The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-20 00:00:00

SPANISIT ROYALIST ARMY.

ADDRESS of the ROYALIST ARMY of OLD CASTILE
to the -REGENCY.
" MOTiT StntAE Srn,—The Royal Division of Infahtry
and Cavalry, organised in Old Castile, while they are with the

most ardent and decided lOve for their Sovereign presenting
theirbreasts before the walls of the fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo;

occupied by rebels ungrateful to their country, have been in-1
formed that the liberty of
,His Majesty, for which the combat,
with equal enthusiasm and loyalty, will speedily be obtained.
This very moment, however, a melancholy, though Unfounded,
report is generally spreading among them that their King
would be detained, and his will constrained, previous to per-
mitting him to take again possession of the Throne whence he
has been ignominiously driven, which they cannot bring them-

selvei to believe will be the case. But should there be the
least appearance of it, this armed forte, in conjunction with the
whole province, whose singular affection to their Monarch
knows no bounds, ate determined not .to recognise any act of
violence with Which an attempt might be made to force the will
of his Majesty prior to his return to the Royal Palate'of Madrid,
which restoration they solicit may be accompanied by all the
prerogatives,,aovereignty, and dignity, which the whole nation
proclaimed with Incredible enthusiasm In the year 11308.
" These faithful Castilians would never refuse to agree to
any innovation which the King our Lord might think proper
to make, It emanating from himself, in the different branches
of Administration and .Tuatice, which are under, the direction
of the Government ottbe State, according ash may be advised
by those respectable subjects and bodies, 'so distinguished for
their loyilty, with whom he'they deliberate on matters or such
importante, agreeably to the rules laid down by our ancient
laws ; but, On the other hand‘, they will never sheathe their
swords, of cease to light, Until 'ts Majesty shall have received
his valuable absolute liberty. This they vow, Most Serene Sir,
and will carry into effect under the direction of the worthy Gene-
ral who is at their head, and through whose agency they address
to your Serene Highness this respectful manifestation of their
pure-sentiments, which they propose to maintain with the dig-
nit befitting the nation to which they belong.
" Head-quarters, Salamanda,August 25, 1823."
,Seventy-seven Signatures of Officers of all Grades.]
iTo his EiCEI LENTO(' the SECRETARY of STATE for
~ the `VAR DEPARTMENT.
" MOST EXCELLENT Sin—l transmit to your Excellency
the inclosed' Memorial, addressed to the Regency of the King-
dom by the superior and subaltern Officers of this Royal divi-
sion of infantry and cavalry under mY command, who notify to
then. Serene Highnesses their determination not to lay detwn their
arms until the King our Lord and his Royal Family shall have
recovered their liberty, and until his Majesty. shall have been
restored to the Throne, with all the prerogatives, sovereignty,
and dignity which the whole nation proclaimed in the year
1808.
" I am proud to be the medium through the instrumentality
of which such an unequivocal proof of loyalty to our Sovereign
is presented. This glorious opportunity also affords me the
honour of stating, to your Excellency, and of manifesting to the
Regency of the kingdom, that my pure sentiments agree entire-
ly wit unanimous fatigues I have shared in the campaign
of Navarre ; declaring, that at the head of such troops, and of
so loyal a pro Vince as that under my command, I will never,
any more than heretofore, submit to plena directed to the insi-
dious object of compelling his Majesty to adopt political hind,
rations not originating in his own spontaneous will. I there-
fore request your Excellency to be pleased to inform their High-
nesses hereof when you deliver the above Memorial; and if your
Excellency should find it deserving your support, I hope•that
it will meet with the kind reception which I desire.
" God preserve your Excellency, many years,
" CAR IJOS O'DONELL.
t‘ Head-titearters, Salamanca, Aug. 29,1823.

SwiTrEaLANI).--OrsEvA, SEPT. 9.—A subscription has
just been opened in the reformed parts of Switzerland, in be-
half of the Protestant inhabitants of the- vallles of Piedmont.
The condition of this interesting population has been notorious-
ly wretched for many 'centuries. The, restoration; which in
.1814, placed the Piedmontese of the Pays du Vauds under the
dominion of the King of Sardinia, without having produced all
the disastrotts consequences which the' recollection of the past
induced them to fear, has checked the progress of the atnellora-
tions which they owed to the preceding administration, and
brought them back to a state cktrering little from that of the
French Protestants at -the adession of Louis XVI. Excluded
from all places in the Government, deprived of all hope of ad.
Nanceßient in the artily, restrained in their industry in a thou.
sand ways, they have no means of subsistence left beyond the
productions of a barren soil, which the lows prohibit them
from quitting. Although the exercise of their religion Is tole-
rated, the impossibility of procuring books for the use of-Pro-
testants renders this toleration nugatory, by paralysing the ser-
vice of the temples and the schools. Their Ministers are paid
by the Piedmontese Government, but their salaries are barely
sufficient to enable them to exist. At present, almost entirely
deserted by Enkand, their ancient protectress, the Vaudois
have succeeded in interesting the Courts of the Low Countries,
and Prussia on many important occasions. The Swiss and
French Protestants, who have always treated them as brothers,
are combining their efforts to assist them in their most urgent
necessities without losing sight of the prudence required by the
delicate situation of these people, which an imprudent zeal on
the part of their benefactors might easily compromise: The
produce of the, actual subscription will be applied to the esta-
blishment or an hospital.

ST. PETEttglltritGli, Auo. 28.—A few days titter the de.
parturo of the Emperor, the Grand Duke Michael will likewise
set out for Brest-Lothowsky.—M. Mansarowitsch, our Charge
d'Affaires at the Persian Court, who has been for some time
here on leave, is going to return to his post in a few days. The
Persian Ambassador, 31irza ,Mahomet &alit, also leaves us
this week to return home.
Auo. 80.—His Majesty the Emperor set out for Zats'kojeselo
the day before yesterday. He is accompanied by. Adjutant-
General Tschernischew and Major-General Kleinnneltel, Com-
mander of the Military Colonies. Count Nesselrode is also
going to make a journey, ,but it is net certain whither. Some
think he will go to Odessa, and there wait for the Emperor;
others, that he is going to 'Vienna, to meet his Countess. It is
however, certain and official, that M. Von Oublel takes the
porteftuilk of his department during his absence. The Ern.
peror will be absent about two months.—The imperial
demy of Sciences has chosen the celebrated English hydro.
grapher, Horsburgh, one of its foreign honorary members.
STOCKHOLM, SEPT. 2.—During the past half of the year,
thirtylsix Swedish, and ninety-tour Nor*egian ships arrived at
Copenhagen ; it is long since the Swedish trade with that
capital has been so insignificant. Accounts from Finland say
that trade has, as good as wholly ceased. Before 1809, seven
or eight merchant ships were built every year at Brakestadt,
and as many at Jacobstadt; but since that time only three
hav'e been built at both places. It is said that a most important
Royal communication will be made to the Diet,this week.

I Alt ON ti E, SE PT. 11.0-We have no mail from Madrid to-
day, so that we can only speak of the siege of Painpeluua.—
The fire of our batteries has recommenced, and on the,7th,
100 bombs were thrown into the town, which did sante damage
and set fire to several houses, •but it was soon extinguished.—
The greatest inconvenience that the town suffers at present
and which may, perhaps, hasten its surrender, is the want
of water, the French having made themselves masters of
the well near Argo, from which the inhabitant usually derived
their supply. Many persons, it is true, are accustomed to lay
in a great stock at the time when thetiver is high, but it is to
be presurned that it, must have been exhausted in the hot
weather. We have not yet a detailed account of the loss we
have sustained. The-Idteut.-Col- and another officer of the 3d
regiment of the line have died at Tolosa of their wounds. The
Spanish troops are employed in the blockade on the side where
the citadel stands. It is said that the Marquis Liturlston wishes
to send them to Alfaro and Toddle, but that they chew some
repugnance. For these two days past, the people have been
speaking with much uneasiness of a disorder which has mani-
fested itself at Passages, since the arrival of a vessel which
touched at llavannah, and has brought, if not the yellow fever,
some,contagious disorder, which has already carrieid`off several
persons. However, we do not perceive that the Authorities,
who took such vigorous measures last year, to secure us from
infection, have yet adopted any steps against the introduction
of this disorder. A vessel belonging to a house in this. town,
and which sailed a few days ago for Rouen, has been captured
off 13elleisle by a Spanish privateer, which, it is said, has sent
its prize to the Canaries. The loss caused by a tire, which
broke out in a haY magazine on the glans of. this town, does
not exceed 1,000 quintals, belonging to the governinent-con.
tractors. It is now satisfactorily proved that this fire was
wholly accidental, and that there is no ground for attributing
it to design, as some persons at first supposed.