The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-12 00:00:00

LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1836

Letters and papers from Madrid, to the 2d inst.,
have been received. Their contents are important.
On the 30th ult. the inhabitants of the capital were
greatly alarmed by a report of the arrival of the Carlist
Chief, GOMEZ, at Guadalaxara, within thirty miles of
Madrid. A Cabinet Council was held forthwith, when
it was resolved to send all the disposable troops to Alcala,
to oppose the nearer approach of the Carlists. At mid-
night the 2d battalion of the 3d Regiment of the Guards,
the 3d battalion of the Queen-Regent's Regiment, two
companies of volunteers, and about 120 horse, under the
command of Lieut.-Gen.B A it uTEL L, Military Governor
of Madrid, marched out of the capital, dragging with
them three pieces of light artillery. They had not
gone more than an hour when despatches were deli-
vered to General RODIL, the War Minister, the peru-
sal of which induced him to follow the departed troops
with all possible expedition. In another hour his Ex-
cellency was on the road. It appears, however, that
while Ministers were deliberating, the troops under
Brigadier-General LOPEZ fell in with the rebels
under GomEz in the plains between Toriga and Ja-
draque. The Carlist troops nearly trebled in numbers
those commanded by the QUEEN'S General. Besides
a force of 3,500 infantry, GOMEZ had 400 cavalry
well mounted and properly accoutred. The QUEEN'S
forces commenced the attack ; but after meeting with
the most determined resistance, they wavered, and
finally fled with precipitation. According to one ac-
count, five hundred of the QUEEN'S troops laid down
their arms and were made prisoners—the Christinos
lost their guns, and LOPEZ himself narrowly escaped
falling into the hands of the enemy. Accounts still
later prove this representation of the offair to be a
gross exaggeration. As early as two o'clock on the
morning of the Ist inst., the Government received dis-
patches
from General RODIL, in which the loss sus-
tained by LOPEZ was stated as very inconsiderable.
In fact, the Carlists merely surprised the Brigadier-
General, who finding himself unable to cope with an
enemy so superior in point of numbers, re•
treated to Siguerza, with the loss of a few men
killed, wounded, and made prisoners. lie suc-
ceeded in carrying off three pieces of artillery,
so that, in reality, the enemy did not take a
single gun. G omEz, finding that General ESPAR-.
TERO'S division was within four hours' march of
him—that reinforcements were on their way to join
LOPEZ from Madrid—and that if he waited longer he
would expose himself to the imminent danger of being
completely surrounded—at once retreated to ;the Sierra
de Soria. In short, the whole affair is of much less
consequence than was supposed in the capital, where
the fears of the inhabitants worked upon by the secret
agents of Don CARLOS, exaggerate the most trifling
circumstances into frightful catastrophes. GOMEZ had
not the slightest intention of attacking the capital.
All he wanted was to effect a junction with Don BA-
SILIC), so as to save the force under command of the
latter chief from being cut to pieces. In order to calm
the minds of the populace, Senor CALATRAVA, be-
I'm receiving Rolm's despatches, published the fol-