The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-10-14 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

SPAIN.
(Private Correspondence of the Morning Herald.)
MADRID, OCT. 2. rhe government has received a courier
with news of Villareal having retired, whose passing the Ebro
I announced to you last night and the day before. This event
is supposed to have taken place in consequence of orders frwin
Don Carlos, and not of any defeat.
The Portuguese Legion at Leon has received orders to occupy
the pass of Pajares, on the southern frontiers of Austrias and
northern borders of Leon, under the supposition that the Car-
list force was moving forward. .
Gomez is said to have entered the Bastan, to advance towards
Andujar, and to intend to return from thence by wa♦ of Toledo
to threaten the capital from the south-west, whilst Rodil ima-
gines to cover it on the east; but it is false that the Queen in-
tends to leave Madrid for Badajoz, which, though a fortified
town, has not a dozen cannon mounted; and to beg artillery,
or even shelter, from the Portuguese frontier fortress of Elvas,
which is iu high order, is a thing a Castilian pride would hardly
submit to. In case of such an extremity, of which their is no
danger at present, her Majesty would rather go to Ciudad
Rodrigo where 1000 Carlist prisoners, from Burgos, are now
lodged. Gen. Evariste San Miguel is said to have laid seige
to Centableja, the depilt where the Carlists keep their prisoners,
but official accounts since received state that they left it for
Beceite.
The Queen Regent, whom the French papers state to be a
prisoner in her palace, drives out daily, without any escort. Re-
turning the other evening from the Prado, she met a priest car-
rying the viacitum, or consecrated host, to a dying sinner. Her
Majesty immediately alikhted from her carriage, and gave the
use of it to the priest in the calle de Bulks, to transport him the
more quickly and respectably on his holy errand, waiting with
her lady of honour its return in a neighbouring shop, a setups-
tress. But considerable delay occurring, and the Constitutional
Queen being tired of waiting, she proceeded on loot to the palace,
u gond distance, followed by a large crowd, delighting at this
proof of Christina's amiable confidence in the population of Ma-
drid, which though teeming with proselytizing sergeants, con-
tains no Fieschis or Alibauds.

AIN 110 A, OCT. 6.—Late last night I received the following
official report of the affair before St. Sebastian on the Ist :

FROM GEN. GUIBELAI.DE TO THE MINISTER OF WAR.
" Excellent Sir,—For a long time I remarked that the adven-
turer Evans seriously occupied himself in throwing up works
so solid that there was every reason for believing that he in-
tended permanently to establish himself/et St. Sebastian and
Passages. I was confirmed in this belief from nis care to avoid
risking a general action. Desirous of ascertaining how far my
suspicions were correct, I caused to be constructed four batteries
on the heights of Amezagana, and another on that of Choritoqui,
commanding the village of Alza ; and, notwithstanding the
difficulties of the ground, I succeeded in placing in these
batteries one piece of 32, three of 18, and one of 6. This morn-
ing at break of day I ordered the fire to be opened along the
whole line against the houses occupied by the enemy, and at
the same time against the village of Alza. Twe houses were
taken by my men. The enemy now deployed their whole force
—opened their batteries—the action because general and lasted
the whole of the day, the firing only ceasing at six o'clock in
the evening.
"Evans contenting himself with acting on the defensive, al-
though provided with an immense artillery, confirmed my
opinion as to his ultimate views.

" My brave tro4Stii.iVtieTas far as the cltaussde of Pas-
sages, and repeatedly drove the enemy from their parapets.
The enemy's cavalry, although in number 100, made three
charges, but were vigorously repulsed, and with loss. The ar-
tillery of the line, those of the steam-boats and Santa Clata,
kept up a horrible fire ; but neither the tire nor the immense
force of the enemy, considerably superior to ours, damped the
ardour of my brave Guipuzconians, who fought for 19 hours
without repose, although having passed the previous night under
arms. The enemy must be now compelled to acknowledge the
superiority of the brave defenders of legitimacy.; their loss
must be immense, not less than UX) men hots de combat : 111410
is 20 killed; and about 100 wounded.
" The whole of my troops performed their duty admirably,
and are worthy of the bounty of his Majesty, but particularly
the second Commandant General Don Pedro Josee Iturriza ;
the Brigadier Chief of the Staff, I)ou Carlos Vargas, who, al-
though wounded on the '27th of last month, still was deter-
mined this day to present himself before the enemy; Colonel
Don Antonio Arjona ; the Commander of the Artillery, Don
Adolfo Save; Lieutenants Don Miguel Vial and Juan Ban-
tiste Lopez ; Major Francisco Ilerinoso ; and the Lieutenant
Colonel Don Manuel lbera, who, with his company, dislodged
the enemy from a part of the line.
" God protect your Excellency.
" Head-quarters, Hernani, oltß. ALitroLosts GuincLetnE.
To the Minister of War."
On the 3d, at eight o'clock in the morning, Don Carlos left
Narvaja and proceeded to Fort Guebara, and after having in-
spected with great -attention the whole of the works, he con-
tinued his route to Marreta, where he dined. At the Yenta of
A rlaban Don Carlos, accompanied by General Villareal, passed
on the review the division commanded by General Good. He
was received with the greatest enthusiasm by the troops, who,
as lie passed down the ranks, cried out " Viva el Rey'? "Vira
Carlos V.P. The same evening he reached Escorriga, near
Montdragon. llere he remained the whole of the 4th, and was
expected at Durango on the sth.
From the Ist to the 15th of September 143 privates and 1
lieutenant deserted from the Chi-Winos and joined the ranks of
Don Carlos.

A dispatch received from Ceneral Castellan, dated the 29th,
states that General Mina has been given over by his medical
attendants. General Serrano has been appointed Commander-
in-Chief of the troops in Catalonia.
A letter from Madrid, of the Ist gives as positive that Gomez
was in the possession of the high road from the capital to Cadiz
—that his force alone consisted of 8000 infantry, and 100
cavalry, and that he had intercepted the Andalusian mail of
the 28th and 29th. . _

The elections in the northern provinces are decidedly exalted.
The followng are those already known :
Pampeluna—Mina, Goyeniche, hlaguira. aad Artnendarus.
Vittoria—Etcheverria.
Bilhoa—Hereros and A rana.
Te expedition commanded by Don Pablo Sanz consists of
two battalion of Navarre, one battalion of Castile, one bat-
talion of Alava, and two squadrons of cavalry. It was re-
ported that Sanz entered Oviedo on the 29th.
It is said that Evans is determined in again
getting possession
of the heights of Aezagana, lost by him in his disastrous inre-
connoissance on Fontarahia.
M. Latour,lMaubourg left Bayonne yesterday for Madrid, by
the away of Oleron, and not by the French steam-boat, the Me-
teor, as previously arranged. His Excellency told a gentle-
man of his acquaintance that he was afraid of falling into the
hands of Pablo Sanz in his road froM Santander to Madrid.
The has been a slight skirmish on the lines of Valcarlos, but
of no importance.

The Cirlists continue to fortify the heights of Estella.

THE SIAMESE Twisis.--In the Journal Tiebdomadaire des
Sciences Medicales, is an account of our old acquaintances, the
Siamese youths, now at Paris, drawn up by a distinguished
physician of that city. They are described as Live feet in height,
well proportioned, of great muscular strength, and very agile ;
—they run and walk swiftly, and swim as well as a single per-
son. Their intellectual faculties are well developed. 1 hey
speak English perfectly, but have forgotten their native tongue.
as they rarely speak to each other. Two persons have endea-
voured separately to converse with each at the same time, but
both turn invariably to one speaker, and converse alone with
him. They suffered from Ague in America; the attack com-
menced at the same time on both, and the stages of the disease
exactly corresponded. Their taste for food, persons, and things
is similar; they both experience hunger and thirst, go to sleep
and awake, at the same instant; and to wake both it is only
necessary to touch one. There is the utmost uniformity in
their motions, us if both were influenced by one will. They
bare never been known to be angry with each other. One, who
wishes to perform any act, snakes no sign to the other, who
nevertheless, concurs without the slightest hesitation. A pro-
posal to divide the connecting band is very disagreeable to
them ; they have often remarked, that they have never seen
any single individual so happy as they are united.—Asiatic
Journal.

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.

Mr. and Mrs. WOOD are engaged for a limited period, and
will make their fifth appearance in auy Theatre since their
return from America This Everting, in the Opera of "LA
SONAMBULA."

Mr. BROUGH, (of the Theatre-royal, Dublin, and of the
American Theutres,) is engaged expressly to perform in the
Operas in which Mr. and Mrs. Wood will appear.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. WOOD.
THIS present FRIDAY Evening, the 14th instant, will be
produced, (with the original Music, composed by Bellini,
and adapted ro English Words by Bishop,) the whole of the
Italian Opera called
LA SONNAMBULA.
Wood.—Count Rodolpho....Mr. Brough.
Alessio....Mr. G. Horncastle.
Liza Mrs. W. H. Bland, (late Miss Somerville.)
Athina, (betrothed to Elvino,) Mrs. Wood.
Tke Musical department under the direction of Mr. Aldridge.

.
To conclude with (last time) the Drama of
GUSTAVUS 111. ; or, THE MASKED BALL.
Gustavus 111., Mr. Chaplin.—Oscar, (the Page,) Miss Chaplin.
Captain Ankcrstrom Mr. G. Horncastle.
Christian Eugleheart, Mr. Baker.
Madame Ankerstrom
Arvedson, (the Fortune-teller,) Mrs. Stanley.
To-mut:Row, (Saturday,) the Tragedy of JANE SHORE.
Duke of Glo'ster, Mr. Stuart; Lord Hastings, Mr. W. How-
ard ; Alicia, Mrs. Stanley ; Jane Shore, Miss Faucit. After
which, THE INNKEEPER'S BRIDE. Tom, Mr. Baker;
Ellen, Miss Chaplin. To conclude with the Farce of SIMP-
SON and CO. Mr. Bromley, Mr. Chaplin; Mr. Simpson,
Mr. Baker; Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. Clarke; Mrs. Bromley, Mrs
Stanley; Mrs. Fitzallan, Miss Faucit; Madame La Trappe-
Miss Chaplin.
The Opera of FRA DIAVOLO will be repeated on Tuesday
next.

The Opera of CINDERELLA will be revived previous to
the termination of the engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Wood.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The lines addressed to Father Maguire by " S. K.," came too
late for insertion.
We are sorry that we cannot make room for the sensible and
pungent letter of "A Dissenter." We agree with him in
our estimate of Father Maguire's conduct. It certainly
strikes us, as it does our correspondent, that the circumstance
of his addressing a second letter to Mr. M'Neile, when he
ought to have known that the latter ca: out of town, is extra-
ordinary; but it is quite characteristic of the man. By this
time, however, the people of Liverpool know the blustering
hedge-priest—and, knowing him, entertain towards him
feelings of ineffable contempt, not unmingled with pity.
We have been obliged to defer our intended notice of "The
New Moral World," in order to make way for matters of
greater local interest.

We•have made arrangements for presenting our subscri-
bers and friends with a SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET on
FRIDAY next, the 21st instant, which ' will contain a
full and authentic report of the proceedings at the
dinner to be held in the Amphitheatre, on Tuesday
next, in celebration of the first anniversary of the
" Liverp6ol Tradesmen's Conservative Associa-
tion."—

Zbe iLiberpool

FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 14. 183 V.

Our foreign news is interesting, and we have given
as much of it as possible under our usual head. In
France all is tranquil ; but in Spain doubt and insecurity
progress, with rapid strides. Pablo Sans and his band
of hardy Navarese soldiers have entered the Asturias,
striking terror into the ministry at Madrid. Gomez,
with thirteen battalions of infantry and a large body of
cavalry, was advanced to within a few leagues of Cadiz,
whilst Alaix, who had destroyed himself at Ribledo, is
is now marching to attack him! Confiscation proceeds
at the dictation of Mendizabal. From Portugal we
learn, that the Peers have made a vigorous protest against
the law suppressing their Chamber.
The intelligence we have received from Saint Sebastian,
is at once distressing awl unprofitable,—distressing that
any portion of our deluded countrymen should be en-
gaged in a murderous strife, to which so little honour
and real nationality is attached—unprofitable, when we
consider the position of the Queen Regent, for whose
cause they are presumed to be fighting, and who is little
more than a cypher in the hands of a stock-jobbing Cabi-
net,
pressed upon from without by anoarmed association
of impassioned democrats, ready to apply the stiletto and
the poignard to every one who shall venture to dispute
their mad career of revolutionary freedom ! We say this
is an unnatural conflict for Englishmen to be engaged in;
whilst their devotion and courage are worthy of a better

cause.

After twelve or thirteen hours severe fighting, the loss
of several officers and men, as on the former occasion,-!
the Carlists have been driven back ; but what profit re-
sults from such a victory ? It was, in fact, a drawn
battle, the legion having been totally unable to follow up
the repulse given to their assailants; and which appears
to have been more of an experimental attack by the
Carlists, from a design to free the entire position of the
Anglo-Spanish forces. One truth presents itself to our
view, and that is the proof that the soldiers of Dou Carlos
can and will fight, and that desperately too; whilst they
prove themselves not to be novices in the use of either
musketry or artillery. From what we can learn the
number engaged on both sides was nearly equal ; but it
is presumed that the Legion had the advantage of a su-
perior artillery and well entrenched works. We give the
intelligence under our foreign head, reserving our further
commentary until we are supplied with more ample
details.

We have been favoured with New South Wales pa-
pers to a recent date. The following extract from the
Sydney Gazette, of May 12th, exhibits very striking
evidence of the commercial importance of that flourish-
ing town :
" It is some proof of maritime importance that there are at the
present moment in this harbour, either loading or discharging
cargoes, refitting or ready for sea, not fewer than thirty-two ves-
sels of various descriptions whose lowest registered burthen is
61 tons, and whose registered burthen upon the whole exceed:
7,000 tons! This will appear more clearly perhaps from the
following table, wherein the several vessels are classed accord-
ing to their respective rigs, whether as ships. barques, brigs, or
schooners, with the separate amount of tonnage and particular
present employment of each, viz.:— •