The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-03 00:00:00

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`THEATRE.ROYAL, I.L.VERPOOL

For the BENEFIT of Mrs. WOOD,
And the Last Night of the engagement of Mr. and Mrs.
WOOD, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden and Drury-
lane.
Second Week of the engagement of Mr. BROUGH and Mr.
G. HORNCA:STLE.

1H IS present FRIDAY, the 3d instant, will he perforated
1. (fur the third time) Auber's celebrated Opera of

FRA DIAVOLO; •
OR, THE INN OF TERRAGINA.
Fra Diavolo Mr Wood.
Lord Allcash Horricastle.
Giacomo Brough.
Zerlina Mrs. Wood,
To conclude with the Musical Farce of
• THE QUAKER.

Steady Mr. Wood.
Lubin Mr. G. Horneastle.
Gillian Mrs. Wood.

TO-MORROW the Tragedy of THE EVENGE.—After
which the Interlude of THE INNKEEPER'S BRIDE.—To
conclude with A TALE OF MYSTERY.

Mr. DOWTON and Miss ELLEN TREE, of the
Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane and Covent-garden, are engaged
for a Fortnight, and will make their first appearance this .ea-
son on Monday next.

Zije Eibtrpocl gitanbarb.

FRIDAY MO/?KING, JULY 3, !833.

Had the intelligence of the death of ZUMALACARRRUITY
been received through the ordinary channels there wouhi
have been no suspicion excited reladve to its authenti-
city, but coming as it did by the medium of the French
telegraph there was every reason for doubting its truth.
The telegraph has been so frequently used by the mini-
sters of Louts PnitavrE, and ;)y the citizen king himself,
'for jobbing purposes, in that sink of iniquity theßourse,
that we have for some considerable time experienced the
advantage of believing exactly the converse of ail its com-
munications.

But in this instance it has proved right, perhaps by
mistake, and the brave ZUMALACARREGUY, we fear, is
dead. The loss of such a man must be severely felt by
Don CARLOS ; but on the supposition that the fatal event
has taken place it is singular to remark that the value of
Spanish stock, instead of rising, has actually fallen. How
is this to be accounted for ? If ZUMALACARREOLTY bad
been the only general of distinction among the Carlists,.
his loss would have been exceedingly disastrous, if not
fatal to their enterprise, and Spanish bonds would have
risen accordingly. But as no-rise has followed, we mast
either conclude that ZCMALACARREGUY still lives, or. that
Don CARLOS is too powerful to be successfully resisted
by the Queen's troops.
In the mean time the heroes of the Isle of Dogs have-
but a gloomy prospect before them.. It is true that men
who are desperate fear nothing. Those who prefer death
to working on the road, or enduring starvation in.the
workhouse, under the provisions of the new poor law bill,
will, of course, care but little for the manifestoes or
crees of the King of Spain. Besides, they -have not yet
departed fur the field of ‘var, anol who knows what chance
may turn up before the end of autumn ?
At any rate it is but right that they should know the
worst of it. On the.2oth June Don CARLOS published
the following decree. It is dated from the palace of Du-

rango :

" ROYAL DECREE.

" Having received information that the revolutionary usurp-
ing government, not being further able to fill up its ranks with.
fresh Spanish victims, has ordered its agents in France, Eng-.
land, and Brussels, to recruit foreigners for that purpose,
" I order and decree as follows :

" Article 1. All strangers, without distinction of rank or grade,
who shall take up arms against my legitimate rights, or who
shall serve, by any means Whatsoever, the rebel army of the
usurpation, shall be deprived of the benefits of existing lass.
nor shall they be considered as included in the convention for
the exchange of prisoners,' signed by my authority by my com-
mander-in-chief, at Asarta, on the 28th of April last.
"Article '2. All strangers, above noticed; who shall fall into
our hands, shall, after time being given them to perform their re-
ligious duties, be instantly shot."
Enatantly,shot I Don CAIZI.OS need not concern, him-
self about tile performance of their religious duties; the
ceremony would- be imposing enough without that. In-
stantly shot ! Terrible, but just . •
It will be recollected that previous to the intervention
of Lord ELIOT in April last, the most wanton cruelties
were perpetrated by the combatants on both sides. The
sanguinary and cowardly MINA began the work of exter-
mination by massacring in cold blood all th#! Carlists who
fell into his hands. As he never ventured to meet ZI7IIA-
LACARREGUY his was only the murderer's work. He pil-
laged and shot all persons suspected of being favourable
to Don C4atos. In fact, he made alleged suspicion the
pretext for robbing the innocent and committing the
worst of crimes.

These enormities, perpetrated by the cowardly patriet,
naturally enough led to acts of retaliation on the opposite
side. In this state of things the Duke of WELusGrorg,
from motives of benevolence, interfered. The noble duke
instructed his representatives to 'act with strict impar-
tiality, and to exact the same terms from both. Lord
ELIOT succeeded in his mission ; MtNA was recalled ; the
.murders ceased ; and the captives taken, instead of being
shot as rebels, were treated as prisoners of war, and were
to enjoy the privilege of exchange.
But from these privileges Don CARLOS exempts Ole
heroes of the Isle of Dogs, in case they should ever set
foot upon the Spanish territory. They will, therefore,
not be treated as prisoners of war ; ther-a►ill be ixstantly
shot—shot ns dogs.

The curious facts which have .transpired in evidence
before. the select committee of the House of Commons
appointed to inquire into the validity of the return of
Mr. O'DwvEa for Drogheda furnish a clue, and an Irish
One to boot, to Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S disapproval of a
qualification clause in the corporation reform bill. It is
well known that O'DwYta presented a fictitious qualifi-
cation, which the committee rejected, and he was conse-
()trendy unseated; which lamentable event we, as in duty
bound, wept over in our last. .
The truth is beginning •to shine -nut. Lord forrs
RUSSELL knows quite as well as we (16 that there aro at
least fifty members in the present House of Commons •
who arenor one whit better qualifiedtban Mr. O'Dtrs.r.=
—men who sit by means of sham propertv--whose free-
' hulas consist of caitlei in :the-a4r—Whosetteteittled in-
come is founded in falsehooi and fraud, and who have no
more right to a seat in the House of Commons than an
Irish pauper going home upon a parish pasthas a right to a
seat in the direction of the Bank of England; These men
have sworn that they have a clear income derived from
land of so many hurn!reds a year, well knowing that they
have averred or sworn what is untrue. The way la
which this O'DWYER attempted to qualify himself is
highly instructive, although exceedingly repulsive; still.
we hive, for the first of these reasons, inserted a portion •
of the evidence below. It is but right that the people of •
England generally, and the religious and conscientious
portion of the electors iu particular, should know some-
thing of the nature of the collusive bargains and bare-
faced frauds which are entered into and committed in or-
der to secure the admiision of certain patriots into .the
House of Commons. Exposure will do good. , There
in
is always something about the exterior andsiweri
f
a swindler which sooner or later leads to. his,xletection.:
It is hardly possible that a member of the swell mob could
pass for a gentleman anionizst gentlemen.. 'The 'Actor
peeps out—the aectation betrays—the thief' is written
in his eye. So it will he with the patriots of the House
of Commons when their rags, their tricks, and their
frauds are fully exposed to public view, and JouN 13171.1.
• is again restored to his senses.
Knowing this, and fearing this. Lord JOHN RUSSELL
has sufficient craft and cunning not only to anticipate but
also to endeavour to avert the consequences. The ques-:
tion is, will he succeed ? He refuses to admit any vs,
lification clause into his 'corporation bill. Is it possible
to speak of this without thinking of Mr, O'DWYER, the
rejected,—we had almost said the convicted joint of ale
twit ? It is policy, no doubt, on the part of this crafty
hurdling, to favour his particular friends to the utmost ex-
tent of his power. He knows that were a property-Vs"
lification required few of his supporters vibuld be eligi
hie as common councilmen ; and he moreover dread& at"
tent ion being now roused to the frauds ec'tirinsitted btv c`7l'.