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

INDIA

EXPRESS FROM MARSEILLES —We have received by
express from Marseilles our despatches in anticipation of
the overland mail which left Bombay on the Ist instant.
The intelligence thus brought is not of much political
importance. At Lahore everything remained quiet, the
troops were healthy, and were in expectation of an
early visit of inspection from the Governor-General.
Fall Singh betrayed great anxiety as the time for the
departure of the British forces approached. From Cahill
there were, as usual, rumours of intrigues and insurrec.
tions. A report that an English army would invade
Peshawur upon the arrival of the cold season, had pro-
duced much alarm, and it was said that proposals for a
treaty of alliance would be made to Lord Hardinge. An
insurrection had broken out in Cashmere, fomented, it is
reported, by the Lahore Durbar; and a force sent against
the insurgents by Gbolab Singh had been defeated with
some loss. Several English officers who _ were vkiting

the country had been seized, and would be detained as
hostages, though no fears were entertained for their
safety. Cholera was still raging in Scinde, and provisions
were sp enormously scarce and dear that an absolute
famine was apprehended. At Bombay there was no news.
Trade was rather dull, and all transactions on a very
limited sea!e. A volcano had appeared on Saddle Island,
in the Red Sea.—Times.
THE LATE VICTORIES IN INDIA.—Mr. Wynn, of the
Royal Mint, has received an order from the East India
Company for the execution of thirty thousand medals, to
commemorate the victories of Nloodkee, Ferozeshah, Ali-
wal, and Sobraon, to be presented to the officers, non-
commissioned officers, and privates of the Company's
and the home troops which took place in the same. The
16th (the Queen's) Lancers, and the 31st (Huntingdon-
shire) Foot, now on their passage home, will

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their arrival have new colours, with badges commemora-
tive of their foreign lodian victories, presented to them.

SPAIN

ON EXPECTED.—A good deal of ext
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 ft igate was seen off Valencia, the peo-
ple could scarcely b 3 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, nova 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 state for the
funds to support their new title 3. The Queen Christina's
peccadillos have been rather expensive to the poor Spa-
niards. The Duke and Duchess de i‘lontpensier left
'Madrid on the 22nd.
During the last fourteen years, 2257 bulls and 2,391
horses have been killed in bull fights at Madrid.

REVOL

The iron foundry of Ga►hore and Co , Dundas, Canada
West, was destroyed by fire on the -Ith ult. The loss was
severe, amounting to 7000 dollars.