The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-11-10 00:00:00

WE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SPAIN.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

ITURMENDT, October 30, Eleven o'clock, p.m.—Costal:m.l
DEFEAT OF THE ARMY OF THE QUEEN NEAR VITTOHIA.--I
this day send
you a hasty account of the most brilliant victory
as vet gained by the Carlists. You are aware that I give not
hastily credence to reports favourable to either party, and that
when I do send you as positive the result of an important en-
gagement, you may place implicit confidence in all I state. I I
am aware that, immediately after a sanguinary battle, it is pro- I
bable that the statement' of the number of killed and wounded is
exaggerated, In the present instance, independent of my
private letter from Mondragon, I have seen a person who was I
present on the field of battle; he fully corroborates all that is
stated by my informant.
" MONDILGON, Oct. 29.-=Victory ! V ictory ! Victory The
valiant Cordova and his brave army .have been gloriously
beaten. Yesterday •the Carlist General Villareal, having re-
ceived information of the plans of the Queenites, determined on
attacking them, and for that purpose marched forward in the
direction, of the plains Hof Alegria. The Christinos attempted to
save themselves, and ultimately succeeded in retreating on
Arrieta and Salvatierra; their force was 12,000 infantry and
cavalry. 'Villareal captured one piece of artillery, and made
120 dragoons, completely mounted, prisouers.
" The'same night (the 2.3 th) the Christinos attempted to es-
cape from Salvatierra, by taking the high road to Vittoria, but,
at the time when least expetited, the Carlists surrounded them
on all sides, and poured down on them destructive and mur
derous fire. The loss of the Christinos is 6000 men hors (I-
combat: The Carlists have made 3000 prisoners, taken all the
enemy's artillery, and an immense quantity of muskets. The
battle lasted part of the day of the 29th. I trust to-morrow to
be able to send you the full particulars of this most importano
affair."
• it is a most singular fact that, last year, on the 28th and 29th
of October, the brave Zumalacarreguy 'completely defeated the
Christinos on the plains of Alegria, :naking 2000 prisoners, and
taking all their artillery, the first that fell into the hands of the
Carlists. The present victory was gained ou the 28th and 29th
of October, and on the same plains of Alegria. The Carlist
force in the above affair was 25 battalions of infantry, 900 ca-
valry, and four pieces of artillery.
General •Gemez, ou the 27th reviewed, near Durango, 9000
Castilian troops.
The English auxiliaries make occasional excursion» into the
suburbs of Bilboa, but never beyond the range of the heavy ar-

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tillery placed on the newly-erected forts. -
• The Infant Don Sebastian, son of tho Princess Beira, dis-
embarked on the 30th at Footarabia, from on board an English
vessel. He proceeded immediately to the head-quarters of Don
Carlos at Aisasua.

.A Danish lugger has been carried into Saint Sebastian hav-
ing on board 12 pieces .)f artillery and a great many muskets.
The Captain says that it was his intention to sell his cargo to
the highest bidder. I feel certain that the artillery was not in-
tended for Don Carlos, excepting as a purchaser, from whom a
high price could be obtained.