POSTSCRIPT.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
The news from Spain this morning is of the usual complexion. At Madrid, on the 16th, the position of the Government was as precarious as ever-
" I have reason to believe," writes the correspondent of the Times, "that it is at this moment negotiating both with Don Carlos and with the chief sup- porters of the conspiracy ' of the Central Junta, (who sit unconcernedly in daily Committee in Madrid,) for that aid which they in their shortsighted. folly promised to extend to Maria Christina. They will accept of either, but one they must have at any price. Despite of their boasted reforms in the army, they fro: that they have destroyed all discipline, all confidence, all honour in the Spanish soLlier, and that their own example is the moat dangerous incen- tive and justification to farther corruption and deception, mutiny and treason. In eight days more, I am inforMed, they expect the ultimatum of Don Carlos : the present reply of the united Progresistas, Exaltados, and Republicans, is ' Defiance, and the convocation of a Centrai Junta.'
" Meantime, the Ministry, Narvaes, and Olozsga, hold daily councils. Two days siuce, it was decided that the latter should go to Paris on an important mission ; and to be replaced, pro tewpore, in his attendance on the Queen by Senor Tejada, who holds a high office in the Court of Justice here. But the necessity of working up a majority in the Cortes was judged of greater present importance; so Senor Clomp still remains."
The capital is reduced by its new rulers to as intolerable a condition as that of its worst days under Despotic Governments- " Madrid still continues garrisoned, patrolled, and sentineled, as if placed under a state of siege by martial law. The only difference appears to be, that that premonitory formality has been dispensed with in consideration of the present period of election of Deputies to the Cortes. Domiciliary visits con- tinue; and more prisoners were seized last night, the result of the denunciations made to the new military inquisition established here. Narvaea has the credit of having reorganized this very effective instrument of Spanish government, with the assistance of Caballero; who had considerable experience in this line in the days of Ferdinand the Seventh, having had the honour of being a ' familiar' of Calomarde, and distinguished for his aptitude in hunting out and denouncing the traitors, called Liberals, in those days. The Espec fader of this morning publishes a curious document which fell into its hands, marked most y rivate, containing instructions for the military inspectors of the capital, whose duties appear to be to introduce themselves into crowds and companies to observe conversations'—' to watch suspected persons, and to find means to enter into intercourse with them or their servants, or the persons who frequent their society, to the intent of discovering their pro- ceedings —‘ to inquire what people may have arms hidden to make lists of all who enter the gaming-houses, and a note of the best way of surprising and apprehending them there to obtain notices of private lodging-houses and their inmates'—' to hunt out secret societies, their objects, places of meeting, resources, and report on the means of taking the members prisoners to listen to the topics discussed by soldiers and peasants in taverns, and to verify the individuals who may be found engaged in dangerous conversations,' and especially to watch the proceedings of the officers of the late National Militia of Madrid—what messages they send, what meetings they hold, and what subject calls them together,' Sac."
The elections commenced in Madrid on the 15th. The Progresistas had succeeded in returning the boards of seven electoral colleges out of twelve ; but the Parliamentary party was said to have polled the great- est number of votes. It is, however, very doubtful if any of the elect will sit in the summoned Cortes, as the Centralistas are working " to change all that" before the appointed 15th October.
The manifesto of the Ministry against the Central Junta had pro- duced an unfavourable impression.
On the 7th, the Cones frigate sailed from Cadiz, conveying to the Havanna General Leopold O'Donnell, the new Captain-General of Cuba.
A letter from Granada of the 9th announced, that the Captain-General had marched out on the 18th, with all the disposable forces, in the direc- tion of the Sierra de Ronda ; where a rising was said to have been ex- cited by General Linage, Secretary to Espartero. The militia of Ronda held out for the Regent to the close of the late struggle.
Advices from Barcelona do not extend beyond the 14th ; on the morning of which day neither the firing of cannon nor of musketry was heard.
The Morning Post says that the affairs of Greece are about to come• actively before Earope- " In letters received yesterday, dated at Athens the 5th instant, and writ- ten by persons who possess the heat means of information, it is distinctly affirmed that there can no longer be any doubt that the Greeks have so fully made up their minds to put an end to the present dynasty, as to be resolved not even to accept a constitution at the hands of King Otho. They declare that they will abstain from all outrage and personal violence ; and that they only desire the embarkation of the King and his German followers, who shall be tree to leave the country without receiving the slightest injury. It is added, that the last protocol of the London Conference had reached Athens ; but that it had not yet been communicated to the Greek Government, on account of the difficult situation in which the representatives of the three Allied Powers found themselves placed."
A second edition of the Morning Chronicle has the latest news from Spain, under the date of Perpignan, 20th September- " On the 16th, Prim had been joined by two battalions of the Regiment of Soria, with 4,000 men, at Gracia. He expected other troops on the 17th, and intended to attack Ametler on the 18th. The diligenees of Barcelona of the 17th and 18th were behind-hand in consequence of inundations."
The Chronicle adds- " We have received news from Barcelona of the 15th. The Junta still con- tinued to adopt measures suitable to maintain the general enthusiasm. A Sacred Body' will be formed, composed of officers who have just offered their services to the Junta. Ametler, who is the right arm of the Junta, writes from Mataro, on the 13th, that he is at the head of 7,000 men, determined to conquer or to die for the Junta."
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