The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-25 00:00:00

THE AFFAIRS OF SPAIN

The last accounts from Saragossa state that the
insurgents yet held out, but their submission was
daily expected. The telegraphic communication
between that place and Madrid was still interrupted.
General Falcon had only a force of between 3,000
and 4,000 men to oppose 12,000 of the Queen's
troops, who were marching against that city under
the command of General Dulce. It was the inten-
tion of that officer to invest the town, and summon
the insurgents to surrender. Upon non-compliance,
he would open fire, of the result of which no doubt
whatever was entertained.

The Moniteur of yesterday morning says :—" The
last news from Barcelona announces that the con-
flict there was very keen, but that the success or
the Queen's troops may be considered as secured,
The fire lasted on the loth from five in the evening
till midnight ; on the 19th it was resumed from the
morning till eight p.m ; on the 20th it lasted the
whole day; on the 21st, from the morning till five
p.m. On this last day, the insurgents having been
driven from the streets of the Union, and from the,
Rue Neuve of the Rambla, and from the Hospital:
de la Junquera, their principal positions, betook
themselves to the country. They were pursued
thither by the cavalry, who sabred them. Gerona
and La Junquera are still in a state of insurrection.
Tranquillity prevails at Figueras. The garrison is
ready to fire on the occurrence of the slightest
movement. It is thought that the victory obtained
at Barcelona will arrest the other movements of
Catalonia.

Some details have reached us relating to the pro-
ceedings of the Cortes on the 14th instant, whey.
M. Madoz moved the following resolution We
propose to the Cortes to declare that the new
Cabinet has not their confidence." Ninety-three
membe►s were present at the discussion, eleven!
of whom declined to vote; and the question was'
decided in the affirmative by eighty-one against
one. The only dissentient was the Marquis de
Tabuernicca, who has since been appointed Under
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The reso-
lution above alluded to was embodied in an adf:iress
to the Queen, and a committee was appoir,ted to
present it accordingly, but her Majesty r'..:fused to
receive it, upon the advice of Marshal O'Donlic
who had declared it altogether illegal. General
Espartero had not left Madrid up to the 19th in ,t.
The subjoined are the latest particulars of tile
movement :

Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte arrived at
Bayonne on Saturday, and after a few hours' stAY
left for Spain. The civil and military authorities
of Iruu being informed of his expected arrival,
awaited him at the gates of the town in official
costume. The Prince, born on Jan. 4, 1813, is sore
of Lucien, brother of Napoleon I.
Marshal Narvaez also arrived on Saturday at
Bayonne, with the intention of offering his srrvices•
to the Queen of Spain. In place of going forward?
he has despatched an aide de-camp with a letter to
her Majesty, stating that he will await her orders
either to go forward to Madrid or to return to Paris •
" Marshal Narvaez," says the Assemblee Nationale,
" has been appointed ambassador of Spain at Paris,
in the place of M. Olozaga."

Two battalions of the 22nd Regiment of the
Line lately despatched from Paris for the Spanish
frontier reached Bayonne on Monday afternoon by
two special trains, and the next day left that city
for their cantonments along the frontier. The stuff
of the regiment will be established at St. Jean Pied,
de Port, and detachments will occupy St. Etienne'
de Baigorry, the AlaLudes, Arnegup, Ainhoa, &c.
The Semaphore of Marseilles of the 31st says:--
"It has been already announced that a corps 9f
observation is about to be formed on the Pyrenean
frontier. In consequence of orders from the
Minist&t. of War, a certain number of regiments
have been marched on the neighbouring depart,
ments. The 37th of the Line,, which has been in
garrison for some time in this city, left on Satur-
day for Montpellier, to replace the troops which
have removed from that garrison towards the
frontier."

The Siecle has the following from a correspondent in
London :—" The English government, yesterday, receive&
a despatch from Mr. Otway, who, in Lord Howden's ab-
sence, represents England at Madrid. This despatch vial;
very important, and, according to what is said to-night„lt
left the impression that Marshal O'Donnell's situation WO
less favourable than had been supposed." In consequ'ence
of this despatch orders were sent by telegraph, to Lord
Howden, whatever might be his state of health, to return
instantly to his post, passing by way of Boragossa.