Papurau Newydd Cymru

Chwiliwch 15 miliwn o erthyglau papurau newydd Cymru

Cuddio Rhestr Erthyglau

4 erthygl ar y dudalen hon

~tiuiro.ii> to J Ho n:L\ V'fJo…

Newyddion
Dyfynnu
Rhannu

~tiuiro.ii> to J Ho n:L\ V'fJo LONDON, Makch 16. THE Madrid Journals are to the 8th inst.—The entry of Queen Chrisrina into Barcelona on the 4th was a t riumph. Her Majesty was received with great enthusiasm, and the city was most brilliantly illuminated.—The marriage of Queen Isabella with her cousin the Count Trapani was considered certain. The Neapolitan Ambassador had had several inter- views on the subject with Gonzales Bravo, who had expressed his approbation of the project; and the Duke d Rivas, the Spanish Minister now on his Way to jvipV's was said to be a stanch partisan of a Tnatrimonialnnion with Naples.—On the 6th, Queen Isabella and her sister, accompanied by two Ministers of State, the Members of the Corps Diplomatique, and the principal Members of the Royal Household, left Madrid for Aranjuez to meet their August parent. General Narvaez, after escorting her Ma- Jesty as far as the gate of Toledo, returned to his Palace, and shortly afterwards, having placed himself at the head of the cavalry of Leon, proceeded in the direction of Aranjuez. The Royal party arrived there on the 7th.—A conspiracy is said to have been discovered at Madrid, the object of which was to place some fulminating powder and other combus- tibles in the road through which the Queen Mother aftd her daughters would make their entry into the capital. Several arrests have taken place, and a depGt of arms, and ammunition discovered.-Des- patches from General Roncali were received an- bouncing that Alicant and its garrison had risen ^gainst the Commandant Bonet, the leader of the insurrection, who had fled, and that the town and the fort were in the hands of the Queen's troops.- A letter from Paris announces that Bonet had been taken prisoner, and with 2 5 of his partisans, had l^en butchered. The Paris papers to Thursday's date have been deceived. Those of Tuesday and Wednesda}', possess little interest, but the journals of Thursday state, that the Spanish General Roncali, by orders no doubt from. Narvaez, had signalised the capture of Alicant l)y butchering many of the unhappy victims. It Appears that Bonet, the leader of the insurgents, had made a sortie from the town, but was unsuccessful, Hnd was made prisoner with a number of his fol- lowers. Bonet and twenty-five officers were im- mediately shot. This mode of celebrating the re- turn of Queen Christina to Spain is quite in keeping with the character of the nation. This, however, is not the way to settle the affairs of that distracted ^untry; and, judging from the rumours on the ■Paris Bourse, which are generally believed, a reac- tion had already taken place at Madrid, and during tlie absence of the Queen and her Captain-General an insurrection had broken out against the Govern- ment—The principal topic in the Paris papers is the policy pursued at Constantinople by the British ^nd French Ambassadors, in reference to the execu- of Mussulmans for changing their creed. Both £ ir Stratford Canning and Baron de Bourquenev have remonstrated in vain against this barbarous Practice. They have since absented themselves from °urt, and are probably waiting for fresh instructions 0 take some more decided step to bring the Sultan, ZD or rather his Ministers, to reason. The Liberal press generally praise the conduct of France and England, and urge on M. Guizot and Lord Aberdeen some decisive steps to defeat a new machination of Russia embroil the affairs of Turkey, and thereby form a Plea for military interference. The news from Constantinople," says the Courrier Franvtns, proves that a moral intervention is absolutely re- quired on the part of every Government which has ^°t taken up the determination of favouring the en- croachments of Russia. Riza Pacha is compromising e empire and the young Sultan, to the great joy of zl_ ussia, which is playing the part of conservative, in °rder to ruin everything- As to Austria, we have a ready characterised the Mettermchian diplomacy ,at Constantinople. It is a shame for Austria to eague herself with prevaricating and sanguinary ^misters, when a question of humanity is treated of. e desire that the two Ambassadors of France and fig]ancl may be successful; but nothing will e tained but by a direct interview with the Sultan, the interest of civilisation authorises its represen- atrves to use an energetic language—the only one I ich the Porte can at present comprehend." The ail £ uage of the National- is equally energetic. Wo jm easily understand the policy of Russia in thi> Jtair, but that of Austria is totally incomprehensible. It is singular enough that the important an- °Uncement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer re- Pecting the reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per ent- Stock, is very briefly alluded to, or entirely 1 assud over, by the Opposition papers for this mea- affect Frenchmen as well as Englishmen. iutWar journals, however, dislike the news, because is K S the credit of the country is good and money it dailt- The Government journals advert to sidin r^er favourable terms.-—The floods were su j, c in Paris; but the accounts from the South o thrn^t State tl10 occurrence ot serious disasters AJ uSn°ut the country from the inundations. Rear Th,!111"1! Harrielin had superseded Admiral Dupetit the /v* at Tahiti> -iid had hoisted his flag on board the >^°n frigate.—Wednesday's papers announce add ?rfec>t recovery of the Duke of Nemours, but the the Kinir was not quite so well as usual, at the S^e timp stating that there was not anything m sitio^ degree serious in his Majesty s indispo- miitdvices from Lisbon to the 7th inst. state that th genf ary revolt is not yet suppressed.—The insur- -vvher a^e taken refuge in the fortress of Almeida, strenLi!- y ^id defiance to their enemies. Their the C-f ls n°t known but, judging from the fact that them °\ernment troops have not yet ventured to attack ably ,'J concluded that it must be consider- itsre^ ieat0r th;m the Ministerial journal would have Xova,"rs b(-lieve. On the 23d ult. Viscount 1 onti ti°n, the garrison to surrender at discre- men ]u'}l Count Bomfiu replied that he and lis place tl°Uld rather perish under the rums oi the had dr-,ai1 abandon the sacred cause for which t ley bo0n /their swqrds. Not a shot, however, had are r,J. ,011 either side. The Government troops traju reinforcements, and when the battering tWe h has been sent by sea to Oporto, to be wave i C°nx eyed to the scene of operations, s a n11Set to work, it is expected that Count •^bt&in surrender upon the best terms he can the liH3eriCo from Stockholm has been received t.) Proved ,The health of the King had not im- bu'f- v physicians were of opinion that, t ere descriK j cbailce of amelioration. His Maje> y as gjjn i e as being fully sensible of his dangei, an The r? °f Ms decease with the greatest calmness. New V just arrived at Liverpool xom Calarxiitv brinS3 an account of a most fngntful ^ar s M'hlcb occurred on board the American new Capt. o/n,;r Princeton, on the 26th of "^residenf°C^°n' the commander, had in^1 memb of the United States, several other leading 400 ladi" of the government, and between 300 and Pleasul &nd gentlemen of Washington, to take a rivej. t e.Xcursion with him down the 0 noble v AVlfnos's the beauty and movements o s The and the discharge of his immense gun. all iu t}^ ^'}s very pleasant, and the company from th 0 ^10st spirits After a salute ot S C°mpam Smail Pieces' the ladies and the rest of the of the brere pip°d on dock to wit!iess V11930 lbs. ln WeitrKf ^Un' whicli was loaded with a bal specta? It was fired without accident, an halj hotS ,?Vere niuch pleased to see the immen unding for more than two miles along 1 water before it sunk. The company then sat down I to an elegant feast, after which the gun was again 7) zn n got ready for a second fire and several of the more distinguished individuals in the party wore ranged near it to witness the operation. The gun was fired, near it to witness the operation. The gun was fired, and the breech burst, scattering death and dismay in all directions. Mr. A. P. Usher, Secretary of State Mr. Gilmer, Secretary of the Navy; Virgil Maxey, Esq., of Maryland: Commander Kennon, Chief of the Bureau of Construction of the Navy and Mr. Gardner, of New York, were killed on the spot; and Captain Stockton and six of the crew were seriously wounded. President Tyler and several ladies had a narrow escape. The gentlemen killed zD were all standing on the leeward side of the gun, nearly in- a row, when the gun burst; the pieces went in that direction, and ki.led them instantly-not a groan was heard to escape their lips. The President, but a moment previous to the discharge, fortunately left its vicinity. As the smoke cleared away, Capt. Stockton with his hair and face scorched, and his dress covered with powder, jumped with one spring to the top of his gun, and exclaimed, My God, would that I were dead too.One of Senator AVTood- bury's daughters (the eldest I think) was standing so near to the persons killed, that her dress was completely spattered over with blood. Her escape was truly miraculons, as was also that of others in the immediate vicinity of the gun.—When the com- pany left the Princeton, which was about six o'clock, everything was being done to take care of the wounded and dead.—[The gun which has caused this dreadful calamity was one of two of the same description invented by Captain Stockton, the com- mander of the Princeton, and of which a good deal was said in the American newspapers a few weeks ago. So far as we can understand the description of them, they were composed of wrought iron staves hooped together,-a construction by no means new, but which never has answered, and probably never will answer, on account of the difficulty of securely fastening the breech (which of course must be a sepa- rate piece) to the rest of the gun. Capt. Stockton s guns were one 16 and the other 13 feet long, each having a 12-inch bore, and carrying a ball of about 250 lb. weight. They were the subject of much idle boasting in some of the American newspapers, and it was predicted that they would astonish the British. The astonishment, however, seems to have lighted a little nearer home.]

[No title]

[No title]

Advertising