The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-30 00:00:00

SPAIN.

(From our Second Edition of last night. )
We have received news this afternoon from Spain. A
detachment of the Spanish army, under Rodil, has crossed
the frontier of Portugal, and entered Pinhel, from which
the Pretender fled on their approach, taking the direction
of Castel Branco.
The Infante and his Court left Pinhel on foot, in the
middle of the night, and were followed at three in the
morning by 80 horsemen, and about 500 persons on foot,
forming the whole of that army with which he was to
have conquered Spain. All his correspondence had fallen
into the hands of the Queen's troops, who were prepar-
ing to follow him in the direction he had taken across the
mountains. _ .

It is with great satisfaction we also learn that D. Agustin
Arguilles, who has long resided in this country, has been
recalled, and named one of the Supreme Council of Spain
and the Indies. He has been long known as one of the
most eloquent, able, and disinterested men in Spain, and
as such was imprisoned in a dungeon during the long
period that elapsed between the return of Ferdinand, in
1315, and the revolution, in 1820. Since the subversion 11
of the constitution in 1823, he has lived in England, in
honourable retirement. We are glad to learn that his
friend Quadra is associated with him in his present ap-
pointment, and that General Alava, the friend of the Duke
of Wellington, has received the same mark of distinction
from the panish Government.
Moscoso is appointed successor to Burgos, instead of
Torreno, as formerly reported. • He is represented as a
most excellent man, and steady friend ofeonstitutional liberty.

The accounts received by letters from the
Leeward Islands concur in their statements of the
tranquillity which prevails in all the islands. It ap-
pears that at St. Christopher's the planters in one or
two instances have adopted the system of cultivating
the land by the plough with great success, and it is
supposed that this example will be followed in many
instances in the other islands, and will render the
planters more independent of negro labour. It will
not be long before the owners of estates will see the
advantage of letting them to enterprising and skilful
tenants, who will introduce such improvements as will
render it unnecessary to depend entirely on negro-
labour.

ORNITHOLOGY.—A specimen of that rare
bird the Hoopoe (Upupa Epops, of Linnmus) was
shot at Skibo last week. This rare and beautiful
visitant of our shores is very common in Egypt, where
it is seen in small flocks, and is ornamented with a
rich crest, consisting of a double row of feathers of a
pale orange yellow, tipped with black. The general
colour of the bird is brown, crossed by broad bars of
white.—Aberdeen Herald.

RARA AVM—Last week a martin's nest,
with full fledged young, was discovered on the pre-
mises of a farmer in Cowbit, near Spalding. As
early as six weeks ago a pair was observed hovering
about his house, and excited the attention of several
individuals.—Stamford News.
SINGULAR FEROCITY OF A CAT.—A few
weeks ago a woman belonging to Aberdeen, in travelling
from Paisley to Lasswade, stopped a night at a small
village south of Airdrie. In the house where she had
taken up her abode for the night there were two
Corpses lying—the landlady of the house and her son,
the latter of whom had met his death in the following
singular manner :—On the death of the landlady the
body had been laid out, according to the usual custom,
in an adjoining apartment. The same night, however,
it was discovered that a favourite cat belonging to the
house had got into where the corpse was lying, and
eaten away part of the face. The son went into the
room to drive away the cat, when, as if maddened by
the food on which it had been preying, it flew furiously
on him, and bit his arm in several places, mortification
took place, and spread so rapidly that in two hours
after he was a corpse.— Western Independent.
A MONSTER.—On Sunday night last,
about eight o'clock, as Miss Eliza Hogan, a fine-
looking young woman, about 18 years of age, the
daughter of respectable parents residing at No. 15,
Pulteney-street, Islington, was returning home, after
having passed the evening with a few friends, on her
arrival near Ashby-street, St. John-street-road, she
was met by a tall thin fellow, attired in black, with a
ferocious countenance, who interrupted her progress in
a rude manner. The young lady endeavoured to avoid
him, but he followed her for several yards, when he
sought an opportunity when there were no passengers
near the spot, and rushing towards her, he made a
stab at her with an instrument which he had in his
hand, and it penetrated the whole of her clothes, and
inflicted a deep and dangerous wound in her groin.
The monster instantly ran away, as fast as possible,
down St. John-street-road. The young lady screamed
" Murder," and, weltering in her blood, she
hastened, .as well as she was able, to a green-
grocer's shop a short distance from Ashby-street,
on entering which she fainted away. It
was immediately discovered that she hadbeen wounded,
on which she was instantly carried to the house of
Mr. Wilson, surgeon, of Northampton-square, who
promptly attended to her, and dressed the wound,
which was very deep, and must, from the formation,
have been inflicted by a dirk, or some similar instru-
ment. The young lady, on being restored to her
senses, was extremely exhausted through loss of blood,
and she was immediately placed in a hackney-coach,
and conveyed to the residence of her disconsolate pa-
rents, where she is now confined to her bed in a dan-
gerous condition. Her parents endeavoured to elicit
from her as full a description as possible of the mon-
ster's person, &c., and yesterday information was given
at the various police-offices and station-houses in the
metropolis of the atrocious act, and it is hoped that
the wretch may shortly be discovered and brought to
condign punishment.