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officers, remaining on the territory occupied by therebels
of this capital shall be suspended from their functions
and subjected to the penalties which, in virtue of this
ordinance, shall be inflicted on therm by a council of
war.
Given at the Palace, July 15, 1851.

Signed with her Majeety's
The President of the Council of Ministers,
LECPOLD O'DONNELL.

Don Leopold O'Donnell. Count of Lucena, Pre-
sident of the Council of 11Iin!,sterE, and General-
in-Chief of the Army, &c.
. Considering that the capital of the monarchy is now
in a state of rebellion against her Majesty's government
it is declared to be in a state of siege, and in consequence
I order as follows :
Art. 1. All classes of persons are prohibited frcm en-
tering or leaving the city.
Art. 2. The introduotion of provisions :and goods of
every kind is likewise prohibited ; all that may be taken
will be deemed prize of war, and the parties conveying
them shall he brought before a military corarnlssion.
Art. 3. The introduction of all kinds of pro visions and
food is permitted by the gates of Alcala, Re,..ioletos, and
San Vincente, which are held by the troops .
Madrid, July 15, 1856; LEOPOLD 0' DONNELL.

(Extract from the Gazette Extraordinary (if July 16.)

OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION.

The rebellion is.conquered and terminated ; order and
the dominion of law are re-established. Tb e deputation
and the municipality of Madrid have been dissolved by
order of the military authority : the national militia has
been disbanded and declared subject to re-or ganisation.'
This decision does not extend to the two companies
which remained true to their oaths, to this Queen, and
to the country.
At this moment, seven o'clock in the morning, they
are proceeding to disarm the National Guards.
The factious minority, consisting of deputies who
Went the day before yesterday to the Palm() of the Cortes
for the purpose of deliberating unlawfully, and who yes-
torddy morning assembled for a sitting, sifter they had
received the declaration of the Government respecting
their usurpation and violence, Las thong} it fit to dissolve

The internal communications of the ciiq have been re.
established.

PREFECTURE.
Inhabitants of Madrid,—ln announcing to you that
order is re-established, my first duty is to. address to you
a word of confidence and peace.
All honest and peaceably-disposed persons, without
distinction of party, will receive from the Government
the most complete protection. Order, tranquillity, re-
spect for the laws and the constituted autberities, are
what your civil governor expects from y ou. On his part
he promises you to keep incossAnt watch, so as to pre-
vent any attack upon the safety of it dividuals, and
every kind of excess.
The national guards may with perfect confidence give
TIP their arms to the alcaldes of the serveral quarters.
Men of Madrid, return to your employ ments, in order
that neither commerce, nor manufactu res, nor labour
may be paralysed. The Government, which knows how
-to be strong against armed insurrection, will protect. with its whole strength the safety and interests of private
persons.
So promises you, in the name of her Majesty's Go-
vernment, your civil governor,
Madrid, July 16, 1856. MANUEL ALONZ 0 MARTINEZ.

PROCLAMATION OF THE O'DONNELL
GOVERNMENT.
The following proclamation was issued on the
15th by O'Donnell and his colleagues :
Inhabitants of Madrid,—The situation in which her
Isjesty's Government, with frankness and loyalty, now
,ess you is certainly a difficult, a solemn, and a cri-
"cal Une. Your conduct hasut the Government into
a painful perplexity. p
Victims of, the evil passions of a handful of arida-
' "us moo, you have been drawn on to consequences
Which your own consciences must disapprove ; and the
Government, complying with the imperative duty im-
posed upon it for the conservation of your interests,,
Your principles, and your liberties, finds itself under the
tnecessity of resorting to means which are not areeable
o the sentiments of
its heart. g
Listen, then, to*an austere but friendly voice, which
arm' you to consider that he judgment, not of a m -
utate Posterity, but of the reason and true conscience of
this
i nation and all Europe, will have to pronounce itself
nation
between the Government and you. It is no
Puerile ambition, no mean party interest, which obliges
the Queen's Government to take the attitude of coercion
in_which you have placed it.
, existing Ministry accepted this saving commission
because the late Cabinet, in the most critical circum-
stances, had left the nation without protecting support,
and had abandoned the Queen.
e'lYilnlatrY, confident that it represents public opi-
nion• ai!d that it is adapted to those imperious necessi-
tiese which late events have caused to be so acutely felt,
siitated yet for
ill ng to come tso°l3l eexthroeumrelyto
rsihgeedrebulsoomd. It was un-
easures in the
application of force
treme m, and it hesitated before it adopted ea-
of—easureg b
the evil those oteithnge remedy, fearful of adding to the horrors
Its hope tieing aisappointed, or to speak more truly,
being
destroyed, it now finds itself compelled to bring action the ample forces of the army M its disposal
:Nest an aggsbssion which, though at first merely the
rettgy of a minority that was led astray, is now assum-
•.h43 proportions of a most unrestrained and subver-
sive revolution.
Idt: is not their own cause that the Ministers are de-
-4'4lg—that is not the question at issue in this struggle
,
t~what is at stake is your freedom ; the contest involves
these principles which form the very basis of society, and
_
The
*oe interests of your property and your homes. T
- contest is for your mental improvement, your well.
,
I,:eg, the lustre of your rank among the nations of
—"r°l3e, and surely these are interests and principles
more elevated than those which have been contended for
inother political conflicts.
The blood that will be shed during its continuance,
the misfortunes and horrors that may arise, will return
Putsyourselves, and it is to you that history will im-
(them. Inhabitants et Madrid ! The great, the
immense majority of individuals bearing arms in your
-National Guard know well the actual and the awful
ttratll ; they know that the triumph of the means about
o I employed by the government is sure.
oursile
le keisn the extraordinary situation in which we find
placed, there is yet another and more terrible
truth, which is that the worst calamity of which you
. could
hi be the victims, and the situation which would
burr You
into the lowest abyss, the most bloody anar-
e y would be your own triumph-
Inhagovernmbitants and National Guards of Madrid I—Spare
the
ent this hard conflict ; spare yourselves
this blood- stained disgrace. Distinguish between and
separate the pretences of a few deluded and discontented
persons from the lawful rights and just liberties, which
the government neither can nor will infringe, and has
never wished to infringe, and enable us to save the prin-
.
eiiple of Power without having recourse to the means
force and to the horrors of blood.
toves
Assuredly this solution is easy. Remove from your-
, all of you, those who are our cruel enemies. We
'do not.ask you to combat them ; it will be enough that
you abandon them.
(Signed) LEOPoLD O'DONNELL, NICOMEDES PASTOR
DIAZ, ANTONIO DE LOS RIOS ROSAS,
MANUEL CANTER°, JOSE MANUEL
COLLADO.
Madrid, July 15.
We have not received any Madrid journal to-
day, the only communication which has reached
Us being the following letter, bearing the date of
the 17th, and giving us some additional details
"Madrid is calm. The military tribunal is sitting,
and is working with energy. Muskets and other
arms are being collected. The disarmament of the
national guard proceeds with activity ; 15,000
muskets have already been collected, and although
a certain number are wanting, the aim of the'
measure is considered as obtained. The no-
torious Pucheta was killed by a pistol shot at
the moment that he was escaping by the Toledo
gate ; he endeavoured to sell his life dearly,
and fired on four soldiers and a lieutenant of Tala-
vera chasseurs, but his resistance was useless. It
• Is stated by some that Espartero is hidden in the
liritish embassy. Government has decided on act-
ing generously towards him, and will permit him
to withdraw to any spot he may solicit. MM.
Patricio Escosura, Pascal Madoz, Sagasta, Calvo
Ascenio, and other deputies, who resisted at the
thhead of the battalions of national guards under
eir orders, are likewise lying hid. No news has
been received of Gens. Zavala, Serrano, Bedoya,
Triarte, Ametter, Valdes, and others who have
not offered their services to Government. Ge-
teral Falcon, commanding in Aragon, and who
Piaeed himself at the head of the pronuncia-
Mento of the national guard and population against
the actual government, has been taken by royal
dectee and summoned before a court-martial. All
the generals, superior officers, and officers of the
army who remained inactive at Madrid during the
event are likewise to appear before this court.
lueneral Dulce has been named to the command of
-Fagon. It is probable that he has power to put
°lvti the insurrection, and his troops are acting in
Concert with those which left Vittoria against Sara-
go The Captains-General of Valladolid, Va-
e4oey and Catalonia have offered troops to the
overnment. The news from the provinces is
iltisfact°rY. The direction-general of the colo-
'llies has been re-established and adjoined to that
Public works."