The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-14 00:00:00

tied them to a string, led them to die market '
at Smyrna, or into the, interior of Asia. An
eye-witness asserts, that these yotinE; women were
the ornaments of the island, and that many of
them died on the road from wrdit and vexation.
Some children o► :seven years old ,A ..re also saved
:in order to he sold. Reports are .again circu-
lated of negociations between -the Pacl►a of Egypt
and -the leading men among the Creeks at Hydra
and Spozzia. This news, however, wants con-
firmation.

STATE OF' SPAIN.

The Madrid papers to the 7th instant, which
have reached us by express, contain a variety of
details relative to the political and financial state
of Spain. We shall first notice the intelligence
of, the former description. The most important
article is the announcement of a change of Mini-
stry. .It appears in the Univcrstd of the 6th, in
the form of a postscript, and the following are the
terms in which the statement is given

" It is twelve at night, and we are informed that his Ma-
j.2sty has now agreed to the forMationof the new Ministry. We
do not pledge ourselves for this neWs.; but the following are
the persons said to be fixed on for Ministers:—viz., Don Eva-
risto San Miguel, Dor. Francisco Fernandes Gasco, Don Felipe
Benicio Navarro, Don Antonio Martinez, Don Manuel Va-

dillo, and Senor Capaz. We repeat that we do not pledge our.
selves to this account, but we can assert that the new Admini.

stration will be nominated to-morrow."

The same Paper contains two DeCrees addressed to the Mar-
quis de Santa. Cruz, major domo of the palace. These decrees
relieve, according to the official language, the Conde del Puebla
from the office of Chamberlain, and 'the 'Marquis de"Mondejar

y Belgida from the office of Master of the Horse, and appoints
the Marquis de Santa Cruz to discharge the duties pro tempore.
Dn these measures the Universal makes the following

remarks :

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" We perceive 'with satisfaction, from the above decrees,
that his Majesty is at length convinced of the urgent ne-
csesity of making those reforms in his -royal household which
the nation considers indispensable for its welfare and for the

tranquillity and dignity of the Monarch. We hope that the
new Chiefs of the ..Palace, who have laboured with so much
zeal to enlighten the mind of die King in an affair of so much
importance, will act as organs of public opinion in the appoint-
ment of successors to the officers who have been removed. That

opinion, which is seldom deceived in the view it takes of public
'men, and which desires to see the King surrounded by persons
equally distinguished for their loyalty and their attachment to the

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constitutional system, points almost unanimously to the Conde
Onate-for Master of the Horse, and to the Conde Altamira for
Chamberlain."
General Lopez Banos, the new Minister of War, arrived in
Madrid on the evening of the sth. The liberal party hailed his
arrival with exultation. He was expected greatly to . influence
the appointment of the other ministers, and to urge the adoption
of energetic measures for defeating the wicked designs of the ex-
ternal and internal enemies of the liberties of Spain.
Mina arrived in. he capital On the .4thinst., to confer with, the
Government.on the means of tranquilizing Catalonia.
The conduct of the Duke of Infantado is still regarded with
suspicion. He was ordered to "Badajos, and, on his applica-
tion to the Government, was permitted to past to the second mi-
litary district; but on the express condition that he should re-
side in Corunna. On his way he lingered at Ponferrada, and
the Government had to send fresh orders for him to proceed to
his destination. Rumours had prevailed of his having headed
a party of insurgents.
The accounts from the provinces do not possess much in-
terest. Some uninteresting skirmishes with the banditti, who
take the title of " Soldiere of the Faith," are detailed. It ap-
pears that these insurgents, though they commit great depre-
dations on the defenceless inhabitanti, are incapable of coming
into the field in any force; and that when they do show them-
selves, they are invariably defeated by a very inferior number
of the Constitutional troops. The leaders Of the servile bands
endeavoured to turn to their •advantage the mutiny of the
Guards, by spreading the report that the King was absolute in
Madrid', but this manoeuvre was not attended with any suc-
cess. But though the hopes of the- enemies of the Constitu-
tional system have happily been every where disappointed, a
very hostile spirit is still supposed to govern certain inmates of
the Palace. Some occurrences have lately taken place,
which, though trifling .in themselves, acquire importance as
indications of that spirits As the circumstances to which we
allude appear to have excited considerable attention at Madrid,
we translate the details :
".Some time ago the Universal exposed to the public the
scandalous abuses committed in the Household of the Royal
Palace ; and since the memorable 7th of July, we have not
ceased to complain, in common with the nation at large, that his
Majesty has not removed from his service the individuals who
daily disturb his repose, and compromise the august dignity of
his person. The last time we spoke on this subject, we ven-
tured to forebode that serious evils would ensue, unless that
reform should speedily be effected, which was wished for
by all true friends of the constitutional throne, and we now
regret to find that our fears are already beginning to be
realized.
" At half past five o'clock on Tuesday evening, six stones,
of considerable size, were thrown from a window of the Pa-
' lace, at a militiaman and a soldier of the regiment of the In-
fante Don Carlos, who were on duty at the place called Punta
de Diamante.
" The commandant of the guard, on being informed of this
insult, communicated the circumstance to his Excellency Senor
Don Jose de Palafox, Captain of Halberdiers, pointing out the
window whence the stones had issued, and alleging that they
had been thrown by a woman. His Excellency immediately
proceeded to verify the fact, and it was proved that the stones
had been thrown from the apartment occupied by the Senora
de Logue, duenna to the Senora Infanta Donna Francisca de
Asis, as it appeared by a sempstress who was in the habit of
going to work by the day in the said apartment, and who, by
order of his Excellency, was immediately placed in the custody
of the Guard of the Palace.
" These steps being taken, the Captain of Halberdiers com-
municated a statement of what had happened to the Chief
'Major Domo, remitting to him the letters lie had received, and
the six stones which constituted the corpus delicti, in order that
he might take the necessary measures for instituting a process;
and his Majesty, after being informed of all, and hearing
the opinion of the Counsellor of the Royal Household, was
pleased to transmit to the Secretary of War the following Royal
order
Most Excellent Senor,—The King has made himself ac-
quainted with the accompanying letter of the Captain of the
Halberdiers' and with the documents to which it refers, and he
has ordered me to transmit them to your Excellency, which I
now do, together with the stones which were thrown at the
sentinels, in order that, after they have been inspected in the
office of your Excellency's department, the necessary proceed-
ings may be adopted.
At the same time his Majesty desires me to express to
your Excellency, his earnest desire for ascertaining the truth,
and for the speedy punishment of the guilty : he has heard of
this event with extreme sorrow, and he does not wish that his
Royal Palace should become an asylum for delinquents.—
Though, from the statement of the Captain of the Halberdier
Guards, it appears that the person who threw the stones was not
a dependent of the Palace, but a sempstress who happened to be
in the Chamber of Senora de Logue, duenna to the Senora
Donna Francisca de Asis, yet his Majesty has determined that
all who inhabit the said apartments shall abstain from making
use thereof until they have legally proved their innocence; the
Fiscal who directs the inquiry being empowered freely to arrest
those to whom any suspicion may attach, and to receive the de-
Clarations which he may think proper, without the necessity of
any farther authority.
" I communicate this to your Excellency, in order that the
necessary measures may be taken. In the meanwhile, the
sempstress remains in custody of the main guard, by virtue of
the order of the Captain of the Halberdier Guards, without my
having adopted any new regulations cn the subject.
" H eaven preserve your Excellency many years.
" Palace, Aug. 1,-1822.
(Signed) " The MARQUIS DE SANTA CRUZ.
,4 To the Secretary of 'War."
" We cannot refrain from pronouncing a have
ililogiutii :on
the zeal and love for the King's person which have been evinced