19 AUGUST 1854, Page 1
Spain has advanced little beyond where we left her last
week. The Cortes are to assemble in November, and to meet in one Chamber,— but under a prohibition against discussing the "dynastic questions" they expressly wish to handle. Queen Christina is to take up her resi- dence in Segovia or Toledo until her trial before the Cortes ; and it is long enough between August and November for any number of intrigues, including those for escape, or those for recovery of power by a coup d'etat in Madrid. The military riots in Catalonia already show that there is not that unanimity even in the army which could guarantee the stability of the present regime; and we do not learn that Espartero has recovered strength or gained con- fidence.
