6 OCTOBER 1838, Page 8

Some apprehension having been entertained at Madrid, that a sufficient

military force was not left to defend the capital, the Minister of War, on the 26th of September, convoked a meeting of the officers of the National Guard and the garrison, to assure them that every pre- caution had been taken ; and he added, that " the Queen was deeply aillieted at hearing that elements of revolt and disturbance were col- lecting in the capital, and had commanded hi. to assure the National Guard and the garrison of her perfect reliance on their fidelity and courage." The discontented parties alluded to are the Estaltados.