The proclamation attributed to Don CARLOS is now allowed to
fain intelligence as to the immediate cause of the decree by which his Spanish estates were confiscated. Neither are we better in- formed than last week as to his present plate of abode ; which is somewhat singular, as he is not supposed to be skulking about the country in disguise, after the fashion of he Dutchess of BERRI: The latest accounts from Madrid were brought by M. MIGNET, who was despatched with instructions to the French Ambassador there : he left Madrid on the 22d of October, and arrived in Paris on Monday last. He is said to have given the Queen Regent every assurance; that, if necessary, a considerable force would be despatched to her assistance by the French Government. In Madrid and the Southern provinces, there were no symptoms of disaffection but in the North, notwithstanding the rebels had been defeated in several encounters with the Government troops,' particularly . in one near Vittoria, still the insurrection con- tinued to spread. At Vic or Vique, in Catalonia, the Carlists attacked the garrison, and killed the Governor. This *pro- vince has been hitherto represented as well-affected to the Queen. It would seem that a predatory Vendean description of warfkre;calculated to give annoyance but not to occasion much alarm at head-quarters, will probably be carried on for some time in Biscay, Navarre, and Catalonia. The insurgents never muster any considerable force, and are almost always routed when they came in contact with the regular- troops; but they are no sooner Put down in one place, than they appear in 'another. It will re- . be a fabrication ef the Parisian stockjobbers ; and there is no cer- quire more energy than we give the Spanish Government credit for possessing, to put down these hardy mountaineers completely. A change has taken place in the Ministry at Madrid, which is regarded favourably by the Liberals. Count 6C:opal.' s, who was Minister of the Interior, has retired from that office, and has taken the one assigned to him by the will of FERDINAND—that of Secre- tary to the Council of Regency. His successor in the Ministry of the Interior is Senor XAVIER DE BURGOS; said, by the correspondent of the Herald, to be "a man of considerable statesmanlike acquire- ments, and a decided Liberal." Notwithstanding this appointment, however, the policy of the Absolute Minister still predominates in the Cabinet. .
The French army of observatiqn;sixty thousand strong, has been formed on the Spanish frontier: it is under the command of General Count HARISPE:
