The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-03 00:00:00

SPAIN

REVOLUTION EXPECTED.—A good deal of excitement
prevails throughout the southern provinces, where the
population was in almost daily expectation of hearing
of the landing of Cabrera on some part of the coast.
When the Spartan frigate was seen off Valencia, the peo-
ple could scarcely be, persuaded that the Carlist chief was
not on board. The government is said to have received
most unfavourable news from Portugal. Immediately
after the arrival of the bearer of the intelligence, a Cabi-
net council was held, which lasted until a late hour in the
night of the 20th. Queen Donna Maria is believed to
have demanded assistance from Spain, and an armed in-
tervention has accordingly been agreed on by the Spanish
Ministry. On the morning of the 21st expresses were
sent off to Lisbon and also to the Captain-General of
Andalusia, Salamanca, and Galicia, with orders to march
troops to the frontier of Portugal. General Narvaez is
spoken of as likely to be invested with the command of
the invading army. The Duke de Rianzares has been
promoted to the rank of brigadier. An expedition is about
setting forth, under the sanction of Spain, to recover Ven-
ezuela for that country. A large number of English and
Irish have been enlisted for the purpose.
Queen Christino, now that the marriages of her two legi-
timate daughters are accomplished, has turned her whole
attention to the aggrandizement of her children of more
spurious degree. Daughters never before spoken of are
now brought forward, and honours are paid to them only
inferior to those awarded to the daughters of Ferdinand.
The Duke de Rianzares is to be created Prince of An-
tilles, while the husbands of his sisters are to be made
grandees of Spain, and saddled upon the stale for the
funds to support their new titles. The Queen Christina's
peccadillos have been rather expensive to the poor Spa-
niards. The Duke and Duchess de Montpensier left
Madrid on the 22nd.
During the last fourteen years, 2257 bulls and 2,391
horses have been killed in bull fights at Madrid.

The iron foundry of Gathore and Co , Dundas, Canada
West, was destroyed by fire on the 4th ult. The loss was
severe, amounting to 7000 dollars.

A letter of the 20th, from Paris, states that such is the
demand for Irish labourers on French lines, that they can
earn from sf. to 6f. a.day, while the native workmen only
receive from 3f. to 31f.

A romantic couple were married on the 2nd of Septem-
ber,:by torchlight, on the summit of the Natural Bridge
of Virginia. There were nine groomsmen, all bearing
torches, and nine bridemaids clad in white.
A Goon DAY'S WORK.—A correspondent of the
Hartford Courant gives an account of a wedding which he
ttended in Alabama, the bridegroom of which had done
found the 'Squire, invited the company, rode

his courting.

5 miles

42 miles for the license, was married, and rot
for the whiskey, in 12 hours.—Ameriean Paper
IBRAHIM PASHA.—No sooner did this prince reach
his own dominions than he decided on sending two of his
sons to England to acquire a knowledge of the habits and
language of the people, with a view of infusing into Egypt
the spirit of English civilisation. These youths, who are
most intelligent, have been placed under the care of Dr.
fleldenmaier, president of the Pestalczzian school, at
Worksop.
THE INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE.—The Journal des
Debuts states " that the list of departments laid waste by
the late inundations still increases, and every day an-
nounces disasters from a number of localities from which
no accounts have previously been received. Nevertheless,
the waters of the Loire are decreasing in every direction,
and the last rains have not added to the inundations.
Three mails from Marseilles, which had been retarded,
had succeeded in reaching Paris on Monday afternoon,
the roads in the department of the Loire having become

ARISTOCRACY OF THE SKlN.—Robert, a young man,
the brother of the Governor of the African colony of Li-
beria, composed of free negroes exported from America,
quitted the colony to go to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in
order to acquire the knowledge necessary to the exercise
of his profession of medicine. The faculty of medicine
admitted him to his studies, but another student born in
the south refused to be in the same society with the black,
and the College of Pittsfield signified to the young man
that she was obliged, though with regret, to close her
gates against him. The New York. Sun, indignant that
the lie should be given by the philosophers of Massachu-
sets to their doctrines of equality,asks if this young negro
will not find in New York a college which will admit him.
None has hastened to give him a reception. Robert will
have to leave the land of liberty, and find refuge with the
tyrannical British.—Montreat Paper.
THE LATE PREMIER'S CANADIAN POLICY.—On the
very day of the official announcement of Sir Robert Peel's
most extraordinary alliance with the rebel party, the fol-
lowing strange scene took place in the Commons' House
of Assembly of the Canadas :—A Mr. Simpson, who is
married to Mr. Roebuck's mother, was speaking in favour
of Sir R. Peel's new prole'fie", Monsieur Girouard, and of
the high appointment which had been offered to him,
when Sir Allan M'Nab suddenly rose up, and, bowing to
the speaker, said, " I am sorry, sir, to interrupt the hon.
gentleman, but as he seems to be acquainted with this
Monsieur Girouard, I big to inquire of him if be be the
same individual for whose apprehension as a traitor the
late government had offered £5OO ?" Mr. Simpson—
"He is." Sir A. M'Nab—" Then I beg to inquire whe-
ther he was apprehended, and if so, whether the reward
offered by the government has been paid ?" Mr. Simpson
—" Mons. Girouard was apprehended, and the reward
has bee❑ paid." Sir A. M'Nab—" To whom was this
reward of £5OO paid ?" Mr. Simpson (confusedly)—
"To me." (Laughter.) Sir A. M'Nab—" Then, I
suppose there must have been some mistake ?" Mr.
Simpson—" No." Sir A. M'Nab (smiling)—" Well,
then, if the Queen's government intend now to make him
her Majesty's Commissioner of Crown Lands, and an
Executive Councillor, you will of course return the
money ?" Mr. Simpson—" Oh, no—l have spent that."
After the melancholy fact of her Majesty's Conservative
government having offered, in the name of the Queen,
one of the most honourable and important appointments
in the gift of the crown to a person for whose apprehen-
sion as a traitor Lord John Russell's much abused
" Whig. Radical government had honestly offered, and
had paid, five hundred pounds sterling, it would be tedious
as well as needless to detail other instances of this unna-
tural policy. " Who are the rebels now ?" said a con-
victed traitor, sneering over his shoulder, as he rode by a
group of United Loyalists. " I guess it's you who are
now opposed to your Queen's government." But, alas!
it was the Queen's Conservative Prime Minister of Eng-
land who was opposed to them .'—The Emigrant, by Sir
F. B. Head.

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INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE

The inundations in France have caused the most la-
mentable destruction of life and property. The main em-
bankment of the Loire has given way, not only at
Amboise but at Meung, Beaugency, Vouvray, and other
places along the course of the river. Most of the princi-
pal streets of the city of Tours—among others, the Rue
Royale up to the Valais de Justice—are under water. The
communication with Paris is completely cut off, except by
the circuitous routes of Chartres and Vendome ; and the
service of the railway (Orleans and Bordeaux) is restricted
to the portion of the line between Orleans and Blois, the
viaduct connecting the Orleans and Vierzon Railway with
Orleans, and which cost six million francs, having been
swept away. At Audrexieux, the part of the town situate
on the Rhone has been levelled, comprising eighteen
houses, and all the traces of the adjoining railway are lost.
The barracks of the gendarmie are but a heap of ruins,
and several persons perished. The number of houses de-
stroyed at Roanne amount to 115, and of 400 boats, laden
with merchandise, lying in the Loire or in the canal, and
made fast to the quay, 270 were sunk. The most fatal
episode of the disastrous day of the 18th. at Roanne, was
the loss of the municipal councillor, Merle, his son, and
some other persons, who were upset in a boat within
sight of hundreds of spectators, and perished. Another
bark having struck against some wreck, a young woman
was thrown out by the shock. By a spontaneous move-
ment she clung to her husband, and seizing him by the
neck she prevented ;him from swimming; but, the hus-
band being a powerful man, ;of lofty stature, by a despe-
rate exertion, succeeded in bearing his burden near to
some houses, where the inhabitants threw him two sheets
twisted together, with which the husband and wife were
hauled into a house through the windows. At three
o'clock on the morning of the 19th, the Loire rose sud-
denly, and overwhelmed the whole of the lower part of
Nevers, and joining the Nievre, formed an immense lake.
Here and there were seen floating—timber, trees, cattle,
and cries of distress were heard at every point. A poor
boatman saved one after the other, about eighty persons ;
when, while endeavouring to get his boat through a diffi-
cult passage, he fell into the water and was drowned.
The visitation would, it was believed, prevent any fetes
or other demonstrations in compliment to the Duke and
Duchess de Montpensier in the south of France. The
king appears, however, resolved on celebrating his suc-
cess by numerous and varied entertainments in the halls
of his ancestors, particularly those of Versailles.
The following details are given by a traveller in a dili-
gence, which was overtaken by a flood near Feurs—
* We were eleven in the carriage, ten men and a woman.
We quitted Feurs at four o'clock in the afternoon. At
that period the bridge was thronged with spectators watch-
ing the progress of the Loire. We were advised not to
proceed, but an inspector who was in the coach said,
Whip on the horses, there is no danger.' The unfortu-
nate man lost his life by his presumption, and we must
forgive him. We had scarcely proceeded a few dozen
paces before the wheels were covered by the flood. Our
position became most critical, as we could neither ad-
vance nor return. The postilion attempted to alight, but
he found that if be persevered he would be drownt el.
With great difficulty we succeeded in casting a rope from
the top of the coach over a large tree, by which means we
prevented the coach from being capsized. We remained
in this perilous position until nightfall. A boat manned
with seven men attempted to approach us but failed, and
the crew were obliged for their own safety to attach the boat
to a tree. We remained in the utmost consternation, the
horses could no longer maintain their position, and M.
Bremond, of Lyons, one of our passengers, cut the traces
of one of them, mounted him, and taking a fellow traveller
behind him attempted to reach the shore. At three yards'
distance the horse fell, but the intrepid rider raised him,
and two yards further man and horse disappeared in a
whirlpool. M. Bremond disengaged himself from the
horse, and swam to a tree, where he remained all night.
His companion never re-appeared ; he was the first
victim. Our position did not improve. The horses were
in succession carried oway. The diligence leaned over to
the right, forced by the flood. We were only kept from
falling by our rope, when the lady who had remained in
the coupi,, with the rector of Sail-sous-Couson, screamed
to us to raise her up to the roof of the coach, as she was
drowning. The conductor and inspector threw her a
rope, which the priest tied round her waist, and we then
commenced the deplorable change of position which
caused the rope by which the coach was attached to the
tree to break, and the diligence rolled over. The lady,
and the two men who were raising her, disappeared, and
were seen no more. The priest, when the carriage was
turning over, jumped from the door, and seizing a leather
strap, succeeded in obtaining a position on the side of the
diligence. Another traveller from Limoges grasped the
priest's leg, and supported himself. I was holding by a
slight strap of leather, and was being carried off by the
flood, when the priest laid hold of me by the arm, and
lifted me, with the assistance of the postilion, to where he
stood. The young man from LiMoges, exhausted by fa-
tigue, loosed his hold, and was carried off by the current.
He was the fifth victim. We who remained on the coach
were carried on towards the Loire, by the force of the
waters, and after the diligence had struck against a tree,
which was torn by the roots from the earth, we were
almost miraculously saved from inevitable death by two
trees which resisted the weight of the coach. I passed
this dreadful night on my knees, holding the postilion and
the priest."