The Cortes assemble, under the Constitution, at a most unpropitious
' me; and, tried tinder such circumstances, the verdict which condemns it can scarcely be just. We think, however, with the Carlists besieging Bilboa, threatening St. Sebastian, disturbing Vittoria, roaming about Andalusia, and rendering Madrid not very safe, it is not of much con- sequence what the Cortes may do. They have chosen a President in the person of M. Becerra, and have been engaged in verifying the powers of the members elected. They have been particularly severe, says the Journal du Commerce, on the return for Murcia, in order to re- move M. Meco, an intimate friend of AI. Isturitz. Petty and despi- cable intrigues thus occupy them, as they have occupied the Spanish statesmen and generals from the beginning, instead of the good of the country. They will be measured by the low character they have always 13.ven their opponents, the Carlists ; and they must be content to be placed in the very lowest rank of statesmen and generals. —Com ier.
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