The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-18 00:00:00

REPORTED INSURRECTIONAT MADRID.

It will be seen by the letter of our Paris correspondent, that
a report prevailed in that city of a movement in Spain. it was
said, that both at Madrid and Toledo, serious insurrections had
taken place in favour of Don Carlos. Nothing is more pro-
bable. The party of the Apostolicals, of which Don Carlos is
the bead, is too strong to yield its long held power without an
effort, 'and the authority of the Queen must as yet be very
weak. If the priesthood continue to have as powerful a hold
on the Spaniards as formerly, such an insurrection would stand
a fair chance of success, at least in the beginning. The con-
sequence would be the establishment of a fiercer popish ty-
rauny, secular and ecclesiastical, than Europe had witnessed,
for a century and a half; even in Spain. W hether there exist
materials for a re-action, or whether those who now are at the
head of the liberal party possess energy or honesty enough to
make the proper use of such materials, should any exist, are
questions which it would require a more intimate knowledge of
the state of Spanish affairs than we can pretend to, to be
adequately answered.—London Standard.
The following is from the letter of our correspondent :
PARIS, Jan. 12.—A courier has arrived from Madrid, bringing intel-
ligence of great importance, and of lively interest. Not having re-
ceived by him a direct communication, I can only supply you with
the substance of two letters received by two of the first houses of
Paris. These letters state, that an insurrection had begun at Madrid
--that it commenced by an attack on the new Minister of War made
by the people—that the troops were called out—that several shots
were fired—that some persons were wounded—that a dispute had
taken place between the royal troops and the volunteers—that the
name of Don Carlos was pronounced—and that a party had retired
from the city, and .a more general movement ,was expected. It also
appears that a Don Carlos movement had been made at Toledo. This
is all I know On the subject at the moment I write, but I hope to sup-
ply 7ou with details to-morrow.
'1 0 this we are enabled to add the following details extracted
from a letter with which we have been favoured by an eminent
mercantile house in the city:—
MADRID, Jan. 3.—Several royalist officers and of the Garde du
Corps, suddenly left this city on the Ist and 2d instant, and, gathering.
together the Royalist Volunteers of the neighbouring towns, marched
in the direftion of Toledo el Bravo and Talavera. Their force con-
sists of no less than two thousand five hundred men. Troops have
been hastily sent from hence to follow them. Last night there were-
assemblages.of large groups of royalists, who continually uttered the
most offensive and seditious cries ; and symptoms of insurrection
manifested themselves in the barracks of the Garde du Corps. We
trust, however, they may have been allayed. In the palace the minis-
ters were insultedin the most shameful manner. The Minister of
Grace and Justice, Senor I'ino, was even spit upon by his own guard.
We are all in a state of the greatest alarm, and we fear that it may be
now too late to amend the errors already committed.
THE INSURRECTION AT MADRID.—The intelligence which
in
surrection
in publiihed exclusively yesterday, respecting the
in Spain, has been confirmed 'to-day. It began in Toledo,
where a body of 1500 men presented themselves before the gates
on the 31st ult., and summoned the town to surrender. A re-
inforcement (the sending off of which from Madrid we noticed
'yesterday) arrived in time to frustrate the intentions of the re-
bels, and they dispersed into the neighbouring mountains. A
body of insurgents is stationed at Cabella, about seven leagues
from Madrid; and troops are sent to dislodge them. In Madrid
itself, however, much disaffection exists, and cries of " Down
with female government," " Life to Don Carlos," &c. &c. are
abundant. According to the latest accounts, everything was
quiet at Madrid on the 3rd; but we are of opinion that this in-
surrection, excited ar it is by fanaticism, may become most se-
rious. The news had an effect on Spanish Stock yesterday.—
London Standard, Tuesday, Jan. 15.
MADRID, Jan. 3.—The revocation of the will made in favour
of Don Carlos by Ferdinand during his illness has so exasper-
ated the Carlist party, that risings have taken place in several
parts of Spain. At Toledo the Royalist Volunteers have taken
up arms, and the government have been obliged to direct their
forces against them. A regiment of militia, a detachment of
cavalry, and four pieces of cannon, have been sent to the scene
of action in great haste to re-establish order, and it is already
reported that tranquillity has been restored, the insurrectionists
having dispersed without resistance on the appearance of the
troops. Last night the capital was the theatre of provocations,
which, happily, did not lead to any serious consequences.
Crowds of people paraded the streets, crying, " Viva el Rey !
mueran los neyros muera el gobierno, viva el Rey!" The mean-
ing of these words is not very easily understood, unless the
name of the Infant Don-Carlos be implied by the word King.
A party of the troops of the garrison immediately put them-
selves under arms in order to restore public tranquillity, and
several skirmishes took place between the military and the Car-
lists, in which there was a trifling exchange of wounds, from
musket shots and the bayonet ; all, however, is quiet this morn-
ing, and government are taking measures to prevent a recur-
rence of disturbances. The Queen has issued a decree for the
publication of the Acts of the Cortes of 1789, relative to the suc-
cession to the throne; one of which enacted the revocation of
the Salic Law, promulgated May 10, 1713, destructive to the
ancient laws of monarchy as to the succession to the crown.
Charles IV. then caused to be drawn up a Pragmatic Sanction,
that the events of which Europe and Spain became successively
the theatre prevented from seeing the light before 1830, the
period at which Ferdinand had it published.—Bayonne Paper.