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(most unjustly it would seem) of being in collusion with the 
Carlists. The rebels, not finding him at home, surrounded 
a dwelling where he had taken refuge; they dispersed the 
guards, dismissed them to the castle, and detecting the Go- 
vernor, who sought to escape under the disguise of a soldier, 
raised the cry of * Here's the man we want!” and imme- 
diately hacked him to pieces: thence these ruffians hurried 
to the Hotel de Ville, where the military chief advanced 
courageously to meet them, pointing to the wounds he had 
recently received in the northern provinces while defending 
the Liberal cause; and they actually replied by falling upon 
him with their bayonets! When General Quiroga at last 
arrived from Grenada, and quelled the insurrection, he dared 
not make a proper example of the wretches who had com- 
mitted these atrocities: but simply banished some of the 
most guilty to the Canary Islands, whence they were pre- 
sently recalled by the Radical ministry, which succeeded ; and 
now they walk boldly and openly in the streets of Malaga! 
There is probably not a city in Spain where the populace so 
much require to be treated alike with justice and inflexible 
severity. 'lhe Liberal party is very strong, but ignorant, 
and addicted to disturbance. A certain African ferocity of 
disposition exists amongst the lower classes, and is sure to 
break forth on such commotions, manifesting itself too on 
many trivial occasions. "The dagger generally ends a quarrel, 
and the very children exhibit the same Moorish tempera- 
ing these youthful worthies engaged in stone battles, and 
often wounding the passers-by, without the police once offer- 
ing to repress this undesirable propensity. 
The first few days after my arrival were taken up by a 
troublesome, though not very important piece of business, to — - 
_ which I shall allude for the benefit of those Botanists who- 
ment, Outside the gates of Malaga there is a dry water- — ix 
course, called Guadalmedina, the theatre of many sangui nary E : : 
Juvenile encounters, and which I never passed without see- — 
may hereafter visit Spain. I had brought with me from 
. France a stock of plant-paper, of a quality which is not pro- - E 
