The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-21 00:00:00

THE ALLE

IN SPAIN,

BADAJOZ, Aug. 17.
The Governor of Badajoz has issued the follow-

mg circular :

• On the Ist and 2d of the present month rumours
were current that a band of armed and mounted
marauders had made their appearance in the pas-
ture land of Valdeganias, in the jurisdictional limit
of the Valley of La Serena and Don Bonito.
" Proper measures having been adopted, some
troops of the Civic Guard and several of the inhabi-
tants of the neighbouring towns set out in pursuit
of these marauders, but it subsequently transpired
that the rumour was entirely false. This point
having been cleared up, it by some means became
known that ten or eleven of the inhabitants of
Zakunea had met together on the Ist and gone on
horseback to divide or fix the boundary lines of
certain ground bordering upon the pasture land of
Valdeganias. The person from whom the first
information on the subject was obtained, acting
thoughtlessly and precipitately, characterised as a
band of marauders what was simply a group of
' peaceful citizens. For the reasons above specified
this Government has taken the necessary steps to
render responsible for this false report the person
by whom it was spread.
"The entire province enjoys complete tranquil-
lity, and not even the least symptoms of moral or
material disorder have shown themselves in any of
the burghs in this province.
"The present announcement is made publicly in
order that it may be brought to the knowledge
of all.

"Be it known that I am determined to punish
the propagators of false news with the utmost rigour
and inflexible severity of the law, such news being
generally the result of a preconceived plan to excite
the public mind and keep up a state of alarm.
" Luc lANO MARIN.
" Badajoz, Aug. 8, 1867."

BARCELONA, Aug. 17.

The following order of the day has been issued
by the Captain-General of Catalonia to the troops
in the province, followed by a decree declaring
martial law in the four districts of Catalonia :
" Soldiers of the Army of Catalonia,—Your pre-
sent attitude confirms your well-known reputation
for loyalty.
" Three insignificant bands, commanded by men
held in utter reprobation on account of the crimes
with which they are familiar, are the miserable re-
sult obtained in this province by the efforts of
revolutionists both within and without. Your
comrades, determined and resolute, are closely pur-
suing these bands, and will soon destroy them.
" The peaceable inhabitants of our fine town are,
as you perceive, pursuing as usual their daily occu-
pations with the most perfect tranquillity, and it is
an honour for you that it is upon the performance
of your duties that the tranquillity and confidence
of the public mind rests. Your Queen and your
country thank you. Z heir gratitude will ever re-
main graven in their hearts.—COMTE DE CHESTE."
" DECLARATION OF STATE OF SIEGE.

"In conformity with the laws, the case pro-
vided for by these laws having presented itself,
in accordance with the opinions of the civil and
judicial authorities, and with my own judgment,
and as a necessary preventive measure for better
securing the tranquillity and peace of families and
the property already treacherously attacked in some
localities, I, the Captain, General of Catalonia,
order as follows : _

" Art. I. The territory of the four provinces of
Catalonia is hereby declared to be in a state of
siege.
" Art. 11. Persons committing the crimes of re-
bellion, sedition, or resistance to the public force,
together with their accomplices and abettors, shall
be promptly and summarily tried, and sentenced
by ordinary court-martial.
"Art. 111. The judicial and civil authorities w

continue in the free exercise of their functions, ex-
cept in cases under my own jurisdiction, conformably
with the law of public order and other regulations iu
force during the state of siege.
" COMTE DE CIIESTE.
" B•trcelona, Aug. 17, 1867."

The Diario contains the following :
" The three bands who had made their appearance
under the command of Valdrich in the Papiol, an
almost impregnable position, and who had declared
their intention to resist the troops sent to pursue
them, have been dislodged from their position, two
of them being captured. They are very few in
number, and badly armed, and offered but a faint
resistance. They are followed up by the troops
without intermission, and the impracticable nature
of the ground alone has up to the present prevented
their being overtaken.
"To these amalgamated factions, who do not
exceed in number 150 men, must be added another
band at Aysona, in the province of Lerida, number-
ing 40 men, badly accoutred, who are being pursued
by a detachment of troops from Lerida. Lastly,
at Villanueva and Geltra, Escoda caused a rising,
and after unblushingly pillaging private families and
public establishments of moneys amounting to
20,000 piastres fell back in the direction of Cabello.
" The detachment of troops sent by the Captain-
General by the steamer Leon was received by the
inhabitants with enthusiasm; the population, groan-
ing under the oppression of these bandits, hailed the
military as liberators. In their flight the marau-
ders fell in with a corporal and four carbineers,
whom they were afraid to attack, but who received
them with a sharp fusillade. They are being closely
pursued. This contemptible issue to a rising, the
importance of which has been so greatly exaggerated,
has dispelled all alarm in this capital. As for the
troops, it would be impossible for them to exhibit
greater loyalty."