The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-26 00:00:00

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]

A variety of concurring circumstances lead us
to think that some important changes are about
to take place in the Spanish Government, pro-
miqed by the British and French Ministers at
time Court of King Ferdinand. We are, indeed,
credibly informed, that an Amnesty-decree has,
for some time past, been agreed upon, which has
actually received the sanction of the Council of
Castile, and its execution, we are further assured,
has been withheld by a dread of the formidable
attitude the Clergy have recently assumed, as it
was feared that the promulgation of such a mea-
sure would afford them an opportunity to raise a
line and cry, and work on the feelings of the
people. The British Minister at the Spanish
Court, it is said, has been very strenuous in
his exertions to obtain from King Ferdinand
this wished-for amnesty in behalf of the
Spa►►ish Refuges and others implicated by
their political opinions, not only as a salu-
tary measure, but also to prevent the necessity
of granting further pecuniary aid to the Spanish
emigrants in England. Affairs in Spain have cer-
tainly, for some time past, been tending towards
moderatisrn, and as a proof of this fact, the Mar-
quess de Compo Sagrado has been appointed to
the War Department, and Lieut.-Gen., Giron,
better known as the Marquess De Las Amariilas,
has been named commander of the King's house-
hold troops, which places under his immediate
orders, at least G,OOO men—a post of great trust
at the present moment. Both these Noblemen
are Moderates, and pledged to the party in
far.)ur of Two Chambers. The latter is nephew
to General Castanos. He is a man of consider-
able military- talents, and was at the head of the
War Department for a short tirni after the Revo-
lution of La Isla—consequently the colleague of
Arguelles. Campo Sagrado was Minister in
1817, with Garay, Figuerva, and Lozano Torres.
He belongs to one of the oldest families i❑ Astu-
rias, and is proud of his descent. On his
family coat of ar:.ms is a curious motto, truly
Asturian : " Despises de Dios, la cash de Quiroz"
(After God, the _House of Quiroz). Campo
Sagrado was a playmate of King Ferdinand, both
are of nearly the same age, and he was always.
a great favourite with his Royal Master. He,
Figueroa, and Garay, formed a moderate party
in the Ministry, under the protection of the
Queen, the Portuguese Infanta, which party was
supported by the noted Father Cori bo, the head
of the Franciscan Monks, and General Vigodet,
who had been the negociators of the double mar-
riage in Brazil, and, at the time, in great favour at
Court. The other Alinister, Lozano Torres,
known by the name 'of the watchmaker, for he ac-
tually learnt that trade in England,was always the
tool of the Clergy, and pledged to time Serviles.
Garay w ho had al way's Its longed lothe liberal party,
and, whilst Minister, had been able to release the
persons forMerly employed under him in the
Finance Department, and among them Canga-
Arguelles, at a time when Ferdinand was pursu-
ing his plans of vengeance, was very anxious that
an Amnesty should be issued in 1517, and it was
agreed that it should be formally laid before the
Councii of Ministers, at which the King presides.
The measure was proposed by Campo Sagrado,
and supported by Garay and Figuerva, with great
warmth; and the King saw the necessity of it,
and went so far as to give his consent. Lozano
Torres opposed it, and stated to his master, that
having arrested the Liberals, by virtue of his De-
cree of 4th May, 1.814, such a step would have
the appearance of hawing been an arbitrary act, un-
less the proposed amnesty was previously sub-
mitted to the other Councils of the Nation, and re-
ceived their concurrence. To this step the King
agreed, and when laid before the Council of War,
at which the Infante Don Carlos sat as President,
he opposed it by every means in his power, and
dissuaded his brother from carrying it into effect.
lie even obtained the dismissal of Campo
Sagrado. in so secret and base a manner, that
when the latter went next morning to his of-
fice, at nine o'clock, to his great astonishment
he found his seat occupied by General Eguia,
and did not receive his own ccoge till he re-

turned borne, when he also received an order'
immediately to quit Madrid. That very same,
morning the King had sent him a present of choice
fruit from his own garden, and the preceding even-
ing he had been with him to a late hour, without
having even hinted his displeasure. This cir-
cumstance is mentioned as an additional proof of
Ferdinand's duplicity of character, and serves at
the same time, as a short historical sketch of the
fate of the last Amnesty Decree in Spain, the
withholding of which entailed so many miseries
on that unfortunate country. The re-appointment,
however, of such a man as Campo Sagrado to the
Ministry, at the present moment, certainly indi-
cates a change.