From Spain we have little news this week. GOMEZ is
" no- where." ROOM says, he wants shoes and money, and till he gets them cannot go after GOMEZ. It appears that the number of troops actually under the command of Room is but small. That officer is said to have made terans with Don CARLOS some months ago ; and he is much suspected of treachery. General NARVAEZ has been ordered to supersede ALAIN; and it is sus- pected that he will also take the chief command from RODIL. The Carlists are making way before Bilboa. ESPARTERO is in the neighbourhood, doing nothing. Has he too been bribed by Don CARLOS?
The state of Spain is all but hopeless. An intelligent des- potism, like that of NAPOLEON, might do much for her; but the only despot she can expect is the weak bigot, CARLOS. We fear that a mortal injury was inflicted on Spain, when the French were driven by British valour from her plains and cities.
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