The Spanish news is gloomy. Espartero was strengthening himself at
Albacete on the 29th; having taken the small but strong castle of Chinchilla : another fort necessary to be reduced before leaving it in his rear, Las Penes de San Pedro, resisted. Narvaez marched to relieve Teruel. Bilboa " pronounced " on the 4th. A flotilla at St. Sebastian deserted. Madrid was tranquil on the 1st. The only other important /owns faithful to the Regent were-Badajoz, Cadiz, Ferral, and Saragossa.
A Paris correspondent of the Espectador details the plans of Christina: she was to repair to Pampeluna : she was to appoint Zea Bermudez and others as her Ministers ; Espartero and his adherents were to be tried ; and Louis Philippe had offered her 13,000,000 reels, an army of observation, or (if necessary ) of occupation, and the Due d'Auma le as .a husband for Isabella the Second.
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