New Hampshire Statesman And State Journal

SPAIN.

FROM THE BOSTON CENTINEL.

The condition of Spain is deplorable in the extreme. Ever since the death of the late King Ferdinand VII., the country has been agitated by a civil war, that has kept it in continued excitement, and exposed many parts of it to devastation, bloodshed and civil strife. The warfare has been waged to a most barbarous extremity;—in some cases, no quarter having been given in battle, and in others, after the contest, the leading prisoners having been shot in cold blood. Many instances of these kinds have occurred within the last two years.

In the mean time, Queen Christine, widow of the late king is Regent, acting in the name of his daughter, Isabel II., a child of 6 or 7 years of age. It will be remembered by our readers that she was declared the successor to the Throne, by the last will of her father Ferdinand.—This was contrary to the old Salique Law, which excluded females from the succession. The will of the late king was, however, approved and confirmed by the Cortez. On the other hand Don Carlos, brother of Ferdinand, has always protested against the right of the late King to alter the law of inheritance, and has claimed to be the rightful King. It is between the partizans of Don Carlos and the Regency, that the civil war has been waged. It should also be borne in mind, that the Queen Regent assumes to be a constitutional sovereign—that is, to govern in co-operation with the Cortez, regulated by a constitutional charter.

It has been, for some time past, rumored that the Duke of Wellington had resolved to interfere to put an end to the civil contest in Spain between the two parties. This rumor has received a more authentic shape by the latest intelligence from England. The London Herald gives the following conditions, which Wellington is said to have proposed to Alava, the Spanish Minister, as the basis of the settlement. It appears to be favorable to Don Carlos, inasmuch as he is allowed to remain in Spain, and the Queen Regent is required to withdraw from Spain. Zumalacarreguy, who is proposed to be retained in the Regency, is the General in Chief of Carlos. The probability is, that the Carlest interest is to be favored by Wellington, because Carlos is an absolutist, and the Queen Regent is a constitutionalist. With these explanatory reminiscences, we present the conditions proposed by the Duke of Wellington, who is supposed to exercise great sway with Sir Robert Peel, the British Prime Minister:

CONDITIONS.

1. Abdication of Don Carlos in favor of his eldest son.

2. Withdrawal of Queen Christine from the Spanish dominions.

3. Immediate betrothment of the eldest son of Don Carlos with Isabel II.

4. The Government to be carried on in the name of Charles VI., and the Estate Real to remain in force.

5. A Council of Regency to be appointed, in order to govern the country until the young Prince be of age (his majority being fixed at 18,) and to be composed of five members, among whom Zumalacarreguy and the Marquis de las Amarillas are necessary to be included.

6. An unconditional amnesty for all political offences.

7. Securities to be given to the people of the Basque provinces and Navarre, for the maintenance of their fueros.

8. All loans or debts contracted in the name of the Anti-Salique dynasty, or in that of Don Carlos, to be acknowledged and considered as the Royal debt of Spain.

9. All ranks, titles, and decorations, conferred by the present Queen or Don Carlos, to be declared the property of those to whom they have been granted.

Lord Fitzroy Somerset is said to have actually left England on this identical mission. Don Carlos is to be allowed £50,000 a year.