The Portland daily press., 1867-09-16

The following explanation of the state of
things in Spain is taken from recent letter
of "Carleton's" to the Boston journal:
Isabella H., the present Queen, is the last re-
naming Bourbon sovereign in Europe All
the rest have been bowled out in one way or
another. Whether Isabella is to go out at
the present time remains to be seen. This
movement has been planned at Beurrell by
General Prim, who has been plotting there
with other refugees during the past year. In
all other instructions and revolutions there
has been no thought of upsetting the sover,
eign, but the ministry which had direction of
affairs for the time being. General Prim, in
his proclamation, does not aim directly at
the overthrow OF Isabella, but we are inform
ed by the correspondents at Madrid that such
is the cry oil the peasantry in the disaffected
Districts cry never heard before in SPAIN.
The Queen is about thirty-seven years OF
age, having been born ON the 10th of October,
1880. She succeeded to the throne when
three years of age, on the death of her faith
Ell, was proclaimed OF age when she was thir-
teen, and was married when sixteen to her
cousin. She has five children. The Oldest, a
daughter, Isabel, born 1851, and consequent
ly sixteen years of age. The Queen, it is
said, is very desirOus OF making a match for
her with Prince Humbert, prospective King
OF Italy, but there is little probability of such
an alliance. sf eF RI a tist
Isabella year ago had an able man at the
head Of her ministry, ODonnell, who was
moderately liberal. There was an insurrec-
| ton, as your readers will remember, which he
at once crushed. But the Queen believed
that Austria was going TO win In the war
| then commencing-that absOlutist ideas were
| again TO be In the ascendant--tbat Italy
| would be broken up and Prussia humbled,
and though ODonnell had given her such
| signal service and was acceptable 10 the peo-
| pie, she dismissed him and put Narvaez In
his place. The world knows very little Of
| what followed. Now and then we had ac-
| counts OF the execution OF an individual, but
l in truth there was the counterpart of what
| is going on in Mexico at the present time
| met, not long since, gentleman who was
| in Spain at the time. he said that for sever
| al mornings i'm succession he heard reports of
musketry, and at length took occasion to ask
what it meant "Oh, it is only the soldiers
shooting the fellows who were in the insur-
rection," was the reply, given with as much
coolness as IL it was the putting out of the
way Of a score or two of dogs. Hundreds were
shot-condemned after mockery Of military
trial-the priest brought in-coniesson given
the sacrament administered-th marching
| out to the square-a volley of musketry, and
SO, morning after morning, dispatching half
a dozen at time, before breakfast.
The people OF Spain are not ready for a
thorough revolution. The masses have not
felt the despotic power OF the Queen directly
that has fallen rather upon. prominent indi
viduals. Some Of the mobiles have been shot
though there are enough left. The entire
population of the kingdom is about sixteer
millions, but OF these are eighty-two dukes
seven hundred and twenty-t two marquises
five hundred and fty-eight counts, seventy
four viscOunts and sixty-seven barons. There
are about . half million persons belonging
to the nobility all Of whom are too proud %
work. Some OF them are very ricn, out
more quite poor, and not ashamed TO peg O
foreigners. So,
By the census of1s57 there were three millioii
eight hundred thousand able-bodled men N
the kingdom-125,0 900 OF them priests, 24l'
600 belonging to the army, 47s,OOO OF the no
: bility. who had 2O6, 900 body servants to wal
| upon them.
me and there were some 10000 students
LAWYERS and other professional men, making
total of 900, 900 able-bodied men living apar
from all manufacturing or agricultural Iabors
: Yet, notwithstanding this multitude of drones
the country has been rapidly advancing il
wealth, as might be shown from the statistic
| of the last budget, 4 +f asf s'1 T