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LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 28, 1868.

Spain is struggling in all the anxiety and appre-
hension of portentous changes at hand, but all
point in the direction of a decided alteration in the
administration of affairs. In point of fact, the in-
surrection may be called universal, and all efforts at
making it appear otherwise are now frustrated.
We cannot, as unprejudiced lookers-on, satisfy our-
selves that the rising, however turbulent, is con-
fined to a particular locality, for the arrival of one
telegram after another confirms the impression con-
veyed by the preceding ones at the first that there
was a deep meaning in the affair, and a fixel pur-
pose that would be accomplished at any cost. The
great obstacle in the way of adjusting the present
difficulty lies in the unpopularity of the QUEEN,
and taking that into consideration with all its sig-
nificance, there is every reason to believe that her
reign is virtually over, and that to all intents and
purposes she has completed her course of Royalty
in the Peninsula. It cannot be said that the Spa-
niards have shown any impatience, for they have
borne very patiently with years of oppression, and
the evils that have accrued from a long course of
misrule ; the end comes at last, however, to all
badly-constituted Governments, be they abso-
lute or republican ; and accordingly the close
of this year seems destined to witness

the cessation of the BOURBON rule in a
land that has been too long weighed down under
its oppressive tendencies. It is the decadence of the
commonalty portion of the community that shows
how dangerous is the matter, and let the origin of
the revolt have been what it may, we have now to
look at it from the present aspect, and the Royalist
party will have to take the consequences of that
stage, be their credulity what it may, and their
opposition never so strong against the popular de-
sire. Not only the number of the places that have
declared in favour of the insurgents calls
for our notice, but their names are especially
indicative of a change and illustrative of the cha-
racter of the movement. The province of Biscay
has now determined not to arm in the Royal cause,
and that is proof positive of the peril that surrounds

the SOVEREIGN alike from the evil that menaces her
and from the lack of defenders to come forth in her

defence.

The QUEEN, it is well known, has no lack of
spirit, and therefore we may not yet be in sight of
the end, for she will be sure to use every means
that is in her power to keep her throne,
no matter what sacrifices she has to make,
and also to demand from others. Very
little reliance can be placed upon the ruler,
however, whose own feelings of respect for
the wishes of the nation cannot be strong enough
to forego undesirable connections, and yet, in the
hour of peril, can cast promises to the winds and
forswear all previous engagements. Bad as the
Royal favourites at the Court of Madrid often were, li
and malign as was the influence they exercised
upon the national mind, it cannot be said that un-
mixed good will result from their banishment. It
will be too like the experiment of washing the out-
side of the cup and platter and leaving untouched
the most important part. Besides, the Spanish people
have pronounced their opinion in terms so decided and
positive that they have little room for doubt. The

opportunity of gaining favour by the relinquish-
ment of bad advisers has gone by, and most likely

never to return. It is the name of the QUEEN that
is now the mark of opprobrium; and reproaches are
hurled against the dynasty. The truth is plain
before the country that, odious as the Minister was,

he would not have carried out his mischievous in-
tention had he not been countenanced by his Sove-
reign, and this time the nation seems determined
to pass from effect to causes, and cope once for all
with the evil, be it found where it may, and not
what consequences may ensue from the attempt.

On Saturday afternoon the metropolis was startled
by an announcement that the Prince of WALES
had been seriously injured by an accident while
shooting in the neighbourhood of Dunrobin Castle.
Such unwelcome news might, it was feared, have
some foundation; in fact since the Prince is known
to be a keen sportsman, and accidents from guns
and ammunition are only too frequent. Perhaps
the catastrophe in Sydney rendered the public more
ready to fear that some disaster had befallen the
heir apparent, who has hitherto been fortunate
enough to escape unhurt from all perils at home
and abroad, whether from Fenian plotters or
maniacs, or from the inevitable dangers attending
a prolonged course of travel. Happily, the rumour
has proved to be altogether unfounded, and the
telegraphic wires, which so often startle us with
painful intelligence on this occasion, did good ser-
vice by speedily setting the public anxiety at rest.
A message from Major TEESDALE, and another from
the Duke of SUTHERLAND, gave the most emphatic
contradiction to the alarming rumours afloat, and
declared that the Prince of WALES " was never
better in his life." This was welcome intelli-
gence, and should make the loyal subjects of
the QUEEN less ready to credit such reports for the
future. We may fairly ask how and where such a
story originated ? Whoever set it in circulation
without taking the trouble to verify it was much to
blame, and it is to be hoped that its having proved
so complete a fabrication will induce our courtly
➢iercurys to be henceforward a little less eager to
produce such a sensation at the cost of occasioning
a degree of serious apprehension which is totally
unfounded.

The letter of the Marquis of BUTE on the subject
of election interference will be received with satis-
faction by the public in general, and by indepen-
dent men of all shades of party. The communica-
tion is addressed to Colonel STUART, the cousin of
the noble Marquis, and a candidate at the next elec-
tion of Cardiff. It was said that it wee the inten-
tion of Lord BUTE to influence all those he could in
favour of Mr. GIFFARD, the Conservative candi-
date. "Of course," remarks he in the letter re-
ferred to, "he cannot be an uninterested spectator
of the contest between the rival candidates in
a place in which he takes so great an interest
as Cardiff, and he does not scruple to say that his
sympathies are with Mr. GIFFARD but he declares
his fixed intention not to " put any pressure" upon
any elector to induce him to vote for the Conserva-
tive candidate. Even were it possible to make the
Cardiff people return a member against their own
convictions he would not do so, but as it is he ex-
presses the belief that they would not be induced
to do so ; the opinions of others, however, point in
the contrary direction. Then follows the most
emphatic denial on the part of the writer
of any intention to influence those con-
nected with him to vote in any way