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&. thai the king should nominate

,. tudt VIC n"'S 'bouio behjIE3'e ntp
ministry.
B. That general amnesty should !.
published. The substance OF this le,,s.
was pIacaIded through Madrid on III, ls.t
Of May, and on the 18th, the count AhiS
bal issued proclamation exhoriipp the
Inhabitants to receive the French arny ~
hiends ! On this subject, as the Courisr
remarks, zone very important consider.
ton is, whether Abisbal has acled in
concert with the other constitution,
generals, or whether, having the deiencs
OF lbe capital entrusted to him, his surrer.
der of it has been merely an insulated ar.
of negotiation. II we are 10 suppose lhs
former, then we should say, there remains
no chance OF Spain making successful Ie.
sistance: but it the latter should turn ON,
to be the case, then, whatever may have
been hitherto The probabilities OF ultimals
triumph, they vii! not be materially dim.
nished by the transactions.
The Qnoiidienna speaking oil this news
adds, that the southern province OF La,
Mancha is in full instruction against The
constitution; that Ferdinand is expecteda
Madrid. and that Abisbal is believed 10
have acted in concert with the geners.
,Morillo aud Balasteros. One thing is
very evident. whether tie war be brought
TO a close IN consequence OF this turn OF al.
fairs, as Inc London papers all predict Or
not, there has been lamentable want 0,
something in the Spanish cabiEel-lbey
have certainly shown uore energy in VIII.
ting than fighting.
The Morning Chronicle of The eS,b
states mos, positively, that the defnllw.
formation of the new Spanish ministry bs.
taken place, a subject on which there has
been some hesitation, and we hight add
many intrigues.
We had proceeded thus far before GU,
papers of the 3Ist OF May reached U.s. The
Sun OF the latter date, assures the public
that what they have previously said re.
speeding negotiations between France and
The new Spanish ministers has been con.
6rmed, that they are now actually in pro.
gress, and that the whole has been arran.
ged with the full knowledge and sanction
of the British government. Ii is added,
that mary OF the Cortes have really absent.
ed themselves. upon the understanding
that they are not TO he molested when the
new order of affairs is established The
paper further says, that there is no foun.
dation for the report that Austria was as
sembIing an army. and that we may conf.
IDENTIFY add, that Austria, Russia, g. Prussia
have determined 10 adopt the same neutral
policy which has regulated the conduct Of
the British ministers. The next inforns.
ton expected from Spain will, il is sup.
posei, state the return Of the king to Mad.
rid, and the final adjustment of the differ.
ences between France and Spain; and
from the same quarter we learn thai the
terms offered by the former are such as
will be satisfactory to Europe in general,
By the Pari. papers OF the 28th, it would
seem that the French ministry felt dispos-
ed TO raise their tone no; little, in conse'
quence OF the change of the face of things
in Spain. II is even declared that France
is not really DESTROYS OF an accommodation
with Spain, except on the basis of the les.
torstion of Ferdinand VII. TO the exercise
OF arbitrary power. The Journal des De.
bats contains the following remarkable
sentence: 1.-THE truth is, that the duke
OF ARgouleme will treat with no general.
with no separate army, but only with King
Ferdinand when set Tree, or with the 60
vernnent which king Ferdinand shall
freely have established" We do not be-
lieve, however. that the French will ad-
here 10 any such resolution. There is no
doubt they wish themselves out OF the
scrape, and will accept OF any offers that
will save what they consider :heir honor.
The London Moraing Post of the 3Ist,
broadly accuses Abisbal Of treason, on the
strength OF an article from the Journal DIES
Debats. which admits that he had address.
ed a letter to the Duke of AnRouleme,
drawing an instructive T. terrifying pic.
ture Of The desperate state OF he affairs Of
the party domineeriug in the Cortes, and
OF the universal disposition of all men OF
influence to abandon, or even to overurn
an authority, whose prolonged agony
might still occasion so many unavailing
calamities The letter of this general"
continues the Journal des Debats, ian.
nounces that his measure was combined
with the commanders most esteemed by
the troops. such as MorIIo and Ballaste-
ros, and declares that the principal chiefs
OF The army, obeylng with reluctance mi
ni.try without skill, and an assembly with
out political weight invited with all their
wishes better order of things and were
ready to bail as Liberator the noble
prince, who had no other desire than that
OF promptly closing the glorious part which
he had assumed"
The French entered Madrid on the Esd
of May and the duke Of Angouleme on the
morning Of The Gath Some Of the accounts
assert that Abisbal had been deprived OF
his command BY his indignant soldiers and
that general Lagos has been appointed in
his place. This statement though confirm.
ed by the fact, that general by that name
headed the constitutioDalists in the defeat
Of Bessieros and 10 the evacuation ni the
capital, is contradicted by the Journal des
Debats.
The Spanish officers al CorunDa. on the