The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-27 00:00:00

BAYONNE.

SEPT. 21.—N0 positive or authentic intelligence respec-
ting the ultimate fate of the unfortunate officers and men
of the Legion who took refuge in the church of Andoain
on the 14th inst., and surrendered on the night of the 13th
on condition of having their lives spared, has as yet been
received here. The general impression and belief; founded
on the reports of Spanish peasants coming from the Car-
list country, and on private letters from some of the
frontier towns, is that every individual of this ill-fated body
of English subjects was mercilessly butchered on leaving the
church of Audoain. The fact of this massacre is not denied by
the Carlist partisans here, though they would fain do it, as
knowing -what hundredfold odium this wholesale murder of
British subjects must bring upon the name and cause of
Don Carlos. The only reply to any observations made
on the subject is by talking of the uncontrollable exas-
peration of the peasantry after the burning of their
houses and farms some days previous to the 14th. Be-
fore many days, however, I hope to be enabled to send
full and precise information upon this melancholy subject,
as a person occupying an official situation here has com-
missioned some three or four trustworthy individuals to
proceed to Andoain, Tolosa, and some of tho other neigh-
bouring towns, for the purpose of procuring and bringing
back positive and full details of the fate of the prisoners,
and which information lie intends embodying in a remon-
strance or memorial to the British GovernMent.

A letter from an officer in the British navy at St. Se-
bastian, and who had the best opportunity of knowing the
truth, states the number of the Legion missing after the
affair-of the 14th, and who have not since been heard of,
to be 13 officers and 120 men.

All accounts concur in stating, that never was there a
more disgraceful or disgusting military spectacle than that
exhibited by the Spanish troops on the 14th. 2,500 of
them well equipped, armed, and forewarned of the attack,
abandoned in the most precipitate and cowardly manner
positions which might have been held by 500 invalid
men of any other troops. The number of the Queen's
troops missing on the 14th is said to be about 20
officers and 180 men. Several of the former are
said to have fallen by the hands of their own soldiers when
endeavouring to force them back to the fight. About 100
of the Christino troops returned from the field wounded,
one-half of whom are said to have been cut down by their
own officers for their cowardice. A. letter from St. Se-
bastian mentions that two Lancers of the Legion, on seeing
the Colonel of one of the Queen's regiments abandon his
men, and fly with all the celerity he was capable of, in The
direction of Ernani, pursued him, and on coming up with
him, gave him a few gentle pricks with their lances. They
then dismounted, and one of them taking a knife from his
pocket, cut off the gold lace stripes from the cuff of his coat,
which were indicative of his rank, and threw them in his
face, telling him he was unworthy of the name of officer or
soldier. They then, as the account gives it, kicked him
into Ernani before them.

Neither the Madrid nor Saragossa mails have arrived
here to-day.—Times.

. SWITZERLAND.

The Helvetic, of the 22d inst., states that the Prefect
of Interlacken, on an order of the Executive Council of
Berne, had carried into uffeet the judgment lately delivered
in the case of the young English boxers, who had accord-
ingly been banished from the canton.
The Federal Diet was quietly proceeding with its labours,
and, on the 16th and 18th, again discussed the interminable
affair of the convents of Argau of which the Government
had taken the administration into its own hands. The De-
puties of the smaller states were unanimous in blaming the
conduct of the Directory of Argau, and pronouncing it a
violation of the 12th article of the Federal compact, but on
the question being put to the vote, there were only 8
for inviting that canton to cancel or modify the decree,
and the affair, for want of a majority, will again come
before the Diet in the course of, the next Session.

Fl RE.—This morning, shortly after one o'clock, the
upper pact of the Weaver's Arms public-house, in the oc-
cupation of Mr. Price, Bell-court, Milton-street, Fins-bury,
was discovered on fire. The Whitecross-street, Parring-
don-btrcet, and Watling-street brigade engines shortly after-
wards arrived, but notwithstanding their exertions they
were unable to save the public-house, but fortunately pre-
vented the extension of the destructive element. The cause
of the fire is unknown.

ADJOURNED INQUEST.--The investigation into
the circumstances of the late, suicide and attempted murder,
in Plumptre-street, St. Giles's (the particulars of which
appeared in our J'aurnal of yesterday), was resumed last
evening, the parties whose testimony was considered ne-
cessary b‘fing in attendance. The room was crowded with
pernris anxious to learn the result of the proceedings, and
after some evideree had been adduced, which went to shoW
that the delivery of the deceased (although premature) was
not effected by any operation, Mr. Gaunt, the person alleged
to have caused the death of the deceased by his malprac-
tices, was called in. The Coroner told him that there was
an imputation against him of a very serious nature, and, if
the charge was well founded, he stood its such a situation
as to render it necessary to advise him not to say anything
which might criminate himself ; but lie was at liberty to
make any voluntary statement he might think proper after
having heard the evidence affecting him. Mr. Gaunt then
entered into a statement of the circumstances attending his
past of the transaction. He stated himself to be a member
of the Royal College of Surgeons, and denied that he had
used any means to procure abortion, but that his treatment
of the deceased was strictly professional ; and that instead
of only attending her once, he had attended her
.on severa'
.
occasions for three weeks, and bad given her medicines.whic)-,
could neither have produced abortion nor have been mstr u-
mental in causing her death. He considered two gal' icas
as his consultation fee, but hid taken fifteen. shillings au ouch
her representations of poverty.
.The, jury consulted a few
minutes, and returned a verdict of " femporaryln
Mr. John O'Connell, the member for Athlone, is
making a tour in Franci, forltthoorypuQrtpothsee olfricso4lltga ;ercitingd
nsa-
tcrials for his forthcoming history
the service of France.