Star.
London, England, 1809-03-29 00:00:00

SPAIN.

SEVILLE, MARCH 3.
The Spanish army under Urbino, Count of Caltoa-
gar, is in high condition, and amounts to near 30,000
men. Its headquarters are at Val de Penas. The
detachment under the Duke of Albuquerque behaved
with the greatest courage and steadiness in. the affairs
of Mora and Consuegra. The cavalry particularly
distinguished itself. The army of Cuesta occupies
its former positions, and amounts to near twenty
thousand men.

Arms are wanted extremely ; have been promised
by England for two months back, but are not come.
Ihe English force under Mackenzie, at Cadiz, had
orders to assist in garrisoning Cadiz, which, in itself
no very agreeeable proposal to the Spaniards, was
illtimed at the moment of our armies' return to Eng-
land, and of the arrival of the promised and ir dispen-
sible musquets. The temper and conduct of General
Mackenzie have been highly c-•n.:nenuable through-
out the late riot at Cadiz, and during his stay there.
General Blake is to set off in a few days from this
place to take a command in Catalonia His misfor-
tunes have not lessened in the smallest degree the high
opinion entertained of his military talents. The
French themselvei do justice in this respect to his
merits.

Gree. dissensions are said to prevail in Joseph's Ca-
binet of Spanish Ministers at Madrid. Cabanas,
who is at the head of one of the parties, enjoys the
greatest share of credit and influence with his master.
O'Farril, Mazzaredo, Azauza and Urquijo, are out
of favour. But neither they, nor Joseph himself, are
respected or treated with consideration by the French
Generals. All the money and plate that could be
collected at Madrid, were sent to France, so that Jo-
seph and his Court have been left in a state of the
greatest penury, and have no answer to those who
have claims upon them for the smallest sums, but
that they shall receive payment when the money ships
arrive from America.

The timidity of Joseph's character has been brought
so much into view by the situations into which he has
been thrown since he came into Spain, that he will
never be able to efface the impression which it has
made on his countrymen, or secure their good opi-
nion. On the first alarm of danger, he is sure always
to recommend flight. Before the affair of Ucles,
where he was urging the necessity of immediately
evacuating Madrid, one of his Ministers is said to
have warned him of the danger of not being sent
back, should he ever abandon it again without orders
from his brother. His partizans praise the mildness
and humanity of his character, and urge their coun-
trymen to submit to him quietly as their Sovereign,
lest their resistance should provoke Napoleon to take
the crown to himself, and annex Spain as a conquered
T.rovince to the French Empire. But notwithstanding
ly,asted mildness of ch:tfacter, a vast number of
tv'en ext:cut,.d at Madrid since the capi-
tnlazi,w of die city, f,n• having taken part against his
ouThAtinn, after hi., fl;ght to Vittoria—Lind when
I'rgnijo had die infamy to pr(Tow, after many of
1;i1 countiymcn had perily.'d %-.-01 undaunted farti-
tuJe, hyfait::d,..,-, that such oil:riders slouLl in future
har:;ec.l, in ',lac,: of being Shot, as so infamous a
mode of pan:si.ment Would have ghnter effect in de.
ten oll;,:rs from following th;r example, thi,
and beneficent Prince had no diiiiculty in acez-.!dim;

to the propeislrl. These executions are not cNitintd
exclusively to tile p:.sasants and lower orders. Aniaza
vb:i was .t2(.:•-..t11:y t') the Spanish LegatiDn in _Lon-
dim, before the tAtituie in 1801, was condemned to
be a copy ti verses which be wrote in last
September, in commemoration of the battle of Baylen
and other successes of his countrymen, and only es-
caped this fate by cone,nling himself for some days in
frioui's Louse, and then getting out of Madrid in
he disi,;utse of a in,:it.;tel.