The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-31 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.

This fine steamer, commanded by Captain Lott, arrived at
this port yesterday, after a rapid passage of twelve days and
eighteen hours from Boston and of ten days and twelve hours
from Halifax. We subjoin a list of her passengers and an
abstract of her log.

LIST OF PASSENGERS.
From Boston to Liverpool.,—Captain Dutton, John Win-
thorpe Andrews, S. M. Buckingham, E. C. Richards, G. T.
Snow, John Hillard, William Lobach, G. Blumenthal,
Buckley, B. B. Attenburry, A. Large, Manuel Escernden,
Joachim Furlong, James Gears, William Phelps, Ferdinand
Escernden, Francis Gonsales, V. Gurne, Ignacio Cazanze,
Victorian Iturbe, Frances Ganes, F. Galnier. M. Valligo, D.
Mbam, William Parker, Frederick Lovering, Seth G. Lynde,
J. S. Brown and lady, John M`Ewen, F. A. Huntington,
Dr. Jas. Hogan, John W. Harris, P. A. Bunswade, Edward
Cunard, jun., and Edward Strybus.
From lialfax,to Liverpool.—Major Buxton, lady, two
children, and two servants, Miss Odell, Miss Tobin, Miss
Porter, Mr. J. Tobin, Archdeacon Willis. Hon. S. G. W.
Archibald and lady, Mr. Longwaith, Mr. Taylor, 29th regi-
ment, lady, and servant, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lockwood,
Captain Carey and ehild.
Total.—Fifty-seven.

ABSTRACT OF TIIE LOG

May l6.—Sailed from Boston at 2 p.m.
17.—Running for Halifax.
18.—Arrived at Halifax at 8 a.m., and sailed for Liverpool
at 5 p.m.

19.—Lat 44 32, (d. r.) lon. 59 52, course S. 87 E. 11, wind
variable, distance 150 miles, light airs and foggy.
20.—Lat. 44 32, lon. 54 40, course S. 90 E., wind S.S.E.
and S.S.W., distance 221 miles, light breezes and foggy.
21.—Lat. 45 16,, lon. 49 18, course N. 87 E. 45, wind va-
riable and easterly, distance 236 miles, moderate breezes and
thick foggy weather.

22.—Lit. 45 34, (o. b.) lon. 44 26, course N. 84 E. 22,
wind N.E. and northerly, distance 215 miles, fresh breezes
and hazy, with rain.

23.—Lat. 46 23, lon. 38 53, course N. 75 E. 56, wind va-
riable, distance 253 miles, calm and fine weather. "
24.—Lat. 47 29, lon. 33 18, course N. 75 E. 56, wind S.E.
and S.S.W., distance 240 miles, strong breezes and hazy,
with a heavy sea.

25.—Lat. 48 16, lon. 27 16, course N. 79 E., wind N.W.,
distance 245 miles, fresh breezes and cloudy.
26.—Lat. 49 18, lon. 21 10, course E. 54 E. 45, wind N.E.
and N.W., distance 253 miles, light breezes and squally at
times.

27.-14 at. 50 18, lon. 14 58, course N. 75 E., wind S.W
by S., distance 251 miles, fresh breezes and cloudy.

28.—At eight o'clock, Cape Clear bore N.E. by E. six or
seven miles.

29.—Received pilot on board at 6 a.m., off Middle Mouse

VESSELS SPOKEN.
May 20th, in lat. 44 32, lon. 54 40, spoke the barque St.
John, of Glasgow, and reported having picked up the crew
of the Gazelle, which was lost in the ice.
21st.—In lat. 45 16, lon. 49, 18, passed several icebergs,
and some small pieces.
22d.—Lat. 45 34, lon. 44 26, spoke the British brig Juliet
of Waterford, out 16 days from Cadiz, bound to Newfound-
land.

23d.—Lat. 47 29, lon. 33 18, passed the barque Odessa,
with emigrants.

24th.—Lat. 47 29, lon. 33 18, spoke a brig at night, sup
posed to be the Huddersfield.
25th.—Lat. 48 16, lon. 27 45, spoke the schooner Mary
with emigrants.

26th.— Lat. 18, lon. 21 10, spoke the barque Wood-
stock, of St. John, from New Orleans, out 31 days, bound to
Liverpool.

28th.—Off the Saltees, spoke the ship Britannia, of Nev.
York, at 6, p.m.

THE LIVERPOOL ABDUCTION CASE

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, SATURDAY

CRELLIN V. LEYLAND AND BULLS

Mr. Jervis applied to the Court on behalf of the defend-
ants, who are bankers in Liverpool, for an interpleader rule
calling upon Ann Crellin and John Orr Macgill to come in
and decide their respective rights to a certain sum of money
in defendants' possession, to recover which an action had
been brought by Ann Crellin against the defendants. It ap-
peared, that Ann Crellin had lodged in the defendants' hands
a sum of money, of which a balance of £1,601 18s. 9d. re-
mained. She had brought an action to recover this balance,
and defendants had received a notice, signed John Orr
Macgill, stating, that he was the lawful husband of Ann
Crellin, warning them, at their peril, to pay the said money
over to Ann Crellin, alias Macgill, and demanding from the
defendants that they should pay:the said sum of £1,601 18s. 9d.
over to him. This they refused to do, as it was notorious that
the said Macgill was, at this moment, in the gaol of Kirkdale,
charged with having been guilty of the abduction of Ann
Crellin, of which charge, should he be convicted, the mar-
riage would be null and void. The defendants were perfectly
willing and desirous of paying the money to the lawful °Timer,
but it was rather hard that the question of the validity of
Miss Crellin's marriage should be tried in this manner at
their expense, more especially while criminal proceedings
were pending by which the question would be decided. An
application had been made for an interpleader rule to Mr.
Justice Wightman, but his lordship had directed the applica-
to be made to the full Court.
Lord Denman.—Who would be the parties to the issue?
Mr. Jervis.—l am afraid the husband and wife, my lord ;
but the act says nothing about that. The object of the act
clearly is to prevent parties standing in the situation of the
defendants who are willing to pay the money to those who
have a right, being placed in this manner between two fires.
Lord Denman.—You may take a rule to show cause, on
bringing the money into Court.
Rule nisi granted.

ADVANCED DUTIES UPON IMPORTS OF LINENS
AND LINEN YARNS BY THE FRENCH GO-
VERNMENT.

The following appears in the London Times of yesterday :
"It is evident from a conversation which took place in the
Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday last, that the French
government will raise the duties on linen yarns and linen

manufactures by ordinance, within
present time. We shall not pans

to expose the

such a measure, or to contrast it with the policy of the hri-
tish government at the very same juncture • but the follow-
ing figures will prove £hat in attacking the linen trade with
Great Britain the French government is shutting up by far
the most important channel of commercial intercourse be-
tween the two countries. The trade is of very recent crea-
tion, for the duties were raised to prohibition in 1826; they
were, however, lowered in 1835 and 1836, and the result was
as follows :
Linen-yarns exported from the. United Kingdom to France
In 1832
lb. Value.
76512
1833
6829
1834 .. 1,430,369 130,5612
1835
1836
1837
1838
1839
1840
" Our whole export of linen-yarn to all countries (inclu-
ding France) were in 1840, 17,733,5751 b. ; consequently the
portion sent to France is more than two-thirds of ,our whole
foreign and colonial trade in that commodity.
" The total declared value of British exports to France in
1840 was £2,378,140; consequently the value of the linen-
yarns exported amounts to more than one quarter of the
whole export trade of this country with France.
" Such is the extent of the evil—such is the enormous
blow about to be aimed at the commercial relations of the
two greatest countries in the world, in order to gratify the
claims of a few unruly constituencies in the north of France !"
It will certainly not be said that the distress which this or-
dinance must create, in those districts of Great Britain which
are dependent upon the prosperity of the linen trade, arises
from the restrictive policy, or at least the want of a feeling of
reciprocity towards the producers of other countries, by the
government of Great Britain. At the present moment, we
only wait for a concession in return, on the part of France,
to make a large reduction of the duties imposed by our tariff
upon French wines, spirits, &c. This increase of the duties
upon one of our largest staple manufactures, we imagine,
must settle the question of any reduction at present.

TROOPS FOR INDIA.--The utmost activity prevails in the
military department of the hon. company in Leadenhall-
street, in freighting ships for the conveyance of troops. The
large ship General Kyd has been taken up, and is now fitting
out as a troop ship in the docks, and will sad about the
middle of the next month, with 450 of the 84th and 29th
regiments.

FALMOUTH, MAY 26, HALF-PAST 11 P.M.—The royal
mail steamer Solway, Captain Britten, with mails from
Mexico, the West Indies, &c. (about a fortnight overdue),
arrived an hour since, with 70 passengers, and about 400,000
dollars and 50 serons of cochineal on freight. Her dates are
as follow :—Havannah, Ist May ; Nassau, 4th May ; Ber-
muda, 10th May ; and Fayal, 21st May, bringing mails from
all the different quarters within the limits of their contract
(with the exception of Honduras), and a Jamaica bag with
dates to the 15th of April. The Tweed steamer brought up
the mails from the latter to Turk's Island, whence they were
conveyed by the Trent to Nassau ; and the Teviot arrived at
Havannah on the 30th April with the mails from Vera Cruz
only, those from the city not having arrived down in time to
be despatched by her. We do not ascertain of this arrival
bringing any news of moment either from the West Indies
or Mexico. General Bustamente, the ex-President of the
latter republic, is come passenger by the Solway. The ad-
vices from Vera Cruz, received by the Solway steamer, are
to the 21st ult„ by which we learn that the proclamation
of the Texian government, declaring the Mexican ports
on that coast in a state of blockade, had not caused much
sensation there, particularly as it was supposed the European
powers, and England in particular, would not respect such a
measure, coming from a government the latter had not yet
fully recognized, and which must prove so detrimental to her
trade. The new tariff was to be published in the course of
a week, and was to be put in force six months after that
times The elections of the new Congress had turned out
decidedly against the party of Santa Anna, and from the
strong military force the latter had oreated about him, it was
much to be feared he would openly oppose the meeting of the
Chambers, and thus give rise to new broils and disturbances
between the two parties contending for power. A conducta
from Mexico was advertised to leave for Vera Cruz the 25th of
April. Business continued very dull.
EXECUTION IN FRANCE.—On Tuesday week the small
town of Berns, in the Sarthe, was the theatre of an awful
spectacle. At the sitting of the Court of Assizes for the de-
partment, on March 14, four men, Louvard, Belland, Drans,
and Chambrier, were convicted of the threefold crime of
arson, robbery, and murder. The first two were condemned
to hard labour at the hulks for life, and the remaining two
to death. The court further ordered that Louvard and Bel-
land should stand on the pillory, and Drans and Chambrier
be executed at Berns, were their crimes were consummated.
Early in the morning the scaffold and the pillory were
erected within a few paces of each other. An assem-
blage of from 12,000 to 15,000 people gathered from all
the surrounding country round these preparations for
the exhibition of shame and ignominious death, and,
notwithstanding their appearance in the centre, the scene
assumed all the aspect of a fair. Booths were raised,
tables were spread, tons of cider were broached, and even
games were set up. It required all the firmness of the ma-
gistrates, supported by the gendarmes and a detachment of
troops, to prevent still more scandalous proceedings. At
eight o'clock Louvard and Belland were fastened in the
pillory, so placed that they could see the house of their
victim, and Louvard that in which he bad himself lived.
He appeared to be much overcome, but Belland displayed a
disgusting effrontery in both gesture and language. Having
stood their time they were removed. About 12 o'clock
Drans and Chambrier arrived in a postchaise uncler a strong
escort. They were accompanied by a young priest, who,
with much force but mildness, endeavoured to bring the
crowd to a state more suited to the scene they were about
to witness, and then turned to the immediate objects of his
care. Chambrier was resigned to his fate, and in a moment
expiated his offences. Drans, however, was In a most pitia-
ble condition. A livid paleness overspread his countenance,
and his limbs trembled so convulsively that guillotines three
men to carry him up to the platform of the ln a
few minutes afterwards the two several bodies were lying to-
gether in one grave in an obscure corner of the cemetery of
Berns. The crowd, so thoughtless and even licentious in
the morning, overcome by the sad tragedy they had wit-
nessed, separated in solemn silence.