The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-22 00:00:00

FEIGN INTELLIGE.NCE,

FRANCE

The Moniteur of Thursday contains a series of royal ordi-
One of them calls into active service the reserves of
es of recruits of 1834 and 1835 ; and another declares
public utility urgently requiring the executing of the
on of Paris, the Minister of Public Works was au-
ceed forthwith to the appropriation of the
► the works of fortification were to be erected,
placed at his disposal for the purpose of
wners. A third ordinance opens-a credit
he Minister of War to meet the expenses
ch have already commenced at Mont

)enis, Fontenay, &c.
real des Debats says, that " the publication of the
mdon has not created any new apprehension nor
of those which already existed ; that its fears and
s continued, because the causes which excited
ned in full force. The third article of the treaty
the eventuality of the presence of the Russians in
rus or Constantinople has been foreseen by the
parties. It concludes that there must be some
,bject in view by the English government, or it
permit the Russians to enter the Bosphorus, and
tnce the French government are bound to watch
Ind not to Quit their attitude of defence."
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announces, on the authority of its corre-
Le2horn and Genoa, that the rate of commer-
; for the East exceeded 20 per cent. A Leghorn
o had a vessel ready to sail for Beyrout, and-
her to be unloaded, so general was the opinion

that war was inevitable.
e journal publishes the following extract of a
:1 Rome, the Bth :—" We have hitherto received
ation or denial of the news I gave you in my
rrespondence under date the 4th inst., but this
has been currently reported here that the English
junction with the Turks, seized on Tripoli, Tarsus,
naritime points of Syria, and driven the Egyptians
oast. This intelligence is said to have arrived by
ers from the Levant." _ _

)urnal du Havre mentions a report current in that
for some days—namely, that communications had
hanged between the governments of France and the
States, in the anticipation of a war. This journal
he conclusion of an alliance, offensive and defensive,

between the two countries

SPAIN.
been received from Madrid to the 10th instant

e tranquillity of Madrid continued undisturbed, though a
ling of anxiety prevailed among the population, arising
ie present extraordinary aspect of affairs. The pro-
-1 Government, feeling embarrassed by the want of
ted coercive measures to obtain the required
:me had been passed requiring all state credi-
w their debts to the Treasury in the short
and in case of non-compliance with this
.tare force was to be resorted to in order to compel
mitalists of Madrid had also been called
advance of 4,500,000 reals ; and a corn-
_ f the body had been formed to arrange with the pro-
-31 Government the terms upon which this loan was to

nrovid

The adhesion of the following town to the insurrectionary
movement had been officially announced by the provisional
Government :—Toledo, Burgos, Saragossa, Salamanca, Avila,
Caceres, Segovia, Soria, Huesca, Granada, Ciudad Real,
Cadiz, erida, Carthagena, Malaga, Almeria, Almagro, San-
tander, and Logrono. Intelligence of the espousal of the
same cause by Calatayud, Palencia, and Valladolid had also
arrived. Seville was declared in a state of siege. Marote,
and several officers who signed the treaty of Bergara, had
made an offer of their services to the provisional Government.
The junta of Madrid, having learned that the Liberal Alcalde
of Murcia had been arrested by the political chief of that pro-
vince, declared their resolution to adopt measures of reta-
liation, in case of necessity, against all functionaries who
shall oppose the spread of the insurrection.
The letter addressed by the Junta to the Queen-Regent,
having, our readers are already aware, been returned tin-
, as
aliened by the Queen's Minister for -Foreign Affairs, the
Junta have declared the functionary responsible for the act,
id have forbidden all persons to hold communication with
.ni so long as he continues in the same official position.
News had reached Madrid that the Baron del Solar de
spinosa had been proclaimed a traitor by the Jnnta of Bur-
- 'wing made a military demonstration against the
- given by him not to commence

in spite of a Kornis,

tilities

EGYPT AND THE EAST.
Advices from Alexandria, dated the 31st ult., communicated
by the Sentinelle de Toulon, state that the greatest enthu-
siasm prevailed among the Egyptian population in favour of
the policy of the Pasha. In the event of an attack being
made on Alexandria, no doubt was entertained but that the
entire population would unite in opposing it. Mehemet Ali
was, according to these accounts, more firmly resolved than
ever to resist the propositions of the four Powers. Another
from the same place, of the date of the 29tb, announces
71 a conference which Mehemet Ali had with Rifat Bey,
presence of the Consuls of the four Powers, he ex-
d satisfaction with the arrangement proposed by
eaty of London with respect to Egypt, and added that
—uld be content with Syria for life.
he most positive orders have been given to Ibrahim to
:h upon Constantinople as soon as the first cannon shall
red ; and it is said that the Russians on their side are
llv readv.to advan

by the Papin, which reached
Toulon from Alexandria on the 12th instant, it appears that
Admiral Stopfnrd, being informed of the expected arrival of
a French vessel loaded with howitzers for the Pasha of Egypt,

!counts b

From the Manzari Shark.)
—The Leonidas French Government
/-rived on the 20th ; she had as passengers the
__dish Ambassador to the Court of Greece, M. le Chevalier
de Heidenstein, and his lady. _ _

YRNA, AUGUST 29

without any ship of war in the
xcepting the Beacon, her Britannic Majesty's aur-
hip. In consequence of the anniversary of the birth
lajesty the King of Rolland, this vessel paid the cus-
honours, saluting the flag at inid-day with 21 guns.
".xcellency the Prince of Samos quitted our roads on
ust., in the French .;overnment-steiipek Dante, for
-iople, where he arrived on the '2sth.
steamer Lavoisier arrived here on the 26th,
we on the 30th to join the French squadron,
'd sonic days before on a cruise in the gulf.
. 22. —The Thunderer and Ganges ar-
the 13th the Gorgon, from Alexandria,
nine, from Malta, on the 21st.
.rco-Egyptian brig, laden with
She and the Castor had
11 other vessels, all with warlike stores, one of
tian man-of-war cutter from Alexandria ; and
o.oth, a large Egyptian ship, formerly a
e ao guns on hoard, with few men and
. The vessels generally were bound to
:es and Thunderer were anchored off the
u ready for action, as were the Powerful
r off the old castle and town. The Gorgon
v keeping under sail looking out for captures.
1 00 men at Bevrout, under the command of
sl Abbas Pasha left that place on the 18th,
, to reinforce the garrison of St. Jean d'Acre.
yards of 4,000 Turks incorporated with the
v were anxious to return to Constantinople,
uch dissatisfied that they had been disarmed,
Hers had escaped and got on board the
.h consul• Mr. Moore, and family.

AUGUST

; and th

,ad detained a Tn
Ler warlike store:

ails ship. Notwithstanding these events,
lin and Lieutenant Shadwell of the Castor passed
lolestation through the country to Balbec and Da-
Lnd returned only on the 20th ult.

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