The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-10-06 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Accounts from Madrid of the 23rd ultimo state
that the Infanta Luisa was better, and appearances indi-
cated that she would be entirely recovered in a few days.
The Champer of Deputies granted ministers on that day
the required authorization to levy taxes, by a majority of
J 34 to 12. On the 22nd ult. Mr. Bulwer sent in a pro-
test, in the name of his government, against the Mont-
pensier marriage. " Finding," he says, `• that neither
the counsels, the interests, the wishes, nor the friendly
feelings of England were in the slightest degree regarded
or taken into consideration, Mr. Bulwer was compelled
to present, as a last measure, a formal protest."
Accounts from Madrid, of the 25th ult., announce that
on that day Count Bresson repaired in state to the palace,
and formally demanded the hand of the Infanta for the
Duke de Montpensier. General Serrano having written
to Mr. Bulwer, to know if England bad opposed the mar-
riage of the Queen with ber cousin, as stated by M.
Isturiz in the senate, our ambassador addressed to him a
reply, in which he contradicted that statement, and de-
clared that he had confined himself to protesting, in the
name of his government. against the marriage of the
Infants. Mr. Bulwer having authorised General Serrano
to use his letter as he thought proper, the latter had in-
serted it in the Clamor Publico. which was seized for pub-
lishing it. The sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on
that day offered no interest.
ALLEGED EXECUTIONS IN SPAIN.—We have this
moment received, says the Paris Consalutionnel, a letter
from the frontier of Spain, announcing that 80 insurgents,
amongst whom were several priests, have been taken and
shot at Lerida. At Seu d'Urgee several priests were put
an end to by strangulation. Amongst them was one who,
it is said, performed the duties of bishap, and a canon
named Gazi, who long officiated in the French parish of
Nahnja. This latter news appears (Adal. Other letters
from the frontier announce that Count de Montemolino is
in Catalonia. This is also given in a Paris journal as
positive fact."

The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeilung ofj the 23rd Sept.
states that Mehemet Ali intended resigning in favour of
Ibrahim Pacha, owing to his advanced age.
The Mormons and the Anti-Mormons are on the eve
of battle. A fight is inevitable.
The Mormons are said to have lately organised a regi-
ment of women, who are in full discipline, and promise.
by all appearance, to fight far more desperately than their
wale fellow-soldiers.
The accounts by the Britannia state that the potato
crop in Canada was almost ripe, and had not sustained
any material injury. The late grain crops were generally
secured.
Ten thousand Russian Jews Were expected to arrive in
the Holy Land to settle there. This number will add
about one third to the present Jewish population in Syria
and Palestine.—Jewish Chronicle.
Lieutenant Waghorn was on the 24th ultimo, at Malta,
bound over to keep the peace for two years, fur threaten-
ing to kick Lieutenant Barrett, of the 42nd Highlanders.
711 e fracas arose out of an after-dinner conversation.

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A list of, additions made during the present Pontificate
to the indelof prohibited books. basin:A been posted on
the church-doors at Rothe. It includes Lamennais'
Commentary on the. Gospels, and a Spanish History of
Freemasonry.
A Chinese, in his native costume, made hi= appearance
in the Patios Royal, in Paris, the other evening.; but he
was follavred by such a gaping nob, (bet he was obliged
to take refuge in a cab. It was the first time that a
Chinaman had ever been seen in that capital.
FttANcE.—The Duke de Montpensier and the Duke
d'Aumale left Paris for Spain at six o'clock on Monday
morning week, accompanied by a large 'rain of secreta-
ries, medical men. aides•de camp, &c. They would arrive
at Madrid on the sth instant, and the marriages are to be
celebrated on the 10th,
Incendiary fires continue to destilate France, and Bur-
gundy in particular. Seven villages of the district of
Morvand had been almost entirely consumed during the
last three weeks ; and, notwiths anding the vigilaLce of
the police, it had been impossible to seize the incendia-
ries.

On Wednesday night, a serious riot took place in Paris
in consequence of the rise in the price of bread. A mob
broke into the bakers' shops, and disposed of all the
bread, and then broke the shop fronts and several of the
gas lamps. The municipal guard was called out, and-tbe
rioters were not quelled until midnieht.
PROTECTION TO BRITISH SUBJECTS AT MADEIRA.—
Representations have been made to Lord Palmerston of
the state of affairs at Madeira. Government are about to
dispatch the Bulldog steam sloop-of-war, Captain Davis,
to that quarter, to correct and to prevent outrage. She
was to sail from Devonport on Saturday, and remain at
Madeira until her presence is deemed th the British con-
sul there no longer necessary ; and other men-ot-War will
be requested to touch there after the Bulldog leaves.
Letters worthy of confidence have been received from
Tangier, stating that everybody at the Deira of Abed-el-
Kar'er is of opinion arid declares aloud that, being con-
vinced of the impossibility of success. he has renoutro-cl
all intention of invading Algeria. 'lbis is seemingly con-
firmed by news from the frontier ; " therefore,' says a
French ministerial paper, "it is incontestible that the
war system followed in Algiers has proved efficient. and
procured the most desirable results—the discouragement
of our indefatigable adversary."
MONTE VIDEO.—By the Russian brig Bustruys, which
arrived at Falmouth trout Monte Video, after a remarka-
bly quick passage, on Wednesday, wr have intelligence
from that city as late as the 27th July. Matters still
continued in an nacelle() stile, with little prospect of
'amendment. Mr. Hood, the British consul. was ab,ent
at Buenos Ayres, but the object of his mission bed not
transpired. It seems to be pretty generally believed, that
nowithstand'ng his mediation there will be no peace with
Rosos. He had even rejected a proposal for an exchange
of prisoners.
A translation of a despatch, issued by the Argentine
Government to General Mansilla, commanding the bat-
teries at San Lorenzo, on the Parente, directing a suspen-
sion of hostilities, pending the negotiations of Mr. Hood
on behalf of the British Government, was on Sunday ex-
hibited in the Underwriters'-room. The orders are-dis-
tinct, that no hostile step is to be taken "against the
Merchant vessels which remain at Corrientees or may be
returning, or egainq the Anglo-French vessels of war
which may go up or down the river." All the vessels,
indeed, are to be permitted to pass without molestation,
the only alternative mentioned being permission for the
general to defend himself if attacked.
DRAINAGE OF THE LAKE OF HAARLEM.—Two more
gigantic Steam-engines are now being manu'actured in
Cornwall for this purpose. They are of a peculiar con-
struction. Hitherto, the average consumption uf_ fuel by
engines employed in draining land, has be en 15Ibs. of
coal per net horsepower per hour, and, in 'many cases,
even exceeding 20 to 251bs In the Leeehwater env,ine the
expenditure of fuel is reduced to 21lbs. per net horse-power
per hour, or from less than one-sixth to one-tench only
of the former amounts. In the economy of draining land
by mechanical means, this is as great an improbe ment on
the old system, as is the modern system of railways over
the an, ienr means of locomotion. The work performed
by this engine is unprecedented ; it is capable of dis-
charging 1,000,000 tons of water in 25i hours. When the
three engines are established, and at work, they will dis-
charge 2,800,000 tons of water in 24 hours; and as the
contents of the Lake of Haarlem which covers a surface
of 70 square miles,) are estimated at 1,C00.000,000 tors of
water, the whole, allowing for contingencies, will be
pumped out in 13 months—a feat in hydraulic engineering
totally without p trallel. The cost of the engines, buildings,
fuel, and workmen, to perform this operation. will be
£140,000; .by the old system of engines, it would have ex-
ceeded £240,000; and by windmills, £32o,ooo—the latter
requiring four years to complete the work.
AMERICAN WHEAT AND POTATOE Ceoes.—The
Genevese Traveller, in his letter received from New York,
by the Britannia, says;—" Our wheat crop, there is no
doubt, is very large, and it must, for the coming season,
depend upon your market to fix the price. If you do not
require our surplus, wheat and flour will be lower than
they now are in th is' country. The present price of flour
May be put at 4 62-100 dollars per barrel. This may be
considered a fair average price, rather stationary, with an
upward tendency. That tendency, however, is produced
by looking to your market, in the expectation of new
orders to purchase at advanced prices. Ihe home market
of the United States, in my opinion will not sustain flour
through the season at four-and-a-half dollars per barrel.
Oor potato crop is suffering considerably with the same
disease that is proving such a scourage to Ireland, a species
of rot for which no preventa'ive has yet been discovered.
Indeed, so far as I can learn, we are now as ignorant of
the cause of the disease as we were the first day of its ap-
pearance amongst us. But the loss of the potato crop
in this country is not such a disaster ns a similar loss
would he in Great Britain. Here, no families, except a
few foreign families of labourers in cities, pretend to live,
even chiefly, upon potatoes. Families of eight to twelve
persons rarely consume more than fifteen to twenty bushels
in a year."