Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-12

denl, on The suggestion Of forced contributions,
the lauer is said 10 have foi warded 10 Inc MINIS
try his unqualified resignation. II Is the opinion
among the Habaneros that ifthey lose Vlllanusva,
the Ialendent, they will lose the a6lest lnsncier
Spain has had in her service for many years
| The financial position OF the government 10
stated 10 be lar from being good one. 80 sled'
is the perjury existing in The government depart
| mems al The present moment, that they have re-
fused 10 return The tonnage dues accruins on YES.
sells loading wholly with molasses-a measure
| which has been in force fJr some years. Ini'
anpears 10 be bad faith towards The United Sales
Tor almost The entire export oil mulasses IS carficu
in American bottoms, and thus some lnree OF
four American citizens have been forced uhWil'
lnoy 10 contribute 10 the necessities oil Inc Cu-
ban Government.
Tie excitement in regard 10 Rey, we are ln>
formed, has in great measure suDsioeo' AN ID
Havana, are however, waiting the issue Oh me
trial oil Don Carlos de Espana, The Consul. Inc
Government of The United States, the people I'D
Cuba think, and think with absolute bell J, VIII
be irckcd cut Of any greater reparation for their
outraged neutrality than by the removal OF pal
try Consul Sill, there are some who suppose
that if things come 10 the worst, the appointment
OF new Captain General will give Gen. Taylor
and the States ample salsts ciion. humor, eI
ciled by The latter, has already named honcaiis
ACKNOWLEDGMENT CorGCba-and they say even,
thai he is expected at Havana within month";
By the last advices from Spain il was announced
in Havana that General Cordoba had been sud
denly recalled from The command OF the army IN
Itsly.
The s!oop-of>war Germantown was al Ha.
vana when The steamship Ohio left, having con.
cluded her eight days quarantine on Inc 23o UT
All reported we'll on board.
E,,r in formation ot our musical ITlcnGS
! we are enabled 10 state tina, lhe opera season
in Havana is very soon 10 commence win 2
troupe never equalled, it is said, on Ibis side oil
The Atlantic and seldom surpassed on The o'h !.
Shelanoni and Bossio, sopranos; VaeIi, contIai-
10; Salvi, Tenor; Baciali, baritone, and Mar'ni,
bas.o. are The leading names, Supported ny a
hos, of stars and chorus OF lhily-Iwo persons
Three new operas are promised 10 our Havana
dilettanlli, The dresses and decorations oil which
ale on their way from Milan, where IL IS stated
they have been cot up with great care. Inc
Empresario, The widely known Marty, has raised
DIN about his ears IN his subscription prices,
snch as is seldom heard in The gem oil The ANIL
los He has doubled on those OF last season,
and amope other curiosiies in his terms is The
singular anomaly that il cess $50 month more
IN Subscribe for box for the season than il does
| 10 lake il nightly II he establishment price. -
Yet so well does he know how 10 improve his
vantage that even win this discrepancy every
bux is subscribed Tor. His antagonists wh) are
irving 10 gel up an opposition opera IN Havana,
assert thai his "scheme" yields him clear profit
of $50, 900. He is very violen we are told, al
these attacks, and swears wo:se than "Our Army
in Flanders" that this shall be his last underIa-
king in The opera line.
The very iniquitous system OF espionage, as
carried on in the Uniled States al The charge OF
the Cuban Government, 10 productive OF he great
esl wan, OF confidence in all communications
with The press, and even with individuals on The
The island. Opinions expressed in private letters
are bought to Havana, as il were on The wings
of the wind, and there is no doubt that every ore
who ha. correspondence OF any kind fTcm Cuba
is we'll watched OF he proceedings 10 the STATES,
relative To that island, The most minute lntortna>
lion is sent 10 the Captain General. A few days
previously 10 the arrival OF the steamship ONO
al Havana, General Roncai sent Tor gentleman
whose brother is in The, Uned Slales, and said 10
him. "Your brother has been writing 10 You;
know The contents OF the letter, and you will
Tell him from ME that if he values his own safely
he will not SET loot on Cuba while am here. ] am
we'll informed OF all he has said and done. What
he had "said and done" is not told, but every
one can easily imagine it something relative 10
independeuce and nationality, or Terha ps that
hurrid word-anncIatou. Roncslis advice is
cited by The Cubans as an act OF lenieDcy.
The arrival OF the Ohio al Havana, fro hav-
ing been advertised as 5000 tons burlhen, and The
rurnors which had reached the population
there OF her magnfcence in other respects, Grew
a crowd OF curious gazers TO The wharf 10 see her.
all expecting 10 behold mountain OF wood and
iron. There was we are told, general expires.
sion OF disappointment as she rourded the Moro
and came into full view. The harmony OF her
proportions deceived them, and besides, The Ha-
yaneros d. mol understand well The science oil mes
chancs in connection with naval architecture.
The coming sugar crop in Cuba, we learn,
promises 10 be very abundant one. The cane
was well advanced and the fields were finely