The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-08 00:00:00

No. 11.

Note addressed by his Excellency Don Francisco Martinez
de la Rosa, Prime Minister of Spain, to his Excellency
Agostinho Jose Freire, the Portuguese Minister for Foreign
Affairs at Lisbon

" Most Excellent Sir, my Lard,--It is very gratifying to
me that my Erst official communication with your Excellency
should take place at such a favourable moment, and when at
the end of a struggle which bas for such a length of time de-
solated your country, every thing seems to indicate a new era
of tranquillity and glory. It is also not less pleasing to me to
consider that the Government of her Most Faithful Majesty
will have perceived in the noble and loyal conduct of the
Spanish Government the sincere desire which influences the
Queen, my Royal Mistress, to keep up with the Portuguese
kingdom the most intimate relations of friendship and alliance.
" In further corroboration of these sentiments, previous to
the signing of the recent treaty in London, the Spanish troops
had crossed the frontiers of Portugal, in order to contribute
as far as lay in their power to the triumph of the legitimate
cause; and it is a remarkable circumstance, that before the
exchange of the ratifications to the said treaty is officially
known, the struggle which caused its being entered into should
have been ended.

" But for the very reason that the triumph has been so ra-
pid and complete, the want of provision, in not assuring its
consequences by all and every possible means, would be inex-
cusable ; and the Spanish Government, faithful on its part not
only to the letter of the said treaty, but to its spirit and mean-
ing, will consider it as the guide of its conduct in the sundry
transactions and effects conducing to its complete execution.
" His Majesty has seen, with the greatest pleasure, that the
Government of her Most Faithful Majesty, agreeing in these
sentiments, has directed its Minister Plenipotentiary at this
Court to state in the most distinct manner (which the Cheva-
lier Sarmento has done, in a note which he has addressed to
me under date of 29th of last month) that 'it is the opinion of
her Most Faithful Majesty's Ministeis'that neither the Spanish
Pretender nor the Portuguese Usurper should be set at liberty,
even though it were to distance them from the Peninsula,
without the consent of each of the respective Governments.'
This line of conduct, so conformable with the principles of
justice and a foreseeing policy, is the same which the Cabinet
of her Majesty has adopted, and in conformity with it, the mo-
ment that the approaching crisis of the events in Portugal was
known in this royal country residence, Sitio, the Spanish Mi-
nistry lost no time in communicating to the Ambassador of his
Majesty the King of the French, as well as to the Minister
from his Britannic Majesty (the Minister of her Most Faithful
Majesty could not be present at this confidential interview, be-
cause he was that (1;4 at Madrid), what the views and inten-
tions of her IV:diesty the Queen Regent were, in order that the
four Pc-wers who had signed the treaty of London should pro-
d'accord respecting the fate and ulterior destiny. of both
Princes, as a natural consequence of the said convention.
" The end of the civil war became known afterwards, as well
as the generous amnesty granted by his Imperial Majesty the
Duke of Braganza, in the name of his august daughter, to the
vanquished party, the seventh article of the same deserving
attention for its provision and wisdom, which says as follows :
—' Don Miguel will agree to leave Portugal within 15 days,
declaring that he will never return to any place in the pro-
vinces of the Spanish and of the Portuguese dominions, and
that he will in no way assist in disturbing the tranquillity of
these kingdoms, under the penalty of forfeiting the annual
pension which has been granted him, and being besides subject
to the other consequences of his proceedings.'
" It consequently appears, according to the tenor of official
documents of the Government of her Most Faithful Majesty,
that it has deemed, with great reason, that it was necessary to
secure two important points,—l. That neither the Spanish
Pretender nor the Portuguese Usurper should be set at large
without the previous consent of the respective Governments.
2. That even granting this consent, common prudence re-
commended that the Prince should be required to give, pre-
vious to his quitting the Peninsula, the explicit promise of
not again returning to any part of the territory of either of the
two kingdoms, or of otherwise disturbing in any manner what-
ever their tranquillity, under the risk of losing the annual
allowance which might have been granted him on account of
his elevated birth, and further exposing himself to the risk and
consequences of his ulterior proceedings.
" These conditions were imposed on Don Miguel in the
very country in which he had reigned de facto during several
years, and when there were still several divisions of troops
which had not surrendered their arms, and at the very time
when sundry fortified towns still held out for him.
" Widely different from this, the Prince Don Carlos was, in
a foreign country, followed only by a gang of rebels, exposed to
be pursued and followed by the troops of the legitimate Queen,
and without any other shelter or refuge than what he could
look to from the intercession of the Allied Powers, and the
noble sentiments of the Queen Regent. By common report
only it has reached the Spanish Government that he has been
allowed to quit Evora, and proceed to Aldea Gallega, for the
purpose of embarking in that place on board a British ship,
without her Majesty the Queen Regent having been made ac-
quainted, or the General-in-Chief of her army, who was so
near at hand, having been informed, of the intentions and ob-
jects of the said Prince, or whether any promises and guaran-
tees have been demanded of him, or whether, before his de-
parture is allowed to take place, and his ulterior destination
fixed, the previous consent of the Spanish Government, as
most interested in the matter, will be waited for. And al-
though her Majesty trusts, that in accordance with the senti-
ments which prevail with her august allies, nothing which
can have the least semblance of precipitation will have been
done in a matter of such transcendancy, her Majesty has ex-
pressly commanded me, in order to guard against every case
and event, to make the opportune communications as well to
the Cabinet of her Most Faithful Majesty as to those of Paris
and London, not only for the purpose of stating with befitting
dignity and good faith her Majesty's views and intentions
respecting the grave matter in question, but also for the pur-
pose of drawing the attention of her august allies towards three
important points:—
" 1. The justice and propriety of demanding, at least, from
Don Carlos, the same conditions and promises which were ex-
acted from Don Miguel in the seventh article already
referred to.

" 2. The right which the Spanish Government has of not
acceding on its part to the said Prince's fixing his ulterior resi-
dence, without previously obtaining the epecial consent of her
Majesty, and the approval of all the Powers, parties to the
treaty of London.

" 3. That for the purpose of guarding against the possibi-
lity of the treaty being illusory and of no avail, and on the
contrary, with the end that it may be considered in all its
force and activity even after the expulsion of both Princes, it
would be expedient that the same four Allied Powers should
publish a solemn declaration, stating that the treaty is still in
existence for the purpose of securing the common object which
was the basis of it ; and that if unfortunately Don Miguel or
Don Carlos should return to these kingdoms, or attempt to
disturb the tranquil possession of the crowns by their legitimate
Queens, the said Powers would consider themselves obliged to
comply with its stipulations, and joining all their powers and
efforts, counteract any attempt at usurpation, and secure the
enjoyment of that peace which is so necessary to the general
repose of Europe.
" In these very terms I have, by command of her Majesty
the Queen, my Royal Mistress, transmitted notes to the Am-
bassador from his Majesty the King of the French and to the
Minister of his Britannic Majesty at this Court ; and her Ma-
jesty hopes for the continuance of the best harmony and good
understanding between the four nations who signed the treaty
of London, until such an important undertaking is accom-
plished.
" Her Majesty has commanded me to make this communi-
cation to your Excellency, in order that your Excellency may
be good enough to elevate the same to the knowledge of his
Imperial Majesty the Duke of Braganza, and that it may ob-
tain (her Majesty confidently hopes) an object so essential for
the future pacification of both kingdoms.
" I avail myself, &c.,
" FRANCISCO MARTINEZ de la ROSA.
" Aranjuez, June 3."
" To the Most Excellent Senhor Agostinho Jose Freire,
Minister for Foreign Affairs of her Most Faithful Ma-
jesty the Queen of Portugal, &c., Lisbon."