The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-13 00:00:00

We have received a copy of the proclamation
. .
of BALLASTEROS, of the receipt of which in Lon-
don .
we were yesterday informed- by a Gentle-
man of the Stock-Exchange. The document,
however, which We subjoin, is' dated so fir
back as the eth of October, and is probably one
of those proclamations which the French haVe
declared to be spurious. At all events, its date
renders it of verYietle importance
[EXTRACT OP A LETTER raostMADRID, DATED NOV. 1.1
When Gen. HAL LAS‘TEROS became convinced:that he had
nothing to hope for from the favour of the JONG, but every
thing to dread fvoin Lis vengeance, he hastened to. publish the
following Proclamation, some copies of which, notwithstand-
the vigilante of the Police, have made their way into this
Capital

"SPANI'3II ROYALISTS!-When you perceived that the
tyranny and Machiavalism of the Constitutianal Ministry. were
hurrying the country to its ruin, you became convinced that the
seine errors in 'the Government of the people, which existed
during the six years of Constitutional interregniam; hid .re-
41).Peared after the oath had been taken to the Constitution, and
,that the 'Ministry of 1821 and 1822 acted with all the deapothan
and aii4aCity of an absolute Government ; that the prospect held
out by
a strict observance of the Constitution had been frustrated;
,• that its most beneficent regulations were left in oblivion ;' and
411 fines
.that those who were. at the, head .of ~the nation were
about to plunge it in misfortune and indigence, and. that the
System they had adopted was hurrying the century with giant
strides to its destruction. 'At the sight of these deplorable el-
focus, you rose up'against a Government which oppressed,. in-
stead of protecting you ; .which weighed you down with fright.
14 exactions, instead of removing the obstacles that choked up
the sourcesnf public wealth , which capriciously gaveand took
4 WaY employments and places, instead of destroving the spirit of
bY a strictly impartial Conduet. Yon revolted—and some-
„times ‘o ering, sometimes contoured, your Plainta,o_t
Lengtlit reached the ears of- the Holy Alliance.'These high
throerowrs took pkty on the evils wb
.ich afflicted
,this heroic nation ;
sent armies to your assistance, not against a Consti.
.14tion -which, modified and strictly observed, Might. secure
the happiness of an enlightened and powerful nation—not
st4sinst beneficent laws, the offspring of virtue and •wiadan'i,.
;ithicli guaranteed to every nun the impresctiptible rights given
riiin't.treature, lint against a handful of ferocious and ambitious
n,ien who made the King the.
.plaything of their passions, and
tri,F-°‘mity the pander of their wickedness, which they were
tit to-
Ptt,ngeLiao the most dreadful anarchy.-In truth, your
h wrsheaanti Your efforts, as well as those of the Allied Army,
au but one motive
. so just
whose
Otte object—the liberty of the King. This
-es accomplishment ,was as praiseworthy
Patrfotic,' deterniined the ' most distinguished Generals of
• In: -C.,°llstiLtsitional Army to lay down their arms, not wish.
601* hit the blood of their countrymen should any longer
VSheri in upholding, and defending men, who, 'foe-so:many
ona, were unworthy to govern the vessel of the States—
Pad down. their arrnmCo
armistice ook place
ztrOugnout all Spain, from Corunnaan to Cordova,t from. La
hlP!art is to Catalonia, which enabled the Allied Army in a
, clays to take possession of the columns of Hercules (which
(f:11, at not distant period bid defiance to that conquering
mlCslas, the formidable Napoleon), and to give, liberty to our
onarch Ferdinand VII. Spaniards ! your wishes have been
11!esrnplished.! but are you yet in the enioyment.ot that peace:
Z.14,q0n cord that should result from the spirit, of union and con.
tL"eate inspired by the.return of a real father of. a family into
',:e_tlnt of his children? IVhat have been the rewards granted distinguished warriors' who have shed their blood in
ZiatTottring to rescue the • King out of the betide of evil de.
4,lt",..antß most, in the name of his Government, coin.
0%2,7 the atrocious acts ? What recampenee has been
•tra;„" to those valiant leaders, who, by a suspension of
In°Plied the effusion of Spanish blood, and .contii.
sae",; "!„so truly heroical a manner to the King's deliver.
niurcll
, what is the fate reserved for us ? Spaniards ! Spa,
%Nul!' It is with hotror I tell it to you, our excellent
ta 6' "Its been disbanded, and its Generals and officers forced
tkat,4e4 their bread. The Royal. Guard has been also dis-
tim"%o,.,,Generels proscribed, commerce ruined, public instruc-
pate.,4,,lnguished, and every honest' man exiled. This
is the first fruit brought forth by the Government
lour k
ttlut. --Infi; this is the recompense of all your efforts and
.
ow-04,,pris ; is for thieve have shed our blood, and the rain.
rQtele-a' Peace, under which we assembled, has become trans-
" en„l4,.°a venornous:aspick to devour us.
?beets-7,144e we have had already enough of. bad. Govern.
tvreed Mote than- half a century back those who have go-
Ved its lived upon the blood °four veins,during that pe.
We have ItluostrY has been shackled arid our agriculture ruined.
try yeatill in our hands thearms confided to us by our coun-
swlfir,the deliverance of the King ; yes, but they. were also
Jtlst, for another purpose—that of 'acquiring -a wise,„
Ict'n'ent-t-o.iteee.
,Government- like that of, Enland.s. hall we
et there stripped of these arms? Let•us unite, p
Z!,►lore 'At` n() rn o more divisions ; let us hear no
Let Ng, ore parties, is .
CIL,— .44 form- rs ies er Liberals, of Royalists or Revolution. ists,
a 0-'0 unt one body, Spaniards, and let us fight until we.
f 4". The gulYe,rll,lllent capable of
.securing
.our.haptFiness.
, etton 48 already fallen into cholla!' s of another
tee a crew
.4rn into 1, of egotists, composed. of those who formerly
ti in that ranee ;of those who in 1814 advised him to!
.415 k the mille system of government by which his fathei
'
tith rlstion
rf .abrss • of those who in 1820
ete,i 2 0 a ea
'rat Out uqn• If their first Acts are of so fetal a. nature,"
iveYahsne, ,riot expect, when, after
. the disbanding of our.
Uft,oo 4'. De at the mercy of this vile faction,. supported.
wo
for '
p Ito poin be
? Spaniards ! 100,000 foreigners, who
:scr laws upon us more tyrannical than that r
deceivee!te mina,
agreed t e etttel Let us unite then. .To
.arms, Spaniertdshat!
this army, which is the same
t,..lrt Of ~iid us in 1808 • an army which under pre.
nCe and moderation, takes possession
. ofe our
to os,. order that they may one day. . theus
h, Vtr 0,14 e! US not consent to this, Spaniards. Let to ilia ha t
,10 rig from this other faction, that
swishes to
3rant of him ; and once joined with our ha
tiO4
ilia laws Spaniards, trie I -,Paniards, which shall restore to this heroic us-
nacre sh:7•en the the grandeur, and the power, which she pos-
-71,1 , sixteenth century, and of which she has been de-
' At 4thheatdYranny of her ebsolute Monarchs.
(si-e -quarters of Übeda, the 6th of Oct. 1823.
(biped " PRA NCL'SCO BA LLASTEROS."

.
I NCI :Plc) Ttoelve o'C/ock.--Consols opened this
apprtling at 831 w .re done at 831, 83, 831i3
f„ 4) t,
Li.. "r J4llllll/7 Account at 83q, %vith some
I "ira. 1 .
i ~,lef 's (")Ing in the earlier part of the morning.
14 le Expresses from Paris bring the French
t'ff4aties "9r. 10c.; but, after 'Change, they left
to 88, 85.—spanish 27. The private ic-
Slits f )
r°lll Paris state 2 n that it is not knoW

King of FEtANCR i 0 seriously an
airing the other day he was seia.ed with.ufainting
fit in his carriage.; aud..he is subject tea Stoppage
of one of the evacuations which all the skip of
his physicians is exerted: _to prevent from ,ter-
minating its,. strangury. In the mean ,time,
the conduct of state . affairs is stated to be
!tally confided to the Count d'AuTots, who
transacts business with the Ministers, Should
.the-decease of the KING take, place, it. is not
expected that any serious political changes
will ensue, as, in anticipation of the event, pm-
cautionary arrangements have been formed for
transmitting the present views of .the French
.Cabinet as well as the Crown- to his successor.
Our private letters also assure us that the Cham-
ber of. Deputies will certainly be dissolved, and
that the. Duke of ANGOULEME is to be, in. Paris
on..the 27th instnnt.