The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-10-24

the llth to the l2h, was, new cases 90 das,hs 30
", he 18th 10 the 18th, new eases o' uea',, n
Al Malta the number oil cases had oronortion Of
a. 10 "A, during the week, Dul uio
J,arhs was much diminished
SPAIN
,rha latest intelligence from Madrid IS given N
~, following paragraphs, from ahs Souiiei - Wy
"a evening which We quote eh,le. 90, L.,,o
~ I,rs and papers from Madrid to the l5th nave
~ hand Esparlero is said 10 have entered
to'. .,nilal ON that day, which appears to be almost
.nrrounded by the Carists lis force Is es'i'a'eu
SUI fn,1 infantry, and 600 cavalry.
a lad previously learned by the teeSraphic dcs-
rhat The capital was declared on the lin IN
pam If seige On that day, all the gates e2cep'lwo
a closed and the National Guard renialhcu uii-
T,r arms during the whole night no business was
G'I a., =, he Exchange on the llth which was ho'
dol's n.ned all thu respectable citizens have peeh
t,naled in preparing for defence, Bodies Oh Pea,
'lnt r; had been brought into town to Work a. 'ls
Iii and the Cones have ordered Inc coh'en' -
SahnaS 10 b, converted into citadel l., 49,,
sauo,s " uho il was said few days ago had been
81 70 hs shot by Don Carlos, is supposed 10
o,n,nd The division Of Carlists which was III ,he
immediate neighborhood OF 'he caEi.ai, .I IN
rarIoS himself was on the lllh AZ uei'iuaena, =
few leagues from the capitai. W, nh -" Mn
trc, 81 Immediately in their heiShpoin WIN
W hoa,d rulrrs and Sodiery whose hdeiity Is
I ~ h. doubtful the inhabitants OF Maariu nave
Erle more than themselves 10 rely VI, anu ~
bav Shnuld in this emergency, De iouhu Ma va
Lich we dn not anticipate, their homes VIII soon
b. at the mercy OF S"oi''A 49,"
bic, - ,Jar General O,Don-
rcll sustained signal defeat al Afdaoih, on .ne
lrh Of September. The Carliss under Gehetai
iTranga marched from Tolosa, and forced their Way
;n,, Ardaoin, at the point of the bayonet. Inc
Smith royalist fled leaving the brunt OF the pdue
~ h. sustained by the English, who suffered severely
h streets of the town being covered win the poaes
fine slain, and 200 remaining prisoners IN .he
bandS If he ,CarlisS General ODonne himself
va = narrow escape After this success, the Car
isis marched to Hermann, and II was thoaSh' ho'
improbable that they would once more gam Posses
SION Of that place This is the Carllst account.
leter from Bayonne describes the aiail soihe
differently, p,,,n.
lima The rebel lunta had closed the gales Oh the
fortress and refused all communication WIN 'he ~
y.rnment declaring itself independent bolh Oh 'he
Queen and of Don Carlos.
PORTUGAL.
The advices from Lisbon are to the llth Septem-
bar The state of parties was mol YET deciaeu, ioi
although Marshal Saldanha was in iull hisht TO-
wards Spain after the failure OF ms atlenPt upon
Lisbon there were reports that the olher brigade ol
the division under Count D'Antas had revolted, and
il this was the case the CharteriSts would have the
>uperiory When last heard from, Shaldanha was
marching towards Idanha, which is only twelve
miles from the Spanish frontier l MS NdS pl
on His force was said to be much reduced by
drSertionS
At Valenca the Charerists had gained an adyan-
qgr over their adverSaricS. The latter attacked the
fortress on the 9th, but were repulsed with heaVy
loss The revolted brigade of the ID Antas division
having marched towards Valenca, the ministerial
lists were preparing to raise the siege, as mater OF
necessity. ....: %,
The ministry had obtained another loan OF 6oO
conlos from the bank, which il was thought would
ensure them in the struggle il all the ID An
ta> troops had not gone over
As a security for the repayment of the loan the
Government has pledged the church property in
Madeira, the Azores, and Porto Santo.
There was a breaking out of trouble between the
Portuguese Government and the British Minister,
Lord Howard de Walden, on account Of the seizure
and expulsion of British subject, Mr. Bacon, who
had in way incurred the displeasure and Suspi
con of the Government, and in consequence
very unceremoniously routed out Of bed, and march
ed of TO prison, whence a few days after, he was
put board steamboat, and expelled from the
country.