NEWS OF THE WEEK
TI1HE Counter revolution has arrived in Spain. Don Alphonso,
the Prince of the Asturias, came of age on November 17, and hisadvisers, among whom S. Canovas del Castillo is the-principal, decided that the time was ripe,-and that trains long--since laid .should be exploded. The Captain-General of Madrid informed Serrano that Alphonso -must be restored, the Generals of the re .cruited Army of the North were warned to be ready, the Fleet was eager for the change; and- on December 28 or 29 General Martinez Campos " pronounced " in Valtncia for Alphonso XII. In two days the armies of the North and the Centre, the garrison of Madrid, and the fleet had followed, and on -the last day of the year an Alphonsist Cabinet was in full possession of the Executive. The Ring, who was in Paris with his mother, was informed of the ;movement, and invited to enter Spain, and by the last accounts had started on his journey. He is a somewhat precocious lad of seventeen, but has been carefully trained, and declares himself a -"Liberal,"—which, however, may mean anything or nothing. It- appears to be certain that all the Bourbons, Don Carlos and his brother excepted, recognise Alphonso. It is rumoured that some .Garlist regiments have submitted, but this is not yet confirmed, -and there is grave reason to believe that some of the cities— .especially Granada, Valladolid, Barcelona, and Saragossa—will -revolt, thus drawing away forces from the Army of the North. Nothing, however, happens in Spain that was expected, and the new Ministry has wisely confirmed all the existing civil authorities.
