The Sun. — 1871-01-11 (London, England)

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY .11, .1871.  SYMPATHY WITH FRANCE.  THE SPANISH PRESS ON THE ELECTIVE MONARCHY.  MADRID, January 5. At this crisis it is not without interest to learn what .e several journals of Madrid, most of them strong partisan papers, say of the new monarchy. The Iberia indulges in unqualified rejoicing, and exults in the public enthusiasm, which it declares was manifested on the entry of the king. It resents the comment of La Discusion that the Progressist party must feel overthrown and desolate. So far from that being the case, says La Iberia, the Progressist party regards the new Ministry as its own work. The Nacion is also inclined t) see matters in couleur de rose, and prophecies great things for the new reign. Liberty and monarchism united will fulfil the aspirations of the country. Amadeus ascends the throne amidst the blessings of a people who confide their destinies to his protection. Glory inspires him, virtue is his breath, courage his soul, and justice traces his course. Noble and magnanimous, he will befriend the unfortunate, just and severe, he will uphold the laws; loyal and chivalrous, he will offer an example to his subjects, will respect their Constitution and protect their liberties. So much • for the enthusiasm of La Nacion. The Puente de Alcolea is less highflown, and more practical, and discusses chiefly the formation of the new Ministry, of which it is disposed to take a favourable view, especially of General Izquierdo. The Imparcial has very little in common with the hopes and the rejoicings of its compeers. The fate of the country, it says, is in the hands of the citizens. The monarch must abstain completely from personal politics. The confidence, or the censure, of the Chambers in respect to a responsible Ministy, this must guide the course of the Government and the administration of the State. The Chamber, the Senate, the press, the political parties, the electoral bodies—it is all these and not the King who must decide the questions of political and financial regeneration, the liberty and prosperity of the country. The Eco del Progreso without naming the Duke de la Torre, protests against the proposed leadership of the exRegent, and recommends the formation of a new Ministry. The Progressist-Democratic party has many distinguished men. Let them reconstitute their party on a fresh basis, and since they haye had the misfortune to lose their military chief, they must accept a civil one, but of all things they must not exhibit to the world the spectacle of perpetual tutelage. The Independencia Espanol also advises a reconstitution of the party. As for the Montpensierist papers, the Diario Espanol salutes the new reign, and declares the work of the September Revolution to be done. The Pais only relates the King's entrance, and indulges  no comments. The Noveclades favours the elevation of Zorrilla, which constitutional precedent and practical convenience alike require. The Politica says that no vacillation is possible, and that if the Duke de la Torre forms a Conservative Cabinet he may succeed, but if he allows the Radicals to predominate, he will loss the last chance which fortune gives him. Only one man is really fit to take the lead at  present, and that is Sagasta. The Republican organs are altogether opposed to the new regime. The Pueblo holds that the person of the King is sacred, and declares there is no conspiracy against him, but is hopeless of the future. The Republica Iberia is convinced that liberty is impossible under an hereditary King, and considers that the Progressists and Democrats have worked for their ruin ; but it consoles itself by recalling that the nineteenth century is the era of revolutions. The Diseusion thinks an interval of Monarchy may purify the Republican party from the excesses of dema gognes. The Igualdad thinks the Progrossists have committed moral suicide. The Carlist journals content themselves with declaring that liberty is dead, and that Spain must begin her work again. The Epoca, the most noticeable of the Alfonsist papers, is inclined to give a fair trial to the new King. The editor of El Combate, the frantic revolutionary paper, has been released.