Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-12-09

ket at Liverpool, 1t Is now generally believes
was produced by means not justified by til
condition Of trade or the state Of stocks, an
the authorities we have quoted, confirming, 4
they do, our own private adviees will go fl
to disabuse the commercial community III tb
Western World Of any misapprehension ar
der which they may have labored on the sui
ject." -
A Special Commission has been opened j
Wales. by Mr.. Bafan GourBey and Mr.. Jus
tice Cresswell,1 for the trial of the partie
connected with the late Rebecca riots. Th
proceedings occupied three days. ieAafgga
One of the rlngleaders was found guilt
and sentenced to twenty wears transportatief
The others, to small terms of Imprisonment
The pnnislments have all been mild wit
the exception ofthe principal offender. 5.
Robert Peel, the Premier, has been making
a great speech at Tanworth, on practical far
ming. The speech sounds the approach o
great and speedy changes in what is called
protection toagriculture.' There is no di
rect ~allusion to the Corn Laws. but bis earues
eshortation to all engaged in husbandry ,t
depend upon themselves alone.
TIE ACADIA GREAT WEsrERN-The
European Times says, flew of the former tri.
l. ttttPb vi GbCutti SUI BhNNsd kfiG lb5bs HDtIlG
ward trips Of the Acadia and the Great Yves.
tern. Notwithstanding the heavy gales with
which our coast has been so recently visited,
the former vessel enterered the Mersey early
onthe morning of the 18th ultimo, having per
formed The passage from Halifax in ten days
and nine hours. The Great Western arrived
on the LIST inst. after an excellent run OF
twelve days and seyenteeh ldurs from New.
York; 9ai ai 10 ad57aa5o2s3 &5fa .@tf
The trial Of a London merchant named Zu-
leta, on a charge of having been engaged in
the slave trade, has excited d good deal of In.
terest. lie was acquitted. fE8E UftI
DIR. Collyer, has met with much success in
liverpool in his Mesmeric lectures. His new
book on America was. not quite ready for the
press. s.~
There was a destructive storm IN Liver.
pool and its neighborIIood on the 2sfh, which
loccasioned much damage to property, and the
loss Of several lives.
BY an arrival IF her Maiesty's sloop Fon-
tame at Portsmouth a few DAYS since, infor-
nation had been received Of the total loss of
the British brig Ampfitrite, Commander Mr..
II. Wills, on the 2lstof July, offthe island of
Lobasbe:- e, near Monteyideo. N syaa{ .#eeE gr
There has been a good deal of damage suf-
'fered by the coasting vessels of the northern
shores Of ireland. On the night of the 18th
~itistaift the Mary Anhe, Of Arboath, was lost
off Islay, with six hands on board. itiA2>& u
A letter from Stockholm states that the
t"wne of Egersund in Norway had been almost
destroyed by fire. asIs a3ad aaFs }
A terrible accident had occurred Upon the
railroad from Vienna to Glacknet-1l persons
being killed outright by a collision Of the
cars IVY" @@#F @"
The Cbartist Convention at birmingham
started the noble project OF purchasing about
1000 acres Of land to be divided into small
a~lIotmel.ts, for which Gl00yo0o was appropri-
ate3. 81 saUt4. -4gtsa tabI g- ii 4f,s
Rev, DR.. Fitzgerald, fol IA years President
Of the. Roman Catholic. College at Carlow, in
Ireland, died on the 23th ullimo, very much
latreuted.
The British schooner tfeazers Of London,
been seized at Lisbon, by the Portuguese
government, for attempting to carry away a
large quantity Of the gold coin of the realm:
such a thing being strictly prohibited and by
a capital crime.
Twelve farm houses had been destroyed by
Incendiaries ia one night, 10 Dcnbigbshire, in
North Walesi4B "Ha ssttQa M#Hts9a Il