Star.
London, England, 1823-04-28 00:00:00

SPAIN.

We have received Madrid Papers to the 10th inst.
and can and in them nothing which might afford a
pretext for those gloomy pictures of the state of the
Spanish capital which have lately appeared in the
French Journals. There is no allusion to any agita•
tion or disturbance.

A number of foreign corps are forming in different
parts of the Peninsula. A corps of French refugees,
under the command of Colonel Aymar, marched
from Madrid on the 7th, to join the army, after pa-
rading the streets with the tricolored flag, and sing-
ing patriotic songs. A considerable corps which.was
raised at Bilboa, is commanded by an Officer who
was an Aid-de-Camp of Marshal Ney. The strength
of this column is said to have been greatly increased
by desertions from the French army. A number of
Italians have also offered their services against the
invaders of Spain. The troops in pursuit of the fac-
tious parties appear to have been everywhere success-
ful, and the Papers contain several dispatches, de-
tailing the defeat and dispersion of those marauders.
Many prisoners have been brought into Madrid. •
The accounts from Valencia confirm the total de-
feat of the rebels commanded by Sempere. An anec-
dote is related which exemplifies the nature of the
seduction employed by the priests to persuade the
ignorant peasants that in taking up arms against the
Constitution they are fighting in defence of the Ca-
tholic religion. On the first approach of the fac-
tious to the city, one of them being taken and
brought in, fell upon his knees and exclaimed—" Do
spare my life, and I will turn a Jew also." Colonel
Don Antonio Bazan, who gained the important vic-
tory over Sempere on the 2d, marched on the sth
against Murviedro, with 1,100 infantry and 300 ca-
valry, and four pieces of artillery. No account had
reached Madrid of the result of his expedition, but it
was supposed that the rebels were so disheartened
that they would evacuate the place. This Officer
caused the person who broke the Constitutional stone
with a hammer, at Castellon, to be shot at it., foot.

They are still demolishing all the convents in the
environs of Valencia, as they might protect the en-
terprizes of the revolted ; among these convents are
mentioned those of Belem, Jerusalem, St. Monique,
and Los Remedios.

General Quiroga,Commandant•General of Gallicia,
addressed, on the 22d March, a Proclamation to the
inhabitants of the country, to cause them to return
to order, for it appears that there had been a rising.
It h said a conspiracy has been discovered at
Montblanc, in Catalonia.—Among the persons ar-
rested and conducted to Tarragona, was the Vicar of
the place. The arms and ammunition found con-
cealed in the church were seized.

The Insurgent Chief, James Alphonso, who had
spread terror throughout the kingdom of Murcia,
having availed himself of the amnesty, has sent away
his band, and is now at Junella, where he leads a
tranquil life.
General Morillo, commander of the corps which
is now organizing in Gallicia, has taken with him a
corps formed of serjeants, corporals, and privates of
the Ex-Royal Guard, detained at Madrid in conse-
quence of the events of the 7th ofJuly. They express
the greatest ardour to repel the foreign invasion.

ARRIVAL OF THE KING OF SPAIN AT SEVILLE
SEVILLE, APRIL 10.

The King slept at Carmona last night, and is ex-
pected to arrive here to-day between one and two
o'clock. The day looks unfavourable for the display
of any pageant, as a slight rain has been falling all
the morning; and the skies are charged with threaten-
ing clouds.
At twelve o'clock at noon it continued to rain. Se-
veral of the balconies in the streets leading to the Pa-
lace from the gate of Triana, through which the King
was to enter, were hung with counterpanes, most of
them of purple silk. The streets near the gate of
Triana were lined on one side with soldiers. The
Plaza, or square, of the Constitution, looked very
handsome. The house of the Ayuntamiento was
hung with purple tapestry, and the pillars of its large
balcony were entwined with weatlis of artificial roses.
The interior of the balcony, which, perhaps, ought
rather to be called an open gallery, was decorated
with eight or ten glass lustres ; and in front of two
of the pillars were placed the representations of a coat
of mail and helmet in tin; surmounted in the usual
manner by the national ensigns. A considerable
crowd of people was collected in the Plaza, and the
' balconies of the houses were filled with spectators,
chiefly females, well dressed, and their hair orna-
mented with natural flowers. As there are balconies
to each of the stories, the lower ones were sheltered
from the rain, which now began to fall heavily. A
large body of troops was assembled in the Plaza with
a band of music. ' _ _ .

From the Plaza to the gate of Triana there is along
line of narrow streets. The balconies here were also
crowded, and as soon as the first guns were fired, at
five minutes before one, announcing that the Royal
cavalcade was withill a quarter of a league of the
capital, every balcony, without exception, was hung
with counterpanes, some of very old patterns of
flowered silk, some yellow chintz, some of damask,
but the generality of purple silk. The soldiers were
all at their posts. Some of the churches were fronted
with old tapestry, and the Monks belonging to the
Convents in the line of route, were all drawn out at
the side of the street opposite to them.
A second Royal salute of 15guns announced the
entry of the King within the gate of Triana at a quar-
ter past one. The Royal carriages were preceded and
followed by a strong escort of cavalry, and as soon
as they entered the streets a few of them began to
shout Viva Riego. This cry was not answered, and
it was not repeated by the cavalry. An Officer of
infantry ran immediately before the• King's carriage,
crying out Viva as he passed. Even this was but',
faintly re-echoed from the balconies. I followed the'
Royal cavalcade in the midst of a heavy shower of
rain from the gate of Triana to the Plaza de la Con-
stitucion, and until it arrived at the latter place, I
never saw anything more like a funeral procession.—
No waving of handkerchiefs from the fair sex, no
Viva: or shouts of any sort from the men, ;hough the
balconies were crowded.
When the cavalcade arrived in the Plaza de la
Constitution, there was something like a general
shout of vivas, without any other addition, except
from the soldiers collected in the square, a few of
whom added la Constitution, and some, el Roy Con-

stilucional. The band played the hymn of Riego,l
but the shout was neither sustained nor enthusiastic;
and certainly the people in the balconies took no cod-
spicnous share in it. In fact, they did not seem to
know that the King and Queen were in the first car-
riage, an they were still looking on to the end of
the cavalcade, where the more gaudy carriages of
the Officers of the Household followed. I never wit-
nessed in so large a concourse of people such com-
plete apathy ; they seemed to be present merely be-
cause there was something.to see; but the spectacle
appeared to have disappointed them, probably be-
cause the carriages, horses, and men, all dripping
wet, presented no emblems of festive gaiety. The
side windows of all the carriages were open. The
King was dressed in blue uniform, with a star on his
left breast, and sat forward in the carriage. He
bowed slightly as he passed, and did not appear
much fatigued after his journey. The Queen sat
back, and was scarcely visible. The Infantas and
their servants were received without much notice.

The cavalcade passed on through several other
streets, and a third Royal salute announced its arri-'
•al at the Palace at a few minutes before two. The
bells'of all the steeples were rung during the proces-
sion; the twenty bells of the Cathedral thundered
forth all their deafening sounds. Doubtless if the day
had been fine the entry of the King might have pre-
sented a much more festive spectacle. Rut what with
the torrents of rain, the splashing of cavalry, the
mud of the streets, the clouds of umbrellas, and the
apathy of the people, I do not remember to have ever
witnessed a public exhibition so uninteresting, and I
may add, so melancholy.
A report has been in circulation here, that a note
has been recently passed from the French Gover-
ment to the Spanish Minister of State. The sub-
stance of this•paper has not transpired, but it is gene-
rally supposed to convey the French ultimatum. It
is not likely, however, to produce any change in the
aspect of affAirs in either country, from all that 1 have
been able to learn.

• OPINION OF EARL GREY
TAR POLICY OF SUPPORTING SPAIN

AGAINST FRANCE.—JuIa 13, 1810.

" I cannot concede to -the sentiments of the Noble
Marquis (WELLEsLxv), the inference which his de-
clarations assumed, that, in order to warrant this
country to embark in a military co-operation with
Spain, nothing more was necessary than to chew
Mat her cause was just. In my mind, my Lords, in
passing judgment upon such a policy, it was not
enough that the attack of France upon the Spanish
Nation was unprincipled, perfidious, and cruel ; that,
the resistance of Spain was dictated by every motive
1 honourable to human nature; that it made every
English heart burn with a holy zeal to lend its as-
sistance against the oppressor.—There were other
considerations of a less brilliant and enthusiastic,
but not less necessary and commandig nature, which
should have preceded the determination of putting
to hazard the most valuable interests of the country.
It is not, my Lords, with nations as with individuals.
Those heroic virtues which shed a lustre upon indi-
vidual man, must, in their application to the conduct
of nations, be chastened by reflections of a more
cautious and calculating cast. Nations cannot
afford to be chivalrous and romantic. Before they
engage in any enterprize which is to be supported by
the exertions and the energies of the People, it is
the duty of the Government to see, first, that there ex-
ist the means of rendering them effectual; secondly,
that there is a sufficient policy to warrant the applica-
tion of those means; and, lastly, that there are
grounds of probability to induce a hope of success.—
Before we embarked an army, with the view of assist-
ing the war in Spain, we should have felt the neces-
sity of ascertaining whether there was a Government
in Spain capable of affording such efficient support to
the dispositions of the People, and to our efforts for
their assistance, as was likely to bring the contest to
a successful termination.
" It was incumbent upon us to be informed whe-
ther there existed resources sufficient to supply a Bri-
tish army with those necessary provisions, without
which no military operation could have been expected
to prove successful. We should have duly consi-
dered whether we were not liable to be left without
the required support, by being treated as principals
in the war; and whether, in fact, Spain herself was
not destitute of those means without which no war
can be carried on.

I allege it as matter of charge against his Ma-
jesty's Ministers, that they have indulged feelings,
which, however honourable when considered ab-
stractedly, ought never to be gratified at the expense
of a notion's most valuable interests—and that in yield-
ing to the influence of such feelings they have rashly
embarked in expeditions the most fatal and disastrous,
and from which it is impossible to anticipate or effect
any advantageous result to the country."