The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-12-28
The Expedition OF General Flores.
GErom the London Tirnea Nov %


The Expeditton or General Flores.
From the London Tines Nov asl
The Lords of the Treasury having new directed the
Monarch and Neptune steamshps which were intended
to take part in the expedition of General Flores
10 tho Ecuador the foowng artculars ating IA the
contem plated invasion have been obtained:-
In the early part of June the directors of the General
Of swo ~ thsir nnwsr stsamsr snd svsntvs,Iv two
were disposed of to the parties applying. viz: the
Monarch ste mshp. which had been running between
Hanbnrgh and The Thames A about the Same time
application was made from the same quarter to Mr.
un in the East India Dock. for ;ts nurchsse and which
Wss Also e1sctsd the purchase money wa. pronptlv
who formsrly was marine CAPTAIN in the East india
Companvs service Their complete repair was i'm.
msdistely proceeded with, the utmost expedition being
to be for foreign service and il was that
the Glsnelg would be employed as an smgrant ship
The unusual description of work for the msrchants
service mentioned in the shpwrights contracts excited
for some time much attention, but similar work having
really for foreign powera and by the English
the suspicious created by the ttugs Of the
Genelr and the steamers passed away In short time
about the bsg;npnw of ssntember the fact Of
! Colonel who had served under General Flores in
to engage mem more nar,;c"sr,v in Islana to aa the
spansrds in tain EXPEDITION and Iso to grant
missions ssh to Gcss: Win the same view caused revival
wsre inenaad Nv ths foowino month facts had tran
.pred which greatly tended to confirm previou. suppOs
the sacps,sr, for Eorssn As;rs rscsiveS nro,sst IL
respect 10 M nroooss5 ennedtion signed nv Bsrira
Rrnthars cd r. ga tha mi ms H.; M c;tv "a
cs,,;n, ,,,o ~ rohe "a - mn, IN crcs ~ ~
Visions OF oP the Foreign Enlistment Act nc p'0
ra.dsnt II nv n.soc;at s"s
mhodv;nr th ~" ssms .nre .sn,at;nns
.na N ~. ~ 20
n, and ssvarai ofthe mos actvs oa,caTs connsc
d win the London Detective Poles Forcs vsrs
t;op ,nfacad ~ WARRANT ths ;n.srfsrsncs If the
Goysnmsnt The princioals were Watched from Mace
~ r,.c. end .or;nuants IF mr.t wsri;sa charo"t.r
w.r. nrorsJ tc have hsan The o.ec of Their vis;ts
The att;ng ont of the vessels IN lie Est India Doct.
nrocsadsS With much ACTIVITY and iboy ware asnoussd
70 Issss ias, Tb"rsdsy From some cr.
cvms.nca tho .,aaror ia nnt Isavo IN that L. ,h
'ns ds o ard % ON INA. ans
& M d,s ana aier p,ocse1s Gown 'ne
.h;s - annaars ,ha Cnrsrrart haS a;rn.aS
The Jstsnt;on Of The vessel and IN The IF The
tor. accomna,;s3 hy ss nt nscsrs bosrdsd hsr and
;,sd nv Mnd.r The Enu;nm.nt snd = nstm.n. At
nv;nDd ;,ha,t ,be ..nct;ou ne Hsr Wa57.st srr ~
nnrnp'e If commsncinr host;I;t;.s AGAINST fora;ab
rover, aaers were on poara ossioSs inc sniPs CON-
aoo yJH su ~na tn ~ S hS
81 asrs ha az
that She was 10 tonch AT Corunna To casual observer
the vessel to have been fitted out an ordinary
epts were yerv Tudely nut torether She Is
very large vessel, being 1900 tons burden she has
three decks and certainly in her present state may be
more propery termed transport shin than one In the
emsrant trade She is said TO contain cargo of 7eo
tons of Goals and consequently draws considerable
water No ammunition was found by the Goyernment
officers hut of course il is difficult to state what she
NAV really hold until her large cargo is cleared out
since her seizure the Lords Of the Treasurv have order
ed her return to blackwell fer that purpose Az has
been previously annou need, the stesmers on Friday
morning were seized on behalf of the Crown ey
Mr. Forsyth, aud on inspecting them there can be no
doubt of the purposes for which they were intended
They have have been entirely newly rugged and evil.
IDENTIFY altered to carry guns Of large calibre Their
terror would cause no suspicion but on mounting their
decks the bulwarks can be easily laid level for the
| working of guns of any description