Star.
London, England, 1822-10-14 00:00:00

CIVIC FEAST AT MADRID.

The followin isan account of the civic feast given
t Madrid on the 26th inst. in honour of, the National
Militia and the Garrison, for their heroic conduct on
the 7th of July, when the Royal .Guard mutinied,
and attempted a counter-revolution. -
At eleven o'clock, the Municipality, accompanied
by all the Authorities and Corporations, collected in
rthe Place of the Constitution, where the whole gar-
,rison was drawn up. The differenttmops commanded,
preceded by the city oﬂiccrs,then traversed the town,
jand having. reached the Prado, formed itself in clase
lcolumns, and then each of them ranged itself round
the appointed tables. The wounded and the widows,
&c. occupied the ﬁrst table of honour. The Munio
cipality occupied one in the centre of the others, the
‘Major of the Staff the third, and the Deputies and
ithose invited the fourth. Here were stated the Ge-
:nerals Ballasteros. Alava, Moreno, Baois, Blake, Lo-
‘pea Banos, O’Daly, and Pepe. An immense crowd
‘ﬁlled up all the avenues, and nine thousand warriors
Mere surrounded by more than £O,OOO people. The
Ladies of Madrid in particular appeared in the most
delightful ele ance, and wore irdles of reen and
‘ deep violet coloured ribbomen which were these words
embroidered—“ Lire the Constitution, liberty, and
the heroes of the 7th of July—and live the sons of
Padilla.” Similar ribbons were worn on the hats of
the men and women of all classes, and on thehelmets,
of the whole army. In a short time, the soldier and j
the General, the poor and the rich. were confounded
together. The bandsplayed patriotic airs, which were
repeated by the assistants. The cries of “ Live Lig
berty! Live the Constitution !” acre heard on all
‘sides. The Generals Lopez Barrios, O'Daly, Ballas-
teros, the Count d3Abisbal‘, Gasco, Palarca, and the
brave, though unfortunate Pepe, Alava, were carried
in triumph, in the style of the Roman triumphs, by
‘the military and troops of the garrison. The‘ Ptado
‘presented at this moment a spectacle the most impos-
ing and sublime; but a quantity of rain fell, and,
forced to—retumythe' column retraced the road it
came in the morning. It was salnted, on its entry
into each quarter, with cries of “ Long live the he-
roes of the 7th of July I” and when it came into the
district where the ballwas to be held, notwithstand.
ing the rain, thousands of people, and of women in
particular, accompanied the column to the centre of
the place with the greatest enthusiasm, and, the rain
having ceased at the commencement of the night,
the crowdﬁlled the Place of the Constitution, where
the ball was kept up till three' in the morning, with
general joy, and with the most perfect harmony.
The marks of respect paid to General Pope must
have been most grateful to him. The following toasts
:were 'ven ‘in the course of the eveninf :
; By ti: Political Chlef—“ To the illustrious '“at'riots who have
emceived and executed the noble enterpriae of breaking the
*ehain or W «giving llbenyto Spain, Portugal,
Nsptu, and " - -
By General Pm—e‘ To the consolidation of the Constitu-
tional System in Spain; and may It serve as the model and the
base of liberty throughout-Europe.” . .
Some-extompore couplets were given inhononr of
General Pepe and this patriotic fete. These songs
give, no doubt, more honour to the good intentions
than to the-poetical genius of those who made. them
at the moment» But perhaps it may be well to quote
the meaning of one of the coupler-s. These details
paint better-than twenty pages of history the wishes
and customs of a nation. The following is translated
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