The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-23 00:00:00

SIEGE OF BILBOA.

(Pi'bit! MlitninF qt,TipinpOrarY.;)
PORTUGALET.E, Nov. 11.—We have nut ?d with any other part of the coast since yeiterday
afternoon, when I wrote by the Comet steamer, giving you
an account of the operations here up to that time. The
weather set itttisfy ,tortnyi almost immediately after the
departure of that ves.'';!; arid tho hat 1;s still impassable ;
thus impeding the entrance, or apperifzii% eft the piirt, of
the Salamander, with the troops which we were Jed to be-
lieve would be despatched from San Sebastian almost im-
mediately and. the arrival there of Lord John Hay from
Santander. The Phan/t, too, Which vessel was ordered to
cruize off the mouth of the harbour, go as to protect the
disemb,wkation of troops, and intercept the entrance of any
supplies of arms, &c., by Santander, was forced by the bad
weather to leave the coast : it is supposed she has taken
shelter at Santona.

The plans of the Carlists have hitherto been completely
successful in that part of the river between the fortified
convent of Desierto and Bilboa. After the sailing of the
Comet, yesterday afternoon, intelligence reached us that
the other strong position of the St. Mamez convent had
fallen into the enemy's hands almost without a struggle.
There were six pieces of cannon in St. Mamez, which was
very strongly fortified ; and it is a deplorable fact that
within the two last days the Carlists have, without any dif-
ficulty, obtained possession of eight guns and one 7-inch
mortar ; together with about 500 prisoners, a large quantity
of ammunition, and considerable store of provisions.
It is confidently stated that to-morrow Luchana will be
attacked, and that the bridge at that place will be at-
tempted to be destroyed. Artillery is said to be bringing
up for this purpose. This evening some musketry was fired
upon Luchana, and upon the gun-boats lying in front of that
place, from Monte Cabras ; and it is not improbable that
a battery may be established at Monte Cabras, in which
case his Majesty's ship Saracen may be exposed to artillery
fire without the power of answering it, as that 'ill is beyond
the range of the Saracen's carronades. It is now that the
want of the heavy guns of a first-class man-of-war steamer
is felt, which would prevent the erection of any batteries
on the point described. The two 32-pounders now in the
♦nglo-Hispania Battery, as it is called, at the Desierto,
will, however, be of infinite service. It is most unfortunate
that the weather is so tempestuous, for we have now spring-
tides, and after the 14th there will hardly be water enough
for the Phcenir or Salamander to cross the bar. At present
they could do it if the weather were fine, and take up sta-
tions in front of the Desierto if required.
The succession of surrenders of the positions lately held
by the Queen's troops is most discouraging. The dastardly
abandonment of Los Banderas has been the origin of
these misfortunes. It was of the utmost importance to
maintain that point, inasmuch as it commands Monte Cabras,
whence so much annoyance can be inflicted on the Queen's
forces ; it actually being the key of the upper part of the
river.

Nov. 12.—1 am sorry to acquaint you that Luchana
fell this morning, and that the bridge at that place has
been burned. The garrison, consisting of only forty men,
abandoned the place, after having held out two days ; a
battalion, or more, were sent against it, and no blame is,
I believe, to be attached to the officer commanding. There
were three Spanish gun-boats in front of Luchana; the
enemy fired sharply upon them and wounded two men.
The garrison embarked on board these gun-boats, which
came over to the Desierto, where they are at anchor, to-
gether with the Saracen. Very soon after the fall of Lu-
chana a gun was brought down to the corner of the bridge,
and a few shot were thrown to within a very short distance
of the Desierto, immediately under the parapet in front,
but the gun was soon silenced by some well-directed shot
from the 32-pounders. The centre of the Luchana bridge
was made of wood ; this the Carlists set fire to, and it no
longer exists ; but, in case of retaking Luchana, the gap
can easily be repaired.
The Carlists have, I understand, thrown a floating bridge
across the river opposite to San Mamez, so that now they
not only blockade Bilboa, but they can pass troops and guns
from one side of the river to the other ; and there is this
difference between the state of things now and when Bil-
boa was blockaded more than a year ago, namely, that then
they had little or no artillery, whereas now they have as
many guns as they want—more, in fact, than they can
require.

The weather has become moderate after the late gales.
Last night there was a severe storm of wind, rain, thunder,
and forked lightning. It will be a great relief when the
bar shall be practicable, for we sadly want reinforcements
of troops : indeed, nothing can be effectually done for the
relief of Bilbort until either General Espartero with a large
force shall arrive by land, or at all events as far as Castro,
whence they might be brought to Portugalete by the
steamers, or unless a strong body of troops shall be de-
tached from San Sebastian.

Yesterday I have reason to believe that the fortified con-
vent of Burcena, whose garrison consists of about 250 men,
was summoned to surrender; but the officer commanding
replied that he bad a month's provisions, and would stand
out to the last. Time will show what faith is to be placed
in this asseveration.

In order to enable you to correctly follow up the opera-
tions before Bilboa, I will endeavour to give you a descrip-
tion of the approaches to it from this side, which is at pre-
sent the most active theatre of those operations.
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Portugalete, a small town, which is partially fortified,
and has a garrison of about 800 men, most of them Quintos
(or recruits), is situated on the mouth of the river Nervion,
commonly called the Rio de Bilboa ; and on its left bank,
within the bars, there is a road from Yalmaceda (near to
whore Espartero lately was) to Portugalete, by way of
Somorostro, although we hear this has been rendered diffi-
cult of passage by ditches and parapets thrown up by the
Carlists. Outside the bar is the small town of Santurce,
now occupied by the Carlists, and whence they fire upon
vessels entering the harbour. Out of this place the
Phoenix will no doubt drive the insurgents as soon as
she can communicate with the harbour ; and troops can
be landed there at any time, even if the bar should be im-
passable.
At about half a mile up the river, opposite to a village
called Cestero, his Majesty's brig Ringdove is anchored.
After passing a mile farther up, the river winds, and
vessels passing up are brought immediately under some
high ground called Monte Aspe, whence the Carlists now
fire upon boats, &c., on their passage to and from the De-
sierto, which is a large and beautifully-situated convent on
the left bank of the river, a little higher up. This convent
has been made a complete fortification by the indefatigable
exertions of Commander Lapidge, of the Ringdove, the
senior naval officer on this station. His Majesty's brig
Saracen is anchored off the Convent, which is under the
immediate command of Lieutenant Le Hardy, commanding
the Saracen, and who ably seconds Capt. Lapidge.
It is but justice to record, that' during nearly two years
that the Ringdove and Saracen have been stationed in the
river—in the course of which period Bilboa has been twice
besei:fed and twice blockaded—the most important and in-
valuable services have been rendered by their commanders,
officers, and crews, to the Queen's cause. I had an op-
portunity, more than a year ago, of witnessing this, and on
the present occasion the most astounding difficulties have
been surmounted by dint of British naval perseverance.
The authorities of Bilboa and Portugalete have been re-
peatedly urged to fortify not only St. Mamez, but the
Desierto, which commands the Bilboa river ; and it was
not until after the most strenuous remonstrances that Cap-
tain Lapidge at length succeeded in getting the whole
matter placed in his hands. Since then a complete meta-
morphosis has taken place in the Desicrto. There are now
seven pieces of heavy cannon mounted on batteries judi-
ciously
placed ; viz., two 32-pounders, one 24 and two 18-
pounders, and two long 9-pounders, besides a mortar ; there
are regular ditches, g/acis, &c., round the fort, which can
only be entered by a drawbridge. The seamen and marines
of his Majesty's vessels have been working incessantly at
this fortification, which is now nearly completed. About
sixty men, too, of the Legion (principally Irishmen), who
were sent here in consequence of not choosing to serve the
second year, have, in consequence of the good example set
them by the sailors and marines, joined the working parties ;
and, encouraged by the naval officers who direct the works,
they most zealously labour with the rest, and have been
extremely useful. One of the many advantages arising
from the presence of Captain Lapidge is the knowledge he
possesses of the localities. From his experience on this
station he is able to point out and carry into execution
many plans for checking and annoying the enemy ; and it
is right to mention that Commodore Morales aed the
•Spanish naval officers look up to him for advice, and highly
appreciate hi; invaluable assistance.
The 32-pounders at the Desierto command the bridge of
Luchana, which was burnt yesterday by the rebels, who had
brought a gun to the corner of the bridge, whence they
were Soo{l (breed to retire from it. The bridge of Lu-
chana is thrown over the little river Asua, which empties
itself into the Bilboa river at the village of that name
(Luchana).
Los Banderas, or the Signal-house, which fell the other
day, is situated upon a very high hill, and from its position
and fortifications ought to have been ;mpregnable. it
commands Monte de Cabras, a most important range of
hill, now in the possession of the Carlists, and which they
could never have occupied if the garrison of Los Bea-
deras had done its duty. An additional evil is, that the
Signal•house having fallen, all communication, even the
telegraph, is closed between Portugaleto, the shipping,
and Bilboa. Los Banderas ought to have held out to
the last moment, especially as it was amply supplied with
provisions and ammunition. From Monte de Cabras the
Carlists can sink any boat or vessel attempting to pass
up or down the river. Between Los Banderas and Olea-
veaga, a town on the right bank of the Nervion, or Bilboa
river, is the fortified convent of Los Capuehinos, which

a!so surrendeiid td the Carlists ; and immediately oppo-
site—across the river—ii tliq eonvent of San. Mamez.
Tlis is a regular fortification, and wag capable of stand-
ing a siege in due form ; and yet it teal inglori-
ousit Loiten up, together with six pieces of cann(11111
The convent Of I.Plseena, which is also fortified, is si-
tuated on the river Safddelealf vtbieh empties itself into
the Ria de Bilboa, (the Nervion), above Luchana :
there is a chain-bridge over the Salcedon at ilesreena, and
on a tongue of land, between the two rivers, is the quaran-
tine gilitind‘
gOV. i 6.:—My tniggivinga as to the Burcena fortified
convent hate' proved well-fortntied—it fell yesterday without
any resistance Whatever 1 There but nut been any firing
to-day ; •but we are led to believe that an attack is medi-
tated, either on the Desierto or Portugalette, to-morrow.
Some country people who have come in state that two guns
are to he brought to-morrow to Cestao, in order to act
against the Ringdove ; and that they are making roads for
the purpose of bringing up five pieces of artillery to the
heights in front of the Desierto, whence they mean to fire
upon that fort, and upon the Saracen. Should this latter
plan be adopted, the Saracen will be brought to the ancho-
rage near the Ringdove, abreast of Cestao. It is a most
peculiar feature of this juncture, that not a shot is to be
heard in the direction of Bilboa. The object evidently is,
to cut off all communication with the river ; and if one is
to believe the reports, which come through channels gene-
rally well-informed, the Carlists are preparing four batteries
in different points around Bilboa ; and after taking Bur-
cena and Portugalette (the former never could be taken in
the two former sieges, though closely invested ; and yet
now it has surrendered at once), to open them upon the
city, which is to be summoned after a few volleys ; and that
in case of holding out, it is to be reduced to ashes. The
factious are said by the same informant to have 33 batta-
lions in this neighbourhood. This Ido not believe. Los
Banderas and all round that part are described as being
occupied by a Castile and Navarre battalion.
No steamers have as yet appeared off the port, though
the weather is moderate, and the bar passable for such a
vessel as the Comet. I feel persuaded that we shall see the
steamers and some reinforcements by the evening tide.
Espartero is said to be not far off, and that part of his force
is to come by land ; the remainder by sea.
NINE r.m.—At about seven o'clock two lights were per-
ceived in the offing ; they were answered }vivre blue lights
from the Ringdove ; and in half an hour afterwards the
Comet steamer was at anchor in the harbour, having perse-
veringly crossed the bar when it was in rather a bad state.
She left San Sebastian this morning at eleven, having made
an ineffectual attempt to make her passage two days ago.
She arrived as far as Liqueitio, but was forced to-bear up
again for Passages.
The Comet brings dispatches from Lord John Hay for
Captain Lapidge. The Salanzander will arrive to-morrow
with 400 Spanish troops (Quintos), which, it appears, is
the utmost assistance that can be detached from San Sebas-
tian to the succour of Bilboa. The Salamander and Phat-
nix are to cruise outside the bay, and the Comet will re-
main within, in order to assist the Ringdove and Saracen in
their operations in this river.
The position of his Majesty's vessels here, as well as that
of the senior British officer commanding in the river, is pe-
liar, and, I may say, critical. The space between the bar
of Portugalete and the fortified post of the Desierto may
literally be called a trap. It is impossible to get out if it
under certain circumstances, which occur five weeks out of
six at this season of the year. For instance, when the bar
is up, as it is called in nautical language, it is impossible for
a vessel or a boat to go out ; and beyond the Desierto no-
thing can proceed up the river under existing circum-
stances. His Majesty's brigs Ringdove and Saracen are
at this moment
,within the above-described trap, the sides
of which yawn with cannon-mouths ready to send forth de-
structive thunder. The spring tides are over, and in forty-
eight hours the mouth of the trap will be completely closed.
Nothing remains, therefore, than to fight right and left
against the enemy's batteries erected or erecting on each
side of them. It is by no means improbable that with
these advantages the Carlists may seriously injure, or per-
haps disable, his Majesty's vessels, without any other good
result being obtained than a proof—perhaps a very severe
one—of the bravery and devotedness of our naval officers.
Bilboa cannot be saved by the gallant defence which I am
well convinced will be made of the Desierto, which has been
perfectly fortified by our brave countrymen ; nor will the
no less gallant conduct which the officers and men of the
Ringdove and Saracen are prepared to make, effect the
slightest difference in the situation of the capital of Biscay.
Nothing but an imposing military force can be of any avail.
To-night I was told that Espartero was nigh at hand with
14,000 or 15,000 men ; this may be the case ; but until I
see the General-in-Chief and his army, I shall have strong
doubts on the matter.
When Bilboa was about to be blockaded this last time,
Captain Lapidge sent an officer te, the British Con-
sul, with the offer of a conveyance of all British sub-
jects to a place of safety on board his Majesty's ves-
sels. The parties, however, declined ; rincipally be-
cause, in the event of their leaving, the propeyty belong-
ing to them would be exposed. The naval conctiander
is again anxious, as well personally, as in consequ,"nce
of directions from Lord John Hay, to make a second
offer ; but this is difficult, inasmuch as having acted
openly against the Pretender's forces, and being at this mo-
ment occupied in making works and firing upon the enemy,
the plea of neutrality, on which applications of this descrip-
tion are usually founded, cannot be advanced. lam not
without hope that by the raising of the blockade this di-
lemma may be set aside. I am assured by the Governor
of Portugalete that the garrison is stanch ; to-morrow it
will be increased to about 1,200 men ; a junta of armament
has been appointed to direct the military proceedings ; and
if all parties do their duty, the place will not fall. A.

Nov. 15, MIDNIGHT.
I had the fullest expectation, when my letter dated
9 p.m., on the 13th inst., was closed, that the bar would
be practicable on the next morning, so that dispatches
might be forwarded by the Plurnix which was expected
to arrive at about the same time with the Salamander.
These vessels did, in fact, heave in sight within an hour
of each other ; but the fatality which has reigned with
regard to communications with this place ever since the
resumption of hostilities continued. During the night the
wind and sea got up, and it was impossible to communicate
with the vessels outside otherwise than by signal. Had
not the Comet been perseveringly steered across the night
before last, we should again have been left without a
steamer at so important a crisis.
The Salamander made known by telegraph that she had
300 men on board ; they are recruits belonging to the Za-
ragoza regiment. The Murrill. had, I presume, come from
Santona or Santander ; and it was hoped that she would
have been able to wait until, at all events, a telegraphic
message, stating the situation of affairs here, might have
been sent to Lord John Hay at St. Sebastian ; but a mist
came on, together with squally weather, and at noon both
steamers departed for the westward, the commander of the
Plucnix having previously made a signal, which was with
difficulty made out, to the effect that having received se-
rious injury in the late gale, he was obliged to bear up for
the nearest port, as bad weather was again coming on,
which turned out to be the case. Thus we were at once
deprived of the assistance of the steamers to act against the
enemy, of the troops embarked on board the Salamander,
and of the means of conveying Captain Lapidge's most im-
portant despatches for Lord John Hay!
The batteries, which in my letter of the 13th I men-
tioned it was stipposed were about to be opens'-1 upon the
Desierto fort and on the Riugdove have not bean erected.
On a height in the rear of Monte de Cabras a brass flint:-
pounder (the same as was taken at Los Banderas) has been
mounted. It commands the Luchana bridge, and a reach
of the river contiguous thereto.
From all I can learn and observe, the enemy does not
intend to extend his offensive operations beyond the Lu-
chana-bridge ; the object he bad in view on this side ap-
pears to me to have been attained ; that being, to cut off
all communication between the river and his Britannic Ma-
jesty's vessels at anchor there and Bilboa. The possession
of San Mamez and Burcena completes the blockade by wa-
ter ; and now, it is probable, that a powerful attack
will be made upon Bilboa itself; cut off as it is from all
communication with those from whom on other occasions
of this nature succour might be expected. All intercourse
is cut of
There are a variety of reports respecting the General-in-
Chief; Espartero. One is, that he is at Sopuerta, about
four leagues from Portugalete, on the road from Balmaseda,
another that he is at the latter place on his way to
hither. A female who escaped to-day from the factious,
states, that they are all, excepting Castor's battalion, gone
off, probably to the immediate neighbourhood of Bilboa ;
and that Espartero, having found the road by Balma-
the rebels, had turned off towards San-
seda cut up by
tender, where he hoped to find steamers or other ves-
sels in which to embark his troops for the relief of
Bilboa. Should he bind here, and proceed to attack the
points lately taken by the enemy between this and Bilboa,
he must lose a great many men. Two deserters, who came
over yesterday, state that the whole Carlist force around
Bilboa, &c., does not exceed 7,000 men. In that case, the
timely arrival of Espartero might cause the blockade to be
raised. The garrison of Bilboa consists of 6,000 men, ex-
clusive of the National Guards (1,000 strong) ; and if com-
munication could in any way be established with the Go-
vernor (San Miguel), a combined and successful movement
might be made. Indeed, it appears rather extraordinary
that with such a force within the place no soris has
been made during all this time towards Oleaveaga, &c.,
so as to interrupt the enemy's working parties at all events.
We have not heard any firing since my last in the direction
of Bilboa.

It has of course he~o►ne the duty of the senior British
naval officer to take every step to ensure the safety of his

Majesty's vessels and their crews in case Portugalette
fall, which is not probable, however, in its present stat a of
defence, unless artillery should be brought against it. Cap-
tain Lapidge accordingly went to the Governor this ince-fl-
ing, and having requested that Commodore Morales ind
the superior military officers of the garrison should be con-
vened, he, in their presence, asked whether the Governor
and those gentlemen had full confidence in the garrison,
and what was their opinion of the capabilities of defending
the place. The reply was, that they had the fullest con-
fidence in the troops, but none whatever in the inhabitants,
who, to use the Governor's words, are the most infanrous
possible. As to the defence, it was stated that even if
attacked by a number of heavy guns equal to these in the
forts, if the steamers should arrive, land the three or four
hundred men on board, and remain cruising and co-operat-
ing off the harbour, the place could hold out for six or
seven days, and probably frustrate the attempts of the
enemy altogether.
As a proof of the treachery or cowardice of some of. the
inhabitants, I regret to state that yesterday fourteen Na-
tional Guards (unarmed,) and twenty-eight other inhabi-
tants,: in all: forty•two persons, went over to the faction,
or, at all events, escaped from the town. A proclamation
has been issued by the Governor, forbidding any person to
leave the place without permission, levying fines on the fa-
milies of those who do ; and decreeing that all who shall
be proved to have aided the faction shall be shot.
Captain Lapidge insisted that all merchant vessels, of
whatever description or nation, should be ordered to cross
the bar as soon as possible ; and that all small vessels,
launches, &c., belonging to the port, should forthwith be sent
to lay under the Desierto. This was a most necessary mea-
sure of precaution, in order to prevent the possibility of the
enemy throwing a bridge of boats across the river ; and to
render it impossible, in case Portugalette should fall, for a
vessel or vessels to be sunk across the entrance of the har-
bour, and thus prevent the Ringdove and Saracen from
going to sea.
Captain Lapidge also insisted that proper' officers should
be placed in the two forts to spike the guns in case of its
being deemed impossible to hold out ; he even furnished a
quantity of spiking nails for that purpose. This decided
conduct was imperatively called for, inasmuch as when the
different forts already described were given up, not one of
the guns was spiked ; and should such an unpardonable
neglect of duty occur in case Portugalete should fall, the
British vessels could he disabled perhaps sunk.
Captain Lapidge told the Governor and the other officers
assembled, that he considered Portugalette to be in a situa-
tion to make a glorious defence, the garrison being stanch,
the British naval co-operation effective, two first-class
steamers being expected to flank the town outside the bar
and an increase of 300 or 400 men being on board one of
these vessels ; and that he considered the salvation of Bil-
boa depended on foiling the enemy in the attempt to pos-
sess themselves of Portugalete, and thereby of the entrance
of the river. I should feel my confidence increased if there
were a battalion the British Legionlin Portugalette ; and
I feel satisfied that:- if one could have been detached, con-
sistent with prudence, general Evans would not have hesi-
tated a moment in giving orders accordingly.
I have had the best oppor-!amities of obtaining authentic
information since my arrival here ; and I am firmly of opi-
nion that had it not been for the :Intiring exertions of Cap-
tain Lapidge, in stimulating the auo.,orities of Portugalette,
the place would have fallen, and with it Bilboa. A most
important point was the inducing the garrison of Luchana
to hold out for two days, instead of abandoning it almost
when first invested, as was contemplated by the Spanish
officer in command. Had this been done the insurgents
would have burnt the bridge at once ; and availing them-
selves of the bad state of the bar, when no steamers could
arrive, they might have carried Portugalette by a coup de
main. The presence of the Comet, and the appearance of
the British steamers, have inspired the garrison with confi-
dence, and checked the hardihood of the rebels.
A few days—perhaps hours—will most likely produce
very important events in this quarter. lam willing to hope
they will be favourable to the Queen's cause. All depends
on Espartero's movements.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

SAXONY.

The King of Saxony opened the Diet of the Kingdom
at Dresden, on the 14th instant, with the following speech :
" Gentlemen—My predominant feeling on thus meeting
you for the first time after my being charged with the whole
weight of the Crown is that of regret, in which you, no
doubt, participate, at the losi of a beloved Sovereign, who
had been to me a second father. Our grief is increased by
the recollection of all the good he performed during his too
short reign. We cannot do greater honour to his memory
than by continuing that which he began. This, therefore,
is my firm intention. We will faithfully fulfil all the en-
gagements which he, in concert with myself, entered into.
Though now alone, I will, assisted by your wisdom, devote
all my care to ensure to our common country the benefits
of a wise Administration and enlightened laws, causing the
rights of all to be respected, and in fine to promote those
sentiments or religion for which Saxony is distinguished.
This day is doubly dear to me, since I am assured of the
zeal and activity you are about to display in expediting the
important affairs which are entrusted to you. The tranquil
nd measured progress of the Administration, the conscien-
tion7s performance of all its obligations, and the harmony
which teas ever prevailed between the Government and States
have gain qd us the esteem of foreign Powers, with whom
we are mulct of maintaining the most friendly relations.
We have, abol.e all, to congratulate ourselves on our com-
mercial alliance w:;th the greatest part of the German States.
The organic laws veed during the last Diet have had the
most happy influence on our country. The Budget about
to be presented to you w.ll prove that our finances are in
such a state of prosperity Olat, after meeting all the ex-
penses, we shall be able to un:lertake those improvements
which have long been desirable. Although the interval
between the close of the last Diet and the opening of the
present has been so short, the resGlutions of the former
have already been carried into execution, and the plan of a
criminal code and several other measures of equal import-
ance may directly be submitted to your consideration.
Persuaded that a spirit of order, the respect for the laws
and religion, which distinguish Saxony, will be kept con-
stantly in view during this session, I leave in your hands,
with the utmost confidence, the important labours which are
to ensure the happiness of our country, and draw still
closer the bonds of mutual confidence between the States
and the Government."
Me Count de Lindeneau, Minister of State, and M.
Geritinrir, President of the First Chamber, delivered suit-
able answers--after which the opening of the Diet was
declared in the usual form by the Count de Lindenau.

RAILWAY BILLS.—SO nutnerous are the intended
applications to Parliament for Railway Bills, that the fol-
lowing notice has been issued in the last London Gazette :
" In consequence of the numerous notices of intended ap-
p.ications to Parliament for Railway Bills, and other Bills,
which notices must he inserted in The Gazette before the
expiration of the present month, a Gazette will be published
on Thursday, Sa' trday, and Monday next, as well as on the
ordinary days of publication.”--The Gazelle of last Friday
cent aioed eight sheets and that of last night six sheets of
notices of application for Railway Bills alone.
We understand that the forthcoming new edition, for
1837, of Mr. Burke's " Dictionary of the Peerage and Ba-
ronetage of the United Kingdom," will be found a very de-
sirable compendium of the present state of those orders. It
has been justly observed that the great value of all manuals
of this description is, that the reader shall be able to find at
once, and with certainty, any information he tnay require ;
pd it is undenia;:le that this facility is not afforded by any
other work extant oo the Peerage. To supply so great a
desideritim in the most effectual way Mr. Burke has ar-
ranged his matter in the alphabetical form, in a single vo-
luwe, so that you immediately Om to the title or name con-
cerning which you are in search Of particulars. The plates
of the armorial bearings are
given in the same convenient
arrangement, aiGng with the text, w:,:ch will present one
of the most unique and splendid specime:ts of the printing
art yet exhibited.
TILE REV. CILARLES SIMEON'S TIUJSTEES.—
The individuals in wi,„:e hands the patronage of at least
forty-three important livinT' and perpetual curacies, pur-
chased by the deceased gentlet.lan for
providing the inhabitants of the e towns in wpose hich
they are situated with zealous and faitln,l'l pastors, are, the
•
Rev. Archdeacon Hodgson, the Rev. W. Carus Wilson,
the Rev. W. Carus, and the Rev. W. Marsh.
COUNT DE MELFORT'S " IMPRESSInNS OF
ENGLAND:'—Of all the works written on our cout:try by
foreigners, none exceeds the above in piquancy and interest.
The rank of the author insured him a ready admittance
into the circles of the great, and the restlessness of
curiosity regarding our manners and institutions carried him
into every class of society, metropolitan and provincial. His
book acccordingly includes sketches and personal anecdotes
of aristocratical, commercial, professional, And. plebeian
life ; together with striking descriptions of Eon:halt field
sports and other amusements. The ladies, in -particular,
will be piqued by his accounts of fashionable soirees and
flirtations, illustrated by the recital of a few facts not Yot
generally known.
The Glasgow deputation, consisting of Messrs. Daiv
gleish, Campbell, Douglas, and Ewing, arrived on Monday
morning at the seat of Sir Robert Pad, at Drayton Manor,
and presented to the Right Hon. Baronet the requisition
with which they were intrusted. Sir Robert expressed to
the deputation his willingness to take. upon himself the
office of Lord Rector of Glasgow University to which he
had been elected : and added that at the time of his instal-
lation he should feel much pleasure in dining with the mer-
chants, bankers, &c., of Glasgow, who had so kindly invited
him to become their guest on that occasion. The installas
tion, it is expected, will take place early in January.

S't-lIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

progress of reform only when the demonstrations nf the
people shcw the impossibility of longer resistance ? All
men now admit that it is most desirable to bring the
two Houses of Parliament into harmony of ;
hut to rarer• further reforms in the 'con!-,-tit'rktioli o the

A telegraphic despatch in the Moniteur announces
ibat the Carlists, besides their efforts to get possession
4::of Bilboa, and to distract and occupy the Quecn'a
army, by drawing it to the south, under its traitorous
or imbecile generals, have also set about another at-
tempt for exciting a serious insurrection in Catalonia.
,In this province the insurgents have been four or five
times put down ; and very recently Gurrea drove tlit
Carlist Viceroy, as he called himself, to take r,...,Tuge
in the French territory. How convenient for the Car-
lists is this French territory ; it receives them when
discomfited, and disgorges them once more upon Spain
M
when the insurrection is re-organised, aroto, the
Viceroy, whom Gurrea defeated, has, we sec, made
'his escape from Tours, where 'he was on parole, and
—we hare no doubt—will soon be heard of in Ca-
talonia. This is the s,econd or third Carlist Vice-

House of Commons, and i&l.'vk the 'house of Lords
unreformed, is obiot:tok to aggravate the existing dis-
sensions. Alt House of Commons is, afreaTlN ko
mtwh ill advance of the Lords, thot is a want of
co-operation, and hencr i',l7l.ittion is at a stand. We
prize short Porii.tMents, and extended suffrage, and the
Much as the most ardent advocates of these

Measures can do ; but will the Lords, as at present con-
stituted, yield any one of these measures to any influ-
ence but that which has ever been necessary to enforce

a compliance with the claims of the people, namely,
their fears—their fears, to which we are indebted for
all their concessions to public liberty ? This was ad-
mitted by the Duke of Wellington himself, who en-
deavoured to disguise the feeling, so repugnant to a
warrior's breast, under the milder and more soothing term
of "necessity." Now the same quantity of this fotec—the
force of fear—which would be necessary to effect any one
of the measures designed togive to the people a fuller and
fairer representation in the House of Commons, would
be amply sufficient to effect a reform in the House of
Lords, which is the most direct and judicious mode of
opening the way to other reforms. It is quite a mis-
take to suppose that the Lords will now yield to any
majority of the House of Commons—as they were ac-
customed to do, or pretended to do, when they had
their own nominees in that assembly, to afford them an
excuse for yielding to the people, whom they professed
to despise, under the semblance of giving way to the
opinion of their representatives. It is not the pressure
from the House of Commons, but the external pressure,
which must coerce—we use the term deliberately—
coerce the Lords into a compliance with popular claims.
And we are glad to perceive, in different parts of the
country, that preparation is being made to direct the
force of this external pressure to Peerage Reform, as
the first thing needful. Amongst these indications of
the bent of public opinion, we beg to point attention
to the advertisement of a meeting to be held in Lam-
beth on Monday next, when we are certain the expres-
sion of the feeling of that wealthy, populous, and in-
fluential borough will leave no doubt of the point on
which the public mind of England should concentrate
its energies.—Morning Advertiser.
In the Courier of last night we find the following
article :

roy that France }las let loose in that Province.
It neither can, nor ought to be concealed, that the

opinion is gn:Lning ground that the Queen's cause
is lost—and that the cry grows more universally
repeated. We are aware of all the menacing.
dan_ger of such a cry, and of its tendency to rea-
lize itself. However, the Queen's forces may be
doubly superior, her resources also, as well as the num-
ber of her partizans, still the vast and overwhelming
number of the indifferent which prevail in Spain can
in a very short time make the balance incline to what-

ever side they declare for; and they will declare for
that which has promise of being finally triumphant.
As to Don Carlos, his triumph, or apparent triumph,
has been owing to the low state at which his fortunes
commenced, and to the obligation imposed on the
Christinos of wielding and conducting a central go-
vernment, for which they have proved totally unequal.
Every apparent advantage has proved a real dis-
advantage. Nominal office and dignity have been
the food of intrigue ; state revenues have been made the
instruments of the most infamous peculation and minis-

serial stock-jobbing ; and an army, found ready formed
and organized by Ferdinand, has been the means of in-
spiring supine confidence to the patriots, whilst it
offered to Don Carlos those of winning his way by
treachery and corruption. Yet even at this late hour it
would require but a little honesty, without any tran-
scendent talent, to employ and turn those vastly su-
perior resources which the liberal cause possesses to
the utter discomfiture of their despotic foe. The great
force of Carlism lies in the sauve qui peat cry, the cry
of despair, spread by traitors amongst the liberal ranks.
Were those Spaniards who are not zealous partisans
of either side but given cause to believe tliat the Queen's
armies would be bravely led, and her cause zealously
defended, they too must join in aiding a cause on
which the honour, the freedsim, and the prosperity of
the Peninsula depend. But what citizen, however
liberal, would shoulder his musket to join the ranks of
Rodil ? We are confident that the triumph of Don
Carlos must come of his convincing the wavering that
he must triurry-ti. Neither lie nor his generals dare
attack either Rodil or Espartero, treacherous as may
be one,. or weak the other. They are contented
with seeking to make believe that they can and
will one day prevail ; whilst the Queen's generals
are playing also a make-believe game of their
ability to defend or overthrow. Both sides seem'
toe, timorous to trust the decision to arms ; they
siiiar, the cowardly rogues, but never venture a blow,
and look to the bystanders to award the palni of vic-
tory. Such being the mode of warfare and the plan
of campaigning, it is evident that the question between
the parties is now about to be decided, or is now de-
cided. If Bilboa fall, such will be the accession of
moral strength to the cause of Carlos, that scarcely will
Vittoria, or any other city or army, make serious re-
sistance. If Bilboa succeed in holding out the Preten-
der is shown to be powerless, and his hopes are flung
back completely to the point at which they were in the
beginning of the year. If we turn our regards from
Spain to France, it is well worth remarking the influ-
ence of the success of Don Carlos upon the Carlists or
Legitimists of the latter country. Until of late the
partisans of the fallen dynasty had bowed their heads,
had owned themselves vanquished, and none but the
zealot and the independent man of birth adhered to a
lost cause. But since Carlos has borne so lofty his
head, and held up the triumphant flag of legitimacy, the
French Carlists have stood once more. Their cause
and spirit have been resuscitated. One sees this in
their talk, their gait, their new-sprung hopes, their
projects. Through the Press they have put forth new
shoots and feelers. People may smile at the edict of
Henry V., King of France, who did not smile on the,
royalty of Don Carlos at Elisondo. When Spain ',las
once succumbed, td what end will Russia and tl'.e East
direct its efforts—efforts which cannot reprise or be
discontinued ? We are much mistaken c France of
July, as she calls herself, and her elec,"..cd dynasty, do
not soon feel cause to regret their abandonment of the
kindred cause of Spanish freedom. Our Correspon-
dent's letter from Portugalete, 'sip to noon of the 16th,
a date much later than the telegraphic dispatch, will
be read with extreme inte'est. They put the reader in
full possession of the ,
`'-state of Bilboa, and the efforts
its besiegers, which I,:itlierto have been directed towards
blocking up the town, and cutting off all communica-
tion with the sea. In this they have fully suc-
ceeded, owing to the shameful conduct of the Spanish
soldiers. In his official dispatch of the 31st, giving
an account of the late siege, the Commander of Bilboa
says he occupies the forts of San Marnez, Burcena
Capuchinos, Los Bandcras, See., merely to keep up
moral strength, they being useless to defend or attack
the town. In that case, however, he should not have
risked throwing so much cannon and artillery into the
hands of the enemy. They were cspeciallyseissful,
-moreover, in order to keep up coinrminicatio.a with the
sea and with the British vessels in the ri.-ver, which are
exposed by the Carlists possessing tie heights. We
regret to find that but 400 men have been sent from
San Sebastian. If Bilboa be taken, the British Le-
gion becomes utterly useless at San Sebastian. Should
Espartero reach Castro, on the coast, however, his
troops may be transported to Portugalete, and may suc-
ceed in relieving the place. The stormy weather was
much in favour of the Carlists.—Morning Chronicle.
A meeting of the Tradea' Political Union of Dub-
lin was held at the Corn Exchange on Sunday last,
when a series of resolutions was passed in favour of
triennial Parliaments--a suffrage embracing every ci-
tizen of legal age unstained by the conviction of any
crime—the ball,,t—aud a Reform of the House of
Lords. We lay before our readers an account of the
proceeding', including the speech of Mr. O'Connell,
which contains some highly important observations
on the application of poor-laws to Ireland. He chal-
lenged the advocates of poor-laws to adduce a single
instance where the experiment had been tried with-
out an increase of pauperism, and asked how it
would be possible to ripply the present English
where to Ireland, diert the number of paupers
amount to 2,300,00;0, for whom workhouses would
have to be praslded ? We fully concur with Mr.
O'Connell—isideed we have already expressed our
conviction--that justice to Ireland is the ben
system 'of poor-laws, and that a poor-law would
no more remove the sufferings of the country
than external applications would remove the 6ep-
seated maladies of our physical constitution, or,
as Mr. O'Con-sell forcibly expressed it, when adopt-
ing our sir:site,
" a poor-law would no more cure
than oilingthe skin would cure a broken bone." Mr.
O'Cor..nell commented with great effect on the other
resolutions, especially that for a Reform of the House
°J. -Lords, without which it appears to us to be a waste
of time and a misapplication of popular energy, to oce
eupy public attention with the discussion of measures
which, however excellent in themselves, and essential to
the general tranquillity and prosperity, yet have no
chance of -passing through the hereditary Chamber tins
less La; public excitelnent similar to those minatory
con'ailsions which carried Catholic emancipation and
the Reform Act. What is the object of extending
the suffrage, establishing the ballot, and shortening the
duration of Parliaments, but to give to the people a
fairer representation, and a greater influence in the
House of Commons ? But suppose all these measures
were carried, they are merely the means to the end—.
good and cheap Government--and how much nearer
should we be to this while our irresponsible body exist
in the Legislature, who plunder the people of the fruits
of their industry, whose interests are, therefore, opposed
to those of the nation at large, and who yield to the

" We regret to learn that the state of money matters in
Ireland is anything but satisfactory. We trust, however,
that the existing excitement will pass away without any new
catastrophe. The banks are all, we are well assured, per-
fectly sound at bottom ; and how little soever the conduct
of some of them may have been governed by a regard to
the principles of judicious banking, the only real risk in-
curred by the depositors of money with them, and by the
holders of their notes, originates in their own unreasonable
and unfounded fears and apprehensions.
" The recent rise of interest on Exchequer Bills will en-
able the Bank, by selling them, to contract the currency
on the one hand, while she enlarges it on the other by ad-
vances on the security of such bills, and on mercantile dis-

counts."

What I contract the currency on the one hand, and
enlarge the discounts on the other ? What greater
contradiction in terms can there possibly be ? We
defy our Contemporary to maintain his position. It
would be much better for him to adopt his own com-
mon-sense view of the actual condition of the state
of the country, than to be guided, as generally re-
ported, by the views of a gentleman, who is respected
for his knowledge, but who has evidently on the pre-
sent occasion adopted, and is guided by the views of
the Bank. There is no real cause for alarm. There
is a pressure in some quarters ; but the pressure is
merely of a temporary character ; and we have the
authority of some of the best houses in the City for
stating that for every hundred pounds they hare lost
during nine months of the present year, they lost
thousands during the last.—Morning Advertiser.
One of the extraordinary features of the Spanish
revolution is, that it has not produced a single man
of genius. When we look at the speeches and acts
of those who now constitute the Government of Spain,
and of those who are in Cortes assembled, we ob-
serve no traces of any tliit°r beyond a dull and ambi-
tious mediocrity, mixed with the pompous inanities of
inordinate conceit and imbecile pretension. Not only
is the character of Spain demoralized, but its intellect
appears to be affected. Even in military affairs the
des-oerate struggle in which the nation has been en
gaged for some years, has not brought into public no-
tice above two or three instances of men of real talent
and enterprise, and those upon the Carlist side ; for
never was there such an exhibition of boastful incapa-
city presented to the world, before as characterizes,
without exception, the Generals of the Queen, or
rather, we should say, of the revolution, for the power
of the Queen is gone, although the pageant semblance
of that power is for a season tolerated as a mask
upon the ferocious democracy which the military
revolutionists of La Granja have founded. In the
first French revolution, although human vices and
passions rushed over the ruins of law and order to
riot, like the monstrous productions of chaos, in the
licentiousness of anarchy, yet great talents and the ener-
gies of genius in various forms were dispiayed amid the
social disorders and political madness of that time ; but,
in Spain, the leaders of revolution can imitate nothing
but the crimes and vices of the Jacobins of France ;
not a ray of the genius that flashed through the gloom
of that terrible era illumines the dulness of the sittings
of the Cortes. The orators of that assembly are as
guiltless of any exhibitions of high intellect as they
are of the inspirations of a generous and disinterested
patriotism. But as far as the French Revolution was
exemplar viliis imitabile, the " Constitutional" Legis-
lators of Spain seem Nv ell disposed to imitate it ; a
" reign of terror," with all its acts of confiscation, perse-
cution, and blood, they would fain establish throughout
the dominions of the " innocent Isabel" to signalise the
triumph of Liberalism and the " regeneration" of their
country. Already the question of erecting_ revolutionary
tribunals to try all persons suspected of Carlism—as in
France revolutionary tribunals were erected to try all
persons suspected of the very indefinite crime of " in-
civisin"—has been discussed in the Spanish National
Convention. If such arbitrary jurisdictions were once
established, we have no doubt they would soon rival,
in the atrocity of cold-blooded murders, and in the
flagitious mockery of both the forms and substance of
justice, the infamous tribunals of Jacobin Paris, the re-
cital of whose deeds at the present day make humanity
shudder. The crimes committed in the name of liberty
rivalled the worst acts and the worst despotism with
-which the earth was ever disgraced. The chosen in-
structor of regenerated France was the public execu-
tioner ! The principal machinery of liberalism was
the guillotine I The revolutionary tribunals, irrespon-
sible except to the ferocious mob that surrounded
their Courts, or rather their dens of human destruc-
tion, and incessantly demanded new sacrifices, were ac-
customed to try and condemn to death hundreds of
their fellow-citizens in the course of a few hours ; and
no sooner was the doom pronounced, than the wretched
victims were dragged off to be butchered by that knife
which cropped continually with human gore, or were
despatched in a still more summary manner on their
way to the scaffold. How does the felon-fame of a
Domitian or a Nero wax pale before the enormous
lm,k," may well despise its warnings, and
atrocities of the liberty b-lovinff Jacobins of the French
Revolution ! They Who look upon h.story as an
" old almanac
k,"
at tne voice of its experience. Those who, with
the Roman orator, consider history a depositary of prac-
tical wisdom for the instruction of mankind, will derive
s )me instruction for the present, and even some guidance
for the future, from the records of past. Can we, when
what the deeds of the revolutionary tribunals
of
the
French "reign of terror" Were, forbode any than tl:e
recollecting
worst and most direful consequences to the interests of
justice and the rights of humanity, if similar jurisdic-
tion, and on a similar plea, were established in revolu-
tionized Spain ? The pretext of the French Jacobins
was the plot-
tingstahneddahlitgreigruteo the
s of
tCheometinieomniNevseaoltfh,tiflreomnew
state of
things. The pretext of the Spanish revolutionists is
the same. But even leaving out of view the horrible
abuse of their arbitrary power committed by the Pari-
sian Republicans, we have seen enough of the merciless
ferocity of Spanish Liberals, when uncontrolled by
human laws, to make us never wish to see any of them
entrusted with the sword of arbitrary criminal jurisdic-

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1836.

lion over the b•ses of their countrymm Most assuredly
such jurisdiction I,vould be do liettet tilati the Lynch
Committees of dt;niocratie America—a source of social

terr:ot' emu civil massacre. But we must except one
Member of the Cortes from the general condemnation
of a le&slati've body d6Aiti'lte
conteiiiPt 'clanlis of humanity, and the interests
of civilization—it is ?J. Annendariz, who had the
virtue and the moral courage to resit, in
breathing the clounence of truth, the project of the
Commission of War for estahlishingreVohltiMkarveOUrts
of terror, under the name of exceptional tribunals,
to try all persons suspected of Carlisin, and to punish
them with death, and confiscation of property. Car-
lism, like constructive treason, would admit of a pretty

wide iatitudc of defittition, and in the net of so corn,

preheusive a penal charge, there never mecca be WAnting
a large draught of victiam What heresy and sus-
picion of heresy- were to the holy office of the Inquisi
tion, Carlism and suspicion of Carliin would be to
those political tribunals.' What said M. Armendariz,
for whose salae we must withdraw the charge that no
ray of intellect has shone upon the sittings of the
Cortes ? " Exceptional tribunals," said that Deputy,
" are a snare laid by tyranny to act unjustly with the
appearance of justice. Flow can we adopt a project
whose bases are founded on the promulgation of a law
which punishes the most ordinarg occurrences with
death—which establishes in ever] province a tri-
bunal specially appointed for the execution of Its
decrees, and under the control of Judges nominated

by the Committees a armament and d-efence—Com-

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maces that utve their origin to political movement;
in opposition to other principles> stipulating that
every sentence must be awarded within the fatal
term of 15 days, and which closes the door against
any appeal that the condemned might make in
consequence of the errors or partiality which such
scandalous precipitancy would undoubtedly engender ?
A Congress composed of the representatives of a free
nation could never agree to this." " I aqi horror-
struck," he then proceeded emphatically to say, "when
I reflect that I myself ikild many other patriots would
have been sacriflced if a tribunal of this nature had
been already established, for I contributed in a direct
manner to the wants of the Carlists in Navarre, when
a member of the Corporation of my own town. The
Carlists ordered us to send them rations to a cer-
tain place, under pain of death, and threatened to
sack the town, if the supplies which they required were
not furnished forthwith. The right of self-preserva-
tion, which is innate to man, compelled us to accede
to their demands, and an exceptional tribunal of the
nature alluded to would have condemned us to death,
as the assistance we rendered was of a direct
though not spontaneous kind." Thus both ably
and humanely did M. Armendariz argue against
the abominable project of exceptional tribunals, con-
stituted of hot-headed political partisans, to try po-
litical offences, and armed with the terrible power of
capital punishment without appeal. In the passages
of his speech, which we have given above, as fur-
nished by our reporter, we have marked certain words
and phrases in italics, to save us the trouble
of commenting upon them—the peculiar atrocity of
the measure proposed being rendered more apparent
by the terms thus emphatically marked. But the ora-
tor of humanity did not rely upon the arguments of
,justice alone ; be also showed that the measure would
be as impolitic as it was cruel, and therefore to be re-
jected, even on the ground of expediency. He said
" the system of terror advocated in the Chamber will
prove most prejudicial to the Queen's cause, and aug-
ment in a considerable degree the number of the
enemy." He instanced the case of Santos Ladron,
the Carlist chief. He said that when he raised the
standard of rebellion, he found it difficult to get adhe-
rents.. The system 9f terror introduced by the Queen's
Generals, had induced many to become partisans of
Don Carlos. After the execution of Santos Ladron,
who with several of his followers, taken prisoners along
with him, was put to death in cold blood, no less than
500 persons trom his own town alone joined the ranks
of the Carlists. We have never forgotten in what
terms the Palmerston Journal spoke of that barba-
rous, and as it has -turned out to be, most impolitic
execution of Santos Ladron and his followers, when
safely lodged within the fortress of Pampeluna. That
Journal, adopting a term which many events in our
foreign policy of late years has made rather ridiculous,
called it a " smart demonstration"—no doubt believ-
ing that it would work wonders for the Queen's cause.
We ventured to predict at the time that it would have
an opposite effect, and the statement of M. Armen-
dariz has fully confirmed our anticipation. It is well
that the Government had, since the subject was under
discussion before, become somewhat alarmed as to the
impression that would be made on the other Powers of
Europe in consequence of such revolutionary tribunals
being established in Spain. The Minister of Justice
was understoed on the former occasion to give his as-
sent to the proposition of the Civil War Commission
to the full extent of its enormity. After the address,
however, of M. Armendariz, he expressed sentiments
which the violent democrat, M. Olozaga, considered
so unlike those which he had expressed a few days be-
fore, that he exclaimed, The fickleness and levity of
her Majesty's Government has placed the Committee
in a critical position." Modifications of the measures
proposed by the Committee were eventually adopted—
but this subject has already carried us so far, that we
must reserve some further remarks for another article.
—Horning Herald.
We have this day the gratification of presenting to
our readers another striking manifestation of those con-
stitutional and Conservative principles that are now so
vigorously asserting the ascendancy to which they are
entitled in every part of the country. The proceedings
at the annual festival of the True Blue Club of the
county of Essex, which are copiously reported in an-
other part of our paper, breathe a spirit which we exul-
tingly believe has become nearly universal in Great
Britain. We need not recommend these proceedings
to the attentive peruial of our readers, since they are
of a character to recommend themselves. Nor, indeed,
should we have time for commentary„ if commentary
were required, as happily it is not, since we intend
that our friends in the county of Essex shall have the
satisfaction of reading at breakfast this morning our
report of their proceedings, which terminated at a
late hour last night.—Morning Post.

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