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

STATE OF CUBA

(Private Correvpondence of the Morning Chronicle.) •
Letters received within a day or two have excited the greatest
, alarm as to the state of Cuba, and not without reason. The
most (minions forebodings iire more than confirmed. The British
ships of war arc generally numerous in the West India seas,
arid it is to be hoped that some of them will be present at the
Havanna h and other parts of Cuba, for the protection of British
property and subjects in the event of an outbreak. I subjoin
the following extract from our, of the letters referred to :
"The Governor of Saint Jago -de Cuba, some time since,
on learning that the Constitution of 1812 had been proclaimed
ia Spain, (and without official information from the mother
country, or orders from the Captain-General of the island, )
took it upon himself to proclaim the Constitution. His course
was disapproved of by his superior, GeneralTacon, the Captain-
General at Havanuah, and subsequently orders were received
from that quarter to annul what he had done, and place things
as they were previous to the proclamation of the Constitution.
This did not meet the views of the Governor of St. Jago, and
he immediately issued his proclamation declaring the province
of Cuba, which is the eastern section of the island, as indepen-
dent of the Captain-General and of the rest of the island~; and
prohibited all intercourse with any other part of the island, stop-
ped the mails, &c. This state of things had only continued a
few days, when official instructions were received from Spain
not to proclaim the Constitution until they should receive orders
from the Home Government after the meetinc, of the Cortes;
and he was again ordered by the Captain General' to place things
on the old system, which has again been disregarded, and the
provinee, or, to say the least, its government is now in open re-
bellion, both against the Home Government and that of the
island. What will be the result it is quite impossible to pre-
dict.
"This state of things has cansed great alarm to the inhabi-
tants of St. Jago and the other principal cities of the island.—
In the former, all business was at a stand, and in many other
parts of the island great alarm was felt by the people generally,
and men of property in particular. Large amounts of money
and bills were about to be remitted to the United States for safe
keeping and investment, as many wealthy men have immense
sums of gold and silver lying idle; and feeling confident, (as
would be the case,) that in the event of any insurrection their
money would be seized, large sums would find their way to the
United States beyond doubt. Cuba has immense wealth lying
dormant in gold and silver amongst its inhabitants, with whom
it is the fashion to hoard up money in this way by all classes,
more particularly the wealthy. There are many instances of
single individuals having from 300,000 to 500,0(X) dollars in
actual gold and silver coins in their possession, which never
circulates."

Another letter says :—" The American citizens and other
strangers here are much alarmed both for their lives and pro-
perty."
From a personal knowledge of the island and its inhabitants
I should say that, whenever actual disturbances commence,
"Murder and plunder," will be the watchword of the Cubwans,
one half of whom are descended from buccaneers and pirates.
The native Creoles hate 'recoil for his justice : and should
they get the upper hand their revenge would be dreadful. The
atrocities of Old Spain would be more than acted in this most
beautiful and important of her colonies.
The squadron and troops sent by Governor Tacon to reduce
his refractory subordinate of St. Jago de Cuba to obedience
are said to have their orders to bring back tt:e said rebellious
officer " dead or alive."

A CHANCH FOII SOMRGoirt.—The following singular hand.
bill has been issued by a Dorchester labourer, and it is hoped
that it will prove successful:—" A bill for a wife.—Matrimony.
—Charles Warren, Marnhull, Dorset. My family i 3 as follows:
The eldest boy is thirteen years old, and a girl eight years old.
My house is my own, and I have no rent to pay. I have an
acre of potatoes, half blues and half whites, this yea,. My wife
has been dead this twelvemonths ago, last Shorten fair. The
children live by themselves in the day time, but I am always
home with them at,night. Ido think it would be better if there
was a woman to look after them, both for the children and my-
self. I have gut Bs. a-week for my work, and the boy 2s. a week,
and have constant employ. I want a good steady woman for
wrk.
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