The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-27 00:00:00

SPANISH NEWS.

MADRID, JULY 18.
The tranquillity of the capital has been disturbed in an
unexpected manner, but up to this moment the tumult 120
not been attended with any serious consequences.
Some men of suspicious appearance, armed with clubs,
rushed on a sudden into the most populous parts of the city,
and particularly the markets, and attacked every one sill
wore a red cap (Beret basque). They even insultee,
every woman who happened to wear a red hansikerchil
and tore it off her neck. The authorities, appri,:ed
this disorder, sent strong detachments of infantry an
cavalry to the quarter in which it occurred, who put the
insurgents to flight."
The Ministerial correspondence from Barcelona, Mai
the 18th inst., contains the following details, which are De;
without importance, although the telegraph has give"
later news :
The courier from Madrid, who left that on the 811
inst. with the Municipality Bill to receive the ROY*
assent, arrived at Barcelona on the 15th inst., after hall%
passed through Valencia. The Queen immediately
her assent, and, at the very time that the courier rr're
leaving the Palace with the assent, there waks a levee held,
held there, at which several officers of the garrison assiste
On the 16th inst., Espartero, who had not been able
induce the Queen to withhold her assent, sent in his rt,
.
üblie°
signation in a letter which was intended to be madep
This document, which was the production of Ms
the Chief of the Staff, has not yet been published, but it
said to be couched in severe terms, and is more like 220;
cusation, not only against the Ministers, but againes 'fied
Queen herself, if we are to believe persons well ininrif,,,t
on the subject. Espartero founded a formal charge agai,h'e
the Queen on some letters which he had received from
Duchess of Victoria, and even went so far, it is said, 01'
assert that her Majesty had broken her word.
M. Linage, it is said, is drawing up an address to th:
army. General Chacon has been sent on a missionio
General Van Helen, whom M. Linage is anxious to sae,
over. General Chacon is then to visit the army, and Pei,
pare their minds for the manifesto which is to be publish.o
The Municipality of Saragossa, in pronouncing its oPial,4
against the Municipality Bill, declared with a revolutions"
energy, that they would fire grapeshot against the dart;
Other municipalities have likewise protested against raj
Bill. It is easy to see that the English party is tonne 'y
with these manifestations of.public opinion. Some Engtioe
officers, who enjoyed with Espartero the popular Ono,
which he received en his entry into Barcelona, having °to
ciated themselves with his glory, wish to associate ho
with their plans of progressive liberty. Esparterot
tllr
has for a long time yieldd to this influence, is incessallaa
proclaiming himself the champion of national indepentbe
as if some foreign power (France, for example) ha"tjes
pretension to meddle in the affairs of the Peninsula. will
der such circumstances, should Espartero's 'partYLe-dis.
the advantage, the consequences would be—first, tine es;
missal of the Ministers; second, a dissolution of the utold
third, revolutionary elections. In case the Queen 9'41
refuse to yield to the dictatorship of Espartero a ner, -„ce
war will infallibly break out, in which his army will r
form an important part.
A private letter from Barcelona, dated the 16th ins::
state, that the Municipal Council had given a brilliantv.
renade to General Espartero in the name of that elle.
The orchestra first performed the overture to Sernirnal.ho
They then sang the following couplets to the air of
Jota Arragonaise by
" 1. Our swords are sufficient to defend our rig of
without the assistance of strangers,
the
another king, coming among us. 2. desiresis:o
,
other glory, crown, or laurel, but that of possessing 40
belle and the Duke of Victoria. 3. Let the Russ lee,
and French be satisfied to command in Russia and Franc
and and not come to give orders in Spain. 4. Let ns,4b
hold Isabella 11. by our efforts alone, for the bread wenyer
strangers would give us would change into gall. 5. S ro,
spain emissaries _
let us forget that the Duke d'Angouleme came with per
fessions of peace to extinguish liberty. 6. Wr"ekes
calls in foreign assistance to break his chains, only 018_,0,.
the yoke the heavier. 7. Long live Isabella and her 'fed
ther. May the august Princess I.ve. May the law 114,
the illustrious Duke, who will protect these precious u
jects."
The serenade havingbeen concluded, the Duke 0. 110.
toria pronounced the following discourse de'
" Inhabitants of Barcelona—My heart is entirely t I
voted to my Queen and to my country. The battles tha",o
have fought and the dangers that I have encountered
had no other object but to consolidate the throne of
bella 11., the Regency of her august mother, the con° osl
tion of 1837, which we have all sworn to maintain, de,
national independence.—( Applause ) Spaniards n°'albese
pond upon my heart and my life to secure for the
valuable objects."
The crowd dispersed in the most perfect order., rdeaus, c
We find in the Guienne, a Carlist paper of P°.eine
the following article relative to the residence of the 'a6--
at Barcelona. It looks rather apocryphal:— (rent
" Courtiers and intriguers are daily
1.
arriving I,- ape
Madrid, and the Queen Regent who came with ,-,;(••
of breathing a free air, is equally enveloped in a al.
rupted atmosphere as when she'was in the Cali-%.
It is said that, during the recent rejoicings, sl'e feol
pressed herself to Madame Espartero in the „- f
lowing terms Duchess, I cannot account for d're,
feelings, but in the midst of all these fetes my.tnilife
overwhelmed with affliction. Alas ! m uncle Louis oa
was feted, lauded y,
and saluted with acclarnatiabo
in July and August, but where PM he on January te,
21st? The Revolutionists all follow the same 0014
They crown the heads of their victims with flowers, ae,
then lead them to the sacrifice I' Madame Espartcro roe
deavoured to console the Royal widow by speaking of se,
protection and loyal intentions of the General. 'line
tio
gent replied, And the Viva el Rey Espartero / sinceese,
capture of Morella l" Madame,' continued the Ducb_ro
my husband has no other desire, when he has put an;ro
to the war, than to retire to Logrono, and there per:e,c,
the duties of Mayor of his commune.' Napoleon,.his
joined the Queen, declared to Monge and others of the
Generals, that he wished only to become a justice of to
peace in his canton after he had restored tranquillitYtho
France. Do jou know what was Monge's answer 10,,5,
Consul ? Read the Memoirs of the Duchess d'Abra:7o.o
who certainly had no ill-will towards Napoleon.'
the conversation ceased."
,4 as to"
Among other reports," says the Commerce, the
what has recently passed at Barcelona, it is said that
rioters forced their way into her Majesty's bedchamber,o
that the Ministers, after remaining for some time COn" acet
in a closet behind the room, had great difficulty in eff
ing their escape to Me eagre."

On Saturday, at the Brantford Petty Sessions,
William Saitch, an inhabitant of that town, was charged be-
fore the Bench of Magistrates with having, on Sunday morn-
ing last, stolen one root of potatoes, of the value of one penny,
the property of S'r Felix Booth, Bart., the eminent distiller.
From the evidence of a boy it appeared the defendant was seen
whil t rassing along a foot-path on Sir Felix Booth's property,
to pull a root of haulm, pick off the potatoes, and put them
into his pocket. The defendant did not deny having done so,
and expressed his sorrow at his having acted so inadvertently,
not thinking it any harm. The Bench said it was as much a
robbery as if the value of the property had been larger. Many
persons seemed to think they had a right while passing through
a potatoe, turnip.or pea-field, to pick what they pleased, which,
if permitted, would soon occasion the field to be emptied ;
therefore, to show the illegality of such conduct, they should
v•invict the defendant, but, considering he had acknowledged
his fault, they should fine him only ss. and ss. costs, or 21
days' imprisonment. The money was immediately paid.
LONDON AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY,—
The receipts on this Railway already exceed 1,0001. per day.—
Salisbury Herald.
The weather has been very unsettled of late,—
dry during the greater part of the day, but during the night the LtsoN, Ju 20 l. .—The
n Opposition :n the Senate have
rain tell in torrents. The crops in the vicinity, however, gene-
rally look well, but it is now evident that the harvest. will be fromthe throne strongly attacked the Ministry on the answer to the speech
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throne : it has been, howevei.. observed that the .... ,
late ; and if the weather does not soon take a favourable language ' , ‘ye, un.deistattd, should the weather Prove.fgh:
turn, the most disastrous consequences may be anticipated.— ''• .- °' the Baron da Ribcira de Sabruza has been pe_
cuharly moderate upon this suhjyct ; he censured the Duke ""vbh , that the wheat harvest will commence in t,h,r_roceesier
Scottish Pilot. • bourhood of Kidderminster on Monday next. —""
•r a tor Having aomitted, that, after the separatten do Palm,ii. r L ; A
LAW A PPOINTMENTS.—The arrangements
of 13, azit from Portugal,the British cruisers had a right Herald. silY
rendered necessary by the death of the late Chief Baron, haveln the north of Devon the haymakers are by 0,
Lot yet been completed; but we hare some reason to believe to search and capture Potuguese slave vessels south of 7he
exceedingly v" •
is
Equator ; also, the Count de Villa Real, for. having starco, engaged in all parts. The corn is looking
toe crop
that the Attorney-General is to have the chief seat on the Ex- we hope to have an abundant harvest : the pota
.e,,iog.
its the Chamb'sr of Deputies last session tnat, by the &-
chequer Bench—to be succeeded as First Law Officer by Mr. generally very good. Apples will be hut a partial yi i"
Pi of-11r. Sergeant Moore to advance to the Solicitor. Ge. area of the 10th of December, 1836 ( Viscount de Sada •%, . Times.
eeetables are both good and plentiful.— If ester"
ATIOS*
neralship, and Dr. Stock to have the vacant coif.—Dublin Bandeira's Administration), slavers [night be captured ',L, FIG
vRTHOGRAPHICAL TRANSIMOGRI , ,A, c.
BIRMINGHAM Post. south of the Equator The Duke de Palmella defended
one of n - _
BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY Ministers, aryl pointed out the necessity of concluding the ro A blacksmith lately made out a bill against
mv.e
tveisl
tamer- in which a charge, was intended to be
had 1 ,- " ,
Slave Trade Treaty. Portugal not being strong enough tobeen fOre -0,
—ln consequence of the completion of this railway to Broms- too mattocks, but the son of A ulean, who
grove, all the coaches between Cheltenham and Birmingham, resist. The Noble Duke then dwelt upon the propriety of to wielding a' . Johns.° _
sledge hammer than studying Doctor
Ls to
save one, have been taken off the road by their proprietors.— speedily finish ng the. other pending questions with Erg_ ••the following 1 - item ~ T - l• -,, mad ducK t
, w•tote fohowing :— o stea ing tA o
liere(ord Times, I land. The Baron do Tojal (Joao de Oliveira) expatiated 1 shillings."

" That the duty on Britislf Plantation Coffee be re-
duced to sd. per lb., and that the duty on coffee imported
from British ports within the limits of the East India Com-
pany's charter, be reduced to lid. per 1b.," is grounded
in justice and equity ; and it is hoped the House of Corn-
mons will at once deal with it as the general interest of the
community requires.
" We may add, the very high price of tea and sugar at
the present time, makes it necessary that the poor should
have a cheap beverage, and provided the B. P. coffee be
reduced to 5d., and the East India and Cape to 7id., the
consumption will greatly increase, and the revenue be
benefited by the change. The East India coffees really
consumed here, are nearly all free labour coffees. The
13rrzil and other unclean sorts, are not saleable here, for
consumption."
" 132, Fenchurch-street, July 23, 1840."

PORTUGAL.