Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-11-24
Spain-Mr. soule's Presentation to the
Queen.

Spain-Mr. Soule's Presentation to the
Queen.
On the evening of the ODD, Mr.. Soule,
Minister of the United States to Spain, was
admitted TO an audience with the Queen
The Queen was attended by the Minister Of
Foreign Affairs and by the officers of the
Palace. After being ushered in with The
usual ceremonies, Mr.. Soule handed to the
Queen the Presidents letter, accrediting
him as Envoy TO the Spanish Court, and
then addressed her as follows, in the Eng
fish language:
MIR. souLE's SPEECH.
"MADAM: In delivering the letter which
accredts me as Eovoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentlary of the U. States
of America, to the Court Of your Majesty,
l cannot dispense with expressing the sat-
isfaction experience in having only to give
the most friendly assurances to your royal
person, and to the people confided to your
direction and sollicitude. The respected
chief who presides at this moment over the
destinies of America, anxiously desires that
the best understanding should characterize
the relations of his government with that Of
your Majesty; and it would be TO me gra-
LITIGATION, as it is a duty, to cultivate and
develop every event calculated to render
more intimate the ties of interest which ex-
list between Spain and the United States,
and to strengthen the bonds which unite,
the two powers. / offer, Madam, TO your
Majesty, my sincere wishes for the welfare
of your royal person and august family
May the reign of your Majesty be fortune
ate and fruitful in events destined to render
your people happy and prosperous"
To this address the Queen replied as fol-
lows:
QUEEN IsABELLA's REILLY.
"MoNsiEuR THE MINISTER: have heard
with satisfaction the assurance you have
given to me relative to the friendly senti-
ments of the President Of the United States,
and feel pleasure in assuring you thai they
are not surpassed by those which animate
me for his person and for your country
Those new assurances, always grateful to
me, convince me more and more of the in
terest which Spain, as well as the U. S
have to preserve and draw closer their
former relations. In me, your Excellency
will find the disposition, and in my Govern
ment the sincerest cooperation for the ac-
complishment of SO important and SO desir-
able an object"
The European papers had revived the
statement that Mr.. Soule's first act would
be to offer to purchase Cuba. Gen. Paula
was preparing to leave for the Captaincy-
General of Cuba, and is invested with the
powers formerly enjoyed by the Viceroy.
Several royal decress are published for
Cuba. BY one the Audiencia Cour: Of Puer-
to Principle is suppressed and merged in
that of Havana. BY another, the third or
central military commandancy of Cuba is
suppressed, as well the intendency of Puer-
to Principe, and the Island is to be divided
into two departments, to be called Eastern
and Western Cuba, the capitals of which
are Havana and Santiago de Cuba respec
lively, and the dividing line the Eastern
limits of the Lieutensnt Governorship o
Santa Esqiritus-each TO be governed, as
respects military and political affairs, by ;
Commander-in-C Chief, dependent on thu
Captain General; and as regards economic
matters, by an Intendant of Finance, under
the direction of the Superintendent Gener.
: al of the Island. BY third decree certain
local courts are suppressed and merged il
the ordinary courts.
A royal order further enacts that Gener
ais Pezuela, Norzagary and Pavia, Cap
tains General of Cuba, Porto Rico and tn,
PHILIPPINE Islands, shall fulfill in commits
sion the Office of Superintendent Delegate
of the Royal Finance in their Districts
Don Francisco Cardenas, is appointed Di
rector General Of the Colonies. Sonor,
Meza and Sandinoy Miranda, late Superin
t tendents General of Cuba and the Phil
lipines, are put on half pay. There ar
other changes of less importance.
! We mention more for the purpose O
A keeping currency of the news, than for an,
: credit to be attached to it, that a rumo
prevails in the French capital that inAuen
tial men of Spain and Portugal are plottin,
f the union Of the two crowns, the Duke G
e Draganza, a lad of II years, and son of tn
t Queen Dona Maria da Gloria, to be king
The name of Narvaez is used in connection
with this report,
u NEBRASKA ELECTION. - Somehow O
: other our contemporary editors have got tn
result of this election so tangled up tina
none appear to understand it correctly
: These are the facts nthe case: Mr.. Guth