The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-05 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, .TUNE
The DeputatiorAfAhe Grandees...of Spain, baying at its
head the Duke of San Fernando y Quiroga, as soon as it heard
of the attempt committed at Seville against his Majesty con.
yoked all the classes of the Grandees in a General Junta, and
the Duke of San Fernando opened the Session with a proposi-
tion contained in the following discourse :
" It is but a few days, Gentlemen,since, in this same Cham-
ber I had the honour of seeing assembled here the first class
of the kingdom for a cause inseparable from its dignity.
" The capital being occupied by the auxiliary troops com-
manded by a son of France, an object of the affections of French-
men, the Grandees of Spain who have never strayed from
their duties of love and fidelity towards their Sovereigns,
deemed it their duty to congratulate his Royal Highness the
Duke d'Angouleme on an event so memorable, and to testify
to him the expression of our wishes and sentiments.
" We have fulfilled this honourable task, and the answer
of his Royal Highness, of which your Excellencies must
be aware, clearly shows how sensible his Royal Highness was
of our sentiments and desires ; their publicity has gamed them
general approbation, and has confounded the attempts of ma-
li.P ? rnity winch sought to calumniate us, to mislead public opi-
nion with respect to us, and to impute to us ideas unworthy of
our principles. The ournals of all Europe have hastened to
publish our declaration ; some whose opinions are well known,'
and others, whose opinions, though different, have not at-
tempted to pronounce themselves openly. See then the effect
which has been produced, as well at home as in foreign coun-
tries, by this noble declaration, worthy of the first class of the
State, which has been spontaneously received and approved by
the whole nation, from the Pyrenees to the Columns of
Hercules. It offers its life and its property to sustain it in so
just a cause. - _ - .

4...it;;;;;;equence of this principle, the Deputation finds. it-
self to-day under the necessity of convoking your Excellencies.
Penetrated with the deepest grief, the Deputation to-day makes
an appeal to the whole Grandessa, informed of the crime per-
petrated on the tomb of Ferdinand the Fifth. Never ! never !

Piave the Grandees of Spain assembled upon an event so grave
and so painful. .Our 'Ling and ,S'overein Lord and Master,
deposed front his Crown and torn front his honours, is the rea-
son why we are called together.
" In announcing to your Excellencies an event so deplo-
rable, the Deputation, though overwhelmed with bitterness of
affliction, feels at least consoled by the reflection, that there is
not an individual of its class who does not burn with the desire
of avenging this affront; and as loyal and noble Castilians,
they would all, even at the risk of their lives, volunteer to
efface this stigma in the blood of those who are its impure
authors.
" None of you is ignorant that our ancient laws ordain, that
all vassals, without distinction of rank, or even of sex, should
hasten from all sides to deliver the King from rebels, were he
captive with them.
Our duty is equally incumbent on all Spaniards; but.it
calls us first to the honour of defending, at the expence of our
own lives, that of our well-beloved King and Sovereign.
" Why should we not also be the first to make known to
Government the ardour with which we gO to fulfil a duty so
sacred ? We here over our persons our property, and all that
ive hold most dear, in a just cause; it shall never be said that
others shall outstrip us in the career of honour, loyalty, and
disinterestedness. Let us then hasten to apprise Government
of this.
" In order to promote this noble object, the Deputation has
assembled your Excellencies, in order to present this short
address, which, if it shall be approved of, they will imme-
diately sign and transmit it to the Regency."
In consequence of this deliberation, which was approved of
unanimously, the Duke de San Fernando also testified his good
wishes for their ,Serene Highnesses the Regency of the King-
dom, which was equally approved of, and, being signed by all
.the Grandees, was addressed to the said Regency in the follow-

ing terms •
" The Grandees of Spain have just learned with the greatest
sorrow, the horrible, and, among Spaniards, hitherto unex-
ampled act of violence committed on their beloved King and
Lord, and within sight even of the venerable and sacred ashes
of the Holy and Glorious King Don Fernando. The Grandees
of Spain, who never have, either in the present or past times,
swerved from the fidelity and love which they owe to their
Sovereigns, burn with anxiety to wash out with their blood this
great outrage, and similar disgraceful stains. Animated with the
most loyal sentiments, and in observance of that conduct which
in such cases our wise and ancient laws prescribe ; and, above
all, as is their duty, in the right fulfilmentof the pledged fealty,
whereby they. ore bound to defend, with their lives, their King
and natural Lord, the Grandees are ready to sacrifice their lives,
along with all their property, for the success of so noble an
enterprise. All the individuals of this class, and also all the
remains of their injured fortunes, are therefore at the disposal
of your Serene Highnesses. They earnestly beseech your'
Serene Highnesses to accede to their wishes, in order that the
Grandees may hasten the first, like good and true Spaniards,
to save their King, or to die with honour in the attempt."
"Madrid, June 20." (Here follow the signatures.)