The very meagre accounts received during the week from Spajn,
confirm the general impression that the war is all but over in the North. Don CARLOS is reported to have sailed for Bilboa, which is now in possession of the Queen's troops ; so that if he arrives there, lie will become a prisoner. It seems very improbable, how- ever, that he should have so far risked his personal safety-, which is apparently the thing he cares most about. MERINO has fled to the mountains, after sustaining a series of petty defeats. If he is not bought over, we shall probably yet hear of his arrival some fine morning in Vittoria, with a band of Guerillas eager for plun- der and revenge. At Madrid, the party struggle still goes on. The Council of Regency, it is said, not being able to displace ZEA. BERMUDEZ, are endeavouring virtually to supersede him. We join the Courier in. wishing that they may conduct the Government of the country as discreetly as, upon the whole, the Juste Milieu Minister must be admitted to have done. There are still strong reports that the Duke of SAN FERNANDO, a noted Liberal, will speedily become the leading Minister. Should this appointment actually take place, there will be some danger of the Government moving too fast. In almost every other country termed civilized, the bulk of the people are in advance of the Government ; but at present, we fear that the reverse is the case in Spain; and hence the danger of a popular reaction against an enlightened Ministry.
