The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-17 00:00:00

THE SPANISH REVOLUTION.

The Liberte announces that the Provisional Government
Is now negotiating with the representatives of the foreig°
Powers at Madrid with a view to its recognition by those
Powers. Several Conferences have been held with each
of the foreign Ministers accredited to the late Govern'
ment. These, it will be remembered, still reside in the

capital.
The French Liberal journals continue to express their
disappointment at the apparent failure of the Republic/0
party in Spain. The Liberte, in the person of M. Bollle
de Girardin, again insists upon a Republic as the
most available form of government, and as the least Walt
to incur the danger of renewed tyranny. An article 0
unusual merit appears in the Debats. The writer, M..1°1311
Lemoinne, thinks the future of Spain, at least the kiln°•
diate future, affords no reason for alarm. The delay
which has been made the cause of so much apprehensloll
Du the part of the Liberte, was really unavoidable. 5.11;
first thing was to get rid of the monarchy, and this OP
been accomplished with startling unanimity. It left not 9
fragment behind. In France successive revolutions 113ve
[eft anciens partis ; but the fallen monarchy of SP5ill
cannot claim a follower. The first movement was 310 t
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the capital, but the provinces ; the whole country was 1f
it blaze before the conflagration reached Madrid. The chic
danger is now to be apprehended from divided councils. X'
Lemoinne urges the Government to rapid movements. Thfei
first thing to be done is to overturn the old laws An
ntablish new ones on the true principles of liberty. The

question of persons will soon be settled.
The municipal loan for the relief of the distress =oast
the lower orders goes on but slowly. It has‘reachedoo°
3 700,000 reals. Ten millions was the figure fixed upoll•
The rumours as to the destiny of the country are yet °
the most adverse and perplexing character. One corre;
spondent, in spite of the letter to the Gaulois, says it I
believed in all parts of Madrid that Prim will give
support to the Iberian scheme. The same writer adds n
this explains the conduct of Senor Olozaga in holding
from the new Government. He has, indeed, consented
return to Spain, but he is not for the present going t°
Madrid. He will spend a few days at his estate at Arie°'
Olozaga is an unflinching monarchist, and therefore does
not approve of the Iberian tendencies of Prim, to 09;
nothing of Serrano, In spite of this authority, the balance
of evidence is on the side of the presumption that Genera
Prim favours a monarchical form of government.

The price of provisions is declining at Madrid.
Marshal Novaliches is rapidly recovering; that is, so Of

as he can recover from a permanent mutilation.
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The number of slaves in the islands of Porto Rico an
Cuba is nearly half a million, or one-fourth the eut'o3
population.
The Presse publishes a letter, written, not by Prim hinv
self, but by his chief staff-officer, and therefore calriiiel
with it his authority. The Presse is rather roughly hanu'i re
in this epistle for publishing an article containing Ole"
statements not founded upon fact. Amongst these is'
statement that Prussian money materially aided the 111'
'ntionary leaders.
The Spectator thinks that Ferdinand of Coburg, husband
of the late cueen of Portugal, and father of the prose°s
king, will succeed to the throne of Spain.

THE ESCAPE OF O'B.RI.EN.

The " Captain " O'Brien who escaped from 0°1:5
ofallow, may or may not have been a Fenian, but of miol
agility there can be no doubt. The true story
its flight does his " dash " and readiness of resoures
-relit. As elicited at the petty sessions, it is tn
Then Harding, the keeper, went round ;the cells to Oa
hat all was right, Reidy heard him coming, and stellieie
behind his cell-door. When Harding opened the cell,
went in, and Reidy, making a rush, got out, and locked
th
cell on the keeper, the key having been left in the lock °
the outside of the door. Reidy then made for the front de°r;
but was foiled in his attempt to escape that way by the
keeper's wife, who, seeing the prisoner come out of his eeo
ran and locked the front door. Reidy then took a ladder Wbi
was in the yard, placed it against the wall, and attemPtel :o
getaway by this means. Mrs. Harding, seeing what he 'ld
at, ran and pulled the ladder away from him before he:,
half way up. When the ladder went from Reidy
clung to the wall like a cat, and, breaking the glass i°
dwelling-house of the keeper, managed to get on 3
top of the wall, which is over twenty feet high, ib°,,
jumped down into a lane. An alarm was given ire°3pr
(Lately, and the police at once commenced searching
the missing man, but up to this have not Lund any c•‘l-‘3
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his whereabouts.

An Eton boy who was cross-examined the ()Oleo'
Say by one of the royal commissioners—himself (;;,
Etonian—as to why fighting had gone out at Eton lAti,e'R'',l
answered that " he supposed it was because fellows fun's'
each other."
A CONSERVATIVE PEER ON MR. DISRAELT.---1
addressing a meeting of the electors at Belfast, on NSTei
nesday evening, Mr. Johnston of Ballikilbeg, of "
candidates, delivered himself as follows :—" I unhesitatiocts
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say that I have not changed my principles—that I Oa
same Orangeman, ready to maintain Orange princiPleB,,,
(cheers)—to stand by Disraeli's Government—(cheers,lbe
as long as it stands by the Protestant institutions of
country. (Cheers.) On one occasion I asked a I'clvcl
lord to go with me into Mr. Disraeli's presence to try
get something done for the Protestants and Orangemen
Ulster, and this noble lord's reply was, He was a d
blackguard, and he would see Shim in hell first.' Prilhh, t
a Conservative peer, and I never said anything like
A Mr. Disraeli. (Hear, hear.) I honour him f.
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genius and his intellect, and, if he stands by the Prote',, pit
use and institutions of the country, ptagl to IlLw
Wits I (lnd oheQrs,)