The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-19 00:00:00

MADRID. JAN. 7.

ROYAL DECREE.
" Being recovered from my illness, I have deter-
mined to charge myself with the despatch of public
business from this day, and I wish to be assisted
therein by my dear and beloved wife, in order
that those affairs in which she is engaged may be
more satisfactorily concluded, as well as to give a
proof of my satisfaction with the zeal and wisdom
with which she has rewarded my sovereign confi-
dence. Let it be done andmade known to the Secre-
taries of State.
" With the rubric of the Royal hand of the King
our Lord.
" In the Palace, the 4th of January, 1833."
" I, THE KING,
" To the First Secretary of State, President of the
Council of Minis►ers.
" TO MY DEAR AND BELOVED WIFE, THE QUEEN.
"In the most grievous and severe illness with
which it pleased Divine Providence to afflict me,
the inseparable company and incessant care of your
Majesty have been to me a sole comfort and conso-
lation. Never did my eyes open without seeing
you at my side, and finding in your looks and sooth-
ing words lenitives to my pains. 'Never did I re-
ceive assistance which did not come from your
hand. To you lam indebted for consolation in my
affliction, and for relief in my anguish.
" Debilitated by so protracted a suffering, and
only recovering by slow and delicate amendment, I
confided in your hands the reins of government, in
order that no interruption should be given to the
despatch of the public business, and I have seen
with delight the singular diligence and wisdom with
which you have directed it, arid so completely an-
swered my confidence. All the decrees which you
have made, either for the promotion of public in-
struction, or to dry up the tears of the unfortunate,
or to advance the general wealth and produce of my
revenues—in a word, every action of yours, with-
out exception, have been to me the most satisfac-

tory, because they have been made wisely and op-
portunely, for the happiness of the people.
" Restored again from my malady, and charging
myself once more with the affairs of the State, I
render to your Majesty my most fervent thanks for
your assistance in my illness, and for your intelli-
gence and activity in the Government. The grati-
tude for these actions, which shall ever live in my
heart, will be a new stimulus to, and a justification
for, the love which from the beginning your talents
and virtues inspired me with. I rejoice myself, and
I congratulate your Majesty, that having been the
delight of the Spanish nation since your coming to
the throne, for my good and for that of my people,
you will be, from the present moment, an example
of conjugal tenderness to all wives, and a model in
admini.tration to Queens.

In the Palace, the 4th of January, 1833.
(Signed) " FERDINAND."
ROYAL DECREE.

" Desirous to manifest my gratitude and love for
the incomparable attention which I os.‘e in my ill-
ness, to my most dear and beloved wife, and my sa-
tisfaction for the wisdom and tact with which she has
rewarded my sovereign confidence during my indis-
position, I order that a medal shall be struck, to
perpetuate the memory of such splendid actions.
" Make it known, and order it to done.
" With the rubric of the Royal hand of the King
our Lord.

" In the Palace, 4th January, 1833.
" To the Count Ofuha."

I begin my letter by copying the last decree of
the King, which appeared on Saturday night, and
which will at once inform you of the important fact
of the King having again resumed the reins of go-
vernment. It is impossible to say what effect his
Majesty's recovery will have on the progress of
events in this country ; but, in my opinion—and I
am supported by very good authority—it is not
probable that he will make any change in the line
of policy adopted by the Queen, and acted upon so
constantly by the present Administration. Though
the King suffered excessively in his illness, it ap-
pears that he never lost his intelligence, except in
the extremities of the disorder, and that every in-
tention of the Queen was communicated to him,
and his pleasure taken upon it, before it was put
into action. The heads of the Carlist party being
removed from about his person, and having now no
one near him but those who are deeply interested in
supporting the measures of the Queen and the rights
of the young Princess, it is not likely that he will
relapse into his former arbitrary policy, particularly
when he finds that the Government is not going on
more quickly than prudence justifies, and that the
best protection be can have from the designs of the
Carlists, and the succession being wrung from his
child, is in the confidence of the liberal, enlightened,
and nobler portion of the nation. Something, how-
ever, it must be admitted, there is of alarm, and
many wise and just men are daunted %%hen they re-
flect on the wavering character of the King, and how
oftenalready he has altered his determinations. But
they should not forget that he has now a new claim
upon him—that of a father's love; and it is not likely
Iliac he will do anything to weaken the attachment
which all classes so unequivocally show to his
daughter.

Those who calculate on the rapid decline of the
King's health are building on a false foundation. I
saw him to-day, and was astonished at the im-
provement that has taken place in his general ap
pearance, and the strength with which he walked,
without much assistance from his chair to the car-
riage. I saw the Queen at the same time, and
cannot refrain from expressing the admiration which
her beautiful and benevolent countenance excited
in me, as it must in all those who beheld it for the
first time. Her smile is truly angelic, and it is every
moment called forth in answering the attentions of
the persons who thronged about her as she walked
by the side of the King's chair, and received the
petitions of several claimants on the Royal bounty.
The Queen's person, when first she came to Madrid,
was, I understand, a model of grace; but, at pre-
4ent, it inclines a little too much to embonpoint. Her
face is one of the most charming I ever beheld;
and having seen it, I cannot wonder at the warm

and romantic terms in which I have beard so many
Spanish gentlemen state their determination to sup-
port her and her daughter's rights with the last drop
of their blood. Their declaration, however, cannot
he put to the test during the King's life; and 1
should think that the succetssion will then be placed
on so secure a footing as to remove all danger of the
Carlist party. With a view of refuting the charges
which that faction make against the formality of the
Act of 1789, and the proceedings of the Cortes
which Charles IV. then assembled, the Queen, as I
informed you in my letter of last Thursday, has
ordered a full publication of all the papers of that
period which have since been deposited in the
archives of the Crown, and of the genuineness of
which there is undoubted authority extant. If that
publication be not sufficient to remove all doubt, it

is supposed that a Cortes will be summoned solely
for the purpose of swearing to the young Princess,
and if the King has the resolution at once to do it,
will put a question of debate at rest, and place the
crown, without contest, on the head of his daughter.
lsay a question of debate, for it is evident that Don

Carlos has strong grounds to rest upon—namely,
that he was born in possession of a right of succes-
sion, and that the only way in which he is deprived
of it is by the publication of the Acta of the Cortes,
which were called two years after his birth, and the
proceedings of which have been kept secret from
1789 to 1830, above 40 years. Were Don Carlos
libend man, or his party of popular principles, I
fancy his case would be deemed one of great diffi-
culty and hardship, and therefore I think the sooner
4 Cortes are called to put the right of succession on
a legal, as well as equitable, foundation the better;
as, though the rights of the young Princess are
founded in natural justice, as well as on the princi-
ples of the ancient succession of the kingdom, there
always remains the fact against her, that Philip the
Fifth did, with the aid of the Cortes, cut off the
female entail, and that the acts of Charles the Fourth

to restore it were buried in obscurity till almost the
present day.
At present no steps of moment are taken by the
Carlists. The affair of Toledo was a mere bubble,
which burst of itself; and though some idle people,
whose desultory proceedings I detailed to you be-
fore, have gone through the streets of Madrid at
night calling for Don Carlos, they excite no alarm,
and scarcely receive attention. It may, however, be
as well to tell you, that on the night of Thursday
last the faction made another attempt to disturb the
tranquillity of the capital. Meetings took place on
various points, but they were promptly dispersed
by the police and patrols. In St. Peter and St.
Paul-streets the sergeant of police could not prevail
on the assembled multitude to retire, but a few
musket-shots in the air produced the desired effect.
The troops in the garrison, since the attempt on
the former night, have been ordered to be in readi-
ness on the first signal, and the sentries were
doubled on all the posts. The police, however, oc-
casionally show themselves; and a lady about the
Court, who was discovered in a political intrigue,
was carried to Seville the night before last without
any previous notice, and some persons belonging to
the Guard have been placed under arrest, to answer
for expressions which they imprudently made use of
with regard to the succession. All these things are
not of much importance, but very serious measures
have been undertaken yesterday and to-day, arid f
think it shows the decision and power of the Go-
vernment to great advantage. I speak of the dis-
missal yesterday of 50 of the Guardia Real, and 50
to-day. They have been ordered to their own
homes, or within 20 leagues of Madrid, under pain
of arrest and punishment. This body is similar to
the French Garde du Corps, and is composed of
the sons of good families, who have the honour of
immediate attendance on the Royal Family.
For some days there has been a great deal of
political agitation among them; and those of
the parry of Don Carlos had the temerity to insult
one of the Ministers as he came from the Queen's
apartment. Quarrels also took place among them,
but the result has been that the King and Queen
have determined to cut off the evil at the root ; and
the greater part of those who were understood to be
hostile to the right of the young Princess have been
separated from their young companion:. lam told
that the feeling among what we should call the
Household Troops is not as decided in favour of the
Queen as could be desired, but the only part of them
that has broken into insubordination is the youth-
ful portion of the Body Guard.
The decree by which the King announces tha t
he will resume the direction of public affairs, ap
pears to give, I am told, some uneasiness to the
partisans of the new system. Others, again, who
are foes to all order, have sent forth reports of the
most absurd kind, tending to create an impression
amongst the people to the effect that his Majesty
will assuredly annul the whole of the decrees
and arrangements which had been executed by
the Queen. Those rumours are altogether destitute
of foundation. The return of the King to business is
the result of a decision by the Council of Ministers.
The re-organization of the Royalist Volun-
teers, the object of which is, that arms should be in
the hands of citizens, who, having something valu-
able to lose by civil commotions, would of necessity
be induced to act in the best manner for maintaining
public tranquillity, arid for preventing it from being
at the mercy of those who have every thing to gain.
Thus the real proprietors, the merchants, the ten-
tier:, would replace in influence those whose ambi-
tion impels them to disturbance, as a means of
enabling them to realize the promises given them by
the Apostolicals, that the day was not distant when
they would participate in the spoils of the negroes
—that is, of the rich.

The Apostolical faction have sent forth a rumour
to the effect that the Queen has sent 30,000,000 of
franca to Naples, and that Don Carlos is to be ba-
nished to some of of the dependencies of Spain.
There appears to be great difficulty in the choice
of new Counsellors of State. Some are of opinion
that the capitalists of the country should have a
share in office. If such an arrangement promise to
secure the safety of the State, it certainly deserves
the utmost cconsideration. The Princes, it is
thought, ought to be chosen; but a particular and
express command from the King should be made
out as a sanction to them for each sitting. The Mi•
nistry must be very circumspect in the selection, lest
any one should be promoted whose claims resulted
from his connections more than from his merits.
The Northern Cabinets seem desirous to bring
us back to Absolutism, for their own private views;
but the Queen, interested for her own descendants,
feels it necessary to accomplish all that had been
promised by Ferdinand in May, 1814, by the decree
of Valencia. The Spaniard who would offer a
different counsel to this is a traitor to his country.
The conduct of Don Carlos lately is very Jes&-
tical ; he never raises his eyes to look at any person.
The Austrian and Russian Governments are doing
all in their power to generate jealousies and bid
feelings between France arid England on the subject
of Portugal. Metternich, it is evident, wants to act
on the old principle" divide et impera."

The visit of Pozzo di Borgo to London is gene,
rally believed to be connected with some Russiithi
project respecting Portugal. This visit was expe-
dited by the intelligence which arrived at Peters-
burgh, that Talleyrand and Lord Palmerston were
about to settle the claims, definitively, to the Lusi-
tanian throne.

We are without much information on the affairs
of Portugal ; but all the notices in the Gazette are
unfavourable to Don Pedro and we look to the ar-
rival of Sir S. Canning to enlighten us on the subject.
How far this Ambassadar Extraordinary may alter
the feelings of the Cabinet I cannot pretend to anti-
cipate; but at present they are decidedly unfavour-
able to the acknowledgment of Donna Maria ; and
you may take as one proof of that fact that Sarto-
rius has been ordered to remove his ships from their
former anchorage, in front of the town of Vigo, to
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to intermeddle in the affairs of Portugal ; and if the
mission of Sir S. Canning have a recognition of
Donna Maria for its object, I have no expectation
of its success. Indeed, lam assured, on good autho-
rity, that Sal torius has been ordered altogether from
the Spanish waters, which must be looked upon as
a very harsh proceeding in the winter season, with
his vessels not equipped for sea, and particularly so
if what I have seen stated in letters from Corunna
and Vigo be authentic, that 100 of his sailors in one
lot, and 30 in another, abandoned his ships, and are
now straying about Galicia.

Sir Stratford Canning has not yet arrived, but I
presume he is hourly looked for, as the Government
have reduced the quarantine on the frontier to 12
from 28 days, in his favour. A part of a Noble-
man's mansion is prepared for his family. Loro
W. Harvey, the Secretary of this legation, hi, re.
turned this evening from Lisbon, which he left five
days since, having been absent about a fortnight. I
do not understand that he brings any important in.
telligence; but, whatever it may be, it is, of course,
reserved for Mr. Addington, and the expected Am.
bassador Extraordinary. Madrid is perfectly quiet,
though, as a measure of prevention, the sentinels

are In many parts doubled at night, and Ido not
hear of any disturbances in the country.

Ten o'clock at night.
The Gazette is not yet out. I must close my
letter, as thg.Fiench post closes at this bout; but
f there be any thing in the Gazette I will send it by
he English post, as it remains open till 12.

The Count de BoußrisoNT, who recently
landed at Rotterdam from London, proceeded immediately
to Frankfort, where be has hired apartments for six mon•hs.
He was suffering so severely from the gout, that he wai
obliged to be carried from the vessel to the inn at Rutter.
darn.