The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-04 00:00:00

[MORNING HERALD.]

The following is an extract of a letter from
Madrid, dated May 20, 1824:—" At seven
o'clock yesterday evening the Supplement to the
Gazette of this morning, containing the Decree
of Amnesty, was published. An immense con-
course of people was collected about the Royal
printing-office, and in the neighbouring streets.
They tore the copies of this Supplement from one
another, so impatient were they to see it. From
the press and confusion several accidents took
place, and numberless pockets were picked. To
see what moral effect this decree will produce
upon the public at large, we must wait a little
longer. It has been reported these last few
days, that the Queen of Portugal had solicited
permission to come to the Court of Madrid, but
that M. Talaru, the French Ambassador, opposed
the project in the most determined manner, and
*vett entered a protest in regular form against it.
The circumstances in which the King finds him-
self leaves him no choice but to yield to whatever
the French Ambassador proposes, who, it appears,
enjoys the utmost favour and confidence of his
own Government. And, indeed, in justice it
must be said, that he is in many points deserving
of this confidence and favour. He has, upon
more than one occasion, by his firmness and mode-
ration, saved Madrid from impending calamities.
Royo Capape, a kind of General by sufferance,
being self-nominated, has applied for passports
to go to the Baths of Molica de Arragon; but it
is surmised that it is not altogether the state of his
health that has moved him to this. It appears
that the Duke d'Alagon, after mature reflection,
has declined the Captaincy-General of Arragon,
to which he had been nominated ; it is General
Don Carlos Espagne who, it is generally thought,
will replace him. But whoever may eventually
fill that situation, will find it a task of no
little difficulty to keep in order the Caffres of
the Ebro (as they are now called). If he-should
exercise his powers mildly, his authority will
be scorned and set at nought, as is the case at
present : and if he should resort to rigorous mea-
sures, he will make for himself a host of the most
irreconcileable and deadly enemies. Such is the
state of that part of the country, that no Intend-
ant of Police would dare to act up to his func-
tions as prescribed by the late regulations. If
he did he would infallibly fall a victim
zeal. rf the presence of the French troo tops hisin
the capital of Arragon do not put a stop to the
frightful excesses that are daily committed there,
the place will be abandoned by every decent and
well-disposed person. It is said the first step to
he taken by the French, on their arrival there,
will be to disarm the Canaille. The last letters
from Corunna state, that the French troops there
have adopted the most strict and vigilant
precau-
tions, as if under the influence of extreme mis-
trust. This has excited the more astonishment,
as the Only excesses lately committed in the As-
turias and Galicia have been by the Ultra-
Royalists. The Bishop of Teruel, the zealous
protector of the Jesuits, is now, it is thought in
a hopeless state, in consequence of a fall frau:his
horse in the neighbourhood of Rubrelos de Mora.
One of his arms is fractured and four of his ribs

broken. The Marquis de Santa Colona, who held
an important post in the Palace, has just died,
and his widow has retired to a convent for the
rest of her days. A Royal Order has been pub-;
lished in the Gazette, enjoining the Spanish sot.'
(Hers and officers not to talk politics in the cafes or
other public places. Viscount Digeon,the French
Commander-in-Chief, has already returned from
Aranjuez, where he had a private interview of
his Majesty. It is his intention to reside con-
stantly at Madrid, and not like General Bour.
mont, stupify himself at Aranjuez in the com-
pany of monks and curates. On Tuesday last,
the Ist Battalion of the Royal Swiss Guard,
about to return to France, arrived at the Prado.
For two hours that they remained there, not a
single Spanish soldier was permitted to enter
Madrid, and but a very few officers were al-
lowed to come into the city. Government is at
length actively occupied in the organization of
the Royal Spanish Guard, which is to be corn-
posed of eight regiments of Infantry of two bat-
talions each, four Regiments of Cavalry, 200
Gardes de Corps (for the moment), and a train
of artillery proportioned to this force. Workmen
are already employed upon their uniforms and
equipments, which will cost about 18 millions of
reals (180,0002.) It is said the Spanish Body
Guards have received orders to repair to Aran..
juez this day week, to do duty at the Palace on
St. Ferdinand's day."

ETIIE TIMES.]
By his Majesty's ship Blossom, arrived at
Portsmouth, letters to the 17th of March have
been received from Rio de Janeiro. The packet
had sailed two days earlier. Intelligence had
been received at Rio of the embarkation for Por-
tugal of the Portuguese troops at Monte Video,
which were expected to sail on the 6th. The
EMPEROR had given proofs of the sincerity of his
attachment to the cause of Brazilian indepen.
deuce, by ordering the prosecution of those who
had been apprehended on charges of endeavour-
ing, by seditious publications or otherwise, to
excite doubts of his constitutional sentiments;
and by the publication of the annexed decree
for administering the oath to the Constitution,
which was to take place in the capital on the
25th of March, and as soon as possible in the
other parts of Brazil :