The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-31 00:00:00

SPANISH ACT OF AMNESTY.

Minain, MAY 20.—The following is a full
and correct translation at length, of the whole of
the Act of Amnesty promulgated by the King of.
Spain :
Article I. I grant a general pardon, with the exception of
corporeal and pecuniary penalties to all and each of the persons,
who, since the commencement of 1820 to the Ist of October
1823, when I was restored to the full exercise of the rights of
my sovereignty, took part in the excesses and disorders which
have occurred in these kingdoms, with the intention of support-
ing and preserving the pretended political Constitution of the
Monarchy, provided that the said persons are not found impli-
cated in the Article following. .
Art. 11. Those persons are excepted from this amnesty, and
must consequently be examined and judged in conformity with
the laws who are comprised in either of the following classes :-
1. The principal authors of the military rebellions of Las
Cabezas, the Isle of Leon, Corunna, Saragossa, Obiedo, and
Barcelona, where Alm Constitution of Cadis was proclaimed
before the Royal Decree of the 7th of March, 1820, had been
received; and also those Civil and Military Chiefs who conti-
nued to command the-Insurgents, or of whom they assumed the
command, 'in the designof overturning the fundamental laws
of the kingdom.
2. The principal authors of the conspiracy which originated
at Madrid in the beginning of March, 11120, to compel me, by
violence, to countenance the aforesaid Decree, and also to ex.
tort from me an oath making the same Constitutional.
3. Also the Military Commanders who took part in the re-
bellion of Ocagna, and more particularly Lieutenant-General
Henry O'Donnell, Count d'Abisbal.
4. In like manner are excepted the
.authors of the outrages
which were resorted to for the purpese,of compelling me to
establish the pretended Provisional Junta, which is referred to
in the Decree or March 2, 1100 where those individuals are
described.
5. Also-those who, during the Constitutional Regime, signed
or authorized addresses tending to solicit .my abdication, or for
the suspension of the august functions which 1 exercised, or
for the nomination of some. Regency which should replace me,
or-compelling my Royal Person, or.the Princes of ray family,
to appear judicially before them, whether in the-presence of
the self-styled Cortes, or any other tribunal, and also those
Judges who issued writs for that object.
B. Those also are excepted mho, in the Secret Societies dur-
ing the Constitutional Government, made proposals tending to
the same objects; and also those who, be it.finder what pretext'
it may, shall herearter assemble in such Secret Associati,Ths
since the abolition of that Regime.. •
:7. Also writers or editors of books or papers 11-0601 e to the
dogmas of our Holy Catholic, Apostolic, and Roam Religion.
8.• In like manner are excepted the principal • tlofth
e
disturbances lon
disturbances which occured at Madrid on thzt 16th of Novem-
ber, 1820, and,during the night of the 19t:i of February, 1823,
when the Royal Palace itself was violated, to prevent me fromthe free-exertion of my prerogative in appointing and dismiss-
ing my Ministers.
9. Also the Judges and Reporters of the proceedings against
General Elio, and of the First Lieutenant of the Spanish
Guards, Don Theodore Goffieu,- the victim of his signal loyal-
ty, and the love he bore to the Sovereign and his country.
10. Those also are excepted who planned and executed the
assassination of the Archdeacon Don 3latliew Yinuesa, and of
the Rev. Bishop of Vich, and also the authors of the murders
which were committed at Grenada, and at Corunna, on the per-
sons of these who were arrested in the Chateau of St. Antoine,
and others of the same description. Such assassins are in all
cases to be considered as exempted from all general pardons,
as having tried on all occasions to propel revolutionary move-
ments.

11. Also the commandants of fluerillas, which were em-
bodied after the entrance of the Allied Army into the Peninsula,
and who demanded and obtained commissions to wage hostilities
with the Royalist Army and that of my Allies.
12. Also those Deputies of the aforesaid self-styled Cortes,
who, in their sitting of the llth of June 1823, voted for my
abdication and the establishment of a pretended Regency, and
who, persisting in their depraved views, pursued tire same steps
at Cadiz ; and excepting those individuals, in like manner, who
being nominated Regents in the same city, accepted and-exer-
cised the trust, and also the Genera/ who commanded the
troops that conducted me to the aforesaid place. Those, how-
ever, are exempted from this class, who, after tl'is disgraceful
event, effectually contributed not only to my liberation, but
also to that of my family, in pursuance of he solemn decree
which was issued by the Regency on the 3d of June in the same
year.

13. Also are excepted those European Spaniards who took a
direct part, and efficaciously contributed in forming the Con-
vention or Treaty of Cordova, which Don titian 0. Donosu, of
hateful memory, sinned with Don Augustin Iturbide, who
headed the insurgents in New Spain.
. . . .

14. Those also— who took an active part in the Constitutional
Government, and in the Revolution of the Peninsula ; who thus
supported that Government in Amercia, with the design of con-
tinuing and supporting the insurrectionary cause in those our
possessions, and those individuals who remained there after
they had received due notice from the Authorities to leave the
country ; but excepting, from this exclusion to amnesty, those
natives and inhabitants of New Spain who returned to their
duty.
Art. 111. All those not comprised in the exceptions just spe-
cified, or in any one of them, will enjoy the benefits of grace,
civil liberty, and personal security.
Art. IV. Consequently those taken in custody for outrages
not mentioned in the aforestated exceptions, or merely for po-
litical opinions, shall be set at liberty, and the sequestration en
their effects taken off' though they may heretofore have ex?rt is-
ed judicial, political, or military authority, whether admin;stra-
tive or municipal, or were employed by the Constitutional Go-
vernment.

Art. V. The respective Authorities shall, notwithstanding,
proceed to the examination of the conduct of such individuals
as may have given evident proofs of their adherence to the
Constitutional Regime anti if their present conduct shall bo
found to be that of faithful ,subjects, they shall not be dis-
quieted in any sort. But, on the other hand, if by actions,
writings, or speeches in public, they are likely to trouble the
public peace, they must be judged and visited with all the
severity which is announced for the guilty in the preceding ex-.
ceptions. •
Art. VI. The proceeding with regard to-persons not includ-
ed in the Act of Amnesty must be laid before the superior Trip
bunals of those places where the offences were perpetrated.
-Art. VII. This pardon does not re-instate in their employ-
ments those who officiated before the 7th of March, '1828.
The political conduct of such persons is to be examined by the...
means already pointed out..
Art. VIII. The right of reparation, without prejudice, is re-
served to the Royal Treasury, and to call to account those by
whom its resources have been dilapidated.
Art. I.C. Those individuals who belong to classes excepted
from the present pardon, but who have been included in any
of the capitulations granted by the Generals of the army of his
Most Catholic Majesty, they being duly authorised, may con-
tinue to reside in the Spanish dominions, under the express
condition of submitting to such judgment, and its consequences,
as are applicable to the excepted cases.
Art. X. The Civil anti Military Authorities charged with
the execution of this Decree are responsible for whatever shall
be opposed to it, whether'by excess or by fault.
Art. XI. The most revered the Archbishops, and the Right
Reverend the Bishops,: in their respective-Dioceses, are request•
ed to exert, upon the promulgation of the present pardon, all
the influence of their Ministry tore-establish union and.a-goott
understanding between Spaniards, in exhorting them to -sacri-
fice on the altars of religion, and in...affection to their -Sovereign
and country, all personal resentments and party offences. They
are also now requested to watch over, with equal solicitude, the
conduct of Parish Cui.ates and Ecclesiastical Teachers, and, on
all occasions, to pursue such measures as may be dictated by a
holy zeal for the welfare of the Church and State.
Aranjuez, May 1, 1824.

CIiTLD MURDER.—Staurday, a great crowd was
collected in the Dover-road, Southwark, and the inhabitants of
that populous district were thrown into a state of extreme exci-
tation, in consequence of the body of a child, apparently about
three months old, having heen found murdered. The body
was discovered concealed under a dungitheap, situate on a
waste piece of ground not far distant from the Swan public-
,house, Great Dovor-street; by some children -who were at play .
Tire head of the infant had been beaten to pieces, and the brains.
were Mund upon the cloth which enveloped the carcass. '.lh.t
futures of the face had evidently ..been destro Led to pre-
vent. the bony being identified. The parochial officers beiug
informed of tize discovery, had the body . removed to a neigh -
bouring tavernAia an inquest to be- hcld thereon. The body
was washed, and-a medical man was sent for to examine it,
for the
purpose of giving his evidence before the Coroner and
Jury.

ALARMING CONFLAGRA About
TION. - one
o'clock on Saturday morning an alarming fire was discovered
by the guardians of the night in the lower part of the premises
occupied by Mr. Young, watchmaker, situate in Old Gravel-
Jane, in the parish of St. John's Wrapping ; the element raged
wiCi such unabated fury as to prevent all possibility of saving
the valuable stock, or any article of furniture, and it was with
the greatest exertion and activity that 51r. Young and his
family (all of. whom were in bed) escaped in safety. Forttt-
nately for Igr. Young, .his
.stock and house were insured.