Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1866-08-25 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

BRUTAL SCENE IN SPAIN.  A letter from Martorell (Catalonia) cf August 11, gives the following account of the capture and slaughter by Narvaes's Sbirri of the famous partisan chief known as Noy de las Baraquetas  I have already told you that Narvaefe amnesty was but a respite, or rather a snare, to throw the Liberals off their guard. Fusillades.go on ; and, worse still, people are massacred, and the helpless and wouuded run through and through with bayonets, Just as in the palmy days from 1851 to 1554. For such purposes recourse is had to the services of the Civil Guards, and especially those famous Moran de in Escuadra whose savage exploits were recounted in Jannary last, when they tired point blank upon the elegant crowd of promenaders under the arcadas of the Plage Royale of Berea lona Don Vincent Marti, commonly called Noy de laa Barequetae, is one of the richest and most •steemed landed proprietors of Martorell. He was at one time an ardent partisan of Prim, in whose last prentesnriamento he took part; but in January last he quarrelled with Prim because the latter Would not transfer the theatre of his operations to Catalonia. Ever since he has lived quietly on his property. Be rallied to O'Donnell, and was considered so much a man of order that since May last he dined almost daily with the Captain-General Cotonor, But he refused, in spite of threats and entreaties, to pronounce for Narvees, and therefore, although he did no hostile act, it seas resolved to take his Ilia On August 11th an armed force surrounded his house and made him a prisoner, one of the Mozos telling him that he would be taken to Barcelona, where "his affair would be settled " Marti knew what this meant, an did his brother and his friends. If they must die, they said, it was better to die with arms in their hands than to ...ye as targets for trembling recruits to shoot at. They collected together to the number of 3u, and. Armed with blun. derbusses, proceeded to the railway station with the intention of rescuing the prisoner. Finding the waiting room fnll of people they fired at the ceilii-g and brought down a shower of dust and plaster. At the saute moment M MartPs brother, n man of Herculesn strength, knocked down boththe guards who were holding the prisoner on either side A contbat ensued. M. Marti was ruu through the belly by a bayonet, and his bowels gushed out. One of his party with the blow of a gunstock knocked down the Mos* who had inflicted the wound : and two of the hand, laying hold of M Burst, the whole party made off with him into the field, honing to lied a hidisg-place. The Mos., recovering from the surprise caused by the duet shower in the railway station, pursued the fugitives and came up with them in an olive garden. M Martes party, protected by trunks of old tree., forced the Moo ato retreat, and, after an hour's march, they found a spot where they thought B. Marti might he concealed. But he, feeling himself dying, t rld them to leave him and save themselves Three hours later the Mosul, guided by Flood marks ou the ground, came to the spot where the unfortunate M. Marti was lying alone. " Ah, ah!" they said, "this time you shall not escape us." Instead of putting a ball through the head of tie diiug man, they recalled him to a sense of Ile by wicks with the bayonet's point, and stabbed him all over in so many places that you could not have lain a crown piece opt natty unwounded part of his tody. The imignntion in the country is so great that the CaptainGeeeral felt it necessary to come to Martorell in person, with en entire regiment. The band, headed by the deceased'a brother. swells every day, and a good many of the II,•zos who are 11-Mting with them have been killed. It le certain that M Marti was murdered in cold bloo I, for he was lyMg helpless and alone, with a death wound which he had received three hours before he was hacked to death.