The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-29 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 29, 1868.

Everything seems approaching a climax in Spain,
and all the efforts of .the Spanish Generals in the
Royal cause cannot enable them to make head
against the insurgents. Evea Cordova is not yet
recovered, which tells much for the aspect of affairs.

Meanwhile the other side are multiplying thßir suc-

cesses, and as one i►nportant city after another

declares in favour of the movement, it seems im-

possible to look forward to the party of progress
being vanquished. The QUEEN has lost more than
she can ever hope to regain, and by this time the
southern part of her realm has almost unanimously
pronounced against her. Besides this the two Castiles
are hovering i❑ the balance, and when once they and
the city of Valladolid joiu the adverse cause the worst
may be said to have commenced in respect to com-

plete the ruin of the BOURBON cause. It is now consi-
dered advisable not leave Madrid unprotected, and

in order to effect this General CALONGE has been
ordered to march into the interior, which is the
more unfortunate as he was really gaining some
successes. He had, it will be remembered, reco-
vered Santander after a hard fight, and was think-
ing of proceeding to attack Santona, but the coun-
ter orders he has met with will throw away his
chance of making some decided impression on his
adversaries. It seems an ill-advised step that the
authorities Lave taken in this respect, but perhaps
they have no choice left them in the desperate po,i-
tion in which they are placed, and it would not do

to leave the capital unprotected at whatever cost it
was guarded. It shows how deeply rooted the feel-
ing in favour of the insurgents is, that at Seville
and Cadiz the pronunciamientos were but accompa-
nied by the loss of a single life. The Provisional
Government seem inclined to improve matters as
much as possible, and have decreed that Cadiz is
henceforth to be a " free port," and " a revolution-
ary manifestoe which has appeared at Seville pro-
claims universal suffrage, absolute liberty of
the press, freedom of education, of religious
belief, and of commerce and trade ; and
complete commercial liberty is aimed at, and
in waiting till ;that can be carried out with
prudence, and gradual reform of the tariff duties
is advocated, the inviolability of the domicile and
letters is claimed, and a change is to take place in
respect to the succession to the Throne and the ar-
ticles of the Constitution relative to the religion of
the State." This comprehensive manifesto con-
cludes by saying—" Down with the dynasty, and
long live the sovereignty of the people !"
It appears by communications received from
Paris last evening that the state of affairs in Spain
had become far more serious during the last twenty-
four hours, and that many of the private letters
received yesterday contain unfavourable tidings
that indicate the situation to be bad. A des-
patch has been received from Bayonne, which
states that the " last vessel" of the Royal Navy
which had remained faithful has pronounced against
the QUEEN. As might be expected, the confusion
of affairs makes all the exiled claimants and their
friends very active, and many efforts are being
made to forward the chances of rival candidates ;
but to judge from the temper of the leaders of the
party a sort of republic seems most
in vogue just
now. That Spain will eventually maintain this
form of government is most improbable, but for a
time it may offer advantages, and prove a refresh-
ing change to those who have been wearied
to death with the faults and follies of
royalty. The Spanish Government his issued
a telegram to the representatives abroad, informing
them that the British Government notified its in-
tention to send vessels of war to the coast of Spain.
General CONCHA a lvised that the step should not
be taken. To this Lord STANLEY' agreed ; but the
General subsequently found that the insurgents in-
tended to bombard Carthagena, and informed the
Government of Great Britain that they could not
take the responsibility of the danger, that the Bri-
tish subjects might suffer therefrom, and they could
take what steps they deemed advisable. This in-
telligence is another proof of the failure of the