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6 CHE OLD WORLD. e, Germany ra. National Progress in Fran and Great Britain. An Important Epoch in History of the Nations. ts Russia in Her Youth orin a Primitive Decay ? A Glance Toward the Orient—The Asiatic Empires, Parts, March 1), 18 For the first time, after y years, the polit. eal situation in Frauce has ceased to be of para- mount to the worlt. The lon acht struggle appears to be at apend, Monarchy and Cmsarism have done te!r worst, and the efforts of their pariisans have only succeeded 1a consol! free institutions of their country, A in the palace of Lows interest dating the Royalist As: XIV., has procia anite of 1 to bless that wnic pubiie thus estabi hour, but by the old eliberate cour * wiil probably last and France may enter on & long pertod of repose, or rather of ¢ activity, unimpeded by the great nation may at piness of tts org and bave no bi CER emalior neigh’ Orye ANY pr hand, on. the ott ous int now taking place to depend in no si ract the anx- the event nay be said the G bits t t is to say, a large proportion mental a pre ton, A young G ofeskoe of Sanserit Teal- izes the Greek ideal of Pp, aud would have been held worthy to be among the “guar- dians” of Plato’s model Republite. Ll, then, this Nation—so learned, a0 brave, so strong—delib- erately rejects these theories of liberty which bave bithert én accepted, at least tm principle, by the majority of civ mankind, a gra theories are ease Germany will divine law and h combatants—or ed by Locke, ani as defended art truths—i fig qu immortal be jour expert reedo: atthe peril of their lives by the vindicators of America ehc6, iS a sham and a delusion; in ca C& 8 put leading the way to a new order o} Viduals WL @ State. bien the rights of indi- ced to the mins of un stand 2 s about to urch in that country out ¢ ceding to it BOge. German ependent church press. Priest and © king but C the human Sa. finea the ma ms to accept and niusters. uta of Pome- rania and trors of the best Tea t t uf we may in the mind Auerbu' y perceived, ts the sacred <D continnes to be about many things; chien excesses of the ritualists, the advance of | Asi Vous fear iest the Coan of the Ex > unable to surplus of more than a milion, Ata: tis latter kind mdicate aa extraor- ainary am of prospe! but there are a.so uneasiness, LE AGITATIC earance ho s Jemuation 0 Mr. a conservative Ministry, ses 10) more verita , is Una} pro- aud ou snow in Ireland, What the Movement lacks, fortunately for ali parties, is @ competent leader. artim can. bot draw & bow o Tne lioerai Catn- oles, 4 Schoo! yhich is jar glory 0 r ed to any echem egra ion or whe 8 Postmaster Ir nat for she dis d Bumiy, went so far yetter gore Mr. G ritament by the yodstuie, a More lower administ ver. 1 n0 urside (ue piuck and accep nnitian awcborit. turn patricis mach to yost the security i for ons in Asia. Under one gions continue year by the fer land of K another expeaition airy was ordered by e rg, und it t be oc don w thous: ement wnea Wellesiey at the are remembered. for the duration es would some Tue ot pe secl y halt Riropens O raise Kassia to h ue uror Austria, one 6 ginning vo Herr Ufenneim tas conflict between 1 cial system of our , rector who represented the ted, and the Minister who ordered he obtained “uniimited leave of svuseu much zeal }# believed to have been the discomfiare of the Cabinet, which heart on & conviction, and aivempted to im the iribonal by questionable means, As souD a8 this Was discovered pubic sympatay veered round to the stde of tre aceused, and the jury mustered courage to give a Verdict opposed to that which the goverpmen med disposed to demand in too arbitrary @ fashion. ITALY REUNITED on of italy would be eminently satise ow bat for The condi factory jus Garthbald! has ceases nd the Pope i# sald to be w rstanding with the King. hat aeaty should be sigr ireh and the Crown of Italy cu the reguing Pontit, or the elec nay jead to unleard imleriereuce Of whe “Ted¢sce, 4 1g 9 coseor eveu tee NEW) YORK HERALD,- SUNDAY, MARCH, 28, 1875.-QULNTUPLE SHEET, im the Middle ages, Hlior the abohtion briganids stil the pe valty of an8 Are a& jealous, } Mm @ bas thrown outa of capiial punishment, — italian epterlain & Strong aversion to true [tall: Tne Se It istrue that no statesman would have th courage to suggest a reduction in the military estimates, even if it were desirable. Nor can the death, but they are ceasing to be an influential navy be salely neglected tn view of the alarming | class of the community, aud very jew noblemen ale to be iound im their ranks in ttiese | “LIVING GREECE NO MORE, In Greece King George ts about to make & last effort in or of constitutions! government. Toe Nationa! Assemtoly has been summoved for the Ista ins'.; ane if, as during last session, it should | Stlempt to UEIAE DUbIG busmess to a ataudstil and refuse 10 Vote the suppiles, It is uDderstvod | vaas His Majesty will terminale the period of anarchy by decisive measures, The prove Powers would certainly not interfere, thouga Rus- Sia might protest, in order to throw difiiculties im | “ae way 0) the Greek goverument; lor Russta | strongiy opposed to the sentiment known | Paaneilenism, for which she would irate P: | ortnodogy, Mit may be so called 3, a Union | of all Buttons of the Greex rite under the presi- dency Of the Uzar, Instead of the formauion of a ug simply all men of Hellenic kingdom embrai | speech. The Sey n of the Dieak north beyond the EuxXine 18 tus, a: Of old, the constamt enemy of the Greek. | THR FASTERN QUESTION | has many ramidicatious, but the gioomtest proplet | Of Ul can hardly have anticipated that it would be reopened by we accessiou of Alienso XI. to the throue of Spain. However, the young King’s ad- | visers commited (he unpardonabie biunder of | nouying that circumsiagce to the Prince of | Koumaala directly, instead of to the Sultan, | Prince Charles was overjoyed at the mistake, and | eager to seize upon it a tresh confirmation of nis sovereign rights, Bat he obtained no support in these pretensions from the courts of Ausiria, Ger- many and Russia, which pow act together in Ori- nial affairs, and waich declared the complai ubame Pi fe to be jus ABOother Vassal Servia, iS raising a litue money by the Bequestracion of ecclesiastical property, abd Bo doubt Leneves that sue is assertug the principles of Liberalism by so dot Nso'S K ne does th aDom. ical party appear to be There Carl Lailke ‘ort, 80 that Whoever wing The only donot in r much wii be ieft in 1 isas to whetr Spain wh vhe stri , CXCAPL & LawuoDal devi rivaling those 1 and France, Or the minor States of ope there 1s iittle to Hollan 2 sill tail of nLeDary O. at which 1 honors of 8; Wile LL Rr the opposition are anx mM uly questioning the gov. pe tor pe tation of the righ with Eng for arm of nauoual NG ab Its OaCK it Of France, still Even ot nd if the theory of constructive once admitted there would be ganizing a pian of nation: re- apter ol accidents should bring BEC, DENMARK. $ from Denmark render It dificult to id woether human or ¢, Mm rabies, Several dogs n Jutland, and the whole ost f gone mad | peiiagen to bave Miniter of the Interior was urged to o land dogs irom Jutiand on ony of The origin of the epidemic 1s traced the Jons et town Of ample, make it pen the tslapas, to E No duuvi Bistwarce’s do, a DEN uth questions of mili- ains steal tary relorm. T. SITUATION IN ASTA. TE Turning to &: sia one 1s not surprised to find macy Bast indans proclaiming toemselves an- lathigaced rogues @t the ial of the Guicowar ef baroda, and tiie with a serene Oriental equa- mity which 3 migut envy. Ked ia their ow, may petver Indian Morality; the nuive sim- ity in paughiiness wili disappear sureiy before long. it is calculated that already 1 A Cale uu extract from Tt may be hardly crived ag t by of @ detal wor 4 report 3 Stam have been reconciled t ation, pee of which the ond King hes ree ive peaceably in th ace of the first Pp For tne ress tne second king is to have as ouor as he pleases aud the t king as as he pleases, an arrangement with nd fault. powe ne one can it appeared e . A large donative Mantchon Guards at be Tsin dynasty is totter- is 10 be learned from the f ntchoa Gaards aay u Xauiple oi the Pretoriens and put up the Empire for sale. ihe Celes'iai country mught be wought by another 2FORR PRIME MINISTE: BONAPARTISY CONSPIRACIES—DIFFICULTIES OF THE COALITIONISTS. Panis, Maren 12, 1875, Th? conservative Republic 1s still im its birth thro titutional laws have been ac- cepted t ssembly, and the Marsnal-Prest. deot as rejuctantiy consented to tueir being placarded over tne walls of Paris, But from act- ing !rank e genuinely republi- ean Cabinet he suil shrinks. Fortunately, M, Duet, to whom he Las intrusted the formation of a Ministry, is wiser tham his cnief and is fally owe h of February marks @ new departure in French politics, t no desire for ofice, and was not @ without sowe diMeulty to accept the post CAL ANTECEDENTS, The new Prime Minister of Frauce is in bis fifty- sey r, and though formeriy an advocate is v m being @ mere iswyer in Pari m or Ollivier. Le is @ siates- 2 Jules Favre man of the type which commoniy achieves most Bu under @ consitatlonal monarchy—a cau- S type, Made up Of negations, dreading cler- lcal infineace, hating radivalism, averse to mil- itary ascendancy as wel) as @ any bold or original M. Buflet is divesied of all pronounced ms, except as tothe sanctity of property, e is anearnest, honorabiy-minded gentie- Dad ne been born an English peer he might have held the posttion of a Lord Lansdowne or @ Lord Holland in that country—not appearing much before the pudlic and accepting no laborious office, but forming the lie and sow a party which would have been gov- erned in Larmoay with lis sentimeats, “Ask for as much as you can and offend nobody,” was tne shrewd advice given to a young Frenc& courtier; bus be who offends nobody aud asks for nothing ts i} m ikely to obtain all he wishes. M. Bumgeg is gencrally popular, and bas no ueed of any men's fa Consequently e!l speak well of bim, and power, which he never sought, Is thrust upon bim. TUR GENERAL MLECTION. task of M. Buffet and bis colieagaes repare French opimiom—such 38 the eus piirase—lor the general election, which, be held next automn., In péeratood, will x words, the prefects and mayors will receive instructions to drili the ‘peasantry Into a proper frame of mind wita regard to the new Septe ¢. AS to t.e populations of the great towns they bave always shown tuemseives be- ch of oficial influence. The peas- have not been lately as amenable as © the directions of & paternal govern. T reason ent often exercises mind than the The dis form iy ment as to the disposal of their votes. is that the local Bonapartist greater in on the rustic recogniaed agent of Marshal MacMahon. oly by the Preiect of d—they have in no way anniniiated— TUR BUNAPARTIST PROPAGANDA, ), indeed, cau hardly be auppressed except ‘ions method of special legiwation, Jonapartiats profess the strictest respect for the rity and the person of Marshal Mace Mahon, and they only claim to recommend the imperial form of govermment at the conciusion of the Septenuate. {t is impossible to gainsay their right todo so antit Kepuvite sh ave been definitely prociai irrevocable constitu on of the country, which it will bea misde- meanor to call in question, es Is the case with the | monarchy in Englaad, @t icast according to the | theory of the Iam. A CHANCE for nerorM. est way in Wuieh tue pew Ministry could k to obtain @ . Ber Vauyve Kevubite would be by gen 1e veal wh he das | | | nomic relorms. | growth of tue German feet, But the withdrawal of the donations to THE CHURCH OF FRANCE and the other religious bodies ts a plan which seems to be eminently deserving of consideration. Jetween fifteen and twenty militon dollars of tax- ation wouid be saved, while the clergy, in ex- change for the loss of this allowance, might be granted that freedom from State control which, to do them justice, they would gladly purchase at the heaviest price. That no danger is to be ap- prebended to the liberttes ofa free country from the existence within tt of afree Church, the ex- auyple of the United States has sufficiently demon strated to ali reasonable politicians. THE CIVIL, SERVICER Another financial reform which is desirable on other grounds (ban the mere saving of money it would effect is a reduction, not in the pay, which is moderate, Dut in the number of ctvil servants, which ts excessive, It haslung been a complaint With thoughtfal Frenchmen that their country 18 over-g verned. The petticat village in Languedoo or Provence may be ruled by an array of function. arle Meient to mismausge the affairs o/ Boston or Philadelphia. Those petty oMcials are often ex- ceedingly meddlesome, and, were they invariably possessed of tact and discrimination, their very presence and the habit of referrmg the slightest qnestions to them tends to deprive Frenchmen of | Rabits of self-reliance without which no true | liberty can exist. At the same time, cutting down the list of SALARIED PRRSONAGES is @ work requiring no little delicacy. On this rock Mr. Gladstone unquestionably shipwrecked his popularity with the upper classes In England, But by carefully reserving vested interests and by the relief of local burdens, which could thus be effected, M. Bufet’s government might steer clear 0! any offence to the poweriul brotherhood of gen- | tlemen living on the public purse, and yet confer | & 80lid advantage on the community. LOCAL GOVERNMENT. It may be observed that the subject of local gov- THE WAR IN SPAN | Alfonso’s Cause Beeoming Glcomy in @ | Military Point of View. CARLIST ACTIVITY IN THE FIELD. —_——_— Generals Moriones, Primo de Rivera, Elio and Others Retire, How the Pretender Manages His Army Commanders, na anne) AN AMUSING CORRESPONDENCE. ESTELLA, March 1, 1876, Dectdecly the eause of Don Alfonso is not gain- ing ground. His government ts by no means justi- which its advent was greeted. Discouragement, despondency and discontent are gradually taking the place of the rose-colored views of the future bew order of things, and people are beginning to ernment ig oue which bas already engaged tho | attention of the unporn Vabimet, if the Hibernicism may be allowed. THE COALITIONIST POLICY. M. Buffet wishes to secure the alliance of M. Dufaure while the latter Gemands as toe condition of bis entry into the Ministry that the right of nominating Mayers stall be restored to the Mu- nicipal Counciis, This concession the President | is extremely unwilling to make, and, indeea, 1t 19 | {dle to dissemble the fact that Marsnal MacMabon | | close of his term of the Presiden | dimness of vision ts not very ext: nine popula. | 1S just now the chief obstacle to the consolidation ofthe Republic, He wishes to govern as well as Dbveu their ex. | eign and does not understand that the law of the ghth Febrnary, which declares kim irresponsible (except for high treason), virtually relegates him to the postition of & constitutional king wll the | aordinary in an eld soldier, Otherwise the Marshal's eyesight is | excellent, HE FENIAN PRISONERS. | | | the moet hardened of habitual crim. | The truth is, these men are not | es, but ouly very clever. | | TUE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS NO MERCY FOR THE IRISH POLITICAL CONVICTS—THE CASES OF SOLDIER PATRIOTS IN ERIN AND IN SPAIN. In the English House of Commons on the 12th of March Mr, O’Connor Power called attention to the ease of the Irish State prisoners and moved that in the opinion of the House it was undesirabie to continue the tmcarceration of persons who are now and have been for many years im- prisoned for political offences, Im the course of a long, able and argumentative speecn, the nonora- ble member conterded that the case attempted to be made out by the government that the convicts in qnestion were military prisoners who bad ylo- lated their oaths, and not political offenders in the ordinary acceptance of the term, had fatled. Power proceeded to say :—as to the soldiers who are now imprisoned for thetr complicity with the Peruaps this | | Understand at last that Carlism ts not yet crusied, Far from it, tudeed. The batile of Lacar opened the eyes of the optimists to the fact | that the Cariists were not muca affected by the change of government, and that everything was hot just as good ag it could be in the best of Worlds. Since then things have been going on from bad to worse, until the government of Don Alonso is now scarcely in better repute than was Marshal Serrano’s, Moriones—probably the best general in the itberal army and the one best liked, the only one perhaps in whom the soldiers have any faith—as resigned his com- mand and retired from the scene of optrations, | GENERAL MORIONES’ LIFE AND SERVICES, Morioues 1s @ native of Navarre, He knows | every road and mountaio path in the Carilat country as 20 other officer in the army knows tuem, and because he has many oid Jriends and acquaintances among the Navarese and the Carl- ists themselves he possesses means of obtaining ‘nformation within the reach of nobody else, This, together with bis long service against the Csriists, fitted him especially for taking the | command-in-cbief of the Army o! the North, He 13, therefore, a8 & matter of course, made to un- derstand that he had better retire 1rom the army aitogetuer. Don Alfonso’s government woula not be truly Spanish did 1t nos proceed in this way, | and the retirement of Moriones is one of the surest signs that the government is just the one required jor Spain, The motives which caused the change are peculiarly Spanish. ‘The new gov- ernment has adopted the policy of trying to take the wind oat of Don Carlos’ sails, of beating bim at his own game, Of playing his part of champion of the Gnuren better than he plays it himself; or, in otner words, of carrying out a very strong | reactionary, clerical, antiliveral policy. Now Morlones 18 @ very advanced liberal, even & republican, and if ho had remained in command of an army and achieved any brilliant success, which was very pronable, he would undoubtedly gain too much fmftience with the young King, und thus perhaps jead to the in- auguration of a itberal policy, Moriones was, | therefore, given to understand, in adeiicate way, | | that bis health was sudering, and that he ought Mr. | Fenian organization, the Honse should remember | that they were but the Instruments of the leaders | of the movement, who have long since been liberated without danger to the | peace of the United Kingdom or the | imtegrity of the Empire. Then, sir, | any appreciable degree les Jobject to the proposition that civilians are in bound to be loyal subjects tuan those who are in the miiltary ser- vice of the Crown, The principle of allegiance is not founded in public offices. It must spring | {rom @ higher source to be binding on the con- | | solence of the subject. The highest authority in the House told usa few nights ago that it was not uncouditional, and I maintain it is not uncon, aitiona! in the case of soldiers any more than in tué case of civilians, Mr. Smith O'Brien took the oath Of allegiance at that table, but he violated that oath in waving the banner of insurrection im | ireland. Yet in three years aiter his cenviction for high treason he was pardoned and allowed to return to Ireland. If I go beyond the range of our own listory I shail find many exampies of soldiers | who broke their oaths ana yet were held to be | velieving be could render greater ser | Queen 8 President of the Assembiy. | honorable men by the British government, Did pot Marshal Serrano and the miitary couspirators who overturned the throne of Isabella break their oaths, and were they uot alierward recognized by you as fitand | proper persons to take charge of tne destinics of Spain? How, then, ean you say that under no circumstances may a eoidier break his oath? You may, indeed, urge that 10 the case of the military Fenlans justifylng Giucamstances were wanting, bul that is @ matter Of Opimion, and you have LO et to Wenounce Meh as Common ieions because their Opinions ON Lhat point happen to be alffer- ent (rom yours, (“Hear, hear!) Notwithstanding the exaiaple of America, that proclaimed amnesty to the leaders of the greatest reoeilion recoraed ‘nm history—notwithstanding the example afiorded by the leading nauions Of Kurope in the treat. meat Of tuetr political prisvuers, you may still prever to indulge national hate rather than exer= cise Christian generosity, and continue to punish Zou political oflenders “as ordinary crininaiss atdo not try to wide your shume under a mask of hypocrisy, by telling the world those are Not political oifenders whom you are punishing With exceptional severity precisely because they bear thit very political caaracier which you pretend toignore. Gancing At the retucn issued .rom the Home Ofmce, I find | that the first name on the list Of military prigon~ | M'carthy -we nave testimony | be held to by puiar ratification of the con- ers 13 Ohbaries — M’Carthy—Color artny. servitude for ilfe, and I dare say the authorit look upon lim as the very wors: Of these milrta offenders, Nevertheless, the personal characte! Ol the wan destroys the notion that in joining th Feolan O:ganizaiion he was actuated by auy low or sordia motive, 1 maintain that his motives and the motive# Of hia companions were purely political, @ud that their acis thereiore were also political. With reference to Color sergeant to Ws characte! coming irom @ quarter which in this instance must lu pariial AN honorable gentieman opyosite—the mem for the county Donegal— stated last year that he knew Color Sergeant Me- Cartuy, and be described Him as one of the most upright and one of tae bravest inen Laat ever wore the uniform of Mer Majesty. You aeprived us of cur government and constilution, or ratuer pres vented us from acquiring either vy means which the boldest among you wonid not «are to defend; aud the Irish rebel can s'aud erect in the lace of tue word with the declaration of Plunket, Whom you made Lord Coanceilor; with tue aeciara tion of Bushe, Whom you made Chie: Jus- tice; With the deciaration of Sauria, whom you made Attorbey General, and with the declaration o! Grattan, whose remains you honored by Inver. ment in Westminster Aovey, With these declara- tous in pis Nand he cau estavlien belore the world DA com itational right to resist your unconstit ona) @Sarpation, Ihe hooorable member con- ciuded fis brilliant s;eech in these words:—Snall it ve said that we have a government tuat io its bergenot made to @ select committee of the As | reiaions abroad cringes to Russia and America vice have simply re | and apologised to Bismarck and at Lome tremoles before @ Haudiul Of irish prisoners’ I so, then, I say your prestige in Europe 38 entirely gone. If you wish to preserve the few shreds o1 itthat still remain, thea { call Upon you to pass this res- ciutioa and to sow jn One instance that you are whiling to carry on the goverument of Irciand in accordance with the wisnes or the Irisb peopie. A discussion ensued, tu which Lord R. Oturcnin, Sir PB. O'bileb, Min Dlacpooie Wd Mr Whalley took part Mr, Cross sald there waa no desire on the part of te government to throw disgrace on any Irishman, and it Would be remembered that aa buon as & was thonglt sale to do so @ broad line 0! disuinction would be drawn between the aifer- ent classes of Fenian prisoners, He could put, however, regard as political prisoners the two men ip prison on the charge of being concerned fo the Marenesier murder, nor could be hold out hopes of amnesty to those who were engaged in supplying arma to the Fenians, nor to the miutary prisoners, It was, thereiofe, With seein Tow and regret tuat me had to anno. | tention o: the government not to release we prisoners. Thea motion far ennmle wae then withdrawn. | bad, and a@ political policy is for them merely a | that | give the country a chance of being heard, ide is undergoing @ sentence oi penal | to go and look ajter it, Besides, there were a great many people who had helped to bring about the pronunciamento, and who had to be provided for, Commands had to be given to those who had none, and those who had must be promored. | There was, there‘ore, not the slightest nook or | corner for Moriones. PARTY DIVISIONS IN CAMP. There are two parttesin the Alfonsist camp—the | betals and the reactionists, clericals or conserva- tives. I do not know which name they have chosen, At present itis the latter who have the ear ol the young King, and it is their policy ne seems inclined to follow, in spite of nis English | education. It would be dificult to say whieh will | Win in the end, and still more dificult to predict Which would offer the best defence against Cariism. In my opinion Don Alfonso will find it diMcult to play the game of Don Carlos better than Don: Carios bimsel{, He will only altenate the liberal. party without at the same time gaining the sup- port of that part of the clergy which bas espoused the cause of bon Carlos or winning from their allegiance any of bis partisans. hey will never have any confidence in him, because he can give no guarantee for the future; and the truth 13 that if a clerical reactionary policy is to be adopted at all, it ig eviuent that Don Carlos the best man to carry it out, Be that as it may, it is very certain that _ the two parties are already engaged In a bitter strife, and that, as Don Carlos predicted, tue | game of intrigue, of plot and counterptot, haa | already commenced ‘at Madrid with renewed vigor and unexampled bitterness, Who knows whether Don Carlos’ predictious—to the effect that the same men who set Don Alfonso up will | puil bim down—may not be iuifiiled to the letter t LACK OF PATRIOSISM. There is no patriotism among these men, They | have bo convictions, no principles, either good or | means Of obtaining place and power. If some of them are liberal and some reactionary, itis only because there 18 @ difference of opinion as to which is the best and most effectual means of combating Uariism—the common enemy. Prinei- ples are @ matter of the slightest consequence. Aitnough professing to be advocates of a constitu. tional government, they, take good care to not convoke the Cortes, to not hold elections, to not | The press is gagged, and there is less liberty under | this constitutional governafent than under the Tule of the Uzar. Nor were the seif-atyied liberals’ | when in power more consistent with the prin- ciples they profeas, Under the liberal rule of Ser- | rano Spain was eighteen months without any | legislative body, while at the same time pretend- ing to war upon the absoiatism of Don Carlos. If — choice must be made between the absolutism of | Serrano and Don Alfonso and that of Den Carlos there can be little douvt as to which is the besr. And indeed the men who surround Don Alfonso | with their intrigues, their selfishness, their utier absence of priuciple, of patriotism, ef honor or honesty, bear but @ poor comparison witn the handfu! of devoted men who have rallied to the standard of Don Carlos, united in purpose and | action, fighting im principle for a deaperate cause, | Without pay and without reward. Many of them, | like Don Carlos Oalderon, have allowed their prop- erty to be seized and confiscated rather than abandon what imight thea have Leen termed alost | cause, People, therefore, who had hoped #0 much from the advent of Don Alfonso are growing discon- tented, discouraged and despondent. The Carlsts, ia the moantime, are more active, Caring, enterprising and insoient than ever, BLACKMAIL, Their flying columns aie everywhere, levying | contributions, stopping ratiroad trains, capturing small garrisoned towns and surprising small de- vachmenta of troops in places where a Carlist was never seen before, Tue other day two partidas Atopped the diligence irom Pampeiuna to Talaiia, rrascal, in the rear of the lioeral army, and it off into the mountains, Witt driver, pas- Benger and-all. Heda | Uarilsts went into Iron a few nights ittie ater dark, and aciually Captured a dozen soldiers, Whom they Mappeved to find in a house without their arms, and carried them off prisoners to Tolova. 1 have olten had occasion to remark on the negiigence of Spanish officers in ‘acing outposts. Tua is anotwer case in point, he only wonder ts that the Oariists do not go quietly Into Iran s0ia@ night, and take possession ace without firing @ shot, as \uey mignt ne fifty times. DORREGARAY'S ACTION. Dorregaray, who went to Valencia for the pur pose oF organizing the forces there, and to en- tying the high hopes and bright anticipations with | in whien everybody had been rejoicing since the | | Whom ne 1s obliged to remove. | he trasted bim as hts own brotner. ceeded and 1s already baginning to make his pres- ence felt in dangerous proximity to Madrid, Catalonia ts siowly, out surely slipping from the grasp of the itoeral forces, under the continued | activity OL Sabails and Lizarraga, and an expedi. | fon to Castile 1s in progress of preparation, and Don Curlosis rapidiy making arranyements for the | Organization o: the partidas of Aragon into & | regular army, for although, as 1 have shownin a | revious letter, ligm 1s not gaining ground in | faverre and the Norvi, it should not ve forgotten that mm the povinces f Nave just named he has forces which in the aggregate amount to about 30,000 men, The only diMcuity ts that these lorces are separated in three or four different arwies, fe not been ustherto apie to unite, owing | igin and the way each bas grown up, withe | out any counection witn the others, irom a hand- | ful of men, who throw themselves into eacn Province in the beginning, and sound wilom the present armies have wradually grown. DON CARLOS? STRATEGY. The system of Don Carlos, it should be remem- bered, is not one of tnvasion, but insurrection, He counts upon esch province in is turn to rise and throw olf the authority of Madrid and accept his own. To bring this about he sends a few men into | @ province, who Serve a8 a nucleus around which ail bus supporters may rally. For a time, of course, tmey are obliged to lead a kind of guerii'a | fe’ and carry on @ guerilla warare, avoid | Ing a collision wih regular bodies of troops. | Graqually, however, they increase in number and | audacity, and, trom contiuuaily dying Seiere the | enemy, they occasiona.ly turn and give fignt, until finuily they grow into a small, tolerably weil disciplined army, composed of very hurdy and daring troops, ana commence taking tne offensive. ‘This Is the present condition of the Carl'st forces in Valeacia, Catalonia and Aragon, And ali the efforts oi Don Varios are now tending to orm of | these disunited columns one solia, well disciplined army like that of the four norcherp provinces, which has only wituin the last year passed irom toe transition state to that of a regular army. HOPES OF THE CARLISTS, Althongh the cause of Don Carlos is absolutely at @ Stapdstill in the north, it must not he supposed Ubal be is not progressing 1p olber parts of Spain. | The trouvle is that, while the southern provinces | are stil comparatively iresh, aud have scarcely elt the eflects of the war, the nortuern | provinces, Which have borne its brunt, begin to | show symptoms of exhaustion, Tney certainly cannot support she prereot army forever without | beip trom abroad, The Carlist army bere in tie | north 1s voth too large and too small. If 1s too | emall to underiake the offensive, and larger than is really required for the de/ence of Esiella, It has, nevertheless, to be fed, anu tols burden 1s be- ginuing to be severely lelu by tue peopie. Unless the War 18 Vig rously prosecuted in the south the Basque provinces and Navarre must, in the course ofa year or eighteen, montas, become exhausted aud be unable to muiniaiD any ionger the Yuenw i fens and Estella, t% domi Dated on the south Mount Esquigsa, on which is the hermitage of St. Crisiobal, in the hands of the Liberals; on the north by whe belgie Ol dal Barbara, in possession of the Carlists, ‘The town itself is Likewise occupied Ly the Carlists, ‘The correspondence commenced in this wise:— Primo de Rivera, the Aifonsist general, sent & message to the Mayor of Uiranqiieordering the town to iuruish him several thousaud railons. The Mayor repited that tne Cariists, who occupied the place, would not allow him to furnish raions to the enemy. Whereupon the liveral general sent him Word that anless the rations were lort.« coming in twenty-four hours he would bombard the place, General Mendiri, who was iuiormed of this threat, now wrote to Primo de Rivera, warn ing Dim that if he bomoarded the town on thls pretext he would shoot a Beene, for every sheil that fei into the place, To this the liveral gen- eral answered that the Cariists were savages, but that i they commenced shooting prisuners ho would do the same, to thia that the loeral general m Mendiri replied had a periect right to attack Ciranqui, take i: and hold itif he coulu. But to sheli a town In an eue- | Iny’s possession simply because the inbavitants | could pot jurnish rations was an act wortny of Uhe barbarians the liberais pave always shown themselves to be. He concluded by saying that the Cariists had about twice as many prisoners aG tie Moerais, aud that he would shoot two ior every varliat. Primo de Rivera seems to have thought better Of it, as the rations were not furnished, tne town hot vombareed and no prisoners shot, ‘Tne amus- ing part of it was the Way in which the two gene erais addressed each other, Primo de Rivera commenced by addressing tle Curlist general as “senor Meudirt, jese de las suerzas del enemigo? “Mr. Mendiri, chiet of the enemy's forces.” Mendiri, who tn his first letter addressed the Aljonsist general a3 “Excellentisimo,” and all t other tiles which are usual in suca cases, ade dressed his second to ‘Mr. Primo de Rivera, chief of the enemy’s forces,” and the rest of the corre- spondence was continued in the same styie, Curiously enough, pei her of tne generals have now the right to be addressed even as “chief of the enemy’s forces,” as they have both been since Temoved, The moral of the story might be that itis not worth Willis, in Spain, to get puted up with @ livtie brief autnority. When referred to the aoove correspondence as Amusing | did not Wish to be understood ay mean- ing that it was amusing for the prisoners, LONDON GOSSIP, POLITICS, PERSONALITIES, DIVORCE AND DEATH, Lonpon, March 13, 1875, army, which 1s out of all proportion to the population that Jeeds it, pon Carlos is, therefore, straining every nerve to bitny the armics of the south’ into a state of eficiency and discipline that will enable them to fake the offensive, avd thus draw away a part of the liberal forces how 1uvesting Estella. Unies the Alfonsists soon recommence offensive opera- UONS against the Caritst sifonghold the tide of war will probably rol tothe south, and the final Struggle, which shail deciae the iuture of Span, may take place imuch bearer Madrid than tue plains ofthe Ebro, i} TUE ALFONSIST COMMAND IN THR NORTH. General Quesada has been appointed |o succeed | La seria iu couwmaud of the Army of the North, | Don Ationso, 1tis sat, wished to give the com. | mand to Moriones, but was overrated by is coun- | seliurs, who are all, Of course, jealous 0; that ven. | eral, As to General Quesuda, it may be sald of ham 28 Of & Vir/uols Woman, that ne is. quite un- known io !aui ile is one Of (hose 600 Spanish generals of whom somebody wii tity said that they Were like happy nasioos—they bave no history. | It remuins to be seen whether his devotion to the monarchy Wiil compensate jor the absence of | knowledge Ol the country and o/ the euemy he has | to deal with, THE LOOKOUT AT ESTELLA, Affairs here in Estella have been at a standstill | ever since the buttie of Lacar, The uisplay ot | energy required jor the deliverance of Pampeiana — on one side and ior the attack upon Lacar onthe | other seems to have exhausted the generals of botu armies lor tue present, aud we Uo not look Joc avy important movement for sone weeks at least, The two armies are in presence of each ovuer, Neither is looking tor remiorcements nor for anything else which migat possivly be a pre- text ior delay. Thatoi Don Alonso, which Marshal Serrano had deen preparing Giriug the last eget montis for the attack upou Betella, with the hope Of giving the final blow to $m, Bas beeD CUn+ ceutrated about the Cariist capital. Eve yibing, in short, i8 ready for the fine) onsiaugnt, and has been ready any time auring (he past (wo months, and yet the onslaught is not made— the attack ‘a not take place. A movement about O.ce every Six Months seems to satisty ine ambition of Spanisn generais, no matter waether Buch movement resuits in anything or Lot, and so, although Spain 1s waiting with paimiul auxiely | the result of the attompt upon kstella, whica, if ever to be mace, sould be made at once, months may pass belore anytaing 18 done, | vbe opimon seems to be gradaally gaining ground that Bsteiiaisimpregnabie, Ic begins to be whispered that the Itberal geuerals are all op- posed to an attack, and that none of them are willing to take the responsibility of it, except Moriones. Tue most enthusiastic Al onsists speak ol the capture of stella as very problematicai, aud evidently do not Nope forit, “ven the German Consul in Bayonne, who Will not be accused of Cariist sympatnies, expressed it to me as his opinion that Estella would never be taken by jorce and that Don Alionso's only hope ui ending the war lay 10 a conveaio, A CONVENIO, it may be observed, for tee benefit of those who | do not understand the word, signifies @ couven- | Uon, agreement or Weaty; aid it was by a con- veo that ihe Old Cariist War was brought to a close afier having jasted seven yeats and alter Kix Of the most trusted generals of Don Carlos (the grandlatuer of the present prince) had been traitorousiy seized aud shot by one oj: their wrothers In aruis, ‘Tue general who committed this Sex‘upie murder nad, of course, been vougar by Isabella, and he instantly fed the country, ‘vue act Causeu such terror and dismay through. out the Carlist army that the troops. began to | jook upon ali their generals as traitors, and com mencea deserting vy hundreds, ‘ihe army was soon in a state of compiete demoralizatioa and matiny, aud the Carlist cause, which up. to buat time Lad Still Some prospect Of success, was irretrievably jost. Lt Was then Lal @ Com ven‘o was concluded, with the Consent, I believe, of Dou Carivs Himse'f, aud one of its provisions msured thetr rank to «il the Carlst olficers who ‘wished to enter ihe liberal army. The Madrid goVerument, it would seem, hope the present war may be terminated i the same way, and irom all | can learn this Isat present their | only hope. If this be true, all | can Bay 1s taas the eud of tne Carlist war 1s not yet. There is not tie plightest probability o; the Carilst chiels entering into a conven 'o lor along time. Nov uutti money and arms and munitions fail them; notuntn the people of the reyolied provinces itse up against them and rejusge to continue the siruggic; not until tie tioops desert aud the army disbancs unger the pressure Of want; not, 1 snort, until the wildest entiusiast shall have ceased to hopo will these men enter Into a convenio, But wien it comes ty that a convenio wili be unoecegsary. if Don Ajionso’s last hope jivs in @ reconctiiarion | Wwito tue Curiists It is very certain taat pe will | find it but a meagre one, THE CHIEP COMMANDS AMONG THE CARLISTS. Several changes axe to be effected shorty in the | Catust army. General Kilo reures irom nis post of Minister of War, 09 uccount of old age and ia- lirmities. General Mendirt replaces him and Don Carlos himsell takes command of his armies in | person. Tis uieans that General Mogrovejo, who a3 been attached to tis person Oo! the King, 18 to | be the commander-in-cuici. Mogrovejo is anew | recruit to Carusm, Only having joined the cause | avout eight or nine months ago. The first tignt he was engaged in was that of Urmieta, in De- cember, Where he repulsed Loma alter a desperate | Ngnt, considering the number of troops engaged. | Both be and Loma were wounded. He is said te be the best general 0! Spain, which may, however, nob ve Saying much. It is said on ali hands that he will adopt @ more vigorous policy in the con- | Guct of the war, aud that be does not approve Ju0’3 and Mendis plan of always resting quietly of the delensive aud leaving the enemy time to gather hiusell together alter every repu.se, as tue Carliss chiefs have hitherto done, ROYAL TACK. I would observe here that Don Carlos shows a | Good deal of tact and skill in deahog with nis generals, and @ consideration and kindness waica Wils Wim, tue Warmest devotion and allegiance even irom ‘ose Who have been Unsnccesstui and It becomes ueces- sary, for instance, to remove Dorregaray trom the commander in chief aiter his blunder at tho affair of biurrun in September last, because ms removal was demanded by Kio, Mendirt and nearly the | woole army. But he contrived to doit without losing the ection aud devosion of Dorregaray, 4d Don Cariog told me only the otner day baat Dorregaray, it should be OUserved, 18 Low in command oO: tHe | forces in Valentia, So with Mendiri, It 1s only too evident that this ofMicer has been obliged to rere Jrom the eom- Mand in clef on account of bis conducc or the operations around Pampeluna and Carrascal. Bus he 18 appointed to @ position equally important and honorabie—hat of Minister of War—and | there is nol the sligntest dount tat ne Will serve Don Curios im that capacity with as mach devo- | tion a8 though he had reni@ines commandersins chief, WOuhded Susceptibililies tO the Contrary notwithstandin, It certainly speaks well in favor of the char- acter of Don Carlos that ne thas attacies men to him so firmly that disgrace dues not make them forget their aliegiance. This fact aione shows how idie 18 all the §=taik about @ convenio, Even Ceballos, whose conduct at San Marco dost tie day for tae Caria and caused the army and people as well to cemand ns arrest and puntsiment, has been quictl lowed to returu (o France, alter being kept ander arrest @ snort time to tisty the peopie. Don Carivs quietly quashed the proceedings which d veen taken against him, and as #oon as the deleat ot San Marco was jorgotten im the victory of Urmieta released him, J have no doubt that even Ceballos is aa fli miy attached 16 Don Varios as he ever was. The Pretender shows bis wisd m in not encour: ing the ery of treason whicu a delealed army is Ways too ready to raise, AN AMUSING COMRKSPONDENCE BETWEEN GRNERATA. A somewhat amusing correspondence took Place a lew days ago vetween Gouerais Monuairt Cehvor to extaolisn something like discipline and or@r, and, in short, to make @ reguiar army o1 ite fying bands of pargdas has, It Would seem. sua and Primo de Rivera belore either of those gem erais wore removed. ‘Toe town of Ciranaui, om the road between | | Wales? It 1s eearcely possible to 1magine anything more deplorably dull than the debates in both honses during the present session, With the exception of the nigut wnen Dr, Kenealy demanded a per- sonal explanation from Mr. Evelyn Ashley, on which occasion the Prince of Wales was present and the galleries were crammed, the business has been of the moss uninteresting character. The most important act of the government has deen & negative one, the withdrawal of the Judicature bill, a proceeding which took place, it 1s said, at the desize of the Lord Chancellor, who tnreatened to resign hia appointment if the bill were perse- vered with. As, however, on the adjournment for the Easter holidays, waich will take place in avout ten days’ time, I inten’ sending you A SHORT RESUMB, accompanied by comament, on all that has been done in this first portion of the session, FE shail merely say here that one of the principat Jeavures Of it has been the complete fajere of Lord Harungton as leader of the opposition, On two or bree occasions Mr, bright bas come to the reseue of his noble friend, aud the fecling of disappulmtment about Lord Hartington, who is not even punctual in his attendance, 13 Widespread throughout the liberal party. THE COURT is in {nit swing Just now, to the horror of the ultra« religious, who are disgusted at the idea of cere. monials and festivals being held during the season of Lent, The Queen las been in London for a day or two, abd held a@ Drawing Room on Wednesday, which was largely attendea, 1 saw Her Majesty m the afternoon driv. ing in the Park tn an open carriage, and jooking remarkably hearty and well, She drove by the Aibert Memorial aud seemed much intere ested In some observations made by her personal atiendant, Mr. Joho Brown, who wore the High- | land garb, and who, standing up in the rumble of the carriage and bareheaded, was apparently porting Out some progress which had been made in toe Memorial since Her Majesty’s last visit. ‘The Princess of Wales is daily 1m the Park, and, with the Prince, usually attends one of the theas tres at night. On Wednesday bight there was a small Guncing party at Marloorough House tn celebration of tie twelftn anniversary of the Prince’s wedding day. The youug Princes, Albert Victor and George Frederick, are growing fine lJads. They have been cut fox hunting prety rogulariy this season, mounted on capital pontes, and the other day being, lor ihe first time, ‘in at tne death,” they were, according to custom, duly “blooded” by the buatsm in, DEATH has, within the last fev days, removed, tro well- known men, General Sir Hope Grant was a tough old soldier, who rendered «distinguished service in the Indian matiny and Who went to his grave fuli of years and honors. Sir Arthur Helps was well known to your reading public as tue suthor of “Friends im Council’ and other essays, Which, without being re rkably learned, were genially and pleasantly written, Sir Arthur heid the office of Clerk of the Privy Council, iormerly occupied bt that Mr. Greviile, the puolication of Whose memoirs have caused such a stir and was held in high iavor at Court. He assisted the Queen in ber literary work, “Our Home tn the igntands,” &¢., aud Her Majesty has expreased her regret at the joss of her “vaiued servant and esteemed iriend,’”? ile Was sixty-two years of age wna died alter & Week's illness, his death bein, occasioned by ab aitavk Of pleurisy, consequen on acoid he caught in attending the Prince of Jevee 1p the ridiculous Court costume, Which affords no protection aguinsi the bitter east | winds iately raging. THS RELIGIOUS REVIVAL EXCITEMENT. The latest excitement among us 18 the arrival of Messrs. Moody and Sankey, who are Kuown as the American revivalists, These two geatiewen, who have made a triumphal progress through Bngiand, are now i London tor three months, Ther hold two services a day, vie in bxeter Hall at noon the other at night in the Agricultural Hall, Bote hails are enormous and both are crowded, upwark Of 10,000 persons being present at eacn service. AS lit as We Gan Se@ at present the London audi+ ences dilier irom the provincial in their quie:ude, ‘There 19 no fainting, hysteria, Or any of those ‘manifesiations” so grate'ul to the revivalists. Bus the American gentiemen are pot having it all tueir own Way. Some French preacuers have come over to London for a short stay and are holding services in Portman chapel, waich are largely atwenuded by a superior Class of peopie. THK MORDAUNT DIVORCK CASK, You will have seen that the celebrated Mordannt divorce case 13 now at an end, and that Sir Charlies Mordaunt is at liverty to Marry again, the jury having found that Lady Mordauut committed adultery witn Viscount Cole, who Was condemned in the costs, There wiil, however, be another question as to the legitimacy of the heir, which is to ve fought in avother court, Lady Mordaunt 1s at present tue inmate ol a lunatic asyinm, and 13 80 Vidient that means have (0 be adopted to restrain her irom tearing her clothes and attacking ner at tendants, STRANGPRS IN PARLIAMENT. AS YOu are provadly aware, ine rules against the admission Of Btrangers 1 Parliawent are gery rigorous, but they were evaded the other day tn the most innocent Mauser by two geuties men, Who entered the House, walked past te dourkeeper and took their seats among the =memuvers, ‘Tueir presence Was not re- marked wath the division bell rang, when, instead of going isto one of the joobies, tuey remained seated, aud were af once discuvered, They turne i Out to be tyo Lavern Keepers who bad obtained an order for the Sivangers! Gallery, and Who in tueir iguorance nad penetrated into the Sacred portion set Apart jor meinvers, There are feariul penaities for tois brescu of the law, vut as it Was palpabie toat they erreu in ignorance taey Were merely rebuked aud dismissed, THE PREMIERS GOOD LUCK, Mr. Disraeli bas bow two splendid a»polntments in bis gilt, One is tae oilice of Clerk oF the Parhument, vacant by the resiguation of sir J, Shaw Lerevre, who has heid it muny years. The walary 14 £2,500 @ year (over $12,000), Wita a fing house, ‘This post vas been offered by the Premier to mis loyal and fuituiul private secretary, Mr. Montagu ‘Corry, Who, however haa declined it. Mr. Corry, on Lie death oO! ap Old aunt, will come into a large fortune; he 18 therelore beyond want, and he 18 quite devoted to Mr, Disraeli, going avout with him everywhere and treating him like @ gon. The other appointment 19 that of Clerk of the Privy Council, vacant by the death of Sir artour Helps, already menitoned, It is probable that this will be bestowed upon Mr. ‘Theodore Martin, tue well known writer, whois a great javerite with the Queen, and is the autuor of the “Life of the Prince Consort,” the first vol- ume of which was reconuy PaO lis tage Mr. Martin 13 the busoand of Miss Helen Faucit, the well known actress, The worth ol the appoimtment is £1,700 & Your, Hy LITERARY NOTHS, ‘There {9 NOt mich literary gossip, Mr Wikis Coiling has sold the copy ignt of all his aiready published Works, for a turin ol Bix years, to Messrs, chatto & Windus. Mia. Lynn Linton’s new novel is nearly ready. Mr. Cariyie bas in preperation lor Fraser's Magazine a articls on “Jonn Knox.” Mr. Knatenbull-tiugessen, M. P., 8 engaved on a fairy story, @ style oO! literature in Wien he is roucient, Mr. Sala ia ab Gibraltar, on mis way ome irom Madrid, , THE THEATRES. Nor ts there anything to note in theatricats, fave that all the world will be presaul tau. ch. ab the opening ot the Gourt Theatre, uncer Mr Hare's management, of wuich IT shall ems you o iwi account Bex Wack,