7 JANUARY 1843, Page 11
The French Government have received the following telegraphic despatch relating
to Barcelona- " Perpignan. 2.41 January.
" General Seoane, on the 29th, annulled the division of the forced war contri- bution which had been made by the Municipality, because it weighed too heavily, on the Moderados, who were not engaged in the outbreak. The commercial classes are to pay one-half and the tax-payers the remainder. The first pay- ment was to be made on the 5th instant.'
The Madrid Gazette of the 28th reports, that two Spanish ships have been captured by the Haytians ; who are at war with the Spanish colony of Cuba.