The Sun.
London, England, 1835-08-18 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Summary of a letter from Barcelona, dated the 7th inst. :
" Early in the morning of the sth General Bassa presented
himself at the gates of the city with 2,000 men. The autho-
rities in vain remonstrated with him, and entreated him, for his
own personal safety, not to enter Barcelona in the state of ef-
fervescence of its inhabitants ; he declared he would execute at
any price the orders he had received from General Llauder,
and inflict a condign punishment on the authors of the mas-
sacres of the 25th of July. No opposition was offered by the
people to his ingress, because they knew that the militias and
soldiers of the line, who composed his escort, had been gained
over, and would make common cause with them. Bassa drew up
his men en bataille on the square and in the court of the Go-
vernor's palace, and thence issued orders to the inhabitants, the
moment a cannon shot was fired from the citadel, to retire to
their respective homes, so that nobody should remain in the
streets. The people awaited the announced signal with pa-
tience, but no sooner had it been given than they congregated
in large masses, and marched towards the Government House,
vociferating cries of death against Bassa and Llauder. The
troops showed no inclination to repress the tumult, and Bassa
relying on them for his protection, continued writing quietly in
his closet, until be deemed it time to take such measures as
were prescribed in his instructions. In a few instants, how-
ever, all the avenues leading to the Palace were filled with an
infuriated multitude, determined at any risk to storm the
Palace. The front gates being closed and occupied by troops,
they gave up the idea of entering it on that side ; but proceed-
ing to the rear, which is connected by a draw-bridge to an ad-
joining church, about 150 penetrated into the Palace by that
passage, and flew to the Governor's apartment. Besse., on
hearing the noise, rose from his desk, and was advancing to-
wards the door, when it was dashed open, and one of the fore-
most among the rioters shot him dead with a pistol. They then
appeared on the balcony, and announced to the people that
Bassa was no more, when thousands of voices cried eut from the
crowd, Throw him down to us, pitch him out of the window.'
This was accordingly done, and the corpse of the unfortunate
General being secured with a rope, was dragged through the
streets down to the rampa, or quay. On reaching the residence
of the Civil Governor, or Prefect, the crowd halted, and ut-
tered the same imprecations against that officer as they did
against Llauder. They broke into the house, and not finding
him within, they sacked it completely, and threw every article
it conti.ined out of the windows. The people then collected
into a heap the fragments of the furnitere, the registers, and
archives, and having placed upon it the body of Basso, they set
fire to the pile, and reduced it to ashes. After this feat the
crowd paraded through the streets, crying Liberty for ever !'
' Viva Isabel!" Death to Llauder !' and having again met
in the square of the Palace, fr-eternised with the military, and
caused the bands to play liege's Hymn, the Trelyala, and
other patriotic airs. In the evening a Commission (it is so
styled in the letter) was despatched in the direction supposed
to he occupied by Llauder, in order to kill him and bring him
into town, after which the people retired quietly to their homes.
" Meanwhile the more respectable inhabitants had met to
devise means of saving the town from anarchy, and secure it
against the attempts of Llauder. The Ayuntamiento was dis-
solved, and new municipal authorities appointed, who remained
in permanency during the whole of the night.
" At an early hour in the morning of the 6th the ringleaders
of the movement of the preceding day, finding the people dii-
posed to return to their ordinary labours, circulated all sorts of
reports. They stated, amongst others, that the Commissioners
had succeeded in killing Llauder and were dragging him into
town. This had the desired effect of drawing a vast crowd to
the principal square. There every means were employed to
excite the exasperation of the populace ; the most incendiary
speeches were delivered, and cries of Death to the Carlists
re-echoed in all directions. A large mob, headed by two or
three ruffians, then proceeded to a steam-engine manufactory,
the finest establishment in Barcelona, set fire to it, and in an
instant destroyed to the amount of about 40,000/. sterling.
They afterwards announced the intention of burning the Cus-
tom House, and were actually preparing to plunder and fire it,
when the new authorities, having had an understanding with
the Chiefs of the militia and troops, took the necessary pre-
cautions to protect the building and save the property of the
reputed Carlists from destruction. Several charges of cavalry
and infantry were made, and the people, regardless of the ex-
citations of the leaders, dispersed without offering the least
resistance. Several of the latter were even arrested, and car-
ried to prison without opposition. Martial law was proclaimed,
and a Military Commission appointed to try the authors of the
devastations committed on that day. When tranquillity was
restored the new authorities, in conjunction with the chiefs
of all the Corporations, held a general meeting, at which
it was resolved to forward an address to the Queen, ex-
pressive of the grievances of Catalonia, and pointing out the
real mode of redressing them. They commenced by denouncing
General Llauder, as the immediate cause of the disgraceful
scenes of which Barcelona had been the theatre for the last
fortnight, and declared that, on no account, should they sub-
mit to be governed by such a man. They then condemned,
in energetic terms, the illiberal and pusillanimous conduct of
the Government, and suggested the propriety of its adopting
a more liberal and bolder line of policy. Powerful means
they said should be forthwith taken to crush the insurrection
of the north, and they engaged, for their part, to annihilate
Carlism in their province. They demanded the liberty of the
Press, without censure or restriction—a new law for the or-
ganization of the National Guard, who should be allowed to
elect freely their own officers, &c., and concluded by a pro-
fession of allegiance, on those conditions, to the Government
of Isahal, and a declaration that her Majesty might rest
assured that tranquillity would not again be disturbed in that
city, and that the rioters should be severely punished. On
the 27th, accordingly, the Court-martial was convoked, and
two of the most conspicuous among the rioters were brought
to trial, sentenced to death, and instantly executed.
" The Vapor Journal. which had been published heretofore
under the auspices of Llauder, declared against him on the
7th, and demanded, if not full liberty of the Press, that the
Censors should at least be chosen from among less bigoted
and less illiberal individuals than those who had exercised
under Llauder those disgraceful functions:.'

Extract of a letter from Bayonne, dated the 12th , inst. :
" By accounts from Biiboa the Carlists continue in quiet pos-
session of Olaviaga and the banks of the river, and the neigh-
bourhood of Biiboa. On the 28th ult. they caught four Ur-
banos of Portugalette, who were rash enough to expose them-
selves in an open unarmed boat up the river; they were taken
off to the mountains ; and a day or two before about 50 men
of the sth Carlist Castilian battalion, under Serasa, endea-
voured to escape and rejoin their colours at Bilboa ; but they
were surprised in the attempt, and having offered some resis-
tance, several were butchered on the spot, and 17 of them were
afterwards shot. His Majesty's ship Saracen is at Olaviaga,
the Rinydove at Portugalcttc, the Castor at Santander. The
Pearl sailed for Corunna. The _Royalist brig of war had just
arrived at Biiboa from Lisbon. It was supposed that the Stag
frigate would take the command at Corunna.
" The King's messenger, Tylecote, arrived at Bayonne last
night from London, with despatches for the British Consul,
and for Mr. Villiers at Madrid."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.
A man carrying a large placard, stating that late Kent,
and Luck's business was removed from Carpenters'-hall, was
brought up in custody of a city officer.
A gentleman, who represented that he was one of the firm
of Luck, Kent, and Cumming, carpet manufacturers, of
Carpenters'-hall, London Wall, stated that be had no com-
plaint to make against the poor man at the bar, except as
the agent of certain individuals calling themselves Messrs.
Painter and Co., and whose conduct some months since had
obliged him to appeal to his Lordship. These persons, with-
out having been at any time in the remotest degree connected
with the firm of Luck, Kent, and Cumming, had thought
proper to assume and trade under their names to the serious •
injury and annoyance of those gentlemen, who were conti-
nually receiving complaints of the quality of the goods which
had been sold in their name, but of which they had no know-
ledge whatever. The complainant observed, that since the
persons calling themselves Painter and Co. had been com-
pelled by his Lordship's interference to drop the names of
Kent and Luck, they endeavoured to mislead the public by
putting " late" Kent and Luck, the word late being in small
characters, still endeavouring to have it inferred that they
had been in some way connected with the firm of Kent and
Luck.

The LORD MAYOR said, he well remembered having in-
vestigated the case when it was brought before him some
months ago, and that he was then perfectly satisfied that the
assumption of the names of Kent and Luck by Painters was
unjustifiable. His Lordship then ordered the board to be de-
tained, and informed the man in custody that in case of
repetition of the offence, he would be fined severely.
A young man, who represented himself as the clerk of
Painters, assured the Lord Mayor that his employers would
comply with any order of his Lordship, and upon his promis-
ing that the names of Kent and Luck should not in any way
be used in future, the board was restored.

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MR. BECKFORD. „ S " EXCURSIONS TO THE MO-
NASTERIES OF ALCCCACA AND BATALIIA."—" There is great
imagination," says the Examiner, " in Mr. I3eckford's style,
and he practises successfully the noblest arts of contrast.
No one seizes the immediate impression of a thing so finely
as he does ; and he knows better than to wait for a modifica-
tion of its aspect. He indulges at all times his very strong-
est inapnlses. A swift-winged golden minute is passing him,
and he snatches it and embalms it for us for ever. One of
pain succeeds, and he prolongs it for a torturing hour, which
yet we do not wish to part with, and no' or can! Ile is cer-
tainly a most remarkable writer.