Star.
London, England, 1823-04-09 00:00:00

SPAIN.

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MADRID MARCH Q.
The Cortes departed to-day at noon, for Seville.
The King's march, in the same direction, is truly a
triumphal march. The voluntary militia, both horse
and foot, of the different provinces, the clergy, and
even the ladies, line the roads over which the Royal
cavalcade passes, and cry out incessantly "Live the
Constitutional King! Live liberty, and national inde-
pendence, and Bernal hatred to any kind of foreign
influence!" Her Majesty appears sensibly affected
by the testimonies shewir her on her journey, and is
attentive in expressing her most lively satisfaction
for the respect they so lavishly pay to her. She has
been pleased to say to her servants, " I see I was de-
ceived ; I am much obliged to you, Seville; I shall
give you proofs of my contentment."
MARCH 25.
Letters arrived here yesterday which announce that
Ulman has succeeded in.getting possession of Mur-
viedro, the ancient Saguptum of the Romans. This
fortress is one of the most important'places in Spain.
It commands Valencia, and the fruitful district in its
neighbourhood as far as the Ebro.

- MARCH 29.
Under date of the 18th, the Secretary for the Rome
Department addressed the following Royal order to
the Political Chiefs

CIRCULAR.
" The present state of our relations with the French Govern-
ment, and the fear that our just and circumspect conduct towards
all the Powers of Europe may prove insufficient to maintain that
peace and harmony which is conducive to the interests of ail, have
induced his Majesty to put in practice every measure for avoid.
leg a war, which the Spanish People neither fear nor provoke.
" One of the most proper means for the attainment of this ob-
ject, doubtless, is the removal of the Government to a point suf.
ficiently remote from the Pyrennees to afford the least possible
hope of surprise to the French army, which is now advancing to
that frontier, and at the same time so situated as to enable the
functions of the Government to act with their wonted rapidity
and energy. These considerations occasioned choice to be made
of the city of Seville, the ancient residence of the Spanish Mo-
narchs. This city is so situated as to comblue advantages which
might in vaiu be sought for in any other part of the Peninsula,
and on a former occasion it afforded the repose and security ne-
cessary for the welfare of the nation when foreign armies, com-
manded by an usurper, came, with promises of peace and happi-
ness, to spread terror and de.olation through this favoured hind.
" Designs of a similar nature, which were premeditated by our
enemies, have been frustrated by. the foresight of the King, who.
issued the necessary orders for effecting the above-mentioned re-
moval with all due speed. The safety of the King's august per.
son, that of the !loyal Family, and all the high Officers of the
Government, being thus ensufed, his Majesty will continue to
exercise his solicitude for the public welfare in Seville ao long as
circumstances may render his continuance in that city necessary
for the preservation of the interests of the 'State, which Ms Ma-
jesty has sworn to protect at all hazards.
" Nothing can be more gratifying to his Majesty than to ob-
serve the admirable seal evinced by the Political Chiefs end other
Authorities in the discharge of their respective detieir which at
all times are esteemed sacred by patriotic Funcskmaries, but
which arc much more so at the present moment, *ben the state
of public affairs presents additional excitement for the exercise
of every honourable principle.
I " Ills Majesty wishes that the nature of the war intended to
be commenced against a country which has always observed the
most rigid circumspection iu her conduct towards the rest of
Europe, should be well understood, and that the injustice aud
Perfidy of such a proceeding should be felt. it, however, this
aggression against the princtpics of the law of GJ11,1411 and

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policy should actuallY take place, the Span r, whiair*.shitl3ed•
Against the arts of seduction by the prudent waroirgs of their
ptiblic authorities, as well is by their own magtraniminis wad-
i meets, will firmly resist, and heroically subdde, the_ettetni Who,
shall dare to set foot on the land in which they have socured to
themselves so many glorious advantages. In conformity idah.
these views, your Excellency will regulate your conduct, pro-
gressively communicating zo his Majesty whatever may be worthy
of his royal attention, as he has ordered."
FROM .T111:1 •11111 VATE .CORItESPONDENT OF
THE HERALD.

MIADOD, MONDAY, MARCH 24.

The last account from the escort of the King left
him at .Templeque, where he had arrived without the
occurrence of any en cumstance worthy of notice. To-
day at noon the President and the. Svcretaries of the.
Cortes, the greater number of the Deputies, together
with the Ministers of State and Finance, took their
departure for Seville. They, were escorted.by a co-
lumn of five or six hunched infantry, and a small
body orcavalry. A few persons were .colltcted' at
the gate of Toledo to see them pass, lint the-Deputies
expected to see the people of Madrid itinounding
them to bid them aJieu with tears; they must have
beets sadly disappointed. There was no tort of de-
monstration of that enthusiasm which is so loudly
talked about in the Ministerial Journals, and in all
the official dispatches.

From most of the provinces the intelligence clearly,
indicates the approaching subversion of the existing
system. The last conscription goes on in the most
torpid manner. In Gallicia, it is said, the youth;
called out fir the conscription openly refuse to re-
pair to their destinations, and a spirit of insubordina-
tion to the general mandates of the Constitutional
Authorities prevails there, which the force under
Qt.iroga is suite i.iadequate to put down. Similar,
if not greater resistance, is experienced by the civil
and military authorities in -the province of Bilboa.
In order to avoid the conscription, as well as the re •
quisition for horses, the people abandon their houses
and fields; agriculture is neglected, industry para-
lyzed, and commerce inactive. The opponents of
the Constitution everywhere in that province carry
on,their exactions and combinations in the most pub-.
lic manner, nor have the allocutions, as they are
styled, of the Political Chief the least influence.
Hitherto the province of Asturias has scarcely been'
heard of amidst the agitations of the other parts of
Spain. It has been remarkable neither for ani exhi-
bitions of attachment nor resistance to the Constitu-
tution. By the last accounts, however, from that
province, it appears that Oviedo, the capital of the
Asturias, has risen against the present system, and
there are as troops there to support it.