Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-15
Telfgralaa.
Spain.
LONDON, Oct. IL.

of two thousand men, has pronounced
against the Provisional Junta
The special correspondent of the
London Standard thus describes the
uprising of Madrid on the 29th, when
che first news of the insurgent victory
over Noyaliches arrived.
At Ii o'clock I was down by the Brit
ish Embassy, when on sudden / saw
the people beginning to run Instantly
an excitement manifested itself every
where. The shop-keepers began to put
up their shutters, the balconies were
filed with spectators, and the streets
with hurrying men and women. Ma
drid has pronounced, my guide said,
"they will be firing in the Puerta del
Sol in another minute We had better
wait here Much against his wishes
I insisted on hurrying back to my hotel,
which was fortunately situated in the
said Puerto del Sol This square. or
rather oval, is the very heart of Madrid.
It is about $50 yards long by 100 wide,
eight of the principal streets converge
here, and in the centre is fountain.
When [ reached the square I found
some 5000 or A, 900 persons assembled.
There were no troops present, the SOL
diers who had previously been stationed
in front of the public offices having
been withdrawn into the building, the
gates of which were closed. The great
est excit ement prevailed. Men were
speaking, waving their hands over their
heads, throwing up their caps, and
shouting. The news was everywhere
circulated that the troops would not
fight. However, it was known that they
were massed in the public buildings,
the theatre, and the barracks, and at
any moment it was possible that they
might march out. Presently troop of
dragons appeared upon the scene, and
endeavored to clear the square. The
people thronged round them, cheered,
threw up their hats, adjured the soldiers
10 declare for their country. For some
time the issue was doubtful, and the
dragons moved slowly across the
square, every moment, however, the
crowd thickened, and the enthusiasm
became greater. The people literally
hung round the horses necks, and
brought the troops to standstill by
mere weight of numbers Now the
doors of the public building, which had
been besieged by a shouting throng,
opened, and an officer appeared at it
waved his cap to the people in token
chat the troops had joined them The
cheering was now tremendous. The
officer in command of the cavalry, find
ing that he could do nothing, drew off
his soldiers amid enthusiastic cheers.
The excitement now going onis beyond
all description, and writing is almost
an impossibility. The General COM
handing the Civic Guard has just been
in the square, and has joined in the
cheering. Concha has resigned, and
there is no one to command anything.
The windows of the public building,
which is exactly opposite this hotel, are
crowded with troops, who look on
quietly, but without joining in the
cheering. Flags are now making their
appearance among the excited mass,
and assured that the pronunciamiento
has succeeded, every window is putting
out banners and hangings. The favor
motto on the flags is "National Sover-
eighty" An even louder cheer than
ordinary calls me to the window in time
to see some men climb up on each 9TH
er's shoulders and place one of these
flags at first floor window of the pub
lie building, the soldiers retiring from
che window and closing the shutters as
the people do SO. From large balcony
on the story above party of officers
watch the proceedings without interior
ing either way. To add to the tremend-
Gus din and excitement the church bells
begin to ring, and now as the church
clock strikes one, the climax is attained
by the officers in the public building
themselves draping the balconies. This
may be considered the finishing stroke
of the revolution. It is fait accompli
There is no longer a Queen of Spain.
Already the Royal arms are beingpulled
down from the public buildings.
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