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      SPAIN AND SPAKISH AFFAIRS . i I > T = x 3 sr £ d wi ? h ihe continued effusion of blo- ^ - and ^ innrsrzaHtiEg batclniies which , for ^ o li / n ^ s period , have disgraced lie straggles of tbe diSV-Tint factions who in torn hare asserted their supremacj in Spain , and desolated their common country ; and seeing no good for the masses , no ? . dvance to the general canseof libeny , likely to result from these struggles ; we had ceased to feel any interest in them : and consequently cossidercd we could better £ 11 up the columns of ihis paper , » . han by chronicling matters , which , however well calculated to -make good men weep for the exSrava- nancies and crimes of their species , was certainly not calculated to afford encouragement to the patriot , nor hope to the pnilanthropisk .

      Bat recent events , opening as they do , a prospect to foreign interferen'j 8 in the affairs of that country ., —in which interierenca England is hut too likelj to be associated ., —renders it necessary that " Spanish affairs , should be again brought before the English working classes—the clas ? frr whom we ¦ write , and are proud to labour for ; seeing that ' tis tA * 3 j , who have before-time had to fight the battles and pay the cost -of foreign interference ; and 'tis Ihey who win be the suffarers again , if our precious Government should lend itselT to another war of intervention" to prop-np the 'right-divine" of crowned and military brigands , and toqueU in blood and bind in chains , the spirit , which evoked at Barcelona , is demanding the " rights of man , "' and threatening with the fate of the " Capets" the line of thB " beloved Ferdinand , " of petticoat-embroidering aot © rietj !

      Hence , too , another reason for again admitting Spanish Affairs . " into the columns of the Star * Although tee objects of the Catalonian Insurrectionists are net very clearly defined , siili there is evidence of ** progress" as compared wkh previous Btrngglesj there is an advance towards Republicanism exhibited in the present conflict . And seeing only in kingcraft one of the obs ' . acles to man ' s improvement , a&d in Republicanism one of -the stepping stones to mankind ' s social happiness , we naturally feel our sympathies enlisted on the side of the Insnrgents , and make no concealment of our wishes for their success . But to understand the present posture of affairs m Sp ^ in , it will be necessary to give a brief sketch of the events , which have been in course of occurrence there , for some time pas ? .

      ^?« may first remind our readers that in 1840 , the infamous Christina , being compelled to abdicate the Regency . And retire from a country she had so shamefully plundered , and treacherously plotted to bring again under the yoke of " absolntcism , ' : Espaetkro , { now an exile in England ) was appointed byihe Cortes sole Regent of the kiEgdom . As a General , he was not very popular , having been noted for his Fabian policy ; but being regarded a 3 the Jeader of the "Liberal" party , his election by the Cortes was generally approved of , and high expectations were entertained that steadily , but surely , the nation would reap the wishedfor fruits of its long and severe strusgles . — These Te&sonable expectations were not fulfilled .

      . tEPAKEERo shewed himself more intent on preserving thethrone , than enlarging the rights and consolidating the ; sovereignty of the people . True he set about onepiecejof reformation for which he deserves credit , and whieh baa no donbt nad some tiFect in precipitating his own downfall , while it has undoubtedly done much to advance freedom of thought , and weaken one of the strongest props of despotism . We allude to his reform of the Church of Spain , and the ** heavy blow and sore diaconragement" he dealt to the ingnirition-defendhig libfrty-hating priesthood ; than whom a worse crew of " cowPd and hypocritical" deceivers are no where to be fouad . For this he has had the maledictions " loud and deep . of all the traffickers in suorrstilioif , from

      the Pops down to Daxiel O'Coiwetl , heaped upon his head . But lere Espahtkbo , like the " Constitutionalists" of- France stopped . All his reforms went to strengthen the middle class of Spain , at tb . e expenee of the old aristocracy and clergy , withont ^ addingocejot to the power or happiness of the Teritable people . This is the reason why he is se popular with the shopocracy of thi 3 country ; that be is feasted and carressed , and made the " lion" ' liberal" spreads at the table of the Lord Mayor of London , and elsewhere . This is why the Morning Chronicle , the Sun , Weekl y IA > palch , Wccilg Chronicle , and papers of a similar stamp , are never weary of ringing the changes on . his " virtntsf " good government f and "liberal principles . " Does any one suppose that had he

      been an exiled democrat , instead of an exiled r liberal , " Espaktebo would have been banqueted by Lord Ms 3 or BrxPHxrr , and bis tarile-eramming friends ? Kot he indeed . Had the principles of democracy been those of his political creed , he might have starred in London long enongh , or taken aiying summerset from Waterloo Bridge to stay his Etomachj before the " hoFpitable" dignitaries oi Change Alley would have asked him to dice at the Manacn Ronse , or at GuildhalL As we may * know a man by the company he keeps , " we mav form some estimate of Espastero as a politician when we find mm in the company of such precious " liberals , " aj Lord Mayor Bcsiphret , Yiseonnt C ^ thno , and Mr , Geobge Hesbt Wact ; worthies who -would resorl to any mean 3 that the vilest " absolutist" wonld

      sanction , to prevent the people of this country acquiring their political rights . Still we mu ^ t do Irimthe justice to observe that with all his faults , and ' . they are not a few , EspiBTKBoisa very different man to the horrible scoundrels that have driven him from Spain ; andare now tyrannizing over that nnfortunaie country , Another reason why the ex Begem" is so ' popular with the middle classes of this countryand another of the causes that led to his downfall in his own , is that he has the reputation ofbefng ' favourable 10 the ,- jrineiples of "free-trade f' and , it it alleged , was in treaty with the English govern- ' ment to so modify the Spanish tariff , as to admit at a i nominal or moderate rate of dn-ies , the produce of English manufactures . This naturally excited the hostility of the manufacturing interests of Spain ^ chiefly located in Catalonia - , and this , combined with the other czu ? es of disaffection on which we have '

      , iS * - totbe outbreak at Barcelona . " ! That insurrection was quelled with some difficulty ' . but the troubles of the Regent were only beginning . S °££ : en tbB-Exaltados ( Republicans , Radicals , ' aa ^ Whig-Radicak ) , and Moderados ( the partisans of Christina , Whigs and moderate Conservatives ) , was formed in the Cortes ; before which the Minis- * trus of the Regent were shivered to pieces . At ? length , on the 10 ; h of May last , Sesob Lopez sue- ' ceeded m forming a Cabinet , cor-sisting" of himself , -A « . uilab , Fbias , Atllox , Cabaioero , and General bEBBASo . On the 11 th of May . the n ^ w Ministry EUbtntied then- " -programme" of policy to the Cortes ; which " -programme" being altogether dis- tasteful to the Regent , as were the Ministers themselves , having been forced upon him , he kicked thtm on * - ; and finding the Cortes unmaaaceable , dissolved it also . i

      Matters soon came to a crisis ; the " Lopez Ministoy , looked up to as the leaders of " progress , " were Jughly popular with the people . Several trwn 3 revelled against the Government . The now notorious Paui ( a Catalonian depsry to the Cortes ) , gotnp an insurrection in the neighbourhood of Barcelona . The disaffected of that town hsvine lowerer , a salutary recollection of the gmi 3 of Montjuioh , Temained quiet for a short time . But the war of pronundamentos" had begun . Malaga Granada ^ Tortosa , &c " prononnced" against the Government ; and at length Barcelona , smaning under ws reocrit subjugation , hoisted the banner of reynlt . ^ Zctbaso ( one of Eepastsbo ' s Generals ) was driven from lbs town , and a Junta installed . Snbfiequently ibe Captain-General , and most of the troopR . joined the movement , with the exep-ption of those m ihe fortress of Mennoich . who held out for Eseabiebo .

      Ftgueiras , Tarragona , Gkona , Cardooa , and other places joined ths movemect . On the other hand , ^ jaso drove Pbjm ud bis adherente from Reus . Valcn ^ aJfo declare d agaiast tb e Regent . On the lidioT June , EsPiiiEao issued an ^ ddress to tne nation , explaining his conduct , and announemiJtbat be wonld defend his trust in person , at the lead of the army . On the 23 rd of feie Eepabtcbo was on the road Ipjilenc * with s . -OOO men . SfiOA ^ E , who was at t ^ r >^ 1 f' T - Zt ! B ^ e to march upon Barcelona ; SC ~^ - 3 ^ fX ^ oSSo ^/ lf ° r «^^^ * wi forty . Several ^ IS sSniiS IS" whoiu ^ KT « ' ted the patriots ; Lul ^^^ ISli ^ Si ^ SSs B ^ i Coders , were appointed bj the J ^ nta S ^ bS ^ T f 1 ^^ in-GenJal of T ^ a anOWa ! And the latter , second in command 3 wi ££ vi ^ atValenmon . the the 27 A of JunefSd S ^ f t ! E ^ liSI ^^ ° * & * te ** te teoopa toVir 150 |

      pr ^ inS ^ onf ^ * ' " ^ ^ i £ * tgi ^ r ^^ ° ^™^ "A Central GoTwmment being deemed indiBpenawe to regolate the a « tion * f all the provinces , Uie Supreme Jont * baa decreed the following :-Ardcle 1 . 3 Be Lopez JCniBtry is constituTed . Until the MOTbere of flat Cabinet can meet , General Don F Sarano shall be Intrusted with all the Ministeriai degarnneote 2 . This Ministry Bhall be considered as-ibe ProTisional GoTernmeDt , until all the Pro-Tiacaal Juntas of theuPeninsula , Tepresented by two CoBuhiiaoners , formed in a Central Jnntajfihallhave pnox thcar adheeion to it , "

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      Badajr- z next jniued the movement ; Naevaez seined some advanta ? es , and the troops of the Rvsent ( oatinned to desert . Espartero himself continned inactive . The Ayuntamento of Madrid , aiures = ed a Manifesto to th * enation , inwAJcA theyopenly denounced the French Government ^ as the prime movers of the insurrection ! On the 11 th of July , the insurgent General Aspiboz , arrived at El Pardo within a couple of leagues of Madrid , which was represented to be preparing for a desperate defence . It was also stated that Skoake and Zubbaso were on the road to the capital with all their forea 3 to i-cHrto it ..

      On the 15 : h of July , Nabvatz appeared "before Madrid , and summoned it to surrender ; bat met with a refusal . On the 17 ih be retired . It was soon rumoured that Nabvaez had gone back to meet Seoaxe , who with Zurbasq and 10 , 000 men , wan mashing for Madrid . The opposing forces met atTorrejon , on the 22 nd ; and after an engagement of a quarter of an hour , boih armies "fratfraised ; ' ' that is . Seoase's army deserted in a body . Seoase was taken prisoner ; Zubbano escaped . ! Nabvaj z rode in triumph through the lines , exclaiming to the soldiers that this wasa'day of reconciliation , and that they should have their lieenda absolula!— ( free permission to leave the service and return home)—a boon heartily desired by the majority of Spanish conscripts , especially young ones like those he ad dressed . At the same time he promked that all the , officers should bB advanced a grade . Thf ss concessions , were conclusive in his favour , and left him completely master of the field .

      How well this monster kept his promise will be presently Been . On the 23 rd , Nabvajz entered Madrid in triumph . Espabtebo , after uselessly bombarding Seville , effected bi 3 escape with some difiiculty ; and took reinge on board an English ship of war . Finally , he landedjin England , where he now 13 . The revolutionary leader ? , of course , furnished themselves with places . The Lopiz mifiistry were fulJy reconstituted . Nabvaez was appointed Lieutenant-General , Captain-General of Madrid , and General-in-Chief of all the troops in the capital ; Pbim , Count de Reus 3 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 mini ? try endeavouring to justify the revolt , and convoking the assembly of a new Cortes or the 15 : h of October .

      On the 18 . h of August , the Mnncipality , the Junta , and the Commandants of the National Guard at Barcelona , met in the Town Hall , andvoied Pbim to the eommand of the citadel . The Junta thin dissolved itself , first agreeing to send several of its members to Madrid , to urge their views upon the Government . Thua , so far at any rate as the " feathering of the nesrs" of the prime actors was concerned , the revolution was couple ; e . We have now to inquire into the caascs of the present insurrection ; which insurrection may not unlikely turn out a counter , or rather , an extended and democratic revolution .

      The heterogenous pany , that had driven ous Espabtebo , consisted of two fTeat sections , the Moderados , or partizms of Chbistisa ; and the Exaltados , or pany of the movement . The latter saw with disgust that all the places of power and emolument were being filled up by men , who had before been expelled from Spain for their crimes against liberty . Besides , the Barcflonese Insurrectionists had risen in revolt against EspabxebOj because he did not go far and fast enongh for tht m in the work of political Reform . Accoraingly , when they appointed Sebbano " Universal Minister , " they made him pledge himself to them that he would recon-Etitnse the Lopjz Administration , which the Regent had dismissed ; and that thi 3 Administration , acting

      as a Provisional Government , should assemble a Central Jnnta at Madrid , to consist of two Deputits from the other established local Juntas ; in other words , the calling of a ** National Convention" for the purpose of remodelling the Government , and amending the Constitution of 1837 : but the moment Seebaxo arrived at Madrid , he forgot all hi 3 promises , save that of restoring Senors Lopez , Caballebo , Amos , and Fbias , to their stata in the Cabinet . He then joined the Moderado party , which is devoted to Queen Chbistika ; and he and Nabvaez instantly planned , and compelled the Cabinet to execute , the most unconstitutional measures . They suppressed the Juntas , without assembling a central one , which could alone give them power to guide their future actions , as being the expression

      of 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 elective principle , which is alone constitutional ; they dissolved the provincial deputations , or comraitteesof deputies , who can alone superintend the general elections j they attempted to declare the young Queen of age ; they disbandtd the army and the National Guards ; and they ordered levies of men and money , without the sanction of the Cone 3 . Thev 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 had been regained , they subsequently issued a prodama * ion ordering the arms to be given up , on pain of dsath , vfithin forty-eight hours .

      : All these atrocities were to enable Nabvaez and his gang to carry ont their scheme * . Their work was to marry the child , called " Queek , " to the Dec d'AuMALB , one of Louis Philippe ' s sons ; restore Cbbistina ; and bring the nation back to " absolutism " , under the Government of a so-called "liberal" Monarch . To do this , Nakvafz and his gang had been provided with enormous funds , not only hy Afrs . Muncs , but also byLooiS Philippk . That French gold was lavishiy employed in the corrupting of Espabtebo ' s troops is " as notorious as the sun at noon-day . " The effect of these measures was the immediate resn « citation of the insurrection at Barcelona . On the 13 'h of August bands of young men traversed the streets , crying " Down with the Moderados and the majority of the Queen ! "Viva the Central Junta " .

      The Union , a democratic journal , published on that day an appeaJ to the people , calling on thpm to : take up armB against " the tyrant Nabva > z A ; Junta was again appointed , and the Battalion of 1 Volunteers re-armed . i Pbim , on hi 3 return from Madrid , found the people ot Barcelona arrayed in arms against th * military . Pbix announced his intention of supporting the Government . By the 20 th of August , Madrid was in a state of excitement bo dangerous to the usurpers , that Nabvaez loudly demanded the pro- claiming of martial law ; this , however , his col- i leagues would not agree te . : We have shovrn by what means Nabvatz gained his easy victory at Tomjon . We have recorded ' his promises to the military : we now come to hiB acts . ;

      On the night of the 29 : h of August , a battalion of i the Regiment del Principe revolted , demanding the ' fulfilment of Nabvaezs pledges . \ Measures were promptly taken f the whole gar-• risen placed under arms , and a strong force of cavalry posted at the Puerta del Sol . General Narvafz proceeded to the convent of San Francis » -o wiih a strong force of the Regiment of the Princesea ; where he negotiated with ihe ** seditious : battallion , " and prevailed on them to lay down their arms -without a contest . The battalion of the Prin-: cipe say , that they did so on his renewing his pto-; mise of immediate licentia absolula , and overlooking their unceremonious mode of insisting on it . He - then locked up the disarmed soldiers in one room , the corporals in a second , and the sergeants in a third ; and drew out every fifth mau by lot to be shot less

      ; , regard of his promise . This was , however , : seriously resisted by General Sehbano and some of ; his staff j and he finally contented himself with , instituting a summary court-martial , by which twelve of the ringleaders were marked OHt ; eight . of whom , five sergeants , two corporals , and a ] Boldier , were condemned to death , and four others , to bard labour , namely , one sergeant for six years , ; two corporals for two years , and one soldier for one ; year . The first-mentioned eight were immediately , turned over to so many priests , confessed , and shot , . within an hour , outEide the gate of Toledo , in the ; presence -of strong bodies of horse , foot , and artillery . I Surely this scoundrel has . well earned the fate ] that undcnbtecly awaits him . No wonder he is i firing in « , state of constant terror , which makeB j bim nightly shift his quarters , not daring to sleep i twice in the same bed !

      f At Barcelona , on the 2 nd of Septeaber , the : " Central Junta" was proclaimed , and the RepublieaB BAiGESiappointed President . On the 3 rd the hostile paruesscame to blowe . On the 4 : h a fusilade commenced bevween the volunteers and the troop 9 ; Colonel Baigej , the President of the Junta , was killed . Down to the present time Barcelona has continued to be the theatre of conflict . On the 8 th Pbim wished his troops to carry the city by storm , but they n " . fused to riek a struggle ia the streets . On the Ifli h Brigadier Amettler , with two battalions of free cor , -is , and 350 regular troops , joined the insurgents .

      ' On the 14 th , the Ministry issued a manifesto , stating it 3 objections . to a Central Junta , and imploring the nation to i vwait the assembling of the Cones . It declares that Sebbanq had no power to j promise a Central Jnnta ; and that the Madrid , Ayuntamento < municipa ! Uy ) was appoialeA , saA not elected , because an election would not bare eaaired teieiuin . of men suffioi end y respectable ! On the 22 nd Pbim obtained some advantages orer Amettxbx , lolling a large n \ is » ber of insurgents . t > , r ^? ^ , decJared for * * te * tral Juuta" on I ™ £ >' , - » lefl 0 l » « " * Gravada . have also prorw ^ ^^ S ?! of the « mwm « . The National nS ^ agSB ^^ 111 ^^^ " ^ * Letters from Cadiz of the 22 nd ult . state that sreat excuement prevailed both there widS&Jffle ? gj fo ™ ft *¦* ** Placea fte P"lKw 5 ! It is no easy natter to obtain correct intelligence of ihe progress af themovement ; all that M , Qnizoi

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      and Co . can do to prevent the succcis of the insurgent * is being done . 1 ' is kno \ vn that the telfgraphic expresses pub-: li > hed 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 that the Garrison of Barcelona has for I some time past been paid with money advanced by \ the French authorities . ' S . Oloe-. ga . ha . 9 been deputed to Paris , as Minister Pleni potentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of the TuiHeries but should the French Government come to the re- i

      solution of eroding an Ambassador to Spain S . Olozaga will hold a similar post in the French capi-( tal . This Olozaga ( one of NAKVAFz ' sgang ) has ron-: dered himself universally ridiculous by getting him-I self decorated wiih the " O « 'der of the Golden I Fleece ; " an order extremoly circumscribed , hitherto ! v orn only by the " Crowned Heads" of Europe and J two or three highly successful and favourite " he-! roes " , such as the Dnke of Wellington : still tha i decoration may not be mi sapplied . Tnere is no j doHbtthat in the " golden" wa > , S . Olczaga and j Co . will "pretty consioerably" flcece the Spanish j nation , if only allowed time by the " rebellious" Catalonians !

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      ! From our own Correspondent . ) The partial calm to which I alluded in my laBt has passed away , and the storm of outrage has renewed its ' force with even more than its wonted fury . The , reasons for the partial U-anquiHty with which we . h-ive been favoured may bo briefly summed up as follows ;— 1 First—Ncaociations were pending which had for their object the liberation on bail of the three prisoners | who were lately committed to the . House of Correction I at Swansea , and the insurgents , for a season rested on their oars , that those negotiations might have a ohance of success . ' !

      Second—Few gates which are considered illegal now remain ; and these were so strongiy garrisoned that it was deemed uusafe to venture on their attack . And third—As numerous and important meetings | had been held , at which petitions and memorials to | j her Majesty bad been adopted , time was being gWen to j : fee if any step would be taken in accordance with their I views , or what answer uor Majesty would return to their compkints . The negotiations with the magistrates have failed , and her Majfesty ' s answer has beon extensively placarded \ through this and the adjoining counties , in the shape ' of the proclamation contained In your lost ' The reasons , therefore , which bad brought about a ' temporary cessation of hostilities having ceased to exiBt , , on the night at Monday last , Rebecca . . recommenced oporationa , by paying & visit to Llangirig gate , on the bordera of Montgomeryshire . This gate met with tho ' ueual fate which toll bars recftive at the liwly ' a bands

      , aurt was speedily numbered with byegone things . In i the sania neighbourhood , but in tho adjoining county of j R idnorshire , she again made her appearance on Wedj nesday night , and totally demolished the Cwm Glan , 1 Cross lane , and Rhayador gatrs . On this occasion she j is said to hare been attended by ab » ut 200 of her daughters , ajid went to work with evon more than ! her usual ceremuny . She whs mouctfeJ on a white | horse , attired in a white drpsa , white hat , and wfeHe j veil ; and when tho woik of demolition was completed , . she entore 4 a carriage drawn by four white howes , and , ! the toll keeper asserts , vanibhbd into the air . Suraly , ; this 'Becca will gt , ve some trouble to the dragoons and j police , before they can catch her !

      ! About the same time , but some sixty miles distant , i the same ubiquitous personage made her appearance , ; and set fire to the stacks , ( ffices , and farm house of Mr . 1 Jenkins , at Pentretrusgoed , noar Pontneathvaughan , i G amorganshire , when property was destroyed to the I amount of about £ 600 . Superintendent Davies , of the ' Merthyr police , has been using every exertion to div j I cover the depredators , but nothing has been permitted ¦ to transpire . On Tuesday morning , the Dolenhirion gate was destroyed the second time . Siucc Kb re-erection . It has

      been nightly guarded by one policeman and two constables ; and on the morning in question the policeman bad left the gate and gone home , as it won then broad ! daylight . Ho had scarcely , however , arrived at bis i domicile , when the constables appeared in breathless ' haste , and told him that Rabeccs nnd all her daughters , were at the gate . He remounted in all speed , but ere bis arrival , broken posts and a rocfl ^ ss house were all that remained or the Djlenhiriori toll bar . It is said that the constables identified two of the party , and they have consequently been apprehended , but not tb yet brought up for examination

      Oa Tuesday night a body of Rebeccaites paid a visit to the miiley of Caecrin mill . Thie individual if owner of some property , and baa lately instituted legal proceenings againbt a former tenant . Ho was summoned before her ladyship , and having promised te forego further proceedings was permitted to retire unmolested . Tbe party next proceeded to the turnpike on the main road from Llaudovery to Trecnatle , on the confines of this couuty , CarmarthenahirB , after destroying which , they guvo three choiM-a for the Quuen , three for " B > cca , " and . then qutatly dispersed .

      On Thursday niRht , or rather about one o ' clock on Friday Kerning , Rebecca's later , Charlotte , with about' ! 300 of that lady ' s daughters , made their appearance at the Cwmdwrgivte , a short distance from Llanwrda , iu ;' this county : They summoned tbe old woman who collects the tolls out of bed , and told her to sot about re- ; moving the . furniture , as it waa their intention t » buru the boustf . [ Remonstrance was vain ; so while one party were busy breaking up the gates , another were ausistins the old woman in removing her " "things . " The broken gates , pouts , &c were then piled upon the straw which ; b&d been used iu the old woman ' s bed , and fire being [ applied , the whole was speedily a heap of ruins . The . parts then proct-eded to the village of Llansadwrn , ' where they , purchased some gunpowrfer and gun-flints ,

      from Mr . Davies , the shopkeeper ; » nd having obtained this fresh stock of ammunition they surrounded the vicarage , the residence of the Rev . J . Jones . This gentleman , it seems , was not contented with the income he received from the Church , but must * dd " field to field" even at the hazird of the malediction thereby Incurred ; he had consequently purchased some property in the vicinity of'the vicarage , and bud given the tenant warning to quit The firing of & volley disturbed tho par- ' son ' s dreams , and the visions of tythe pigs and telnis gave place to the stern realities of his situation . Miss Charlotte was thundering at the door , demanding the inatant appearance of Mr . Jones , a * she bad an important message to deliver , with which she bad been entrusted by "sister 'Becca . " When Mr . Jones came down he was told that he must immediately remove

      his goods and chattels , in order that tbe vicarage might be set on fire ; as it was decidedly contrary to 'B ^ cca ' s law that he , a clergyman , should also be a farmer . Either the - '&sro or the church , —but not b' > th , —waa the ' peremptory mandate of the sovereign Rebecca ; and backed as her vicegerant was by such a number of her ' kalligerent daughters , the parson considered that the safest course would be in instant compliance . He therefore manifested his desire to " stick to the church , " ! with which tbe lady Charlotte expressed heiaelf satisfied ) and after the parson had promistd that the tenant on his new property should net be disturbed , the rioters j quietly took their departuie . His reverence , bowever , ! ¦ was frightened not a little , and resolved upon the im-: mediate removal of himself and family . He accordingly ' rented a house in Llandovery on tho following day , to which he immediately removed his-effects . None of tho participators in this outrage were recognised .

      I mentioned , in a hastily-written note from Carmarthen last- week , tbat two men were apprehended and had been brought up for examination , but were remanded until Thursday . I now give you the particulars , as Car as these have beeu parniitted to transpire ; but both examinations having been private , and the " gentlemen of the press" moat rigidly excluded , the whole affair cannot yet be got at . Some time ago , an attack was made upon the Gwendraeth Iron Works at Pont-y-berem , by a number of men ; they surrounded the bouses : between one and two o ' clock in tbe morning , and having fired several shots , commenced battering at the door , demanding that Mr . Slocomb , tbe managing clerk , should i appear . His wife gallantly presented herself at an upstairs window , and demanded who they

      were , and what they wanted with her husband ? The leader of the band replied ; " I am Rebecca , and we wish to see him immediately . " The wife , however , firmly refused , stating that her husband was not at hotaie . Finding themselves unnble to gain admission , they said : " Mr . Newman ( the proprietor of the works ) has behaved himself well , he is a kind master , and we will not injure a hair of his head ; but if Mr . Slocomb is not out of the country in a week , we will make him a head the shorUr . " They are then said to have fired off their guns and taken their departure . It appears that several persons who were present hud been forced from their ! houses to take part with the rioters , and Consequently information was given to the magistrates that tho ringleaders were two men of notoriously bad

      character , named John Jones alias Sfioni Scyborfaver , about thirty years of age , and formerly a pnau fighter ; the other David Daviea , alias Daly Cantwr ot David the Singer . Warranta wert accordingly iwued , and placed in the hands of Inspector Tierney , who with eighteen men of the A division of LttiuUra police , and a person wett acquainted with the eoontry , scoured the mountains , searching every public-house ; and they succeeded in apprehending David Daviea near the Five Road » , about twelve o ' clock at ' night Be was immediately handcuffed , and conveyed in a cart to iilanelly , where he was placed ia the custody of the military , at tfae Poor Xaw Baatile Oo the following day Sioni we * apprehended at the Tumble .

      On Monday and Thursday , they * ere examined before the Hon . G . R . Trevor , M . P ., » . Brytnereh , Esq ., and Borne other magistrates . A great number of charges were preferred against them , espedaUy gainst Shout the most part of which are of a very « riou « nature . Among other things , be is charged with toeing concerned in the destruction of Spudders Bridge gate and tollhome t as also that he , in connection with other iv * Ue vagabonds , used to traverse tbe country dnefcig the night , demanding money in tbe name of iBehfioca , The

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      cun , found in bis possession when apprehended , was atat <>< 4 to be the property of John Evans , of the parish of Llunon , which had been stolen from hjs bouse in one of their midnight visits , when they put the owner in danger of his lifo by threatening to 8 hoot him unless be delivered bis money up to them . In consequence of some iiisclosures which were made at the first examination , ajfarmer and his servant were brought prisoners to town on Wednesday last ; and it is rumoured that they also ; are charged with levying contributions in the awfuljname of Rebecca . It is said that a farmer of Pencarrog positively swore that they had demanded £ 5 of him ; under the pretence tbat it

      was for her Ladyship ' s use . On the other hand , it is contended that this £ 5 was justly dua to the prisoner in consequence of damage done by this farmer ' s cattle having trespassed upon the prisoner ' s farm , and that the witness offered £ 1 if the prisoner would accept it . Be this aa it may , on Friday night last the witness ' s stack-yard , farm-house , and cow-house , at Pencarrog , were Teduced to a heap of ashes , the inmates having a narrow escape for their lives . About sixty rioters were present . ¦ On Saturday night , another gate was destroyed in the neighbourhood of Llanon , and I have also heard that the Abergwilly gate has for the third time shared tbe same fate .

      I see , by the Carmarthen Journal , that the curate of Llandisailiogogo ( mind the stops !) was waylaid by a party of the RebeccavteB , and because he would not offer up a prayer for " Becca , " he got two of bis ribs broken , and was otherwise veiy seriously injured . The Special Commission about to issue will la only for the trial of the Glamorganshire prisoners , and will not extend ta the county of Cirm&rthen ; the prisoners who are for trial in the last-mentioned county will not be tried until the Spring Assizas . Aa the whole of the " chiels amang us taking notes " bore their readers with long rigmaroles of nonsense , which they palm off upon ithe public as correct aceounts 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 , too ^ should try his hand at an article on tbe i

      " THE REAI STATE OF WALES . " Much has been said in the Times and other journals of the day , in reference ] to the Welsh Magistrates ; their competency for the task of administering justice ; aad their general demeanour towards their poorer br ethren . In some of the articles to which I have alluded , unmeasured censures have been heaped upon their worships' heads ; While in others they are held up as the very paragons ! of human perfection . The Times led the van in the work of denunciation , and the Herald took up the cudgels in defence . Now , without standing committed either to one side of the question or the other , you ^ correspondent would simply remark that there is a great similarity between tha Welsh Magistrates , and the Magistrates in every

      diner part of the dominions of on * Queen . Their worships are charged with permitting the interests of the public to suffer , wht-D those intorests come into collision with their inn : but when was it otherwise with irresponsive power ? The history of our country contaiua few instances ( if any ) where the Great Unpaid have permitted their owp pockets to suffer , that the public good might be thereby enhanced . True , the Magistrates of Wales are in many cases the creditors or tally-holders of the various road trusts ; but these trusts hiive ever been considered " a safe subject" for th « investment of capital !; and is it to be supposed that magistrates—who were elected solely because they had a superabundance oricash—are to be such simpletons as not to take advantage of a profitable

      investment , seeing that tbeir seats on the bench give them no small power in ssttiing disputes to their own satisfaction ? No ! no ! frail humanity is not to be exposed to such a temptation as tbia , and expected to paaa scatheless through : the ordeaL With reference to tbbir fitness for the task of administering the law , and thus fulfilling their magisterial duties , surely the Chartists of Britain are not n » w to be taught that this is a qualification which , in magistrates , is looked for in vain . They know right well that these men are elevated to the magisterial dignity , not in const qaencfl of their love of justice , not in consequence of a virtuous life , not in consequence of their knowledge of the formalities and technicalities of law , but simpl y because they are monied men ; and as such may be expected to promote

      ! the cl i-ss interest of their own order , and to uphold the purposes of the factions iby which they were raised . ! It is also urged against "T ^ ffy on the bench , " tbat he is upstart , arrogant , and domineering ; but this unfortunately may be witnessed 6 very day , in other parts of ! the country besides Wales . Nay , tkere is more haughtii ness , more pomposity , and more pride in half-a-doz . n 1 upstart " lords of the long chimneys " , than in all the ! county magistrates of South Wales put together , even including the twenty nej ? ones . Your correspondent n « ver has been , and never ) will be , backward in blaming , these gentry , whenever hej considers them blameworthy ; , but for heaven ' s sake let them net receive a more severe ; castration thar » in all fairness and justice they deserve . ' It is only & backhanded compliment paid to them ; but it in one to which they are fully entitled ; they are just like Magistrates every where else .

      Not a little has been said , moreover , about the Dislenting Clergymen encouraging the doings of Rubacca from the puJpit Whether this be so or not , your correspondent has no means ] of ascertaining ; for he has been bo disguatud with parsonocracy in England , aye , ind in Scotland too , that he basno inclinationf > tenew the infliction in Walas . jYour readers must therefore remain satisfiVil with what they know already , v . z : that Ihia class of men seldom run counter to the will arid interests of their inoaied hearers . They may however not be dissatisfied to learn that oveu in the present outcry about poverty and distress , at an " anniversary" surmon preached in a Dissenting chapel in this town last week , the collection amounted to no le « s than £ 110 . !

      Notwithstanding all this , the Welsh , are decidedly a thinking people [ and it ia paying them no small compliment to say that , in [ many respects , they resemble the Scotch , The same detestation of tyranny , and the same ardent love of liberty , forming a prominent feature in the national character both of the one and the other . This feolhig hasl doubtless been kept alive by the general prevalence of small farms ; as nothing is so well calculated to foster the spirit of independence , as the feeling of independence which that system engenders . But the people have suffered many hardships ; and it is not to be wondered at that the oppression and exactions to which they were compelled to submit .

      should at last have goaded them on to outrage and not . Neither should it be calculated to excite our surprise when we find them following in the train of a daring individual , who holds out to them the prospect of a redress of their most prominent grievances , and whose actioi . s have been sufficiently tinged with romance , to enUbt oil his behalf all the better sympathies of our nature . Wo may foment the prostitution of national energy to such paltry purposes as the breiking down of a Ull-t'iir ; but we cannot help admiring the determination which , for such ? a length of time , has impelled the Welsh people to forcfe their grievances upon public attention . '

      Tho grievances which ; these men have felt to press moat hardly upon them have been often detailed . TjUbars crossed evtry ruad . j like the notes upon a music book : again and again hid thiy petitioned for their removal ; but th » . re they istood in open defiance of the popular witl . : Tho Whig-made Tithe Commutation Bill was also found to be a J > n * jtct froi ' n which they suffered much ; inasmuch as they are no ; w compelled to pay in money what they were formerly permitted to liquidate in kind . To many , the full force lot this grievance may not at once appear ; but it will be sufficiently obviwus , when they take into consideration the fact that the farmer is now hoc only compelled { to take his tithe-graiu to market , and pay all the exponces incidental ther » on , but he must also pay full twenty per cent , higher than he receives . This is cau «< ld by the Commutation Act being based on the general avarage 3 of the kingdom , which aro invariably twenty per cent , higher than the market price here , ;

      The New Poor is also a theme of universal disapprobation ; but as its long train of evils have been so frequently and ably laid " bare in tbe Star , I may be allowed to pass them byi with the single remark , that Welshman are fully conversant with all the workings of this diabolical measure . But I may bo asked , How was it that the Press of Wales was silent upon jthe « e things' ? To that question the Press of WaleB shall reply . I wr-wee the following from the last number of the Welshman — "At present , Wales can scarcely h <) said to have a newspaper Press ! and the ' j Wholaome censorship of the South Wales Press is a mere fiction . Tn-re is in it , as a whole , no more of public censorship than a mere handbill or adveitiBing - -sheet has . Its deflcitney on the score of censorship U certainly supplied by sycophancy and namby-pamby ism ; and praise of all but the very poor is pitchforked into its columns with marvellous liberality ; whilejthe public , and the public interest , are left to take 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 such steps as seemed tbe most 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 nameB of [ the . parties apprehended on the charge of taking part m the destruction of the Dolehirion gate and toll-house , are Thomas Morgan and Thomas Lewis . They sJm > Are committed for trial . The examinations in both eases were private , and nothing has been permitted to transpire , beyond what was stated in my yesterday ' s letter .

      Ia addition to the outrages enumerated already , I have to record the total destruction of the farm buildings st Aberdyr . jThis took place on Saturday night , when tbe offices -were set on fire ia five or six places . j On Sunday night , a gentleman ' s scat on the notth aide of the county was also destroyed . Tkis morning , about j eight o ' clock , two bailiff ., wb » Are known by the soubriquet of *• Jaha ihe

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      Mermaid , " and " John o' th' Ball Court ,- " went to take possession , under a warrant of distress , of tha goods of a farmer called Philip of the Pound . On the arrival of the bailiffs at the place of their destination , they were met by a regular band of Rebeccaites , who did not handle them in the most gentle manner ; in fact , the poor bailiffs were almost killed . An express for assistance came to Carmarthen at full speed , when a strong body of constables were despatched to the scene of action . They have not yot 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 iu gaol , although no crime is laid to his charge , except standing by whilst the bailiffs were receiving their chastisement . Eight gates were destroyed last night .

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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 premises belonging to Mr . Howard , boot and shoemaker , St . Martin ' s Court , St . Martin ' s Lane . The fire was first perceived by a female named Jane Snath , who resides in George-street , St . Giles ' s , It appears that she , in passing near the spot , saw a great body of smoke issuing out of the apertures in the window-shutters . She immediatelycommenced brooking very violently at the door , and shouted " Fire ! " Whilst so engaged , 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 . Sho pioked him upran .

      , first to a surgeon iu St . Martin ' s-lane , who refused to take the child in . She next started off with him to the Charing-cross Hospitalj where he was received . By this time , although only a few minutes had elapsed , the scena became one of pain and contusion , the entire building on fire from the basement floor to the roof , the flames at the same time were rushing out of the various windows , roaring like several furnaces , Betting fire simultaneously to the adjoining promises of Mr . King , to those opposite occupied by Mr . Ackerman , confectioner , and Mr . Dalton , comb and brush-maufaeturer . 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 further danger of the fire extending was 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 . Tbe little boy , mentioned above , was a nephew of Mr . King , the comb-maker , next door , whose house is entirely destroyed .

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      Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Oct . 10 th — The arrivals of Grain to this day ' s market are larger than last week . There hag been a limited demand for Wheat ; New has been slow sale at a decline of 2- * per qr ., and Old Is per qr . Barley has met a fair sale at last week ' s prices . Oats little alteration . Ueans full as well sold . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT , FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCT . 10 , 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas Qrs . Qrs . C ^ rs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . 317 . 5 532 475 — 319 12

      £ b . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d 2 13 10 | I 14 li 0 19 8 0 0-0 1 11 0 £ 1 12 0 J Leeds Woollen Markets . —The advices received by the overland mail are considered very favourable , aud it is understood that several extensive orders have come to hand . These , coupled with the improved state of our home trade , and the demand which has recently sprung up on goods for the American market , have had a tendeney greatly to strengthen the ret ent firm tone of our markets , and on Tuesday a very large amount of business was transacted . The mills aro generally working full time , but still there are a large number of hands unemployed .

      Skipton Cattle Market , Monday , Oct . 9 . —we had a very lar ^ e supply of fat stock , and a good attendance of buyers . Prime Beef sold readily , while inferior sorts hung on , aud could not meet with purchasers . Mutton and Lamb was in request , and nearly all sold up . Beef 4 d to 5 $ d ; Mutton and Lamb , 4 d te 5 d per lb . Malton Corn Marsei , Saturday ,- Oct . 7 . —We had a plentiful supply oi offers of grain at this day's market , which was in fair demand at the following rates : —Wheat . 54 s to 64 s per qr . of 40 stonea . Barley , 30 s to 34 a per qr . of 32 stones . Oats , 9 & to 10 d per stone .

      Richmond Corn Market , Saturday , Ocr . 7 . — We had a large supply of grain in our market today , particularly Wheat , which was in excellent condition . — -Wheat from 5 s 9 d to 6 s 9 d . Oats 2 i 2 d to 3-i 2 d . Barley 3 s 9 d to 4 s . Beans 4 s 9 i to 5 s per bushul .

      Middlese J Ushua Housun Leeds :—Printed For The Proprietor, Feargus O'Connor, Esq. Of Hammersmith, County

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      x , oy , at bis bruiting Offlcea , Not . 12 and 13 , Mark « t-stre « t , Briggatei and Fnblithed by tht said Joshfa Hobsok , ( for the aaid Feargus O'Connor , ) at his Dwelling-house , No . 5 , Market-street , Briggate ; aa internal Cemmunication existing between the said No . 5 , Market-street , and tbe said Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting the whole of the said Printing and Publishing Office one Premises . 411 Communications must be addressed , Post-paid , to Mr . HobSON , Northern Star Office , Leeds . ( Saturday , October 14 , 1843 . )

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      A NEW CANDIDATE FOR THE CITY . ( From Wednesday's Times . ) " A great and important public meeting , " in tho wordrf 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 st" > nd for the City of London , in opposition to Mr . T . Baring aud Mr . Pattison , the candidates already announced . A working man , named Dear , was called to the chair , who essayed to read the bill convening the mvetmg , and , having managed to spell through it . called upon Mr . Davock , who , in a strong Hibernian accen t * proposed the following resolution :

      " That ia the opinion of this meeting the candidates now in the 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 oiir numerous and intelligent population , they being the representatives of the aristooraoy , moneyocracy , and the banking interest , and are utterly incapable of sympathizing with the moat valuable and important of all classes—the small trader and working man ; we , therefore , call on those classes to look . well to tKeir 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 of

      representatives the people shail really and truly do the work of the people . " The 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 ha galloped from France to England , from . England to America , and thence all over the globe—spoke of letters de cachia ( letters-de cachet ) , argumentums . se ~ cundums , municipalities , extreme cases , aud everything else . Baring , or " Bahring , " as he called him , was a vagabond , who hoarded up money and lent it out to all the great scoundrels of the earth ; wherefore he was to be blamed for the national debt , under which the country at present laboured . Patfeison was worse—the representative and the ally of persecuting Whiguery .

      Mr . M GRATH . like his predecessor , an Hibernian , and not an el . ctor , seconded the resolution . He confined himself principally to exposing the fallacies of the Anti-Corn Law League . He stated that the present average earnings of a cotton spinner were 53 . 6 d . a-weck . The Leaguers complained that they could not compete with foreiguersin their manufactures j but give them the repeal of the Corn Laws and they would do so , and at the same time give the working man more wages . How could they do that 1 The effect of the repeal of these laws would beeithtr 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 , whioh 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 1 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 rally round him on the nomination day . The resolution was carried unanimously .

      . Several other Chartists addressed the meeting * and it was resoly < d , upon the motion of Mr . Maniz , to address a requisition to Mr . O'Connor .

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      Tho Welsh Special Commission w * s issued aad forwarded from London on Monday . It nominates Mr . Baron Parke ,. Mr . Baron Gurnt . y , and Mr . Creaswell as the presiding Judges . The trials will take place in Glamorganshire , at Cardiff , it having been considered advisable to try the prisoners at a distance from the county which bas been the chief sceue of the disturbances . The day named fur the Commission to meei Ia the 21 st of tbe present month . —Times .

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      Since writing the above , we understand that Nar , vaez is to be created Duke de la Concord : in that j cate he will be cousiu-german of the Prince of ! Peace . ' What an impudent miscreant to have the assuranco to associate his blood-stained name with that nf peace , or concord . ' O shame where is ihv b } " « h ! - 1 j Tae object of Olgzag a ' s minion to P ^ ris is stated to be , the procuring of an army of intervention from Lovis 1 UiLirPE to" settle ' tho affairs of Spain f course , aher the good old fa ^ l . iun oi French " settlement" ( vide tho Duke D'Angoulemk ) by murdering the Spanish patriot * , auu imposing de ^ putism I upon incm by all the atrocities of kingl warfare

      y raiding General Abaoz not Fufficieniiy aciivein slaughtrring the Barceloueefce . Nahvaie .-unerseded him and appointed General Sakz Captain General Unhis arrival he immediately declared ihe province in a fate of seige . Letters of the 26 th ult ., from Bam iona , represented tV . e insurgent * as determined to bold out . A decree of the same dnte appointed Prim Major General , for his liberi . cidil services . A fearful explosion of a powder magazine took place at Madrid . It was reported thai tbe txplosion was a wiiful act and part of a plot . The powdermagazine is statfd to have contained at . the time of the explosion , 127 [ quintals of powder . 700 . 000

      cart-, ndgfs , and ohir ammunifo > i . 10 , 000 muskets , and considerable materiel . The number of persons killed or wounded is taid to be from twenty-iivo to hirtv ; only ten bodies , however , have been found . Tne most extraordinary precautions were taken to prevent a rising . The s : recta were patrolled day aud night by strong detachm . i . < s of tlm military . Increasing in audacity , Nakvaez ordered Colonel Bkistow and a number of Eu-bsn residents , to ltavo Madrid , while almost houiiy ihe opponents of the government were arresitd sndtiiDwu into prison . Lrt-t-rs of the 27 ih uk ., stuio tlat there were then 12 , 000 troops in the capital , which were compelled to patrol tho streets day aud niuht to prevent a

      nsinp . The election mockery has , in Madrid and many other p ) 3 cep , terminated in favour of the Government candidates . This was certain to be the case under the existing terrorism . The correspondent of the Journal des Debats , states that , hi the operation of examining thevotes , the tellers seta ^ ide any number of votes contrary to their opinions . The Liberals haver protested , beforehand , against the validity ol the Madrid elections . The lists , they allege , were maoe out by a mock and ilk-gal municipality and provincial d . putation , both nominated by General Nabvaez , in-tead of beiug legally chosen . And finally , an interested officer pres ded over the Ecrutiny . The Liberal commissaries , therefore , declared that , they considered the elections as null . CcrnmentinK on these " uleciion" proceedings the Moriting Ckronic > e remarks — " It is the maxim and

      determination of the military who at present rule Spain , to bring representative government into con-I tempt ; and they have certainly gone the right way t to prove it an absurdity , by making each town elect ; tho person most obnoxoua to it as its deputy . Tho ; consfquence is . that it will require a guard of 30 , 000 ; men to protect the Cortes from being hooted by tbe ¦ people of Madrid , fs ' o town of any importance cau , be left without a proportionate garrison , and the ; Moderado system will thus require a greater military J force and expense to support it than the Carhst war . ! It is vain to look for peace , or hope for a termination of this etate of things . Barcelona may succumb ; Saragossa mav be tricked by the lying promises of ! Caballero ; Cadiz , under ihe bayonets of Co . > cha ,

      may apparently submit to return its worst enemies for representatives ; the cit z « ns of Madrid , disarmed as a national guard , deprived of every municipal right , with a gene-al officer for their prefect , and wiih a Spaniard in French pay for their alcalde , may remain tianquil , as the Duke of Modcna's subjects before the executioner , who really rules iho duchy . But everyday will briDg its plot ; every hour its murmurs , and their brutal n pre .-sion ; no ruler cau f-leep without the fear , no citizen without the hope , of an imminent revolution . Tne last resources of the empire , too , will be fqmndercd in the pTodigal and io . ' etask ofrepre . « : o « i . All the national property , sold to jobbers for one thirtieth of its value . would not suffice to pay the police soldiers of Narva ez . "

      ^ The same letters annour . ee that at Vittoria and Seville , there had been attempts at revolt . The rumours of 600 irsur ^< nts having teen made prisoners , in Mataro , turn out to be 60 insurgent *; , who were imprisoned in Martorel , with the Secretary of the Junta , Rosu . October 3 rd . —Pbjm entered Figueras this day , with 5 , 000 infantry , 300 cavalry , and six pieces © f artillery . : " The Emancipation of Touloufo states that it has been ascertained that two-thirds of Ami . ttler ' s trcops are composed of pure Republicans . Letters from Madrid of the 28 h ult ,, announce further precautions of the usurpers for the mainunance of their blood-stained powtr . Letters from Burgoa and VaRadolid speak of those places being in a very disturbed state .

      : The Junta of Saragossa issued a powerful Manifesto to the nation on the 25 th ult ., in justification of its proceedings , and Bhowing , in a strong and argumentative manner , that in the actual circumstances in which the country is placed , there ib no safety for its liberties , except in appealing to the extraordinary exercise of the national Bovereianity , by tho formation of a supreme Central Junta to controul public afFairs , until the country is in a normal state , aud the Cortes can be freely and legally elected . The regiment of Bourbon is stated to have pronounced at Truxillo in favour of the Central Jun a . | At Cerdova several officers attempted a revolt , but i failed . At Segovia an attempt was made to pro-: claim Espartkro , but was put down and a sergeant ' shot .

      ; At Zaoram , the Carlists having obtained tho elec-1 tiou by the assistance of the Government authorities , the Liberals rose and beat the Carlist deputies and their adherents out of the town . The authorities j were deposed , and a commandant of carbineers ; superseded the general by force , aud declared himself I Captain-General . j The Morning Chronicle of Saturday says— " The i Journal des Debats sums up the Catalonian news : it j admits that the insurgents of Barcelona are 6 , 000 in ! number , whilst 4 , 000 under Amrtllkr , in possession ! of Girona and its citadel , defy tho troops of the Go-. verument . This is somewhat different from the telegraphic dispatches . "

      Letters from Madrid of the 30 ih ult . announce the Teceipt of a despatch from Prim , stating that he had carried Mataro by assault , with the loss of 100 men on his own part , and 150 killed ; and between , 500 and 600 prisoners on that of the insurgents . SaragOBsa is threatened with bombardment . i Great discontent exists at Cadiz ; many persons ; have been arrested . I A despatch from Brigadier Rodrigdes , Colonel of . the Bourbon regiment , dated Madronana , 26 th j instant , states that the revolt has been suppressed , ] and that seven of the officers were under arrest at i Truxillo . ] The situation of thiHgs at Madrid continues unj changed ; preparations are continually made against , a general rising . The usual entrance to the Postj offiee , which was opened for a day , \ b again shut . j There are 260 men there every night , and two pieces ¦ of artillery in its inner quadrangle .

      , The steam-boat Balear , which sailed from Barce-¦ lona on the 4 ih instant , arrived at Marseilles on the ¦ 7 th . The blockade of that city had been made more j strict , and it was hourly expected that an aesault j would be made upon it . General Schelly and Lara j arrived before Sarragossa on the 3 rd . A letter in the Times of Tuesday , dated Madrid , | Septeaiber : 36 th , says— "Another threatened night i of insonrreotion and bloodshed bas passed off withi out any more serious result than keeping the whole i garrison under inns last night in the streets and in j the Palace-courts , and-causing further military ar . j rests to-d ^ r . Last sight , at ten o'clock , all the officers ] were summoned , « sd seen running to quarters , each ! guarded by two . or three privates . Break of day was the appeaited hour ; but Narvaez had such good information et ihe intended movement

      , that he was tgain enabled to counteract * nd defeat it . One-half of tbe Regiment of Leon was . all night within pistolshot of his lodeiags , aad the otfcerialf to cat off all communication between the city and Royal Palace In & recent letter ( on the 26 th iost . ) I mentioned the fast of Narvakz having looked up an d placed sen - tinels spoB all the belfrieB in Madrid to prevent the signals for a rising being given from the church or convent steeples . The immediate « aose jof this precaution had not then transpired , but I ha \* e since learned that Nabtaezhad on that dayweeivea'information from a party concerned that certain chiefs of battalions and companies of thejjarriaon quarte red in various points of the city was were ready to d * "onounceinfaToaroftb * Central Junta uponthe > si-

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      multaneous tocsin of the belfries of all tho parishes ; and that the guard placed at the Post-office in the ; Puprta del Sol were to have the special honour of shoount ; him in passing ! the : result was , that Narnafz immediately rode to the quarters of the Princessa Regiment ( the only one , it is said , en which ha can rely ) , takingMiq not ¦ to pata the Postoffice in his way , and brought with him a sufficient force to turn out and replace the guard th . uB ; denouneed , detected ; and disappointed . Concealed arms are Sought for day and night , aud the Government Journals assure us that some were

      found . They persist in their version that the powder magazine was set on fire by the Centralistas , and also assert that they have discovered mines and preparations made to blow up two of the principal barracks in Madrid . Aidos-de-camp have been despatched by Nauvu z to Coriiova , Truxillo , and Santander , with J speoial instructions to order the military execution of certain officers , Serjeants , and soldiers , who have taken leading parts in both pronuneiamienlos . Old Renault's recipe , ' Shed blood enough 1 ' 13 now about to bo 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 V ;

      The " Rebecca" Movement South Wales.

      THE " REBECCA" MOVEMENT SOUTH WALES .

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      " THE NORTHfesN STAR .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 14, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1234/page/8/