The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-04 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, Nov. 25.—General Narvaez has accepted the in-
vitation of the Sevillians to take the Presidency of their Junta.
He arrived on the 18th in Seville, along with Cortina, the
Commissioner sent to inform him of the appointment, and bas
entered already on the duties of that perilous office. He was
received outside the town by General Cordova, at the Cruz
del Campo, and after a cordial (I) embrace, the two Generals
entered the city among the cheers of the inhabitants, who illu-
minated their houses in the evening, in celebration of this
strange event.
The principal personages of the drama are thus fairly launched
on the stage, the first act gone through, and expectation at
the highest pitch here for the denouement, perhaps for the ca-
tastrophe, which is much more likely. Narvaez, as I informed
you in my last, has some prestige in the south, and may, by
judicious conduct, continue to form an element of the
movement going forward, but his success entirely depends
on himself. The slightest swerving on his part from the
line chalked out by the movement party must at once terminate
his career, perhaps effect his ruin. The people lam inclined
to think, are not and will not be deceived with respect to their
friends and their enemies. As to Cordova, the public mind is
already made up here as to his not holding long the reins of
Government in the province. It is obvious that the conduct
of b,,th Narvaez and Cordova has been directed to secure, if
possible, a counterpoise in the south to the power of Espartero
in the north. In this respect omitting the thousand other cir-
cumstances of their position, it is the case of Cwsar
and Pompey ; but upon how odious and small a scale ?
In this, however, neither of these personages has the
slightest chance of successful opposition to Espartero.
With all his faults, he commands, as a military man, the
greatest share of popular prestige in Spain of all others.
The appointment of a thoroughly national and liberal Mi-
nistry, supported by him and Van Halen, would of course
bring the south of Spain into harmony with the north and
centre, and thus, in one hour, leave the two heroes of the
Seville revolution without a soldier or a subject. This is the
course which the exigencies of the hour demand ; but Alaiz
cometh not, and until he do we shall have no Government. In
consequence of his non-arrival none was appointed last night.
The folly of delay on the part of the Queen, and those around
her, has ceased to be spoken of with patience.
A most violent debate took place in the Congress, and in-
deed in the Senate yesterday, on the subject of the Malaga
elections. These elections, as you are aware, took place dur-
ing the state of siege. The validity of the returns was con-
sequently attacked, and the great and angry question of all
the certainly disgraceful proceedings of the Moderados in that
town was of course dragged into the discussion. The details
of such a purely local and personal affair can of course be of
no possible interest to your readers. After a violent alterca-
tion between the speakers who took part in the debate, the re-
turns were voted approved by a small majority.
There is 110 local or other news of interest here to-day.
Senor Aguilar, late Spanish Minister, in London, had arrived
in Corunna by the last accounts from that place ; but, though
expected by his friends here to-day, has not yet arrived in
Madrid.