The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1840.

wis'a to stop railway trains on Sunday have never I
attempted to stop mail-coaches and post-chaises.
Now, a single train will do the work of a hun-
ch ed horses, and in two hours' less time. Let
those who believe travelling on a Sunday unlawful,
stay at home, but let them not shut up the road,
and oblige parties to do as they do."

The Madrid journals of the 4th and sth instant
have been received. It appears from these that the

principal towns in Spain are following the example of
Madrid, forming Provisional Juntas, and adopting
the most determined measures to maintain the

Constitution of 1837. An insurrectionary move

ment took place at Cadiz on Aug. 28. Several letters

had been received at Madrid, written at the momort

when the mail was leaving that city, and announc,

i.ng that subsequently to a meeting of the officers
of the National Guard and the Members of the

Ayuntamiento, the people, the militia, and the
troops fraternised and declared in favour of the Go-

vernment and the Junta of Madrid. The Ayunta

miento afterwards addressed a proclamation to the

people.
On the 3d inst. the A yuntamiento 'of Sara-
gossa met at the Casa Longa, and after some
patriotic speeches delivered by M. BURRIEL, the
First Constitutional Alcalde, and others, the draught

of an Address of that body to the people of Sara-
gossa, was read, and unanimously agreed to. The
assistants received it with unanimous applause, and
vivats to the Constitution, to the Duke of VICTORY,

to national independence and liberty ; and in the
evening, the National Guard having been assembled

at thePaseo de Torrero, this address was read to
them and to the assembled multitude, and ob-
tained universal sanction. The next day a junta of
government was installed, composed of the fol-
lowing members :—Messrs. BURRIEL, First Con-
stitutional Alcalde ; MANUEL LA RICA, the Ec-
clesiastical Governor; MARIANO MONTANES,
Member of the Provincial Deputation ; General
Don Luis DEL CORRAL ; INIGO, a Deputy
of the Cortes ; RAFAEL LOPEZ, a Provin-
cial Deputy ; and FELIX DIAZ, a colleague of
the latter. The Municipality had published
a manifesto denouncing the secret proceedings of
" a party who are insatiable of oppression, and
basely sold to foreign influence." The Junta had
determined not to execute the Municipality Bill,
which they regard as contrary to the constitution of
the State, and to the oath taken by the QUEEN
REGENT. They had likewise resolved to resist,
but in a legal form, every order which might be
given by the Minister contrary to the fundamental
law which the nation had adopted freely. A simi-
lar movement took place at Burgos on the 6th.
The Ayuntamiento addressed a proclamation to the
people, and another to the army, in which it called
upon the latter to unite with the national militia.
General Baron DE SOLAR, having vainly attempted
to prevent the defection of the troops, fled from
Burgos with the only squadron of cavalry that re-
mained faithful to him.
Madrid remained tranquil, and business had been
generally resumed, but the city was full of bustle
by the constant arrival of troops and National
Guards from the neighbouring country to sup-
port the Municipality. In all places, when ris-
ings have taken place, one remarkable feature
marks the proceedings. The troops and Na-
tional Guards almost invariably join with the
people against the Government of the QUEEN RE-
GENT. How, then, can she and the mad party that
now rule her, expect to resist the army, with Es-
PARTERO at its head, and the whole municipalities
of Spain ? Notwithstanding all these risings,
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however, the utmost respect was testified towards
the QUEEN. At Madrid proceedings were insti-
tuted against a Republican paper for publishing
several articles, in which it called upon the nation
to dispossess her of the Regency, and even bring
her to trial for conspiring against the liberties of
the country. It was confidently believed, however,
to be the intention of the Junta, in case QUEEN
CHRISTINA did not yield, to depose her MA-
JESTY from the Regency, and convoke a new
Cortes, who would be called upon to appoint a
ew Regent during the minority of ISABEL IL
It appears, from a telegraphic deipatch in the
Moniteur, that on the 6th instant, the Junta was
engaged in making a general dismissal of public
functionaries. The QUEEN was at Valencia on
the 7th, where she received a sealed despatch from
the Junta of Madrid, and had returned it unopened.
Lerida and Murcia had followed the example of
Madrid.

The Lisbon mail has just arrived by the Iberia
steamer, which left Gibraltar on the 3d, Cadiz the
4th, Lisbon the 7th, Oporto the Bth, and Vigo
the 9th instant. Affairs at Lisbon are still in a

very unsatisfactory state. A report was current
that the QUEEN, alarmed at the aspect of affairs,
was disposed to yield to the wishes of the Liberal
party, and had sent for the Viscount S A DA B a N-
DEIRA to form a new Ministry. All the extensive
powers asked from the Cortes had been ceded,
the insurrection had not extended, and measures
were in progress to bring the insurrectionary move-
ment to a speedy end. The whole kingdom is to
be divided into three military districts, to the
great annoyance of the Septembrist party, who
regard this measure as a rapid stride towards abso-
lutism. The Chamber of Deputies have voted
24,000 men for the armyl and 2,828 sailors for
1840-41. The insurrection at Portalegre had been
put down, and Lieutenant GALVAO, who was
at the head of it, captured, with 17 soldizrs. The
only vessels of war in the Tagus were the Trin-
culo and Espoir brigs, British—and La Blonde,
corvette, French.

We have received the Paris Papers of Saturday,
which are much taken up with comments on the
conduct of Commodore NAptErt, and the memo-
rial presented to the Pacha of EGI PT by the four
Consuls. Our readers can judge of the tone of
those papers from our extracts ; but all the com-
ments on Commodore NAPIER proceed on an as-
sumption which the timely publication of the Treaty
of July 15 shows to be false. We can say less in
favour of the memorial, which, in our opinion, is

neither judicious nor moderate.
The tone of the Paris Journals, who evidently
write in ignorance of the contents of the treaty) is
warlike ; but private letters from well-informed per-
sons assure us that peace will not be interrupted.
A similar impression prevails in our Money
Market, which has not Leen affected to-day by
the warlike tone of the Paris Journals. Le
Gazette de France asserts, on the authority of
the Suabian Mercury, that the meeting of di-
plomatists at Konigswarth, the country seat of
Prince .METTErtmert, has dispelled all fears
relative to the preservation of peace. Such will,
we trust, be thelresult, and in the meantime we can
patiently bear the big words which the Paris jour-
nals may contain. Most of them assert that the
preparations for war are uninterrupted, which the
Commerce says have extended to Italy, where all
manner of fortifications are repairing and putting
in a state of defence. It seems to be generally be-
lieved that Louts PHILIPPE will take advantage of
the present warlike fervour of the journals to accom-
plish his favourite object of fortifying Paris. Some
persons hint that the flahte. is fanned for such an
oticet, so that the Parisians will be caught by
their own passions. The ordinance ..o carry this 1'
project into effect is said to be drawn up, and a