The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-11-27 00:00:00

MEXICO.
We have received, by the_padket-ship North America, 01,
Mercy, papers to-theist They contain important intelligcn
from Mexico. A battle was fought on the 18th of Sept. at j
place called San Miguel aelos Dolores, between Bustamente
Montezuma, in which the latter was defeated. The accoon
given of the action are not very clear, but it seems that Bio;,a,
mente obtained his advantage in consequence of having ut°"/
his-command a great superiority of cavalry. The Commer`4
Advertiser gives the following as the latest intelligencee
"By the schooner Tepeyac, at New Orleans, letters bate
been received in this city from Vera Cruz to the 4th instil:a,
The defeat of Montezuma is confirmed;
and his loss in
wounded, and.prisoners, is stated at 1,500. The loss was also
vere on the part of Bustamente. Another battle was soon ex
petted to take place.
"Santa Anna had commenced his march, with 3,50° 111;
to he joined
1)1 towards Puebla, -where, it is stated, he expected
General Valencia, with 1,500 troops. His ultimate destinau°
was the capital.
A movement had taken place in the city of Mexico on Mr
25th Sept. in favour of Santa Anna, which was put down afte
some fighting, in which several persons were killed and wonnuAle
The new Secretary of State has tendered his resignation.
New Orleans papers state, that Montezuma has been toniLt.,
defeated, and would fall back on Tampico. Private letter'
state, that he was again rallying his forces.
" Several important cities and towns had declared in fav°°r
of Santa Anna, and the return of Pedraza to the President.,,,,
%
Some of the legislature had decreed a suspension of the 81',
tion for President until a pacification should take place. Meg
sures were taking to assemble the legislature of -the state `2.
Vera Cruz in that city, which would be composed of tho-
members who constituted that body in 1829. New
" From the various and contradictory statements in the
Orleans papers and private accounts, it is difficult to iu'r,e,
what is the precise state of things, particularly in the interior.,
From Bogota we have accounts of the 7th September.
letter of that date says—
"l send you the papers of the day, the Gaceta Ertraordinarit
containing the pleasant news of Obando's being in a fair IT,
of restoring peace in the south. Flores has tailed. 060°1
has succeeded so well that all his best troops are to, or 101
come over; consequently, the supposed war may be considered
dt an end.
" General Santander will be here in a few days; he inten'l6
to come in at night, or unknown to the people; but, notwil':, ,
standing, many people have gone already to meet him at
hacienda (five or six leagues from the city)."

DOMESTIC INTELL.ilakiNcz.

We learn from Munich that the departure of King OthoBll4'
he deputation for Greece, is postponed till the sth of Dec.
It is reported that Mr. Baron Bayley is about to retire froghe 'bench, to make room for Sir W. Horne; and that ,
Campbell is to be Attorney-General, and Mr. J.
Solicitor-General.
The commercial advices from Rio Janeiro mention that as
additional duty of one per cent. had been laid upon irrireq,t
fS tt
b. Albansea Marchioness,w hi c h it '
but it was expected this would be rescinded, as the inert:llo-
- much of it.
By the death of the Marchioness of Bute, a large annoig
bcoemgeivseton
tothetbDeuecbhiledsres
children of
is supposed_w,
is married to Lord Sandon.
of
• A second candidate for the representation of the borougi, -
Cheltenham has appeared in the person of the lion. Graurti,ie
Dudley Ryder, second son of Lord Harrowby, who is no
actively canvassing the electors of that town.
A to n-
MABERLY'S BANKRUPTEL—The assignees appointe. I s
vestigate the affairs of Mr. John Moberly, the banker, and le
t-f
lafnw:
M.P. for Abingdon, have declared a dividend ou the estate
2s. in the pound. The debts were stated to amount to a!)°1„
£200,000, so that the assets discovered to the present um-
amount to £20,000. •
It is with unfeigned satisfaction we announce that two COO"
servative candidates, Sir B. W. Bridges and Sir E. periog:
have come forward to represent this city; and it is with 011, if not greater satisfaction, we add, that though late in the ile'to
appearing only at the eleventh hour, there is no reason
doubt of their success.—Kentish Observer.
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At the Court of Aldermen (of the city of London)
Tuesday, the hitherto usual vote of thanks was proposed to le
late Lord Mayor; but out of 19 of his colleagues present, ,
very popular person could not get one to second it. Ser.,.e?
this man cannot be serious in his attempt .to represent tho'e'-'4"
We should adviet him to try Coventry; he is likely to berear
dent there for some time.—Guardian. NORTH WALES.—Mr. Pelham has withdrawn from "the .1.e-
"
presentation of the __county of Salop, and -is now canvass'.l,l_4,
•the votes of the electors of Shrewsbury. The Earl of U.
lington has announted himself .as a candidate for the souther:
division of Salop.Lordship," says
rind topian,Jo"%,...
"is -a decided supporter of conservative pples; he is hu‘,.„
apparent to the largest domain in this county; and his ret
without opposition is certain."— Worcester Herald.
The Lincoln Reform Dinner was to all intents and purlle..„'" d
a ;failure ; notwithstanding every exertion of whippillgArtes
flogging, and puffing, and giving awa tickets, it exi"" at
merely the revolutionary nucleus bursting through a thin coat
of whiggery. The revolutionary party is endeavouring to l'ect,,,P
the mob in a 'perpetual state of excitement and intoxication ,
dinners, meetings, tracts, speeches, plays, free and easies,
and slanders, until their- victims shall. have been compiele
piyeaned ges, and. co out of, their remaining privile comfort'
It°
protection.—Buston Herald.
bt
We are happy to state, from good authority, that little do_.."
now remains as to the triumphant return of Sir •Gh'Te:
Wetherell for Oxford. We willingly cogratulate .the (le
servative interest, but more especialiy don we congratulate
city of Oxford, upon the prospect of being represented by
Oxford citizen, a man connected, with them by birth, 'edtt,e:_
tion, and adoption ; one of whom they may be justly. proutt.:
a thoroughly consistent Tory, a truly honest and indepeniu.,ot
English lawyer, a f;cntleman,universally beloved by thoss wl
best know him, and respected even by his enetnies.---•Standao.l
•
FASHIONABLE THIEVES.—A few days since an elderly lady.
and her two daughters drove in au e:egant carriage to
James's Bazaar, London, and while purchasing a small artic-('
for 3s. 6d. one of the -young Ladies pilfered seals, goad
&c. to the value of £l. They were fodowed and brought
when the young lady dexterously replaced some of the st,4
articles, and two of the pins were found in her pocket.
ladies were suffered to depart, and returned in their mai%
to their residence at East-Sheen; but a warrant has since been
issued against them by the magistrates of the ..‘iarlboroug-'
street office.

WeciNNELL 'TURNED ORANGEIST.—Some of 09kionn-
e1's
admirers will probably be more surprised than we are at
scene Which took place in Dahlia on Tuesday last. 1-;.beh'Zi.
was a deputation (of which O'Connell was one) uPlwi'—:id
to wait upon William Scott, Esq., and after the address 11'
been read,. the deputation retired to partake of a dejofraitt,.
h
AmOngst the toasts given on the occasion, after the 11.,e4;ie
of the Duke of Cumberland, the Chairman proposed—
oa
glorious, pious, and immortal memory of the great and VI
tking Wildain." After this toast had been- drunk
mendous cheering,—Daniel O'Connell rose and said, "1 "Av
M -
NEVER DRUNK THAT TOAST IN MY LIFE, BUT I A NOT TV°
OLD TO BEGIN ! ! !" With 1.05

MODERN BRITISH liOSPITALITY.—The Captains and c
of some of the Dutch vessels brought into 'English perts;tro
suffering . the greatest inconvenience and privations, °win,' t.
the iniquitous system pursued by the British Coverall
Many of the ships from the East and West Indies, it.is
but
known, upon coming into port, usually require supplies;
the
the agents at the out-ports naturally refuse to supPlY t
Dutch. vessels that arc detained, until they know from whet°
payment is to come. Neither the owners, nor their e"rliic;
spondents in London,. are willing to become responsible for the
things that are required, as they cannot tell whether the se,e
seis that are detained may not eventually he declared ki.,7121,,
Ministers as lawful prizes—the result of all which is. that` tir'
crew of a West Indianian are likely to starve in a British por;
unless immediately relieved! ! and another ship is like's,'
sink, because the Captain can get no one to the nelu'u
repairs! ! !—Correspondent r f ihe London Standard.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 21.—This town has presented to-day a"
unusual scene of anxiety, owing to the report of his Majesty
bead
ship Vernon, 50, Capt. s'ir Francis Collier, C.8.,-havingl"_:ed
e
captured by two Dutch frigates on the 17th inst., and carrihe
into the Scheldt. We have been at sonic pains to trace t
source of this rumoUr,: and do not hesitate to declare it un-
founded. The Dutch, it is well known, have ready for sea
the present moment, five line-of-battle ships three sixty-WT..
frigates, and emu; thirty-five gim-boats, all' under the eft.%
mand of a Nke-Admiral; but they have evinced no disrsitit
whatever to put to sea; indeed such a step would lead to iturilth'..
diate \flitch, we believe, 'tho Dutch are tnetwo4
standing, present appearances) desirous to avoid. The red
of of his Majesty's ship l'alavara, 7<l guns, Capt. T. Brown,
run foul of the French frigate Calypso, on the 19th insker
Is
true, but that of the loss of the Larne, 20 guns, Commac.,.
Sydney' Smith, and French igate, .being on shnre•near tnv
entrance to the Schelcit,•are both destitute of foundation.