The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-21

FROM EUROPE BY CABLE.
Espartero and the Throne of Spain.
The Portugal Coup d'Etat.
Napoleon and the Plebiscitum.
Speech of the Emperor.
FROM EUROPE.


Important tRunsr-Espsrtero and the Spanish
MADRID. May 91.-It is announced to-day that
Rspartero has recensdered his resolution and now
consents to accept the crown OF Spain. This, how
ever, is not official. The excitement attending the
unsettled state OF the Government is unabated.
- 70 D The Portugal Coup d'Etat. li
LONDON, May 21.-Further details OF the coup detdt
at Lisbon have been received to-day. Dispatches
from Lisbon dated at midnight, state that Prime
Minister Duke de soule refused TO sign the decree
appointing General Saldanha President OF the
Council of Ministers and Minister OF War, because
the King was under duress and it would not there
fore be fair expression of his win. Notwithstand-
ing this the King accepted General Saldanha as
Prime Minister, and requested him to reorganize the
Cabinet
80 Napoleon and the Piebiscitum.
PARIS, May 21.-This morning the Emperor met
the legislative bodies in solemn assembly In Sale
d'Etat and received from the deputation of the
Corps Legislatf the result Of the vote the pie
biscitun. His Majesty, with the Empress and Prince
Imperial, was greeted by the Deputies and Senators
with demonstrative enthusiasm. M. Schneider ad-
dressed the Emperor on behalf of the legislative
bodies. a2'a1o 1855 i
| . -us The Emperor's Speech.
The following In the Emperor's speech in reply to
the address of the legislative bodies the presen-
tation Of the result Of the vote on the pebiseitum
Sirs Receiving from your hands the result OF
this vote my first impulse is to express my graft
tude to the nation which thus renews to for the
| its confidence. Universal surrage, the elements OF
which change INCREASINGLY, nevertheless accom-
It's traditiens, the certainty OF its Instincts,
the fidelity Of its W sympathy The p'sDssitan. had
reform. IO but amidst the conct Of opinions and in
the struggle with disappontments its purposes be-
came greater. Let us not regret this The adver-
one between the Empire and revolution, and the
nation has settled this question in favor OF that sys-
tenn which guarantees order and liberty To-day the
Empire strong but IL will show its strength by ia
moderation. Ny Government viii execute the laws
SsSsss om n ns and out It T o
Respecting all the rights of its subjects it will pro-
tect them all their interests without Thought Of dis
sentng votes hostile man9uvres, but It will also
cause the national win to be respected and win hold
it above all controversy Freed from constitutional
constitution which this country has sanctioned. :
to Soften the asperes Of PARTISAN p passion
preserve social interests from the sontagon of false
grandeur and prosperity Of France We shall labor %
to diffuse instruction, to simplify administrative
in favor OF agricultural interests, and to develop
| public works. We shall give time to the reduc-
programme which If realized viii increase the pro-
gress OF civilization l thank you, gentlemen, for
The votes which ay those Of ISIS m
affirm your powers, give you, like me- new force to
@ work r for the nation, Now, more than ever, may
the progressive march Of a reginee which a great
| people have founded amid political troubles, and
has thus fortified in an Of peace and liberty 2"
The city will be Illuminated tonight in honor of
| the favorable result Of the plebiscite. a
The London rresi E;ection. ia the New York
LONDON, May 21.-The Spectator Of to-day has an
article on the municipal corruption in New York
city. The writer regards the evil as ncurable but
credits the whole newspaper press with having
spared effort to create better public sentiment.
| The Times ridicules the Portuguese rebellion,
| eharacterizing the nation as prostrate before an
| octogenarian general as grotesque spectacle.
| The Times urges Intervention in the affairs of
| Greece by the Great Powers of Europe. fIa .I
| ID eaf grnul Ship News. gU U.tH t8
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