The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-05 00:00:00

SPAIN.

(OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.)
" Madam—Your Majesty having so nobly and gene-
rously assumed the duties of the mother of all Spaniards,
tracing out to your illustrious daughter, our innocent. Queen,
the path of glory through which she will one day have to
conduct this magnanimous nation to that pinnacle of happi-
ness it so well deserves, you cannot think it strange if in
now.doing myself the honour to propose a great and impor-
tant measure for the suppression of the civil war which
devastates the country, I should avoid the expression of
certain sentiments which might at another time be required
to convince your Majesty of the importance and urgency of
their adoption.
" It is a truth so palpable as to be in accordance with
the experience of all ages, and strengthened at the present
day in Spain by the powerful and constant voice of public
opinion,
that the union of the lovers of the Throne and of
liberty is the first requisite for a nation's safety, and that
once effected, as fortunately has
_been the case—thanks to
the well-known
,good sense and honour of the Spanish
people, and in spite of the arts of their enemies—the con-
clusion of the war now goint. on in the northern portion of
the Peninsula ought to be the grand object of all our exer-
tions ; that being obtained, we may flatter ourselves with
the certainty of the success of the internal affairs of the
country—a success equally called for by the welfare of the
nation and the spirit of the age, and which cannot fail to be
realized through the united efforts of the Crown, and those
of the representatives of the kingdom.
" To put an end to the war there certainly has been
wanting neither valour nor constancy on the part of the
heroic army which has so long kept the field, and which,
despising obstacles serious in the eyes of the bravest sol-
diers of the day, has sealed with its blood on various glo-
rious occasions the fidelity it had sworn to observe. All
that is necessary are proper measures in order to coun-
teract advantages so notorious as the nature of the ground,
the local traditions of the country, and the character which
from the earliest periods has been attributed to the inhabi-
•tants of Navarre and of the Biscayan provinces:
" The simultaneous,aprompt, and rapid enforcements of
these means, will not only serve to prevent evils to which
all the inhabitants of the same country are' liable, and spare
the bitter tears of humanity, but it will also diminish the
pecuniary sacrifices which the prolongation of the war
dust entail. Nor ought this extraordinary exertion to
render lukewarm those who causelessly entertain apprehen-
sions for the prosperity of the country. Before Europe
had increased its armies to the extent of the force possessed
at the present day, and which amounts to more than
3,000,000 men, and before it had as yet known all the
magic influence of credit, it was even 'admitted that a
nation might arm without any serious inconvenience, and
for a short time, at least 20,000 men for each million of
souls. _ _ _ _

" The demonstration so openly made by the inhabitants
of the different provinces of the kingdom, of their readi-
ness to expose their lives and fortunes for the purpose of
the extermination of rebellion, of securing the crown of
Spain for your august daughter, and its public rights for
a nation which has made so many exertions to recover
them—that demonstration, I repeat, is one of the strongest
supports of my present proposal, relying as I do on the
fact that this heroic people, whose valour and virtues in
1808 were the admiration of the whole world, will repeat
at the present crisis that glorious example of civil courage
and loyalty ; and thus, by obtaining the blessing of do-
mestic peace, and by encouraging and protecting the insti-
tutions of the country, it will be contributing to secure
the general tranquillity of Europe. It is now time that
the torch of discord should be for ever distinguished in
the Peninsula, and that the pretexts of the enemies of its
glory and prosperity should vanish.

" One hundred thousand men added to those now fight-
ing for the liberties of the country, organized and em-
ployed with proper expedition, rigour, and address, which
may be relied upon from a Government exclusively do-
voted to the good of the country, and at th• head of
which your Majesty presides, must have the effect of suc-
cessively contracting the space which the enemy now taint
by their presence, exhausting their strength by undoubted
victories, until the whole scene of the insurrection is oc-
cupied, and until those who maintain it are effectually over-
thrown.

" For the accomplishment of these important ends, I
have the honour to propose for your Majesty's approbation
the annexed Royal degree, summoning all Spaniards to
carry arms from 18 to 40 years of age, and appointing the
selection from among them of 100,000 men, whose organi-
zation and equipment in all respects I have proposed to
your Majesty in a separate form. . .

" A n►easure of this great and important kind is at once
in conformity with the exalted sentiments of this generous
nation, and with those of your Majesty, who, impelled by
the gravity of existing circumstances, cannot fail to obtain
the sincere approbation of the Cortes for the tranquillity and
repose which this.great effort will produce, making, once
for all, an end of the enemies of ti►e throne and of liberty,
and securing the future destinies of the country, by opening
to unborn generations the career of prosperity prepared by
the present at so great a sacrifice.

"Nlaiam, at your Majesty's Royal feet,
" El Conde de ALNIODOVAR.

" Madrid, Oct. 24, 1835."

ROYAL DECREES.

" In the glorious career of liberty and darieg which is
open to the Spaniards assembled around the legitimate
throne, everything depends on the speedy conclusion of the
fratricidal war Maintained by the partisans of the Pre-
tender, enemies at once of the rights of the nation, and of
those of my august daughter. This necessity becoming
daily more imperious, it must be confessed requires costly
sacrifices, but not of long duration, nor in any degree incon-
sistent with the noble and generous character of those who
have so often sighed to immortalize their names with
heroism and acts of loyalty and patriotism. This consi-
deration, irresistible in its strength, and so amply ex-
pounded in the addresses presented to me, supported by
the spontaneous expression of public opinion, and foreseen
by the Cortes in" voting the law of the 31st of December
last, as appears from its third article, has decided my Royal
mind to ordain the levy of a great armament fqr tlia attain-
, ment of tliis inp,ortqnt cud, And in order to realize it, af-
ter consulting my Cabinet Council, 'I have resolved, in the
name of my august daughter, to decree what follow :
" Art. 1. All Spaniards who are bachelors or widower
without children, teetiveen 18 and 40 ye ml qf called
to carry arms, upd Irp betwernard tp be regarkd as soldiers.
!` tin.mb,er which the levy shall produce,
100,000 IPeF! 041111:!1.14a.t0Y, 6 §44qo the V.PrI29W
of being orgammi 4114 e iii pc.
3, Tiie;,e 1001000 meg 41ia I bo distributed among the
various provinces of the kingdom, according to the popu-
lation, it being the duty of the Captains-General, in con-
junction with the provincial deputations, to adopt the most
expeditious means for. making the contingent of each prTi.
vincc 9trqckiN:.
"4. 'here shall only bp excepted-from this service those
who are physically dissinalified, those who are ordained for