The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-03-06 00:00:00

SPAIN.

A telegraphic dispatch from Bordeaux,dated Feb. 27, is to
the following effect :—" The assembled bands of Jara, of Pe co,
and others, to the number of 2000 infantry and 800 cavalry,
were attacked on the 18th in the environs of Yebenes, in the
province of Toledo, by the Brigadier Flinter, who gained a
complete victory over them. There were 130 dead, 309
wounded, and 1340 made prisoners, of whom 40 were officers or
chiefs ; 300 horses, a great quantity of arms, and all the baggage
were likewise the prizes of this must fortunate affair."
So, according to this account, which is. and must he greatly
exaggerated, there were 1779 killed, wounded, or made prison-
ers. out of 28(X). This is a manifest lie. Besides which, we
now hear for the first time of the bands of Jars, Poen, &c.
amounting to 2000 infantry and 810 cavalry. We have heard
of 6(X) infantry and 2(XO cavalry-800 in all—but never till now
of 2800. That a victory has been gained is unquestionable, but
the Bourdeaux telegraph has seen with a magnifying glass or
telescope of immense powers indeed.
The Extraordinary Gazette de Madrid or the 21st publishes
the report of the Brigadier Flmter, dated 18th February, of the
head quarters of Yebenes.
The Quotidienne, in reference to this affair, says, "If Jara,
Peco. and other Carlist chiefs equally unknown, have with
them 21(X) infantry and 800 cavalry, what must be the forces
under Basilio Garcia and Palillos?"

A letter from Cordova, of the 12th ult. states that Cabrera
bad not only established a communication with Don &sill()
Garcia, but that these chiefs bad an interview, at which a plan
of offensive operations was agreed upon, by which the safety of
the city of Valencia itself will shortly be seriously compromised.
A letter from Bayonne, dated Feb. 25, says—" On the 23d
inst. all the English pieces of artillery were taken to St. Se-
bastian to be placed upon the heights and line of Hernani; and
the same day three companies of royal British marines entered
that town to form the garrison, the Spanish troops having aban-
doned the point, with the exception of the National Guards,
who are occupying the chateau."

HANOVER.
(From the Standard.)

A friend in Elanover has forwarded lo us the following
authentic translation of the King's Speech upon his Majesty's
opening of the session:—

COPY OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF
HANOVER'S SPEECH,

On opening the Session of the States of the Kingdom of
Hanover. on the 20th day of February, 1838.
" High and Mighty Prince, Noble Lords. and
Gentlemen of the States,
"To my great joy the moment is at last arrived when I see
you, the worthy representatives of the kingdom assembled
around my throne.

" When I found myself induced to declare, by my proclama-
tion of the Ist of November, 18.37, the obligatory power of the
Constitution of the 26th of September, 1833, to be entirely null
and void, several individuals endeavoured to prejudice the pub-
lic mind by promulgating the opinion, that it was my intention
to govern in an arbitrary manner over those who have been
entrusted to my care by Divine Providence.
" Arbitrary government 1 have ever detested, and it is only
by law and byjustice that Twill govern my beloved subjects.
" In order to give you, my worthy States, a convincing proof
of the sincerity of my intentions, I have directed to be laid be-
fore you for your consideration thedratt of a constitution for my
kingdom, framed upon the priuciples by which the German us-
tions were long rendered happy.
"I fully confide in the certain hope that my views will coin-
cide with yours upon all material points of this proposed new
Constitution.
"Besides the above-mentioned document, there will be laid
before you certain other important propositions for legislative
enactment, which will claim your particular attention.
" I hereby declare that the States are formally opened."
All the members took the oaths most cheerfully, thereby
recognising formally the Constitution of 1819, and equally his
Majesty's undoubted right of annulling the illegal Constitution
of 1833. That point, therefore, is settled.-
There are but three unrepresented towns in the kingdom;
and the absence of their representatives was in part the result
of accident, The King's speech was heard with most respectful
attention. His Majesty spoke with marked emphasis in ex-
pressing his detestation of " arbitrary government." The con-
stitution of the Lower Chamber (about the constitution of the
Upper Chamber there could never be any anxiety) is highly
satisfactory—the number of the seditious and refractory mem-
bers does not exceed three or four, the rest are all prudent, in-
telligent, and well-disposed men,
In the evening his Majesty entertained the members o!' both
chambers, when much loyal enthusiasm was manifested; the
speeches were generally excellent, that of the Crown Prince
when his health was drunk, was noted as peculiarly modest,
graceful, and full of feeling. It produced a wonderful im-
pression.
The Swabian Mercury of the 26th ult. announces that the
King of Hanover would proceed to Berlin in the course of the
present spring, and be present at the grand manoeuvres which
are to be commanded by Prince William. It was believed in
Berlin on the 20th, that the Crown Prince of Russia would be
married to a Princess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, during the
feasts which the King of Prussia is to give to his illustrious
guests during their stay in his capital.

THE UNITED STATES.
The Quebec brings the following intelligence:—
TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS—SECOND SESSION.
(From the New York American, Feb. 8.)
ENCROACHMENTS ON THE WESTERN TERRITORY OF THE
UNITED STATES.

Mr. Cushing moved to take up and refer an executive mes-
sage, on the table of the house, giving information concerning
the extreme western territory of the United States. Mr. C.
said, that Great Britain was, at the present moment, pursuing,
or at least permitting, a series of gross encroachments on that
part of the territory of the United States.; encroachments, fla-
grant, palpable, monstrous; which it was time the whole nation
should understand.

The message was accordingly .taken up, and referred to the
committee on Foreign Affairs.

The United States and Mexican President Bustanzente, in a
speech at the opening of the Mexican Congress, thus notices the
difference between the two nations:—
" I regret to announce to you, that the government of the
United States has not only appreciated the conduct of the Re-
public in sustaining with dignity the rights of the nation in ac-
knowledging with the utmost candour the justness of some of
the claims, and denying with some frankness that of many
others, us founded neither on public right, nor international
law, our own claims have met with no satisfaction on the part
of the Cabinet, and 1 will not look upou the harmony which
should exist between two people for their mutual prosperity, as
perfectly re-established, until I obtain the proofs by a frank and
friendly conduct, by the religious observance of treaties, and by
a due regard to the principles and relations of national proxtnu-
ty• Let us hope that this confidence will be speedily reprodu-
ced, and the government will omit nothing to prevent a rupture
which would be attended with fatal consequences tothese power-
ful states." .

The bill which provides for a supension of the Small Bill
Law for two years, passed the Senate, on the 6th, by a vote of
18 to 12. _

The Sub-Treasury Bill was under discussion in the Senate
on the Bth, when the question was again adjourned.
A great meeting was held at the Masonic-hall, New York,
on the 7th, when resolutions were agreed to condemnatory of
the sub-treasury scheme. The opposition to it was increas-
ing in intensity, and little doubt was entertained that it should
pass the .4enate it would be throe n out by the House of Re-
presentatives.
EXCH A NGES.—Bills on Europe, taken for the packets of the
Bth instant were sold at a further decline of about one per cent.,
the offerings having greatly exceeded the demand, which was
rather limited, on account of the present difficulty to raise money.
The sales of good current bills were chiefly at 71 or 81 per cent.
premium on London, sf. 30c. on France, 391 a 9u cents. on
Holland, 35i a 35 cents on Hamburv,h, and 80 a 831 cents on
Bremen. At the close of the business some sales were made at
a trifle under the above lowest rates.

• SPEdin —American gold, at 31 a premium; half dollars, 4 a
41 ditto; doubloons. 17 dollars a —; patriot doubloons, 16
dollars a,16 dollars 12i.
NAPLES.

.Advices from Naples, of the 13th ult., state that fresh dis-
turbances of a serious nature, fomented by the partisans of
Prince Charles of Ca pua, had taken place in Sicily. According
to the reports in circulation, the efforts of the revolters were
directed to the separation of that island from the kingdom of
Naples.
ST. DOMINGO.

Advices from St. D.,mingo, to the 11th of January, have been
received via Havre. At that period the French squadron had
not arrived at Port au Prince. The commissioners were
anxiously expected, but the French residents were not without
apprehension as to the effects which the appearance of the
squadron might produce on the native population. It is added
that President Boyer has desired the journals not to wake use
of tbelword " squadron," ibut employ only " French commis-
sioners" in noticing the expected expedition.

CONSERVATISM.— We are glad to hear that the Operative
Conservative News Room, &c., recently established in this
town, is in a flourishing coudition. Several liberal donations of
books having just been made by John Rvle, Esq., late M.P.
for the borough, and D. S. Clayton, Esq., of Bullington.—
Macclesfield Courier.
THE TURN-OUT AT NIACCLESFIELEL—We have not learnt
that any final arrangement has been 'come to, on the subject of
the dispute between sonic of the masters in Macclesfield and
their workmen. Vesterday, the workmen turned out in aug-
mented numbers, but they have not, as far as we can learn,
proceeded during the week, to any acts of violence. There is
an opinion very prevalent that an arrangement will speedily
take place.—Marclesfielti Courier.
CURE OF CANCER.—At the sitting of the Academy of Sciences,
Paris, Jan. 13, 1838, M. M. Bauperthuy and Adel-de-Roseville
addressed to the Academy a detailed note ou the animalcules
which are found in the contiguity of cancerous ulcers. These
observations have proved the presence of animalculre in all the
cancers which they have examined. These gentlemen have
sought the meat is which are hest fitted to destroy the animalcuite,
and their expel iments have led them to the following results:—
Brandy, the tincture of iodine, concentrated solutions of the
double chloride of mercury, of the cloride of gold, of arsenic,
of the salts of copper, of the nitrate of silver, the laudanham of
Sydenhain and Rousseau, kill the animalcules instantaneously.
Solutions of the same agents, in the dose of two grains to the
ounce, do not make their action felt on the animalcules before
the end of a quarter of an hour or twenty m'nutes but destroy
them insensibly after a space of time more or less long.
Journal de Paris.