The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-30 00:00:00

SPAIN.

(From the Madrid papers received to the 22d inst.)
The Commander-General of the kingdoms of Valencia,
and Murcia, Brigadier Francisco Narvaez, announces to the
Minister of War, in a despatch dated the 7th instant, that,
agreeably to the Royal order of the 25th of August last,
the governing junta, lately established in Valencia, had dis-
solved itself on the 2d instant.

The Constitutional junta of Government of the province
of Malaga came to the following resolution on the Bth
instant :

" Having perceived the necessity of adopting energetic
measures to crush the enemies of liberty, who, according to
accounts, have advanced to the neighbourhood of Ocana,
and considering that this end cannot be attained if the
authority be not centered in efficient and strong hands, in-
vested with full powers to devise the necessary means for
remedying the evil, we have decreed—
" 1. That the present junta shall continue in the full ex-
ercise of its supreme functions and attributes, until the
dangers which menace Andalusia shall have ceased.
" 2. That an express shall be despatched to his Excel-
ency the Commander of the expeditionary force, inviting
him to suspend his march towards this city, and return
with the forces under his command to occupy the town of
Jaen and the adjoining districts, in order to watch the move-
ments of the enemy, and enter into communication with
the Generals and chiefs now engaged in pursuit of them,
and proceed in his operations, agreeably to the extensive
powers hereby vested in him, in the manner he may think
the most efficacious.
" 3. That the provinces of Granada, Jaen, Almeria, Cor-
dova, Seville, Huelva, and Cadiz, be invited to organize
themselves on the plan of that of Malaga, and, without
waiting to raise additional forces, to march all the disposable
troops to the passes of the Sierra Morena, with instructions
to occupy the defiles of Los Pedroches, and open a commu-
nication with the commander of our division, in order that
the military operations may be carried on with effect and
security ; the Government of Granada should moreover
follow our example by directing its expeditionary column to
repair to the points about to be occupied by our troops."
Gomez had entered Utiel on the 7th with his entire
band, and remained in possession of that place until the
15th, when, having formed a junction with Cabrera, Quilez,
and El Serrador, he marched in the direction of Casas
Hanes. The city of Requena was kept during those nine
days in a regular state of blockade, the advanced posts of
the enemy being within sight of the ramparts, and some of
his guerillas having occasionally approached within musket-
shot of the place. On the 13th the Carlists, between
6,000 and 7,000 strong, invested the city with the deter-
mination of carrying it at any price. Colonel Jose Al-
bornoz, the military commander of Requena, had no other
force to oppose them than the National Guard, and a single
company composed of invalids and stragglers from different
corps of the army, with which he nevertheless resolved on
resisting to the last. At one o'clock in the afternoon the
enemy divided his force into three columns, and commenced
his attack. One of those columns marched up to the gate
of Cantarranos, the other to that of Alcala, and the third to
the gate of Valencia, protected by the fire of two swivel
guns, the only artillery they possessed. The cannon from
the town soon dismounted one of these pieces, and made con-
siderable havoc in the ranks of the infantry, who shortly
afterwards began to retreat. Gomez, finding it impossible
to force an entrance into the place, sent a flag of truce,
which was fired on by the advanced posts, and compelled
to retire. He then contrived, by means of a peasant, to
forward a letter to Colonel Albornoz, in which he told him
that if the town opened its gates, and recognized Don
Carlos, the persons and property of the inhabitants should
be respected ; but that if resistance were offered, and the
besiegers obliged to storm it, be would put the garrison and
inhabitants to the sword. The Colonel having replied that
Requena knew no other Sovereign than Isabel 11., no other
law than the Constitution it had sworn to support, Gomez
renewed the attack, but being again repulsed, retired from
the field, and fell back on Utiel. The garrison had not a
single man either killed or wounded. The women rendered
groat services on this occasion. They assisted in removing
the artillery from one position, to another ; they were con-
tinually met on the ramparts bringing water, wine, and
brandy to the troops, and exhorting their husbands and
children to defend themselves to the last.
The Queen-Regent, by a decree of the 17th, has ap-
pointed General Baldomero Espartero, Commander-in-
Chief of the Army of the North, Viceroy of Navarre, and
Captain-General of the Basque Provinces. Madrid
Gazette.
The Revista, in reply to the Journal des Debats and
other French journals, which had asserted that Queen
Christina was a prisoner in her Palace, observes, that so
so far from being a prisoner, her Majesty appears every day
in the public walks, accompanied by a single maid of honour
and converses familiarly with a number of persons, who
assure her of their most absolute devotion. The Revista
concludes by asking the Journal des Debats if the King of
the French could with safety do the same, and if the Au-
tocrat of Russia enjoys so much liberty ?