The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-26 00:00:00

MADRID.

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FEB. 16.—The gaieties of Carnival are now drawin c- to a
close, and politics have began again to be the topic of eon=
versation. The state of the army has given rise to some con-
troversy, and some doubts have been expressed ofthe ;-,lncerity
end good intentions of General Cordov:,
'out this report evi-
dently originates with ill-r; di-gre-.sed persons, for want of another
rumour to do iniu
.co tlie Queen's cause.
, A littlexamination of the relations that exist between Cor-
u"...;a and Don Carlos will enable us to appreciate fully how
impossible it is for them ever to be reconciled.
Cordova was a mere subaltern in the year 1821, and he
owes his rise to the particular friendship and estimation that
Don Carlos then entertained for him: He belonged at that
time to the Royalist party, and was sent by Ferdinand to
Lisbon in quality of Charge d'Affaires : but when Don Carlos
was driven to take refuge in Portugal, he persecuted him with
the greatest animosity, notwithstanding all their former con-
nections, under the conviction that the cause of Queen Isa-
bella is the cause of legitimacy, and that she alone is entitled
to the tirone.

Don Carlos is a fierce and revengeful man, and can never
forgive Cordova what he styles bis treachery and inw'ratitude,
and could he get him into his power he would put him
to death without mercy, even if by his desertion he could
ascend the Spanish throne. Here we have, from two friends,
two very implacable and irreconcilable enemies.'
As the end of the month is approaching, every body's at-
tention is directed to the promise of the Government to bring
forward a law to ameliorate the Internal Passive Debt. Some
persons believe that the Foreign Deferred and Passive will
likewise he included, though the general impression is that
they will be treated in another separate law. The best re-
ceived opinion is, that every description of internal debt without
interest, will be consolidated into one, the nominal capital re-
duced, and upon the capital recognized, an interest of three per
cent. will be paid.
If the Government treats this matter in this way, one may
cnture to say that the measure will be very; npular.
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Scme remittances of money having been received from the
revenues of the Provinces, and from Havannah, they have
enabled the Government to make a remittance to the army of
twenty-four millions of reals (about 24,0001.)
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It is a matter of wonder where the Minister continues to get
the money, for though it cannot be said that every person con-
nected with the Government is fully paid, the army is regularly
attended to, and even before the above remittance they were
paid up to the end of tlie,year. All this is very good, but
money goes out of the treasury a little faster than it comes in,
and the coffers are generally in such a state, that in case of
removal, half a dozen persons could carry the contents in their
pockets without being much overloaded.
It is understood that a great London capitalist has offered
M. Mendizabal an advance of two millions sterling to take his
reimbursement out of the revenue of the Isle of Cuba, in the
same manner as the House of Rieira, of this city, contracted
with the last King, about the year 28.
Serious apprehensions were entertained some days ago of a
rupture between her Majesty Isabella and the Prime Minister.
It appears that the latter had promised some dolls from Lon-
don for her amusement. These dolls have been so long on
the road, that her Majesty was pleased to testify some impa-
tience upon the subject, and even expressed doubts as to whe-
ther the tall Minister would keep his promise. Fortunately
they have come to hand, and the affair has been amicably
settled. M. P.