Washington sentinel., 1853-10-11
IAvANA, Oct. 2, 1853.

Tie desertions t;omt the Preparations forthe
October Retes--Impo,tation Of actresses from
1Iadrid-E rec1ttionS-BuH Fights, &c.
Ii. was at Cardenas few days since, on his
way. from Sagua la Grand, and says that he was
informed there that there had been deserons from
the troops al that point-but the number is not
over twenty to twenty-tve---and owing to some
cause personal to their officers that arrests had
been made of four or five citizens of no particular
standing in the community, upon some allegation
OF ftampering with the soldiery.
But these things II is impossible TO know from
the reports which flow from the ready invention OF
our Spanish fellow subjects, wherefore il is best
TO take the testimony of the government, and by
its consistency of with action the proof
is most convincing and the Gaceta de Ia Habana
of the Goth burst the bubble of H,HrHtHyacion right
up and robbed of all its soapy coors, for it
from the very sanctum closet of Busto himself
The palace is being cleaned in premonon Of
royal feast and festivity, TO come of Oh the 10th
OF October, for which reason, presume, the cap
tain general has taken To his country seat to avoid
the confusion incident thereto, and, mayhap for
bitter reflection upon the uncertainty OF human
fame.
We have a corps de ballet, actors, actresses and
singers Just arrived from CadZ, per her majesty's
steamer Isabel la Catolica on the Goth, and we
10 have all our senses ravished this winter at the
Tacon theatre, by the charms of person and grace
of Tcrpsichore, in Miss Matilde Diez, actress and
danseuse, who is to be well sustained by artists in
her line established in fame by the enlightened
public fthc metropolis.
On the morning Of the 30th common occur
rence--the execution of a Spaniatd for murder
WHICH was most bunglingy performed by a tyro
taking his first lesson in legal killing, and the spec
tators groancd most pitious y-no remembering
that the assassin gave no time for Gods grace and
mercy in attempting the life of female, and killing
the person who was endeavoring to restrain him
from the commission of the crime. However exc
cutons disagreeablc affairs, aud the quicker
done the better, without unnecessary torture
The last huli-iight which attended at the Belas-
ooain, turned out To be horse-fght, Judging from
the carcasses exhibited subsequent 10 the sport
counting twelve horses and four bulls. lhave not
much taste for this delicate amusement and per-
haps the want of proper cultivation dsqualifes
from Judging of the quality of the show; but from
the bravos aud paudits il must have been No. l,
and believe it was declared by the afc,oRados the
most recherche butchery of the season.
We have reports here disturbing the peace and
quiet Of our community, but whether real or OF in
vention we have no means of Judging The health
OF Havana continues usual at this season, but
our troops and sailors have suffered much. and the
public hospitals have been fully occupied with this
class of the population but the disease is now aba
ting. The amusements for this day are very ex-
ensive in the city and vicinity, viz: four balls two
bull-hghts one procession, and other religious
demonstrations, pony eats with the horseman
Migueto, rough-and-tumble wrestling affair be-
tween a bull and man without weapons. and
grand display of artificial fireworks at neighbor-
ing village. ltsTIcIA.