The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-16 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1841.

INSURRECTIOI.4I I N

SPAIN.

The lateeihtelligence from Spain informs us that
General Ayerbe, who was in command of Saragossa,
had been replaced by General Castana:la, from Victoria.
The Government is composed of the Marquis of Almeida,
Pietro y Gana, arid Montuesea: In Bilbao young men
were recruited for the service of the Queen: General
Alcala continues at Tolosa. Urbistondo and other chiefs
continued to occupy Bergara, and endeavour to stir up
the country. Corunna is quiet. No news frail Pam-
poluna.

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of Quteheen C7hthrisitiiin
(From La Prem.)
CHRISTINITE ACCOUNT Or THE ATTEMPT ON THE PA-
LACE AT MADRID.
I
alin-edreddiae;
the Regent has triumphed. This. is not the fact, for
the two parties have come to no decisive strug-
gle. An isolated attack, withouts
preparation, by some
al;lsadpriardt,y.
officers, and a mistake; which caused a general
and a regiment to declare themselVes bell:e-the proper
time, defeated by chance the plans of attack, of which the
result would have been succesaful, could each part have
chosen its camp as they wished. The Regent has pro-
fited by this inistake. He haadispersed the conspirators,
but not conquered them. • .
It appears that the directors of the combined move-
ment at Madrid had had, at•first, the idea of making in
attack by surprise ; but this project failed, beteiliAe the
Regent hadnot received 'Word of all that was in prepa-
ration at Pampeluna, and he kept on *MS f.,outtrd. They
then adopted' a new plan of attack combined:avith the
effect to be produced in-Madrid by the news of the aising,
of O'Donnell: But this project also failed, because
Espartero received with the fitsai-of 'the rising ,fnur let-
ters, loft in mistake' by 0140nnastl on the table of the'
lodging which he 'occupe'd at' Pampelun-a, 'ere - throwing
himself into the 'citadel. These letters wore sent
by Ribiero to Madrid, and-betrayed the officers :at,
Madrid who were in concert with. O'Donnell. The*
Regent ordered their arrest, and Committed the execu-
tion of this order to the cavalry ; but he was so badly
served, that all were able to escape into places
of concealment. Here they remained four days, Briga-
dier Pezuela, !mother of the Marquis of Villernia; keep-
log up correspondence between them. The 'movement
was to break- forth 'on the morning of the Sth. The
corps of cavalry stationed at Vicalvaro, two leagues from
Madrid;hed promised their adhesion ; that is,. ,the great-.
er part had promised to remain neutral; one squadron
only consented to come to the gates of Madrid, where
Leon was to
.put himself atiti head,' • and march on the'
barracks of Soldado and Posilo, in which were- he Royal'
Guards. These would follow Leon also. At the signal,
Don Manuel de la Concha; brother of the. Concha seho
has declared for Espartero Caffalla, havingt married'
his sister-in-law; Kris to mike the same attempt in the
barracks of the regiment of the PrinCeSe. The adheiion
of the regiment of Soria was also reekoned.dn,•butEspa?-
tero changed its Colonel. The squadron; too, that Was
to meet Leon at the gate of Madrid, was ordered sud-
denly to the capital, and placed where it was surrounded
by regiments of hussars faithful to Espartero. But Leon-
persisted is his plans. •
Such was the state- df things before nightfall. . 'But
two hours before Espartero had dismissed eighty-five
officers of the two battalions of the guard, and sent to
the quarter of Soldado a new colonel, charged by Pim
with the command of the regiment, and with full poivers
to 'announce to the sergeants that they were to replace
their officers. The announcement of their dismissal so
exasperated the officers, that, only consulting their in-
dignation, and without giving the least notice of the step
'they were taking, they went in a crowd to the quarter
del Soldado; hoping to gain the soldiers-they had so
often led- to victory. Butthe new Colonel (Brigadier
Velarde) was there already, and had ordered the regi-
ment under arms in • th'e Court. When the officers (re-
sented themselves he declared .to the sergeant
that now they were in posSession of their new corn!,
miaSions ; he -exhorted them to earn them by an act
of devotion, and at the same time ordered the batta-
lion to fire. Some' sergeants alone fired at the officers,-•
.
who would have all , faller had the regiment.obeyed,
and really fired before them. There was but one
killed and one Wounded. The Delete withdrew. Gen.
Concha, hearing the discharge of musketry, took it for
the signal, and although the hour was not that agreed
upon for the signal, he imagined that Something had gee.
curred to, hasten it. and he instantly hurried to the ,
ters of the Princesa regiment.: : He was well receivcd,-as
ho expected, and draggine; along, with him the .:soldiers,
he entered the Royal Palace, after being joined), bl the .
troops on guard without it. Ile then took up a.positton,,
and defended himself against the attacks of the. remain-
ing troops faithful to the Government. After whal had
passed at the Soldado barrack, Leon and Pezuela could
no longer present themselves there alone. The. Posito
barracks, where the other battalion of the Guard was,.
are close to Eapartero!s hotel, which was kept by the
chasseurs of Luchana, devoted to the Regent. 4apartero
had also summoned to him the Regiment of Soria, tinder
its new officers and Colonel, so that there reilaailikl, no,
longer a resource for Conika and Pezuela. TheUtler,,ia
despair, exchanged his military hat for a common one,
covered his uniform with a cloak, traversed the Esparterist
soldiers blockading the Palace, and penetrated bathe irtriet-
courti where he found Concha, and informed hirh (!)f the
state- of things. Pezuela told .him that there,. was ne
hope of succour, but. he would do all that cohldhe.dono;
viz., come back with Leon, that they might all die fight-
ing. Pezuela, for this purpose, got out of the Pi dace
again, and joined Leon.' Both then disguised Alert. Uni-
forms, and penetrated to Concha, in the interiorcourt of the
Palace. The details of the struggle which totek, place
need not be given here. All known with certainty, is,
that Leon,
.Concha, and Pezuela succeeded io getting
out of Madrid by the gate of St. Vincent, with 300 in-
fantry and 70 horse, and were soon out of the.,reach of
pursuit. It is not known whether Leon and the others
were of the party that carried the attack
,into the stair-
case and, the Royal apartments, which were filled with
dead and wounded, or whether they approved this. All
certain is, that Espartero is triumphant. But will he be
long se ? Ho has against him. the carlists, who have
rallied to Christina, and those who'did not.
Extract of a letter from Saragossa, 7th inst.
" The Captain-General of the province of Saragossa
has written as follows to the Goveroment:e-,"rhe 2d
regiment of the Royal Guard;, which had declared against
the .Government,-has made its submisSion.u.Many..eols,
diers are returned, and the remainder hive.
,t*ted
.for
terms without effusion of Spanish blood. General Espe-
leta is going to fetch the only battahon that is missing.
General Borsu de Carminati, who had plaeedhktiselfait
the head of the revolt; has been iirreSted by the National
Guards, and conducted froin Mallen to Borjg: l'he no-
liticalchief has addressed a thort-proolaination •to the-,
inhabitants, annonticing the suppression of the revolt at
Saragoskt, and assuring them that the laWsVill be en-
forced with energy. The preiiiiioaldeputation;2the Ayun-
tamiento, and the National OnardOtave addressed a mesT.
sage to the Regent, in 'WHO, after expressing their con-
fidence in him,' arid isstiring,'hith of fliel'eaftitehment,
they add, ' Be deaf to the voice of the Syrens; :who have
too long lulled you into a fatal sleep. Resume your war-_
like ardqur, and again' grasping the sword, which , has
endowed the country with so much glory, swear not to
sheath it until you have exterminated all its enemies.
The province of Saragossa and. the whole of Arra-
gon, await your' first steps' With anxiety., Rely. on
the bravery of its sons. One'blow, a sink,rlehlow, struck
with your arm, can stifle for ever the volcano of our poli-
tical convulsions. Otherwise learn that the Arragonese
will never stop .in the career of liberty and independence,
and that, rather than submit to a tyrannical yoke, they
will plunge into all the horrors of a new revolution.
Avoid a future of blood and tears, and have. constantly
present to.your mind the truth, that there. is, no choice
between despotism and anarchy, when a natiparis resolved
to obtain at any price their liberty."
The folloWing from Bayonne, of the 10th; is given IT
the Constitntiannel :
" We 'earn' from an English courier that M. Isturitz
is deeply involved in the attempt at Madrid, and that in
case of auccess, in proclaiming a provisional:government,
he was to have been its chief, with •fullpoWera from the
committee in, Paris. Isturitz is under arrest. Throe
military chiefs have already been conderane4 to death by
a Court-martial. One of them, is a. younger • brother of-
Cordova. Great forbearance will be used ,towaaas;the
private soldiers who were seduced into it, but the,officers
will be made topay dearly for tharmutiny. On the Bth Sir
A. AslOn had a conference with the Regent at the Palace;
and the resident representatives of other-natio-AA have done
the same. Our accounts from 'Pampelurittreorne up to the
10th. O'Donnell cannot leave the citatlel. All his communi-
cations with the other, pinnts in insurrection have been-
cut off by Ribiero. It was impoisible for O'Donnell to
hold out much longer, as he, had provisions for only
three days. The whole of.the lino between Jaca, Brota,
Ainsa, Saint Liesta; Biotastro, Saragossa, and other,
points, was entirely' anti-Christino up to the 9th. The,
Reactionaries are therefore confined to, but very few por-
tions of the Basque provinces and Navarre. Their posi-
tion even at Bilbao, as well as all the points they have ,
gained possession of on the borders of the Bay of Bis-'
cay, has been rendered untenable,
Aston, on the Bth, the Madrid by Sir Arthure English -
Consul at St. Sebastian, to declare openly and -enereetic-
ally against the insurrection in the • name of England,and not to suffer any English trading vessels td .supply
the insurgents with- arms, ammunition, proviSions, or
stores of any kind. The accounts from. Catalonia
are
entirely unfavourable to the cause _of O'Donnell.. On the;Bth, Barcelona, without
being able to have had any
wed a dispositionrlewsPf
the state of Madrid, •sho
The
Galtogether
overnms
hostile to queen Christina. nt must have
received detailed 'norts from its .Consul, through
Figueras and Perpignain" r".c,es
statement of I
The France confirms the . Isturitz liav

Two proclama.'
stao3:sth:e—t;oops and inhabi-
tants have been pub-
_ ~,
e Courcelles, and
ing been arrested. '
]fished,
jai
sonirni: t
seshd,eo,
f 1
addressedi,nt ech/
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composed
oeatme
sbrcipyot.oifesoß:dppo
rermooandintieinsan,
atseuheria
dxoise
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said to be the, work:3=f
reno, and Oca. O'Donnell took them with him Wllen h
left Paris to organise the insurrection.
all
iTthhee Temps;ola,i
`men,
its intelligence from the frontier, states
that on the 6th 'General Ribeiro sent out of Pampehma ,
under lourteen,
years of age, retaining only such raen as were capable 9f,
bearing arms. Ever since the 2d, it adds, thelroonS"
have been constantly under arms, bivouacking in, the
'2lchaiirdilneenz, de
la
Bose, To-

streets and squares. General O'Donnell had contrived
to get in some provisions by the. gate which opens to the
country. He keeps up a commumeetion with Ortigosa,
who is in poSsessiOn of a village on the road to Puente la
Reyba, where he has about 300 men.
The Indicateur of Bordeaux, in mentioning the depar-
ture of the Infante Don Francis for Spain, gives the
following colour to the motives of his journey. It says:—
" The Infante, devoted to the. national cause of Spain,
on hearing the first news of the insurrection of Painpe-
lima, set out for Madrid, toll-lute his endeavours with
those of the Queen's Government and the Regent, to
maintain the welfare of the nation, and the constitutional
throne of his august niece Isabella II." This journal
publishes the subjoined 'letter from one of the Prince's
suite, which contains some curious details. It is • dated
Pau, 10th instant:—
We arrived here at eleven o'clock last night, with the
intention of continuing our journey, and getting over the
.frontier in the course of to-day: M. de Hoyos went to the
Prefecture with our passports. The Prefect, ad interim, in-
formed him that the persons who accompanied the Prince
would meet with no difficulties, but that Don Francisco
could not be permitted to leave France till after the arri-
val of instructions, which Mere expected in the morning..
At half-past nine this morning the Prefect came to his
Royal Highness and endeavoured to dissuade him from
continuity-,
,his journey, but was met with a dignity and
a 'firmness of resolutiOn he no doubt did not expect. The
Prince told him that his mind was decidedly made up,
even if they should attempt to arrest him, and therefore
he should immediately ()icier the horses to be put to his
carriage. The Prefect replied that he had no orders to
use any violence upon the. Pritite's person,. but was
,prohibited from hini have post-horses.
Enough,' . said the Prince, We will go on foot I.'
,
The Prefect retired making protestations of respect and
consideration, and M. de Hoyos immediately withdrew the
,passpOrts. Some horses have been hired, and we are on
the point of departure, it being half-past eleven."

WOOLWICH.—OcT. 'l4.
ROYAL. ARTILLERY .
",GENERAL ORDER, OCT. 8, 1141.

. .
" The Master-General has been pleased to sanction an
exchange of troops between Lieutenants. Handcock and
Newcomen, :Royal Horse Artillery.
(Signed) " J. E. JONES, Lieut.-Colonel,
Assist. Adjt.-General."
Lieutenant Tyke is to do duty with the company of
Gentlemen Cadets during the illness of Lieut. Christie.
Lieutenant Elliot has relieved Lieutenant Young from
the duties of Adjutant to the field batteries, and the
latter Officer prodeeds to Plymouth to
ijoin his Company.
OcT. 14.—The detachment at the lower was relieved
this morning by Captain M'Bean's company 6th bat-
' ,talion with detachments of the Ist and 9th battalions.
Captain M'Bean and Lieutenant Batch& accompanied
the detachment.
" GENERAL ORDER, OCT. 12, 1841.
" Serjeant }William Allen; 9th battalion, is appointed
quartermaster-serjeant to the Royal Artillery at Island-
• bridge, vice Perkins, promoted, commencing Ist :nst.
(Signed) " J. E. JONES, Lieut.-Colonel.
Assist. Adjt.-General." •
Lieutenant Radcliffe is withdrawn from the field bat-
teries, and returns to do duty with the Ist battalion.
" GENERAL ORDER, OCT. 13, 1841.
" The Honourable Board of Ordnance have directed
by their letter, dated August 27th, 1841, A. 400, that in
future the period for the duration of bugles and trumpets
is to be six years, as in the cavalry. This order to be in-
serted in the finance regulations, vol. ii., page 152.
(Signed) "J. E. JONES, Lieut.-Colonel,
Assist. Adjt.-General."
The following companies of the Royal Artillery have
been ordered by the Master-General to be held in readi-
.ness to embark for foreign service
Captain Kendal's company, 4th battalion, to relieve
Captain .Morgan'.3 Company, Ist battalion, at Barbadoes.
Captain 111-organ's company went abroad on the 28th De-
cember,
.1834, and, by the time of their being relieved,
will have been seven years in the West Indies.
Major Molesworthrs company, 6th battalion, to relieve
Major Wood's company, Bth battalion, at Bermuda.
Major Wood's company went abroad' 'on the 9th Nov.,
1834, and will at the period. of their relief have been'
'about six years on foreign service.
'Captain and Najor ~11.1olesworth's companies
will embark about the latter end of 'the 'preient or be-
ginning of the ensuing Month:
• -NAVAL.•INTELLIGENCE.
OcT.•ls.—The Firebrand steam-vessel, Master S. B.
Cook, ,left Woolwich yesterday for Portsmouth.
The FAmouth, Mr. Everson, second master, sailed
to-day for Portsniouth and Plymouth.
The ColuMbia steam-vessel, Master B. W. Robinson,
has arrived at Portsmouth from the West Indies, her re-
cent station, and she is ordered round to Woolwich.
The Sinbad, Mr. Follett, second master, will sail in a
few days for 'Portsmouth and Plymouth.
The Volcano steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander J.
West, is expected to leave Woolwich to-day for Ports-
mouth, onsher. way to a foreign station, supposed to be
the Mediterranean.