Our summary of Spanish news last week brought down the
events in the Spanish capital to the 18th of August. The present week has added very little to our previous stock of information. There was a quarrel and some fighting on the night of the 18th,
between the troops who had arrived at Madrid in the course of the day from St. Ildefonso, and the third battalion of Guards, which was said to be attached to the murdered QUESADA but the disorder was soon quelled by the vigour of Room. and the Captain-General SEOANE. ISTURITZ and Gratussro still remained in concealment. MEND1ZABAL had refused to join the new Ministry, but had promised his support to it. The Cones was expected to meet on the 24th of October. One of the first acts of the Constitutional Ministry was to abolish the censorship of the press. From the insurgent provinces, the intelligence is favourable to the Queen. Int BARREN, one of her Generals, had defeated Fru- HALDE, called the Father of the Carlists of Navarre, with great loss, at Lodosa. Ile cut a whole regiment of cavalry to pieces, and took 1100 prisoners. It appears that the Carlist chieftain, confident in his superior numbers, neglected ordinary precautions. It is also stated that SoutA, another Christino general, has ob- tained an important advantage over the main body of the insur- gents at Villarluengo. CORDOVA has made his appearance in Bayonne. Immediately on his giving up the command, the offi- cers who acted under him commenced active operations against the Carlists, and, it is said, with uniform success.
If this prosperity continue, it will turn out that the French King has slunk from the performance of his share of the Quadruple Treaty just at the time when his cooperation was least necessary. Supposing that the recent adoption of the Constitution of 1812 is the result of a really national movement, the Spanish Govern- ment will be able to crush the insurrection without any foreign aid. In that case, it will have happened that the end of the Qua- druple Treaty was answered, and that during her time of need the Queen derived a large portion, if not all, of the benefit it was intended to confer. Then, too, the Tory gibes on Lord PALMER- sToN's policy may be cast back upon the Tories, whose predilections for despotism in all its forms prompts them to make daily anti weekly attacks on the Foreign Secretary. Hitherto, the busy and prosperous English nation sees little to censure and much to approve of in the conduct of our external relations by the present Ministers. Their interference has been on the right side, and as little costly to the country as could be expected. The substantial success which has attended British support of Liberal prin- ciples on the Continent is gall to the Tories; and hence their loud lamentations on the fallen reputation of Britain, in and out of Parliament. Lung may their anger and their sorrow last !
