The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-14 00:00:00

SPAIN.

• MADRID, DEC: 27.—Various accounts have
been received --respecting the. bands of factious
-persons in 'some - parts of the northern provinces
Of the kingdom. A letter from St. Sebastian, of
the 23d inst. says, 46 We have just received au-
thentic information that a band of .about 400 in-
' surgents reached Mu'ez on. the evening of the
19th. A party of the regiment of Seville hasten-
ed to attack them, but fell in with only about
100, who were beaten and dispersed by a com-
pany of chasseurs. On the person of one of the
killed was found a list, from which it appears that
the party formed the 2d company of -the 2d batt. of
the regiment of Volunteers, defenders of Religion
and the King. Three wounded were taken, and
a great number fled into a wood, where they could
not be pursued on account of the roughness of
the ground and the obscurity of the night. The
whole battalion would certainly have been taken
- had they not been informed of theapproach of
the constitutional troops in time to retreat, leav-
ing only the company which has first suffered
the inevitable punishment of all these wretches.
Many of them finding themselves attacked by
the troops and the national militia, told Juannito
that he had deceived them, by assuring them that
they would find assistance every where, and from
persons of all classes, and they have left him to
return home, cursing their own credulity." Ano-
ther letter of the 24th says, that Don Santos
Ladron commanded those who were beaten at
Muez ; that the number killed was above 50.
The rest are pursued in various directions, and
it is confirmed that numbers of. these deluded
people are returning to their homes. General
Lopez Banos was at Puente la Reina on the even-
ing of the 21st, where the Political Chief of
Pamplona arrived the same day. Very satisfac-
tory accounts have . been received in the capital
from the moveable column of the province of
Alava, which is in pursuit of the factious, several
of whom have been made prisoners. Col. Pazos,
who corrimands part of the troops in pursuit, high-
ly praises the volunteers of Vittoria, who endure
every fatigue, as well as the soldiers of the line,
of the regiment imperio.Alexander.
DEC. 28.—1 n consequence of what passed' at
Gerona on the 14th, several detachments of
militia from the neighbouring places repaired to
that place on the 15th and 16th, all of whom
:haVe returned to their homes .ekcept those of
Figuerras, with whom and other troops the neigh-
bouring country has been reconnoitred ; the very
few factious who were still together, dispersed,
and the arms that were to be found in the villages
near the place, collected and brought away, that
the ill-disposed might not make use of them.
Two of the insurgents being shot on the-17th,
and an amnesty published, about 70 have ap-
peared to take advantage of it.—The Governor
of Venasque writes, on the 17th, that nothing
new had been observed in that part of the fron-
-tier relative to the approach of foreign troops.—
It seems that some insurgents have appeared in
Biscay, but it is probable that
,they will not be
able to unite in a body, as the Government has
sent orders express for partof - the troops to go
to Biscay, which were sent in that direction On
Recount of the events in Navarrei, and Gen. Lo-
pez Banos will be able to detach part of his co-
lumn and-stifle such projects in their origin.—The
forces which are advancing in all directions to-
wards the points wheretheinsurrection'has mania
fested itself, give reason to .hope that they will
be able to externihnitethe factious without being
obliged to be long tinder arms.--4n Arragon the
judicial proceedings against the factious 'of Caspe
-and Alcaniz are continued. with great activity.
In the.Orst-of those places the chief ringleaders
are in prison. - The Commandant General Was
going to Alcaniz to hasten the proceedings against
the factious of that place, who, es- we have said
before, are a small number of'person-of the worst
character.—Some factious belonging. to those of
Sangu.essa having entered - Arvagon; the Com-
mandant General has ordered the Governor of
Jacon with.some troops to cover the frontier of
that province, and if they are dispersed, to go to
Huesca- to restore tranquillity, Whielthas been
again disturbed. The troops which have marched
frorn-Catalonia., Valencia, and New 'Castile, for,
Arragon, will hate enabled the 'Commandant'
General not only to restore tranquillity in the
military division under his 'command, but also to
scud powerful. aid to Navarre: • ,
DEC. 29.—The * attended, 'to-day the
Council of State,.
which sat from ha Ifliast ten
till three in the afternoon.—The Government
has received to-day, by -express, a dispatch from
the. moveable column, which! states that on the'

25th a body of 7 or 800 insurgents were assem-
bled near Larrainzar: a detachment of 50 chaus-
seurs and eight cavalry advancing against them,
they commenced a brisk fire, forming themselves
linto companies, and occdp)iri,,a strong position;
they maintained their ground for a considerable
time, _ but being taken in flank retired to the
neighbouring heights, and were there pursued as
far as the difficulties of the ground, the darkness
of the night, and the excessive fatigue of the
victorious troops, would allow. The rebels had
twenty killed and fifty were taken prisoners.—
The remnant of the factious who remained toge-
ther went to Beunza, whither the column was to
proceed the following day in pursuit of them.—
The same courier also brought accounts from the
provinces of Burgos and Alava, where perfect
tranquillity prevails. Troops had gone from the
latter to pursue a band of factious in Biscay.
DEC. 31.—A courier has arrived to-day from
Placentia, stating that there has been a trifling
disturbance in that city, originating in a dispute
between a militia-man and a peasant. A Pro-
clamation from the Political Chief states it to
have been immediately suppressed by the mea-
sures adopted, and by the arrival of the Captain_
General of Old Castile with his troops. The
ringleaders are arrested. The Cortes have been
chiefly occupied with the Penal Code, and with
the division of the Spanish territory.
[Extract of a private Letter.]---There are no
longer any symptoms of contagion at Port St.
Mary. The French .Consul at Cadiz', in a letter
of the 15th to the Prefect of the Upper Garonne,
says, that since
.thee 27th of last month the yellow
feVer has made no progress in the different towns
of Andalusia, and its ravages have so.much
nished, that Te Deum has been sung at San Lucar
de Barrameda and Lebrija. At Cadiz, the state of
health, he adds, is how good, and he hdpes in a
few days to be able to announce the total disap-
pearance Of the yellow fever from the whole pro-
vince.