Considerable uncertainty prevails as to the actual state of affairs
in Spain. It is rumoured that a species of revolution has occurred in Madrid, that TORENO has been deposed, a "Supreme Junta* established, and ARGUELLES appointed to the place of Prime Minister. It is moreover said, that Mr. A'll.ftERS, the British Am- bassador, has bad an active hand in this affair ; and the following very probable explanation of his motives for thus interfering, is given in the French journals- " A private quarrel had arihen, it is said, between Toren() and Mr. 'Villiers, of which a holy was the subject. It was to have ended in a duel. hut the hostile meeting was prevented by the interference of friends. On the patt of Mr. Villiers the reconciliation was not, it scents, since' e ; and, to revengehimself, he began to use all his influence to hasten the fall of his rival. it was he, it is said, who first sounded M. Arguelles on the subject of the formation of a popular Administration, and through his means, seconded by the letters of General Evans, all sorts of English intrigue woe set to work to push the I 'tbanMilitia to an insurrection."
The Courrier Francais, in which this story first appeared, inti- mates a suspicion that its informant had been hoaxed.
The accounts from the seat of war are favourable to the Queen's cause. Don CAltLOS, at the head of a considerable body of troops, was defeated on the 2d instant at Los Arcos, by General ALDAMA, with the loss of 150 prisoners, 180 killed, and about
400 wounded. Another engagement took place between the Queen's troops and the Carlists in the vicinity of St. Sebastian, Oil the 4th instant, and was still more disastrous to the insur- gents; who, it is said, left 1400 prisoners in the hands of General Evatss, besides a large number of killed on the field of battle. The British auxiliary legion suffered severely, having lost 160 men killed. The further particulars cf this affair have not been received. The consequence of these victories has been the with- drawal of the Carlists from before Bilbao, into the fastnesses of' the Amescoas.
General EVANS has raised a soldier, who had especially distin- guished himself, from the ranks to an ensigney ; and has pub- lished a proclamation, in which advatmement is promised to all privates whose conduct is deemed worthy of such reward, not-
withstanding they may want the advantages of birth and educa- tion, which are deemed essential for an officer in the British Army.
The Standard is very angry at this deviation from the established
rule in favour of " gentlemen," and fears it will have a bail in- fluence on the discipline of the Army. General Evssts has asked
for and obtained the aid of Major REID, of the Engineers, who has been placed on half-pay in order that the appearance of avoid- ing a direct armed intervention in the affairs of Spain may be preserved. The Tories are much enraged at this also; but for- tunately it matters little whether they are sulky or pleased. A scandalous story against the Queen Regent of Spain is in circulation : it is said, that her Majesty has bad a child—the sex not named—whose " putative'. fattier is one Colonel MuNOZ.
