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: Thistwas confirined by further intelli-
gence on the 9th of November, that men were assembling in,
different parts of the country, and announeed:anintention
of marching upon Buenos Ayres to expel Rosas-and the.
.tAnchorezia, It scorns they were more inveter4te aguittst
the tatter than against Rosas himself; as they-think he has
been misled by them, and that their counshlS have mused
the duration of the blockade. The reolution, it is said,
was effected by the Federals theaiselves, who were fearful"
lest Lavalle shotild ineceed- id driving out ; 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 dep6t for
arms. Don Gervacio, brother of Rosis, 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 has arrived, bringing dates from Mexico
city to the 25th, 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; whichwere 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 Eejar, 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 hii letters of remonstrance to the President, and in
the paperS in his interest. Some disputes had taken place at
Vera Ciuz bet Ween 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 Grea't Britain than in all Europe
besides. .„
Adcounta 'from Africa state that the Waterwitch has re-
cently taken a brig under the Portuguese flag with 600 slaves
on board.
WEST INDIAN FRUITS.—I do not think the fruits of the
East are to be compared 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-
cious flavours. In the order of their excellence, there is the
imperial shaddock, " the grace and ornament" of a dessert
in the West Indies ; the luscious granadilla, which none but
Creole hands can duly prepare with sugar and Madeira; the
u'7lting avocadn.pear, which it is forbidden to eat without
rttiand Pepper ; the delicate anana, which 'must be tasted-,
of the pine-apple to understand the benefit
that Ripley, 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
fashionablemlmt.b. hotbeds,
mature. must be yellow at the core before it is
pomegranate
teeming with liquid'rubie dremindimngustthneoetabsetefornrgeoptitceun.,
epicu-
rean of the golden fruit which grows (on the authority of
Mabomet) on that extraordinary tree Tuba, which grows in
Paradise close to the prophet's house, and is continually
bending down its branches to present the passers=by with
grapes, dates, and pomegranates, of size and taste unknown
to mortals" ; and, lastly, the blooming whose exqui-
site hue is like the blush on the bashful cheek of a maiden
of fifteen ; and finally, indeed, the ayro re e admixtu of
the star-apple and orange, which stands not the proof of
Seneca's test of wholesomeness ; for thet:tgo the same
may be a pleasant thing to-day, but by means agreeable
to-morrow.—llladden's West Indies.
ALLIGATORS.—Counted thirty-nine alligators, all of which
were lying close together in one extended line. Some of theni
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, onc.e.or twice I poured a
whole charge of duckshot directly in his throat ; but whether
it survived or not, I could not determine, as it invariably got
to the water again. When we were about half a league from
Los dos Canos, we stopped for the night ' • the bogas stretched
their straw mats on a beautiful playa (sand-bar) white sand.
TheSe mats'? with their toldas over
theirla heads, are the only.
beds they have. Moving around
a
Cooking their supper, with the white large tiro in the night,
toldas „raised around,
they form'an excellent tableau for a painter
.also essential for warding, off the attacks of thenlese fires are
tigers and
other wild beasts, whose tracks are to be distinctlysaitracel on
every playa of the river. All"night long, the s
via
,caymans is to be heard, .s they pounce upon the unluckyoi e
.fish ; and it was with the greatest difficulty that I could pa-
pa-
cify the women, and convince them of the impossibility- of
these animals reaching their heads above the gunwale, and
lugging .them' Off.—Shafrrißogota.

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Iniptriat VarTiaintith

HOUSE OF LORDS-TRURSDAY.

Her Majesty opened the Session of Parliament to-day
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
Buckingham 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 douse, 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, wheii 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