The Sun.
London, England, 1833-04-10 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

BERLIN, MARCH 30.—Public Journals have not
failed to represent, in a totally false light, the
appointment of General %Vitzleben to exercise the
functions of Minister of War, during the absence
and illness of General Hake ; they would have it
believed that an entire change in many parts of our
military organization was intended, at least expected.
The changes which are contemplated in the time of
service for the soldiers, and various other points,
do not affect the essential bases of our military
organization ; and the reduction of the number of
the troops that Prussia maintains under arms, is a
measure that has been long intended, and the exe-
cution of which seems now to be practicable, since
France has also undertaken a considerable reduction
of its army, by which the tranquillity of Europe is
more and more secured.

Prussia interests itself extremely in the preserva-
tion of the Porte ; and in consequence of the high
and neutral position of our Cabinet, the Prussian
Ambassador at Constantinople will be called upon
du!ing the present crisis frequently to exercise a
useful influence. It is affirmed that this subject
has been the occasion of very active communica-
tions between our Cabinet and the two Imperial
Courts, and that the Allied Courts look on this
matter nearly in the same light.
STUTGARP, APRIL I.—The municipal autho-
rities of the town of Gmund, in an address to the
Minister of Finance, have expressed a wish that
his Majesty may be pleased to conclude a cam-
menial treaty with Prussia on the principles of
true political economy with which high duties of
customs are inconsistent.

We hear that a deputation of the citizens of
Tubingen has arrived here to express to M. Gustavus
Pfizer, their representative in the Chamber of De-
puties,theirgratitude for his conduct in the Assembly
of the States. They declared that no consideration of
the probability of detriment to the interest of their
city, the possible removal of the University, B‘c.would
prevent them from re-electing him and giving him
all necessary support. As a public proof of their
sentiments they had sent 50 of their number to ac-
company him from Stutgard to Tubingen ; many
believe that this example of one of the principal
towns will find others to imitate it.

DARMSTADT, A PRIL 2.—The happy news has
been received here to-day that his Royal Highness
the hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, who is now at
Munich on his return from Vienna, and who had
asked for the hand of the Princess Matilda, eldest
daughter of the King of Bavaria, is already betrothed
to that Princess. ThiS event, while it fulfils the ar-
dent wishes of tho Gland Ducal family, will doubt-
less be received with great joy in the whole
country.—Frankfort Papers, April 4.

SPAIN.

OFFICIAL ARTICLE-ROYAL DECREE.

" From a desire of improving the condition of the In-
dividuals included in the Royal decree of amnesty of the
15th of October last, not merely those who shall have re-
turned to their country in consequeoce of it, but those
who, without having quitted Spain, are yet impurified
and without employment ; and being, in like manner,
desirous of affording all possible assistance to such of the
refugees as may have held offices previous to the po-
litical disturbances of 1820, X have adopted the follow-
ing regulations:--
" 1. All emigrants or exiles who shall have returned
to the peninsula, or who may return within six months
after this date, will be restored to the rank and honours
they may have enjoyed at the time of their emigration or
banishment.

" 2. Those who at the time of such emigration shall
have been 15 years in his Majesty's service, will be al-
lowed the use of their uniforms, and the enjoyment of all
privileges which they would have been entitled to on re-
tiring from the service, or in case of superannuation.
" 3. Those who, on the 7th of March, 1820, had per-
formed more than 20 years' service, will be entitled, from
this date, to a pension equal to the four-fifths of what is
all,wed to officers of 25 years' service, by the decree of
the 3d of June, 1828, on their superannuation or retire-
ment from the service. Officers of the civil departments
will be entitled to the four-fifths of the pay designated in
article 2 of the Royal decree of the 3d of April, if their
time of service be the same as that expressed in said
decree.

" 4. Fifteen years of service in the military profession,
up to the 7th of March, 1820, will entitle officers now
more than 50 years of age to the pension assigned in the
preceding article.

"5. Those whose time of service shall have been less
than that required by articles 3 and 4, will be allowed the
three-fifths of the pension granted as above.
" 6. Staff.officers, to whom the Rlyal decree of June,
1828, is not applicable, will be admitted to the benefit of
articles 1 and 2 preceding, and their pensions will be—to
Brigadiers, the full amount granted to C ,lonels after 25
years' service; to Field-Marshals, the mime as to Briga
diets and half as much more; to Lieutenant- Generals,
double the amount paid to Brigadiers.
"7. Those who without having been emigrants or
exiles, and who, consequently, are not comprised in ar-
ticle 1 of the decree of October, 1828, but who, from
their not having solicited purification, had lost the right
to claim their respective privileges, rank, and pensions,
will now be entitled to such rank, privileges, and pensions,
" 8. Those who may have solicited purification without
obtaining it, will be admitted to the same privilege.
" 9. Officers who, at the time of the publication of the
amnesty, were under purification, and were absolved agree.
ably to the 6th rule of the circular of October last, will
receive an unlimited license, if belonging to the active
service. Civil officers will be classed among the Cesantes
who have been duly purified.
" 1, S. The act of undergoing purification may be under-
stood to extend to cases where the proceedings may have
stopped for want of a definitive decision, or because the
party concerned was found to have belonged to the na-
tional militia ; as also to cases where an appeal shall
have been made in consequence of an unfavourable
decision.

" 11. Those who may have been impurified in the first
instance, and dismissed from the service, or from office,
without any sentence having been pronounced in the se-
cond, as allowed by my decree of March 9, 1830, will be
admitted to claim a compensation corresponding to their
services up to the date of such dismissal.
" 12. As all past political offences are pardoned by the
amnesty of October 15, 1830, except a few cases therein
specified, it follows that the lst and 2d article of the pre-
sent decree are also applicable to such persons as have re-
cognised or served the usurper of my crown during the
war of 1808 to 1814.

" 13. The Royal decree of amnesty also includes those
who may have taken part in the insurrection of America,
and who, having resided in the revolted country, shall be
settled in Spain at the time of the publication of the pre-
sent decree, the benefits of which will likewise be ex-
tended to wild persons according to their respective cir-
cumstances.

" 14. The pensions assigned by this decree will be paid
by the treasurers of the provinces to which the parties en-
titled to them may belong, and the claimants, in order to
obtain payment, must repair to, and establish themselves
in, their respective towns or places where they resided
previous to the disturbances of 1820, giving notice thereot
to the proper local authorities.

" 15. Agreeably to regulation 2 of the circular of the
40th of October last, all persons included in the Royal
decree of amnesty have a right to solicit and hold such
place 3 as the Government may think proper to confer on
them. There is, therefore, no obstacle to their entering
again into office in the same or in different departments,
nor will the Government fail to give due attention to any
petitions that may be addressed to it through the proper
channel, provided the party interested prove worthy of
this consideration by their loyalty and good conduct.
" Madrid, March 22. (Under the King's Rubric.)
" To pon Josef de la Cruz."

" ROYAL ORDER.—DEp4RTMENT OF WAR.
1. The various royal orders prohibiting military men
from coming to Madrid without the competent royal license
are hereby strictlf reinforced. 2. All retired officers, or
other military men, at present in the capital without said
royal license, will therefore depart from it within 24 hours.
3. In regard to those who are here in virtue of royal
license, your Excellency will furnish me with a statement
of the date of such license, and of the reasons of its having
been granted. 4. Your L.;;.eePency will notify the refugees
in your jurisdiction that may he ineluded in tbs.: royal decree
of yesterday, to present themselves before you without delay.
These persons are to exhibit to you their pas ports, and a
note of tbeir rang in the army, their time of service, their
place of birth, and the object of their petitions to the
Government, &c. 6. These petitions you will transmit to this
department, and without waiting the decision, you will
furnish the individuals in question with the necessary
passports for their return Wine, designating the route, and

allowing each for his expenses one month's pay, according
to his grade. 7. In the prformance of this duty you will
he assisted by a commissary of war, and a clerk of the
Treasury. 8. In case of any resistance to this order, you
are authorized to deprive the offenders of their dues, and
to put them under arrest, that they may afterwards be sent
away in the manner that may appear most convenient.
9. Finally, you will take the proper measures to prevent
any excesses disgraceful to the military profession, by
which it may be attempted to obstruct the execution of
this order. But if any military man, with or without
uniform, be found forming groups, or exciting disturb-
ances, or wearing arms of a prohibited kind, you will im-
mediately cause him to be arrested, that he may be
punished as a disturber of the public peace.
" By Royal order, " LA CRUZ.
" Madrid, March 21.
" To the Captain-General of the province of Madrid."