The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-27 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Madrid journals,of the 21st have arrived.
The Royal troops have experienced a complete
rout from the Cm-lists under CABRERA, at the vil-
lage of Ardepol. It appears that CONCHA had for
some time past been endeavouring to bribe the TRIS-
Term to submit, and at length the armistice had been
agreed on, and was to be signed at Ardepol, where
the bribe was to be paid. The troops of the QUEEN,
two thousand strong, were lodged in one part of the
village, and the Carlist forces in the other. On a
sudden CABRERA appeared at the head of a body of
his guides, and, at the cry of " Viva CARLOS VI."
up and at them. The Carlists rose, and opened a
murderous fire upon the QUEEN'S troops, of whom a
great slaughter took place. One hundred and
twenty prisoners were taken, among whom, it is
said, is Brigadier MANzmio, who was made prisoner
some months before by MARSAL, and exchanged.
Colonel ROTALDE, who had directed the convention,
is among the wounded. The surprise took place at
night. The situation of the village is said to be
very suitable for an ambush of the kind.

The whole of the QUEEN'S troops would have fallen
into CABRERA'S hands if the Centralist's Chiefs BEI:
LERA and BALRICR had consented to take pirt, as
CABRERA proposed. Scruples as to the delicacy of
CABRERA'S scheme, however, kept these Chiefs back;
they declared that they would never gain by treason,
but in fair and open fight. The Carlists defend the
transaction by averring, that they are merely paying
off the accumulated treasons by which their Chia)
have fallen into the hands of the Captain-General
CONCHA.

Senor Mora has resigned all his offices in conse•
quence of the insults to which he has been subjected
by NARVAEZ, on account of the ill success of his
negotiations for effecting a reconciliation with Eng-
land. NARVAEZ is also greatly annoyed at the exclu-
sion of SOTTO MAYOR from the conferences held in
Paris between the English Ambassador and the
French Government, on the subject of the Count
na MoNTEmous. There was a " scene" in the
Cortes, on the 20th, on account of the false intelli-
gence, systematically circulated by the Government,
from Catalonia.

MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 21.—Three per Cents., 24
3-16 account; after Bolsa, 24* cash, 24k paper. Fi►e
per Cents. 10,1 paper; atter Bolsa, 104 k cash. Passives,
4 paper ; atter Bolsa, 3i 4 cash. Coupons, 61 :cash.
Bank of St. Ferdinand, 78 paper. Treasury bills, 68i
69 cash. Exchange on London, 50.

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA.
The Austrians have been again defeated in a great
battle, and WELDER, " the best general in the Aus-
trian service," as he has been called, has not been
more successful against the Magyars than was his
predecessor. On the 20th WELDEN concentrated all
his forces, withdrawing even the garrison from Pesth,
and from the camp in the neighbourhood of Ofen, for
the purpose of making a general combined attack
upon the Hungarian forces, IVELDEN attacking them
in front, and JELLACIUCH and SCHLICK taking them
in flank and rear; this grand combined attack took
place on the 20th and 21st at Gran, and ended in the
complete defeat of WELDER. The Ober-Zeitung
says that the Austrians were driven back with the
loss of 20 guns and 2,000 prisoners, and that they
have been compelled to raise the siege of Comorn.
Lord PONSONST has left Vienna for London.

PRUSSIA.
In the second Chamber, on the 23J, BURCHER put
an Interpellation to the Ministry on the subject of the
negotiations going on in London with Denmark, which
elicited the following explanation :
" Count Arnim-1 shall not follow the previous
speaker through his preliminary reasoning or ultimate
conclusions, but shall limit myself to declaring, that
I know Of no double negotiation—of no nego-
tiation save that carried on in London ; and second, to
explaining the mistake of our consul-general. At the
time when the termination of the armistice was pro•
nounced the negotiations were in progress, but as it was
foreseen that peace could not be concluded before the
expiration of the armistice, a prolongation was proposed
until the 15th, and was to have been agreed to under the
form of a protocol, the signature of which was delayed
however. At length I received a telegraphic dispatch
(dates are not mentioned by Count Arnim, but it must
have been on the 26th March), stating that the Central
Government assented to a prolongation conditionally.
At the same time I also received officiarinformation that
Denmark also assented. I thereupon instantly forwarded
the two notices to our consul-general in London. I did
not know until later that the armistice had been. de-
nounced, nor did I obtain knowledge of the consul-
general's circular until the 28th. I have reason to be-
lieve,' added Count Arnim, • that no losses have taken
place in consequence of the mistake complained of.' "

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
The town of Kolding has been taken by the Schles
wig-Holstein troops, after a smart resistance on the
part of the Danish garrison. Fighting continued for
many hours in the streets before the town was eva-
cuated by the Danes. The loss in killed and wounded
is not given. On the 19th of April the head-quarters
of General BoNIN were advanced from Hadersieben
to Christianfeld. The outposts of the two armies
came into collision between Woesild and Kolding.
A letter from Altona, of the 23d, gives the following
account of the affair
" The second division of Jsgers and 9tk battalion of
Infantry pushed on to Kolding, without waiting for
artillery or cavalry. The first obstacle that opposed
their progress was a barricade thrown up in front of the
houses outside the town. They drove back the Danes
over the bridge, where they found shelter behind ano-
ther row of barri▪
cades. These were stormed at the point
of the bayonet, and the entrance into the town cleared.
The small garri▪
son of Kolding defended itself valiantly
in the streets, but was finally compelled to fall back in
the direction of the fortress of Friedericia."
The Hamburgh Papers of the 24th contain no fur-
ther intelligence from Kolding, except that the city
has suffered much from fire. The German troops are
in quiet undisputed possession, but it does not appear
what is likely to be the next movement.
The Nuremberg Zeitung, in an article dated London,
the 20th, asserts as positive that steps have been
taken to induce LEO ?OLD, KING of the BELGIANS, to
act the part of mediator. Whether or not be will
accept this c face is not yet known.
An article from London, in the Wiener Zeitung,
says that the merchants of the Metropolis are pre-
paring a petition to Lord PALMERSTON, praying for
the removal of the blockade of the German harbours.
The merchants and traders are greatly inconvenienced
by this blockade. Yesterday a Netherlands vessel
from Marseilles was about to enter the harbour of Tra-
ventounde, when the Danish war-steamer, the Geiser,
signalled her to strike her colours. This command net
being instantly complied with a shot was fired over
the vessel, and consequently did no damage. Several
vessels are lying at anchor. The harbour of Pillau
WAS blockaded on the 20th, the commander of the
Danish brig of war, the St. Croix, which is appointed
to discharge that office, having previously sent notice
to the consuls of all the neutral harbours.
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and a corvette in the Elbe.
blockade, and to a statement from that Government
refusing to acknowledge the Danish blockade.
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late Russian Ambassador in Copenhagen, passed
through Hamburgh, an his route from London to
Copenhagen, bearing dispatches, the purport of whieh
is said to be the recommencement of negotiations for
peace.
ALTONA, APRIL 23.—Kolding is now completely
occupied by three battalions and two squadrons of the
avant guard—the foreposts are stationed at Van-
derup. The:Danes, it must be acknowledged, fought
manfully; they are now assembling in large numbers
on the heights beyond Kolding.