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London, England, 1836-03-29 00:00:00

form Bill, and be wise in time. Let them rem ember 1
their repeatedly avowed dislike to agitation, ar id for-
bear from becoming themselves the prime al ,itators.
Above all, let them reflect on Mr. O'Co/ KNELL'S
power, and refrain from increasing it tenfold. It is not
democratic license, but aristocratic tyranny that has
made him, what he is. He is the child of Conservative
loins—a paternity, by the bye, whi eh is by no means
to be boasted of—the Conservatives. alone have power
to destroy his influence. As they n lade it, so they only
can mar it. Let their Lordships resolve to do full justice
to Ireland, and away goes all that " dangerous autho-
rity " which Mr. O'CONNELL now wields with such
irresistible effect. Let them refixse it, and his autho-
r rity, dangerous as it is, will become more dangerous
: and more irresistible than ever.

We insert elsewhere a statement which shows, in a
striking manner, the advantages which the distant
parts of the kingdom are likely to derive from steam
communication with the metropolis. Steamers are
found to be admirably adapted to the conveyance of
cattle ; and our northern neighbours are already sup-
plying the London markets, through this channel, with
their surplus stock, at a price so much above what
can be procured at home, as to leave no doubt that
this branch of trade will ere long be a source of great
profit to the landowners and farmers of Scotland.

The whole of the Paris Journals of Sunday have
been received. They contain no news of political im-
portance. On Saturday the Chamber of Deputies
was engaged in the discussion of a motion made b
,y
M. DUPIN, for amending the forms of the Cham'oe,
with respect to the moving of amendments upon 'pro-
jects of law. The question was finally referred to the
Committee of Privileges.
The latest advices from Spain contained, in these
journals are for the most part unirnpottant. The
wholesale system of massacre first introduced by ZU-
MALACARREGUY and MINA continues to depopu-
late the hamlets of Biscay. CABRERA'S thirst for
blood is still unsated, and several of his partizans glory
in excelling their ferocious chief in acts of wanton
cruelty. Among the more recent occurrences of this
description we cite the following :—TRISTANI, a
Carlist Chief, and the friend of CABRERA, having
seized one of the National Guards, commanded
the prisoner either to pay six hundred ounces
of gold as a ransom, or prepare for execution.
The unfortunate man had no means of paying a ran-
i som which would not have given him an hour's respite.

He was barbarously murdered ! The Christinos were

not slow to learn his fate ; they seized the father and
brother of TRISTAN', and the unfortunate but unof-
fending men were instantly shot ! Thus the war of
Catalonia has degenerated into a system of foul and
cowardly assassinations. The usual victims are dis-
abled soldiers, old men, women, and even infants!
The blood-thirsty ruffians have enemies in the field,
but they prefer skulking about the mountains, and
robbing and murdering travellers upon the highways.
In tbe mean time all agricultural and commercial pur-
suits are suspended. The peasantry are without
bread, clothing, shelter, or even security for their lives,
• unless they associate themselves with bands of robbers.
The country is in a deplorable state of disorganization.
In the absence of all regular and industrious pursuits,
of all judicial controul, and of those incentives to
good conduct—fear, shame, family respect, and the
presence of good example—the populace plunge
into the most abandoned excesses, and give loose
to the most wicked and disorderly passions. Thus
the system of non-intervention pursued by France
and England will entail years of crime, misery,
and bloodshed upon unhappy Spain. Every day the
people are sinking deeper and deeper in the mire of
vice ; and it requirp.s: but e. small shaye of philosophy
to enable any one who has studied the Spanish cha-
racter to assert, that ages will be necessary to work
their redemption. The Spaniards have not that elas-
ticity of mind so characteristic of the Frencb—uo less
necessary to the instant abandonment of a bad habit,
than the immediate abolition of the most venerable
institution. A Spaniard never acts from impulse ;
his every action is only the outward and visible sign of
an inward and deliberate resolution. With him con-
science and conduct are synonymous terms. He is
never hurried into excesses from which his first
im-
pulse after satiety is to emerge as quickly as possible.
Besides, the murders and other atrocities that have
been committed since the commencement of the( war
in the Basques, by the local adherents of one faction
upon those of another, will implant the seeds
of a revenge which will seek satiation in blood
for generations yet to come. It was the con-
viction that such a state of things would neces-
sarily result from the neutrality of Great Britain
and France, that impelled us from the very outset to
contend in favour of an armed intervention in the spirit
of the Quadruple Treaty. Now, without such inter-
vention, it has become impossible to calculate the pro-
bable duration of the war. Assisted as Don CARLOS
is at present, through the secret agency of the Great
Northern Powers, the French Catlists, and the
English Tories, he may retain his mountain fastnesses
in the Basques for five years to come. With a mere
handful of trusty followers he may bid defiance to the
greatest army the QUEEN'S Government can march
against him. It is true that he cannot quit the moun-
tains, and that he is as near to Madrid as he can ever
come, - except as a prisoner ; but while he remains
where he is, he has nothing to fear, unless France and
England declare against him. We really cannot com-
prehend the political grounds upon which England
withholds her active interference. With France the
question is different. The KING is secretly disposed
to favour Don CARLOS, and there are more than
one Statesman in his confidence who has meditated
the partition of Spain between the rebel Prince and
his royal niece. Such a division of Spain would enable
France to dictate terms to the SOVEREIGNS of both
who, in a short time, would become little better than the
feudatories of the CITIZEN-SOVEREIGN. Besides,
the KING lives in constant dread of the influence of
the Spanish Liberals. He never hears of the Cortes
without recalling to mind the proceedings of the Na-
tional Convention. LOUIS PHILLIPPE has had
enough of Liberalism, and now only desires to trans-
mit the Crown of an absolute monarchy to his chil-
dren. But what has England to do with all these
fears ? 'What interest can she have in the protracted
misery of the Spanish people, and prospective dis-
memberment of that Kingdom ? What has she to
apprehend from the diffusion of liberal principles,
that she should placidly • behold the Spanish
soil saturated with the blood of innocent, un-
offending peasants ? On the other hand it is
the interest, no less than the duty of Great Britain, to
establish on a constitutional basis the throne of
ISABELLA 11., and to expel by force the tyrant Don
CARLOS. We repeat that intervention is necessary—
absolutely necessary—to the social, moral, and political
salvation of the Spanish monarchy.
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