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SPAIN AND SPANISH AFFAIR ? . Trusted mfca the continued effusion of blood , and tiBiBtenaittirg bnicbcries which , for > o lwig a period , have di-sraeed ihe straggles of the different fecdons who In turn have asserted their supremacy in Spain , and desol&led their commoD country ; and seeing bo good for the masses , do advance totbe £ fnersl cause of liberty ,, likely to result from these straggles ; we had ceased to feel any interest in tif-m : and consequently coESidered we could tetter £ li up the columns of this paper , than by chronicling Scatters , which , however well calculated to make gr-oo men -w-: ep for the extravagancies and crimes ol thc-j ' r species , vras certainly not calculated to afford cjiroHTBgement to the patriot , nor hope to the philanthropist .
Bat reeeat events , opening as thev do , a prospectio foreign interference in the affairs . of that e >? natjy , —in -winch interference England is but too likely to b ? associai : d , —renders it necessary that ** Spanish sSairs , shsuld be again brought before ib * English -working elapses—the class frr whom we T > i-: te , and are proud to lsbonr for : seeing that 'tis tVy , who have heioie-tiaie had to fight the battlt 3 Si-c -pay the cost of foreign Interference ; and ' tis V- ? y who will be the sufferers again , if our precious Covsrnjnem should lend itself to another war of *• inTerrcntJoc" to piop-up the right-divine" of crowned and military brigand ? , and to quell in blood * . - ; a brad in chains , the fpirit , which evoked at Baxttl ^ a , is demanding the " rights of man , * and
th .- atening wish the late of the " Capets" ibe line e : ihe " beloved F . rdinaod , " of petQceaj-embreideriaf notoriety I Hfuce , loo , suf = iber reason for sgafn admf ; iing ** Spanish Affair ? . " iuto the celnmns of the Star . Although the objects of the Catalonian Insurrect : i- iits are net very cltarly defined , sr . U there if c- ; denee of " progress" as cc-mparrd with " previous F :: cjf » les ; thVre is an sdvai . ue ic > ward 3 Itepnblirsr ; ij-3 exhfbr-e- ^ in the preifiit cgj flj s * . And see-5 :- only in iitgcrafi one of the obstacles to lean ' s unpTOjemani , tr . d in Republicanism one of the £ >•> pp : s £ -stcnes io mankind ' s social happiness , ws x- ^ urally feel our sympathies c-Lh ^ ted on the side c * l ? e * usages ts , and make no concealment of our Tvj « bes for thrir success .
sni to Buder- 'aiid the present posture of affair ? in Spain , i * win be necessary to give a . brief sketch o ? " ihe events , wh-ch have been in coarse of occurl « ace there , for fame-time past . . We may iim remind our readers ihat in , 1840 , j th- inf > sn ; oa £ j . " HsisTtSA , being compelled to abdicate ! ih * E ^ gtaifv , aud r «? rire from a country Ehe had so ! f LamefaUy plnadcred , and trcachtronsiy plotted to j bring . 25 * ii ! under the joke of "absolnteiszn , : { Pkpabxebo . { now an exile iifEng 3 &i > d ) was appointed It ihe Cartes sole Reg-im of the kiEgdom . As a ; Grueral , hr was not yftj pc-pnlar , having been I m-l ^ d for hi Fabian policy ; bet being rr-garded as i the leader o : ih * u Liberal" pmv , his election I by the OT . ; . ? i was geneialiy aporoved of : acd
hUh erpt ^ stions were eiiiertained - that slea- ; oT : y , bt ; t rc-rt : y , the nation would reap the "wished- fr . r fniiTF of its long » nd severe straggles . — i Tbrx reasonable expectations were not fulfilled . ! Dr ? AST £ K =. 3 > nbwed himself more intent on preserVing \ 1 b" ibrone . i ' - : 3 n enlarging the rights and consoli- d-ii ^ g the < oTc-rei ^ nty of the peo ple . Tru e he set ab-at o-je ph ce of reformation for which he deserves ' er- ~ dit , sad Tr >; ica ] i 2 S D 0 donbt had some t £ ect in p . "r-ip ; taiiii 5 his own downfall , while it hasundoubtedlj dona ir-nch to adTance freedom of thought , and R- ^ ken one o : ihe ^ E ^ ocge ; t props of despotism . "We allude u > his xelorm of the Charch of Spain , and tr ? ** he'tj Koh and sore diaconrageniens" he dealt ; t » : he iuquifiuna-cefeiiding fibtrtv-hating
priesthc-i ; iiiia wl . o : a a wor&e crew of " cowi'd ai-d b . - L-s-criiiffal ** de-t-Jrsxa are no where id be foand . J -r this he his bad the msdecieaons " l 6 nd and e- ~ p / 3 of ail th-j irafickers in snn = rsiilic ? n , from it * Pops d ^ wn to Daniel O'Coxseix , heaped upon h ' ' head- Hnt brre EsPaktebo , like the " Consiit- 'i'jxialistc " " of Ftzscb s : opped . ^ 11 bis reforms "K esi 10 strfB ^ bihen ^ ie Eiiddls class of Spain " , at tre exr-ecse of i ' ue eld aristocracy and clergy , with-Cii ? adding ocejot to tLe power or happiness of the verliable ¦ peoph . This is the reason why he is so p-:-jHi : ar wiih the scopocracj of this conatryj that he is i- £ Sle « i ai-d f ^ jrr-cs « ed , and maQc vb . e " iion'' of * --b-eraP' spreeds at xhe table of the Lord ilayor of iidonand eiewh Ti > is is the lomi
X ^ - . ^ ^ re . why ^ -hp C . rcniclc t the Sun , WeeklyIH ^ palch , Weekly Chro-7 i =: ' e , and paprrs of a smnlir ^ tamp , ure never wr ^ ry of rirgicg the chsases « n his *• virtnes f " grod gorernment ? ' and l " liberal princ " . ? ' . » 5 . " D . es any one snppose th 3 t Lid hs b ^ n an t s ;'? d democrat , instead of an exiled "liberal , " -E ?? j . etebo would have been banqueted iy Lord M = jor HcupffRET , and his tHrilfc-cram-Eimj friensii ? Isot he indeed . Had the prmciplfs of -dtmocracy been those of his political ~ cree £ , he it 5 = rm have s—rr ^ o in London locg eno-sgh , or taken a £ / ica sucnner ? et from Waterloo Bridge to stay hi ? Eiuiiach , Ltforc- the ** botp taliie" dignitaries of Cbiiii-e All-v - iTculd have asked Lim to dine at the
Ua-isipii Ho . i-e , or a : Gnildhall . A = we- may "know a a ^ . a by the < -oc ! pany he keeps" we mt y form seme 4 fc- ' . aute Ci \ E : PA ? , TEEO as a pi » iuician when we find i . ti in ihe ct--u ; c ^ ny of Focb precicos ' * iibrrals , ' as l ,- ~ 4 Mayor tlciipn&ET ^ Tbcouni Cjjott-6 , and Mr ., Groses HESi . T '•' * . i . 3 i > j worthies wLo weald re = ort . to aay mesas tbai - . he vilrst " abso ^ ir : ^ t" won 3 d ' E-1 -hoe , to trc-T ^ nt ^« be people of this country \ a < : -jirlr . ; : ; t = « r poliacal righia- S : ill wo isu-st 4 o \ h - ? tse joitice to observe that with all iiis faults , and thi-j are ZiO % a ft ~ , EspaKtero is a vtry clffeK-nt mun ± o Jie horribje icouacreis ihaj have criveE him from ] Sp its ; and are now tyrannizing over tbat unfervunate ; ct'untry . AnoiLer reason why the ex-Iicgent is so ;
pti . u . ar with the middle cias-t-s xi ti , s conntry—; ar =. ^ another of the causes that led to his downfall \ in h : s own , is that b . e las the rtp ' atation of being ; fa % --urablo to lie -.-rincipleB of k 1 free-trade f and , it \ it 3 iiegf 6 Vw * s in treaty with the English govern- j m < -nt to so muaiiy she Spani'sh Jariff , as t : > admit at a j nominal or iDoderais ts « of dn les , the produce of ; En . ^ i-. sh mannfactiires . This naturally excited the j ipitility of the manufacturing iiitcT-ijrts of Spain ,, ch'iEj located in Catalonia ; and this , « onibined with j the o ^ her causes of disaffection , on which we have i dilated , led to the outbreak at B&jceiora . j . Ttat insurrection was quelled with tome difficulty j In : the tronbles of the Regent were only beginning . 1
A ecaliiian of tisfcExaltados ( RepDclicai ^ s , Eadirals , £ n ^ "Wteg-B 2 cie 3 ! s ) j and iloderades ( the partisans of Christina , W ^ * s and moderaie Conservatives ) , wa = formed in the Cortes ; before which the Ministr = --3 of the Seg- 'tiS wfre taivered to pieces . At lei-ith , en the 10-h of May Isst , Sesob LoPiz sqjecc-= iJcd in fornjic ^ a Cabicet , cot S 73 ing of himself , A ^ sxlar , F&i . ^ s , Atxlos , CABAixiEO , and General Si ^ BaSO . On the lllh of M ^ y , the n ^ w Ministry snl-a-itted their " prcgrammr" r . f policy to the Cortes ; wbich " } -rogramn 3 e' t «; : g altogeiber dista .-i-tful toihe Rfctrent , as were < be Minisaers tiem-Belve ? , havisg btt 2 forced npos Lim , he kicked tbtm cu' ; andfiLiliE ^ iha Cones unmsBaseasle , dissolved it al ^ o .
Matters soon c&ae to a criris ; the ** Lo ? £ Z Minis--try , " looked up to as the leaders of * ' progress , " were tigtily popniar ¦ a- « . h toe people . Several tf-wns Ttvoi : ed afaiisst the GoverMrest . The now notorious Pbim < a Ca : aionian c ' epsiy 10 the Cortes ) , ** £ . cl np" av r ; -- mr » jct : on in the neigbbonrhood of B ? "relons . T : ; s -1 -sffected of that tv ; wn baying , ho-Tcyer , a saiarar : re-coilectisn of the guns of Montjmcb , remaJeeJ a .-ist Tot a short time . But the " iris of r > rbi , ii-..-i € scntos" tad beiun . 3 klaga , Graiiat ? a , Torrc-s . &-. " prnsonnc d" against the Go-inaiifnt ; a ; d at lengih Barcelona , smariing un-ir iisrsp * -n ? -jj ^ jngaiion , i-oi- ^ d the banner of rev- '' i . Zv 2 £ j .. " * o I' -nsof 'Esfa&tes . o ' r Generals ) was dr . T- a from tl ; - ii-rrn . and a = 3 a , it 3 Jcstalled . Sabsc ^ ^ rnily ths Ci . tain General , s ?> d Ecoit of ihe iriM .-j .-s . j j ' at ^ j : i > - _ laoTement , wiih ibe- txc- ption of tr- < - in ^ he fci ! r . < e of Montjaith , who held out for Es ; -4 . RT £ 3 K » .
V 2 . « fcira 5 T ^ r- a ^ ona , Giror-a , Cardona , and other p ! .- ' - j-. iutrd * -.- movement . Oc ihe other hand , 2 , \ Bi > o crorf- ' exa . and his ach ^ rents from Reus . T ^ r ^«¦ i 2 ? ' o-: < , red against the Regent . V ibe I 4 is i f June , EsPAi . T £ ? . o j-saed an address to 1 V- ; aati-a , j-sc-aiiniag iis coaaaeJ , and acnounckij ; ;' - -atlie-woii 4 i defend his truit : n person , at the b . K . •* - »_> f i } - ~ - srajy . t ¦" _ = iha " 23 rd •»! Jnne ZsPAKUEfio was on the road to >« = diwi witb 8 000 men . bEOA ^ E , who was at -be ; -. - ? , ordered ZriiBiNe tomarta npon Barcelona j cn-.- ^ chtae Jw . j decreed a itrv f » i jnaisc of ali Ujrumrfi ?
- m- ^ ^ id widowers w--h . nl cbikxren , be .- -rfcii i ^ e aj .-3 of eigtieta r . rd t-rty . Several „ ^ T " \ £ ? riTed a ! Bar& . ! .. , and it wa > ier ,. - cfl wtrt . iTe eonj maad m ihe revolaionarr Tv £ . ifJ : ri Q 1 £ couteB ' 'a ^^ patriots ; bui f ^ Jl ' p ¦ ' sppoinrtd ci » -f commander of th- « . 02 al G -d of Bsre-lona , aKdof the Tolnnlee . ^ isived a ,. odamaRon denn ,, the ' revv . W PjuMaiaicr- ^ at ZniBo . TnetroopsdJSSd theis-. ier , or r . - —edtoact . lo Cvrmma , S v :.: e Bttrgoa , JJi 2 .: i ? ao , Ln ^ o , Yigo ^ 1 ' - ^ rp - r ^ clared agsivst u ! s Rcgem . P » m ' j ^ nss . and h ^ fonon d ndr example . vL Hnw oneof 1 ^• atebo ' s ^ t-nc-Sj was compeiitd * o r £ i 3 e the ? e - ,-e of Gra-ada f . r 0 ren-eat on Jaen .
Generals > a > vaez and Co > cha , the Oiristmo Z ^ oJt ?« 3 weresI :: uintedby the J ^ i * of Barcelon * the funuer Csjrian-General o . ' Tak-ncia and Murcia and the latter , second in eoieijiaad . They arrived at Valencia 01 * the the 27 th of Jane ; and on-the 29 ih , NjLSTi > z was organnnig ias troops to meet Espaxteeo . "P / iiat fqllorrs is important 1 it is the key to the prcsuit jnsnrrcction . . On the 29 ih of June , the Jnnta of Barcelon * pnb-Eshtd the fclioviDg decree : — * A Central GoTernment being deemed indispen sable to regulate the action of ill tfie provinces , the Supreme Junta La 3 decreed the ioii » wing : —Article L lie Lop-2 Ministry is consum td . - Until the Mexiibersof tiuii Cibinet can Eiest . General Don F .
Serr&EO shall he ir : trusted with ail tue Ministerial depaxanents . 2 . This Ministry shall be considered as tba Provl-i aa ! Goraumeut , m ; tii all the'Pro-Triiicia . 1 Junta ? ui the . PeBinFuld , rt-presented by two CoiuBiisBioner ? , formed in a Central Jtmta , shall haTe given fteix adiissiou k > it , "
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1 Badajcz next joined the movement ; Nakvaez gained some advantages , and the troops of the Regent continued to desert . Espabtebo himself continued inactive . The Ayactamento of Madrid , ad-< ire » Fed a Manifesto to thenation , in which they openly denounced ihe French Government ^ as the prime movers of ihe insurrection ! On the 11 th of July , the insurgent General AspiboZj arrived at Ei Pardo within a couple of leagues of Madrid , which was represented to be preparing for a desperate defence . It was also stated that Seoake and Zpbbawo were on the road to the capital with all their forces to relieve it .
On the 15 ; h of July , Mahyaiz appeared before Madrid , aud snimnoBed it to surrender ; bat met with a refusal . On the 17 ih he retired . It was soon rumoured that Nartaez had gone back to meet Seoane , who with Zcbbaso and 10 , 000 men , was matching for Madrid . The opposing forces met at Tomjon , on the 22 nd ; and after an engagement of a quarter of an hour , both armies " fraternised ;* that is , Seoane * 8 army deserted in a body . Seoane was taken prisoner ; Zorbano escaped . 1 ? abtjl * z rode in triumph through the lines , exclaiming to ihe
toldiers that this w&sadayofreeonciiianon , and that they shonldliave thfir Jicencia ahsolvXa!— ( free permission to leave the service and return homeV-a bucn heartily desired by the majority of Spanish conscripts , especially yewag ones like these he ad dressed . At the same time he promked that all the c facers should bo advanced ^ a grade . Thrse concessions , were conclusive in bis favour , and left him ccmpltteJy master of the field . How well this monster kept his promise will be presendy seen . in
On the 23 rd , ^ abvajz entered Madrid triumph . Espabxebo , after uselessly bombarding SevilJp , effected bis escape with some difficulty ; and took reicge on board an English ship of war . Finally , he landed ; in Eugland , where he now is . Tiie revolutionary leaders , of course , furnished themselves with piaces . The Lc pxz min istry were fuliy reconstituted . Kabvaez was appointed Lieutenant General , Captain General of Madrid , and General-in-Chief «* f aJl the troops in the capital ; Prim , Count de Reuss and Governor of Madrid ; and all the rest of the gang , places and titles as the reward of their patriotism (?) . A manifesto was published by the ministry endeavouring » o jnstify the revolt , and convoking the assembly of a new Cortes or the 15 'Ji of October .
On the 18 th of August , the Muncipality , the Jnnta , and the Commandants of the National Guard at Barcelona , met in the Town Hall , and voted Pbim to the command of the citadel . The Jama taen dissolved itself , first agreeing to send ssverai of its meEbers to . Madrid , to urge their t ' iowb upon the Government . Thus , so far at any rate as the " feathering of the nes ^ s" of the prime actors was concerned , tbe revolution was complete . We have now to inquire into the caoses of the present insurrection ; which insurrection may not unlikely turn out a counter , or rather , an exxended and democratic revolution .
The heterogenous party , that had driven out Espakteho , consisted of two great sections , the Moderados , or partizans of Christina ; and tbe Exaltados , or party of the movement . The latter saw with riisgn «? t that all the places of power and emolument ^ vere beiDg filled np by men , who had before bften expelled from Spain for their crimes against liberty . Besides , the BarofJonese Insurrectionists had risen in revolt against Espakteko , because be did not go far and fast enough for them in the work of political Reform . Accoroingly , tPh « n they appointed Seiuu . no " Universal Minister , " they made him pledge himself to them that he would re constitute the LoPtz Administration , which the Regent had dir-mi ? eed : and that this Administration , acting
as a Provisional Government , should assemble a Central Jnnta at Madrid , to consist of two Deputies from the othpr established local Juntas ; in other words , the callhi / j of a ** National Convention" for the purpose of remodelling the Government , and amenr ' itg ihe Constitution of 1837 : but the moment Sesbano arrived at Madrid , he forgot sll hi 3 promises , save that of restoring Senors Loppz , Cabailebo , Atllos , and Fkias , to their staid in the Cabinet . He then joined the Moderado parsy , which L « devoted to Queen Chbistisa ; and he and Nabvai ^ z 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 action ? , as being tbe expression
of the national will ; they dissolved tne entire Senate , which should be only renewed in respect to one-third at a general ejection ; they dismissed whole municipalities , and nominated others , without tbe application of the elective principle , which jh alone cor . &titutiona ] ; they dissolved the provincial deputations , or committeesof deputies , who can alone fuperiritend the general elections ; th- y attempted to declare > he younu Queen of a ^ e ; they disbandtd the army and tee National Guards ; ar . d they ordered levies ot m ? n and money , wiihout the sanction of the Cortes . They not only dissolved the National Guard ? , but ecmpclled them to £ = ve up thtir arms ; and as it was known that sotre thoBsand stand of arms bad bern regained , they subsequently issned a proclamation ordering the arcs to be given np , on pain of dsath , within forty-eight hours .
All tbrse atrocities were to enable Narvafz and his gang to carry out their schema . Th < irwork was t « marry the child , call .-d " Queen , " to tbe Dec d'ArMALE , one of Louis Philippe ' s sous ; restore Cbbistina ; and bring the nation back to " absolutism " , under the Government of a so-calied ^ liberal" Monarch . To do this , Nabvaiz and i-. ; s gang had been provi < led with enormou 3 lands , not only by Mrs . Muncz , but al-o by Louis Philippe Tiat French gold was lavishly employed in the corrupting of Espjietebo ' s troops is " as notorious as the sun at noon-day . "
The iffect of these measures was the immediate resuscitation of the msurre-. tion at Barcelona . On the 15 ih of Aufin&t bands of young men iraversed the streets , crying " Down wnh the Moderados and the majority of the Qaeen ! Yna the Central Jnnta " . The Union , a democratic journal , published on that day an appeal to the people , calling on them to take up srms against ** the t j rant Nabvai- z'' A Junta was sgais appointed , and the Battalion of Volunteers re-armed . Pbim , on bis return from Madrid , found tbe people of Barcelona arrays-6 in arms against thp military . Pbim announced hi ? intention of supporting the Government . By tbe 20 th of August , Madrid was in a s-tate of excitement go dangerous to the nmrpers , that Nabvaiz leudiy demanded the proclaiming of martial la ^ v ; thi s , however , hts colleagues would no : agree te .
We hare shown by what means Nabvaiz gained his easy victory at i ' orrt jon . We have recorded his promises to the military : we now come to his acts . On tbe night of the 29 th of August , a battalion of the Regiment del Piincipo revolted , demanding tbe fulfilment of Nabvaez ' s pledges . Mpasures were promptly taken ; the whole garrison placed nnder anus , and a strong force of cavalry posted at the Puerta del Sol . General KiSVAjz proceeded to the convent of San Francis- 'so wnh a Birong force of the Regiment of the Princesca ; where he negociaied wiih the " seaitious ba « s ; Hon , " and prevailed on tbtm to lay down their arms wiihout a eoniest . The battalion of the Principe sav , that they did to on his renewing his promise of immediate licentia absohuta , and overlooking their unceremonious mode o : ' insisting on it . He then locked up the disarmed soldiers in one room ,
tbe corporals in a second , and the sergeants in a third ; and nretr out every fifth man by lot to be shot , regardless of his promise . This was , however , - -eriousJy resisted by General Sebbaso aud some of hi 3 staff ; and he finally contented himself with instituting a Bumm » ry court-martial , by which iwelvB of the ringleaders were marked oui ; eight of whom , five sergeants , two corporals , and a Boldif-r , were condemned to death , and fbnr others to hard labour , namely , one sergeant for six years , : wd corporals for two years , and one soldier for one year . The first-mentioned eight were immediMtly lumt-d over to bo many j > TiestF confessed , and shoi ^ within an hour , ouiside the gate of Toledo , in tbe presence of strong bodies of horse , foot , and artillery . Snrrfy this sconndrel has well earned the ia ; e ihai undoubtedly awaits him . No wonder he is livacs in a state of constant terror , which makes him nightly shift his quarters , not dar : ng to sleep twice in the same bed 1
At Barcelona , on ihe 2 nd of September , the " G-ntral Junta" was proclaimed , and the Hepub iicau Baiges appointed President . On tbe 3 rd the hostile parries « an > e to blows . On the 4 * -h a tusiiade commenced between the vMunteers and tbe troops ; Colonel Baiges , the President of the Junta , was kil-ed . Down to tbe present time Barcelona , has continued to be the theatre of coi'flJot . On the 8 th Pbim wished his troops to carry the city by stonn , but they refused to risk a smuggle in the streets . Oa the 10 th Brigadier Amettler , with two battalions ef free corps , and 350 regular troops , joined the insurgents . On the 34 th , ihe Ministry issned s manifesto , stating its objections to a Central Junta , and imploring the nation to await the assembling of the Cortes . It declares that Sebbaho had iio power to promise » Central Junta ; and that the Madrid AyunteaeBto ( municipality ) was appointed , and not elected , bi * ause an election would not have ensured heretnra of aen efficiently respectable 1
On th « 22 nd Pant obtained some advantages over AXEnLXB , killing » large number of insurgents , n , ^ r $ ^ ^ f ^ * for a " Central Junta" on tbe 17 th . Palencia and Granada have also •» pro-? S ^ & ** ° 4 > tt ^ ement . The National Guards of Taredell and Villafranca had 5 refuEed to m&icb against Barcelona . Irftiers from Cadiz of tbe 22 nd ult . state that great excuement prevailed both ib ^ re and at Seville : the writers add that at both places the people were ripe for revolt . * It is no easy matter to obtain correct intelligence of the progress of the movement ; all that M . Guiaot
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and Co . can do to prevent the succesB of the insurgents is being done . It ia known that tbe telegraphio expresses published by the French Government are coloured or falsified to suit the views of Louis Philippe , who of course is doing his utmost to uphold the banditti now in power at Madrid . The France , a Paris journal , states tbat the Garrison of Barcelona has for some time past been paid unth money advanced by the French authorities 1 S . Olczaga has been deputed to Paris , as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of the Tuilleries ; but should the French Government come to the re-Eolution of . sending an Ambassador to Spain , S .
Oiozaga will bold a Eimiiar post in tbe French capital . This Ou zaga ( one of Nabvaes ' s gang ) has rendered himself universally ridiculous by getting himself decorated wiih tbe " Order of the Golden Fleece ? ' an order extremely circumscribed , hitherto irorn only by the "Crowned Heads" of Earope and two or three highly successful and favourite " heroes " , such as the Duke of Wellington : still the decoration may not be misapplied . There is no doabt that in the " golden" way , S . Oloeaga . and Co . will " pretty considerably" fleece the Spanish natiop , if only allowed time by the " rebellious" Catalonians !
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multan 60 U 3 tocsin of the belfries of all the parishes ; and ! that ths guard placed at the Post-offioe in the Puerta del Sol were to have the special honour of shooting him in passing ! the result was , that NabnaIez immediately rode to the qnarters of the Pnncessa Regiment ( the only one , it is 6 aid , eu which he can rely ) , taking care not to pabs the Postoffice 1 ia his way , and brought with him a sufficient force to turn out and replace the guard thus denounced , detected , and disappointed . Concealed arms' are sought for day and night , and the Government Journals assure us tfa . * ' some wore found . They persist in their version thai the powder
magazine was set on fire by the Centra ! i 8 tai ? i audalso assert that th * ey have discovered mines and preparations made to blow up two of the principal barracks in Madrid . Aides-de-camp have boen despatched by Nakvafz to Cora ova , TruxUlo , and Santander , wi * h special instructions to order the military execution of certain officers , Serjeants , and soldiers , who have taken leading parts in both prmunciamientos . Old Renault ' s recipe , * Shed blood enough ! ' is 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 consummation of things , and decide very speedily the question— " Who shall govern Spain 1 "
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; SOUTH WALES . ( from our own Correspondent . J The pprtial calm to wbJch I aliurfed in my last has passed away , and the storm of outrage baa renewed its force with even more than its wonted fury . Tbe reasons for the partial trsnquitity with which we huve been favoured may be btitfly summed up as follows : — First— Ni'irocffttionfl were pending which bad for their object the liberation on bail of tbe three prieonera who were lately committed to the House of Correction at Swansea , and the insurgents , for a season , rested on their oarB , that those negociations might have a chance of success . Second—Few gates which are considered illegal now remain ; and these were bo strongly garrisoned tbat it was deemed unsafe to venture on their attack .
And third—As numerous and important meetings bad been held , at which petitions and memorials to ber Majesty bad been adopted , time was being given to see if any step would be taken in accordance witb . thcit views , or what answer ber Mnjesty would return to their coinpl .. ints , Tbe negociationa witb tbe maqistratea cave failed , and her Majesty ' s answer has btfen extensively placarded through this and the adjoining counties , in the shape of tho proclamation contained in your last . Tbe reasons , therefore , which had brought about a temporary cessation of hostiiitiea having ceased to txisfc . on the night <» f Monday last , Rebecca n commenced operations , by paying a visit to Liang Irig gate , on tbo borders of Montgomeryshire . This gat 9 mob with the
usual fate which toll bars receive at the lady ' s hands , and was speedily numbered with bjegone things . In the same neighbourhood , but in the adjoining county of Radnorshire , abe agnin made ber appearance on Wednesday night , and totally demoltahttl tbe Cwm Glan , Cross lane , and Rimyador gates . On this occasion 6 he is said to have been attended by ab-ut 200 of ber daughters , and went to work with even more than her usual ceremony . She was mounted on a white horse , attired in a white dress , whitu hat , and w&ite veil ; and when the work of demolition was completed , fibe entered a carriage drawn by four white horses , and , the toll keeper assert a , vanished into the air . Surely , this 'Becca will give some trouble to the dragoouB and police , before they can catch her !
About the same time , but some sixty miles distant , tbe « irae ubiquitous personage made her appearance , and set fire to the stacks , offices , and farm bouse of Mr . JenkinB , at Pentretrusgoed , near Pontneathvaughan , Q amprganshire , when property was destroyed to the amount of about £ 600 . Superintendent Davies , of the Alertbyr police , has been uuing t very exertion to discover the depredators , but nothing has bten permitted to transpire , On Tuesday morning , tbe Dolonhirion gate was destroyed the second time . Since its rc-urection , it tna
been nightly guarded by one policeman and two constables ; and on the morning in question the policeman had left tbe gate and gone hone , as it was then broad daylight . He bad scarcely , however , arrived at his domieile , when tbe constables appeared in breathless baste , and told him tbat Robecca and all her daughters were at the gate . Ho remounted in all speed , but ere his arrival , broken posts and a Toilless house were all that remained or the Dolenbirion toll bur . It is said tbat the constables identified two of the pott ; , and they have consequently been uppi ebemled , but not as vet brought up for examination
On Tuesday night a body of Rebeccaitea paid a visit to ibe HiMtr of Giecrin mill . This individual it owner of some property , and has lately instituted legal proceeninga against a former tenant . He wna summoned before her ladyship , and having promised te forego further proceedings was permitted to retire unmolested . The party next proceeded to the turnpike on the main road from Llnmlovery to Trecastlo . on tbe confines of this county , Carmarthenshire , after destroying which , they gave three clieeis for the Q'leen , three for " B"cca , " and then quietly dispereed .
Oa Tflurstfny night , or rather ar-out one o ' clock on Friday sritirnin ^ , Rebecca ' s sister , C / iarbtte , With about 300 of that lady ' s daughters , nmue their appearance at tbe Cwradwrgiita , a short distance from lilanwrda , in this county * They summoned the old woman who collects tbe tolls out of bed , and told her to set about removing the furniture , as it was their intention t »» l > ura tbe housy . Remonstrance was vain ; so while one party were bwsy breaking « p the gates , another were assisting the old womau in removing her "things . " The broken gates , posts , 4 c . were then piled upon the straw which hud been used in the old woman ' s bed , and fire being applied , the whole was speedily a heap of ruins . The parts then proceeded to the village of I / lansadwrij , where they purchased some gunpowder and gun-flints ,
from Mr . Davies , the shopkeeper ; and haviiDg obtained this fresh stock of ammunition they surrounded the vicarage , the residence of the Rev . J . Jones . This gentleman , it aearaB , waa not conti uteii with tbo income be received from tbo Church , but must Add V field to field" even at the hsaird of the malediction thereby incurred ; be had consequently purchased some property in the vicinity of the vicarage , and bad given the tenant ; warning to quit . The firing of a volley disturbed tho parson's di ' ttarns , and the visions of tythe pigs and teiu-Js gave pi nee to tiie stern realities of his situation . Miss Charlotte was thundering at tho door , demanding the instant appearance of Mr . Jones , as she bad au important message to dbliver , with which sise bad been entrunted . by " Bister 'Becea . " , When Mr . Junes came down he was told that he runst immediately remove
bis goods and chattels , in order that tbe vicarage might be 8 et pa fire ; as it was decidedly contrary to 'Becca ' a law tbat he , a clergyman , should also be a farmer-Either the barn or the church , —but not both , —was the peremptory mandate of the sovereign Rebecca ; and hacked as ber vicegerant was by euuh a number of her belligerent daughters , tbe parson considered tbat the safest course would be in instant compliance . He tbttVbfore manifested his desire to " stick to the church , " with which the lady Charlotte expressed herself satibfiad ; and after the parson had promised that the tenant ; on his new property should net bo disturbed , the rioters quietly took their departure . His reverence , however , was frightened not & little , and resoivtd uyon the immediate removal of himself and family . He accordingly rented a house in Llandovery on tho following day , to which be immediately removed his tflvcts . None of the participators in this outrage were recognised .
I mentioned , in a hastily-written , note from Carmarthen last week , ttat tvro men were apprehended and bud been brought up for examination , but were remanded until Thursday . I now give you tbe particulars , as far as these have been permitted to transpire ; but both examinations having been private , and tbe " gentlemen of the press" most rigidly excluded , tbe whole affair cannot yet be got at Sometime ago , an attack was made upon the CrWendraetn Iron Works at Pont-y-berem , by a number of men ; they surrounded the houseB between one and two o ' clock in the morning , and having fired several shots , commenced battering at the door , demanding that Mr . Siocomb . the managing clerk , should appear . His wife gallantly presented herself at au upstairs window , and demanded who they
were , and what they wanted with her husband ? The leader of ibe band replied : " I ana Rebecca , and we wish to see him immediately . " The wife , however , firmly rtfy-aed , stating that ber tusband was not at home . F tnuii . g themselves un&ble to gain admisE ' on , they said : " Mr . Newman Uhe proprietor of the works ) has behaved himself well , he is a kind master , and we wiil not ii . jure a hair of his head ; but if Mr . Siocomb is not out of the couutry in a week , we will make him a head the shorter . " They are then said to have fired off their guns and taken their departure . It appears that 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 tbat the ringleaders were two men of notoriously bad
character , named John Jones alias Shoni Scyborfator , about tbitty years of age , and formerly a przs figbttr ; the other David Davies , alias Daiy Cautwr' or David the Singer . Warrant * ¦ wer * accordingly issued , and placed in the bands of Inspector Tierney , who with eighteen men of the A division of London police , and a person well acquainted witb the country , scoured the mountains , searching every public-bouse ; and they succeeded in apprehending David D » viea near tbe Five Road * , about twelve o ' clock at night He was immediately handcuffed , and conveyed in a cart to Llanelly , where he was placed i > tbe custody of the military , at the Poor Law Bastile . On tbo following day Shoni was apprehended at tbe iunible .
On Monday and Thursday , they were examined before the Hon . G . R- Trevor , M . P ., D . Brytbereh , Esq ., and some other magistrates . A great number of charges mra preferred agAicat them , especially against Shoni , the most part of which are of a very serious nature . Among other things , he is charged with being concerned iu the destruction of Spudders Bridge gate and tollbouse ; as also tbat be , in connection with otber idle vagabonds , used to traverse the country during tbe night , demanding money in tbe name of Rebecca . The
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gau , lound in bis possession when apprehended , was stated t ° *» the property of John Eva- * , of the parish of LlanoD , r » bichi . ba 4 been stolen from bis house in ono of their mldnJ « ht Visits , when tbey put the owner in danger of his life ] by threatoS ' ng to shoot him unless be delivered his money up to thebl . ' In coQsfiqnencejof some disclosures whloh were" fflftde at the rbst examination , a farmer and his servant were brought prisonersjto town on Wednesday last ; and it is rumouced that they also are charged with levying contributions in the awful name of Rebecca . It is said
that a farmer of ( Poncarrog positively swore that they had demanded £ 5 of him , under the pretence that it was for ber Xadys&ip ' s use . Oa tbe other band , it is contended that this £ 5 was justly dae to the prisoner in consequence of damage done by this farmer ' s cattle having trespassed upon the prisoner ' s farm , and tbat tbe witne&s offered £ l > f the prisoner would accept it . Be this as it may ' , on Friday night last tbe witness ' s stack-yard , farm-house , and cow-boose , at Peucarrog , w . sre reduced to a heap of ashes , the inmates having a narrow escspe For their lives . About sixty rioters were present \
Oa Saturday night , another gate was destroyed in the neighbourhood of Llanon , and I have also beard tbat the Abergwilly gate has for tbe tbird time Bhared the same fate . j I see , by tbe Carmarthen Journal , that the curate of Lland'ssiliogojo ( ra ! od the stops ! l was waylaid by a party of the Rebeccaitee , and because be would not offer up a prayer for " Becca , " he got two of his ribs broken , and waa otherwiselveiycwriousJy injured . The Special Comruipsion about to issue will be , only for the trial of the Chamorgantbire prisoners , and will not extend te tbe coooty of Ciraiarthen ; the prisoners who are for trial in'the isst-mentioned county will not be tried until the Spring Ass i zes .
As ihe whole of the " chiels aroang us taking notes " bore tbeir readeia with long rigmaroles of nonsense , which they palm off upon tbe public as correct accounts of the state of the people here , and their general feeling in political masters , you must excuse your correspondent if , ia addition to giving accounts of the burning of farm houses , frightening parsons , and pulling down toll gates , be , too , should try bis hand at an article on tbe ! ¦ ?• THE REAX STATE OF WALES . " Much bas been said in tbe Times and other journals of the day , in reference to tbe Welsh Magistrates ; their competency for tbe task of administering justice ; aad their general ] demeanour towards tbtoir poorer brethren . In some of the articles to which I have
alluded , unmeasured censures bave been heaped upon their worships' heads ; while in others they are held up as the very pai . igona of human pdrfettiori . The Times led the van [ in the work of denunciation , and the Herald took > ip the cudgels in defence . Now , without standing committed either to one side of the question or the other , jour correspondent would simply remark that there'is a great similarity between the Welsh Magistrates , and tbe Magistrates in every ether part of tby dominions of ou- Qiten . Their " worships are charged with permitting the interests of the public to suffer , wiicD these interests come Into collision with their « wn ; but when was it otherwise witb irresponsible power ? The history of our country contains few instances ( if any ) where the Great Unpaid
have permitted their own pockets to suffer , tbat the public good might jbe thereby enhanced . True , the Magistrates of Walps are iu many cases the creditors or tally-holders of the various road trusts ; but these trusts have ever be ^ n considered " a safe subject" for tho investment of capital ; and is it to be supposed that magistrates—who weie elected solely beciuao they had a superabundance of cash—are to be such simpletons as cot to take ; advantage of a profitable investment , Beeing thut their seats on the bench give them no small powtr in ; Battling disputes to their own satisfaction ? No ! no ' . frail humanity is not to" be exposed to such a temptation as thU , and expected to pass scatheless through the ordeal . With referenda to tbeir fitness for the task of administering
the law , aiid thus fulfilling their magisterial duties , surely the Chartists | of Britain are not naw to be taught that this is a qualification wbicb , in magistrates , is looked for in vain , j They know right well that these men are eluvated to the magisterial dignity , not in consequence of their love of justice , not in con- , sequence of a jvirtusus life , not in consequence of their 1 knowledge of the formalities and technicalities of law , but simply because they sra MOM ED HEN ; and as such may bo expected to promote the cli . es interest of their own order , and to uphold the purposed of the factions by which they were raised . It is aiso urged against " Tuffy on the bench , " tbat he is
upstart , arrogant , arid domineering ; but this unfortunately may be witnessed every day , in other parts of tbo country besides Wales . Nay , tkere is more haughtiness , more pomposity , and more pride in balf-a-clcz .-n upotart " lords of the long chimneys " , than ia aH the county magistrates of South Wales put together , even including tbe twenty new ones . Your correspondent never has bean , and never will be , backward in blaming these gentry , whenever he considers them blameworthy ; but for beaven ' s Bake let them net receive a more severe castration tbar . in all fait ness and justice they de » ei ve . It iu only a backhanded compliment oaid to them ; hut it ia ono to which they ft'e fully entitled ; THEY are j ust like . Magistrates every whbbe ej . se .
Not a little has been said , moreover , about the Dis senting Clergymen encouraging the doinga of R-bacca from tiie pulpit . Whether this be so or not , your correspondent has no means of ascertaining ; for he has baeu bo disfusted with parsonocracy in England , ayu , and in Scotland too , that he bas no inclination t' renew the infliction in Walis . Your readers must therefore remain salisfli « l with wliaE they know a-Jreariy , v - — that this class of men' seldom run counter to tbe will and interests of tbeirlmonied hearers . They may however not be dissatisfied to learn that even in the present outcry about poverty ami distress , at an ' anniversary" sernion preached in a Dissenting chapel in this towu last week , tbe collection amounted to no lets than £ 110 . ¦ :
Notwitcstanding all this , the Welsh are decidedly a thinking people 1 and it is paying them no small compluwent to eay that . jin many respbCts , they resemble the Scotch . The same detestation of tyranny , and tne same ardent love of liberty , forming a prominent feature in the national character both ot the one aiid the othoT . This feeling jbaa doubtless been kept alive by the general prevalence of small farms ; as nothing is so welt calculated to foster the spirit of independence , as the feeling of independence wbicb that system engenders . Bui the peopie have suffered many hardships ; and it is not to be wondered at that tha oppiesaion and exactions to which they were conipo . 'kd to submit ,
Bhould at last have goaded them on to outrage and riot . Neither should it be calculated to excite our surprise when we find them following in the train of a daring individual , wbo holds out to them the praapect of a redress of their moetjprouiment grievances , and whose actions have been sufficiently tiugtid with romance , to tnlibt on his behalf all the bettor sympathies of our nature . We may , amur . t the j-rostitution of national energy to such paltry ; purposes ns tbe breaking down ef a tyll-bar ; but we cannot help admiring the determination which , for sticb a lc-ntjth of time , has impelled the Welsh people to forca their grievances upon public attention . '
The grievances wijich these men have felt to press most hardly upon theoi havo been ofteu detailed . Toilbars crossed every road , like the notes upon a muvlc bock : again and ayuiu tuu th- y petitioned for their removal ; but there tttey stood in open defiance of the popular will . "> The Whig-made Tithe Commutation Bill was also found to b 6 a ml jsct jfrom which they suffered much ; inasmuch as they are uow compelled to pay in money what they were formerly perinitte < l to liquidate in kind , lo many , the full force of this grievance may not at once appear ; but ; it will be sufficiently obviwus , when they take into consideration the fad tbat the farmer is now not only compelled to take his tithe-graia to market , and pay all the expences incidental thereon , hut he must also pay full twenty per cent , higher thaa he receives . This is cauatd by tbe Conimufrttion Act being based on tbe general averages of the kingdom , which are invariably twenty per cent , higher than the markbt price hera .
The New Poor Lawjis also a theme of universal disapprobation ; but as its long train of evils have been so frequently and ably l&id bare in tbe Star , I may be allowed to pass them | by with the single romarfe , that Welshman are fully conversant witb all the workings of this diabolical measure . But I may be askedi " How was it that the Press of Walea waa silent uppa these things" ? To tbat question tbe Press of Wiles shall reply . I ejcttv . ee the following from the last number of the Welshman : — "At present , Wales can scarcely b- > eaii to havt- a newspaper Press : and the , wholsome censorship * of tha South Wales Press is a mere faction . Tcere ia in it , as a whole , no more of \ public censorship than a mere handbill or advertising sheet has . Its deficiency on the score of censorship is certainly supplied by sycophancy aad nainby-paoibyism ; ami praise of all but , the very poor is pitchforked into its columns with marvellous liberality ; white the public , and the public interest , are left to take I care of themselves . "
Such is truly the state of Wales ; and such being the case , it is neither to be wondered at that those in power overstepped its limits , nor that an oppressed people should take sucb steps as seemed tbe iuosfc natural , to bring the evil which they complained of to an end . I shall return to this subject again . FURTHER PARTICULARS . —CARMARTHEN , 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 Dolehirion gate and toll-house , are Thomas Morgaa and Thomas Lewis . ; They &i * o are committed for trial . The examinations in both cases were private , and nothing has been permitted to transpire , beyond what was Btated in my yesterday ' s letter .
In addition to the outrages enumerated already , I have to record the ] total destruction of the farm buildings ot Aberdyr . This took place on Saturday night , vf hen the offices were Btt ou fire in five or bix places . ! On Sunday night , a gentleman ' s seat on the noith aide of the county was also destroyed . This morning , ab-crut eight o ' clock , two bailiffs , who are known by ! the soubriquet of "John the
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Mermaid , " and " John o * th' Bs * , \™ J ?™ take possession , under a warrant of dlss . ^ Mf or tae goods of a farmer called Philip of the round . Oft the arrival of the bailiffs at tfce place of t £ eirdeatination , they wero met by a regular band of ^ ebeccaites , who did not handle them ' in the most gentle manner ; in fact , the poor bailiffs were almost killecu An express for assistance came to Carmarthen at full speed , when a strong body of constables were despatched to the scene of action . They have not yet returned , and the cavalry are under arms expecting every moment to be called out . The fanner came into town to-day , and yeas immediately put in gaol , although no crime is laid to his charge , except ( landing by whilst the bailiffs were receiving their chastisement . Eight gates were destroyed last night .
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London . Calamitous Fire . Thhee Lives Lost . —On Wednesday morning , between two and three o ' clock , a most ; dreadful fire took place on the ratine of premises belonging to Sir . Howard , boot and shoemaker , St . Martin ' s Court , St . Margin ' s Lane . The fire was first perceived by a female namrd Jane Smith , who resides ia George-street , St . Giles ' s . It appears that she , in passing near the spat , saw a great body of smoko issuing out of the apertures in the window-shutters . She immediately commenced krocking very violently at the door , and shouted " Fire !'' Whilst so enga «; od , the police came up , and almost instantly after a little boy , about ten 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-lan " , who refused to take the child in . She next started off with him to the Charing ctoss 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 tha basement floor to the roof , the flames at the sanfe time wore 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 , Aokerman , confectioner , and Mr . Dalton , comb and brush-mauf'acturer . The engines soon arrived , and by five o ' clock the conflagration began to diminish
from the great body of water that was poured upon it , and by half-past five all farther danger of the fire extending was at au end , and in the course of another half-hour the flames were entirely extinguished , but not before property to the amount of some thousands of pounds was consumed ; and unfortunately we cannot stop thera—it is our painful duty to record the 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 . The little boy , mentioned abeve , was a nephew of Mr . Kmg , the comb-maker , next door , whose house is entirely destroyed .
The Unemployed Compositors op London . —We request tho attention of our readers , more particularly thoso ia comfortable circumstances , to an advertisement which appears ia another column , setting forth the suff-rings of tha above body of clever ar . d worthy , but unfortunate men , appealing . ; o the public for aid . We trust tha ' i that appeal will be re ' t-pofided to in a manner worthy of the people of this country who owe all they have of knowledge , and and ail they may win of freedom to the Piuss The present condition of the London G'inpoaiiorB is a blushing stigma upon a capital which has within it more of intellect and literature than any other place on the faee of the globe . We n : o . st earnestly hope that in London aud throughout tho Island the iovers of literature and the advocates of freedom will coine to the assistance of their enstressed incu , and alleviate their unmerited suffer * ings .
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Bradford Markets , Thursda y , Oct . 12 . — Wool —There is not so much animation aB a tew weeks back , when the Spinners generally were purchasing very freely . The market continues to be well supplied , and in prices no aleeration . Farns*—Since our last another general advance has been given to Wool Combing , —and for such counts as are most in request an advance has been sought , but we do not hear that it is { generally complied with . —Ptecff .- —The condilion of the Manufacturer is now becoming very harrassing and perplexing , for an advance is demanded on both Cotton and Worsted , it ad Is materially to tha cost of production , and as theauttunn trade is drawing towards a close , merchants do not appear in ' cliaed to increase their stocks at advanced prices .
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Feiday , Ocr . 13 — The arrival of Wheat during this and tho last week have been nearly 38 , 000 quarters , which has given the mUlexa the advantage of making their selections upon very favourable terms . To-day a good extent of business has been done , after the factors wore disposed to submit to a reduction of Is . to 2 s . per quarter . Barley meets heavy sale , and must be noted Is . per quartet lower , inequality not proving so fine as was generally expected . Oat are 1 $ . per etone , and Shelling 6 d . per load lower , but Beans fully support their value .
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Since writing the abovo , we understand that Nabvaez is to be created Duke de la Concord ; in that case he will be cousin-german of the Prince of Peace ! What an impudent miscreant to havo the assurance to associate his blood-stained name with that of peace or concord / O shame where is tby blush J Tiie object of Olozaga ' s mission to Paris is stated to be , the procuring of an army of intervention from Louis Philippje to " settle" the affairs of Spain . Of course , at ' ier the good old fashion of French " settlement" ( vide the Duke D'Anoovleise ) by murdering thu Spanish patriots , ana imposing despotism upon them by all the atrocities of kingly warfare .
Finding General Ahaoz not Fufficiently active in slaughtering tho Barceloueese , Nautaw : superseded him and appointed General Saak Captaiu Gcacral . Oa his arrival he immediately deolared the province in a state of Seige . Letters of the 26 th ult ., from Barcelona , represented the insurgents as determined to hold out . A decree of the same date appointed Psjm Major GeBeral , for bis iibertioidsl services . A fearful explosion of a powder magazine took place at Madrid . It was reported that the explosion was a wilful act and part of a plet . The powdermagazine is stated ro have contained at the time of the explosion , 127 quintals of powder , 700 , 000 cartridges , and other ammunition , 10 , 000 muskets , and considerable materiel . The number of persons killed or wounded is said to be from twenty-five to thirty ; ouly ten bodies , however , have been found . Tne mosi extraordinary precautions were taken to prevent a risiDg . The streets were patrolled day and night by strong detachments of the military .
Increasing in audacity , Nabv ^ b * ordered Colonel Bbktow and a number of English residents , to ltave Madrid , while almost hourly the opponents of the government were arrested and thrown into prison . Letters of the 27 th ult ., state tbat there 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 places , terminated in favour of the Government candidates . This was certain to be the case
under the existing terrorism . The correspondent oi the Journal des Debats , states that , in the operation of examining the votes , the tellers set aside any humber of votes contrary to their opinions . The Liberals haver protested , beforehand , against tie validity of the Madrid elections . The lists , they allege , were made out by a mock and illegal municipality aad provincial deputation , both nominated by General Nakvaez , ins-tcad of being legally chosen , Au ' d finally , an interested ofBcer pres ded over the scrutiny . The Liberal commissaries , therefore , declared that they considered the -elections as nutt .
Commeri . 'ing on these " election" proceedings tbe Morning Chronicle remarks — " It is the maxim and determiuauoa of the military who at present rule Spain , to bring reprt > sentative government into contempt ; and they have certainly gene the right way to prove it an ab&urdity , by making each town elect the person most obnoxous to it aa its deputy . The consequence is , that it will require a guard of 30 , 000 men to protect tne Cortes from being hooted by the people of Madrid . Is ' o towu of any importance can be left withoDt a proportionate garrison , and the 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 termination of this state of things . Barcelona may succumb ; Saragossa may be tricked by the lying promises of
Caballkeo ; Cadiz , under the bayonets of Concha , may apparently submit to return its woist euttnies for representatives ; the cit-Zins of Madrid , disarmed as a national guard , deprived of every municipal Tight , with a geueral officer for their prefect , aud w ' uh a Spaniard in French pay ior their alcalde , may remain tranquil , a& the Duko of Modena ' s subjects before the execution ** , who really rules the aucby . But every day will bring ita plot ; every hour us murmurs , and their brutal repression ; no rultr can sleep without the fear , no cit . aen without the hope , of an imminent revolution . The last resources of the empire , too . will be squandered in the prodigal and iale tn « k of repression . Ail the national property , sold to jobbers for one thirtieth of its value , would not suffice to pay tho police soldiers of Nabvaiz . "
The same letters announce that at ViUoria and Seville , there had been attempts at revolt . The rumours oi 600 i ^ Burj ; --nls having been made prisoners , in Mataro , turn out to be 60 insurgents , who were imprisoned in Martorel , with the Secretary of the Junta , Roma . October 3 rd . —Prim entered Figueras tbi 3 day , with 5 , 01 ) 0 infantrj , 3 U 0 cavalry , ana six pieces ei artillery . The Emancipation oi Toulouse states that it has been ascertained that two-thirds of Aicettler ' s troops are composed of pure Republicans . Letters from Madrid of the 28 ih ult ., announce funher precautions of the usurpers for the maintenance of their blood-stained power . Letters from Burgos and Yalladolid speak of those places being in a vei y disturbed state .
The Junta of Saragossa issued a powerful Manifesto to the nation o .. the 25 : h ult ., in justification of its proceedingSj and showing , in a strong and argumentative manner , that in the actual circumstances in which the couutry is placed , there is no safety for ita liberties , except in appealing to the extraordinary exercise of the national sovcrtianity , by tbe formation of a supreme Central Junta to controul public affairs , until the country is in a normal state , and the Cones can be ireely and legally elected . The regiment of Bouibon is stated to have pronounced at Truxillo in favour of tbe Central Jun a . At Cerdova several ifficers attempted a revolt , but failed . At Segovia au attempt was made to proclaim EsPAKTiao , but was put down aud a sergeant shot .
A 1 Zimora . the Carlisla having obtained the election by ihe assistance of the Government authorities , ihe Liberals rose and beat the Carlist deputies and their adherents t < ut of the town . Tbe authorities wt . re aeposed , arid a commandant of carbineers superseded the gtneral by force , and declared himself Captain General . The Morning Chronicle of Saturday fays— " The Journal des Debuts turns up the Catalonian news : it atJmi's thai the in urjjentB of Barcelona are 6 , 000 in number , whilst 4 . 000 under Ameitlkk , in possession ol Giroua and its citadel , defy the troops of the Government . This is somewhat different from the telegraphic dispatches . "
Letters irom Madrid of the 30 h ult . announce the receipt of a despatch from Prim , Mating that he had carried Mataro by assanlf , with the loss of 100 m * -n on his o *< vn part , and 150 killed ; and beuveeu 500 and 600 prisoners on that of ihe insurgents . Saragossa is threatened with borubardment . Gr > at discontent exists ai Cadiz ; many persons have-been arrested . A despatch from Brigadier Rodbigues , Colonel of the Buurbon regiment , dated Maiironana , 26 ih in&tant . sta ' -es that the revolt has been enppre ^ ed , ai-d tb ^ t seven of the officers were under arrest at Truxillo . The situation of thipgs at Madrid continues unchanged ; preparations are continually made against a aeneral riciug . The usual eutranco to the Postoffice , which was opened for a day , is again shut . Tfaere are 200 men there every nighr , and two pieces of artiilerv in its innt-r quacranfcle .
The steam-bo&t Balear , which sailed from Barcelona on the 4 h instant , arrivi d at Marseilles on the 7 ih . The blockade of that chy hac been made more strict , and it was hourly expected that an assault would be madenponit . Gtneral Schelly and Lara arrived before Sairagossa on tbe 3 rd . A letter in the Times ol Tuesday , dated Madrid , September 30 ih , says— " Another threatened night of insurrreotitm and bloodshed has passed off vmhoui auy more 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 eight , at ten o'clock . all the officers were snmmoned , and seen running to quarters , each guarded by two or three privates . Break of day was the appointed hour ; but NarvaHS had such good
information of ihe intended movement , that te was again enabled to counteract and defeat it . One half of the Hegiment of Leon was all night within pistol-Bhot of his lodgings , and the other half to cat oft all communication between tbe city and Royal Palace . In a recent letter ( on the 26 th inBt . ) I mentioned the fact of Nauvaei having locked op and placed sentinels upon all the belfries in Madrid to prevent the signals for a rising being given from the church or convent steeples . The immediate cause of this precaution had not then transpired , but I have since learned thti Nabvjiz had on ibat day received information irom e . party concerned that certain chiefs of battalions aud companies of the garrison quartered in various points ct" th © city was were ready to pronounce in favour of the Central Junta upon the si-
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The Welsh Spscf&l Commission was issued and forwarded trom London on Monday , it nominates Mr Baron Parke , Mr . Baron Crainey , and Mr . Cresswell as the presiding Judges . The trials will take place in Glamorganshire , at Cardiff , h having been considered advisable to try the prisoners at a distance from the connty which has been tbe chief scene of tbe disturbances . The day named for the Commission to meet is tbe 21 st of tbe present month . —Times .
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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 tbe bills , was held last night at the Char . ist Hall , Skinner-street , for the purpose of inviting Mr . Feargus O'Connor or some other person to stand for the City of London , in opposition to Mr . T . Baring and Mr . Pattison , the candidates already announced . A workirjg man , named Deaii , was called to the chair , who essayed to read the bill convening the meeting , and , having managed to spell through it , called upon Mr . Davock , who , in a strong Hibernian accent , proposed tho following resolution : —
" That in the opinion of this meeting the candidates now in the field for tho honour of representing the city of Londun . viz , Mr . Pattison and M > . Baring , are wholly incompetent to the task of legislating for the advancement of the varied interests of our numerous and intelligent population , they being the representatives of tbe aristocracy , moneyocraoy and the banking interest , and are utterly incapable of sympathizing with the most valuable and important of all classes—the small trader and working man ; we , therefore , call on those classes to look well to their own interests , by supporting a candidate whose previous conduct and tried political character will be a guarantee that representation shall
no longer be a farce , but that the men professing to be representatives of the people shall really and truly do the work of the people . " Tne speaker made a more erratic speech than one generally looks for , even in the address of a Chartist dersagngue . In the course of a few minutes he galloped from France to England , from England to America , and thence all over the globe—spoko of letters de cachia ( letters de cachet } ^ argumentums , se ~ cundums , municipalities , extreme cases , and everything else . Baring , or M Bahring , " as he called him , was a vagabond , who hoarded up money and lent it out to all tho great sooundrels of the earth ; wherefore he was to be olamed for the national debt ,
under which th « country at present laboured . Pattison was worse—the representative and the ally of persecuting Whiggery . Mr . M'Gbath , like his predecessor , an Hibernian , and not an ehctor , seconded the resolution . He confined himself principally to exposing the fallacies of the Anti-Corn Law League . He Btated that the present average earnings of a cotton spinner were 5 a . 6 d . a-week . The Leaguers complained that- they could not compete with foreigners in their manufactures ; but p . ive 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 th © 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 I The speaker concluded a somowhat eloquent speech , which was repeatedly cheered , by passing a high eulogium upon Mr . O'Connor , and calling upon the people to ially round him on the nomination day . The resolution was carried unanimously . Several other Chartists addressed the meeting , and it was resolved , upon tbe motion of Mr . Mamz , to address a requisition to Mr . O'Connor .
The " Rebecca" Movement
THE " REBECCA" MOVEMENT
Local Markets
LOCAL MARKETS
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Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , » t bis Print ing Offices , Not . 12 and 13 , Maiket-strwt , Brl $ g * t « and Published by th « Mid Joshsa . Hobsos , ( for the said Feargus O'Connor , ) at his D * ' ling-house , No . 6 , Market-street , Briggatei •» internal Cemmunioatiou existing between the said No . 5 , Market-street , and tne said Nob . 12 taa 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting the whole of the aaid Printing and Publishing O& 8 one Premises . All Communications must be addressed , Post-paid , ta Mr . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leed * ( Saturday , October 14 , 1843 . )
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Leeds :—Printed For The Proprietor, Feargus O'Connor, Esq. Of Hammersmith, County
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 14, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct951/page/8/
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