The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-04 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Sentinelle of Bayonne of the 26th July, contains the
following letter from Bilboa :
According to intelligence from St. Sebastian, the factions
of Navarre, Alava, and of Guipuscoa are collected in the
valley of Bastan, on which Gen. Rodil is directing his course,
after having left 1,500 men at Echarri-Aranaz. The pre-
sence of Don Carlos has given new life to many whose cou-
rage was at a very low ebb. There has been a rising in se.
veral villages, but it is thought that this sudden ebullition will
cease when the stimulant ceases. And Don Carlos, who now
ventures to put himself at the head of a weakened party,since
it no longer rests upon the blind enthusiasm of the moment,
has committed the irreparable error of allowing liberal ideas
to take root again. We are obliged to him for it.
The insurgents of our province, vigorously pursued, have
decided on dividing themselves; therefore is it that Espartero
has, with one of his columns, gone from Guernico to Bermeo,
to place a garrison there for the purpose of attacking the in-
surgents that may be in the vicinity. He was there informed
that several bands had taken the road to Baguio ; he ordered
Sergeant-major Don Antonio Nicto to advance at the head of
r. 30 men, whilst another detachment, embarked on board
small craft, was to occupy the only points by which the in-
surgents could secure to themselves a retreat. They were
surprised at day-break, and left us 27 prisoners, amongst whom
some were wounded, and a monk of St. Francis disguised as a

peasant.
The works of the fortifications of Bermeo are carried on
with activity. The battalion commanded by Trujillo, who is
to be garrisoned there, already occupies a citadel which will
protect the population and the port from the attempts of the
rebels. Some batteries have been raised to defend the port
and the heights which command it.
The Royal Commissary in our town, conforming himself to
a royal order for the formation of one or more companies for
public defence, has informed the inhabitants, that such of them
as are willing to be enrolled must present themselves at his
residence to learn the conditions.

The faction of Biscay is dispersed here and there. Za-
vela, Batiz, and the Carlist junta, are gone in the direction
of Lequelto.

Valilespina is definitively gone into Navarre.
The correspondence of the Guyenne ( Carlist journal of
Bordeaux) from Huarte- Araquil, which we have given above,
is a striking proof of the system of invention and of falsifica-
tion of facts, made use of by the French Carlists since the
appearance of Don Carlos in Spain. The calm falsehood of
their news is fully exposed now that the respective movements,
between the 10th and 24th July, can be appreciated, and leave
no doubt on the principal facts.
It is evident by this correspondence, that the Carlists have
never been at Salvatierra, much less taken possession of Vic-
toria, which is six leagues off, and been in full march for Ma-
drid, as was said with so much bombast in the first days.
In the next place, this Carlist division, fired with the desire
of fighting General Ispartero, with the King at its head, being
the foremost in making a reconnoissance in the wood, what
does it do ? It goes away from Espartero, under pretext that
his positions are changed ; that is to say, it retreats in order to
join Zumalacarreguy, who on that very day was himself re-
treating from Salinas de Oro upon Huarte-Araquil, from
whence he again retreated upon Lecumberri. It follows from
all this, that Espartero was making a forward movement
against them ; for the village of Zalduendo, mentioned in this
correspondence, is beyond Salvatierra, towards the Borunda.
All the informations we have published so thoroughly con-
firm each other, when the topography and dates are examined,
that the Carlist accounts furnish, in spite of themselves, fresh
evidence of the truth. _ _ _

Thus, on the 16th of July, Don Carlos signed a Royal De-
cree at Eulate, where the Carlist head-quarters really were.
Now the village of Eulate is to the south, on the other side
of the valley of the Borunda, whilst on the 24th, Zumalacar-
reguy was at Lecumberri, at six leagues to the north of Pam-
peluna, in the direction of the Bastan, and consequently by
much in the rear of Eulate.
It is by thus comparing dates and places one finds out the
truth and the real state of things.
We have nothing to add on the relative situation of the
armies to what we said yesterday.
(From the Memorial Bordelais, July 26.)

The armies of Rodil and Zumalacarreguy have been in
presence of each other for two days : it may be said that they
mutually observe each other, and that, aware of the great im-
portance attached to the battle about to take place, each of
the two Generals is unwilling to neglect any precaution which
may tend to gain /aim the victory.
The spirit of party is not backward in availing itself of this
momentary repose. According to some persons, desertion is
in the ranks of the Queen's troops : and the Pretender,
triumphantly borne along by the Navarrese, every day sees the
number of his partisans increase.
Other persons maintain that the hesitation of Don Carlos is
a proof that his cause is lost past redemption ; they see the
proof of it in the unexpected return of this Prince, who, in-
stead of continuing to push forward, is come back to the Junta
of Elisondo for the purpose of negotiating. We think there is
exaggeration on all sides. It is neither by defections nor by
negotiations that we may hope to see this great quarrel termi-
nated. The fate of arms must decide it. Those who are ac-
quainted with the Spanish character look to no other mode of
decision.
Convoys of arms, destined for the insurgents, are daily
stopped on the frontier. Never was more vigilance observed,
of which the following is another proof.
The Minister of Finance has just sent an order by telegra-
phic despatch to all the directors of the customs of the depart-
ments bordering on the Pyrenees, to make arrangements with
the military chiefs, in order to raise all kinds of obstacles in
the way of the introduction of arms and ammunition, horses,
and all sorts of materiel of war into Spain, intended for the
enemies of the Queen.