The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-27 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

SPAIN.
(Private Correspondence of the Morning ilerald.)-
MADRID. DEc. 11.—I understand it was determined, last
night, at a council of ministers, to give to Narvaez the Com-
mand-in-chief of the army of the North, with the rank of Lieut.
General, provided a proper chief of the staff could be found for
him, which place, until Cordova's time, has been invariably
filled by the most able artillery officers. By this arrangement
the dissensions between Narvaez and Alain would be got rid of;
and as Espartero is in bad health, and frequently obliged to
take to his bed, an efficient, and so far renowned general would
be put at the head of the grand army, Espartero enjoying more
reputation for courage than for military talents.

(From the Private Correspondence of the Standard.
NEWS FROM SPAIN.

Pilafs, DEC. 22.—The French government published last
night the following telegraphic despatch :
" Bayonne, Dec. 19, half-past two p.m.
" Espartero left on the 15th his positions on the Cadagna,
and fell back upon Portugalette with his artillery and his bridge.
He is waiting for four new battalions. The Carlists took pos-
session of the positions which Espartero had abandoned, and on
the 16th they placed all their cannon in battery against Bilboa.
It is said that one of the columns of Gomez arrived at Briviesca
on the I4th instant."

The Spanish government is said to be anxious respecting the
hostility evinced by many important towns as to the measures
now pass►ng in the Cortes, and the extraordinary powers con-
ferred en the executive. Some say the local juntas will be re-
established, and others that the queen will refuse to sanction
the law, and will send it back to the Cortes. It is even reported

r,.
that the British ambassador has protested against this law of
terror. M. Donoso Cortes, the Professor of Constitutional
Law, appointed by the Madrid government, resigned his func-
tions the moment after the Cortes had adopted the sixth article
of the unconstitutional measure.

The Spanish government has resolved to proceed against
Alaix for insubordination It has issued very severe orders.
Narvaez has been made Major-General. It was reported at
Madrid that one of the columns of Gomez had proceeded in the
direction of Segovia. The Brigadier D. Narcissus Lopez had
left the capital to proceed to Cuenca with some troops.
As it appears to be. generally believed and admitted, that an
indirect communication has been submitted by the friends of
Don Carlos to the French gdyernment, with the approbation of
the Courts of Russia, Austria, Prussia, and Holland—certain
proposals for the termination of the civil war in Spain; and as
the following are said to contain, if not the letter, at least to
express the spirit of those conditions, I do not hesitate to send
them to you. Even the French government does not deny but
that some such communication has been received by it :-
1. Don Carlos is to marry one of the daughters of his Majesty,
the King of the French.
2. A treaty will be concluded by which the throne of Spain
will be guaranteed to Don Carlos, as absolute King ; but that
prince promises to govern by a council of state, in the same way
as his brother, and to introduce into his government such modi-
fications as shall be considered necessary by the Cortes convo-
cated by estameno, upon his arrival at Madrid.
3. An army of 100,000 men to enter Spain. During the first
year to be supported by the French government; the following
years at the expense of Cie Sp inish government, so long as its
presence shall be deemed necessary.
4. Don Carlos to raise a loan of 100,000,000 of francs, such
loan to be guaranteed by the French government.
5. Don Carlos to acknowledge all the foreign debts con-
tracted up to this time.
6. A dowry of 1,000,000 of francs will be given to the Prin-
cess Marv.

7. As -Soon as Don Carlos shall have made his entry into
Madrid, he agrees to abolish the Inquisition, and to publish an
amnesty without exception.
8. Don Carlos to grant a pension (the amount to be stipu-
lated by the French government) to the two Queens, Christina
and Isabella, who will reside in France.

9. All these conditions are made with the concurrence of the
three great northern powers.
The Cortes were occupied on the 13th and 14th instant with
the discussion of the amendments to be introduced into the
constitution of 1812. M. Gonzalez Alonzo very properly de-
manded that religious toleration be allowed, and that in Spain
the Roman Catholic religion should not be the only one which
should be permitted to be professed. M. Arguelles pleaded de-
lay. Yes, Arguelles, the O'Connell of Spain, pleaded for de-
lay ! Arguelles is a Romanist—so is O'Connell. Arguelles
will not now grant to the Protestants even the
.privilege, or al-
low the right of their professing their religion in Spain. And
O'Connell, at the same moment, is engaged in a crusade against
Protestantism in Ireland. This, to say the least of it, is a cu-
rious coincidence, and shows that the Roman Catholic religiun
is always the same.

FRANCE.
(From the French Papers of Thursday.)
The Duke de Nemours is expected to-day at the Tuileries.
The Duke of Orleans and the Prince de Jonville went yester-
day as far as Fontainbleau to meet the Prince, and were to
sleep there last night.
By a royal ordinance, dated the 20th instant, a court-martial

is to'be assembled at Toulon, for the trial of Captain Quernel,
of the Jupiter (stationed on the coast of Africa), for disobe-
dience to his superior officer.
Extract of a letter of the 17th inst. from Toulon :—" The
Duke de Nemours landed this morning, under a salute from all
the vessels in the roadstead; and, having reviewed the garrison
troops, entered his carriage. The three fine Arabian horses,
presented to the Prince were also landed this morning, and
sent offto Paris. The greater part of his Royal Highness's
baggage fell into the hands of the enemy. Yousson Bey was
still more unfortunate, for he lost everything. Dispatches have
just arrived from the government for Marshal Clausel, and the
steam-packet the Phare sailed at four o'clock for Algiers. The
orders for the marshal must be very urgent, as they have not
been suffered to wait 18 hours for the regular packet, which
will sail to-morrow morning. We are not aware of the nature
of this hasty communication to the Governor General, but we
fear it contains his recall. We are still without news from
Bona or Algiers, and there are at present on the coast of Africa
only the steam vessels the Crocodile, Styx, Brazier, and Cas-
tor, which are scarcely sufficient for the colony. We have here
the Sphinx, Fulton, ltamier, Papin, Cerbere, and Vautour.
You are aware that, after having taken from the legion formed
at Pau, for service in Spain, all the men required to complete
the regiments of Chasseurs in Africa, the remainder were
formed into a battalion called the Tirailleurs d'Afrique.' This
battalion, which is composed of the Elite of our regiments, ar-
rived to-day at a village at a distance of a league from Toulon.
Some of the officers have already come into the town; and it is
said that the corps will embark on Tuesday. A transport has
already received orders to be in readiness to sail at a moment's
notice. The conduct of the African auxiliaries who abandoned
two howitzers to the enemy has been greatly blamed. This,
unhappily, is not the first instance of the vicious organization
of this corps. The native auxiliaries ought to be entirely com-
manded by French officers. One of our last letters states, that
although the garrison of Tlemecen may be sometimes short of
bread, yet the men are well provided with meat. Command-
ant Cavaignac has organised a company of 50 men, who, on
perceiving any of the hostile tribes of Arabs driving their flocks
to graze in the olive woods which surround the town, immedi-
ately make a sortie, and never return without a good booty.
The works which have been erected by this officer's orders have
converted Tlemecen into an important and impregnable fortress.
We learn that M. Baude, the deputy, who accompanied the ex-
pedition as an amateur, is convalescent, and is expected to ar-
rive here in the beginning of January. After having been re-
duced to the necessity of living for three days on a cake of cho-
colate, which he shared with his colleague,'M Chasseloup, M.
Baude was taken up by the carriage of Marshal Clausel, the
only one which was at the disposal of the Duke de Nemours."
The new expedition to Constantine is to be ready for the end
of March; and by the Ist of April, Marshal Clausel, or some
one else, is to be master of that place.
Marshal Soult is said to have arrived at Paris, and to have
been visited by the Count de Montalivst. According to some
persons, the formation of a new ministry is certain ; but the
difficulty is, hew to arrange without taking into office M.
Thiers.