Her majesty the queen regent of Spain during the minority of her daughter, Donna Isabella II., queen of Spain, and his imperial majesty, the duke of Braganza, regent of the kingdom of Portugal and of the Algarves, in the name of the queen Donna Maria II., being impressed with a deep conviction that the interests of the two crowns, and the security of their respective dominions, require the immediate and vigorous exertion of their joint efforts to put an end to hostilities, which, though directed in the first instance against the throne of his most faithful majesty, now afford shelter and support to disaffected and rebellious subjects of the crown of Spain; and their majesties being desirous, at the same time, to provide the necessary means for restoring to the subjects of each the blessings of internal peace, and to confirm, by mutual good offices, the friendship which they are desirous of establishing and cementing between their respective states, they have come to the determination of uniting their forces, in order to compel the infant Don Carlos of Spain, and the infant Don Miguel of Portugal, to withdraw from the Portuguese dominions.

"In consequence of this agreement, their majesties the regents have addressed themselves to their majesties the king of the United

Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the king of the French; and their said majesties, considering the interest they must always take in the security of the Spanish monarchy, and being further animated by the most anxious desire to assist in the establishment of peace in the Peninsula, as well as in every other part of Europe; and his Britannic majesty considering, moreover, the special obligations arising out of his ancient alliance with Portugal, their majesties have consented to become parties to the proposed engagement.

"Their majesties have therefore named as their plenipotentiaries, that is to say :

"His majesty the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the right hon. Henry John viscount Palmerston, baron Temple, a peer of Ireland, a member of his Britannic majesty's most hon. privy council, knight Grand Cross of the most hon. Order of the Bath, a member of parliament, and his principal secretary of state for foreign affairs.

"Her majesty the queen regent of Spain during the minority of her daughter, Donna Isabella II., queen of Spain, Don Manuel Pando, Fernandez de Pinedo, Alava, y Davila, marquis de Miraflores, count of Villapaterna, and of Florida-blanca, lord of Villagarcia, a grandee of Spain, Grand Cross of

the royal and distinguished Order of Charles III., and her Catholic majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to his Britannic majesty.

"His majesty, the king of the French, the sieur Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, prince duke de Talleyrand, peer of France, his said majesty's ambassador extraordinary, and minister plenipotentiary to his Britannic majesty, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen of Hungary, of the Order of St. Andrew, of the Order of the Black Eagle, &c.

And his imperial majesty the duke of Braganza, regent of the kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves, in the name of the queen Donna Maria II., the sieur Christopher Peter de Moraes Sarmento, a member of the council of her most faithful majesty, nobleman, knight of the royal house, commander of the Order of our Lady of the Conception of Villa Viciosa, knight of the Order of Christ, and her most faithful majesty's envoy extraordinary, and minister plenipotentiary to his Britannic majesty. "Who have agreed upon the following articles:

"Art. 1. His imperial majesty, the duke of Braganza, regent of the kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves, in the name of the queen Donna Maria II., engages to use all the means in his power to compel the infant Don Carlos to withdraw from the Portuguese dominions.

"Art. 2. Her majesty the queen regent of Spain, during the minority of her daughter, Isabella II., queen of Spain, being hereby requested and invited thereto by his

imperial majesty, the duke of Braganza, regent in the name of the queen Donna Maria II. ; and having moreover received just and grave cause of complaint against the infant Don Miguel, by the countenance and support given by him to the Pretender of the Spanish crown,-engages to cause such a body of Spanish troops as may hereafter be agreed upon between the two parties to enter the Portuguese territories, in order to co-operate with the troops of her most faithful majesty, for the purpose of compelling the infants, Don Carlos of Spain, and Don Miguel of Portugal, to withdraw from the Portuguese dominions. And her majesty the queen regent of Spain, further engages that these troops shall be maintained at the expense of Spain, and without any charge to Portugal; the said Spanish troops being nevertheless received and treated in all other respects in the same manner as the troops of her most faithful majesty; and her majesty the queen regent engages that her troops shall withdraw from the Portuguese territory as soon as the above-mentioned object of the expulsion of the infants shall have been accomplished, and when the presence of those troops in Portugal shall no longer be required by his imperial majesty the duke regent, in the name of the queen Donna Maria II.

"Art. 3. His majesty the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, engages to co-operate, by the employment of the naval force, in aid of the operations to be undertaken, in conformity with the engagements of this treaty, by the troops of Spain and Portugal.

"Art. 4. If the co-operation of France should be deemed necessary

by the high contracting parties, for the complete attainment of the object of this treaty, his majesty the king of the French engages to do in this respect, whatever might be settled by common consent between himself and his three august allies.

"Art. 5. It is agreed between the high contracting parties, that in pursuance of the stipulations contained in the foregoing articles a declaration shall be immediately issued, announcing to the Portuguese nation the principles and object of the engagements of this treaty. And his imperial majesty the duke regent, in the name of the queen Donna Maria II., animated by a sincere desire to obliterate all remembrance of the past, and to unite around the throne of her most faithful majesty the whole of that nation over which the will of Divine Providence has called her to reign, declares his intention to proclaim, at the same time, a complete and general amnesty in favour of all such of the subjects of her most faithful majesty as shall, within a time to be specified, return to their allegiance; and his imperial majesty the duke regent

in the name of queen Donna Maria II., also declares his intention to secure to the infant Don Miguel, on his retiring from the Spanish and Portuguese dominions, a provision suitable to his birth and rank.

"Art. 6. Her majesty the queen regent of Spain, during the minority of her daughter, Donna Isabella II., queen of Spain, hereby declares her intention to secure to the infant Don Carlos, on his retiring from the Spanish and Portuguese dominions, a provision suitable to his birth and rank.

"Art. 7. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London in one month from this date, or sooner if possible.

"In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms.

"Done at London, the 22nd day of April, in the year of our Lord 1834.

"PALMERSTON. "MIRAFLORES. "TALLEYRAND.

"C. P. DE MORAES SARMENTO."

"Noble, Well-born, &c.,-Since your last meeting violent political convulsions have shaken Europe. Providence maintained the tranquillity of the united kingdom under the protection of the laws which secure public order and the rights

of all.

"The prudence of the govern

ment has hitherto prevented seve ral explosions that were apprehended, and hence our blood has been spared. Let us hope that uninterrupted peace will unite more and more closely the interests of nations; it affords too extensive a field for the activity of all to be lightly risked; and the right of humanity de

mands a conciliation of views, a union of interests.

"Some provinces, especially the northern, have suffered by a failure of the harvest: the public beneficence has rewarded the efforts of the government, and contributed to remedy the most pressing wants. Distresses of this urgent nature, however, must not be renewed, and the necessity of some measures of precaution will certainly draw your attention, as it constantly has done. "The cholera morbus has threatened this kingdom, but has been arrested by the gracious protection of the Almighty. Whatever differences of opinion may prevail respecting the contagiousness or noncontagiousness of this disorder, I have considered the doubt as sufficient to command, and to carry into effect, the necessary precautionary

measures.

"The statement which will be laid before the Diet of what has been done in the administration of the kingdom, will acquaint you with the principles that have guided the course of the government. The secret committee which I intend to call together, will have an opportunity to inform itself respecting the application of these principles in the vicissitudes through which we have passed.

"Every proposed improvement in our social system must, in order to be truly useful, be subjected to mature deliberation, and be founded on the lessons of experience; the fundamental laws prescribe the forms that are to be observed; those must serve as a guide to the two legislative powers of the state. These fundamental principles themselves remind us, that Sweden is bound in the estates of the kingdom to the maintenance of its existence, and the preservation of its

name.

The Swedes have their national peculiarities and customs; but it would be unjust to consider them as indifferent to other nations, even though they did not adopt all their doctrines. The Swedes have already gained a degree of general cultivation in which few nations can pretend to excel them. The advantages of this civilization are diffused among all classes of society. Swedish liberty is as old as the monarchy. Our glorious recollections go back into the night of antiquity; but this glory, the support of freedom, cannot be maintained without independence. This again is inti. mately connected with the use of the power which makes independence respected. The experience of all ages shows that nations the most used to war are wearied by war; but states which have been founded by arms cannot subsist, unless the inhabitants, remembering their origin, are always ready again to take up arms. Our army, which is drawn from the people, and will have five kinds of arms, consists of 100,000 men, and can inspire only confidence, for it lives amidst its fellow-citizens, who rely as well on the sentiments of the army, as on its sense of its own interest.

"Every proposal respecting the situation and the wants of the government will now be laid before you. The extraordinary estimates are separated from the ordinary expenditure. I have endeavoured to confine all of them within the bounds of the existing resources. Consider conscientiously the want of these estimates, which are so necessary for the safety and the exist◄ ence of the kingdom. In the repose of peace a government must, without reserve, place the extent of several wants before the eyes of the representatives of the people.

This will be rendered more easy to you, gentlemen, by the happy situation of the provinces. The first duty of the government and of the representatives is to secure to every citizen the peaceable enjoyment of his rights, and the unmolested use of his property. Nothing can prosper when the representative coin has not a fixed value. Let us, therefore, hasten to give those who possess anything security for the preservation of what they have ac quired. Let us open new prospects to diligence, activity, and frugality. Let us prepare encouragement and support to all allowed professions. Let us acknowledge the truth, that a good system of finance is one of the main foundations of the existence of the state. Let us improve and encourage agriculture and manufactures. Thus we shall obtain in exchange for our own productions those which are produced beyond sea. Private and public in terest must here be blended together. Necessity commands that political views and the system of finance should tend to one subject. The law of the 1st of March, 1830, regulating the coinage, is our guide; it determines our reciprocal obligations. Projects of laws on the bank and its directors will be laid before you let us not forget that the bank belongs to the state; that the people are entitled to have the full extent of the right granted to the managers of a capital of a loan of the value of a circulating me

dium; and, lastly, that the laws and regulations for the bank must be clear, simple, easy of execution, and therefore inviolable.

"Never do we perform our duties to ourselves better than when we remember that our pos terity will reap the fruits of our efforts. The terrestrial goal of the individual man is death, but nations await a prolonged life; therefore, when man labours for himself, he labours more for the society to which he belongs.

"When, almost a quarter of a century ago, I took the oath to your fundamental laws, I observed to the estates of the kingdom that it was not the extent of a state alone that constitutes its strength and independence, but also its laws, its commerce, its industry, and above all its national spirit. I now repeat to you these truths.

"The agreement between your views and mine has prepared for the country the tranquillity and undisturbed order, the fruits of which it has reaped for more than 22 years. Independence, peace, friendly connexions with foreign countries, tranquillity, and obedience to the laws at home,—such is the posture that the united kingdom of Sweden and Norway now offers to Europe.

"I invoke upon our labours the blessing of the Almighty, and assure you all together, and each in particular, of the continuance of my royal favour and affection."