The " Ministerial crisis" in Spain has reached another "
settle- ment," if the expression may be allowed in Spanish affairs. The expiring LOPEZ Cabinet were growing more liberal as their strength left them ; and two of their last acts were, to promulgate measures for a general election of Municipalities under the old law, many of those which exist having been appointed by the Government ; and to reestablish the National Guard of Madrid. It is said that the military power and alliance of the Moderados, which had helped the LOPEZ party into office, had become converted into a tyranny which oppressed it ; and now the endeavour was, to provide a check against that oppression, by cultivating an al-
liance with the Liberals. Another surmise is, that the ob-
ject in proposing measures so popular was, merely to em- barrass the successors of the Miniatere. Whatever their projects, S. LOPEZ and his colleagues found themselveEttoo feeble to retain the responsibilities of office any longer ; and they resigned. A Cabinet was reconstituted on the 24th November, having for its chief S. OLOZAGA ; but comprising SERRANO, the young and able member of the late Cabinet, who is reported to have been making the most marked advances towards the Liberals. The new Minis- ters are also reported to contemplate some kind of reform in the administration of finance and in the regulation of municipal elections.
Meanwhile, Barcelona is tranquillized, and has begun the peace- ful occupation of its usual manufactures. The tendency of things in Spain seems to be at present towards the consolidation of order ; but where there is so much secrecy, double-dealing, and inconti- nence of purpose combined, every anticipation may be destroyed by the time the next mail arrives.
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