Hardly can we explain to ourselves the sentiment with which that event inspires us. At the reception of the news, numerous crowds of people gathered on the square de Sol, and in Acala street. Several others were seen before the gates of the new palace. The 60,000 prisoners that France restored to us, speak only with eulogium of that kingdom, which they call the good country, and of the manner they have been treated by its inhabitants. Not only they do not complain of their captivity, but they are filled with regret, when they see their comrades, officers and soldiers, abased, disdained, naked and without pay, whilst every thing is lavished on the monks and nobles of the court, who have done nothing in favor of the nation.
Arrests multiply, particularly in Andalusia and Grenada.
You will see in the Gazette of the 21st of last month, the treaty concluded between His Majesty and his unfortunate father, Charles IV . It reveals that an interval of nearly two years has expired, during which this august old man received no sort of support, and has been compelled to contract debts to the amount of 1,500,000 francs for the maintenance of himself and his family. This treaty was not concluded at Madrid until the 14th of last month, at the moment when the news of the recent events of France must have been known. Let the real sentiments of the people of this island be what they may, the procedure is a master-stroke of policy. Mr. Eustis , our Minister to Holland , embarked on board the Congress frigate, on the 8th instant.