The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-13 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

(From the Limerick Chronicle.)
The 56th depot from Templemore, expect thp route for the
south—likely Buttevant, or this garrison.
The 4th, or Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, have struck off
twenty-two horses from the strength of their establishment.
They were offered for sale this day in Cork.
Captain Lewis's company 89th regiment, is detached to
Charleville, county Cork.
Two companies, with the head-quarters of the depot of the
76th regiment, under command of Major Hutchinson, arrived
at Londonderry on Wednesday, from Mußinger, to relieve the
depot of the Ist battalion Royal regiment.
Lieut.-Colonel Booth, 43d Light Infantry, has no wish to
retire from the command of that regiment at present.
Major Thorpe, Lieut. Smith, Ensign the Hon. J. Forbes,
and Assistant-Surgeon O'Callaghan, 27th regiment, are gone
on leave from Dublin.

Captain Murray and Second Lieutenant Bunbury, of the
Ist battalion 60th Rifles, have embarked at Falmouth for Gi-
braltar, for the purpose of joining the service companies of
their battalion.
Ensign Gulston, of the 47th regiment, has been appointed
Acting Adjutant to the depot of that regiment, in succession
to Lieut. Blake, who has resigned the appointment.
The General Conrt-martial held at Halifax, Nova Scotia,
upon Ensign Strangways, 71st Light Infantry, on charges
preferred by his Commanding Officer, found him guilty upon
five minor charges, and honourably acquitted him of the two
graver ones. Ile was sentenced to be reprimanded, which was
done by Major-General Chapman.
The 15th regiment, stationed at Toronto, Upper Canada,
did not lose a single man during the fatal ravages of cholera in
that district. The regiment was confined to barracks while
the malady was raging, and restricted from any vegetable
diet. The 15th are in excellent health.

LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, Nov. 11.—The
sales in our cotton-market to-day amount to 2,000 bales, at the
prices of yesterday ; 306 of them on speculation, remainder
to the trade ; nearly all of them American, from qd. to bold.
SPA L DING.--A most singular occurrence took place
in this town on the evening of the sth of November. A sky-
rocket was discharged from the ground where the fireworks
are annually exhibited in commemoration of Guy Faux, which,
instead of ascending vertically, took !ill horizontal direction
over some low cottages, and passed through a pane of glass
in the chamber window of Mr. C. Capes, auctioneer, and ex-
hausted itself in the room. A gentleman who was passing at
the time immediately alarmed the family, and on proceeding
up stairs they found the room filled with smoke, and a part of
the carpet, which was under a chest of drawers, was on fire.
This was instantly extinguished, and also the skirting board,
which had ignited, and after the smoke had evaporated. it was
discovered that the rocket had passed from the window through
a muslin curtain, making It hole about three inches square,
but not in the least injuring a calico curtain which was in a
direction with it, and thence alighting under the drawers.
Had it entered at the top of the window, it must have come in
contact with the bed, and the consequences might have been
the destruction of the whole house.—Stamford News.

A meeting of Procuradores was held last night at
the house of Aguire Solarte, a most respectable mer-
chant, who has a firm in London, and who has played
a most honourable and manly part in all these trans-
actions, contending from the beginning that there was
but one kind of honesty for a nation, as well as an in-
dividual, and that Spain ought to acknowledge all her
debts without reserve. This meeting was got up by
M. Solarte, and some of his friends, who seeing the
desperate condition of affairs, wished to consult amongst
each other in what way the coming crisis
_could be
avoided, and in order to do so more effectually, they
proposed bringing together the most influential Mem-
bers of the House for a half political, half friendly,
deliberation. Their intention was to have a Com-
mittee named to represent the state of things to the
Government, and to treat with it as to the steps most
expedient to be taken, or to have a Secret Commission
appointed, who were to examine and report upon the
actual position of Spain, and to recommend the means
by which she could be effectually relieved. This they
protest was the only object they Kadin view; but as it is in
the very nature of Spaniards to suspect every body, and
each other more than the rest of the world, the Mem-
bers of the Opposition who were invited, immediately
conclpded that the meeting was called at the instiga-
tion of Martinez and Toreno, in order to entrap them '
into promises of support, or to feel their pulses as to
the entrance of the French. It is probable that these
apprehensions were not altogether unfounded, and that
the wily Toreno laid the plot to circumvent those who
were proving too strong for him, and that he and Mar-
tinez really wished to ascertain if any proposition for
calling for a French force would or would not
be listened to. Be the fact as it may, 80 Procu-
radores met at six o'clock in the house of M. Aguire
Solarte, including all the talent of all parties, and the
leaders, or the would-be leaders. The host commenced
proceedings, by stating that he and three of the Com-
mittee on the Guebhard Loan, on talking over the dif-
ficulties of the country, had agreed that nothing but a
fusion of parties, and a union of all the good men of
Spain could overcome them, and with that view alone
they had requested the attendance of gentlemen of all
opinions, satisfied that, however they differed in minor
points, they had only one object in common---namely, the
honour and safety of the country. This address was
received with applause, after which M. Trueba said, as
a president was essential to preserve order in all discus-
sions, even the least formal, he would propose that M.
Arguelles should take the chair. But this was no sooner
said than the Marquis of Falces and one or two other
Ministerial adherents took up their hats and left the
room without a word of explanation. This conduct
made a strong impression on the meeting, and it
was soon manifest that the original suspicion was
strengthened tenfold, and that, instead of union, dis-
union was to be the order of the night. M. Arguelles
declined the post of honour, as it seemed to give
offence, and lie proposed that M. Solarte himself should
preside in his own house, which, being unanimously
agreed to, that gentleman took the chair, and explained
mi a few words the nature of the meeting. A kind of
discussion, half debate, half conversation, then arose,
and continued for nearly three hours, in which AL Ar
guelles, M. Galiano, M. Torremigia, M. Trueba, and
the 'Marquis of Montevirgen were the most active par-
ties. M. Arguelles declared that he would have no-
thing to do with a Secret Committee. M. Galiano,
that all the wants of the country should be set forth
in the nature of a petition. In short, every advice
was given, and every advice rejected, and the Coun-
cil broke up at ten o'clock, without coming to any
resolution, except the internal one which each forined
in his own bosom, that his neighbour would have
betrayed him if he could. All the persons present
expected that some proposition would have been sub-
mitted with regard to the entrance of the French, and
it was with that understanding so full a meeting had
been obtained ; but though some whispered it to their
friends, not one had the courage to mention the thing
aloud, and the subject on which they all met was the
only one which was not discussed.
Zarco del Valle has thrown up his office, and up to
this hour his successor is not appointed, unless it be
that Balanzat has accepted the offer that was made this
morning. Balanzat was Minister of War with Mar-
tinez and Moscoso, during the Constitution, and he is
set down as an excellent Pastellero. Moscoso is not
yet off, but he is booked, and Garcia Hereros will pro-
bably have his place, unless Toreno has power enough
to bring in his friend Alvares Guerra.
To-morrow the finance reports are to be made, the
five Proceres being for Toreno's reformed plan, one of
the Procuradores being of the same opinion, and the
other four Procuradores firm against Guebhard. It is
said that a project is brewing for the total recognition
of the Cortes arrears of interest, and that even one of
the opposition is to bring it forward, in order to insure
its being carried. We expect a stormy sitting to
morrow.

MADRID, Nov, 3.

The Procuradores met to-day, and the long-
expected report of the Mixed Commission was
presented, or rather the process verbal of the
proceedings of the conference was read ; for, in order
to avoid the semblance of union, and to keep the opi-
nion of the Dissenters, a majority of the Commission
of Procuradores, though a minority of the joint Com-
missioners, the Opposition refused to meet- as a joint
body. First, M. Carillo explained the reason why he
had adopted the opinion of the Chamber of Proceres,
and conformed to the desire of that Chamber to re-
eocrnize the Guebhard Loan ; then the Marquis of
Montevirgen read his account of the opinions of the
other four Members—namely, himself, Flores Estrada,
M. A. Galiano, and Arguelles, in which they recom-
mended that the project of the minority, with regard
to the amelioration of the Cortes arrears of interest,
should be adopted, and only such part of Guebhard's
as actually entered into the Treasury. When these pa-
pers were read the Ministers pressed for an immediate
determination, alleging the necessity of the matter,
thus so long protracted, being terminated; but the
Opposition refused to accede to this request, contend-
ing that by the Estatuto Real no report of a Com-
mission which had not been printed and distributed
could be received or adopted by the Chambers of Pro-
curadores. This difficulty seemed to enrage Toreno
and Martinez, and both of them argued that the pre-
sent relation could not be considered as a formal re-
port, and that it was a suggestion founded on a pre-
viously discussed subject, which should at once be
disposed of. The President, however, took a decided
stand, and read the articles of the Estatuto, which he
argued deprived him of the power of putting it to the
vote, without a certain interval elapsing between the
presentation and the discussion. The result of all this
was, that the subject was deferred till Thursday next,
by which time the report will be printed, and taken
into consideration. The President also declared that
the report should be referred to the Commission of
Finance, so that even if the Chamber be of accord on
Thursday, the matter will take several days before it
is reported by the Commission of Finance. Was there
ever such an incomprehensible people ? With the
enemy almost at their doors, with the axe all but up-
lifted which is to terminate their existence, the Pro-
curadores indulge their darling passion for delay, and
the Opposition invent every expedient to deprive the
Ministry of funds, in order that Martinez and Co.
may be driven from 4111blaces, and they and all their
hungry dependants catiii'in to batten on the public
wealth, or starve on the common poverty.
With regard to the plan of the four worthies for an
equitable adjustment of the Guebhard debt, it adds ano-
ther scene to the farce which has now been repeated to
nausea. Is it not another proof that the Cortes arc
only deliberating how they shall rob their creditors with
impunity, rather than how they shall pay their debts ?
Hew are we to determine what sum has been paid to

(From the Madrid Gazette of Nov. 3.)
On the 22d ult., Brigadier-General O'Doyle, with
the troops under his command, hastened froin Ochan-
diano, where operations were carrying con against the
Pretender, to Penacerrada, in consequence of the last
passing over the Ebro by Zumalacarregui ; and sub»
sequcntly he proceeded to the pass of Bernedo, in pur-
suit of the battalions under Iturralde, who, on his ap-
proach, abandoned their position at Penacerrada, and
fled into the woods. This leader having gained the
interior of Navarre, and united his forces with those of
Zumalacarregui, in the direction of Santa Cruz de
Campeza, the above-named Brigadier-General re-
turned with his troops to Alava, in order to continue
the operations, which the event already mentioned had
caused to be suspended, and which were to be fol-
lowed up towards Onate, where the Pretender then was.
For this purpose the troops were quartered during
the night of the 26th in the villages of Alegria, Gue-
vara, and Dwane, where they remained on the 27th.,
The General in command of the Biscayan provinces
came in the morning to Alegria, in order to confer
with Brigadier-General O'Doyle respecting his ulte-
rior movements.
In the evening some of the enemies guerillas pre-
sented themselves in the neighbourhood of Salvatierra.
According to intelligence received from thence, Briga-
dier-General O'Doyle, with a battalion of the regi-
ment of Africa, and another of La Reina, then in Ale,
aria went out to meet the enemy, when they were
speedily attacked and surrounded by the whole of the
factions of Navarre, and, as it appears, of Alava and
Guipuscoa, the result of which was the total routing
of the troops.
These rapid events caused Brigadier-General Yarto,
who with two battalions was then marching towards
Alegria, to retreat before arriving there,, while Colonel
Bausa, at the head of two other battalions, practised a
similar movement from Durana, and both met together
without any loss in Vittoria on the night of that day.
On the 28th in the morning, intelligence having
arrived that firing was heard in the direction of Ar-
rieta, General Osma calculating that it might proceed
from a defence, which it was possible that even indi-
viduals of the battalions of Africa and La Reina
might continue to make from barricaded houses, set
out from Vittoria with all the forces there, and
marched to the inn at Echavarri, when they took up a
position in view of the enemy, who, however, with
forces evidently ,superior, dislodged our troops, who
retreated to Vittoria with all the artillery. The loss
sustained from this affair is calculated at about 200
men. The object of this movement having failed,
which was to save the men defending themselves in
the houses of Arrieta, the enemy did not succeed in
overcoming them, for those brave men having exhausted
their ammunition, resolved to open for themselves a
passage, which they executed with great hardihood, in._
two sections, of which 'one entered Vittoria at eight
o'clock in the morning of the 29th, and the other is
supposed to have reached Maestre, a fortified village.
The mass of the factious retired towards Salvatierra,
and some of them went to the mountains of Aralar, as
the Governor of that fortified position has stated in a
dispatch.
General Espartero, who from Ochandiano had
marched to the valley of Arratia, against the factions
under Sopelana, Mamie., and Castor, could not. force
them into a fight ; and Brigadier-General Iriarte having
arrived opportunely from Las Encartaciones, the said
General proposed a combined operation against Bis-
cay, for which purpose General Osma had arranged
that the garrison of Vittoria should sally forth, and
accordingly a column of 1,500 men, under the com-
mand of Brigadier-General Baron del Solar set out to
take part in those operations on the 30th.
According to a dispatch, dated at 9 in the morning
of the '27th, Brigadier-General Oraa was stationed
with his division at Torralba. On the 26th, General
Lorenzo remained at Elisondo, the factious, who
blockaded that strong place, having fled on the news of
his approach, when they were pursued by Brigadier-
General Baron de i\ler, and scattered themselves irk
various directions. On the 25th, the Colonel of the
Staff, General Laureano Sauz, and an aide-de-camp
of General Lorenzo, arrived at Cambo, after they had
presented themselves to General Mina, who was to set
out from one day to another for Spain, and who was
even supposed to have reached Navarre on the 29th.
General Latre, the second in command in Old Cas-
tile, in a despatch dated from Valladolid on the 30th,
states, in reference to the commandant at Aranda, that
the young men, to the number of 76, who had been
carried away by the rebel Merino, had almost all re-
turned to their homes, having escaped from Gumiel
del Mercado. He adds, that public tranquillity con-
tinued unaltered, and that throughout the whole of the
districts under the command of that Captain-General,
the most active preparations were making for the or-
ganization of the Urban Militia, for the increase of
companies of surety, and for the requisition of horses
and other animals, as well as for the measures required
by the Royal orders.

BAYONNE, NOY. 6, HALF-PAST 6 P.M.—lntelli-
gence has just been received here, from a source not
exactly official, but upon which much reliance may be
placed, that on the 3d inst. the division of General
Lorenzo, after quitting Pampeluna, whither it had
escorted General Mina, encountered, at a place called
Betelo, in Navarre, a battalion of Carlists, which was
completely beaten and dispersed, after a considerable
loss in killed and prisoners on the part of the vanquished.
From the same source I learn that the population of the
valley of Iloncal have declared in favour of the Queen,
and will be soon armed and ready to take- the field, as
an English steam-vessel is hourly expected on the
coast with 8,000 stand of arms, one half of which is
destined for Navarre and the other for Biscay. If this
latter intelligence prove true,—and I have reason to
have faith in the quarter from which it comes,—it is
evident that General Mina's presence in Spain has
begun already to produce good- fruit. That General
arrived on the 30th ult. at Pampeluna. The 31st he
passed in repose and retirement to recover the fatigue
of his journey, and on the next day he received the
municipal and other authorities of the city.. On the
same day he despatched Generals Lorenzo and Oraa
with their divisions to carry into operation his new plan
of campaign. What that plan is future events must
develop, but it would appear from the intelligence given
at the beginning of this letter that its commencement
at least has been marked with success. There is a report
here, but as yet no details have been received, of a total
defeat of the insurgents in the neighbourhood of Bilboa,
by the Queen's forces under Generals Espartero and
Iriarte. As to the rumourod victories of Zumalacarregpi
at Salvatierre and Onate, which I mentioned to you in my
last, nothing which can be relied on confirmatory of
them has reached us. So that even many of those
who in the first moment believed in them are now be-
ginning to doubt, and by others they are looked upon
about as much entitled to credit as the so confidently
asserted yet fabulous taking of Bilboa, or at the most
as the exaggeration of sonic mole-hill of a skirmish
into a mountain of victory. I have seen a letter dated
the 4th, from St. Sebastian, which makes no mention
political
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the slightest
isou'finbtijhoeucet;:)relative to them. They will in all probability
turn out to be a fraudulent fable, meant to serve stock-
jobbing purposes, or an invention of the Carlists to
counteract the moral effect of the entrance of General
Mina into Navarre, to deter the wavering from imme-

diately joining him, and keep up the spirits of the
others likely to be depressed by the name and presence
of Mina, in a country where, but a few years ago,
every tongue was loud in his praise, and enthusiastic
in his service.