The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-28 00:00:00

CHANGE OF MINISTRY. .1
MADRID, Acc. 19.—A military revolt set up the La
Grande. Ministry in August, 1836, and a military revolt
has put it down in August, 18;W, after a reign checkered
with successes and disasters of one year and three days.
The former was effected by sergeants and non-commis-
sioned officers, the present by generals, officers of the
guards, and foreign diplomatists. On Wednesday, the
16th, Espartero marched, or pretended to march, against
the enemy at La Granja and Segovia, when. 60 of his
officers, in the village of Pozzuela de Araveca, refused to
head their troops unless the Ministry were removed. Upon
intelligence of this untoward event being sent to Madrid,
the Ninisters, who had- remained all night at the palace;
bolding a Cabinet Council at M. Calatrava's office, resigned
by Thursday afternoon, the 17th.
The Queen Regent, no doubt acquainted with and duly
prepared-for such an event, affected to hesitate to accept
the resignatiffici"fe-ndered, but, after some coquetting, her
Majesty sent yesterdayaftertiOon-for M. Mendizebal to coun-
ter-sign the Royal decree of tier ItO eptin g Calatrava's re-
signation, and appointing Don Euesebio Bardaji y Azara as
Foreign - Secretary in his place, which appeared in the
Gazette of this morning,,and the rest of the appointments
in a supplement to the -same. late in the afternoon. Some
of the offices were delivered' up yesterday evening to their
new tenants, and at 4 p.m. M. Calatrava formally took
leave of all his chefs de bureau, &c., when each of the ex-
Ministers removed their personal effects, Court dresses,
&c., from their different offices, where they kept them to
be enabled to wait on the Queen at a moment's warning,
for, according to Spanish etiquette, they are not admissable
to the Royal presence in plain clothes.

BRITISH NAVAL ASSISTANCE.
Her Britannic Majesty's Government, at the request of
its ally, the Queen Regent of Spain, has reinforced her Ma-
jesty's squadron on these coasts with the following ships of
war :—The Princess Charlotte, 104 guns ; the Vampire

(Vangual d), 80 ; the Rodney, 92 ; the Russell, 74 ;the
Asia, 84 ; the Talavera, 74 ; the Barham, 4-0 ; the Dido,
18 ; the Childers, 16 ; the Clio, 16 ; the Harlequin, 16 ;
the Nautilus, 10 ; the Rapid, 10 ; the Orestes, 18 ; which
squadron is under the command of Admiral Sic Robert
Stopford, cruising between Barcelona and Gibraltar.
As soon us th aforesaid Admiral learned that the band
of Tristany was about to attack some points of the coast of
Catalonia, he ordered the Vampire (Vanguard) and
Childers to begin hostilities against it, an operation which
was realized with the best effect, as Tristany abandoned
Villanueva, and marched to Sitches, where the Captain of
a British ship of war landed 300 men, occupied the town,
and contributed most efficaciously to the rebels being put to
flight.
When the bands of Sans and Forcadell entered Grao, in
Valencia, the British frigate Barham not only afforded pro-
tection to all who claimed it, but fired 105 cannot-shot at
the band, doing them much damage, and finally compelling
them to abandon the place.
(From the Madrid Gazette of the 19th of August.)
" ROYAL DECREE.
" I have thought it expedient to accept the resignation
presented to me by Don Jose Maria Calatrava, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, and President of the Council of Ministers,
declaring myself perfectly satisfied with the zeal, patriotism,
gad loyalty he has displayed under such difficult circum-
stances in his charge, and I consequently name, as Queen
Regent of this realm in the name of my illustrious daughter,
as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Don Eusebio Bar-
dajiy Azara, an Honorary Councillor of State.
Palace, the 18th of August, 1837.
" To Don Juan Alvarez y Mendizabal."
(From the Supplement to the Gazette of the 19th of Aug.)
" ROYAL DECREE.
" I have thought it expedient to accept the resignations
presented to me respectively by Don Pedro de Acuna,
Home Secretary, by Don Jose Landero y Corchado, Minis-
ter of Grace and Justice, by Don Alvarez y Mendizabal, of
the Finance Department, and Don Ramon Gil de la Cua-
dra, of the Marine, declaring myself much satisfied with the
good services, zeal, and loyalty of each, and have therefore
as Queen Regent of this kingdom, and in the name of my
august daughter, the Queen Donna Isabella 11., nominated
Lieutenant-General the Conde de Luchana Minister of
War with the presidency of the Council ; the sub-secretary
of the same, Don Pedro Chacon, remaining charged ad in-
terim with the same ; Don Jose Manoel Vadillo, Deputy
for Cadiz, as Home Secretary ; Don Ramon Salvato, De-
puty for Barcelona, as Minister of Grace and Justice ; Don
Pito Pizarro, Deputy for Zamora, as Minister of Finance ;
and Don Evaristo San Miguel, Deputy of Oviedo, as Mi-
nister of Marine.
" Palace, August 19, 1837.
" To Don Eusebio Bardaji y Azara."
(From another Correspondent.)

MADRID, AUG. 19.—At half-put two in the afternoon
of the 16th, Espartero marched towards Segovia, and spent
the night about two leagues from Madrid. On Friday
morning some heavy artillery were sent to Segovia, it being
then supposed that it was the intention of the factious to
defend it. The collection of provisions in the town, and
the fortifications commenced there b) them, have turned
out to be a ruse, as it has since been ascertained that they
evacuated the place, without so much as leaving a knapsack
behind them. The intelligence of the abandonment of
Segovia was only forwarded on yesterday to the Govern-
ment by Espartero, though the factious had left it two
days previously. This account furnished by him indicates
a sad neglect, on the part of the Christino Generals, of
watching the movements of the Carlists. The dispatch in
the Gazelle of this morning states, for example, that the
Conde de Luchana was, just after receiving information on
the 18th that the enemy had left Segovia, having spiked
the cannon, and leaving but a few sick and wounded there_
General Vigo, it adds, was in pursuit of the rebels, whose
direction was, according to some, towards Aranda ; accor-
ding to others, towards Atienza. flow the march of 6,000
men could be a matter of doubt to Mendez Vigo, whose
head-quarters at Abadas was almost in sight of Segovia, is
a matter of surprise to all. The General-in-Chief, Luchana,
spent the night at Colmenar Viego on the 15th, about six
leagues from Madrid.
A dispatch from the General-in-Chief of the Army of
the Centre, dated Cilla, August 15, states that the Pre-
tender, with nearly all the factious of Valencia and Aragon
united, was at Camarillas, and that having given instruc-
tions to General Buerens, he marched the following day in
search of the enemy towards that point.
'rhe Cortes were informed to-day of the resignation of'
the old and the appointment of the new Ministers. San
Miguel undertook the duty of explaining the intentions of
be new Ministers, stating that they would continue in
;be progress of Reform, and respect the law for the conti-
uance in office of the Cortes until the new Deputies

were returned.
The Funds continue depressed ; the five per Cent..
are quoted at 19i on account, and little business transacted.
The sub-secretaries of Finance and of the Home De-
partment, Senors Saenz and Armendarez, have both re-
signed to-day. The alcalde of Villaviciosa has reported
to the political chief of Madrid that two hundred nen and
officers belonging to the division of Espartero passed there
yesterday at eleven o'clock, to join their respective batta-
lions. It is supposed that.these are the men who disobeyed
orders to march at Alcorcorcon, a suburb of Madrid, un-
less the Ministers were dismissed.

PORT UGAL.

LisßoN, AUG. 20.—Events are treading fast upon each
other's heels. The Duke de Terceira has at last gone off,
not to join Saldanha, but to establish an additional rallying
point for the charterists, some say at Mafra, others at
Torres Vedras. lie started the day before yesterday
afternoon from his house in a chaise with the Duchess for
Cintra, where having left her, he and his two Aides-de-
Camp, Lopes and St. Maur, proceeded to Mafra on horse-
back. The fact %las soon known in the town, and in the
course of the night he was joined 'by not less than 500
persons from the city. Amongst them were 40 dismounted
lancers, who broke open the royal mews and provided them-
selves with horses, between 20 and 30 soldiers of the
mounted National Guard, and the whole garrison of Fort
St. Julian, consisting of 120 artillerymen, who before they
went took the precaution of locking up the governor in his
bed-room. This last desertion, howe,ver, had already taken
place the night before, and the Duke may more properly be
said to have joined them than they hian: A fresh garrison,
drafted from the celebrated 15th battalion of National
Guards, and commanded by Mantas in person, has been
sent to replace the fugitives, who, I omitted mentioning,
carried off three field-pieces, and spiked all the heavy guns
of the fortress. Another detachment has been sent to
Caseaes, the troops at which place have deserted too. Two
companies of the arsenal battalion were ordered on Thurs-
day to embark for Santarem (sixty-five miles up the Tagus),
but refused in the most positive terms to go. " All of us,
or none," was their answer. That town is considered a
very important position, and the Government are so anxious
to secure it that a part of the garrison'of Abrantes has,
e been removed there. i was nearly forgetting to state dust
the Duke de Terceira has been supplied with money to the
amount of about 5,0001., subscribed by several merchants
here.
Oporto has been declared by its governor to be a state
of siege. The Lisbon municipal guards, who had been sent
there as a reinforcement, have come back in the Terceira
steamer, their assistance not being considered hocessary.
Such is the ostensible plea ; but the real motive is evidently
that their assistance cannot be dispensed with here.
The bombardment of Valenca has commenced. Nu-
merous families have quitted the place, and the dansage is
said already to be great, considering that there: axe only
four mortars playing upon it. The garrison retw:n shot