The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-18 00:00:00

MONTE VIDEO AND BUENOS AYRES.

The following is an extract of a letter from Monte Video,
received by the Pampero, which vessel sailed from thence on
the 23d January and arrived at this port on Friday :
" All is in confusion in the city, caused by Rivera manag-
ing to lose his whole army in a battle with the invading one
of Rosas, under Oribe. After three or four hours' hard
fighting, he was completely routed, leaving the Buenos
Ayreans sum 2000 or 3000 dead on the field ; but 400 or
500, I should say, was nearer the mark. Rivera himself was
nearly taken prisoner. and was only saved by one of his
officers interposing between him and his pursuers, and fall-
ing a sacrifice himself, but enabling Rivera to escape. Since
that event all has been topsy turvey here; the government
in a regular fright : proclamations, one after another : the
country declared in danger : all slaves liberated, but marched
off for soldiers : public and individual security suspended :
all natives, from 14 to 50, called to arms, and exercised
every day : some 1500 men are working outside throwing up
entrenchments, and making breastworks ; others are at-
tempting to cast guns, and, I believe, have succeeded in all,
but find it hard work boring them, not having proper tools
to work with. If they only fight as hard as they are work-
ing now, there is no fear of Oribe ever coming into this
city by force of arms; but that I doubt. I am fully aware
of the boastful character of the natives magnifying a skir-
mish into a battle. It would amuse you to read the papers
y day ; the oouncing lies they are filled with ; they
.ry to outdo each other in that respect. Meantime, a great
deal is expected from British and French intervention, as
the ministers in Buenos Ayres have intimated to Rosas that
he must withdraw his army out of this territory, but it ap-
pears that he does not care for that, as Oribe is in full
march for that place, and, they say, is only about sixty miles
Rivera arrived here yesterday, and intends
Dung what troops he can get, and keep outside to cut off
upplies from the enemy whilst the inhabitants defend
They also talk about an English and French force
hereto settle the question at once, but I shall not
until I see them. Reports here fly about like wild-
nre ; so there is no saying what is true or what is not."
There are advices in town from Monte Video up to the
4th of February, but, in the interim between the 23d of Jan.
and that date, nothing of moment had occurred.

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The Journal de Saint-Eiinne speaks of a new kind of
steam-boat, which has been lately plying between Lyons,
Lavoulte, and Valence. It is known by the name of the
Grapin, and is remarkable for having, in addition to the
usual paddle wheels, a large cast-iron one of about 15 feet in
diameter, and weighing 500 quintals, which is placed in such
a way that it can rise or fall, according to the depth of the
Rhone. It is armed with strong teeth, which take a hold on
the ground. and by this leverage send on the vessel with
great power. The Grapin first commenced plying in the be-
ginning of Meech, and the above journal states that its aver-
age lading of ore for three days from Lavoulte and the en-
trance of the Givors canal, was upwards of 300 tons, which at
If. 60c. the quintal, would produce 1,600 f. a day.
PRINCE DE JOINVILLE ON THE COAST OF AFRICA.—
Letters from Cape Coast Castle, received on Friday, state
that the Prince de Joinville, in the course of his cruise down
the west coast of Africa, arrived in the end of January on
the Gold Coast. His squadron consisted of the Belle Poule
frigate, Coquette corvette, and a schooner. From the Dutch
settlement at Elmina his Royal Highness proceeded over-
land to Cape Coast Castle, where he was received on the
morning of the 29th of Jrnuary by Captain Maclean, the go-
vernor, with every mark of honour. The Prince spent the
day with Captain Maclean, examining the establishments and
town. He expressed himself to his own officers much pleased
and surprised at the condition of the fortress, and the order
and comfort of the native population, so much exceeding any-
thing he had previously seen upon the coast of Africa. On
his return to the Belle Poule the Prince wrote to Captain.
Maclean a letter acknowledging his " most splendid recep-
tion," as he was pleased to term it, and assuring him that
" this short visit would be remembered by him as one of the
most agreeable he had made while on the coast of Africa."
He further begged Captain Maclean's acceptance, as a me-
morial of their meeting, of a very valuable pocket sextant—
an appropriate gift from a seaman.

BERLIN, MARCH 13.—Two clergymen, belonging to the
sect of Ancient Lutherans, lately went from East Prussia to
Hamburgh. They have been engaged there in making a
contract for a vessel to carry 1,500 of their flock to the
United States of North America, where they will be allowed
to practise their religion in full liberty.

Accounts from Vienna inform us that, on the Ist instant,
a grand tournay was given at the imperial manege, in honour
of the great Archduke Charles. who fifty years ago was there
investPri with the order of Maria Theresa. Upwards of
2,500 persons were invited to the fete. The illustrious and
venerable Archduke, on entering with the Emperor. was
saluted by the general rising and acclamations of the whole
assembly. Quadrilles and carousels were executed by the
Princes of Clary, Auseperg, Lokoiwitz, Lichstenstein, and
Trautsmandorf ; the Counts of Blacas. Nadasky, Kolowrat,
Caroly, Zichy. Esterhazy, Harrach, Cholek, and other ca-
valiers.

EARTHQUAKE Is HoLLAND.—In addition to the reports
which we receive from all parts of the provinces respecting
the earthquake, of which we have had experience in this city
and the adjacent villages, we now further learn, that the
heaviest shocks were felt in the districts of Vechel and Uden.
We are just told that the dike of the Zuid-Willemsvaart ca-
nal has given way, and somewhat sunk to the extent of 20
yards. The sluices have been injured, and considerable da-
mage has been done to some of the adjoining houses. The
directors of the water establishment are occupied in investi-
gating the subject. Letters received to-day from St. Ode-
rode mention that several shocks were felt there on Friday
night, about eleven o'clock. The inhabitants rushed out of
their houses for fear of being buried under the ruins, ann re-
mained in the open air until daylight returned. The like
shocks have occurred again in the commune of Vechel and
the neighbouring countr3 ."—Handlesblad.

" There was a great robbery in the Desert, a few days ago.
The caravan, going from Damascus to Bagdad, was attacked
by the Arabs, and a severe fight ensued, which lasted three
days, when the Arabs were completely repulsed. The people
of the caravan, thinking they had finished with them, pursued
their journey ; but, the next morning, the Arabs returned
with a large reinforcement, and attacked them again. In the
confusion, a large lot of camels, about 170, took fright and
ran off. The Arabs, seeing this, desisted from fighting, and
managed to get off with the whole of the runaway camels,
which they chased before them; and, satisfied with so large
a booty, did not return. The remainder of the caravan re-
turned to Damascus. It is said, between one and two hun-
dred men were killed, chiefly Arabs ; and the loss of property
is estimated at about £lO,OOO. This is an unfortunate affair
for the proprietors of the goods, as not a farthing will ever
be recovered."

THE MURDER OF Dr. MARTIN.—MALTA, APRIL 5.
Yesterday the murderer of the late Dr. Martin was put to
the bar. No case establishing his guilt could have been
clearer, but as one of the jurors out of seven who presided
sapiently chose Co consider that eve!), man who kills another
must be labouring under monomania, the prisoner, on being
found guilty, escaped the capital punishment, and was sen-
tenced to the gslleys for life, with chains to his legs. Six
out of the seven jurors pronounced the crime a deliberate
act of murder, meriting death. The sentence had given con-
siderable pain, though the judges (by law) could not award
the capital punishment if all the jurors do not agree.

EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER MILLS AT

WALTHAM ABBEY

On Thursday, at five minutes after three o'clock in the af-
ternoon, a melancholy accident occurred at Waltham Abbey.
A part of the gunpowder works exploded ; four buifdings
were laid in ruins, and seven unfortunate fellow-creatures
were in an instant dismissed from life.

Though many years have elapsed since a calamity of any-
thing like the same magnitude occurred at Waltham Abbey,
little accidents have from time to time reminded the inhabit-
ants of the danger in their vicinity ; and, consequently,when
three or four unusually loud reports were heard in succession,
their thoughts immediately turned to the powder-mills.
Windows were broken in various houses by the concussion,
and those on one side of the church suffered severely. At
the station-house of the North-Eastern Railway, which is
about a mile from the mills, several squares of glass were
forced ; and the same thing, it appears, happened so far off
as in the main road of Waltham Cross.
Of the buildings literally nothing remained but a heap of
black rubbish, in the midst of which some broken machinery
could he distinguished. Weather boarding, rafters, joists,
and enormous blocks have been carried by the expansion of
the gunpowder across the stream which passes in front of the
Government erections, and which is called " The Powder-
mill River," and thousands and thousands of slates were
strewed on the ground. With the slates, rafters, and pieces
of machinery, &c., were seen human bodies so torn, black-
ened, and disfigured, that at once to recognise them was ab-
solutely impossible. The body of one sufferer was carried a

very considerable distance ; it was said one hundred and
thirty yards from the spot where the ruin commenced, and
must have been thrown to a vast height. This was evident
from the deep indentation made in the ground where the re-
mains descended. The point made by the head, shoulder,
and hip was such, it astonished every one that a human body
could fall with weight sufficient to produce such an indenta-
tion. Five of the sufferers were carried over " The Powder-
mill River," and two remained on the side where the build-
ings had stood, one being found among the ruins. We spare
our readers a minute description of the various appalling
features of the ghastly spectacle. Suffice it to say, some of
the victims had their entrails blown out, one his foot carried
off, and all were miserably mangled. The cause of the acci.
dent is at present unknown.
A coroner's inquest was held on Saturday, on view of the
bodies, when a verd►ct of accidental death was returned.

COURAGEOUS CONDUCT. -On Monday morning last,
whilst a boy belonging to the Tartar, of Hull, now loading in
the London Dock, was in the act of descending the side
' - bark Rory O'More, of Liverpool, for the purpose of
covering a boat belonging to the former vessel, he missed
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his descent, and was on the very point oi drowning when
Captain IVl'Master, of the Rory O'More, in the most coura-
eous manner leaped overboard, and rescued the perishing
toy. Had not Captain M`Master behaved in this humane
manner, nothing could have saved the hoy, the Rory O'More
being some distance from the quay, and no other assistance
being at band. ' This is the third instance in which Captain
m'Master has risked his own life to save his fellow-creatures
from watery graves

The Rev. George Francis Master, 8.A., of University Col.
lege, has been presented, by Miss Master, to the Perpetual
Curacy of Baunton, Gloucestershire, vacant by the resigna-
tion of the Rev. T. Rolph.

A QUESTION FOR CONSCIENCE.—Why should churchmen
pay to maintain the registrars for registering the births, mar-
riages, and deaths of dissenters ?

CHURCH 01, ENGLAND MISSION.—It is a fact which
cannot be too widely circulated, that the venerable " Society
for propagating the Gospel" alone employs no fewer than 382
missionaries ; besides which there are upwards of 120 clergy-
men maintained by the " Church Missionary Society ;" and
also a considerable number supported, wholly. or in part, by
the " Society for the Conversion of the Negroes," a society
established in the reign of the second Charles, principally by
the exertions of that truly eminent man the Hon. Robert
Boyle. Altogether there are seven hundred and eighty-six
clergymen, employed by the Church of England as mission.
aries and chaplains in the colonies and dependencies of the
British empire, and in heathen and Mahomedan countries in
various parts of the world ; and these clergymen are now
placed under the episcopal superintendence of seventeen pre-
lates, five of whom were consecrated with great solemnity in
Westminster Abbey, on the 24th of August, in the last year.

THE POPE.—The Clergy of France, March 19,1682, unani-
mously resolved :-1. That a General Council was above the
Pope ; 2. That the Pope has no power in temporals over any
Princes ; 3. Nor any power to depose Princes ; 4. Nor to ab-
solve their subjects from their oaths of fidelity ; 5. That he
is not infallible.

CLERICAL FRACAS. --The only information worth trans..
mitting from this quarter (Kilcullen) is that relative to a
fracas between two Roman Catholic clergymen, which has
excited a good deal of interest as well as amusement. It ap-
pears that a priest, a mild, unoffending, and exemplary man,
who resides in —, county of Kildare, went to visit a friend.
not a hundred miles from Old Kilcullen. Having left his
gig and horse at the door, he entered his friend's house.
While paying the visit, a brother ecclesiastic, remarkable for
his turbulent conduct aad for being a violent repealer, came
up and inquired to whom the horse and gig belonged. At
this moment Father made his appearance, after paying
his visit, when he was seized upon by the other priest, who
dragged him about 60 yards from the door, and after calling
him the most !opprobrious names, thrust him into a pound,
and was going to shut the poor man up, when his hat, which
was knocked off in the scuffle, was picked up by some people
who witnessed the scone, and who immediately rescued him
from the grasp of his assailant, who, flaming with rage,
mounted his horse and rode away. The priest, thus so wan-
tonly attacked by the vulgar bully above alluded to, was set
at liberty by the people, who were lost in astonishment at
the cruel and unfeeling conduct of the worthy disciple of
Maynootb.—Carlow Sentinel.

Loss OF THE HISERNIA.—One of those disasters at sea,
which we are surprised are not of more frequent occurrence,
took place on Saturday morning last. The brig Hibernia, on
her homeward voyage from Dundalk for this port, was run
down by an American ship, off Beaumaris, and from ten to
twelve miles from the shore. It happened about twenty
minutes past four in the morning. It was hazy and dark, and
the mon at the bow of the American saw the brig, and im-
mediately ran up a light, but was too late for the brig to get
out of the way, as in a very few minutes she was run into
rather more astern than amidships, and began to fill imme-
diately. It was the work of a moment; indeed there was
barely time to cut the lashings of the small boat which was
hung at the stern, and she fortunately did not swamp on
reaching the water. The captain (Whiteside) and crew, in
all seven men, got into her, but had no time to save a single
article except the clothes they had on ; the boat was up to the
gunwhale, and they had but one oar and part of another to
assist themselves with. The American, meanwhile, not sup-
posing so much damage had been done, sheered off, apparently
leaving the unfortunate crew to their fate; but in a short
time she hove-to and took them on board. It is most
probable that had this not been done they must have perished,
for immediately after it came on to rain and blow very
heavily, and as we stated, they were nearly twelve miles from
shore. The captain and crew, who were brought into Liver..
pool, say they were well behaved to on board the Americas;.The Hiliernia. belongs to Messrs. Knowles, of this town, and
was not insured. She had on board about nine hundred loads
of meal, consigned to Mr. Grarlwell, part only of which, we
believe, was insured; one hundred barrels of wheat for
Messrs. Lawson, insured ; and a quantity of meal for a per-
son at Blackburn, which, we understand, was not insured.
The Hibernia was seen about three hours after the accident
by the crew of a schooner which sailed from Dundalk the
same time she did. She was floating on her beam-ends. It
is very probable that she may not again be heard of.—
Preston Pilot.