The Spanish intelligence continues to be very interesting. Every day
brings accounts o fresh desertions from the Pretender's army, and additional success of the Queen's commanders. The whole of Biscay and Guipuscoa have declared for the Queen ; ESPARTERO
having at length guaranteed, hi his treaty with INIAnsyro, the pre- servation of their fiteros, or exclusive privileges; the unwise abro- gation of which by the Liberals first enabled Don CARLOS to raise
the flag of rebellion in the Northern provinces. The troops of Manaro and ESPARTERO, on learning that the treaty had been concluded, piled up their arms together at Bergara, and a general
" fraternization " took place ; while the two commanders embraced each other in the presence of the men. It was said that the Na-
varrese battalions would remain faithful to Don Caamis : but ac- cording to the latest accounts, two, stationed at Vera, lied refused to join him ; three others had made overtures to Esrssereso, and the remainder were chiefly employed in pillaging the country. A body of cavalry which, it was supposed, had gone to join CABRERA in Arragon, deserted to ESPARTERO ; the Carlist forts its Navarre were surrendering with their garrisons, and the Alavcse portion of the rebel army were deserting. Tolosa, abandoned by the Cellists, was occupied by the Royalists on the Gth instant ; the march of
the latter upon that place having been effected with the coiipera- tion of' Lord Jon N HAI-, who ordered a battalion of Marines and two battalions of Artillery to occupy Andoain and the positions in its neighbourhood. Don CARLOS was at Lecumberri i • but his Court and Cabinet were dispersed, and most of them had taken refuge in France. Although in some districts of Navarre and Ar- ragon the Pretender's standard was still followed, the symptoms of a general " break up" were not to be mistaken. MonEso—he by whom our countryman Mr. Bovn was massacred—has himself been murdered by mutinous troops at Urdax. The active interference of Lord JOHN HAY has been mentioned— and the reader is aware that his Lordship,with Colonel Arvison, pro- moted the arrangement with MAROTO ; whereat an outcry has been raised against Lord PALMERSTON, as having intrigued with a traitor to desert his lawful sovereign. Is it forgotten that the Queen of Spain is recognized in this country ? Don CARLOS and MsnoTo were a pair of rebels ; and to detach one from the other, watt not only perfectly justifiable, but praiseworthy. The civil war in Spain had reached that crisis which occurs in all intestine struggle; for empire when one party must give way. Then the speediest means of settling the quarrel are the best ; and to encourage desertion from the party in rebellion, is surely permitted to the Government in close alliance with the recognized sovereign of the country cursed with the civil war.
The Queen Regent of Spain opened the session of the Cortes on Sunday the 1st instant. The day was fine ; the royal cort6ga ' unusually brilliant ; the populace in excellent temper ; and tho speech from the throne, though uninteresting except to Spaniards; exhibited attention to the various interests of the kingdom and its dependencies. A cheerful view of the war was taken, but the news of Mastovo's desertion and the rapid progress of the Queen's arms had not then reached Madrid. On the 3d instant, the Deputies were summoned by " extraordinary notice at their houses," to hear ESPARTERO'S despatch. The joy of the whole . body was un- bounded. It had been feared that on the question of 'granting. the fueros sonic dissatisfactitm .Wotdd have been elicited : nothing of the kind appeared. Loud and frequent explosions of applause burst from the Deputies and from the crowded galleries, with shouts of "Isabella for ever ! " The rejoicings throughout Madrid were continued till midnight, amidst bonfires and ringing of bells. The Queen Regent and her daughter were Obliged to show themselves again and again to the populace from the windows of the Palace.
