10 MAY 1873, Page 2

There is but little news from Spain, and what there

is, is not very consistent with itself. Sefior Nouvilas, who was recently conduct- ing the campaign against the Carlists in the North, has been made Minister of War, and recalled to Madrid, where every other day it is stated that the Carlists are wholly dispersed, routed in every direction ; while on the alternate days you hear that they have achieved some considerable success,—carried Vera, for instance, —or appeared in force in the neighbourhood of Barcelona. We do not believe they are really formidable, but any force is for- midable against an army that is so completely dissolved into its atoms as that of Spain. The preparations for the elections go on.