The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-12 00:00:00

SINGAPORE

The last news from China are of the 13th March, by an
American with teas. Opium was much depressed, and was
selling at Toonkoo at Sp. drs 350 to 380. The Chinese have
again attempted to burn tile fleet ; the Cowasgee, to keep
herself off the fire, went on shore, but got off again ; the
captain shot the chief mate, but fortunately he is not dead.
It seems that after getting on shore there wss a mutiny on
board, of which I have not the details. Opium here has been
in demand, and some has been sold at Sp. drs 300—Tin Sp.
drs 18—pepper 52 Sp. drs."—Calcutla courier, April 13.

SPAIN.
FALL OF MORELLA.

MORELLA, MAY 30.—Morella has fallen

The prisoners have just been marched out, after delivering
up their arms on the glacis. The numbers are as follows,
viz., officers, 163 ; men, 2114 ; total, 2277 ; to which are to
be tided 600 taken prisoners last night in endeavouring to
escape, making altogether 2877—say about 3000, for I am
sure many escaped my sight.
The cannonade from upwards of forty pieces of artillery,
of heavy calibre, lasted three days and nights, doing great
damage to the town and castle. The artillery was remark-
ably well served, and the engineer department was conducted
in the best possible manner.
Yesterday morning, at about half-past four-o'clock, a four-
teen-inch shell was thrown into the highest pat t of the castle,
and a tremendous explosion immediately took place. A few
hours afterwards a Carlist officer cast himself over the wall
of the town, and although he was fired upon, managed to
escape to our camp. He stated that the effect of the explo-
sion was to kill the commandant-general of artillery, and
about fifty men—the governor of the castle being likewise
severely wounded. There were also about forty men wound-
ed by this explosion.
The consequence was that the garrison of the castle had
become panic-stricken, and there had been a mutiny of a
majority of the officers, who had resolved to effect their es-
cape with the garrison, during last night, if possible.
This information was very valuable; the general-in-chief im-
mediately gave orders for all the divisions of the army to
approach nearer to the castle, and for the utmost vigilance
to be used during the night, so as to intercept the fugitives.
At about midnight a sharp fire of musketry was heard in
the direction of the town. This was occasioned by the
attempt of the garrison to carry their project into effect,
They sallied forth in silence from the Puerta del Estudio;
but a party of the queen's troops were at hand, and tired
upon them. The result was that they fled in all direc-
tions, and almost all (say • six hundred) fell into the
hands - of the queen's forces stationed as above-men-
tioned. About 40 who were fired upon by a party of Christinos
stationed in a ruined house not far from the gale attempted to
re-enter, but others who were waiting to follow them hearing
the shouts of " Viva Isabella II." from the queen's sol-
diers and conceiving that they were about to enter, fired on
the retreating Carlists, who were all pressed together on the
draw-bridge : there they were between two fires ; and at this
awful moment a shell, tired from one of our batteries, fell on
the bridge, shattered it to pieces, and the whole were precipi-
tated into the ditch and crushed to death ! I have just seen
them all lying in a heap in the ditch—a most frightful sight.
The governor was among those who attempted to escape; he
was seriously wounded, and returned to the town; his horse
was killed.

This morning, at day-break, the fire from our batteries
opened with increased vigour, and all preparations were made
for snaking a breach in the wall of the town, by batteries
placed snore in advance. The castle had been the princi-
pal object hitherto aimed at, and it was very much battered.
At about seven o'clock, however, a written communication
was sent to the general-in-chief, from the civil governor, of-
fering to capitulate, upon condition that the whole garrison
should be allowed to go to France under escort. The reason
given for this request was, that they feared persecution
from the inhabitants, and dreaded that their lives would be
sacrificed if they surrendered themselves as prisoners of
war. This request, of course, could not be complied with.—
The general-in-chief sent an answer to that effect:' General
Linage accompanied the aide-de-camp who was the bearer
of it, and explained verbally that the fears expressed were
groundless. However, such was the terror with which the
whole had been inspired by the falsehoods of Cabrera and
his agents, that they could not make up their minds to sur-
render at discretion, until a peremptory message was sent by
the duke to say they must do so at once, or hostilities must
instantly recommence. The consequence was that the sur-
render without conditions took place as above mentioned.
Our loss has been trifling. In the siege of Morella itself
only one man has been killed, and very few wounded.
The whole of the superior officers, by whom the duke was
surrounded, embraced and felicitated him upon this happy
event, as, did Colonel Michell, her Britannic Majesty's com-
missioner ; Lieutenant Lyner, of the Royal Engineers ; and
Lieutenant Dickson, of the Royal Artillery. Colonel Michell,
and the above officers who are attached to him, have been
constantly present during the whole operations ; in which
they have taken that interest which is not only due to the
cause of her majesty's ally, but also personally ; and I have
good reason for knowing that this is highly appreciated by
the general-in-chief and the whole army.
To complete the happy state of affairs, Brigadier Zurbano
arrived, yesterday at head-quarters, bringing with hint seven
officers and upwards of fifty men, taken prisoners that morn-
ing.at El Boga, about live hours'. march from this; About
thirty of the enemy were killed. The rebel chief, F'orcadell,
is. said to have been killed ; all his baggage was taken, and
his horse killed. Brigadier Zurbano was surrounded by five
battalions, commanded by the rebel chief Polo, to whom he
offered battle, but this was not accepted. He, however,
surprised and dispersed one Carlist battalion in El Boga,
gaining the advantages above described.