with Señor Sagasta, sent for Señor Canovas, and asked him to continue to
be Prime Minister.

Señor Canovas accepted, much to the disgust of the opposition, but their
anger knew no bounds when it was learned that the ill-mannered Duke of
Tetuan was also to keep his place.

Spain is very much excited about the recall of Señor Canovas, and it is
thought that the Queen has made matters much worse by retaining him in
office.

The Cortes has adjourned, and will not meet again for some time, but it
is said that the opposition will not forgive the Duke of Tetuan's
insult, and that when the Cortes reassembles, they will clog the wheels
of Government just as they did before.

It was supposed that the Queen would be glad to change her Ministers,
and have the Government in the hands of men who would try to make
friends with Cuba, and end the war, but she does not appear to wish to
make friends with them. She has arranged to saddle Cuba with a new debt
of twenty million dollars and extra custom-house duties.

The twenty millions is to make good the paper money we were speaking
about in No. 30, but as the twenty millions is only to be in bonds, and
not in money, people who understand such matters declare that it will
not help at all; the people will not have any more faith in one piece of
paper than in the other. The extra burden will therefore be in vain.

There has meanwhile been some excitement in Havana over the escape of a
Spaniard named Santiago Barroeta.