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| b The Madrid Gazette published, the
decree promoting Gen. Prim to the rank.
of Captain General Or Marshal, VI The
promotion is the act Of, Marshal Serranoz
in his capacity as President of the Pro-
visional Government, and is only the
confirmation of the decree issued by, the,
same Marshal Serrano in his then quail
ity, of Cqmmander1in- Chief of the forces
bearing, date the 2Oth of September.--1
Thelpromotion, granted by Serano, at
the same, timerwas understood to have
been refused by .Prim, partly, because
the authority Of cSerranol to- confer such
a distinction might be questioned part
Il because it was in open violation of
the statutes of the army, fixing the, num-
Der of Captains General, the sixth Mar
shall being aSerrano himself, lthe,itwo
Qouehas, Espartero, Rezuela and Nova
lichez. 10 Prim, it appears, wished the
subject to- be dropped until "a VACANCY
wasacreated by the death of. Noyelichez.
- apzeyept .atrthat time hourly expect-c
ed ); but, asvNeyalichez is, recovering,
Serrano comes once more to the charge
and Prim consents, both to the breach of
the statute, and to his own .eleyation.-,
The affair, has greatly lowered Prim, in
the PUBLIC estimation. Norman in Spain
would have grud dged him the distinction,
but it was, felt that Prim would with
much better grace haze waited until be
might have, accepted the honor at the,
hands, of the future sovereign or head
Of the State, whoever he might, be, and
not at those of man who only three, years
ago was numbered among his enemies,
and connection with whom places Prim,-
even at the present moment, in the most.
equivocal position. Every one q feels.
BESIDES that both, Serrano, and ,Prim,
have other and more important business
to attend to-, The job is it is true, only
too much in keeping with all the old
"things of Spain, but it is precisely
because .Serrano and Prim follow so
closely on the footsteps ,of, their prede-
cessors that people begin to despair of
seeing better era -ushered in under
theirsauspices. Il am heartily sorry for
Prim. Olazaga, it'isP urged, never re-
covered the golden fleece Hof 1S44.A
Prim' may live to regret his promotionof
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To say a few words about the army,
there is no idoubtl in my mind that it
will always have it in their power to
say the last word in all Spanish dis
putes, and no army in the world ever
was, or ever can be, by choice Republi. ?
can. So long as Prim has health enough
to put himself at the head Of It, the
Spanish Government will have no other
will than PRINTS. AT tile same tifiep it
cannot be denied that Prim is greatly
dpgged and hampered byfis Fellowship
with oserfano and the other sUn7ofisti
leaders,a land that, of all candidates,Mdnty
Epensier is the one, who would have to
contend against the utmost popular an
tipathy,, Montpensier would have, to be
forced, upon the Spaniards at, the. point
of the bayonet, and, as long as, he is one,
Of the, cards, no doubt the gclamor Of the,
Democrats is not altogether to be disre-
garded. lido not think Reppblicanism
has sunk very deep into Spanish hearts. I
DO not judgethat party by t be mere nuns
bers it musters or by, the noise it makes.
ADemocratic meeting was advertised to,
be held last evening in the Opera House
by that lbrain-sick enthusiast Emilio
CASTELAR,, who has been called the Victor
Hugo, the. -Mazzini, the. .Kossutb, or, in
other words, the eminently Funpracti-
cal man of Spain, The tickets We're TO-
have been distributed at the door of the
.theater in the afternoon.y When 3 900
tickets had heensgiyen, it was remember
ed that room could be foundi in the house
for no more than 2, 100: and the ticket
office was !closeds ~ But application was
made, it is said,s for tens. of thousands,
and the multitudesoin the streets djein-
ing the place was1so dense and riotous
that CASTELAR, himself had to announce,
that the meeting was given up, and ad-+
journed to some place, and day hereafter
to be announced I do not belieye,9ne
ertheless, that Madrid contains 10000
Republicans, or Democrats. / believe
that out, of 1000, even among those, who
openly profess Democracy, 500 are mere
disappointed place hunters, to be brought
over ,toIany form of government; 800 are
curious, idlers, eager for excitement or
any pretext, and of the rest many belong
to class of boobies who find them
selves in their element in any kind Of
and with whom he who
bawls the loudest it always in the right.
OF men ready to fight for republican
principles in Madrid, 1 think but few
could be named. Don Amaleles Escal-
ante, who On. the 29th of Septembe
opened the arsenal to the mob and al
lowed 10000 'muskets to be taken from
it. is still talking very big about the
volunteer battallions devoted to his
cause, about his power to do as much
mischief as may. at any, time suit his
inclination or purpose; but l very much
question whether in his-sober moments,
Escalante has any purpose or inclination
of his own. The number ofgvoluhteers,
which looked somewhat formidable
on the first outbreak, has dwindled
down to very inconsiderable propor-
tions. Kivera,lo as Mayor of Mad
rid, proposed by saa ldecreei to buy
back such muskets as may still beuhid8I
at the rate of 80 reals (about S1.5o)
apiece. Starvation, which is rather rife
among the lowest classes of Madrid,
will soon suggest that as the best use to
which citizens musket may be put.
No doubt hunger may also give more
pernicious advice. I do not say that
in the streets of Madrid is i'm
ALL contend is that it would
in the worst event, be of no long dura-
tion and of no doubtful issue. The SOL
diers would have but too easy work, of
it. -'h" y-,. '-.--..7 -,
Ii Cooperation of the Wife. -''
Some women are apparently as ilndif.