The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-11 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1847.

After an extraordinary alternation of circum-
stances most adverse to the pacification of Spain,
that noble kingdom seems to be emerging from a
century of disasters. One movement on the part of
the Salamanca Cabinet promises to stabilitate the
Government, to tranquillise the provinces, and to
consolidate the Constitution. One movement !—and
upon that one movement the new Administration has
adventured. Farewell to the wily domination of the
Tuileries—to the diplomatic thimble-rigging of
M. BRESSON—th the unprincipled devices of M.
GurzoT—to the ruthless connivance of General
NARVAEZ—to the unnatural schemes of CHRISTINA
—to the avaricious anticipations of Lours PirrurrE!
The sixth paragraph in the Ministerial programme,
published on the 3d inst. in the semi-official organ
the Espectador—that paragraph which said " The,
illustrious Duke DE LA VITTORIA to be nominated Sena-
tor in recognition of his eminent services and his high
virtues, and in consequence to be allowed to return to
Spain"—has been more than realised. In what
manner this has been accomplished was formally
announced in The Sun of yesterday evening.
ESPARTERO has been recalled to Madrid, and nomi-
nated Captain• General of the Spanish forces.
This it is which will in all human like-
lihood tend to stabilitate the Government,
to tranquillise the provinces, and to consolidate the
Constitution:; for the return of the Duke DE LA
VICTORIA has been happily preceded by an amnesty
such as must already have removed a multitude of
difficulties from the pathway of the Administration
of which General ESPARTERO mill prove the de-
fender.

Could his Majesty the KING of the FRENCH have
foreseen the occurrences which have recently trans-
pired in Madri', he would most certainly have hesi-
tated before driving ISABELLA to the last extremities.
Rather than become the indirect means of the resto-
ration of ESPARTEEO to authority, he would doubt-
less have delayed the marriage of the Duke DE
MONTPENSIFR. The fatal die has been cast, how-
ever—there is no escape:from the consequences. Four
years have elapsed since the Regent of Spain sought
a refuge in the metropolis of England—for four
years he has remained in an honourable seclusion in
a modest residence in Regent's-park—for four years
he has sustained the sorrows of banishment without
perilling his character upon a hazard, or blemishing
his reputation by a conspiracy. That interval of
probation has terminated, and he is summoned again
to the command of the Spanish army by a voluntary
decree of his SOVEREIGN. There is a moral in this
which will not be overlooked by the future historian,
and which cannot but be recognised even by con:
temporaries.

Never, perhaps, was there a greater necessity for
the elevation of a soldier of distinguished courage
and ability to the head of the military affairs of the
Peninsula. Queen IsAnELLA has perceived this ne-
cessity
betimes, and she has selected a man of all
others the most peculiarly suited to the emergency.
ESPARTERO was the legal Protector of her Most
Catholic MAJESTY during the most critical period of
her nonage—it is fitting that he should be her De-
fender now that she is married, and in the full exer-
cise of her royal prerogatives. Besides this,; IsA
m-
se.), is every day becoming more powerful i
even in
the perils of her position. The flagrant criminality
with which she has been treated by CHRISTINA and
Louts PHILIPPE, have aroused against her more for-
midable antagonists the indignation of many millions.
Her domestic isolation has strengthened her cause by
securing the sympathies of her people. Her courage
in spurning the interference of NARVAEZ has aroused
the admira ion even of the most inert and phleg-
matic. The clemency which has been evinced
in the generous amnesty printed in the Gageta
of the 3d instant has imparted a Prestige to the
Government of SALAMANCA, of which it may almost
be considered as the inaugurative act. And although
that amnesty can scarcely elicit an enthusiasm co-
parable to what was enkindled throughout the
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