The New York herald., 1872-07-23
Tie Fete Day Of Sultan Abdul Aziz
in Constantinople.
TRAVELS IN IRELAND.
The following interesting budget OF European
news is cleaned from late mails OF the HERALD cor
respondents In some of the principal capitals abroad
SPAIN.

Omcc-hOlders Turned into tho Streets
The United States and Cuba.
MADRID, June %, 1872
The crisis here has degenerated into q calm. His
tory may be brewing but there is none to record.
Amadeus has ridden the storm and sits upon the
throne stronger than ever. Madrid has tied into
placid ways again. and tho new Ministry is busy
with "the work OF REFORM" The weather may have
something to do with this universal and unusual
peace, for we have now entered the season which
the local proverb says reminds you Of Tophet.
can well understand the force Of the
illustration. We have the wide, pitess
sky, without cloud. the blueness intensified anl
clarified by the thin, rarined air; the buildings
mainly Of whitish gray which dazzles the eye;
the 80 far or that no tempering winds come to
break the fury of the sum- and the snowy ranges Of
the Guadaramas as helpless as though they were
pictured mountains bordering stony and pic
tured plain. Our days here are days of silence and
secusion. In the early morning Madrid hurries to
Inevitable business and desires; towards shops
close, travel suspends, labor Is arrested and from
thence until the eventde the capital seethes and
bakes under the blazing sun. In the cool evening
the city pours forth to the Prado with its foun-
tains, the gardens the Paseo des Recolles.os,
the Buen Retro and the two or three square miles
of greenery which Charles ILL.,, under half dozen
names set apart for Madrid, and In which the city,
from King to peasant, on foot horseback, In
equipages with gorgeous livery, in donkey
CARTS where the children climb and pratt
tie aud shout, turns night into o carnival.
The grave sober citizen slowly paces and as he
smokes the inefficient cigarette discOurses crown
and country with his neighbor. Madame trips at
his side, ample and inviting, and fully decorated.
and oil the fire Of the South bsrning in wide
black eyes, and just beyond children romp and
swing, or cling with satisfied wonderful the bosoms
of the nurses, who minister to their wants in the
open air, and gossip with AndnlaSan comrades
similarly employed. You could scarcely fancy
more quiet city. AS to the revolution which was
In the air yesterday, there is more sign Of 1t
than In New York. But in Spain no man to-day
rsn tell, or can even fancy, what tomorrow will
bring.
WHAT TIE KINGS FATHER ADVISED HIN TO DO.
1t Is now published that last week, in the heart
Of the crisis which described to yOu the courage
Of the young King failed him. You will remember
that the occasion Of 1t was a demand upon the part
Of Serrano that he and his Ministry should have
power to suspend the constitution and all the
guarantees Ofaw and order, and that Serrano should
take upon himself virtual dictate ship Serrano had
glory, and had been put at the head of ministry
which had been disgraced by the manGuvres OF
Sasa M o se RaSc When
having behind him majority OF the Cortes, the
King was troubled: He had alienated the radicals,
to whom he owed his crown-tlad sent ZOrrilla, the
leader of the party, into retirement which was
simply prelude to insurrection and had practi-
caly forced the radicals to become the allies OF the
republicans and the enemies of his dynasty All
that remained was ministry he could not trust
Isabella people and Montpensier, and Cortcs that
had no hold upon Spain. Before him was Spain as
It came to him from the revolution. Any view of
the crisis seemed to be abdication, with even
worse than sbdication-civil war, and perhaps
the war, after the manner OF Charles l., Louis XVI
anu MaXmilian: IL was problem which seemed
to have an Inevitable solution and in his perplex-
Amadeus
King of Italy, Tor advice. Would he accept the
counsel Of serrano and put himself in the hands Of
apowerlul and dstrustcd party or remain true to
his oath and trust the people ana recall the radicals
whom he had driven awayr The answer OF the old
the traditions OF the House Of Savoy recognized
the law as the master of the Crown; that Amadeus
had sworn an oath and must keep It, and to COM
nit perjury upon no account whatever. II he
could not reign according to the conditions upon
home as plain Duke OF Aosta. Whether he wore
the crown or not, he should be worthy OF his
Rome or not, it is certainly the course which the
King adopted, and Win do him great honor whether
he succeeds in establishing his dynasty or not.
REMODELLING THE GOVERNMENT.
The process OF remodeng the government con-
oes zn To svs SusH aH "a the w wsa Of csanp
In the ministry" means In this strange old cOun-
try, and why 50 much emotion is occasIoned by an
event Ike that OF the retirement OF SerrnnO, you
must remember that in Madrid alone there are
thirty thousand gu otice,holders and that when
eight years, Is seen here to a larger extent when.
eyer ministry IN changes There have been seven seven
In America there is some limit to the power OF
and E{Owng pHoc opinion 10 continues 9s
changes are thorough. In the FIRST place the army
is "reorganzed' Every general in command Is
waiting Evey cep aP0a above Certain cd
rank is retired. These officers are sup.
:infriendy to the new ministry and are put out OF
the way OF mischief. Then come. the governors of
s all sn pnn
low as the porters wc w.cc sit at the gates This ex.
trsme n o power vWsvSs Spsry ta nEss
Madrid learns that 10000 employed dtiaeus, with
families, are suddenly thrown out oil the way OF
snsna ss a spg 81 sgs neN AZ mes SnH Taa' s Rsa s% %
stories OF the diligence with which these new Minis
compelled 10 go In hiding, 10 ti deny themselves to
take their meals in the sccuson Of their depart
ments ana steal home like thieves in the night; to
Rvoid the theatre their clubs, and even that much
golden hour In each spaniard's daily existence.
honored gentlemen In Spain. II is bad enough in
America, but this renowned and venerable king
Tic has not achieved The men who 20 out OF power.
the thirty thousand, many OF whom will NOT know
this month where TO find the bread they earned so
comfortably last month, have nothing TO do but to
swarm around the cafes and inlbibe the cheap ana
abundant tipples peculiar to Spain and become
TnE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL EVILS OF SPAIN.
Taking ONCE is, therefore, the employment OF
the new Ministry. The King has suspended the
tortes II viii remain In suspension until the
changes IN the g9yernment are perfected What is
the Kingdom. And In this yoa have the prime evil
Of Spanish politics. What can YOU do with nation
lished classespolilical evils,r perhaps something
uke what we call socal eyis-but classes that exist
seman viii work 10 spanish zen tIesn r'S viii fd de-
cline 10 hold 0lice so when he cannot hold Vllce