The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-06 00:00:00

SPAIN.

(From the Correspondent of the Morning Herald.)
MADRID, APRIL 24.—Rodil's troops have conducted
themselves with great propriety in Portugal, and I refer
you to an excellent proclamation you will find subjoined,
in which the Commander-in-Chief has established such
regulations as will prevent a collision with the people of
that country, and in which he disavows all other objects
but that of destroying the faction of Don Carlos. The
cause of Donna Maria has, no doubt, been advanced by the
entrance of a Spanish army, as Almeida took advantage of
it to declare against Don Miguel, and the Queen has
availed herself of the same occasion publicly to recognise
M. Sarmento, and to accredit a Minister to the Court of
Lisbon. These events, in conjunction with the publication
of the Estatuto Real, have had a great effect on public
credit, and the funds have risen five per cent., and though
the poverty of the Treasury is well known, and the neces-
sity of providing 500,000/. to pay the dividends in July,
is equally notorious, without a shilling being now in
hand to do so, the confidence of moneyed people is evidently
on the increase, and an active competition is expected to
take place for the loan of three millions which is advertised
for the 30th instant. An express arrived from London kit
night in seven days to one of the first houses here with pro-
posals for this loan, and it is imagined that several of the
capitalists of Paris will also be bidders. The Cortes bond-
holders will not be so much benefited by this contract as
they would have been if the former offer of Messrs. Wilson
and Goldsmid had been accepted, as one contains no con-
dition in their favour, whilst the others set out with bind-
ing the Spanish Government to recommend 'the recogni-
tion of the bonds to the approaching Cortes. The sum of
3,000,0001., Three per Cents., is only a temporary supply
to cover the July dividends and immediate wants, and the
Minister of Finance must be soon again in the market for
a more serious sum, when the bondholders should be pre-
pared to make a formidable stand for their claims. I
understand that Mr. Villiers has made some decided re-
monstrances to the administrations both of Af. 'Lea and
M. Martinez de la Rosa on the subject of those unfortu-
nate bonds, but without success from the former, and with
no better answer from the latter than a statement of the.
proposed intention of submitting a plan respecting them to
the Cortes, which, in the present .situation of the finances
of Spain, is as much, perhaps, as could be expected.
The electorial law and territorial division of the country
as the sequel of the Estatuto Real, have not yet appeared,
though we are on the stretch of expectation for them. I
understand they are both to come out on Sunday, and that
the convocation of the Cortes is now fixed for the IstA of
July. The Queen's birthday will be celebrated on Sun-
day at Aranjuez, and it is supposed that the decree of con-
vocation will be then brought out to commemorate that
event. -Great preparations are making to do honour to the
occasion. All the principal people of Madrid are flocking
to kiss the Queen's hand ; and the officers of the Urban
militia are going down in pomp, to lay down their new-
fledged honours at. her feet. The diplomatic corps will re-
sume their stations at the Sitio, and Mr. Villiers, who, I
am sorry to say, has been confined to his house in Madrid,
by severe indisposition, will also be able to renew his re-
spects to her. Majesty, and to continue near her .while the
Court remains at Aranjuez. From that day the mourning
for the late King is to cease.
When furnished with money the. Government will make
exertions to bring a force to act against the principal
leaders in the North, as the pinta for 25,000 men is
going on favourably, notwithstanding all the effects of the
Carhsts to impede it, and the establishment of the Urban
Militia in all the principal cities will leave the garrisons
now maintained in them at the disposal of the Minister of
War, for the reinforcement of the armies in the upper
provinces. Zumalacarreeuy and Zabala are the only
formidable opponents who require a large force to put
them down, and it would appear that the latter is becom-
ing more daring every day, as Quesada in a late despatch
speaks of his 'Charging along the whole line with 3,000
men. Whatever hopes may be entertained by the Car-
lists who are in arms, all expectations of success are aban-
doned by their partisans in the capital, since the entrance
of the troops in to Portugal and the renewed instances of
the cowardice of Don Carlos. The Government are
elated on that account, and they are not urging with much
severity the process against those persons who were lately li
arrested. Estefani, the Director of the Lottery Office,
has made disclosures which will save his life ; but the
proofs are wanting against the Marquis of Zombrano, the
late Minister of War, and it is expected that that gentle-
man will be soon set at liberty. The Royalist Volunteers
who were arrested for a seditious riot in the Calle de
Toledo, on the 4th of March, have been sentenced to ten
years of hard labour.
M. Martinez de la Rosa is reposing on his honours since
the publication of the Estatuto Real, at Aranjuez, though
hfine ds time to come to Madrid once a week, to attend
the Council, and despatch the business which he cannot
dispose of at the Sitio. His new play of The Conspiracy
of Venice was acted last night, for the first time. It was
impossible to procure a place, though I made several at-
tempts, and the seats are engaged for some days to come.
I understand the tragedy was quite successful, and M.
Martinez has added another laurel to his dramatic reputa-
tion, and redeemed himself, as an author, from the failure
of his late novel, " Hernan del Pulgar," which, from the
homeliness of the narrative and dryness of the details, may
be ranked with " The Seven Champions of Christendom,'
or some such marvellous tale of the nursery. M. Martinez
came to Madrid to see his tragedy acted—a weakness which
the people laugh at, as they say his time ought to be employed
about more serious things • but all literary persons will ex-
cuse it, and envy the man Who is, at the same hour, the author
of the Estatuto Real and of a successful tragedy. His admi-
nistration is more composed since the retirement of M. Bur-
gos, though Muscoso, the new Minister of the Interior, is
not calculated upon as an efficient substitute for that clever,
though irregular person. It is said the Queen told Burgos,
only the day before his dismisial, that "he was her right
arm, and that she could never part from him." Such is
court favour ; and perhaps the Queen has learned that
trick from Ferdinand, whose praise to a minister was ge-
nerally the prelude to his disgrace. I saw the family of
M. Burgos on Sunday, in the Prado, in a new carriage,
which is quite an event here, and shows how little he va-
lues public opinion, as it is invariably the custom for a
retired Minister to lay down his carriage, if he happens to
keep one, in order to prove to the world that he has not
made money by his office. No further changes are at
this moment spoken of, though both the Minister of Fi-
nance and the Minister of War are weak in the favour
of the Queen and the public. Events are working for
them, and who can complain of the one while the funds
are rising and the credit of the state improved, or of the
other when Don Carlos has fled before the arms of the
Queen.

M. Severino Gomez, the Charge d'Affaires of Don
Miguel, is ordered to leave Madrid, or rather the village
near it, where he has been residing, for some months.
This is the personage who made himself so ridiculous
and notorious in his intercepted correspondence which
was published last year in England. He is, it is said,
to be sent to the frontier with an armed escort. M.
D'Oubril, the Russian minister, who, it was understood,
was about to leave Madrid, is still here, and I believe
the report of his intention to quit his post is unfounded.
The French Minister spends the greatest part of his time
at Aranjuez, but I have no reason to believe that he ob-
tains any marked ascendancy in the Spanish Cabinet, as
the London papers are so fond of stating. Bl.de Rayneval
is an adroit and experienced man, and I should think he
was too prudent to mix himself up with the daily intrigues
of a Court like this, which is extremely jealous of foreign
ifiterference. Indeed, if he does so, he gives up the van-
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!he great objects of British policy—the recognition of the
outh American States—the acknowledgment of the Cortes
fonds—and an amelioration of the blind commercial po-
licy of this country. We are honourably and efficient:
represented here, and Mr. Villiers is strengthened b
'laving a most excellent Secretary of Legation in Lord.
William Hervey, who has much experience of the country,
and appears to have made good use of the time he has
spent in it.
The Grandees are giving in the records of their titles
and estates, to determine their right of attending the ap-
proaching Cortes. You will be surprised that out of 96
grandees, of the first and second class, not more than forty
have a ear income of 2,0001. a-year—the rest are under
mortgage, or sequestration, in consequence of pecuniary
embarrassment, and, therefore, are excluded by the terms
of the Estatuto. The Titulos, or nobles, are more than
1,000 in number, and they, too, are occupied in sending
their papers preparatory to the CroWn selecting from
amongst them those it will be pleased to elevate to the
dignity of the Proceres, or Members of the Upper House.
I am sorry to say it is apprehended that the House of De-
puties will be less powerful, both in number and in autho-
rity, than was at first expected, and some people say tlia,
the Upper Chamber will be the more liberal and independ-
ent of the two. It is feared that Spain does not afford the
materials for a good representation ; but I trust that the
experiment may be fairly tried, and the spirit of the nation
put manfully to the test.
I understand that an express has arrived from the army,
stating that it his advanced within seven leagues of San-
tarem, but I do not put much faith in the intelligence, and
I fancy that Abrantes has been mistaken for the former
place.
The following appointments have been made in the dif-
ferent sections of the Royal Council of Spain and India :
_ .

For the Section of State—D. Euseblo de Bardaji, D.
Ignacio de la Pezuela, D. Jose Pizarro, D. Miguel Alava,
D. Agustin Arguelles.
For that of Grace and Justice—D. Ramon Lopez
Pelegrin, D. Jose Cafranga, D. Vicente Cayo Manuel, D.
Manuel Garcia Herreros, D. Jose Ayuso.
For that of War—The Marquis de la Reunion de Neuva
Espana, Lieut.-General D. Francisco Javvier Abadta,
Marshal de Campo D. Felipe Montos, D. Gaspar Diruel,
y D. Tomas Gonzalez Carvajal.
Finance—D. Antonio Martinez, D. Francisco Lopez
Alcaraz, D. Jacobo Maria de Parga, D. Niceto de Lar-
reta ; D. Jose Lopez Juana Pinilla.
Marines—D. Martin Fernandez de Navarrete, D.
Agustin Perale, D. Miguel Moreno.
Interior—D. Juan Alvarez Guerra, Don Jose Canga-
Argiielles, D. Jose de Heredia, D. Justo Jose Banqueri ;
D. Vicente Gonzalez Arnao.
The Indies—D. Manuel de la Bodega, D. Ramon Gil
de la Cuadra, D. Gaspar Vigodet, D. Antonio Daban y
Urrutia, D. Luis de Urrejola, D. Joaquin Carrion y
Moreno.

The Duke of Baylen has 'been appointed President of
the Council.

The Tiempo states on authority that a decree enlarging
the Urban Militia considerably will appear to-morrow.
There is this evening a report that Don Carlos has got
as far as Santarem, and that the advance guard of Rodil
was within seven leagues of that place, but it wants con-
firmation. A courier left the British Embassy to-day for
Lisbon.

TRANSLATION OF THE ORDERS ISSUED IW GENERAL

RODIL TO THE TROOPS ON ENTERING PORTUGAL.

' " Satisfied with the good conduct and honour which dis-
tinguishes the valiant troops under my command, of the
good order which has been observed in their marches, of
their love and decided attachment to the beneficent go-
vernment of our august and beloved Queen Donna Isabel
11., I have full confidence that they will preserve that
loyalty to the shedding of the last drop -of their blood, and
that they will still continue to be models of subordination
and discipline. From these qualities arises the character
of an army, and soldiers who have given so many proofs
of their preservation of them in their own country, will,
there can be no doubt, be more particular to observe them
out of it; but as it may be possible that some men, for-
getful of their duty, shall commit excesses, which may
alter the good harmony which should exist between the
Spanish troops and the subjects of her most faithful Ma-
jesty, and in virtue of the discretion which is vested in me
by the Royal authority, I do hereby issue the following
orders, which are to be strictly observed :
" Ist. It being the principal object of the army to ex-
terminate the faction, which is organising itself in Portu-
gal for the purpose f attacking the rights of the Queen,
our
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exist
between the army and the Portuguese inhabitants. I
prohibit any disputes of opinion with them as well as the
use of offensive and provoking conduct, and I require that
their customs and usages shall be respected, as lam de-
termined to punish any transgression against this command,
according to the circumstances of each particular case.

" 2d. On the arrival of the army at the camp or place
pointed out by the Commander, each regiment shall esta-
blish patrols for the purpose of maintaining tranquillity, and
preserving both public and private rights.
" 3d. Every individual of any rank or regiment, who
shall go beyond the lines allotted to each camp or station,
without the permission of his commanding officer, or who
shall separate himself from the column in march, shall be
subject to the punishment awarded by my orders of the
24th of I%larch.

" 4th. In conformity to the general order of the 19th of
last month, I prohibit women or the wives of soldiers from
following the army ; and those persons who, to the scandal
of good morals, shall persist in doing so, shall be sent to
their usual place of residence, where they shall undergo
the punishment usually allotted to persons leading a vicious
life.

" sth. Every transgression committed in the Portuguese
tefritory by any individuals of the army, followers of the
same of all kinds, or servants and suttlers, shall be pun-
ished in the same manner as if the case occurred in Spain,
and as pointed out by the royal ordinances.
" 6th. There shall be established at head-quarters a
permanent council of war, for the purpose of trying of-
fences committed by persons belonging to the army.
" 7th. Making use of my natural clemency, and know-
ing that there are many persons in the ranks of the rebels
repentant of the crime they have been induced to commit
by fraud and seduction, I offer a general pardon to all those
who may present themselves on the march to the com-
mander of any division of the column of the army under my
command.

" 8t1;.-All those who shall make resistance to the troops
of the Queen, our mistress, or who may be found with arms
in their hands in the Portuguese territory, belonging to
the rebel ranks, shall be shot in the act, whether they be
or have usurped the rank of officers, and notwithstanding
any thing to the contrary in my orders of the 24th March,
which relates only to the factious apprehended in Spain.
(Signed) " J. RAMON RODIL.
" Head-quarters, Ciudad Rodrigo, 9th April, 1834."