The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-17 00:00:00

THE XXPIIB3S, FRIDAY EYENING, OCTOBER 17, 1856.

SPAIN.

HISTORY OF THE FALL OF THE
O'DONNELL CABINET.

The Madrid mail, which arrived at Paris yester-
day afternoon, brings letters of the evening of the
12th, which contain detail of the circumstances pre-
oeding O'Donnell's resignation and the inst►llation
of Narvaea as prime minister. Their contents are
very interesting. We subjoin copious extracts, and,
although of course unable to guarantee the accuracy
of all the statements, they do not appear improbable.
One correspondent says:
The ministry presided over by Marshal O'Donnell pre•
seated its resignation at two o'clock yesterday (Oc-
tober 12). Why? How? We will endeavour to an-
swer these questions, although we cannot say all
we know, and although perhaps we do not know every-
thing. As to the how? We can state raitively, sad no
one will coat:edict as, that up to yesterday there had never
been the slightest difference between the crown and the
ministry. Marshal O'Donnell was yesterday twice at the
palace. On the first occasion, the Queen expressed her
wi,h that the law of disansorressesserst should be completely
annulled. The Count de Lacing immediately called a
council of ministers, and submitted to them the Queen's
pleasure, at the aims time not concealing from them that
in all probability they did not at that moment enjsy her
Majesty's confidence to the same extent as they did a few
hours previously. The council sat long in deliberation, and
at length O'Donnell returned to the palace to say that the
cabinet did not altogether refuse to accede to her Majesty's
whim. bat thought it indispensable to take the time
necessary to consider the question in all its bear-
ings, and to see whether it was possible to resolve it
as her Majesty des:red. The moment that O'Donnell left
the palace, Names, the Duke de Rivas, and MM. Notedal
and Moyano arrived. At midnight M. Collado received a
message, ordering him to receive the resignations of O'Don-
nell and his cabman's. But M. Collado, while professicg
his grist desire to serve the Queen, said that he was in-
dispoesd, and that, moreover, he would rather be charged
with any other mission than that of dismissing his col.
leagues. Early this morning Marshal O'Donnell received
a message (maths Queen, bogging him to come to her at
►alf-put one o'clock, and to summon a council of minis-
ten at two. After having executed her Majesty's orders,
O'Donnell received from the royal lips the assurance that
her Majesty would forget the services he had ren-
dered to the throne, bat that she thought fit to confide
the direction of affairs to ether hands. O'Donnell
immediately informed his colleagues of what had passed,
and they all respectfully laid their resignations at the feet of
her Majesty, who at that moment appeared deeply affected.
Bo mach for the of the dismissal of the cabinet.
Why did it take plan? This can only be explained by the
power which the etteatitution gives to the Queen to dismiss
ministers. There was so conflict, and as to the law of

aisostoortiasoinsitt, whia► it Itos boos maid the cabinet would
never bays cooseatod to repeal, its MM., was not &Alai_
tively negative.

Another letter Nye
At the last sta.. bell Marshal O'Donnell observing the
sort of ovation gives to Navies, and the eztrsordinery ate
tentiocs paid to him by the Queen, left the saloons after
bevies told a grand *Meer of the palsoe that he would only
return to give hi his resignation and take the oath U the
Dias of Valencia. The Queen soon afterwards heard if
this deelsratloa, end c■ the following ersn'ng, when
O'Donnell had an isterview with her oa heathers, she
told him that It was etheesary to give a more conservative
tone to the march of government, that she was resolved
ones for all to mew her relations with Rome, and that
she thought it desirati:e that the conservative party should
now be led by a penes knows' as its chief. O'Donaell at
once understood his position, and told the Quin that if he
were an °tutee's to the fullilassat of her duties, he was
ready to resign. Re then proceeded to speak of the
services he bad rendered to the throne, in sash terms as to
ladies her Majesty to change the subject of convereatioa.
O'Donnell left the presence chamber to consult his col-
lisegnee, and shortly after returned to the palace to say
that the Ministry was quit* ready to do all that her Majesty
wished, end that, es en earnest of their loyal intentions.
they were already occupied with the drawing up of a con-
cordat. The Queen thanked the Marshal for his complai-
sance, but insisted upon the necessity of organisiog that
party which most fal:y represented conservative ideas.
O'Donnell eked throe days' time for consideration.

This letter, written as it appears before the &now-
most, adds that the ministry was morally dead, and
that if it retired it could only be for a very brief
period.

The DEWs of this day oontaios some (*crampon-
deuce from Madrid, In which we read:—
The ex ministers are mush blamed for h►ving made an
unfair use of the letter written by the Emperor Napoleon
to Queen Isabella; for having perverted its meaning and
essggerated its general tendency; and for construing it as
a 'access for the a►inet. This procedure wounded the
Qaeen's feelings, ani she impressed her dimatisfaction in
espreesive terms, saying that her ministers had no right to
reveal to their friends • l !irate cammsntoatlon which eh"
believed It to be daty to make to her causal