The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-09 00:00:00

SPAIN.

BAYONNE, DEC. 29.—[Extract of a Private
Letter.]—Spain is decidedly in a state of civil
war, and agitated in every possible way. Re-
bellious Seville persists in opposing the Spanish
Government. Mina has the air of quietude in
Gallicia ; but the passing events in Andalusia
will no doubt encourage him in fresh attempts.
The Biscayau Provinces are in flames. The day
before yesterday a tiring was heard in the di-
rection of Vera, about a league from Bayonne,
between the two contending parties, one of whom
was driven on our frontiers, and the sanitary
cordon fired on them. There were some
killed and wounded•on each side. At Severino,
a village about three leagues from Bilbao, a
junta of Royalists is forthed, under the direction
of one Guezala, formerly a commander of gue-
rillas of some celebrity. The 200 militia, which
loft Bilbao to endeavour to destroy this Royalist
assemblage, are commanded by officers of the Re-
giment Alexander ; and we are assured, that on
the 26th, there was such a great fermentation at
Bilboa that martial law was proclaimed.

BANKS OF THE BIDASSOA, DEC. 28.—T1e in-
surgents of Navarre have not been fortunate in
their enterprise. Public opinion has been strongly
manifested against them. Those who were most
forward and active among them, have been taken
by the authorities and the inhabitants. Their
efforts may now
.be regarded as terminated, for
the troops which left Vittoria have returned to
that place, and General Lopez is expected this
evening at his,. head-quarters at St. Sebastian.
The last effort of these wretched men, who have
been misled by perfidious connselS, was this day
made at Bera. Their intention was to get pos-
session of the post of the Spanish Custom-house,
.but they were vigorously repulsed by the Dona-
ziers, at the head of whom was M. Loubara-
mendy, formerly one of Mina's officers. They
,had.several killed and wounded. Five or six of
the latter, of whom two are Citrates, have gone
into I the French
.7.,azaretto of Behovlei in order
to withdraw .themselves from the inevitable fate
which awaits them in their own country.

MADRID, 'DEC. 24.—The news from the inte-
rior not satisfactory for the persons who lave
tranquillity. .Cadiz, Seville, Coruuna, Cartha-
:ena, Murcia, &c. are still in a state of disobe-
,dence towards: the Government, which is not a
good..example ; but it is probable that every
thing will be tratiquilliied by, the dismissal of
the Ministry. This change, which may sooft.be
expected, is absolutely necessary
.for the inte-
rests both of the Throne and the nation.—The
Benedictine Monk, :Mauro Iglesia, one of Me-
rino's officers; has been executed at Burgos. Ile
resisted almost to the last the offers of•the Bishop
toadminister religious' consolation to hitn, 'be-
cause he had persuaded himself that the people
would deliv.er .him.—General Riego, who
.'has
been lately elected a Deputy for the province of
Asturias, is daily expected in this capital.
IVIVIICIA, DEC. 18.-The day before yesterday
the population of this city and the troops of the
garrison publicly expressed the desire which they
have long cherished to imitate the conduct
of .the inhabitants of Caithagena, in refus-
ing to obey the Orders of 'the present. Minisiry.
commission was appointed by . the people,
for the purpose of making known this
„to the author4ies, who met the inhabitant's,
and were made acquainted with this intention.
-The GovernOr, the Bishop, and 'the General
commanding-the province, .aCcompanied'bY two
battalions of. the local Militia, two-,battalions of
the line, the provincial battalion of Malaga,. the
Guarda Costas, and an immense multitude,' pro-

ceeded to the Plaza de la Constitucion, and there, I
amidst vivas for the- Constitution and constitu-
tional King, vowed
,the downfall of thelViinistry•
There was not for a moment the slightest disorder.
An address was drawn up to the Cortes, to give
an account of this event ; and a courier was dis-
patched to Carthagena to announce to that city
that Murcia acceded to the confederation of
Cadiz, Seville, Corunna, and Carthagena.
BILBOA, DEC. Cs.—(Extract of a Private Let-
ter.)—l send you an account of a little affair which
made a bustle liere last night. The Curate Gue-
tala, who was formerly a Guerilla Captain, hav-
ing renounced his clerical functions, and collected
a number of banditti, made his appearance. in
the district of Billaran yesterday. He ordered
the Alcalde to furnish him with 40 rations of
provisions, and to assemble 200 men next day,
either voluntarily or by force. The Alcalde replied,
that he should be punctually obeyed ; but immedi-
ately dispatched'a courier to our Political Chief,
with an account of what had happened. As soon as
thenews wasknown, a considerable stir was observ-
ed among our constitutionalists. In the meantime
the drawbridge in front of the arsenal was
raised; the militia assembled voluntarily, the
most active part proceeding to reconnoitre, while
the rest guarded the arsenal, Tire horse-guards
bivouacked in the Plaza de la Constitucion, and
afterwards proceeded to the powder-works, si-
tuated about a league hence, near.the Monastery
of the Desert, and arrived in time to prevent
the batrati from getting fosse'S‘sion of that esta-
blishment. A few sabre cuts were exchanged, ,
and our cavalry have brought in some prisoners ;1
one of whom, a native of this town, is a young
man of good family, but who will be tried by
martial law, and executed in twenty-four hours.l
—The hopes of the factious will be completely
disappointed, for the most prudent measures of
defence have been adopted. A detachment of
troops has been Sent to Palencia, where there is
a manufactory of arms, to secure 600 muskets
which are prepared there, lest they should fall
into the hands of the banditti. We expect soon
to hear the result of the expedition sent to sur-
prise the Curate Guetala. The troops employed
for this purpose are animated with the best spirit,
and are full of enthusiasm. They w ill not like
to return without the Curate, either dead or
alive ; but he is so well served by the fanatics,
that it is probable lie will be able to escape in
so mountainous a country.—The immediate arri-
val of 600 or 700 Catalonians is announced, who,
with the martial law, will secure us against un-
favourable events which might occur, were not
prompt and severe measures adopted.