Washington sentinel., 1854-07-20
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Movenssnts of the hlsnrrsefionisfs Spain-P Pight
betqoeeai the Insurgents aud Government Troops
Gen. Duice Degraded
Paris Correspondence of the London Times, Jolly 3.
1t appears that General Dulce, who was i'm
spector-general of cavalry, assembled the whole,
or nearly the whole of the regiments OF that
arm at place near Madrid, called the Campo de
Guardias. It is said that the men proceeded
to the rendezvous in the belief that they were
summoned there for the usual inspection, but
there is reason to believe that the cavalry regi-
ments were well aware ofthe purpose for which
/ they were assembled, viz that they were to
rise against the government. When they were
! all on the ground, Gen. Dulce harangued them,
and ended by crying out, Ifua Ia Reyna !
Abajo los Ministros!" in which they Joined.
They then moved on towards Canaleja, vii
lage about four miles from Madrid, where Gen.
O'Donnell has been for some time concealed.
The general put himself at their head, accom-
panied by Gen. Ros de Olano Gen. Messina,
and Brigadier Fchague, with the infantry regi-
ment Il believe that of the Constitucion) which
| he commanded.
General O'Donnell is said to have with him
1000 900 reals f20,O 900 to provide for the first
expenses of the movement.
The ministerial dispatches state that an en.
gagement took place between the insurgents
and the queens troops on the Both, that the
| loss of the former was severe, that the garrison
! remained faithful, and that public tranquility
was not disturbed at Madrid. Another dis
patch. of the 3Oth, states that "the troops and
the insurgents were in front Of each other at
about q league distant from Madrid; that the
action had not yet commenced, but that, from
the excellent attitude Of the former, success to
| the Queens cause was certain; that Madrid
continued tranquil; and that the news from the
provinces was satisfactory" Another dispatch,
of the I'd, from Madrid, also states that the
news from the provinces was satisfactory, and
that the insurgents we're on their march to-
| wards Toledo. A private letter states that sew
eral battalons of the garrison OF Madrid had to
be shut up in their barracks to prevent them
| joining the insurgents.
| From the direction at first said to be taken by
the insurgents, Alcala, it appeared as if they
were moving on towards Arragon, as in Sara
gossa they might reasonably hope to find aux
| illiaries. It is now said that they were pro-
ceeding to Toledo--whether in retreat or not is
not stated. 1t is not improbable, however, that
they are on their way to Andalusia to raise that
province. Up to the present we have not
learned that any town OF importance-indeed,
that any town, has as yet pronounced. for the
| insurrection.
Ofthe associates of General OF 'Donnell in this
affair. may say few words. General Ros de
Olano professed to belong to the Spanish Tiers
Parti. known as the Puritanos. He was minister
of public instruction in the Pacheco cabinet of
| le47, which was half Progresista, half Mod
erado. He it was who was accused of playing
his colleagues false, and negotiating surrepti-
tiously The overthrow of the ministry of which
he was member, and the restoration of Gene
raj Narvaez to office, which led to the re-estab-
lishment of the Moderado influence. He was
a partisan of Naryaez. General Messina was
under-secretary of war for some years, belong
ed to the Moderado party, and was confiden-
| tial friend of Narvaez. Brgadier Echagub
served as a simple volunteer with General Ler-
sundi, late minister-at-war, in the free corps
called the Chapel Gorris, in the beginning Of
the Carlist war. He was not a political person.
He belongs to respectable family in San Sc
bastian, and was partisan of Espartero.
! To give any opinion as to the issue of the
movement would be rash indeed, as in no coun-
try do things happen more opposed to all prob.
| ability and all calculation than in Spain; and
precisely because the court is profigate and
the ministers hated, and the conduct of both
merits the worst that could happen to them,
the movement may be put down:
The journals of Madrid Of the 29th give the
following account of what passed on the day
previous
"Yesterday morning General Dulce, the
officer who, in lS4l, distinguished himself il
the palace of the queen at the head of the Hal
berdiers, by his noble resistance to the insur
gent troops, gave orders to all the cavalry o
Madrid to mount their horses. This he wa'
enabled to do, in virtue of his Office as director
and inspector Of cavalry. When the regiment
had turned out, he cried, Long live the Queen
Death to the Ministersl' ~ Generals O'Donnell
Ros De 0lano, and Messina, joined him, a
did also Bripadier Echague, at the head of hi
regiment The rebels then left in the direction
of Alcala and Guadalajara, with, do doubt, tn,
hope Of causing the troops stationed there t,
join them.
The generals issued a proclamation to tn
troops, in which, while expressing devote'
; ness to the queen, they declare that it is thei
, intention to re-establish the constitution o
1881. They then drew up and signed docu
ment by which they bind themselves to d.
what their proclamation announces.
The council of ministers, on hearing of tn
insurrection, immediately assembled at tn
ministry of war, and has since been sittin,
permanently. The telegraph is sending dis
! patches in all directions. Considerable force
have been sent to cut off the retreat Of tn
rebels. The queen, who was at the Escuria
when informed of the rising, resolved to re
turn to the capital, and the council of min
listers having approved this, her majesty Sc
out. She arrived in Madrid at 10 o'clock il
, the evening, and the bells of all the churche
we're rung TO announce her return to the popu
lation. Instead Of entering by the barrier Q
San Vicente, the royal corfege arrived at tn
barrier of Atocha, which was the longest route
!. and passed through all the town. The quee
4 was escorted by all the garrison of the capita
8 including the cavalry regiment of Villa Vicente
n which had arrived from Aranjuez Just as tn
the queen entered the city gates. The popr
lation greeted her majesty with enthusiasm
A and the queen seemed much moved by her re
. ception. 1t appears that at the date Of III
last news, the rebels were between Torrijan d
# Ardos and Alcala. At this moment stron