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SPAIN AND SPANISH 3 FFAIR 5 . Distnsted with the ^ contiiraed effusion of blood , ana nnintermttirg butcheries which , for so lung s period , have disgraced the straggles cf the different feet iocs wno in turn hsTe asserted their supremacy in Spain , and desolated their common connirj ; and staiig no good for the masses , no adTanee to the ^ neral canse of liberty , like l y to result from these smiles j -we iad ceased to feel any ibtercst in trem : tknd consequently coHS'dered "we could better £ 1 : tip the eolamns of this paper , than by chronicling jtatiers , which , however well calculated to makt g&od Ben wrep for the extravagancies and crimes oi their specks , was certainly not calculated to sffijrd d . ~ rara gp -ment to the patriot , nor hope to the phi : Isrthropist .
But recent events , opening , as thcv do , & prospect to foreign interference in the affiiis of that cannery , —in which interference England is but too likdj to hs associated , —renders it necessary that ** Spanish afikrrs ^ shonid be again brought before tr . e English ira-kins classes—the class f * r whom we T . rire , and are prond to labonr for ; seeing that ' tis iJ . es / , who haT 2 befoie-tiiae hsd to fight the battles S :,-l -pay the cost of foreign interference ; and ' tis £ ry who will be the snfikrers again , if cur precious G-rerrment shonid lend itself to another war of K intervention" to piop-up the * right-divine" of crowned and military brigands , and to queil in blood z d bind in chains , ihe spirit , Tv }; ieh evoked at Bar- ' c- ; l > iia , is demanding the " righte of loan , '' and tr--ateniag Tfirh the fate of the " Capets" the Vne of ; he "beloved Ferdinand /' of petticJ&t-embroideri- ^ s noiori ? tx T
Hence , too , sn-. ther reason for again admiitirg B Spsniih Affairs . into the columns cf the Star . Ahhongh the obj cts of the Catalonian InEnrreclu -isrs are bcjvery clrarly dd 5 md , sti'l ibere is evidence of ** progrc ~ s" as coiE ? -ar < d -vrith previous s ~;~ . ig £ les ; thtre is an advBEce towards jiepnblip ? ism eshihv-ed in the j > re ? eni cc-fiiet . And seei-i , only in kisger ^' i oneof ihe obstacles to man ' s iEpn > TcHient , tud in Bepobiicinism one of the £ ' .-pping-stcnes io mankibtf : > social happiness , -we B ^ urslij feel our sympathies erJ ^ red on the side <»* " the Insm-geci-:, and make no cejiCtalment of our "pi-hes for thrir saeeess . " But to uiider ? . ; and the present pc ? ture of affairs it ; Spain , it will be cecessary to £ ire a brief sketch c * the event ? . v » h : ch hsre been in course of occurrence ther ? , for some rime pas ; .
We may Sm remind our readers thai in 1849 , ] i > -= infjccaa Cebistisa " , being compelled to abdicate i Ihe Hegtncy . and retire from a country sbs had so i ELamefulSv plundered , and trtacb ^ rpusiy plotted to j bring acsia under ihe yoke of " absolnteism , ' : i i "~ PAB 3 XRO , ( now aa exile in England ) was appointed ' by she Cones sole Regent of the kingdom . As a j General , he was not Texy popular , having been j njted for iis Fabian policy ; but beiag regarded as : ifce leader o : th * " Liberal" pany , his election ; "by ihe Corses was generally approved of ; and high expectations were emer'aited that Flea-: dDy , bo ' , c-art . y . the nation would reap the wishedicr iruirs of : it 3 long and severe struggles— j These res ^ oaable expectations w ere not fnlSlled . '¦
£ ? pa"Rtebv- shewed himself moraintent on preserving iLe ^ hroi .- ? . ihan enlarging the rights aud oonEolidatisg the iorereignty of the people . True he set about one pi ? ce of reformation frr which he ^ pferFes cxedii , srd Trljiih has no rionbt hsd some efect in p . ecip ; $ ating bis own downfall , while it has m < dcub ; - edlj done Bueb to sdTance freedom of thonght , aud w ^ iken'ieof thesTrorge-t props of despotism . "We aLade to his referm of the Church of Spain , and ire " hc ! Ty blew and sore diacauragemem ' he dealt ± c > foe irqTiisitiOJi-defeiiding liberty-hating priesthv ^ d ; inan whom a worse crew of ** cowl'd ar-d hrpocrincal" dec-jireis are no where to i > e found . J t this ho hss had the maledictioRS " loed and d ' -j" of a'i ih ^ traSckers in r > ji > rstiticn , from
the Pnp £ dniTB hi Daniel O'Co ^ SELi , heap-d upon Ms head . Bni h * re Espasxebo , like the " Constiti-i ? Eali 5 ts" of Franca slopped . All his reforms w * ct : o 5 trfi-s " nihen the middle class of Spain , zx iie expenceof tbe old ajistocracy and clergy , wuhcui addinp one jot to the power cr happiness of the Tentacle people . This is the reason why he isse papular with ihe shopocracy of this cciintry ; that he is Jeas ' ed azd canissed , and made the " l 5 on ' of ** hzeraP' sprerds a : Jhe tzble of ihe Lord 33 ajcr of L'ndon . and elsewhere . Tris is whv * he Alorniiig C ' -rimicIr , tbe Sun , WeeklyDi ^ pxlck , Weekly ChrostwJe , and j-ap-rs of a similar stamp , sre rever wary of rin ^ iEg the changes on his ?* virtu ^ f u gr-od gcTemmeiit f' and *• hberai priccpl-s . ~ Djrs any ose suppose that bad he
b ? - a an Piikd demoerai , instead of an exiled "literal , " Esjurteeo would hare been banqueted It Lord Mayor Hxxxtsmtt , ard his tunle-cram-Jfc ^ n ^ friends I Not he indeed . Had the principles of drmocrafTbeen those of his poli ; ical creeJ , he E . ii : bt haTe served in London loc ? eaorgh , or taken e 3 yin 2 summerset from Waterloo Bridge to stay his st-iaaeh , before the "horpuatle" dignitaries of Change All ' -ywcnld haTe asked him to dine at the li-ansSen Bouse , or at Guilchall . As rrc may % know a . ran by the company he keep ? , " we may fcim some e > :. niiS cf Ettaktebo as a poitnebn v . hon we Sud h- 3 in the co ^ jtany of such precicur " iib ^ rai ? , ' a = 1-rd Major Fr 3 ipnaET , TiiC 0 Tin - . Caxsk a , oxd Mr . G . iosge Hksxt WiED ; worthie * « - } . - •> wculd resort to a 3 T mesjis ihsc Ihe Tilesi " ab ~ o ? n ^ -l" WGaid
££% e £ ion , to prevent ma people of this conn try a-jnirisa ? -htir political righis . 3 : f 5 l wa mn <; do ~ hi- * the JTislice to ob ^ eire that with all hi ? faui s , and th-y ar * not a few , Espast £ BO is a wry d . 3 " rrent man to i-ht- hr-rnbie scoundrels lhat haTi ^ ir . yen him from Spain ; ssd axe now tyrannizing oTer Thet nnforJuuaic K-TintTy . Another reason why tbe ex Kegent is so jijH ' ar with the middle clasps cf th -3 country—» nd another of the causes thsit ltd to his downfall in bis own , is ; hat he has the repntation of being fs-curablc to the principles of " free-trade ? ' and , it it alleged , was in treaty with tbe English goTcTn-Bient to so modify the Spanish tariff , as to admit at & nominal or moderate rate of du ms , the prcdnce of E-gl : sh manufactures . This natcraliy ezciud the It-stiljiy cf the manufacturing JLtcres's of Spain , chi'fly located in Catalonia j and this , combined with the oiher causes ef xJlssffecdon , on wMch we haye dilated , led to tbe outbreak at Barcelona .
That insurrecuoii * sras quelled with home difficulty 1 ^ ' t he troubles of the Hegent were « nlT beginning . A coalitisn of the Exaltados ( R ^ ubhcans , Kadicals , tzr Whig-3 ^ dicais ) , and Mkceradcs ( the partisans of ChristiDa , Whigs and moderate CunserratiTes ) , was formed in the Cortes ; before which the Ministr ; - 3 of the Hegent were shivered to pirces . At ler-tb , on the 10 . h of Slay last , Str . OK Lop ^ z snecer- ^ sd in forming a Cabinet , corsisiing of himself , AQtmjCB . rKLiS , Atixos , CjkEiiXiHO , and G . neral £ i . 32 ASo . Oa ihe llih of ilaj , ihe b ; w ilinio'jy snbjritted their " pTegramm- " of policy 10-the Cortes ; which pro-gramme' bei ^ g altr-gether dista-tofnl to the Begtnt , as werr- he 3 ! in : tters them-Beive ? , ha-riEg been forced upou bias , ho kicked thun ou ^; aad £ n » IiEg ihe Cortes unmanageable , dissolved it slso .
blatters soon came to a crisis ; tn ^ 1 'Lotzz Ministry , " looked up to as the leader- of " prti ^ rtss , " were i £ ? uly papalir ^ vkh tbe pwpie . Several towns XcTolted against ; hs GoTerDme ^ t . The now noioli-ius Pbim ( a Citiaionian cepsty to jhe Cone . * - ) , w t > tap" an insurre-ttion in Hie noigbbourhood , of Bi-celona . T ^ e -ii ? aSlcted of that t-, wu baring , hr-v , cTer , a ? aiiit&r ^ recollectioD of tLe funs of ilontjuicii , remaiaec qsiet for a short time . But tbe w of profane ansntos" had beiua . Malaga , Grenada , T-rro ? s . &o . " prorounc g" against tht Gcv ^ rnmeci ; aud at length . Ba . rrelona , EmuTiins nicer itsrecfnifubjncatioE , hei-ttd tne banner of TeT-lt . Zn ; Bi > o tt-ne of Espakteec ' s Ger . ersls ) was < Jr * enfrom the town , and a - ' n . iia i = i- alied . Snb-Bf ' _; -sent 3 y the GaptaiB-Gt-n ' Ts ; , and most of the tr-.-jps , iD : sed the EOTeEeat . wiih ; h » - exception of fc t in ' ihe fcrtr-. s 3 of Mon'jiii b , wao held ont for EiPASTHEO .
i gur-iras , Tarragona , Girora . Cardocs , and other p . 2 * j > is ^ rhe movemea t . On the other hand , Zi . Bixo cr-c-ve Pitiir and hi > aehrrent * from Rens . T .: aria 31 ^ 0 c- c ' sared again-t ! ' -- «¦ Heger > » V 1 the 14-h cf Jane , £ spa » XrJso i-sntd an address to the cati-n , explaining his ircuaact , and ainouncib- i » -at be iveald defend ht . 'rust in person , at the if- *• of tbx- armj . ijjj the 23-d of June Espaktero was on the Toad to > 3-encia wjih 8 OTO mer . zeoa > z , ^ ho-was at tl "; .-1 . t ZuiiBi : ! 8 » o m = rcb upon Barcelona ; or- ^ c . iaeJnt a decreed a 1 ctv r > : mane of all t ..-HI ~ - \ nva * a ^ d widowers wi : hui , cbildrPD , Ci ' - ;~^ J' ~ £ ^ of eghttt-t . Ei : d i-rtj . Several - ansTed and it 1 r
k -.-.. dwi ; ' . ar L . r ^ . na ; wa- : «^ nS " "iTe co mmau . i i tthe Tevola-i ., nary p ; 4 " Wv ? T , ^> < Uscoi'te » s --d ^ patriots ; bui § f %£ : ° } ^ iW" *™ ' -iier waimwider of ; to- ' -s i ™ J 5 I " Ctlul ^ ^ o «> f tbevolnn-: ^ SS ^ Yn ^ ST - '^^ P "^« l ; g ^ h » d BHSoa ftfloJU ^ r « S ^^; Hj ^ es , one of Espat ^ o ' s £ tai ^ j Wa 3 Jom ^ jtd ' to raae the « ite Qf Granad , . „ xeireatonS ' Generals Kaetaez and Cx ^ r-ciiA , ifo Christina ' Zwa ^ were appointed by tbe J- ^ ta of Barcelona . i theiormer Cap ^ m-Gsneral o ; Takaciaand ikw ^ and the latter , second in coiui-aad . Ibey arrivec At Valencia en the ihe 27 ib oi June ; and on the ' 29 . b , > A 2 TAi 3 Tvas orgaiuziEg ids troops to meet £ SPASTiE 0-
What ToUowb is important : ii is the key to the jTCPfcQt iEBurreetion . m On the 29 th of June , the Junta of Barcelona published ihs following decree : — A Central GoTernment being deemed indispen Bibleto regulit * the action of &il the provinces , the Sapreme Junta has decreed the following : —Article 1 . The Lop / 2 Ministry is cors-itu rd . Until the Members of that Cabinet can ite-t-, General Don F . Serranoshall bi iEtraste ^ dwith ail tse Ministerial departments . 2 . Thi 3 Ministry > hsAi be considered as ihe ProTisi-. sal ^ oTemme ^ T , untii aii the
Pro-Tincial Juntas of the Peninsula , represented by two Commissioners , formed in a Ceiitral Junta , shall haTe giyea their adhesion to ii , "
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Eedijcz next joined the movement ; Nabtaez gained some advantages , and tbe troops of the Rejjent continued to ^ eEcrt . Espabteko himself continued inactive . The Ayuntamento of Madrid , auaresced a Manifesto to thenation . tntf Tiich they openly denounced the French Government , as the prime movers of the insurrection ! On the 11 th of July , the insurgent General Aspjroz , arrived it El Pardo within s couple of leagues of Madrid , which was represented to he preparing for a desperate defence . It was also :-tsted that EEOAHBaud ZcEBixowere on the road to the capital with all their force 3 to relieve it .
On the 15 : h of July , Ka ^ vajz appeared before Madrid , and summoned it to surrender ; but met with a refusal . On the 17 th he retired . It was soon rumoured that Nabtxez had £ one back to meet Seoane , who with Zusb&ko and 10 , 000 men , was matching for Madrid . The opposing forces met atTorrtjon , on the 22 nd ; and after an engagement of a quarter of an hour , both armies "fraternised ;' that is , Seoanb ' s army deserted in a body . Sboanb was taken prisoner ; Zubbako escaped . Nabtaiz rode in triumph through the lines , exclaiming to the soldiers that this was a day of reconciliation , and that they should have their licencia absoluia!— ( free permission to leave the service and return home)—a bx » n heartily desired by the majority of Spanish coHtciipts , especially ycting ones like those he ad dressed . At the same time he promised that all the officers should b * advanced a grade . Thiss concessions , ¦ were conclusive in his favour , and left him completely master of the field .
How well this monster kept his promise will be presently ffen . On the 23 rd , Nabvaiz entered Madrid in triumph . Espastebo , after uselessly bombarding Seville , effeeied his escape with some difficulty ; and took refoge on board an English ship of war . Finally , he lauded in England , where be now is . Tbe reToluticnary leaders , of course , furnished fkemselres with peaces . The Lcnz mmisiry were fni . y reconrtirated . Rahvaez was appointed Lieutenant Grseral , Captain General of Madrid , and General-in-Chief of ail the troops in the capital ; Psm . Count de Rsuss and Governor of Madrid ; and ail tee rest of the gang , places and titles as the reward of their patriotism (?) . A manifesto was published by the ministry endeavouring to justify tbe reTplt , and convoking tbe assembly of a ziciy Cortes or the 15-b of October .
On the 18 sh of August , the Muncipahty , the Junta , and tLe Commandant 3 of the KatioDal Guard at Barcelona , met in the Town Hall , and voted Prim to the command of the citadel . The Junta then dissolved itfeif , first agreeing to send ssveral of its mertber 3 to Madrid , to urge their views upon the 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 inquire imo the caases of the pr ? 3 ent insurrection ; wnich insurrection may not uniikely turn out a coumer , or rather , an extended and democratic revolution . Tii-- LettrDgenons party , that bad driven out
Espaht £ bo , consisted of two great sections , the Modtrados , or partizans of Chbistisa ; and Ihe Exaltados , or party of the movement . The latter saw with disgust tha . t all the places of power and emolument were being fil ' ed up by men ,-who had before kn expelled from Spain for their crimes against liberty . " Besidas , the Barcelonese Insurrectionists had risen in revolt against Espartebo , because he did not go far and fast enough for thim in the work ci political Reform . AcooraiDgly , when they appointed Sejikaso * ' Universal Minister , " they made him pledge himself to them that he would re constiinie the LoPtz Administration , which the Regent had < 5 i-ini ? sed ; and tlufc this Administration , actisg as a Provisional Government , should assemble a
Central Junta at Madrid , to consist of two Deputiit from the other established local Juntas ; in other words , the calling of a " National Convention" for the purpose of remodelling the Government , and amen- 'itg the Constitution of 1837 : but the moment iEjLButxo arrived at Madrid , he forgot all hia pro-Biiscs , save fhat of restoring Scdoh Lop > z , Caballebo , Atij-os , and Feias , to their staia ia the Cabinet . He then joined the Moderado pany , which is devoted to Queen Christina ; and he and Nar-Tiiz instantly planned , and compelled the Cabinet to execnte , the most unconstitutional measures . Taey suppressed the Juntas , without assembling a Ctniral one , which could alone give them power to guide their future actions , as bping the expression cf the national will ; they dissolved the entire
Senate , which should be only renewed in respect to one-third at a general election ; they dismissed whole municipalities , and nominated others , without the application of the elrctive principle , which is aloDe constitutional ; they dissolved tbe provincial deputations , or commilteesof deputies , who can alone superintend the general elections ; th > y attempted to dedare ? he yonnjj QaetD 0 ' ace ; tfcev disbandtd ibe army and the National Guard * ; and they ordered levies 0 ! men and money , whbout the sanction of the Cortes . Tcey not only dissolved the National Guards , but compelled them to give up their arms ; and -as it was known that some thousand stand of arms ha < 2 be * n reained , ti-ey subsequently issued a proclamanon ordering tbe arnw to be given np , on pair of d ? atb , within fony-eight hours .
All these atrocities were to enable Narvafz and his gang to carry out their schema . Thi-ir work was ti > marry the child , calUd "Queen , " to the Drc d'ArMALE , one of Lotns Philippe ' s sons ; re .-toie Chbistika ; and bring the iiatinh back to "sbsolctiFm" , under the Government of a so-called "liberal" Monarch . Todoihis , Nabv ^> 2 and h ; s gang had b ^ en provided with enormous funds , not only by Mrs . Munaz , but ako by Lotns Philjpps . That French gold was lavishly employed in the corrupting of Espjibtebo ' s troops is " as notorious as the sun at noon-dav . "
The tffeci of these measures was the immediate resuscitation of the insurrection at Barcelona . On the 13 ih of August bands of young mf-n traversed the streets , crying " Down with the Moderados and the majority 01 the Queen . ' Viva 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 H the tyrant NABVAtz"' A Jnnia was sgaia appointed , and the Battalion of Volunteers re-armed . Pkim , on his return from Madrid , found the p ? ople of Barcelona arrayrd jn arm ? against th ? militATy . Prim announced his intention of supporting the Government . By the 20 : h of August , Madrid was in a state of excitement bo daDgerous to the uturpers , that Narvaiz loudly demanded the proclaiming of martial law ; tfci ? , however , his colleagnes would not agree to .
We have shown by what means Narvafz gained his easy victory at Tomjon . We have recorded his promises to the military : we now come to his acts . Oa the n : £ ht of the 29 ib of August , a battalion of the Regiment del Principe revoltedj demanding the fulfilment of Nabtaxz ' s pledges . Measures were promptly taken ; the whole garris « . n placed under arms , and a strong force of cavsiry posted at tbe Puerta del Sol . General Naryasz proceeded to the convent of San Franc ' r-co with a strong force of the Regiment of the Priccescs ; where he negociated with the " seditious t-attallion , " and prevailed on them to lay down their arms wiihout a contest . The baitaiion of the
Principe sav , that they did so on his renewing hi 3 promise of liaBK-diate licentia absoluta , and overlooking their ur-csremoDit-us mode of insisting on it . He then locked up the disarmed soldiers in oue room , the corporals in a second , and the sergeants in a third ; and drew oat every fifih roan by lot to be fehot , regardless of bis promise . This was , however , > eriou ? 3 y resisted by General Sebbano a \» d some of his staff ; and he finally contented himself with instituting a summary court-martial , by which twelve cf the ringleaders were marked out ; eight of whom , five sergeants , two corporals , and a Eoldier , were condemned to death , and four others to hard labonr , namely , one sergeant for six years , ^ wo corporalB for two years , and one soldier for one year . The first-mentioned eight were immcdi&ttly 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 : ba : undoubtedly awaits him . No wonder he is iving in a s : ste of constant tenor , which makes iiin u !/ mly shift his quarters , not daring to sleep ; wice in the same bed ! At . Harcf-lona , on tbe 2 nd of September , the ' Oiitral Junta" was proclaimed , and the Repub ican Bajges appointed President . On the 3 rd the ¦ lOsrile parties came to blows . On the 4 ; h a iusilade lommenced between tbe volunteers and the troops ; -olonel Baiges , the President of the Junta , wa 3 tiled . Down to the present time Barcelona ias continued to be the theatre of coi fl ^ ct . On the iih Prim wished his troops to carry the city by siorm , bnt they refused to risk a sruggle in the greets . On the 10 th Brigadier Amettleb , with two battalions ef free corps , and 350 regular troops , joined Lhe insurgents .
On the 14 th , the Ministry issued a manifesto , smipg its objections to a Central Junta , and imploring the nation to await the assembling of the Cortes . It declares that Skbrano had no power to promise a Central Junta ; and that the Madrid AyuntameBto ( municipalUv ) was appointed , and not elected , bitause an election would not hare ensured ne retnrB ef aen sufiicientlj respectable ! A ^^ l ?^ Bni , obteined some advantages over ambiilk * , killing » large number of insurgents . t > , *? ££ ^ , decJ&red ** * * Central Junta" on ! X , - ? lenci » and Granada have also - pro-SSKrVrTR * ^™* ^ The NatiJnal Leuers from Cadiz of the 22 nd ult . state ihat great excitement prevailed both there aud at Seville the £ ? ££ , £ l at places the ^ ' 5 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 success of the insurgents is being done . . It is known that the 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 jonrnal , states that Vie Garrison of Barcelona has for some time past been paid with money advanced by the French authorities ! S . Olozaga 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
resolution of sending an Ambassador to Spain , S . Olozaga will hold a similar post in the French capital . This Olczaga ( one of NARTAEz ' sgang ) has rendered bimsett" universally ridiculous by getting himself decorated with the " Order of the Golden Fleece ;" an order extremely circumscribed , hitherto \ rorn only by the "Crowned Heads" of Europe and two or three highly successful and favourite " heroes" , finch as the Duke of Wellington : still the decoration may not be misapplied . Tnere is no doabt that in the " golden" waj , S . Olvzkqa . and Co . will " pretty considerably" fi * Cce the Spanish nation , if only allowed timoby the " rebellious" Catalonians !
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multaneoiis ; : tocsin of the belfries of all the parishes j and that ' the guard placed at the Post-office in the Puerta del Sol were to have the special honoar of shootiue him in passing ! tho result was , that Naknafz immediately rode to the quarters of the Prinoessa Regiment ( the only one , it is said , en which he oan rely ) , taking care not to pa ^ s the Postoffice in 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 Journald assure us that some were found . They persist in their version that the powder
magazine was set on nreby the Centralistas , and also assert that they have discovered mines and preparations made to blow up two of the principal barracks in Madrid . Aides-de-camp have boen despatched by NAKVAiz to Coroova , Truxillb , and Santander , with special instructions to order the military execution of certain officers , Serjeants , and soldiers , who have taken leading parts in both pronunciamientcs . ¦ 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 hare no doubt that it will hasten the consummation of things , and decide very speedily the question— " Who shall govern Spain I "
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: ( From our own Correspondent . J The partial calm to which I alluded in my last has passed away , and tbe storm of outrage baa renewed its forae with even more than its wonted fury . Toe leasons foi the partial txanquiJity wilb which we have been favoured may be brkfl / summed up ae follows : — First— Nt-nodbtviBB were pending which had tot their object the liberation on bail of the three prisoners who were lately coniiftitte'J to the House of Correction at Swansea , and the insurgents , for a season , rested on their oars , that those negotiations might have a chance of success . Second—Few gateB wbich are considered illegal now remain ; and these were so strongly garrisoned that it was deemed unsafe to veuturo on their attack .
And third—As numerous and important meetings had been bold , at which petitions and memorials to her Majesty bad been adoptod , time was being given to see if any step would be taken in accordance witb tbeir views , or what answer ber Majesty would return to their complaints . The negociatiouB with the magistrates have failed , and her Majesty ' s answer bus been extensively placarded through this and the adjoining counties , in tho shape of tho proclHTiiation contained in your Ia 8 i . The reasons , therefore , which had brought about a temporary cessation of hostilities having ceased to exist , on the night * f Monday last , Rubeccft recommenced operations , by paying a visit to Llansjjrig gate , on tho borders of Montgomeryshire . This gate met with the
usuul fate which toll bars receive at the lady ' s bands , and was speedily numbered with byecone things . In the same neiybbaurhooii , but in the adjoining county of Radnorshire , sbe again made ber appearance on Wednesday night , and totally dempli ' . bfcd the Cwra Qlan , Cross lane , and Hbayador gates . On this occasion she is said to have been attended by abr-ut 200 of ber daughters , and went to work with even more than her usual ceremony . She was mount fed on a white horse , attired in a white dress , whito bat , and w<e veil ; and when tbe work of demolition was completed , she entered a carriage drawn bjfnui white horses , and , the toll keeper asserts , vanished into the air . Surely , this 'Becca will give some trouble to the dragoons and police , before they can catch her !
About tbe same time , but some sixty miles distant , tbe same ubiquitous personnf ; a made her appearance , and set fire to the stacks , offices , nml farm house of Mr . Jenkins , at Pcmtretrusgoed , near Pontnealhvaugban , Q amorganshire , when property was destroyed to tbe amount of about £ 6 * 00 . Superintendent Dalies , of the Merthyr police , baa been using t voty exertion to discover the depredators , but nothing has been permitted to transpire . On Tuesday morning , the Dolenhirion gate was destroyed the second time .. Since its re-trection , it has
been nightly guarded by one policeman and two constables ; and on tbe morning in question the policeman had left the gate and gone home , as it was then broad daylight . He had scarcely , however , arrived at his domicile , when the constables appeared in breathless baBte , ami told him that Kobecca and all her daughters were at the gate . H& remounted in all speed , but ere bis arrival , broken p 35 ta and a roi flass house weie aii that remained or the Dolenhirion toll bur . It'is said that the constables identified two of the party , and they have consequently been apprehended , bat not s » yet brought up for examination
Ou Tuesday night a body of Rubeccaltes paid a visit to the Hiiiler of Caecrin mill , This individual if owner of some property , ami has lately instituted legal proctenirigs against a former tenant . Jje was summoned before her ladyship , and having promised te forego further proceedings was permitted to retire unmolested . Tbe party , next procetded to the turnpike on tbe main road from' Ltanctovery to Trecastle , on the confines of this county , CMQ \ artb . fenBhite , after dentioying vlsich , they gave three churl's for tho Queen , three for " B"cca , "and then qutetly ciisBenad .
On Thursday night , or rattier about one o ' clock on Friday iiiwriiiug , Rubccca ' s sister , Charlotte , with about 300 of that lady ' s daughters , made their appearance at the CwiHdwrg'ite , a sh' -rt distance from L ' a . awnia . in this county . They summoned the old woman who coi-Itcts the tolls out of bed , and told her to set about rtmovicg the furniture , as it was their intention t- > burn the house ; Remonstrance was vaiu ; so while one party were busy breakiog up the gates , another wt-re assisting the eld woman in removing ' her ' things . " The broken gates , posts , ice 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 . The parts then proceeded to the village of Llansadwrn , where they purchased some gunpowder and gun-flints ,
from Mr . Dsvies , tbe shopkeeper ; and having obtained thia fresh stock of ammunition they surrounded the vicarage , the residence of the Rev . J . Jones . Thia gentlemon , it seams , was not contented , with the income he received from the Church , but must add "field to field" eyen at the hazu-d of the malediction thereby incurred ; he had consequently purchased some property jn the vicinity of the vicaruge , and had given the tenant warning to quit The Bring of a volley disturbed the pirson ' s druanis , and tbe visions of tylhe pigs andtoioia cave place to the stern realities of his situation . Miss Charhtle was thundering at the door , demanding tbe instant appearance of Mr , Jones , as she bad an important message to deliver , with wnich she had been entrusted by " sister 'Becea . " When Mr . Jones came down he-was to ! d that he must immediately remove
bis goods : and chattels , in order that the vicarage might be set on fire ; as it was deeidedly contrary to 'Becca ' s law that he , a clergyman , should also be a farmer . Either the barn or the church , —hut not both , —was tbe peremptory mandate of tbe sovereign Rebecca ; and hacked as ber vicegerant was by such a number of her belligerent daughters , the paTson considered that the safest course would be in instant compliance . He therefore manifested his desire to " stick to tbe church , " with which the lady Charlotte expressed herself satibneti ; and after tbe parson had promised that tbe tenant on his ne w proporty should net be disturbed , the rioters quietly took tbeir departure . His reverence , however ,, was frightened not a little , and' rtsolvid upon the im- < mediate removal of himself and family . He accordingly rented a bouse in Llandi / vevy on tho following day , to ! which be immediately removed , his tiFcCts . None of the participators in this outrage were recognised . j
I mentioned , in a hastily-written note fi'oiu Carmar- then last wetk , tl at two men were apprehended ! and had been brought up for examination , but were remanded until Thursday . I how give you the parti- ; culars , as far as these have been permitted to transpire ; j but both examinations having been private , and the " gentlemen of the press" most rigidly excluded , the ) whole affair cannot yet be got at . Some time ago , an [ attack was made upon the Gwendraefcb . Iron Works at Pont-y-berem , by a number of men ; they surrounded tbe bouses between one and two o'clock in tbe morning , and having fired several shots , cotumtneed battering at tbe door , demanding that Mr . Slocomb , tho managing ' clerk , should appear . His wife gallantly presented j herself at an upstairs window , and demanded who they
were , and what they wanted with ber husband ? The leader of the band replied : I am Rebecca , and we ¦ wish to see him immediately . " Tbe wife , however , firmly refused , stating thofc her husband waa not at home . Fimsir . g themselves unable to gain admission , thty said : " Mr . Newman ( the proprietor of the works ; hes behaved himself well , he is a kind master , and wo will not iijure a hair of bis head ; but if Mr . Slocomb is not out of the country in a weak , 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 eevoial 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 a / ias Shoni Scyborfaior , about thirty years of age , and formerly a pfzj fighter ; ' the other David Davies , alias Daiy Cantwr or David the Sibger . Warrants were accordingly issued , and placed in the bends 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 Davies near the Five Roada , about twelve o ' clock at night He waa immediately handcuffed , and conveyed in a cart to LUnelly , where he was placed la the custody of the military , at the Poor Law Bastile . on the following day Shoni was apprehended at the -i amble . :
On Monday and Thursday , they were examined before tho Honl Gh R . Trevor , M . P ., D . Brytbereh , Esq ., and come other magistrates . A great number of charges were preferred against tkem , especially against Shoni , the most part of wbich are of a very serious nature . Among other things , he is charged with being concerned in the destruction of Spudders Bridge gate and tollbouse ; as also that he , in connection with other idle vagabonds , used to ti averse the country during the sight , demanding money in the name of Rebecca . The
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gnn , found in his posssssiyn when app * O endea > waa stated to be the property of John Eva . s . of CJ ® P arish of Llanon , which hart beein stolen from his house » - n one of tbeir midnight visits , when they put tbe ownC * * & danger of bis life by threatening to shoot him unless hC delivered bis money up to ; them . ' Id consequence of some disclosures which were made at the first examination , a farmer and his servant were brought prisoners to towo' on Wednesday last ; and it is rumoured that they also are charged witb . levying contributions in the awful name of Rebecca . It is said
tbat a farmer of Pencarrpg positively swore that they had demanded £ 5 of him , under the pretence that it was for ber 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 £ l if the prisoner would accept it . Be this as it may , on Friday night last tbe witness ' s stack-yatd , farm-house , and cow-house , at Peacarrog , were reduced to a heap of ashes , tbe inmates having a narrow escape for their lives . About sixty rioters were present j
On Saturday night , another gate was destroyed in tbe neighbourhood of Lbaon , and I nave also heard that the Abergwilly gate : has for tbe third time shared the same fate . I see , by the Carmarthen Journal , that the curate of Liandissiliogofto ( mind the stops !) was waylaid by a party of the Rebeccaites , and because he would not offer up a prayer for " Becca , "i he got two of his ribs broken , and was otherwise veiy sfrioueiy injured . The Special Commission about to issue will be only for the trial of the Gmiuorguns-bire prisoners , and will not extemi te the county iof Carmarthen ; the prisoners who are for trial in the last-mentioned county will not be tried until the Spring Asa >' Z' ? s .
As ; he whole of the " chiels amang us taking notes " bcre thrir readers with j 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 matters , you must excuse your correspondent if , in addition to giving accounts of the burning of farm houses , frightening parsons , and pulling down toll gates , he , top , should try his band at an article on the i
" THE REAL STATE OF WALES . " Much has been aaid in ibe Times and other / onrnals ef the day , in reference to tbe Welsh Magistrates ; their competency for the | task of administering justice ; aad their general demeanour towards their poorer brethren . In some of tfa « articles to which I have alluded , unmeasured censures have bftn heaped upon their worships' beads ; while in others they are held up as tbe very paMtjous of human ptrfettion . The rimes led the van in tn ! e work of denunciation , and the Herald took up tuie cudgels in deforce . Now , without standing committed either to one side of the question or the other , your correspondent would simply remark that there is a i great similarity between ths Welsh Magistrates , and the Magistrates in every
ether part of the dominions of ou Q / i'en . Their worships are charged with permitting the interests of the public to suffer , when those interests come into collision with tbeir » wn : but when was it otherwise with irresponsible power ? The history of our country contains few instances ( if any ) where tbe Great Unpaid have permitted their own pockets to suffer , that the public good might be thereby enhanced . True , the Magistrates of Wales ure in many cases the creditors or tally-holders of the Various road trusts j but these trusts have ever been considered " a safe 6 uhject" for tho investment of capital ; and is it to be supposed that magistrates—who were elected solely because they had a superabundance of cash—ate to be such simpletons as not to take advantage of a profitable
investment , seeing that their seata on the bench give them no small power in settling disputes to their own satisfaction ? No ! no ! \ frail humanity is not to be exposed to such a tewp ^ ution as thw , and expected to pass scatheless through the ordeal . With reference to tfceir fitness for th « task of administering tho law , aud thus fulfilling tbeir magisterial duties , surely the Chartists of Britain are not n » w to be tiught 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 conscq > ienc 9 of their love of justice , not in con-Etquence of a virtumis life , not in consequence of their knowledge of the formalities and technicalities of law , but simply because thoy are HOMED HEN ; and as such may be expected to promote
the cl ; bh interest of their own order , and to uphold the purposes of the factions by which they were raised . It is also urged against ' ^ T . ffy on the bench , " that he is upstart , arrogant , and domineering ; but this unfortunately may be witnessed every day , in other parts of the country besides Walea Nay , there is more haughtiness , more pomposity , and more pride in half-a-dcz . n upstart " lords of the long chimneys " , than in ail the county masistrates of South 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 net receive a more severu ca 8 ti"ration than in all fairness and justice they de * erve . It is only a backhanded compliment uaid to thorn ; tut it in one to which they are ful ( 7 entUIort ; THEY are just like Magistrates eveby where else .
Not a iittlo has been said , moreover , about tho Dis sonting Cieiyymen encouraging the doings of K . bacca from the pulpit . Whether this b « bo or not , your "teorraspondent has no means of ascertaining j for he has been so disgusted with parsonocracy in England , aye , aud in Scotland too , that he has no inclination t renew tLd infliction iu Wales . \ Your readers must therefure remain satiufi- 'fl with what they know already , v . z : — that this class of men seldom mn counter to the will aud interests of their mouied hearers . Tbuy may bowever not , be dissatisfied ; to learn that ev ^ n in the present outcry about poverty and distress , at an " anniversary" sermon preached in a D ^ sentirg chapel in this town last week , the Collection amounted to no lens than £ 110 . \
Notwithstanding all this , tbe Welsh are decidedly a thinking people 1 and itiis paying them no small compliment to say that , in many respects , they resemble the Scotch . The same detestation of tyranny , and tbe same ardent love of liberty , forming a prominent feature in the national character both of the one acd the other . This feeling has doubtless been kept alive by the general prevalence of small farms j as nothing is so well calculated to foster the spirit of iudepeudence , as the feeling of independence which that system engenders . Bu ; the people hav « suffered many hardships ; and it is not to be wondered at that tbe oppression and exactions to which they were compelled to submit ,
should at last have goaded them on to outrage and riot . Neither should it be calculated to excite our surprise when we find them followuig in the train of a daring individual , who holds out to them the prospect of a redress of their most p ; jomiiirnt griev . iuces , and whose actions have been sufficiently tinged with romance , to enlist on his behalf alljtho better sympathies of ouv nature . We may lament the prostitution of national energy to such paltry p ' urpose 3 as the bre iking down cf a tell-bar ; but wo eaunot help admiring the determination which , for such a length of Siine , has impelled the Welsh people to fo « w their grievances upon public attention . ;
The grievances which thtse men have felt to press most hardly upon them havo been often detailed . Tollbars crossed every road , like the notes upon a mubic book ; again and again . ; b-id th y petitioned for their removal ; but there they Btood in open defiance of the popular will . j The Whig-made Tithe Commutation Bill was also found to be a aulject fr ' oni which they suffered much ; inasmuch as they are iiow compelled to pay iu money what they were formerly permitted to liquidate in kind . To many , the full force of this grievance may not at once appear ; but it will be sufficiently obvi » us , when they take into consideration the fact tbat tbe farmer is now not ouly compelled to take his tithe-grain to market , and pay all the expences incidental thereon , bat he must also pay full twenty per cent , higher than he receives . This is caused by the Commutation Act being based on the geperal averages of the kingdom ., which are invariably twenty per cent higher than the market price here . |
The New Poor Law is : also a theme of universal disapprobation ; bnt as its long train of evils have been so trequently and ably laid bare in tbe Star , I may be allowed to pass them by witb the single remark , tbat Welshman are fuliy conversant with all tbe workings of this diabolical measure . But I may be asked , " How was it tbat the P .-es , s of Wales was siient upon these things' ? To that question the Press of WaleB shall reply . I extract the following from the last number of the Welshman : — "At present , Wales can scarcely bi said to hav .- a newspaper Press : and the j' wholsome censorship' of the South Wales Pf ess in a j mere fiction . Tuere is in it , as a whole , no more of public cmsorship than a mere handbill or advertising ; oheeb has . Its efficiency on tbe score of censorship u certainly supplied by sycophancy and namby-pambyism ; and praise of all but the very poor is pitchforked into its columns wi ; h marvellous liberality ; while the public , and the public interest , are left to take care of themselves . "
Such is truly the Btate of Wales ; and such being the ise , it is neither to be wondered at that those in power veretepped its limits , nor that ; an oppressed peopie lould take such steps jas seemed the most natural , to ring the evil which they complained of to an end . I shall return to this subject again , FDBTHEH JARTICULABS . — CARMARTHEN , TUESDAY . Shoni , and Davy , ihe singer , are both committed > r trial ; the former on seven charges , and the latter n two . The names of the parties apprehended o ' n lie charge of taking part in the destruction of the ) olehirion gate and toll-house , are Thomas Morgan
and Thomas Lewis . They al .-o are committed for trial . The examinations in both oases 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 flt Aberdyrj This took place on Saturday night , when the offices were sit on fire in five or six places . f On Sunday night , a gentleman's seat on the noith Bide of the county waa also destroyed . TnismorniDg , about eight o ' clock , two bailiffs , who are known by the soubriquet of M John the
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Mermaid , " and *• John o' th' Ball Court , " went to take possession , under a warrant of distress , of the goods of a farmer called Philip of the Found . On the arrival of the bailiffs at the place of their destination , they were met by a regular band of Rebecel ites , who did not handle thejn in the most gentle maniTf-i » in fact , the poor bailiffs were almost killed . An expi' ° S 3 for assistance came to Carmarthen at full speed , when a strong body of constables were despatched to ibe scene of action . They have not yet returned , and the cavalry are under arms , expecting every moment to be called out . , The farmer came into town . to-day , and was immediately put in gaol , although no sSune js laid to his oharge , except / standing by whilst t £ e bailiffs were receiving their chastisement . Eight gates were destroyed K > st night .
The Welsh Special Commission WK" issued and forwarded from London on Monday . Ifc . jnominates Mr . Baron Parko , Mr . Baron Crarney , and MrV Cresswell as the presiding Judges . The trials will lak ^ pteee h * Glamorganshire , at Cardiff , it having been co » ' ^ d advisable to try the prisoners at a distance froJ * th ° county which has been tbe chief scene of tbe disturbances . The day named for the Commission to meet is the 21 st of the present month . —Times .
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London . Calamitous Fire .- — -Three Lives Lost . —On Wednesday morning , between two and three o ' clock , a most dreadful fire took place on the range of promises belonging to ?< 4 r . Howard , boot and shoemaker , St . Martin ' s Court , St . Marrin ' a Lane . The firo was first perceived by a female nam / d Jane Smith , who resides in Gcorge-streetj St . Giles ' s . It appears that she , ifi passing near the spat , saw a great body of smoke issuing out of the apertures in the windovv-shiitters . She immediately commenced knocking very violently at the door , and shouted " Fire !'' Whilst so engaged , the police cam * up , and almost instantly after a little boy , about ten years of age , feli with a dreadful crash at the feet of the female . Sue picked him up , ran first to a surgeon in St . Martin's-lane , who
refused to take the child in . She next started 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 paiu &nd confusion , the entire building on five from the basement floor to the roof , the fl lines at the same time were rushing out of the various windows , roaring like several furnaces , retting fire simultaneously to the adjoining premises of Mr . King , to those opposite occupied by Mr . Ackerinan , confectioner , and Mr . Dalton , comb and brush-maufacturer . The engines sooa 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 further danger of tho , fire extending waa at an 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 there—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 . Tne husband , Mr . Pollock escaped . The little boy , mentioned abave , was a nephew of Mr . King , the comb-maker , next door , whose house is entirely destroyed .
The Unemployed Compositors of London . —We rpquest the attention of our readers , more particularly those in comfortable circumstances , to an advertisement which appears iu another column , uetting forth the Buff rings of the above body of clever and werthy , but unfortunate men , appealing to the public Tor aid . We trust tfaa'i that appeal will bo responded to in a manner worthy of the people of ihis country who owe all they have of knowledge , and and all they may win of freedom to the Pnrss The present condition of the London Compositors is a blushing stigma upon a capital which has within it more of intellect and literature than any other place on the face of the globe . We moss earnestly hopo that in London and throughout tho Island the lovers of literature and the advocates of freedom will come to the assistance of tneir distressed rueu , and alleviate their unmerited sufferings .
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Bradford Markets , Thursday , Oct . 12 . — Wool —There is not so much animation as a few weeks back , when the Spinners generally were purchasing very freely . Tho market continues to be well supp ! i"d , and in prices no alteration . Yarns—Since our last another general advance has been given to Wool Combing , —and for such counts as % remost in request an advame has been sought , bat we do not hear that it i 3 eonerally complied with . —Piece . —The condition of the Manufacturer is now becoming very harras 3-ing and perplexing , for an advance is demanded on boeh Cotton and Worsted , it ad'te materially to the cost of production , and as the autumn trade is drawing towards a close , merchants do not appear inclined to increase their stocks at advanced prices .
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Fbidat , Oct . 13—The arrival of Wheat during tbi 3 and tho last week have been nearly 38 , 000 quarter ? , which has given the millers the advantage of making their selections upon very favourable terms . To-day a good extent of business has been done , after tha factors were disposed to submit to a reduotion of Is . to 23 . per quarter . Barley meete heavy sale , and luuat be noted la . per quarter lower , the quality not proving so fiae as was generally expected . Oat are £ d . per stone , and Shelling 6 d . per load lower , but Beans fully support their value .
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O'CONNOR , Esq . of Hammersmitb , Count * Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON . at his Print * ing Offices , Not , 12 and 13 , Uark « t-strMt , Briggfttal and Published by th * said Joshua Hobsou , ( for the said Fbargus O'Connor , ) at Ms Dwelling-house , No . 5 , Market-rtreet , Briggate ; « a internal Communication existing between the v& No . 5 , aiarket-street > and the said Nos . 12 vA 13 , MarketrBtreel , Briggate , thu » constituting the whole of the said Printing and Publishing Offloo one Premises . AH Communications must be addressed , Post-paid , to Mr . HOBSON , Northern Star Office , Leeds . ( Saturday , October 14 , 1843 . )
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Since writing the above , we understand that Nab vaE 2 is to be created Duke de la Concord ; in that case he will be oousin-german of the Prince of Peace ! What an impudent tnisereant to have tho assurance to associate his blood-stained name with that of peace or concord ! O shame where is ibv blnsh ! The object of Olozaga ' s mission to Paris is stated to be , the procuring of an army of intervention from Lotjis pHiLir-PK to " ¦ settle" the effairs of Spain . Of course , afier the good old fashion of French " settlement" ( vide the Duke D ' -Angutjiemb ) by murdering th * Spanish patriots , ana imposing despotism upon them by all the atrocities of kingjy warfare .
Finding General Araoz not sufficiently active in slaughtering the Baiceloueese , NarYai * superseded him and appointed General Sa . * z Captain Geaeral , On his arrival he immediately declared the province in a state of seige , Letters of the 26 th ult ., from Barcf Jona , represented tke insurgents as determined to bold out . A decree of the Bame date appointed Pb . ui Major General , for his liberticidal servioeB . A fearful explosion of a powder magazine took place at Madrid . It was reported thai the explosion was a wilful act and part of a plot . The powdermagazine is stated to have contained at th « time of tho explosion , 1 * 27 quintals of powder , 700 , 000 cartridges , and othitr ammunition , 10 , 000 muskets , and considerable materiel . The number of persons killed or vrounded is said to be from twenty-five to thirty ; only ten bodies , however , have been found . The most extraordinary precautions were taken to prevent a risiug . Tho streets were patrolled day and Uight by strong detachments of the military .
Increasing in audacity , Narvaeb ordered Colonel Bbjstow and a number of English residents , to leave Madrid , while almost hourly the opponents of the government werp arrested and thrown into prison . Letters of tbe 27 ib ult ., state tbat there were then 12 , C 00 troops in the capital , which were compelled to patrol the Btreels day and night to prevent a rising . The election mockery has , in Madrid and many other places , terminated in favour of tho Government candidates . Thia was certain to be the case
under the existing terrorism . The correspondent of the Journal des Debais , states that , in the operation of examining the votes , tbe tellers set aside any Dumber of votes contrary to their opinions . The Liberal haver protested , beforehand , against tho validity of the Madrid elections . Toe lists , they allege , were made out by a mock aud illegal municipality and provincial deputation , both nominated by General Nabvaez , 5 n > tead of being legally chosen And finally , an interested officer pres dec over the scrutiny . The Liberal commissaries , therefore , declared that they considered the elections as null .
CoromenMnff on these "election" proceedings the Morning Chronicle remarks — " It is the maxim and determination of tho military who at present rule Spain , to bring representative government into contempt ; and they have certainly gone the ripht rvay to prove it an absurdity , by making each town el < ct the person most obnoxous to it as its deputy . The consequence is , that it will require a guard of 30 , 000 men to protect tne Cortes from being hooted by tbe people of Madrid . No town of any importance can be left without a proportionate garriion , and the Moderado system will thus require a greater military force and expense to support it than tho Carlist war . It is vaia to look for ptace , or hope for a termination of this state of things . Barcelona mny succumb ; Saragossa may be tricked by the lying promises of
CabaLlero ; Cadiz , under ibe bayonets of Coj « cha , may apparently submit to return its woist enemies for representatives ; the cit a-Ds of Madrid , disarmed as a national guard , deprived of every municipal right , with a general cfEcer for their prefect , and with a Spaniard in French pay for their alcalde , pay remain traequil , a ? the Duko of Modtna ' s subjects before the executioner , who really rules the diicby . But every day wiM bring us plot ; every hour its inurmurs , and their brutal repression ; no iuler can sleep without tho fear , no citizen without tbe hope , of an imminent revolution . The last resources of the empire , too , will be squandered in ihe prodigal and ioletask of repression . All the national property , sold to jobbers for one thirtieth of its value , would net suffice to pay the police soldiers of Narvafz "
Tbe same letters announce that at Victoria and Seville , there had been attempts at revolt . Tbe rumours of 600 i r surgi uts having been made prisoners , in Mataro , turn out to be 60 insurgents , who were imprisoned in Martorel , with the Secretary of tbe Junta , Roma . Octobf-r 3 rd . —Phim entered Figueras this day , with 5 , 000 infantry , 3 U 0 cavalry , and six pieces ef artillery . The Emancipation of Toulouso states that it has been ascertained that two-thirds of Auettler ' s treops are composed of pure Republicans . Letterd from Madrid of tbe 28 : h ult ., announce further precautions of the usurpers for the maintenance of their blood-stained power . Letters from Burgos and Valladolid speak of those places being in a . very disturbed state .
The Junta of Saragossa issued a powerful Manifesto to the nation o . i the 25 ih ult ., in justification of us proceedings , and showing , in a strong and argumentative manner , tbat in the actual circumstances in which the country is placed , there is no safety for its liberties , except iu appealing 10 the extraordinary exercise of the national soTCreimiity , by the formation of a supreme Central Juii'a to controul public affairs , until the country is in a normal state , and the Cortes can be freely and legally elected . The regiment of Bourbon is stated to have pronounced at Truxillo in favour of ibe Central Jun a . At Cordova Pfveriil ( facers attempted a revolt , but failed . At Srgovia an attempt was made to proclaim Espabtercx , but was put down aud a sergeant shot .
At Zimora , the CarltBts having obtained the election by ihe assistance of the Governmeut authoriiits , the Liberals rose and beat the Carlist deputies and their adherents rut of the town . Tho authorities were deposed , and a commandant of carbineers superseded tbe general by force , and declared himself Captain- General . The AJ » rT , iT ) ff Chronicle of Saturday * ays— " The Journal des Debuts t ^ ms up tbe Catalouian news : it adiaitB thai the in-urgents of Barcelona are 6 , 000 in number , whilst 4 , 000 under Amettler , in possession of Girona and its citadel , defy tho iroops of the Government . This is somewhat different from the telegraphic dispatches . "
Letters from Madrid of the 30 h ult . announce the receipt of a despatch from Prim , stating that he had carried Mataro by assault , with the loss of 100 m « -n on bis own part , and 150 killed ; and between 500 a « d 600 prisoners on that of the insurgents . Saragossa is threatened with bombardment . Gr * at discontent exists ai Cadiz ; many persons have been arrested . A despatch from Brigadier Eodrigpes , Colonel of tbe B-jurbon regiment , dated JVladronana , 26 ' . h instant , states that the revolt has been suppressed , and thsit seven of the officers were under arrest at Trnxillo . The situation of things at Madrid continues unchai'ged ; preparations aro continually ruade against a general rising . The usual entrance to the Postoffice , which was cpr-ned for a day , is again shut . There are 200 men ihere every n'ghf , and two pieces of artillery in its inner quadrangle .
Tbe steam-boat Balear , which sailed from Barcelona on the i a instant , arrived ai Marseilles on the 7 ' -b The blockade of thai city bad been made more strict , and it was hourly expected that an assault would bo made upon it . General Schllly and Lara arrived before Sarragossa on th < 3 rd . A letter in the Times of Tuesday , dated Madrid , September 80 th , sajfc— " Another threatened night of insurrreotion and bloodshed has passed off without , auy more serious result , than keeping the whole garrison nnder arms last night in the streets and in the Palace courts , and causing further military ar . rests to-day . Last sight , 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 iNARVAtshad such good
information of the intended movement , that he was again enabled to counteract and defeat it . One half of the Regiment of Leon was all night within pistolshot of his lodgings , and the other half to cut off all communication between tbe city and Royal Palace . In a recent letter ( on the 26 th inst . ) I mentioned the fact of Nxrtae-z having locked np 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 ofthi 3 precautivu had not then transpired , but I have since learned thai Nartaiz had 00 that day received information from z party concerned that certain chiefs of battalions and companies of the garrison quartered in various points of the city was were ready to jronounce in favour of the Central Junta upon the 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 . } " 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 . Feargus O'Connor or some other person to stand for the City of London , in opposition to Mr . T . Baring and Mr . Paitison , 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 it , called upon Mr . Davock , who , in a strong Hibernian accent , proposed the following resolution : —
' That in tbe opinion of this meeting the candidates now in tho field for the honour of representing the ' city of London , viz , Mr . Pattison and Mr . 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 the aristocracy , moneyocraoy , and the banking interest , and are utterly inoapable of sympathizing with the most valuable and important of all classes—the small trader aud working man ; we , therefore , call ou 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 representati res oi' the people sha'l 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 demagogue . In the course of a few minutes he galloped from France to England , from England to America , and thence all over the globe—spoke of letters do cachia ( letters de cachet ) , argumentums , secundums , municipalities , extreme cases , and everything else . Baring , or " Bahring , " as be called him , was a vagabond , who hoarded up money and lent it out to all the great scoundrels of the earth ; wherefore ho was to be blamed for the national debt , under which the country at present laboured . Pattison was worse—the representative and the ally of persecuting Whigeery .
Mr . M 'Grath , like his predecessor , an Hibernian , and not an elector , seconded the resolution . He confined himself principally to exposing the fallacies of ihe Anti-Corn Law League . He stated that the present average earnings of a cotton spinner were 5 s . 6 d . a-week . Tbe Leaguers complained thaf- 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 wage ? . How could they do that ! The effect of the repeal of these laws would be either to ihrow tho land out of cultivation altogether , and thus burden the manufacturing districts with
3 , 6 (^ 0 , 000 agricultural labourers , or to compel the English agriculturist to attempt a competition wiih 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 ihe 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 tally 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 . Mantz , to address a requisition to Mr . O'Connor .
Local Markets.
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Lssos . —Printed tor the Proprietor , FEABftUS
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 14, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct823/page/8/
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