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going by, and thought it his duty, therefore, to keep
their sun above the horizon as long as possible. How-
ever, be the, cause what it may, the Reverend
Baronet's desertion will be so far from having an inju-
rious effect on Mr. HANBURY'S election, that we have
reason to believe that it will create a re-action in
his favour. He is a gentleman too well and
too long known to the Northampton electors to be in-
jured by the opposition of Sir GEORGE ROBINSON,
or a dozen such.: " Mr. HA NBURY'S name," says the
Northampton Chronicle," is well-known and highly
respected, by the freeholders of Northamptonshire.
His ancient family and personal character—the
large extent of his property in the county—the im-
portant stake he holds in all that relates to the pros-
perity of the agricultural interests—the steadfastness
with which he has, on every occasion, supported the
cause of civil and religious liberty—the manly opposi-
tion he offered to Lord BRUDENELL'S return at the
last contested election—all these circumstances must
operate powerfully in favour of the Whig candidate,
and convince the great majority of the freeholders
that Mr. HANBURY is the representative in whom
they may confide, and that he should be the man of
their choice."

Letters and papers from Madrid to the 13th inst.
have been received, and we are now in momentary ex-
pectation of the arrival of a copy of the QUEEN'S
speech on opening the new session of the Cortes.
The Procuradores, or Deputies, assembled on the 12th,
to proceed with the election of a temporary President
and Secretaries. There were about one hundred and
twenty members present, including Senor MARTINEZ
DE LA ROSA, Senor TORENO, Senor MEDRANO,
and Senor MASCOSO DE ALTAMIRA, and most of
the leading members and supporters of the DE LA ROSA
and TORENO Governments. The Count DE LAS
NAVAS, the sworn enemy of TORENO, was also pre-
sent, and looked quite as chop-fallen as the ex-Pre-
mier. The Minister of War, Count ALMODOVAR,
was the only member of the MENDIZABAL Cabinet
is attendance ; the present Government having pre-
viously resolved not to take advantage of anything
capable of influencing, in any degree, the preliminary
proceedings of the Chamber. The Estatuto Real

gives to the President of the Council the power of
naming the Civil Governor of the Province President,
ad interim, of the Chamber of Procuradoes ; but
when the question was submitted to Senor MENDI-
ZABAL, he at once agreed to waive the exercise of
such a. power, leaving the Procuradores to choose
whom they pleased as their President. The election
was warmly contested,but the Liberals obtained a signal
triumph. Senor IsTußiz, Deputy for Cadiz, a staunch
Liberal who distinguished himself against the tyrpt
FERDINAND in 1823, was elected 'resident; and
5E.11C.r.3 CABALLERO and PALO Y MoNGE,—both as
decidedly liberal in their sentiments as the President
—were, appointed Secretaries. This is a great advan-
tage gained at the outset; for Senors MARTINEZ DE
LA RosA, ToitENo, and their supporters, voted
against the Whole of the Liberal Candidates.
The• Proceres, or Peers, will not occupy the same
Chamber durinf,,. this Scssion as they did during the
last. The. Chapel of the Retiro is judged too
inconvenisnt for the attendance of Ministers ; and
therefore a mor:! commodious Chamber, nearer to the
Palace ,of the Prado, and the GovQrnment offices
is now undergoing preparation. The Session will
be the most important held in Spain since the death
of FE:tpI.NAND• •

In Madrid the greatest enthusiasm continues to pre-
vail in favour of the QUETEN•S Government. The de-
termination, among all classes, to put down the
Carlists at any sacrifice, or any risk, is stronger now
than it ever was, The conscription goes on well, and
several provinces have declared themselves willing to
double their quota, and to support the troops out of
their private funds, if such a sacrifice be thought ne-
cessary by the Government.

It -was rumoured in Madrid that I.I.IENDIzABAL
was still engaged in a negotiation with the French
Government, on the subject of tacitly permitting
military stores to be conveyed across the frontier to Don
CAnLos, in violation of the Quadruple Treaty. It
was even said that the President of the QUEEN'S
Council Was in possession of documents by which he
could prove that all the ammunition, military stores, ac-
coutrements, field pieces, and a great number of the
horses in the possession of the Carlists were supplied
through the intervention and connivance of France.
Whether this be correctly stated or not we cannot tell ;
but there is no doubt whatever of the justice with which
M E N DIZA BA L might urge such a breach of faith against
the French Government. The Doctrinaires may urge
what excuses they please about the difficulty of main-
taining an adequate frontier guard, and the temptations
held out to smugglers ; but all who have not an interest
in swallowing the deception must be aware that France
might, and often did, under greater difficulties, prevent
a -contraband trade, even to the sale of a single musket,
between her own subjects and the people of Spain.
Some apprehensions were excited in Spain by the
appearance of a Sardinian squadron off Tarragona, as
the puissant Monarch of SARDINIA is known to be
the avowed champion of Don MIGUEL and Don
CA RLOS. We have heard a great deal about the
King of SA RDINIA of late. His Majesty is ambitious
of rivalling the fame of the CZAR, and doubtless burns
to distinguish himself by some feat of surpassing
prowess. As he may possibly meditate a descent
upon England, we call upon our Government to make
the necessary preparations far defending our coast
against an invasion which might jeopardize a number
of bathing-machines, and frighten the old women in
several fashionable watering-places. But to speak
seriously, we are tired of the intriguing, busy-bodyism
of this King of SARDINIA. He is in Scripture lan-
guage " a serpent and an adder in the way," whom it
were an act of humanity to the Sardinians to crush.
With respect to Spain, his Majesty cannot proceed
too cautiously. His sentiments are well known ; and
should his armament fall in with the British coast
guard off the north of Spain, his marines will be
taught to distinguish between an English war frigate
in the Mediterranean and a Venetian gondola gliding
over the moonlit waves of the Adriatic. We are
aware that he is but the agent of Russia and
Prussia—too cautious themselves to oppose openly
the
_policy of England and France. But his insig-
nificance will not always serve for a protection ;
and he ought not to expect succour from his secret
abettors in. the Cabinets of Berlin and St. Petersburg.
They will not, and cannot, protect him against the
vengeance of either England or France.
The Spanish Government has concluded its con-
tracts for supplying whatever may be wanted by the
army in the North during the winter campaign. The
province of Soria has already furnished its full contin-
gent towards the conscription of 100,000 men ; and
several others have nearly completed theirs. MINA'S
presence in Catalonia has been productive of great
good ; more
,especially in the disturbed districts, in
.which order now begins to be generally established.
Desertion is very general among the more recent
Carlist levies.
We look forward with much interest to the arrival
of the speech of the Queen of SPAIN. We had ex-
pected that a copy of it would have . reached London
this clay at noon, but we now find that we had mis-
calculated the time of its being dispatched from Ma-