The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-22 00:00:00

BAHIA.

By the commercial letters which have been received from
Bahia, of the 24th of March, we have recived a full confirma-
tion of the taking, of that city by the imperial troops. It ap-
pears that there had been some hard fighting between the rebels
and the royalists for three or four days prior to the 18th of
March, when the latter suceeded in making thanaselves masters
of the city. The rebels fought in the most determined manner,
and set fire to a large portion of the city, which would have
been totally destroyed but for the entry of the imperialists.
Most of the rebel leaders were captured, and it is supposed that
nearly all the rebels who laid down their arms were in prison.
Some of these advices express the opinion that this decided
success on the part of the legitimate government will give them
the power of removing all disaffected persons, and thus enable
the government to strengthen itself. The number killed and
wounded on both sides was very considerable. However, order
was in a great measure restored, and there had already com-
menced a partial resumption of brisines3. The exchange on
this country was quoted at 32, and rather in demand.
BUENOS AYRES. _ .

By the Betsey Hall, Captain Croaker, which arrived on Fri-
day from Buenos Ayres, we have advices of the 25th of Febru-
ary. It will be recollected that in consequence of the refusal
of the government to exempt the French residents front militia
service, and of its obstinate determination to withhold from them
the privileges which the British inhabitants enjoy, the French
consul withdrew- himself from the province, and protested against
the exaction of its executive. The French admiral, on his arri-
val in a line-of-battle ship at Rio, despatched a corvette to ac-
quaint them with his intention that, should they persist in the
rejection of the reasonable demands of the people he appeared
to defend, he would blockade the place. A brig of war has gone
to Monte Video fur the admiral. It is supposed that the Buenos
Ayres government will speedily succumb.
We have received Buenos Apres papers to the 25th of Feb.
The Universal, published at Monte Video, says—" We have no
news of the position of the anarchists. It is said that the town
of Duranzno has been sacked by them."
Private letters from Monte Video state, that 200 Indians of
the army of the rebel have mutinied and dispersed over the coun-
try, committing great atrocities. The same letters state, that
the demoralisation of Ribera's force is complete, and he has been
obliged to retreat precipitately to the other side of the Rio Negro.
Exchange on England 6 to 27 Stock 57 58.

COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE:

The editor of Parbury's Oriental Herald has furnished the
Standard, of Saturday, with the following news from India:—

" LATEST NEWS FROM INDIA.

" The overland dispatch from India, via Marseilles, arrived
this morning, bringing intelligence from Calcutta and' Madras
to the middle, and from Bombay to the end of March. The fol-
lowing are a few of the more interesting items. The accounts
of the progress of the famine in the western provinces ate most
horrible; the inhabitants of Agra are compelled to forego their
evening drives; on accoubt of the intolerable' effluvia arising
from the dead bodies surrounding the station. A small river
near Cawnpore is said to be actually choked with the corpses of
the multitudes starved to death. A relief fund had been opened
in Calcutta, and on the 15th of March the subscriptions amount
ed to above 40,000 rix-dollars. Money was so scarce at Delhi,
that the Emperor's salary was three months iu arrears. The
young heir to the throne of Gwallior had died after three months'