esert frontier, whose cries against the government during the last
summer, for not affording them protection against the robber tribes,
were both frequent and just; but the great heat at that time rendered
it impossible to give them that protection. The example now made of the
robber tribes, will show the people of Scinde that the government has
both the will and the power to protect them."

THE STATE OF THE CONTINENT.

The war which France had waged in Algeria for a considerable period
continued throughout the whole of this year and was marked by several
reverses experienced by its forces.

Little of interest occurs in the annals of Spain during this year. The
chiefs, Zurbano and Muro, were captured near Logrono, and were both
shot. The hopes of Don Carlos were now cut off, and he was under
the necessity of issuing this farewell address to the Spanish
nation:--"Spaniards, my faithful defenders, called to the crown of
Spain by imprescriptible rights, my sole desire has constantly been,
the happiness of my beloved country. That happiness now requires my
renunciation in behalf of my very dear eldest son, Charles Louis, prince
of the Asturias. No sacrifice could be too great to me when the welfare
of my land was at stake. I have willingly made that of the renunciation
in behalf of my son, whom you will acknowledge as my lawful successor,
and surround with the same affection and fidelity. He will, on his side,
know how to reward, as they deserve to be, your loyalty and constancy in
upholding the sound principles which alone can save Spain. In quitting
public life, I feel great satisfaction and consolation in expressing my
gratitude for the heroic achievements by which you have astonished the
world, and which will ever remain engraven on my heart. Farewell, my
constant defenders and faithful companions. Pray unto God with me
that He may take pity on the miseries of our country, and vouchsafe us
quieter and happier days." During the year some disturbances occurred
at Madrid, and the state of Catalonia caused government considerable
uneasiness; but these insurrectionary movements were finally put down,
though not without loss of life.

At Rimini, in Italy, on the 23rd of September, a revolt broke out
against the papal authority. A number of persons, armed with muskets,
assembled in the Square-del-Corso; and when the garrison was called out
the soldiers joined the populace, and a provincial junto was appointed.
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