M. RAYNEVAL, the French Ambassador, died on the' 16th, of
a pulmonary complaint, aggravated by anxiety, and the bad air of the district between Madrid and St. Ildefonso, which he was fre- quently obliged to traverse. RAYNEVAL was an adroit and inde- fatigable diplomatist, and is also said to have been an amiable and accomplished gentleman.
The British Legion continues at St. Sebastian, in distress for pay, and almost in a state of mutiny. General EVANS is recover- ing from his illness. He demurred about allowing the Constitu- tion to be proclaimed at St. Sebastian ; but finding that his Royal mistress had given in her adhesion to it, of course he could not give any opposition to its recognition in the little corner of the kingdom under his control. Colonel DE LANCY has been despatched to Madrid, on an unwelcome mission—to ask for money to pay the Legion. General LEBEAU, at the head of the French Legion, has obtained some small successes over the Carlists.
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