Lynchburg Daily Virginian

The Spanish Insurrection.—The London Times of the 19th of July (the day on which the steamer sailed) has the following additional information with regard to the insurrection in Spain.

"For some time past it has been evident that affairs in that country were approaching a crisis, and that some trifling event would result in an explosion. The explosion has come in the shape of a coup d'etat at Madrid, where there has been some desperate fighting (continuous fighting, it is said, for thirty hours) between the people supported by the national guard, and the troops of the line. According to the dispatches from the Spanish capital on Thursday the fighting is over, the deaths are numerous, the national guard has been disarmed. But the blaze has extended to the provinces. At Saragossa the people, joined by the garrison, have been victorious, and, according to the intelligence from Barcelona, Catalonia is in a state of insurrection. The accounts which come from Paris declare that Espartero, instead of having resigned, had been ignominiously dismissed by the Queen, and that O'Donnell had consented to become the Minister of a coup d'etat. We are also cautioned against trusting too implicitly to the telegraphic accounts, which are unduly favorable to the reigning dynasty. One version of the origin of the affair is that Christina had been intriguing against Espartero, and that a formidable bill of indictment had been presented against him by the French Minister at Madrid, the Marquis de Turgot. Espartero was summoned to the royal presence; the Queen received him haughtily, surrounded by twenty-four armed soldiers, and, after hearing his explanation, commanded him to leave Madrid within twenty four hours. His whereabouts is unknown, but he is believed to be at Saragossa or Logrono. It is said that the Queen had sent for Narvaez—a proof that her confidence in O'Donnell's capacity to quell the storm was failing.—All Spain is declared under martial law."