, 1874-01-23
PAVLA'S COUP
Ahe Forcable Dsssolutfon or ~
Spanish Cor1cs.

Ihe Forcible D'ssolutfon or ~.
spanish Cor1cs.
Aad''d t1a" 8, ca7espondeacs q tbs Lo,dan stand
We hare had coup d'stat. which h,, 49,.
bloodless as yet-s Capt.-Gcn. Payia ~, sa sso
Cromwell and bis sharp action and quiet eners, r1e
pave pleased az classes. saTe tue extreme Il,
t.anslgeutes. The movement 50 <ar haa 40. ~ -
hibted any A1fousiuo tendency Tbe ~ rorta. 81.
opened at o'cccx. Numerous rroups ~ ~
PIE are 70 the streets. but they are nerfacti,,
qn1et. Salmeroo presided. Wien the fo-m-i
business WAS over, Orense cried, "Viva IN n
Publ4ca Fedetal!" Loud cries from the Left fn1-
lowed. The message having been read from tIt, tIs
Tcioune by CASTELAR,, seuor 6llas moved tbat the tbe
cortes lad heard it With profound satisiact,ons
end rendered thanks to ehe Government for the
zeai. lntellsence aud patriotism disnla, ,e1
aarnt aaalnE se a.a anter1egnnm. The motiou vas
nesa1.ssa, ~nen oenor Castelar, SAID that. in con-
sequence OF the vote, the whole Cabinet len 1ere1
Their resignatlons. and it would be necessary ~
the opposition 10 proceed at ouce to :ne noTn;n.
ton OF anew Ministry in order to prevent Al
danger to the public tranquility. / violeut
scene ensued, during which 'Seuor Saimaron sa;s
that the Cortes would respond for them the mantan taa
aace OF order, no ma ter what nigh. take placa
Considerable disorder followed upon Ssno.
CASTELAR, repeating his warning, Which tcrm,ua.eJ
IN loud cries OF "Vo.e! vote!" Alter scee.
Of wild excitement the discussion way opened On
the original vote Of confidence By Sepor
Montalro. who was followed by a dozen n,hot
House. Tie Cortes adjourned 1t s o'ciock and @
resumed its sitting at u. when number OF otLcr
speeches were made. ending in those Of Senorca
proceeded with, and resulted in 100 for and 1on
hgalnBt the motion. The announcements Of i'm
plumbers was received with loud cheesB from Tia
LIT and centre, upon which Senior CASTELAR, ten-
dered his resignation, Which the House accented.
amiu great excitement. It was nou after )
nffneE aft Eesc1
With troops, civil gu Tds, aud strong force Of
artillery. quietly emerged from The barracks. oc-
cupled all streets milltarilr, and placed cannon
at every corner, as we'll as opposire tho Congress
House. PaVia, With two companies OF troops, an
tered the building, despatched al aidc-ie-camp tn
clear the sa4on de Conferences. This being &C.
compEisae aed, another 4pldc-de-camp entered the
Cortes, and, mounting the Presidents desk
notified him that. by order Of tine Cap.aiu-G Cen
eral Of Madrid, tue members Of the Cortes must
At this junctu1e few shots fred in the air by
tho t1oops in the lobby Of tho House caused .
regular stampede Senor Salmerou and several
deputies took shelter in tue Library, whence
they we're shortly afterwards elected. Tao
diplomatic representatives present we're escorted
to their residences BY officers WITH great conf-
tesy, tha troops presenting arms as they passed
along. The doors of the Cortes vera closed at
clock, aid everything passed of SO quietly that
the greater portion Of the inhabitants OF
tne cttY knew notnlRg Whatever OF what
had taken place u1tl noon. Not tho
slightest disorder took place. nor was one drop Of
blood split I have trayeraed the whole city, and
found tranquility prevailing everywhere, even in
The lowest quarters. LAse bodies OF troops
parade the streets and Converse freely with The
people. Nos d single viva or cheer has been
.aised for any party.
Gen. Payla at once invited the public men Of
III political parties to meet together and form
Provisional GoverameDt, when Serrano was
.lected President. The idea appears to prevail
hat the Provisional Government will continue
o condnct the public business until the Carlst
md Cantonal Instructions shall have been CON-
'letely put down. aud then to assemble Consti-
utlonal Cortes. An effort will probably then be-
oade to establish q National Republic On the
Conservative basis But it il. dst1icult and dam
erous to prophesv what may lako place in this
aost extraordinary country.
News is anxiousIy awaited here from the PROV
ices, and all the lines are in the hands OF tho
'oyerumeut.