The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-08-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.
DISSOLUTION OF THE FRENCH MINISTRY.
The disagreement between the King of the French and his
ministers, with respect to an intervention, has had the expected
effect of dissolving the Thiers administration. He and his col-
leagues gave their resignation to the King on Thursday last.
We supply below such particulars of this event as have been
received from the Times Parisian norrespondent. It is sup-
posed that M. Mole is to be the new Premier, with MM. Guizot,
Duchatel, and Montalivet in his cabinet. This affair had been
so generally anticipated, that its effect on the funds was trifling,
and such, we venture to say, will be its effect on the public.
The Thiers administration had really. no hold on the court or
the people. Ail idea of interfering with Spain, is of course,
now abandoned.

(From the Times.)
We have received by an extraordinary express from Paris
the second edition of the Journal de Paris, published on Thurs-
day night last, which contains the following bulletin, announc-
ing the dissolution of the French ministry :
" This day, at three o'clock, MM. Thiers, Maison, Duperre,
Passy, Sauzet, and Pelet, placed their resignations in the hands
of the King."
Together with the above newspaper we have received the
sollowing note from our correspondent at Paris :
PARIS, THURSDAY NIGHT, 11 O'CLOCK.—The dissolution of
the French ministry, which the Awned de Paris this night
positively announces, would of course have been regarded at
Any time as an affair of no sight interest, but it assumes the
greatest importance when considered in connection with the
,present condition of Spain, because it is the known difference
of opinion existinc, between the Kingand his ministers respect-
ing the policy to be adopted towards that kingdom which has
led to the resignation of M. Thiers and his five colleagues,
whose names appear in the Journal de Paris. For several days
past it has bee.n observed that the official intercourse between
the Prime Minister and the King was not so frequent as here-
tofore had been usual, and this circumstance strengthened the
general belief that the dissensions in the cabinet were not per-
manently, but only temporarily, made up. This day a cabinet
council, at which the King presided, was held at Neuilly, and
the question of intervention in Spain was again debated. Not-
withstanding the change which has recently taken place i❑ the
government of Spain, and the sanction which the Queen Re
gent has found it expedient to give to the promulgation of the
constitution of 1812, M. Thiers still advocated the necessity of
a decided and an imposing interference by the French govern-
ment in Spain ; but as he was not able to bring the King over
to that opinion, he and the other ministers, who thought with
him, felt it their duty to give in their resignations. The intel-
ligence of the dissolution has not had much effect on the funds.
The fact is, that the division between the King and his minis-
ters was so generally known, that the breaking up of the cabinet
has not taken anybody much by surprise. The last trice of the
French Three per cents. at the Bourse was 80f., and they are
now being done at Tortoni's for 79f. 85c.
" Messrs. Mole, Euizot, Duchatel, and Montalivet, are already
spoken of as likely to be members of the new cabinet, and M.
Mule is designated by public rumour as the future President of
council."—Standard.

SPAIN.
(Private correspondence of the Morning Herald.)
ESPELETA, August 21.—This morning I received letters from
the royal head-quarters, dated Aspeleta, yesterday afternoon.
Their contents are interesting. A dispatch forwarded by Bri-
gadier Castor Andechaga to the minister of war, stated << that
400 Urbanos, belonging to the garrison of Soba, had presented
themselves to him on the 15th, with arms and baggage. They
were kindly treated."
Dispatches had also been received from General Don Basilio
Garcia, dated from the Sierra, the 14th. He states " that his
column was daily increasing, and that he was actively occupied
in organising the recruits into battalions. On the 13th he at-
tacked one of the enemy's columns, and compelled it to retreat
in disorder, leaving in his possession 300 prisoners, 70 horses,
and 400 muskets. Between the 9th and 14th a colonel, several
officers, and 144 privates, deserted from the Christinos and
joined his ranks." Subsequent accounts give as certain, that
after traversing Ariza, Ateca, Agrida, Borja, and Tarasona,
Garcia had taken the direction of Nosillas, about four leagues
from Saragossa, with the intention of crossing the river, and
escorting to the frontiers of Navarre three millions of reals and
two thousand recruits. The Ayuntamiento and National
Guards of Tarasona fled at his approach. Upwards of seven
hundred young men, and widowers, without children, had join-
ed his army from Tarasona and Borja.
The chief Jara, Commandant of La Mancha, and his division,
composed of 3000 infantry and 700 cavalry, had made a junc-
tion with the chief Barbievillo, who has under his orders 5000
infantry and 400 cavalry.
General Gomez having organised three battalions and several
guerilla bands in the kingdom of Leon, had marched in the di-
rection of Galicia. General Villareal, with the heavy artillery,
had his head-quarters at Guevara on the 18th. Gen. Sopelana
and his brigade continued in the valley of Mena.
General Giubelalde has been reinforced with four battalions.
An attack on the lines of San Sebastian is seriously contem-
plated.
General Lebeau, who a few days since advanced with the
French Legion into the valley of Ulzama, has returned to
Parnpeluna. The Carlists now occupy their former position.
The desertion from the Christinos has increased to an alarm-
ing extent. You may take as official, that on the 19th 304 pri-
vates and a lieutenant belonging to the 6th light infantry de-
serted from the division of Navarre to the Carlists. At the
same time three cavalry soldiers, completely mounted, also pre-
sented themselves. it is said a company of light infantry be-
longing to the garrison of Penacerrada had gone over to the
Carlists.
The Constitution of 1812 has been proclaimed by the gar-
rison of Peralta and Lerin.

MURDER OF GENERAL QUESADA.
When the news of the acceptation of the constitution by the
Queen was brought to Madrid, Quesada's power was at an end;
and the severity which, when in possession of it, he had dis-
played, made his situation extremely critical. With the view
of making his escape, he left Madrid in the morning of the 15th,
disguised in plain clothes, of a coarse manufacture, and at-
tended by a servant. He was, however, recognised by three of
the National Guards, as he passed through the Calle de Horta-
leza, and followed to the gate of San Fernando. Here he co-
vered his face with a handkerchief to conceal a conspicuous
mark from a sabre wound, which he had received in the penin-
sular war. When he passed through the gate he turned round
and observed the three Nacionales in earnest conversation with
the soldiers of the preventive service on duty, and saw them
repeatedly point towards him. He then proceeded on his jour-
ney; and after arriving at Hortaleza, several miles from Madrid,
he was, while in the act of delivering his passport to the Alcalde,
recognised by a corporal of the National Guard, and arrested.
The news of his arrest immediately spread through the village;
and when the intelligence reached Madrid, a number of the
soldiers in the preventive service, and of the National Guard,
proceeded to the place where he was imprisoned. The doors
were then forced open. They found Quesada perfectly calm ;
and the only observation which be made was that he had fulfilled
his duty, and would do so again, if placed in similar circum-
stances. A Spanish officer asked him if he had any papers
containing the instructions from Isturitz, as with them he might
perhaps save his life, " I have none here; but if I were at the
office of the Captain-General, I could produce several. I acted
but a subordinate part; and had I performed half of what I was
ordered, Madrid might now be in a blaze !!"—A soldier of the
preventive service then fired at him, and he fell. The unfortu-
nate man, still exhibiting signs of life, was beaten on the head
by one of the Madrid Rational Guard until the brain protruded
from his skull, while others hacked his body with their blunt
sabres. Quesada's servant endeavoured to escape, but he also
was butchered by the Nacionales. The mob expressed their
intention to put the body into a cart, and get it dragged through
the streets of Madrid. But this was prevented by the Guard
from Madrid, and he was buried at nine o'clock the same even-
ing. For some days previously, he is said to have anticipated
his death, and made preparations for it by regulating his family
concerns.—Observer.