The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-27 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Extract of a Private Letter, dated MADRID, Aptil 12.
It is impossible to describe the eiFect. which the news of the
recent-events at Naples has produced here. It was brought to
Barcelona by Col.. de Conciliis,. a Member of ,the Parliament.
The King communicated it to the Cortes in a Message, in
which his Majesty loudly manifested how blameable the conduct
of the Neapolitan Princes appeared to him : that he ' trusted
that thosSpaniards, in similar circumstances, would not behave
like the Neapolitans ; 'and, to conclude, that in the political
situation of Europe, it was to be }wed that the Allied Powers
would not interfere . with the affairs of the Peninsula. The
Cortes decided, that a Contnittee .should go up with- thanks to
his Majesty for his Message, and concert measures which it
might vitae-- proper to take under existing circumstances.
(This passed in a, ecret Sitting.) this subject an important
discussion was brought on the tapis, viz., whether the Commit.
tee should see the King in private, or whether in the presence of
his Ministers. ..The party of the. late Ministers warmly oppos-
ed the last pitposition, and the Count de Toreno said, that the
present Ministers did not deserve public confidence to such a
degree that the _Deputies of the Legislative Body could speak
to his Majesty in their presence. M. Traver combated this
opinion' with much energy. " I see," he said, " and lam
forced to say it against my inclination, that there is a faction in
the bosoth of the-Cortes, and that th'.s: faction is discontented :
that the King, having made use of the powers which the COn-.
stitution has given him, haS eltanged,the Ministry, who flatter
themselves with the hope of seeing the men replaced who have
just been deprived of the confidence of . the' onarch. They
flatter themselves in vain. They have fallen for ever. Public
opinion had dismissed them before the King did se. 'And,
after • this fall, which all national -interests -demanded,
tl.eir friends dare show here the spite which it has occasioned !
Sixty millions of the' Paris loan have disappeared, and yet they
dare speak of -their probity ! Spain is full .of disorders
enmities, factions—enemies of the present system ; and they
boast of their foresight ! Gentlemen, if the present Ministers
do not please us, so much the worse for us. They are neither
our servants nor our organs. They are the servants and the
organs of the-Rim... It ts to him that the constitution grants
the right of appointing and dismissing therm. Let us require
their resstnsibility if it be called for. But how shall we do it ?
Their pi`edeeessors took good .care not to call for this important
law (the law for the responsibility of Ministers), without which
an administration will be always sheltered from all punish-
ment," This speech made a strong iiiiptession on the
assembly. It has added much to the enormous desertions which
the fallen Ministers have every instant experienced. Our se-
cret societies become every day more numerous and formidable.
Besides masons, who are • divided into two families, and the
Carbonari, who have spread in theamost rapid manner, we have
seen revived the 'ancient Comuneros, the association which the
name of -Padilla has rendered immortal, and which caused so
much care and uneasiness to Charles V. This political sect
has spread widely in the army. A great number of Generals,
Who distinguished them Selves in the last war, ..are members of it.
At Guatialaxara; a pretty cisiderable town, ten leakues from
this capital, there was yesterday a slight tumult. 'The work-
men in a cloth-manufactory belonging to the Governinent, be-
ing informed that it was the intention to suppress these esta-
blishments, collected in the-sqUare, armed, and tried out with
all their might---:" Death to the Constitution !"—" The Duke
of Infantado for ever !" This personage, who was in the town;
went immediately to the place of meeting, addressed the
rioters, and succeeded in reducing them to order.—lii the Sit-
ting of yesterday, the presentation of several of his works by
Mr. Bentham was reported to the Cortes. The Assembly re-
ceived the present with gratitude, and ordered that the books
should be deposited in the library. The new draught of a law
respecting popular Societies, was approved almost unanimous-
ly, and after a very slight discussion. The articles of this law
put many more restrictions than that of the last Session on the
right of association.. It is impossible that our citizens can
assembleafter the restrictions imposed upon them, and the re-
sponsibility with which they are loaded. We cannot cease
wondering at this strange defect in the vision of our Legisla-
tors, who persist in seeing dangerS precisely in that quarter
where they. do not exist, and never have existed.