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GENERAL pRIM's pRoNuNcIAMENT

GENERAL PRIM's pRoNuNcIAMEETo.
Correspondents N. Y. Hersld.l
PAR1s, Jan. IL, 1885.
The way in which the kilograms from
Spain, filtered through the purifying sleeves of
two governments, treat the revolution, is be-
coming large joke in Paris. Gen. sPrim,
so i'll with liver complaint. that he is
obliged to ride in a carriage, and of course
to travel slowly, is continually reported as
endeavoring to reach the frontier of Portugal,
with the government forces in hot pursuit,
but never catching him; or else he Is still
SIN, mn in the mountains and surrounded
without hone of escape, but like John
Browns soul, he is heard Of the next day as
ssmarchiue on.' "Quiet prevails throughout
the peninsula" the kilograms inform Us, and
vet Barcelona and Aragon are put IN a state
of siege, and citizens are shot down by the
troops in the streets of the former.
FORMIDABLE CHARACTER OF THE RISING.
There is now no doubt that the Spanish
revolution is a much more formidable matter
than was at first supposed, and there is but
little doubt that the intention of Prim is, not
merely TO follow the example of O Donnell in
1853, and place himself at the head of new
ministry by the overthrow of the old one, but
that he and his adherents now mean the up
roofing of the Bourbon dynasty, with prob
able view TO the Iberian union-the uniting of
Spain and Portugal under the house of Bra
ganza.
PROCLAMATION OF GENERAL PRIA.
"SpANnebsi I've have arrived at the ter
rihle moment in which revolution is the only
resource Of the nation, and the main duty of
honorable men. / am at the head of consd-
Ia opI hor ~
armed countrymen hasten on all sides to fight
under my orders for the cause of freedom and
our fatherland. Ny banner is the last mani
festo of the Progressista Central Committee.
With it in my hand | will fight with my won't
ed valor against the Government which dis
honors us abroad and ruins US at home, to the
point of making us y laughing stock among
foreign nations and bringing us to the verge
of a shameful bankruptcy. Soldiers-who
have already fought under my orders-you
are aware that have never forsaken you,
and that if you stand by me in this enterprise
| shall know how to lead you, first showing
you the path to victory, and next remunera-
ting your endeavors. Fellow citizens men
Of honor, aid me, you too, to bring to a
happy end political revolution which may
do away with the necessity of that social rev.
olution with which we are threatened. Span
iards hurrah for liberty, for the programme
Of the Central Progressista Committee for
the constituent Cortes. JUAN Pam.
PROBABLE DOWNFALL or THE BoURBoSs.
Madrid Correspondence Of Paris Steele. Jan. i ]
Admitting the instruction to be suppress
ed, Prim taken prisoner and shot, as well as
his accomplices, Brigadier Mians de Bosch
and Generals Contreras and Noylas. would
the royal family be saved any the more?
think not the discomfort is too general for
the present movement to remain an isolated
fact. The revolution. if defeated in one part
of the peninsula, will appear in another until
the day of its complete triumph. Within the
last month especially, the conduct of the Gov
eminent has excited extreme dissatisfaction.
The speech from the throne, from which so
much was hoped, deeply disappointed the
Spanish nation Instead of the reforms inn
patiently expected it only found vague
phrases and iilusory promises when it FELT
entitled to demand the liberty so often prom
sed, it saw its hopes indefinitely postponed.
The Spanish Government therefore has no
reason to be surprised at this insurrection,
and if il has the good fortune to get safe out
Of the present crisis, it must not slumber over
its first triumphs for, without radical
change in the home policy, not only the
o Donnel Cabinet will be overthrow. but
the monarchy Of the hoarbons Will have
made rapid advance towards its ruin.