WEST INDIES.

West Coast Times, Issue 292, 30 August 1866, Page 3

WEST INDIES.

Advices reeeJred from Havana to July 4th, give the following intelligence:—c:— A portion of the native population on the 29th ultimo, openly declared for the independence of Cuba and a separation from the Spanish Government.- Oil the Ist inst. a fight ensued between the insurgents and the Spanish 1 troops", tite latter being considerably worsted". The' iristfrgercts, heavily reinforced, took up then* ptiaitioifa itt the . droops were being despatched ftam Havana to suppress the rebellion, when tHe tiews came that four Chilian steamers had arrived fit Nuevitas, and two thousand tioops of ttitJ allied South American republics had a foothold upon tfr'e i'stand in that vicinity. With this assistance" the revolt was becoming general, and it was believed that the insurrection had extended it 6 ramifications throughout all grades of native society.

A slocking murder was perpetrated on Sin day evening, June 24, in Koseraarylanej Whiteehapel. A man, named Paddy Muhu'j t|uarrelietl with his wife, and according to ihe testimony tit eye rwHllgß»C9r wHllgB»C9 stnvk i l « r thrice,, the last Mo* felling her to the ground. He lei! too. and on arising : thewo.mm struck Mm twice in the face. , 'At this moment Patrick Harrington,; an . clcl man 77 years of age, the father <v Mi J Mffai>, -came out and struck his sqn-in-!a\v a blow On the. right side of the Phr -; The latter exclaimed, 1 " Kidman, : you have stabbed™!" and died aW -: A knife m» found on the ground near the spot. The wretched C)d man on br^ng taken before the magistrate yesterday, denied in the most positive manner that he ever touched deceased. He w as rent mded. . A. destructive fire whkcli has just broken outatNewcastle-on-Ttfne will be memorable for the danger irAdlich it placed the famous high-level "*£S of that town. Brown's steam flour-nuM the largest m the district, became ignitl^from some uuknow> cause, and being- right under one of the arches at the end of the high-level bri^ae,- that noble monument of Stephenson's "engineering genius 'Was- in great danger and "at ,one time the foutpath with its asphalte" flooring was 'o\ fire. -Tfce' J ashlai' coating bt one of^e^piers was red hot and the the corners "were snapped off by the excessive : heat. The ponderous tension bars of wrought iron, stretching from.one arch to another, above fhj^mills, were quite incaitk^cent, and they yielded with an expansion .o2 > sofle t,wo or three inches in the centre. Great efforts were made, however, to arrest' the flames ; and as the bars cooleW'they; gradually «irew up to their, forme- position. Ihe bridge, stretches across the Tyne at art elevation of 36 feet' above high water mark, and the secmd bridge for the railway is 22 feet f i.rher The scene, when it was m a blaze, akjhe melted asphaltum pouring in I^^HflHHJHHte^tt^et down at