Mr. Perry to Mr. Seward.
Sir:On the night of the 4th instant there were symptoms of sedition manifested in the regiment named Savoy, quartered near the royal palace, but these did not reach the point of insurrection. I am informed that the entire regiment (3 batallions) was prepared and impatient for action; but the movement did not take place on account of the refusal of certain leaders to co-operate. A lieutenant and five sergeants are now on trial before court-martial.
Yesterday General Milans del Bosch was ordered to the Canary islands and assigned to the command of the Great Canary, a kind of honorable exile. General Contreras was ordered to report to the captain general of Corunna, on the northwest coast. Coronel the Count of Cuba is sent to Oviedo. These are all friends of General Prim. General Queseda, military governor of Madrid, has been replaced by General Cervino, (an adherent of O’Donnel,) and Coronel Gonzales, of the regiment Savoy, by Coronel Cos-Gayon. Though there was, undoubtedly, good motive for alarm on the part of the government, and these sparks show, to some extent, what fire is slumbering under cover in Spain, I beg to repeat the opinion expressed in my No. 115, of July 25, and do not anticipate any considerable insurrectionary movement at present.
With the highest respect, sir, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, &c., &c., &c.