The close of the revolutionary movement in Spain appears at
present amongst the most curious problems of history, and perhaps we shall be long before we arrive at an authenticated solution. General Elio appears to have been the grand master of the Carlist movement ; but it is evident that while the adherents of the party in many quarters are agreed, there was very little agreement between the same class in any one spot. General Ortega seems to have been completely deceived ; and it is diffi- cult to find any one who has not, at one stage or other of the brief adventure, been put off his reckoning. A report reached this country that the Count of Montemolin had been arrested ; a success so obviously embarrassing to the present Government of Spain that the latter news looks very like a rescue for the offi- cials. Since captivity would have been as disagreeable to the Count as the capture would have been to the Spanish Govern- ment, and where both parties are so thoroughly disinclined to carry out his arrest, we cannot help fancying that if any mis- taken functionary may have seized the Count, both parties would
find little difficulty in escaping from so false a position. The original report of his capture, therefore, may have been truer than the correction ; but the fact seems to be that, whatever has happened to him during his flight, he does not remain in ens- tody.
