The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-10 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The first symptoms of agitation have already
begun in the north of Spain, and though not of
importance in themselves yet, coinciding as they
do with what has been said of the Carlist plans,
and occurring while the central Government is
still so unsettled, they show that there are parties
willing and ready to take advantage of the first
favourable opportunity for the attainment of their
ends. While Carlisea is menacing in the north, the
finances exhausted and credit almost completelyde-
stroyed, and thousands of the working classes de-
pending on the alms of the municipalities of large
towns for their daily bread, these ardent patriots of
the Spanish Convention are discussing and defining
the rights of man and the sovereignty of the people.
Private accounts from Pampeluna speak of the
arrest of some non-commissioned officers and of offi-
cers who are on the retired list in that city, on the
charge of an attempt to seduce the soldiers from
their allegiance to the cause of Count Montemolin.
Letters from San Sebastian do not speak of much
apprehension felt for the province of Guipuz-
coa, of which it is the capital. It was in that pro-
vince particularly that the civil war was felt most
severely, and it is very doubtful whether its in-
habitants are desirous of reviving it. Great pro-
gress has been made there within the last seven
or eight years. Its villages, hitherto so secluded
and almost inaccessible, have been thrown open by
means of roads, along which a stream of traffic is
now flowing. Manufactories have been built, which
have propagated laborious habits among a popula-
tion which was always remarkable for its love of
industry, and tastes have been acquired which are
only consistent with tranquillity. " Though no
immediate danger is apprehended," says a letter,
" yet it has been considered necessary to augment
the number of Miqueletes to 300 for this pro-
vince." The Miqueletes are a military corps en-
rolled and paid by the province for the protection
of the highways.
The following is from a letter from Bayonne,
dated the 7th inst.:--

"The 14 Carlists, taken on the frontier, were ar-
rested at the request, and on the indication, of
the Spanish Consul in that city. The gendarmes
marched all night, and surprised them at break of day
next morning. Commander Oscariz, however, had time
before he was apprehended, to swallow a paper, which
was believed t• contain an order from General Elio to
enter Navarre. The five chiefs arrested are—Comman-
der Oscariz (better knoSvn by the name of Saturnina) ;
Captain Upside ; Lieutenants Yzurre and Ybarragola ;
and Ensign Yabar."

' A letter from Cracow, of the 2d, says :—" General
Count Soblick, -who commands the 4th corps
d'armee in Gallicia, returned to his post yesterday,
and has this day passed the troops in review. The
supplies collected for the army are immense. The
little town of Dukh, in one of the defiles of the
Carpathian Mountains, is one of the principal
depots—all its houses, in fact, have been turned
into corn stores."

Letters from Copenhagen of the 30th of January
state that the winter had set in with great severity.
On. the 29th the thermometer was 14 Begs. below
freezing point. The communications with the
main land suffered delay from the great accumu-
lation of ice in the Great Belt.

The Suabian Mercury of the 4th, under its
Frankfort head, says—"We can confirm, from good
authority, the news given by some of the journals
in the north of Germany, that Prussra, in conse-
quence of present circumstances, intends'mebilising
her 4th and 6th corps d'armee (Saxony and Silesia),
as well as the first ban of the Landwehr, making
in all about 120,000 men."

The German Journal of Frankfort states, from
Wiesbaden of the sth, that preparations for war
had commenced in the Duchy of Nassau. A fourth
battery of artillery was being formed composed of
12-pounders. An order has already been given for
the purchase of the 50 horses necessary for this
battery.

The Suabian Mercury of the 6th says t—" We
learn that preparations are being made in Wur-
temburg for placing the army on a war footing,
and that a considerable number of horses are to be
purchased. It is said also that the administrati're
officers •f the army, whose sen ices will be required
in the event of a mobilisation, have been already
designated.

The I eipsie Gazette contains a letter from Vienna
of the 4th, which says :—The Turkish Ambassador
had a conference yesterday morning with Count
Buol, and informed him that be had received from
Constantinople the necessary powers for taking
part in the intended conferences ; ulterior instruc-
tions are to be sent from the Porte bya special commis-
sioner, who is to take part in the negotiations.
The Turkish ambassador also announced that the
Porte would send a military plenipotentiary. The
rumour runs that Achmet E'ethy Pacha, com-
mander-in-second of the guard, is spoken of as the
person for the purpose."

A letter from Constantinople of the 28th ult.,
in the Trieste Gazette, says :—" The banker Bal-
tazzi, who had fallen into disgrace, has been sum-
moned by Reschid Pacha to give his advice on the
project of raising a loan in the empire in the same
way as those of France and Austria. Lord Strat-
ford de Redcliffe has given a farewell dinner in
honour of Baron Bruck."

A letter from Vienna of the 4th inst., in the
German Journal of Frankfort, says :—" Count
Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador at Berlin,
will, it is said, remain here longer than was at first
intended, and take part in the conferences which
are to commence next week at Count Buol's office
on the subject of the eventualities of the war.
Somo persons consider the sudden return of Count
Esterhazy as a demonstration of the Cabinet of
Vienna against Prussia, and think that ho will not
return again to his post ; but we are of opinion
that this is going rather too far, as Count d'Arnim,
the Prussian Ambassador, has not quitted Vienna,
as he would have done, had Austria acted in a de-
cidedly unfriendly manner."

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FARE AT MANCHESTER.—Yesterday morning a large
warehouse, behind the Albion Hotel, Manchester, partly
occupied by J. W. Wood and Co., makers-up and partly
by Fairbrother and Wood, embroiderers, was discovered
to be on firs, and though Mr. Rose was soon in attend-
ance with the fire brigade of the town and several en-
gines, nearly an hour had elapsed before the flames were
fairly got under. The damage is estimated at 1,5001.,
which is covered by insurances.
ANTWERP, Feb. B.—Since the 3d the frost had dis-
appeared, and there was a prospect of the navigation of
the river being again soon open for sailing vessel!, but,
to-day, aftsr a considerable fall of snow, .the Tud has
again come round to the N.E., bringii:g with this change
a renewed wintry appearance. Steam vessels alone
obtain pilots.