New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-14

le47. The Cuban I'D Porto Rcsn troops Will %
replaced by forces frcm S,,n. which ser they
have be,oue accimaef &C. $50 BE- cent ir Fafd,
While Oiteys o1mo n - ;aks their ph;'s 10 Tue
colonies TIE fret ci'isicl OF Peon'u'df troops Is
nov being organized g. Do seat to zoe ha'aos sot-
ting free 'or tie purposes # The mrs. expedition
% ptionsd ar equL u1mbee 81 the forces 10 CUBA.
One mandate result Of oil tbs is TO give more
st,.,s,h % n, G,yetnueot Of General Narsaez
than q bad q week slLoe. II / should be Sbls TO
20 on tai ,be oytDugof see Cor'es on the lst OF
msy twin rave obtsioed Anew lease Of life by the
importance If the 'ote.g- orfDphc4tions wl'h Mexi-
co. Atother pbsse f ;bts business is, ID. C m
Island VI Cubs.
II uaJ cot be aIniss hire % give you some idea Of
the Spanish naval force. according to Ofhcia data
10 ny possession, mace up gu the i.t of January
last.
The whole navy mount 935 guns, and comprises
steamers whose aggregate horse power is 5,635,
accOfd ng to ibe Bitch amer Of estimating toe
power OF steam veesels Of war There are already
in tie We,t Indies the ffgs,s E-peraDza, butt Ia
1901, AZ guns; 1figde OrTlcr Ouii' az i~''' -
guns; corvette FerrOiOna, built IN lSi|, ~ guns;
brig Habsnero built III lS43, i guns; brig Valdez,
built in 1919 IS gun; brE Gravlaa, punt ia IoJO,
16 guns; brig Galana built ia Io1O, 10 guns; Drg
flsedo built II. 1881, 10 gu1oi org NerviOn, Ddns
IN 1859 10 guns; Schooner Judnlti, built ia 1910,
! gun; schooner Isabel H., built IN 1872,
I RuJ; schooner Chr stLa, built in 1888,
] p schooner Churruca, built in 1912, gun;
sta ,s-ship NIns, coo tUL-, butt 10 l5Jl guns;
store brig EbrO saiit III ici9, 22S tuns; transpOr
clocner Jupiter, buih in lo46. Whole number Of
s,,nng vessels l6-mOuutlng in ali 20i guns la
addition to these there are also steam-vesses, a.
follows: Freate Isabel IL, built IN 1850, 800
horse power, 10 guns; slVOp BlascO de Garay,
built in l545 $50 horse power, guns; sloOp Co
lOD built in I549 $50 bots- power, guns; slOop
Don Antonio de Uilca, built in 1851, 80 horse
power g guns; slOOp PIzarr0 (wrecked), built in
1851, $50 horse power guns; Leon, 80 horse
power, guns; DOn AlSatO de Bazan, butt IN
1910, 100 hOrse power, guns; CODgres0, built In
1910, 100 horse power, glDs; schooner Venadito,
built in 1882 I20 horse power, guns; schooner
Neptune built in 1852, 10 horse power, gus;
Don Juan de Austria, built IN l5i9, 100 horse
power, z guns; CUadalqulElr, built Ia l9J2, lOO
horse power, gun; General Leo, built III 1872,
100 horse power, gun. Total; Is steamers, Wild
an aggregate horse power Ot %,99V horse anu
mount .ng 90 big guns
OF the reinforcement about to sad from the PENN
,ula, it msy be said that the Rey Francisco was
built in 1853 aud hOuuts "a guns; should the other
new line Of batte.shp 20 asO The Is ster ship call
ed the Roina label, built in lo52 and mounts 10
guns TIE Berenguela Is sp al new screw irlgate,
800 horse power, and mounts 81 big guns. Inc
brig RslayO, 1850 mounts 10 gus. The two steam
friostes are the Francisco de ASS and Isabel la
Cotoca, both built III 1850 each 800 horse power,
and mounting each 10 guns.
There are two more scfew-frigates of the same
class az the Berenguel. 10 me yards at FercI and
CarthaQena which can be finished dnd gov READY
shortly There are also screw briggs and schOOn-
ers. two of which were finished last year, aud the
other aIe lust finished or ready to be cOmplt ted
The army amounts at present to about 100 900
men Of all arms. The artillery Is splendid, and the
whole force is in d brilliant state OF equipment all
the light regiments being armed with the Minnie
rifle ard the music OF the remainder beng chang
ed daily for the same arm, as last as they Can DC
manufactured.
The small.nrms factories can turn out from TWEEN
" to thirty thousand III nnie rifles per annum, aud
are all engaged in their production. Spain mas on
hand in the Peninsula about 3OO OOO stand OF
modern petcussOn muskets, and 10000 hint-lock
muskets in good condition. The artillery is mar
messed with trained mules six to each piece and the
same number for the ammunition boxes, ON cers ana
petty officers mounted, and all the men provided
with places to ride Each battery has six pieces
bronze u Founders, and two 24-pOuld b ONE
hoWitzeTs-egbt pieces III all. There are also llgnt
batteries If 6-pouuder bronze pieces, and one
mounted battery of 12-pounders and 2ip9uad
bowitzers in which every man has horse, aad the
pieces are barnessed with horses Instead OF mules
The mountain artillery ID Il splendid regiment,
armed with l2-pounder bronze howitzers mount
ed on the backs Of great mules, and carbaes 'lane
at the shoulders Of the men.
What causes the most hesitatlon If there be any
on the part of the Spanish Government, IL the con-
siderat;on Of what may be the attitude OF the Gov
eminent of the United States, in view OF the con-
tempist+d attack ON Mexico. The attacks OF hi-
hsters AID their enlistment under the Mexcsn flag
are foreseen; but it is hoped that the strong meas
ures taken by Spain to obtain redress for The CUT,
RACES upon her subjects BY Mexico, VIII % looked
upon "a iusty called for aud the Government OF the
limited States maintain the neutral position which
belongs to them. in quarrel with which they have
NO connection.
Twill write you more fully upon this point next
week.