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THE NATIONAL REGISTER

natural to such wretches : fur, amongst many other
instance's, there was a friar at the top of a hill, with
40 armed men, whom he had seduced from their
homes. These men, though attacked by only nine
Bilboa volunteers, who had to ascend the steep
'dace, fled after tiring akw shots. The nine vo-
lunteers pursued them for Imlf a league, killing
tour, wounding several,eand dispersing the whole set.
The same was tip result on all sides, and thus
the whole insurrection was quelled: the small co-
lumn of volunteers and troops that had gone to
Ccverio returned the same day.
The Chief of the disaffected bands is wandering
about the mountains, accompanied only by a fi w
men. Sonic of the other leaders have demanded
pardon, and all their followers have returned to
their homes, repenting their folly, imploring par.
don, and cursing those who had misled them. The
whole province is pacified, and as exemplary pu-
nishment will be inflicted on some of the leaders, it
is not expected that the peace of these districts will
be again disturbed.]
ro the body of Bilboa volunteers, and only 80
soldiers, is due the pacification of those parts of the
province that rose up. It must, however be added,
that several districts of Biscay took no part in the
insurrection.

Thus in a few days have been wholly defeated
and umhme, the infernal plans of those who, ac-
customed to be slaves, wished to prepare the way,
by partial insurrections to sonic extended plans
directed towards constitutional liberty. What
really must fill with indignation the breasts of all
honest men, is that clergymen, whose duty, as coin-
inanded by our Saviour, is to preach the Gospel and
good morals, should have been the firebrands of re-
bellion and bloodshed. It is the priests who took
the lead, arc rt markable for their bad morals, cha-
racter, and ignorance. One of the means of statue.
tion was the offer of the plunder of !WWI, for
which they had prepared themselves with hatchets,
bags, Am.; and their intention was to have seized
on every thing including British and all other
Imeign property.
Thank Ged, all their plans have been destroyed,
and every one has returned to his duty. A column
of troops of the line is since artived, and scours the
country, in order to take ep any miscreants if found.
The tranquillity of Bilboa was never disturbed.
Pi.um•rtt.ns or t'PAIN, JAN. 4.—Since the night
of the ultimo, the mays of the line have seen
nothing of the insurgents, except at Artajuna, where
a few musket shots were exchanged on the evening
of the 27th; but the banditti speedily fled. They
are completely discouraged in consequence of the
flight to France of sonie of their leaders, who, it is
said, are to be tried before the Court of Assize at
Pau, for having violated the Fiench sanatory laws
About 30 mcu belonging to l'ampeluna, who had
ken seduced to the banditti, had Liked advantage
of the amnesty, and returned home.
There has been for some time in Madrid a rumour
of a tUrmation of an Upper Chamber in the Cartes,
in imitation of the French and English legislatures.
One of the journals of that city speaks of this plan
in the fUllowing terms:—
" To what are we indebted for liberty in Spain?
To the people. To that people who triumphed at
Aranjues and at Madrid on the 2d of May; Sa-
ragossa, at Valencia, at Seville, and throughout all
Spain. The people, in tine, were their own deli.
verers; and to them it is solely owing that Spain
did not bend to the French yoke, and that Ferdi-
nand recovered his crown?

What mean then these reports of the establish-
ment of an Upper Chamber, whit:h spread alarm
among the lovers of the constitution, and give plea-
sure to the friends of despulisn.? The Spanish
nation is fauly repreatzted, and what more can be
wanted?" .

1 he Journalist then miters into an examination of
the composition of Chamber of Peers, and demon-
strates that such an institution in Spain would an-
nihilate liberty and the constitution.
It is asses ted that the Nlatquis ut Campo Verde is
appointed Commandant General of Seville, with the
unilendantling that as 50011 as be is installed he shall
give up the command to Don Salvador Sebastien.
These schemes are however useless, for it is certain
that the people of Seville will nut part with General
Velascip, and the Politieal Chief Eacovedu.
Dec. 19.—Upon entering the city
ten days ago, first after the (*Minn was raised, it was
most affecting to see those few who were entering at
the Slane fink', embraced by their friends and ac-
quaintance, woo had not seen them fiur tour months,
as it they had come from a liar distant country, utter
an abaeuce of many years. The streets lonely, the
public walls toveriat with mourners, the ringing of
bills, the passiog of religious prota:ssions, and mime,.
rims outer intlieat 1111 l s, sal press, d upon tits mind the
recuifretion ut the recent sufferings of this fine city.
'Tie number a f the dead is given in by the Junta at
beta tett 9 and 10,000; but it in the general opiuiou,
anal hour what I mentioned, ill 'intuited, that the
mortality, especially at the eounnenceuitnt of the

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epidemic, was represented by the municipal autho-
rities as much lower than its actual amount, which
it is believed approached in all to very nearly twenty
thousand. We have bud here quite a conelive of
physicians. Besides the resident practitioners, .%
are numerous, we have had five commissioner:: front
the French Government; one from the French Se-
cretary at War ; one (Mr. Lassia) the author of a
respectable work against contagion, on his own ac-
count, or on account of the French Academy; tour
commissioners from Carthagena, sent by the Spanish
Government; one front Madrid (Mr. Leymerie) at-
tached to the French or American legating there
and two volunteers from London (Drs. Maclean and
O'Halloran.) The two latter gentlemen were
called in to visit one of the physicians of Barcelona,
a very promising young man of the name of Duran,
who hail been attended by all his colleagues of the
city, had been despaired of, and, as is customary in
such canes, had received the sacrament and extreme
unction. He is now in an advanced state of con-
valescence. These two gentlemen had been received
by the constituted authorities, and continue to be
treated with the most marked distinction. They
have been directed by superior orders, to be supplied
with every infin•nnrtinn they may require. Dr.
Maclean carne here from Madrid, by the immediate
orders of the Drug of Spain. He ie uliderstood to
be prep: ing a history upon epitlemy. His works
upon epidemic disease have been laid before the
superior Junta of Health of the metropolis; and the
Cortes are said to have suspended the consideratiim
of the laws of health, in consequence of the impres-
sion which they have made, until more ample in-
fortmition shall have been obtained. It is expected
that the report which he is preparing for the Cortes,
concerning the fever of Barcelona, and epidemic
diseases in general, will be unusually circumstantial.
Dr. O'Halloran is also preparing a report upon the
subject. He has distinguished himself much by his
dissections. About a week ago died of the prevail-
ing malady, a priest, who, atter having resided for
some time in the country, visited Barcelona, and, as
he nus a good deal known, his death Las occasioned
many of the fugitives to suspend their intention of
returning fir some weeks longer. The communica-
tion is, however, entirely free, and both contagionists
and non-contagionists consider the city a perfectly
sate residence, at any rate until the next autumn.
But not so the French Government, it seems; for it
is said they have no intention of raising their cordon
of troops until the summer, a report which confirms
a great proportion of the people of Spain in the sus-
picion that the French cordons continue to be, as
they believed them originally, a political stratagem,
directed more against the contagion of Spanish prin-
ciples, than of the fever of Barcelona.

By the Prince Regent packet from the Leeward
Islands, letters dated the '2lst of December were
received on Friday last from St. Thomas's. On the
Spanish Main nothing of any moment had occurred,
nor had there been any interruption of tranquillity
in those places occupied by the Independents. It
has been mentioned in the American papers, that a
Spanish squadron blockaded the ports of the Main
along the whole range of coast ; but it appears if
that is really the case, to be extremely deficient in
vigilance, as trailers were in the IL:bit of passing
from St. Thomas's to Laguayra, and other places
within that limit, without the least molestation, and
the merchants of the island de not seem even to be
aware of thoblockade. ‘Ve learn by letters from St.
Domingo, received at St. Thomas's, that the Spanish
part of that island is making efforts for its indepene
dence, which had every prospect of being successful.
The Independents, it is said, have become masters
of the city of St. Domingo, the capital of the island :
and the surroutuling country has united with theta
in asserting their freedom. We arc further in-
timmed, by letters of the 16th of November front
Port-au-Prince, also received by the Leeward Islands'
mail, that • similar spirit had manifested itself at
Monte Christ°, where the Patriots hail gained the
ascendancy. Many fugitives from Monte Christo,
attached to the Royalist cause, had arrived at Port-
au-Prince, where they were permitted to laud by
President Buyer, and treated with kindness and
hospitality. Some letters assert that the President,
encouraged by the dist.nion that reigns in the Spa-
nish possessions, is colleeting troops with the view
of conquering and annexing them to his own tali-
writs : but this does not rest on very good tinnula-
dam. Much complaint is made in the mercantile
letters from St. Thomas's, of a singular piece of
negligence either on the part of the master of the
Prince Regent packet, or the agents of the Post-
offioe, by which the merchants of that island have
been prevented receiving their English letters.--
Whether the bag tin' St. Thomas's was left behind
at Felmouth or at Barbadocs, is not clearle ascer-
taitied; but it is certain that time packet arrived ut
the former island without it. We need not advert
to the übvious inconvenience this would occasion
to merchants, especially those who were exoecting
remittances ; but we trust this culpable iteghcence
will be uuticed as it should be in the proper quarter.

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