The news from Spain, which has lately been so copious
and interesting, is this week very scanty. The Austrian, Neapolitan, and Sardinian agents at Madrid, have received orders to leave that city. The Spanish Ministry will be the less annoyed by foreign spies in consequence of their departure; and it will be difficult to say in what way they can be injured by it. About two hundred intriguing foreigners—not accredited by any Government, but probably in the pay of several—have been banished from the capital, together with MENDEZ VIGO, a formidable Ultra-Liberal, who aspired to the command of the army. The organization of the National Militia and the collection of the forced loan were proceeding successfully ; and altogether when the last accounts were despatched, affairs in Madrid wore a favourable aspect. As to the operations of the main armies on either side, there is no intelligence that can be relied on. It is allowed by the Carlists, that the expedition of Don CARLOS to Madrid has been indefinitely postponed. All doubt of the victory of ALAIX over Got.= is put an end to by the publication of the official list of killed and wounded, and the names of the prisoners in the Madrid Gazette. GOMEZ, however, is reported to have entered the city of Jaen, near which is a deptit of 3000 or 4000 horses—the largest in the country. It is supposed that he intends to invade Andalusia. Meanwhile, ALAIX remains at Villa Robledo, the scene of his recent victory. Why is he not in pursuit of GomEz ? and what is RODIL about with his army of 15,000 men, of whom we heard a firtnight ago?
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