POSTSCRIPT.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Advices from Barcelona to the 16th repeat, as on good authority, a report that the Spanish Minister at Paris had been instructed to demand the recal of M. Lesseps, the French Consul at Barcelona. On the other hand, the French papers assert with an air of satisfaction, that the con- duct of the Political Chief Guttierez had been disavowed by the Spanish Government, and that the amnesty about to be issued by the Regent was on a large scale.
The French and other foreigners in Barcelona had presented an address to hl. Lesseps, expressing in the warmest terms their gratitude for his having protected all, no matter of what country or what opinion they might be, who sought refuge under his flag.
The Journal des Debuts, in allusion to a recent paper in the Morning Chronicle, briefly observes- " The Chronicle again accuses, and with extreme violence, the conduct of our Consul at Barcelona. As all the arguments of that journal rest only upon allegations which are completely false, we think it superfluous to con- tinue the discussion."
The Morning Post publishes an "authentic narrative of the events at Barcelona," which it says may be regarded as official in respect to the facts. The main statements are, that the insurrection originated with the Republican party, and substantially was limited to that party ; and that neither the French Government nor M. Lesseps took any part in the revolt, the very great activity of the French Consul being solely directed to works of humanity. If this representation is correct, every charge against him is unfounded. And the Political Chief is directly accused of falsehood in his report on the conduct of M. Lesseps. The Post adds, that the French Government defends its representative only because it believes him to be falsely accused. We have now abundance of officially accredited assertion on both sides : time must decide on which side the officials have "lied like a chambermaid."
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