The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-05-13 00:00:00

MONTE VIDEO.—The following is an extract of a letter
from Monte Video, dated 27th February, 1845, received
per packet on Saturday last :—" On the morning of the
11th instant, two of Brown's vessels commenced throwing
shot into the city. After firing about forty to fifty, doing
a great deal of damage, they sheered off. One of the
schooners belonging to this place went out and fought
them both and drove them off. After fighting about an
hour she hulled one of them twice. I was on the house
top all the time, and the balls flew over my head. Some
came very near. Two or three people were killed, and
others wounded. By what we hear from Buenos Ayres
we may expect to be bombarded very shortly. If that be
the case we shall have to leave, but I do not believe they
can do it. We have fourteen or fifteen vessels of war,
small and large, belonging to this government, and I
think, with these and the forts, which all have furnaces to
make red hot shot, Brown will not be able to stand them."

MEXICO—The accounts brought by the Great Western
from this qua-ter are to the effect that General Almonte's
communication of the passage of the measure of annexa-
tion produced very considerable excitement in the capital.
On the 22d of ISlarch, Senor Cuevas, the Minister of
Foreign Relations, addressed a circular to the governors
of the different departments, in which he appeals to the
patriotism of the authorities of the departments and all
their citizens, to forget all divisions, anti to stand by the
President, and co-operate with him in defence of the
rights and the honour of the nation. Upon the reception
of the official notification, a very stormy cession was held
in the House of Deputies, during which Senor Cuevas
submitted the following decree, prefacing it with the re-
mark, that the Government felt strong enough for the
emergency, without the grant of additional powers, and
he trusted that instead of a grievous calamity, annexation
might really prove a blessing to Mexico, by uniting all her
people in a determined effort to maintain their rights and
preserve the integrity of the teritory of the Republic.
BRAZIL..—By the arrival of her Majesty's schooner
Viper at Falmouth, we have accounts from Rio Janeiro
to the 23d March, which are of very great importance.
The Brazilian ministers, it appears, have made up their
minds to go the whole hog to produce a quarrel with this
country as far as commercial relations are concerned.
They have officially announced that as the treaty confer-
ring the right of search to British shins of war, of the ves-
sels of Brazil for preventing the importation of slaves, ex-
pired on the 13th of March, it shall not be resumed until
Brazilian sugars are admitted into the British dominions
at the same rate of duty as that from any other country.
A Brazilian slaver may henceforth, therefore, cross the
bows of a British man-of-war, with her cargo in full view,
without her daring to offer the slightest molestation to the
nefarious traffic. The commissioners appointed to treat
with Mr. Hamilton on the subject of the law of Brazil af-
fecting the property of deceased foreigners, had had their
first meeting. The conclusion come to in this case was
on the same principle as the above, namely, that their in-
structions were that nothing should be done until the
duties on Brazil sugars are placed on the same footing as
other foreign produce. There is consequently no mincing
of the matter, and ministers must consequently make up
their minds on the course they will pursue, for it is easy
to see that these resolutions have greatly agitated the
merchants resident in Brazil, and those connected with
them at home. The mail steamer had arrived from Rio
Grande at Rio Janeiro on the 20th ult., with intelligence
that Baron Cazias had concluded a treaty with the late
insurgent leaders, which will finally pacify that province.
The terms of the treaty are in the Rio papers, and the
measure had produced great satisfaction in the capital.
The report that Ronge, the German priest, who has se-
ceded from the Romith Church, had been murdered is
contradicted.

Monday, being the anniversary of the death of Napo-
leon, the masses for the repose of his soul were said in
twelve of the principal churches of Paris.
Letters from Lucerne of the 3d instant state that Dr.
Steiger had been convicted of high treason, and sentenced
to be shot.

The llamburgh expedition round the world is to leave
that city on the 15th of August. The route which has
been chosen has been so arranged as to secure continual
summer to the voyagers.

MoNs, MAY 6.—Yesterday morning about forty men
were killed by an exploion in a mine in this neighbour-
hood,.belonging to the Anonymous Society of the Wood
of I3oussu. About thirty other persons were dreadfully
injured.

One of the best and most substantial cotton factories in
the United States has recently been erected at Cincinnati.
It has one thousand three hundred and twelve spindles,
and one hundred looms. It wilt employ three hundred
persons, and make about two millions of yards of sheeting
per annum.

FIRE IN CANADA.—The Toronto papers give full de-
tails of a fire in London, Canada West, the most destruc-
tive and terrible ever known in Canada, which impover-
ished and ruined hundreds of people ; at least 150 families
were rendered bouseless. The entire loss was estimated
at 200,000 dollars.

MAGNIFICENT PRESENT.—A silver fountain of extra-
ordinary magnitude, and exquisite workmanship, intended
as a present to Mehemet Ali from the East India com-
pany, has just been completed. It is upwards of ten feet
high, and contains 10,400 ounces of silver. It is richly
ornamented with fruits and flowers, the likeness of beast,
bird, or fish being scrupulously avoided, in deference to
the feelings of the Nlatiornedans. The fountain has an
inscription on each of the four sides, simply, and in excel-
lent taste, recording the titles of the givers and the re-
ceiver without any addition. The language on each side
varies ; the four languages employed arc English, Latin,
Arabic, and Persian.