There is no news of interest from the seat of
war in the North- ern provinces of Spain. The inability of the Queen's Govern- ment to put down the incurreetion. seems to be generally ac- knowledged; and the aid.of the parties to the Quadruple Treaty has been formally required ; but to what extent, has not been made public. It is surmised that France will be called upon to keep a stricter watch on the frontiers, to prevent succours of men and stores being forwarded by land to the rebels; while England per- forms the same service at sea, and moreover assists the Royal army with supplies of ammunition. If the active cooperation of a foreign force is required, Portugal will be called upon to fur- . nish it. The value of the stores already supplied by our Government is 200,000/.; and it appears from a discussion in the house of Peers on Tuesday, that the Duke of WELLINGTON, when last in office, informed the Spanish Ministers that it was not intended to press for payment of that sum. The Times takes advantage of this declaration of the Duke, to assert that he was the person who actually supplied the stores, and triumphantly alleges that this is a proof of his readiness to give the Queen of Spain hearty sup- port. The fact is, that the Duke of WELLINGTON merely con- sented not to demand money which he knew could not be paid, and never sent the stores in question. His conduct in this trans- action is therefore no set-off against the blow insidiously dealt on the Queen's interest by the mission of Lord ELIOT, and the terms in which the Convention Treaty, as it is called, was pur- posely drawn up. The Times evidently feels that the late Tory Ministry has not got well out of the imputation arising from Lord ELIOT S mis- sion : yesterday it quoted, with much parade, an article from a 1%ladrid paper, the Abeja, which bears the signature of one Louis FERNANDEZ DE CORDOBA, respecting the convention, or as be calls it, the stipulation. Who FERNANDEZ DE CORDOBA may be, i we cannot tell ; and the Times does not inform us : perhaps he is the tool of the Times Madrid correspondent ; for there is some internal evidence that the letter was originally of British manu- facture. As regards the question at issue—the good or bad faith with which the Tories conducted the foreign affairs of this country —the writer in the Spanish newspaper has nothing to say, which deserves the least notice. All that he makes out is, that General VALDEZ approved of the treaty which the Duke's agent drew up ; and that ZUMALACARREGUY was not likely to sign a document in which he was styled a rebel.
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