The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-10 00:00:00

BARCELONA.

The following telegraphic dispatch was received
at Paris on Thursday. We attach little credit to
its contents, as they appear to be of French ma-
nufacture :

" PERPIGNAN, DEC. 4.—On the 27th ult. there
was some agitation at Valencia in the public mind.
Tarragona has formed a Provisional Junta. At Vi-
nares there has been a Republican insurrection.
" DEC. s.—Accounts from Perthius of this morning
announce that the bombardment of Barcelona com-
menced on the morning of the 3d at eleven o'clock.
and the people say, before they surrender, they will
hoist the French flag. Catalonia is rising en masse
to assist Barcelona. The National Guard of Figueiras
and Girona have marched to join the insurgents. The
arrival of the British ships of war at Barcelona had
incensed the population. This news is confirmed by
the conductor of the diligence from Figueiras, who
heard the tocsin sounding along the road, and v, ho
saw the National Guard taking part in the movement,
shouting at the same time, Down with the English
—the French for ever ! !'"

We received yesterday the Constitutional of Bar-
celona of the Ist and '2d inst. This journal, which
previously to the revolution was not remarkable for its
attachment to, the Regent, has become one of his
most ardent supporters. It calls upon the people of
Barcelona to confide to him, as the true guardian of
their liberties, and " to fraternise with Espartero and
the army." The reception of the Regent on his ar-
rival at the head-quarters of the army is stated to have
been enthusiastic.. All the inhabitants of the environs
of Barcelona flocked to the spot, and greeted his ar-
rival with -the strongest marks of satisfaction. At
noon, on the 30th ult., the Regent made his appear-
ance in the Fort of Montjuich, which fired a sa-
lute in honour of his presence. Previously to this
visit, the Junta, either from a conviction of the hope-
lessness of resistance, or really pleased at the oppor-
tunity of restoring tranquillity to the city, had
ordered the disbanding of the three battalions of foot
and of the squadron of cavalry, which had been hastily
organised by the preceding Junta, of which M.
Manuel Carsy was President. The order was carried
into effect without difficulty. In announcing that the
late Junta had been dissolved at the desire of the
people of Barcelona, the Constitucional contradicts
some reports which had been in circulation of its hav-
ing laid its hands upon the municipal funds. On the
30th ult. M. Carsy, the late President of the Direct-
ing Junta, issued the following address, which is given
by the Constitutional of the 2d inst. :
" Companions in arms, and all Catalonians I—The
turn which events have taken in this capital places me
under the harsh necessity of giving in my resigna-
tion as member of the Junta recently created, for
I have never been faithless to my oath, and it is now
proposed to treat, whereas by a few days of perse-
verance, we should have been sure of victory. We,
who came forward as your chiefs, can raise our heads
with pride, and with fronts free from stain. If we
have been wanting in skill, we have not been traitors.
Our acts will prove that we have shown courage and
fidelity. I feel persuaded that you have no doubt on
this point, and this is the only consolation that re-
mains to me."

A letter from Barcelona, dated the 2d instant, at
five in the evening, says :
" Two deputations which were sent to the Regent
by the Junta were not received. The conditions
which they proposed were rejected. The Regent
caused them to be informed, that by ten o'clock in
the morning of the 3d, should the town not have
surrendered at discretion, the bombardment would
commence."

The steamer which brought the letters to Port
Vendres did not quit Barcelona until three o'clock on
the morning of the 3d. About 100 officers of the
free corps made their escape in this vessel. No doubt
was entertained of the unconditional surrender of
Barcelona.

AUSTRALIND.
Letters and papers, coming up to the 10th of
August last, have been received from the Western
Australian Company's settlement of Australind, by
the overland mail, from India, and via Falmouth.
Nothing can be more satisfactory than the contents of
these dispatches. All the town sections and 150 of
the rural allotments had been selected, and the settlers
were permanently located on their respective pro-
perties.

The utmost activity and energy prevailed in the
settlement ; cottages, and houses were springing up in
town and country ; three hotels were in the course
of construction, and such was the general opinion en-
tertained throughout the colony of its flourishing
prospects, that town sections, attached to rural allot-.
ments (under the denomination of " mixed allot-
ments "), and which cost the purchaser only ss. per
section were selling at 201., 251., 301., and eyen 351.
each. For some of the rural allotments large sums
have been offered, and favourite spots for gardens were
letting at a high rent.
One of the letters received remarks that,
" The pleasing feature in all these proceedings is,
that what has been done, and is doing, is the work,
not of speculators or strangers, but of our own indus-
trious settlers ; who, together with the old settlers are
purchasers of land at these high prices."
We extract the following letter from the Perth
Inquirer of the 3d August, 1842 :

" TO THE EDITOR OF THE PERTH INQUIRER.

" Sir,—Little being know at the Swan of the pro-
gress or proceedings at Australind, I take the oppor-
tunity of a few leisure minutes to say a few words on
the subject.
" Within the last few months the advancement of
this settlement has been highly creditable to the Aus-
tralindians ; indeed, I doubt even if Perth made such
progress in so short a time. The surveys are nearly
completed, houses are. appearing in every direction,
farms are progressing, and indeed everything augurs
well for its future progress ; but, above all, none de-
spair, all hope for the best, and unanimously work
together for the attainment of the one desired end—
the prospering of the settlement. And why should it
not prosper ? It is the finest district in the colony
as yet known, possessing good soil, good feed, and
abundance of water in the dry season. I am an-
swered, perhaps, that the hundred-acre sections can
never succeed ; but that I deny, for these reasons :
First, with regard to agriculture, why, there are but
few farms on the Swan that have even a quarter of that
quantity in cultivation • and secondly, with regard to
the cattle run, there will always be more feed in the
mountain than will be required. Then, perhaps, I
am asked, what is a man to do with any por-
tion of the north-west corner of the Com-
pany's large grant ? Why, I answer, that every
inch of the sandy lands is highly valuable for the cul-
tivation of vines, they being all of limestone formation
and well sheltered ;* moreover the anchorage in Koom-
banah Bay had been tried and found to be perfectly
safe, even in north-west gales. The estuary I grant
is shallow, but might be improved at but a trifling
expense. Indeed, if the Australindians will only
continue to act in unity, I have but little doubt that
in a few years it will be the first district not only in
the colony, but on the continent of Australia.
" One thing in favour of the settlement is, it is well
directed, for although I have not the pleasure of
knowing Mr. Clifton, the Chief Commissioner, still I
must say from what I have heard, that his exertions,
arrangements, and the personal superintendence of
everything, reflects the highest credit on himself and
the Directors of the Company.
" Another is the unity and friendship existing be-
tween the Australindians ; ever ready to assist
each other, bound together by the association of
remembrances of difficulties endured in the early
settlement of the district, and desirous of seeing
each other prosper, they will, and must succeed.
Let us therefore, of the northern district forbear our
croaking that Australind cannot succeed ; let us re-
member that on the prosperity of Australind depends
the prosperity of Western Australia—that if ;t fails,
Western Australia will then be like Dr. Goldsmith's
definition of a ghost. ' A thing often talked about
but seldom seen.' The interests of Australind and
Western Australia are essentially blended together,
hand in hand must they advance, and thus, and thus
alone, will Western Australia ever be what she ought,
and earn the right of being placed among the thriving
and supporting colonies of our mother country.—l am,
Sir, your obedient servant, "DELTA."
The editor of this paper, in his remarks on this
letter, observes :—" We are glad to hear such favour-
able accounts of the progress of the settlement at
Australind. We are quite alive to the value of the
new settlement, and only join in the universal feel-
ing, when we say that we wish it every imaginable
success:'

The following is an extract from a private letter
very recently received from Mr. Marshall Waller
Clifton, the Western Australian Company's Chief
Commissioner in Australind _ _ _

" I have unfeigned pleasure is assuring of the pros-
jerity and rapid progress of this settlement. Already
full confirmation of all that I have expressed has
been given by the general and unqualified estimation
in which our town-site and country land have been
held, and by the-extraordinary value already put
upon our allotments, not by speculators, but by
people amongst us, and in the colony. And I cannot
too strongly declare that for beauty, natural advan-
tages, and bright prospects of a rapid career to great-
ness, we have much indeed to boast of. The beauty
of our situation daily becomes more and more
striking. The forest here consists of magnificent
red
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and
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* A Vineyard Society had been formed under the pa-
tronage of his Excellency the Governor, for encouraging
the cultivation of the vine, and subscriptions to a con-
siderable amount had already been mewed.