The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-26 00:00:00

ADDRESS OF THE CAPTAIN-GENERAL.

" Soldiers and National Guards !—Her Majesty the
Queen Governess on taking, and commanding all the mo-
narchy to take, the oath to the Constitution promulgated at
Cadiz in 1812, has been pleased to confer on me the Cap-
taincy-General of this province. In any other country less
judicious, and with soldiers who had not given such proofs
of discipline, love to liberty and to the throne, as you have,
perhaps I should have thought this situation superior to my
feeble strength, already tired enough with so many troubles
and fatigues ; but with soldiers and National Guards like
yourselves, mine is not a heavy command, and all charges
are light and simple.
" Soldiers and National Guards !—The motherly token
with which our august Queen Governess has just accredited
to the world her solicitude without end for the Spaniards,
has closed an immense precipice at our feet. All schism,
all doubt, and even the pretexts which a few hours ago
might have divided us, are at an end. Those who yester-
day could have considered themselves as enemies, are to-
day united by the same bonds, and may be called brothers
from the bottom of their hearts.

" Soldiers and National Guards ! Nothing remains for
you to do as citizens, but to bless the hour in which so
many anxieties and uncertainties have ceased. As military
men we are always in duty bound to observe the most se-
vere discipline, for which end you will find me always at
at your head, as I was a short time back with many of you
in the field of Navarre.

" ANTONIO SEAONE.

" Madrid, Aug. 15, 1836."
‘4lnbabitants of Madrid !—Honoured by the confidence
which the Queen Governess has reposed in me, on confer-
ring upon .me the charge of Captain-General of this pro-
vince, I consider it a duty to address to you my voice to
calm your anxiety, and to entreat you that at this moment
more than in any other situation, do you give marked signs
of your judgment and love of order.
Her Majesty has resolved that the oath to the Consti-
tution promulgated at Cadiz in the year 1812, shall be
given in all the provinces of the monarchy ; the raising of
the state of siege recently put upon this heroic town, and
the formation of the National Guard ; inditing at the
same time other Government measures proper for the most
prompt realization of these important dispositions.
" Far from honest men be cries of vengeance and ex-
cesses, under whatever pretext or form they might appear
and let the good distinguish themselves by the respectful
care with which they revere the dispositions of the law,
that not mean passion nor any impure act may stain one of
the most glorious days of our history.
" Inhabitants of Madrid! Nation-al Guards of all arms!
—To fulfil the serious charge which I have dared to accept,
I have reckoned on your decision and respect for that re-
vered code. Full of a noble confidence in you, lam sure
I shall have no occasion to make use of my authority to
repress disorders, and my ardent, my only wish is, not to
find myself deceived in this hope which flatters Ing hly my
heart ; but if by a misfortune I should find myselfin the
unexpected case, that some malignant individuals wished to
disturb public tranquillity, my blood, so many times spilt on
the field of battle, will be the first w!iich you shall s?e tun
in defence of such precious objects.
t, Madrid, Aug. 15." .6 ANTONIO SEOANE.
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UGUST 16 AND 17.—The town has been illuminated
these three nights. Soldiers and National Guards go arm-
in-arm through the streets singing the Tragala, Riego's

Hymn, &c., with frantic gestures. The authorities have
proclaimed the Constitution, and placed the stone in the
Pith Mayor, which is now christened " Plaza de la Con-
stitucion." .
The Queen arrived tilfV al/ et half-past six. She was
greeted by at least 100,000 people'eTavtwbted on the Prado
and in flYe principal streets with the ntttio.si errthugias.m.
There is not tt!tf wlightest appearance of any towlenicy to
a disturbance of the piit,S, peace. The Cortes, it i§ Wl-
derstood, will not meet, the opttiton being that it would not
be a legal body. .Count Toreno, the Mamtlis de Mirallores,
and difitYrif cif Ib t class, have left Madrid. Tht mail from
Saragossa camel ft'etetti.ity, Don Basilio having abatidaned
his position at Medinadot
FURTHER PARTIMAR9,

The Gazette of yesterday contains the nomination of
' Brigadier Don Andres Garcia Camba, lately, arrived from
the Manilla Islands, to be ad interim War Minister; of
Don Jose Lander° y Corchado, a distinguished lawyer, to
be ad interim Minister of Justice ; and Don Miguel Moreno,
to be ad interim Minister of Marine ; and, during the ab-
sence of Don Joaquin Maria Ferrer, now at the baths of
Bagnares, of Don Mariana jEgea, to act as Minister of
Firianec.
Notwithetonding the sudden transition from the most
violent dictation 14) positive liberty, Madrid is tranquil.
The Spanish Liberals, who value the good opinion of Eng-
land more than of any other nation in the world, are ex-
ceedingly anxious to know how the news will be received
of their efforts in favour of freedom : they fear that their
cause may be represented in an erroneous sense. The de-
nornination.of " anarchists," which they disclaim with all
theft might, has been latterly bestowed by their adversaries
on them with more than ordinary liberality. The friends
of the late Administration and of the Afrancesados dwell
with emphasis on the smallest error which they can discover
in the conduct of the new Administration. Several members
of the exploded Chamber of Proceres are peculiarly re-
markable in their opposition ; yet it is said to arise rather
from faction% than from patriotic motives.
M. Mendizabal, upon whom the whole weight of the
unworthy accusations of the late Ministry has fallen. still
preserves his sangfroid ; he has declared that he will not
enter into the Ministry, while at the same time he is eager
to give his most sincere support to the acts of the new Go-
vernment. Many of those who supposed that Spain would
never have been able to consolidate its liberties, appear
now to change their opinions, and allow that something

" good may come out of Madrid."
The National Guard of this capital, notwithstanding their
harsh treatment by Isturiz and Quesada, appear willing to
conciliate. This is the true spirit of liberality, which for-
gives and forgets past offences, while at the same time it
makes use of experience to prevent the repetition of them.
The rebels in the provinces, as well as the Carlists in this
capital, appear to feel the effects of the late movements ;

,heir calculations arc all overturned, and now in order

to gain they have no chance but to bamboozle the
French people. I confess that entertaining the highest
respect for the enterprise, the integrity, the chivalry,
and high sense of honour of the French nation, I shall
watch with redoubled attention the proceedings of their
Government in connection with Spain. With no preju-
dice in favour of Spaniards or Frenchmen, I respect the
noble qualities of both, and in particular of the former ;
for to every child of freedom who loves a free country, this
third effort of the Spaniards must inspire the most chival-
rous sympathy. Twice through barefaced deceit they lost,
yet a third time they try their fate for the sake of liberty,
and base indeed must be the son of Britain—sunken must
be the spirit of his native country, forgotten must be
be the great deeds of his ancestors—if his heart does not
beat in accord with the glory-awaking cause of the liberals
of Spain.
Yesterday the soldiers of the garrison and the National
Guard of the capital took the oaths to the Constitution,
which have been already pledged to by the army of the
centre, and by numerous parts of the country. Hard as it
may appear, the Constitution of 181'2 has been adopted, not
as the sole system, but still as an egis against greater evils.
That Constitution is henceform. to form the basis of the
new system, and the world will have to decide whether it,
with the amendments which it must undergo, be not infi-
nitely preferable to the Estatuto Real of Martinez de la Rosa,
or the arrangement lately adopted by Isturiz, as the basis of
his system.
The city has been decorated during the day with tapestry,
and illuminated at night with the same brilliancy as on the
two preceding nights.
Mr. Villiers, the British Minister, returned this evening
from La Granja. His house has not, to the surprise of the
Spaniards, been illuminated on any one of the last three
nights.
SAN SEBASTIAN, Auc. 18.—Yesterday, Gen. Evans re-
embarked on board the Isabel 11. steamer, for Santander
and Santona, the object being to renovate his health by
another excursion, and also to inspect personally the state
of the Bth Regiment, which since its departure from San
Sebastian conducts itself in a very discreditable manner,
and had declared its intention to cease to serve on the 19th
instant (to-morrow.)
Colonel de Laney, Deputy Adjutant-General, also em-
barked in the Isabel 11., and will proceed from Santander
to Madrid, in order to remonstrate with the Spanish Go-
vernment as to the critical state in which the Legion is
placed by the want of funds to continue the payment of the
officers and men. He takes with him the official state-
ment of the arrears due for pay and allowances, amounting
to nearly 70,0001. sterling, and his instructions to declare
to Ministers that unless this be paid, and the funds lodged
for the regular monthly supplies, it will be impossible for
this auxiliary force to be kept together. In fact the gua-
rantee given by the house of Vasquez, of Bordeaux, for
the payment of the contractor's accounts for meat, does
not extend beyond the end of this month ; and as the bills
which were accepted by the Treasury Department have
been returned protested for want of payment, no one will
undertake to furnish provisions without a guarOtec.
It would be very agreeable to me if I could h'el war-
ranted in saying that the Legion had improved since mY
last. The 10th Regiment continues in a state of diso)*-
ganization. All the men have been settled with up to the
end of June ; therefore they have no reason to complain ;
but the disorganizing principle has been too radically in-
stilled into them to be neutralized by any appeal to feelings
of justice or propriety. Their officers have little or no
influence over them.
Symptoms of insubordination have also been displayed in
the 7th Regiment, which had hitherto been orderly.
The artillerymen have continued to conduct themselves
well. The Lancers, too, have behaved extremely well.

A parapet and two embrasures ha`ve been made by the
Girlies on the Ametzagana hill, but there are not any
guns yet mounted. The force in this neighbourhood con-
tinues small. At Passages a twenty-four pounder has
been mounted on the summit of a mountain, under the
direction of Captain Maitland, of his Majesty's ship Tweed.
A six and a twelve pounder are also mounted on other
points ; a party of the Legion artillery went to-day to work
these guns. Passages, and all the approaches thereto, are
completely secured against every attack by Lord John
Hay's and these batteries. The Royal Marines continue
on duty at Passages.: they are healthy, and, as usual,
efficient. A.
P.S. Yesterday despatches a:".rived from Madrid for
General Evans ; they were iminediatcii forwarded to him
by his Majesty's ship Ph(rni.r. They were :narked on the
envelope " most urgent."

BAYONNE, AUG. '2O.

The official intelligence of the proclamation of the Con-
stitution by the Queen Regent was published here this
morning. The confirmation of the important news appeared
to give great satisfaction in this all but Spanish city.
The Sous Prelet has received directions, through the me-
dium of a telegraphic despatch, not to move the deserters
from the British Legion until further orders. They were
to have marched this morning. This change of intention on
the part of the French Government evidently proceeds from
the strong remonstrances addressed to it by our authorities
both here and at Paris. The general expectation is that they
will be marched back to St. Sebastian, and from thence em-
barked to England. This is all General Evans desires.
He merely wishes that it may not go forth to the discon-
tented of the Legion, that the French Government arc
willing to abet their desertion by giving them a free passage
to England. I cannot help looking to the decision of the
French Government with some anxiety, for I am convinced
there is more in the proceeding than at first glance meets
the eye.
The announcement in the French papers that General
Cordova had arrived here, ea route to Bordeaux, is alto-
gether without foundation. He is still with the army in
the north. although deprived of the command-in-chief,
he is at the head of the body of troops sent towards the
mountains of Leon to watch Gomez
.and his party.
It would appear that Don Carlos's plan of punishing the
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