The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-11 00:00:00

SPAIN

BY a royal decree . published in the Madrid
Gazette of the 7th inetant, the resignations of MM.
Olozaga and Gonzalez of the post of ambassadors
at Paris and London have been accepted. It is
said that General Serrano has been. appointed as
ambassador to Paris. The Gazette contains no
Political news of interest. The National Guard of
Aragon has been disarmed.
The Madrid journals contain nothing beyond
what was given in the letter published yesterday
The Duke de .la Victoria, at an audience to take
leave of the Queen and King, had been received
by their Majesties with their customary kindness.
The interview, according to the Epoca, lasted a
long time, but without anything important taking
place at it.

The journals still abstain from giving us details
of what took place in Saragossa ; but they, publish
a proclamation from General Falcon, president of
the revolutionary, junta, announcing the dissolution
of that body. " The junta," says the general, "was
formed under the noble inspiration of liberty, which
it believed was menaced. But, after preserving
admirable order and preparing actively for the
defence of the place if attacked, it learned that the

responde,t to its first movement,
formed that the O'Donnell' cabinet did
to place liberty in danger, but on the
contrary to preserve it from its avowed enemies,
From that moment it thought it its duty not to
prolong a sterile conflict." The proclamation
concludes by telling the National Guard that they
will not be dissolved, but that " honour and deli-
cacy" require that they should give up the arms
which they have borne against the government of
the Queen.

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A private letter says :—Marshal O'Donnell will
not accept the title of Grandee of Spain, which the. Queen has offered Min. The Marshal thinks that
the Constitution of 1845 is best calculated to pro-
mote the happiness of the country.
The National Guard of Spain, with very few
exceptions, is now disarmed, and all Spain is
tranquil. The article in the Paris Monitear on the
affairs of Spain, has produced a very favourable
effect; it is ascribed to an august pen.
The Longreo railway is terminated. The plans
for the first section of. the Northern Railway
between Madrid •and Valladolid, which is 239
kilometres (150 miles) long, have been presented
to the government. The estimated expense- is
215,764,000 reals.
The following is extracted from a letter just
received, and dated
ENVIRONS OF BARCELINA, Aug. 2.—The struggle
is postponed, till better times. We have kept our
ground since the retreat of the 22nd ; the numerous
patriot bands which left Barcelona being every
where
, masters of the country. In the districts of
~ervera, Balaguer, Lerida, Manresa, Villa Franca,
and Igualada, all the villages in which the defenders
of liberty appeared received them with acclama-
!L!Lns, and the most resolute progessistas joined
e bands when they moved upon other points.
They were eager to supply us with rations and
Ile:Munition. But we abstained from visiting
such towns as had garrisons, from a desire
not to compromise the troops by partial
engagements before it was known what had
taken place at Saragossa. On the 26th, however,
About 10 p m., one of our parties being pressed
for provisions, penetrated into Igualada, and after
procuring the rations of which it stood in need
retired: A patrol composed of soldiers of the line
and some forty Moderados, challenged them.
\rive Espartero," replied the patriots, who, after
an interchange of shots, forced a passage and left
the town about 111 p.m. Benito, the polaco, and the
advocate Requesens, it is said, were wounded. Only
one of ours received a slight wound. This is the
Only occasion on which our men have had to draw
a trigger. On the 25th we had learned that at
11'Iadrid the resistance in Catalonia was disapproved
'ft: by 'him , and that. ha ur,-.„1,1

yes°fution.. We resolved therefore to keep ou
ground, solely for the purpose of pieventing troop
in being detached to Aragon, in order to facili•
tate the obtainment of any terms upon which the
chiefs of the movement 'at Saragossa, reso-
lute to defend themselves to the last extremity
if they were refused, might be determined
to exact. We have succeeded. The bravest
cf the patriots of Saragossa have obtained
c
Passports and depart to await a more favourable
nportunity, at a distance from a country which
b2wa down at present under the terror of moderation.
rent. Prestige of some people has, in these last occur-
unsub es, received a terrible shock. But principles are
dued. The missionary labours of the last
two years have met with a degree of success which
must be incredible to those who have.not recently
visited our principalities. In the most incon-
"sidera
%fixtur ble villages, where there was formerly a
e of Carlists and Liberals, the former have
-%?w almost entirely disappeared, and the others,
%re
wi
exception of a few compromised polacos,
teall advanced progressistas. In some
districts
republicans are in a majority—in others the
altados preponderate. This is the result
sion&
of the observations I have made in various excur-
I will not conceal from you that the dis-
arming of the militia deprives us for some time of
the 'hope of renewing the struggle in the great
towns with any chance of success. But there are
firearms in Catalonia which Zapatero will not have
it in his power to shut up in the arsenal. The
!trills of our bands were deposited in safe places
!Wore we made up our minds to disperse, and we
?Iknow where to find them on the first pronuncia-
,ento• " Viva fulano !" "Up , with this man or
that is assuredly not a sufficient war cry to carry
away men, and make them swell the ranks of a
pronunciamento. We have learned this from sad
'experience. If there is one name more res-
wePected than another in Spain, it is that which
bad adopted for our rallying cry. Well,
»of all the auxiliaries who flocked to us from
within or from without—on the days of Barcelona,
few belonged' to the people, and the working men
who at last joined in the fray raised the cry of
"Liberty for ever." There is no doubt that we
could have made a sanguinary retaliation, and
%fade the butcher of Barcelona pay dear for the
Judicial murder of the prisoners of Gracia, for in
! very village we passed through we found mode-
-8408 execrated. by the people. The order -
n pre
ofeyved in all the bands
Our mostadmirable. Not one
contrast cruel was
enemies has been molested; the
between our moderation and the savage
execution of our friends in Barcelona will produce
Wa moral effect on the population. And now,
e
nitY to who survive know how to wait our opportu-
u i
battle avenge our
brethren who have fallen ,or been assassinated after the struggle
he glv
Was over, O'Donnell will not last long. Whether
play •'e
•
way to his inmate despotic tendencies, or
the farce of a constitutional government, he
Will not be able to keep his ground between the
!0 absolutists and the democratic liberals. Obliged
fall back upon the progressistas, whose friends ,
he has shot down at Madrid and Barcelona, he
will fail the moment the state of siege is at an
end, and a regular government restored. We
receive the sizangest accounts from Madrid.
They write to me that the various political
;flubs have resolved to appoint electoral corn-
Mittees, with branches in the provinces, to
direct the municipal, provincial, and general
elections. At Madrid, then, it is believed that
there will he a Cortes under O'Donnell. Valencia
would have pronounced if some men of ultra-
crliniens had not wished to give the demonstra. ,
tion a direction which the most exalted progres
fii st a s disc roved. I pp. arn aesurecl that in addition
to Orense, Don Pablo Ornal and other democrats
I have spent two days
1.1, Ewe been arrested.
„in Barcelona. Notwithstanding the terrible
`-olood letting the party has experienced, no
4306 is discouraged. All our friends confess
tpthe errors in revolutionary tactics we have corn-
,,itted. We will not repeat them hereafter.
...when the banner of the revolution is again raised
i
211 Catalonia, we will inscribe on t something
different from the name of an individual, and all
to enemies of reaction will rise
I like one man.
.et us weep for the dead ; but, at the same time,
and
ris bethink ourselves how we can avenge them
nd ensure the triumph of our sacred cause.

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voThe tiazette of Vi
count of the Vienna publishes the revenue
Austrian empire during the first
six months of the present
Produced 15,613,171 florins,
The direct taxes
s, or 4,920,769 florins

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more than in the corresponding period of last
year; the indirect taxes produced 71,697,597 florins,
or an increase of 5,637,994 florins ; in the article.
of domains, mines, and the mint, a diminution
of 4,336,570 florins ; divers receipts, 4,906,993
florins, or a decrease of 232,522 florins. The total
receipts are 129,593,423 florins, or 5,790,518 florins
more than in 1855, and 11,046,083 florins more than
in 1854 The direct taxes and themonopoly of to-
bacco and salt have furnished the most important
increase of irico:rce. The- diminution in the
receipts of domains,. mines,.&e , has been caused
by the fact of the government having made over
its richest possessions to the national bank,
in order to reduce its debt with that establish-
ment.