The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-07 00:00:00

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full of nrofessTone of loyalty to the young heiress a
the throne. One of ouc papers contains that curious.
document.

A new journal, called the Star, has just appeared,
under the patronage of M. Zea.
BAYONNE, OCT. 30.—1 have already acquainted
you with the reply said to have been returned by
General Rodil to Don Carlos. I now can officially
inform you that the sequestration of that Prince's
property was ordered on account of his having pre-
sented himself with three hundred volunteers of Don
M;guel's army at Marvao, within two leagues of Va-
lentia de Alcantara, whence he wrote to General
Rodil to come and join him. The latter replied
that he had taken the oath of allegiance to the
Queen, and that no consideration could induce him
to retract it. It is generally believed here that the
troops of General Saarsfield have entered Vittoria.
This circumstance appears probable, but it is not yet
official, for our authorities would have ere now been
apprised of the fact, and I can assure you' that they
are ignorant of it.
OCT. 31.—Two couriers from Madrid arrived here
ast night. An insurrectionary movement had taken
place in that capital on Sunday, 27th. The troops
marched with artillery against the convent of Sr.
Barbara, and expelled the monks therefrom. The
Royalist Volunteers were disarmed. A party of
them who intended to take possession of the post of
the Gate del Sol, shot the sentinel. They were,
however, repulsed by the military and the Christinos,
who turned out in arms against them. Several of
them were hanged who had cried " Long life to
Charles V." Three hundred of them succeeded in
escaping into the country. The next morning early
when the courier started, Madrid was tranquil.
On their way the courier fell in with Merino's
band. Saarsfietd'e troops were at Burgos. That
General had granted four days to the insurgents to
submit to the Queen. On the 31st the delay was
to expire, when Saarsfield was to march on the town
and give no quarter. Two stage coaches had been
burnt by the Carlists, and the despatches of which
one of the couriers was the bearer for several cam-
mercial houses were kept by them. The departure
of the mail precludes the possibility of my being
able to say any more.
MADRID, OCT. 6.—The contents of the Ma-
drid Gazette of the 24th have occasioned very
general surprise. The promulgation of the many
excellent decrees which it contained had certainly
not been looked for. The first, that which relates to
the amnesty has, however, appeared to many per-
sons to be incomplete. It was seen with some,
regret that many names of great liberal repute, that
of Mina, especially, did not figure in the decree.
Mina's presence, it was thought, would have been
of the most important service to the Government of
the Queen in repulsing and putting down the re-
bels in the north.
The ordinance by which Burgos was named Mi-
nister del foment° also charged him specially with
the execution of a territorial division. This measure
was to a certain extent modelled on the French de-
partmental division. A decree of the 23d has com-
pleted the assimilation by the establishment of de-
legates and sub-delegates, who are, in fact, though
under other names, like the prefects and sub-prefects
le France. The whole system of the French Home
Department has been thus adopted. The working
of this reformed department of Op:Ministry, if ably
conducted, will be productive of immense improve-
ment in the country.
The naming of two commissions, formed of ho-
nourable and enlightened men, for the purpose of
revising the regulations relative to the corn trade,
also promises great advantages to agriculture and
1 nded property.
The duties assigned to the police, properly
limited, and to be kept within bounds, which are
on no account to be disregarded, form also a wise
and politic measure, as also the indemnities pro-
mised to the buyers of national property, so unjustly
deprived of it after the restoration of 1823.
The suppression of the onerous tax levied for the
benefit of the Royalist Volunteers, and which tell
heavily on the class of persons not in very easy cir-
cumstances, is almost equivalent to the entire disso-
lution of that seditious militia, and is, in fact, the
forerunner of that most desirable measure.
These different decrees became very generally
known in the capital immediately after their publi-
cation, and produced a very favourable impression.
They served as an excellent introduction to the pro-
clamation of the young Queen, and disposed the
public in the best manner for that ceremony. The
Madrid Gazette gives so full and minute an account
of the ceremony of the proclamation, that I suppose
I need not take up room by a repetition of any par-
ticulars. The 120,000 reels distributed among poor
families on that occasion,and the 60,000 reels thrown
to the populace by the king-atsarms, have greatly in-
creased the gladness among the lower orders. On
the square before the Palace much enthusiasm was
evinced. The Regent appeared at the balcony,holding
the young Queen in her arms. They were greeted
with loud and numerous " vivas," and numbers of
the people were so far carried away by their enthu-
siasm as to call for arms to defend the Regent and
the Queen against all their enemies. It is said that
this call is likely to be complied with, by the insti-
tution of a citizen militia, or national guard, similar
to that which has been lately formed in Barcelona.
The dress is said to have been already fixed upon.
The coat is to be of Christinos blue, similar to that
of the maestrantes of Saragossa.
The public mourning had been suspended during
the three days that the proclamation of the Queen
lasted ; but the only tokens of public rejoicing were
made to consist in attempts at general illuminations,
which did not prove successful, on account of the
bad weather. The Regent did not even desire that
there should be any reception at Court.
The Madrid Gazette of this day has published
some new decrees, which have given general satis-
faction. The one simplifies and places on an im-
proved footing the post establishment; the other
corrects the abuses which have crept into the admi-
nistration of the public deposits of corn and provi-
sions destined for the poor.
Bnrgos is known to have been the author of these
decrees, and he is indebted to their publication for
a return of public favour, which he might otherwise
not have expected to enjoy. No one, it is true, en-
tertained doubts as to his capacity ; but now he is
not only known as an enlightened Minister, but
also as a decided friend to and promoter of reform.
He has acquired more popularity in four days than
his predecessor, Count d'Offalia, has been able to
acquire during the twelve months that he was Mi-
nister of the Interior. It should, however, in jus-
tice to M. de Zea, be acknowledged that the salu-
tary measures which have been adopted were con-
certed with him, and even executed under his di-
rection. But although they have proved highly
satisfactory to the liberal portion of the community,
this has not propitiated M. de Zea in the public
opinion. His former acts still speak against him ;
his manifesto is not forgotten ; and people say that
he now merely yields to the force of circumstances,
and that he would probably have pursued a far dif-
ferent system had not the insurrections in the
northsrn provinces induced him to look for favour
arid support by the means he now employs.
There has been a good deal of fermentation here
during the last kw days. Political quarrels in the
coffee-houses and wine-houses have been rather
frequent, arid blows have been exchanged, but public
tranquillity has not been seriously disturbed.
The Royalist Volunteers are greatly exasperated.
The execution of their comrades in Talavera ought,
however, to prove a useful lesson for them. It was,
however, said yesterday, that having been apprised
of a resolution about to be taken y the
had formed Gover-
nment to deprive them of their aims, they
the plan of evacuating, last night, the alar
and
proceeding in a body, with their arms ancratrtillery
,
, to join the insurgents of Old Castile. The
Govern-
mint has, therefore, been watching the movements
se. of the Royalist Volunteers. All the troops of the
garrison have been kept under arms, and strong de-
tachments of Lan 1;1 Cuirassiers bivouacked
'on the Praia. T il:saw that their re-

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