The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-07-29 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

FOREIGN INTEL L IGENCE.

SPAIN.

SARAGOSSA, JULY 17.—Cabrera was surprised, on the 14th, at
Morovo, a column of Christinos composed of one thousand
men. After an obstinate resistance the Christinoes were com-
pelled to retreat, leaving in the hands of Cabrera four hundred
prisoners. . . .

• Quilez, a few days since, pursued and completely beat Ge-
neral Montes ; it is said the Carlists made oue thousand pri-
soners.

Cabrera has now twenty-five thousand men.
The election has ended by the nomination of the old deputies,
determined opponents to Isturiz.
It is given as positive that Louis Philip intends advancing
Christina four millions of francs, in order to enable her to keep
the game alive some months longer.
The Carlist expedition, on the 16th, had reached Almazan
by the Soria road. There is nothing between them and Madrid.
BAYONNE, JULY '2o.—lt was stated at Saragossa that Ca-
brera was now at the head of 25,000 men, and that he had re-
quested Don Carlos to send a general to take the command-in-
chief of Aragon.
The Carlists are organizing, in Navarre, the 9th battalion of
Castile, which is to be formed entirely of Christino deserters
and prisoners who shall voluntarily embrace the cause of Don
Carlos. Another battalion of 1,200 recruits is likewise forming
in Estella. General Garcia, after leaving in that city the young
men he had pressed during his expedition, proceeded to the val-
ley of Ulzama.

General Bernelle has made & movement in the direction of
Estella, at the head of niu.e batallions, with a View it is said, of
attacking the place. Cordova has marched towards the Bo-
runda with a large column. The resignation of his command,
tendered by the French General, has, I am told, been accepted
by the Spanish government.

-ESPECETA, JULY 21.—The accounts received from the Royal
Headquarters are dated Villafranca, the 19th. The Bishop of
Leon had reached that city late in the afternoon.
Private letters give us as positive information that Cordova and
Villareal had an interview on the 16th, which lasted for some
hours !! ! There were many conjectures about the interview,
which it would be imprudent, if not hazardous to publish. A
very short time will bring forth strange events.
It is reported to-day, and generally believed, that Espartero
has been appointed commander-in-chief of the army of the
north in the room of General Cordova, whose resignation had
been accepted! This looks strange, very strange, particularly
when coupled with my previous paragraph.
The belligerent armies throughout the provinces of Guipuzcoa,
Alava, and Biscay are in a complete state of inaction. In Na-
varre General Garcia had made a successful' tour through the
Ribero as far as Lodosa, which place he actually entered. He
has got together within eight days upwards of '2,000 recruits.
Several heavy pieces of artillery were being transported to the
neighbourhood of Puente la Reyna.
The Asturian expedition, notwithstanding the surprise of
Lopez, is proceeding and gathering strength each day. Let-
ters from Corunna, dated the 9th, state "that seventeen vessels
had entered that port from Gijon with 500 of its inhabitants
and a great deal of furniture. Such was the state of Gijon that
all the artillery had been either thrown into the sea or spiked :
the whole of the garrison had taken to flight."
A letter from Madrid, dated the 17th, written by the ex-
Deputy Collada, makes mention of the great hatred to Cordova
by all classes of people in the metropolis, and that, were he not
stronger than the ministers, he would have been long since sent
to the right-about.
BAYONNE, JULY 21.—0 n the 17th instant Baron de Meer
and General Bernelle marched out of Pampeluna; the oue at
the head of five Spanish battalions, and the other with four bat-
talions of the French legion and 100 horses, and proceeded in
the direction of Puente la Reyna. On the same day the column
of the Ribera, under the orders of Brigadier Iribarren, arrived
at Larraga.
Early in the morning of the 19th the two former columns
marched from Puente la Reyna towards Larraga, to join the
troops of the Ribero, and having formed into two divisions,
marched, the one towards Allo and Oteyza, and the other to-
wards Estella.

The Carlists followed the movement of the Christino forces
and on the 19th five battalions, commanded by Gen. Garcia,
occupied Manera•a,nd Ciranqui, and four others, with two pieces
of artillery and 180 horses, under Brigadier Zariategui, posted
themselves at Dicastillo. Garcia advanced towards the heights
of Oteyza, situate between Dicastillo, Estella, and Larraga;
and as both armies there came in presence, the firing commenced
about 10 o'clock in the morning. The courier who brought
this intelligence having left at that moment, the result of the
affray is not known.

I a►n credibly informed that Villareal and Cordova had a few
days hence a long interview together. Although noth►ng has
yet transpired respecting the nature of that meeting of the two
Chiefs, yet I cons►der myself warranted in stating that its object
was more favourable to the cause of Don Carlos than that of the
Queen.