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LONDON, Nov. 26. j

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LONDON, Nov. 26. THE intelligence from Spain this week is of the same dark complexion as we have been now for some time in the habit of receiving. Rodil and Alaix, having proved themselves unable or unwilling to cope M-ith the few soldiers and the numerous band of maurauders and ragamuffins who follow Gomez in his career of pillage, received orders of dismissal from the Queen; which they refused to obey. Rodil threatened the messenger who brought him the despatches from I t the Government with deatli and told him that he would not resign until lie should have beaten Gomez, and that then he would return to Madrid and wreak his vengeance 011 his enemies." Alaix, who was to have been superseded by Narvaez, laughed at the order; and in reply to an official despatch, wrote—" Instead of sending me two thousand contradictory orders, you Would do better in sending me two thousand pairs of shoes, two thousand rations, and, above all, some money." This disobedience of the army to the civil authority, is the forerunner of a military despotism, or of anarchy. The people seem to care little to which state they are brought. We hear of no popular risings -no enthusiasm either for Carlos or the Queen but the poor, degraded, dejected people, suffer themselves to be plundered without resistance: and would proba- bly purchase peace on any terms, and under any Go- vernraent. Of the movements of Gomez nothing certain is known. Sanz having returned from the Asturias, Was moving in the direction of Bilboa, probably with the intentiorrof joining the besieging force of Eguia, or uniting himself with Vallareal who kept Espartero in check. Nothing has been done near San Sebastian; where the British Legion is ingloriously penned up. To return to England and never hear a word more of the expedition, would be the height of happiness to its betrayed, and misled, but still gallant officers. It appears from the Paris papers and letters of Thursday, that Bilboa still holds out; although Count D'Appony, the Austrian Ambassador had despatched a special messenger to Vienna with the joyful intelli- gence that Don Carlos was at length master of one considerable town. It is said that the Emperor of Austria has resolved to recognize Carlos as King of Spain, as soon as he can succeed in establishing his court in some fortified place larger than a village. The rumour of differences between the Austrian and French Cabinets continued to gain ground. Count D'Appony and his attaches had put on mourning for Charles the Tenth; although the other members of the diplomatic body in Paris had abstained from this insult to the Orleans dynasty. The necessity of remodelling the French Army occupies the attention of Louis Phillippe. Soult is in communication with the King; and so are Thiers and Gerard. Of course their con- sultations have given rise to Ministerial changes, con- sequent upon the intended introduction of Soult into the War Department. The bad treatment of the Orleans dynastry by the Emperor of Austria and the King of Naples, is said to have been designed by Metternich; who upon hearing of his Neapolitan Majesty's inten- tion to go to Paris in quest of a wife, invited him to Vienna, arranged that he should marry the Arch- duchess, and then sent him to Paris, where he played the lover to one of Louis Philippe's daughters. No doubt this insult would annoy the King of the Barri- cades; bet it would not, as reported, influence his Spanish policy, which depends not upon personal pique, He will not be more ready to interfere actively for the Queen of Spain on account of a quarrel with Metternich. It is, however, certain that the Austrian Ambassador has recently had frequent and not very friendly interviews with Louis Philippe: the subject of discussion, may be the occupation of Ancona by the French troops, which has always been disagreeable to Austria, but which the Moniteur officially announces is to be con- tinued. The state of Italy gives uneasiness to the Austrian Cabinet.—The Arabs in Africa are likely to give the French a good deal of trouble. As soon as their chieftain, Abdel Kader, ascertained that Clausel had marched towards Constantine, he collected a numerous band to attack Algiers itself, to the very walls of which he advanced. General Rapatel marched out of Algiers and defeated him, but not without very serious loss to his own force. The regular army in Algiers is so scanty, that Clausel organized a kind of National Guard for the defence of the place during his absence. There is much disatisfaction in Paris on account of the nigardliness of the Government in their supplies of troops and the necessaries of war to Clausel. But then, as Louis Philippe knows, his subjects, though fond of glory, dislike paying the price of it; and would grumble at an increase in the War Minister's budget. Louis Bonaparte had not sailed from France the vessel which was to convey him having been de- tained, in order, it was supposed, that his mother might accompany him. Chateaubriand has become Governor of the Duke de Bordeaux, with a salary of 100,000 francs a year; and has subscribed 100 francs towards a monument for Armand Carrel. The Archbishop of Paris has warned his clergy not to say masses for the soul of Charles the Tenth. The sentence of Polignac has been commuted to twenty years' banishment from France; but M. Guernon de Ranville will be allowed to reside on his estate of Ranville, on parole. The Messager des Chambres says, that as money grows scarce in London, it becomes more plentiful in Paris; the reserve" of the Bank of France having been in- creased within a few days from 96,000,000 to 99,000,000 of francs in coin; there is also 12,000,000 in ingots. Jamaica papers to the 19th ult. are filled with com- plaints of the insubordination of the Apprentices, and of the Stipendiary Magistrates for not making them work. Some apprehensions appear to have existed at the date of these journals of a scarcity of provisions; but there seems to be a disposition in most of the jour- nals to exaggerate the difficulties arising from the new social condition of the negro population.

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