The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-23 00:00:00

THE FRENCH LOAN.

The following are the proceedings which took place
on Monday, relative to the adjudication of the loan.
A public meeting was held at the Hotel of the Minister
of Finance pursuant to notice, for the purpose of ro-
ceiving tenders for the loan of 150,000,000 francs
(6,000,0001.) in Three per Cent. Stock. The assemblage
was nurnerous,int luding many great capitalists and stock-
brokers. At twrlve o'clock precisely M. Humana
took the chair, and explained in a few words the object
of the' reeesing.". Sedietaij-General then read the
Royal Ordn'nran:e of Sept, 18, and the decree of the
Miniiter of Finance of the same date, issued in con-
formity with the law of 25th June, Budget cf Finances,
authorising the said loan. The Minister afterwards
laid on the tah'e" a declaration, signed and sealed
by him, fixing the minimum price at which the loan
would be taken, and t::en called upon the persons pre-
sent to make their biddings. Only one bidding was
made, viz., by Messrs. Rothschild Br( Viers, Bandon,
and Ame de Saint Diiier, on behalf of the reeeiv4rrs-
general, and Messrs. Hottinguer and Co., whose joint
offer was at the price of 78f.52fe. for et cry three francs
of Rentes. The contractors c ntered into all the
.gua-
rantees required by the Minister's decree, and paid into
the Caisse des Consignations a deposit of 5,002,0001.
The various formalities having been complied with, the
Minister declared that the minimum had been attained,
and adjudged the loan to the parties tendering. On
this the assembly broke up.
In reference to the loan, the Commerce says :
" The new loan rose on Monday at the Bourse to
81f., which is a premium of 21. 50c. on the price at
which it was taken ; and, considering the advantages
secured to the contractors, this price is low in propor-
tion to the quotation of the Three per Cents. What will
the Chamber say to the way in which H. Humann has
watched over the interests of the_Treasury in this affair?
He has sold Tines per Cents. at 781.524'., and will not
have received the whole of the money before the 7th I
of October in the next }ear, whilst he was purchasing
with the ready money for the sinking fund t 79f. 50e.
The Bourse on Monday presented a curious spec-
taele. The contractors of the loan, who had been
very reserved in their replies to the applications
made to them by .speculators, did not show the same
rigour to many political personages who bad expressed a
desire to take an interest in the loan. A great many
letters were therefore sent out yesterday with promises
for portions of the loan, according to the position of
the applicants. Many of these persons no sooner had
their letters than they hastened to dispose of them in
the market, and the consequence was that the difference
between the price of the loan and the Three per Cents.
was not what it ought to have been. This, however,
did not prevent the favoured parties from realising hand-
some profits. Suppose, for instance, that a lady in favour
at Court should have sold her promise of 15,000 rentes
of the loan, she would have realised a profit of lo,ooos.
These are pins worth the trouble of picking up."
The minimum price of the new loan is asserted by the
Temps to have been fixed by the Minister at 77f.
The National says it was 78f. 50c. This Journal
adds the name of M. Aguado t that of the house of
Hottioguer among the contractors for the loan.

•
MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Oct. 16, 1841." The Table is'
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General :

Weekly
Total. Average

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases. 139 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses...., 145 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the llea-t and Blood-ve55e15........, 18 18
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion... .........
Diseases of the Kidnis, &c. •••
a1th211143412 1 e3B-1247°31
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, sc. c....
....................
am:
89
Diseases of the Joints, Bones,Da
Diseases of the Skin, Sic
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Old Age, or Natural Decay
Deaths byViolence, Privation, or I%sn.rt.ee.e.mip.e. :‘:::..n.'De.:e.e.
Causes not specified . a ...... .......,.„.„. g
Deaths from all causes...
Average Weekly Deaths ... -.....—_.
... .. 9,0
Il 1 11164 NI ' I 9"l°
130 39
•••,,. 10a
179 .„.• 190
179
211 ..,.., .211
sigti
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Western Districts
North Districts ...
Centrist Districts,,..... ....•
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south Districts • ...

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and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. F;ancrai, AL,±iooitcal,
Fulham, Hammersmith (Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea),Pad-
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom
ley)' St. Mary-lc-bow, Camber sll, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890. The weekly averr for
1838,1839, and 1840, was obtained by dividing the ge
deaths in
the three years by 156.
TEMPERATURE IN THIE WOL. EE9.
SENDING
Oct. 16.
61.
640
48
46
54 64
21, 1811.

ilighcst
Lowest

Daily Mean .
General Itegister Office, Oct.

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the
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is the new Pharmaceutical Institution, formed amongst
have embarked
an accession of three hundred new members and associ-
ates has been made t ranks within the last fortnight.
or. board the Crusader, at Weymouth, fur a cruise of
Mr. and Mrs. Brinsley Sheridan
several months in the Moditerranettu.--,Sherborne Journal.
hear
root throughout

MADRID, OCT. 10.—The part of the grand military
conspiracy against the liberties of Spain, which was to
have been enacted in Madrid, has proved a signal failure.
The result leaves one in doubt whether to admire most
the baseness and wickedness of the attempt, or the
cowardly and stupid way in which it was sought to be
executed. With half a dozen Generals of the highest re-
putation in Spain, a thousand men at their command, and
in complete possession of the avenues of the Palace, up
to the very doors leading to her Majesty's apartments,
they were not only not able to secure their prize, but
have the greater part of them already fallen into the
hands of justice. The might before last two squa-
drons of cavalry, who were ordered to proceed,
on the morning of the relief of the Palace, in
search of the leaders of the conspiracy, who were
known to have taken the road of the Pardo, conveyed
back General Leon and the two Fulgosios prisoners,
whom they overtook near Colmenar Viejo, about live
leagues from Madrid. They were immediately handed
over to the custody of the National Guards, and remain
confined in the central guard-room of that force in the
convent of St. Thomas, in the street of Mocha. Gene-
ral Leon was taken in the full uniform of a General of
Hussars, and carrying upon his person all his crosses
and orders. In his possession was found an autograph
letter of Maria Christina, giving him full powers to es-
tablish a provisional Government till her arrival in
Madrid. The letter is besides said to have contained
instructions for the securing the young Queen's person,
the'execution of Espartero, Arguelles, the existing Go
vernment, whoever they might be, and all the members
of the late provisional Regency who could be found. •
On the following day the alcade of Aravaca, a village
a few leagues from Madrid, and the National Guards of
the place, conveyed to Madrid, and delivered into the
hands- of the political chief Brigadier Requena and Col.
Quirop-,a, who were found in a cart, stowed up in two
large baskets, in which charcoal is usually taken to mar-
ket in this country, and in this way endeavouring to
effect their escape. The Duke of San Carlos, who as-
serts he went merely to the Palace as usual in the dis-
charge of his duties as a " Gentleman of the Bed-
chamber" on the evening of the attack, has not, I
understand, been arrested. Brigadier Nozogoray
was also arrested on the night of the attack by the
officers in one of the barrack, where he went to
inquire fur General Leon. To the crime of con-
spiracy this officer attempted to add that of assassins
tion, and which was only prevented by the presence of
mind of a brave young officer who had him in custody;
and who, seeing him put his hands in his side pockets,
suspected his intention, and immediately applying a pis-
tol to his breast, arrested the execution of the fatal in-
tention. On examination a pistol was found, cocked, in
his pocket. He remains a prisoner also. As yet, I be-
lieve, neither Generals Concha nor Piguero have been
discovered. It was confidently believed last night and
this morning that they had been taken in the Pardo after
a violent resistance, but on inquiry I found these reports
require confirmation. Colonel Cordova, Brigadier Nove-
las, and Ramonet, who also were at the Palace com-
manding the mutineers, have hitherto not been taken.
A permanent Council of War has been established for the
trial of the offenders.
The city remains perfectly tranquil, but of course in a
state of much excitement. Both the people and the
National Guards are conducting themselves with the
utmost moderation and circumspection. Not a single in-
dividual of the lower or middle classes of the city joined
the insurgents on the night of the attack. The whole
was conducted and executed by military men and a few
of the nobility.
The Marquis of Rodil, who is promoted to-day in the
Gazette to the rank of a Captain-General in the Spanish
army, the highest in the service, goes as Commander-in-
Chief of the army of the North. Lorenzo has been also
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General, as prepa-
ratory to his employment in active service, if this should
become necessary.
To-day the Queen completes her 11 th year, having
been born on the 10th of October, 1830, and commenced
her reign on the 29th of September, 1833. In conse-
quence of the recent occurrences the usual levee on her
birth-day was not held. The Regent, however, rode
down on horseback to the Palace, about one o'clock, to
visit her Majesty, who drove out afterwards in the even-
ing through the city.

OCT.- I E—The Council of War, appointed to try the
conspirators, and to the presidency of which Senor Ca-
palz has been named in the place of Gen. Buytron, is still
sitting, and at three o'clock this day, when they had
been about thirty-six hours engaged in investigations,
had come to no decision in the case of any of
the prisoners. The Council, however, was pledged not
to rite from their duties till they came to a decision.
As :one of the-means to interest— the liberal partY in
the favour of the accused, Gonzales Bravo has been em-
ployed to defend the case of Leon, and a petition on the
part of the National Guards is going about for signa-
tures to save them. A number of the female friends of
the conspirators also waited on the Regent yesterday, to
supplicate him to pardon them. His reply was, I under-
stand, that if it depended upon him personally to do
anything fcr them he would most willingly do so, but
that they were in the hands of justice and of the laws,
and that he could not interfere. With respect to the
real feeling of the National Guards and -the inhabitants
I am inclined to think it is for punishing these men.
The National Guards who accompanied the remains of
their companion to the churchyard of the Irun Carral
are said to have made a vow of vengeance over his grave.
A private meeting of the senators, at present in the
capital, was held to-day, at one o'clock, to consider the
state of affairs. The Ministers of the Interior and of
Marine, and two of the Council of War, were present
on the occasion. A severe censure was passed by some
of the senators present upon the neglect of the Govern-
ment in the late business, which was sought to be de-
fended by Senor Infante, Minister of the Home Depart-
ment. On the whole, however, the general feeling was
to give the Government that support in the present crisis
which all admitted was required by the circumstances
of the country. The members of the Council of War,
who attended, stated tint they were actively engaged in
the cases submitted to them.

Tl.e.corporatiori went in a body to the Palace yester-
day to congratulate her Majesty on her birth-day, and
on her happy escape from the conspiracy against her
Majesty's safety. The political chief; as the had of the
corporation and provincial deputation, the members of
which were also present, made an eloquent address to this
effect on the occasion ; to which her Majesty replied by
expressing her thanks for the loyalty of both bodies,
and their solicitude for her personal safety and the
security of the institutions of the country. The
corporation then proceeded to the house of the
Duke de la Victoria, to reassure him of their sup-
port, and that he might call upon them for any
resources in men or money which they could. sup-
ply. The Duke made a most energetic reply, with which
the body returned entirely satisfied. A deputation of
the National Guard also waited on him, and expressed
their entire confidence in him in the trying crisis in
which the country was placed.

The Marquis of Rodil marches to-morrow with a por-
tion of the troops here to take the command of the army
of operations in the north. The Duke will probably
follow him by Friday or Saturday next, but this must of
course depend upon circumstances. This, however, is his
intention at the present moment. Seventy-five thousand
men is the number of troops which are expected to be
assembled there in a very few days.
The wife and children of General Leon are said to
have arrived here to-day from Valencia.

Fives Active NI cash today.
OCTOBER 12.—The Gazette of this morning contains
two circulars—one signed by the Minister of Finance,
Senor Surra y Bull ; the other by Senor Infante, Minis-
ter of the Interior, which may be considered as the ex-
pression of the altered tone assumed by the Government
towards their enemies, who have passed the limits of
mere political opponents since the night of the 7th.
A few extracts will suffice to give an idea of the new lan-
guage of the most forbearing of Governments:--" The re-
bellion," says the first circular of the Gazette, " which has
broken Gut in some of the provinces of ie kingdom,
and the frightful crime committed in the heart of
the capital, are demonstrative proofs of the Govern-
ment's efforts being in vain to heal the wounds of
the country, and to secure that peace desired by all
good Spaniards, if they longer took benevolence and in-
dulgence for their guides. It has, therefore, become ne-
ct-,:eary in the existing circumstances to give up all, once
tn. all, v;i7ev idea of respect or consideration towards
?f the country, who treasonably vio-
the secret ene.2.l:-.4
with this view his Highness the
late the laws I ana
R c egent, onvinced of the nom.,_ uts.^: _4 of surroundingriplesare in
self with person§ wiion4 interests 1.4.- P ?la -at the re-
etifitp!ete harmony with those ....Proc_lairee... I^r that,
volution Of gepiftberi has been pleased to ore-. .
without failing juSti66; bttt with all despatch po.
Bible, dethanded by the just itiflignation of the people,
you will propose the separation, with the reasons
thereof, of all persons holding situation* in the
offices of your province, who do not inspire the most
gOttlplete confidence with respect to their adhesion to
existing institutions‘" The second circular couched in
similar terms, orders an Infinity with respeCt to all per-
sons who, under pretence of belongihg to the Govern-
Matt Offices, did not join their respective eon:ye/lies as
Ratio'olll Ottards on the night of the 7th, with the view
their penishrethe according to the ordinanza of that
force, Whit di, 1~ tielietbis nearly the same as that in use
in the regular army'. /Co Dile! 001 the greatest oppo-
nent of the Government, can justly complain that they
have at length held this language, and taken meastitee for
the safety of those institutions over which they preside.
The trial of the conspirators is still in progress. Last
night the defence of Leon commenced. General Ron-
cali, aided by Bravo, who merely acts professionally as
a lawyer in the case, conduct Leon's defence. Briga-
diers Requina and Nozogoray, engaged in the attempt
of the 7th, and now in prison, are understood to be still
disclosing great secrets connected with the conspiracy.
It is stated that one in ten of the private-s who joined
Concha on the 7th will be shot ; that 1 in 5 of the ser-
g chefs engaged in the attempt will
eonts, and l
suffer similar al
peuthe chiishment.
pre/341-04°ns have vain e,4
Warlike siren a melancholy
interest to our streets. The drum and trim p,et
together onees more, art to be
the defenders of free4Op
heard Upon All sides; 4314- 4-444iry atones and munitions
to beieezz in reparation is evOicjwirtor, This mom-

ing, about ten o'clock, the division of -General Rodil,
about 10,000 strong, moved out of Madrid on their march
to the provinces by way of Burgos. The day for the
Duke's departure is not
yet fixed, but I expect it will be
within the present week. He will certainly make not a
moment's delay beyond seeing Madrid in a state in which
he may safely leave it. Gen. Seoane, whose firmness and
fidelity can be alike relied on, is sent for to Madrid from
Valencia, and will doubtless take a leading part in the
management of attars in the Duke's absence. A larger
number of the National Guards were called out upon
duty to-day, in order to supply the place of the garrison
troops, who marched cut of town with General Rodil. In
their hands the city is perfectly safe.
About thirty-one Deputies assembled yesterday, in
their private capacity of course, to consider what was to
be done in the present circumstances. A short discus-
sion took place with respect to the conduct pursued by
Ministers, and it was finally agreed to send a Commis-
sion of the Members to represent the necessity to Minis-
ters of adopting a more energetic course of proceeding.
All Arragon, ever the first at the call of freedom, is
up. News from Saragossa, lluesca, and other parts of
the province, declares the intention of the inhabitants to
enter the lists once more with the foes of the constitution
of 1837. Similar intelligence has also reached us from
Lerida and Monram. Barcelona and Seville continue
tranquil by the last reports. Santander has also behaved
well. The sending a detachment of National Guards to
Santona was the means of saving the latter important
place. The idea of the miserable renegade Gallant) being
the President of the Junta at Bilbao has excited the
scorn and contempt of every man of common sense here.
Through letters from Burgos we are told that the sum of
the military forces which the insurgents Lave been able
to get together in the various foci of rebellion in the
Basque provinces, floes mot exceed 3,000 men. General
Borso, who began his career of revolt by robbing a poor
carbincer of his horse near Saragossa, ended his career
by permitting himself to be taken by two peasants at
Gallier, and was expected to be shot on the Sth inst., at
Borja, near the same plasm.
The salt and stamped paper revenues, in connection
with the sixty million loan,.are to be again set up to auc-
tion, the Government not having accepted the offers at
the last bidding, considering them too low.
Fives Active, 24 cash to-day.
13.—Last night the messenger who conveyed the
account of the events of the night of the 7th instant at
Madrid to Valencia, 'returned in the extraordinary short
period of five days, and states that the most indignant
feeling prevailed on the receipt of the news, the National
Guards of the city and of the neighbouring towns not
only offering, but insisting upon going to Arragon, to
join Espartero, there to put down the rebellion. Official
addresses from the political chiefs and. corporations to
their various districts and towns have been received here
from Avila, Badajos, Burgos, Palencia, Toledo, Segovia,
Leon, Cuenca, Valladolid, Zamora, balamanca, and Va-
lencia. In a very few days it will be found that the
greater part of the towns of Spain will have pronounced
their opinion in favour of and given their support to the
present order of things.
The Permanent Council of War, appointed to try
General Leon and his colleagues for the attempt of the
night of the 7th, assembled to-day in the church of San
Isidro, to hear the defence of the prisoners read by
General Roncali, selected by the accused for that duty.
The Council of War met in the church about twelve,
and after hearing mass, General Leon was conducted to
the place from the barrack of San Tomas, in the street
of Atocha, where lie was guarded by the National
Militia, since his arrest. He was taken to the church in
a carriage, accompanied by the Fulgosios and General
Roncali, and escorted by the National Guards, who also
were on duty in great forme along the way, and prevented
the approach of the crowds to the church. Leon was
dressed in the full uniform of a General of Hussars, with
the large cross of Charles 111., &c. He seemed perfectly
composed. Amongst the documents produced for the pro-
secution, was, a letter addressed by the accused to the
Duke de la Victoria, stating that he, General Leon, had
orders from Maria Christina to depose the Duke, and
that Maria Christina had resolved upon coming to Spain
to re-assume the Regency of the kingdom. In his de-
fence General Leon and his advocate, Roncali, pleaded
not guilty to the charges against him. At half-past five
the Council broke up, the prosecutor, Brigadier Minusier,
having sought time to reply to the defence, so that the
easels not yet decided.

The Ga;tte of to-day contains several circulars. One
of them orders that all the officers of the Ist Regiment
of the Royal Guards, who were suspended some days
ago, shall present themselves in forty-eight hours to the
Captain-General of New Castile, or that they will be
considered as outlaws. • Another ordains that no leave
of absence will for the present be given to military men,
and that all those who have obtained such leave will
immediately return to their regiments.
tipanish Active to-day 241 cash.
OCTOBER 14 —The unfortunate General Leon has
been found guilty, and Corrdeinued-to death. This morn-
ing, at one o'clock, he was informed of his sentence, and
to prepare for his execution. Than the attempt made by
his advocate to prove his innocence nothing could be
more absurd, or indeed mischievous and unworthy of
him. Much better would it have been for him to have at

once acknowledged his offence, and thrown himself on
the mercy of his judges and the sympathies of the peo-
ple. Instead of this, the ridiculous plea was set up of
his being wholly innueent of the charges alleged against
him, which could only serve to turn public feeling more
and more against him. The unhappy prisoner is said to
conduct himself with much serenity. To-day he had an
interview with the Secretary of the Duke de la Victo-
ria. The Council of War continues sitting, and goes on
with the trials of the other prisoners. Generals Saenz
and Amorillas are said to be now added to the number.
The intelligence from the provinces continues most
favourableVresli proofs of the indignation of the people,
and their determination to support the existing order of
things, are being rapidly poured into the capital. The
Gazette and liberal papers teem with addresses and cor-
respondence to this effect. In Grenada, Cordova, Mur-
cia, Estremadura, the Asturias, and Galicia, the most
complete tranquillity, and desire to preserve it, prevailed
when the last accounts came off.

The Government received official intelligence last
night that the Infante Don Francisco had arrived on
the Spanish frontier, and was expected at Jaca, in Upper
Arragon, in his way to Madrid the following night.
'There are now six French mails due here.
Fives Active, 24 to 25 for time today.
EXECUTION OF GENERAL LEON.
OCT. 15.—Two O'CLOCK, P.M.—Poor Leon has just
paid the last penalty of the law. Precisely at one o'clock
he was taken, in an open carriage, from the central
guard room of the National Guard,. in the old Convent
of San Tomas, in the street of Atocha, accompanied by
his friend, General Roncali, and the clergymen who as-
sisted him in his last moments to the place of execution
immediately outside the gate of Toledo, where at 20 mi-
nutes to 2 o'clock he was shot by a picket of the Caza-
dores of Luchana. The streets leading to the site of the
melancholy scene were:early lined with the National Guard
and troops of the line, and no person allowed to pass
either in the line of the procession, or to go outside the
gates of the city. Few had, therefore, an opportunity of
witnessing the sad spectacle. The streets, however, and
all the points from which a glimpse of the procession
could be obtained, were filled by chiefly the middle and
lower classes of the city, but without the slightest dis-
order, or desire of producing any, having been evinced
by the assembled crowds. A flash of his natural courage
illuminated the last moments of the ill-fated chief. On

arriving on the fatal ground,he-descended with perfect
composure from his carriage, and walked with the ut-
most firmness of tread, dressed in full uniform, to the
spot marked out for him to meet his sorrowful end. He
there, embracing General Rancali and the clergyman

in attendance, addressed a few words to the persons
present with a lull andEunshaken voice. He de-
nied being a traitor or a coward, of which he
bad been accused ; he had given, he said, many
days of glory to his country, and he did not then repent
it ; if he had done injury to any person, he there begged
their forgiveness as he forgave his enemies; and raising
his voice, with an animated gesture, cried, " Viva Isabel
Segunda !" " Viva la Libertad !" He then bid his
brother soldiers farewell, and giving, himself, the word
.of command, the picket fired, and he was no more. The
troops and National Guards who attended on theocca-
sion returned immediately by the same line they pro-
ceeded to without the gates, the crowidiesinqauriheetlywdoLlpderehode,
and at the hour of writing the citydeeeolanrtieneuietss
ina
stateus
importance.
the most completesfierttsrtaonftetimuitieslleilty.
tfhat constitutional Spain
hasl superfluous,
i ;I,.lttrielisasiDda:ltt'hhheeecomplete fulfilinten o justice in cases
either
itilet this description,upohthe
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unfortunate
rl
tnuonta
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mlost
foreign enemies of Spain:
Upon their heads rests the blood
engaged in the present conspiracy; but Imust close.
Astoort nt
General Leon is "AreonOeullo'Clock to-day he was
taken in a coach from the Convent of St. Tomas, in
which he had been confined (the
' t;litia of Madrid), barrack of the National
NIL., ,
.„. and conducted outside the gate of
Toledo Bilbao,
usual place of military execution, beyond
that of Bilbao, being too far from his prison), where, at
42 minutes past one, .he was shot by a platoon. A strong
force lined the great stress of Toledo, and prevented the
populace passing through the g; to to witness ,the execu-
dm However, a gentlemaii who hat:.
been on the ground
from an early hour, and who witnessed the scene, de-
'dared that he died like a soldier. He wore in; uniform
no a cavalry officer, and addressed his guards in a firm
voice, Pearly to this effect :—" Camarades ! I sm !
I am neither.
I ac-
cusedof being a coward and a traitor
I haVe served Spain well, and I do not regret it.
cama.
Isabella Segunda', Viva la libertad ! Adios
i, Boncali
rades ! " He embraced his Advocate-General
the sell-
and the Fiscal who presided at the executio
ve the signal
tence, and then turning to the soldiers
he
and
dead in-
to fire. One discharge sufficed,
aonf the body, and the
stantly. The Fiscal took charge Nacionales returned
mass of the tr mps of the lines andlendid hearse, drawn by
into the city. As I write
p
blacka velvet and cloth of gold,
two mules, covered with
to convey the corpse to the
is proceeding to the ground
Campo Santo.
d the second victim of the policy of
Maria Christina. ;t
Thus has perish
was a pity that he did not stand on
his defence before the Council as the brave rash soldier
f allowing the lawyers to inocu-
late really was, instead o
him with their shallow, , pettifogging artifices, that .
late 1,.s anew s contempt, instead' of
must have called forth ..... p .
his sympatiiy. Had he plainly admitted his error, and
cm.
•-• d , 4 viva Isabella s'eguncla t vi vo la libertad I "
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