The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-21 00:00:00

BUENOS AYRES,

By a letter from Monte Video, dated the Bth of Novem-
ber, it appears that at Buenos Ayres there had been a rising
against Rosas in the south, and that great excitement pre-
vailed in the capital. This was confirmed by further intelli-
gence on the 9th of November, that men were assembling in
different parts of the country, and announced an intention
of marching upon Buenos Ayres to expel Roses and the
" Anchorenas. It seems they were more inveterate against
the latter than against Rosas himself, as they think he has
been misled by them, and that their counsels have caused
the duration of the blockade. The revolution, it is said,
was effected by the Feder is themselves, who were fearful
lest Lavalle should succeed in driving out Rosas ; fearful,
also, that submission might produce the same result ; fearful
of a civil war if they took Rosas's part ; and, besides all this,
were tired of Rosas and his tyranny. The whole of the
south of the province is said to have been in arms. , Chiefs
were marching upon the town of Buenos Ayres, and upon
the Guardia del Monte, where Rosas had formed a depot for
arms. Don Gervaeio, brother of Rosas, has been taken pri-
soner ; General Pecheco is reported to have declared against
Rosas in the north, and some even say that Rosas himself
has taken refuge in her Majesty's ship Calliope.

The Pigeon packet bas arrived, bringing dates from Mexico
city to the 2.5 th, from Vera Cruz to the 29th, and fromTam-
pico to the 7th of December. The papers contain details of
the defeat of the Mexican Colonel Pavon in an action with
the federal insurgents at Guardado, not far from Matamoras,
of which a partial notice has already appeared in the New
York papers. It is stated that on the Ist of November
Pavon attacked the rebels under Canales, with whom a body
of 500 Texans had formed a junction, and, after a severe
contest, defeated and drove them into such a position that
they proposed to capitulate. Whilst the negotiations of sur-
render were going on, Pavon imprudently permitted his
horse, which were greatly distressed with thirst and fatigue,
to descend to the river at some distance for water. Advan-
tage was taken of this separation by the insurgents on the
instant to attack Pavon in their turn. His troops were deci-
sively beaten and dispersed. It is mentioned that Anaya, chief
of the new insurrection, had entered into a treaty of alliance
with Texas, by which its independence was acknowledged, and
the limits of its territory fixed to extend to the river San
Antonio de Bejar, on condition of aiding the designs of
the insurgents with 300 men. On his side Anaya proposed,
it was said, to found an independent state out of the exten-
sive, territory lying between the river San Antonio, the limits
of Texas, and the river De las Nueces. A committee had
been appointed by Congress at Mexico to investigate the
state, of affairs on the side of Texas, and to urge the Govern-
ment to a more active prosecution of the war. Santa Anna
was lying dangerously ill at his country-house in the province
of Vera Cruz. The command of the department had been
taken from him, and conferred on General Guadalupe Vic-
toria, about which there was much angry matter of crimina-
tion in his letters of remonstrance to the President, and in
the papers in his interest. Some disputes had taken place at
Vera Cruz between the merchants and the Custom-house
authorities, arising out of a misconstruction on one side or
the other of one part of the tariff. It was asserted by the
latter that the import of white or bleached cotton yarn was
prohibited, and in consequence various parcels had been
seized, and the importers cited before the competent tribunals
for the penalties or formally to pronounce confiscation. The
magistrates, however, read the tariff differently from the
Custom-house people, and declared for the merchants. The
packet brings no more than 200,000 dollars.

More tea is consumed in Great Britain than in all Europe
besides. •
Accounts from Africa state that the Waterwitch has re-
cently taken a brig under the Portuguese flag with GOO slaves
on board.
WEST INDIAN FRUITS.---I do not think the fruits of the
East are to be compaied with those of the West Indies. I
doubt if the garden of the Hesperides could have boasted of
such a profusion of golden tints, and such a variety of deli-
ciousi e s
flavours. In the order of their excellence, there is the
imperial shaddock, " the grace and ornament 'j% oefh
n: beur t
t
de
in the West Indies ; the luscious-granadilla: w
Creole hand's can duly prepare with sugar and Madeira ; the
melting avocado pear, which it is forbidden to eat without
salt and pepper • the delicate anana, which must be tasted
in the Istil-
that Ripley, the
of the pine-apple to understand the benefit
pley, the Jamaica planter, has conferred on the epi-
curean world ;- the mellifluous naisberry, which, like the
medlar and some other fruits of precocious qualities in
fashionable hotbeds, must be yellow at the core before it is
mature. The full-grown pomegranate must not be forgotten,
teeming with liquid rubies, and reminding the eastern epicu-
rean of the golden fruit
extraordinary grows (on the authority of
Mahomet) on that ex tree Tuba, which grows in
Paradise close to the prophet's house,
thed is continually
bending down its branches to passers-by with
grapes, dates, and pomegranates, " of size and taste unknown
to mortals" ; and, lastly, the blooming mango, whose exqui-
site hue is like the blush on the bashful cheek O a ai
of
d en
of fifteen ; and finally, indeed; the ayro dolce admixturefm
the star-apple and orange, which stands not the proof of
Seneca's test of wholesomeness ; for the eating of the same
may be a pleasant thing to-day, but by no means agreeablee
to-morrow.—,2lladden'B West Indies.
ALLIGATORS.—Counted thirty-nine alligators, all of which
were lying close together in one extended line. Some of them
were very large. It is really horrible to witness them devour-
ing that large fish called the bagre, for which they lie in wait
in the current and eddies of the river. They bring their huge
jaws together upon their prey with a great noise and splash-
ing, and then raise their heads out of the water in order to
devour them, which occupies more time than would be ex-
pected from such a monster. Should they happen to seize
the fish crosswise, they have great trouble in placing it in a
straight position that they may swallow it, the blood running
all the time over their hideous jaws. They sleep a great deal
in the sun, with their mouths wide extended. Our boat would
frequently get within an oar's length of one, without waking
it up ; and at this short distance once or twice I poured a
whole charge of duckshot directly in his throat ; but whether
it survivedor not, I could not determine as it invariably got
to the water again. When we were about t half a league from
Los dos Canos, we stopped for the night ; the bogas stretched
their straw mats on a beautiful playa (sand_bar) of white sand.
These mats, with their toldas over their heads, are the only
beds they have. Movingaround a large fire the night,
cooking their supper, with the white toldas raised ar ou n
they form an excellent tableau fora painter. These fires are
c
also essential fur . warding off the attacks of the tigers
other wild beasts, whose tracks are to be distinctly traced on
every playa of the
river. - All night long, the splashing of the
caymans is to be heard, as they pounce upon the unlucky
fish ; and it was with the greatest difficulty that I could pa;
cif), the women, aad convince them of the impossibility of
these animals reaching their heads above the gunwale, and
lugging them off.—Bittarfs Bogota. -

• 4S

Iniprrial parlianirm.

HOUSE OF LORDS-THURSDAY,

Her Majesty opened the Session of Parliament ta.,Glay
with a Speech from the Throne.
At an early hour the carriages of the nobility and those
who had obtained orders of admission into the body of the
House of Lords and the Painted Chamber began to arrive in
rapid succession. The ladies were all in full court dress.
Parliament-street and the whole line of road leading from
Bncldngham Palace, presented the usual animated scene,
and shortly before the Royal procession passed, the streets
were much crowded.
_

Shortly before two o'clock her Majesty entered her state
carriage, accompanied by the great officers of state and the
household, and proceeded to the House of Lords in the
usual form. The road was lined with the First Regiment of
the Guards.

A discharge of cannon announced her Majesty's arrival,
and a*few minutes afterwards the Queen, attended by all the
great officers of state, entered the house, and took her seat
on the throne. The house at this time presented a brilliant
spectacle.

Her Majesty having desired the Peers present to be seated,
ordered the Usher of the Black Rod to summon the Com-
mons. In a few minutes the Members of the Commons,
headed by the Speaker, appeared at the bar, when her Ma-
jesty delivered the following most gracious Speech :
THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.
" My Lords and Gentlemen,

" Since you were last assembled, I have declared my in-
tention of allying myself in marriage with the Prince Albert
of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. I humbly implore that the Di-
vine blessing may prosper the union, and render it conducive
to the interests of my people, as well as to my own domestic
happiness, and it will be to me a source of the most lively
satisfaction to find the resolution I have taken approved by
my parliament.

" The constant proofs which I have.received of your at-
tachment to my person and 'family, persuade me that you
will enable me to provide for such an establishment as may
appear suitable to the rank of the Prince and the dignity of
the Crown.

" I continue to receive from foreign powers assurances of
:heir unabated desire to maintain with me the most friendly

relations.

" I rejoice that the civil war which had so long disturbed
and desolated the northern provinces of Spain, has been
brought to an end by an arrangement satisfactory to the
Spanish government, and to the people of those provinces ;
and I trust that, ere long, peace and tranquillity will be re-
established throughout the whole of Spain.
" The affairs of the Levant have continued to occupy my
most anxious attention. The concord which has prevailed
amongst the Five Powers has prevented n renewal of hosti-
lities in that quarter, and I hope that the same unanimity
will bring these important and difficult matters to a final
settlement in such a manner as to uphold the integrity and
independence of the Ottoman Empire, and to give additional
security to the peace of Europe.
" I have not yet been enabled to re-establish my diploma-
tic relations with the Court of Teheran, but communications
which I have lately received from the Persian government
inspire me with the confident expectation that the differences
which occasioned a suspension of those relations will soon be
satisfactorily adjusted.
" Events have happened in China which have occasioned
an interruption of the commercial intercourse of my subjects
with that country. I have given, and shall continue to
•give, the most serious attention to a matter so deeply affect-
ing the interests of my subjects and the dignity of my Crown.
" I have great satisfaction in acquainting you that the
military operations undertaken by the Governor-general of
India have been attended with complete success ; and that
in the expedition to the westward of the Indus, the officers
and troops, both European and native, have displayed the
most distinguished skill and valour.
" I have directed that further papers relating to the affairs
of Canada should be laid before you, and I confide to your
wisdom this important subject.
" I recommend to your early attention the state of the
municipal corporations of Ireland.
" It is desirable that you should prosecute those measures
relating to the Established Church which have been recom-
mended by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England.
" Gentlemen of the House of Commons, ,
" I have directed the estimates for the services of the year
to be laid before you. They have been framed with every
attention to economy, and at the same time with a due re
gard to the efficiency of those establishments which are ren-
dered necessary by the extent and circumstances of the
•
empire.
" I have lost no time in carrying into effect the intentions
of parliament by the reduction of the duties on postage, and
I trust that the beneficial effects of this measure will be felt
throughout all classes of the community. •
" My Lords and Gentlemen,
' " I learn with great sorrow that the commercial em-
barrassments which have taken place in this and in other
countries, are subjecting many of the manufacturing districts

to severe distress.
" I have to acquaint you, with deep concern, that the spi-
rit of insubordination has in some parts of the country broke
out into open violence, which was speedily repressed by the
firmness and energy of the magistrates, and by the steadiness
and good conduct of my troops.
" I confidently rely upon the power of the law, upon your
loyalty and wisdom, and upon the good sense and right feel-
ing of my people, for the maintenance of order, the protec-
tion of property, and the promotion, as far as they can be
promoted by human means, of the true interests of Europe."
The house adjourned during pleasure, and resumed at five
o'clock.