The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-18 00:00:00

HOLLAND

The King of Holland has appointed a commission, the
object of which is to ascertain and report upon the con-
sequences which may ensue to the low countries by the
construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Suez.

FRANCE.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, WEDNEiDAY EVENING,

The grave news of a sanguinary insurrection in
Madrid, will have been conveyed to you by this time, by
telegraph. It reached the French government a few
hours ago, and as it came by telegraph, gives no great
details. It appears, however, that the news of the
modification in the ministry, consisting of the exclusion
of Espartero, and the appointment of O'Donnell to his
place—a modification which, under the circumstances,
amounted to a veritable coup d'etat, tremendous excite-
ment arose; and it increased to such a pitch yesterday,
morning, that people rushed to arms, threw up barri-
cades all over the town, and the National Guard joined
them. No less a personage than General Infante, Presi-
dent of the Cortes, placed himself at the head of the in-
surgents, and took the formal command of them. After
a terrible collision between the insurgents and
the royal troops, in which several were killed on
both sides, the Queen appeared in tears on the
scene of conflict, and by her tears and entreaties, caused
a suspension of arms to be come to. But it was only to
last for an hour, and at the end of that hour, namely,
live o'clock, General O'Donnell meant, according to a
declaration made by him to General Infante, to cause the
royal troops to display the greatest vigour against the
Insurgents. From this it would seem that at that
moment the royal troops had rather the upper hand :
But I am told that, according to a despatch which has
reached the Spanish Ambassador, M. Olozaga, General
O'Donnell m.rely expressed a "hope to be able to put
down the risinz "

—a form of expression which is
considered not to be over confident. No later news has,
I am assured, been received, and this fact causes con-
siderable anxiety, since those above given must have
been sent off last evening; but probably the insurgents
have cut the electric wires.

Naples letters say, that signs of revolt become more
frequent every day, and that even in the army, there are
grave symptoms of insubordination. The rigour of the
government, however, increases, and bastouading is again
the order of the day.

There will be an extraordinary demand for copies of
to-day's .21foniteur in England, for it contains a list of not
less than five columns—of small type—of English
generals, colonels, captains, lieutenants, sergeants,
corporals and privates, of rear-admirals, captains, lieu-
tenants, and simple sailors, who, by Imperial decree of
the 16th June, have been nominated to different grades
in the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour. The
Grand Cro,s, the highest dignity of the Order, has been
conferred on Generals Sir J. Simpson and Sir G. Brown ;
the Cross of Grand Officer, the next grade, on Generals
Sir J. Burgoyne, Sir de Lacy Evans, Sir R. Eagl Ind, Sir
J. Pennefather ; that of Commander, on Generals Lord
Lucan, Sir H. Bentinck, Bernard, Lord Rokeby, Sir W.
Codrington, Sir J. Scarlett, Sir W. Eyre, Sir H. Rose,
Sir G. Butler, Sir R. Dacres, Windham, and Rear-
Admiral Sir Y. Stewart ; and that of officer, on forty
military and thirteen naval officers.
P.S.---A dispatch from London arrived here says, that
the Morning Post announces that the Madrid insurgents
proclaimed the republic. You will observe that in the
summary I have given of the news that has reached this
city, no mention of that fact is made ; and one of the
semi-official papers of the government has a despatch
which denies that the republic was proclaimed. But the
Morning Post may be right.