SPAIN.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4368, 20 March 1875, Page 1 (Supplement)

SPAIN.

The royal squadroD, consisting of the Navas daTolosa, the Numancia, tho Vittoria, and the Ville de Cadiz, reached Barcelona at six o'clock a.m. on January 9, and anchored inside the port. A royal salute from the fleet and Mont Juich formally signified the presence of his Majesty, and General Martinez Campos and other officials went off to the Navas da Tolosa, which conveyed the King. At their reception Alfonso XII. made a brief speech, declaring it to be his intention to govern constitutionally ; and it was arranged that the landing should take place at eleven, at the water stairs at tho foot of the Place of Peace. A pavilion with throne had been erected, and here had gathered all the civil and military authorities of the province, with numerous delegates from the various public bodies of all Spain. Iu the midst of the royal salute from the fleet and the fort the loyal barge, flying the violet and golden royal flag of Spain, touched the land, the fleet having manned yards, and the air being full of vociferous cheering from the ships and the shore. As the King landed, a loyal address was delivered by the Mayor of Barcelona in the name of the turbulent city, to which the King made a brief reply. RUSSIA. The budgot for 1875 has been laid before the Council of the Empire. The whole revenue is estimated at 559,300,000 roubles, and the expenditure at 552,100,000 roubles. Ab compared with 1874 the revenue is estimated to show an increase of 19,500,000 roubles, and the expenditure is also set down at that much more than in 1874. The estimate of revenue exceeds that of expenditure by „00,000 roubles. The Cms, of Cracow, says that the Government, in view of the almost defenceless state of the Itusso-Prussian frontier, has decided gradually to raise the force in Poland to 350,000 men. It ia also reported that the Czarewitch will tako up his residence in Warsaw for three months, to superintend the military operations.