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SPAIN.—Espartero has abandoned the field, and is now a refugee from Spain. The siege of Seville was raised on the night of the 27th July ; having lasted twenty-one days, and the bombardment ten. Espartero himself left it for Cadiz on the night of the 26th, with an escort of three or four hundred cavalry ; his retreat being covered by a stronger force. His soldiers remained true to the last, and defended the bridge of Suazo, which connects the island of Leon with the main, against Concha. who pursued the retreating chief. Concha took another road, and near Puerto Real he came up with Espartero's escort ; and had a smart engagement with it, whilst Espartero, his Minister of War, (General Nogueras,) his Minister of the Interior, (Gomez de la Serna,) Van Halen, Linage, and many other officers, succeeded in embarking at Puerto de Santa Maria. The boat on board which they went soon gained an offing, and placed itself under the protection of the cannon of the Malabar British ship-of-the-line ; the commander of which, Cap- tain Sir George Sartorias, refused to admit them on board until autho- rized to do so by the English Consul at Cadiz. The order, however, soon reached him, and the Regent and his friends were received in the Malabar. When on board, Espartero hesitated whether or not to be landed at Cadiz, which was supposed still to hold out for him : the bells and cannon were heard, celebrating his defeat : " To Lisbon then I" ex- claimed he ; and the Malabar weighed anchor and sailed for that capital. Shortly after the embarkation of Espartero, the cavalry of his escort surrendered to Concha; w hen Generals Juan Van Halen, (a brother of the Van Halen,) Alvarez, Captain-General of Granada, General Osset, Colonel of the Regiment of ',ethane, General Osorio, Governor of Tarragona, and a number of other officers, were made prisoners.
On the 2d instant, a deputation left Madrid for Seville, to present a gold crown of laurel to the Ayuntamiento in the name of the Queen, together with a letter from S. Lopez complimenting the city in the most glowing terms upon its resistance.
Seoane was a prisoner at large, in Burgos ; detained as a hostage for the safety of important prisoners who might fall into the hands of Espartero or Van Halen.
A strong protest against the usurpation by the Provisional Government of the authority of the Provincial Juntas, who gave it life and support, was received from Galicia on the 2d instant, and caused such a sensation that the Government had immediately issued orders for the march of a strong force on the province. Letters from Barcelona, of the 4th, an- nounce that the Junta of that town is in a state of open hostility with the Provisional Government of Madrid. It has refused to obey orders to stop demolishing the ramparts.
The decree convoking the new Cortes, for the 15th October, is ob- served to depart from the constitution, in requiring that body to be totally renewed; thus prematurely expelling two-thirds of the senators. A second decree, equally unconstitutional, had dissolved the Provisional Deputation of Madrid, and appointed other Deputies to replace those whose services were dispensed with, until another election shall take place. The President and nine other Judges of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice had been summarily dismissed for refusing, without qualifi- cation, to recognize the Revolutionary Government ; and a new Tri- bunal, with Olozaga at its head, appointed.
Madame Blake, the widow of an officer of Irish extraction, had been appointed to succeed Madame Mina as preceptress of the Queen.
FRANCE.—The French news is of little interest. Queen Christina continued busy in her labours to recover power in Spain ; and rumours as to the marriage of her daughter abound : at present they fluctuate between the Duc d'Aumale, and the Duke of Cadiz, the son of Don Francisco de Paula.
Louis Philippe and his family left Paris, for the Chateau of Eu, on Monday.
General Bugeaud has been promoted to the rank of Marshal.
WEST INDIES.—The steam-ship Teviot has arrived with the mails from Nassau of the 14th July. There are great complaints of the want of labour in Jamaica and the Leeward Islands ; and at Trinidad the import of free Negroes from Africa had been very scanty. In British Guiana, the election of Financial Representatives had taken place : but Mr. Emery, whose threatened expulsion by his colleagues had led to the dissolution of the body and the general election, had not been reelected. During the collision between the Government and the Combined Court, and the consequent dissolution, the Import-duties Act had expired without renewal ; and several vessels had landed car- goes duty-free. To meet the difficulty, the Governor had issued ordi- nances, declaring goods landed at that time liable to any retrospective duties that the Combined Court might subsequently impose.
NORTH AMERICA.—The Montezuma packet-ship brings intelligence from New York to the 20th July. The elections which had taken place in Louisiana were supposed to indicate a Democratic majority in the next House of Representatives. The settlement of the Oregon territory by American citizens continued. The emigrants fortify them- selves with the opinion of the living General Cass, that the States have a right to the territory on the Pacific ; and of the deceased Mr. Monroe, that the American continents were not, after 1823, to be subject to colonization by any foreign power.
The crops, both in Canada and the Union, are said to look well, not- withstanding a late drought.
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