The movements of Don CARLOS are but imperfectly known. It
is even doubted by some, whether he has actually reached Spain; but there seems scarcely any ground for scepticism on this point. The last accounts represent him as moving towards the sea-coast at the head of a small body of troops. RODIL 'pushed towards the scene of action with his usual energy, and is said to have rendered the supply of provisions to the rebels very precarious. There have been rumours, none of them obtaining much credit, of battles gained by the Carlists, and of desertions from the Royal army. The Carlist loan project has been defeated, by the arrest of M. JAUGE, the contractor in Paris; and two or three vessels about to sail from the Thames, laden with arms and ammunition for the rebels, have been seized for want of proper clearances.
The infant Queen and her mother the Regent were to have been present at the opening of the Cortes, on Thursday. A programme of the ceremonial to be observed on the occasion has been issued by MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA. Financial difficulties; will be among the first matters attended to; and TORE NO is incessantly engaged in preparing his budget. The scandal-mongers of Madrid declare that the Queen Regent recovered from her dread of the cholera and the effects of a miscarriage at the same time.
Previous page
