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SPAIN.—The progress of events in Spain has not materially altered. More places have " pronounced," Badajoz being among the most im-
portant. There was a modified declaration at San Sebastianl; where the Regency of the Duke of Victory was included in the programme of the Revolutionists. The Basque Provinces remain neutral. There had been more desertions of troops ; two battalions of the Princesa Regi- ment being among the deserters. Espartero remained at Albacete on the 6th instant. Part of his army, however, had advanced to Utiel, where General Seoane was ordered to join him.
Narvaez bad attacked Brigadier Enna before Teruel on the 3d, and forced him to raise the siege of that place. Of four battalions of foot and four squadrons of horse with Enna, three battalions and one squadron had joined the insurgent chief. Subsequently, Daroca de- clared for the movement, and Narvaez took possession. It gave him a position threatening both Saragossa and Madrid, and interrupting the Regent's communication with Seoane and Zurbano.
Zurbano had quitted Lerida for Fraga. The Saragosso Eco of the 6th has the following story- " On the 3d, a Piedmontese, named Pachiaroti, who commanded a detach- ment of guides, was arrested in the apartments of General Zurbano ; which he entered by stealth, having upon his person three sorts of poison. He was im- mediately tried by a military commission, and, being found guilty, was shot in the evening. The account asserts that, before he died, he confesed that he had received the poison from Prim, for the purpose of poisoning Zurbano and Seoane, for which he was to receive 20,000 dollars and the rank of coloneL"
The Toulouse papers have reported the surrender of Montjuich ; but advices from Barcelona of the 6th state that the commander of the fort had declared that be would neither surrender it to the Supreme Junta nor to General Seoane ; but be would await the issue of the pending struggle, and deliver up the place to the triumphant Government.
The Delsats announces that General Concha had been appointed by the Provisional Government of Spain Commander-in-Chief of the armies of Granada and Seville. General Van Halen, who had lately marched from Jaen to join Espartero at Albecete, had been ordered to react against Cordova and Seville ; with the object, no doubt, of keep- ing open the communications with Cadiz and the sea.
It was reported at Bayonne on the 8th, that General O'Donnell, Ur- bistondo, and other Christine officers who lately entered Guipuzcoa, had been taken prisoners by General Iturba.
Madrid was tranquil on the 8th. The Ayuntamento and Provincial Deputation of the capital had addressed to the nation a manifesto, is which they openly denounced the French Government as the prime movers of the present insurrection, and recommended, as a mode by which to set at rest the question touching the Queen's marriage, that she should marry her cousin, the Duke of Cadiz, son of the Infante Don Francisco de Paula.
The Espectador reports that Cabrera was collecting a force on the French frontier, to enter Catalonia against the Regent. On the 1st instant, the French steamer Delfin arrived at Port Vendres, for the purpose of taking on board 2,000 stand of arms, which. had been left there by General Narvaez. The Spanish Consul remon- strated with the Prefect ; but he refused to interfere. The steamer, however, sailed on the 6th, without the arms. It is said, that on the 26th June the Consul had apprised the Prefect of the intended departure of General Ramon Narvaez and six other Christino officers in the Rubis steamer ; but that he declined to interfere, alleging that there was no legal motive for preveuting their embarkation.
FRANCE.—The session of the Chamber of Deputies virtually closed on Friday, with the final passing of the budget of 1844 ; which was voted by a majority of 218 to 213.
A rumour prevailed on the Bourse on Saturday, that General Lama- riciere had been taken prisoner by Abd-el-Kader, at Milianah, before the 19th June : but the report was disbelieved, and letters to the 30th. do not mention it. It was also reported that M. Guizot had directed the authorities on the Pyrenean frontier to refuse passports for Spain to Carlist or Christino refugees. The precaution is, however, adopted somewhat late in the day.
CANADA.—The packet-ship England, which left New York on the 19th June, brings no intelligence worth mention from the United States. The riots on the Beauharnois Canal had continued : the mili- tary had been ordered to fire upon the rioters, and four or five persons were shot dead. Before that, the rioters had made an attempt to destroy the Seignorial House, which they attacked with shouts of " Repeal and O'Connell !"
CAPE OF GOOD ITOPE.—Cape Town papers to the 7th May announce the annexation of Natal to the British empire. Sir George Napier had read a minute to the Legislative Council, stating that a Special Com- missioner would be despatched to Natal to make an arrangement with the Anglo-Dutch emigrants, in order to take them under the protection of the British Crown and erect the district into a British colony. It was reserved for further consideration, whether or not the Government shall be distinct from that of the old colony. Meanwhile, the Commis- sioner is to recognize the amnesty granted by Lieutenant-Colonel Cloete, and is to make it his first duty to inquire into and report upon land-claims, with a view to the adjustment of grants ; future grants or sales of land in the district being prohibited till the will of the Crown be known. There is to be equality for all, without distinction of' colour, origin, language, or creed ; aggression on the natives is for- bidden; and slavery in every shape is declared absolutely unlawful. Mr. H. Cloete, a member of the Legislative Assembly, had been ap- pointed Special Commissioner.
The Queen's ship Cleopatra arrived at Port Elizabeth on the 27th April; having captured off Quillemaine, on the 12th, the Brazilian. brigantine Progresso, with 440 slaves on board.
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