The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-16

~. y.Aest IntsIlagsnce from Spain.
Tba latest news we have from this country Is
urdsr ate of the nth ultimo and the accounts are
a conflicting az usual. Ell Hsraldo makes the
fo,,oino calculation on the result Of the late cleo
t;ors ,hicb Il will be seen, have turned out sue
cesfuIIy tor the ministry:-0pe hundred and seven
tv6ve of the ancient deputies have been reelected,
one hundred and fortyve have lost their elections,
and one hundred and ftyfour did not belong to the
last Congress Since the withdrawal of M. Bravo
Murillo the late President of the Council General
Roncali has been nominated to that Office. He is
one of the officers who distinguished himself in the
War of the Succession and was Governor-General of
Cuba during Lopez's first expedition. His expert
ence in the government of that colony may have
contributed to his elevation to that high Office for
there is evidently feeling of great disquietude
existing in Spain to ss possessions in the Antilles.
The papers continue to that the last news
from Cuba is very satisfactory but the repeated
enunciation of the fact in the Spanish journals
would augur the most anxious solictude on the sub
ject. OF the other members of the cabinet, NJ.
Llorente is certainly the most distinguished he was
lately in the ministry of NJ. Bravo Murillo, and in
his present position Of Minister OF the INTERIOR was
directing his attention to establish clearly the nan
cial state Of Spain when the late President Of the
Council left the cabinet. His object in doing so is
to avoid personal responsibility and not to mix him
self up with the official acts Of the late ministry.
On his advent to Office he found the national trea-
sury in the most embarrassed condition. some Of the
Madrid papers placing the deficit in the finances at
the enormous sum Of five hundred and sixty millions
OF reals, but at the same time accompanying the
statement with the remark that they do not guaran
tee the exacttude Of this news the actual amount
of public money in the treasury From the short &C
count under the head Spain the late news that
arrived by the Africa it would appear that the Bank
of San Fernando, at Madrid, had agreed to make an
advance to the government Of ffty-two millions Of
reals, on the credit of the receipts at Havana in
1854. We learn, through other channels, that both
M. de Salamanca and M. Bahner one Of the repre-
sentatives in Madrid Of Rothschild's house, have
proceeded to Paris, in relation to the financial affairs
OF one Of the great national enterprises which
the government has undertaken, viz: the establish
ment of railroad between Madrid and Irun. In
the meantime, the ministry was busily occupied in
preparing to lay favorable statement as possible
OF the finances before the deputies, at the
bling Of the Cortes which was to take place the
first OF the present month; and the Minister Of
Finances had asked his colleagues to furnish their
projects of budgets so that he might prepare his to
lay before Parliament. The hypothecation of the
revenues Of Havana for 1854 in favor Of the Bank of
San Fernando, for the loan of ffty-two millions,
which il has made to government, establishes most
conclusively, in conjunction with the other facts,
that the financial condition of Spain never in q
worse condition than it is at present, and that,
unless assistance is rendered from some quarter or
other the government will soon be on the verge of
national bankruptcy.
Nor can the political state of the country be viewed
in other respects, under more suspicious circum
stances It will be remembered that, on the assem-
bling of the last Cortes, on the LIST of December
controversy Immediately the occasion of the
nomination of the President of the Congress. NJ.
Tejada was the candidate who was supported by
the cabinet Of Madrid, whilst NJ Martinez de la
Rosa was the nominee of the opposition who elected
him. This gave rise to the dissolution Of the Cham
)ers, and it is therefore, rather surprising that by
he very latest accounts received from Madrid,
HE government should have fixed upon NJ.
Marines de la Rosa as the ministerial candi-
bate for the Office From this and other attendant
circumstances, we are inclined to believe that the
policy Of the cabinet will be to conciliate the 0pposi
ton; and should this prove to be the case there is
doubt that it will carry through those projects of
political reform which it proposed to accomplish
with the concurrence Of the new Parliament These,
indeed would be great boons to the subjects Of Queen
Isabella, for, comprising as they do complete
reorganization of the constitution and the establish
ment of personal liberty, and the security Of private
property, they would meet the views Of the most
sangune friends Of reform in the State On the other
hand, La Gaceta, of Madrid, publishes royal ordi
nance naming forty-three new Senators, with the
view to neutraze the opposition in the upper house;
and the Clamm PubFco, La Espana, and the Ell
Diaro Espanol, Of the 18th February were seized by
order Of government, tit is not said for what cause
and La Nacion and the Las Noredades expe-
rienced . similar fate the preceding day. 1t is
evident that the government found fault with certain
comments Of the press, for in a late number Of the
Clamor Pubfico we it complains of the state Of
the press in Madrid which it says, was never more
precarious. Nearly all the journals Of the capital
had been seized, and some of them had to submit
four different editions to the fiscal OF the press be-
fore he allowed them to be issued.
The accounts contained in the papers we have
seen are 80 conflicting that it is almost impossible to
give definite idea of Spanish politics. but the above
may, in the main, be relied upon as correct The
changes In the personnel Of the administration seem
to be of frequent occurrence; but there is doubt
the government would have assumed more stability
after the assembling Of the Cortes. We shall look
nth anxiety for the proceedings of that Legislative
pdy, which in the present state Of our relations
18th Spain, possess than usual interest. With
pch men as the Count d'Alcoy and NJ. Llorente in
be Spanish ministry-who are justly celebrated, as
yell for their distinguished literary attainments as
a;r odo of fba of
ernment-they may pursue different policy from
that which has hitherto characterized the Spanish
councils, and any change would be for the better.
BOrneO.
Accounts received from Brun to the 10Th of Octo-
her, represent the Sultan as not expected to live