The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-29 00:00:00

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J." and strengthen more and more, for the benefit of
both nations, the friendship and alliance which happily
unite France and Spain."
On the 19th, M. CAZES, the French spy, took his
departure from Madrid. Senor CALATRAVA had
informed the French Ambassador, in the course of
their first interview, that her MAJESTY'S Government
could not tolerate the presence of such a person in
Spain. The Count de LATOUR MA ÜBOURG assured
the President of the Council that he was ignorant
CAZES' character, and that he only suffered him to
join the embassy at Bayonne in the capacity of inter-
pi•eter. He was, however, quite willing to send him
linroe, if such was the will of the President of the
Council. CALATRAVA judged it prudent to accept
the Count's explanation, and to content himself with
sending about his business the creature of a Court
which seeks now to rival St. Fetersburgh in its
lave of intrigues of the most petty description.
CALATRAVA knew right well that CAZES the spy
was intended to act as the real representative of Louts
PHILIPPE in Spain ; that he had come hissing hot
from the Tuilleries, with instructions of much more
Inoment than those officially delivered to the Minis-
ter; and therefore his firmness in ordering him out of
the country is deserving of very great praise.
The' general Cortes were to meet on the 24th inst.
On the .20th the number of Deputies arrived in Ma-
drid exceeded seventy. The Catlists were most ac-
tive in spreading rumours, and in fomenting divisions,
with a view to retard the meeting of that Assembly.
Preliminary meetings were held to make the neces-
sary arrangements for the opening of the Grand
Cortes, of which a condensed account is given under
the head Spain, in another part of The Sun.
This includes all that we find in the journals before
us relative to the civil state of Spain. The move-
ments of the belligerents will be found detailed in a
separate article. _

The Carlist chief GoMEz is in a fair way of slip-
Ping through the fingers of the QUEEN'S Generals,
Whose treachery or incapacity every day renders more
apparent. In truth we know not what the great bulk
of them are fit for, but writing despatches in the ge-
nuine Munchausen style. Employed as secre-
taries of auctioneers, they would do wonders. From
the Madrid journals received to the 21st inst., we
learn that GOMEZ, finding it impracticable to advance,
fell back on the city of Cordova, which he re-entered,
and again quitted it at midnight on the 13th, three
hours before the arrival of General ALAIX, at the
head of his division. On the 14th ALAIX addressed
the following bombastic despatch to QurRoGA, Cap-
tain-General of Granada, which the latter instantly
forwarded to tl,:e Government
" Most Excellent Sir,—The rebel horde will no longer in-
fest the territory of Andalusia. Had it not been for their pre-
cipitate flight from the city of Cordova last night, they would
have been annihilated for ever. My division, being anxious to
Come up with the rebels, continued its march the whole night
long, and at three o'clock in the morning we entered the town.
The rebel Gomez had left three hours before : nevertheless, a
number of prisoners are in the power of the division ; and arms
and other warlike stores have been seized. It appears that
the rebel has left two eight-pounders buried in the vicinity of
Lueena, so great was the affright with which he fled from my
division, Two forced marches have served to defeat all his
mad proje,lts of invasion. The rebel band is retiring towards
La Mancha, by the Sierra Morena, and by the way of Pozo
Blanco...
We greatly fear that the annihilation of GOMEZ is
not reserved for the puissant valour of the Com-
mandant-General of the third division of the Army of
the North, the invincible Don ISIDRO ALAIX. Our
apprehension is founded upon his adoption of the war-
like tactics of his predecessor, ESPARTERo, who
always contrived to cut a figure in the background.
ESPARTERO's dispatches might all be compressed in
One pithy sentence—,, Just too late !" With the
enemy twelve hours' march in advance of him, he
could do wonders. But the rascals would not stand
to be shot, so there was no help for it, but run after
them at a safe distance.
Before GOMEZ crossed the Sierra Morena he di-
vided his forces into two bodies, over one of which he
placed CABRERA, QUILEZ, and SERRADOR, with
directions to proceed to the succour of Cantavieja,
while lie with the other would endeavour to join SANZ
in Leon. By this skilful movement lie completely
baffled all the plans laid by General RODIL for cap-
turing, him. Should the Carlist chiefs succeed in
reaching Cantavieja before the approach of General
'JAN MIGUEL, who was to attack it on the 24th, they
may be able to effect the removal of their prisoners,
Plunder, and stores, if they find themselves not in a
condition to defend the town against the troops of the
Captain-General.
The accounts from Leon are interesting. General
'EON, who had been appointed to head the expedi-
tion against the Carlist chief SANz, was on the
17th deposed by his men, who appointed Gene-
ral as their leader. PEON'S dismissal
by his troops has been confirmed by the Govern-
ment. The deposition of PEON proves that the
QUEEN may rely with more confidence on the
Nelity of the troops than on the allegiance and
11°110Lir, of her generals ; for no doubt exists as to
1,0
Ec'N's treachery. Under the pretext of procuring
electim; as a Member of the Cortes, he remained
for two days at Reynosa, and two more at Aviedo,
leaving the rebels to pillage the country without mo-
'estation or apprehension. The men saw that his ob-
ject was not to prevent, but to cover the Carlist expe-
ditionV ; and fearing that he would betray them into the
hands of the enemy, they took the precaution to rte-
pounce his authority. In doing so they nobly dis-
41arged a most important duty to their country. It
vias this PEON who advised the drafting of the 2,300
troops from San Sebastian preparatory to the Carlist
attack of the 21st inst., and who subsequently ordered
the
troops so drafted to form a coast guard at Santona,
Instead of intercepting the march of SANz into the
Asturias. Had PEON no criminal motive in ex-
1/°sing San Sebastian to the attacks of the flower
of the Carlist army, headed by the Commander-
in-Chief ? We cannot acquit *him of intentional
built, especially as the troops drawn from the defence
of
to important a garrison were neither employed
against the enemy nor ordered back. The real truth
is, that very few of the Spanish Generals in the ser-
tlce of the Queen are well disposed at heart towards
..e Legion, and there are more than CORDOVA who
Mould not re'ret their defeat by the Carlists. The of-
ficers of the'Legion are too brave, too honest, and too
straightforward to be favourites with the courtier-Ge-
Iles rals, who figure in the Constitutional army list of
Pain.
The advices from the North of Spain represent the
Carlists as preparing to make another grand attack on
San
Sebastian ; and if that fail, to make themselves
masters of Bilboa, with a view to cover the smuggling
boast trade, and to leave facilities for obtaining succours
df,lsea• According; to advices received by a morning
Contemporary,
emporary, theCarlists under EGUIA have already
'
ttl
41 ,Bilboa—thus reversing the first order for con-
oiltmg the operations. Doubtless the design is to
i
to
Lord JOHN HAY, and what troops can be
t(r "ed from the defence of San Sebastian, to remove
the defence of Bilboa, and so leave San Sebastian
e-Pose
r., to d to the whole force of the Carlists tinder Yrr,-
(li • "J-, who was at Zornosa, at the head of three
dlvitions, on the 22d inst.

• We
the beg to direct particular attention to a report of
ehumeeting of the Spanish bondholders in Paris on
'sday last. We trust this demonstration of public
of nn.
F"
ill have a good effect upon the future pcqicy
ranee.

The ...
11,4 Whole of the Paris Papers of Wednesdayia
the rsday have been received. The only facts which
ThY contain will be found in our extracts from them.
4reeir opinions; on the Spanish and Swiss questions
cidunimportant. In the Moniteur of Wednesday we
uf
winch the
following telegraphic dispatch, the correctness
is proved by 'letters direct from San Sebastian:
c, .I„,_ " Bavonce, Oct. 22, half-past 6 o'clock, p. m.
Arid"
,Poreign Legion has leceivcd 250,000 f. (10,0001.)
Carlisivisions. The convey n-2s attacked at Villava by the
Les' rdio Were repulsed and dispersed IN ith some loss."
41. s `tets have reached saris, stating that a consider-
t treasure hidden by the mol:ks has been dkovered
arMadrid. It
will be applied to tii: exigencies of tilt:

A fe
th,111..e,w of the Tories of Kidderminster, denominating
40 . Ives the West Worcestershire Conservative As•
elati", got up an affair yesterday, at the Lion, in