Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-19

majesty should address the nation In a mani
festo, determining the situa;ion that she occu.
pies since the popular pyoalssciomento that has
triamphsd from end 20 end OF the peninsula.
The last of these indications may be consid.
cred already realized b. the address given in
this letter. / have little doubt that the others
will be found very near the mark You will
observe that the third paragraph comedies with
the opinion | referred TO yesterday-ihat the
question of the permanence Of the Bourbons on
the spanish throne may possibly be one OF the
FIRST discussed when the Constituent cortes
meet.
General Nogueras is expected at Madrid on
Friday, with 5000 men, General Serrano,
with four squadrons, entered Seville on the
2lst, and on the 22d Generals o 'Donnell, Dulce,
and Ros de 0lano arrived in that city with the
rest of their division. On the 2ith, according
to the CioD'or, General Baser was at Bailen
with his division. Colonel Mendoza arrived
yesterday in Madrid with dispatches from the
ex-minister Of war who, before now, will have
given up the command Of his troops TO General
Rendon. ftAr 4akT RU
To-day the guard at the palace consists OF
four companies Of national guards and like
number OF troops Of the line. The battalions
that for the last few days have occupied The
palace and its vicinity have returned TO their
quarters. The main guard and that at the
general hospital are furnished by the nationals.
The night before last General Allende Sala.
Ear sent an express TO 0Donnell, by order of
the Duke de la Victoria, informing him Of the
happy result OF his mission TO the queen. IL is
said the two generals will enter Madrid together.
In that case, should almost doubt their reach.
ing this on Friday, ms was expected.
The defenders of the barricades in the Gale
de Moria Christina, which leads into the Plaza
de San Domingo have re-baptized that street
Gale de O'Donnell, name il viii very proba.
bly, retain. 1t is proposed to call the Gale
Acala, the finest street in Madrid, Gale del
Duque deia Victoria.
Four hundred civil guards and company
OF armed civilians went out early this morning
on the road to Portugal. The latter have, ]
am informed, already returned 1t is believed
that the mission of the civil guards is TO pro
tect the journey Of Donna Maria Christina de
Bourbon. Portugal is the nearest frontier, and
the one she can reach with the least peril from
the indignation Of the people. Itwonld hardly
be sale Tor her to attempt to get 70 France,
and, moreover, she is, perhaps, not particularly
DESTROYS to meet the emperor at Bayonne. It
IS hoped by all that her majesty's means Of in.
triguing from foreign residence against the
discontinuance of the enormous pension, f35..
600 sterling, which she draws from this coun.
try for the widow of Ferdinand VII.
AT IL o'clock to-day, the thermometer mark.
ing the agreeable temperature of 100 in the
shade, crowd assembled in the Puerta del
Sol, to witness the guard mountings of the Ma.
uonals at the Gobernacion. A the same time
picket OF grenadiers, on their way to the
Palace, passed through the Puerta del Sol.
hating there for a few minutes. Detachments
OF the engineers and Guardias Civilles, which
formed part of the garrison Of the Palace dur
ing the days of isolation, also arrived on the
Puerto del Sol, and formed up facing the Go.
bernacion. The balconies were crowded with
members Of the Junta and others, and in the
centre one, under velvet dais, was a full
length portrait Of the Queen A sort of act Of
determination or reconciliation then took place
between the troops present and the people.
who for three days had fought against them,
General San Miguel on horseback, in front of
the line giving ciras for the Queen, the Con
sttution, &c. Other ciraS were given by per-
sons in the crowd for the Junta, Espartero.
&C.; the troops then marched away, and the
crowd dispersed. Although the Guardias CT.
yiies less ihan week ago were beyond every.
thing odious to the people, against whom they
through the streets without the slightest moles-
tation or insult. 1t is due to the people of Ma.
drid to cay, that they show themselves as gene
rous in the hour of victory as they proved
themselves valiant in their struggle against op
preston.
There is to be review Of the national guard
at SIX this evening, at the Plaza de la Consti
tucion. The guns have been removed from the
ha for &C. (.
down. Things are relapsing into their usual
tranquility and order, and suppose we NAV
soon dispense with the barricades. which are
an abominable nuisance, and will reduce the
street cabs to insolvency. ] was told, however,
that as late as this very morning persons were
still constructing. or Mt least improving barri.
cades. AS usual in revolutions, there are not
a few patriots du teRdemdin. who we're on the
best OF terms with the defunct ministry and
Csmarllla, and who were no where TO be seen
when bullets we're flying; who, when il was
evident that the people had won the day, crept
out from holes and corners in their character
OF ardent liberals, shonldered musket and belted
on sword, and vapored behind barbados over
which they had the comfortable conviction that
no more shots would be fred. Several cases OF
this kind have come under my own obserya. |
in particular, Of man whom | had
constantly seen on terms Of the greatest init |
macy with an obnoxious but influential mem.
Der OF the Camarilla, and whom came upon !
two days ago commanding the barrcade.
The queens manifesto, now posted at all the |
street corners, is the subject Of much comn.en-
dalton. The hand Of San Miguel is easy TO be |
recognised in it. 1t of course gives great sat |
lstaction; bat, at the same time, it excites pity
many of Ferdidnand's apoloretic
publications. it certainly is painful to see a
queen compelled to own her faults, and excuse
herself to her subjects but the general i'm
pulse seems to be to visit the humiliation upon
those who have brought her to it-upon her
mother and her own evil counsellors-and 10
be lenient towards herself AS write. a re-.
port reaches me that she will pass through the
streets this aiternoop--on horseback. / sun.
pose, Tor there IS no time TO clear away the bar
-icades.
This may not be true, but f she does make
ner appearance, j have no doubt she will be
extremely well received. II is pleasing TO in
iulge hope that there is sincerity, and moi
ear alone at the bottom Of her repentance
,ut considering the stock whence she springs