New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-06

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80, h. M Tureot add Lord liowder Sf.
M ,.gsn TO sci Unite to his goodness, until at
i1'iius" ban in A solemn conference they exact5d
leDs;' ,hst he should present officially the PROPOSE.
,;ons If satisfaction which his Government vas ds
nos.d 10 make to Spain, no replied VAIN the mcs'
pSsrn;oC csndor and simplicity that he was not au'
,h"r;zed TO make any at al. He would. however.
write 10 his Government to see VIVA! they would
This simple reply has stunned the unfortunate
European dplomaiis,s completely. The Marquis OF
pidal is furious and wholly unwilling to believe that
he is an ignOramus. Mexico is not nation OF great
men, but they are shfu in diplomatic matters and
il must be confessed that Sr. Lafrsgun has shown
infinitely more cunning than all the late Congresses
of Vienna or Paris.
Lord Howden left last evening for Bayonne. The
war between Spain and Mexico liz more than prob
able-perhsps inevitable; but Spain has lost i'm
mense advantages by the time which mas been
wasted. A prompt and rapid dash at Mexico, when
the assassinatOns of Curnayaca were hrst Known
in Cuba would have been popular here. The Spanish
people feels-t does not mediate 1t acts less from
sense of Justice than from sense of pain at receiv-
ing an injury; and, the first impulses OF Its anger
past it is neither yalent nor 80 determined
There will not be so many volunteers To 60 10
Mexico The possibility that there might be settle.
ment had gradually Gained the public mind and
little by little the question Of Mexico had been prac-
ticaly abandoned to give place to others Of greater
aterior interest. which have absorbed attention,
and latery the butchery of prisoners by the Gov
ernmen has driven out every other sentiment than
that of horror.
On the 18th instant twenty EIGHT more of the
prisoners of the late revolt were about to be exc
cuted at Seville as their comrades had been before
them, when the hands of the military governor were
STAYED by the Intervention of the municipal author.
ties all the corporations of the city and the society
of ladies' devoted to charities, who prayed that the
execution might be delayed at least long enough to
receive an answer to the petition which had been
addressed to the Queen by more than three thousand
of the most influential persons OF that city and dis
trict The Captain General yielded to that request,
and the result has been the saving OF the lives OF
| about one hundred men in ALL who were sentenced
| to death, but whose punishment Is now coinmuleu
| by the Government to imprisonment Tor HE III the
| presidio The conduct of the ladies OF Seville ana
ts citizens generally, is worthy Of the highest praise
| Ninety eight is the precise number OF those who
had been shot to death in cold blood for the crime
of having raised flag Oh which was written /" Lib
"ertyi No more cOnscripts. Aiming of the whole
people" and for marching after It for more than
| a week without ever shedding drop of blood, ex-
cept that of two or three soldiers who fell In battle
with arms in their hands. At the execution OF
twenty-fo Of the prisoners on the 18th inst, at
Seville two innocent spectators were also struck
BY the bullets of the sodiery, and instantly killed
This barbarOus butchery of prisoners IS ut last
stayed.
Don Eduardo AsqureLO, late Charge d'Afaires in
Chill and editor Of the america, has been set at
berty his only crime having been found to be that
he was going to Seville on his own business when he
was stopped BY some of the revOlted party as were
other passengers. and that aterward he proceeded
on his way to Seville. Other prisoners have also
been reeasedat Madrid.
The Captain General of Seville was instantly re-
placed by the Government on learning that band
III L. 4, 20 Gnr, ,f,atf iph
district Many military officers have also beer de-
prved of their commands Among these, l am
sorry TO say is Colonel Tassara the gallant brother
Of ST.. Tassara, now Minister of Spain at Washing.
ton. 1t appears that Colonel Tassara has given no
COED cause for this measure, and the Government
has not taken into account, as it ought the great
services of this family, which counts among its
members men so distinguished as is the actual
| Spanish representative in Washington.
The Pizsrro war steamer has sailed from Cadiz
with sealed orders Her destination for Cuba, how
| ever, is hardly doubtful.
| The Spanish Government organ, the HolaS Auto.
grofa has thought proper 20 contradict the report
| of The Nf,c- Yohs Herald about an understanding
| between the ex-Dctator, Santa Anna, and the
Spanish Government concerning the affairs ci Mex
| icO, in the following explicit manner:
| "Wib reference to intelligence from New-icrk
there bas been circulated in the Havana, in Paris,
aId in some of our principal ports, as Barcelona
/
| Government had signed convention win Geneta
Santa Anna by, which the latter would be aided by
/ the Government of Madrid to recover his power IN
Mexico This report, as our readers might suppose,
has other foundation than that is an Invention OF
/ the friends of Comoniort in the American Press.
at is entirely false that the Government OF SPAN
has concluded treaty or convention Of any desciip
ton with General Santa Anna to carry war into
! Mexico"
The Cortes were dismissed by the Government on
the 10th inst. They have been the willing and ser
vile tCtls Of the Cabinet who have thus obtained
sort Of legal sanction to their otherwise wholly arb
| trary and dictatOria measures since October last
They have approved the Budget of upward OF $40 .
600, 600 without discussion, approved the infamous
Mres loan of SIS, 900 000 voted the gag law on the
Press voted the CONSUMPTION of 80, 900 for the
| army retstablished hereditary Senate IN fact and
| the law of entailment and put full power in the
hands of the Cabinet 10 do what 1t pleased with the
| country.
An extraordinary decline from the recent high prces
| of Wheat in Spain is reported.
The Captain-Gereral ard the Civil Governor Of the
province of Seville were to be brought before com.
| I'll of war on account Of the late Troubles.
| The execution Of insurgents had been stopped by
| the Government
| The London Times publishes dispatch from Paris
| dated the 9th stating that the Spanish Government
after some hesitation has accepted the oer OF inecla'
! ton in the Mexican question made by Lord Ho"den
and the Marquis de Turgct in the name cf the English
| and French Governments
PORTUGAL.
The session Of the Cortes had been closed. The
| Cohcordat was passed by large maJoritles In oc'h