The intelligence from the insurgent provinces of Spain is very
contradictory, as far as warlike operations are concerned. The last accounts state that ESPARTERO, the Queen's General, had en- tered Bilboa with a considerable force ; that General EVANS was about to join him ; and that a battle with the Carlists was expected daily. In the mean while, the British auxiliary legion is suffering dreadfully. A correspondent of the Courier, who writes from Vittoria, and dates his letter on the 27th of February, says- " The destroying angel does his work fearfully fast ; and many a gay and gallant officer has been cut down by his fell swoop, ere well aware of his ap- proach. His ravages in our medical department have been terrible ; of thirty doctors ten or twelve are already dead. Some lie dangerously ill ; others are slowly recovering ; and of the small number now performing duty, the majority, I think, have had the fever. Of four doctors who came passengers with me from England, one (the Insrector-General) has had the Walcheren fever, one has died of the fever which now rages, and the other two have been at death's door, and now cannot be said to be out of danger.
" The Legion, of course, has suffered severely. Not less than MOO men have been cut off, and many are now in hospitals. I am of opinion, how- ever, that the worst is over, and that good weather and good shoes would speedily produce good health and good spirits."
The elections are almost everywhere favourable to the Liberals.
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