NEWS OF THE :WEEK.:
AS we ventured to prophesy last week, the overthrow of Selior Castelar was instantly followed by a military 'dic- tatorship. We have described Castelar's efforts to obtain a continuance of his dictatorship elsewhere, but must add here that there is every reason to suppose that he: gave no consent, express or implied, to the pronunciamientO of the military. He had nothing to dread from them, and did not expect to be defeated. It was not till four on the morning of the 3rd inst., when he had been beaten by a majority of 20, and had delinitiiely resigned, that General Pavia, who, with 14,000 troops, had possession of the strategic points in the city—a neces- sary isreetuition, as the Intransigentes threatened to rise if Castelar were victorious—marched his men into the Palace of the Cortes, and ordered S. Salmeron to dissolve. S. Salmeron, suddenly repen- tent; made an appeal to Castelar, who, it is said, replied that witt_such a Cortes no Ministry could last eight days, and refused, just as the soldiers were entering the lobbies.. Three shots in the air caused a general rush, and General Pavia, refusing power for himself, named the composite Ministry described elsewhere. The entire Army, including General Moriones, has adhered, 'Valladolid, which objected, has been .put down by force,- and General Serrano is master of the situation.
