The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-06 00:00:00

TWO roucwar W.L.ID

Two chiefs of the police, who had made themselves ob-
noxious to the people by numerous acts of severity per-
foimed under the direction of the late administration, ►nd
who had wanted either the pru knee or the opportunity to
&fawn from Madrid when matters came to a crisis, wore
bet upon in the streets and murdered, under, I am afraid.
circumf-tances of great cruelty. It is not easy in the
existing condition of things to ascertain exactly what oc-
curred ; but I am told that neither of these men—named
reflectively Estarquere and Sourrors—wore killed at
once, but that they were stabbed, beaten, and dragged
about the pavement for some time before life was extinct.
It would be foolish of me to assert that these are the only
acts of violence which have been committed by the people,
but they are the only ones which have come to my know-
ledge; and I believe that if any others of a serious cha-
racter had occwred I should have heard of them.

There will nu real danger, but aura,. little ex-
citement in

aLNO TIM 'TREES..

Police, soldiers, or gendarmes (civil guard), of course
third were none to be seen ; but every moment I met
eivilians armed with muskets and bayonets ; and at very
'heat intervals indeed, at the corners of narrow streets, of
courts or alleys, Immo upon what were evidently poets of
guards of ten or a dozen such individuals. Many of the
citizen soldiers were by no means the beet-favoured
individuals in the world. There was about mauy of
them an appearance of grim fiercenear which was hardly
calculated to inspire confidence in the mind of any one
who was not assured that they were acting under ordure,
and were bound by obligations, which there was no fear
of their violating, to obey the instructions which had been
given to them, and not only to abstain from any acts of
violence themsolvee, but to prevent them on the part of
others. These orders did not, however, prevent the frequent
discharge of their firearms, and the only disagreeable Mecum-
stance which I encountered in the course of my rambles
was that, over and over again, some excited patriot would
fire off a rifle or a revolver in close proximity to my ear. I
believed, and still believe, that on all ocrmaious these
weapons were leaded with blank cartridge, and that they
were fired in pure good humour, and as a mere expression
of joy end satisfaction ; but in critical times like theme the
sound of a musket shot is always somewhat alarming.
and at any time oue can never be sure that the
firer has exercised sufficient caution in regard to
the exclusion of bullets. Apart from those little
excitements, it was very pleasant to walk about Madrid.
Perambulating guards, or pickets, composed of mon who
have been drilling for mouths past, in preparation for this
event,formed into regular companies of thirty or forty each.
and ander the command of regularly appointed officers,
and accompanied, some by buglers of the regular army,
and others by military bands, parade the town both
night and day.

A painful sight was the arrival of won who wore
wounded at the battle of Cordova, the most serious
canes being carried through the streets on litters.

RECEFTIOX OF 113/1 WOIINDED.

I have just met a young officer, a lieutenant 1 believe,
who fought under Novatidies. Ile WAS lying upon a num-
ber of pillows, carried by four soldiers, and was guardel
by a detachment of armed civilians. The guard was, I
imagine, intended to protect him from insult, but if that
was their design it was most unnecessary. There is a
pally of women, the wives, sisters, or other relations
great crowd at the railway-station, consisting pritici•
of
soldiers who have been serving in Andalusia ; but its be-
haviour is admirable. The wounded men, some of whom,
have been fighting against the popular, and now
the nut
esut all,
eoessful , cause are received with quiet and almost
melancholy respect, and there dine not seem to be the
slightest inclination to cast blame upon thou for their
obedience to the orders of their genuraLs. It is by no
means a pleasant sight, this transportation of wouuded
men, and is well calculated to moderate all the
feelings of exultation which have lately been uppermost
in the minds of the people of Madrid. The young ofiker
whom I have mentioned was almost as pale as the white
cushions upon which he was lying ; and though be sowed
npun the people as they uncovered to him as ho passed
along, oven In forming the smile his lips were distorted
by the agony which he WWI evidently suffering from his
wounds. A much greater number of wounded were ex-
pected than have arrived, and wane fifty or core litters
which were sent down to the station have pia, away
empty.
AU the Madrid journal,. which had stavended
their publication have reappeansl since the re-
volution. The Nuens Iberia has resumed its
original title of the Iberia, and the editor of the
Ittssorratia, who had been etneleinned to
dif-
ferent ternis of imprisonment. amounting in all
to one hundred and two years, has icon nwiturod
to liberty.
11111 l ore has affixed a placard to the gates of
the palace, " This lialsee to let:'
A waggish paragraph is going the round of
the papers that loather Claret, times-Queen's COII• reSftr. is engaged in preparing a handsome volume
of the eonfessions of his royal penitent.
Madrid is us to dress and appearanee a Preneh
town. The upper and middle clams dress entirely
in the Prima style, and the
working dame wear
the blue blouse, mud trousers of the Prow& work-
al". The woolen, however, beers Otis gocri taste

to cling tOAeir_
mantilla is Ilimet *arena
A Madrkl correspandiet of the Ind' peruldinee
anticipates an interregnum of five or six months,
to be followed by he appoimtment of a foreign
Sovereign. Be t tho choice of the
nation, will devolve on the King of Portugal, pos-
sibly on a Belgian prince, or even on " one of the
sons of the Queen of England." Indeed; the name
of Prince Alfred is freely mentioned as ono that
may be fixed upon by the Cortes !

and tbo graceful

(=sown ainrraa's soarer.)
PARIS, Ocr. 6.
The Mordieur publishes tho following in its
bulletin of this morning :
" The official Gazette of the sth inst. publishes a
decree of the central junta, authorising Marshal
Herren to form a provisional ministry to carry on
the government till the assembling of the Con-
stituent Cortes.

" The Gazette also contains several decrees of
the junta organising the military commands of the
provinces, and confirming the military grades con-
ferred by Marshal Serrano."

MADRID, Ocr. 5, EVEWING.

Marsha Serrano received to-day several persons
of distinction. The municipal authorities are
making preparations for a public reception of
General Prim on his expected arrival to-morrow.
Senor Olouga, brother of the elected member
of the provisional government (now at Paris), has
left Madrid for Paris.

The protest of the Queen has been published
barn, and is treated with contempt.

FRANCE.

PARIS, Our. G.

An imperial decree, dated let inst., orders the
execution of a detailed geological map of France
at the expense of the State, and upon the same
scale as the military map. M. Elie de Beaumont
is appointed to superintend the work.

ITALY.

MILAN, °cremes .5, ETZNING.

The Empress of Russia arrived here to-day,
having been obliged to leave Cernobbio owing to
inundations of the banks of Lake Como.

The King bas placed tho royal palace at the di,.
po4al of her Majesty.

RUNGARY.

I'ESTII, Ocr. 5. EVENING.

A deputation from the Croatian Diet has arrived
with the constitutional agreement on the future
relations between Croatia and Hungary proposed
by Hungary and recently approved by Croatia.
The Europa, the largest Danube steamer of 400-
h-orse power, has been burned at Sew in. She was
valued at 324,000 florins.

INDIA.

THE DISTURBIL'VCFI4 ON THE NORTH-

WEST FRONTIER.
BOMBAY. OCT. 5. 6.45 P.Y.

The expedition under the command of Major-
General Wilde sent out against the Huzara rebels
advanced on the 3rd inst. beyond Oghee. The
trump held the heights above Koodgullee, but in
weak numbers, and was driven off. The troops
will continue their advance movement to-morrow.