New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-27
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tons, fears ard patriotic sentiments are addressea
to the GcvernmeIt. Some little comfort % derives
from the report in the columns Of The Nes- frS
Herald, that Mr.. Buchanan was in favor OF TIE ID
mis- sion of Kansas a. . FREE State, and would prob
ably pursue q moderate and conservative hne 81
policy in the management Of our foreign Affair.";
but. in spite Of these straws, which some hopeful
spirits catch at, the ugly facts that Buchanan is The
first ,sner Of the famous manifesto Of Ostend, and,
in spite Of that fact has received l6S electoral votes
against I25 thrown for bis competitors; that The
Convention which nominated him at Cincinnati also
drew up, adopted and published programme tor
the Presidential coutest, which all the world nss
seen. and that Buchanan promised faithfully %
carry out that programme OF his party, upon which
nrom;se he WAS elected, cannot be forgotten. Tho
No, ple of Spain have received the news as II were
tie announcement of q proximate war with tee
United States. The Government appears to ice&
on il pretty much in the same hight rs the peoP'c-
Government newspaper says:
The election of Mr.. Buchanan to be Presioent o.
TIE limited States demands the immediate pfeseece N
Washington Of the Spsni:h kepresentstive, -. IL
sara. ana We doubt not the Gevernmeut VIII give -
earliest attention TO the state Of the delenses erd Nc
forces in The Island Of Cuba. =.
ON the 9th inst. the Government paper the
Espsaa, makes the formal announcement WHICH
follows:
NJ.
about 10 stat for bis pos is he who carries out the IN
sructicns Of the Spanish Government concerning @e
questions which We have pending In Mexico s11 81.
Domircc. Sr. Tassars, before proceeding % Wsen-
ngton win hold full conferences with our CsPtsas-
Ger era in Cuba"
The view which Spanish statesmen take, and
especially the view The present Minister oil Staee
have reason 10 b. h vt is as follows: That while
war with the un'ttt States is TO be deprecatcA
and ayerted by every means within the reach OF INC
spanish Government, nevertheless it ought to be
looked upon as highly probable, and prepared ior'
not hurriedly. but constantly, aud without losing
time. -,
l have reason to believe that the new Spanish
M;ni,ter TO England, Sr. Gonzalez Bravo, viii be
instructed 10 present this view Of the spanish Gov
eminent 10 the earnest attention OF Great Britain.
and To request from Lord Clarendon the manesta-
tiop of the views of his Government relative 10 mo
probable consequences OF the election Of james M
chansn President Of the United States Is wei az
10 hiring him if possible 10 some formal declaration
of what Great Britain is prepared TO 90 In case
| the occurrence of certain contingencies
The Spanish ambassador TO France, Gen. Ser
r,no ia not AZ vet instructed in this matter. the
| Government at Madrid having preferred to swais
| the arrival Of NJ Turgot, French ambassador 70
| Spain who is now in France on leave, ana VINO, IL
| il supposed will bring instructions nom the EN-
peror 10 enter upon the consideration OF the events
which NAV result from the election Of MI. Buchanan
with the Spanish Government, and declare " Ihcha
| the views of his Imperial Maesty
The Spanish Cabinet says, with some reason.
that, whether she will or no, Spain is placed N ms
question in the front rank that the sntecedents Of
the last FIVE years, and the proximity OF her colo
MES to the United States, as well as the direct dec
lara,ops Of the party now triumphant, place her in
the breach and the Spanish representative in
| Washington must be in q certain sense the center
and exponent of the policy Of Europe with regard
to the aggressive policy Of the United States. l
ON disposed to think that this position 70 conceded
| TO her by the Governments Of France ed England;
/ and shall take pains to keep you advised Of tho
| successive steps and deliberations OF the three
| Powers on the great question
Under date Of the 2sth nit. am advised from
| Madrid that the talk about Ministerial change
hadtaken substance, to the extent that It was then
| almost certain that the Marquis Of Pidal would
| leave the portfolio Of State, and that Senior Con
zaIez Bravo would become Minister Of State-tho
| MARQUIS of Pidal coming to London in his stead
| One of the reasons assigned for This change was
| the evident disgust with which Gonzales Bravo had
heard that bis own appointment TO Loe4aR md
been received here. But the, tYue Specification u
the change if it ocHf u.s. that il il ono step moro
| toward hpsolutism on the part Of the Queeu--ono
oy,de more n repression 10 which the Government,
presided over by Narvaez, has resolved TO lend IT
seif. Senior Pidal, though high hoderado In his
| pripcples has always stuck to the idea OF FAR
lament, and always wished to preserve tho forms
| of constitutional government. 0onxaez bravo IN
prepared to 20 greater lengths in doing without tho
Certes, legislatiDg by Royal decree, and keeping
down the popular manifestations by force
There Is no doubt that Pidal would be more &C.
ceptabe 10 the British Government, a. tho SpanlAh
| Envoy here then would be Gonzalez Bravo but
still this news as yet is nothing more than no con
crete form into which, in good quarters in MAdri6,
| the vague rumors Of Ministerial change had vet
Itled down on the 2eth Ult.
A subsequent letter, dated the 29th, tells me that
things still remained they we're, and that Pidai
would retain the portfolio Of State.
There are the AuctuatiDg symptoms attendant
| upon the uncertain existence OF the present Cabi-
net. The elements ola long life are not in them,
and though their fall may not occur immediately las
il probably will not still they will not long govern
| Meantime. in the matter Of resistance to the eI-
pected aggresions of the United State, oil parties
are unanimous. Democrats, Progresistas, Modera-
doe and AbsOlutists all Offer an undyiaed support
| 10 the Government in that question.
The general statistics Of the countries Of SPsio
| IN the year 1855 have been published BY The Cav
| eminent II appears that the whole amonDt OF tho
foreign and colonial trade OF the Peninsula iof mo
year amounted, in exports asd Imports, 10 vsiuo
| Of STA I56, 2i0 IS, Of which the imports we're
| $5l, l5e, 066 -, while the exports announced !"
| S62 96e ia 90. The revenue collected hoa du-
| ties on imports amounted TO S53lI, ~, and rom
| dstie, on exports to $50, SCI. The importstlons
have been made in the prOximate proportions Ut 30
per cent in Spanish bottoms, ~ per cent 10 t"segn
| bottoms and per cent over land.
The bread question remains IN the same condition
| n, when Last wrote. 10000 bushels wheat had
arrived at Alicante OF the 800 600 bushels bought IN
Marseiles for the authorities VI Madrid. Govern
ment bad ordered the immediate sale Of some O,vo
bus hels proceeding from the rents OF lands releaSed
hut Lar afl m no