The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-07 00:00:00

INSURRECTION IN MADRID.

(From the illoniteur Parisien of Saturday night.)
By Royal decree, dated Valencia, Aug. 28, the new
Spanish Ministry is composed as follows :
President of the Council and
Minister of Justice ad interim Senor Cortazor.
Minister of War General Xavier Aspiroz •
Foreign Affairs
Interior
Marine
Finance ad interim Senor Secades."
On the news of the formation of this Ministry, which
is of the opinion of the majority of the Cortes ( Mode-
rade), the municipality of Madrid declared itself on the
Ist inst, permanent.

The national militia took arms and occupied the
principal posts.
The Captain-General Aldama was fired upon ; his
horse was killed and his Aide-de-Camp wounded. He
took up positions at the Retiro with two battalions, one
squadron, and several pieces of artillery.
The political chief of Madrid, General Buerens, was
arrested and imprisoned under a guard at the Hotel
de Ville. • '
Notwithstanding the events of the day the aspect of
Madrid was tranquil on the evening of the Ist instant.
The Messager also gives the above and adds s—
" The following are some personal details of the.
Members who compose the new Ministry :
" Senor Cortazar, a friend of Isturiz, is President
of the Royal Court of Valladolid, and Deputy for
Zamora.

" General Aspiroz, formerly Deputy, and General
of the Army of the Centre, under the orders of O'Don-
nell, was brought up in France, studied at the Lyceum
of Pau, and at the school of Sorcze. Aspiroz was page
to King Joseph.
" Senor Zayas is not a Member of the Cortes. He
was Charge d'Affaires in Belgium, and was one of the
principal Secretaries at the Office of Foreign Affairs at
the time of his nomination.

" Senor Artela, formerly Deputy Lieut.-Colonel of
Engineers, was political Chief of Navarre.
" Finally, Senores Arrnero and Secadez formed a por-
tion of the defunct Ferraz Cabinet, which resigned at
Valencia."

" We may add to the Messager's notices," says
the Morning Post, " that Buerens was the General
whose division was cut to pieces in September, 1837,
by the Carlists. Buerens, after this affair, was in dis-
grace, but retrieved himself afterwards in Catalonia.
The conclusion of the Moniteur's statement, that tran-
quillity prevailed on the evening of the Ist, was probably
only the precursor of a desperate conflict on the 2d.
It must be premised that the French Cabinet sustains
the Moderado party, sod may be presumed to be re-
served in its accounts of their prospects?'

NSURRECTIONARY MOVE-

MENTS IN PORTUGAL.

LlsßoN, Auu. 31, 4 r.m.—The embers of revolt
have been rekindled into a comparative flame. Towards
the close of Friday evening last the telegraph from
Abrantes announced to the Secretary at ‘Var, that
about 200 to 300 of the 6th Regiment of the Line, at
Castello Branco, supposed to have been inveigled by
some of the rioters who escaped from the Military
Arsenal on the night of the 11th, and proceeded thither,
had turned out, vociferating," Long live the Queen, the
Constitution of 1838, and down with the Ministry."
As a preparatory step to quell the insubordination, an
order was forthwith transmitted to the 2d battalion to
hold itself in readiness to march. The unexpected re-
fusal to obey this mandate, upon the plea that its privates
could not be depended upon,threw the War Minister into
consternation. A conference of the advisers of the
Crown soon assembled, and sat in deliberation at the
Home Department until two on the following morning,
the garrison of Lisbon being under areas in their respec-
tive barracks, and the Municipal Guard concentrated in
their various quarters, thus leaving the city with scarcely
any police for the protection of its inhabitants. Upon
its breaking up, the Minister of Justice went off to
Cintra, to acquaint her Majesty the Queen of passing
events, as also to point out the expediency of the Court
returning to the capital, which was soon accomplished.
The 16th Regiment, with a contingent force of 100
from the 7th and 10th Infantry and 30th Cacadores,
60 of the 2d Lancers, and two pieces from the Ist
Artillery, making together about 1,000 effective men,
being ordered to march, her Majesty yesterday (Sun-
day), at four o'clock in the afternoon, reviewed the
whole garrison, consisting of the Ist Artillery, 2d Lan-
cers, 7th, 10th, 16th, and 17th Infantry, the Naval
Battalion, 2d and 30th Carlidnres, and the Municipal
Guard, in all 2,000, who were drawn up in Rua Au-
gusta and the Praga do Cotnercio, passing through their
lines in an open barouche with the Princes Royal, Don
Pedro, escorted by a troop of the 2d Lancers, accom-
panied by King Ferdinand on horseback, who was at-
tended by his staff, the Duke de Terceira, Count de
Bomfim, General Viscount Villa Nova de Gaia, after
which the Queen returned to the square, stopped under
the windows of the Foreign-office, where the troops
passed in review order, and those who were to march
taking the lead, and proceeding to embark direct on
board three of the steam company's boats for Villa Nova
da Rainha, and thence to Abrantes.

It was remarked that on her Majesty's appearance
among the soldiery, the deepest silence prevailed ; not
a single viva was uttered, not even from the numerous
concourse of spectators. This, however, from the pecu-
liar character of the metropolitans, ought not to be
taken as a criterion.

Orders have been sent off to the Ist Lancers in
Estremoz, the 4th and 3th Cavalry in Torres Novas,
and Evora to send to Abrantes 100 men from each re-
giment, 100 of the 3d Cavalry at Monte Moro-Novo
to come to Lisbon, and the remainder to proceed to

•
Campo Mayor. The 12th battalion of Infantry, 150
strong, arrived here yesterday from St. Übes.
Th Government are exceedingly jealous of the
troops in the Algarves, more particularly the sth Cna-
dores at Tavira. Yesterday morning the Don Pedro
brig of war, in order to secure their fidelity, sailed with
coin to pay up their arrears.
On Saturday the Ministers came down to the Cham-
ber of Deputies, and after relating as much of the oc-
currences as suited their purpose, requested to be in-
vested with discretionary power for one month, which
was referred to a select committee, and„ as customary,
in the very short space of half an hour the following
report was brought up, read, and almost immediate)),
carried.
" Article 1. That the Government be authorised with
discretionary power fur one month—
" 1. To noininate military chiefs for any places they
may judge indispensable.
" 2. To suspend, and substitute by cny person of
their confidence, any local administrative authorities
they may deem convenient.
" 3. To delegate to chiefs and military commandants
all governative and executive authority which may be
necessary to preserve public security.
" Article 2. The Government' at the expiration of the
above period to present to the Cortes the use they may
have made of the power conceded to them by this law.
" Article 3. All other legislative acts to the contrary
to be suspended."
(Signed by all the members of the Committee except-
ing M. Avila.)
Consequent upon this law, M. Antonio Jervis d'Ais-
toguia, Honorary Secretary of State, was immediately
appointed Administrator-General of the capital in r )cm
of M. Gamboa-e-Liz, M. Antonio Joze Avilla, Admi-
nistrator-General of Oporto with discretionary powers,
and Major Sola to resume his situation as Chiet of the
Staff of the 3d Military district. These with a M.
Brito, an Assessor-General, started in the subsequennt
forenoon (yesterday) in the Porto steamer, hired ex-
pressly for the purpose, for Oporto.
The interest of the 4 per Cent. Inscriptions for the
first half of the present year will be paid at the Board
of Public Credit on the 9th, 14th, 23d, 28th, and 30th
of September, and on the sth, 7th, and 12th of Octo-
ber next. Those who do not present their respective
titulos on the days specified will not be paid until fur-
ther notice.

The able and much respected Charge d'AfFtires of
the United States left this for St. lines on Friday last,
there to take his passage on board the bark Onece for
Boston, taking with him, I am credibly informed, the
so-often-talked-of commercial treaty between Portugal
and the United States duly signed. The ratifications,
it is expected, will soon be exchanged.
Arrived, on the 29th inst., the Iberia steam-packet,
from London and Falmouth, with the mail of the 22d
instant ; on the 29th, the Royal Tar, steam-packet,
from Cadiz and Gibraltar, bringing the Malta mail
of the 19th.

Sailed on the 28th, the Iberia steam-packet, fo-
Cadiz and Gibraltar.

Foreign ships of war in the Tagus—The Espoir brig,
British ; La Coquette corvette, French.
Exchange upon London, at 30 days' sight, 55d. per
milrei ; discount on ex-paper money, 60 per cent.
It is understood that the insurrectionary troops arc
marching upon Abrantes.