, 1876-01-30
SPAIN.
A&1 'HkN*
TIE RECENT FIGHTING.


MAoE1p, JAN o9.-The Alphcnsist Gen. Quo
tada Las occupied Vile Real. on the frontiers OF
:he Provinces Of A1ara and Guipuzcoa, dafended
,y five battat:ous. four guns, and eono cavalry.
The Royalists captured the a1tillervmea, two
guns, and all their ucn!ersl- The Carl1sts also
lost heavily in killed anu wounded.
The Alphons,st Gen. EIaIdonado simulta~
aeousIv occupied tho heights Of Arta1an. meet
ng with only slight resistance.
Gen. Maorres has occupied Zaros. threatening
he Carlitt rear.
TEE Carlsts have suspended the bombardmeut
II San Sebastian, sud are Withdrawing their
lege artillery.
TIE ELECTIONS.
It now seems that but one Republican {Cas-
ellr) WAS returned to the new Co1tea, u1a bu.
me Radical {Angeled1).
The Marquis OF Sadoai, an extreme alonarch-
IT. vii! lead The group Of ei1 or seveu Deputies.
The Constitutionalists. or Sagastais:s, number
1irty-hix. Very few Mode:ados. or pastisaus OF
he religious uuitv, have been returned The
.lectlons to the Scna:e will probably be fayors-
,.s to the Government.
rosT-Mon1EM PUNISHMENT
COLOGNE jan. 29.-The E0.ette's Madrid cor
respondent writes Tint. by order OF tue Spanish
Bishops. the bodies OF all persons who died
snly civilv married, be e1bumed .ud removed
rom consecrated ground. Ooe decision of the
tpiritual Court relating to a case Of This kind
aas already been approved bY the Minister OF
Public Worship.
SAN SEBASTIAN. Jan. 29.-Heayy maskes1y
iring in the San Cristobal Valley vas heard yes-
;erday. The Aiphonsist troops hare several
caslis. positions commanding the mouth Of the
River Urota-
THE TuCNDEEEn on SPANISH DELISQuEScIEs-
[ts1don 71n4es, Jan. H.
In official notice in tue !ast number o. tho
London Gd7efte Respecting the C1rlist batteries
on the northern coast Of Spain will suggest that
nur Government is treating SERIOUS na:ter too
lightly. British vessels are warned inst they
eaunot enter The ports On the Dscayan coast
Hithout runnip: tiak OF beiu. fred at BY the
catilst batteries. which aim It everything within
reach. The Gazelie gives the names OF the
places which are most dangerous, and 1t
eonsidora:ely adds that the whole of
tho Spanish coa~t TO the eastward OF Bilbao
should be avoided" The notice is as matter
of-fact as il it referred to some sunhen reefs
discovered OF the coast OF Spain and not yet
laid down in the Admiralty charts; but wo
fancy that the tact itself will appear in 8 verS
different light to those OF OUT countrymen who
trade with the D:scay ports. Being at peace
witrSpain. We have right to buy aud sell in
Anv part OF her territory. She has not reccs-
,s not even q paper blockade Of the coasts par
tally under their arms Guetaria. San Sebas-
tian, Passages. and Motrico-tho places men,
toned in tho Gozeue-are legally IS open to our
ships as Antwerp OF New York Hence the
Government OF Spain is bound to protect tie
property of our countrsmen when it comes within
miles Of her coasts. We're any of our seamcn
to be murdered by any Of hers in one Of her
ha.toss, we should insist that the criminals
should receive the legal punishment Of their
guilt. We're any Of cur ships to be willfully
l,urnt in such position VIC should require the ]
Spanish Government to give con1pensation for /
the dansge. and bring the offenders to trial. !
The Government nigh. plead that It was too !
wesk to control iss unruly subjects. and too poor
to pay compensation. II such an excuse ~ere |
false, We should invite the Government either |
to do pla'n net Of justice CT prepare for re-
prisals which would amount to declaration Of |
war. II the Government were really rowerlesa,
We should have right to take lts place, and de-
fend tho lives and property OF our own subjects. |
1hesa elementary facts suffice to SNOW the |
rights and the duties OF our own Government in
the present case. We have 10 political relations I
~ath the Carl,s:s. II any British sh!p should be
injured by the CarliEt6, NC must look for redress
to Madrid. We iave rs much right to demand
from Ring Alfonso as il they vero
tLo most loral OF his subjects. Either ha or VIC
must assume the police OF his own COASTS His
Ministers would. OF course, lnaiSnau.y refuse |
10 admit that they could not protect any 1'art Of
not disposed to put ourselves to the
:rouble Of s;lencine the Casliat batteries.
The plain duty OF Spain to England.
hen, is to place such neet or the coast
Of Madrid will not thus project its own
:oasts, j: uust pav for any damage that maJ be
lone By its 1ebel'ious subjecta. Tho Germans !
insisted on that clear necessity
Fhen the Car1ists fired on Germsu ship. No
oubt it vould be often injudicious to press H.
ern1ttonsf, or, indeed, any other rights to their
xtleme limits. Governments as well as private
'ernons ought often to forbear with each o:hcr.
But ne fail to see Why Spain should be freed
rom the elementary duty Of guarding fife and
,F1YnA1$ 1$T%s 1.eH Inn
.rge snd powerful . navy that, if her
iapnte with the United States respect
og Cuba ~e.e to end in War. she would Lare
great advantage in the fret part OF tho
truegle. Snc assumes that she is powerful
nongh to guard Cuba as we'll as Spain, and, in-
eed, she keeps conzlderabe number OF gun
ozts at3oat for that purpose. At least QUO OF
er ,ronciads is 60 powerful that 1t would mp !
feciaOlr add to tho navsl strength OF auy
ston, and seven otnern Ere Permissible in their ;
wn way. Sue has, besidez. about a dozen
steam friSatcs. more than score Of
addle-sieauerH, and 8 good many gunboats !
uch navy would DO more than auihcieat to
rctect every inch Of the EiscaSaa coast il 1T 1
That has become Of all theee Vessels? We
hear that some Of them
sve shelled tho C1.list batteries in
desultory fashion; but Senior canoras
el Castillo will scarcely pretend that they | ,
,ake sesious effort to protect foreign sh.pe. ,,
there may be stationed OF the coast OF Cub.
} prevent the rebels from obtaining aupp'ies. | s
hat il An arrangement With which we canuot | {
sncern oursclyes. II Spain insists on having
10 luxury OF Tebellious colonies at = time wh:n
ae herself is wasted by evil war at home, she {
ust t2ke the consequences. To let her neglect | !
10 plain duty Of maintaining an adequate Iorco !
police On her coasts because she cnooscs to | !
.ep up larger Empire than sho can manage I
ould be folly equal to her own. We relruin
ON suggesting other and less crodtable e1- |
snatious of this impunity with which tho Car =
ts fire upon trading vessels. At all eyeuta, | ;
must assuu1c tia. Spain Is perfectly well able !
protect our traders il she cares to trv. :
She has certainly 10 reasou to complain that !
g las been trea!ed with any want Of foroear-
CO by foreign States during the past few veasa-
country has tried their PATIENCE 60 sorelr, 8
d no other European nation would Envo been ! :
owed to escape so easily. She has pushed /
/ maritime rights to an excess that would 10
olerablo il che we're not weak. and she | ! !
5 syetematcalis refused to grant redress until
> has felt the Epur OF conpulsion. The case
the yi1sipius was typical; tho shooting OF
, crew and passengers ,7as IN act OF ,nexcusa-
eavaee1y, and to this day no puneh- r
IT has oyertaken tho chief author :,
the crime. We bolieve that he is y
1f I