SPAIN.

Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 52, 6 February 1869, Page 5

SPAIN.

A severe fight took place between the Grovennnent- troops and the Cadiz insurgents. The result of the battle was indecisive, and the insurgents still occupied the Hqtel de Ville and the surrounding districts. They detained all the foreign Consuls they • could seize, hoping to prevent the bombardment of that portlpn of the city by the war vessels in the harbour. The rebels are said to numbe} 3000 men. Great excitement iprevails at Xeres, Malaga, and Taragona. The Civil Governor of Saragossa telegraphs that the republicans there intended to attempt to release and arm the convicts ; but precautions were taken which prevented the plot being carried out. G-eneraJ de Roda has declared the port of Cadiz in a state of blockade. On the 12th, General de Eoda issued a proclamation, which produced a marked impression on the insurgents, who sent a delegation, accompanied by the United States Consul, to General De Eoda, and offered to place their arms in buildings which he should designate. Accordingly, the whole body of the insurgents, to the number of from 8,000 to 10,000, surrendered their arms to the United States Consul, who turned them over to the military authorities. Nine war vessels were ready to attack the city, but all is now quiet. . 30,000 persons fled from the city, and all the foreign Consuls and their families, except the Swedish and American Consuls, left the place. There were 537 barricades in Cadiz. The American Consul's house was filled with refugee women and children when General De Eoda entered the city.