The news from Spain is of an indecisive character, but
on the *hole its complexion is rather more favourable. General M'DounAL and Colonel WYLDE, who were commissioned by General EVANS to represent to MENDIZ &HAL the sufferings of the British Auxiliaries from the want of pay and necessaries, were received most cordially by the Spanish Minister, and have re- turned to head-quarters, laden—not with money or clothing for the troops—but with promises that every cause of complaint shall be removed as speedily as possible.
There have been some disturbances in Valencia, caused, it is supposed, by the Ultra Liberals; and in Salamanca, by the ex- pulsion from the University of the friars; but in neither place were the tumults alarming or of long duration. The new Cortes has before this time assembled in Madrid. Of the 66 members who voted with MENDIZABAL in the minority on the question which led to the dissolution of the late Cortes, 47 have been reelected ; of the majority of 71 who voted against the Minister, only one has secured a seat in the new Chamber. This seems to prove that MENDIZABAL'S popularity has not deserted him.
CABRERA is reported to have put to death eighteen ladies of the Royalist party, in revenge for the murder of his mother.
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