The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-15 00:00:00

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LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1836.

On Saturday the ATTORNEY-GENERAL brought
in three Bills, the object of which is to amend certain.
defects in the Municipal Corporation Act. As the,
particular points to which these Bills refer are not of
a political character, and as the principles involved hi
them have already been discussed and sanctioned by
both Houses of Parliament, it is expected that no
opposition will be made to their being passed without
going through the ordinary for►ialities. To facilitate
their progress, the Standing Orders of the House of
Commons will be suspended, and no doubt the same
course will be pursued in the House of Lords, when.
the Bills get there.
The first of these Bills relates to .the administration
of justice. The second makes temporary provision for
the boundaries of certain boroughs, repealing so much
of the Act for regulating Corporations, as providQs that
the metes and bounds of every borough and county
named in:the said Act, shall include the whole of the
liberties of such borough and county by land and
water, and refixing the boundaries as they were before
the passing of the said Act. The third is intended to
provide for the better administration of the Borough
Fund, by enlarging the powers of the Mayor and
Council in certain cases, and rendering it obligatory on
the Council to transmit to one of his MAJESTY'S 4
Secretaries of State an annual account of the receipt<:,
and expenses of the Corporation, an abstract of which
is to be laid before Parliament.

Madrid Journals to the 7th inst. have been received,
from which copious extracts arc given in another part
of The Sun. They detail the particulars of an insur-
rectionary movement in the capital o❑ the evening of
thod, the object of which was to proclaim the Con-
stitution of 1812. This commotion was quashed at
the very commencement by General QUESADA, famous
for his street victories over brawling boys and revolu-
tionary water-carriers. On the morning of the 4th,
Madrid was proclaimed in a state of siege, though not
the slightest symptom of disaffection was apparent.
Of course the Press was not suffered to escape un-
scathed. The first act of the Government was to pro-
hibit the publication of the Eco, the Nacional, the
Patriota, and the Castellano—all Journals advocating
liberal principles. This decree was followed by another
for dissolving the National Guards, in order that that
force might be re-organized conformably to the Ordi-
nance of March 1835.

We have carefully examined the various accounts o:

this insurrectionary movement in Madrid received by our
Contemporaries of every shade of opinion, and we have
come to the conclusion that the whole was but a trick of

the Government. In the first place the Royal Decree
declaring the capital in a state of siege is dated the
2d inst., and countersigned the 4th, so that it was
drawn up, and ready one clear day before the slightest
disturbance, or even the rumour of a disturbance, took
place. Again, QUESADA had all his preparations
made, and the streets barricadoed, before a single con •
spirator made his appearance. Lastly, the National
Guards, on whom the suspicions of the Government
would appear to have fallen, did not employ the arms
in their hands against any person, notwithstanding the
gross provocations which they received from QUESADA
and his satellites. To make this evident, we subjoin a
copy of the decree, pledging ourselves for the correct-
ness of the date for which the correspondents cf the
Times and the Chronicle are both vouchers :
" MADRmens—The public tranquillity has been altered
by some individuals, who have forgotten the good sense and
prudence which characterises this heroic population.
" The majority of the meritorious National Guard was sur-
prised by the beat to arms (generala), which was ordered by
those who had no authority for it. Thus arose the meeting or
formation of the battalions.
" In this state has the following royal decree been communi-
cated to me.

" Her Majesty the Queen Governess has been pleased to
direct to the President of the Council of Ministers the follow.
ing royal decree:—

In consequence of public tranquillity being disturbed, and
threatening disorders like those which have taken place in other
parts of the Monarchy, and after hearing the advice which for
such cases the Councils of Government and of Ministers have
given me, I have decreed, and do decree, the following
Ist. The town of Madrid is declared in a state of siege, and
all its authorities under the command of a superior military one.
2nd. A military commission is formed, which will try the
offenders of sedition, and every one who may happen to commit
any kind of crime, until the state of siege shall cease by a fresh
royal decree. Do take notice, and' order the needful for its
fulfilment. It is subscribed by the royal hand. By royal order
communicated by the Secretary of State of thq Borne Depart.