The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-23 00:00:00

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The gallant General Don Diego Leon—the Murat • of
Spain, whose waving plumes so often floated by the side
of_Espartero, in the field of battle—was shot at Madrid •t
on the 15th instant, for his insurrectionary attack on
the Palace on the night of • the • 7th. instant. Be the
blood of this brave but misguided man, who thus tell a
victim to the intrigues of an infamous woman, visited
upon the heads of Christina Munoz, .and her co-conspira-
tors in the French capital ! At his death he confessed
that Christina had charged him with the conduct of the in-
surreetion, the temporary Government of Madrid and
the military execution of the Regent, Senor Arguelles,
avid all the Members of the present Government. Leor,
thoagh a Weak man, was incapable of a falsehood.
The Spanish Ambassador at Paris, Senor Olozaga, has
addressed a letter to Captain General Aloala at San Se- .
bastian, giving an account of an interview between him-
self and Christina Munoz, at which he demanded whe-
ther she had authorized her partizans to make war on the
present Government of Spain. Her answer is worth
quoting, as a proof of the • infamous falsity of this
woman. " Her Majesty" writes Olozaga, " condescended
to reply that it was false that she had named Gen. O'Don-
nell ,Viceroy of Navarre or Capt.-General of the Basque
provinces ; that it was false that she had given either to him
or to others the slightest authority, and that it would have
been highly improper for her •to do so as she had none
herself, and that their acts, of whatever nature, were on
the own responsibility. Her Majesty repeated these as-
surances several times, adding that she defied all proofs
to the contrary. She authorised me formally to commu-
nicate this answer to the Government, and, at the same
time, to assure it of her anxious desire for the welfare
and tranquillity of all Spaniards." Our readers will
severally decide for themselves as to the degree of credit
to be given to the assertions of Christina Munoz, when
weighed against the proclamations of O'Donnell, the de
clarations of Isturitz and General Clonard, and the dying
confession of the chivalrous General 1)on Diego Leon,
upon whose person, when taken, was found a letter from
Christina, urging him to undertake the measures by
which he sacrificed his life.

While abstaining from any severe comment of our
own on the statement made by Christina Munoz to the
Spanish AMbassader, we adopt from the Nationd a very
decided impresSion upon the subject, in which we heartily
concur :—" We do not attach credit to the assertions of
Madame Munoz. She it was who prompted O'Donnell
—she it was who sent M. Montes de Oca to Spain, and
who incited the movement in Madrid, in which the un-

fortunate Gen. Don Diego Leon has been punished for
his treason. She is responsible for the blued which has
been shed, and for the horrible scenes which are still
preparing. She has authorised and ordered everything ;
she has given her name and her money, and has intro-
duced civil war into a country Ivhich she had already
made tributary to her. own advantage. Be the calamities
of Spain all on her head ! Let us be now told of the
morality of this Queen ! She denies everything, and
emsents that her denial may be made public ! What
nobility ! What firmness of mind ! She is afraid,
without doubt, tender mother as she is, of being kept
without news of her daughters. ! She was not afraid,
however, of exposing those daughters to the chance of
being killed in their palace by the bands paid with her
money ! Maria Christina has as much good faith as she
has energy. Let a woman so honest, so worthy, and so
generous be' then restored to Spain ! Have we not
heard the vows which she has uttered for the happiness
and tranquillity of all Spaniards ?"
For the details of the news from Spain this summary
affurds no space. The accounts, which are very favour-
able to the established Government, are exceedingly in-
teresting.
-The Reparateur of Lyons -of the 18th says :---" Yes-
terday an almoner of the Archbishop was stabbed with
a dagger at St. Etienne, at six o'clock in the morning.
in the very church where he had just been saying mass.'