The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-02-18 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

CARTHAGENA--PaDers received from Carthagena, dated. 27th of December, 1841, mention the decisive victory gai:.ed by the Government squadron and the English brig of war Charybdis over the rebels. After a battle which lasted le.s than 40 minutes in the Zispata-roads, thewhole of the rei,et fleet, which consisted of a brig and 'I t five go_e_as, was tajaqi. This is, no doubt, the termination of the affair alluded t). on Saturday last. under the commandof The cause of the English brig Char; lulus Captain 1., all active part in the affair, seenai to have been an insult offered to the English brig Jane Sarah by the rebels. Mompos, the principal'`ecn-incy, taking • town on the Magdalena, between Carthagena and Bogota, had returned to allegiance.  d. '!'he meet erwhelming it  hich tt  ng was most unanimous in n numbers, and breathed senrevival of the hostility id the ultimate dismemberment of  Southern States  Union  The Irish address, signed by O'Connell, Father Mathew, and 60,001) other Irishmen, to the Irish residents in the  :hem to espouse the anti slavery cause, was read by the chairman with great applause, and resolutions of thanks returned. Four thousand persons  3e at the meeting  The arrival of Lord Ashburton is anxiously looked for, and whilst some of the press are disposed to look at the matter with a prejudiced eye, others anticipate the most favourable results from his mission. A. correspondent of the Boston Atlas of 11th Jan. gives a tory about the recovery of the crown jewels, which len from the Patent Office at Washington. am-ship Forth, Captain Fayrer, arrived  at the Balize on the 19th January, and after sending her mail and passengers up to New Orleans, proceeded on her voyage the 20th, to Tampico and Vera Cruz. The second West India royal mail steamer Solway arrived Barbados after a passage of seventeen days from England. The right of search was still freely discussed. A motion was made on the 25th ult., in the House of ReMr. John Quincy Adams with the ght of peti Mu contended for by the Southern ,ed is the right to present petiof the federal union, and arises out le anti.slavery party.. Mr. Adams and eloquent defence, after which the  ntrary to the rt The ( )r tt  exert:  :ion invol  proceed  adjourned  A long and excited debate followed on the succeeding days, which those of our countrymen interested in the question of slavery in the United States will do well to peruse. On the 31st the house came to a vote upon a modified motion, upon which the southern party were defeated. Up to the latest dates, however, the question remained still under  Colt's trial for the murder of Mr. Adams, had ted, and the prisoner, having made a minute confes John C  in of his guilt, was found guilty of murder. Mr. Dixon, a member of the senate, expired on the 29th , and seems to be much regretted. he money market appears to continue tolerably firm. The s at the stock board on the 31st ult. were to a moderate The sales in exchange for the packet had been n London from 7,1 a 81, chiefly at 81. The news Britannia had the effect of producing an improvee stocks; but the rise had not been es were above those of the previous ,er Britannia, stimulated the cotton mard sales were for a short time brisk at a trifling adThe market, however, subsequently declined. The lis not large. The prices of flour, throughout from 5 to 61 dollars per barrel. A decline  n prices was looked foi  The Gerard Bank at Philadelphia stopped payment on the th, and caused great sensation in that city. A run took  Banliof Pennsylvania on the Ist, but the bank  was able to redeem its notes up to the time of closing, though the crowd of people around the paying teller was immense the whole day. The stock, in consequence of the failure of the Gerard Bank fell from 75 to 45. A convention of twelve of the banks had been held, at which it was resolved for the future that each bank should pay out its own notes ; and that they settle balances weekly or oftener; the debtor institutions were to pay up in specie or specie funds, or by the transfer of good bills receivable, not having more than 90 days to run.