The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-13 00:00:00

FOREIGN 4- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE

PORTUGAL.

Intelligence from Lisbon to the 31st March, states that
Saldanha still remained in his old position, retained there
from the want of funds to proceed, all attempts on the
part of the Queen's government to raise a loan having en-
tirely failed. The Queen's troops are deserting daily
while the troops of the Junta are in high spirits
well supplied with money and with provisions
is the Junta that it has assumed the off€

So strong
e. So da

Bandeira sailed with an expedition of _n in the
Mindella, Porto, and the Vessuvio steamers, and, having
forced the blockade of the Douro, proceeded to the south-
ward.. The expedition is most probably destined for the
Algarves, although it was reported in Lisbon that it had
landed in Peniche.

'There is no truth in
'WEST INDIES.—The steam-snip Avon arrived at South
limpton, on Wednesday, from the West Indies. Th,
general accounts from the West Indies are favourable
The prospects of the crops
encouraging in the extreme,

umour of Louis Philip's ill

sugar w

proceeding

news of consequence from t
Assembly at Barbadoes 1

titute Scotch and Irish
t ollecte

through pr,

continue to be des(

most of the Is

Thepacket S

Falmouth on Tuesday eening last
Brazils

the 14t1

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'ebruary

are to the 31st of Jit
tance from Braz

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from Monte Video
cal news of impor-
by this vessel. From

Buenos Ayre

:counts of the defeat of Rivierad: confirme loss on both sides was estimated a
'the
men killed and wounded. General Oribe had succesE
fallen in with the divisions of Flores and Medina,
Entirely cut them to pieces, these leaders escaping

only three or four men each

11AHIA AND PELINAMDUCO.—The new ship Seraphina,
Captain Taylor, arrived at this port on Thursday morn-
ing, from Paraiba, in thirty-one days and some hours,
and brings the latest accounts yet received from Bahia
and Pernambuco, being from the former port to the 27th
February, and from the latter to the 4th March. Consi-
derable purchases had been made of sugars at high prices,
and the rate of exchange at Pernambuco had advanced to

previous to t
A POPISH

h heavy weat

left Paraiba two days

f the Seraphin.

marvellous tale i

told in the Paris religious periodicals, how a French cler-
gyman lost his voice from too much preaching, how fox
months he could not utter a single word—how he was de-
prived of all his strength—how he became more helpless
than a child—and how he was instantaneously cured b)
throwing himself before a stone statue of the Virgin, ir

This sour]
of idolatry is vouched for by the Rev. Mr
Clifford, and other

one of the cony(

le of theeeffects
Newman, Lord

An ide

however

ts itself
to us, how, if as helpless as a child, and " deprived of all
his strength," the priest had power to throw himself be-

fore the statue

OF CAPTAIN GIBSON

MR. CHETWY

event, which reached town last S

confirmed

DR. HOWELL, AND

-A rumour of thi

comers, and unacquainted with the Kaffir character and
tactics. Captain Gibson and Dr. Howell had the charge
of 70 men, and the sick, on the banks of the Kei. Be:—
short of rations, they went with a party to tak- -
cattle for use. They fell in with a herd, ap„
paren
guarded (placed in all probability as a decoy) and
panied by four llottentots, detached the

They were waylaid by about

men to drive them awa
150 Kaffirs, and the officers, with two of tl
killed, before the soldiers, alarmed by the

two miles dis

nt from them
'-illed at

Howell's horse w

old reach the spot.
first fire, and his f
him.

an aband(

sacrificed their own lives rather t
fired away all their ammunition, and their dead bod
were found lying beside seven or eight of the enemy
whom they had shot. The bodies bad been mutilated in
a shocking manner by the beastly savages. Captain Gib-
married : his wife and family are in Europe. He

was about to retire from the service, ara

indeed t
but d

given up his papers, and might I
lined to do so n. 1,. - •

his corps (the rifles) was

in the field. The Hon. Mr.Thetwynd was not more'than
25 years old, and Dr. Howell was about the same age.
FAMINE IN MADEIRA.—From accounts up to the 20th
alto, this beautiful and interesting island is in a deplorable
43tate from want of food. All the vessels had left the bay,
and with a population of 112,000, there were not supplies
for more than twelve, or fifteen day's consumption. Ame-
rican flour had advanced from 12 to 30 dollars (.C6 55.)

and ever

article of food in proportion

SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AN NORTH
WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Wednesday. night, hh 'accident
occurred on the above railway, near Winsford The express
train left London for Liverpool at five o'Clf:/ok eh 'Wednes-
day afternoon, and passed Crewe at 'nine. When near
Winsford, from some cause unknown, theengine,whichwas
going at full speed, got off the rails, anetturned completely
over, dragging with it three carriages and a van, which
were attached. The carriages were thrown on their side.
at a short distance from the 4ine; but, so far as we have
been able to ascertain, r