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London, England, 1837-10-05 00:00:00

which office had taught them—the power which thd
possession of every post of honour gave them—the
whole faction as one man entered on the labour of
making the Reform Bill a dead letter, and useless to
the cause of good Government. They had likewise
the Clergy of the country, almost to a man, forsaking
their sacred functions to co-operate in cheating the
people of the fruits of the Reform Bill. He had
seen the progress of corruption and trickery in the
counties, and was prepared to say that the majo-
rity of the Members did not represent the in-
telligence • and honesty of the country." But
though the last election was not so favourable
to the Reform cause as the advocates of that
cause had anticipated, Mr. COPPOCK laughed to
scorn the idea of a Tory Administration ousting the
MELBOURNE Cabinet. We are ourselves not less
confident in the stability of the Whigs in office, pro.
vided they adopt a bold and decisive policy on the first
meeting of Parliament. To assume a manly, straight-
forward course, is the way to ensure the confidence, and
obtain the support, of the country. This is a truth
which recent events have strongly impressed on the
minds of a majority of the present Cabinet ; and
from what we can learn of their intentions, they are
preparing to profit by it. In the meantime, let the
example of the Reformers of Stockport be generally
followed, and everywhere preparation made for what-
ever may happen. If the people be but true to them-
selves, they must triumph, despite of the bribery and
treachery of any faction.

Letters and Papers from Madrid of the 25th ult.
have reached us. The elections of Deputies for the
capital were then proceeding in favour of the supporters
of the Constitution of 1837. In the sitting of the
Cortes of the 23d, the Minister of War informed the
Chamber that he would shortly be prepared to submit
to the Deputies the whole of the correspondence that
passed between the Government and her MAJESTY'S
Generals. The Chamber, he said, had so decided,
and Ministers considered it their titly to respect its
decision. The Government had been accused of having
abandoned Castile to the rebels. He protested the
charge was most unfounded. Necessity had compelled
Ministers to give a preference to one pa; t of the king-
dom, and they had preferred the safety of the capital.
Their success would disconcert the Great Northern
Powers, who were eagerly awaiting despatches from
the Pretender, dated from Madrid. Don CA Rrns
had now betaken himself to flight, so that by following
the course which they had done, Ministers had avoided
compromising the safety of the natio*. As for Gene-
ral ESPINOSA, he would be brought to trial, and if
found guilty, would be punished with the utmost
rigour. It was likewise intimated to the Cortes, that
as mildness had failed to restrain the disposition to
rebel, manifested in districts penetreed by the Carlists,
in future, the severest 'penalties would be rigorously
enforced, and that punishment would be inflicted on
all who had not done their duty during the occupation
of Soria by the rebels!

The following despatch from General ORAA has
been received by the Madrid Government :
" Head quarters, Cuenca, Sept. 22.
" The troops under my command had not ceased for
twenty diks to make painful marches, when, owing to the
Count de Luchana's victory, we were „enabled to obtain
over the rehels the advantages I have reported to your Ex-
cellency. Though the crossing of the Teens yesterday
considerably retarded my march I was able to overtake the
enemy's rear-guard and make fifty prisoners,
" This morning, on leaving Huete, I placed in my van
four squadrons under Brigadier Amor, with three companies
of Chasseurs, and I ordered General Froilan Mendez Vigo,
the chief of my staff, and all the adjutants, to move on at the
head of the column. We have been able to overtake the
rebels, whose forces consisted of eleven battalions and five
squadrons, under the chiefs Cabrera, Suez, Zavala, and
Foreadell. On arriving at the village of Arens de la Can-
ters, the squadrons del Ray, de la Reyna, and the 6th Light
Infantry, headed by Brigadier Amor, charged, defeated, and
completely dispersed the enemy, killing 40 men, and cap-
turing 89€, including 25 officers. These prisoners, added to
those made before, form a total of 1,200 men. NVe have
had but one killed and twelve wounded.
" The remainder of the enemy's forces have been indebted
for their safety to the absence of the infantry, which had not
been able to follow the cavalry. lam pursuing them with-
out ceasing, allowing the troops but time enough to take
their rations. I shall deposit here the prisoners wounded,
the arms, aad all the articles that I have captured. The en-
thusiasm and severe discipline of the troops are above all praise.
" MARCELLINA ORAA.
" To the War Minister."

The following extract of a letter from the Spanish
capital, dated the 24th ult., is not calculated to inspire
the partizans of the Pretender with hopes of his speedy
assumption of the regal government of Spain :

" Don Carlos passed the night of the 21st in the moun-
tains of Guadalaxara, where his life is said to have been in
danger from a revolt amongst his soldiers. Oa the 22d,
after promising the Navarrese to conduct them to their
homes, he marched on, and halted for the night at Alcolea.
Espartero's vanguard was then at Almodrones, upwards of
six leagm..* from Don Carlos, and in advance of him towards
the right, so as to be able to cut off his retreat. On the
morning of the 23d Don Carlos descended the Henarea,
directing his course with the utmost expedition towards
Atienza, whilst Espartesro marched on Siguenza to arrive
there before the Carlists ; but it appears that a counter-
march across the passes of Bigarralva enabled the troops of
Don Carlos to throw themselves into Arragon, though on
what point was not exactly known, but it was believed that
both the Carlists and the Queen's troops had penetrated
into the province by Campillo. The National Guards of
Madrid had entered the capital with 2.50 prisoners, taken in
the engagement of the 19th, and amongst them a Brigadier
General and a Count, both of whom were slightly wounded.
spartero's successes, Oraa's sudden attack upon Cabrera,
and the desperate state of the army of Don Carlos on its re-
treat, bad produced an offer of all the pecuniary resources
required for the payment of the Queen's troops."
The news of the defeat of ZARIATEGUL at Valla-
dolid is confirmscid in every particular. The Spanish
Government has yielded to Lord JOHN HAY on the
question of the reu:oval of five battalions from San Se-
bastian to Burgos.
We have no other news from Spain, with the ex-
ception of what may b gleaned from the follovvii7s,
official paragraph, which ypears in the Madrid Ga-
zette of the 24th ult.:—

" The General-in-Chief of the combined armies, Count de
Luchana, writes on the 22d, from the euvirons of Cifuentes
that in the morning he left Fuentes for lik.L7huega. The
Pretender had left the last-named place the day before, at
seven m.p., for Cifuentes, continuing his flight by Oe Can-
redondo road, in order to take afterwards the road to Mo-
lina. The Count de Luchana was pursuing the enemy•,
taking prisoners and horses.
" The General-in-Chief writes from Fuentes on the 22d,
at eight p.m., that the faction has taken the road to Torre
Cuadrada ; he thinks that it wishss to pass by Alcolea del
Pinar, in order to enter Castillo by Medina Celi, or Si-
guenza.

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" The General-in-Chief was to march at three in the morn-
ing in order to reach Alcolea in time."

The whole of the Paris Papers of Tuesday have
been duly received. On Monday there was a meeting
of the friends and shareholders of M. LATITTE'S new
Bank, at which the founder delivered an able and elo-
quent address, setting forth the success of the Institu-
tion, and'pointing out the manner in which it would be
carried on so as to benefit France. His Royal High-
ness the Duke of ORLEANS has already recommended
it to the patronage of the army.
The following remarkable, letter from MODENA,
dated the 17th ult., appears in two of the French Jour-
nals of Tuesday :
The Duko of Modena has at length discovered that he
has b.-en deceived by his Minister of Police. This Ma-
gistrate, in order to wreak his vengeance upon certain indi-
viduals, has made his Sovereign believe in the existence of
a conspiracy against his life. Under this impression, his
Highness caused several of his subjects to be arrested, and
brouzht to trial ; and has thus involuntarily sanctioned
sentences of death against innocent persons. After
making this discovery, the Duke was for a long
time undetermined as to the steps he should take.
It became necessary to restore to liberty men con-
demned to the galleys, for no other crime than that
of not having pleased the Knister of Police. His