The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-04 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL -STANDARD.

FOREIGN :45- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE

UNITED STATES

By .the packet-ship Ashburton, Captain Howland,
arrived -at Liverpool on Tuesday afternoon, we have
ad% ices from New York to the Bth inst. inclusive. From
these.waloarn that General Taylor's army was encamped
on the late field of battle, and that General Taylor himself,
at the head of 1,000 horse, had arrived at Cerralvo in pur-
suit of General Urrea, and that the latter, hearing of Ge-
neral (Taylor's approach, had fled with his force in the
direction of Victoria, thus leaying open the communica-
tion between Camargo and Monterey. Santa Anna, it.is
stated, was in full retreat for San Luis Potosi. Many of
the Mexicans who were taken prisoners, state that they
had not eaten anything for three days previously to the
s ; that the army of Santa Anna was in a state of
'estitution ; and that unless he could get supplies
in four days his army would disband, or that they mus
inevitably st-

ye. In despatches received from Monterey
it was currently reported that Santa Anna hal lost an
arm.and had been shot in the hip, that Generals Ampudia,
Mejia and Ortiga had been killed, and General Salas made
From Vera Cruz we learn, that the line of in-
t having been completed, and all communication
city landward cut off, General Scott had given
ign residents notice to leave the town, and they
had generally gone on board the foreign vessels of war off
port

prisoner

!any citizens of Vera CrUz were in favour of
an early capitulation, but the military violently opposed
any movement of the kind. It was reported by the foreign
residents, that several citizens had been shot for proposing
the surrender. The firing from the city and castle was
continued, but had, so far, been harmless. Colonel Per-
sifor F. Smith, with his rifles, had had an engagement
with a force of about 800 men from the city, and com-
pelled them to retire, with a loss of about 25 killed and
several wounded, an sustaining a loss of two or three
privates killed and wounded. Two French vessels had,
however, succeeded in evading the blockade. Rumours
prevailed at Philadelphia, on the 7th inst., that intelli-
gence had been received from Vera Cruz, that General
Scott had been killed, and General Worth wounded. No
credence, however, was given to these reports. Proposals
for the new loan of 18,000,000 dollars were to be opened
on the 10th. It was anticipated that the Secretary of the
Treasur,y would call immediately for a large portion of it.
The following statistics of the cotton crop we extiact
from the tables of the Shipping List of the 7th inst. :
Stocks.on hand Ist Septeinber:-1146, 97,216 bales; against
1845, 94,126. Increase, 3,090.
Received since Ist September
1,584,168. Decrease, 108,410

184 G, 1,475,758 bales; 184

T:--184'

llitto to

Decrease

It is stated in the American papers, just received, tha
the Niagara Suspension Bridge Company will shortly pro
- -d to the. erection of a wire bridge across the Niagar,
nt having been gained.

-the Qt
Kinn ni

as pressing heavily on the labo
be replaced by new taxes, tl
yet stated.

urine

They are tc

ore of which is no.

y was the birthday of the Queen of the French

who has just compl

d her 65th year

It was also the

Aueen Christine

Letters from Rome announce that the only daughter of
Curran, the celebrated Irish barrister, is now alive in the
Eternal city, the sister of whom Moore has so beautifully

She is far from the land where her vounr hero
dlusioa to the brave but unfort

!PS," &C

'ETERSBURGII.-We have just
irgh the important_ intelligence
ase dated the

that the emperor of I

as, by an I
►vest in the

12th instant, d

specie, equal to X 4,500,001
ihould remain as a perma

9ent investment in those securities. The greater portion
will be invested in the English funds.
PORTUGAL.—THE CIVIL WAR.—It is now precisely
twelve months since the insurrectionary movement of
Maria da Fonte took place, which led *the revolution of
Minho. ' That barefooted amazon placed herself at the
head of a few score of equally ignorant country women,
and got up amongst this exciteable southern population a

For twenty pence the country has bee
I more than 1,000 victims hav

It fiiadlong to ruin

trOyed

es, writing

'he communication made

Uovernment