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LONDON, FEB 10.

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LONDON, FEB 10. MADRID papers of the 1st, inst. have been re- ceived, and brino, intelligence of vast impor- tance. Another revolution in Spain lias commenced, which, in all probability, will lead to a bloody civil war. On the 23th of last month a revolt of a for- midable character broke out in the seaport-town of Alicante. The provincial regiment, stationed at that place, ioined in the insurrection, and theg-e- neral cries were—" Long live the Constitutional Queen!" "Down with the MinistersThe mili- ise tary authorities were completely taken by surprise the General Commandant, and the Political Chief were arrested bv the Custom-house Carbiniers, and a Junta formed. On the intelligence reaching Madrid, a Council of Ministers w as immediately summoned, the troops were all placed under arms, and orders issued for the arrest of all the leaders of the Pmo-resista party, including, among others, Cor- tina, Lop* Madoz, Garredo, Gernica, Ors, and Benedicto. These arrests have taken place, it is said in conseq^ence Pro°fe °f a conspiracy being; discovered from intercepted letters. The Madrid Gazette was published at a late hour on the 1st, and from the decrees and proclamations published in it the Government evidently anticipate a general rising it. lhe east of Spain. The province.- of Ali. cante Mr.rcia, Albacete, Valencia, Almeria, and Castellon de la Plana" are ordered to be forthwith declared under martial-law. The war steamer Isabella II., brig Nervion, and a schooner of war, are ordered to proceed immediately to blockade p Alicante* and the most severe measures are con- templated with respect to the insurgents.—Letters from Madrid of the 2d state, that a division of troops had left on the evening of the 1st for Valencia. General Cordova, who commanded it, was suspended bv order of Narvaez, just as the division was leaving town.—The liberty of the press at Madrid was said to be'destroved, and all journalists were threatened with prosecution who should write about the rising at Alicante, but of these we see no proofs in the journals. The Eco del Commercio is more violent than at any former period, and exhorts all who love their country to die in the cause than submit to op- pression. Threatened in our personal satety," it says and confiding in their physical strength, thev' struggle face to face against devotedness and patriotism. A horriblestnugle, in which the liberty and the fate of Spain are made the stakes a struggle in which we are determined to die, as are all who have at heart the love of liberty, and who know how to defend to the uttermost the Constitution which is threatened by the Mussalman sabre of a cursed power. May the curses of all good Spamards-may the brand of ignominy fall on the heads of whoever recedes one pace, or who gives way either from weakness or fear before the persecution of the ty- rants. Let us repulse the blows directed against the sanctity of our institutions, and if we must perish in the defence of so noble d. cause, we will have avengers and imitators." The alarming intelligence from Spain has caused «imch excitement in Paris, and furnished topics for all the papers. Most of them, especially those favourable to the Government, comment on the occurrences at Alicante and St. Sebastian with mnch caution, and evidently wait for further news, and possibly also to ascertain the views of the Court, —while those of the Opposition regard the outbreak as the commencement of a general rising against the Government of Narvaez and Gonzales Bravo. The National and the Siecle are justly most in- dignant against the arbitrary and violent conduct pursued ever since the downfal of Espartero. cc Whom," it asks, have they arrested—Lopez, Cortina, and Madoz, the most eminent men in Spain, those who procured the expulsion of Espar- tero, and through whose good offices the majority of the Queen was declared. The mask has now fallen, and the counter-revolution is exposed to view. The Moderado party has launched, at all risks, on the ocean of violence, and its first act is more violent than all other despotic Governments have ventured on doing." "There is this dif- ference," says the Siecle "between the conduct of the ex-Regent Espartero and the present Camarilla, that the letter, if not the spirit, of the Constitution was respected by one, and both are despised and derided by the other. Spain is again delivered to all the horrors of civil war, and the whole country cries out against a dictatorship which is without talent, dignity, or grandeur." ihe Commerce: and the France malignantly accuse England of insti- gating the insurgents but the opinions of men Who can state such wicked, such ungenerous false- hoods, are utterly unworthy of notice. The fol- lowing telegraphic despatches have been received by the French Government, one of which leaves no doubt that Narvaez, after having abrogated the Constitution, and put an end to the Cortes, is re- solved to disarm the National Guards, and establish a military despotitm :— 41 BAYONNE, FEB. 4.—In the evening ot yesterday the disarmi, of the National Guard of Inm a»d St. Sebastian Was effected without opposition. It is said that this is a general measure, taken in virtue of an order of Government Wlllch reached on the 2d." The French Government had come to a detei mi- ration respecting the formation of railroads through- out France, and the plan proposed by the Minister of Finance (Laplagne), and supported by the King, had been adopted. According to this plan the forking and traffic upon the lines, and supplying the engines, &c., are to be done by companies, Avhile the State undertakes to form the embankments and cuttings, and lav the rails. No loan will be required. This had a favourable effect on the funds, for, though depressed by the news of dis- turbances in Spain, they soon recovered. A Com- mission has just been appointed by the French Government to draw up the bill which is to be presented this session to the Chambers, forcariymg into effect the general regulations now acted on relative to the fisheries between the coasts of France and Great Britain. The members of the Commission are M. Lange, the Commissary-General of Marine, ^vho has been employed at London in negotia mB these regulations M. de Lavergne, Master of Re- guests; M. Meillerat, Director of Criminal rro- feedings in the Ministry of Justice, and M. 1 aiavey, faster of Requests.. The packet-ship Queen of the iVest,; arrived at Liverpool, brings New York papers to the V » • •^Oa the 18th ult. the President, <}* the House, made on amotion of Mr- 0 of Illinois, for any correspondence on t le sn *he title to, or occupation of the r^'ation vv'.iich s<;nt a message, statins that all theiu on 1 jible could be communicated on this subject, to> the public interests, had ben to tune, and that he did not thin v i p^ Minist.er n,-unicatc anything at that tinie, The *'as <iai'v expected to renew tI)ittee' 0f Fi_ Senate took up the Tariff Bill is a ^ance, declaring that Mr. M £ > j ld not bl« raising revenue," and pro- Constitutionally originate HI 'Hie debate "Wing tlmt it be iudehintek |>"> r ||im *l»cti ensued was coiitinued < waSi „p to >f the two following days. lutK„ls |,ad been latest advices, come to. i jhe Cons!U|ar offered in both Houses in relatio and other commercial agents of i« Oover,„„e„t abroad. A new «is d'tlies and emoluments is ProP?^ ,')at many 0f the tioned as a subject of comp a ports are Consuls of the United ,g,on wrres|K>n- P«rid»ul and Senate have ratibed a treaty vvltn France similar jto one clause of the recent treaty made between the United States Government and England, for giving up criminals escaping from one country to the other. It is stated, that Mr. Spencer had resigned the Secretaryship of the Treasury.— The Presidenl ial contest is assuming form and shape, although no nomination by either party has been made in convention, nor will any be made until May yet it may be considered as settled that Mr. Clay and Mr. Van Buren will be the Candidates nominated bv the two great political parties. The friends ot Mr. Webster will unite with him in the effort to place the great Statesman of the West in the elevated station which it is believed a large 0 majority of the American people wish him to oc- cupy. Letters have been received from Stockholm, dated the 26th tilt., annonncing the sudden and severe illness of the King of Sweden. His Majesty that day attained his 82d year, and the preparations made to celebrate the day were at once coiinter- manded, and the Theatres closed. It appeals that his Majesty had for two or three days previously complained of fatigue and weakness, and retired to bed on the evening of the 25th without any marked indisposition of an tlarming character, but at half- past six o'clock the Allowing morning, one of the King's attendants wis awoke on hearing his bell ring, and instantly going to the apartment of his master, found him ii bed insensible. Physicians were instantly sent for, and the King was bled without loss of time. He had constantly refused to be bled, but the medical men having declared that his life could 5e saved in no other manner, the Prince Royal orde-ed that the lancet should be applied. The blool flowed freely, and a favourable change took place, end at the same moment a violent vomiting appeared to benefit the Royal patient. He remained insensble for eleven hours, when he was enabled to speai, and shortly after fell asleep, and was considered better, but from his great age, there appears scarcey a hope of saving his life. It is stated in the japers received by the overland India mail, that serious misunderstandings have oc- curred between Sir R Pottinger, Lord Saltoun, and Sir W. Parker; the ast named of whom was abont to depart for Calcuta in the Cornwallis.-It is supposed that Major-General D'Aguilar must hav e succeeded Lord Saltotn as Governor of Hong-Kong zn as it is reported that Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, K.C.B. is on his voyafg to England in the Cornwallis; that Rear-Admiral Sr t\ J. Cochrane, Knight, who was second in commmd in the Agincourt, has been appointed Commancfer-in-Chief on the East Indian station and that Cfptain Chads, of the Cambrian, will hoist a Commocbre's broad pennant, as second in command to Sir T Cochrane.

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