The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-07 00:00:00

PARTIES IN SPAIN.

The 2nd of May is called the Great Day in Spain. It
is the anniversary of that memorable morning in 1808
when the people of Madrid made a desperate effort to
throw off the yoke of foreign despot rulers ; an effort
which failed indeed, but which led to the war of indepen-
dence, in which the name of England figures so
triumphantly. The 2nd of May is not a joyous anniver-
sary. The civil and military authorities head a proces-
sion to the spot at the north-west end of Madrid
where two Spanish artillery officers first opened fire on
the enemy, and were executed. Here an anthem is sung,
volleys are fired, music is played, and then the assemblage
disperses.

This year the celebration seems to have been more
solemn than usual. The Spaniards are under the influence
of great alarm. The Revolution has weathered many
dangers, but its results are now jeopardised more
seriously than ever by party dissension. Prim and
Serrano cannot come -to an agreement, whilst
the parties which they respectively head—the Progressists
and the Unionists—have decidedly come to disagreement.
" Symptoms of decided ill-will," says the Times corre-
spondent, "if not between Prim and Serrano, at least
between their respective partisans, are too evident to be
any longer overlooked or dissembled. Mutual charges,
recriminations, and even threats, are openly bandied
about. It is the opinion of well-informed men that the
present month will not pass without some decisive
outbreak." Evil days have been put off hitherto.
Men of divers politics have united for the common good,
and their union, though the Times correspondent thinks
lightly of it, is most creditable to them. But they cannot
devise a solution of the great difficulty which will prove
equally acceptable to both sides. This state of
uncertainty cannot last much longer. The Unionists begin
to see that their only chance is in the enthronement of
Montpensier ; the Progressists are gravitating towards
a Republic. This is the issue which willshortly be brought
to a crisis. - - - -

The Constitutionnel repeats the statement, often made
before, that a Directory is about to be formed. It will
consist of four members, who are to be Prim, Serrano,
Ilivero, and Olozaga.

REPUBLICAN PLOTS IN ITALY.

The Florence correspondent of the Independence Beige
says that a conspiracy, similar in every respect to those
revealed at Milan and Naples, has been discovered at the
Italian capital. Heaps of Orsini bombs have been found,
and several arrests have been made. It is reported also
that the police have captured certain conspirators at
Genoa, and even at Turin. None of these discoveries,
says the writer, is of a serious character, but naturally
enough they excite great attention.
The long fluctuating negotiations between the Italian
Ministry and the company of Italian bankers who
obtained a concession of the tobacco monopoly have been
definitely broken off. The plan under consideration was
to raise a loan to cover the floating debt of Italy on
security of the Church property. The Journal du Havre
says it is now contemplated to convert the ecclesiastical
estates into a domain, and to raise a loan on the security
of that new property.

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