The progress of the war in the Northern provinces of
Spain continues favourable to the Carlists ; who have taken several small towns, which VALDEZ evacuated in order to concentrate his ,forces on the Ebro, retaining Pampeluna in Navarre, and Vittoria in Biscay. There seems to be no prospect of the war extending beyond the Basque provinces. According to a well-informed cor- respondent of the Courier, it will be impossible to induce the Bis- cayans to leave their mountain fastnesses; for they have little affection for Don CARLOS, and fight but for the preservation of their peculiar privileges. Only guarantee these, and, according (the writer in the Courier, the war will be soon terminated.
"I say, then, that the whole of this Basque war is the result of a mistake. The Queen Regent and Zea Bermudez mistook the first movement in these pro- vinces fur one against her and in favour of Don Carlos. This was the capital error. The Basques and Navarrois did not care a reale for Don Carlos or his cause ; but they put themselves in an attitude of defence, in order to maintain the rights of their old Republican mountaineers. The Carlists were not so stupid as the Christinos, and the Monks and Clergy availed themselves of the mistake made by the Queen and Zea, to persuade the Basques and Navarrois that they would lose their privileges under any other sceptre than that of Don Carlos. Since then, the unnecessary severities exercised by Rodil, Mina, and Valdez, have made the insurrection a general matter ; and it would take an army of 100,000. men to put down the revolt, without the ancient Fueros of the in- habitants should be first solemnly recognized. It will be of no use for the Queen or for any foreign Governments, to send troops to the Basque provinces, without their device be 'Pardon for the past, and security for the tuture.' With this on woe side of their banners, and on the other, • Basques ! all y our FLICIOS shall be respected ! ' the Queen's armies may advance, without even swords or muskets. Use all your influence in England and France to cause this to be felt theme as well as at Madrid. Without this be done, the revolt in thew provincea will be permanent, and as! have before said, it will be next to impossible to put it down; but with this system of pardon, security, and the Fueros, the Queen's cause may be made to triumph in a few weeks."
The same writer ridicules the idea of Don CARLOS marching to Madrid.
" lie dares not trust himself in the provinces of Valentia, Burgos, Soria, Segovia, or Aragon; and yet he must do all this before he can hope to conquer the Queen's troops, and arrive at Madrid. If you will only take a gond large map of Spain in your hands, and see from whence I am now writing (Tolosa,) you will perceive that I ant almost on the frontiers of France ; and yet a few days since even this place was in the occupation of the Christinos. Look also at the very small portion of the whole of Spain which has acknowledged Don Carlos; nod remember that Merino, with all his sot prising talents and activity, has been labouring for nearly eighteen months to get up as many hundred recruits in the whole of old Castile. I do not say that the Spaniards display much enthusiasm for the Queen Regent, but they show none fur Dun Carlos except in the Basque provinces and Navarre."
MARTINEz DE LA ROSA. has resigned the post of Premier; ToithNO is his successor. The latter was busied in reconstructing the Ministry, when the last letters were despatched.
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