The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-07 00:00:00

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RIOTS AT BARCELONA.

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influence in producifg a zenewal ~r turoutent Scelles, tti,
consc'quences whereof have beta fatel is some instances,
giving cause for deep regret to every well-rep-uldted mind.
It appears that the Modera do party, annoyed at the ov:r-
throw of the late Ministry, bad agreed to assemble in large
numbers in the Plaza ec la Constitueion, where the palace
is situated, in order to cheer the Queen Regent at the
usual time she takes her carriage siring, abcut seven in
the evening. This intention having become generally
known to the opposite party, an assemblage of them also
took place on the same spot, and at the same hour.
Oa the appearanee. of Ote queen Regent and her royal
itlatii4htFq, the M'aderados sent forth vek,inent cries of
Viva la. RejtiaG,obernad2rap throwing their bats into
the air,
On their part the Liberals shouted " Viva la Consti-
tuclOn I" which cries the Moderados endeavoured to drown.
At last, it is statc4 tnaj an individual shouted " Death to
Espartero I" This was the, signal for a general attack by
tl:c Liberals upon the Moderados. The reoa-,is is said
he is a Frenchipan,-.vvh?, t„;t--e;:c..i the cry against Espar-
tevo, -lain open by a blow from the stick of a
iirogrtsista. The Liberals laid about them right and left;
wounding same of their adversaries severt 4 0,,,e470,.im-•
ber slightly ; and, aceotrling ay-c;,titiCin the Coniti-
tue:::27zas. beating two 'death.
the Duke de la Vlif(;ria immzdiale'y proceeee 1 on f.)ot to
the Plaz 1, and ordered it to be cleared instantly by the
troops.

Then hack occurred in the Plaza having be,
come goticrally non great agitation ensued thrugiinut
the citY. The ihops and coffee-ho.,i;.e.i were closed ;
groups of wi.z.ny of them armed,
in the streets. )1 again seen
►.....vever, soon retired to their
11°111"7 Li
C voice of the authorities),ly eleven o'clock
at night, 13.reelona was perfectly quiet.
Ile must afflicting part of my narrative is the follow-
ing :—Yesterday morning, early, there were fresh symp-
turni of agitation. Groups of people again formed in dif-
ferent pats of the city. Small parties of armed men were
se, n amongst them—many with that peculiar mein and
physiognomy observable in all countries during periods of
popular efferveseenee,individuals whom one never sees
but on sucill occasions.

Tic of jest evidently was to seek and punish those who
had uttered, or who were said to have uttered, the offen-
sive cries the night before. There was a young advocate
who had b..come a mark for the fury of the mob; although,
from all 1 can gather, he had not sent forth any such cry
the evening before as had been attributed to him, viz ,
Death to Espartero." I have been told that he was the
object of persplial animosity to an individual belonging to
the extreme Liberal party, who bad on various occasions
threatened him with violence, and that he sought him out
t:stet-day rt-tot.ning, backed by the mob. Meeting him in
the street, close to the house where the young advocate
lived, he ins;ilted and attempted to arrest him. The young
man refused to eurrendcr, warning his enemy that he hau
two loaded pistols, and would shoot any one who might
attempt to take him. But the other, with a howling mob
at his back, rualied at Wm, and received a ball from one of
the pistpls, which killed him at once. The young advocate
then commenced his retreat towards his own house, pur-
sued by the mob; he fired the second pistol, and killed an-
other man. On leaching his home, he seized a double-
barrelled gun, and fired repeatedly from the wineow upon
his assailants, killing five men and wounding several. The
Governor of 13 ircelona snramaned hint tu surrender, but he
fired on all indiscriminately, from the double- barrelled gun,
trent a musket, and from his pistols.
Finding it next to impossible to enter the house by the
door- way, a party broke a way through the wall, an ar-
tilleryman of the National Guard being tho first to get
through. The frantic gentlemaa had now exhausted all
his amri4miticia, his only remaining defence being his two
loaded pistols. Ile fired one at the artilleryman. and either
severely wounded or killed him, and, placing the barrel of
the other in his own mouth, pulled the trigger, and blew
out his own brains. The populace then rtlshf.:,cl la, anew
the body out at the ri7dot:., earl C:4en dragged it through
tl p streets, shouting aid hooting as they went along.
Information of what was going on having been conveyed
to the Duke de la Vittoria, the troops were ristaritiy 'or-
dered to clear the streets. Tbi ettergettc conduct on the
part of the rune prpluced tine following proclamation
from the ConVtitutional
rublic tranvillitv fia.ving beet: perturbed in a scan-
dalous manner, the Constitutional Alculdes ordain and
command, .

" That immediately on the publication qf this procla-
mation, all persons, withort my distinction whatever, do
retire LI ilidir And notice is hereby given that
the martial law of the lith April, 1821, will be imme-
diately put in force with the utmost rigour, and wi,11934t
any commisseration whatever."

".‘ Consistorial palacx cif Barcelona, July 22, 1840."
In the afternoon a proclamation appeared horn the
Duke, as Captain- General of the army, declaring &Ira.,
lona to be in a state of siege; prohibits cheers or shouts
of any description; alsq the hearing of arms by any per-
:nns not helouging to the regular army. No groups are
to be allot+ cd to assemble. Should any attempt be made
to do so, the parties aro to be dispersed by the armed
force. All persons apprehended in the fact of offending
against these orders are to be tried in a summary manner
by a military commission the F,•eptenc.es to be submitted
for the Duke's ai)pi-oyal; 'as Captain_General and Com-
mander-in- Chief of the military force.
Barcelona has been since undisturbed. The state of
siege is not an obstacle to any legitimate occupation or
pursuit. The commercial inbours of tho city go on as
usual; the ahops are open--the public promenader.; are
frequented—all respectable and industrious people, in
short, are delighed to be protected from the excesses of
both mis•named political parties.—Chronicle.