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

FOREIGN INTELtIGENCE.

•
SPAIN.
(Private Correspondence of the Morning Herald.)
M A DRI D. DEC. 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 (tithe staff could be found for
which place, until Cordova's tune, has been itivariabl)
tided by the most able artillery officers. By this arrangement
the dissensions between Narvaez and Alaix wankd he got rid of;
rand as Espartero is in bad health.' and frequentliionliged to
sake to hts Led, an efficient,. and so far renowned g,.7fferal would
put,at-* head of the grand army, Espartero enjoying more
reputation for courage than 14 military talents.

(From the Private Com-spinulPnce of the Standard.)
NEWS FitoNl

PARIS, DEC. 22. [tie. French government published last
night the ludowitig telegraphic despatch :
Bavoone, Dec. 19, half past two p.m.
Esparlero left on the 15th his positimis mi the Cadagua,
and Telt back upon Porttig•ilelte with his artillery and his hridg .
tie-is waiting for lout new battalions: The Carlists took pos-
session of the positions which Espariero haul abandoned, and on
the 16th they placed all their eamion in hatteuy against Bilboa.
It is said that one of the columns o' Gomez arrived at Briviesca
on the 14th instanu." . .

'l'ne Spatiisii government is sail to be anxious respectinz the
lins.itity evinced by in ,iiy liiiortillit.towns as to the measures
now passitig in the 'Cortes, avid the extraordinary powers con-
tei red on tue executive. .iititi say the local juntas wilt be re-
estabAshed, and others that the queen will refuse to sanction
the lan% and wilt send it b.ick to tue Cortes. It is even reported
that the H itish ambassador has protested against this law of
terror. Al.. t)oti.,so Cortes, the Professor of Constitutional
Law, appointed by tile Aladrid govt., nment, resigned his lune-
' trbus the inionent aftet the Cortes had adopted the sixth article
Itlle unconstitutional measure.
The Sio-tot,h 'government has resolved-to proceed aga nst
Alaix lot itistitywrditiation It hus issued very severe 'orders.
Narvaez gas been nia le' M !jor-General. It seas teitorted at
Madri i t oat one of the rommos of tI imez h id proceeded in the
etv,..o of s.-g,,,,i.... To.. tiriga,iirr D. Narcissus Lopez hail
!elf the capital to proceed to Cuenca with smile trotps
As it appears to be geoeially believ-d. and admitted th it
indirect cominUnieation has been submitted by the frier
Dor. Gams to The Frrneh government. with ppr the aobat lot '

tht, Cou sof kapina, Aastri 1, its•i,t. an ili i,lattd —certain
pi oon,als fur the terinittatiun of the civil war in Spain; aril
the followine,,ate sized to contain. if not the letter, at lea 4-1111
express thy- spirit-a those conditions, Ino not hesitate to send
them to you." Even the French I:iivernotetit does not deny but
that some such.comavitticitiint has :wen received by it :

1. Don Carlos Is to marry-one of the daughters of iris Majesty,
the King of the,Fren. h.
2 A treaty wittAte.concluled by which the throne of Spain
will be guaranteed to lionCarlo4. as ab-olute King ; hot tha,
prince prom,ses to govern by a ortii.cil of state, in ahe same way
as his bruit her,,awl to Mt rOduce into his government such much-
dcations 5u,411 be con,Odere4l necessary by tue Cortes cony.-
cated by eatia-tentoi upot his' at rival at Madrid..
3. An a; my or 10104.1 opoi to enter Spain. During the first
year to he supporte'd by tut, Freil.ch government; the following
years at the expen 0; e ,nab g orern neat, so lung as its
presetiCe shall be deemed necessary.
4. Din Carlos to raise a loan of 1.00,N10,000 of frant's, such
lot u to be (guaranteed by the French government.
5. Don Carlos to acknowledge ail the foreign debts con-
flicted up to this time.
6. A dowry nt 1,00U,V00 of francs will be given to the Prin-
ceQs M try.
7. As so,.i as Don Carlos shall have made his entry into
Ma Irtil, helgrees to abolish, theluquisttion, and..to publish an
amnesty without exception.
8., Lion Carlos to grant a pension (the amount to be stipu-
lated by the French government) to the two Queeils, Cor;stitla
and I.abeAa, wh t wilt reside in France. .

9 Aa then , con litians are untie with the concurrence of the
three gieat-northern lowers
The Cortes were occupied on the 13th and-14th-instant with
the discusSion of the amendments to be intiodu,-ed into the
constitution •of 1812. M. Gonzalez Alonzo ve, y property de-
manded that religious tote ratio' tie allowed, and that in Spain
the Roman Catholic religion should oot be the only one which
should be permitted to be professed. M. Arguelles pleaded de-
lay. Yes, Arguelles, the O'Connell of Sp tin, pleaded lot de-
lay ! Arguelles is a Won amst —so is O'Conn.,:l. Argue.tes
will not now grant o the Protestants even the privilege, or al-
-I,sc the right of their, pry fessing th, it ieligion in Spain. And
O'Connell, at the ',one moment, is engaged in a crusade against
Protestantism in Ireland. I'his, to sat the least of it, is a cu-
rious coincole,ice, and shows that the Ronan Catholic religion
is always the same.

F It AN GE.
(From the Freneh Papers if Thursday.)
The Duke de Netnews is Pt pected te-lay at. the Tuileries.
The Duke of Orleans anal the Prince de J itivilie cent yestei-
lay as far as Foniaitibleati to Meet the Prince, and were to
sleep there last night.
By a royal °Hamner. dated the 20th instant, a conrt-martial
is to be assembied at Toulon, for the trial of Captain Quernel,
of the Jupiter (stati,itied on the coast of Africa), fair disehe-
dienee to his superior officer.
Extract of a letter of the lith inst. from Ten-on :—" The
Duke de Nentiiers landed this morning, inder a salute from all
the vessets in theloadstead; anal. having reviewed the garrison
I,oops, entered his carriage. Toe three fine Arabian nurses,
presented to the Prince were also landed this meriting. and
sent off to Paris. The greater part of his !Goya, iliehness's
baggage fell into the hands of the
,etieniv. • Yenssen Bey was
still mere unfortunate, fur he lost eVerctlang. Dispatches have
just art ived from the governthent for Maishal Clansel, and the
stratn-packet the Pharr sailed at foul o'clock for Algiers. l'he
orders for the 'Hershel must be yet y urgent, as they have not
been suffered to wait 18 hours fur the regular packet, which
Aril sail to-idol row .:ntrimilig. We are net ;aware of the nature
,at- this hasty comin,inieation to the Goverteir General, but we
fear it contains his recall. We. are stilt withriut news from
Bona or Aigites, 'ap,l there are at present on the coast of Africa
only the steam v,essels the Crocodile, Styx, Brazier, rind Cal.
tor, which are scare-1y sufficiept. far the col-any. We have here
Lieu,
the Sphinx. Ft,m, Rainier.-Fapin, Cerbere, and V.intunr.
V•au are aware that, after h 14kell from the iegien formed
at Pau. for service to Spain, all the mew rervii.ed to etimp.ree
the rev,nents of Cht.setirs in Africa, the remativiei were
funned into a bait Ilion calle.l the • Tir ailieurs cl'Afrique.' Teats
liattai .11, which is rompostM of the elite of our regiment-, ,or-
rived to-day at at rtAistance -of a league bent Toulon.
Some of the officers have already conic itito the town; and it is
said that the corps of ill embark on l'iOsday. A trensir •rt has
already received e• dens trebe iu teadiness to sail at a motheht's
notice. Tho ronfla, lof .11 • Afri rtes who ab•iinlotieil
twat howitzers to the enemy has been greatly tolaine•i.• This,
unhnppily: is n•ut the first instance of the mums oeg,aniz Item
of this corps Tle- n iti,e auxiliaries envie to he eteirely com-
mando' by French efficels. Oar of our last letters states, that
4101,mA-the tri :see •e* ri,tn teen ',Jay he sometimes short tat'
bread, yet the men are provided with meat. C•iin•tiand-
ant C avat,uae 1144 tirg.lnaseil a Calllilany 50 men, who, on
pereemoif at toe h Stole tritrestif.",airs ilriylng their fl
to ereze in the olive woods which surr..reutel the town. uutne ft
atety in ik• n StaillP, and never return e ithotit a good booty.
The warks which have been erected by this officer's orders heave
cenve,lel eiatecea Into alt important a.ial ititp,egna,le f.irt..ess
t• ere that 11 Balide, the d putt, who accempruied the ex-
pedition as an amateur. is coeval •sceut. and is expected t • ar-
rive here in the tieginnine of January. After having been re-
(laced t•i the oecessity.ef living for three ri.tys en a cake of cho-
colate, wh.ch he shared with his colleague:Nl Ch isseloup. M.
Bande was taken up by the cartiag,e of Marshal Ciatiset, the
milt one which was at the disp •sal the Duke tie Ne.itottis "
The new expedition 1,1 Can eautine is to be a eatly for the end
of ;March; anti by the 'med. Aptl, JI trshal Clause', or some
one else, is to be master of that pare.
Mit SIMI Soult is said to have arrived at Pais, and to hate
been visited by the Count ale Mentaliv.e. According to some
persons, the formation of a new ministry is certaio ; but tan
difficulty is, hew to derange with•eit taking intu office M

sTATE OF CUBA.
(Private Correrpoodence of the Morning Chronicle.)

Letters received within d lia;• er two have excited the greatest
alarm as to the state of Cuba, and not without reason. The
most oionious taireboolin4.: are inure than confirine,i. The British
ships of war arei
generally numerous in the West India seas,
and it is to be tinted that some of them will be present at the.
II d vaniidii and other parts of Calm. for tne protection of British
property and suhlects in h, event of, an not oreak. I subjoin
the following extract from „tie of the letters referred to :
"Tne Goi,•ertior of S tint Jag() tie Cuba, some time since.
on learning hit the. C7,,u,ituti.on of 1812 hto ti-i!en proclaimed
in Spain, (awl (vith•dit efficial inforin otioon from the mother
coon; ry, or orders Irmo the Captain-General of the island )
took it upon himself to proclaim the Coustituiiou. Ills coarse
teas disapproved of by his .upertor, General Taros, the Cali,taiti-
General at liavannah, and sol,seettentiv (inlets wereret•eived
front that quarter to anon; whit he hal tt7ine, acid poice things
as they were previous to the pr •elain•itioon of the Constottitt•in.
This aid not weed.the vets vs of the G iveither of St. Jite,i, awl
he iintneiliatery visueil tits pioelamatiou declaring the province
of Cuba, a iliCkislbe eastern secii,in of. the
isl,tod, as in lepeu-
dent of the thspdain•Geiterai and of the rest of the island, and
prohibited all intercourse with atly other p iii or tie kiln(' Slop-
pet) the mad's, This state of things had mily coutinued
few days; whew instructions weir received from spaiu
not to proelatm the until they shook( reci-i ye oriteis
fi (it the Iloine Government A ter the meeting of the Cortes;
ant he Mks a,aitiorlerett by the Captain General in place things
nit the old sVstetn, which has again been dist egarded, and
province, or, to sty the-least its government it; now in iipen re..
hellion, both aaanist the Hume Goveriment anti that of the
island. What will be the result it is quite impossible to pre-
dict.
"This state of things has caused great alarm to the inhabi-
tants of St. Jago awl the other principal cities of the isoand.-
111 the former, ali business was at a steed. 4nd in many other
Ni ;s of the island great altar,' was felt thie people genet
and linen of propettv iu particular. Large whinny's of utoney
and hilts were about to be remitted to the United Stales fee sale
keepitig and investment, as 111• Illy wealthy men have immense
stuns 'lf gold and silver ping idle; and 'feeling confident, (as
would be the c-5e,) that it; the event a
ms. oue would he seized. large soots any insurrection their
woolidfizol their way to the
U;iited States beyond oloollit. Cuba his ilitu 'use
dormant in gold awl silver a wingst its inhabitants, with wh"tit
it is the fashion tA hoard up matey in !his was by all classes,
more partivolarlv the wealthy. There are many instal-ices of
iongie individuals ha.iug from 3 )0.((X) to 54).1it0 dollars in
actual gold and silver coitus in their possession, which never
Another letter says :—" The American ritizens and other
strangers here are much alarmed broth for their lives an•l pro-
-I,erty."
From a personal knowledge of the island and its inhabitants
I should say that, whenever actual distot batters commence,
•• Murder and plunder," will be the. watchword of the Cult
one half of whoa' are descended frotivreaceaneers an I pirates.
The native Creoles hate '['ac ,n for his justice should
thev get the iipp,r hand their revenge would be dreatltul. The
atroci ies of 0 d Spain woul4l.lte more than acted in this most
beautiful and coportatv of hercol mitts.
The squa.lrtin ;roil troops sent Its Governor 'racoon to tee ice
refractory sub ordinate of 7st. 'Jail,o ce
ire said to h tve their (riders to bring back t e said iebeilious
officer " ilea•l or "

AC n Nev. Fll< So 4 iny sin zular hand-
bill has been issued ny a Dorchester labourer. and it is tripe('
teat pri•ve surcessful:7-- A hill fora 1% Mat
--Chi les Warren. Miirnholl, Dorset. My tutu Vis as follows:
The e:desi boy is th rteen Years girl eight ve:irs
Mi. house is my own. and I no rent to pay. 1 h lye an
acre or potatoes, half lines and hill whites. this Year. fly wire
his heel; de rd this twelvemonths awl last Sh irten fair The
c',i!dr,) five by themselves in the d .y time. hut 1 am always
home with them at night. lil • think it w..nid he better if there
wa, look dr'er them. both For the children and in%
hive g.. 1 81. ,pek for my work, and i lie hod' 2s, a week,
and h. ye Co .1:41.111t . 1 w,tni good steady u Milan for
itiv wire. 1d t not want 3 v'efilld faintly. I want a woaran to
look after tam pigs white 1 ata at work."