23 JANUARY 1875, Page 2

There is nothing new from Spain. Bing Alphonso has gone

to the Army, and is coming back again to Madrid, without making much impression. Germany has demanded and received assurances that the Carlists shall be made to pay a fine for seizing the German ship ' Gustav,' but the " satisfaction " seems very like a promise to "strip a Highlander of his breeks." No programme has been issued by the Ministry, and no operation attempted against the Carlists, while it is stated that Pampeluna cannot hold out many more days. Don Carlos tells a correspondent of the New York Herald that his little cousin, for whom he has every respect, is a tool, but nobody seems to know whose tool he is. It seems sure that he will be recognised by the Eastern Powers, but neither England nor France has recognised him yet.