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

SPAIN.

ST. SEBASTIAN, DEC. 4.—To-day a meeting of the bri-
gadier-generals, colonels of regiments, and other heads of
departments, was held at the quarters of General Evans, to
take into consideration the very precarious position in which
the Legion seems to b 3 at present placed, according to the
tenor of a letter received from General Godfrey, giving the
result of an interview which he had with M. Mendizabal at
Ma Irid. The substance of that letter, or at least what is
generally reported to be its substance, is, that the reception
of General Godfrey by M. Mendizabal was cold and dis-
couraging, and his discussion of the topic in question, the
payment of the arrears of the Legion, that of a man tired,
and anxious to get rid of the subject, and that he concluded
by expressing his surprise at the enormity of the demand,
the more particularly, he added, as lie had reason to believe
that sufficient money had been issued by. the Government to
satisfy all the claims of the Legion up to a very recent
period. This startling declaration in the face of the unde-
niable fact of all the officers of the Legion, with very few, if
any, exceptions, having now 7 months pay due to them,argues
either " something rotten" in the good faith of the Government,
or the most extraordinarypowers of absorption in some of the
agents employed by that Government in the financial de-
partment of the Legion. What were the propositions made
by General Evans under this extraordinary state of things
at the meeting of his principal officers, or their opinions
thereon, have not transpired, as all those present pledged
their words not to disclose what had taken place. However,
one thing is certain, that no positive or definitive resolution
was come to at this meeting ; but, as the subject involved so
many and so serious consequences, both with regard to the
honour and the interests of the Legion, General Evens re-
commended those present still to give the matter mature
consideration in the privacy of their own closets, and to
favour him, with as little delay as possible, with their well-
considered and definite resolutions in writing. That various,
if not conflicting opinions, must have been put forward at
the meeting, there can be little doubt, as the discussion
lasted from one o'clock till half-past four in the afternoon.
The anxiety to learn the result of the meeting, not only
amongst the officers of the Legion, but the better classes of
the inhabitants of the town, was most intense, and during
the whole of the day various groups, both of military and
civilians, filled the plazas and streets, warmly discussing the
circumstances, or speculating upon the resolution likely to
be come to by the meeting at the Lieutenant-General's.
Bitter, consequently, was the disappointment felt on its be-
coming public that nothing could be known of what had
taken place, at least for the present.
In consequence of the departure of Brigadier-General
Chichester, who is gone to pass a month or six weeks with
his family at Bordeaux, the three brigades of the Legion
have been formed into a division, under the command of
General Fitzgerald, and Colonels O'Connell, Churchill,
and Kirby have been appointed to the command of the
brigades until further orders.

The James Watt steamer, which arrived here two days
ago from Santander, brought from the latter place, on their
way from Madrid to Paris and London, Generals O'Leary
and Soublette, commissioners and diplomatic agents from
the Venezuelan Government to the Court of Madrid. The
Marchioness de Toreno, on her way to France to rejoin her
husband, was also a passenger on board the James Watt.