Spain.

New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 316, 9 June 1849, Page 2 (Supplement)

Spain.

A sanguinary battle had beea fought at Catalonia, between General Concha and Cabrera, at the head of all the Montemolonist forces of the province ; the latter had been completely beaten and dispersed after an obstina'e resistance. A splendid ball had been given by the Queen, in honour of the visit of Prince Adelbcrt to Madrid, which was attended by all parties. Bands of Carlists had appeared in several places ; but without any considerable success. Spain.— The Aiuiest of the Queen.— Madrid, Dec. 30tb.—The Queen of Spain and the Indies arrested ! Who would have thought it ? And yet such was the case the other night. 111 1 is a favourite custom of her majesty to leave the palace in disguise after dark and visit one of her favourites, for the fun of the thing, as she ia->s. Narvaez is as weil aware of this as any member of the nr/al household, and winked at the frail monarch's escapades until he di§covered that the grandee cabal had gained such an influence over her that 6he was actually in the hebit of repairing to the residence of a certain noble, where the hostile coterie met to revel and plot. He stationed police agents near a secret door of the palace on the night the queen was expected to go out, with orders to arrest the person who oprned it. At about half-past ten o'clock the queen little suspecting what was in store for her, quitted the residence by the private door, alid wns almost immediately made a prisoner, and that too in such a rude manner, for her captori were ignorant of her rank, that she got frightened, and cried out, " I am the queen 1" Suffice it to 6ay that she was taken back to the palace by an officer in the confidence of Narvaez, who was in waiting close by, whilst the dictator got out of the scrape by pretending that the police had made a mistake. A letter from the frontiers of Cata< lonia of the 11th, announces that a sanguinary engagement between the Queen's troops, commanded by General de la Concha, and the insurgents, headed by Cabrera, took place on the 7th, between Vich and St. Hippolyte. Between 600 and 700 men of both forces were put hois de combat, and Cabrera, it is said, was obliged to take to flight, being wonnded in the shoulder.