SPAIN.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 244, 30 September 1848, Page 3

SPAIN.

A great bull fight took place on the 25th April, which was attended l>y the Queen, the King, Q teen Christiana, and the Duke and Dachas of Montpensier. Appiehensiotis had bee i felt that the occasion of this hull fight would have been seized upon foi some demons 1 ruti&>n ngiinst the Government; but notliing of the kind took pl>ce, and not the slightest seditious cry was heard. The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier departed on the 2o'th April for Aranjuoz, whence they were to procoed to Cordova and Seville. General ltafat-1 Leon wan to accompany the Princes ou thair journey through Andalusin. The Eco del Commercio says, that M. Tessara, tlie editor of the Faro, was appointed Minister in Switzerland, and that itivFaio was to be diopped. The King of Naplts ha» sent an hnvuv to Midi id, ci a-k au increase of the Spanish fleet on the coast of Sicily, in consequence of the disturbance in that island. Tne Spanish Go>emment have, it is understood, already repen ed of the a/Fro it wh.ch they ofFered t) the English Minister, »nd nid'lc proposals of repira lion, which, however, were not such as he thought proper to accept. Meanwhile instructions are awaited from Lord Palmerston. The Qihen has iorgiven the arrears due by the tiea-<ury t') the royal household, amounting to nearly a million sterling. The following roy.il decree appears in the Gaz-Ue: " Deiuing to contribute,, in as l»r as depends on me, towards the relief of the u gent news sides of the 6tate, and having consulted tha advice of my council of ministers I hereby forgive, in benefit of the s ale, all that reinaii s owing from the public treasury to the royal household, on account of ama r s due in the payment of the allowance assigned to the loyal household, after the necessary deductions my will being that the sum lorgtven in no wise fall shoit of 90 million of reals."— April 26, 1848. Bearing the royal sign manual. A levee was held on the 2Gth April in honour of the Queen-mother's birth-day. The Duke and Duoheis of Monlpensier returned yesterday to Aranjsuz, and will set out on Saturday for Seville. The topics of the day are military, There is much talk about the grand review to come ofF on Saturday in the Prado. The main attraction seems to be the Queen, who is getting a general unifoim made for the occasion. Tbere is no news of importance from Catalonia ; but a formidaHe insurrection is without doubt bretvinu; in that quarter, This u a fact not to be lost sight of, as being the key to the character of the new movement. Parties of marinci are announced as roving in Lower Aragon, and collecting black mail fiom the (owns. A battalion of Carlisis is forming at St. Laurent de Ceidano, on the French side of the Cataloman Pyrenees. They huvc detonation locks to their fireurms. The Mas York Herald of the 23 rd May says :—: — "We have Spanish news to the 29th ult. The insurgentu ot C>.talonia had taken retuge in France, nlnrj they had been received.