The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-19 00:00:00

DON CARLOS D'ESPANA.

The Spanish General, known as Count d'Es-
pans, to whom the pacification of Catalonia has just
been confided, is the son of a Frenchman, who emi-
grated in Spain during the Bevoltition. His real
name is Espagne, which he naturalised, most pro-
bably, in ordet to please /he people among whom he
was serving, and disarm them of that antipathy they
usually bear towards foreigners. In the army he
was known by the simple denomination of Don
Carlos de Espana; the title of the Count has not
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At
he commanded a battalion of Chasseurs, of
the new creation, and at the close of the national
struggle he had already obtained the rank of Lieut.-
General. During the progress of the war he dis-
tinguished himself by the rashness of his enter-
prises, and his harsh treatment of the inhabitants 'of
the country which he had adopted as his own, and
where he had found rank and support. In the in-
terval which intervened between the return of king
Ferdinand in May 1814, and the re-establishmentof
the Constitution in 1820, the chief trust confided to
him was the Government of Tarragona, in which, as
' well as during his residence at Court, he rendered
himself remarkable by a strange combination of by-
..
poerisy and immorality.
In order to enjoy favour at Court, he inveighed
bitterly against the fallen Government, to which he
was indebted for all the distinctions he held. It
need not be said, that he was an enemy of the Con-
stitutionalists, and approved of all the acts of atrocity
exercised against them.
The revolution in 1820 svu by him unexpected,
and one of its natural results was his removal from
than he proceeded to France,
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at the express inviiation•of those who were labour-:
ing to effect another change in the Peninsula.- This
is the more probable, as, of all others, he was the
man for an enterprize like that preparing against
Spain. He was often consulted by the French
Ministers ; and the best plans on which the Duke
d'Angouleme afterwards acted are known to have
been his. He proceeded to the Congress of Verona,
to support by his testimony that picture there drawn
of the situation of Spain, which afterwards seated
as a sanction to the hostile aggression of the French.
From Verona he returned to France, and con-
tinued there, actively engaged in the preliminary
preparations for the approaching invasion ; a material
part of which, independent of plans and advice, was
an active correspondence with those persons in
Spain, on whose co-operation it was presumable the
Bourbons could rely, in the realization of their views.
His local information enabled him to point our par-
tizans, and his suggestions materially aided in that
successful scheme of bribery and seduction so ex-
tensively practised .by the French. Every thing
being arranged, he accompanied the Bourbon armie,,
to Spain, and the " grandson of St.' Louis " had
certainly nothing to complain of Don Carlos' devo-
tion, zeal, activity, or advice. His diplomatic mis-
sion to Verona, and his services rendered to the
French, made him too conspicuous to be overlooked
by King Ferdinand ; and after the release-of the
latter, he became a favourite at Court. Since that
period he has been particularly known as the enemy
and pursuer of his former colleague and countryman,
Bessieres, who, it will be remembered, about two
years ago, started a plan similar to the present one
of the Catalonians, and nearly took Madrid; but
was afterwards shot. Subsequently Don Carlos
laboured hard to re-organize the royal guards of his
master.

As a military officer, in justice it must be said o.
Count de Espana, that he is the most eligible man
the Spaniards have for operations which are to he
decided by a coup de main; those in which courage,
or rashness, rather than science, are required. He
cannot be considered sufficiently subordinate as an
inferior, nor sufficiently severe as a General. On the
first fire a kind of phrenzy seizes upon him, which
renders him incapable of concerting measures, or
watching the movements of his enemy, so as to avail
himself of his errors. He foams at the mouth; and
so much are his feelings roused, that he does not
know those who surround him, and in those mo-
ments of rage he has been known to insult his greatest
friends. Out of action, although calm and serene,
he does many rash things. In the night, he has
frequently made the Staff Officers on duty accom-
pany him, and rushed on his own advanced centi;-
nels, as if aboat to surprise them, to see whether'
they were on the alert, running the risk of their
fire. On occasions like these, he has had some nar-
row escapes.

His habitual character is violent, and the people
over whom he has held sway consider him as .s
scourge ; they dreaded his presence like that of en
enemy; his horsewhip was a favourite instrument
of punishment, and he applied it'lustily on those who
incurred his displeasure, without respect to age or
sex. The constituted authorities were frequently
the first against whom he exercised his abominable
abuse of power. It is related of him, that whilst he
was adjutant of the regiment of Bourbon, he made
such frequent use of his staff, which, in Spain, is the
emblem of office, that he was deprived of it by order
of the King.
He is said to have been extremely rapacions as
well as ambitious during the war of independence.
By this means also he seized on the plate and va-
luables of several churches; and of the silver chains
and other valuables which be took from the church
of Aliseda, in Estremadura, he made a public pa-
rade. He was, in short, an adept at every thing
like contributions. His great confidant and assist-
ant in these acts, as well as others of a different class,
was an accommodating chaplain, who always accom-
panied him during the war, arid for whom he after-
wards obtained from the King a canonship in one of
the best Cathedrals in Spain. The soi-disant Count
is very devout, prays in public, and kisses the gar-
ments of the Friars, though a reputed libertine. He
speaks a little English, and feigns to be a great friend
of the British. With an officer of this class it would
be difficult to say how Catalonia is to be pacified.
The present insurrection, besides, is greatly in his
own style and its leaders were once his most cordial
friends.

The price of cheese at Wells great market on
Saturday last rather advanced : new cheese fetched from
60s. to 70a., but the general average may be stated at 665.
—Bath Chronicle.

STATE OF TRADE.—There has been little
alteration since last week in the state of the cotton trade ;
there was, we believe, more sold on Tuesday than on the
preceding market-day; but the sales were effected only by
aof
further
power-loomdee decline in in price.andl a
nThect.ioe fm fabrics,allincoc. for printing,
both
ted at full 10 per cent. from the
months ago. Other descriptions of cloth have not ex"pe-
danced so great a change ; but they had not made similar
advances. We believe nearly all the advance that has been
since an improvement
obtained upon the price of goods,
has been given to the weavers; the
took place in trade, h
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present state of the market,will, therefore, we fear, com-
pel,nay
currentthree
the manufacturer to reduce the wages of his work-
people, unless an improvement, of which, we C confess, we
do not see an immediate prospect, should render such a
measure unnecessary—' Paper.
Kennedy, an officer oa half-pay, residing at' Manningtree,
has been missing, under very suspicious circumstances, for
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