The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-23 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Journal de Paris, in a letter dated
Bayonne, October 15, gives the following de-
tails :

" A traveller, just arrived from Irun, announces as certain
that a decisive affair took place on the 6th instant at Castel-
follit, between General Mina and Baron D'Eroles. The in-
surgents, it is said, have lost 2,000 men as prisoners ; the
amount of the killed and wounded is not mentioned, but it ap-
pears to be very considerable. This news was brought by
express to Pampeluna, and published by the authorities there.
There were illuminations on the occasion. _ _ _

" We expect every moment fresh details of the affair which
.took place at Berasuain. According to the account of the
Spanish muleteers who came by that road, the insurgents left
400 dead on the field of battle, and 200 prisoners were con-
veyed to Pampeluna. The greatest disorder was in their
ranks, and they took refuge in Irati. It is asserted that a se-
rious attack will soon be made on this fortress. It is added,
that Zaldivar was completely beaten, and his band entirely
dispersed between Villa Martin and Montalano, in the pro-
vince of Xeres, by two companies of the regiment of St. Jago
and the local National Guard. He had 20 men killed and 27
wounded ; and, except himself and a dozen followers, all the
rest of his troop surrendered at discretion.
" The rumours in circulation yesterday on 'Change respect-
ing the defeat of the Army of the Faith appear to be con-
firmed this day. The regency of Urgel has been forced to
take refuge, as it is said, in France ; and the troops which
escorted it have been pursued sword in hand up to our fron-
tiers. In a few days we shall probably have exact details of
these occurrences."

A letter from Bayonne, of October 10th, gives the following
news : . .

" Count Autechamp arrived yesterday in this town, with the
whole staff of the 11th Millitary Division; he has visited every
thing, and reviewed all the troops.
" A contract has been made with several parishes of this
Arrondisement to make 50,000 tent-poles.
" Five extraordinary couriers passed through this city on the
llth. General Charles O'Donnel, who has been living some
time at Bayonne, has just been appointed Commander of the
Royal Army in the North of Spain, and sets out on Monday
to take the command. _ _

" Letters from Spain give the following details of a very
bloody affair which took place on the 4th inst., at Barasoin,
between Tafalla and Pampeluna :—"rhe Royal Army, under
the command of Arodondo, attacked the Constitutionalists un-
der Espinosa. ,The Royalists, after a fight of several hours,
dispersed the enemy, killed 120, and 'took 55 prisoners, of
whom five were officers, among whom is the Colonel of the
regiment of Hastalrich.—These prisoners have been sent to the
fort of Irati: The Soldiers of the Faith have only to regret 17
killed and 21 wounded.'
" A letter from Bilboa of the 6th of this month annoucnes,
that an order had arrived in that town to send as promptly as
liossible 7 or 300 men to Gallicia. It is said, that the insur-
rection has extraordinarily increased in that province."—(La
Quotidienne. )
The Madrid Journals of the 7th have arrived, and contain •
the following information :
"The King has sent 32,000 reals veillon to the Municipality,
to dry the tears of the unhappy relatives of those who sacrificed
their lives for their country with so much glory on that fortu-
nate and memorable day, July 7. These are the King's own
words.
" General Martinez Saint Martin, ex-political Chief of Ma-
drid, after having received an order to repair to the island of
Majorca, was arrested at Madrid on the 4th, and closely con-
fined ( au secret) in the town prison. According to the deposi-
tions of the the officers arrested at the time, he is said to be
compromised in the affair of July 7. It is added,, that several
eminent persons, among whom are members of the two last Mi-
nistries, are also arrested as accomplices. The matter is too se-
rious to allow of conjectures in place of fact, it seems more pru-
dent to wait.
The popular disquiet which gave occasion to the Proclama-
tion of the Municipality has had no other results than to hasten
the judicial examinations of the persons placed under the safe
guard of justice. According to all appearances, this process,
which is very complicated, will be finished immediately.
" The Constitionalists have gained another advantage at
Barasuan, between Tafalla and Pampeluna. A column of the
Serviles, commanded by Cabra, set out on the 3d from Roncal,
and arrived the day after at Tafalla. Gen. Espinosa advanced
to meet him immediately, at the head of 700 men. At the mo-
ment when the engagement was about to begin, a detachment
of the cavalry of Lusitania arrived at Puenta-la-Reine, and
joined Espinosa, whose force was also augmented by 600 in-
fantry of the regiment of Valencia, who on their way to Pam-
peluna, had hurried to the scene of action at hearing the re-
port of fire-arms. This last reinforcement surprised. Cabra's
left wing, and made 150 prisoners, which were sent to Pam-
peluna, and Cabra was repulsed as far as Laristoans, where it
is said there was another engagement on the 7th, of great im-
portance.
" It is said that General Mina has made himself master of
Castel-Olio, where the faction, commanded by Romanillo, had
fortified itself. He carried the place at the point of the bayonet.
After three assaults, the artillery, the magazines, and 400 pri..
soners, were the fruits of this victory, one of the most important
which has been gained since the insurrection at Catalona."—
( Constitidisnnel.)
BAYONNE, OCT. 13.—The passage of curriers backwards
and forwards through this city is incessant.
A report has just been spread, with reference to letters
brought by one of the couriers which passed through this city
this morning, on his way from Spain to Paris, that General
Mina had gained on the 2d a victory at Verga (Berga), where
he is stated to have made a dreadful carnage, and to have taken
it great number of prisoners. We are assured of the falsehood
of this news, which could not be brought by the express from
Madrid, and which is not mentioned by the letters from the
frontiers as far as Vittoria and Saragossa. We have even let-
ters from Urgel of the 7th, which do not speak of it. On the
contrary, if we may credit the Gazette of the Regency of the 6th,
the Royalists were not at all afraid of their adversaries, and
prepared to attack them.
The Trappist arrived at Urgel on the sth, ill of a fever.
It is said that Merino has appeared again in the mountains
•
of Soria.
Mr: letters and papers from Madrid are to the Bth ; the fol-
lowing are Extracts :—The Report that Colonel Tabuenca, and
other Officers, taken prisoners by the Royalists, had been infa-
mously shot them, excited extreme indignation in the capi-
tal ; groups of people assembled in the streets, and wished to
wreak their fury on the State prisoners in confinement here.—
" Death to the Serviles," cried some—" let us kill them in the
prisons," exclaimed others, " since the Judges will not do
justice." A group of 100 persons, among whom some cam-
nzuneros were observed, collected at the Puerto del Sol about
eight in the evening, threatening to go to the State prison, while.
another more considerable body was hovering about., .The
Authorities, however, doubled the guard, and ordered the4ro...

The French Papers received since our last
contain no intelligence of and interest, except
the accounts from Spain ; and those are so ex-
ceedingly inconsistent and contrary, that it is
quite impossible to form any opinion as to the
degree of credibility to which they are entitled.

Many of the letters from Paris censure in
strong terms the French Government for order-
ing Sir• ROBERT WILSON to quit France. One
of the English Liberals, in a letter dated the 19th
instant, says that " not one reason could be ad-
vanced for this proceeding (respecting Sir Ro-
BERT),—which can only be designated as one of
those' fantastic tricks' played in the caprice and
insolence of power." The same writer, how-
ever, in a subsequent part of his letter, evinces
both his own hatred of the Government of the
BounnoNs., and his knowledge of the very sub-
stantial reason which that Government has for

removing all suspicious persons from its territo-
ries; for he says, " Never since the return of the
BOURBONS have they felt so insecure, and never
with more reason ! It is publicly avowed by
their highest functionaries, that upwards of a
million of men are affiliated in France !" And
again, " The Government well know that the
nation is almost unanimous in detestation of their
despotic acts, and that foreign bayonets and an
enslaved press are their only chances of sup-
port !" " In fact, the ruling feeling of
the Government is alarm. It is the moral
mercury that shows the changes about to
take place in the horizon of politics. In
proportion as it rises, so do the spirits of the
people get up, for it foretells the approach of
that bright day of freedom which the friends of
liberty so long have looked for ! "—lf these re-
presentations of the state of France be true,
surely the French Government has the best, or

at least the strongest and most urgent reasons
that can well be imagined, for getting rid, not
only of Sir ROBERT WILSON, but of all, the fo-
reigners who are suspected of a disposition to
forward the arrival of the " bright day of
liberty," and whose very presence in France,
even supposing them to be quiescent, necessarily
subjects the Government to the trouble of
watching their movements, and in some measure
distracts its attention from those harrassing cares
with which it is alleged that it is already
,op-
pressed, and from those real and alarming _dan-
gers by which its enemies themselves declare that
it is surrounded. In the alleged condition of
France, too, there would be found the best opo-

logy for the restrictions which have been imposed I
upon the Press. And what are we to think of those
persons who have accused the aged and benevolent
Louis XVIII. of a " thirst for blood," because
a few convicted traitors have been brought to the
scaffold, when the very persons who accuse him
of wanton and unnecessary cruelty boast that
there are a million of men who have sworn the
destruction of his Government! Not a single in-
dividual has been punished without a previous
trial and conviction, according TO LAW ; and if it
be true that a conspiracy exists, so formidable as
to threaten the overthrow of the Monarchy,
every rational man must be satisfied that
even the examples of severity which have already
been made are insufficient for its preservation
and security.—We do not, however, believe
that the disaffection to the French Government
is either so extensive or so formidable as is re-
presented by its enemies, any more than we be-
' lieve the calumnies, with which they incessantly
labour to render it obnoxious. That there is a
conspiracy,—and that there is some danger, par-
ticularly in neglecting. the most energetic mea-
sures for suppressing it—is certain ;—and that
the French Government, though it is not quite
so dismayed as to look for safety only to" foreign
bayonets," does well and wisely to exclude
foreign enemies from its territories, and to keep
a vigilant eye on its own disaffected subjects,
none but political drivellers will attempt to dispute.

We have inserted two letters in our Paper this
day, relative to the recent outrage at Hertford,
which first appeared in The County Chronicle,
and since in a London Morning Taper. The
latter still treats the subject with unwarrantable
levity, and considering the important interests
concerned, and the respectabilty of both the
Gentlemen who have come forward on the occa-
sion, we cannot but feel surprise that the
London Editor should suppose that his Readers
would concur with him in thinking that wan-
ton ridicule is properly applicable to a sub-
ject involving the peice of a large and re-
spectable town, and in some degree eventually
the welfare of our Eastern possessions. It is
evident that Dr. ORB wishes to maintain the
peace of the town, but has probably not received
sufficient information respecting the turbulence
and danger of the scene, and we might have
expected from him a more resolute reprobation
of the insults offered to Lord CRANBOURNE.—
Professor CHRISTIAN has judiciously confined
himself to the riots in the town, as the offenders
at the College have been properly disposed of.
We hope that the subject will here drop. The
tranquillity of the town is restored, and the ex-
ample of due punishment at the College, with
the vigour and firmness which marked the de-
cision of the Superiors, we trust will prevent all
future disturbances in an Establishment founded
for objects highly interesting to the prosperity
of the British Empire.