The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-11 00:00:00

SPAIN.

(From the French Papers of Fiiday.)
The Moniteur says,—" The Government: last evening re-
ceived from Bayonne several telegraphic dispatches of the 6th
and 7th instant. None of them contain precise details, but
all confirm the intelligence of the advantages 'gained by Gen.
Rodil. It appears that on the sth the insurgents were falling
back into the valley of Bastan. Numerous rations had been
ordered there, and great agitation prevailed along the whole
frontier. Until the couriers of Rodil shall be able to pass
through the insurgents we shall have no circumstantial details
upon the military operations. What is certain is that the in-
surgents are every day more and more pressed, that the Queen's
army follows closely upon them, and has constrained them,
after several advantages to flock together towards our frontiers."
The Indicateur of Bordeaux of the 6th instant, received by
express, contains the following :—" The surveillance in the
vicinity of the mountains becomes every day more active.
Blockade by sea is completely established, and if, as is sup-
posed, Holland, to avenge the siege of Antwerp, supplies the
Pretender with arms and ammunition and ships, they will be
taken and sequestrated."
The following telegraphic dispatch was posted up at the
Exchange yesterday :—" Saint Jean-de-Luz, August 6.
Don Carlos has come to Maria, and appears to be concen-
trating himself at Elisondo. The insurgents admit that they
received a check on the Ist instant ; their army appears to be
concentrating itself upon Saint Estevan."
Extract of a letter of the 3d inst. from Bayonne After
two days' expectation we have received intelligence of an
action which took place on the 30th ult., between the village
of Lanz and the Hermitage of St. Urbain. The troops of
Rodil were opposed to the first and third battalions of Navarre,
and the second of Alava. The insurgents lost one hundred
men in killed and wounded. Sixty, who were taken prisoners,
were instantly shot. After the action the insurgents retired
to Roncevaux ; another part of their army is at Piedramillera.
Rodil is at Echarri-Aranaz, Don Carlos is at San Estevan,
and the insurrectionary junta at Elisondo. The printing ap-
paratus, and the manufactory of arms and ammunition, have
been transferred to Lecaroz."
The arrest of the persons compromised in the conspiracy at
Madrid was effected in the night previous to the opening of
the Cortes, as may be seen from the following circular of the
24th ult., addressed by the. Minister of the War Department
to the Captains-General of the provinces :
" Excellent Senhor,_The solemn opening of the Cortes,
et which her Majesty the Queen Regent presided, took place
this morning. The ceremony was majestic, the spectators
numerous, and the enthusiasm great, without public order hav-
ing been troubled in the slightest degree. A handful of fana-
tics had formed an insane project, which was intended to be
put into execution this day, interrupting the solemnity of so
majestic a proceedinc, at such a happy moment. The Govern-
ment of her Majesty discovered the plot last night, caused the
persons implicated to be arrested, and the hopes of the male-
volent have been completely defeated."
A courier, who left Madrid on the 3lst, at four in the morn-
ing, announces that the peace of that capital had not been in
any degree disturbed since the 17th.
A Barcelona journal, El Vapor, dated July 29, says, we
know, from unquestionable authority, that the French Govern-
ment, finding that no dependence was to be placed on the
promise of the Carlist Guerilla Chiefs to remain in the several
depOts allotted to them, has ordered them to be considered and
treated as prisoners of war. After the repeated instances of
escape, where the parties have joined the insurgents on passing
the frontier, it was high time to adopt some measure of this
sort."

The Madrid Gazette of the 30th ult., which we have re-
ceived by express, gives the following official report upon the
military operations in Navarre :—" As soon as the army from
Portugal became incorporated with the army of the north, in
the environs of Puente la Reyna, as soon as its force was or-
ganised into divisions and brigades, and every measure was
complete for putting it in motion and enabling it to act with
effect, the Commander-in- Chief commenced his operations
in combination with the troops occupying the Basque Pro-
vinces, which were also under his command. A strong corps,
under General Auleo, composed of a division of infantry, a
brigade of the same, nearly a whole brigade of a cavalry, and
some artillery, began to operate by making the fortress of Pam-
peluna its central point, and extending itself towards Larraga
and Sesma, in order to cut off the communications with the
Rivera, the low country which extends from the foot of the
mountains towards Puente la Reyna, Estella, and the Ebro.
Two other divisions of infantry, with that of the vanguard,
as well as the staff, set out on the 22d from Muez for the Bo-
runda. The forces of the Basque provinces, Alava, Biscay,
and Guipuscoa, under the orders of El Pastor, Gen. Espar_
tero, and Col. Carrera, assembled on the same day at Salva-
tierra. The rebels were nearly all concentrated in the Borun-
da, where those of Biscay had also assembled. This being the
state of things, on the 23d the forces immediately under the
command of the General-in-Chief made their way into the
valley, and on that day head-quarters were established at
Echari Aranaz. In consequence of this movement, the re-
bels broke off in three directions; two battalions towards the
chain of mountains which separates Navarre from Guipuscoa,
the Biscayans towards their own province, and Zumalacarre-
guy with the rest towards Las Amczcuas. On the 25th, the
vanguard under the orders of Brigadier Figueras having been
left in position, and the General-in-Chief having moved to
Salvatierra, with the first and second divisions of infantry and
some cavalry, the enemy under Zumalacarreguy made his
appearance between Olazagoitia and Ciordia. An engage-
ment then began, in which the latter were dislodged from
their formidable positions in the gorges of Santa Marina and
Olazagoitia, and pursued in various directions for three
leagues from the point at which the contest began. The Gen.
in-Chief announces in a succinct report that this day would
have been decisive but for the thickness of the woods which
flank the gorges, and facilitated the escape of the enemy. He
praises the ardent bravery of the troops on this occasion. On
the 26th the forces of General Espartero and Colonel Carrera
joined those of the General in Chief at Salvatieri a. On the
preceding day El Pastor marched for Guipuscoa. Col. Amos
with his cavalry was sent to Vittoria, from which place a
large convoy of provisions was sent out for the troops in .the
Borunda. Brigadiers Bedoyer and Iriarte are overrunning
Biscay with a body of troops. The important point of
Quetaria, in Guipuscoa, and the no less important point of
Bermeo, in Biscay, have been fortified, armed, and provi-
sioned, so as to be a support both to the operations of the
squadrons that blockade the coasts as well as the land forces.
In forty-eight hours eight hundred men carried on the works
of Bermeo with the utmost rapidity, and it is garrisoned by the
provincial regiment of Truxillo. The naval service is carried
on with the most scrupulous exactitude. At Vittoria, on the
24th, the festival on the opening of the Cortes was celebrated
with enthusiasm. The Urban Militia attended the parade in
great numbers, as well as the 3d battalion of the infantry of
San Fernando, which is already clothed. Castor has re-
appeared in the Encrtationes (a district in Old Castille, on
the frontiers of Biscay, enjoying the privileges of the
last-named province), where detachments had been assem-
bled at various points,in order to destroy him. Merino re-
mains concealed. His adherents, disseminated in small bands
of from twenty to thirty men, endeavour to keep the country
in alarm, and defeat the active pursuit of the columns under
the orders of the Commandants Claveria, Album; Obregon,
and others, who are in constant chase of them. Troops from
Zemora and Leon are making their way towards, whence the
Carbineers of the frontier, who had come from Almeida, had
marched for the mountain. On the side of Arragon, Briga-
dier Linaries, with a column, is watching the canal of Verdun,
and the remainder of the frontier of Arragon and Navarre. In
the environs of Sarcedon a small band of rebels has made its
appearance, but being soon attacked by the Urban Militia, it
dispersed. The Commandant-General of Guadalaxara has
taken all necessary measures for employing with advantage
the moveable column of the province, which is about to be re-