19 JULY 1845, Page 2

The sound of arms and the cries of death are

reechoed in various quarters of the globe. Spain has had an insurrection—the Catalans revolting against a military conscription introduced among them by modern "Liberal" institutions. If the present Government, however, has any merit, it is in its having managed to keep an efficient army together : General Concha marched round about Catalonia dis- persing and slaughtering the rebels, and "peace" is restored.