The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-26 00:00:00

THE BRAZILS.

The swift packet from the Brazils arrived on Satur-
day. By this arrival we learn that the elecdons had
passed off without any serious disturbances. Although
apprehensions were entertained that some rupture wale
take place at Pernambuco, up to the sailing of the packet,
however, nothing had occurred.
Two of Admiral Brown's squadron had been captured
by the Montevideans, and a slight skirmish had takell
place outside the walls of the city, between Riveire 813,_
Oribe's parties, in which the former were reported Iv
have been victorious. Her Majesty's steamer Gorged'
was still on shore.
Business transactions had been to a fair extent. Con-
siderable quantities of merchandise continued to be re'
ceived in anticipation of the increased duties. The ssles
of coffee have been to an average amount, and the bus
ness in exchanges has been extensive.
Exchange closed at 25-a and 251, but this convey,ece
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The lanthe arrived at Buenos Ayres, September ow
from Liverpool.

SPAIN.
The Madrid Gazette publishes a decree, declaring
Zs,e:
bano and his followers as traitors, and ordering tbere..t".
be shot without any trial. In consequence of recent (11,.,
closures said to have been made by the Governmenrs
Generals Ramirez, Uristizabel, and Espinoza, have been,
ordered to quit the kingdom without delay. Tb.,l 5;4
tence on General Prim is stated by some of the P
journals to be imprisonment in a fortress in some of to
Spanish possessions abroad. There seems, however',
be some doubt whether the sentence will be enforceu`v
its full extent.
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During the discussion in the Chamber of Depe
the 16th a question was put to the Government, II TA
Hoza de Togores, as to the late movement of Geeef;
Zurbano. He wished, he said, to know, whether renf
measures had been adopted to putdown this insurrection!;
demonstration, and to defeat the criminal designs of t..
general. The Minister of War replied that the chate,tt
might feel perfectly tranquil on this head, for that the of
vernmert were fully prepared to defend the easseael
order, and put down any attempt to assail the rights
security of the Throne.

UNITED STATES.
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The steam-ship Great Western, Captain Matheal'A
rived in the mersey shortly before noon on satavu°,;,
She left the wharf at fifteen minutes past two o'clock
the afternoon of the 9th inst., and made this port Thea
days 164 hours, the shortest passage she has accomln'
during the season. She brought 31 passengers.
The Great Western spoke the Boston mail steam-ship
Caledonia on the afternoon of the 21st inst., inlat.hldeg'
30 min. W., long. 12 deg. 18 min. W.
%lea
The contest for president has been virtually dect
favour of Mr. Polk. It is true, complete returns has
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not yet been received from one-half the States, but tb.oce
that have been received are from States that give
greatest number of votes and deemed the most doubti;l,l,
New York, Pensylvania, and Virginia, have all returns"
electors favourable to Mr. Polk by very small majoritie?:,
On the result of these States depended the success of t°
democratic candidate.
The first steam-vessel ever despatched from the UniLtedad
States for any parts beyond the Cape of Good Hope °_,
sailed from New York on the 4th. It was the steals Pr".
peller Midas.
Severe frosts and snow are said to have been eal:?1,i;
enced in different parts of the United States at the nlo'l
of the past month. In Canada, also, we have tiding
the near approach of winter.
Money was abundant, the demand for foreign exchange
active, and shipments were about to be made to Europe'
The Great Western is said to have brought half a tei',""
of dollars. The quotation on London was 110 to 10t.
Stocks had fallen—a result of the elections, it is given&
Freights were active, with a disposition to advance'
Tobacco, per hogshead, 30s. to 355. ; naval stores, 28. °"'
to 3s. ; measurement goods, per ton, 30s. ; heavy ditto'
355. ; ashes, 255. to 30s. ; beef, per 3041 h., ss. to hs. °I;
Seamen's wages had advanced generally from one to three
dollars, and the rate to Europe, with small stores, vi
15 dollars per month.
In Canada the Governor-General is succeeding o°'
ously. 42 conservatives are elected, 23 radicals, 0114
doubtful. This leaves 10 more returns to come
which a fair proportion are sure to be conservatives.

It is probable that the dinner to Sir H. Pottinger trill
take place on the 17th December.
The progress of the eclipse of the moon agreed 60019
with the calculations, as already published.
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The French, by the latest accounts, seem trying iv-
debauchery and vice can do to confirm their ill-gottee
plwer in Tahiti, in vain. The Tahitians in crowds hoe
retired to the hills, and are resolved to be neither cor-
rupted nor subdued. At home, it is finally arranged that
Mr. Pritchard does not return to the consulate of Tabit"
but in lieu thereof Lord Aberdeen has cffered to appoint
him British consul in a neighbouring island. The
gentle-
man appointed, or to be appointed Mr. Pritchard 8 suc-
cessor, is said to be a Roman Catholic. This sounds in'
credible, yet we are assured, upon most credible autho-
rity, that it is a fact; if so, Lord Aberdeen, it is presum-
able, was ignorant of the religious opinions of his nOter
But whether or not, if the gentleman in question be a I.'o'
manist, public steps, it is clear, must be instantly taken
to prevent his going out to Tahiti as British consul. The
notion of a Romanist consul giving proper protection to
Protestant missionaries in that island, is preposterous.
The cause of all that has happened there is the resistance
Romanist error has given to Protestant truth; and for
England to send to Tahiti a Romanist consul is to aban-
don her missionaries and the Tahitians also.—John Bull.