The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-24 00:00:00

THE STATE OF SPAIN

A despatch from St. Sebastian, under Monda)'s
date, shows the probability that the whole of Spain
will very soon be submissive to the new govern
ment. It is likely enough that General Falcon,
finding that he has no support to expect from.
Catalonia or the northern provinces, will come to.
terms. Letters of the 18th from Logrono represent
that town as having the appearance of a camp,
the National Guards being all under arms, and
having been joined by those of Navarrete, Najera,
and some other place. General Gurrea had just
arrived there to take the command, but we know
already that those preparations had had no
result, and that troops had entered Logrono,
unresisted. When Falcon learns this, aid
that on all hands O'Donnell is in the

ascendant, he will probably give in, stipulatiThz,
perhaps, for the restoration of his rank and honom s,
and impunity for those who have stood by him in
his preparations for resistance. There are reports
of his troops having abandoned him, but nothing
positive is known from Saragossa; and the telegraph
is still interrupted there, which shows that the
authority of the Madrid Government is not yet
recognised in the place. There is no confirmation
of the statement that 85 members of the Cortes had
assembled at Saragossa. At Madrid some arrests
have been made, including that of Senor Madoz.
As it is not probable that O'Donnell will allow
Marshal Narvaez to return, it has been conjectured
that he may perhaps offer him the Paris embassy.
at once to conciliate him and to keep him out of
the way. General Espartero was still at Madrid,
and intended to proceed to Arganda, a small town
five leagues distant from the capital.
The Paris Moniteur of Tuesday has the following
despatch from Barcelona, dated Saturday last:—
At five o'clock yesterday evening a movement
took place at Barcelona. The general in command
here instantly sent his troops against the rebels,
who dispersed themselves immediately, and en-
trenched themselves in the manufacturing quarter
of the town, to the west of Rambia. By eleven
o'clock they had erected fourteen barricades. At
midnight the chief of these were_carried by assault;
the others were not defended.

This morning tranquillity seemed to be restored,
but one battalion of troops and several companies
of the National Guard declared for the rebels. An
order of the general immediately commanded them
to dissolve themselves and lay down their arms
within one hour. The disarmament was effected
without resistance. At eleven o'clock to-day new
barricades were formed in the place of the Prado.
By noon they were forced, in performing which
General Bansols was wounded.

The musketry firing still continues, but the
advantage everywhere remains with the troops.
The insurgents now occupy in tha town only the
terraces of some of the houses. The devotion
which has been shown by the troops is admirable.
M. Valentia Ferraz ceased to be Inspector,
General of the National Guards of Spain, and his
functions were conferred, pro tempore, on M. Rios;
Rosas, Minister of the Interior.

By a royal decree, General Prim (Count of
Reuss), was removed from the government of
Granada, the Queen declaring► herself satisfied with
his services, of which her Majesty intends again to
avail herself on his return from France.
A journal, says the Epoca, found it strange that
the English Minister, Lord Howden, did not
appear at the Palace during'the last events. The
fact is not at all extraordinary, Lord Howden
having been for some time absent from Madrid.
The Representative of the British Legation, Mr.
Ottway, during the absence of the Ambassador,
hastened to the Palace the moment the insurrec-
tion commenced.

The casualties of the troops are estimated at
between 40 and 50 killed, and 150 wounded. The
losses of the insurgents were not yet known. One
_of the battalions of the military which suffered
most, the lst battalion of Artillery, had 45 mon
hors de combat. The Royal troops engaged consisted of 13 battalions, with t pieces of artillery,
in all about 16,000 men. The cavalry, compos-d
of 2,000 men, was employed outside the gates in
keeping up the communications between the three
corps into which the Royal forces were divided.
Nineteen thousand muskets, and a considerable
quantity of pistols, sabres, lances, &c.,
had beerm
surrendered by the National Guards and inhabit-
ants of Madrid. The 57.000,000 of reels forwarded
from France
by the Spanish Credit Mobilier
Company to the Government had arrived at
Madrid, and were deposited in the Court of the
Palace during the insurrection.
On the 17th, the Queen distributed 30,000 cigars
to the troops of the garrison of Madrid. On the
same day, the French Ambassador paid a visit to
the palace to congratulate the Queen and O'Don-
nell. The assemblage of more than six persons in
the streets. of Madrid is forbidden. It is said
12,000 men and two batteries of artillery, under
General Dulce, have been ordered to march upon
Saragossa, to put down the insurgents.