Advices received from Havana to July 4th, give the following intelli gence :

" A portion of the native population on the 29th ultimo, openly declared for the independence of Cuba and a separation from the Spanish Govern ment. On the Ist inst. a fight ensued between the insurgents and the Spanish troops, the latter being consider ably worsted. The insurgents, heavily reinforced, took up their positions in the mountains. Troops 'were being dispatched from Havana to suppress the rebellion, when the news came that four Chilian steamers had arrived at i\ T uevitas, and two thousand troops of the allied South American republics had a foothold upon the island in that vicinity. With this assistance the re volt was becoming general, and it was believed that the insurrection had ex tended its ramifications throughout all grades of native society.
BIRTH.
SnfGMHURST.—Aug. 26, at Gloucester street, Christchurch, the wife of Mr. Thos. Single burst, of a son.
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THE LYTTELTON TIMES, MONDAY, AUGUST 27. 1866.
