The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-11 00:00:00

Madrid to the-4th` initunt. The news which he
brings is of .great importance. There has been
nearly a total change of the Spanish Ministry.—
The Madrid Gatette of the. 4th contains four
Royal decrees.
By ; the first, his Majesty; appoints, as
first Minister of State, the Marquis of Casa
Irujo ; as Minister of Grace and Justice
for Spain and the Indies, John Narciso de He-
redia ; as Minister of War, Major-General Don
Josef de la CruZ ; and as Minister of Finance,
Don Luis Lopez Uallesteros. The Minister of
Marine remains •This, decree• is dated Dec.,2,
and is couritersiped Luis Maria Salazar, who
remains as Minister of Marine.
ti•v •
By tho second decree his Majesty appoints,: af.
President of his Council, Don Ignacio Martinei
This place was vacant by the re-
fusal of the Duke del Infantado to accept it.
By the third decree, Saez; the King's former
Prime IVt• •
• -"lster and Confessor, is nominated to
the Bishopric of Tortosa, vacant by the death of
• Don Monne! Ros y MedranO. At the same time
that he ceases to be Minister, he ceases to be
Confessor to the King.
By the fourth decree his Majesty, seeing the
,absolute necessity, for the good government of
Ins vast Monarchy, of establishing a Council of
State which may unite ithe knowledge and the ex-
perience requisite to guide the resolutions of his
Sovereign authority,has nominated ten individuals,
composed of persons selected from the old Coun-
cilOf State, existing on the 7th of March, 182(..),
and others, to a COuncil of State. His Majesty
r"erves the power of adding to their number.--
Ili' Majesty, as well as his two brothers, may
Preside at this ceencil: The Councillors named
are_Eguia, the Dukeof San Carlos, Don Juan
Perez Villarrril, Don Antonio Vargas Laguna;
Don Antonio Gomez Calderon, Don Juan Batt..
Erro, DOn Josef. Garcia de In Torre, and
Bon Juan Antonio Rojas.
Tile Ministers are, ex officio, Members of this
-Council.

This decree is dated the 3d inst., and counter
sinned Casa Irujo.
Casa Irujo is a'man of talent; and of more libe,
rality than the Minister Confessor. lie was Am.

bassador at Paris before the late Revolution.
The Madrid Gazette of the 2d instant gives a
literal translation of the letter addressed to the
Paris Journals, on the 10th November, by. M.
Guehhard. The Gazette o6serveS, that the de-
Qt4ration of M. Guephard ought completely to
%111%ti, all delusion relative to the Loans o
the f,
—ort(.sl Never, .us is stated in the letter o
"that
"-J ). anke'', will the Royal Government reim.
',arse e
to money lent to the gaolers of Ferdi.
Tin" Vll., and to the oppressors of his subjeCts
t'relich Fluids at four o'clock, 91, 45.; Spanish Funds, 31i

rrt, Twelve o'Clock.-0 wing to the intelli-
gence from Madrid this morning the Forelgn
.11"'ket was crowded at an early hour, and when
the A
alarket opened a great bustle and confusion
tool; place.
Spanish Bonds, which left off yes.
te,r,da
c, Y 4t 26i, opened this morning at 28i,
-"15 284, 29, oB7c 29, with a great deal
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business doing, as it is now expected that
the flew Ministry of Spain will make some ar-
41)10nwnt for the Old Spanish Loan before they
call
()hullo the new ones which is again on the
taDis
and likely to be taken by one of the first
"rninere.
houses in Paris. French Rentes
soc. Spanish 31f to 32.—Consols opened
this 17"rning •a t
ou S 5, and up to,this hour they are
'85,1 for the Accnt.
Lf••

• ~pw'"terS from Bayonne give the following ac-
of the affray in Madrid, which has already
11 noticed in the French Papers
tithe
tied 26th, one French and two Spanish soldiers, guar-
NI In a solitary quarter of the city ;, the Frenchman was
tetblY handled ; the 'guard coming up, on hearing his cries,
414 three to the guard-house,.where a sergeant commanded.
4 datachment of Spanish Lancers came to demand
,the 'F,,etle of the two prisoners,.uttering imprecations against
41as 0.'1,4 in general ; the people joined them, and the post
)1144 I.tkaeffpoint of being:forced, though the sergeant defended
hy u ihe atea- uravelY when it was rnforced by a detachment from
otellt Post' Which had been informed of what was passing
hsyt,e'dier Who made his way through the crowd with his
,ket, Cieneral 'Bouririont being informed of this disor-
ie c°ll3equence of which might have, been WM, ordered
titit4lll;l to beat to arras and the garrison'hssembled, which
gal tle streets. Ther'e were two persons killed and seve-
firtlet-„lllic'ed• • Such was the result of this unfbrtunate affair.
Itr se "as soon restored; but to prevent the recurrence of' sinu-
to ene, ,
quit 3„.! ut.neral Ilounnont has ordered all the Spanish troops
themulTiMdrid. The letters from Madrid of the 27th say, that
,Wits 24 I"er of persons wounded in the above-mentioned affl.ay
Aek mree are dead. The officer who commanded the at,
'e Post is arrested, and will be brought to trial."

, hon. too peeing of the States General of N.Virtem-
TO t°°k place at Stutgard, on the Ist ms_t_i_inoti;
thee King in his speech congratulated himselfu -
jtet:lnien which reigns between him and his s 1:
'ritttte' tiliS Majesty acknowledges the sufferingne
Wortich the Agriculturists ; but does not say Roc of the state of foreign affairs, II" of
oltilive
pro,Y Alliance. Ilis Majesty alluded to the t.t.
tilli,Qttiectle
.to be presented. 44 Some," he said,
Nell "Portant subjects of legislation ; others,
1tt,,,,4, the mode of election for the assembly,
'eeli- Ititended to fulfil the promises which had
The Pre-
•titittlivell io the Constitutional act." A a
tern 4: Prince ,Hohoololie-Ochringen) made
I ireentary reply.