The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-12 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Hanovor Gazette, of the Ist instant, contains an arti-
cle from Berlin, which speaks of a note addressed by the
French and English governments to the Austrian and Prus-
sian Cabinets, demanding explanations respecting the appli-
cation made to the Belgian Court for the expulsion of Gene-
ral Skryznecki, which is considered as an attack upon the
independence of the King of Belgium. This note is the
more important, inasmuch as M. de Nesselrode had forwarded
to the courts of Berlin and Vienna the thanks of Russia for
the part they had taken in the affair of the Polish general,
whose admission in the Belgian army was pronounced as an
act of peculiar hostility to the Northern Courts, which divide
the possession of Poland.

COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS IN ENGLAND.—In the year 1794,
there were only 69 newspapers published in the county towns
of England: now there are more than two hundred and twelve!

The Corporation of the city of Dublin is preparing to ad
dress the Crown and the Houses of Parliament against Lord
Fortesque's appointment. We trust that the example will he
followed by the grand juries in both divisions of the United
Kingdom.—Standard.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 6.—The appointment of Admiral
the Hon. Elphinstone Fleming, as commander in chief of this
port, has been officially announced this day, as also the ap-
pointment of Captain Alexander Ellice, M.P. to be flag cap-
tain, with Mr. Chimmo, secretary.
CENTRAL AMERICA.—The condition of Central America
is distracted and deplorable. The news of the incursion of a
tribe of Indians was the signal for Marazon, the President of
the Republic of Guatemala, to march forthwith to St. Salva-
dor. So soon as the Indians were apprised that the main
body of the army had been removed from that locality, they
mustered in great numbers, and threatened to attack Jalapa.
The troops stationed in the city, finding that no chance of the
arrival of reinforcements awaited them, bravely determined
to hew their way through the ranks of the besiegers, and to
retreat to the capital. In this manful attempt they were de-
feated, after sustaining considerable loss. The blood-thirsty
Indians who of consequence succeeded in gaining possession
of Jalapa, shot in cold blood all the prisoners whom they had
captured in the battle. This base and murderous infliction
failed to satiate their appetite for revenge. They desired the
persons of some harmless and helpless women, whom they
denounced as spies. These unfortunate victims of the frantic
rage of their savage captors were stripped of their clothing,
grossly insulted, and by the hands of their fiendish foes their
ears were cut off. In this maimed and deplorable condition,
bleeding, naked, and travel-toiled, they were hurried to Gua-
temala, to present to its inhabitants in their own persons, ft
fearful omen of the doom which awaited the residents of the
capital. The Indians declared that they considered the peo-
ple of Guatemala to be en capilla—one and all, old and young,
soldier and civilian, under sentence of death. In the mean-
while, the recreant outlaws seized and plundered the towns of
Antigua and Villaneuva. The arrival of the martyrs to the
fury of their invaders at Guatemala was the watchword for an
universal rising. The women of the city loudly demanded
from their husbands and sons swift and sweeping revenge.
The appeal was not made in vain. Eight hundred citziens,
with whom 300 of the regular troops were amalgamated, in-
stantly armed themselves, and elected General Salazar their
commander. In the dead of the night they departed for Vil-
laneuva, within the walls of which the Indians had encamped
themselves. Providentially a fog hid their approach from
their butcherly enemies, who imagining themselves secure
from all chance of attack, had appointed no sentry to herald
the approach of a'hostile armament. The Indians were taken
by surprise. The greater portion of them were cut to pieces,
and on the market place alone the bodies of 500 of them were
found on the subsequent day. Carrera, their commander,
had escaped. The course which the fugitive murderer had
pursued was traced, and Fonseca, whom his countrymen
honor as the "American Cid,'' accompanied by three soldiers,
determined to hunt down their pray. On their way they
were attacked by a party of straggling Indians, who shot the
chivalrous leader of the expedition dead. The wife of Carrera
was subsequently captured. She entered Guatemala mounted
on a mule, richly caparisoned. So fierce and fearful was the
indignation of the people at her appearance, that had it not
been for the vigilance of the escort who accompanied her, she
would have been trampled to death on the spot.—Standard.