Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1833-12-26
NEw.YnnK. Dee. ca.

NEw-YoRK, Dec. 81.
Later from E1rOre.-TIy the packet ship
Europe, from Liverpool. we have London pa
pers to and ut the 10th ult. which, though la
ter by nine or ten days than our preriOus ac-
counts, furnish little of political interest.
The affairs OF the Peninsula, including both
Spain and Portugal, remain much as before,
The Queen Regent Of Spain seems To be in
the predicament that il France does not sus-
tain her. she must throw herself for support
upon the liberal party among her own sub
Jects. whose hearty cooperation would az
once crush the opposition Of the Carlists. IL
~ To be desired, certainly, that she may be-
driven to this alternative. CaStdnos and Ell
Pastor, at the head Of small regular force,
had been encountered and worsted by large.
body OF Carlists. and driven to take refuge.
within the Notifications Of ST. Stbastianus.--
Nutn"r had been current that old SOnlt had
ordered an army Of thirty thousand men, as a
corps OF 0bSeTuGtion.t to enter Spain. hut the
L"ndOn Courier of 18th, and the Times Of
10th, partially contradict, on the authority Of
Parls papers of tho 18th, those rnmoEs. The
Courier says: -4.. .ltt
We have received French papers or the IS
inst and they bring no confirmation of the
rumors TO which we yesterday advprtcd. rel
a'ive to the interference Of France, and " h,ch
were tDaSniHed by our own stock inhilnrs intss
positive assertion that orders had been issu-
ed fnr the immediate advance Of the French
army Of observation into Spain, and willingly
believed by and readily inserted in some Of
our contemporaries. The news from Spain,
such as it is, is rather more favorable than
yesterday to the Queens cause !; but there is
nothing decisive either way.
One OF the most curious items Of int~li-
gence certainly is an alleged threat Of Roths-
child. the banker, TO Marshal Soult, that 8. IL
the French army set q foot in Spain. h. would
no, again set a foot on Change" This would
DC the p"tentiality Ofmoney with vengeance.
Our accounts from Portugal direct are later
than in the London papers. ,..
The Beige Chambers were opened on tho
18th November. The only remarkable fra-
ture IN the Kings speech, after congratnlaiing
the nation and himself, on the birth of The
Prince Royal, is the fact that the dispute with
Holland, is still. and is long likely to be unad-
jMsted.
Liberal Bequests.-Mr. Norman Smith, Jr.
! of Hartford. who deceased few weeks since,
| has beqneathed to Am. Board uf Com. for
For Mis-. $4,000; Am. Home Mis-. Society
$4,000; Am. Bible Society $1,000; Am. Ed.
Society $1,000; Am. Sunday School Union
$1,000; Am. Tract Society $1,000. He has
d'sO u1aue theSe SocletIeS resluuary LegateeS
of his estate, from which the Observer be-
lieves they will realize more than the amount
| "f the specific legacies above named. In ad.
diton, he left Sl4OO 10 the church Of which
he was a member. and to which he haG just
! before given $4,000; also, tn the Retreat for
the Insane, $500; Female Benevolent Socie-
ty. $500; Orphan Asylum, $500; Widow
Society, S10O.-Mer. Jour.
King Leopold has appointed commission for the
encouragement ofs,eam carriages in Belgium. The
country being almost perfect plain, is peculiarly well
adapted for This mode Of conveyance. Two have a;-
ready been started from Brussrls--ons ofcnormo,,a
size. capahle Of exercising LOO horse no ver.