The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-07 00:00:00

COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE,

WEST INDIES,

The devastation of the earthquake in Antigua, Guadaloupe,
and the other contiguous places, was the great topic of dis-
cussion, and although Demerara, Barbadoes, Trinidad, and
Jamaica have severally furnished funds to liquidate and ap-
pease the necessities of the communities who have been so
sorely afflicted by this unexpected calamity, a further appeal
is made to the British public at home to give some assistance
on the occasion. The Antigua Legislature have addressed a
petition to Lord Stanley, asking a loan from Government of
the amount of £lOO,OOO at a moderate rate of interest, to be
paid by instalments at such periods as it may be expedient
to dictate after a benevolent consideration of the deep dis-
tress occasioned by their late melancholy visitation.

On the condition and appearance of the crops favourable
opinions are expressed, the weather being stated as highly
congenial to the operations of agriculture. At ilarbadoe
and Antigua the comet had been seen. The produce shipped
from Trinidad from the Ist of April to the 28th of February
was 410 hogsheads, 127 tierces, 117 barrels of sugar; 264.
puncheons, 6 tierces of molasses ; 334,5351 b of cocoa, and
22,6341 b of coffee.
do Jamaica mail has been received by this arrival, some
irregularity in the system of intercolonial communication
being hinted at as the cause of the delay. Most of the island
papers continue their complaints respecting the deficiency of
the arrangements of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company.

LIVING ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. A friend
who has seen a letter from Africa, has favoured us with the
following extract. After describing the country, &c., the
writer (a lady) says :—" We had a dish of shrimps for break-
fast this morning, and I managed to eat one whole one and
the part of another. They are of an immense size in this
part. I had the curiosity to measure and weigh one, and
found it (which you will hardly credit, but which is perfectly
correct) to measure ten inches in length, four in circumfer-
ence, and weighed a quarter of a pound. Oysters (real
natives) are sold at 2s. per hundred ; milk one penny a wine
glassful ; and flour Is. per pound !"—Presion Pilot.
SLAVE TRADE ON TUE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.—Ex.
tract of a letter dated Clarence, Fernando Po, Oct. 10 :
" On the 2nd instant the bark Ermalinda Segarda, prize
to
Her .Majesty's ship Madagascar, with 120 slaves, arrived
here in a very leaky state, having struck on the bar of the
river in which she was captured, knocked away her forefoot
and
damaged the forepart of the keel. The day after she
arrived here she was hauled upon the beach, in expectation
that it would be possible to repair the damaged parts so as
enable her to proceed with the slaves to Sierra Leone. ; this
not being accomplished, the slaves and their provisions have
been landed here, and the prize crew put on board the Sou-
dan. The vessel remains on the beach, where she tills every
tide, and will consequently become a wreck. The slaves
have been placed under the charge of Mr. H ensrnan. The
inhabitants of this town applied to the commander of the
Madagascar to apportion the liberated sladyes to thof em, but he
declined doing s,o. How they will be isposed remains
to be seen ; but it is so far fortunate for the liberated Afri-
cans that there is a British commercial establishment here to
afford them protection and security.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

BRAZIL,

that he is making (From the Timer.)
Accounts from Rio have been received to the Sth
Febdruary,
they state that Mr. Ellis's mission has entirely
faile, and
preparations to return to this country
almost immediately in his M. M. S. Malabar. Ilis Proposal
for a fresh treaty has been rejected by the Brazilian minis..
tern, the terms not being such as they are willing to accept,
but they have offered to treat if the English government
will reduce the duties on Brazilian sugar and coffee to the
same rates as those on sugar and coffee, the produce of the
British colonies ! Of course Mr. Ellis has no power to ne_
disclaimed,t
o impose
li
Ini g
h the
e
gotiate on any such terms. It was understood that he was
to give up his house on the 15th February, and to take o ,
his residence at jolmston's hotel until the Malabar was readyl
to sail, unless this display Brftit and decision should
ministers are very civil,
shake the decision of the az;lian goverment. The new
House of Representatives,
shandythineYtenhtaiOen
duties on British goods than on those of foreignnations.
but they seem to be as determined as they are civil.
The Linnet was to be detained to the 15th February, and
it was not considered certain that she would sail even then.---
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In the heavy gale of September last, in the Gulf of Mexii
co, three ships of war are supposed to have been lost
, •as t-.;
were in the gulf at the time, and have not since peen hearde'
of, viz., the British brig Victor, the French brig Dunoi
the Texan schooner San Antonio. Nearly 380 s, and
supposed to have perished in them. men are
PRESENT EXCITEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES,
Never have I known such universal excitement throughoutthe conntry. Political parties of every kind are in a
agitation. The Presidential question is, perhaps, the moat
of
absorbing ; but local politics in the different states are- most
ducted with far more than ordinary asperity, and the con_
thereof no man can foretel. The Democratic party is 1 end
into factions, each striving for the ascendancy.
The broken
are inactive, but before long, it is presumed, they too • higs
in the field. As yet no candidate, except Mr. Clay, haswill be
named by them for the PresidencY• The excitenie,at been
alluded to is not confined to politicians. above
It extend
greater degree, to the religions community. A fans'', inwa
the name of Miller, bad taken it into his head that this tie'
by
is to be destroyed during the present year. He is world
ing, with great zeal, this opinion. Several propagat-
Person
minds have become deranged through alarm. Many8 °f weak
thinking that Miller might possibly be right, h others,
of their sins and joined the Church. The Ba Cave repented
thodists, the Presbyterians, &c., are holding 4 Alsts, the Me-
protracted and prayer meetings, and great is theat are termed
their flocks. The number of converts is increase of
The Baptists have been most successful. very numerous.
cause of pure and undefiled religion will ultimates)Wether the
moped by this system of fanaticism is matty be pro-
hope it may, but Ido not believe it.-- 0, er of doubt. I
Times. C rrespondent of the
-

apprehension The Austriands
ea t e relatives e Observer rt
the
ef h theeal t
h22odf utlht
e. aAnrncohudnuckees that
Francisa l
_c_TheaseedC.haniber of Peers, on Friday evening last,
s Bill by a majority of 95 to 14 ; and the
aCdhoFapartlAee FRANCE.--The
E had.
Chamber of Deputies adopted the extraordinary credits and
estimates of 1842 and 1843, by a majority of 173 to 82.
Last Thursday, a pretty steam boat, without paddle wheels,
was seen to proceedih up and down the river, in front of the
Quaff the greatest rapidity. It was worked by
ascari d °sa
ew',ornthe Archimedian principle. This boat, which is
about 14 or 15 metres long and 1 wide, is intended, it is said,
as a present to Queen Pornare, and is to proceed to Otaheite
shortly, from Havre or Nantes.—Galagnani.
The King of the French and the royal family will remove
to St. Cloud on the 17th of next month. The apartments
are now being got ready for their reception, and the marriage
of her Royal Highness Princess Clementine with Prince Au-
gustus of Saxe Coburg will he there solemnized. Apartments
are also being prepared for the prince and princess, and for
his royal highness's father and brother.

—Advices from Alexandria of the -16th ult. state, that the
Pasha was then makintta tour through Lower Egypt, and
Gtheanternaol
ipiaedrioldeft
wCasairo -efodr fAorlexhains
drreiatu r,,n.h.e
reTthheerEoonosi
just
Consul had already arrived. It was' reported that two
negroes in the service of Ibrahim Pasha had died of the
plague at Cairo. Some alterations were n
about to b
itc
ain int
and
ro-
duced into the commercial treaty betwee Great be
Turkey. The British merchants of Alexandria had been
called upon to furnish Sir Stratford Canning with their ob-
servations on the subject, and had already met several times
for the purpose. There appears to have been a general out-
cry against the new bank, the directors of which were re-
garded as incompetent for the task. The accounts from
Syria were of the 10th ult. The country was tranquil, and
the Kaimacans were still engaged in adjusting the claims of
the sufferers by the last insurrections.
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-
OTAIIEITE.—The National (Paris Paper) states, that
Admiral Dupetit-'l'houars has not accepted solely the alliance
offered him by the Queen of Ota!mite, but that he has really
taken possession of the Society Islands. He has already in-
stalled a number of civilians, and a garrison is about to be
despatched thither, which will be provisionally composed of
four companies of artillery and five companies of marines.
Several vessels, and amongst them a frigate, are to be em-
ployed to transport those troops to Otaheite.
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MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES.—Mr. Elphinstone has in_
troduced a bill into the House of Contm_ons, entitled a bill
for establishing a court for marriage ancldivorees, whicpl,l:v•itsr
read a first time on Tbursday week, Sir It. Peel and Sir J.
Graham voting for The bill provides that the Ecclesias-
tical Courts shall not continue to exercis.enthoewirppernersiietnigt jaureritt
judge at l'l7:iietoPt
eurdri utb,sy. andt
iS)eutwilt:efej
;11(01
diction in suits relating riages, but the same shall in
future be exercised by the new court, which is
r,to:th.l:atvtehe
hus-
band in certain cases to direct a trial by jury of Bw,
guiltless party
Matti-
) issue to be
ecoonmfe incest or sodomy, a
tried before a
parliament,
ied cuoasht,
to
1.,e. may grant a
dbeivutrricinesff,ewrraeddatiote
mbaontidii,na(tgh beeni
would
guiltyhYenable the injured anct
mgo'staliutlalti%h'
which is generally beyond the means of
marry again without a special act of
tained in each particular instance of topabrety
Ito,
o ~.
V: roll •
command;) and also a separation '
judge may beparate partic3 vu a a "'am
" tian.". of con Tik
4:cc:luta anguittity. ':'.

CHINA AND INDIA.
We have received, in anticipation of the Indian Mail, the
following intelligence :

MALTA, MARCIf 30.
The Oriental, which has just arrived, brings news from
India of the Ist of March, and from China of the 21st of
January.
On the 17th of February. General Napier gained a brilliant
victory in Seinde, near Hyderabad, after a desperate combat
of three hours.

The Belochee army of 22,000 men were completely over-
thrown by 2,700 English, who had 250 men killed and
wounded, including 18 officers.

The insurrection in Bundelkund was making great pro-
_
_
gress.

- Lord Ellenborough had returned to Delhi on the sth of
February. . _

In China the most perfect tranquility continued, and pro-
gress had been made towards the conclusion of the treaty.
Major Malcolm arrived on the lltn at Bombay, and started
again for Hong Kong on the lbtli.
There was no news in the Paris papers of the 3d.

The house of Rothschild had obtained the quicksilver con-
tract for 81i piasters per quintal. for four years.

The steamer Teviot arrived at Falmouth on Sunday with
the West India mails. She brings no Jamaica mail, the
steamer not being ready to bring it up. Her dates are, from
Tampico, the 21st of February; Vera Cruz, the 26th of Fe-
bruary ; Havannah, the 9th of March ; Nassau, the 11th ;
Bermuda, the 18th;' and from Fayal the 27th. She brings 23
passengers, and on freight 360,000 dollars, and 170 serous of
cochineal.

On the 16th of February a heavy norther was experienced
at Vera Cruz, in which five foreign vessels were driven on
shore from their anchors, three of which became total wrecks.
Campeachy continued to be blockaded by the Mexicans,
and the Montezuma steamer had left th.ther from Vera Cruz,
on the 23d of February, having in tow transports conveying
reinforcements to the amount of 500 troops. Nearly the
whole of the British seamen in the service of the Mexican
expedition had left, and there was much sickness prevailing
at Campeachy. Dates from Vera Cruz are to the 26th of
February, by which we learn that Santa Anna intended leaving
that city for the capital on the day following.
From St. Thomas's, we learn that several slight shocks of
earthquake have been experienced there since the departure
of the last mail-boat, but causing no injury of any kind. A
supplement to the Guiana Times, under date March 4, from
George-town, expresses most warmly the feelings of disap-
pointment and annoyance which pervaded the public mind
there on discovering that the Medway steamer, which had ar-
rived on that day, brought no European mails ; cud, as the
return mails were to be closed and despatched the following
day, they would be excluded replying to their European let-
ters for another fortnight. Money was stated to be very
scarce there, and the best bills of exchange could find no pur-
chasers, which depressed state of things was mainly to be at-
tributed to their (the colonists') ignorance of the temper of
the Imperial Parliament, with reference to immigration from
Africa, and of the tone assumed by her Majesty's Govern-
ment upon that and the sugar duties as indicated by the
Queen's speech. _