Star.
London, England, 1830-02-15 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Silt—l have been greatly amused with an article in
the Morning Post of this day, upon Spain—having for its
object to show the promising condition of that country,
to extol the Government, the King, his representative
at the Engiish Court, in short every thing in the present
state of Spain. But whilst the writer has done all this,
he has contrived, whether from fun, from malice, or
from obtuseness of intellect, to take a course leading to
a conclusion directly contrary. He tells us Spain is
dividid into three parties, the two former possessing
real power, and the first of these parties is composed of
the advocates of the most violent measures,such as "the re-
establishment of the Inquisition."—Admirably argued !
Happy country where such parties possess the real
power ! The learned publicist next ascribes to the;
" unfortunate influence" of this country, the procras-
tination of those conciliatory measures which Europe
wishes and Ferdinand himself is most anxious to follow.
This, to be sure, is a good King, and worthy of the
confidence of his people, who is weak enough to sub-
mit to such trammels, and has not strength to break
the chains by which he is bound by a furious party.
A good King he certainly is in one sense—he is good
for nothing. Now what are the symptoms of improve-
ment in Spain for the discovery of which the world
is so much indebted to the Morning Post? " The
canal of the Ebro will soon be completed." What is
the fact ? Not one step has been taken in that
week. An ex-officer of engineers, it is true, was
seat there to draw some plans, but he never was paid
• salary, nor even the expencee of his journey. The
" spirit of investigation pervading the people of Madrid,"
will perhaps produce some effect in the next age. But
according to the same admirable authority, there are
other grounds of sanguine expectation. A rumour pre-
vails that Count Ofalia, Labrador, and several others, will
be appointed to the Ministry, the first as Secretary of
State. Now, Count Ofalia has been already Secretary
of State, and what sanguine expectations did he realise ?
He was dismissed.—His life was next threatened by the
Royalist volunteers, even in his native town, and he was
obliged to ask permission to go to France, to avoid the
fury of this very party, who, the writer asserts, are yet
in possession of the real power. If we could suppose
that the last remnant of the dark intrigue—of Ckunarilla
manoeuvring—will disappear, and make way for a more p-
neroue (less brutal would perhaps be more proper) systems'
of politics ; we might cease to wonderfully pity that
wretched country, more wretched than many of the bar-
barous nations of Africa. But there is no foreboding of
any such thing. The same system of misgovernment is
now in greater force than in the scandalous and devas-
tating days of Maria Louisa and Goday, which brought
upon Spain the for ever lamentable invasion of 1808—
the same, which in the fatal and degrading period from
1814 to 1820, plunged Spain in new calamities. It is a
truth, a bitter truth, there are some men of talent—not
of character, who lend themselves to a party that detests
them; and hence the present insignificant government
has obtained a sort of ephemeral credit. These men,
who do not hesitate to purchase gold with infamy, will
repent, perhaps, at a not very distant day, of their mis-
calculations.
Friday, Feb. 12. A SPANIARD.

The late severe weather is found to have greatly re-
duced the usual receipts at the Theatres of Paris, at this
season of the year.
The Quotidienne has announced that Mademoiselle
SOISTAO is only married eivilentent (civilly,)—nothing
mom—Figaro.
Don Micurt., they say, is occupied with s plan of a
general amnesty. Few people will feel inclined to avail
themselves of it. Don MIGUEL is never more dangerous
than in his clemency.—Figuro.
The late Lord Graves, who was one of the Commis-
sioners of the Board of Excise, remained at the office
in Bioad-street, until the unusual hour of six o'clock on
the Saturday evening previous to the fatal catastrophe,
examining and assorting his private papers, it having
been his Lordship's custom to keep them in his drawers
at the Excise Office. , .. '
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