The New York Herald Newspaper, March 6, 1875, Page 3

THE WAR IN SPAIN The Battle of Lacar- Details of the Famous Span- ish Engagement. TWO KINGS IN ee A Victory for the Carlists With an Army Cut in Two. THE FIELD. THE FLIGHT FROM CARRASCAL General Serrano Explains His Difficulty. Don Carlos Takes Command—A Bloody Revenge. DESPERATION, DISASTER AND DEATH. ESTELLA, Feb, 4, 1875. || A man who, knowing thieves were going to make an attempt upon his house, should lock all the front doors and leave one back door wide open, would be considered a very foolish man in- deed. Yet this is just what the Carlists did in fortifying the approaches to Biurrun or Carrascal and leaving unfortified the road from Sanguesa. CARLIST STRATEGY. bbject the Carlists had in holding the Tafalla road at Carrascal was to cut the communication with Pampeluna, because they hoped to take the place by starvation, But besides the roads through Carrascal and Puente la Retna, bosh of which were Jortified by the Carlists, there was the one Irom Sanguesa. This road Joins the one jrom Tafalla, between Carrascal and Pampe- Inna, at the village of Noain, about six miles from the latter and three irom the former piace, Con- sequently, if the liberal General could pusn a strong force forward as iar as Noain, the formid- able positions of Carras would be turned and rendered untenable, the Tafalla road opened, PAMPELUNA RELIEVED, and all the fortifications the Carlists had spent so much time upon rendered useless, It does not seem to have occurred to the Carlist generals that this plan, simple as it is, would be adopted by their adversaries, and they did not, thereiore, go to the trouble of fortifying the Sanguesa road at all, They relied upon three or four battalions for holding 1t against any force that would probably | be sent in that direction, and, indeed, untii within the last few days its defence was intrusted to two or three companies only. supposing the enemy would not make an attempt by this road were, as well as I can make out, that for a distance of several miles it 1s unfinished, and, therefore, impassable for a convoy or for heavy artillery, besides which, passing through narrow deflies and valleys, it is very easy of de- fence. Everything considered, they thought THE ROAD THROUGH CARRASCAL, even with its fortifications, a weaker point, and that the attack for that reason would be made here. They, therefore, concentrated their forces at Carrascal and Puente, and leit only five battalions to defend the Sanguesa road. It does not seem to hava cecurred to them that although @ convoy for the relief of Pampeluna could not pass by this route, if a sufficient torce of in- fantry and mountain artillery, carried on mules, could get through, the result would be the same In jorcing them to open the road by which a con- voy could pass. toink, shoula be elementary in strategy. posed, as a matter 0! course, that it, as well as the otvers, was forvified, until two or three days be- fore the attack, ana was greatly astonished to learn that it was not. General Mendiri, one would have Supposed, might have thought that just because Carrascal was strongly Jortined no attack would be made there, or that if there were a small num- ber of troops would be sufficient to hold it, fortt- fed as it was, lor a day or two. Hud he, there- fore, gone out the Sanguesa road with a large force he might have whipped Moriones and then | returned in time to beat Primo de Rivera at Car- rascal or Puente, wherever he might in the mean- | time have attacked. This, however, would have required better fortifications than the Carlists bi d—fortifications that would enable alew men atany given point in the line to stand a siege as It were unl reiniorced THE CARLIST TRENCHES, asl have already explained ia a previous letter, were not of the kind, Jor the most part, to Tesist an assaull, unless heavily manned, owing to the want of ditches be/ore them to stop an as- saulting column. And the truth is that tne Weakest points in the line—the jow bills and open fields between Puente la Reina and Artajona and the low woody mountains of St. Cristobal, be- tween Oteiza and Lorca—were not entrenched | at ali, The Curlist leaders seem to have been laboring under the delusion tuat’ the enemy would only come by the roads— the tulef would try to get tnto the house py the | front door in broad dayiight. ‘They, therefore. did not jortily the positious between tne road Where, Jor a distance of six or eight miles, ine Jantry mizht pass with case. in other words, they locked toe doors and leit the windows wide open, Had Mendiri theretore met and even whipped Moriones on the Sanguesa road, the probabiiities are that stella wouid have been taken, or his line cut in two, at least, in his absence. Indeed, this last mentioned even.uaiity actualiy occurred, as it was. THE CARLIST LINE TOO LONG. The truth ts the Carlist line was too long to be ficlended with any chance of success, and | am not disposed to quarrel with Mendiri tor baving been beaten. From Villamayor, on toc Los Arcos road (the Carlist rignt), to Carrascal, on the road to Pampeluna (their lett), 1s a distance of twenty. eignt mites, while, 1 we count the extreme lelt, at Monreal, on the Sanguesa road, ten miles More, the Carlist line was thirty-eight mues long. To deiend this enormous distance Menairt bad less than 25,000 men, Wiile bis enemy had 60,000, The task was inipossiole, U1 course # Napoieon L., a8 soon as Moriones had Beparated from the rest of the army and gone to BSanguesa, would vave gathered up 16,000 men and Gung thei against Primo Rivera's 20,000 torming the centre aud crushed it im time to tura around $na Whip Moriones in his urn. But tmis would have required a ceriaiuty of iniormation with regaid to the enemy’s movements, an intuitive Knowl edge of his desigus and a promptness of decision only possessea by the great Napoicon, 1am even inclined to think, Irom hints Lrecerved bere the aiuir, that Mendirt had some plan analogous to this which he was not enabled to cariy out, first, because fie did hot receive correct Inio;mation ether of the pling or the movements of the enewy, Anu second, as the sequel Will show, because ihe low, woody mountain of St. Cristobal, Dteiza and Lorca, was not fortified bo hold tt @ sudden onsiaught. Under therefore, Lam not surprised lost Carras: and Puente la Rema, and do not think, everything considered, that he ts to blame except jor having uegiected to tortity the line. Waether he be re=ponsivie lor this | kuow not. CAKLIST BRAGGING. But what I do biame the Carlists for was their unconscionable bragging. For the last six months they have been deiying their adversaries to take Carrascal, inviting toem to come on, assuring toe World it coud never be taken, and raising expe tations among the people with regard ty Pati peluna that were not to be realized, as they had done at tran, Alter all this boasting 1 turas out that Carrascal was taken without fring a shot. Nothing could be fatter, more ridiculous or better ISG the circumstances, at Mendiri having calculated to discourage the people tian such fai ures. It % OF course, quite rygit thine the Hists should oceupy — Carrascat anc hold it as long as possible, because it made them masters of a large tract ol country from which they drew supplies for six or eignt months; bul they should never have fortified tt unless, Indeed, they intended to fortiiy the whole line to the sanguesa re and, above all, they should not have bragged, ins OPERATIONS LN THE FIELD. The Carlist line extended irom Viliamayor on the Los Arcos road, through Dicastiilo, Oveiza, aud Mendigorria, to Carrascul or Biurrun On the road, About wall way beiween fataila and Pampelun the beral army occupying the posiitons opposite ol Logrono, sesma, Deri, Larraga and Vata, The Cariists besides occupied the two villages of Pueyo aud Aitajona asx wdvance posts of Oar rascal. On the goth of January the liberal ttoops ad- vanced and seized these two villages. ‘This mov ment Was nade probably with the Latention of di | Special | | man from here .or the expected attack at Carras | eetly. | scarce! Don Carlos, who was there, pushed on through | | to stop the advance of Primo di Rivera, Their reasons for | | And yet such a plan, one would | I had | never been out on the Sanguesa road, but sup- | same mistake he made before the “uza, in allowing the enemy to seize the moun- cause of Abarzuza. which Lores is situated just on the road vetween Puente att narrated, Was occupied by Primo de Rt € of @ mie jurther and seized the Village of Lavar, north it was | here that Mendiri decided fo attack, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1875—WITH SUPPLEMEN ceiving the Carlist general and indacing him to believe the attack Was to be made here. The maneuvre succeeded, tor Mendiri tranquilly in- vited the atiack here during the three days which Jollowed, while Moriones, with 20,000 men, was e. ecuting bis flank movement by way oi Sangue: lt was not, | believe, until the morning of the 2d, that Mendiri neard of the whereabouts of Moriones, who had by thatrime reached Monreal. From all | can gather I betieve that Mendiri still entertained hopes of being able to noid Car- rascal even with Moriones in its rear, so strong did he consider the position THE LIBERALS CAUTIOUS. But, as mighs have been lorescen, tne liberal general deciined to attack entrenched positions when there were others not entrenched, whose possession Was more advantageous, aod on the evening of the same day he sent Primo de Kivera, who commanded the centre, against Otelza, which place he occupied with scarcely any resistance, pecause Mendirt had withdrawn nearly ev cai, m which he persistently continued co beiteve, Primo de Kivera not only occupied Uteiza, but usued forward, seized the heights of St. Cristo- al, benind that place, waich the Carhsts ought to have jortiflead and beld at any cost, aud then descended on the opposite side and seized Lorca, on the aud thus CUT THE CARLIST LINE IN TWO. All of this occurred on the evening and night of the 2d—the same day that Moriones reached Noain. So far La Serna’s plan had succeeded per- Mendiri, who received iniormation of the movement, immediateiy abandoned Carrascal, hoping to arrive wt Oteia in time to stop it. But he was too late, tle did not receive the miormation in time, and toe truth ia that he appears to have been badly served tnrougiout by his spies and inierm- ants, It was only at six o'clock in the evening that he Onaliy gave the order to abandon | | Carrascal, and cook up his march toward Estella by way of Puente la Reina, Lt was probably with a very heavy heart that he did this, Tne Carlists had een here so long that they rad made forutl+ cations which they nad jondiy hoped were invul- nerable, and it was here that tney nad expected to meet and Yangaisa the enemy. ‘To be obliged Lo abandon such fine positions without striking a biow was to despair almost Oo! success, and the murmurs of the soldiers were loud. However, there was no help tor it. Mendiri, halting at Puente long enough to see the darkness, in hopes of reuvcning Lorca in tims 1 believe it was only at Ciranqui he received the intorma- tion that Lorca was in the hands of toe liberal troops and the road to Estella barred. THK ARTILLERY IN DANGER. It was a critical Moment, The iniantry, it te true, could get around Lorca by 4 mountain path; As I have explained in a previous letter, the only | but tins wus not possivie lor the artillery except the mountain gons. ‘There was only one course to be adopted—re- turn to Puente la Keina, thence take the road to Pampeiuna to within three miles of that place, where « road branches off anu joins Whe one irom Pampeluna to Estella, which’ passes Kchauri, It appeared almost a hopeless plan. Moriones might easily have reached Pampeiuna by this time, and, should he send out a detach- | nent to seize either junction, the artillery would be immediately captured. It woula have been folly to make the attempt in daytime, as they could bave been seen irom Pampeluna loug before they could reach the Hsteila road, and @& regiment of cavalry would made short work of tne artillery; but in | the might, under cover of the darkness, there | Was a chance of success, and this chance Mendirt eigerly seized. The artillery was accordingly | sent back vy this road, under a sufficient escort, | while the greater part of the imiantry around Lorca by the mountain path already | assed spoken ot, ESTELLA. For besides the danger to the artillery, another, Jar more serious, tureatened the Cariist army, It was Ubat aN attempt should be made upon Hstella early in the morning by Lia Serna, the liberal commander-in-chiel, in command 0; the let, and Yrimo dt Kivera, iu concert, with’ tue wuole of tue liberal army remaining aiter the departure ol Moriones—about 35,000 men—and that it should be taken pelore the the arrival of the buik of the army, The troops, there @fe, continued the march until a late hour in the wight and resumed ist before daylight next morning. By noon next day the greater part of tue army bad reached the iow hills norch of Lorca and takeD up positions to stop the turther prog. | ress of Primo di Rivera in this direction. The arullery had, inthe meantime, gone around br Ecnauri, and by daylignt next morning was well out ol danger on the road to Ksiella. passing s0 ovar him and that If he had nstened atventively he might almost have beard its rum- | ble under his window. ihe Cariist army, cut in two tue day betore, liad already uuited again, SERRANO AND THE CARLISTS, I saw Serrano when he was in Biarritz, and In | reply to my questiou as to whether it had not beeu his Intention to try to break the Carlist line | at Lorca and Oteiza he replied, somewhat evasively, that 1t Was useless to cut the Carlist army in two, as it Was Capable of such rapidity of movement that it wouid be united again belore any advan- | tage could be taken of the circumstance. He spoke Wiph great admiration of the Carlist troops and said there were no better soldiers in the world. His words were certainly prophetic as regards cutting the Cacilst army in two, for, as has been seen, it Was upited again eighteen hours alter. DON CARLOS was at Puente when the operations commenced, | anda he only retired irom tuere at eleven o'clock at uight with the rear guard of the army, for it had been decived to abandon Puente as well as Carrascal, He slept at Maneru, and the next morning had a consultation with Mendiri at Ciran- qui. He was very much dissatisfied with the turo affairs had taken, and e-pecially at the loss of the heights of St. Cristobal. I may as well say here thatl nave not yet been able to get at the truth regarding the loss of the | Mpportant position, although, as I have al- ready said, the Carlsts iad not sufMicientiy tort- | Hed it to have enaned them to hold 1 very long against a superior force, ON THE HEIGUTS. Mendiri had left turee battalions, or fabout two | thvusand men here, and these would have been ampiy sufficient to hold the heights unul the ar- | rival Ol reiutorcements, Instead of tnis they were abandoned witout scarcely firing a shot. ‘there 13 taik, a8 usual in such cases, of treason, and it is one ol whe reasons that makes one despair of the cause of Don Carlos, that waenever the Carlists have avery 1mportant position to hold, on which success, victory or the sulety of the army depend, that position, eitner through neghi- gence, cowardice or treason, is sure to be aban. doued at the critical moment. Such was the case at San Marco, where Veballos ran away alter a sligut resistance, and compromised the whoie plan of Operations about drun. Such seems to have been the case at St. Cristobal. BY SURPRISE, It is said that Otelza, St. Cristobal and Lorca were taken by surprise, aud [ have seen so much negligence on both sides with regard to the plac- ny of Outposts and pickets that I think this ex planation of the aflair we true one. A general bolding the most important point on the whole line, sunply allowed it to be surprised without scarcely any resistance. What can be expecied ofan army commanded by such men? Had the Carhsts retained possession of these heights they would have had an excellent line o1 detence, that irom Villamayor, on the Los Arcos road, tnrough Otelza to Ciranqul. As there 1s a range of moun- tains extending Irom Ciranqui north to Irursun, this line could only be turned by one road—tuat jrom Pampeluna through Echauri to Estelia, Bat this road 1s very easily delended., Two or three battations, I should say, would hold 1t against any torce whatever. ‘Lhe qistance from Villamayor to Ciranqui is only about seven miles, and as a great part of the ground—thit covered by Monte Jurra as well 4s that covered by a part ol the mountain between uteiza and — Ciranqui—is quite impassiple tor an urmy, this line of defence woula have been a tor- uidable one. It was very unlike the immense line to Carrascal, which could only have been maintained by & chain o/ earthworks extending the whole distance, A MISTAKE REPEATED. The truth is thac Mendiri has made exactly the ttle of Abare tain of St, Cristoval. It 18a much better, be- @ Stronger and sater line than that Dtionger, because the ground is more advantageous for deience., Saier, because when theenemy’s right Wing is at Avarzuza, as was Concha’s, it aus only to be advanced a mile to completely surround the Cariist army, and wis mile 01 advance 18 by no means a diMcult one, DON CARLOS TAKES COMMAND, AsT have just observed, Don Carlos was very dissatistied with the turn alfairs had taken, and eclally With the Inactivity of Mendiri, and he ad him to attack tie enemy at once, ‘But,’ wendiri, “it is impossibic, Look at those its! How are we to attack them!’ And, in deed, seen from the side of Ciranqui, St. Uristo- bai presented & front so step that a goat could hardly have sealed it, and its summit was swarin- ing wita side,” sald Don Carios; atiack where you please, but attack,’ take project. the King, acuvity. aay.” Mendiri, thus pushed to the wall, replied that, | althougt his honor a8 a general forbade altuck against his judgment, the! tie the enemy. * ttack it on the vther Mendiri repited that he couia not the responsipuity of such a We are losing everything by our in- lorder you to attack, aud to attack to- him to he would never- 8 obey and Would instantly give orders jor acentravion Of the troops. ‘This conversation occurred on the morning of the dd at Ciranqul, Whey Don Carios, on his way vwoward Estelia, met Mendiri. 1 Was not present, but tad a val Of What occurred irom Dou Varios himsell, He how got ou his horse and Started toward kaiella by the mountain path taken by the mlantry the night before, but stopped a a village Jor breakiast, not lar trom the front, and awaited Lmpauently lor news of cae expected abrack, Jn ihe meantime Mendirt, after some hesitation, | decided to attack THE VILLAGE OF LACAR, should not be contounded with Lorca, Keina and ksteia, and as have already era ou the hing ofthe 2d. Kut be had pushed on a quarter pf the road, just opposite Lorca, TAKING POSITION, Io the meantime the troopa—s part of whom ad between Puente la Reina and Estella, | through | Lutie did | Moriones uream that the Carlint artiliery was | | begun in earnest. | All A looihardy | “1 will take the responsibility”? said | had reached the plain north of Lorca and Lacar | mame of ball, and went at the enemy with the night beiore, and been billeted on the differ- | ent Villages—a part of whom had just arrived, were, by Mencire’s orders, being concentrated as fast as possible. But Dou Carlos, who could not see the move- ments which were taking plac toward hoon, and sent an oiticer to Mendirl to ask if bis orders were being executed. Meodirt replted that he was doing his best, and that he would soon name the hour for the attack. But the afternoon wore on and still the impatient King could see no signs of what was preparing. Al two o'clock he seut another aid to Mendirt, when the later replied that the attack would commence at exactly a quarter to four, WAITING FOR THE BATTLE, Don Carios now mounted and proceeded to a Itde hill just behind the Carlist lines and tuok up his station to watch the approaching confiict, AS the hour drew niga he once more sent word to Mendiri that he would not allow the approacn of night as an excuse for delay. Don Carlos rarely interferes with (ne plans of his generals, but wuen be does it 1s apparently with some effect, THE SCENE Dow presented from the summit of the little hill where [ stood was (uli of a lively interest, It was @ bright, sunuy, warm alternoon, with the bright sky and clear atmosphere Which, at this season of the year, are only tu be seen in Spain. Away to our right Monte Jurra, the seniimel of ks fella, ited its bead, enshrouded in that tbin bluish Mist 80 Suggestive of October in America; beiore us the low, woody mountains between Oveiza Lorca and Ciranqui, the eastern point oi whet is catled 5t, Cristoval, where We could distinguish With Our glasses great masses of soldiers moving about against the say; at our feet the vulages of Lorea and Lacar, where the enemy could likewise be seen almost within gunshot without the aid of & glass; tu the leit, on the summit o! a bill, Don Carios, Mounted on a& snow white steed, with & group vl horsemen watching the progress of events; wiile to the north, in the direction ot Aburzuza, iolowing the foot paths across the fleids, sheep paths over the low hills, coming in every direction and converging toward Lacar, were long strings of Carlists Warching Iudian flie, their red boinas glowing and glistening in the brilant sunshine. The came on silently; Without music, and, shel- tered vy the hills Which intervened between them | and Lorca, were quite invisible to the euemy. From Lacar caime up to Us an occasional shout or laugh, and aoout hail-past three a band of music commenced playing. As we learned atter- Ward, many Ol the soldiers were dancing on the plaza; the olticers were taking their a.ternoon Siesta as indifferently as inouga they were in tae Puerte del Soi at Madrid; not a picket out nora sentinel beyond the villaxe, altnough only four mules Irom Estella and within a mile trom the hills bebind which the Carhsts were assembling to swoop down upon them. SERIOUS REFLECTIONS. The more I see oi this war the more I am aston- ished at the incapacity, negligence and utter im- | becility of the oficers on botu sides. With troops among the best in the world, jor it cannot be de- nied that the Spauisn soldier 1s excellent when Well officered, neither party has as yet been avie vo accomplish anytbing, and it either succeeds It Will not be the lault of the oilcers, but of the soi- diers themselves, and mére chance, THE BATTLE. There is @ low range O1 hilis that extends around Lacar in a semicircie trom the kstelia roaa to tne range Of mountains Which have come down Irom the Sierra de Andia, past Salinas de Oro to Ciran- qui. Un the top of these hills the Carlisis were now concentrating at the distance of about three-quarters of @ mile frum tne tated vil- lage. ‘hey were divided into three columns, one forming on the leit above Ailoz, one on ine centre opposite the village, the other oa the right, notiar irom the Estella Road. One was lea by Mendirt in person, one by General Perulla and the third by Coionei Calderon, of tue King’s Guaras, ‘Luey countea 1m ail about 8,000 men, while tne liberals had 6,000 in the two Villuges of Lucar aua Lorca and alta battery ol artillery, or iour guns, The Carlists had lisewise iour guns, piaced two on the leit and two on toe right. Al exactly a quarter to four—Don Carlos tola me he noted the time, watch in hand—the bugies sounded the charge, and the three columus sprung up aud swept down the vine-coverea aillsiue toward Lacar like an avalanche. At the same moment 400 cavalry sturtea down the road which passes Alloz, Lacar, aug strikes the Hstella Koad above Lorca. 1t was & somewhat strange proceed ng to send cavalry to Charge a Village, tue streets of which were probably barticaued, put it was prob- ably done tor eifect, For a moment no noise was heard but the iron | clatter o1 the horses’ feet as they Went down the road at @ swinging trot. Not until the Carlists were hail way to the village Was a single shot fired, aud the prisoners Buy that when they first saw the Curilsts coming they thought it was Morioues, who had arrived trom Suddenly the Carlst arullery openea and was answered almost instantly by the guns of the enemy. Tne liberal troops in the village rusned to Uneir arms aud commenced firing upon tae ad- Vancing Carlists, Wuo only set upa snout and rusbed Jo.ward. The roar aud di of batile hau The Carlists had reached tue Jout of the Lili without losing aman. From here to Within a short distance of the village there Was w jittle open vulley, cut up nere and there by ditches and jow stone walls; veyoud it again a little ill, on which the village was situated. Across this littie Valley they dashed, the three columus gradually converging toward euco otner unuer @ heavy fire 10m the liberals, who rushed into the houses and benind the barricades and now poured lJorth from every Winaow ana door, irom every cuink and crevice, a hailstorm ot balls. Soon the Carlists couia be seen pushing up tne little slope in broxen irregular groups, while the cavairy uasned by the viliage at a gailop and dis- Secrecy on the Other side in a cloud of dust and smoke. CAPTURING THE CANNON, The artillery suadenly ceased firing on both sides—the Carlists’, because it could not fire with- ont damage to toe Carlist troops; the enemy's be- | cause THE CARLISTS HAD CAPTURED IT. They rashed up the little elope, closed arouna the Village, swarmed over the burricades, en- gaged in a hand-to-nand fight in the streets, sur- rounded the artillery, which never ceased to roar at them, bayoneted the gunners and captured the pieces, Then came up @ shout which was heard distinctly above the din and the roar of the con- flict, and the meaning of wuich we in the rear only learned later. One piece, however, escaped, althougn the limber was capiured in a ravine be- hind tne village, The gunvers had evidently run it down here, and as wey could not get it out whole nad litted the gun off the carriage—it was @ light one—and carried or dragged it up the slope to their lines and so saved it. But the village was not yet captured, THE ROLL OF THE RIFLE Was continuous and incessant; the Cariists bad now likewise commenced nsing their Remingtons and the din was terrible. Svon the village and the little hill itsel! disappeared in the smoke which gathered over tne piace in the dense white cioud. A TERRIBLE STRUGGLE. The fight which ensued must have veen terrible. the bouse# iu these Spanish villages are built o: heavy stone walls, two and turee teet thick, the dovrs 01 heavy Oak, against which the butts of guns fly into splinters without phasing them, Tne windows are smail aud numerous, scarcely larger than ioopuoles, many o1 them being “that sbape, as if mads ior ae- Jeuce. For @ while tne fignt raged in the streets, but the Cariists at last cleared them. It was different with the houses and the houses were full. ‘Ihe liberals de- jended tuemselves with desperation, aud trom every window a@ dozen rifles were pouring jorth a weil directed fire on the Cariists in the street below. But nothing daunted they gathered up beains of Wood aud great stones, and tne heavy oaken doors went in with acrash, ‘The Navarrese rushed up to the walls, stoopea down white their comrades ran up over their bacas, mounted to the windows, seized the guns that were thrust out, scrambled in by twos and threes, welt at their toe with those stort, crooked, ugly knives, with which they are all provided. aere was ho quarter given iM this hand-to-iand figut- ing, und the prisoners taken in the affair were not taken here. A NEUTRALS SPECIAL SURVEY. All this time we on tne hil vehind could see oniy an occasional flasa dart out ol the dense cioud o1 smoke and hear the horrid din of the datile Which filed the air. Of those desperate hand-to-hand struggies, in which men go at each other with smothered curses, clenched teetn and glaring, Lioodshot eyes, We could see nothing. THE TWO KINGS, But we saw something else. The fight had scarcely commenced when we vbdserved scamper- ing up the hillside behind Lorca a group ol norse- men, among Whom Was one who rode a tine white charger. WAS IT ALFONSO? He, it 1s said, was Don Altons>, who was in Lorca when the fight commenced, and who natu Taliy scampered out of tarm’s way at the sound ol the first shot, ‘The group of horsemen reacued the top of the heiguts and then stopped and turned round to watch the progress of the nghu THE TWO KINGS were thus on different hills within two mules of each other, watching the first battle one ot taem had ever seen. [tis very likely Don Alionso may have recogn zed is relation, who occupied w prominent position on a hill, and Don Carlos toid ine he had suspected it was his littie cousin. I either coula only have captured the owner it would be tne best thing that could have happened to un- happy Spain. LACAR TAKEN, In about three-quarters of an hour the Carlists had obtained possession of Lacar; all the liberal troops wo Were here had either escaped or were among the killed and wounded, In tha mean- ume, although night Was last approacning, the toe of battle roiled oa to Lorca aud up| tie helgnis beyond tt, Ido not know whetner Men- dirt iealiy = meant & serious attack on these heights, but suppose he did noi, as it was too late in the day Lo have done so with any hope of success, The distance to be traversed would take au hour's hard marening were no fighting to be done. ‘Yo have carried tue heights in three hours, there:ore, woud be quick work. Bubit was quite dark an pour and @ halt aicer the fight commenced. An attempt aainst the heights, thereiore, at that hour would have been ioily, aod Lsuppose Mendiri only meant to chasse the eneniy, and lec them Know his aruy was not cut tu two, But the soldiers, having taken Lacar, rushed on to Lorca, and, as b bave said, (ar up the heights betind that village, THEIR OFFICERS WERE UNAULE TO RESTRAIN THEM Colonel Caiderou, of the King’s Guards, who attained nearly to the summit of the heignts, told me he had never seen the soldiers in such & , grew Impatient | their bayonets | | and houses o1 Pampeluna. | | bruliant affair, incessantly | the coid steel that followed, obliged, perforce, to go with them. The truth 1s, it Was the men Who led the officers, and not the officers who !ed the men. FIGHTING IN THR DARKNESS. The fight continued until quite eight o'clock, until th Was s0 dark caat nobouy could see where | and friends could net be distin | he was going, guished from foes, BRILLIANCY IN THE MIDST OF BLOOD. Seen from our standpoint the mountalo pre- sented a brilliant spectacle. 1t was asi! covered wit thousands and thousands of fireflies darting about through tie darkness in every direeuon; but the heavy continuous roar told only too weli whence came those tongues of fame, and a regu. larly tecurring flush ike an immense ball of fire, jollowed by a deep, low growl, showed woere the enemy's artillery were at work. THE CAMLIST RETREAT, At length the fre Menced retiring. For awtile was heard the call of the bugies bering up the by shouts ana cries, but soon a proiound siieuce succeeded to the din and uproar of the confMict, ‘The batule was over, Y I remained tor some time on the spot from whence | had witnessed it and tried to pierce the deep gloom in the valley below, But all that was to de seen Was an occasional flash of light, as though somebody had bgnted a match, aod ail that was vo be heard was & moaning Voice in the darkness coming one could not teli whence. Tue (uousands er rd iM the struggle had sank on the ground overpowered, the weary to sleep and the Wounded to die. As i mounted my slorse, who was pawing the ground with impatience, | won- dered how many poor lellows were .ying down there in the slieuce and darkness gazing with dead eyes up at the siars, and now many more were writhing In agony a thousand times more terriple than “deato. Jo die is casy; Lut one night's sudoring oi the wounded on’ the Held o€ battie were euough one woud think to Wipe oul the sins of a world, AFTER THE BATTLE. I went into Lucar next morning. The streets the village presented @ terrifying Spectacle. Pools of bioud and dead bodies were lying avout in every direction, aearly all with bay. obet Wounds. ‘Ihe streets were tori up and doors Smashed into splinters, while the interior o: -ome of the nouses was even more horrible. The starr Ways Were suppery with blood; im some of them were as many as fifteen or twenty bodies almost fivaung in a sea of gore, and tam aiaid they were novail killed with arms in ticir hands, Un the walls were tae imarks of bayonets, some o1 which had gone turough a human body before making those bloody scars; everywhere were tne | signs of the terrible hand-to-nand fight which had Taged here, TURN TO OTHER THEMES, Bat it is unnecessary to dweil ou these scenes, They are the same in all these Spanish street and house fights. * THE LOSSES. Altogether the Carlist loss in the fight is now | estimated at about 450 In killed and woundea; that of the enemy at 887 in killed alone, wiict tie Carhsts ciaim to have buried, besides about 200 wounded anu 223 prisoners. But the great ulory of the day Was the capture of the three cannon, they being the first the Carlists nave taken here in the north, although | believe some have been caplurea in Cataionla, ‘they were steel orcech- louding Placencia pattern, Calibre 8 The news was unmediately telegraphed all over the prov- inces, and these cannon alone will be sufiicient to persuade the people to believe in a great vice tory aud make ameuds for the jauure of ine siege of Pampeluna, WHAT WAS FOUND ON THB DEAD, One curious jact was brought to ligut in search- ing the budies o1 the dead, aud that was the large amount of money found in the pockets of the Lo eral soldiers. Some had as mich as 500 and 1,000 Irancs, and ail had irom 5) to 10. The Carilsts Say \hey received this money in payment fur tue pronuncianiento in tavor of Don Alionso, As soon as this jact becaae known, as it Was early in the fignt, the Carlist soldiers robbed every foe they could lay their hands upon, dead, wounded or prisoner, and many ol them came out of ine fight | with several hundred irancs, The Castidans were, however, the most jucky as they capturea the cash box o1 ove oO! the enemy’s batialions that were In Lacar snd seized about 50,000 irancs, 1 Was ra:her giad of this as these Castiliaus, (he best soldiers the Carlists have, are stl without | uniforms and were, unillashort time ago, witn- out blankets, the iour proviuces reusing to fur- nish'tuem because these soldiers are from anotier | province. ROBBING THE DEAD. Letters, papers and everytnlug were eagerly | and every | seized by the Carlist soidiers, day I see groups of them ga hered a1ound some one, Who 1s reading a jetter lound on tne vody of some door fellow dead In che fiznt, Many of these are love Jetters, aud some cause bursts of up- Tvorious wirth, While Others eucit expressions of sympatby irom the listening group. i was attractea yesterday by hearing a number of taem gathered’ around one who was reauing one ol these letters, ‘ney were all sayiny, “La pobre!” “La pobre!” with very so{t voices, [ asked to see tne letter, witch was bordered with a rude murgin of black, aud wey handed it to me. lt Was written in a suiall, awkward, girliso hand, slowing the writer was very young, and commenced, “Afi querido Hermano.” “My dear brother, it 1s eleven days since 1 have heard irom you.” 1 iolded it up, put it in my pocket, gave the soldier a franc and walked away. Eleven days! Povor littie sister! THs RESULTS OF THE VICTORY. The victory, as regards strategical results, is Without importance, ‘he two armies remain in exactly tue same position they were beture, Wich tue exception that the Carlists hold Lacar, which 13 not of tne slightest use toinem., Lue moral eifect of 1t, however, in both armies has been very great, their retreat from Carrascal, have taken heart again; the liberals begin to perceive that Alionso XU. 18 MOt such & man to exorcise the demon of Carlism with as they had supposed, and the opera- tions of the liberal army fave been suddenly ar.ested, The truth it was a very The Cariist army had been cut in two, the greater part of it cut off from Esteila, its artiilery in the most hazurdous position, and yet, eignteen hours alier, (hat army unites, concentrates and, at tue very moment wheu the liberals are unnouncing a xreat victory aud the capture of all ihe Cariist artillery, harls itsell against the enemy, captures three cannon and takes a bloody revenge tor its deieat at Carrascal, 1t proves what the Carlist sul- diers are capable of doling if they had only one general to direct them. THK POSITIONS. As 1 have already explained, the liberal army has optained possession of Puente Ja Retna, Oteiza and the heig.ts between that place and Lorca, the Carlists still holding Ciranqui, the heignts “about Puente, caled Santa Barowra, and that Tange Oo: mountains eXtending from Cirauqui south towara the Slerra de Andia. The Carlist like, as iv now 1s, or that part of it irom Villatuerta to Alioz and Irure, is not a good one, and they Will probably be ovuged to fall back 10 the old line at Abarzuza. ‘This gives tue enemy Poussession Of aii that country north of tue Pucate und Estella road, as far as ine Sierra de Andaia. between bsteila and Salinas de Oro, besides en: dangering the Carhat rear. As I have already ex- piained, the line they shuuld have held was that through Oteiza to Ciranqul, Which 18 an excellent one; und the fact is that the enemy on the nil! pe- tween Oveiza and Viliatuerta might now bemvarda Estella with very long range guns. PLANS OP THE LIBERAL GENERALS, It is, 0} course, dificult to say What may be the plans of Luserna Moriones, Primo de Kivera or who- ever may be the leading spirit in the Alionsist army. 1 doubt they have a plan at ail. Arter raising the siege of Pampeiuoa they oighs nave done etther O1 two things—Moriones might, with the force at ms command, have marched into the Val de Bastan aud seized the Frencn trontier. Tie pass over the l’yrenees oy the only roau—tnat to Bayonne—ts, ul course, a diMicuit one; but the Cariists had here only abuut 500 men, and they could not have stopped 10,v00 men very long. With this road the liberals would have not only tue Frencn frontier, but tue wuole oi Navarre except the lit'le corner about Estella. Now it 1s Navarre that iurnishes all the supplies for the Cariist army at presen, and to lose this province would be a severe blow Which migut re- suit disastrousiy. ‘Tne other plan is the oe Moriones shoula have executed the day aiter he entered Pampeiuna, He might have marched to trunsug with his whole army, and while the Carlists were fightiug Primo oe Hivera at Lacar, entered the valicy of the Ara- quil, seized Alsusua, the pass at Sulvatierra, the roads {rom Aisusua to Estella, passing on througn a tannel in the Sierra de Andia, the other through the vailey of the Amesevas, which f have described in a previous letter. These roads and passes ouce in his posses- siou—and the Carlists had scarcely any troops here to defend them—the whole Carlist army would have been cut of from Guipuzcou, and completely surrounded in the smal: corner of ter- ritory around kstella, They could not have held out bere a month, because they would have been cut om from their supplies. 1t was thought for a time here (hat this plan would be aaopted by Moriones, and many oi the Carlist oMcers ‘hougnt ail Was lost, But to succeed it should nave been carried out the day alter Moriones reached Pam- peiuna. Now, the Carlist line being wuch saorter than it was, they have more troops to spare and have sent a suilicient force to lrunsun to hola the pass against any force whatever. But this 18 only a sample of the way the cam- paixn is conducted on both sides. Both armies commence executing a plan of campaign, and when It 18 Nail accomplished stop, Walt and give the emy tine (0 irustrate it, Both sides win victories, and take no advantages of them, so that it practically makes no difference as to results whien side Wins and which loses, The posiuons remain always just the sane, CA ST MISTAKES, As to the present atuir, the mistakes of the Car- list. generals may be stated in the folowing order :—tirst, Ib Was a miswike to bave ever at- tempted to starve out Pampeluna at all; second, having decided 10 mane the attempt it was an avsurd mistake to tortity. only Carras: cal, and leave other approaches to the peace open; third, when they foun they could not hold the line, it was i grievous mistake to aliow the enemy to seize the mountains ve- tween Oteiza, Vilatuerta and Cirangu, a thus deprive them of the excelieat line of Ciranqut and Oteiza. These were ali three very grave mistakes, ‘To this may be added that of resting quietly on the defensive and allowing the enemy to assembie his forces, mature his plans at his ease and Work them out at his leisure without even tn toe ieast humor, They were as merry as if engagea ina | attempting to frustrate them, good: | Datured snout tuat was not at all in keeping with | But he could do | nothing With them; they would not listen to him | when he tried to hold them back, and he was | aged, which shows they have no general, no head. The Carlist cause Was at its food alter the pattie of Abarzuza, If Von Carios had then hyd one ekened, the Carlists com. | troops, answered | The Carlists, discouraged by | position of that of the Carlists should be contin- ually on the move, incessantly attacking on the right, on the leit, ou the centre, everywhere, $0 that the enemy may never know where to exoect it. Instead oO: this it remamed quite inacuve, when activity would have been of some use, and took up the offensive when tt was too late, Everything considered I do t find that the Carlist cause is gaining ground, but rather losing. Io not infer th.s trom the simpie loss of Carras- cal, because, alter all, that ts o| Jittle importance, but trom the way the whole business Was man- good general I believe he would ere this have been In Madrid, Then was the propitious mo- ment when @ jew heavy blows. struck with ra- pidity and decision, would have completely dis- couraged and routed his enemies, Ii two days atter the vatie of Abarzuza Don Carlos had sent 10,000 men to Pampeluna they would HAVE TAKEN THR PLACE BY STORM WITH EASE. Three aays alter 6,000 of these same men might have seized Irun, three days later Hernant und @ week after Sf. Sebastien. hat time there was a panic throughout the | a iberal army, and the troops besides not knowing what government they were Agnting for would not e@ fought at all, These pla might ali have been taken by storm with ease, jor the Carlist troops will go wherever they are led That the Nberal army could not have oppose any resistance toa series of blows thus rapid Struck 18 Snown by the iact that it has taken it elght months to recover irom tue defeat o: Abar- zuzZa, Don Carios, having shown himself capable of profling by opportunities, then might have floated a loan, and, consicering the siate ot amairs at Madrid at that time, would probably have been there now. Instead of this, however, he 8a down tn his trenches and quietly gave the enemy eight montns in which to reorganize his shattered forces, repair mis losses anc renew the attuck with greatly increased chances cf success, only attempting in the mean time the stupid siege of run, aiter montns of work In consiru ing artillery rouds, when the piace migh! nave been | taken av any time in an hour with five battations, | AT IRUN—THE WORST MISTAKE OF ALLa | A man who should go bunting tildges with a battery of field guns would not be more absurd than the Carlists at iran, Their reason for not taking all these piaces by assault was that tt comid nov be dove Without a great loss of le, But peopie who do not want to break eggs should not attempt to make omelettes, and people wno do not want to fight should not go to war. Von Car- los has let ship the golden opportunity, and if he Wins now it wiil be only because Don Allonso’s | generals are 1 re incompetent than his own, THE CENTENNIAL. fa THE GOVERNMENT'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CELEBRATION AaSSURED—CONCERTS IN AID OF THE CENTENNIAL—CHINA’S REPRESENTATION. The most important fact to be mentioned just now in connection with our coming Centenary ts the appropriation by Congress of $505,000, This appropriation, which was one of the few laudable actions of the last Congress, and was passed so near the close of the session, removes the only great danger that besct tna enterprise, If it had not been granted, its success might still be du- pious, but now that the government has closely identified itself with tt, its success seems assured. Efforts had been made in Europe previous to the appropriation to throw discredit upon the under- taking by representing it as @ private affair only, and one with which the American government had nothing todo. This statement was unforto- nately but too true, and people pointed sneer- ingly at the fact that Japan, Sweden, Canada, Aus- tralia and several other couatries had already ap- propriated more money for the Centennial celebration of American independence than the United States nad done. This placed the managers of the Centennial in a rather awkward position before European nations. In Europe, of course, the tutelage of government is rendered necessary for everything, and people would turn up their noses at any ex- position which was not heralded as a government affair, How important this appropriation was to the managers may be gathered from the fact that General Goshora waited till two o’ciock in the morning for the despatch announcing the passage of the appropriation, saying “that he could not have slept without it.” And why not? Because he 1s thoroughly devoted to this great work; be- cause bis heart Is in its worthy consummation, WHAT THE APPROPRIATION IS FOR, The original estimate of the departments, tt Will be remembered, was $971,000, so that Con- gress cut it down about one-na ‘The lollowing were the amounts ciaimed by the various depart- ments, every one of which will probably be rew duced to neariy one-hali:—The Iuterior Depart- ment Claimed $211,000; the ‘Treasury Department, $5,000; the Post Office, $5,000; Axriculrural Bureau, $50,000; Smithsouian Institute, $100,000; War Department, $200,000; Navy Department, $150,000; incidentals, $50,000, and ior a sep: arate building capavie of removal — to Washington atter the close of the Exhioition, to be then used as a national museum, $200,000, What the aeparctments will exhibit has already been alluded to in these columns, Of especial in- terest will, undoubtedly, be the exhibition by the Smithsonian Institute of the natural resources of the animal, vegetable and minera: kingdoms of the United States, Waich is even to inciude live Indians in the full splendor of their native iash- lous; the spectmens of smait arms, arullery, &c¢., irom the War Department with an illustration of our fortifications, pontooning, torpedo system, geodetic surveys, civii works, of our manufac- ture of muskets and ammunision, of our hospital service, teuts, lags, unLorms, harness, the signal service, and the mudeis of ships, boats, &e., irom the Navy Department, CONCERIS IN ALD OF THE CENTENNIAL. ‘The financial agent in this city stated yesterday — that be nad received a proposition trom some dis- tinguished members of the musical proiession in Unis city to give concerts in ald of the Centennial. The mutver is at present ima shape too inchoate to warrant the puolication ot all the details, Governor Bigler viewed the proposal with favor, more for the aid which tts execu- tion might furnish in making the Centen- nial celebration the svcial topic of the uay than for the pecuolary assistance t¢ woald supply. He said the Centennial shoud be made a social topic here in New York as it was in Philadeiphia, | for the one city Was quite as muuch mterested in itas the other, and if peopie only thought about it the necessary funds would soon be forthcoming. Tne trouble Was that the sentiment in New York was stil too cold, and a series of Classical concerts might have the effect of aiMusing tne interest im the Centennial among classes who give It now scarcely @ thought, [i the plan succeeds in this city it would naturally be adupted throughout tue country. ‘Music hath charms’’ to interest even tne least patriotic American in the Centennial. THE FINANCIAL WORK 1s progressing slowly but satisfactorily. The finan- cial agents of the Centennial preter to ootain @ large Lumber of sinai! subscriptions to a small number of large subscriptions. ‘I'ney would rather have, for instance, ten subscripiions of $100 thaw one of $1,000. Why? Because the more people are mude part owners the better lor the enierprise, Every one of the ten subscribers would be sure to Visit Philadelphia to see the Exhibition and thus sweil the receipts trom admissions. This miorma- tion is given as toere be a great many peopie too modest to offer to ive $10. Ler tam come lorth—they wili not be ruvely turned away, fHE WORK IN NEW HAVEN Among a large number of prominent citizens of New Haven who tave untied as an Advisory Board tor that city are:—Governor Charies Ke logersoli, chairman; Mayor Henry G. Lewis, Pro- i@vor Wittam ? Blake, United states Centennial Commissioner; Ezea G, Read, president o1 the City Bank: J. A. Bishop, pr lent, and doseyn Ay Siuith, vice president of the tonal Bank; fbomas 1). Woolsey, ex-president, of Yale e; Rev, Nuah Porter, president of Yaie Col- lege, and Rev. Leonard Bacon, Lt will be vdmitted tac this Is abOUE the strongest committee tua could aave been organs THE CATHOLIC TEMPBRANCE MEN of Philadeipiia imtena to erect a beautiful “cold water lountain,” emolematioal of their doctine ol temperance, in tue Ceatenmial grounds. As this wmnouncement mignt have the evect of diminishing the number Of Visitors tt 1s proper to state thac the exnibition of wines and veers, which Is to be the largest ever held, will more than make up tor the quanrity of cold water sup- plied by the lonntain, aud that no one will be com- pelied to drink iromit. As tue Centennial ground Will ever remain historical tuey have selecced it also lor the erection of statues of three great tem- perance men—Archbisuop John Carroll, Commo- dore Jon Barry, ane Charles Carroll, of Carroll- tow, The statues of the Leroes of temperance are to be placed desde those Of the heroes of thae- pendence, and “wil typuy reugion inculcaung the virtue Of temperance.” A demonstration of Catholic citizens was held a ew days ago to Philas deipoia, at wich these pians were laid belore the pUbIIC, ANd Met With an eArhusiastic reception THE WORK IN CHINA. A report has been mace to the Secretary of State irom our Minister to China, showing wnat efforts have been made to popularize the American Centenuial umong the Chinese. ‘The omer lations governing the IMbition have been transiated into Chinese and printed 1m both lune guayes for general circniation, pyetaced oy a starement Of 18 advantages and an invitation to tue Chinese people vo participate init. fhe Chis hese government has turned the whole matter of Chinese representation over to the Customs au thorities. Py Commissioners thus tar appointed are Mr. E. Be Drew, of Cheloo, for tie hortuern ports; Mr. Gustav Detring, of Ningpo, for Ningpo, Saungaat and the Yangtze ports of Kinkian, Chinkian and tank Hannen, ol Swalow, tor Poe Swatow and Kormosa, Clinese products and manuiactres wil be targely represented. Among others a noted Chinese artisan at Ningpo, who was a large exhibitor at London awd Vieuna, an- nounces to the Consul Genera: at Shanghat nis de- sire to exhibit about $10,000 Worth Of the carvings w, and Mr. Ch how, Amoy, Canton, Ab army im the | Jor which he is celebrated, JEN MITCHELS: POSITION, ee ee The British Political Question of the Hour— What is His Citizen Status? “The Man for Tipperary" Adopted by the People. How Gladstone Honored the Ital- ian “Felon” Patriot of 1848. DUBLIN, Feb, 20, 1875, The question of the week in Ireland—we may say of the hour, for at the momeut when 1 write it still continues to engross the largest snare of puhiic atteution—has been the position of John Mitchel. THE ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT. The election tor the county of Tipperary took place on Tuesday. Up to the very Jast moment there was the most complete oncertainty as to what was going to happen. An address to the electors had appeared jroma Mr, Richard Butier, of Suirville, near Casnel, who declared is adhe. sion to the home rule platiorm, It was treely | Stated, and, indeed, tuken for granted, that the Tory principles would be maimained by Sir W. Osborne, Bart., of Beechwoud, near Nenagh. On Sunday, l4th of February, a meeting was neld at Templemore, in North Tipperary, at which P. J. Smyth, the Member for Westmeath, presided, Mitchel was enthusiastically adopted as the “Man: for Tipperary.” In the course of his speech Mr, Smyth declared that if Butier persevered in oppo» ing Mitchel neither he nor any one connected with him should ever represent Tipperary, and is descendants would be kpown in future generations as the descendants of the mea whe opposed John Mitchel.” Similar meetings were held elsewhere through the country, and there could be no mistake as to the opinion and aesire of tie people. THE NOMINATION Was fixed for Tuesday, the 16th, at the Court House in Clonmel, the county town. There, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, the High Sheriq, James Scully, Esq., took hits place, and svon aiter & nomination papér of “John Mitchel, of Clinton avenue, brookiyn,” was handed to nim, signed by ‘Ynomas Cross, of Garracanty, hear the town ol ‘Tipperary, aud John Gorman, of Borrisbeg, ueat ‘empleniore, both tenant 1armers of the County, No other nomiiation was made during the twa hours taat, according to the law regulating elec tons, the Sherif remaimed sittihg, and ¢ o’clock tae court Was closed. The spac hour was then wioweu to intervene, accore the act of Parliament, and at two o’ciock the Sherif declared Joun Mitchel duly elected “a Knight of the shire to represent the county of ‘Tipperary in the Commons? House of Parliament." AN AVENGEMENT OF HISTORY. What 4 retrospect tue scene would have con. jured up to any one acquatnted with the history or Ireland for the last quarter ot a century or more. Onuthe very spot where the Sheri’ de- clared Joan Mitcaei to be the elected member for ‘vipperary sac Coief Justice Blackburne, nearly twent en years befure, pronouncing senteace of death on smith O’Brien, Meagher, MacManua and O'Dononoe, tu ilure im an lnasurrectionary movement Which Mitcnel had Gone is utmost ta promote and hen to precipitate. Close by stood young Dition, son of Jolin pillon, Woo Was not un- known in New York some twenty years ago, and Jor Whose appreniension a reward Of £300 Was oO: fered by the government in 1848. ‘Ten years ago the wheel ol time had sent Jonn Dilion to Parti ment as member tor Lipperary, and now it was sending John Mitchel in cae same capacity, THE GOVERNMENT SHOWS ITS HAND. Meantime the news was being telegraphed across to Londop, and the curtain which had so Well Concealed the intentions of the government at once rose. “Returus’? were moved tor the same evening in the House of Commons of all papers connected with Miichei’s conviction in 1548 and trom Van Dismeu’s Land in 1853. Ne Irish Memoer was im the iiouse but Cap tain Nolan, the memver tor Galway, who, botu as a British commissioned officer and an op. ponent of Mitenei’s political vie was placed in avery delicate position. but he at once rose and opposea tue Motion On the £1 ound Of precipitancy, pomnting out that Mitcuel’s return was not for Inaliy known. Other Irish members came flockiag 1h, and tuen Mr, Disraei read to the House a reso lution which be proposed to move on the lollow: ing Toursday, oy Which time the oMicial notifica. ton ol tue Tipperary election would have been received, ‘This resolution deciared that Mitchel, being u Convict and not having received @ iree pardon nor having completed bis sentence, was Incapaole of sitting in the House, THE EXILE HASTENING HOMEWARD, About the same hour Mitchel, on board the steamsnip Republic, was out on the high seas, steaming fast along the Irisi coast. HE LANDED at Queenstown early on the morning of Wednes day, 17th, proceeded to Cork, whicn ue left by the midday mail jor Dablin. But, upon arriving at ick junction, be Jound the station aud the surrounding fields thronged by thousands of ‘tipperary men, Who had come in the hope of catching one giim)se of the new memober. He Was percuaced ‘0 isave the train and was bor: Iiteraly if triumph to toe ittte town of Tippe: rary, distant about two miles, Here he made his first speech to his constituency, and they waa knew nin in the old days, 8@ far back, say there was mach of the old ring in it He told tis hearers that it Was Worth coming all the way irom America to meet With such a reception, and it was worti conung all the way from tie North Pole to receive tie honor they conierred upon him the day belore by making him their member, One thing they micht depend upon, he would never sell tuem; le woud never Make terms for his vote with tne sinister. [He mught be expelled irom the seat by the govern- ment—“l mean the british government over there in Loudon.” But he would come again and agaia to them, as oft they would have him, And if.they at last rejected him be wonld go to any other Irish constituency which Would Mave him. AT THE COUNTY SEAT. From Tipperary he went on, aiter a couple of hours, to Chouwel, the county town, Where he wad Most enchusiastically received, and be again ad+ dressed the people. But ine strain Was too much Jor nim. Next morning he was: prostrate and Weak. His iriends consulted together and it waa deciued to remove um to Cork uatll his healta Would be suiliciently estadlisued to enable him to carry out his intention of vistimg every town in Tipperary, At present he 1s svyiog im complete reuretment, as fa: us Whe exciting circunistances oi tie moment permit. He returned to Cork on Toursday, that meht the deoate on nis status took piace im the House of Commons, of watch your Loudon advices wil have fully uvormed you, CURIOUS COINCIDENCES. It was a singular comcidence that on the same evening tie House of Commous, upon the motion of the Prime Mister ol ugiand, should have exe essly resolved to admit Wiihia its rauks Dry ng to escape enealy, tae Hew mewuber ior the potleries, and Oo pon te motion oF the Prime Miuister) ta clude Joon Mitenel, inesmuct b ea “CON vicied feion” he was untie to sit amoug them, ther coincidence Worth remembering. Is —in 1848 the then King 0: Naples, Fer- dmand Il, (Bomba), by @ sort of coup a@tat arrested & humbe of persons who were prominent miemoers yf the conste Amon, ibew Were Baron (’¢ tutional party. 10, 3. In Lsol Mr. Glade @ pighor Setcembrint and oth stone addre come 'e.ters (0 the Bart or Aver. aeen concerning te trearmeas of those men, Which avoused great sympathy in England, In 0 tue Neapolitan goverument ofered to give © men their Weedom of tae lolluwing condi« tions. tiat they shoul go to south America and nut return to tay, fhey were put on board aa Kahan ‘1 oound for Buenos Ayres; bab waea they had cleared Gipraitar tev rose on the mari hers, WOK possession oF Lag ship and broagut her inio ‘Queen ‘The Halu scate prisoners landed, we bi to the bears’ content, went on to ‘London, where Pocrio Was the guest ol Mr. Gladstoue, aud au Of them Were received with bouadiess hospitality and symparay., Many peopie Im ireaud uo ho even al tie present aay, consider that Join Mitche’s original offence AgMiust Hagiand, i 184s, Was OMe LoL more Helo ous than tat of Haron Poctiv aang Wis sve ereign In the Same year; or Hal Lis punishment, When in the balks OF Bermuda, Was liyehter than Poerio’s, or that by escaping, a8 he did, irom cap- tivity, he did anytiipg less becoming an honoraae mun, than did Baroo Poerio, Wien he Tose upon the [tauan captain ana made tim tage nis stip lito Queenstuwn, Yet the peopie who received With open arms the escaped Neapolitan pouccat CONVict shut their doers In the lace of tne escaped Irish po iucal convict, and re (hab associa. un With him Would ‘degrade them. ‘Chis, there cannot be a doubt, wil, the more tt is thougnt avout, rankle in the irish uund, 4 Will Rov help to allay dissatisiaction. ANEW WRIT has been issued for Tipperary, and there is to be @ new election, This Will be heid early in March, Some have proposed (that Mitchel be again putin nomunauon in order to afford an opportunity of testing the legality of the proceedings House of Commons; for, whether Mitchel be returned of not, the case word at ail events nave tu be mvesigated Upon peittion preseuted by Mirchei 1) beaten by lis opponent (for oO. course a tory candidate Whi be NoMMBAted Alter The HeCts. jon of Wie House of Commons) if Miteael 18 victor ous, The Whole question of bis status would thug come to be reviewed by a& regular court ol law, should, however, his Irtends decide that, on the whole. 118 Wiser NOL to push martters too rar by putting Joon Mitchel agiia in nomination, then, it is beheved, that Mls son, Captain James Nitcney, wali De proposed to the elee'ors ane, 101s amass superfuous to add, surely elected, Meantime, everyching continues In The RATE seaTe OF uNeerS tainty una stratved excitement a8 of the eve of The OF Winal CleCKOd a fOriMigOl Ago.