The Press.
London, England, 1856-08-09 00:00:00

THE PRESS

Duke entered the town at the head of the Queen's
troops, General Falcon and the other insurrectionists
escaping to the French frontier. The National
Guard was at once disarmed, and the insurrectionary
troops surrendered unconilitipnally.
An extraordinary Gazette of the Ist announced
the intelligence : _ _ .

The President of the Council of Ministers and Minister
of War has received the following telegraphic despatch
from Saragossa, addressed to him to day, at half-past one
o'clock, by the Captaiu•lreneral of Arragon
" I have just entered the city, where I was received with
the usual honours. The national militia is now surrender-
ing its arms to the respective commanders, who are to
deliver them to the competent authorities. The greatest
tranquillity prevails in the city, and if your Excellency
thinks proper, the battering•train may be ordered back to
Madrid. The troops who had come from Catalonia and
Valencia have returned to those provinces. I have ap-
pointed Brigadier Burnuaga deputy commander ad
interim."

A despatch from Madrid, August 3rd, says :
Tranquillity is general. The public funds are rising
rapidly. The National Guard at Saragossa have been dia.
armed. A new ayuntamiento and fresh provincial deputa•
tion have been named. In Catalonia, the bands which had
taken refuge in the mountains are dispersing. Espartero
leaves to-morrow for Lograno. M. Luzuriaga, Minister of
Justice, is replaced by M. Igurate.

The regular army was to be increased by 12,000
men.

Marshal O'Donnell had addressed to the Captains-
General and Military Commandants a circular,
enjoining them to send him, before the 15th inst., a
detailed report of the political situation of the pro-
vinces in which they exercise authority.
The Epoca, in an article on recent events, com-
plains that the English and Belgian press, and
even the French Moniteur, in some of its early
telegraphic despatches, grossly misrepresented the
character of those events, at least in Madrid. "It
is not a stupid reaction," says the Epoca, " which has
triumphed, and liberal and monarchical Europe will
soon see that, and will then do us justice." The
same journal, referring to the assembling of French
troops on the frontier, obser fes that, now all danger to
the throne of the Queen has disappeared, " all pro-
bability of a humiliating and useless intervention is
removed." .

The nomination of General Narvaez to a high
post is stated to be in contemplation by the Queen.
The captured insurgents were being executed
throughout Spain in considerable numbers.
The latest letters from Madrid say that the Go-
vernment is preparing an administrative programme
which will be shortly carried into execution. Among
the intended reforms, one is said to be the creation
of ninety sub intondancies, corresponding with the
French sub-prefectures.
The official journal contains a royal decree ap•
pointing M. Jose Maria Palavea Governor of the
province of Navarre, and others accepting the re-
signations of the governors of the provinces of Ali-
cante, Almeria, Lograno, and Badajoz.
The Basque provinces continue to enjoy the
greatest tranquillity, although the entire military
force has been withdrawn from them, and marched
to Saragossa. The band of fourteen individuals
which had raised the standard in the mountains of
Biscay, being closely pursued by the Miquelets, had
made its submission.
The accounts from Catalonia were likewise satis-
factory. Barcelona and the other important towns
of the province were tranquil. The factions bands
which General Ruiz attempted to organise in the
mountains had completely disappeared.
Tho Marquis del Duero was believed to have ac-
cepted the post of Captain-General of the Hal-
berdiers, vacant by the resignation of the Duke of
San MigueL
The Queen had approved the ceremonial to be
observed on the occasion of the celebration of the
marriage of the Infanta, sister of the King, with the
Prince of Bavaria.
The food question is just now one of the gravest
of the moment. The Epoca says:—
For some time past the municipality of Madrid, in order
to prevent the rise of half a real in the price of bread, has
paid every day from 20,000 to 30,000 reale from the muni-
cipal treasury ; but it cannot continue this sacrifice much
longer. In some towns of the province of Madrid, the diffi-
culties are greater than in the capital. At Vicalvaro to-day
there was no bread at all, and the Madrid authorities were
consequently obliged to send the secretary of the civil
governor to the place to make arrangements for procuring
a supply.