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kmmmmm c ^ ed L the provinces . Aragon is the -point of most SrLt ^ ndiiportaucc Espartero is idolized m Chat Province , especially ** Saragassa , where his two former Si-dScamp and steadfast Mends , Gurrea and Falcon , are at the head of the combined troops and National Gu ^ aHd where eighty-five members of the Cartes Cmorethan a third of the whole body ) have assembled , and will doubtless soon be joined by other deputies . The members of the Cortes , still in Madrid , assembled at five o ' clock in the evening of the loth . Fifty members form a quorum ; ninety- one assembled , and of these all but one voted that they had no confidence in the O'Donnell administration . The deputies were then dispersed by the dictator , thongh their sitting was perfectly C ^ ' The treachery of O'Donnell , " says the Paris correspondent of the ¦ Daily News , " is shown in two documents issued by him . In the bulletin published in the Gazette immediately after Espartero ' s resignation , it is said that Marshal O'Donnell ' hoped soon to terminate the crisis by the formation of a Ministry of order and liberty , such as public opinion required and had a right to expect from the Government . ' In the report to the Queen , draw * up a few hours later , the new Ministry insists upon * a provisional concentration and inexorable unity of the public power . ' " Some details of the struggle are contained in a letter from Madrid , of the 16 th , the writer of which is evidently a partizan of the O'Donnell treason . He says : — " Between half-past five and six on the 15 th , all the posts in the town , including the Post-office , had been evacuated by the armed citizens . The Plaza Mayor was the only point occupied , and the firing in that direction was kept up all night . The cause of the desertion of the National Guard is thus accounted for : —The minority of the Cortes had assembled , and after some discussion they determined on dissolving themselves , and they instructed their President , General Infante , to communicate their decision to the President of the Council . After that implicit , but conclusive , admission of the legitimacy of the Government , ^ resistance would have been illegal , and the chiefs of the National Guard ordered the men to disperse . " The writer addsthat the National Guards were further influenced by the fear of a democratical republic being established , should they remain in opposition to the new Government . Theae statements , obviously coloured by political feeling , must be received with great caution . Subsequently , it would seem that the struggle was carried on by the populace under the leadership of Pucbeta , the torreador ( bull-fighter ) , who was joined by some of the National Guards in plain clothes . These entrenched themselves in the Plaza Mayor , and were only dislodged by cannon . In the same letter we are told that the first acts of the new Government are moderate aud conciliatory , and that O'Donnell has adopted the programme of the Liberal Union ; but , if this be the case , it ia clear that it must bo a blind to further acts of treachery and despotism . The mantes of loizuriaga and Bazarri , as Ministers of Justice . and Marine in the new Government , were inserted by O'Donnell without the previous permission of the gentlemen in question , who were out of Madrid at the time . O'Donnell desired to give a colour of lAbearaliam to his ministry by appointing theso two adherents of EsparteTO 5 but Luzuriaga has protested against the use of hia name . Bazarri will servo . Naxv » ez arrived on Thursday week in Paris from the baths of Vicky , and left in the evening for the Jtontujrs of Spain . It is thought that he has been in some way concerned in , the recent coup d ' etat , and that ho will offer his services to the Government to aid in putting down the Xiiberals . EapaTtcro , it ia now stated , 'was at once arrested ; but ho has since quitted Madrid in a carriage escorted by cavalry , -which departed through the gate of Alcala . O'Donnoll has . issued a long address to the Queen , on his assumption of power , justifying his acts by the disturbed Btate of Spain , which is said to require martial l » w the zeal . and natriotiBm of the Cortes and of the
preceding ministry not having availed to chock the tendency'to disorder and socialism . The dictator writes : " Votthe excitement of passions , the shook of interests , andtthe . stnaggle of . parties which accompany and follow thei « pf * w « n « e of all political revolutions , are added Madam , daiaft 9 the'triumph of the movement of July , 1864 , th » : rtwaaat ) of systematic political and adminietratfcvBilegiMhmionv thexamewol and-the change of all the ' pubMoxfeniatirii—ilia , 4 fcn accumulation of questions of great lknpvXtwMe , teither on account of their aodslor religianaaapect , < tka dynastic war recommenced in the province mf -Aragon , . ake spiQany , scarcity , and coatlnnsd jHstaibawie of npobUn oxdsr in every part of flho ma—why . " When Ahe QavMrunMnt shall have scoured the tranquillity of 4 a « pentnaula , "It will hasten * o-fulfilaawflmr Jwiyndtileaa intyqefama —>> h « tcdf
ge-oBtwMlahin « r normal order and submitting its conduct to the iudament of the Cortes , religiously practising in the administration of the State and in its relations wath the Parliament those principles of respect for the law and love of liberty which have bed * the objects of the worship of your present advisers during their whole existence . " JSspartero , in his final letter to the Queen , attributes his desire to resign to ill-health . Another document emanating from the new Government is addressed to the people , and is very insolent in its tone . The writers observe that " the existing ministry accepted this saving commission because tne late cabinet , in the most critical circumstances , had left the nation without protecting support , and bad abandoned the Queen . " They add : — The blood that will be shed during the continuance ot the struggle , the misfortunes and horrors that may arise , will return upon yourselves , and it is to you that history will impute them . Inhabitants of Madrid ! The creat the immense , majority of individuals bearing arms in your National Guard know well the actual and the awful truth ; they know that the triumph of the means about to be employed by the Government is sure . But , in the extraordinary situation in which we find ourselves placed , there is yet another and more terrible truth , -which is that the worst calamity of which you could be the victims , and the situation which would hurry you into the lowest abyss , the most bloody anarchy , would be your own triumph . Inhabitants and National Guards of Madrid!—Spare the Government this hard , spare yourselves this blood-stained , disgrace . Distinguish between and separate the pretences of a few deluded and discontented persons from the lawful rights and just liberties , which the Government neither can nor will infringe , and has never wished to infringe , and enable us to save the principle of power without having recourse to the means of force and to the horrors of blood . " This document , which is dated July loth , is signed Leopold O'Donnell , Nicomedes Pastor Diaz , Antonio de los Kios Rosas , Manuel Cantero , Jose Manuel Collado . It will be observed that the signatures of Loizuriaga and Bazarri are not attached . Immediately after the reception at Saragossa of the news from Madrid , all the military , political , and civil authorities of the province and city , as well as the chiefs of the National Guard , assembled at the palace of the Captain-General of Aragon , and , in a sitting presided over by that functionary , voted a proclamation calling on the people to resist . This address was signed — Antonio Falcon , President ; Feliciano Polo , Vice-President ; Manuel Gorriga , Joaquim Marin , Jose Cano Manuel , Lorenzo-Maria Schinid , Candido Conde , Simon Gimeno , Geronimo Borao . General Falcon has been dismissed from his rank by royal decree , and has been summoned before a court-martial . Troops have been sent against Saragossa , and General Dulce lias been named to the command of Aragon , with instructions to put down the insurrection . A rising in Barcelona has been suppressed after some hard fighting . The National Guard of that city were disarmed on the submittal of the populace . A despatch , dated two o clock Monday , and published in the Paris Moniteur , says : — " Santander has attempted to declare itself for the insurrection , but has now returned wholly to order . Naverre and the northern provinces of Spain are tranquil . We are assured that affairs at Saragossa ate in a fair way to be arranged . The troops entered Logrono without resistance . " Pucheta , the bull-lighteT , has been shot , though accounts diner as to the precise manner . It would aeem probable , however , that it was in the course of the struggle . Another bull-fighter , named Chulo , has also been killed . The military tribunal is now sitting a , t Madrid , and muskets and other arms are being rapidly collected . As a reward to the soldiers who fought on the side of O'Donnell , the Queen has decreed Unit " all the generals and officers who are wounded ahnll bo immediately raised a grade ; that the soldiers who distinguished themselves shall bo decorated with the cross of Llaric Isabella Louise , and pensioned at the rate of thirty reals per month for life ; aud that those who arc wounded shall have a pension of sixty reals , and those diwibled for service , six reals per day . " That part of the National Guard which opposed the populace is included in those rewards . Tlio Qucon bun distributed 130 , 000 cigars to the troops . The French ambassador , on the 17 th , paid a vitiit to the palace to congratulate the Queen and General O'Donaiuanu
nell . Several officers have been nasanainnteu in . The Government ia aware that an immonso quantity of arms still remain in the hands of the people , und domiciliary visits are to bo made . A decree posted in the streets forbids the assemblage of six persons , und declares that all who are found to possess any weapons of defence shall bo brought before a council of war . A despatch from Marseilles says : — " Whole families of the inhabitants of Barcelona have taken refuge hero . At tlm moment ofrtheir departure from that city , on tho 19 th instant , great-agitation prevailed there . " Tho Gazatte publishes a number of documents emanating from tho members of the new Government . One of them is a circular of tho Minuter of tfinance , M . Caatoro , stating that it is tho will of tho < iueon that > the lows voted by the Constituent Cortes
should be respected and executed , without excepting the desamortizacion law , " the provisions of which are so beneficial to the popular classes . " M . Martinez , the new Civil Governor of the province , has likewise addressed a proclamation to the inhabitants of Madrid , appealing to the patriotism and wisdom of the majority of the National Guard , and to the good sense of all , and demanding their support "to assist him in combating the enemies of public repose , who destroy the factories , render all labour impossible , and burn provisions , in order afterwards to speculate on the misery and despair of the famished people . " JUUitEY . A robbery and murder have been committed on the road from Shumla to Varna . Dr . Kalozdy , one of the surgeons attached to the Bashi-bazouks , was passing through a forest in company with his wife , an assistantsurgeon , his servant , and an araba-driyer , when the party were attacked by five robbers . The assistantsurgeon attempted to make some resistance with his sword , and afterwards endeavoured to escape ; but he was shot through the body . The robbers took away about 1 O 0 O / . It is said that one of the Zabtecs , or policemen of the Kaimakan of Shumla , has been recognized among the robbers . THE 1 > ANUBIAN lUSENCirALITlKS . The Hospodar of Wallachia , under date of the 7 th of Julv , has addressed a proclamation to the Administrative " Council of the Principality , informing them that he has resigned the reins of government , anil that a Provisional Administration has been appointed to manage the affairs of the country until the new organization which has been guaranteed to Wallachia shall have been established . Prince Stirbey appeals to the good feelings of the people generally , and implores them to sacrifice all personal considerations and party interests . The Prince is now , together with his wile , at the Convent of Bistritza . ItTJSSIA . General Todtleben has been receiving a scries of ovations at St . Petersburg aud Helsingfors , very similar to those which , in England , have greeted the return of General Williams . The last named officer is now very popular in llussia , owing to the praises which he has showered on General Mouravieff . From the Caucasus we hear of continued preparations on the part of Mouravieff for subduing the Circassians : large reinforcements are being constantly sent off" to the scene of hostilities . The Invalide ( says the Times Berlin correspondent ) contains a letter of thanks from the Emperor , addressed to Bruot , General of Engineers , for the successful accomplishment of the task assigned him of erecting a series ol fortresses along the two rivers , the Oxus and the Jaxartes ( Six-daja ) . By means of these fortresses , fcussia now commands the water communication , the trade , and at the same time , the strategical centre whence she can exorcise her influence over Persia . The jjeuphuU'S that inhabit the steppes in that quarter of the world are dependent on these streams , and consequently on the Power that possesses them , aud now the military orga nization along the Asiatic frontier , extending from there up to Siberia , where the Russians are now very active 011 the Anxoor , may be said to be complete . At the instance of General Mouravieir , the nephew o ! that officer , Bakuuin , who was taken al the hiaurrectiuii of Dresden iu 18-18 , and banded over to the lius .-iimw , has been liberated . He was at first condemned to labour for life 111 tho Ural mountains ; but thia was countermanded , and he was confined in the citadel aL \\ arsuw . In tho course of i \ ve nioutbs , lie was taken to St . Petersburg , and thrown into a subterranean dungeon . Hero he passed nino months in darkness , chained liana and foot ; but at length , falling ill , he was removed to a second-floor chamber , where he was allowed to have a bed . , c The Journal dc * % . Putersbuury contain * an ukase ui the Emperor , duted June 21 st , extending to all those persons who fled from any of the wu . slcrn province o the Kussiun Empire , in consequence of tho iiiMirrucUoii o 18 i 5 O , the . same permission , to return home , without being subjected to any prosecution , upon condition ol their taking tho oath of allegiance , which wu . s granted by tho ukii . su of the 15 tli of May to the refii ^ i's Iroxn Poland . , ,-The ccroniony of tho coronation of the l-. mi >** roi 01 ltnseia has been definitively fixed lor tho UUtn ol August . LTAI .. Y . . tuL . a .. „» .. „ ii ,. i ;« .. iniimul tlm SimcoUi tVltaliu , replug
to what it eulla tho calumnies of the PiedmonLeac pie ^ with reapeet to the interference of the Austrian .. »» Purina . It was tho Duchess of Parma , mid not tnu Austrian Government , buys tho Specula , who resume tho state of siege , and appointed tlin council ul a , which was composed of Parmesan , and not Ausinui , oflicoro ; and the arreHtH were made by tho 1 " , " .. 1 Parma , and not by tho Jinporiol authorities . Ine nut . Government merely roqueHted the Auntriuii Oovornnii . to place an Austrian prosecutor at the dtopoaal «> 1 t « o council of war , because two Pnrnioann judgea 0 hurj , with making inquiries hud already paid iorleit witu iu blood for their zeal , in ottoo . Tho commandant ot t " Imperial army aomplled with tliuj requo-t , but u tribunal did not couso to bo JPanneaiin on that aooou « h
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Leader (1850-1860), July 26, 1856, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26071856/page/6/
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