The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-08 00:00:00

SPAIN

The crops in Spain are said to have been dreadfully da-
maged by the hailstones and excessive heats. A third of
the corn harvest has been destroyed in this manner.
THE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.—It has been decided,that
Her Majesty Queen Isabella shall marry Her Majesty's
cousin, the Duke de Cadiz, (eldest son of Don Francisco
de Paulo,) and that the Duke de Montpenzier, youngest
son of King Louis Philippe, shall marry Her Majesty's,
sister, the Infanta Maria Louisa Ferranda. It is further
settled that the Duke and Duchess of Montpenzier shall
leave Spain immediately after the marriage, and pass
some time in France.

" Afa rid, Aug. 28.—1 f what I am now about to men-
tion, and I am assured of it by a person who has oppor-
tunities of acquiring information, and who is considered
good authority, be true, all further speculations on her
Majesty's marriage are at an end. It is said that the
ceremony of the betrothing was performed last night at
the Palace, between the Queen and the Infant Don Fran-
cisco d'Assis. I am also assured that it was done in a most
mysterious and surreptitious manner, and that not more
than four or five persons were present. It is unnecessary
to dwell on the importance of this news. That some-
thing out of the usual course occurred at the Palace about
eleven or twelve o'clock last night there is little doubt.
I have just learned that at two o'clock this morning the
Itlinister of Grace and Justice, M. Caneja was summoned
out of his bed to a Council of Ministers ; at the same
several employes of the ministerial officers were

summoned, and in particular the Keeper of the Archives
of the Department of Grace and Justice."—Correspond-
ent of the Times.

Bishop Luscombe, long resident on the Continent, has
just died. A vacancy in the English Chaplaincy in Paris
takes place. It is in the gift of the Foreign Secretary.
The accounts from Hamburgh speak in a desponding
manner of the new harvest. The wheat, it is said, prove-
far less valuable than was supposed. It is shrivelle-)
all other grain is said to be similarly affected. '
The assemblies of Jewish Rabbis, P`
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Breslau, have
abolished the secondary festivals, .:aortened the time of
mourning, and abolished som' of its usages, but refused
to defer the Sabbath to the '6unday.

"-4, and

The James Scott, a ship of 1000 tons burthen, which
has been lying in t'ae basin at Antwerp for eighteen years,
in consequer.ce of a law suit between the owners and their
creditors, suddenly sunk a few nights ago, from what
cause is unknown.

POTATOE DISEASE.—The potato disease has begun to
develope itself in the neighbourhood of Paris. The escu-
lent is likewise attacked in the department of the Oise.
Letters from Cressy mention that the potato fields, which
hitherto had a magnificent appearance, are all attacked
with that scourge.
A letter from St. Petersburgh states, that the Countess
Samoilow, a widow, who had contracted a second mar-
riage with a foreigner at Trieste, has been condemned to
lose her property, which mill be put up to public auction
within the space of six months. The Countess has large
estates in Russia.

THE KAFFRE WAR.—We have received Cape Town
journals to the Bth of June. The struggle with the Kaffres
was still going on along the eastern frontier, and the vic-
tory gained over them at Fort Heddie had considerably
raised the spirits of the colonists, though no one doubted
ultimate success, especially as men of all ranks and occu-
pations were pressing forward to aid in expelling the sa-
vage but skilful and active enemy.
A silver mine, lately discovered by a watchmaker named
Teare, at Corocoro, in Bolivia, is greatly spoken of. Its
ore is said to contain an unusually large propotion of
silver, and anticipations had already heen hazarded that
this mine would surpass in value the far-famed Potosi
mines.—We learn, moreover that arrangements have been
made by the West Indian Royal Mail Steam Packet Com-
pany for conveying treasure from the Pacific to Europe
across the Isthmus of Panama, and that the project is
looked upon with much favour on the west coast.
MONTE VIDEO, .luNE•9.—After several attacks during
the months of April and May upon her Majesty's ships
and steam-vessels, from the batteries of San Lorenzo,
Tonolero, and other forts on the banks of the river Plate,
and that of Parano, the last and most severe was that of
the former place, on the 4th of June. The firing lasted
for nearly seven hours, and most providentially the loss
on our side was not so great as might have been expected.
We regret to announce that Mr. Barnes, the clerk in
charge of her Majesty's steam-vessel Lizard (Commander
Tylden), and Mr. Webb, the master's assistant, together
with two seamen, were killed by a shot from one of the
batteries, as the Lizard proceeded up the river, and the
same shot which caused the death of those officers and
men, wounded Mr. Miller, the assistant-surgeon. Three
others of the crew were likewise wounded. Altogether
the warfare has been very severe ; and incessant energy,
exertion, and skill are required by our officers and men to
preserve the navigation of these important rivers, and to
prevent depredations and piracy ; although it is evident
that our present force on that station is quite inadequate
to the entire and immediate suppression of the usurpers
and their numerous followers.—Extract from a Private
Letter.

POPERY ABROAD.—WhiIe liberality is the order of
the day amongst our merchants at home, they should be
made aware of the indignities to which their fellow-
countrymen are constrained to submit while engaged in
trading abroad. In the Roman Catholic countries of
America, it appears that, without any regard for the feel-
ings of the surviving members of Protestant families, on a
death occurring, the body must needs be submitted to all
the funeral rites of the Romish Church, or otherwise the
burial of the dead is refused. Nay, more, in Mexico and
the neighbouring Popish states, the local authorities seize
the dead bodies, and no remonstrances are of any avail.
Not long since, at Vera Cruz, the most wealthy of the
English merchants died suddenly ; immediately his body
was taken possession of by the ecclesiastical police, con-
veyed to a church, and all the accustomed ceremonies and
mummeries of Popery were performed over his remains;
and more, as if a favour had been conferred, fees and per-
quisites the most extravagant in amount were exacted;
and all this was submitted to lest offence should be given
to the priests, and through their influence to the local
government ; and yet, will it be credited, we have a con-
sul, an Englishman by birth, at Vera Cruz ; and can it
be thought possible that he has not reported to the Eng-
lish secretary of state for foreign affairs, the constant
repetition of such indignities, so contrary to the honour
and religion of our Protestant English merchants ? Li-
berality to the opinions of strangers is an idea which has
never entered into their minds.
THE CHOLERA IN INDIA.—It will be seen from our
intelligence by the overland mail that Kurrachee has been
visited by cholera in its most fearful and fatal form. The
Kurrachee Advertiser states that 7000 of the inhabitants
have been cut off, making, with the loss of our troops, as
mentioned in a letter from Scinde, nearly 9000 victims in
ten days. The following is an extract from the letter
aUuded to, dated Scinde, July 2 •—" By accounts from
Kurrachee of 30th June, cholera was on the decline ; but
still cases occur, and several Europeans have died within
the last few days. It is also said another officer (of a
native regiment) has fallen a victim to the dire disease.
It is not easy to get at the exact number who have perished
from the snow's. within tis lost fovtln;sUe bat yb is acid
500 European soldiers, women, and children, is within
the number. Her Majesty's 60th Rifles and the Bombay
Regiment of Fusiliers have lost about 80 each, but the
chief loss has fallen on her Majesty's 86th, which corps
has lost between 240 and 250 fighting men. The Artil-
lery, too, have suffered, though not all in an equal degree :
one company has almost escaped, and the troop of Horse
Artillery has not suffered much ; but the other companies
have lost between 30 and 40. The natives have perished
in great numbers. Her Majesty's 60th Rifles and her
Majesty's 86th form a strong contrast: the former is or
was the strongest corps, but it has scarcely lost one-third
as many as the latter. The 86th, however, is still under
canvas, and has been under canvas for the last six months
without interruption ; the 60th is in barracks, and, as
always happens when cholera, dysentery, or fever break
out, the corps under canvas has suffered to three times
the extent of the one in barracks."