The Press.
London, England, 1856-07-26 00:00:00

Foreign anb Colonial intelligence.

THE "COUP D'ETAT" IN SPAIN.
The insurrection, though suppressed in Madrid,
is by no means crushed in other cities of Spain.
At Barcelona the contest between the troops and the
people, reported by the Paris Moniteur to have been
a mere bagatelle, now proves to have been desperate
to a degree, and to have lasted from the afternoon of
the 18th to the night of the 21st, when the in,ur-
gents, driven from their principal positions, fled to
the country, and were sabred by the cavalry; but
great excitement still continues to reign in the city,
the troops are kept under arms, and numerous fami-
lies had left for France. The neighbouring towns
of Gerona and Junquera are in open revolt, though
Figueras, up to latest intelligence, was tranquil.
In Atragon, however, the revolt was most serious.
General Falcon, Captain-General of the province, had
declared against O'Donnell ; eighty members of the
CortEs were assembled at Saragossa, and had issued
a proclamation on the 15th calling upon the people " to
rise as one man, to re'ist the power which seeks to
impose by grape-shot irs absolute will," and "save
liberty from the dangers which menace it."
A second proclamation, issued on the 16th, charges
O'Donnell with having "violated his own solemn
engagements, trodden the Constitution under foot,
and revolted against the Cortes; and concludes in
these words :

We do not wish to innovate. We desire neither more
nor less than the results of the revolution of July, 1854;
the Throne, the Cortes, progress (of which General
Espartero has ever been the personification), public order,
and material prosperity—such are our principles and
those professed by the entire Liberal party. Those prin-
ciples having been violated by the Count of Lucena, it
behoves us to make an effort, the more efficacious as it
will be general, in favour of menaced liberty, of the Cortes,
who have been treated with scorn, and of the Throne, now
divorced from the country.
The troops and National Guard at Saragossa, to the
number of 16,000 men, have declared in favour of the
movement; and though General Duice had been ap-
pointed by O'Donnell to supersede General Falcon,
and to march upon Saragossa with 12,000 men,
up to the 19th he had not left Madrid. Espartero
still continued at Madrid.
Rewards and promotions have been showered upon
the officers of O'Donnell's army, and the following
Ministry formed—President, General O'Donnell ;
Minister of Justice, Luzuriaga ; Minister of Finance,
Cautero ; Minister of Marine, Bayarri; Minister of
Interior, Rios Roses ; Minister of Public Works,
Coiled° ; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pastor Diaz.
Generals Zabala, Serrano, Bedoya, Iriarte, Arnetler,
Valdez, and several others, who were at Madrid, had
not offered their services to the Queen, bat it does
not appear that they took part with the insurgents.
General Serrano Dominguez had been appointed
Captain-General of Madrid, and General Manuel de
la Concha Governor of the Palace.
General Falcon, Captain-General of Arragon, has
been struck off the list of the army by a decree of
the Queen. General Prim was also superseded in
bis post as Captain-General of Valencia.
The policy of the present Government is stated as
follows :
• 1. No bloodshed for mere political punishment. Capital
punishment to be reserved for common crimes committed
under the cloak of political opinions. 2. Conciliation and
toleration. 8. Moderate Progresistas not to be excluded
from public functions. 4 The constitution to be pub-
lished. 6. The constituent Cortes to be dissolved, and
ordinary Cortes convoked. 6. The National Guard to be
reorganised on a reduced scale. 7. Political prosecutions
brought before the Cortes against previous Governments
and certain persons connected with them to be put a stop
to. 8. Endeavours to obtain the modification of some
articles of the constiintion. and certain administrative
principles. Lastly, the same administrative system as
before to be followed.
The disarming of the National Guard was com-
pleted by the 18th, and the barricades removed.
Domiciliary visits were being paid to collect arms.
General Narvaez, who was at Bayonne, bad been
offered the post of Ambassador at Paris, but has
declined the appointment.
On the 17th, when tranquillity wag restored, the
French Ambassador visited the Queen at the Palace
to congratulate her Majesty.
A. decree of the Government forbids the assem-
blage of more than six persons, and dsclares that all
who are found to possess arms shall be tried by a
Council of War.
Some details of the sitting of the Cortes on the
14th have come to hand. Of the eighty-two mem-

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hers present, eighty-One voted in favour of the reso-
lution expressing no confidence in Marshal O'Don-
nell's Government. The Marquis of Labuerniga
formed the minority of one. He has since been ap-
pointed Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs. A com-
mittee was then appointed, and an address to the
Queen prepared. General Infante then wrote to
Marshal O'Donnell to request her Majesty to fix the
hour of reception for the deputation, but the Presi•
dent of the Council declared the meeting illegal, and
refused to entertain any such proposal. The mem-
bers were shortly after dispersed by the troops.
The Paris Siècle of Wednesday published the fol-
lowing from a private correspondent in London
We have received this instant the following information
which comes to us from a source generally well informed.
The English Government yesterday received a despatch
from Mr. Otway, who, in Lord Howden's absence, repre-
sents England at Madrid. This despatch was very impor-
tant, and, according to what is said to-night, it left the im-
pression that Marshal O'Donnell's situation was less favor
able than had been supposed.
In consequence of this despatch, orders were sent by
telegraph to Lord Howden, whatever might be his state of
health, to return instantly to his post, passing by way of
Saragossa; and he was informed that he should there
receive despatches from his Government, as well as de-
spatches from Mr. Otway.
FRANCE.
The insurrection in Spain absorbs all other topics
in the French papers. In general they consider the
insurrection as quelled, and O'Donnell's Ministry as
secure. An army of observation, 25,000 strong, was
forming at Bayonne. The Times Paris correspondent
writes :
It is stated as positive that the concentration of troops
in the neighbourhood of Bayonne is with the intention of
intervening in Spain, should the present Spanish Govern-
ment make a formal demand declaring that they are un-
able, with the Spanish army as it now stands, to make head
against the Socialist and Republican elements which are
toned to exist at Barcelona, and which recently showed
themselves at Valladolid and Valencia. The French
Ambassador has, I am assured, notified this readiness to
the Queen and General O'Donnell on behalf of his Govern-
ment. The offer, however, is confined to dangers from
" Socialists and Republicans ;" but, as at this moment
there are Progresistas and Carlists as well as Socialists and
Republicans, all mixed together and united against O'Don-
nell all over Spain, the French Government may always
find a ready excuse for intervention, Alt desire it. It may
fairly be doubted whether O'Donnell is really anxious for
such intervention, for he well knows that many of his own
people would in such circumstances turn against him.
With respect to the late remarkable despatch of
ordnance and army stores to Bayonne, the Messager

de Bayonne says :
For some days the Bordeaux Railway has conveyed to
Bayonne munitions of war and cramp equipage, which are
deposited in the arsenal and in the magazines of the War
Department. These objects are sent from the depots formed
for the supply of the army in the Crimea.
Prince Lucien Bonaparte arrived at Bayonne last
Saturday, and continued his journey into Spain.
The Emperor still continues at Plorabieres, and is
reported to enjoy "excellent health."
The Emperor had addressed a letter to M. Rouher
upon the subject of the late inundations. Examining
the question from an engineering point of view, he
recommends the erection of weirs on all the tributary
streams of the Loire, Saone, Rhone and Gironde,
and orders an immediate survey of the valleys with

that view.
The Constitutionnel, in an article on the speeches
pronounced by Lords Palmerston and Clarendon,
remarks on the right the King of Naples has to be
allowed to attend to his own affairs ; but suggests his
attention at the same time to reasonable remonstrance.
With respect to Rome, the article sets forth the
opinion that the military occupation of the French in
Rome, as well as that of the Austrians in the parts of
Italy not being Austrian possessions, will cease im-
mediately that measures are taken which will secure
the safety of the Pope.
AUSTRIA.
The intelligence from Spain had produced a deep
impression in Vienna.
The new arsenal, capable of containing 6,000 men
with two months' provisions and stores, and bearing
a powerful artillery, was concluded on the Bth, when
the Emperor laid the last stone.
Count Crenneville has been superseded in the com-
mand of the Austrian troops at Parma by Fief
Marshal Baumgarten.
PRUSSIA.

Prince FrederiokWilliara accompanies the Dowager
Empress of Russia upon her return to St. Petersburg,
in or.ler to represent Prussia, at the coronation of
the Emperor.
Baron von Budberg, Russian Ambassador at
Berlin, goes at once to Vipans, Baron Brunow taking
his place at Berlin.
RUSSIA.
The Journal de St Petersbourg contains an ukase
of the Emperor, dated June 21st, extending to all
those persons who fled from any of the western pro-
vinces of the Russian empire in consequence of the
insurrection of 1830, the same permission to return