The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-26 00:00:00

AQUATICS.

TOWER REGATTA.—The contest for a wherry and other
prizes, given by the Officers at the Tower, and the Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Hamlets, was decided yesterday, but had
commenced on Monday. The terms of the wager were six
pairs of sculls, five heats ; arid to witness the last the attend-
ance was very great and highly respectable. There were but
two entitled to row in the grand heat (Walliner and Crouch).
They went off clean, and it was thought throughout a good
race; but Walliner got the lead, and kept it, winning by a
dozen lengths. Elliss was not used fairly, and it is out of the
usual order of things to find the manager of a wager rowing
for the prize.
THE CUTTER MATCH BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW DIANA.
—The expected match between these boats is not likely to
come off, in consequence of the New Diana having neglected
to make good their second deposit. The Old Diana Company
have given them two or three days, and are unwilling to take
the forfeit while there is the least possibility of bringing the
match about. Betting is good; 6t04 on the new boat,

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SIR CHRISTOPHER COLE, K C•B-

(FROM OUR OWN connEsroNntNT.)
Swansea, Ang. 24, 1836..
Otfr late Member for the county (Glarnorgat;shire), Sir
Chrisiephor Cole, K.C.8., died of apoplexy this,mori.iag
at Killay, Cardiff, where he had but very Weis re-
moved temporarily, while Penrice Castle was under_roln:g
repairs. He married, ?bout the year 1826, Lady M3l
Talbdti mother of our preset Member, C. H. M. Talbot.
Esq. He greatly distinguislod himself in taking the
Island of Banda, and other Si?ice Islands, aid is also
made ilhOottrable mention of in the new work, " Life of Lord
Exmouth.." He was a gentleman highli respected in th°
county ; generally Foreman of the Grand ;:try at Cardiff
and Swansea Half-yearly Assize ; presided at most meet-
ings of any importance here, in the absence of o.lr Mem-
bers. He could scarcely be called a Whig in pat:es-11c
professed entire independence, and I believe him-I,eing. stl
all times a man of high integrity. He was charitable gnc
kind to the lower classes here.

Loss Oil THE SHIP "EDINBURGII."—Titis vessel,
which had a full cargo of wool, oil, and cedar, was, on the 30th
of March last, destroyed by fire. She left Sydney Roads
the 18th of the same month; on the 29th some smell, °
wool igniting, excited a suspicion which, on the following dOO
aYI
was converted into certainty. No lives were lost, the ere!!
and passengers having had time to get into the scuttle-h°ati
From the morning of the 30th, when they left the vessel. tin°
Wednesday the 13th April, when they reached Woollongong:
Captain Lyall and his crew underwent the most dreadful sot.
ferings arid privations, having been fourteen days and ten hour''
in an open boat. On Saturday, the 15th, Captain L., and nos,
of the crew, embarked at Woollongong, in the cutter Thn/nas'
and reached Sydney on Sunday.
Sir Francis Burdett breakfasted with Dr. Forester
this morning, The Hon. Baronet is expected to lay the first
stone of Repton and Willington New Bridge on Monday next.
Derby Reporter.
lINRNE BA-sr.—The first stone of the noble pillar
will be laid very early in October, (we believe the 3d, which
is the birth-day of Mrs. Thwaites), with considerable cere-
mony, preparations having already commenced for that no.;
pose. The cost of the erection will be about two thousarTt
guineas. We have received it iisom good authority, that each,
of the four dials for the clock will cost 401., being made 01
3
plate glass of uncommon thickness, so h. to resist the frequent
gales to which the column must necessail'iy be exposed.--s
Kent Herald.
Captain Chamier's new and popular „story," Pen
Brace, the Last of Nelson's Agatnemnons," has peter already ob-
tained an equal celebrity with Captain Marryat's 46
'
Simple." Cruikshank's illustrations to the new edition give
i additional attraction to a work characterised by great power:it/1
the more serious parts, and by the richest vein of humour Whir
delineating the few gay moments of a sailor's chequered life'
" Ben Brace" comprises the whole naval career of Nelson, in'
' eluding many original anecdotes and letters of the Admiral,on the„,,
"
most interesting subjects, together with plenty of forecast
yarns. The adventures of Ben himself, both ashore and Miner'
are also highly amusing, and delightfully characteristic of o°ll
rough and honest, hardy and brave, yet feeling-hearted Englis,
seaman. The work will be read with eagerness, and generabl
admired, and will take its istnk as one of the most popular
naval stories that have yet been published.
A few days since, Lord Rowden, happening to be
,
in the shop of Messrs. Gibson and Co., ironmongers, in Yorke
when a number of Irish reapers applied to cheapen wind
r sickles, his Lordship most generously purchased a lot,
I presented one to each of the party. It is impossible 1°
; describe the surprise and delight of the pool. fellows 0111.1';
ceiving this mark of British sympathy and kinsiness.---Tunt
burst forth into a general shout of gratitude, and
, in mixed Irish and English an abundant torrent ,of
and blessings on the noble donor, and all belonging to 111'm
York Courant.
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BERLIN, AUG. 13.—The King's birth-day t
observed this year (quite contrary to the riotous scenes of
year) in the circles of the different classes of society in 0
most cheerful manner, but which everywhere was within th
bounds of decorum.
BERLIN, AUG. 13.—The lectures in our liniverf
sity close this year extremely early ; it is only the middle °f
pourea out
August, and several of our most celebrated men arc already
in foreign countries. M. Von Raumer is expected shortly
return from London. Councillor Dieterici, Professor of Pr
litical Economy in our University, went to London at the br
ginning of August, to see the improvements in iron railroad''
steam engines, &c. Professor Weigmanor, the Zoologit;
accompanied by a well known chemist, is gone to the N°rt
commissioned by the Government to purchase amphiboa 01
the Norwegian coast, to complete the collection of natura
history ; and Professor Hotho is gone to Paris.
BRUSSELS, AUG. 23.—The average prices °f
wheat and rye in the third week of August (15th to 2002,1
were :—Wheat, 16f. 28c. ; Rye, 10f. 09e. per hectolitre; %,
the import duties 37f. 50c., and 21f. per 1,000 k"
grammes respectively.
; atld
CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 3.—The Engliso -
5,
French subjects have made complaints through their Ambao
sadors of a kind of monopoly to which the trade of coffee ;I,
L subject, and both Ambassadors acted in common, by which
means they have got the grievance redressed.
VIENNA, AUG. IG.—Their Imperial Majestic:
set out for Bohemia this morning. Prince Paul Estalle%
will set out in the course of the week for London, to presals
his letters of recall. His successor at the Court of London
not yet definitive; named ; but a distinguished diplomatist Pe
spoken of, who is now Ambassador to a German Court. 11,1.
embassy at London is Km of the most important to our Conn'i
and is more so than ever at this moment, when all politic s
questions have become so complicated. His Royal Highlw'
the Duke of Lucca is gone to Dresden, whence he -will go te°4
Prague. It is said that some cases of cholera have occurred
in that city, which will not intercept the ceremonies of !.°,i
coronation, as the disease is only spoosslic. Cardinal 00"
left Vienna this morning, and is gone to Rome.
tt
It has been remarked that, according to the C°llot
Circular, the King and the President of the Conceit have 't
met.--Journal de Commerce. ne,
According to the Eclaireur de la Mediterlllll-iit
the affairs of Africa are to be carried on with great vig°:lo,
There are to be 30,000 French troops and 9,000 nativ:s
ployed, who will be distributed nearly in the follool
manner :-500 at Tremecen, 1,000 at the Tafna, b01:1„nit
Mascara, 500 at the entrenchment camp between Oran 'lin
Mascara, 500 at Mostaganem, 300 at Arzew, 1,500 at Cidl
and Mers el Kebir, with a moveable force of 5,000, maki, °Pas
total of 9,800 men within the province of Oran. At Alg:4l
there are to be 3,000; at Medealt, Medianah..tros
Belidah, 1,500; in the two entrenched camps, 1,000 ; Wt
moveable force of 5,000 men.
RETURN OF CAPTAIN ROSS FROM MELvtLD°
BAY. —We have received a letter from a correspontientein.
Hull, dated August 23, which contains the following in ins
gence :—" Captain Ross passed up the Humber thisinoroo
about 5 o'clock with a fair wind for the river. Captain dhi
sent his despatches up by a pilot, and they will be forwardebeea
to-morrow's post. I understand that Captain Ross II" epic
up the Straits to Melville Bay, but owing to the loon'
masses of ice could not get across to the westwai'd, An The
sequently can give no information of the William l'orr• t the
fishing ships were left by his Majesty's ship Cove ai.7°°ht
middle of last month. Only 10 whales have been eau,, - ;he
per annexed account—viz., the William Lee, of Hull, I CAP
Norfolk, of Berwick, 1 ; the Clarendon, of Leith, I ; 'hie, I;
vice, of Dundee, I ; the Princess Charlotte, of Duo
the St. Andrew, of Aberdeen, 1; the Eclipse, of Peer"-
3 ; and the Superior, of Peterhead 1.
WARWICK ELECTION. Peterhead,
t the foul infltielicccrle
have been at work in this borough at the last election, t,rbe
can be as little doubt as of the existence of Toryilims shell
_Leamington Chronicle distinctly points to practises whieui the
that something more tangible than principle influe,nefe dis;
poorer class of voters. Notwithstanding however tue,s-eiplesi
graceful acts of tampering with the needy and ssurini ft is
electors, the majority was anything than triumphant. , state-
true that at the final close of the poll et four o'clock, t:l°o;ag,
mer,t showed a majority of thirty in favour of Mr. Ca' to it
the Tory candidate, but after a strict inspection of the b°4olo
was found that fifteen of the rejected votes, which coulds grs
been made good in case of scrutiny, were in favour ?1,1 the
Hobhouse, and bearing this in mind, in connection I'"' is oe
long preparation of the Tories, we conceive that victory
the side of the Reform party." near/
MONEY MARKET.-11.1-te attention of the Tr° 0501 c
interest was strongly fixed througL theout the day upon 0.0010
parlour, from whence it was expected that some notice
eftlio.
issue relative to the quarterly advances, but nothin sal
kind took place. There appears to have been a very loge
animated discussion among the directors on the sul,./d' e.acte se'
that some of them urged the expediency of an imnSf. pre:,
vance to 5 per cent. fur the temporary accommodatto::eat
paratory, as would necessarily follow, to an annotToZ, Aere
the same rate in regard to the discounts. The maJT:.'ineriu",
of opinion that the rate should be 41 per cent. for t 'l'esetn;s
dical loans, the same as the discounts are at its
and which would have been an advance on the last le some
ce
loans of one-half per cent., the rate having from Joel,
mencement of the system been one-half per
.it
than the discounts. A sort of compronsise,
sail, was entered into, to the effect that hothillallOct,
should be withdrawn, and that another week soll"u,s,",- suites
to pass over before any decision was come to :11' `c-toss, 1"; a
Within that period it seems that some of the es tha"pa
who contend for the lower rate, are not without lit l!ses ails
favourable turn will take place in the foreign excliatisii.!cov,
in the state of the money-market generally, which
hosseyeo"sitin ;
justify the course they recommend, and bring over theses "t,
ponents to that view of the question. The belief iou_r see e
the whole that the ultimate decision will be for 41- Twat Op
for the temporary accommodations, but that 110 gr„e,. centi;
will elapse before the rate will be raised to 5 r'n-jc. 1,1
for all loans, of whatever description, made by the 1.5,3 lilt,t
fact, it is said that the leading discount brokers, if ;1110
more time is allowed them to prepare for the changes e to tip
ombajiercittentaonctehiosf ctioiautrsaes,
tbhueteltivrirlelntlernadtet.heiTrhaessistanc
Ilea" far
aPPable 0
the Bank for discount are said to have been considerres hafis
this week past, and some houses of the first order ofe but
ea
met with refusals, not from any suspicion of that credit' Vutto
having exceeded the limits assigned to them. Those tion
others,
States origin have met with more difficulty in Prolwr• h Pb'
securities and joint-stock companies rather thall
especially where they have been cOnnected niere_let
fi
operations, which bears out the view We took 01 'A u
yesterday, and of the effect these securities have ,
settling the exchanges.—Tithes.

SPAIN.

SU

31.11IARY OF SPANISH AFFAIRS.
(From a Morning Paper.)
Armin, AUG. 13.--Lvents, and of h NaA.l import,
succeed each other at a rapid paean Ttlt capital, declared
B%a state of.
siege, as the WI Means of repressing the hos-
ue LlisPoltions of its inhabitants, crouching beneath the
n'n,Yr.:te of military despotism within,, is literally in a state
n
r= tiege from without, by an enemy who would annihilate
t:th parties if he could have his way. Don Basilic), the
*filomtnander of one of the expeditionary bodies of Carlists
broke loose from Navarre some weeks ago, and have
since been running through different province's, in defiance
of all the Queen's Generals, has lately posted hintrelf at
Medinaceli, twenty-nine leagues from 'Madrid, tin the high
eroornad to Saragossa. The consequence it, that the means of
and mitu.nication with France and England are intercepted #
Is now three d:ays sineo the post from the tiotih hhs
ari, in, the route lying through Saragem to Oleron.
.nand:' many armita in the field, ao many Generals com-
with so many
___.g in the Whole kingdom 300,000 men, and moreover,
valiant defr azetted victories and digs de gleritt for the
thou ht Alders of the Throne of Isabel 11., it is
tho„g 'passing strange that Don Basalt), with three
dik_usa'ad men only, it is said, should have the bar-
,.. rhwhile thus to menace, and incommode the capital.
ile people were speculating in this fashion upon the
news e of things within and without the walls of Madrid,
.__,.."L'is arrived of an event at San Ildefonso calculated to
Tielet
. r," illlPeltant change in the whole aspect of affairs.
of "T bzueL"a Regent was last night surprised in her Palace 1
aftel'a Granja by the troops of her small garrison, and '
sign r an armed negotiation her Majesty was induced to
,i.a decree directing the promulgation of the Constitu-
mott of
tie, , 1812 throughout her dominions. Prom the par-
siliars I have received of this affair it certainly does not
i.e"' to hare been conducted quite en regle ; but this con-
ibi,era„t,ioll deserves to have little weight in the scale if
11? 'fling done were in itself either needful or just.
4 agna Charia was extorted from a reluctant Monarch by
fli'll armed nobility in a state of rebellion against their law-
-a
rvereiga, but it is not the less cherished as the bul-
Isv-r"' of English liberty. The crown of France was pre-
ileentied to
its present owner upon the bayonets and pike-
and a 4, dripping with human gore, of a revolted soldiery
o pep
; but the title of its wearer is not questioned
Cop tat account either in Spain or in England, at the
ofourt of La Granja, or even in the Conservative purlieus
Pr0,,8• James's. With this prefatory observation I will
.1
-eeu to give you the details I have received :
:, ',` SAN ILDEroNso, AUG. 13.—Last night, about eight
}l'l°ck, the regiment of Provincial Guards which is here
esiito°ll:a_vteied,d symptoms of mutiny in their barracks, which are
out of the Sitio ; the Sitio and gardens are en-
sii,"u bY a wall, and there is an entrance of iron gates and
rsistngs• On the first alarm these gates were closed.
iltmllY after the grenadier company of the battalion of
~• "Incials came up to the rails, crying Viva la Constitu-
v,"?! and insisted upon entrance, and threatening to force
raw
, way abre le puerfa. Viva la Constitution I—Viva
"el 11. hada morir I (unto death), &c., were the cries
theyeatestitt.er.ed..
.They were a long time parleying at the
t with their officers, but without any result. The
thr°2l's of the garrison within the gates had been ordered to
z`ir quarters. The shouting and noise had not, however,
e ntinued long, when, instead of keeping their quarters,
~,, 4th Guaria Real turned ou t with the same cries,
" demanded that the gates should be opened to their
a Inl'ades- The keys were given up to them, after long
thilti energetic efforts on the part of their officers to quell
- e mutiny.
: ,When the (-rates opened, the whole garrison, excepting
moved and bod'y-o•uards (Guardia del Cuerpo) formed and
• up to the front of the palace, their full bands play-
music , accompanied by the voices of the men
t rivalled the thunder of the night before last. The cries
Sere Viva la Libertad!—Viva la Consiilucionl—liceura
an Roman I—lliztera Munoz I—Muera la Camarilla.
, The whole of these troops, about 1,100 men, formed
p'n front of the palace, close to the doors, and four corn-
talle.s, got through to the gardens. behind, and formed be-
aire
Znaf; tile back front. The music, the noise, the vivas, con-
tred for some time. At length a communication was
.erl with the Queen, and about twelve at night a depu-
„ '''cro of a sergeant, a corporal, and two soldiers from each
'''Papany, were admitted into her Majesty's presence. They
ft':.e said to have spoken well but fiercely, and only gave the
,9aeen the alternative of signing a decree adopting the
i'Lallstitution, or submitting to the massacre of every one in
"e palace.
eb" The grand subject of complaint discussed by the sol-
,nrs while the deputation was inside, was the arrears of
°ay- It appears that the Provincials are three months in
and
arrears of.
pay,
and several said they were without shoes
were in the greatest distress. Several National Guards
ofd udrid were in the midst
Biers of the men, and bade the sol-
shut their ears to their officers and only listen to the
'ergeants.
iii...." M. de
seen .----3=ador was
Leval is dangerously ill. The English Am-
latte ; but ~ every effort to get into the Pe-
entrance Latilid soldiersi let no one enter by the principal
insideCO' - all the private ones were closed, and no one
the st c:tild be got to open them. You may suppose that
extre,,,at of Panic both in the town and in the palace was
ti,is that
pay=alt is said, but I have no means of confirming
tile English Ambassador offered to guarantee the
if il,----s' °I the arrears to the troops, within a few hours,
~ al,, was all they desired. '
the .„t lengt, about three o'clock this morning, out came
B.Bit -,rre.. b.. A.
ea °. „,',"Ls tnd the deputation, having gained all they
and-s—an tlar-t Queen, with the aid of the Alcalde, Mayor,
the Constitu-
tion of -oman, drew out a decree, adopting .
h4d L 11-312 until the meeting of the Cortes. Skins of wine
and Supplied to the soldiers from somewhere or other,
140,„_"ais news also. was of an intoxicating character. The
th„"8, Played louder than ever, vivas rent the air--and
witrformed in a sort of military manner, and made pro-
billi,ro.und the place, discharging their pieces, (loaded
heir. ~".) in the air at every turn. This scene ended about_
in,. Past four, and now all is quiet, for the men are sleep-
ter, At 12 o'clock they talk of placing the lapide (stone of
fe,seek-,onstitution) and to-night they will have a Saturnalian
the p} The cavalry, formed apart in another street off
Quay "aza, stood firm, silent, and apparently determined,
Ai:waiting orders.
A'ntis'r 13, NIGHT.—The postscript to my history of
this 111,Prn-ing is, that her Majesty's most faithful Guards
geo-. alternoon placed the Constitutional Inscription in the
%telt. Pinza before the palace. The ceremony was con-
eointed with military pomp, decorum, and order. San Roman
(4neal_ ended ; and all the officers, at the request of the
the
r,.en, rejoined their corps, and did what they call
.swe.ar
over t-,onstitution, that is to ray, shout Viva la Constauczon
isithe ceremony of placing the lapide, which,. by the way,
ter waYs of wood. The town is illuminated, and order
gas in the Royal Sitio of San Ildefonso.' '
, Fr
inteiri my knowledge of the honour, impartiality, and
z,L.B genee of the gentleman who has favoured me with
ille.narrative, I can vouch for its strict accuracy, of
is 11,811, indeed, it bears internal evidence. The occurrence
"'n ill Madrid. It is known that the Ministers are in
possession of the Royal Decree P.m 6'3 celebration of the •
he
st!tution of 1812, and the utmost agitation prevails in
in of of the people. The Ministers have been sitting
is
e:uneil the whole morning. and General Quesada, who
ofnstantly at their en-Jow; has been engaged in provi-
ororg the Park, and erectino. works as in anticipation
()Cate 8 lege. The p• erecting
is a large house at the end of
Nae 111"/ a, irk
the Palace of Godoy, Prince of the
adapted nstr
the
_e• It is v.sed as a depot for the artillery, and from
licl:ton of the grounds about it seems admirably
doehled , ',,r a fortress. The patrols also have been
of on ~ 41 the streets. A determined resistance is spoken
Decreeo part of the Ministry, who contend that the Royal
tekt is invalid, having been signed under coercion and
4°1% It is also said to have been signed under a pro-
-411, ' and that intimation has been sent by her Majesty that
T,oldie°nsiders herself a prisoner in the hands of a suborned
snokeetY• The marchiog of troops to San Ildefonso is
too ~,,n ",4 ; but, in the first place, the garrison is already
systo,ea.K• for the duty required of them under the repressive
ltl.leti: In Vogue here ; in the next, it is highly questionable
Tutheerr,the troops would fight against their brethren ; and
all thee, it It is whispered, that besides a general tendency in
the t.,' "l'nePs to the Constitutional side of the question,
q4,44:t_
r , ,1 of Provincials here, corresponding to that
teal Syme. at San Ildefonso has manifested such unequivo-
"arra-et-'l.°ms of insubordination, that it is confined to its
i°r4ia-t''''s under a guard. Intelligence has arrived of the
f4nt Valetroinof niu•ata and proclamation of the Constitution
„r the ,we regular troops and National Guards. uniting
ot
''nole ,ITuroe. These examples are seductive. The
goo
n, Andalusia Saragossa, and the greater part of Ara-
'econa g. now Valencia to be followed, no doubt, by all the
tlia, 5,.-tY towns
ve 'eillost of that province, and the whole of Catalo-
rv,,,oen,. ate a
0 ' open revolt agrinst the Queen's Go-
inio,i4notlle 4th instant.
late
4 -4, ist '
General Don Manuel de Soria,
~
ee°rdin n er of War with the present Ministry, achieved
Itl)e1 gt° his own
~.. s under the account, a splendid victory. over the
',kite actin.. , . command of the noted chieftain Quilez.t
metween 7 Look place in the neighbourhood of Fortane e,
bearly „,.,twenty and thirty leagues from Valencia, and
salt wduway between that town and Saragossa. The re-
fan thee' the loss of
t Part from 250 to 300, besides wounded,
we kill of the enemy, at no greater sacrifice than
4,0 'lied and B
'''' OD, even wounded on the part of the Queen's
4,2eite.
' ThlB is the official account published in the
vordo„ ,
collate -"a nas
rinarei , lately accomplished another march and
I,lllhjeet. His' and published a glorifying dispatch upon the
°lee i• ills rants within the last few weeks have
2, li literally folio
dFrom it asw :-1. From Villarcayo to Reynosa.
e Co_ eYnosa to Aguilar de Campo. 3. From Aguilar
iaPo t
0 Arera de Pisuerga. 4. From Arera de Pi-

•
suerga to Aguilar do \
' ,naek Arera de
Campo'. Back tarn to flk;HI:t: de Calopo. 7. And
hoW gl.o"iiil Cie Campo to Reynosa. Profound stra-
t°..T.Z.ki combinations, hidden from the vulgar sight, have
no doubt dictated these different movements ; and no won-
der that both master and man complain of the fatigues they
undergo in ins Cant Wiarehing after the I
MA: 14, Seszbat.= Utiliost agitation prevails.
The Nat'onal Otiardsl Who receive secret intelligence from
San ilderon?:10, are gathering arms, wherever they can get
dim. The troops arc also 41 Infbrtiled kir What is going
on in that quarter., and i ci theiliseiVes to be in a painful
predicament i hilt they have not yet emancipated them-
solve% :tom the habit of military subordinating; and they
stand, besides, instinctively in awe et the (:2aPtaiii.zgeneral ;
as, indeed, does the WhHI4 Dblitliation of Madrid, flying pre-
cipit,atekv ttt hIS approach like frightened sheep from a
iVell't Troops of all arms—horse, foot, and artillery --=oc-
cupy the streets. Fourteen pieces of Militia have been
wheeled into position iti. the principal thoroughfares, with
their gentierh besides them, ready to apply the match upon
al@ Word of command. The reason of all this deadly ap-
paratus is to be found in the open manifestations of the in-
habitants in favour of the Constitution. These were first
shewn at the Puerta del Sol to-day, a spot which, as I
think I have before explained, is regarded as the centre
of the city, all the principal streets running into it.
Crowds of the better order of people assemble here
daily to discuss politics, scandal, and the weather, bask-
ing in the sunshine in winter, and shifting their locum
standi with the circling shade in the summer. They
were in groups rather denser than usual this morning,
and shortly after twelve o'clock, a sudden and tumul-
tuous cry, as by concert, burst forth of Viva. la Constitu-
tion. These cries, and all others, without discrimination
whatever, have been prohibited, upon pain of instant death,
in the streets, by General Quesada. The Foot Guards, on
duty at the Post-office, seemingly expecting an attack,
handled their arms, fixed bayonets, and examined the
primings of .the muskets, as though each man anticipated
that he would be presently called upon to defend his own
life from the onset of some unseen foe. We all expected to
be mowed down by the musketry of these grim-looking
savages, who, although upon ordinary occasions a fine
soldierly body of men, seemed to my eyes positively ugly
at this moment. According to the merciful dispensations
of the Captain-wral, the whole body of spectators, in
the midst of whog4these cries, arose, were legitimate food
for powder, and every man was liable to be shot where
he stood. The cuirassiers, also on duty at the Post-office,
spurred their horses against the crowd, threatening them
with their swords. The people only raised their voices
the louder, keeping back the horses with their canes, and
appealing energetically to the men not to shed the blood
of their countrymen uselessly, telling them that the Queen
had decreed the Constitution—that all Spain was up in
arms for it ; and that nothing could delay for 24 hours
longer its proclamation in Madrid,: calling upon• them at
the same time to join in crying, Viva la Constitucion, Viva
Isabel 11., Viva la Reina Gobernadora, &c. The con-
fusion of voices baffles description. The soldiers were
evidently unmanned. They could do nothing but threaten ;
they had not the nerve to put their threats in execution.
After this had continued some time, the officer in command
of the detachment, a subaltern, yielding to the generous
feelings of the moment, and forgetting for a while that he
was-a soldier, placed himself in front of his men, and re-
turning his sword to tie scabbard, cried Viva la Constitu-
eion ! The men, taking the word of command from their
officer, promptly followed his example, sheathed their
swords, and uttered the magic viva. The Foot Guards
still held out, and seemed intractable, until Barutell, the
military Governor of Madrid, who was inside the square of
the Post-office, with a view, as afterwards alleged, to avoid
the shedding of blood, came forward and directed them to
follow the example of their comrades. This was done, and
all was joy from that moment in the Puerta del Sol and its
vicinity. It was rapidly spread through the town that
Barutell had placed himself at the head of the movement in
Madrid. National Guards showed themselves in the streets,
and repairing to the Puerta del Sol fraternized with the
troops, between whom and the proscribed Nationals mutual
cheers and vivas were exchanged. The scene, however, was
soon to be changed. Between twelve and two o'clock fresh
detachments of troops ;marched on the ground, but they
took no notice of the vivas with which they were greeted.
At two General Quesada, attended by a distinguished staff
and troop of horse, made his appearance at the top of Calle
Canetas, a street which descends into the Puerta del Sol.
When he arrived near the bottom, the whole party suddenly
dtew their swords. The dragoons rode at full speed among
the groups collected in front of the fountain, pursuing them
along the pavement for some distance up Calle Geronima.
Many were thrown down and trampled upon, and some fell
whilst endeavouring to escape the danger ; but I do not
think there were any sabre wounds. The General himself,
with his staff, wheeled rapidly round to the front of the
Post-office, facing the Cuirassiers and Foot Guards, who had
declared for the Constitution. It was by a similar act
that General Canterac lost his life upon this same spot
last year, when the Post-office guard had been seduced.
by Cardcro. The presence of the Captain-General, how-
ever, upon this occasion, seemed to inspire all with terror
and repentance. He spoke a few words harshly to the
Cuirassiers, bidding them remember their oaths. Their
officer he ordered to his quarters, and the young man
sullenly departed, havinc, first canvassed the countenances
of his men, as though' he would have carried his revolt
further than words. But he met with no encouragement
from his troopers, who were evidently cowed by the rank
and characters of the officers who stood before them.
The Captain-General dismounted, and remained nearly
half an hour giving directions for strengthening the po-
sition. Upon going away he took the compromised troops
with him. Some people who had been allowed to assemble
cried Muera Quesada ! (death Quesada) as he turned his
his back. He instantly turned to round and faced them.
They all fled with precipitation. In like manner, in tra-
versing the streets, when a similar cry was raised from a
window or from a spectator, he always halted and looked
towards the place from whence the voice came. The
hatred against him is so great that it was thought nothing
skort of assassination could result from the manner in which
he exposed himself in the streets, sometimes attended only
by a couple of orderlies. He went to different parts of the
town where the public feeling was manifesting itself, and
always dispersed the groups in the same manner as at
the Puerta del Sol. This was not everywhere effected
without bloodshed.

In the Plazuela del Cabada a considerable crowd had
collected. Among these, about eighteen National Guards
of the cavalry and some of the foot . had assembled,
uttering Vivas to the Constitution. A party of one of the
battalions of the Reina Gobernadora advanced under the
orders of the Captain-General to disperse them. Colonel
Calvet, a most distinguished officer, covered with wounds,
and well known as a Liberal, remonstrated with the
National Guards, telling them that he had orders
to fire upon them ; but he would prefer seeing them
abandon the ground without compelling him to re-
sort to that alternative. He was answered by a uni-
versal cry of Viva la Constitution ! and a shot from be-
hind one of the market stalls brought him mortally wounded
to the ground. His soldiers, upon this, fired volleys
among the Nationals and the crowd, several of whom were
wounded. A National Guard, named Goldoni, much
looked up to by his comrades, was killed on the spot ; and
two of the Reina Gobernadora were wounded, and one
killed. In consequence of this occurrence, the Captain-
General has issued an order to the commanding officers of
corps to fire upon every National Guard they meet in uni-
form, and upon all groups seditiously disposed. About
500 National Guards, with arms, bad concealed themselves

in the church of San Basilio, intending when further rein-
forced to sally forth.

The Captain-General brought up a hundred men and a
piece of artillery, which he planted against the door, giving
the Nationals five minutes to surrender. The door of the
church was opened from within before the prescribed time
had expired. A large portion of the men escaped, but
150 were marched to prison.

In this manner have things been going on here to-day.
Some of the principal thoroughfares are entirely stopped by
large bodies of military, who desire all persons to keep
within their houses, if they do not wish to expose themselves
to danger. One cannot traverse a single street without
being challenged half a dozen times by sentinels, who give
small law as to time for reply.
General Seoane has for some days given in his resigna-
tion of the command of the Royal Guard, disapproving of
the conduct of the Captain-General in disarming the Na-
tional Guards, for whose fidelity and good conduct he of-
fered to be responsible with his head, if allowed to take their
command.

AUGUST 15.—Madrid again respires the atmosphere of
freedom. Mendez Vigo has returned from San Ildefonso
with the decrees for the removal of the Ministry, the
veteran Senor Calatrava being appointed to form a new
Ministry. General Seoane has been made Captain-
General in place of Quesada. One of the decrees or-
ders the immediate revival of the National Guards, who
are showing themselves everywhere in the streets with loud
vivas for the Constitution. The soldiers have all disap-
peared. General Seoane rides through the pnblic streets,
attended only by three or four National guards of the cavalry.
Shouts of congratulation and patriotic vivas rend the air.
People are seen embracing each other as friends or brothers
perilous journey. The
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tlohnegstarneedts,
,and the town seems
drunk with joy. People are gathering" the Post-
office, demanding from Gen. Rodil, thd new Minister of
War, as it is understood, the heads of Quesada, Isturiz.
and Galiano. The answer is that the first has escaped,
A strict search is making for the others.

By Royal Decree Senor Ferrer (wbo is in France? by

. ,
the way) is made Minister Of Einance; and Aerior 6ril de
is Cuadra, Minister for the Home fiepartan6nt,
TEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.—The unhappy man who was
yesterday the military despot of this town, holding all in
terror of his name and person, is now a mangled corpse.
General quesada, lin paid with the forfeit of his life the
penalty hii unauthorised
or, as some say, of his stern fidelity to the secret orders
of his Sovereign. He concealed himself this morning
in a carpet warehouse near the gate of St. 43arbara ;
Wt tit 11660 fining unsafe/ Ile set out for a place called
ortaleza, a leagtle and half Nth MCI lrid; attended
by 40 servants. He was recognised on the road whilst
making
,a difdiiit to avoid the village, and upon notice
Hein givh/ Adrefai National Guards of Hortaleza, with
the Alcalde, pursued/ and after klliiti drld of his attendants,
succeeded in making him prisoner. He was conddcted to
Hortaleza amidst the jeers and insults of his captors, and
there lodging In confinement, Meanwhile, some officious
person brought the news to Madrid, and nearly three thou-
sand people, in a state of great excitement, took the road to
Hortaleza. Among these were many National Guards and
some cuirassiers, who went (the latter) to protect him, it
is said. They were, however, too Into. He was mur-
dered in his prison, his person mutilated in a manner that
will not admit of description, and the bloody relics
brought as trophies to Madrid. In the Cafe Nuevo, the
resort of the principal inhabitants, his cars have been ex-
hibited amid shouts of exultation and merriment ; and
truth forces me to add that this has been done by persons
in the uniform of the National Guards. People are show-
ing joints of his fingers about in the streets. Some show
his walking-stick, his hat, or pieces of his garments, relating
the manner in which they became possessed of them to an
admiring audience, and then shouting Vim la Liberlad !
Songs have already been composed in barbarous couplets,
which girls, boys, and men in uniform, are singing about
the streets. This untamed ferocity in a people possessing
so many high qualities is the fault, it must be observed,
of those who have so long governed them, and done so
little to reclaim them from the original state of •ignorance
and barbarity.

I give you. the rollowing interesting and minute account
of the proceeding at San lldefonso from an intelligent and
impartial eye-witness of much that passed :
" SAN ILDEFONSO, AUG. 15 AND 16.—0 n the 18th
instant, according to the agreement' with the Queen on
the previous night, the troops formed, and, with much mi-
litary pomp, placed the inscription of Viva Isabel 11. yla
Constitution' in the Plaza. The ceremony was presided
over by Senor San Roman and his staff; the officers joined
their men, and assisted at the proceeding at the request of the
Queen Regent. The troops consisted of about 200 Royal
Guards, 160 Provincial Guards, 70 Grenadiers t cheval ;
the Guardias de Cuerpo, about 80 men, and the Salvaguar-
dias, 17, all on horseback, with a couple of riles of the
National Guard of the place. Three Vivas were given,
and given with equal fervour—Viva la Reyna Isabel ll.
Viva la Constitution—Viva la Reyna Gobernadora ! The
soldiery, who had assumed the command of the place,
were apparently obedient on parade, and wore all the day
an air of confidence and ease. Few or no excesses were
committed. The Queen Regent did not take her usual
drive ; and the Queen Isabel 11. confined her drive to the
gardens, thus not going out of the gates. The residents
in the town were permitted to walk out of the gate, and
might have left the town without molestation. The Sub-
secretario de Estado, Don Julian Villalba, arrived from
Madrid, and returned without difficulty.
" On the 14th the Minister of War, Mendez Vigo, ar-
rived ; after seeing the Queen, he summoned some of the

sergeants, and told them that it was necessary that the
Queen should go to Madrid that evening, and that, of
course, they would make no objection, and would accom-
pany her. The sergeants, &c. (I am told) did not dissent,
and left the Minister of War ; he imagined he had suc-
ceeded, and requested the English Minister, and the
French special diplomatique Agent, M. Bois le Comte, in
the illness of M. de Rayneval, the French Ambassador, to
accompany her Majesty to Madrid, at five o'clock in the
afternoon.

" The sergeants, &c., however, had no sooner left the
presence of Mendez Vigo than the centinels in every direc-
tion were doubled : every avenue about the palace and gar-
dens was guarded, and the gates were closed ; no one, of
whatever class or rank, being permitted to pass, except
common soldiers. In the interior of the palace a guard was
placed over the Alcoba of her Majesty the Queen Isabel
IL, relieved every hour, each fresh centinel ascertaining
that she was actually in the apartment.
" The confidence of the morning was changed into dis-
trust and alarm. The letters from Madrid had been all
delivered without difficulty, and now no communication of
any kind was admitted from Madrid—the result of Mendez
Vigo's indiscreet address to the sergeants, a measure which
he took in direct opposition to the Queen's opinion. Her
Majesty told him what she felt certain would be the result :
he persisted, and immediately converted the whole Sitia
into a close prison. Ali this time no- chief showed himself

—the soldiery appeared nothing but a disorderly rabble,
acting without head ; nevertheless, a sergeant of the Pro-
vincial Guards was seen from time to time busy, and was
known to give orders, which appeared to be implicitly
obeyed. H did not act alone, for at other times he was
seen holding council with others, and these councils were
held in the open air, and attended by any soldiers that chose
to thrust in their heads and raise their voices.

" Mendez Vigo was accompanied by the Commandant.
Villalonga, of the 4th Regiment—that is the revolted regi-
ment of the Guard—an officer who had strenuously fought
with this regiment through the war, and whose bravery and
frankness had made him popular with his regiment. He
went to their quarters, and was received with enthusiasm
by the men. He made them a speech, and reprehending
their conduct, proposed that they should return with him to
Madrid. They shouted unanimopsly they would go with
their brave commander to the end of the world. He had
not left them half an hour before he was told they had al-
tered their minds, and that not one would move—they had
seen their instructors.

" About two this day Mendez Vigo called together a
crowd of soldiers out of the gates and harangued them, giv-
ing them his word of honour that what had been promised
should be faithfully observed : that he had often. led theni
in the field—that he was never known to deceive them,
&c., &c., if they would only permit the Queen to depart.
" No, no !" was the universal cry ; and as he talked on they
began to leave him. Seeing there was nothing to be done,
he returned within the crates, whereupon they set up suc-
cessive shouts of Vivalifina! Viva Espartero ! Muera
Quesada I—Viva San Roman !'
" Immediately on the return of Mendez Vigo to the Pa-
lace, a council was held, at which M. Villiers and M Bois
le Comte attended. As a result of this consultation,
Mendez Vigo came out and again addressed a crowd of sol-
diers, and offered, as a guarantee, that the Government
would carry into effect the promises of the Queen, the word
of honour of the foreign Ministers of England and France.
The No, no ! ' was repeated. He then asked what they
wanted—if they had not got what they desired ? Yes—
but they were not sure that they should not be deceived ;
and for a guarantee, they required, Ist, that the arms of
_the National Guard of Madrid should be returned to them ;
the 2d, they should come to San Ildcfonso, or at least, meet
them half-way, and enter the capital with them in triumph ;
and, 3d, that the Ministry should be immediately changed.
" In the course of the night the soldiers chose a deputa-
tion of sergeants, of whom Garcia, the chief of the revolt,
was one. These terms were in a great measure agreed to,
and Calatrava was appointed Minister of State ; Ferrer of
Finance ; Gil de la Cuadra, of the Interior ; Seoane, Cap-
tain-General ; Rodil, in the place of San Roman, Inspec-
tor General of Provincials ; and Ulloa, Minister of Marine.

" Before, however, this had been settled, Mendez Vigo
had attempted to return. About six o'clock, he arrived at
the gate in his carriage ; he was stopped ; he attempted
to persuade them to let him go on ; he was prevented,—
made to get down out of his carriage, and walk a prisoner
like all the rest of us.

" After the articles of agreement had been signed by the
Queen and the sergeants in the night, Mendez Vigo again
set out for Madrid to carry, the decrees into execution. He
was starting with the'deputation of sergeants. At the gate,
however, he was refused exit as well as the deputation. The
soldiers about the gate said they were betrayed, and that
the Minister should not go, and that they would go and tell
the Queen so. The Minister of War, the deputation, ser-
geants, and about twenty soldiers, went up to the Palace,
and,entered the Queen's apartment. Thci yspokegnan was
a musician of the Provincial Guard. He said, We won't
let the Minister of War go till the decrees are puti nto exe-
cution at Madrid.' The Queen replied, that the Minister
of War was going for that very purpose. She said,—
' Have you no confidence in your own deputation, who arc
going with him to see it done ?' Answer—' No, you are
deceiving us. When did I ever deceive you ?' asked her
Majesty. Can any one say that be ever heard a word
from my mouth that I did not fulfil ?' Whereupon one of
the soldiers came forward. He said, Yes, you deceived me,
I was at Mendigorria, and was promised a cross." That,'
said her Maj,sty, must have been the fault or mistake
of my generals ; for I did not know that that promise had
not been fulfilled in every case, as it certainly has in nearly,
if not all.' Here the musician interposed, saying, Your
Majesty, it is no use talking ; let us see the deerees.'
The decrees were all formally sealed and packed up. Her
Majesty said, Vigo, read them the decrees, since they
have no confidence in what their own cbief,, chosen by
themselves, have agreed to, and are satisfied with.' Here-
upon the leader, Sergeant Garcia, began exclaiming,
Yes, your Majesty, it is time to tell it. ; it was I who
made this revolution ; I planned and executed it ; it was
I who commanded every thing, and now these scoundrels
distrust me ; this is the payment I get,' and he burst into
tears and threw himself into a chair. The General was
obliged to open and read the decrees--at the end of each

Oil': II
ih, Opp
,p:4rty imtip?ated
„their, crscrtt in the best man-
pro (hey could, at, the•tirop;• ' Now,' said one ofitem,
let i?:', P143-..:-Idt ihef4eneral s,lta'n't,.go ;' and all the rest
agreed with him. ' iatit iii 144;4 wayai.9 the decrees to
be put into execution ? If you go to 11114 rid with the
decrees, who will believe you ? It is absolutely neceisey
that a M.inister should carry them." The General sha'nt
go.' 1 'hen !ft e:ltat !Try will you have the orders exe-
cuted ?" In some other: 114. 'rite 441~001ty was, how-
ever, at length got over—they made a EVe!e',:;e. itt their de-
putation. I believe the musician was added to it. i And
now,' said one of the soldiers, 'all we have to do is to kiss
yon f Majesty's hand; and her Majesty graciously pre-
sented her hati,l, which was gallantly saluted, one of the
party making a long haratigae; bwitling Iser Majesty's hand
the while, about the blood he said he had spilt tot her hos-
hand and her daughter.
" Tiiis night all letters put into the park (the particular
box devoted to royal and official letters) were taken and
read by Sergeant Garcia, sd %tcre all those that arrived
from Madrid the next morning, the RA (Monday). The
letters were read in a room of the barracks of the Body
Guards ; all were preeent that could cram themselves into
the room. The sergeant was atsisted in his task by Body
Guards and others, each opening the letters he pleased,
and reading the contents aloud, some of the letters being
received with ill:ante of laughter, especially one to the
Queen from the mother or Munoz, and another to the Mas-
ter of the Horse, about the medical treaptvaent pursued by
the groom to a sick mare. •
" This morning the sergeant kept his word d§ JO the
diplomatic dispatches, so far as to send to the house of the
English Minister a great part of the correspondence, but in
1 a most disgraceful condition : the covers were torn off a
great many of the letters, and the public dispatches were
altogether miseings The sergeant was remonstrated with :
his tone was very ariiidt 'hanged ; he apologised for his
warmth the preceding evening, atm# swore he had returned
everything ; that he and others had only namined the cor-
respondence in order to see if it contained anything from
Madrid. When told much was missing, and that, as he
said he believed he had put every thing back into the bag,
he was probably mistaken, and in his hurry had left some
letters lying in the room where the examination took place,
he said no, and offered to go to the place. He was accom-
panied to his lodgings in abarrack, near the gate, where his
wife and family were. There, in the dust-hole, a variety of
torn letters and envelopes were found.
" The communications from Madrid were not altogether
satisfactory to the mutineers, for it appeared by the letters
of the park that Quesada still held Madrid in complete
subordination. Consequently we were still all kept in ri-
gorous imprisonment, no person being allowed to approach
the gates, or tend any message or leiter out of the place ;
one of the park letters displeased the sergeant, and he said
aloud in the room, this man (to whom the letter was ad-
dressed) must be shot. It was the Secretary in charge of
the War-office. He sent off a file of soldiers to arrest
him—some one on hearing his exclamation had run off to
give him notice, so that when the soldiers arrived at the
inn he was gone. Not finding him, the soldiers put all the
glentlemen, stayers at the inn, under arrest : they were
General Soublette, the Minister from Venezuela ; the
Marquis of La Greca, Charge d'Affaires of Naples ; the
Conde de Punon Rostro, and another. They were kept
in arrest upwards of two hours,
Later in the day the telegraph announced that the Mi-
nister and deputation had been well received in Madrid,
that the Constitution was about to be sworn, and that the
new Minister of State, Calatrava, had accepted, and was to
return in the night with the deputation. Things began to
wear a somewhat less sombre air. The soldiers, our
masters and keepers, looked less savage, and. people seemed
to walk about with somewhat less apprehension.
" In the afternoon some cannon, which had been sent

for from Segovia, arrived with a procession of all the troops
in that place—about a couple of hundred men. The gar-
rison went out to meet them, and returned in triumph,
colours flying, music playing, and Sergeant Garcia at their
head on horseback. They marched directly up to the
palace, where they made the Queen, come out on the bal-
cony with her two children to salute them. Sergeant
Garcia was still in his foraging cap and jacket, but covered
with green ribbons, the constitutional colour.
" A short time afterwards he went up to the Palace to
resign his command to the Queen, which he/transferred to
the commandant of the Royal Guards ; he has since pre-
tended to have no power, and the fact is, that they were
already disobeying him—but since he nominally gave up
his command. The Minister and the deputation have ar-
rived (early this morning, Tuesday, the 16th), and every
body has the full assurance that the Constitution is adopted
and proclaimed, and that therefore these mutineers arc safe
in the success of their enterprise. There has been the
greatest difficulty in persuading theni to march to Madrid ;
they insisted on taking the Queen in the midst of them ;
and her departure has been fixed and unfixed half-a-dozen
times at the will of the soldiery, who, having been accus-
tomed for the last-three-days-to.play-tho tyrant, do not like
to give up the post.
It is at length, however, agreed that her Majesty and
her children shall start to-morrow, Wednesday, at twelve
o'clock ; that the troop, which has at length gone out,
shall await her on the road ; and that the Queen Regent,
Queen Isabella 11., the Infanta, the Ministers, the Guards,
and the Provincials, together with the companies of the
National Guards of Madrid, who are expected to meet
them on the road, are all to make a triumphant entry into
the capital.
" The troops having left this place, the Count San Ro-
man,Ronchi, and other fugitives, have appeared again. The
Count San Roman was sought all over the town this morn-
ing to be shot—for no other reason than that Quesada had
been assassinated at Madrid. _ . .

" The Queen, all through this history of violence offered
to her person, and that of her daughter, by their own
guards, has conducted herself with a presence of mind,
firmness, and ability, which have surprised and delighted
all those around her, or who have witnessed her deport-
ment. In fact her judgment and good sense, not to men-
tion her immoveable courage, raised her far above her Ge-
nerals and advisers."

M. de Rayneval died yesterday afternoon, at half-past
six. His complaint was a pttlnzonia, caught in traversing
the mountains between Madrid and San Ildefonso ; but the
affairs of that place, detailed above, no doubt weighed upon
his mind. Madame do Itayneval was kept in Madrid, in
ignorance of the dangerous illness of her husband.