The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-14 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

The following correspondence between Mr. Mandeville and
Senor Arana has just been received via Rio Janeiro, and was
posted up in the Underwriters' room on Saturday :

" MR. MANDEVILLE TO SENOR ARAN A.

" Buenos Ayres, Nov. 2G, 1812.
" The undersigned ministerplenipotentiary of her Bri-
tannic Majesty to the Argentine Repu)lic has the honour to
acknowledge the receipt of a note from Senor Arana, Mi-
nister of the Foreign Affairs, addressed to him the 24th inst.,
eneosing legalised copies of the resolution and decree come
to by the honourable the House of Representatives upon the
correspondence that took place between his Excellency and
he undersigned, as mediator of her Majesty to this govern-
ment, in the war in which it is engaged with that of Monte
Video.

•" The undersigned has read this resolution with the deep-
est
regret, and it now only remains for him, in conformity •
with the orders received from his Government, to inform
that of the Argentine Republic that the due consideration of
the commercial interests of her Majesty's subjects in the
River Plate may cause her Majesty's government to have
recourse to other means with the view to remove the ob-
stacles now interrupting the pacific navigation of these
waters.—The undersigned has the honour, &c.
(Signed) " F. H. MANDEVILLE."
The French Minister addressed a note of similar import to
General Arana the same day.
On the 6th of December a battle look place at Arrago
Grandi, in Entre Rios, between the forces of the two repub-
lics, which resulted in the entire defeat of the Monte Videans,
who immediately re-crossed the Urngary into their own ter-
ritory, and, acdoiding to the latest advices, the troops of
General Orihe (commander of the Buenos •Ayrean army)
were closely pursuing them, and had reached the banks of
the Uruguary, opposite Salto, but up to the 20th of Decem-
ber had not crossed.
After the above battle the following letter was addressed
to Senor Arana by Mr. Mandeville, dated Buenos Ayres,
16th December, 1.942 :
" It being the intention of the Government of Great Bri-
tain and France to adopt such measures as they may consider
necessary to prevent the hostilities between the republics of
Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, the undersigned minister
plenipotentiary of her Britannic Majesty to that of the Ar •
gentile Republic has now, in conformity with instructions
received from his Government, to inform his excellency
Senor Arana, Minister of the Foreign Affairs of the Govern-
ment of Buenos Ayres, that the sanguinary war now existing
between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video ought to cease for.
the sake of humanity, and for the interests of the subjects of,
England and France, and other foreigners resident in the
country. now the theatre of war; and for these reasons he
has to der4nd from the Government of Buenos Ayres,
" Ist. ?The immediate cessation of hostilities between the
respective belligerents.
"2d. That the troops of the Argentine Republic (it being
understood that those of Monte Video must adopt the same
course) shall withdraw to their own territory, in case of hav-
ing passed the frontier.
" The undersigned requests of his Excellency as prompt
an answer a possible, that he may know if it be the inten-
tion of the overnment of Buenos Ayres to accede to this
demand.—Th undersigned has the honour to he,
(Sifted) " H. MANDEVILLE."
According to the private advices from Buenos Ayres, of
the 19th December, great excitement existed there against
foreigners, and in case of an armed interference by England
and France, fears were entertained that acts of violence
would be committed against the subjects of these two
countries.
The troops that escaped from Arrago Grande, with Gen.
Rivera, President of Monte Video, were at Paysander, on the
banks of the Uruguay. All the officers that had been taken
by the Buenos Ayreans at Arrago Grande bad been shot, and
thirty-seven foreigners of the infantry had their throats cut.

NEGOCIATIONS WITH BRAZIL—Our intelligence from
Brazil is of a contradictory character, but we prefer facts to
speculations. We are informed, in our correspondence, that
every obstacle is thrown in the way of our special envoy, by
the anti-slavery and the French party, in his progress towards
the accomplishment of a successful treaty ; but we learn also,
that the increased duty of 20 per cent., placed upon the mer-
chandise of other nations, will not be charged upon'that of
Great Britain, or her dependencies. For these reasons we
believe that an advantageous treaty will result from the ne-
violations of Mr. Ellis, according to Great Britain en ample
inlet for her produce, and to Brazil a vast market for its
agricultural. productions.—London Journal of Commerce.

The accounts from Alexandria of the 16th ult. state, that
the sale of an immense quantity of Egyptian produce lately
made to a company of three merchants of Alexandria had
been rescinded, on the application of the British Consul-
General, because English merchants had been excluded from
all participation in the contract. The goods were to have
been put up to public auction. The directors of the Bank of
Egypt, Messrs. Torizza and Pastre, published a circular on
the 10th, announcing that the Pasha, by a decree of the Ist,
had founded that establishment, with a capital of 700,000
talaris, and placed it under their direction. Whemet Ali
was visiting the villages of Lower Egypt, previous to his re-
turn to Alexandria. where he was shortly eipected.
The steamer Hiudostan reached Suez from Calcutta on the
12th.
The latest intelligence from Beyrout (of the rch ult.) men-
tions that Bishop Alexander was still there, awaiting the
arrival of the imperial firman, authorizing him to proceed with
the construction of the Protestant Church at Jerusalem. The
Schismatical Greeks of Lebanon had petitioned Assad Pasba
to be allowed to appoint a chief of their own religion. The
Catholic Greeks had refused to acknowledge the Nlaronite
Kaimacan. The Pasha of Aleppo having sent an expedition
to Orfa, to levy the tribute due by the Arabs of that pro-
vince, the latter had taken arms, and repulsed the Ottoman
troops.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

The !ast report of the directors of the Maryport and Car-
lisle Railway sets forth that the works between the latter
City and Wigton are in a forward state, and it is rumoured
that the line will be thrown open to the public in the course
of a few months.

EASTERN COUNTIES.—GeneraI Pasley made his final in-
spection on Wednesday last: he was accompanied by the
directors; and the trail; reached Colchester in 21i hours, a
distance of 51i miles. -The general declared his entire satis-
faction with the works, leaving the directors to use their own
discretion as to the opening of the line for passengers, but
expressiog his belief that it could be done immediately with
perfect safety.

The half-yearlj meeting of the West London Railway, held
on Friday, was a most harmonious affair. The contracts for
the works on the. line are stated to have been let upon very
advantageous terms ; and as this was satisfactory to the
shareholders, the proceedings were made one of compliment
to the directors and the secretary for tbe great exertions they
have made in re-animating this project, and not allowing it
to be abandoned with the capital already expended upon it,
as once threatened to be the case, for want of necessary at-
tention to it.

A LITTLE TOO EARLY.—A laughable affair occurred says
the Journal de Commerce of Antwerp, one morning last
week, at Menem, in Belgium. The beadle of the church
having heard the diligence pass, which had been delayed
several hours by the snow, thought it was that usually ar-
rived at six in the morning, and, fearing he had overslept
himself, rose from his bed, and began to ring the Angelus.
This being the ordinary signal for the people of Mertem to
leave their beds and open their shops, they rose, and com-
menced their ordinary occupations, although in a drowsy
state. Some time elapsed before the mistake was discovered.
Instead of six, it was only hatf-past two in the morning !
GREAT MATCH ON BLACKHEATH TO PICK UP3OO STONES
AT A Y ARD APART.—On Monday the veteran Townsend and
Bill Gazley, the star of Kent, met at the Ship and Billet
Tavern, Blackheath, to perform their novel match to pick up
300 stones a yard apart each ; the distance, of course, was 51
miles, 540 yards, and was to be performed between them in
four hours. Gazley took the Tong length at the begining of
the match, Townsend having to drop on his knee arid pick up
Ids number with his teeth. Gazley continued cheerful, con-
fident, and heaity, until about ten minutes past five, leaving
twenty minutes more to do. He had then, it was computed,
done 30 miles out of the 51; but Townsend might be said to
be dead beaten at the end of two hours, he, nevertheless,
kept struggling on until it was seen to be impossible that his
more sprightly associate could make the deed accord with the
will. and they were compelled to cry "enough," with 35
stones on the ground, at irregular distances, which baffles
calculation. The match was for £lO.

A meeting of the London publishers was held on the 3d of
March, to make arrangements for carrying into effect the
provisions of the Copyright and New Customs Act, which
comes into operation on the Ist of next month. All reprints
of English works are totally prohibited, on the condition that
authors and publishers give the notice required by the act.
Travellers, however, would act wisely in not trusting to the
negligence of either party, as works of this kind will probably
be seized at the custom-house, whether due notice have been
eiven or not, and there tray be some difficulty in recovering
them. All works of value to a certainty will he stopped.
This is a just regulation, and will form some remedy for the
system of plunder on English authors so long carried on by
continential publishers, but chiefly by our countrymen on the
other side of the Atlantic. Every valuable English book is
published in America at a trifle compared with its original
cost, and has hitherto been sent back to this country, to the
great injury of the author and the publisher. .This freebnot-
i,,g system is now at an end, and all except thieves will re-
joice:at the result.—Sun.
AFFLICTING DEATH.—On Thursday last, an inquest was
held at Wandsworth-road, on the body of Mrs. Isabella
Jones, aged 64, the relict of Lieutenant Jones, R.N.. who
was killed on board the Victory in ever-memorable battle of
Trafalgar. Miss Sarah Burrows stated that the deceased,
who was subject to fits of epilepsy, and occasionally unwell,
had oeei, placed under her care for the last six years. On
last Monday week, about eight o'clock in the morning, wit-
ness was alarmed by loud moans proceeding from the parlour,
and on going down stairs she found the deceased's body in
the middle of the room with her clothes on fire, and the
servant attempting to extinguish the flames, which she at last
succeeded in doing by wrapping a quantity of drugget round
the unfortunate lady. The deceased was dreadfully burnt in
the tipper part of her body. Mr. Mimpress, a surgeon, was
called, who applied such remedies as are resorted to in these
cases, but from the dreadful nature of the injuries she rapidly
sank, and expired on Wednesday afternoon. A fire had been
recently lighted in the parlour, but how the clothes of the
deceased became ignited the unfortunate lady herself could
not explain. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidentally
burnt to death."

EXTRAORDINARY POWER OF RECOGNITION IN A TIGER.
—One day lattjveek a singular circumstance occurred in
Wombwell's INlenegerie,corroborative of the retentive memory
said to be possessed by this most vicious of the forest tribe,
the tiger. A sailor who bad been strolling round the exhi-
bition, loitering here and there to admire and identify some
of the animals with those he had seen in far distant climes,
was attracted by the strange noise made by a tiger. who
seemed irritated beyond endurance. Jack, somewhat alar-
med, sought the keeper to inquire the cause of so singular
a display of feeling, which, he remarked, became more bois-
iercus the nearer he approached the animal; the keeper
replied, that the behaviour of the tiger indicated that he was
vastly pleased or annoyed ; upon this the sailor again ap-
proached the den, and, after gazing at the Ogee for a few
minutes, during which the animal became frantic with seem-
ing rage, lashing his tail against his sides and giving utterance
to the most frightful hellowings, discovered the tiger to be
the same animal brought to England under the espesial care
of the weather-beaten tar. It now became Jack's turn to be
delighted, as it appeared the tiger was in thus recognising
an old friend, and, after making repeated applications to be
permitted to enter the den for the purpose, as he said, of
"shaking a fist" with the beautiful animal, be was suffered
so to do: the iron door was opened and in jumped Jack to
the delight of himself and striped friend, and the a stonish-
ment of the lookers-ou. The affection of the animal was
now shown, by caressing and licking the pleased sailor,
whom he seemed to welcome with the heartiest satisfaction,
and when the honest tar left the den, the anguish of the
animal appeared almost insupportable.—Devonport Indepen-
dent.

i3artialttentarp proret.bingo.

HOUSE OF LORDS.--THURSDAY.

The Earl of CLARENDON, in reference to the negociations
with Portugal for a commercial treaty with that country,
asked if it was true that a new proposition bad been sub-
mitted to the court of Lisbon, with an intimation that if not
immediately acceded to the negociations should, on the•part
of Great Britain, at once terminate.
The Earl of ABERDEEN said that the negociations with the
court of Lisbon had been long pending, and there could be no
doubt but that their not being brought to a conclusion was

not only injurious to the revenue, but detrimental also to pri-
vate interests. The delay was in some measure owing to the
fact that each country was desirous of revising its tariff.
Latterly, however, a letter had been despatched to the court
of Lisbon something of the nature described by the noble
earl. To that letter an answer had been yesterday received,
but until he should have an opportunity of consulting with
the President of the Board of Trade he was not prepared to
state its purport to their lordships. It was determined, how-
ever, to bring the negociations to a close, or to terminate
them at ouce.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE then brought under the
consideration of their lordships the proclamation of Lord
Ellenborough cf October, 1842, and moved resolutions to the
effect that their lordships viewed with regret and disapproba-
tion the proclamation of the Governor-General of India, as
calculated to mislead the inhabitants of India as to the in-
tentions of the British government, and to excite religious
dissensions among the various sects under our dominion in

India.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that throughout the whole 11
of the proceedings connected with the invasion of Affghanistan
the most enormous errors bad been committed ; and the very
first of these errors was the formation of an army of Eng-
lishmen and Hindoos, instead of Affghans, for the purpose
of occupying Affghan. He did not wish to make any charge
against or to attach any blame to any one. His only object
was to defend his noble friend from the charge made against
him by the noble marquis. who should have considered what
errors really had been committed throughout the proceedings,
instead of fixing upon an isolated fact for the purpose of
casting blame on Lord Ellenborough. The proclamation was
in fact little more than a song of triumph, which pointed out
that the gates of Somnauth should be brought away as the
just trophies of their success. There was more danger to ap-
prehended of exciting a Moslem feeling in India resulting
from a free, or as he would say, licentious press of that
country, than from anything contained in the proclamation.
With respect to the encouragement given by the proclamation
to idolatry, he had only to observe that the place to which
the gates belonged never had been a heathen temple, and,
whatever it had been in ancient times, the sect which in those
days had occupied that district, whatever that sect might
have been, long since passed away. It was absurd, there-
fore, to contend that the return of those gates held out the
smallest encouragement to idolatry. He trusted, therefore,
he should be joined in the vote which he should give that
night against the motion of the noble marquis by the right
rev. preletes near him, who must feel convinced that there
was no intention to give the slightest encouragement to any
heathen doctrine whatever.

Lord AUCKLAND said that if errors had been committed
Sir William Macnaughten was not to be held altogether re-
sponsible, for he had not the command even of a single re-
giment. He was only apolitical agent, and in that character
had to point out to others w imt he conceived to be necessary,
in order to carry out the political views of the government.
Lord COLCHESTER said that Somnauth had been a strong
fortified post, and the gates had originally been taken away,
as a military trophy, by Sultan Mabmoud. There was,
therefore, nothing unnatural in bringing them back again, as
a similar trophy of success.

The Bishop Of LLANDAFF opposed the motion of the Mar-
quis of Clanricarde, on the ground that the gates of Soranauth
were restored only upon the same principle as when Paris
was occupied by the allied troops ; other nations had restored
to them various trophies which had been previously taken
from them by the French.
The Bishop of NORWICII said that the Temple of Som-
nauth was dedicated to Seeva, the most cruel of the Hindoo
deities, and he feared the restoration of the gates of the tem-
ple would throw difficulties in the way of the spread of
Christianity. Upon Christian principles, therefore, and
totally apart from all political considerations, he felt bound
to vote for the motion of the noble marquis.
The Bishop of enrol ESTER said that he did not impute
any improper intentions to the Governor-General of India,
but unless the greatest prudence was exercised the interests
of Christianity might be seriously interfered with in India.
The Earl of CLARENDON said it was with great pain he
felt himself called upon to support the motion of his noble
friend, to which no answer had, in his opinion, been given
by the noble duke. Lord Ellenborough had departed from
the policy of all his predecessors, and risked wounding the
religious feelings of a large portion of our Indian empire ;
and was to be remembered that the two most dangerous
insurrections which had ever occurred in India arose from
insults to the religious feelings of the Mahomedans. It
should be known that this country was resolved to discoun-
tenance idolatry in every shape, and, above all, idolatry in
India, where it was more filthy than in any other quarter of
the globe. He would not, however, for one moment attri-
bute to Lord Ellenborough any intention to encourage ido-
latry in India; but unless they wished to make this country
look ridiculous, they must build a temple for the gates, in-
stal the requisite priests, and manufacture an idol, the design
and estimate for which would be, he might venture to say, a
most curious production. He believed he was not mistaken
in supposing that the government had already communicated
to Lord Ellenborough its opinion on the subject of his pro-
clamation, and he now should be anxious to see if they would
condemn their own letter to the Governor-General of India
by voting against the motion of the Marquis of Clanricarde.
Lord FITZGERALD denied that the letter to Lord Ellen-
borough was one of censure, nor had it been said by Sir R.
Peel in another place that it was a letter of condemnation.
He referred to a private letter read by Lord Colchester, in
which. Lord Ellenborough stated that he had re-written the
proclamation three times, in order to prevent the possibility
of its being made liable to the construction which had been
since so industriously placed upon it. He trusted their lord-
ships would reject the motion, because it did not do justice
to the motives or the actions of the Governor-General of
India.
Lord BROUGHXii, rose to deny all the charges made
against Lord Ellenffisrough, who had not taken the earliest
opportunity, as was alleged, of attacking the policy of his
predecessor, nor in any way given the slightest encourage-
ment to any species of idolatry, or any just cause of irrita-
tion to the Mahomedans under his government. The noble
lord then entered into a detail of the occurrences in India,
contending as he went along that Lord Ellenborough had
said no more than state his own policy, which was certainly
in contravention of that of Lord Auckland, so far as ordering
the evacuation of A
ifghanistan. His disapproval of the po-
licy of Lord Auckland was known from his actions, and it
would be absurd to make a mystery of that which was noto-
rious. The proclamation told the people nothing which they
did not know before, and he believed Lord Ellenborough had
no intention whatever of attacking his predecessor. The
Temple of Somnauth did not belong to the religion of
Brahma but to the Budhists, and it could not therefore flat-
ter the Hindoos, or offend the Mahomedans. The fact was
that the gates Of the temple were military trophies, which
both Hindoos andvgahornedans rejoiced as Indians to see
restored to their country. When Paris was occupied by the
allied troops was there a single objection to sending back to
Rome the altar-pieces taken from thence by the French ?
Could there be found the most bigoted Protestant from even
the north of Ireland, or the most bigoted Presbyterian from
Scotland—and neither could be charged with a deficiency of
zeal—he did not believe that either would object to those
altar.:pieces being returned to Rome because of its being
under the influence of a certain scarlet individual. The
noble and learned lord, in conclusion, on behalf of an absent
man, called upon the house to give him that which he me-
rited—an honourable acquittal.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the thanks of the
Court of 'Directors of the East India Company had been
given to Lord Auckland for having avoided all connection
between the government in that country and the temples of
worship of the natives, and it therefore was incumbent on
Lord Ellenborough not to allow a single act of his in any
way to connect them. The differences between Catholics
and Protestants and other religions in 'Europe bore no ana-
logy to the wide sea which separated the religions of India.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE replied ; after which their
lordships divided, and the motion of the noble marquis was
defeated by a majority of 83 to 25.