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

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

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 felttunate at Ceritchiera,not in the
province of Calabria Citra ; but forly was 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 en,was issug althouedh the p
chrince
was exceedingly weak, but soon after idt achange
came on, which excite n-reat alarm in the imperial family,
and the Sacrament wasd administered. When the account
left there was very little hope of the archduke's recovery.

YELLOW FEVER AT GUAYAQVIL.—Letters rid 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
Miss
not faissii have
literally fallen out, or, at least, sunk to a depth tpphmed.
o
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 inflproceedams from
enable gas,
flashing with flame and emitting smoke, also
it. In several places, patches of the forest near the Missis-
sippi have sunk down and become swainpy lakes, in some
cases taking hunters down in the abyss.

THE EARTHQUAKE AT GUADALOVVE.---A letter from
Guadaloupe, in the Constitutionnet, has,
amongst other af-
fecting details, the following :—" Suddenly beheld the life.
beau-
less body of a man in the prime of life, and near. him. a beau-
tiful young woman. She appeared absorbed in grirf ; one
could almost imagine her to e a marble figure weeping over
a tomb, In her cheeks was still discernible the
et faint blush
of the rose, and a smile was on her lips—ad y esidered 'herself safe a house-fell near her,
dead ! A young girl, to escape from certain death, rushed
out. of her father's house,' but at them oment when she
and part part o.f.the ruins
held her firmly to the spot by the lower extremities. She
called fondly 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 sa. ve her from the fire, which had al
ready reached. her. The soldier, yielding to her ens-
drew his sword, and prepared to at the leg's. '
failing him he fled. The young girl was F

Lien his heal

THE REVOLUTION IN HAYTI.--We learn act hat
the 20th
out-
break was at first intended to have taken pla on
ult. ; but, that in consequence of several unforeseen
ry ; obsta-
cles, the same was delayed until the 2d of Februaand
that, although certain traitors to the cause had divulged the
whole particulars to the President, o insecure did be consi-
der himself in the fidelity even of his own troops that he did
not venture to take any further notice of the matter, than bv
attempting to withdraw them as quietly as possible from the
disaffected districts; which act of prudence, however, seems
to have availed him little, for, up to the date in question,
little or no troops seem to have been secured, and there was
no doubt that although General Borgelet, the officer com-
manding at Aux Cayes, bad been in confidential communi-
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 an 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, towards Jeremie, wbere the nature of the revolution
proceed forth.:
was formally proclaimed, and a provisional government ail,
pointed, consisting of Messrs. Ferri, Marlton, and Blanchet.
similarwould feelings
A force of 8,000 troops bad from thence proceeded to Port-
au-Prince, a distance of' three days' journey ; and it was
considered so strong and general bad the public dissatisfac-
tion become, that scarce a blow would be struck on behalf of
gs of dis-
Boyer or his pretensions. The remaining revolutionary force
forth-
stated dt aot
tlhoe,ooo otherm e np,roi tr wi
nacsess,u p
whereposed
satisfaction were fully calculated upon being entertained. It
was subsequently learnt at Jamaica that the people of Les
Cayes and the south of Jeremie, also of the dist • rict of
Tribneron, had joined the revolution.
MONTE VIDEO.—The Dutch barque Shelheid Captain
Visser, arrived at Falmouth, on Monday, from Monte
Video, and landed letters and papers to Jan. 23. The
Monte Videans still earnestly claimed the intervention
the British and French Governments to prevent any turtt of
aggression from he
The Monte Videan paper, publishedler
in English. of the 21st, does not state the exact position
movements of tne Armies; but it does not appear that any
or
further general collision bad taken place. The inhabi
trusted that an armed force from England and Frtancts
would deter the Argentine forces from approaching ne allhe
city ; they were, consequently, expecting and additiar t-e
the naval completement already there, which merel on to
ted of her Majesty's ships Pearl and Daphne, and nsis_
ships Arethusa, and Eclair, supposing that Rosas w French
not yield to the representations of Mr. Mandevilel uld not
the French Minister. Doubtless Mr. Hope, the C and of
Monte Video, who went out on return to his con consul at
February packet, received instructions prior to l consulate in the
land, as to the mode of his procedure, and probablyeaving
Eng-
land,
the British government would interfere. Exchange 46d
mess dull.
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January
of the Argen-
-3' have arrived,
fpoarpthezelr
nteowthseof2tdheomf
but Buenost
h e giAv ey Ayres
tine forces, nor is it likely they wonld, s
lished yesterday accounts from Montevideo to that we pub-
same month, Much anxiety exists am to the 6th of the
connected with this part of the world to (mg our merchants
present contest between the two republics, or the steps that
page, should Roses enter the capital e massacre and pil-
protection of British interests, both of Montevideo. The
Montevideo. calls for immediate in Buenos Ayres and
adjustment is spurned by the interferencedictator
if an amicable
The chairman of the committee rof the former republic.
has received a letter from Senor ''f Spanish bond-holders
hist, As far back as the 6th of alatrava, dated the 4th
objecting to the terms set forth ittuarY he wrote to Madrid,
enclosing the following resolution the financial expos?, and
"At a meeting of the committeeB :
Spain, held on the 23rd December of the holders of bonds of
resolved—• That the er, 1842, it was unanimously
the exposition of Senor Cal committee, having carefully considered
and dated the 16th nit., Calatrava, addressed to the Cortes,
therein recom ate of • • opinion that the measures
mened in respect
active debt of Spain from of reducing the interest of the
be entertainedper cent. to 3 per cent. cannot
; but that this
to the supposed wants committee, out of consideration
of her Catholic Majesty's
and existing financial embarrassments
mend for the Government, are willing to recom-
duction of their interest, acceptance of the bondholders a temporary re-
erest, that is to say, 3 per cent. for the
first three years, 4 per cent. for the three years following,
and then to return
in the original bondasn continue at 5 per cent., as stipulated
The letter f S . romSenor 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
various observations on the exposition that precedes the pro.
ject 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 tbe committee at a meeting over
which you presided on the 23d of
and which
The words I
made use of in tbe said exposition, and which have attracted
so much attention as you sap present my ideas only, and as
such are subject to rectification when the principles laid down
by me are discussed.
" It is highly flattering to me to have provoked the com-
munication to which I now reply, since by it I perceive a
spontaneous dem
"re on the part of the foreign creditors to
come to such an understanding with the Spanish Govern-
ment as cannot fail to be equally favourable to both parties.
" The resolution of tbe 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 ; and
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 the bettering and advancement of their in-
terests ; and as for myself, I ball discharge my duty when
the period arrives by proposing.such measures as I may deem
expedient and proper for realizing so desirable an object.
" God preserve you
AM mapON M. y s,
" R year CALATRAVA'
" Senhor Don Rico Thornton, President of the
Ri
Com-
mittee of the of
of Bonds of Spain, London.
" Madrid, March 4."
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Dr. Hope, who bas held the Professorship of Chemistry at
Edinburgh for more than half a century, is about to resign.
Liebot is spoken of as his suocessor.