29 JANUARY 1848, Page 2

The Spanish Ministers are said to be in a strange

dilemma. Queen Isabella is in a bad state of health, but her conduct is way- ward and imprudent : with an ugly cough, she selects the close of day for her rides, and altogether disregards the precautions needed by an invalid. If she be suffered to go on with that want of regimen, the worst consequences may ensue : but if the Minis- ters use too much urgency to remove her from the capital, and persuade her to adopt a quieter mode of life, they will inevitably drag upon themselves suspicions that they have a purpose in get-. Ling her out of the way. Such is the state of society in Spain.