The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-25 00:00:00

ANSWEIt.

44 I have received the note which your Excel-
lency was pleased to remit to me, dtted yesterday,
the 10th, and having now only to say that the
Government of his Catholic Majesty is indifferent
whether it maintains relations ,or not with the
Court of Vienna, I send you, by royal order,
the passports which you have required. I em,
&c.

Madrid, ,tun. 11. " EVARISTO SAN MIGUEL."

In the Sitting of the 12th, the deputation of
the COrtes proceeded from that assembly to wait
on his Majesty Witlrilte message, which was in-
serted •in our Paper`of Thursday. On their re-
,turn, General itiego, who was the President of
the deputation; -stated that his Majesty had re-
ceived the, message with the greatest pleasnie and
satisfaction.
A..tpotion which had been made by Senor Mn.
parriz, calling upon the Government. to publish
to all Europe, as speedily as possible, the motives.
of its conduct,, was read, and the mover made a
'short speech in support of it.
The Secretary of State'rose and said, that the
Government had already declared to the Charges
d'Affaires of Vienna, Berlin,. and Petersburgh,
that it would explain its sentiments and princi-
ples to all Europe. The Government would
fulfil its promise, and he would say more—it was
now employed itt.executing it.-
Senor Monarri* then withdrew his motion.

BAYONNE) JAN. 16.---The passage of, couriers
continues as frequent as ever. Our commerce is reduced al-
most to nothing. Our arrivals from Madrid say, that the
Municipality of that capital had presented an Address to his
Majesty, praying lot the speedy punishment of the author,
and accomplices of tie conspiracy of the 7th of May. The
National' Militia had jabs) prepared one, the presentation of,
which has been. adjourned. It is Said, that in a few days the
nation will be satisfied by the application of all the vigour of
the laws to severil individnals iinplicated in 'this cause. The
accounts of- the Progregi 'nethe factious in the frontier pro-
vinces'seem to' Aialinisii the interest of the news from Madrid.

The news from .Saragossa' and Vittoria, which we subjoin,-
would not be of an alarming nature- if the army of Mina were
.more fortunate in Catalonia, where the Soldiers of the Faith,
who have returned froth trance, harrass his rear, intercept all
coMmunications, attack the convoys, and alarm all the points
,where there is a Constitutional garrison ;so that we not
be surprised if this General should seen find himself obliged
to abandon the mountains of Ceidagne, and concentrate his
• troops on the line of fortresses; and the more so, as the
Journals of Toulouse and Perpignan announce that new corps
of -Royalists are organising in France to return into Catalonia.
The accounts from Saragossa of the Bth give some particu.
lays of the events Which hatkaken place there since the 4th,
which bad thrown the inhabitants into the greatest alarm.
The Poltical Chief was inforMed on the 4th, that a body of
5000 factious, from the frontiers of Valencia and Catalonia,
were coming along the right bank of the Ebro, supposing that
they meant to pass the Ebro without approaching Saragossa,
and that they could not do this, except at Tudela—several de-
tachments were sent ont, some to prevent them passing, and
others to reconnoitre. One of these detachments meeting with
100 of the enemy at Burgo, was dispersed, having lost its offi-
cer and seveh or eight men ; and it soon appeared that the
enemy intended to approach the city, which was quite desti-
tute of troops. The most energetic measures were immediately
adopted—the Citizens shewed the greatest enthusiasm: " The
Constitution or Death !" was the universal cry, and Saragossa
had the same appearance as when Napoleon besieged it. While
the citizens and the volunteer militia were. arming, some few
troops of the line were sent to Mount Torredo, which they
found already occupied by the factious. They tired some shot,
but the immense superiority of the enemy forced them to fall
back to the bridge, end-Could not hinder them from penitrat.
ing even to the promenade, where forty men of the regular.
army (all that could be collected) charged the factious with
such success, that they abandoned :Mount Torredo, and intr._
ried over the bridge with the loss of seven or eight men. It
is a pity that the forty men were not seconded ; for then Se...
ragossa would have had another day of glory. However,
the enemy availing himself of his superiority, persisted in
his design, and with one hundred--and fifty cavalry attacked
our forty horse, who fell back to the bridge of Huerva ; a com-
pany of grenadiers was sent to. their support, who main.
tamed a sharp action with the enemy, but " were also obliged
to fall back. Our troops being again reinforced attacked' the
factious. with great intrepidity, and obliged them once more
to abandon Mount Torredo ; but they did not cease firing ;
and being again, reinforced, repassed the bridge of Ame-
rica. Night put an end to the firing on both sides. Mean-
time the factioui, who -had penetrated in great numbers
on the side of St. Engracia, attacked the bridge of St. Joseph,
but were repulsed and put to flight. On this day we lost
two or three' killed, and four or five wounded. The fac-
tbus are said, to have eleven killed; and twenty wounded.—
When the factious were masters of Torredo. they liberated the
galley slaves in the canal, and took from the Magazine a grea
euantity of powder ; they plundered die houses of Citizens Lt-
Tigne and Navarro, officers of the canal, and the leaders of this
expedition, Res.sieres, Royo Capape, Inman Alata, and Tena,
supped with the latter..
Bessieres, who expected some popular movement in Sara-
gossa, did not seem satisfied with his expedition, and waited in
expectation the whole night, but finding his hopes disappointed
he sent two prisoners with dispatches to the Governor-General
and the Junta of Sarragossa, summoning them to surrender
the town in half an hour, and offering them an honourable cupi•
tulation. 'This only inflamed the ardour of the citizens, who
recollected *the honourable resistance they had made. to, a
great French army, conunanded ,by Marshals Casnets, Mon.
sey, and Mortier, and the ConstitutiOn and Death" was their
answer. Every preparation was made to receive the factious,
who, however, retreated on the, 6th, in the morning, towards
Cuesta. Some private accounts say that:the factious, to the
amount of 5,000 men, bad come from Mequinenza, Mora, and
Chorta ; that they had 3,ooo'infantry pretty well organized, and
about 400 tolerable cavalry ; and that if the factious had ven-
tured to penetrate into Sarrugcssa on the sth, they would have
easily taken it, the greater part of the people being at first
alarmed by their numbers.
Accounts from Vittoria of the 14th state that city-, to have
• been most unexpectedly thrown into great alarm the day before
by the sudden advance of 3000 factious, under Juanito, Santos,
Ludron, and Cerebellas: The promptest measures were adopt-
ed, and a column sent out to reconnoitre, which found the enemy
on the heights of Asina, but, after firing some shot, it was
Obliged to frill back, the enemy purSuing it towards the city
till he got within fire' of the batteries. Torrijos, whose division
was dispersed in Navarre and even in Arragon, arrived the
same day with 000 men, and immediately attacked the enemy,
but was repulsed by the superiority of the enemy and owing
to his troops being exhausted by marching fifteen leagues in
twenty-four hours. Torrijos, not discouraged, attacked again;
and threw the enemy into the greatest disorder. The Go-
vernor of Vittoria made a sally and completed the success
Of the day, the enemy returning to Puebla and Artaban.—
Their loss-is 150 killed, and mote wounded. Ours is said to
be 100 men. The tranquillity of the city was not interrupted
an instant.

BAYONNE, JAN. 12.—A letter from the extremafrontier,
dated the 14th instant, states—“ Several traveliers from Spain
announce that the Liberaux are in the utmost consternation in
consequence.of intelligence which has reached them that (lan.•
Sarfield is advancing upon Cerdagne, with a strong Royalist
division, well armed and equii)ped. The army of Mina may
be considered as entirely diabanded, and the blockade of Seo
no longer exists. It ii even confidently stated, that the ,con-
stitutionalists abandoned Puycerda on; the 9th, and that Mina
had set off on the preceding day.. Ills cavalry follows him in
the most deplorable condition." •