The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-08 00:00:00

THE_ SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, lE€6.

thoroughfares which are the grand centre of busi-
ness during the busiest hours of the day. To the
occupier of a cab or a brougham every minute may
be of importance, but the " vehicle with more than
four horses," to which twelve or two o'clock in the
day is a matter of perfect indifference, and whose
driver rises superior to the trifling considerations of
foreign mails and banking hours, may hopelessly
mar his progress with that happy vis inertia which
defies anything less solid. There is another
clause which subjects to a penalty any

one who shall wilfully prevent another person
from passing him, or in any way interrupt the free
passage. The hawkers and print sellers, &c., are
not to be suffered to carry on their obstructive
trades between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
though the little shoeblacks and commissionaires
are to pursue their callings unmolested. There is

also a prohibition against allowing empty hampers,
cases, or barrels to encumber the street or footway,
and against suffering coal or fuel being an un-
necessary time in being housed or removed. It is
evident that the gentlemen who framed this
measure knew the City grievances by heart, having
probably suffered from them pretty often them-
selves. At any rate they have directed them to the
practical redressing of the evils, and if their recom-
mendations are fairly carried out, we may hope to
see a considerable improvement.
With regard to the danger to foot passengers it
is quite time that something was done. The Re-
gistrar General's Report for the last week in the
year chronicles no less than seven deaths from
carriage accidents in the streets of London.
" Knocked down by an omnibus, run over by a
a cart, fell from a cart, run over by a waggon," so
runs the melaucholy catalogue, and week after
week it goes on the same. " The total number of
persons," says the same report, " killed by carriage
accidents in the streets of London in the
year 1865 is 232." Such an aggregate of
death and suffering is really serious, and
it is a risk which the most selfish or
coldhearted cannot afford to despise, for it is con-
stantly incurred by all of us. The bye-laws pro-
posed by the Corporation very wisely enact that no
one under a certain age shall be suffered to drive at
all, or even be left in charge of a vehicle. This is

an important precaution, but it is not enough to
meet the necessities of foot passengers, and accord-
ingly the Act includes powers to erect bridges across
the streets or subways under them. The latter, as
we have often said, would be the best and most
permanent, and surely in these days of under-
ground railways neither trouble nor cost need be
thought of. Light bridges similar to those in use at
wayside railway stations would be very well at
certain distances, but at the crushing corners, where
accidents are so frequent, the subway would be by
far the best. Some improvement of this kind
must very speedily be carried out, and the Corpo-
ration of the City of London have the credit of
having been the first to take up the matter in real
earnest, and try to improve a state of things at
which every one has been grumbling for years.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

SPAIN.
MADRID, JAN. 6, (Evening.)
The latest despatches received here state that
tranquillity prevails throughout the kingdom.
The Government announces that Prim is in full
retreat. He appears to be moving towards Anda-
lusia, or the mountains of Toledo. General Zabala
is in pursuit, and another column under the Mar-
quis Duero is manoeuvring to cut off the retreat of
the insurgents. It is believed that the insurrection
will be promptly suppressed. Yesterday evening
the insurgents, under Prim, were at Tembleque.
The insurgent garrison of Avila were at a short dis-
tance from the frontiers of Portugal, and were
harassed by several columns of the Royal troops.

Marshal O'Donnell has stated in the Senate that
the circumstances of the military revolt are serious.
A vast conspiracy existed, having ramifications
throughout Spain. Public order had, however,
only been disturbed in Aranjuez, Ocana, and Avila.
He hoped that order would be re-established, and
the state of siege raised in Madrid within two days.
Marshal O'Donnell added that the insurgents were
endeavouring to enter Portugal.
Espartero remains as usual at his residence at
Logrono.

Martial law has been proclaimed in New Castile,
BAYONNE, JAN. 6.

Intelligence received here from Madrid up to noon
on the sth inst. confirms the news that Gen. Prim
is at the head of the insurgents, who to the number
of 600 were marching towards Tarrancon. The
garrison of Avila, consisting of 300 men, revolted,
and marched upon Zamora, but the garrison of that
place remained faithful to the Government, and
prevented them from entering the town. The Avila
garrison then proceeded in the direction of Bena-
vente.

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Madrid was perfectly tranquil.
The Moniteur. du Soir states, upon the authority
of a letter from St. Sebastian, dated sth inst., that
no insurrectionary movement had taken place in
Guipuscoa. The Captain-General of that province,
who had proceeded to Madrid to attend the sittings
of the Senate, had returned to his post. General
Pierrard, whb was arrested at Valladolid, has been
sent to the fortress of St. Sebastian. His brother,
a colonel of carabineers, has also been arrested.

The Military Revolt in Spain.

PARIS, Jan. 7.
A letter received here from Madrid, dated 4th
inst., contains the following account of the insurrec-
tionary movement which has broken out in Spain :
" The disquietude prevalent during the last few
days was not unfounded. In fact, Government was
apprised early yesterday morning that at daybreak
part of the two regiments of cavalry, the Bailen and
Calatrava Hussars, stationed at Aranjuez and
Ocana, had revolted. These two corps, commanded
by Colonels lleredia and Aldama, formed a brigade
of instruction under Brigadier Conrado. In order
to draw the Calatrava regiment from their quarters
atAranjuez, several soldiers, armed with muskets and
led by a subaltern, surprised the lieutenant of the
guard, bound him with cords, and placed him in a
cell with the trumpeter and the quartermaster. Mas-
ters of the barrack gate, the insurgents went out in
a body shouting ' Viva la Constitution,' Viva el
General Prim.' The regiment has more than forty
officers, of whom only eight joined the mutineers, a
commandant, a captain, adjutant-major, two lieu-
tenants, and three sub-lieutenants.
" In the Bailen regiment the movement was led
by Capt. Terrones and a very small number of
officers. The insurgents twice unsuccessfully at-
tempted to get possession of the telegraph station
at Aranjuez. In this town twenty civilians who
arrived the previous evening from Madrid by the
railway joined the insurgents.
" The person who appeared to be the leader of the
movement, Commandant Bastos, formerly served in
the Cuban army, and in 1853 entered the Mexican
service under Santa Anna. Some years after-
wards he returned to Spain, and was reincorporated
in the Spanish cavalry with the grade of cap-
tain. He was at Valencia in the spring of last
year, when disturbances were expected in that
city. Captain-General Villalonga, entertaining some
suspicions of this officer, sent Lim to Madrid to
await the orders of the Minister of -War. He was
in the capital when he was appointed commander of
a squadron by seniority, and only joined his regi-
ment 11 days before he put himself at the head of
the present revolt.

" Yesterday morning, about 11 o'clock, the in-
surgents arrived at Arganda del Rey ; but finding
they were ill received by the people, they withdrew
to Villare de Salvanes. Here they were met by the
officers of the two regiments who remained faithful
to the Government, under Col. Adoma, who, after a
few shots had been exchanged, endeavoured to in-
duce the soldiers to return to their duty. The mili-

tary chest of the corps was restored to him by the
hussars who escorted it. Disorder then commenced
to manifest itself among the squadrons, and several
detachments surrendered themselves to the alcades
of the neighbouring villages. The civil guard, who
were ordered out, have already picked up arms and
caught horses at different points. The insurgents,
fatigued by a forced march, and short of forage and
provisions, could not go very far. Some of to-day's
papers, usually well informed, state, however, that
two telegrams had been received announcing that
Gen. Prim had put himself at the head of the insur-
rection, and that a battalion of infantry of the Al-
mansa Regiment, 18th of the line, had left Avila,
under the command of a major, by railway, for
'Valladolid, in order to propagate the insurrection at
that point. Gen. Otero, who commands in the latter
city, has taken measures to repulse the insurgents.
With respect to Gen. Prim it appears certain that
an officer from the Ministry of War proceeded to his
residence yesterday in order to request him to call
upon the Minister. He was informed, however, that
the general had left the previous evening in a light
carriage with several friends, upon a hunting excur-
sion in the Sierra de Toledo.

" Immediately the Government were informed of
the direction taken by the insurgents towards the
province of Cuenqa, the Ministers remained perma-
nently in council. The Minister of Marine, G.fieral
Zavala, organised a division of 1,000 cavalit and
4,000 infantry, with which he set out yesterday at
three o'clock in the afternoon in the direction of the
bridge of Fuento-duena on the Tagus. At four
o'clock another column, preceded by a body of
scouts, and composed of a battalion of engineers, a
battalion of Chasseurs of Cuidad Rodrigo, two bat-
teries of artillery, and four squadrons of cuirassiers,
took the road to Valencia via Arganda and the river
Jarama. The cavalry brigade, under Brigadier Vera,
has arrived from Alcala de Henares, and the garri-
son of Madrid, comprising, besides two regiments
of engineers, three of artillery, presents an effective
force, considerably exceeding 6,000 men. On receipt

of the first intelligence Marshal O'Donnell made a
careful inspection of all the barracks.
"Marshal Serrano commands one part of the gar-
rison, and Marshal Narvaez was the first to wait
upon the Minister to receive his orders after the
news reached Madrid. This example was followed
by all the general, superior, and other officers stay-
ing in Madrid.

" Tranquillity has not been for a moment dis
,urbed. The theatres are open, and the prome•

nades frequented as usual. The Government yes-
terday proclaimed martial law in the military
district of New Castile, and the Governor of
Madrid has prohibited, until further orders, all
meetings in casinos or clubs. The telegraph works
throughout the Peninsula announce the fidelity of
the provinces to the Government. The Minister
of War yesterday gave orders for the arrest of

General la Torre at Badajoz.
" The prompt and energetic measures taken by
the Cabinet afford every ground to expect that

the military revolt will be speedily suppressed.
In yesterday's sitting of the Congress Senor Posada
Herrera, Minister of the Interior, gave explana-
tions to the house on the subject ; and the Presi-

dent, Senor Rios Rosas, pointed out the necessity
for the Chamber to expedite the examination of
the elections, and constitute itself as soon as pea-

Bible."