The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-03 00:00:00

MORNING SUN

SPAIN.
(OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS.)
PROCLAMATION OF THE REGENT.

" Basques—Those who so often abused your credulity
and good faith, have sought to do so again ; but they
have failed in realising their projects. You, Basques,
having learned to be cautions in the school of disappoint-
ment, six years of cruel war did not suffice these wretch-
ed persons ; they sought to alliance it anew with the
force left them by the treaty of Bergara. But that the
nation abhors those who would again raise the standard
of civil war is seen from the shout of indignation raised
against them in every province, by the repentance of the
troops which they seduced, and the rapidity with which
faithful battalions flew to the province to chastise traitors.
No, Basques, you must no longer be under the yoke
of a dozen persons, whose interests are not yours.
It is my duty to free you from this, and I will do
so. You ought- to be, and shall be, freemen ; and
I promise you shall be. You shall no longer nourish
with your sweat the sordid class that would have
betrayed you to death. On them shall be taken ven-
geance. They detest the Constitution which your re-
presentatives concurred in forming, because it elevated
you to the rights of freemen, instead of remaining the
patrimony of a few families. And as it is my duty, as,
first magistrate of the nation, to labour for the good of
Spaniards, you who are Spaniards shall enjoy all those
benefits which the fundamental law of the State con-
cedes to all. Without peace there can be no happiness
for nations. Our country has entered into the path of
prosperity; it will become as great and powerful as it
deserves to be. And I repeat, what ye said to our adored
Queen, Isabella the Second, theßasques shall contribute,
like all other Spaniards, to the fortunes of the country.
" EL DUQUE DE LA VICTORIA.
" FACUNDO INFANTE.

" Vittoria, Oct. 23."
" CAPTAIN-GENERALSHIP OF THE 12TH MILITARY DIS-

TRICT.-ESTADO MAYOR.

" Excellent Sir—ln my communication of the 17th
instant, I informed your Excellency of the position I had
taken u? in Andoain, and of my resolution to defend it
as long as possible. There I remained till twelve o'clock
last night, when I received information that three bat-
talions of the revolted regiments of Bourbon and of
Burgos had advanced as far as Villabona, an hour's dis-
tance from me, and that their intention was to attack me
in the morning.
" I immediately gave my orders to prepare for battle,
and when, at half-past three o'clock in the morning,
the troops were beginning to move, Don Jose Maria
e. Bousinalt, Captain of the Regiment Of Toledo (who
had been taken prisoner by the rebels on the night
of the 4th instant, whilst bearing an express from Ber-
gara to Bilbao for the Commandant-General of Biscay),
presented himself to me, and stated that the four batta-
lions, in mass, were determined to re-acknowledge the
legitimate Government of the nation, and to place them-
selves instantly under my orders ; trusting, at the same
time, on my being convinced that they had been led
astray by an act of obedience to the Generals who com-
manded them, and nut from any ill intent, that I would
pardon the irregularity in wnich they had been mixed up,
seeing that they had nos taken any active part in the in-
surrection, and that they were prepared to wash out the
stain by to be the first to do battle with the
enemies of the national cause, wherever they might pre-
sent themselves. My situation—the perspective of the
evils which might be averted from my country by grant-
ing the prayer of the petitioners—the entire sub-
mission with which they implored mercy, and the
natural generosity of a liberal and beneficent Go-
vernment—all decided me at the moment to address
to the Chiefs the communication which I enclose to
yuur Excellency, which I seat to them by Captain
Bousingalt. In conclusion, at ten o'clock in the morn-
ing all the battalions, led by the Lieutenant-Colonel of
the regiment of Bourbon, Don Martin Colmenares,
presented themselves to me, with repeated acclamations
(well replied to) fer the Constitution, the Queen, his
Highness the Regent of the kingdom, and with all the
proofs of the most extreme enthusiasm.

- "Among those soldiers, who had fought along with
me, and to whom I was personally known, I could per-
ceive a degree of joy lighting up their asfects at our
meeting, which I could well interpret as the true ex-
pression of what was passing in their hearts.
" The Generals Ulavaria, Urbistondo, Lardizabal ;
Brigadier Larobha, the Conde Montemor, the Foral De-
puties Paiaeios and Lardizabal, the chiefs and officials
of the convention of Bergara, which were in this
province (and who, with very few exceptions, joined
the rebels), the •Miguelites of Guipuscoa part
of those of Biscay, and several chiefs, officers, and pea-
sants who adhered to them, all fled out of this city at
midnight, in the direction of Pampeluna. It is known
that at noon to-day they passed by Lecumberri, and, as I
supposed they had taken the road to France, I have or-
dered a party of people of the country to cut off their
retreat, and warned the military commandant of Irun to
guard the frontier by way of Vera.
" I hope that your Excellency will do me the honour
to make known this happy event to his Highness the
Regent of the kingdom, of whom I humbly pray that he
will please to approve my conduct this matter.
" FRANCISCO Dll PAULA ALCALA.
" Cuartel General of Tol:,,sn, 10 o'clock at night, Oct. 20.
" To the Mir Aster of War."
(Enclosure).
"GENERAL ORDER,
"Captain-Generalship of Military District No. 12,
at Andoain, Oct. 20.
Soldiers,—The Regiment of Bourbon, No. 17, and
the Provincials of Burgos, who yesterday stood opposed
to us, and whom we considered as enemies, arc now
again amongst us ! If they have been led into error by
obedience to the severe rules of discipline, of which un-
grateful Generals availed themselves, and thereby for an
instant withdrew themselves from their obedience to
Government, it has only been until an occasion should
arise of enabling them to make known to the whole
nation that those who had spilled their blood in a hun-
dred combats for the defence of liberty could not be
traitors

• Soldiers,:a the name of the Queen and of hi 3 Highness
I offer you alutal oblivion of the past. Already there exists
no yesterday. Already we have no more to think of than
to march and finilt with the evil-doers who remain. The
Enkliers of the Prince, of Bourbon, and of Burgos are
:Already one and the same. We shall all combat unitedly,
Qncl ail present ourselves to his Highness the Regent of
the kingdom, as loyal and worthy to be pointed out as
the soldiers uha exterminated the ominous standard of
despotism.

" FRANCISCO DE PAULA ALCALA.
" FRANCISCO ALCALA."
The despatch of,the Minister of War contains two
other letters, se,:reely less important, viz., one from the
principal atiiiiiistration of the Correo (Post-office) at
fl:4ted the .20th of October, informing the Chief
similar department at Burgos " that the city of
ifittoria is now in possession of Brigadier Zurbano, and
that the city of Bilbao has submitted to the Government
of her .Majesty Isabel 11., and the Regency of the Duke
.of Vittoria," and thereupon praying the correspondence
addressed to Bilbao remaining in Burgos to be for-
warded without delay.

The Postmaster of Burgos, in reply on the 21st inst.,
states that he will the next morning- forward all the let-
ters, being obliged to keep the newspapers for the pre-'
sent, as such a quantity had . accumulated—adding, as
news to what is stated above, " that Aiunagorri had been
..delivered up. by the people of the countu, and shot ; by
.at they consider the communication with France
htuld, one moment or the other, be entirely set free ;
tthati.e.T.,they had already forwarded by . Vittoria the mails
strzttor
rive by Bayonne, thereby gaining much time over
Gove Wider route—an object to which the Admini-
ordinare , the Posts was devoting all his energies. The
rnl
esnt has published the following Gaceta Extra-
,4 supEgA-cisive of the fate of the revot of Oribe : --
, :41,, " OFFICIAL ARTICLE.
" Sir—At e;tyOLITICAL GOVIMNMENT OF ZAMORA.
have received‘‘k " MADRID, OCT. 24, 1841.
General of this •,‘ instant (4 o'clock in the afternoon) I
in which he inforri
Jrnmunication from the Commandant-
Jose Oribe, with 2 ince, dated yesterday, at Alcanices,
armed in the Puelle that the traitor, Brigadier Don
authorities, on the ertoen who accompanied him, was dis-
the said Commandant.: f Mallades by Lthe Portuguese
to Braganza to reclaini
of the 20th inst., whereupon
-
chests, and other effects, ral, with eighteen horse, rode
The public peace has bee' . retake the arms, military
tion here, a decided proof Otiltming to the said force.
.
,441/4e-
the traitor Oribe, despite hi shout the slightest altera-
forts to make proselytes. , , bad reeerion given to
" Zamora, Oct. 22, 1841. ;miser istrd constant ef-
" NICHOLAS C ,
"To the Secretary of State." \ -
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PORT UGC.

law l.:'‘
LISBON,
bounty Ira • for abolre,'
the diffe-
rential du a favour of pang'
tieos,c'r. 25.--The
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forwhich T
was
pAguese ship-
ping, a copy 0
e, a subjoin,
Diario do Govern°
,i Tuesday last. Thislas:!d in the
effect for goods toairee months from the time of7,l„letabklie
cation from P•iJrts in Europe and North America,La six
anon.ths fr.',m; all others. The Senate has been iamost
excar;,,aely occupied in discussing the project vvhica im_
_poses a tribute of ten per cent. upon the salaries ol all
public employees civil and military ; this project, net,.
Ivithstanding its having passed the Lower House, mei
with considerable opposition in the Upper, on
Account of the 4th Article, which also places a de-
eima upon the script of the Board of Public Credit.
Senator Manoel Antonic•Nellez Caldeira (ex-Minister of
State) has protested
measure pass, he w-111 prepare an amendment, whereby
the banks of In the House that should such a
cial compan;.es,
Li7:oon and Oporto, as well as the commer-
. may be subjected to the same. Little
worthy
has occurred in the Chamber of Depu-
rjr notice
ties, '
el dwe except the pr .
~
,s,
Ferreira
proposal of Coutat da Taipa for de-
.aring vacant the seat of M. Florio() Rodrigues c
Ferraz, who has been lately appointed, pro tempore, Com-
znissary-in-Chief of the Army, in the room of .1.1. Luiz
Jose Ribeiro, who, as mentioned in my last, has been
dismissed. This proposal was approved of the House,
bat da being sent to a Special Committee, was negatived, •
1,0 that M. Florid() 'retains his seat in the Chamber of
Deputies. This decision was founded on the recent pre-
cedent of the Minister of Justice, M. Costa Cabral, in
favour of his brother, Jose Bernardo da Silva Cabral,
and Joaquin Jose Pereira de Mello.
The ai3eussion of the project for the sale of national
property in the bore lslands and Madeira still conti-
nues, and the debate relative the project No. 2, which
is to decide the fate of the inactive classes, commences
this day. The
Opposition deputy, M. Sa Nogueira,
made an interpellation to the Minister of Finance, in-
quiring whether he intended to discuss the budget cr
not ? The Minister answered in the affirmative, and ad-
ded, that he had had already several conferences with the
Select Committee of the Rouse, and expected shortly to
present the budget as called for.
The telegraph announced yesterday, that on Friday
last a Spanish battalion, of 960 men, under the
command of a Brigadier-General and seemed other
officers; entered J3,ragsina,, as refugee ; they e, i t