The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1847.

the Palace, and announced to the aatonished Cama-
rilla that the only Queen who had any authority in
Spain was the constitutional Queen ISABELLA, and
that it was her pleasure they should be dismissed.
CUMURES ALTAS, EGANA, and RUBIANES, having
refused to obey, were placed under arrest, when the
two latter surrendered at discretion, and resigned
their places ; the former was deprived of his, and
sent as a prisoner to Valencia. The *Marchioness of
SANTA CRUZ resigned her place, but was permitted
to retain her salary.
Senor ESCOSOURA is appointed Political Chief of
Madrid; Senor PENA AGUAYA, Intendant of the
Palace, and Senor VENTURA DE LA VEGA, Private
Secretary to the Queen. General NARVAEZ has ac-
cepted the Paris Embassy.
The Madrid Gazette publishes a formal document,
drawn up by the Minister of Grace and Justice, as
Notary of the Kingdom, setting forth the petition to
the QUEEN of OLOZAGA, and the declaration of
her MAJESTY, that—of her own free will, and inde-
pendently of all Ministerial influence—she accorded
its prayer, together with pardon and forgetfulness for
what had passed. It is signed by all the Ministers.
Annexed to it is a royal decree, signed by the QUEEN
and the President of the Council, in which her MA-
JESTY declares that, being anxious to reconcile all
Spaniards, she frees Senor OLOZAGA. from the prosecu-
tions pending against him, and authorises him to re-
turn to Madrid.

On the 4th, the QUEEN went to the Theatre del
Principe, and was received with the loudest acclama-
tions, as if the public had been anxious to show that
she might rely upon her people in the exercise of her
prerogative. After what had just taken place at the
Palace this demonstration assumed a remarkable cha-
racter.

Senor SALAMANCA is, it is said, about to propose a
plan for the sale of church property, to be applied to
the liquidation of the debt, the clergy to have settled
on them a fixed annual revenue, equal in amount to
three per cent. upon the proceeds of the sale.
The corps of army, 12,000 strong, stationed on the
frontier of Portugal, under the command of General
MANUEL DE LA CONCHA, was ready to enter that
kingdom on receipt of orders from Madrid.
The sth being a holiday the Bourse remained closed.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday.

The Journal des Debats has a long article in allu-
sion to the report that M. GUIZOT was at the bottom
of the late changes in the Spanish Ministry, and is
exceedingly bitter with the Presse for undertaking
the defence of M. GUIZOT against such niaiseries.
ft says—
" We had not read those lucubrations of the hostile
journalists, and we frankly confess, that if we had read
them, we should not have taken the trouble to defend
M. Guizot. We should have regarded a reply to such
silly accusations as an insult to the gravity of his cha-
racter; and it is for that reason we are not surprised to
find his justification undertaken by a journal with a
zeal as sincere as it is well understood. There is no
ground for alarm; M. Guizot is not capable of the evil
designs imputed to him. He may have disappointed
some expectations too hastily evinced, and checked from
the outset patty manmuvres, maliciously called intrigues,
but it is impossible to suppose that he would )ield
or surrender Spain into the hands of England ; and,
besides, the thing will be looked to. Those great pro-
tecting airs are very ludicrous. But when the journal
in question expresses a hope that M. Guizot will seize
the very first opportunity of publicly denying the
grotesque views attributed to him, it carries the joke
rather too far. One is not obliged to render oneself
ridiculous, there are already enough who ale so without
being aware of it."
The split between the young Conservatives, repre-
sented by the Presse, and the Guizot Conservatives,
represented by the DEbats, is becoming every day
more apparent. The young Conservatives, to the
number of sixty, have taken all the necessary moans
to establish themselves as an independent party, under
the leadership of the Count DE CASTZLLANE. They
have announced their intention of supporting the pro-
position of M. DE REMUSAT for excluding placemen
from the Chamber.

We have frequently had occasion to notice the
general accuracy of the information of the National
on Spanish affairs. The National of Saturday gives
the following amusing account of the circumstances
attending the recent expulsion of the Camarilla from
the Palace :

" Spain is not only an apple of discord between Eng-
land and France—she causes a still greater misfortune—
she adds to the discords of the two Conservative journals.
The Presse was very sour the day before yesterday; the
Dlbats of yesterday is sarcastic even to impertinence.
Whilst these papers dispute, Queen Isabella becomes
ferocious. It appears that she has taken in horror the
party of the Moderados, enrolled by her mother, and
nourished by M. Bresson. After having dismissed the
old Cabinet, she has just swept out all its friends and
accomplices in the interior of the palace. The first lady
of honour, the famous Marquise de Santa Cruz, turuji
out of doors; the captain of the hallebardiers turned out
of doors; the gentleman cavalcadour, Count de Cumbi is
Altas, turned out of doors; the steward of the household,
Egana, turned out of doors! All this at one blow, and
with a high hand, in the English fashion, neither more
nor less. It is astonishing, how much this girl
resembles her father! rllus time, however, she did an
act of justice, and even of good policy. No Ministry
could have held up against the incessant intrigues con-
cocted in the palace. The Camarilla constituted by
Christina was faithful only to Munoz and his friends.
All the band uttered cries of rage when it learned that
Isabella had turned out her higher domestics. It had
been necessary to push out Sutomayor by the shoulders;
the palace was witness of a scandalous scene caused by
the great lackeys who would not go. The order had been
given on behalf of Isabella, and she believed that they
had gone away, when she saw them enter the apart-
They pretended that,
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them. The Marquise de Santa Cruz and the Count de
Cumbris Alias, the Cameriera and the gentleman, de-
sired to have a personal explanation with the Queen,
and their tone was that of a guardian before his ward.
Isabella immediately sent for the Ministers. Two only
were found at liberty, Muxerredo, Minister of War, and
Salamanca, Minister of Finance. This is how our cor-
respondent recounts the facts:—' Mazerredo himself
was furious at the insolence of these people of the
palace. Ile and Salamanca, after having conferred with
the Queen, proceeded with firmness to the execution of
her orders. They went first to Egana, and said—" Sir, '
You will immediately remit the stewardship of the
palace to Senor Pena Aguaya, who replaces you." Then
addressing Rubianes—" The Queen takes from you the
command of the hallebardiers which she has confided to
the Duke de Baylen—you will conform thereto instantly."
And so on with the others. But the Cameriera and
Gumbrii Altas having replied that they occupied posts
of confidence in the name of the Queen-Mother—
" Know," said one of the Ministers, " that there is no
Queen here except her Majesty Isabella, a Constitu-
tional Queen, and you will learn without delay what the
servants merit who have not theyed her orders without
remark." The Ministers immediately ordered an
officer to arrest both of them, and Cumbria Alias
was directed to dopart for Valencia, where he is de-
tained prisoner. You cannot picture to yourself the
noise which these news made as soon as they were
known. The Moderados are furious ; they keep no
measure in the expression of their hate ; they announce
aloud their projects of vengeance. The meetings which
had already taken place under the direction of Pidal,
Mon, and Martinez de la Rosa, have been increased to-
day by the presence of several discontented Generals.
There is a talk of nothing less than to excite some
officers of the garrison, who can, they belive, be trusted
to make a descent in arms into the palace of the
Queen. Extravagances of the same kind are agitated
by the tail of the party. Our friends witness with
a certain interest these events of the decadence. Mr.
Bulwer keeps himself in the background with an affecta-
tion which is too marked; he is said to be exclusively
occupied by the affair of Portugal.' We suppress other
details more strange than curious on the part given to
the King Don Francisco in all this complication. Our
correspondent adds that the re-assembling of the Cortes,
if they re-assemble, will be followed by very passionate
Garueiz(n)tot
debates. An evening journal announces that dispatches,.
received yesterday bring news of grave troubles having
broken out at Madrid. We know not what there may
be true in these news, but it will seem from what
thinking with I.
pre-
cedes that they Wo persist. in
the happiest event to render Spain quiet and. happy,
and to draw closer the two nations. We again. felici-
tate him on this great thing, the only one which has
been done during fifteen that the marriage was
years. It has succeeded ad-
mirably!"

The Moniteur says " The Bill on secondary in-
struction has received the royal signature, and will
be presented to the Chamber on Monday, with the
Bill on primary instruction."
The Journal des Chemins de Far states that the
Minister of Public Works has determined nut to pro-
pose any measure for the relief of the railroad com-
panies. This announcement has brought on the
Cabinet and the Chamber the grievous anger of the
Presse.

The Presse also states, in positive terms, that the
Count DE MONTEMDLIN has succeeded in raising a
loan of 5,000,000 f., and that he will shortly enter
Spain. This is probably put forth as a feeler to pre-
pare the way for the Duc DE MONTPENSIER.
CHRISTINA and her husband, it is said, return to
Madrid towards the end of the month, and it is pro-
bable the Due nu MosurrENstna may accompany
them. It is said that MoN, PIDAL, and the Afran-
cesados are intriguing with the King-Consort of