The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-29 00:00:00

BAYONNE.

A letter dated Bayonne the 19th, contains the following par-
ticulars :—Travellers daily arriving from the Peninsula com-
plain bitterly of the great number of robbers who infest the
high roads, but otherwise tranquillity generally prevails, espe-
cially in the great town. The most perfect union continues
between the Cortes and the Ministry. The writer of. the late
article in the Journal des Debate seems not to be acquainted
with Spain, or, at least, he must have been misinformed ; for
to believe hat modifications in the Constitution might be ob-
tained .by farce of arms, is an illusion. The new system has
struck too deep root; the revolution must proceed in its
course : the Liberals know that they cannot go back, and that
they are able to surmount all obstacles to. the consolida-
tion of their work. The invasion of the country by a' great
army, supposing it could even reach Madrid, would increase
the disorder and anarchy, but not lead to the triumph
which is desired. Spain is not a rich nation, whose people.
dread a. foreign enemy: the great. mass has nothing to lose;
naturally poor' and miserable, they are always ready to take
up arms, and there is no doubt that the present Government
has sufficient means to set them in Motion. It' is but too
' true that the three Biscayan provinces, and Navarre, would
be glad to see an auxiliary army, which would restore
them their privileges and commercial immunities which -they
enjoyed before the revolution
influence but this would have no essen-
tial in the interior, for these provinces have always been
considered as if they were a foreign country; the rest of the na-
tion was jealous of the immunities they enjoyed, and had fre-
quently demanded the suppression of them, and the A ndalusians,
Castillians, and other people of the Peninsula, would desire no
better than to make war there, excepting against the places which
manifest attachMent to the Constitution, such as Bilboa, Vittoria,
&c. It appears certain, that if the late Ministry had proceeded
boldly in a constitutional manner, there would not now be any
insurgents in the three provinces, or in Navarre, notwithstanding
the protection they have reeeived abroad, for in fact what have
&c. hitherto done ? In all this time, though they.
flatter themselves with having the inhabitants in, their favour,
they have not been able to possess themselves of a single oint.
.ci'.appui in the country, except that. miserably fortified house
Iran, which they would have lost long .ago, if Epinosa had
chosen to take it : whereas the Constitutionalists, though they
cannot depend on the inhabitants, like their adyersaries, will
gill maintain themselves with a handful of brave men.
The Gazette of St. Sebastian contains nothing interesting: it
merely mentiens the arrival at Vittoria of two battalions from
the interior.
The Saragossa Gazette says, that Mina, whose head-quarters
were at Agramont on the Bth, hoped to approach Urgel in a
few days. Ihe tqmpany of miquelets under his command has
lately been reinforced by 300 deserters from the army of Gen.
Eroles.
The same journal says, that Baibastro is evacuated by the
Trappist, and that the troops of Velasco again occupy the banks
of the Cinch,. from Fraga to Andaguesa. Another battle was
soon expected on the banks of the Segre, in the territory of
()liana. It was supposed to be the plan of Eroles to draw Mina
into his almost inaccessible positions. Arrests and emigration
have began at Saragossa. Three or four Canons are mentioned
as being thrown into prison, and the Clubbists demand that the
Archbishop shall be deposed; the authorities have referred to
the Government.