We Had Not Been At Labajos A Week, During Which Time We Were
Remarkably Successful, When The Carlist Chieftain, Balmaseda, At
The Head Of His Cavalry, Made His Desperate Inroad Into The
Southern Part Of Old Castile, Dashing Down Like An Avalanche From
The Pine-Woods Of Soria.
I was present at all the horrors which
ensued, - the sack of Arrevalo, and the forcible entry into Martin
Munoz.
Amidst these terrible scenes we continued our labours.
Suddenly I lost Lopez for three days, and suffered dreadful anxiety
on his account, imagining that he had been shot by the Carlists; at
last I heard that he was in prison at Villallos, three leagues
distant. The steps which I took to rescue him will be found
detailed in a communication, which I deemed it my duty to transmit
to Lord William Hervey, who, in the absence of Sir George Villiers,
now became Earl of Clarendon, fulfilled the duties of minister at
Madrid:-
LABAJOS, PROVINCE OF SEGOVIA,
August 23, 1838.
My Lord, - I beg leave to call your attention to the following
facts. On the 21st inst. I received information that a person in
my employ, of the name of Juan Lopez, had been thrown into the
prison of Villallos, in the province of Avila, by order of the cura
of that place. The crime with which he was charged was selling the
New Testament. I was at that time at Labajos, in the province of
Segovia, and the division of the factious chieftain Balmaseda was
in the immediate neighbourhood.
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