The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-16 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

the Ayuntamiento and in the Calle Mayor, it presented
to the military authority an apparent mass very supe-
rior to that of the garrison, upon which the latter could
rely for re-establishing order and for causing the Ayun-
tamiento to return to its duty ; and notwithstanding
that only a small portion of the said militia acted hos-
tilely, and could be supposed to adhere to the project
of revolution, vet as some individuals of the battalion
Del Rey bad failed in the performance of their duty,
and ia order to avert the bad effects that might possibly
have been produced by a collision before having com-
pletely verified the events, and before having sufficient
force to make himself respected in all events, the Cap-
tain-General determined on placing himself, with the
garrison, at the Retiro, where he remained when the
express was sent off by the Under Secretary at War,
who prudently declined to accede to an invitation from
the Ayuntamiento to attend the permanent sitting into
which they had constituted themselves.
" Such are the occurrences of the Ist instant at
Madrid, as appears from the above communication.
Her Majesty's Government, which has hitherto so acted
as not to swerve one fraction from the circle of its le-
gal qualifications, and which has not given, nor will
give in future, the slightest motive for the appearance
of foundation, or of credibility for the false pretext
under which the Ayuntamiento of Madrid has attempted
to raise the banner of revolution, considers itself bound
most strictly to stay with a strong hand the serious evils
which so criminal an act might produce, not only in
Madrid, but in the whole kingdom ; and being resolved
to fulfil its duty to the uttermost, is occupied at this
moment in adopting the most energetic and efficacious
measures, in order to cause the re-establishment in
Madrid, as the centre of the Monarchy, of public order,
without which no Government is possible ; and in order
to ensure tranquillity in such a manner as to deprive
the promoters of disturbances of the slightest hope of
being able again to disturb that tranquillity.
In bringing all this to your Excellency's know-
ledge for your due information, her Majesty orders me
to confide to you, as I now do, the maintenance of tran-
quillity in the province under your command, being per-
suaded that you win employ for this purpose all the
means within your reach, and on the understanding that
your Excellency is held to adopt such measures under
your strictest responsibility.
" A l which I communicate to your Excellency by
Royal order, and in accordance with the Ministers v ho
are here, for your information and strict completion."
The political chief of Valencia, in promulgating the
above Royal orders, states that—
The legitimately-constituted authorities promise
themselves that, far from there being enacted in that
city or in any other part whatever of the province, scenes
similar to these which unhappily were witnessed in
Madrid on the Ist instant, the population of Valencia
will give fresh proofs of their loyalty and adhesion to
their beloved Queen Isabel 11., to her august mother,
who is also the mother of the Spaniards, and to the
Constituti,n of 1837 ; preserving complete tranquillity,
and proving their submission to the laws, which are the
only means of insuring peace, and of consolidating the
constitutional monarchy, on which depends the happiness
of the people.
" The Government and its delegates are on the alert
for the maintenance of the respect due to the throne,
and to the existing institutions, against any attempt at
sedition, or munity, which, under whatever pretext it
may be made, is always a real attack upon the Con-
stitution.
" Let, then, all good citizens repose in the confidence
that the authorities will, in case of need, decidedly give
theiso the protection and support they are bound to
afford them in the name of her Majesty, and of the law.
" Signed by the political chief,
"JOSE MARCH 1" LABOUS."
" Valencia, Sept. 4, 1840."

SEPTEMBER 8.

Yesterday the Mazeppa steamer arrived from Valen
cia, having on board Brigadier Parriagua, second
chief of General O'Donnell's staff, who was the bearer of
despatches for the Duke de la Victoria, the contents of
which have not transpired ; it is to be presumed. how-
ever, that seeing the alarming consequences of the
ill-
advised measures the Queen-Regent has sanctioned, she
has had recourse, at tile eleventh hour, to the loyalty
and patriotism of the Duke.
Brigadier Parriagua will return today to Valencia,
I understand. From the sources of information within
my reach, I am enabled to state that he is the bearer
of a respectful representation from the Duke to her
Maesty, recommending the only course he conceives
she can adopt for putting an end to the very critical
situation in which she has placed herself', by persisting
to turn a deaf ear to the voice of the people and that of
the real friends of the constitutional monarchy. It is
easy to conceive that this recommended course consists
in the immediate formation of a really liberal adminis-
tration ; and the withdrawal or suspension, until it can
be legally repealed by a Cortes elected under the
altered circumstances of the country, now that it is
completely cleared of the Carlists, of the municipal law,
so hastily and imprudently sanctioned by her Maiesty.
I will not attempt to predict what may be the Queen.
Regent's decision ; fir really so much pertinacity has
been displayed by that personage, so total a blindness
to her real position, and that of the country—such a
want of consideration for the respectful advice of the
upright, loyal, and patriotic Duke, who has had no other
view in his military and all other proceedings than that
of fixing the crown firmly on his Sovereign's brow by
means of its constitutional support, that one must be
prepared for a continuance of this pertinacity.
Nevertheless, what other course has her Majesty to
adopt but to listen to the Duke's advice Upon posi-
tive intelligence being received at Madrid that the re-
signation of Senors Ferraz, Onis, and Cabello, who re-
presented the rationally liberal portion of the Spanish
nation had been accepted ; and it appearing by the offi-
cial notification in the Gazette that another Adminis-
tration had Iseen appointed, composed either of nullities
or of persons whose despotic prtnciples were well known,
the Ayuntamiento of Madrid—" the centre of the mo-
narchy," to use the words of the Minister of War in his
despatch to General O'Donnell—supported by the Na-
tional Guard, augmented by the greater part of the
garrison, and by several general officers, and in conjunc-
tion with the provincial deputation, took possession
of the capital, and nominated seven highly respec-
table individuals, as a provincial junta of Govern-
ment, to " act as a local Government until her Ma-
jesty, having become well convinced of the critical cir-
cumstances of the country, shall be pleased to appoint
a constitutional Ministry corresponding to the wishes of
the nation." This provincial junta, in its proclamation.
says that it is " determined to save the constitutiona.
institutions, the throne of Isabel 11., and the national
independence, against the traitors who are attempting
to construct upon their ruins the edifice of tyranny.
Saragossa has pronounced itself in the same sense ;
Barcelona has responded to the appeal of the authorities
of Madrid. Cadiz has pronounced itself ; and the spirit
of resistance to the illegal and unnational measures evi-
dently in contemplation, is general throughout the coun-
try, and will produce the same strong effect everywhere.
If the Queen Regent, therefore, be desirous of pre-
serving her own high position, or of securing the con-
stitutional crown on her daughter's head, after so much
blood has been spilt in support of it, she will at once
yield to the public voice so emphatically expressed ; and
to that of her best adviser, the Duke tie la Victoria.