THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN SPAIN.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 245, 23 March 1875, Page 4

THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN SPAIN.

The Pall Mall Gazetze of January 9th says:— The new King of Spain, Alphonso XII., after exchanging visits with Marshal MacMahon, left Paris on Wednesday evening for Marseilles, where a Spanish squadron was waiting to escort him to Spain. His Majesty is expected to disembark at Yalentia, where he will be received by several of the Ministers. On his way to Madrid he will hold reviews of the armies of the Centre and North. No opposition to the new regime has been anywhere attempted. At Madrid a correspondent says, when the news of the pronunciamtento arrived on the 31st ult, there seemed to be a general feeling of relief that the provisional state of things was over, and a belief that all would go well now that a definitive Government had been established. In the streets there was a good deal of excitement, and the cafes were crowded. Many houses were illuminated the same night, and in the morning flags were displayed and the bells were rung. At first the Radicals and Republicans were disposed to resist, but finding no troops on their side they submitted. Conferences with the principal officers of the Madrid garrison had taken place the previous day, and the Artillery and Engineers refused to fight against the Prince. Senor Segasta telegraphed this intelligence to Marshal Serrano, and the Marshal, in reply, said that he could not rely upon the support of his troops. Thereupon Senor Sagasta resigned, after protesting, Castelar, Topete, Zorrilla, Pavia, and other anti-Alphonsists have promised to support the Government, but it is announced that Senor Castelar has resigned the Presidency of the Philadelphia Commission, the post of Councillor of Public Instruction, and the Professorship of History in the University. At Barcelona a grand review has been held, and a “ Te Deum” sung in all the churches in honor of the new King, and great preparations are being made for his reception. From Havannah we learn that the King has been proclaimed by the Captain-General of Cuba, and one of the first acts of the new Government was, it is said, to telegraph to the Captain-General of Cuba in a most conciliatory spirit, with a view to the pacification of the island. A complete amnesty has been granted by the new Government to all the Carlists ; who have, however, put forth a manifesto, announcing that the pronunciamento has made no change among them, and that their army will be strengthened and that of the enemy weakened by the change. The contest they maintain must still be decided on the battle-field. It is remarked that at present “ the expected desertion of officers from the ranks of the Pretender’s army” has not taken place. Hon Carlos has just appointed Lord Beaumont his charge d’affaires at the English Court. Marshal Serrano has gone to Bayonne, and the new Government has sent him a long telegram, thanking him most sincerely in the name of the whole nation for having avoided all bloodshed by his generous self-sacrifice, The Marshal denies that he was privy to the intrigues which have resulted in the proclamation of Prince Alphonso. The Madrid correspondent of the Times says:—There is observable a complete forgetfulness respecting Serrano, Not one newspaper alludes to him, either in pity, reproach, or sympathy. Though everything is quiet, the Protestant propagandist newspapers, the Luz and Bandera de la Jic/orm, are suspended. Iho

Radical paper, the Bandera JSspanola , is allowed to reappear. The young King has received congratulations from the Pope, from the Empress Eugenie, and from Italy, Portugal, and the King of the Belgians, but a report that the new Government had been recognised by Belgium has been contradicted. The American Government has sent instructions to its Minister at Madrid to recognise the new Government when King Alphonso establishes himself at Madrid. On Saturday the members of the Spanish Embassy in Paris paid their respects to the Prince. In reply to their congratulations, he said he did not disguise from himself the difficulty of the task he had undertaken, but he wished to surround himself by the most able men of all parties, and with the co-operation of the army and the people, to pacify the country. His intention was, he said, to be the King of all Spaniards. On Monday afternoon the Due Decazes had an interview of an hour and a quarter with the young Prince. On Tuesday he received the Portuguese Minister, and also both the Messrs Rothschild, with whom, it is stated, “he conferred at length on the financial condition of Spain.” One correspondent states that the King has ordered some magnificent uniforms of an English tailor in Paris, and adds, “ As the young King will be seen chiefly on horseback, his military suits are calculated to improve nature, and to give him a very full chest and ample shoulders.” It is also said that his Majesty will take with him a quantity of jewels, to distribute among the wives of the generals supporting him.