The Express.
London, England, 1856-07-30 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

SPAIN.

CATALONIA AND ARRAGON.

[From the following letter—which will be seen to
emanato from one who participated in the struggle

bees omitted some details,
the publication of which might compromise indi-
viduals.]

which he

rA, iMX 23. Enigma.

Zepatero has held good to the lust. The Constitu-
tionalists have thrown up the game for the time, and
the sword rules at Barcelona. The partial manifesta-
tion of the 18th, intended to give the troops upon
whom we relied the opportunity to pronounce, failed
completely. The superior officer, who the evening
before, at the meeting of the militia chief., promised
to come over to us with his battalion, did
not appear at the head of the troops (I have learned
this morning that he was confined to barracks and
put under surveillance). The command had been
given to other officers. The militia of the Ist and the
13th, who were instructed to engage in a light
skirmish, after which the troops were to join the de-
fenders of the barricades—these militiamen, seeing
that the firing was vigorously kept up by the army,
thought themselves betrayed, and retired. Some
individuals taken by the soldiers had, it was said,
been put to death. The most sinister rumours circu-
lated all the 19th. It was impossible to direct the
movement. The thirst of vengeance alone animated
the militia. Five battalions would no longer listen to
the advice of the leaders of the movement, and barri-
cades were erected in the town at the points where
the struggle has generally been maintained. After
being obstinately defended, they wore carried by the
troops, who penetrated into the houses, and thence
fired on the militia. Duriogthreedays the straggle con-
tinned, without any caneert on the part of the brave
defenders of liberty, and it was not until the fourth
dsy that the Junta took upon it to direct the move-
ment. If on the first day Don -- had been free and
kept in his command, he would have carried his
troops along with him, and fraternised with the mi-
litia ; the peendeprogressistas among the garrison,

encouraged by the example, would have come
over to us, and we should hiss triumphed.
Bat when Zipatero had compromised the troops by
the military execution of the prisoners, no hops re-
mained of inducing them to pronounce. A terrible
butchery wee the necessary consequence; and,
although the Junta spared no exertion to cause its
plan to be adopted, the fury of the militia eogeged
drowned all reason.

As you may easily conceive, the braes citizens of
➢are*loos have dons prodigies of valour. A woman
in the Rue de rUnioa, after seeing the heroic de-
fenders of the barricades fall one after another,
long maintained the struggle, hertelf firing,
and succeeded in effecting her retreat with
the lut survivors, after having carried away
the dead bodies, and having saved all the wounded.
Bat how much blood has been spilt in vain ! Had the
plan of the Junta been adopted the loos of so many
brave defenders of liberty and of progress would
have been spared. From the second day we knew
that Montjuich would side with Z slater° ; that the
garrison of the town would not pronounce. The
tejedor es (weavers) on beingeounded, had declared that
they would take no part in the movement noises the
Junta adopted a war cry,which would have spoilt every
thing; the same answer wu made by the mechanic.'
to the overtures of the Junta. In place of imitating
the wise course of Saragossa, which rested entirely
upon the constitution, and rallied round the liberador
(Espartero), the bravest of our people wished to go
so far that the Junta wu compelled to refuse its con-
currence. Hence, setting *side those whom revolu-
tionary feelings carried away, those who cannot beer
the firing or smell powder without being intoxicated,
not one joined in the combat, which wu sustained
by the militia alone. San Augustin' furnished not
a single combatant. But I return to the plan of the
Junta.

To make the militia descend into the streets when
that portion of the army which was considered cer-
tain had pronounced, to engage along the whole line,
to maintain it with such energy as to give the other
bodies the opportunity of joining us, and thus compel
Zapatero to shut himself up in the citadel, and thus
remain masters of the city until erode brought the
capitulation of the citadel and of Montjuich. If alter
the first attack all the troops remained under the
orders of Zapatero, to retire into the wintry, where,
from all quarters, arrived promises of protienciamersto.
The uncontrollable fury of some battalions pre-
vented until the fourth day the execution of this
plan, and by allowing Zepatero—in consequence of
the greatness and obstinacy of the struggle—to adopt
terrible repressive measures, the future means of
resistance were compromised.
This is our present position. The soldiers of
liberty, who would have been able for some time
looser to continue the struggle at Barcelona, have
retreated to the country. Mataro, Meares., Villa-
franca, Iguatada, almost all the towns of importance,
are with us. In all the pueblo of the
environs —Badalona, Moline del Rey, Sanindres, dec.
—we have none but friends. General who
resigned at Madrid, is expected every moment to take
the direction of the movement in Catalonia, and to
open communications with Arragon. But how many

brave men, sacrificed in the.. bloody days, will never
see the approaching triumph of the hcly caw* of
progress!
Zapatero renews at Barcelona the system of terror
of the Boron de Meer and of the Conde de Berms.
The militia is disarmed. Hundreds of honcurable
citizens have been arrested. They say that several
have been shot. We know not where those are who
are still alive.

We have news from Tarragona. where the inatruo•
tionsof the Junta were completely obeyed. After
the demonstration, the troops not having adopted the
movement, all struggle ceased, expecting the time
when the triumph shall have been organised
throughout.
The last sews from Arragon is excellent.

The Moniteur of yesterday has the following
despatch :

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SAINT
" The Consul of France to hia Exoellency the
AliniVer of Foreign Affairs.
6. No news from Saragossa lines ny last despatch.
The uncertainty of news is attributed to the delay of
fire days granted to the Junta by General Doles."

The Revista Kildare, of Madrid, says that govern-
meet has taken all necessary melanges for suppressing
the rebellion at Saragossa. Besides the force already
sent against that town, two batteries of siege artillery,
oomposed of twelve 16.pouuders, ten 12-pounders.
and ten mortars are in preparation.
A fact mentioned by several journals relative to the
proclamation of a republic at Madrid seems to have
been based on the following circumstance : At the
meeting of the deputise on the 14th three members
of the extreme opposition presented a proposition, in
which they demanded the proclamation of the re-

• Tlt• great fotradry el the street &z Pablo at the 004-
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public, and that the Queen should be deposed from

the throne. The only official trace, however, of
this fact consists in the following words inserted in
the minutes of the sitting : M Three members re.

Dented a proposition to the president, who, after
consulting the bureau, abstained from making It
known to the assembly on amount of its being an-

coostitatioaaL',

The Ewa of July 23, has the following news
from different provinoes of Spain :

We hear from Monads, dated eh! 191, that the troop.,
who had been k.pt ander areas for two days, are withdrawn,
an mantles having been agrred to between thentand the

insurgent', until the result of the evanu at Madrid should

be knows

A despatch we have jot received sononucce the irr:val
of Gemmel Deice at Aries, whither had come two comps-

rules of the 8 aspen refement, with ell the ome'm of the

ba.tallon of Calatayad, aad a groat camber of other c Seen

of Sanwa ; aad from Cslanyad a =wasp Ind Urea rant

to Ganarail palm, informing him that hi; arrival in that

tams was awaited by its laiisbitsow, who would ocknow7

ledge the legitimate government of the Queen. The general
is to make hie entry into Calateynd to-day.
According to letten (rpm Baregoesa of the 20th, the pre-
parations for defence were continued In Oat city, and the
popular excitement was kept up by a multitude
of hlsehoode. Every half boar a bulletin was

published, autsouseleg a sew

some plus or other in ipala. Thus 11a4 been a rumour

1 airealited that GI i Foplrtaro bad &rived, or was

about to ante., at the toner tf Broil, and (1_ that

General Ganes wu neraltteg his pralines in Lower
Arragon. No one wu permitted to quit Ser•ttorm,

ninnout • special Homo from the junta ; bet Caresin and

Hammitt, raegistratee of the court ofjuttiee at Sartgoon,

after having religued their °Moe, wen; able t, riseap;, not

with( at son; dialealty.

A prodema'ion had been lulled, obliging all pertains who
ware in possession of arms to give them up, unless they

letiose to enrol themselve under the i denary deg. An

osemptioa of two yaws oat of their term of sertrioe had

Men roatisei to the co'diers, as well as one step cf tack

to the corporals and sergeants.

. ..
All the °Seers of the battery of the fifth division horse
1 artfilery, aid three of two batteries of the second foot, have

come to Madrid, not choosing to j,in the rebel*, and the
ogle, rs of the staff who were at garage's& bate retired to

!Neat's.

The Junta had ordered the forstation of volunteer imp
and on the 19th it pab,ished a proclamation, itcitieg the
inhabitants of 8.? atom to imitate the brave deeds of 1808
The citisens were frightened at tho at•itude which some of

the iestigaton et the mamma we,* disposed to take.

Every day reviews and parities were held at Saragossa.
Tee riairg of the whole of Catalonia was ezrcted, bat tt •
blow which the revelationists euitained at Barcelona must
now have produced tenible confusion in the capital of
Amgon.
At MUMS the movement of Saragossa his been followed,
instructions to that a ff,et having been received at mice fr m
the capital of Airman and frog Madrid Itself. A junta has
been feigned, of which the milit.ry governor is the presi-
dent, and the editor of the Re 1701114011 is the vise-pre-
stunt.
A c dam of troops has pew:sided from Valencia into
Amgen, and on the 21st it was at &garbs.
The Madrid correspondent of the Indipendanee
Beige, in a letter dated July 24, says that he is pc•
sitively informed it is the intention of the govern.
ment to regard the Constituent Curtis as defunct,
and officially to proclaim their dissolution as soon as
order shall have been re-established. The government
will not think of convening a new Constituent Assem-
bly to deliberate upon the future constitution of the
country, but will impose upon it either the constitu-
tion of 1837 or the constitution of 1845; but which of
these has not yet been determined. If the constitu-
tion of 1837 be adopted, a modification of it will be
made by changing the elective character of the
Senate; if the constitution of 1845 be preferred, an
article will be added to it securing the immunity of
certain individuals, with a provision for completely
extinguishing the liberty of the press.
The Madrid Gazette of the 24th publishes the
report of the C)mmaodant•Geoeral of Galicia; who
states that he has caused the captain-general of that
province, who would not recognise the new ministry,
to be arrested.
General Delos was to be under the walls of Se-a-
gone on the 25th. The town is considered impreg-
nable on the side of the Ebro, bat it was intended
to make an attack on the month side, and it was con-
fidently expected by the government that no resist-
ance would be made.
The Captain-General of Catalonia has sent in
a despatch, dated the 21st, which shows what a as-
rkne resistance he had to encounter at Barcelona:
I made to-day a general attack upon the inextricable
labyrinth of barricades, amongst which the rebels bait con-
ceded their form. At the appointed ►ear, all the troops
began the assault at once, and in spite of en obstinate re

optima compelled the enemies of our conatitutional Queen
to abandon their positions, and take to flight, as
far as the boundary of the neighbouring taws
of Gracia, and thus Barcelona was cleared of those wro
had so disgraced her f.ir renown. lam now busy in seen-
ring the results of this day, and will give you more particu-
lars hereafter. The toes of the rebels has been immense.

General Blanco, who went to Grenada to take
possession of his post as Captain-General (to super-
sede G 1 Prim), has been made prisoner by the
Insurgents at Jaen, who were led by the brothers
Merinos.

re-pub:kiting of news and erzicies from other newspepin.
Some of tbe 'godsend° organs are allowing ft want of gene-
rosity to those of the opposition, which lest are now in-
capable of defending themselves. _

The Captain-Cies;rel of Seville has prohibited the pabli-
esticet of two journals : the Orta. a teliOns and absolutist,
and the Civilisaciove, a democratic journal.

This very evening, the Iberia informs by a note its sub•
scribers that its impression bad jest been seized.
On the discovery of the conspiracy at Valencia, a great
many arrests were made, the most remarkable of which
was that et M. Orem., the Marquis of Albaids, who has
been lodged in the citadel. All danger is now averted.
Pert of La Mucha has risen. At Alum de fiaa Jnsn, at
Madrilejoe, end at the Puerto d'Almanea they have set the
ripe more cc fire, and have fired also a splendid estate
known by the game of La Sirens. At Beduin three estates
have had their harm sts destroyed by fir.
Terse! has pronounced ; the entire garrison hue retired
on Valencia. At Saragossa, General Falcon is organising
companies of free corp..

la fins, yours that the state of the provinces is far Mtn
teing brilliant, and the government will Bad it no easy
matter to set out of its dißlen:ties.

The events in Spain are variously estimated by the
organs of the German press. The Viennese journals
see in them danger for the maintenance of tranquil-
lity in the Transalpine provinces of Austria. " The
recent events at Madrid,"ssys the East German Post,
" do not directly concern Austria, but they may react
on Italy, and in this respect ought to fix our atten-
tion." The Wanderer seems to accuse the French
government of not being strangers to what is passing
in Spain ; it quotes a semiofficial article published
in the month of April last by the Constdutionnel,
, which declared Spain to be on the eve of a crisis
from which the poor Peninsula could only recover
through an intervention." The eve predicted by the
Conadutionnet is come; to accomplish the prophecy,
the intervention still remains to be executed. The
Prussian organs, on the contrary, depend in this cir-
cumstance on the circumspection and moderation of
the French government, and do not believe in an
intervention. The Silesian Gazette, in a remarkable
article, discusser' the reasons that militate in favour
of non-intervention, which, according to this journal,
is the fundamental principle of the Emperor Napo-
Icor's foreign policy.