The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

FOREI:GN AND COLONIAL. At Jamaica, on the 25th of July, the remarkable spec-
tacle ivas presented in the heavens of four rainbows, two
THE OVERLAND 'MAIL. of which, those in the centre, being nearly perfect, and of
An extraordinary express, in anticipation of the over- exceeding brighness, while the
outer ones, which were
land mail from India, arrived in London on fThecday. cons depibly more apart, werelaint and imperfect. After
Our advices from Bombay are not of a more recent date some time, .the centre ones were seen to amalgamate,
than reached us by the last mail. The news brought by while those on either side faded away.
this conveyance is of little political interest. From the The Count dellontemolin end General Cabrera arrived
north-west we have nothing but vague rumours, on which in London on Saturday week, via Dover. His royal
it is impossible to place any dependence. It is add that highness is residing for the present at tie Brunswick
-reorganise their forces, Hotel, Hanover-square, and leads a very retired life,
the Sikhs have determined to
thou he is su
car-
should the British government be.complaisant enough to pposed to be concerting measures for
rying.sh people.
out the declaration contained in his address to the
permit them to do so ; and that, under these circum-
stances, the Lahore Durbar had earnestly solicited that pan
the army of occupation might remain at Lahcre for a --4"-
longer period than was originally fined by the Governor-
General. Ghoo!ab Singh has of late largely inernased
his army, and having 'b :upon called .uon to reduce it, to
deliver up certain forts, and to abstain' from
with Persia and Akbar Khan, be has ri
with the rtc•-• -s, therefore. tha

—On Friday :the ship St. George, Captain
Ferris, arrived in the Mersey, bringing papers one day
later than those previously received. There is nothing
additional from-Mexico or the seat of war, and some
doubt is thrown on the reported proceedings in Cali,ar-
nia. Col. Allen, the commander of the Mormon regi-
ment, had died on the prairie, of cor.gestive fever. The
anti-Mormons, fully armed and 1000 strong, were to
march upon Nauvoo on the 26th ult. An %gager:cent
and bloodshed were deemed inevitable.

ntri;:uing

refused to

It see
corjunction of affairs, the Labor
chance of being released this year.

. -
arrtson stand

From China we !earn,
le evacuation cf+•C;hu-

san. A serious riot had taken place at Canton, which
seems to have originated in some very trivial cause. '1 he
correspondent of the Morning Herald complains that in
this, as on a former occasion, the British inhabitants.were
solely dependent on foreign vessels for assistance, not-
withstanding that a British squadron is maintained on
that station for the .purpose of protecting British com-
merce. A bed feeling towards the•Englifili still exist.c at
Canton., but is confined, for the most‘part, to the.lower
orders of the people.

been received, three days later than those brought by the
steamer. These advices fully confirm our previous anti-
cipations as to the probability of another change of
government in Mexico. (Paredes, the late president, has
been overthrown and imprisoned, and Santa Anna is
once more at the head of affairs. As to the effect which
this new revolution will have on the relations between the
United States and Mexico, nothing is yet known. Santa
Anna is reported to have declared himself favourable to
peace, but ready for war if his fellow-countrymen desireddt.
THE SPANISH FEG,TIVES.—As soon as the French
Government had ascertained that Cabrera and Count de
Montemolm bad arrived in England, it sent off to Lon-
don four agents :of the secret police, who are to com-
municate, day by day, accounts of t heir movements. The
government is very active in preventing either carlist or
Progresista refugees from entering Spain. Villa Real,
Bargaz, and Casa Eguia ,have been arrested at Bordeaux,
and will be imprisoned in ithe castle of Blaye. A royal
ordinance has been published, calling into active service
h 3,000 recruits of the class of 1845. 45,782 are intended
Cut the army, and 7,218 for the navy.

FRANCE

The Faris gapers are principally oeaufied with the
Montpensier marriage, and the atftirs of -Spain. The
Courier Francais declares that the flight of the Count de
Montemolino and General Cabrera is connected with a
vast plan, the principal supporters of which are in Eng-
land. The Journal des Debate speaks in guarded and
moderate terms,—La Preese with assumed.confidence in
the conclusion of -the marriage. The COnsfitufionnel
seems to anticipate a compromise between -England and
France, and suggests the renunciation of all.claim to the
French crown by the Duke de Montpensier. The,Wational
is, if possible, additionally energetic in its opposition to
the marriage. ":Up to the moment at which il write,"
says the Paris correspondent-of the Times, '• rioA3ammu-
nicatiou an the subject of the Montpensier marriage has,
am assured, taken place between the British and Erench
Governments." * * * "Alarm ban at length begun
to make itself felt in Paris,—at Court, in the Ministry,

among the public, and at the Bourse. At the very mo-
ment at which I write there is sitting under the presidenq
of the King a council—not of ministers. but of the friends
of his Majesty—to deliberate upon the present state of
the Montpensier marriage question. The result will be,
probably, a mission given to the Duke de Broglie to pro-
ceed forthwith to London, to endeavour to reconcile her
Majesty Queen Victoria and her Minister to the Mont-
pensier marriage ; tar the affair has assumed a most serious
aspect. * * The escape of Cabrera andof the Count
de Moatemolin has wonderfully embarrassed and compli-
cated the question. The Progresistas are possibly by this
time on the ere of revolt. It is true that the present
Spanish army is an excellent one,—devoted to the Queen,
—but, if the Carlists rise in the provinces, the garrisons
of the large towns must be reduced, in order to send
against them an overwhelming force. The strength of the
Carlists lies in the fields. and in the villages ; that of the
Progresistas in the cities and large towns. The Carlists
must be opposed. To oppolie them, the garrisons of the
towns and cities Must be wakened, and thus give to ihe
ProgresiAas the very opportunity for which they pray.
This will be all very lamentable if it takes place, and may,
in its resulis,—supposing the double insurrection to sue-
ceed,—produce the dethronement of the Queen, and the
placing on the throne of Don Enrique, or the Count de
Montemolin. The Paris journals of Tuesday are on the
one absorbing subject—the Spanish marriage. The mi-
nisterial papers dwell with much satisfaction upon the
unanimous vote of the Cortes upon the address approving
of both marriages, which they say is demonstrative that
the feeling of the Spaniards is favourable, and not hostile,
as assumed by the London papers; they also affirm that
the British public is unmoved on te subject, and, in fine,
appear quite confident that the storm will blow over,
without leaving any permanent trace behind. The oppo-
sition papers, on the other hand, pretend to know that all
overtures of conciliation made to the British Cabinet have
been met with the mosrrepulsive coldness, and augur very
serious consequences from the present embroiled state of
relations,