The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-11 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

IMPORTANT NE

S FROM SPAIN •

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH.
(From the Moniteur Parisicn of Monday night.)

" TliE SUB PREFECT OF EAYONNE TO THE MINISTER

OF THE INTERIOR.

" The Provisional Regency published on the 3d its
programme, signed by all the Ministers. It declares
to be resolved to adept rigorously the Constitution, and
to leave to the Cortes the task of adopting useful reforms.
The illndrid Gazette gives the list of the third of the
Senate which is replaced."
The above despatches have been delayed, but we can
supply the documents referred to, having received by
express Madrid papers and letters of the 3d inst.

MANIFESTO OF THE MADRID REGENCY

MINiSTRY.

TO THE SPANTARDS-TIIE PROVINCIAL REGENCY OF

THE KINGDOM.
Now that our august Queen, Isabella 11., has re-
turned to the capital, and that the Provisional Govern-
ment is constituted, the men composing it feel the ne-

cessity at the onset of the mission confided to them by
the Constitution of addressing their fellow-citizens.
[hey do not present themselves to speak of plans of
reform, to hold out hopes of prosperity, which only a
long period of tranquillity and of calm are capable of
realizing ; they simply present themselves to manifest
frankly the thoughts which animate them, and the line
of conduct which they have resolved to follow at every
risk, during the brief period of their mission.
There was a moment when it seemed impossible for
the nation to break the shackles imposed upon it by the
enemies of its rights ; as the latter had in their bands
all the machinery of Government, and they held exclu-
sive sway over the Legislative bodies by factious and
artificially combined majorities. The Ministers had en-
listed on their behalf a servile deference, and, what was
still more sad; the Supreme Power of the State had
been seduced and fascinated by their insidious sugges-
tions. Spaniards saw the moment approach when the
scandal of 1814 was about to be renewed. They had
in perspective the moment when, in return for seven
years of combats and fatigue, for the price of their con-
stancy, fidelity, and services, they were about to witness
themselves again bound to desptism by bonds which
they themselves had formed.
But the Madrid population said No! and every, pro-
vince of Spain echoed No ! In this solemn manifesta-
tion no one can say that he did more or less than the
masses, as all eauaily contributed in the glorious una-
nimity so compact and majestic—all hare had equal
merit and glory in this great movement which has saved
the social pact by which Spaniards are united.
The present Government is the immediate and neces-
sary result of this truly national manifestation, created
as it is according to the constitutional principle, and
after the form presented by the Constitution in such
cases. The political opinions of the men comprising it
arc too well known to render it necessary to proclaim
them. They fully contemplated the grave responsibility
which weighs upon them.. But sure of the purity of
their intentions, resolved as they are only to follow the
dictates of conscience, strong also in the confidence of
their fellow-citizens, they will surmount the difficulties
which surround them during the short period of their
mission, and when it shall have expired will return it
with confidence into the hands of the national represen-
tation. The important question has been raised to
know in what form the convocation of the next Cortes
ought to take place. It has been asked, amongst other
matters, if the Senate ought to be dissolved totally, and
in what manner the election of its Members should take
place. The Regency, in its opinion, has thought that
this question ought not, nor cannot, enter into its con-
sideration as an indispensable basis of its programme.
Tho Regency has not the power of changing, in the
slightest degree, the fundamental law of the State ; it
would be strange, as well as absurd and contradictory,
if the first act of a Government, created by the Consti-
tution, formed from its very institutions, should be to
infringe it. _ _

To-observe the Cons►itution rigorously and to respect

the law, ate the only principles of the actual Govern-
ment. The retrograde Government had attempted to
give the death blow to the constitution, but, frightens I
at the attitude of the nation, abandoned the field of
battle, and the nation and Constitution were victorious.
The religious observance of the law will be sufficient to
answer all exigencies of the public service, and to fulfil
all reasonable desires. These are the most indisp-!nsa-
b:e elements of the principle of unity, as the 3 arc the
guarantee of tranquillity and of general confideace-the
necessary conditions of the progress. They imply the
repression 'of every object which would teed to cause
the prevalence of the will of one over the will of all.
They constitute the force of the country, and by that
means guarantee its independence. The people is sure
to be respected if, after having established a fundamental
law, it knows how to maintain it against oscillation and
internal disturbances, and is firmly resolved to rise cn
masse to defend it, if necessary, against all attempts and
menaces from abroad.

The head of the present Cabinet is also the chief of
the army ; he is the man who, in a hundred battles
against the enemies of the throne of Isabella the Se-
cond, and the rights of the country, only aspired to the
glory of giving to his fatherland, as the basis of its pros-
perity, a Liberal Constitution, under the protection of
whic►a he could sheath his sword, and repose after his
fatigues.

This Constitution has been agreed to, sirorn to put
in execution, and acknowledged by all Europe. The
first duty of the Chief of the Army is then to main-
tain intact what he and his companions in arms and

the entire nation have sworn to defend, at d what they
have defended in the last struggle. How could we
conquer for a better prospect? It is not certainly by
constantly changing the fundamental—it is not by in-
dulging in private interests or in caprices, that the bonds
of society are to be broken. Let us not forget, that
if we suffer alterations and changes to be made in the
Constitution we shall finish by having none. It is the
habitual result of these kind of oscillations ; and near
us, as well as far off, efamples are not wanting, Let
us not venture upon experiment upon experiment, dis-
cord upon discord, changes upon changes, till we arrive
at that fatal point where the law, becoming impotent,
is replaced by brutal force, which would impose on us
antique despotism, and would thus render uscllss all the
sacrifices which we hate made—all the blood we have
shed for the cause of liberty.
Thirty-three years since we were subject to disor-
derly passions, which fermented for a long time, and
then, breaking all constraint, burst forth, and gave the
signal of troubles which still agitate us. The heir to
the throne accused of parricide by his own father, the
Monarch dethroned five months after by his son, an
enemy's army enveloping the Peninsula, our Princes
dragged away by treachery and violence into foreign
countries, the orphan nation without force, without Go-
vernment, without Allies—such was our situation for-
merly. It is well to recal these sad scenes of the past,
to know that it was necessary to pass through so many
troubles and griefs to acquire our present position.
The instinct of independence and liberty which then
was manifested within us constantly sustained us in the
midst of numerous and cruel alternatives, which have
caused us to pass in turn from war to peace, from pence
to war, from liberty to absolutism, from absolutism to
liberty. What labours, what crises, what bloodshed,
what ravages, in this long period! But this noble and
courageous instinct has triumphed, and after the tem-
pest we have at length arrived at the port, or at least
E we are very near reaching it. The Constitutional
cause is accepted everywhere, a victorious army defends
us, and the obstacles to the prosperity of our new in-
stitutions are in a fair way to be removed.
To complete these hopes, Spaniards have only to
enter seriously on the task. The virtues of the na-
tional character have been displayed during the last
thirty-three years. The rigorous observance of the
constitution is the banner of the Regency, and its pre-
servation their only object. If alterations are exacted
by the true opinion of the country, the Cortes, and
the Cortes alone, can make them ; the Regency will in
no case separate itself from it.
(Signed) The Duke de la VICTORIA..
JOAQUIN MAMA FERRER.
ALARA GOMEZ BECERRA•

PEDRO CHACON.
AGUSTIN FERNANDEZ GAMBOA.
MANUEI. CORTINA.
Madrid, Nov. O. JOAQUIN DE FRIAS.