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STATE PAPERS.

[Continued from Saiurday's Sun.]
CORRESPONDENCE lxtween DON VICTOR SAEZ and
Mr. Secretary. CANNING..
[Translation of the Second enclosure in No. I.]
Madrid, May 23, 1823. ' •
TO 111$ EXCELLENCY THE DUKE OF INFANTADO, PRE,
SIDENT OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF CASTILE.
The first care of his Royal Highness, on his arrival in the
capital of Spain, is to establish there a Regency, charged,
With the administration of the kingdom during the King's
captivity ; to organize a regular army, and to concert mea-
sures with the Prince General-in-Chief for the liberation
of his Majesty. As the nomination of the Members of the
Regency cannot be, made by the King, nor by the Pro-
vinces, and his Royal highness, not 'wishing to take any
part in it, is of opinion, that the most expedient and the most
national means would be, to charge the SuPretne., Council of
Castile and. Supreme Council of the Indies Withltfis Orrice!' His Royal Highness hems in - consequence ofitliiodriliiit the said
Councils should be conversed without delay, tOprOceed in con-
cert to thotlection of five members, of which number it appears
to him that the Regency should be composed.
I have the-honour, my Lord Duke, to communicate to, your
Excellency this decision of his Royal ilighne,ss, and to request
you, in his name, to. convene, as soon as jiossible, the Members
of the Council over which your Excellency presides. I also
beg your Excellency to inform me of the proceedings which the
united Councils may take. 1 have the honour, &e.
.• • (Signed) DJ MARTI&NAC.
[Translation of third enclosure in No. I.
Madrid, May 23, 1823.
Most excellent Sir,—As soon as we received the-letter, dated
this day, which your Excellency was pleased, by order of his
Royal Highness the Prince Generalissimo, to address-to us, re-
specting the appointment of the persons who should constitute
,the Regency in the kingdom, we proceeded to convene the in-
dividuals of the two Councils of Castile and. the Indies; and
having deliberated on the contents of your letter, and dis-
cussed the subject_ with all convenient speed, it was decided
by a majority of votes to reply to your 'Excellency, with, the
view of your being pleased to convey it to the notice of his Royal
Highnessthat the Councils of Castile and the Indies, accord-
ing to the laws of Spain, and the practice and custom observed
in the kingdom, have never possessed, nor do possess, the power
of proposing or appointing to the offices of Regents of the king.
dam, in any of the cases wisely anticipated by its laws—for
the latter have specified the mode and die order to be observed
in regard to such appointments—and that therefore they are not
competent by any. means lawfully to propose or nominate those
Members, as desired by his Royal Highness; but, being soli-
citous on the one hand to anima hint a proof of the just estima,
tion iu which they hold his resolutions, and taking into-consi-
deration the state of captivity in _which the King, our Lord, is
kept, as also the critical circumstances of the nation—and, on the
other, the beneficent wish manifested by his Royal Highness,
to insure sticcess in a matter of such importance to the na-
tion, and in which the. individuals of both Councils cannot
but second his' laudable intentions—they have agreed to
state to your Excellency, at the same time, that if his Royal
Highness should deem it proper, they. will transmit for his ap-
proval the list of persons whom they think the beSt fitted to
be invested with the offices of Regents 2 ad into•int, of the
kingdom, during the abSence and captivity of our King and
Lord Don Ferdinand VII., for the purposes mentioned in
your Excellency's esteemed letter, which we hereby answer.
Please to receive the expression of our sentiments and of. our
distinguished consideration.
(Signed)- The Duke Aid INFANTA DO.
M. the Duke of MONTEMAR.
Guide de GA RCIEZ.
II is Excellency Senor de Mititignac, Royal Commissionat.

[Translation of Fourth Enclosure in No. 1.124
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TilE DVICE OF INFANTADO, rllt:slur:4-r of TMi: at:

inrair couriers-Or casTur.
I have recommended to his Royal Highness Mouseigniur
'the Doke of Angonleme, the note which your Excellency did
ine the honour of addressing to me this morning, in concert
with his Excellency the flute Of Montemat, Prod:lent of the
Supreme Council of the Indies.
Ili Royal Highness has sgvn with Serious uneasiness, that
the two united Councils have considered that the mission which
was confided in theirdid not come within their province, goal
that it was not In their power to proceed of' themselves to the
election of the members of the Regency. Ills Royal Htehness
was anxiously desirous of taking no part whatever in that eke-
lion, and of thereby Acting in strict conformity to the reiterated
instructions that he haft received from the King of France.--,
Nevertheless, it being an object 6f the first importance that the
Government
should be established, his Royal Highness haft di.
rected me to acquaint your Excellency—,
1. That he is desirous that the lists which the Councils pro.
pose to present to him should consist precisely of the same
number as that of the members to be elected to the Regency.
2. That in any case the Councils should state in their tle.i
liberations the causes of they them Selves refuSing to elect.
3.' That they should be:required to proclaim, and cause to
be acknowledged, the members of the Regency that _his Royal-
Highness shall point-ont in the list submitted to him.
• 1 hope, my Lord Duke, that the Councils will further, as ,
much as lies in their powt.r, the views of his Royal Highness,
which I ant comnumded to state to them ; and that they will
hasten to put an end to a state of uncertainty, which may be
productive of unpleasant consequences. •
I have the honour &c.
(Signal) DE ,NARTIONAC. '
EA -.like, letter was addressed to the Doke of 3.lenteniar,,,
President of the Supreme Council.of the Inclies.l

[Translation of Fifth Inclnsure in No. 1.1
Most Excellent Sir—The individuals of the Councils of Cas-
tile and the Indies, having assettthled in consequence of your
Excellency's letter of this day, came to the resolution that the
persons comprehended ,iu the subjoined list were proper per-
sons for discharging the oMee of Regents of the kingdom.
List of individuub judged to be qualified for Regents of the
kingdom :—The-Pake of' Infantado, the Duke of Montemar,
the Baron d'Eroles, the Bishop of Osma, Don Antonio Uomc
Calderon.

The individuals first-mentiontit do not think themselves .jus-
tified in proceeding, of their own authority, to the nomination,
for the /rations specified in our letter of yesterday; nor can they
issue the usual order (eedula ) for its publication, inasmuch as
the Coiincils are not installed.

It may in the mean dine be announced by means of a pro-
demotion, like that which was published to-day, under date of
yfttertlay, by his Rapt/ Highness, to whoM your Excellency
will be pleased to communicate this letter. (lot! preserve your
Excellency many years.—Most Excellent Sir,
Mtultid, May 2,1, Ina. (Signed)
The Duke of IN TA DO.
M. the Duke de MONTEMAR.
Conde de GA RCIEZ.
Ilis Excellency Senor de Martignac, Royal Commissioner.

[Translation of sixth inclosure in No.
DECIJA RAT I ON.
'We, Louis Antoine d'Artois, son of France Duke of An-
gouleme, Generalin-Ctiief of the French army in Spain.
Considering our decreeof the 23d instant, directing that the
Councils of Castile and the Indies be convoked, for the purpose
of proceeding to the election of the members who should form
the Regency of the kingdom ;
Considering the resolution adopted by the assembled coun
cils, under the 'lune date, purporting that the councils did not
consider themselves authorized by the laws of the kingdom to
elect a Regency, but,that they thought it their duty to present
us the list of the persons who appeared to them the most proper
for that high 'office ;
Considering the list presented to- us on the 24th, in exaution
of this resolution, and containing the tbllowing names--
The Duke ofinfantado, the Duke of Montemar, the Baron
d'Eroles, bishop of Osma, Don Antonio Gomez Calderon—
We declare, in the name of his Majesty the King of France,
our Lord and lbw*, that we recognize, as composulg the: Re.
gency of the kindom, during the captivity of, his Majesty
King Ferdinand 'VII.,
ou(rha re tot>suirslindtlitee Duke onfert3ifiaotnittenadola,
a; re retist•eideitliat
rtonAlcdr.nproorsfro--,
Licuteniuit-tleneral, the Bishop of 010114, M. Antonio -Gomez
Calderon.

(liven at our Ileadivarters, Madrid, May 25, 11123.
(Signed) LOUIS ANTOINE.
By his Royal Highness the Prince Generalissimo, Councillor of
State and civil Commissioner of his Most Christian Majesty.
(Signed) DE 3IARTIGNAC.