The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-01 00:00:00

RIO DE LA. PLATA

MONTEVIDEO, Sept. 23, 18-10.—It is said here to-day, that
a messenger arrived here from Rivera to the government, with
intelligence that Echaque had invaded the province of Cor-
rientes from Entre Rios, at the head of 3,000 men, and that
Rivera bad sent for reinforcethents of men and arms. Ano-
ther report is current, that the French soldiers who came out
with the late expedition are to be landed at the Island of
Martin Garcia ; and one rumour gives out, that a treaty has
been entered into by this government (Montevideo), and that
of France ; the latter advancing 25,000,000 f., to be repaid in
so many years, and in the interim the French are to occupy
Colonia!

BUENOS AYRES, Oct. I.—The French residents are one
and all making off as fast as possible. Every day since the
sailing of the packet there is a list of names asking passports
of 20 and upwards, and that of this morning is longer than
any preceding. The French are perfectly right in so doing ;
they ought not to stay here now, and it is probable few
foreigners of any nation will remain, unless some grea. change
takes place. All are very much alarmed, and not without
cause ; up to the present the persons of Englishmen have
not been molested, but certainly not their property, when
required by the government. Imprisonments and assassina-
tions proceed ; not a day passes but we hear of one, two, or
more persons being found with their throats cut. Of course
it is quite too evident what is the meaning of all this, for in
no instance has it been attended with robbery : the money,
watch, &c., have been invariably found upon the bodies, and
all of them well and respectably dressed people. It was cur-
rently reported yesterday that Lavalle had settled Lopal, and
was on his return here again. On Saturday last abfut 20
shops were embargoed by the government, belonging to per-
sons considered Unitarios, but the same evening it was taken
off, owing, some say, to the wind having changed, which has
effect upon our lord and master (Roses) ; others, on account
of a letter sent by Mr. Mandeville (the British minister),
after an interview with an eminent English merchant, rela-
tive to some hides, on which he had advanced a large amount,
and on which an embargo had been laid by the Governor
Rosas.

On the 13th of this month (October) it is expected that
Rosas will be again re-elected Governor.
October 3, 8 a.m.—l have now to communicate continued
scenes of barbarities. Yesterday morning five or six persons
were found with their throats cut ; two were shot at the
Cuartel del Serenos. Poor Quesada, formerly a colonel, has
been murdered by them. This is most horrid work ! Not
an hour passes without hearing of some one being assas-
sinated. Numerous families daily most barbarously treated,
the poor defenceless women slashed unmercifully, and their
clothing torn and cut all to pieces, and every article of their
furniture broken up and completely smashed to atoms ! The
whole town is completely at the mercy of the Mashorca club,
which has now become very numerous : neither the chief of
police nor Avana can say anything against the acts of these
men, nor can they exercise any authority over them. _ _

1 p.m.—l am now told that Colonel Quesada was last night
taken a little way out of town, and had his throat cut. This
is dreadful ! lam told eleven others were found this morn-
ing in the neighbourhood of Rivadavia's quinta. Some say
as many as thirty suffered last night. I can write no more,
these doings quite unman me. When shall we see an end of
such dreadful atrocities ?
October s.—Horrors and assassinations increase ; every
thing is in the hands of the Mashorca •, Avana, and the chief
of police, have not a word to say. Quesada's murder has
excited much disgust against the Government. Mr. Mande-
ville, the British Minister, when he applied to Avina on be,
half of the victim, was assured he had been misinformed ;
that Quesada had not been apprehended ; and now that the
melancholy fact is established, Mr. Mandeville is greatly en-
raged at having been deceived by Avana. All the British
merchants are off by this packet.
I have again heard that the Minister strongly remonstrated
with the Government.
MONTEVIDEO, Oct. 13.—The American commodore went
up to Buenos Ayres on the 10th, and, as he is a humane and
gentlemaniy man, and much shock at the perpetration of such
unheard-of cruelties, he has promised to use every influence
his station may invest him with to induce the Government to
put down the merciless perpetrators of these barbarities.
The instructions of Admiral Makau have not been promul-
gated. He embarked on Saturday evening, the 10th of Oc-
tober, and immediately set out tor Buenos Ayres. The opinion
among the French residents is general that he will treat with
. .

Rosa;. The Admiral has given orders to have all the land-
ing companies and three-fifths of the sailors on board each
vessel exercised daily for six hours, and certainly is preparing
for war, though he may sue for peace.
The British frigate Stag, bearing the pendant of Commo-
dore Sullivan, in company wet the Curacoa and Grecian,
sailed for Buenos Ayres last night. We have, therefore,
some protection to British subjects. The Southampton, 50,
is daily expected with Admiral King's flag.

FOREIGN

AND COLONIAL MISCELLANY

CHINA.—THE LOWER CLASSES.—Sir George Staunton,
connected with the last British embassy in China, speaking
of the results of Chinese government, says—" In the course
of our journey through the Chinese empire, on the occasion
of that embassy, I can recall to my recollection (the seaport
of Canton, of course, excepted) but very few instances of beg-
gary or abject misery among the lower classes, or of splendid
extravagance amongi the higher; and 1 conceived myself en.
abled to trace almost universally throughout China the une-
quivocal signs of an industrious, thriving, and contented
people."—Davis's Chinese.
DR. LARDNER IN AMERICA.—Dr. Lardner and his suite
arrived in New York the other day, and took lodgings at one
of the fashionable hotels in Broadway. His suite consists
of ex-Mrs. Heavvside, who, in due process of time intends
to become Mrs. Lardner, and a young lady, a Miss Bennett,
from England, a scientific friend of the parties. It seems
that a suit has been commenced for a divorce between Capt.
Heaviside and his wife, and according to all accounts there
can be no difficulty in that piece of philosophical reaction.
Dr. Lardner and his lady insist upon it, that their conduct
was perfectly justified according to the most recent discoveries
in chemistry and the steam-engine, and it is probable he can
prove it to the satisfaction of every savan of the day.. Dr.
Lardner is busy finishing his Encycl 'media. The learned gent.
is also anxious to give lectures on the steam-engine, and
other scientific 'matters—and in these days of lectures—scien-
tific and curtain—we presume he would be well attended by
all the fashionable, polite, and pious.—New York Morning
'Herald. . _ . . _

LISZT AT HAMIRTIIGII.—A letter from Hamburgh, of
the 10th December, announces that M. Liszt gave the entire
proceeds of his first concert at the great theatre there,
amounting to 3189 rix dollars (nearly £700), for the founda-
tion of a pension list for the benefit of the members of the
orchestra of that theatre. The musicians thus munificiently
provided for went in a body to the celebrated pianiste's hotel,
with an expression of their gratitude. On the following
evening they executed a magnificentserenade, including some
of his own chosen compositions, beneath the windows of the
apartment which he occupied at the hotel. The Senate also
addressed a letter to Liszt, testifying to him, in the name of
the city of Hamburgh, their satisfaction and gratitude for
this generous donation.

SINGULAR PROPOSAL.—The following singular proposi-
tion we find in a late St- Louis Gazette:--A warm Harriso-
nian made following proposition to-day, which, however, was
not taken up—that he would pay 200 dollars to any man who
would agree to give him one kernel of coffee for the first sin-
gle vote Harrison got over. Van Buren's whole vote, two for
btheeinsg econd, and so on in geometrical progression. There
some little curiosity to know what the result might be,
sundry grains of coffee were weighed, and it was ascertained
that 2500 grains of Java coffee weighed a pound. Suppos-
ing, then, that Harrison runs ahead of Van Buren 30
votes, the amount of coffee to be paid over would exceed
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TRADE OF PERU.—In woollen cloths the English make is
pressed, lighter and cheaper than French or
..,foreign
woollens. French merinoes, however, were without compe_
titian, but being high priced were of limited constunp.
tion. The more favourite colours, some time ago, were
white, blue, pearl grey, soft yellow, red, and rose. All other
sorts of woollen tissues are almost exclusively derived from
England, such as Cashmere shawls printed, stockings, baye-
tas or coarse flannels, imitation carpeting, &c. Linen cloths
are chiefly supplied from England and the Hanse towns.
Iron unworked is furnished from England, Spain, and Sweden.
Paper from Spain, France, and Italy. Perfumery from
France. Earthenware from England and France. Cutlery,
English and German. Glass ware a good deal from Ger-
many. In assorting cargoes for the Peru-Bolivian markets,
care should be taken that the quantities of each article should
not be too large.—Morning Herald.

WALSALL ELECTIM

;RETIREMENT OF THE HON. SPENCER LYTTELTON,
(From the Morning Herald of Yesterday.)
BIRMINGHAM, Wednesday Night.—The friends of good
government will rejoice to learn, that the success of Mr.
Gladstone, the candidate for the representation of this bo-
rough, is placed almost beyond a doubt. The Hon. Mr.
Lyttelton refusing to surrender his independence to the de-
puties of the Anti-Corn-Law League, now in Walsall, has
retired in disgust from the contest, as will be seen by his ad-
dress to the electors. A brief correspondence, is also sub
joined, which renders any comment unnecessary, in order to
expose the jesuitical tactics of the corn-law mongers, whose
impertinent intermeddling in the present contest has met
with that well-merited rebuke which it so richly deserves.
Messrs. Rawson, Prentice, and Ackland, are completely taken
aback by the independent and spirited conduct of Mr. Lyt-
telton, and are prowling about the neighbourhood in search
of some tool pliant enough to play their game. They have
waited upon C. Forster, jun., Esq., son of the late conserva-
tive representative, whose politics, unlike- those of his re-
spected father, are all that these gentlemen could desire.
Mr. Forster, jun., is to give his final answer to-night, and a
meeting is called for the purpose of receiving it, and in the
event of another disappointment, it is not improbable that
one of the three worthies, supported by the friends of the
league, may be induced to put himself forward as the repre-
sentative of the independent electors of Walsall.

The following is the correspondence referred to :
TO. THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF

WALSALL

" Gentlemen,—When I had the honour of first addressing
you, offering myself a candidate to represent this borough in
the Commons' House of Parliament, I calculated wigi confi-
dence on the undivided and zealous support of every class of
the liberal party. I have now completed a personal canvass
of the electors, and I regret to say that, in many instances
where I had every reason to expect prompt and cor-
dial support, I have met with either lukewarm neutrality or
decided opposition. In addition to these discouraging cir-
cumstances, I have had to encounter the avowed hostility
of the agents from the Anti-Corn-Law League deputed to
oppose me, and whose opposition has destroyed my chance
of being returned as your representative, by dividing the
liberal interest. Nothing but a firm conviction of the hope-
lessness of success, founded upon these obstacles, would have
induced me to relinquish my prospects of representing your
borough, but I am now persuaded that any continuance of
this struggle in the present state of parties would only injure
the cause to which I am pledged. In retiring from the pre-
sent contest, I beg to return my most sincere and heartfelt
thanks to those honest and consistent liberals who have ren-
dered me their able assistance and support.—l have the ho-
nour to be, gentlemen, your most faithful,_ obedient, and

humble servant,
" Walsall, Tuesday Evening

SPENCER LYTTLETON

" WALSALL gLECTION.—In order to prevent any possible
misunderstanding on the, subject, Mr. Gladstone's friends
think it right to publish a letter which he'received from three
gentlemen, calling themselves a deputation from the' Anti-
Corn-Law League, together with his reply thereto. .
" George Hotel, Dec. 1840.

" Sir,—We have been deputed by the " National Anti-
Corn-Law League" to ascertain the opinions of the candi-
dates for the representation of Walsall, as to the repeal of the
corn law.

" We have put the question to Mr. Lyttelton, and we
have also respectfully to request the courtesy of your reply
by letter, or that you will favour us with a personal inter-
view.—We have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servants,
" WILLIAM RAWSON,
" 4 ARCHIBALD PRENTICE,
" JAMES ACKLAND.
" To J. N. Gladstone, Esq., &c.,' "

" George Hotel, Walsall,
" ' Tuesday Morning, 29th Dec., 1840

" Gentlemen,—l had the- honour iO receive your letter
of yesterday at nine o'clock last night. To the electors and
inhabitants of Walsall I shall at all times be most ready to
explain my opinion on all questions of public interest; but
I cannot recognise the right of the Anti-Corn- Law League,
or any other league, to send deputations to catechise candi-
dates, or interfere in the politics of places to which they are
strangers. _ _ _

" shall take every opportunity to explain publicly my
sentiments on the subject of the corn laws, and in the course
of my canvass have already done so.
" For the reasons I have assigned, I trust that I shall not
be considered wanting in proper courtesy to you gentlemen,
as strangers to Walsall, in declining to enter upon the sub-
ject of the corn laws.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen,
your most obedient servant, " J. N. GLADSTONE.

' To Messrs. Rawson, Prentice, and Acland.' "