abstain from all processions and
badges, from the hoisting and parading of flags, from the
playing of party tunes, and from all irritating language
and behaviour towards those who differ in religion from
yourselves; and that, however much you may be provoked
and aggravated by your opponents to pursue a different
course, you will steadily adhere to the advice which I have
given you. Be assured that, by practising this forbear-
ance, you will be acting up to your character as loyal
Protestants ; and I am fully persuaded that you will never
have reason to regret your havi g strictly followed the
course which has been pointed out to you by one who has
no interest in deceiving you ; but whose heartfelt desire it
is that the Protestants of Cavan should retain unsullied
that character for loyalty and obedience to the laws,
which their uniform good conduct has so justly earned for
them."

THE COURT.

MIITINY AND FRIGHTFUL MURDERS. THS• ROYAL FAMILY.-On Thursday forenoon, the
Queen and Prince Albert walked in the royal gardens of
• . •
Under the head'' Suspected Case of Piracy,,,
a state. Buckingham Palace: The royal 'lnfants were also taken
meat has beep ,circulated respecting certain circumstances airings in the gardens of the Palace. In the afternoon his
,
which had. Royal 'Highness Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace at
raised an impression in the public mind thatthe :
half-Past two o'clock, in a landau and four, forWanatead,
ship Saladin, which was lost on her voyage from Valparaiso to honour with his presence the anniversary of the Infant_
to London, on the 21st May lait, near Inland HarbOur, ,
Orphan Asylum.' On leaving Wanstead, the Priinoceßproal
Nova Scotia, had beep seized by the crew, and the com-
mander. Captain Mackenzie, and the-officera murdered. , .seeded
Highness rmh dand inspected the interior of the
' a i te ,
The accounts received by the steamer which arrived from " Princeai • i wed the equestrian statute
to the new Royal Exchange,
building. The .° v e
Halifax on Saturday morning show that this impression •
of the Duke of Wellington, and returned
F 'd the Q
was bat too well founded. After the loss of the i'essel,
half -prat six o'clock. On ri ay,Queen
the authorities of /Jabot thought it necessary to detain Palace, at
the and Prince Albert
crew in custody, such was the susicious nature of . • nge":hteoreß•ulick'inghoaym'e
the circumstances which had transpired, and the Admi- sculpturesafter two. In the evening the Prince
Ingham Palace soon
ralty Court then took possession of the cargo saved from honoured the Sacred Harmonic Society at Exeter Hall
the wreck. The Saladin had on board, when she set sail, with his presence.
at Westminster Hail. and returned to Buck.
a cargo of 70 tons of copper, 8.500 dollars some bars of
The Princess Alice, government steamer, is under
silver, and a quantity of guano. The articles' saved "from
the wreck consisted of 730 pieces of copper, seven bags orders to be at Calais, so as to take on board at that port
containing about 7,561 dollars, 13 large and one small bar
on the 3rd of July, her Royal Highness the P rincess Au-
of silver, two chronometers, one gold and one silver watch, gusts of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, who comes to England on
with all the materials, &c. a visit to the Queen and Royal family.