The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-19 00:00:00

INTERESTINS STATE OF SP.IIX.

BARCSLONA, MAT 0.—,1 are not surprises' to t, •••r
that the English admire our revolution : indeed, it
for a moment recollect what onr country has witnesse I
for the last few tears, we are wit...elves astonished t• at
every thing has been done with su munch order suit
11 hitherto we have been the derision of teller
nations. from this moment their sentiments still b •
changed, and they will be compelled to confess that the
people of Spain have been despised, when the Illy r
ment alone ought to have incurred the stigma. It is e
lightful to see the pattiotic sentiments every where 4„:s-
played. The unnecessary part of tl e regular army :s
disbanded, and persons ot` all ages and romlitil us bowers
to enrol their names in the national militia. The atti-
tude in which we are placing ourselves will sernre to us
respect from without, safety at home, and guard 'la frost
that interference on the part of other States, which nn-
fortunately has been too much the fashion fur the last
thirty years. All Spaniards. in Europe at least, art
Constitutionalists, and we make no doubt this will 'oral
be the prevailing sentiment also in America: for in that
part with which we are more it/media', ly conneeed.
and whence we have fresh arrivals, the people are hear-
tily tired of a war that has yet produced them no earth)?
advantage; hut, on the contrary, bronght ruin and .!•-
sulaiion around them, besides stopping agriculture and
trade. We have recent arrivals from Costa Firme.
whence some passengers have arrived. Their tale is id-
tiful. lithe conduct of our Monarch has reconciled bins
to his subjects in Europe, and time re-establishment of
the Constitution has made us as free and happy as we
could wish, why should not an union he preferred to a
fratricide war that has now totally tailed in the experi-
ment? There is but one feeling moon; us, why slorssol
not this be the case beyond seas? Every thing here
goes on progressively consolidating, and we have, is !r.
were, entered on a new era. The l:l•erty of the pre.. 's
also doing wonders. In this prinril. Alit), every indivi-
dual who ran rend, however poor I.• way 3
newspaper. A regenerating spirit pervades every
and every class. Children of twelve years of age ate
now formed into companies, and learn their exercise.
On the 30th alt. the Electoral Junta of this province
took place, anal lasted till two in the morning. What a
novel sight l• From it what interesti tor reflections rnsh on
the mind, in which I do not, however, venture to in-
dulge. Every thing was conducted with the greatest
order and regularity, and, no doubt, we shall be satis-
fied in our election of those who are to represent ns :
the approaching Cortes. Yesterday our Coverismen• re-
ceived a Royal Order, lay which it is enacted, that :. I
friars who wish to leave their convents, and Freida r'• e
themselves, shall be allowed to do it. This day mother%
have presented themselves to obtain permission, ard.
from all appearances, soon we shall see the convents in-
habited by noddle, but aril people, and of these very
few. Stereotype editions of the t 'institution are pre-
paring, in order that it oily rirenbte an. 0114 .Irises.

The news item Spain received b the fares Pavers
is not very full, or peculiarly itto,c.rtant. In the very
dearth of interesting intelligence from a country Tost
revolutionized, there is. however. presumptive et utence
of the general stewtiese, nee in the new oral. r of thin: s.
In the.. .neoment and :•rie,ress of the r, volution i t
America, and of that in Prtrier. every day prolific in
memorable events, supplied mw 'o)k-et of won •e•.
alarm, or excitement. lint fur some the ronstottniev.
dims front Spain have been of s dull and ordinary e'•a-
meter, very unlike what the continuance of a dint le. I
unsettled spirit anti relaxed dis *din. lambi have per-
witted. 'I he most prominent farts are those eontaine.l
in informatimi front Madrid of the 4th inst., he wl.i. h
it appears, that the battalions of Leaked anti s,
which infamously signalised themselves in C • tt
the filth of 3iarch are eun.letely disbanded. In t'te
tnean time, the process of inquiry whit It has been i•.-
stituted into the proceeding, of that &radio' day, Is
conducted with Tifton r tinder the direction of Hon Gas-
par Hermoss, who, and not the Colonel Heriera Da-
vila, is the pert to theret el with that mission. '1 h..
farts which have already transpired upon this inco•-i -
gado'', have so far implicated the Chiefs Campana
Valdes, that they have been put under arrest. Ihe
misunderstanding between the General, Mina, and the
Civil Authorities of Navarre, if we can give credit to
souse statements, has not been yet adjusted. It is said.
that be has attempted to intimidate what is called the
Patriotic Society of Pasopelana by an armed visit ;
but that the decisive revolution, which that body • ma-
nifested, defeated his intention. The dispute dues not
seem, however, to excite wnch of general attention ; se-
veral royal decrees have been lately issued, one of which
permits the importation of books and prints into Spain
free of all duty ; another disqualifies persons from hold-
ing two appointments under government at the -erne
time ; and by a third decree all vacancies in pobli.• situa-
tions are ordered to be advertised in the journals for one
month previous to their being tilled, to give an oppor-
tunity for those best qualified to make knows their pre-
tensions.
Two frigates were to sail the sth in fetswcaliT,
which are to totasbat Teneriffe, Porto taco, the Haven-
nits. an I Vera erns : they carry colt duplicates of the
Llecree fur i.e Convocation of th: C.wes.