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STANLEY, LORD. 



uties in the insurrection, recommended in their 

 report a vote of censure against them for leaving 

 their seats, and a judicial proceeding against 

 those deputies who had taken an active part in 

 the rebellion. One hundred and twenty-four per- 

 sons were arrested in Barcelona. The militia 

 of Yillafranca laid down their arms. In the 

 middle of October there were still about 20,000 

 insurgents in the field. The national troops 

 defeated the insurgents in Catalonia and Gra- 

 ' nada. Eailroads and telegraphs around Madrid 

 were destroyed. The session of the Cortes was 

 suspended on October 16th, after the Govern- 

 ment had been authorized to prosecute seven- 

 teen Republican deputies who had taken part 

 in the insurrection. The insurgents in Valen- 

 cia surrendered unconditionally, after a fight 

 of several hours. Their leaders disappeared, 

 and the troops of the Government occupied 

 the city. Many houses were consumed by fire, 

 and a large number of rebels captured with 

 arms in their hands. In many streets where 

 barricades had been erected, or the advancing 

 troops were resisted, the walls bore the inscrip- 

 tion, " Here stood Valencia ! " Order was now 

 pretty well established throughout the prov- 

 inces. The Cortes resumed their sittings. 

 General Prim worked hard in consolidating 

 the disjointed state of affairs, and paid a tribute 

 to the bearing of the army and navy in defence 

 of the Government and the people. The revolt 

 in Bejar was suppressed. The troops had a 

 fight with the remnants of Salvochea's force 

 and routed them. Among the killed was Guil- 

 len, a deputy. 



The prospects of the election of the Duke of 

 Genoa to the throne of Spain continued to 

 improve. By the end of October, 110 mem- 

 bers had openly pronounced for him ; but the 

 majority of the people seemed opposed to him. 



On October 30th General Prim declared in the 

 Cortes that the Government hoped to withdraw 

 at an early day the decree establishing martial 

 law ; but that at present such a step could not 

 be taken, because conspirators still remained 

 at large, and the cases of several rebel leaders 

 were pending before the councils of war. Sefior 

 Ardanaz, in his budget-submitted to the Cortes, 

 announced that the financial deficit for the 

 current year amounted to 520,000,000 reals. 

 He said he looked forward with hope to the 

 ensuing fiscal year, extending from January, 

 1870, to January, 1871, his estimates for which 

 showed a surplus in favor of the Treasury. 



On November 1st, the Cabinet was partly 

 reconstituted by the appointment of Martos as 

 Minister of Foreign Affairs, and of Figuerola 

 as Finance Minister. According to General 

 Prim's explanation, the question of a candi- 

 date for the throne was the cause of the 

 ministerial crisis. He added that the attitude 

 of the Unionists hindered a solution of the 

 question, and declared that the Government 

 would remain faithful to the principles of the 

 resolution. The opposition to the Duke of 

 G#noa became more determined. Admiral 



Topete resigned, owing to disagreement with 

 General Prim, and was elected Vice-President 

 of the Cortes. The situation became again 

 critical. The Unionists and Progressists dis- 

 agreed more than ever, not only regarding the 

 choice of a king, but also concerning the con- 

 stitutional oath and the election of deputies for 

 the vacated seats in the Cortes. In the middle 

 of November, 161 deputies were in favor of 

 the Duke of Genoa. The constitutional guar- 

 antees suspended on account of public security 

 were reestablished in the beginning of Decem- 

 ber. In the middle of December, the Carlists 

 recommenced their movements on the French 

 and Portuguese frontiers. The Cortes having 

 adopted a resolution to investigate the theft of 

 the crown jewels by 120 votes against 5, ex- 

 Queen Isabella replied that she had not taken 

 them away. On December 17th the Cortes 

 adopted a resolution directing the Constitu- 

 tional Committee to prepare a bill concerning 

 the election of a king. The Government or- 

 dered that the parliamentary elections to fill 

 the seats remaining vacant in the Cortes should 

 be held on January 20, 1870. The press of the 

 opposition demanded that elections should be 

 first held for the different municipal councils, 

 so as to thus terminate the existing unconsti- 

 tutional situation, the present municipal officers 

 having been illegally appointed by the Govern- 

 ment. In the Cortes the Republican minority 

 made an energetic protest against these elec- 

 tions and demanded the restoration of the 

 former ayuntamientos. They declared that 

 they would carry the matter before the legal 

 tribunals, but counsel the people in the mean 

 time to keep the peace and make vigorous 

 efforts at the new elections to return their true 

 friends. The popular opposition to the Duke 

 of Genoa increased. Even the Minister of Jus- 

 tice, Zorilla, declared in a public speech that, 

 if the Government could not find a king, they 

 would throw themselves into the arms of a 

 republic, although he spoke everywhere in 

 favor of monarchy. On December 29th, Cas- 

 tellar, the leader of the Republican party, at- 

 tacked the ministry, because they were ready 

 to throw the crown of Spain upon a mere boy- 

 king. On December 31st it was announced 

 that Victor Emmanuel had absolutely refused 

 his consent to the candidature of the Duke of 

 Genoa. The Spanish Cabinet offered its resig- 

 nation in consequence of this refusal. 



STANLEY OF ALDERLEY, EDWAED JOHN", 

 second Lord, an English liberal statesman and 

 cabinet officer, born at Alderley Park, Novem- 

 ber 13, 1802 ; diedinLondon, June 16, 1869. He 

 was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Ox- 

 ford, graduating B. A. in 1823. He entered 

 Parliament for Hendon, in 1831, and was a 

 representative of the northern division of 

 Cheshire from 1832 to 1841, and again from 

 1847 to 1848, when he was raised to the peer- 

 age as Lord Eddesbury. He succeeded to his 

 father's title, as Lord Stanley of Alderley, in 

 1850. In 1833-'34 he was Under-Secretary 



