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LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1830.

THE KING'S HEALTH.

Although no official notice has been issued
this morning respecting his MAJESTY'S health,
it is with much pleasure that we are enabled to
state that the KING is gradually advancing to
his usual state of health.

Despatches were received at the Foreign
Office, this mcrning, from France and Brussels ;
and at the Colonial Office, from the Governor of
the Cape of Good Hope and the whole of the
Leeward Islands.

The following are extracts from the Paris
Papers of Saturday :

" The abolition of the order of succession established
in Spain by Philip V. and 'the restoration of the Castile
Succession, is an event that will produce a powerful sen-
sation in Euripe. The King of Spain, for a long time,
entertained a just and lively resentment against a Prince
collateral heir to the throne, and has conceived the hope
of obtaining an heir or heiress in a direct line. Is it not
possible that English and Austrian diplomatists bare
availed themselves of the resentment and hopes of Ferdi-
nand, in order to persuade him to an act, which appears
to insure the satisfaction of the one, and the success of the
other ? By acting thus, Great Britain and Austria would
have consulted their own interests ; by diverting the suc-
cession from male to male in the Bourbons of Spain, they
have secured to themselves, perhaps, for the future, some
chance of ascendancy in the Peninsula; they have annihi-
lated by one single decree the work of Louis IV., the re-
sult of so many negociations, combats, and sacrifices of all
kinds. The measure which has been adopted in Spain is
not only mortifying to France, whose services deserved a
better reward,; it is an insult to our Royal Family, which
Louis XIV. would have resented in the mast lively manner.
We may add that, by this act, which appears the ne plus
ultra of absolute power, Ferdinand, the unconscious tool of
foreign interests, gives a death blow to his dynasty ; he
proclaims the exclusion of the blood of the Bourbons from
the throne of Spain ; and, in this respect, we might see a
ground for nullity in an act which is notoriously destruc •
tine of the rights of its author.' But the consequences of
this act may net only become serious to the Peninsula ;
France itself cannot view it without uneasiness. The
order of succession, as established by the Salk law,'
Mably justly observes, was indispensable, in order to
preserve to the descendants of Philip V. the same dignity in
Spain which they possessed in France, and to preclude
the Anjou branch from annulling its renunciation, under
thepretence of being arranged by the danger of seeing the
crown transferred to a foreign family, whilst some of its
Princes would be reduced to the condition of private
gentlemen.' Thus, on a slight inspection of the Treaties,
there is a principle of perturbation introduced into the
order of succession to the Crown of France."—Consti-
tutionnel.

Extract of a private letter of the sth inst. from Madrid :
—" The decrease in the returns to the Treasury from all
the provinces, and more particularly from Andalusia, is
inconceivable. Seville, which usually supplied 4,000
chests of manufactured tobacco, has sent out during the
last month not more than 300 chests ; and the customs of
that city, which ha the same space of time generally yields
to the Treasury 25,000 double piastres, have produced no
more than 6,000. This deficit, which can only arise
frein the distressed condition of the people, has been attri-
buted by the Government entirely to smuggling, and the
encouragement it takes from Cadiz having been rendered a
free port. But all their ingenuity cannot prevent the
twelve millions of reels, comprised in the estimates
of the Budget, as the probable product of the sale
of tobacco, from falling considerably short, and
affairs in general, and the public credit in parti-
cular, from experiencing embarrassments. In the mean
time, the farmers of the Entrance Duties have expe-
rien •ed unexpected difficulties. In some of the towns the
disorders have become very serious ; and the disputes
which have arisen between the receivers of these duties
and those bringing in the provisions, have not only
been sustained by the use of sticks and staves, but even
with the poniard. The manifestation of opposition from
the people to measures which attack their daily interests,
added to the poverty that oppresses, places the forty mil-
lions of rials, that Riera and Co. expected to extract from
their farming, in jeopardy. The Vales are almost the
exclusive object of the cares and efforts of our financiers,
who seek, in everydirection, means to urhohl their credit.
They are quite right in thus asking counsel from others,
for their own ignorance and want of foresight haslAl them
to make the Vales a vital object. They will, however,
labour in vain, for the good sense of the Spanish nation
will ever be opposed to their disastrous projects."
A German Paper gives the following extract of a letter
dated the Banks of the Rhine, April 12 :—" Notwithstand-
ing the general apprehension entertained, the new Grand
Duke of Baden has taken possession of his heritage. Not
only is the succession of the Margraves de Hochberg gua-
ranteed by the Congresses of Vienna and Aix-la-Chapelle,
in which all the Great Powers of Europe, with the excep-
tion of Austria, joined, but we know that very recently it
was confirmed by the Courts of France and Prussia. A
very few months before the death of the late Grand Duke
Lduis, a defensive alliance was concluded with Prussia,
whereby that Court engaged to maintain the Margraves of
Hochberg, and their direct descendants in the male line, in
all their rights. The ratification of this treaty arrived
'at Carlsruhe two days before the death of the Grand Duke.
The inhabitants of Baden, who are strongly attached to
their present dynasty, are thus tranquillized, and the mea-
sures of precaution which had been ordered are counter-
'mended. The present Grand Duke, when Prince Louis,
gave eonstanc proofs of a kind and generous disposition.
On the occasion of a failure in the crops, he remitted the
taxes imposed on his dependents. He entrusted the exer-
cise of his benevolence to no hands but his own, and fre-
quently took charge of whole families, sending the children
to he educated in the various cities of Europe at his own
expence, that they might be able to fill the various employ-
ments he afterwards provided for them. On his journies
he was pleased an visiting them, conversing with them on
their progress, and giving them encouragement, so that he
was be'oved throughout his small dominion. His accession
has not been attended with any remarkable incident; but
great changes in the Court appointments are expected, and
also among the civil and military officers." Another letter'
of the same Fate, from Heidelberg, presents the affair in ts
different light. It states as follows:
" On the assurance received by the Margrave de Hochberg
(the new Grand Duke of Baden) from the King of Wir-
t. mberg, that Bavaria would not take possession of the

Palatinate by force, the military demonstrations were im-
mediately countermanded. The King of Bavaria will
claim his well-founded rights by other means. It is
even asserted that the matter is already arranged to his
wishes by Austria, Russia, and Prussia. It appears
that, in addition to the claims of Bavaria to the
Palatinate, the Prince of SweJen (son of the Ex-
King) claims all the country of Baden by right of
his soother, a Princess of Baden, the nearest heir to the
Grand Duchy. The Bavarian Government have pub-
lished a protest; and if the Count de Hochberg should
not yield, the German Diet will interfere. The dispute
will be chiefly injurious to the beautiful but unfortunate
town of Mannheim, which from its former flourishing
condition, has been reduced to a very different state by
the ill treatment of Baden for these thirty years. The
Margrave Leopold de Hochberg, the present sovereign,
employs all his efforts to maintain himself, but they will
he vain. He has sent several distinguished persons to the
courts of Stutgard, Munich, Vienna, Paris, London,
and St. Petersburgh. All these measures will be of
no avail; and we may expect that the King of Bavaria
will, ere long, take possession of the Palatinate."
A letter from on board the frigate La Bellone, off Al-
giers, states that the Algerines are actively engaged
in fortifying the weak points on their coasts, and
that thousands of men are seen constantly at work
in raising redoubts and planting artillery. La
Bellone having approached the land closer than or-
dinary, in order to take soundings of the shore, the
enemy opened a strong fire upon her, but she continued
to send out her boats, with the men necessary for accom-
plishing her purpose, and discovered, about three leagues
to the east of Algiers, a landing-place, which, though
defended by an old tower armed with eight pieces cf
cannon, is very favourable for the disembarkation of
troops.
The Elizabeth, arrived at Havre from the Isle of Bour-
bon, which she left on the 16th of January, brought the
melancholy intelligence of the loss of the Jeune Prosper,
of Nantes ; the Paris, of Marseilles, the .Romilly, of
Havre ; and the .Nestor, of Cherbourg ; in a hurricane
which visited that island on the day previous to her de-
parture. The Indus, of Havre, was also in great danger.
It will be recollected that on the 13th of February, 1829,
a great number of vessels also perished in the same seas.

" ENUMERATION OF THE LAND FORCES TO BE SENT OUT

TO ALGIERS.

" The first division, whica is to establish its head-quar-
ters at Toulon, is composed of three brigades, ♦iz.—
" First Brigade-3d Regiment of the Line, 1,600 men;
2d and 3d Light Infantry, 1,650; total, 3,250.
" Second Brigade-14th Regiment of the Line, 1,650 ;
37th ditto, 1,700 ; total, 3,350.
" Third Brigade-20th Regiment of the Line, 1,650 ;
20th ditto, 1,900 ; total, 3,500.
" Total of troops in the first division, 10,100.
" The second division, which will establish its head-
quarters at 11Iarseilles, is composed of three brigades, viz.—
" First Brigade-6th Regiment of the Line, 1,600 men;
49th ditto, 1,700; total, 3,300.
" Second Brigade-15th Regiment of the Line, 1,650 ;
48th ditto, 1,650; total, 3,300.
" Third Brigade-21st Regiment of the Line, 1,700 ;
29th ditto, 1,675 ; total, 3,375.
" Total of troops in second division, 9,975.
" The third division, 'which will establish its quarters-
general at Aix, is comprised of three brigades, viz.—
" First Brigade-Ist and 9th Regiment Light, 1,650
men; 25th Regiment of the Line, 1,600; total, 3,250.
" Second Brigade-17th Regiment of the Line, 1,650;
30th ditto, 1,650 ; total, 3,300.
" Third brigade-23d Regiment of the Line, 1,650 ;
34th ditto, 1,650 ; total, 3,300.
" Total of the troops of the 3d division, 9,850 men.
" Total of the infantry forming part of the expedition,
29,925 men.
" To which must he added the following :-2 companies
of artillery, 200 strong, and 300 horses, quartered at Arles;
1 ditto, 100 men, and 150 horses, at St. Remy; 1 ditto,
100 :nen, and 150 horses, at Toulon ; 4 batteries of horse
artillery, 650 stroug, and 650 horses ; three squadrons of
cavalry, amounting to 550 men, and 600 horses ; the wag-
gon train, composed of 1,200 men, and 600 mules; 9
companies of engineers, SOO men; 1 company of pontoniers,
100 men ; 1 ditto of gendarmes, 100 strong, and 50 horses;
100 delfts of the commissary department ; 2 companies of
workmen amounting to 160 men ; 2 companies of wag-
gon., 150 men.

RECAPITULATION.
Infantry 29,925 men.
Cavalry 550
Artillery and miners l,BBO
Divers subalterns-- l,BlO

T0ta1............... 34,165
2,600 horses.—Courrier Francais.
FRZNICI FIINDIL—pAiIs, APRIL 16.—Five per Cents., 106 f•
106 f. M. 10c. ; Four and a.half per Cents. 1051. 60c. ; Four per
Cents., 1011. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 83f. 95c. 90c. 95c. S4f. 83f. 95c.
84f. ; Bank Stock, 1,910 f 1,9151. ; Rentes de Naples, 931. GOc. 65c.
70e.; Rents d'Espagne, 14%; Royal Spanish Loan, 9014 %;
Rent. Psrpetuelle d'Espagne, 79% % 1,4 ; Hay tian Loan,
535 f. 540f.—Exchange on London—One month, paper, 45f. 65c. ;
three months, paper, Mr 50c.—Coors Authenlique.

We have received this morning the Hamburg
Reporter, dated St. Petersburgh, and German
Papers of various dates, from which the follow-
ing are extracts:—
_

HAGUE, APRIL 15.

Their Majesties the King and Queen, and her Royal
Highness the Princes's Marianne, will set out on Sunday,
the 16th, for Amsterdam, where they will pass a few
days. His Envoy M. Von Gobbelschroy, Minister of
State, is gone to Brussels. It is reported that the Rev.
M. Stercke, Dean of the Church of our Lady at Antwerp,
will he shortly appointed to the See of Bois-le-Duc.:
M. Hughes, late Ambassador from the United States to
this Court, is gone to Paris, previously to his repairing to
his mw post at Stockholm. Last week there died at
Harqueguies, near Ash, in Hainault, a farmer named Peter
Van der Aom, who had attained the advanced age of 120
years and nine months. He was born June 29, 1709,
and retained to the last full possession of his mental and
bodily powers. llis funeral was performed with much
~olemaity, and attended by a great number of the inhabi..
tants of Harqueguies and the neighbouring parishes.
ST. FETERSBURGH, MARCH 31.

His Majesty has ordered schools for cadets to be esta-
blished in several, of the provinces of the empire, viz.
in the towns of Novogorod, Tula, Tamboff, Polosk, Pul-
tows, and Elisabethgrad, each corps to consist of 400
cadets, to he chosen from-the Nobility of the Government
in which the corps are, and of the neighbouring Govern-
ments which contribute to the expenses.

...,...
The Nobility of the Governments of Moscow, Casan,
Nischney-Novogorod, Kostroma, Wolgda, and Ertbonia,
who do not contribute to these expenses, are to send their
children to the corps of cadets at Moscow, or the school
of marine cadets.
The Divan of Wallachia has presented a magnificent and
costly sabre to General Count Giesmar, as an acknow-
ledgment of his great services in the war with Turkey.
ST. PETERSBURCII, APRIL 2.

The mountaineers who live to the south of the Cuban
have long been notorious for the robberies which they
commit in the territory of the Cossacks of the Black Sea;
during the whole war with Turkey they exercised with
more audacity than ever those robberies on the whole
line of the Caucasus, and notwithstanding the peace with
Turkey, several of those tribes have continued their pre-
datory incursions. His Excellency Field-Marshal Count Pas-
kewitsch, Commander-in-Chief in the Caucasus, has judged
it necessary to put an end to this state of things, by inflicting
exemplary punishment on all the criminals,beginning with
the hordes most addicted to this system of hostility and
pillage. Accordingly General Emanuel, Commander on
the line, and in the territory cf the Black Sea, com-
menced his march at the end of January, this year, against
the Circassian tribe, known by the name of the Schap-
soughs; and, after having completely attained the object
of his expedition, returned in seven days to Casheri•-
nodar. The other guilty tribes will not escape their just
punishment, wlsich they have merited by their aggressions.
All the measures necessary to reduce them are concerted,
and will be carried into effect by Count Riskewitsch.
His Excellency Prince D. Gallatzin, Military Governor
of Moscow, has arrived in this capital.
According to the latest official accounts received in the
Departments of the Minister of the Interior, the number
of Jews paying taxes in the Russian Empire amounts in
all to 422,•440 males. The number of females is not stated.

COPENHAGEN, APRIL 10.

The learned world, and especially Denmark, has sus-
tained a great loss by the unexpected death of the learned
Dr. Master, Bishop of Sealant!, who expired yesterday
very suddenly, in the 69th year of his aae.
HANOVER, Aran. 10.
The session of the General Assembly of the Estates of
the Kingdsm was closed the day before yesterday.
The deputations of the isles of Car!smile, Mannheim,
Heidelberg, Rastadt, and Baden have already done homage
to the new Grand Duke of Baden.
BRANDENBURG, A rim. 11.
The peace with the Porte is considered at the pre-
sent time in Russia i❑ the same light as the Afussul-
mans formerly considered a peace which they concluded
with a Christian Power, namely as a truce. The mili-

lay armaments continue, and recruits, ammunition, &c.
are sent to that corps remaining in Turkey, and while the
Journals proclaim that the Russian army is preparing to
return back over the Balkan, persons who are well in-
formed say that there have remained in Adrianople to
guard the hospital, as many troops as are sufficient to se-
cure the city to the Russians.
Much has lately been said of the claim made by Ba-
varia to the Grand Duchy of Baden, but the succession of
the Hochberg line appears to have been secured by the 1.-
cognition of the great Powers, and recently also by special
private Conventions.

HAMBURG, APRIL 13.

BORS6N-HALLE, HALE PAST FOUR O'CLOCK.--The
business of our Stock market continues limited. The im-
provement in London and Amsterdam has operated favour-
ably here. Discount, which had risen on account of the
holidays, has declined from four to three and a half per cent.
End of April.
Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent 7pt,
Anglo-Russian Loan 109%
Harnhurg-Russian Loan 1043‘
Polish Bonds 132

New Prussian 4 per Cents. (1830) —
Austrian Bank Shares ......t 1395
Austrian Metalliques lO4
New Austrian 4 per Cents 9B«y
Anglo Neapolitan 9654
Falconets
53
Portuguese
Greek, 1925 4l

The Algerine expedition is spoken of by the
French writers of all parties as an affair which
cannot give much trouble to well-disciplined
troops. Their infantry, they say, will have light
work of it. Even the liberal Journalists forget,
in their national enthusiasm, that the expedition
is a Ministerial measure, adopted for the purpose
of withdrawing the attention of the public from
their domestic concerns. The men, they say,
on their first landing, will only have to form a
square, and disregard the number and the shouts
of the horsemen opposed to them; after two or three
attempts they will retreat into the desart. That,
however, seems to us to be the sort of exception
best calculated to convert this costly expedition
into an " untoward event" for the French Go-
vernment. But when landed it is said that it
will be impossible for the barbarians to prevent
their advance. Well, but what then ? The
moment they arrive before the place, the troops,
they say, may in one night establish sand batteries
open a fire at day-break, and effect a breach
almost immediately, Well, and what then ?
Why, if the expedition be well conducted, and
there is no reason to suppose the contrary, a few
days will suffice for the exemplary chastisement
of these Algerine robbers. Well, and what
then ? The fortress will be taken, the (len will
be destroyed. And what then ? Will the
people of France be satisfied, with the idle
waste of two hundred millions of francs for the
mere purpose of revenging the blow of a bar-
barian's fa❑ ? Will they not insist On reaping
some substantial benefit from the expected
victory? Are the French Ministry prepared to
gratify the expectations so openly expressed by
nine-tenths of the press, by the permanent oc-
cupation of the Algerine territory ? Well, and
what then ? Is there no ally to be consulted ?
Or rather has not a distinct assurance been already
given to the British Government that no such
design is in contemplation ?
Whatever be the fate of the enterprize of
General BOURMONT, it can scarcely be doubted
that, although it may secure him his Marshal's
baton, its tendency will be to make the Po-
LIGNAC Administration more decidedly un-
popular in France, if that be possible, than it
is at this moment.

We are glad to perceive that the public arc
beginning to appreciate the evils attendant on the
taxes on newspapers. No better time could be
chosen for bringing forward the subject, than
that of the approaching discussion on the new
Stamp Act, when the question must arise
whether the Irish Papers shall be crushed Oy
assimilating the Stamp Duty upon them to the
Stamp Duty on English newspapers, or whether
the assimilation shall be effected by a reduction
of
,the Stamp Duty on English newspapers
from fourpence to twopence, the amount
of the Stamp Duty on each Irish newspaper.
Some enlightened Members of Parliament have
turned their attention to the subject, which will
be found of greater importance than to persons
of a passive habit of mind might at first appear.
With none could the discussion so well originate
as with those respectable associations, which with-
out being prominent in questions of party poli-
tics, take a deep interest in all that affects the
moral and social improvement of the community
and actively promote the diffusion of useful
knowledge. The position of the city of London
Literary and Scientific Institution, and the
names associated with it of such men as Mr.
JOHN SMITH, Mr. JAMES MILL, Mr. DEN-
MAN, Mr. GROTE,iIITI., Mr. POWLET THOMP-
SON, and 1)r. SOUTHWOOD SMITH, entitle it
with peculiar propriety to ta'-e the lead in ad-
dressing the Government upon the subject of
the taxes on literature and knowledge.

The following document, abolishing the opera-
tion of the Salic Law in the succession to the
Spanish Monarchy, we extract from the Madrid
Gazette of the 3d instant :
PRAGMATIC SANCTION,
having the force of a law, decreed by King Don Carlos
IV. at the desire of the Cortes in 1789, and published
by his reigning Majesty for the perpetual observance of
the second Law, Chap. 15, Part 11. which establishes
the regular succession to the Crown of Spain.
Don Ferdinand VII. by the Grace of God, King of
Castile, of Leon, &c.
To the Infantes, Prelates, Dukes, kc.—Know ye—
That at the Session of the Cortes in 1789, at my Palace
of Buen Retiro, a proposition of the King my Father,
who is in glory, was taken into consideration, on the ne-
cessity and expediency of observing the regular method
established by the laws of the Kingdom, and by imme-
morial custom, as to the succession to the Crown of Spain,
preferring the elder to the younger, and the male to the
female, in the respective lines, according to their order ;
and having taken into consideration the immense benefits
derived from the Monarchy from its observance during a
continued
period of more than 700 years, as well as the
motives
and eventual circumstances which contributed to
the reform decreed by the Act of the 10th of May, 1713,
they delivered hits. his Royal hands a petition, dated the

30th September, 1789, reminding him of the great ad-
vantages that had resulted to the Kingdom, even before the
epoch of the union of the two Crowns of Castile and Arragon,
from the order of succession specified by Law 11. Chap.
15, Part H. and prayiag hint to be pleased to direct, not•
withstanding the innovation established by the above men-
tioned
Act, the perpetual observance and keeping of the
said immemorial custom, as it had been always observed
and kept, and, so publish a Pragmatic Sanction, as done
and formed in the Assembly of the Cortes, who established
this resolution, and the repeal of the above-mentioned
Act. Having received this petition, my august Father
took the course which the welfare of the Kingdom required
by replying to the report which had been annexed to the
petition of the Cortes by the Junta of the Assistast-Coun-
cillors, the Governor, and Ministers of my Royal chamber
That he had formed a resolution in conformity with
the tenor of the said petition." But he recommended
them to maintain the strictest secrecy, because he consi-
dered it was useful to his service ; and in the Decree alluded
to " lie ordered his Council to dispatch the Pragmatic
Sanction usual in such cases." Taking this circumstance
into consideration, the Cortes sent secretly an official copy
of the above petition, and of all the documents relative
thereto, and the whole was published in the Assembly
under the reserve of secrecy. The agitation which then
prevailed in Europe, and that which the Peninsula has
since experienced, did nut allow the execution of
these important designs, which required more tran-
quil days. Having, with the help of the Divine
Mercy, happily succeeded in restoring the peace and
order which my beloved people so greatly needed ; after
having examined this weighty affair, and taken the advice
of Ministers, zealous in my service, and anxious for the
welfare of the State ; by my Royal Decree of the 26th of
the present month, I have decreed, that on the presenta-
tion of the original petition, and of the resolution taken on
the subject by my beloved father, and of the certificate of
the first writers among the Cortes, which accompanied
these documents, the said law and Pragmatic Sanction
should be immediately published in the legal form. Hav-
ing published in my Council General, assisted by my two
attorneys, who were heard viva voce, on the 27th of the
same month, it was resolved, that it should be completed
by investing it with the force of the law, and pragmatic
sanction, as done and promulgated in an assembly of the
Cortes. Wherefore I ordain that the literal contests of
law 2, chap. 15, part 2, be observed, kept and accom-
plished in perpetuity, in conformity to the petition of the
Cortes assembled in my Palace of Buen-Retiro, in 1789,
which runs as follows :—" The advantage of being the
first born is a particular mark of the love of God, towards
the sons ,of kings, who have brothers : he upon whom
this honour is bestowed rules the others, who are bound to
obey him, and to consider him as their father and lord.
The truth of this is proved by the three following reasons:
—The first is the ()tiler of Nature ; the second, of law;
the third, of usage. I. According to nature, for the fa-
ther and mother anxiously wish for a lineage to inherit
what belongs to then), and lie who is born first, and who
comes in time to fulfil their wishes, is consequently more
loved by them and ought to be so. 2. According to law, fur
the Lord our God said it to Abraham, when, in order to try
him, he commanded him to take Isaac his only son, whom he
loved, and to sacrifice him fur his sake ; and he said it for
two reasons, the first, because this was the son whom he
loved like himself, for the reasons above mentioned ; and
the second, because God had chosen him to be Holy,
whom he caused to be first born, and on this account he
offered him as a sacrifice ; for, according to Moses in the
Ohl Testament, every first born male shall he called holy,
before God. That his brothers should consider him as
sl:eir father and master, it is evident, by his being their
elder, and by coining into the world first : which proves,
by the words which Isaac spake to Jacob, when he gave
him his blessing, thinking that he was the first born : thou
shalt command thy brother, and the children of thy father
shall turn to thee, and he whom thou shalt bless, shall be
blest, and he whom thou shalt curse, shall be cursed.
Thus, then, by all these words, we are given to under-
stand that the eldest son has power over his brothers, as a
father and lord, and that they ought to consider him as
such. Moreover, according to ancient usage, fathers
having in general compassion on their other children,
did not intend that the elder should have all, but that every
one should hare a share, however, some men deeply versed in
affairs concerning inheritance, knowing that a division could
not take place with respect to kingdoms, without destroy-
ing them, for Jesus Christ, our Lord, says, that every
kingdom that is divided, shall be laid waste, considering it
as a right that the lordship or kingdom shall fall only to
the eldest son by right after the death of his father. This
has invariably been the usage in all countries where rights
of Lordship descend by lineage, and particularly in Spain ;
it is with a view to avoid several evils which have arisen
and may arise again, that it was conceived that the Lord-
ship of the kingdom should be the inheritance of the de-
scendants in the direct line, and it was for this reason it
was established, that if there were no male issue, the
eldest female child succeed to the Crown; and that it was
further ordained, that if the eldest son happen to die before
Ire had obtained possession, leaving a legitimate son and
daughter, that the first or the second in succession should
ascend the throne, and no other person ; but if these
should happen to die, the kingdom should become the
heritage of the next nearest relation, if he were a
man capable and tin all respects, and had done no
act to forfeit his rights. Thus from all these facts the
people are bound to regard the eldest son of the King as
their Sovereign for the real benefit of the kingdom. There-
fore whoever shall act in opposition to what has been
above declared, shall be pronounced a traitor, and as such
shall receive the punishment awarded against those who
resist the authority of the King. In consequence I com-
mand all and each of you within your several districts and
jurisdictions, to accomplish and execute, and cause to be
accomplished and executed, this Pragmatic Sanction in
all that it ordains and commands, taking to this end all
the measures the case requires, without needing any fur-
ther or other declaration than these presents, which are
to be put in execution on the very day on which they
shall be published at Madrid, and in the towns, and in all
other places within any dominions, considering that it is
calculated for the benefit of my Royal House, and for the
public advantage of all my vassals; that such is my will,
and I require that the same faith and credit be given to
all copies of this ordonnance that shall bear the sign sture
of Don Valentin de Pimilla, the Senior Secretary of my
Chamber and Privy Councillor of Government, as to the
original.
Given at the Palace this 29th of March, 1830.
By me, THE KING.
I, Don Miguel de Gordon, Secretary to our Lord the
King, have written this day his command.
(Here follow the signatures of the Councillors, and the
Certificate of Registry, countersigned by the Vice Grand
Chancellor.)