The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 136.

of reflection do not need that these absurdities should be pub-
licly and solemnly contradicted ; they know well the situa-
tion of affairs, and that in questions of succession and political
,principles, there can be no dealings but on the field of battle.
Moreover the character of Don Carlos is sufficiently known,
and the system of Government which he proclaims, to admit
of the belief that between absolutism, with theocracy and usur-
pation on the one side, and the liberal principle, with the
improved lights of the age, and legitimacy on the
other, there can be the smallest point of contrast. What
ideas, what opinions, what common tie can exist between the
representatives of the fifteenth century and the Spaniards of
the nineteenth.? What true Spaniard could be capable of
negociating with the enemy upon any terms but those of lay-
ing down his arms and yielding submission to our legitimate
Queen ? As, however, the calumny reaches all cars, as well
those of discreet and penetrating men as of the thoughtless
and ignorant, it becomes necessary to guard all persons against
the perfidious objects of the calumniators. We are authorised
to declare, not only that there exists. no treaty, no beginning
of any treaty, no thought oven of entering into any negocia-
tion whatsoever, but that the reports and representations upon
the subject proceed solely from those who have an interest in
perverting the public spirit to the advantage of the Usurper's
cause. Submission or battle ; these are the only conditions
that the Ministers of her Majesty can grant to the partisans of

Don Carlos."
This is spirited and to the purpose ; but it remains
to be seen whether the present Ministers will adhere to
this resolution. The Cortes are summoned for the
20th of August, before which time it is impossible to
tell what changes may takepelcaucleiairillyth4eiffioclurilntiopn
ssitcifonth.e
Government, owing to its p
The advices from the North of Spain state that the
Carlist's have entered the Asturias, where they appear
to have met with little opposition. A Carlist bulletin
dated " Villafranca, June 30," the head-quarters of
Don CARLOS—claims a victory over 3,000 Christinos,
commanded by General CASTANEDA, near Villa-
cayo, in the Asturias, on the 26th.' The Carlists
were commanded by General GOMEZ, who, in his
dispatches, stated, that he had taken five hundred pri-
soners—seized the whole of the baggage, and obtained
eight hundred muskets. The Journal de Paris, in
an official announcement of this affair, has only the fol-
lowing :—" The Carlist expedition, which had pene-
trated into the Asturias has had an engagement at
Losa with General CASTANEDA., who was severely
wounded in the action." What the result was, the
official organ of the French Government does not state ;
but we may be certain that it was by no means so.
favourable to the Pretender as the Carlist bulletins
represent it.
Large reinforcements of Spanish recruits, are daily
arriving at .Bilboa. Upwards of 4,000 of them had
reached' that city on the 21st, and more were expected.
They are reported as a puny, dwarfish looking race,
totally ignorant of the art of wari and of very doubtful
pretensions to heroism. Several months must elapse
before such men can handle a musket, and eyen.then it
will be questionable whether they will bear the sight of
shining steel, or endure the smell of gun-powder. On
the 19th, the Commandant-General, at the head of
4,000 men, sallied out from Bilboa, with the valorous
resolution of convincing the peasantry that he could,
whenever he pleased, traverse the vallies of Biscay and
Montana. After various encounters with straggling
bands of Carlists, he succeeded in making a sort of
grand tour though the most difficult passes, and at the
end of some two or three days returned again to the
city as distinguished a chief as when he left it. This,
his Commandantship called making a " demonstra-
tion," and in a ridiculous sense it certainly was one.
For the latest accounts from Bayonne we refer to a
letter copied from a Morning Contemporary, from a cor-
respondent in that city. We observe that our Con-
temporaries now think General EvArrs' proclamation
worthy of the serious attention which we, in common
with one Morning Journal, gave to it ; but notwith-
standing, we shall not again revert to it before we are
in pos-sesion of the real facts. It is reported that
General Co tinov4 wishes the Legion at the devil,
and that General EVANS will not remain much longer
in Spain, as he conceives himself to be ill-used on all
sides, and by all parties. His own Government dis-
claims a recognition of his 'acts ; the Spanish Govern-
ment is indifferent to his services, and deaf to his re-
monstrances ; his men are clamorous for the arrears
(Inc to them ; and his constituents are impatient for
his appearance in' Parliament. If he conquer, the
glory will be claimed, and the -rewards conferred upon
a personal enemy ; and if he suffer defeat, he will
have entailed discredit on himself, and misery upon his
troops. Surrounded by su many difficulties, it is
hardly possible for him to stir without rashness, or to
remain inactive without dishonour.

The whole of the Paris papers of Wednesday have
been received. The Journal de Paris of the preced-
ing evening contains the following official announce-