The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-27 00:00:00

UNITED STATES,

By the Rainbow, which arrived on Friday, from New
York, we have received important intelligence from the
seat of war, both in the interior of Mexico and at Vera
Cruz. It appears from General Taylor's despatches, which
were brought to Matamoras under an escort of 250 men
(who had a combat with General Urrea's army, at Cer-
ralvo), that the circumstances of the repulse of General
Santa Anna were much the same as those reported by the
last arrival, and that an engagement took place subse-
quent to that at Buena Vista. The repulse of Santa Anna
seems to have been very complete ' • and at the last advices
he was retiring in the direction of San Luis Potosi. The
loss of the Americans in the battle, was about 700 killed
and wounded ; that of Santa Anna, about 1,500 to 2,000.
Equally important news has been received from General
Scott's army. It appears from a despatch from Commo-
dore Connor, that it landed from Vera Cruz, on the 9th
of March, and that it had completely invested the city on
the land side. Some skirmishing had taken place, in
which the captain and seventeen of the Americans were
killed ; but no serious combat. The Americans had cut
off the pipes and aqueduct, by which the, city is supplied
with water ; and it was expected that it would surrender
in a few days. As the fortress of San Juan de Ulloa is
supplied by its own wells and tanks, this does not neces-
sarily imply that it will also surrender. It is supposed
that there are 4,500 troops in the castle. At half-past
three o'clock on the morning of the 13th of March, the
Mexicans opened a fire of round shot and .shells on the
American army, from the batteries of the town and castle,

&PE OF GOOD HOPE.
Ls been received from this colony to the

20th of February. Sir Henry Pottinger had left Cape
Town, and intended to proceed to the frontier, where he
would complete arrangements .with the Kaffir tribes, and
I take such measures as might be necessary to ensure
yof the colony. The incursions of the

kaffirs had not wholly ceased, and several unimportant
skirmishes had occurred between their maraudirlg parties
and small detachments of troops and settlers. Advices to

the 23d of January had been received from Port Natal,
where the state of affairs was satisfactory. A misunder-
standing had arisen between the British authorities and a

native chief named Todo, against whom a small detach-
ment of troops had been sent : but it was expected that
this refrdctory chief would soon be reduced to submission.

FRANCE

-The Paris papers of Thursday bring the
If the debate in the Chamber of Deputies on

the motion of M. Lemusat for

rliameutary reform

Guizot made a speech against it, and it was rejected by a
majority of 49. The Presse has an article on the speech
of the King of Prussia, and considers that the personal
situation of Frederick William is serious, as he can " nei-
ther accept the pretensions of the united Diet without
abandoning the absolute power which he is endeavouring
to maintain ; nor can he dissolve the Diet without wea-
kening his consideration abroad, and the affection of his
people at home."
ROME.-Intelligence from Rome to the 9th inst. states;
that an attempt to murder the Pope had been discovered.
llt was first found out by the French Ambassador, and he
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intention was to assassinate him whilst giving audience to
oue of them who was, by lot, to be appointed to kill him.
A, Capuchin presented himself for an audience of the
Pope. His Holiness requested his name; this he gave
boldly, but before being admitted, the Pope looked over

the list of the conspirators, and found the name of the
Capuchin there. He immediately called for and concealed
six carbineers, who, on the Capuchin's entrance, seized
him, and on searching him found he had a brace of loaded
pistols and a poisoned dagger about his person. The
Capuchin was conveyed to prison.
The official inspection of timber prepared for exporta-
tion at St. Petersburgh has been abolished.
On the Bth the town of Rundtetn, in Silesia, comprising

• The Emperor of Russia has interdicted the circulation
of Polish coin, even in any part of Poland, and has for:
bidden all the public officers to receive it.
&telegraphic despatch from Marseilles, in anticipation
of the bi-monthly mail, which left Bombay on the 15th
of March, reached Marseilles on Monday. The Punjaub
was tranquil. Akhbar Khan, the murderer of Sir W.
Macnaughten, was dead. cinde was quiet, but the
Goomsoor and the Nizam's territory were still in disorder.

.
ANOTHER STEAMER WRECKED. --ACCOUTAS from the
Cape of Good hope, of Feb. 12, bring news of the loss
of H.M.S. Thunderbolt while entering Algoa Bay. The
Thunderbolt was a steamer of 280-horse power, and 1,055
tons burthen. Happily no lives were lost, audit is hoped
that the stores will be saved.

A dispatch has been received at Lloyd's, from the

yfirel

Straits of

Magellan, 16th-December

-carpenter and
sel sunk in 7i

two men sup-posed. to be drowned. Ve

fathoms water

The Cologne Gazette states that the Pritssian Cabinet
has decided on not renewing the navigation treaty of the
2d March, 1811, between the Zollverein and England,
which is about to terminate. The southern states of
Germany objected to the treaty being discontinued on ac-
count of the effect it would have on the importation of
sugar; but the Zollverein states were unanimous in re-
solving that it should not be renewed in its present form.
The Cologne Gazette adds, that the despatches directing
the cessation of the treaty were sent to London last week.
A NEW MIRACLE.—Several Roman Catholic journals
record a new miracle. According to the tale, the Virgin
Mary appeared on the 19th of September, 1846, to two
shepherd boys, who were together on the mountain of
La Salette, in the diocese of Grenoble. She spoke to each
in his native tongue—to one in French, to the other in
the German patois of the frontier ; giving to each a very
long exhortation on the want of diligence among the peo-
ple of Corps, the village to which they belonged. She
wore a wreath of roses ; when she went away they saw
that the grass did not bend under the pressure of her feet ;
she disappeared gradually, the light of her countenance
dazzling them. On one spot where her foot rested a foun-
tain sprung out, which his not since dried ; and the water
has proved a successful remedy for sick persons.