The Sun.
London, England, 1836-04-21 00:00:00

MADRID.

A F1:11. 10.—General Cordova transmits to the Minister of
War the most satisfactory accounts .from General Tell°, who
spade some excursions in Navarre, extending beyond the
Christino lines on the river Arga, lately occupied by the ene-
my, crossinF Los Arcos and Oteiza- Solana. Ile speaks of the
great improvement Which has taken place in the public mind,
end the opinion of the inhabitants, more than ever oppressed
by the ruinous contributions which the enemy, ungrateful for
theirs terifices and services, imposes on them. The discipline
of he:: Majesty's troops is so perfect, that the inhabitants re-
main in their dwellings, furnish rations, and receive the troops
witli cordiality end confidence, selling their produce without
thtb „lightest complaint.
The prisoners who arrive also speak highly of the good
treatme,t they receive, especially in Navarre, a fact of the
highest importance; for in a war so eminently political, it is
opinion. rather than arms, that must speedily put an end to it;
nod this is what all are now ardently wishing—the people
being tired and exhau,tcd by this destructive struggle. Last
night, says the desp,itch. " I sent out three columns, one under
Colonel S.leido, which was to surprise, and did surprise, the
eying detachment of Amoiategin. The moonlight discovered
our soldiers, who were obliged to content themselves nith the
_ made, and the horse of the commander,
wha • -.cal-T(1 with. the dispersed, over tif rugged ground, as
.is lie could.

sev;i .Is,men the

Tl,e other column of three companies, under Lieut.-Col.
nidro Erquitns. marched to Maestu, leaving the battalion of Cas-
-1,11,,, aTA the Ottipuso,:a sharp-shooters, with :i0 Lancers of the
Ist ea, airy %gin:tilt of the British Auxiliary Legion, under
Major Vod.;iield, in position at Izarsa, to protect both expedi-
zions. The result Was the capture of 27 prisoners and one
surprised at break of day at Apcllany, where they
n..rkcii at a manufactory of slices for the faction, and had 400
ve,dv. These companies of Chapel-gorris and Cela-
(ores or Alava, have marched fourteen leagues from nifie :It
Might till three, p rn., in very bad weather, and, without any
loss, haring etreeted both their surprizes. The snow is again
fallinn in abundance."

Th.e Queen Regent has not accepted the resignation of the
Captain General of Catalonia, the gallant Mina, who, at-
tacked I>y the M:Arid papers, especially 11 Espanol, about
the execution of Cabrera's mother, had tendered it ; as the
C•alists and enemies of the Queen's Government make it a
point to dirgust her best Generals and Ministers, to deprive
the country of their services. The same paper tried this
identical nmexu-;re against the President of the Council, bot
with:nit suc.ce-,i. Its enmity to the present Ministry entirely
originatc(Vi-om private pique and disappointed ambition, M.
Alend;zak,al having refused to lend his support to the editor of
11 E.s:Janol, who -had sat his heart on the representation of
Mai-.ga, in which he failed last election.
71Ientlizabal can, however, well afford to treat such
snarling curs with contempt. His predecessors in office, less
courageons than himself, have put down a number of jot.ai—
nuts r.,!-.ing war against them ; but, instead of following this
vinar.ctivf, example, he had the generosity of declining to cu-
b' ce the law against the Espanol, for inserting paragraphs
without the previous approbation of the Censorship, merely
because the:7 contained only attacks upon his character; though
punisEabk with heavy fines. This magnanimity has enlisted
the dis,...:rning part of the public on the side of the Minister,
and overwhelmed the abject apologies of the editor with
ser,Fn. He has turned the same weapon against some of his
opponetits and rivals in the Chamber; for, in lieu of depri-
ving M. Guliano of the place he held under Government, as
any liinister in England would have done, he assured him
that the memory of their former friendship would never allow
him to become the instrument of M. Galiano's dismissal. Such
acts of generosity may be lost on the base nature of ingrati-
tude, but tl7.ey never are on the public.
The 1..1gh and low clergy, with few exceptions, continue in
their 'hostility to the Queen's Government, and secretly favour
th...e Pretender and his partisans. In the morning of the sth
instant, the Bishop of Palencia fled from his diocese. The
authorities of the provinces bordering on the rebels have,
therefore, put themselves in motion. The Civil Governor of
Burgos marched out with a detachment of cavalry the same
night. The sub-delegates of the Police on the frontiers are
in sear•zli of the Right Reverend fugitive, who is likely to be
caur4ll t.

The brilliant victory gained by General Palarca near Va-
lencia, is a dead blow to the faction. It has broken the spell
of Cabrera's supposed invincibility. His force in the action
consisted of 4,500 infantry and 400 lancers ; that of Palarca of
only 2,200, one half of whom were National Guards, not
inured to the fatigues of war. Cabrera's first position was
carried by a charge with the bayonet, by the Grenadiers of
Lorca. The rebels defended themselves obstinately, but they
were successively driven from this and five others. The cavalry
then charged, and sabred the rebel masses. The mounted
National Guards of Valencia charged likewise, and tinged
their lances in rebel blood. The Justices of Chivas picked up
318 rebel corpses, all killed by bayonet or lance wounds ; 400
muskets, 120 horses, 60 lances, and all the enemy's baggage,
fell into the hands of the Christinos, and many of the soldiers
were seen with golden ounzes (doubloons), their share of the
booty. The Carlists were dispersed, and retreated by Sote,
Chulilla passing the Rio Blanco. Cabrera could not form
them again. The enthusiasm against them was so great, that
the very ex-Royalists demanded arms, and hastened to places
of danger—a poor prospect for Don Carlos, whose flatterers
pointed out a new road for him to Madrid, via Catalonia and

Valencia.
What will your Tory Papers now say of the Ministry here,
which they declared unable to face the new Cortes, and on the
point of being turned out, when they find that the Address has
been unanimously voted on the Bth by the whole Chamber of
Procuradores—that the opposition of Isturiz, Galiano, Count
Las Navas, and others, proved a failure from the beginning--
and that the paragraphs of the Address are now daily being
carried, one i 337 one ; and that the Finance Minister declared,
in answer to M. lit.nr.isa, that the Government neither had, nor
would demand any,44N.vention, because it needed none—that
all it asked forwlLS\'*o '.....,0fthe Q d le Alliance
ecution
Treaty ?
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A Procuieraeoie in ez observed yer cr ay d t d that the
farzyjyhiebeeeliieepporanth" !SO
Thal, mtha'enitteurrnimngenotnia;d tchoantciltudheadd
ke ttA?f comet,
6 str.o ed the England; and that the. cloth. im-
t Y manufactures of his province.
HeZ-thew the President of the Council whether
there as such a treaty or not; who replied that no such
treaty existed as yet ; but that, when the levy of 100,000 men
was 'decreed on the 23th October last, he called the manufac-

turers of Alcoy residing at Madrid, when they declared that,
if the winter proved wet, they would not be able to furnish
the cloth wanted for 70,000 to 80,000 uniforms, and that,
150,000 yards were then ordered from England, to make
25,000 suits ; and that the Government, so far from wishing
to injure the national industry, only wanted to encourage it,
but could not delay this supply.
No Member in the Chamber has so much improved in public
speaking as the President of the Council, who now needs no
assistance of orators to defend his measures.

On the sth instant the rebels occupied the following posi-
tions :
Galdacano—Was occupied by 2 battalions of Beira and Castille.
Lugando—By 2 battalions of Gonzales and Arroyo, and some
Guerillas.
Amurrio—By the Biscayan battalion of Lugin.
Lodio, Orozco, &c.—By 3 Guipozcoa battalions.
Orduna—By the Cavalry of Villalobos.
Arriniega—By 1 of Castor's.
Menegaray—By Cavalry, and various places on the road by
4 battalions of Biscay.
The Mountains of Urquiorra and Elorrio—By the guides of
Alava, with the Pretender at their head.
Omandiano—By 2 Navarrese battalions.
Villa Real, Eloza, and Urmuyer—By 4 battalions of Alava,
and 1 squadron of Cavalry under Villa Real.
Salinas and the Vicinity—By 2 battalions of Navarre and

Iturralde.
Arecharalibo—By 1 of Castille.
Escorriarra—By 1 ditto.
Castanera—By 1 ditto.
Onate—Boasts of the presence of the Cure Merino and his
rabble.
Bermeda—Of the 2d battalion of Alava.
At Guerreria they have a 36-pounder, but no means of re-
moving it.