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SPAIN ASD SPANISH AFPAIR 3 . i jX = i j-5 "d wi fh the convened effusion-c-f \> loo' \ ane ^ H -r ,-: rn } 5 tt ; n £ ip--pn-ries -Rhich , for so k-ta i . pcriodl hare difsraced lie stTEggles of the different fkcTisns who in turn hare asserted their Eupremacj jb Spain , and desolated their common country ; aad tcein ^ xo good for the masses , no advance to the general cause of liberty , likely to result-from these struggles j we had ceased to feel any interest in them : and consequently considered "we could better 511 up the columns of this paper , than bj chronicling matters , which , however well calculated to make good men weep for the extravagancies and crimes cf their pperies , was certainly ^ not calculated to afford encouragement to the patriot , . por hope to the pni--lanthropist .
But recent events , opening as they do , a prospect to foreign interference in the affairs of thai country , —in -which interference England is but too likely to hs associated , —renders it necessary that ** Spanish affairs , " should be again "brought beiore the English working classes—the class f ^ r whom we ¦ write , and are proud to labour for ; seeing that 'tis ihctf ' , vrho have before-time had to fight the battles and psy the cost of foreign interference ; and ' tis they whowfll'be the suffers again , if our precious Government 5 honld lend itself to another war of " intervention" io prop-up the ^ right-divine" of crowned and military brigands , and to quell in blood and bind in chains , the spirit , which evoked at Barcelona , is demanding the " rights of man , * and threatening wiih the fate of the " Capets" the lise of the " beloved Ferdinand , " of petticoat-embroidering notorieivi
Hence , too , another reason for again admitting B Spanish Affairs , " into the columns of the Star . Although * he objects of the Catalonian Insurrectionists are not very clearly defined , sriil there is evidence of ** progress" as compartd with previons struggles j there 23 an advance towards Republicanism exhibited in the present corflicL And seaing only in kisgerafi one of the ob = tacles to man ' s Improvement , and in Republicanism one of the stepphrg-5 tcnes to mankind ' s social iappiuess , we naturally feel our sympathies enlisted on the side of the Insurgents , and make no concealment of our wishes for their success . But to understand the present posture of affairs in Spain , it wiil be necessary to give a brief sketch of the events , which have been in course of occurrence there , for some time pa 3 t .
"We may fim remind oar readers ihat in 1840 , ihe infamous Chsisusa , being compelled to abdicate ihe Urgency , and retire from a country she had so shamefully plundered , and treacherously plotted to bring again under the yoke of ** absolutism , ' : isPABiEBO , { now an exile in England ) was appointed iy the Cortes sole Recent of the kingdom . As a General , he was not very popular , having been noted for his Fabian policy ; but being regarded as the Jeader of the ** Liberal" party , his election by tie Cortes was generally approved of j and ilgh expectations wtre entertained that sifadily , bnt surely , the nation would reap the wishtdfor fruits of its long and severe struggles . —
These reasonable expectations "were not fulSllcd . Eseabtebo shewed h : m ^ elf m ore intent on preserving the throne , than enlarging the rights and consolidating the sovereignty of the people . True he set about one piece of reformation for which he deserves credit , and whiih has no doubt had some effect in precipitating his own downfall , while it has undoubtedly done much to advance freedom of thought , and weaken oce of the strongest props of despotism . We allude to iis reform 01 the Church of Spain , and ihe " heavy blow and sore discouragement" he dealt to the inquisition-defending liberty-hating priesthood j than whom a worse crew of " cowi'd and ffpocriTical" deceivers are no where to ce found . or this he has had the maledictions " lend and
deep . ' of all the traffickers in suosrsritioii , from ihe Pope down to Djaiel O'Cosxeu ., heaped upon his head . But hf-re Espabtebo , like ihe " Constitutionalists" of France stopped . All his reforms "went to strenghthen the middle class of Spain , at the expence of She old aristocracy and clergy , wub " - ont adding one jot to the power or happiness of the ¦ veritable people . Tbis is the reason why he is se popular wiih the shopocracy of this country ; that he is feasted and earressed , and made the " lion" of J liberal" spreads ax ihe table of the Lord Mayor of London , and elsewhere . This is why the jllvrniag Chronicle , the Sun , Weekly Di ^ palch , Weekly Chronicle , and papers of a similar stamp , are never weary of ringing the changes on bis
vhtnes f u good government f and " liberal principles , 35 Does any one suppose that had he been an exiled democrat , instead of an exiled * -2 iberalv EspjorrERD wonld have been banqueted by Lord Mayor Hctcehbet , and his tHrile-cramffling frends ? Kot be indeed .. Had the principles of democracy been those of Ms political creed , "he might have starved in London long enongh , or takes a flying summerset from Waterloo Bridge 10 stay his stomach , "before the "hospitable" dignitaries of Chaase Alley would have asked iim to dine at the Mansion Bouse , or at Guildhall . As we may " know a man by the company be keeps , " we mav loim some
estimate of Hsp . a 2 T £ HO a 3 a politician when we find him in the company of such precious •* iibera ' s , '" as lord ^ Major Boiphbet , Tissonnt CAyxixa , and Mr . Geobgs Hesbt Ward ; worthies who wt uid resort to any means that the vilest " absolutist" would Banc-tioB , to prevent the people of this country acquiring their political rights . Still we mu > t do him the justice to observe that with sH his faul's , and they are not a few , Espxriebo isa very different man to ibe horrible scoundrels that have driven h : m from Spain ; and are now tyrannizing over that nnformnate Country . Another reason why the ex-Resent is so popular with the middle classes of this country ^ - and another of the causes that led to hi 3 downfall
xa his own , 13 that he has the reputation of being favourable to the principles of "free-irade ? and , it it ailegi d , was in treaty with the English government to so modify the Spanish tariff , as to admit at a nominal or moderate rate of du-ies , the prodnce of fijghsh manufactures . This naturally excited the hostility of the manufacturing interests of Spain , « hiefly located in Catalonia ; and this , combined -with the other causes of disaffection , on which we have dilated , led to the outbreak at Barcelona . Slat insurrection was qaelled with some difficulty but the troubles of ihe Regent were only beginning . A coalition of the Exaltados { Republicans , Radicals ,
and Whig-Radicals ) , and Moderados ( ihepartisans of Christina , Whigs and moderate Conservatives ) , tras formed in the Cortes ; before which the Ministries of the Regent were Ehivered to pieces . At length , on ihe 10 th of May last , Sekob . Lopez succeeded in forming a Cabinet , consisting of himself , A < toiLAS ., Fri&s , Atllos , Caballebo , and General Skbka > "o . On the 11 th of May , the new Ministry submitted their " programme" of policy to the Cortes ; which programme" being altogether distasteful to the Regent , as were the Ministers themselves , having been forced upon him , he kicked thtm oaS ' , and finding the Cortes unmanageable , dissolved it also .
Matters soon came to a crisis ; the " Lopez-Ministry , " looked up to as the leaders of ' progress , " were highly popular with the people . Several tuwns revolted aEainst the Government . The now . notorious Pausf ( a Catalonian tJepnty to the Cones ) , ** got up" an insurrection in the neighbourhood of Barcelona . Tne disaffected of that town having , however , a salutary recollection of the guns of Montjnich , remained quiet for a short time . But the ** war of Dronunciamentos" bad begun . M ? laga , Granada , "Tortoea . &c " pronounced" against the Government ; and at length Barcelona , - smariing nnder its recent subjngation , hoisted the banner of revolt , ^ usbako ( one of Es ? ahtero " s Ger erals ) was -driven from tne town , and a Junta installed . Subsequently the Capiais-General , and mo ^ i of the iroop-=. j lined the Jnovement . witi the exception of -those in ; he fortress of Montjaich , who held out for Espabteho .
Figupiraa , Tarragona , Girona , Cardona , and other places j-int-d tks morement . On the other hand , Xitkbaxo orove Pkim and his adherents from Reus . Talei ^ ja a i . m > declared against the Regent . On the l-i ' -h of Jnne , Espaktekj issued an address to thena : i-n , t-xpJainJDgbis coDdoct , and announcing that he would defend his trust in person , at the head of the army . Ontbe 23 rdof June Espartero was on the road io Valencia with fsjQOO men . Seoxjte , who was at ijencs , ordered ZcKEAue to march spon Barcelona ;
on which the Junta decreed a levy en masse of all cnmaTr ied men , and widowers without children , between tfce ages of-eighteen and fc * ty . Several Cnnr-iuo cEct-rB arrived at Barct-lora , and it was TeporttdI were to have command in The revohi-ionary M ? J- Tins repon dissoutsnted the pttriots ; bui rsiX . who had been appointed chief coaamander of tbs Aannnil -Guard of Barcelona , and of ihe volunteers issued a proclamation denying ihe report , i ^ ik surched against Zubsaso . The troops a cserted lie latter , or refuted to act .
Cornnna , Seville , Burgos , Santiago , Lugo , V : go , » d other places declared against the Regent . j ° a m - peluns ^ and Bilboa followed their example . Ta > - Haxes , one of Espaiebo ' s generals , was coropeli ed io raise the seige of Granada and retreat on Jaes Generals Nabtaez and Concha , ihe Christine Jeaders , yreTe appointed by the Junta of Bareelon * , the former Capiain-General of Yalencia and Murcia , -Kid the latter , second in commands They arrived at Yalenciaon the the 27 th of Jane ; and on the 29 A , Uabvaez was organiziiig his troops to meet I EsPABTtao . j Wiat follows Is important : it is the key to the i present insurrection . On the 29 : hof Jane , the Junta of Barcelona pub-Ii ? hed the following decree : —
"A Central GoTernment being deemed indispen-F % ble to regulate the action of all the provinces , the Snpreme Junta has decreed the following : —Article I , The Lopez Ministry is constituted . Until the Members of that Cabinet can meet , General Don F . Serrano shall be Intrusted with all the . Ministerial departments . 2 . This Ministry shall be considered as Hie Provisional Government , untU . all the Provincial Juntas of theuPeninsula , represented by two CommipsioDers , formed in a Central Junta , shall have given their adhesion to it . "
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Badajpz next joined the movement ; Nabv . * ez va , rie-d > om ? advantages , and the troop ? of ? he R--ccnt rontiEDed to desert . Lspahtero him-elf con-Tiaued inactive . Toe Aynntamento of Madrid , a-J :: re ?? ed 3 Manrc srotDtbpna" £ k > n , myAicft they openly ¦ dencunced the French Government ^ as the prime movers of the insurrection ! On the 11 th of July , the insurgent Genpral Aspiboz , arrived at El Pardo within a couple oT leagues of Madrid , -which was represented to be preparing for a desperate defence . It was also stated that Seoanb and Zurbaxo were on the road to the capital with all their forces to relieve it .
On the 15 : h of July , Fakvafz appeared before Madrid , and summoned it to surrender ; but met with a refusal . On the 17 ih he retired . It was soon rumoured that Nabtaez had gone back to meet Seoase , who ¦ with Ztjbbaso and 10 , 000 men , was matching fcr Madrid . The opposing forces met atTorrejon , on the 22 nd ; and after an engagement of a quarter of an hour , boih armies " fraternised ;' that is , Seoasfs army deserted in a body . Skoane was taken prisoner ; ZtjrbaNO escaped . Narva * z rode in triumph through the lines , exclaiming to the ioldiers that this was a day of reconciliation , and that they should have their licenda absoluia!— ( Free permission to leave the service and return home)—a boon heartily desired by the majority of Spanish ¦ conscripts , especially young ones like those he ad dressed . At the same time he promued that all the officers should be advanced a grade . Thtsa concessions , were conclusive in his favour , and left him
j completely master of the field . j How well this monster kept his promise will be . ' presently seen . On the 23 rd , Nabvajz entered Madrid in triumph . S Espabtebo , after uselessly bombarding Seville , i effected his escape whh some difficulty ? and took j refoge on board an English ship of war . Finally , i he laadedjin England , where he now is . j The revolutionary leader ? , of course , furnished ; themselves with places . Tne Lop ^ z ministry were ! fuliy reconstituted . NabvaEZ was appointed Lieu' tenant-General , Captain General of Madrid , and ' General-ic-Chiftf of all the troops in the capital ; j Pbisi , Count de Renss and Governor of Madrid ; I and all the res : of the gans , places and titles as the ' reward of their patriotism (?) - A manifesto was pubi iished by the ministry endeavouring to justify tinj revolt , and convoking the assembly' of a new Cortc-s 1 or the 15 Th nf Octobrr .
¦ ' On the 18 . h of August , the Mnncipality , the Junta , ; and the Commandants of the National Guard at Barcelona , met in the Town Hall , and vot-cd Prim 1 to the command of the citadel . The Junta thrn di ? = ol ? ed it-elf , first agreeing to send ssveral of its ' members t ^> Madrid , to urge their views upon the 1 Government . ! Thus , so far at any rate as the " feathering of the nes's" of the prime actors was concerned , the : revolution was complete . We have now to ft : quire into the csaf ^ s of the present insurrection ; which insurrection m 3 y not unlikely turn out a counter , : or rather , an expended and democratic revolution .
The heterosenons party , that had driven om Es-PABiEBo , consisted of two great sections , the Moderados , or partizans of Christina ; and the Esaltados , or partv of the movement . The latter saw with disgust tha : sll the places of power and emolument were being filled up by men , who had before been expelled from Spain for their crimes against liberty . Besides , the Bare lonese Insurrectionists had risen in revolt against Esparteko , because he did not go far and fast enough for tht m in the work oi political Reform . Aceorainely , when they appointed Serrano " Universal Minister , " they made him pledge himself to them that he wonld re-constitute the Lopez Administration , which the Regent
had dismissed ; and that this Administration , acting as a Provisional Government , shonld assemble a Central Junta at Madrid , to consist of two Deputks from the other established local Juntas ; in other words , the calling of a to National Convention" for the purpose of remodelling the Government , and amencing the Constitution of 1837 : but the moment Seerano arrived at Madrid , he forgot all hi 3 promises , save that of restoring Senora Lopfz , Cabal-I . EBO , Atllon , and Fbias , to their seats in the Cabinet . He then joined the Moderado party , which is devoted to Q-ieen Christina ; and he and >? abvafz instantly planned , and compelled the Cabinet to execute , the most unconstitutional measures . They suppressed the Juntas , without assembling a central one , which could alone give them power to guide their future actions , as briDg the expression
of the national will ; they dissolved the entire Senate , which shonld be only renewed in respect to one-third at a general ele ' ction ; they dismissed whole municipalities , and nominated others , without the application of the el-ctive principle , which is alone constitutional ; they dissolved the provincial deputations , or committees of deputies , who can alone superintend the general elections ; they attempted to declare the jodiw Queen of age ; they disbanded the army and the National Guards ; and they ordered It vie * of men and money , withont the sanction of the Cortes . They not only dissolved the National Guard ? , but compelled them to give up tht-ir arms ; and as it was known that some thousand stand of arms had been rcained , they subsequently issued a proclamation ordering the arms to be given up , on pain of d ? aih , within foriy-eight hours .
All these atrocities were to enable Nary as z ar . d his gang 10 carry out their schemes . Their work was to marry the child , called " Queen , " to the Drc d'AojiALE , one of Lotus Phili ppe ' s sons ; restore Christina ; and bring the naucn back to " absolutism " , under the Government of a so called "liberal" Monarch . To do tbis , Nabva * z and his gang had been provided with enormous lands , not only by Mrs . Munoz , but aL-o by Louis Philippe . That French gold wus lavishiy employed in the corrupting of Espabtebo ' s troops is " as notorious as the sun at noon-day . " The effect of these measures was the immediate resuscitation of the insurrection at Barcelona . On the 13 . h of August bands of young men traversed the streets , crying " Down with the Moderados and the majority of the Queen ! Tiva the Central Junta "
The Union , a democratic journal , published on that day an appeal to the people , calling on them to take up arms against " the tyrant Nabvaiz"' A Junta waa again appointed , and the Battalion of Volunteers re-armed . Pbim , on bi 3 return from Madrid , found the people 01 Barcelona arrayed in arms against the military . Prim announced his intention of supporting the Government . By the 20 ih of August , Madrid was in a rtate of excitement so dangerons to tbe ucurper 8 , that Nabvasz loudly demanded the procla i ming of martial law ; tbis , however , his colleagues -would not agree to . We have shown by what means Nabvafz gained his easy victory at torrejon . We have recorded his promises to the military : we now come to his acts .
On the night of the 29 h of August , a battalion of the Regiment del Principe revolted , demanding the fulfilment of Nabvaez s pledges . Measures were promptly taken ; the whole garrison placed nadir arms , and a strong force of cavalry posted at the Pne / ta del Sol . General Nabvapz proceeded to the convent of Saa Francis-o with a strong force of the Regiment of the Princesca ; where henegociated with the " seditious batt&Uion , " and prevailed on them to lay down their arms withont a contest . The battalion of the Principe say , that they did so on his renewing his promise of immediate Jicentia absoluia , and overlooking their unceremonious mode of insisting on it . He then locked up the disarmed soldiers in one room , the corporals in a second , and the sergeants in a third ; and drew out everv fifth man by lot to be
I shot , regardless of his promise . This was , however , ' FeriousJy resisted by General Serrano aud some of ¦ his staff ; and he finally contented liimself with instituting a summary conn-martial , by which twelve of the ringleaders were marked osi ; eight of whom , five sergeants , two corporals , and a ; soldier , were condemned to death , and four others \ to hard labour , nsmely . one sergeant for six years , ; iwo corporals for two years , and one soldier for one year . The first-mentioned eight were immediately i turned over to so many priests , confessed , and shot , ' . within an hour , outside the gate of Toledo , in the : presence of strong bodies of horse , foot , and artillery . Surely this scoundrel has well earned the fate , that undoubtedly awaits him . No wonder he is ; living in a state of constant terror , which makes , him nightly shift his quarters , not daring to sleep i twice in the same bed !
I At Barcelona , on the 2 ad of September , the . " Central Junta" was proclaimed , and the Repub-! lican Bajges appointed President . On the 3 rd the : hostile parties came to blows . On the 4 : h a fusilade ' commenced between the volunteers and the troops ; ; Colonel Baiges , the President of the Junta , was ; killed . Down to the present time Barcelona J has continued to be the theatre of conflict . On the ! 810 Prim wished his troops to earry the city by i storm , but they refused to risk a struggle in the I streets . On tie 10 : h Brigadier Amkttler , with two j battalions of free corps , and 330 regular troops joined ¦ the insurgents .
On the 14 th , the Ministry issued a manifesto , i stating its objections to a Central Junta , and imp taring the nation to await the assembling of tbe Cartes . It declares that Skbbako had no power to pit 'mise a Central Junta ; and that the Madrid Ajvntamento < muaicipality ) was appointed , and not ehtti ^> because an election wonld not hare ensured he ret orn of men snfisi ently respectable ! On t he 22 nd Prim obtained some advantages over Ametji kb , killing a large number of insurgents . Sarra ^' oss * declared for a ** Central Junta" on the 17 th . Palencta and Granada have also " pronounced" i " n favour of the movement . The National Guards of l J r aredell and Yillafranca had refused to marc ^ againv ^ t Barcelona . Letters fro&T Cadiz of the 22 nd nit . state that great excitement pre Tailed both there and at Seville : tbe writers add thai at both places the people were ripe for revolt . It is no easy matter to obtain correct intelligence of ihe progress of t he movement ; all that M . Guizot
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and Co . C 3 n do to prevent the succ : ss of the insurgents is beit . g done . . I- is known that tho telegraphic expresses publ ^ h"d by the French Government are coloured or falsified t « suit the views of Louis Philippe , who of course is doing his uuitobI tC uphold the banditti now in power at Madrid . The France , a Parts journal , states that the Garrison of Barcelona h ^ zfvr some lime past been paid with HteTuy advanced by the French authorities ! S . Olczaga has been deputed to Paris , f ^ s Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of the Tuillerics ; but should the French Government come to the
resolution ot sending an Ambassador to Spain , S . OlozaGa wili hold a eimilar post in the French capital . This Olozaga ( oueof Nabvaez ' s gang ) has rendered himselt universally ridiculous by getting himself decorated wi ' h the "Order of the Golden Fleece ;" an order extremely circumscribed , hitherto v orn only by the " Crowned Heads" of Europe aud two or three hishly successful and favourite "heroes " , such as the Duke of Wellington : still the decoration may not be misapplied . Tnere is no dnabt that in tho " golden" waj , S . Olozaga and Co . will " pretty considerably" fi ° ece the Spanish nation , if only allowed time by tho " rebellious" Catalonians !
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multar . eous tocsin of the belfries of all the parishes ; and that the guard placed at the Post-office 111 the Puerta del Sot were to have the special honour of phop'ine him in passing ! the result was " , that Nar-NAEZ immediately rode to the quarters of the Pnncessa Regiment ( the only one , it i-S said , on which he can rel y ) , ¦ taking care not to pa& 8 the ^ Postoffice in bis way , and brought with him a sufficient force to tutu out and replace the guard thus denounced , detected , and disappointed . Concealed arms are sought for dav and night , and tho Government Journals assure us that some were found . They persist in their version that the powder
magazine was set on fire by the Contralistas , and also a-sert that they havo discovered mines and preparations made to blow up two of the principal barracks in Madrid . Aides-de-camp have been despatched by Narvaiz to Cordova , Truxillo , and Santander , with speoial instructions to order the military execution of certain officers , Serjeants , and soldiers , who have taken leading parts in both pronunciamientos . Old Renauli ' s reoipe , 'Shed blood enough ! ' ia now about to . be given a fair trial both in the provinces and the' capital ; and I have no doubt that it will hasten the oonsummatiou of tilings , and decide very speedily the question— " Who shall govern Spain !"
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f from our own Correspondent . J The partial calm to which I alluded in my last has passed away , and the storm of outrage has renewed its force , ¦ with even mote thsu its wonted fury . The reasons for the partial tranquility with which we have been favourod may be britfly summed up as follows : — ' First— Negociationa were panding which had for their object the liberation on bail of the three prisonera who were lately committed to the House of Correction at Swansea , and tha insurgents , for a season , rested on their oars , that those negotiations might have a chance of success . Second—Few gates which are considered illegal now remain ; and these were so strongly garrisoned that it was deemed unsafe to venture on their attack .
And third—As numerous and important meetings had been * held , at which petitions and memorials to her Majesty had been adopted , time was being given to see if any step would Ibe taken in accordance with their views , or what answer her Mojeaty would return to their compl . iints . The neguriationa with the magistrates have failed , and her Majesty ' s answer has been extensively placarded through this " and the adjoining counties , in the shape of the proclamation contained in your last . The reasons , therefore , which had brought about a temporary cessation of hotUHties having ceased to exist , on the night i » f Monday Ia . "t , Rwberca rtcommroced operations , by paying a visit to Llanqirig gate , an the borders : of Moiitgomerjehire . This gate met with the
usual fate which toll bars receive at the lady ' s hands , and was speedily numbered with hyegone things . Iu the same neighbourhood , but in the adjoining county of Radnorshire , she again made her appearance on Wednesday night , and totally c ' eiuoliahed ^ he Cwm Glan , Cross lane , and Khayador gat < s . Oi this occasion she is said to have been attended by abiut 200 of her daughters , and went to work with even more than her usual ceremony . She w ; m mounted on a white horse , attired in a white dress , white hat , and white veil ; and when the work of demolition was completed , she entered a carriage drawn by four white horses , and , the toll keeper asserts , vanished into tbe air . Surtly , this 'Becca will give some trouble to the dragoons and police , bef ire they can catch her !
About the same time , but some sixty miles distant , the tame ubiquitous personage made h « r appearance , and set fire to the stacks , offices ., and farmhouse of Mr . Jenkins , at Pentretrusgoed , Dear Poutneathvaughun , Q amorganshire , when property was destroyed to the amount of ubout , £ ( 500 . Superintendent Davies , of the Merthyr police , bas been using every exertion to discover the depredators , but nothing has been permitted to transpire . On Tuesday morning , tho Dolenhirion gate was destroyed the second time . Since its re-erection , it has
been nightly guarded by one polfceman and two constables ; and on the morning in question tbe policeman had left the gate and gone bone , as it wos then broad daylight . Ho had scarcely , however , arrived at his domib'i . ' e , when the constables appeared in breathless haste , and told him that ReVcca und all her daughters wtTu at the gate . He remounted in all speed , but ere bis arrival , broken posts and a rotfl as house were all that remained or tbe D jlenbirion tull bar . It is said that the consVablea identified two of tho party , and they have consequently been apprehended , but not as yet brought up for examination
Ou Tuosday night a body of Rabcccaites paid a visit to the miller of Caecrin mill This individual is owner of some property , and has lately' instituted legal proctenings against a foimtr tenant . He wai summoned before her : ladyship , and having promised te forego further proceedings wns permitted to retire unmolested . The party next proceedp'l to the" turnpike on the main road from Ltundovery to Trecastlo , on the confines of this county . Carrnnrthenahirtj , after destroying which , they gave tbn-e chteis for tho Queen , three for " B-cca . " and then quietly dispersed .
On Thursday nicht , or rather about one o ' clock on Friday in * rniii ? , Rebecca ' s sister , Charlotte , with about 300 of that lady ' s daughters , made their appearance at the Cwmdwrg * te , a short distance from Li . mwr . la , in this county . Thoy summoned the old woman who col-Ucts the tolls out of bed , and told her to set about rtnioviug the furniture , as it was their intention t * burn the bou 8 « . Remonstrance was vain ; so While one party were busy breaking up the gates , another were assisting the old woman in removing her -things . " The broken gates , posts , < fec . were then piled' upon the straw which had been used in the old woman ' s bed , and fire being applied , the whole was speedily a heap of ruins . Tho parts then proceeded to the village of Llansadwru , where they purchased some gunpowder and gun-flints ,
from Mr . Divies , the shopkeeper ; and . having obtained this fresh stock of ammunition they surrounded the vicarage , the residence of the Rev . J . Jones . This gentleman , it Beemn , was not contented with tho income he received from the Church , but must * dd " field to field" evxn at the hszird of the malediction thereby incurred ; he bad consequently purchased some property in the vicinity of the vicarage , and barf gives the tenant warning to quit . The firing of a volley disturbed the parson ' s dreams , and tbe visions of tythe pigs and teinis gave place to the stern realities of his situation . Miss Charlotte was thundering at tbe door , demanding the indtant appearance of Mr . Jones , as she bad an important message to deliver , with which she had been entrusted by " sister 'Becca . " When Mr . Jones came dawn he "was told that he nrnst immediately remove
his goods and chattels , in order that tke vicarage might be set on ; fire ; as it was decidedly contrary to ' B' -cca's law that be , a clergyman , should also be A farmer . Either the barn or the church , —but not both , —Was the peremptory mandate of the sovereign Rabecca ; and hacked as Ber vicegerent was by such a number of her kslligerent daughters , the paTSon considered that the safest course would bo in inBtunt compliance . He therefore manifested his « le > ire to " stick to the church , " with which the lady Charlotte expressed heiBelf satisfied ; and after tbe parson bad prvmined that the tenant oa his new property should net be disturbed , the rioters quietly took their departure . His reverence , however , ¦ was frightened not a little , and resolved upon the immediate removal of himself and family . He accordingly rented a house in Llandovery on tho following day , to which he immediately removed his effects . None of Iho participators in this outrage were recognised .
I mentioned , in a hastily-written note from Carmarthen last week , that two men were apprehended und had been brought up for examination , but were remanded until Thursday . I now give you the particulars , as far as these have been permitted to transpire ; but both txaminations having been private , and the " gentlemen of the press" most rigidly excluded , the whole affiir cannot yet be got at . Some time ago , an attack was made upon the Gwendraeth Irun Works at Pont-y-berem , by a number of men ; they surrounded the houses between one and two o ' clock in the morning , and having fired several shots , commenced battering at the door , demanding that Mr . Slocomb , the managing clerk , should appear . His wife gallantly presented herself at an upstairs window , and demanded who they
were , and what they wanted with her husband . ? The leader of the band replied : " I am Rebecca , and we wish to see him immediately . " The wife , however , firmly refused , stating that her husband was not at home . Finding themselves unable to gain admission , they said : " Mr . Newman ( the proprietor of the works ) has behaved himself well , he is a kind master , and we will not ii . jure a hair of his head ; but if Mr . Slucutnb is not out of the country in a week , we will make him a head the shorter . " They are then said to have fired off their gun * and taken their departure . It appears tbnt several persons who were present had been forced from their houses to take part with the rioters , and consequently information was given to the magistrates that the ringleaders were two men of notoriously bad
character , named John Jones alias Shoni Scyborfawr , about thirty years of age , and formerly a prtza fighter ; the other David Dimes , alias Daiy Cantwr ot David tha Singer . Warrants were accordingly istued , and placed in the hands of Inspector Tietnej , who with eighteen men of the A division ot Loadea police , and a person well acquainted with toe country , scouted dhe mountains , searching every publU-house ; and they succeeded in apprehending David Daviea sear the Fire Roads , about twelve o ' clock at night Ha was immediately handcuffed , and conveyed in a cart to XIanelly , where be was placed la the custody of tbe military , at tbe Poor Xaw Hostile . On the following day Shoni wai apprehended at the Tumble . ¦
On Monday and Thursday , they were exanAined before the Hon . G . R . Trevor , M . P ., D . Brytbe . ? eh , Esq ., and some other magistrates . A great number of charges were preferred against them , especially agaim * Shoni , tbe most part of which are of a very serious nature . Among other things , he is charged with being con « erned in the destruction of Spudders Bridge gate and toll-House ; i as also that h « , in connection with other idle vagabonds , used to traverse the country during the night , demanding money in tbe name of Rebecca . 1 ^ e
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gun , found iu his possession when apprehended , was stated to be the property of J ^ ohn Evans , of the parish of Ll . inon , which had been stolen from his house in one of their midnight visits , when they pat the owner in danger of his Ufa by threatening to shoot him nnlesa he delivered his money up to them . In cosotquenee Of fiOm g disclosures which were made at the first examination , a farmer 2 !!!! Ilia servant were brought prisoners to town on Wednesday last ; and it is rumoured that they also are charged with levying contributions In the awful name ot Rebecca . It is said
that a farmer of Pencarrog positively swore that they had demanded £ 5 of him , under the presence that it was for her Ladyship ' s use . - ; On the other band , it is contended that this £ 5 was justly due to the prisoner in consequence of damage done by this farmer ' s cattle having trespassed upon the prisoner ' s farm , and that the witness offered £ 1 if the prisoner would accept it . Be this as it may , on Friday night laat the witness ' s stack-yard , firm-house , and cow-house , at Peiicarrog , were reduced to a heap of jashes , the inmates having a narrow escape tot their lives . About sixty rioters were present . i
On Saturday night , another gate was destroyed in the neighbourhood of LI anon , and I have also heard that tbe Abergwilly gate has for tbe third time shared the same fate . I see , by the Carmarthen ) Journal , that the curate Of Llandissiliogogo ( mind the stops ' . ) was waylaid by a party of tbe Robeccaites , and because he would not offer up a prayer for " Becca , " he got two of his ribs broken , and was otherwise veiy seriously injured . Tbe Special Commission ! about to issue will be only for the trial of the Glamorganshire prisoners , and wiil not extead t « the county of i Carmarthen ; the prisontrs who are for trial in the last-mentioned county will not be tried until the Spring Assizes .
A 3 the whole of tbe " chiels amang as taking notes " bore their readers with long rigmaroles of nonsense , which they palm off upon the public as correct accounts of the state of the people here , and their general feeling in political matters , you must excuse your correspondent if , in addition to giving accounts of tbe burning of farm houses , frightening parsons , and pulling down toll gates , he , too , [ should try his hand at an article on tbe .
"THE REAL STATE OF WALES . " Much bas been said in tbe Times and other journals of the day , in reference to the Welsh Magistrates ; their competency for the task of administering justice ; and their general demeanour towards tbeir poorer brethren . In some of tne articles to which I h . ive alluded , unmeasured censures have been heaped upon their worships' beads ; while in others they are held up as the very paragons of human perfection . The Times led the van in the j work of denunciation , and the Herald took up the icudgels in defence . Now , without standing committed either to one side of the question or tbe other , your correspondent would simply remark that there is a great similarity between the Welsh Magistrates , and ] the Magistrates in every
ether part of the dominions of out Queen . Their worships are charged with permitting the interests of the public to suffer , when those interests come into collision with their wn : but : when was it otherwise with irresponsible power ? The ; history of our country contains few instances ( if any ) where the Great Unpaid have permitted their own pockets to suffer , that the public good might be thereby enhanced . True , the Magistrates of Wales are in many casts the creditors or talJy-holders of the various road traits ; but these trusts have ever baen considernd " a safe subject" for tho investment of capital ; and is it to be supposed that magistrates—who were elected solely because they had a ( superabundance ot cash—are to be such
simpletons as not to take advantage of a profitable investment , seeing that their seats on tbe bench give them no small power in Buttling disputes to their own satisfaction ? Na ! no . ' frail humanity is not to be ftxposbd to such a temptation as this , and expected to pass scatheless through \ the ordeal . With reference to tbeir fitness for the task of administering the law , and thus fulUlllQg their magisterial duties , surely the Chartists of Britain are not new to be taught that this is a qualification which , in magistrates , is looked for in vain . They , know right well that these men are elevated to the magisterial dignity , not in consequence of their love of justice , not in conseauence of a virtuous life , not in
consequence of their knowledge of the formalities and technicalities of law , but , sinip ' y because they ara monied men ; and as such may bo expected to promote the cUss interest of their own order , ana to uphold the purposes of the factions jby which they were raised . It is also urged against "Taffy on the bench , " that he is upstart , arrogant , and domineeriag ; but this unfortunately may be witnessed every day , in othur parts o . f the country besides Wales . Nay , tbero is more haughtiness , more pomposity , and more pride in half-a-dozen upstart " lords of tho long chimneys " , than in all the county magistrates of Sottth Wales put together , even including tbe twenty new ones . Your correspondent never has been , and never will be , backward in blaming these gentry , whenever he considers them blameworthy ; but for heaven ' s sake let them nat receive a more severe castration than in ail fairness and justice they deserve . It is only a backhanded compliment paid to ihem ; but it i « one to which they ar « fully entitled ; they are
just like Magistrates every where else . Not a little has been said , moreover , about the Dissenting Clergymen encouraging the doings of R tmcca from the pulpit . Whether this be ao or not , your correspondent has no means of ascertaining ; for he bas been so disgusted with parsonocracy in England , aye , and in Scotland too , that he bas no inclination ti renew the infliction in Wales , j Your readers must therefore remain satiBfi- »» l with what th * y know already , viz : — that this class of men seldom run counter to the will and interests of iheir uioi . ied hearers . They may however not be dissatisfied to learn that even in the present outcry about poverty and distress , at an " anniversary" blvuiou proiched in a Dissenting chapel in this town last week , the collection amounted to no le ; s than £ 110 . \
Notwithstanding all this , the Welsh are decidedly a thinking people ! and it is paying them no small compliment to say that , in many respects , they resemble the Scotch . The same detestation of tyranny , and the same ardent love of liberty , farming a prominent feature in the national character both of the one and the other . This feeling has doubtless been kept alive by the general prevalence of small farms ; as nothing is so well calculated to foster the spirit of independence , as the feeling of independence which that system engenders . But tbe people bava suffered many hardships ; anil it is not to be wondered at that the oppression and t-xactfons to which they were compelled to submit ,
should at last have goaded them on to outr ; u ? e and riot . Neither should it be calculated to excite our surprise when wo find them following in the train of a daring individual , who holds put to them the prospect of a redress of their most prominent grievances , and whose act > ous have been sufficiently tinged with r > mance , to enlist on his behalf all : the better sympathies of our nature . We may lament the prostitution of national energy to such pnltry purposes as the breaking down « t a tt' 11-bar ; but we cannot help admiring the determination which , for such a length of time , has impelled the Welsh people to force their grievances upon public attention . ;
The grievances which these men have felt to press most hardly up < jn tht-mjhave been ofteu detailed . Tollbais crossed tviry roaii , like the notes upon a music book : again arm agsirj had they p-. tftioned for their removal ; but th' re they stood in open defiance of the popular wKI . ; The Whig-made Tithe Commutation Bill was also found to b 6 a . « ui j-ct from which they suffered much ; inasmuch as tb > y ;; re now compelled to pay in money what they wore forme , ly permitted to liqmJats in kind . To many , the full force of this grievance may not at once appear ; but it will be sufficiently obvi « usi when they take into onst'ieration the fact that the farmer is now hoc only compelled to take his tithe-grain to market , and pay all the ex ^ encea incidental thereon , but he must also pay full twenty per cent higher than he receives . This is caiised by the Commutation Act boin ? baaed on the general averages of the kingdom , which are invariably twenty per cent higher than the market price here . ;
The New Poor is also a theme of universal disapprobation ; but as its long train of evils have been so frequently and ably laid ; bare in the Star , I may be ali lowed to pass them -by with the single remark , that Welshman are fully conversant with all the workings of tbis diabolical measure . But I may be askedi How was it that the Press of Wales was silent upon these things' ? To that question tho Pruss of Wales shall reply . I . xtr . ^ cc the following from the last number of the Welshman : — "At present . Wales can scarcely be said to have a newspaper Press : and the wholsome censorship" of the South Waies Press i *]« mere fiction . Tutro is in it , as a whole , no more of public censorship than a mere handbill or advertising sheet has . Its deficiency ou the score of censorship is certainly supplied by sycophancy and na » iby-pa ; nbyism ; and praise of all but the very poor is pitchforked into its columns with marvellous liberality ; while the public , and the public interest , are left to take care of themselves . "
Such is truly the state of Wales ; and such being the cas » , it is neither to be wondered at that those in power overstepped its limits , Dor that an oppressed peopie Bhonld take such steps as seemed the most natural , to bring the evil which they complained of to an end . I shall return to this subject again . further particulars . —cabmabthen , Tuesday . Shoni , and Davy \ the singer , are both committed for trial ; the former on seven charges , and the latter on two . The names of the parties apprehended on the charge of taking part in the destruction of the Dolehinon gate and toll-house , are Thomas Moreaa ™ 1 m ^ as Le ^^ ' Th * y al - ° committed for trial . The examinations ia both cases were private and nothing has been permitted to transpire , beyond what was stated in iny yesterday ' s letter . In addition to the outrages enumerated already , I have to record the total -destruction of the farm buildings » t Aberdyr . This took place on Saturday night , when the offices were set on fire iu five or Bix places
. , | MHWO | I „ On Sunday night , a gentleman * * seat on the north side of the county was also destroyed This morning , about eight «! clo&k , two bailiffs who are known bf the eoabriaDei . of * John the
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Mermaid , " and "John 0 ' th' Ball Court , " went to take possession , under a warrant of distress , of the goods-of a farmer called Philip of the Pound . On the arrival of the bailiffs at tke placa of their destination , they were wet bj a regular band ot Rebeccaites , who did not handle them in the mo ? t gentle manner ; in fact , the poor bailiffs were almost killed . An express for assistance came to Carmarthen at full speed , when a strong body of constables were despatched to the scene of action . Tuey hare not yet returned , and the cavalry are under arai 9 expecting every moment to bo called oat . Tha farmer came into town to-day , and was immediately put in gaol , although no crime is laid to his charge , except standing by whilst tho bailiffs were receiving their chastisement . Eight gates were destroyed last night .
The Welsh Special Commission was Issu . d and forwarded from London on Monday . It nominates Mr . Baron Parke , Mr . Baron Gurney , and Mr . Cress well as the presiding Judges . The trials will take place in Glamorganshire , at Cardiff , it having been considered advisable to try the prisoners at a distance from tbe county which has been the chief scene ol the disturb * sne ' es . The day nanied for the Commission to meet is the 21 st of the present month . —Times .
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Calamitous Fibe . Three Lites Lost . —On Wednesday morning , between two and three o ' clock , a most dreadful fire took place on the range of premises belonging to Mr . Howard , boot and shoemaker , St . Martin ' s Court , St . Martin ' s Lane , The fire was first perceived by a female named Jane Smith , who resides ia George-street , St . Giles ' s . It appears that she , in passing near the spot , saw a great body of smoke issuing out of the apertures in tho window-shutters . She immediately commenced knocking very violently at the door , and . shouted " Ftre ! " Whilst so engaged , the police came up , and almost instantly after a little boy , about tan years of age , fell with a dreadful crash at the feet of the female . She picked him up , ran first to a surgeon in St . Martin ' s-lane , who refused to take the child in . She next st&rted
off with him to the Charing cross Hospital , where he was received . By this time , although only a few minutes had elapsed , the scene became one of pain and confusion , the entire building , on fire from the basement floor to the roof , the fl-imes at the same time were rushing out of the various windows , roaring like several furnaces , setting fire simultaneously to the adjoining premises of Mr . King , to those opposite occupied by Mr . Ackerman , confectioner , and Mr . Da ] ton , comb end brush-maufacturer . The engines soon arrived , and by five o'clock the conflagration began to diminish from the great body of water thac was poured
upon it , and by half-past five all further danger of the fire extending was at an end , and in the course of another half-hour the flimes were entirely extinguished , but not before property to the amount of some thousands of pounds was consumed ; and unfortunately we cannot stop there—it is our painful duty to record tho death of three persons who perished in the fire . There were Mrs . Pollock and her two children , lodgers in the third floor of Mr . Howard ' s house . Tae husband , Mr . Pollock escaped . Tho little boy , mentioned abeve , was a nephew of Mr . King , the comb-maker , next door , whosa house is entirely destroyed .
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Leeds Corn Makket , Tuesday- , Ocr . 10 th — The arrivals of Grain to this day ' s market are larger than last week . There has been a limited demand for Wheat ; New has been slow sale at a decline of 2- ? per qr ., and Old Is per qr . Barley has mot a fair sale at last werk ' s prices . Oats little alteration . Beans full as well sold .
THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT , FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCT . 10 , 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas Qrs . Qrs . Qr 8 . < £ rs . Qrs . Qr * 3175 532 475 — 319 12 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ p . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ a . d 2 13 101 1 14 U 0 19 8 0 0 0 1 11 0 | 1 12 0 ^ Leeds Woollen Markets . —The advices received by the overland mail are considered very favourable ,
and it is understood that several extensive orders have come to hand . These , coupled with the improved state of our home trade , and the demand which has recently sprung up on goods for tho American market , have had a tendeney greatly to strengthen the tpc ^ Wj firm tone of our markets , and on Tuesday a very large amount of business ws ? transacted . The mills are generally working full time , but still there are a large number of hands unemployed .
• Skip-ion Cattle Market , Monday , Oct . 9 . —we had a very large supply of fat stock , arid a good attendance of buyers . Prime Beef sold readily , while inferior soi ts hung on , and could not meet with purchasers . Mutton ayd' Lamb was in rcqueat , and nearly all sold up . Beef 4 d to 5 jd ; Mutton "and Lamb , 4 d te 5 i per 1 b . Malton Corn Marker Saturday , Oct . 7-T , had a plentiful supply of offers of grain at this day s market , which was in fair domand at the following rates :-Wheat , 54 . 5 to 643 per qr . of 40 stones . Barley , 30 s to 34 s per qr . of 32 stones . Oats , » i to lOd par stone .
Richmond Corn Market , Saturda y , Ocr . 7 .-We had a large supply of grain in our market today , particularly Wfceat , which was in exoeW condition .-Wheat from 5 i 9 i to 6 s 9 d . Oats &-d to 3 s 2 d . Barley 3 s 91 to 4 s . Beans 4 s 9 d to m per bushel .
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Since writing the above , we understand that Nar vaez is to be created Duke ^ je la Concord ; in that case he will be cousin-german of tho Prince of Peace . ' What an impudent miscreant to havo the assnrance to associate his blood-stained name with that of peace or concord ! O shame where is thy bh"h ! Tne obj * ct of Olozaga ' s roippion to Paris is stated to be , the proiuriny of an army ofjnlerventionfrom Lotus Philippe to " ¦ -settle" the ajfl&rs of Spain . i course , ai ^ tr the good old fashion of French " settlement" ( vide the Duke D'Angouleme ) by murderins the Spanish patriot ? , and imposing despotism upon them by all the atrocities of kingl y war / are .
Finding General Abaoz not sufficiently active in slaughtering the Barceloneese , Nahva * e > uperseded him and appointed General Sake Captain-General . Un his arrival he immediately declared the proviuco in a srare of seige . Letters of the 26 ch ult ., from Barcf lona . represented tke insurgents as determined to bo'd out . A decree of tho sarao dste appointed Pkiji M * jor General , for his liberticidal services . A fearful explosion of a powder majjaz'ne tock place at Madrid . It wa ? reported tha * . tho exp ! osiju was a wihul act aud part of a plot . Tho powdermogazine is stated 'Jo have contained at tbe time of tbe explosion , 127 quintals of powder , 700 , 000 cartridges , and o . h ^ r ammunition , 10 , 000 muskets , and considerable materiel . Tho number of persons killed or wounded is said to bo from twenty-five to thirty ; only ten bodies , however , have been fouud . Tne most extraordinary precautions were taken to prevent a rising . The streets were patrolled day aud night by strong detachments of thu military .
Increasing in audacity , Narvaez ordered Colonel Bristow and a number of English resit : ents , to leave Madrid , while almost hourly the opponents of tho government werp arrested ana thr > wn into prison . Lffers of the 27 th nit ., state that ihere were then 12 , 000 troops in the capital , which were compelled to patrol the streets day and night to prevent a rising . The election mockery has , in Madrid and many other plact-s , terminated in favour of the Government candidates . This was certain to bo tho case
under the existing terrorism . The correspondent of the Journal des Dcbals , si&tcs that , in the operation o examining ihe votes , the tellers set aside any number of votes contrary to their opinions . The Liberals havi-T protested , beforehand , again .-t tbe validity of the Madrid eU-ciions . The list .- * , they allege , were made out by a mock and illegal municipality and provincial d- 'pulation , both nominated by General Narvaez , instead of being legally chosen , And finally , an interested officer pres > dea over the scrutiny . The Liberal commissaries , therefore , declared that they considered the elections as null .
Commenting on these " election" proceeding ? the Morning Chronicle remarks— " It is the maxim and determination of the military who at present rule Spain , to bring representative government into contempt ; and they have certainly gone the right way to prove it an absurdity , by making each town elect the person most obnoxous to it as its deputy . The consequence is , that it will require a guard of 30 , 000 men to protect the Cortes from being hooted by the people of Aiadrid . ho town of any importance can be left without a proportionate garrison , and tho Moderado system will thus require a greater military force and expense to support it than the Carlist war . It is vain to look for peace , or hope for a ttrmination of this state of things . Barcelona may succumb ; Saragossa mav be tricked by the lying promises of
Cauallebo ; Catfiz under the bayonets of Co > cha , may apparently submit to return its wors * . entmies for representatives ; the eifz-ns of Madrid , disarmed as a national guard , dpprived of every municipal right , with a gem- al officer for their prefect , and with a Spaniard in French pay lor their alcalde , may remain tranquil , as the Duke of Modvna ' s subjects before the t-srcbtioner , who really rules the duchy . But every cay will brinj ; its plot ; every hour its murmurs , and tfeeir brural rrpre-pion ; no rulc-r can riei-p without tho tear , no cifz--n without the hope , ot an imminent revolution . Tne last resources of the empire , too . will be squandered in the prodigal ai , d loletask oi repretP'Oi-. Ail the national property , sold to jobbers for one thirtieth of its value , would not suffice to pay the police soldiers of Narvaez . "
The same letters announce tbnt at vittona and Seville , there hud been att'inp ' s at revolt . The rumour" of COO i' -surs- nte having been made prisoners , in Mataro , turn out to br 60 insurgents , who were imprisoned iu Martorcl , wiih tho Secretary of the Junta , Roma . October 3 rd . —Prim entfred Figueras this day , with 5 , 000 infantry , 3 C 0 cavalry , ana six pieceB ef artillery . The Emancipation of Toulouse states that it has bcj ? n ascertained that two-thirds of AwtTTLER ' s trenps are composed of pure Republicans . Letters from Madrid of the 28 h ult ., announco further precautions of the usurpers for tht maintt nanco of their blood-stainod power . Letters from Burgos and Valladclid speak of those places being in a very disturbrd state .
The Junta of Saragossa issued a powerful Manifesto to the nation on the 23 th ult ., in justification of its proceedings , and showing , in a strong and argumentative manner , that in the actual circumstances in which the country is placed , there is no safety for its liberties , except in appealing to the extraordinary exercise ol the national Eovcreijjnity , by the formation of a supreme Central Junta to controul public affairs , until the country is in a normal slate , and tbe Cortes can be freely and legally elected . The regiment of Bourbon is stated io have pronounced at Trnxillo in favour of the Central Jun a . At Lerdova several officers attempted a revolt , but faikd . Ar Segovia an attempt was made to proclfiim Espabtero , but was put down and a sergeant shot .
Ai Zioram , the Carlists having obtained tho election by the assistance of the Government authorities , the Liberals rose and beat the Carlist deputies and their adherents out of the town . The authorities were aeposed , and a commandant of carbineer ; , superseded the general by torce , aud declared himself Captain-General . The Morning Chronicle of Saturday says— " The Journal des Debats ; -ums up tho Catalonian news : it admits thai the insurgents of Barcelona are 6 , 000 in number , whilst 4 , 000 under AiiETLLER . in possession of Girona and its citadel , defy the troops of the Government . Thi 3 is somewhat different from the telegraphic dispatches . "
Letters from Madrid of the 30 h ult . announce the receipt of a despatch from Prim , staling that he . had carried Mataro by assaiilt , with the loss of 100 men on bis own part , and 150 killed ; and between 500 and 600 prisoners ou that of the insurgents . Saragossa is threatened with bombardment .
; Great discontent exists at Cadiz ; many persons ¦ have been arrested . , A despatch from Brigadier Rodrigdes , Colonel of | the Bourbon regimtnt , dated Madronana , 26 : h ! instant , states that the revolt has been suppressed , I and that seven of the officers were under arrest at ¦ Truxillo . I The situation of thiRgs at Madrid continues un-! changed ; preparations are continually made against ¦ a general rising- The usual entrance to tbe Postj office , which was opened ior a day , is again shut . ; There are 200 men there every night , and two pieces I of artillery in its inner quadrangle . : The steam-boat Balear , which sailed from Baree-1 Jona on tbe 4 h instant , arrived at Marseilles on the 7 th . The blockade of that city had been made more I strict , and it was hourly expected that an assault , would be made upon it . General Schelly and Lara i arrived before Sarragossa on the-3 rd .
j A letter in the Times of Tuesday , dat-ed Madrid , ¦ September 3 Q : h , says— "Another threatened night ' of insurrrection and bloodshed has passed off without any mow serious result than keeping the whole garrison under arms last night in the streets and in the Palace courts , and causing further military ar . ; rests to-day . Last night , at ten o ' clock , all the officers were summoned , and seen running to quarters , each guarded by two or three privates . Break of day was the appointed hour ; but Narvaez kad such good information of the intended movement , that be was again enabled to counteract and defeat it . One-half -of the Regiment of Leon was all night within
pistolsfeot of hu lodgings , and the other half to oat off all oeuuBunicaiion between the city and Royal Palace . Ia a recent letter ( on the 26 th ingtj 1 mentioned the ( act of Nabvaez having locked up and placed sentineli upoa all the belfries in Madrid to prevent the signals fora rising being giTP ; n from the church or convent steeples . The immediate cause of this procaution had not t ten transpired , but I nave since learned that Nabvaez had on that day received information from s party ooncerneJ that certain chiefs of battalions and companies of the garrison quartered in varions points of the -C ' ^ l was were ready to pronounce in favour of the Central Junta upon tbe si-
The "Rebecca" Movement South Wales.
THE " REBECCA" MOVEMENT SOUTH WALES .
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A NEW CANDIDATE FOR THE CITY . ( From Wednesday ' s Times . J ^ " ¦ A great and important public meeting , " in the words of the bills , was held last night at the Chartist Hall , Skinner-street , for the purpose of inviting Mr , Fears < u 3 O'Connor or some other person to st * nd for the City of London , in opposition to Mr . T . Baring and Mr . Pattison , the candidates already announced . A working man , named Dear , was called to the chair , who essayed to read the bill convening the meeting , and , having managed to spell through if , called upon Mr . Davock , who , in a strong Hibernian accent , proposed the following resolution : — ¦
* ' That in the opinion of this meeting the candidates now in the field for the honour of representing the city of London , viz , Mr . Patfcison and Mr . Baring , are wholly incompetent to the task of legislating for tbe advancement of the varied interests of our numerous and in t elligent population , they being the representatives of the aristocracy , monayocraeyj and the banking interest , and are utterly iucapable of sympathizing with tho most valuable and important of all classes—the small trader a ad working man ; . we , therefore , call on those classes to look well to their ovyn interests , by supporting a candidate whoso previous conduct and tried political character will be a guarantee that representation shall no longer ba a farce , but that the m < n professing to
be representatives of th' 3 people sba ! l really and truly do the work of the people . " The speaker made a more erratic speech than one generally locks for , even in the address of a Charti .-. fc deiragogiie . In the course of a few minutes he galloped from France to England , from Eugland to America , and thence all over the globe—spoke of letters de eachia ( "letters de cachet ) , argumenturns , secundums , municipalities , extrame cases , and everything else . Banng , or " Bahring , " as he called him , was a vagabond , who hoarded up money and lent it out to all the great sooundrels of the . earth ; wherefore he was to be blamed for the national debt , under which the country at present laboured . Pattison was worse—the representative aud the ally of
persecuting V / higuery . Mr . M'Grath , like his predecessor , an Hibernian , and not an el ctor , seconded the resolution . He confined himself principally to exposing the fallacies of the Anti-Corn Law League . He stated that the present average earnings of a cotton spinner were 5 s . 6 d . a-week . The Leaguers complained that they could not compete with foreigners in their manufactures ; but give them the repeal of the Corn Laws and they would do so , and at the same time give the working man more wages . How could they do that The effect of the repeal of these laws would be either to throw the land out of cultivation altogether , and
thus burden the manufacturing districts with 3 , 600 , 000 agricultural labourers , or to compel the English agriculturist to attempt a competition with the foreign agriculturist , which could only be done by" reducing the wages of their labourers . This waa what the manufacturers wanted , and what else could be expected from men who framed the Poor Law , who passed the Factory Bill , and had always opposed every measure calculated for the benefit of the people ? The speaker concluded a somewhat eloquent speech , which was repeatedly cheered , by passing a high eulogium upon Mr . O'Connor , and calling upon the people to i ally round him on the nomination day . The resolution was carried unanimously .
Several other Chartists addressed the meeting , and it was resolved , upon the motion of Mr . Maiuz , to addrass a requisition to Mr . O'Connor .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 14, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct672/page/8/
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