The news from Spain is scanty and contradictory. What has
become of GOMEZ ?— we cannot tell. It is believed in Ma- drid, however, that his band has been pretty well cut up, and that a considerable portion of his booty has been retaken. There is no certain intelligence from Bilboa. It is said that ESPARTERO, after making a feeble and ineffectual attempt to relieve the gar- rison, had retired to Portugalete from a position on the Cadagua, -which he had assumed after some fighting. He states that he wants reinforcements. The CALATRAVA. Ministry is supported by the Cortes. They are proceeding with their new law for strengthening the Government, very successfully. A clause em- powering them to send suspected persons to the Canaries, was passed by 94 to 53; a vote which had the effect of stopping the publication of two violent Opposition journals. The division in favour of the principle of the law was 103 to 43.
Colonel GODFREY, despatched by General EVANS to Madrid, is said to have got 10,000/. from MENDIZABAL for the Legion, be- sides promises of pensions to the widows and children of the slain.
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