The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-06 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

SI'AIN.
( Front the correspondence of the Times.)
D7esao, Nov. 19, General Eguia's Head-quarters.—In my
letter of yesterday i mentioned that, owing to the increasing
numbers of the Christinos column under Espartero, Eguia in-
tenited to klot•k•ide the town and remove the cannon. How-
ever, it now a opeais that the Ch risti no general is afraid to attack
ViLareal. will therefore continue the siege as soon as
permit. The cannon are therefore to remain
batteries: The weather has been so very bad—in fact,
for ten d sit has rained almost incessantly—that the roads are
gbetr,if l'OritSsable. This tom ding two men were caught coining
(Not ..f Eilooa with despab•hes from the governor of the town to
Esoarter.). They were hid ii. the collars of their coats. Both
of tivi then ,v-dre•leyt by order of Villareal. The garrison con-
tinues 1.0 'ire.at.oe,. batteries. Two. deserters from the town say
th.mr the Cliristinos in the Convent of St. Augustin,
on the first day'S' :ittaek. was 700 killed and wounded. The
soldiers of the line wished to surretideri but the Urbanas would
notliston to it. •
, Nov. 2l.—At last we have got a fine day. Should it conti-
nue, we shall most likely commence the attack tin the Convent
of St. Augustin to-morrow. This day has been employed in
placing five cannon about 30 0 yards in the rear of the bridge of
Luchana, so as to command a part of the river, should any
steamer attempt to come up. Eguia has also sunk a great quan- .
tity of boats across the river between Bilboa and San Mainez.
The Christinos gun-boats and fort of Desierto have been firing
tit the battery 'making near Luchana for the five guns, but- no
:*shot came within 300 yards of them. Ahead of the gun-boats
7.. is an English brig-of-war, which has not fired at the Carlists ;
most likely not wishing to throw away their shot ia the.ridicu-
-tons manner the Christinos sailors do. Should the weather
continue fine we shall most likely be able to fire against the
town to-morrow. Espartero has made a flank movement to his
left, and is now at Castro, on the south-east, with 10,0 X) men.
Villareal has tent part of his forces to Sotninorostrii; which is
halfway between Espartero and Portugalette. By this move-
ment the Christinos cannot advance to the latter town without
Treat logs, the Carlisle being in possession of 'a bridge they
must pass. Should Villareal obtain a complete victory, it
would be attended with the most extensive and important con-
sequences. Or a defeat I think there is no chance; the nature.
of this country is in favour of Villareal in fact, he would find
it dittic.ilt to adopt any line of march from Portugalette to
Bilboa, where he will find a -strong line of defensive positions.
'Espartero knows this; and my own opinion, is, that he will not
attack the Carlists. Why lose so much tithe? I hear that
Evans made a 'sortie yesterday, and was repulsed. The night is
`fine; we certainly shall open our batteries to-morrow. St.
Augustin will be in ruins by to-morrow night. Of the garrison.'
'there is no doubt they will defend themselves well. They know
what they deserve; at least, I know what they. deserve, for
'firing on a flag of truce and killing the officer, and this in
•answer to their own letter. •
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Nov. 22.-1 open my letter to say we attacked the convent
;airtin to-day, - but without success. The town will. now be
blockaded.

PORTUGA L.
( Private correspondeiwe of the Times.)
LISBON, Nov 26.-1 regret to say much dissatisfactida has
manifested itself among the troops in the Aletntejo, fomented
by the agents of Don Miguel, whose appearance there, well sa
plied with money to buy them over, has unfortunately bee
tended with considerable success.
At Brava, a French colonel with a number of Miguelite
lowers, have eStablished their quarters near Malaga, for the pur-
pose of recruiting end organising a force for the Don, which,
upon being known, the authorities sent a force of the national
guard in pursuit of them, who wounded and took prisoners a
lieutenant-cohinel, Jeao Carvalho Roza, and a few of his fol-
lo.s ?vs.
On the 18th instant a steam-boat, supposed to be one of the
expedition in the cause of Don Miguel, expected from the States
of Ni.elena, ale; pared on the coast of Algarve, and was seen and
chased by th I).trtuguese schooner of war Liberal, but, through
the darknes of the night, they lost sight of it. It is conjectured,
from the number of vessels cruising there, viz., the Magicienne
and Partridge, (British,) L'Oreste, (French,) Tagus,
and Liberal, (Portnguese,) that they will find it a tiIifICUIL mat-
ter to effect a landi-g. . _ . . _

Exchange upon 1;Onglon at thirty clays' sight, 56 per milree.