The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-17 00:00:00

—they intended the measure to be carried into execution
for other purposes and by very different agents, and conse•
quently feel much disappointment.
• Through the exertions of Sir George Villiers, I under-
stand, the horses of British subjects which, with those of
the Spaniards, were included in the order recently issued
for the requisition, are now to be exempted. It is a mat-
ter of the utmost importance to the British residents in the
Peninsula.
At Jativa, in Valencia, there was a demand for reprisals
among the inhabitants, as in some of the other towns of
that province. The execution of a Carlist prisoner was
resolved upon, and the affair seems to have subsided there.
The following is a translation of
THE SPEECH.
" GENTLEMEN SENATORS AND DEPUTIES,
" It is with the greatest pleasure I again find myself
amongst you to commence your legi.lative labours anew,
hoping that you will give me the same proofs of enlightened
zeal for the public good in the present, as you afforded me
in the last Legislature.
" Between the Queen of Great Britain, the King of the
French, the Queen of Portugal, and myself, continues the
treaty of the 22d of April, 1834 ; and the friendly relations
which unite the throne of the Queen of Spain with the
other powers by which she has been recognised, remain in
the most satisfactory state.
" With much satisfaction I announce to the Cortes that
the Sublime Porte has recognised the rights of my august
daughter ; and it is particularly grateful to my heart that
my powerful ally, the Queen of Great Britain, has latterly
had a great share in the happy result of this negotiation.
" Knowing that our enemies receive aid from countries
ruled by governments which do not recognise my august
daughter as Queen of Spain, I have ordered my repre-
sentatives at the courts of my allies to demand from them
a formal mediation to put a stop to all violation of the right
of nations.
" Since the untoward undertaking against Morella the
fortune of our arms has been less propitious ; but I confide
in the valour, the constancy, and good discipline of the
army to lead us again to victory. I expect you will ap-
prove of the levy of 40,000 men, and the requisition of
horses, receatly decreed without your accord, in consequence
of the urgency of those measures.
" Since the former legislature are pending various im-
portant laws, which will have to be completed to place the
interior regimen of the state in harmony with the existing
constitution. Such are those which shall be presented
to you for the final regulation of the corporation and pro-
vincial deputations, which you will )resently proceed to
discuss, and also those relating to public instruction and
charity.

" The difficulty of restraining the effects of publications
makes it necessary that the laws of the press should be
constantly revised. If this be a necessity of all times,
still more must it be in those of civil war ; and for this
powerful reason I recommend to you the mature examina-
tion of the law which shall be laid before you on this im-
portant subject.
The meritorious national militia performs in all parts
with exactness and order the ordinary duties of their in-
stitution, and assists, besides, with the greatest willingness
and courage in the persecution of the factious. It is
thought proper, notwithstanding, to perfect thetr.orgarnsa-
tion, and with this view a project of law shall be presented
to you.
" The events of the war have shown the necessity of at-

tending, even at the expense of the greatest sacrifices, to
the conservation and augmentation of the marine, whose
deserving forces rival the troops on land in their efforts to
support the Constitutional Throne.
" I have ordered that the vessels of war in the arsenals
be immediately fitted out for active service ; and a project
of law for the government of this force shall be laid before
you, to fulfil the exigencies of the moment, and provide for
the future.

" Commerce experiences those evils which are conse-
quent to the situation of the country ; and it being ex-
tremely urgent to make in the special code of this branch
some alteratio s which experience has proved to be indis-
pensable, my Government shall present to you a project of
law for this purpose, without prejudice to their laying be-
fore you on a future occasion for discussion the new code.
" Our foreign colonies continue tranquil, and I daily re-
ceive testimony of their ILyalty. The Commissions ap-
pointed in them to propose the special laws, by which, ac-
cording to the Constitution, they are to be governed, oc-
cupy themselves in their labours with assiduity.
" My Government, authorised to effect, some important
improvements contemplated in the judicial department,
directs and hastens to a conclusion the labours pending
on this subject ; 'and if, in consequence of the nature of
the task itself, they have been unable to conclude their
labours, those measures, however, which the transition
from one legislative system to another demands with most
urgency, are already agreed upon after mature delibera•
tion. My Government shall take care to lay opportunely
before the Cortes the result of their consideration of the
projects of this branch, with which they with perseverance
occupy themselves.
The public revenues are becoming every day less
adequate to cover all the expenses of the state, and the
extraordinary contributions which the former Legislature
generously granted to my Government to make up the de-
ficit, have not yet been realised. 'With a view to overcome
these difficulties my Government labours incessantly.
" Besides the general estimates of the Peninsula, those
of our possessions in America shall, for the first time, be
laid before you, and the solicitude of my Government shall
propose to you such extraordinary contributions as they
deem practicable to satisfy the public charges which the
old income of the country is insufficient to- cover.
" The various efforts which are being made to ameliorate
as much as possible the condition of the national and fo-
reign creditors shall be also submitted to 'your examination
as soon as brought to a conclusion. Credit being once re-
established, those means which are indispensably required
to meet the expenses of the state, but particularly to main-
tain, above all others, the brave troops who are fighting,
with so much honour for that cause which the nation de-
fends, shall be procured ; and this I expect shall be the
principal object of your labours in the present session. On
the banners of my august daughter Isabel the Second rests
the salvation of the constitutional throne : let us preserve
it, with the aid of Divine Providence, and plant in these
banners, as soon as possible, the olive of peace, the only
emblem of future prosperity."