The long administration of Sefior Sagasta in Spain has at
length come to an end. He resigned on Thursday, and it is believed that he will be replaced by the Tory leader, Serior Canovas del Castillo. The cause of this rather abrupt change is not known, the ostensible reason being only that the Ministry is exhausted ; but the Times' correspondent in Madrid hints that it is not entirely due to the rupture in the Liberal Party, but that the Queen has been influenced by advice not wholly directed with a view to the national interest. We suspect that some discontent has been discovered in the Army, but the secret must be revealed in a few hours. The change will not be popular, but there will be no revolution, as Spaniards of all parties have tacitly agreed to await the majority of the baby-King, some thirteen years hence. The Queen, moreover, has the governing instinct, makes few mistakes, and pushes nothing to extremes.
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