The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-02 00:00:00

ROYAL ORDER.

" Isabella 11., by the Grdee of God, Queen of Spain, &c.

" The Cortes have sanctioned that which follows :-
Ist. That until the constitutional code shall be reformed,
the deputies to the Cortes, without renouncing their honour-
able functions, may be nominated Ministers. 2d. All mili-
tary men elected deputies may in like manner accept of
situations in the active service of the army. 3d. If the
Government should think right to employ a deputy on any
commission of importance, and of public interest, they shall
communicate their determination to the Cortes, who will, if
need be, grant the required authority.
" Signed at the Royal Palace, Nov. 21."
—Madrid Gazette.

In the sitting of the Cortes of the 21st of November, the
proposition made by a Committee for the restitution of na-
tional property to its respective purchasers was discussed.
The report was approved of, with a slight modification. In
the sitting of the 22d of November Senor Olozaga moved
the following proposition :—" That the Queen-Regent
should be invested with a character inviolable and sacred in
the eyes of the nation." The proposition was referred to
the Regency Committee. At the departure of the courier
the Chamber `as engaged in discussing the following pro-
position :—" That the whole time during which the mobi-
lized National Guards were employed should be regarded
as a period of active campaign service."
SIEGE OF BILBOA.

BAYONNE, Nov. 26.—Though I am unable to announce
to you that the Carlists have disappeared altogether from
before Bilboa, I can with confidence assure you that the
siege has been adjorned sine die, and that the utmost the
brave garrison of the town will have to endure, will be a
further blockade of some days. The Carlists have given
up the attempt, not because they had any reason to appre-
hend Espartero's interference—that was the last in their
thoughts—but because the experience they have had proved
to them that while one stone of the town stood on the
other they could never enter it, and a city in ashes would
have made a dismally-ominous trysting-place for the Pre-
tender's Court. That the Carlists had set their hearts
upon the place is manifest what their disappointment
must be may be imagined. It has been communicated to
me by a Carlist who lately left Durango, that every pre-
paration had been made for removing the Royal quarters
from that village to Bilboa—that the few regalia of the
rebel Monarch had been packed up for transmission—that
a new banner had been made expressly to mount on the
Bilboa battlements ; and though last, not least, in point of
absurdity, that several thousand copies of a paper entitled
the Bil&,a Gazette, announcing the opening of the Court
in that city, had been struck off ready for immediate circu-
lation. This was counting chickens before they were
hatched with a vengeance. Sad must have been the occu
pation of unpacking the pewter crown and copper sceptre
—melancholy the burning of the too-soon-born Gazettes.
Requiescat in pace ! But, seriously speaking, the defence
of the Bilboans has been a severe blow to the Pretender's
cause. With seventeen battalions, 900 strong each—with
plenty of guns, shot, and shells, and in quiet occupation of
every fort round the town, except a hastily-constructed one
thrown up by the British marine on the island El Desierto
they have been completely held at bay by about 6,000 men
(principally National Guards), in a town, without excep-
tion, the most difficult of defence in Spain. The " moral
effect" of this must be considerable ; it is another instance
of how much may be done by bravery and determination,
and in it is an example which others on the same side would
do well to imitate.

Espartero on the 21st appears to have reached Castro
Urdiales. He was still there on the 23d, watched, though
at a distance, by Villareal, the head-quarters of the latter
being at Auzotequi. He has ten battalions with him.
Around Bilboa the Carlists cannot now have more than
three battalions, as six of those who were lately there have
been marched back in front of St. Sebastian, the Carlists
having received intimation that their line there was about
being attacked by General Evans. This was on the '23d.
By a late order of Espartero 6,000 infantry and 400
cavalry have been detached from the several garrisons
forming the Ebro line, namely, those of Logrono, Haro,
Miranda, Lagurdi, Penacerrada, La Puebla, Cenecero,
and Pancorbo, and were formed into a column on the
18th at Vittoria. The object of this is to have a
force operating on the Carlist line between Arlaban
and Villareal d'Alava, so as to require its being strength-
ened at the expense of the moving force under Villa-
real and Eguia. The column was to have left Vitto-
ria on the 21st or 22d. It is not apprehended that it will
dangerously weaken the garrisons from which it has been
detached. As a branch of this movement, on the 20th all
the troops of the Christino line between Pampeluna and
Roncesveaux, were relieved by three battalions of the Alge-
rine Legion, who occupy the now nearly useless fortresses,
villages, and houses of 011oqui, Zabaldica, Eucheris, Zu-
riain, Larrasoana, Terapegui, Aquerreta, lbw= and Oste-
riz, Urdaniz, Zubiri, and Fernanderena.
On the 19th an officer of the Algerine Legion, named
Mallier, 55 years of age, whilst out shooting near Olagua,
was taken prisoner' by the Carlists. He was required by
them to take service for the Pretender, but refused. The
consequence was, he was ordered to be immediately shot,
which was carried into effect. So much for the vaunted
clemency of the Pretender and his hell-hounds.
The deposition of Rodil and Alaix has given much sa-
tisfaction here. The former is reported to have escaped
into Portugal. Doubtless by so doing he saved his head.—
Morning Chronicle.