The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-24 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCI

The Hanover Gazette states that the railroad from Hano-
ver to Brunswick will be completed by next autumn. The
railroads from Hanover to Bremen, Hamburg, and Minden
are to be constructed at the expense of the state.
The Neapolitan journals announce, that on the 13th ult.
a strong shock of earthquake was felt at Cerchiera, in the
province of Calabria Citra ; but fortunately it was not at-
tended with any disaster. We also learn, that about mid-
night on the 3d instant another but very slight shock was ex-
perienced at Malaga.
A Vienna letter, :of the 12th instant, in the Journal de
Frankfort, gives a sad account of the state of the Archduke
Francis Charles. The bulletin of the 11th had led the public
to believe that all danger was at an end, although the prince
was exceedingly weak, but soon after it was issued a change
came on, which excited great alarm in the imperial family,
and the Sacrament was administered. When the account
left there was very little hope of the archduke's recovet y.

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YELLOW Pavan AT GUAYAQUIL.—Letters via Havana
state, that yellow fever prevails frightfully in Guayaquil. The
population has been reduced to 4,000. Those who have not
died have fled. Many distinguished persons have fallen,
among them the sister of President Rocafuerte, Alzu, Saenz,
the two Espantosos, &c

Several singular particulars have transpired in relation to
the late American earthquake. Between St. Louis and the
Ohio, portions of the bottom of the Mississippi have
literally fallen out, or, at least, sunk to a depth not fathomed.
On a farm in Illinois. a hole has appeared in the ground
filled with streaming mud, from which a sulphurous vapour
issues that is easily ignited. Sometimes an
inflammable gas,
flashing with flame and emitting smoke,
also s from
it. In several places, patches of the forest near thein Msome
issis-
ave sunk down and become swampy lakes,
cases taking hunters down in the abyss.

THE EARTIIQUAKE AT GUADALOUPE.A letter from
Guadalonpe, in the Constitutionnel, has, amongst other af-
fecting details, the following :—" Suddenly I beheld the life.
less body of a man in the prime of life, and near him a beau-
tiful young woman. She appeared absorbed in grief ; one
could almost imagine her to e a marble figure weeping over
a tomb. In ter cheeks was still disc
of the rose, and a smile was on her lips—and yet she was
ad ! A young girl, to esca from certain death, rushed
de
out of her father's house, ,
but e
at the moment when she con-
sidered herself safe a house fell near her, and part of the ruins
held her firmly to the spot by the lower xt
eremities. She
called
loudly for help, the more so, as the flames appeared.
advancing with a giant's pace. A soldier endeavoured to ex-
tricate her, but in vain. She then besought him to cut off
her two legs in order to save her from the tire, which had al-
ready reached her. The soldier, yielding to her entreaties,
drew his sword, and prepared to cut the lees, %%hen his heart
tailing him he fled. The young girl was soon eunsumed."
THE REVOLUTION IN HAVTI.—We learn that the out-
break was at first intended to have taken place on the 20th
ult. ; but, that in consequence of several unforeseen obsta-
cles, the same was delayed until the 2d ot Fehruary ,_• and
that, although certain traitors to the cause had di,ulged the
whole particulars to the President, so insecure did he consi-
der himself in the fidelity even of his own troops that he did
not venture to take any further notice of the mssibleatter,from than
the
by
attempting to withdraw them as quietly as po
disaffected districts; which act of prudence , how
ever, seems
to have availed him little, for,
up to the datequestion,
little or no troops seem to have been secured, and there was
no doubt Lhat although General Borgelet, the officer com-
manding at Aux Cayes, bad been in confidential commu •
ni
cation with him upon the subject, he would, as a matter of
policy, join the revolutionary cause, so soon as he considered
it likely to gain au ascendancy in the island. Gen. Herard,
the leader of the insurgents, had accordingly marched from
the former place, where the revolution appears to have taken
its rise, to,vards Jereaiie, where the nature of the revolution
was formally proclaimed, and a provisional government ap
general had the public dissatisfr,
a blow would be struck on behalf co-
pointed, consisting of Messrs. Ferri, Margon, and Blanche-C.
A force of 8,000 troops had from thence proceeded to Port
au-Prince, a distance of three days' journey; and it teas -
pretensions. The remaining revolutionary force,f
consideredtßioonyebreocot
hises thatstrong s
c aand
forth
stated at 10,000 men, it vas supposed would proceed
with to the other provinces, where similar feelin— of - -
upon being entertained. I
of the d'isstrictdi;
ytbcaolcfulated.Jeremie,
ablso'
was subsequently learnt at Jamaica that the
scaatyi satisfaction tai ound were
e fsuolulpeople of Let
Tribueron, had joined the revolution.

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Monte Videan paper, published
in English. of the 21st, does not state the exact irl'oittion or
trusted that an armed force from England and
would deter the Argentine forces from approaching n ranee
mfunrtvherregnetineorfaltnceo
they were, consequently, expecting and additioner the
city ;
the naval completement already there, which merely to
ted of her Majesty's ships Pearl and Daphne, an consis-
ships Arethusa, and Eclair, supposing that Rosa d French
not yield to the representations of Mr. Mandevilleswould not
the French Minister. Doubtless Mr. Hope, and of
Monte Video, who wont out on return to his c. the
consul at
February packet, received instructions Prio consulate in the
of hisr to leavi g E a
land, as to the mode procedure, and probably n- n--
far the British government would interfere. ably as to how
Hides, from 30 to 31 rNls per pesado. B • Exchange 46d.
usiness dull.
Buenos Ayres papers to the 2d of Jan
but they give no further news of the movement January have arrived,
tine forces, nor is it likely they would, rnent of the Argen-
fished yesterday accounts *from Montevireing that we pub-
same month. Much anxiety exists eo to the Gth of the
connected with this part of the world among our merchants
present contest between the
totswo re ,to see the result of the
our government will takc uspePotPlies, or the steps that
lage, sbould Kosas enter the capital(l the massacre and pil-
protection of British interests, of Montevideo. The
Montevideo. calls for immediate both in Buenos Ayres and
adjustment is spurned b
.47 the d* interference if an amicable
The chairman of the dictator of the former republic.
has received a letter from settee of Spanish bond-holders
As far back as the 6th lalar Calatrava, dated the 4th
objecting to the terms set forth alluarY he wrote to Madrid,
enclosing the following resolutionsin the financial expose, and
"At a meeting of the :—_
Spain, held on the 23rd De committee of the holders of bonds of
resolved—• That the cember2 1842, it was unanimously
the exposition of Senor committee,
having
carefully considered
and datad the 16th tilt Calatrava, addressed to the Cortes,
therein rec .. •, ate of opinion that the measures
ommened in re
active debt of Spain from respect of reducing the interest of the
be entertained ;hut h 5 per cent. to 3 per cent. cannot
to the supposed wantst at
and this committee, out of consideration
_ existing financial embarrassments
of her Catholic
Majesty's Government, are willing to recom-
mend for the acceptance
ruction of their of the bondholders a temporary e-
mend
interest, that is to say, 3 per cent. for the
first three years, 4 per cent for the three years following,
and then. toreturn and • *
continue at 5 per cent., as stipulated
in the
original
bonds."
The letter from Senor Calatrava, in answer to Mr. Thorn-
ton's communication, is as follows :
" After an extraordinary delay, your polite communication
of the 6th of January last reached me, wherein, after making
observations on tbe exposition that precedes the pro-
variouseCt of law which I presented to the Cortes on the 16th
of
November, you conclude by transmitting me a copy of the
resolution agreed to by the committee at a meeting over
which you presided on the 23d of December.
r. The words I
made use of in the said exposition, and which have attracted
so much attention as you say, present my ideas only, and as
ouch are subject to reotificatuon when the principles laid don n
by me ae discussed.
" It it s bight natteringgh to me to have provoked the com-
muni to which I now reply, since by it I perceive a
spontanecation
ous desire on the part of the foreign creditors to
come to an understanding with the Spanish Govern-
ment as such
cannot fail to be equally favourable to both parties.
"The resolution of the 23d of December affords evident
proof that the committee know the true state of the finances
of Spain, and are not desirous to increase its difficulties
be assured, Sir, that the good faith which it evinces will so
bind the Spanish Government and national representation
that in considering the claims of their creditors on sacrifice'
will be spared for tbe bettering and advancement of their in
-
will ; and as for myself, I shall discharge my duty wee;
the period arrives by proposing.such measures as I may decil
expedient and proper for realizing so desirable an object. u
"God preserve you many ye
Mars
" RAMON M. CALATRVA
Senhor Donthe Ricar
ho do Thornton, President of the CoA •
no
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raitte e oflders of Bonds of Spain, London.
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" Madrid, March 4."

Dr. Hope, who has held the Professorship of Chmistry at
Edinburgh for more than half a century, is about to resign.
Liebeg is spoken of as his successor.

Darliatnertao

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