The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-07-26 00:00:00

TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1836.

We have received New York papers up to the Ist in
stant. The following is the only intelligence of irn
portance

TEXAS.—The New Orleans Bee, of 14th instant; says:—" By
the arrival yesterday, we are informed that an armistice had
been agreed upon by the Mexicans and Texians, and that the
army under general Filosola were to evacuate Texas and to:en-
camp at Monterey or Saltillo, to wait the action of the Mexican
congress on the propositions of Santa Anna. The latter is
still imprisoned at Velasco."

CREEK WAR.—News had reached Columbus that General
Jessup had taken Ne-a-math-la, the chief of the hostile Indians,
and held him a prisoner. Some of the troops were, however,
repulsed near Roanoke, and driven into Fort Mitchell, by a
body of 300 or 500 Indians. The express left them preparing
for another battle.

The private letters from Passages and St. Sebastian
are very loud in their complaints as to the conduct of
EVANS in the late attack upon Fontarabia. The man,
as we said a while ago, is not fit to wear the double stripe
upon his arm ; and his presumption in placing himself at

the head of a legion is the theme of much ridicule in
Spain and France.
It appears that the English loss on the llth and 12th
was 200 killed and wounded, iucluding eleven officers
wouuded, though EVANS'S official account states the
loss at not much more than one- half of that amount.
Even in the ministerial Globe, the organ of Lord PAL-
MERSTON, we find the following extract of a letter from
St. Sebastian :

" The arrival of this latelligence (the affair at Fontarabia)
at San Sebastion, spread a gloom over every countenance ; and
its effect upon the feelings of the men, who were prepared to
engage willingly in any, the most hazardous, enterprise, rather
than lead the lives they have done, has been most discouraging.
They naturally say to themselves—here we have lost much,
gained nothing, and have jeopardised the possession of that
which was obtained at the expense of so much of our comrades'
blood. What is now to be done is a mystery."

EVANS is ill, and it is expected that the climate will
not much longer agree with him, so he will be compelled
to come home for the sake of his health : it is to be hoped
that he will bring home his men with him. He must he
quick, however, otherwise they will all have gone over
to the Carlists. The private letters speak of frequent
desertions. On the 16th instant no less than seven men
of the Ist Lancers, who were employed at the outposts as
a piquet, deserted in a body with their horses and accou-
trements. What wonder ? The poor fellows can get no
pay, and are consequently half starved. On the 15th
instant the Bth Regiment mutinied, and refused to obey
command until they got at least a part of the money clue
to them. Information was immediately conveyed to the
sick bed of the general, who succumbed, because, like
JOB PIPPINS, "he couldn't help it." In order to satisfy
the men for the moment, he sent them a sum of money
which he took from the fund destined to pay the officers'
field allowance; so that, as the experiment succeeded so
well, there will be plenty of mutiny.
Poor EVANS, like CHARLEMAGNE, has fallen at Fonta-
rabia ; though only a little way; he was nearly at the
bottom before.

His Majesty's Ministers are even in a worse pickle
than General EVANS ; and we are not sure that, at the
very time we write these lines, the King has not to
deplore the loss of his brilliant Cabinet.
The English Church Reform Bill is the immediate
stumbling block, but, of course, there are fifty other
causes why the despicable set cannot carry on the go-
vernment without risking the safety of all that is dear to
us as a nation.

Our readers know that there are now before Parlia-
ment three bills which were brought in on the recom-
mendation of the Church Commission ; namely, 1. " A
Bill for carrying into effect the Reports of the Commis-
sioners appointed to consider the State of the Established
Church with reference to Ecclesiastical Duties and Re-
venues, so far as they relate to Episcopal Dioceses and
Revenues." 2. " A Bill for carrying into effect the
Fourth Report of the Commissioners appointed to consi-
der the State of the Established Church in England and
Wales with reference to Ecclesiastical Duties and Re-
venues." 3. "A Bill for more effectually enforcing
Church Discipline."
The last is before the Lords, having been presented
by the Chancellor ; the other two are before the Com-
mons, but the first only has been debated there.
The laudable object of this measure is to cut down the
over wealthy sees, to augment with the proceeds the sees
not sufficiently endowed, and to institute the two new
Bishops of Ripon and Manchester. By this arrangement
the evil of frequent translation will be done away, for
when the income of the respective sees is so nearly on a
par, there, is no temptation to intrigue and change.
Besides this, the luxuriances of the cathedral establish-
ments are to be cropped down in order to proVide en-
dowments for new churches. And there are various
arrangements dependent upon the passing_ of the mea-
sure. Dr. MALTBY is appointed to Durham with £B,OOO
a year, instead of £17,000. If this bill but fails, he will
get Durham and all its ancient revenues and privileges