The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-04 00:00:00

SPAIN.

SARAGOSSA, SEPT. 26.-1 am very happy to be able to
give you very good news to-day.
A despateh has just bean received from the Governer
of Daroen, dated yesterday, stated that Cabrera having
been detached with his force from that of the Pretender,
and beim, on his way, it vas supposed, to the neighbour-
hood of Teruel and Valencia, was come up with by General
Oraa, at fluete, in the province of Cuenca, and on the
edge of that of Guadalaxara. Oraa instantly attacked ;
the result being th:,t he has take!, 1.150 prisoners, and
killed between 400 ;and 500. The factious, after this
thorough beating, fled in every direction in a complete
panic, Oraa following them up.
I can also give you positive intellgenat of the Pre-
tender's and Espartero's mos enientg, derived from a letter I
have this moment received from Alcolea, dated ti,l :24th.
On the 231, in the afternoon, the Pretender, with about
8,000 troops, infantry and cavalry, were at a village, calicd
Villa Verde del Ducado, about two miles south of Alcollia,
which is on the high road from Madrid to Saragossa, anv
near to which (Alcolea) another road branches off to Soria.
They proceeded from Villa Verde del Ducado to Alcolea,
where they halted only two hours, and then marched in the
direction of Soria.

They had not been gone ten minutes when the head of
Espartero's column, consisting of 21 battalion, appeared
in sight. A few shots were exchanged between about
half-a-dozen cavalry of each side, within a hundred yards of
Alcolea.

Espartero's troops remained for the night at Alenlea, and
started very early in the morning of the 24th in pursuit.
It is understood that Don Carlos was making every effort
to reach the mountains of Soria, taking the road which
passes by Stguenza. I have just been informed that 400
of Don Carlos's troops have deserted to Espartero within
the few last days. A courier, who passed through Sara-
gossg last night for France, stated that between Madrid
and Guadalaxara he fell in with 200 factious prisoners,
taken in the action with Espartero's cavalry near that city.
Among them was a Count, or Marquis, who was wounded.
These prisoners were escorted by a body of the Madrid
National Guards, who had been dispatched from the capital
for this purpose.
You may rely on the authenticity of the foregoing ac-
counts of the movements of the Pretender and Espartero.
In a former letter I mentioned that Colonel Lacy, of the
royal artillery, the British military commissioner appointed
to accompany General Oraa's division, with Captain Wil-
hams, of the royal engineers, and Lieutenant Crofton, of
the royal artillery, had arrived here ; and that they left in
the mail coach for Madrid on the 18th inst.
To-day I received a letter from Captain Williams, dated
Alcolea, the 24th, confirming the report of their having
been detained by the Carlists, but happily telling me of
their release. They are by this time, I trust, in Madrid.
It appears that on the 22d instant, at about five in the
evening, when they were upon the point of starting in the
mail from Alcaka, a detachment of Carlist lancers dashed
into the village, took the passengers prisoners, and cap-
tured about forty mu?es, which were taken from the car-
riage and stables of the post-house.
The three British officers were mounted upon mules
without saddles, and were taken to the village of Villa
Verde del Ducado. They halted there until two the next
morning, when they went on foot over a wretched stony
by-path, and through torrents of rain, to Tortonda, about
a league off. At noon the next day they were mounted
on asses without even halters, and after going to Lara
Nueva, about a league south of Tortonda, they went
back to Villa Verde del Ducado, where they came up with
the Pretender and 8,000 troops.
They returned with this corps to Alcolea, where they
were released, the Pretender going off in two hours to-
wards Soria.
They were not ushered into the presence of Don Car-
los, but they saw Moreno and many other superior officers,
by whom they were well treated.
The two English servants belonging to these gentlemen
had bees sent in a galesa, or waggon, with the principal
part of their baggage. On two of the Carlist soldiers these
gentlemen recognized the servants' great-coats, which
caused some uneasiness as to their fate, but it was ascertained
afterwards that they had safely arrived at Madrid without
further loss. Mr. Crofton lost all the baggage lie had
with him in the mail.
Col. Lacy and the two other gentlemen were about to
start for Madrid, the road to which is quite free. They
were only waiting until mules could be procured.
It was very fortunate that Colonel Lacy was able to sa-
tisfy the officers by whom they were captured of his official
appointment by the British Government. Any accident
to his passports, or other documents, might have been
fatal ; for it appears that a captain, subaltern, and three
men were specially sent to seize these three officers, sup-
posing them to be Brigadier-General O'Connell, comman-
ding the British Lesion, Colonel Herman, his aide-de-
camp, and Colonel Meade, late aide-de-camp to General
Evans, who lately returned from San Sebastian to Madrid.
Had these gentlemen fallen into the Carlists' hands, they
would have been instantly shot.—Mornini Chronicle.