Spanish politics seem very unsettled. At Badajoz on Sunday there
was a small military rising, pretty easily put down, a rising apparently due to a Republican feeling in favour of the constitu- tion of 1869, though others attribute it—without, however, much plausibility—to the desire to conceal some peculations of public money. But this explanation is rendered very improbable by the little risings which have since taken place near Barcelona, Logrono, and Seo de Urgel. On Wednesday there was a rising of the Numancia cavalry at Domingo de la Calzada, near Logroilo ; and on the same day, at Hostelfrancho, close to Barcelona, there was a demonstration of armed citizens against the Government, and apparently in favour of a Republic. On Thursday the troops rose at Seo de Urgel. None of the risings seem to have been in any degree formidable, but scattered risings throughout the country seem to indicate a good deal of discontent. It is said that the constitution is to be suspended.
