The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-01

Tho Spanish Insurreotionsry Move
ment-A sharp Battle and Serious
Defeat OF tho Cariists.
We are specially informed by telegram from
London that advices have been received In the
British capital from Spain which report that
the Carlist insurrection against Amadeus is
extending rapidly in the kingdom, and
that disaffection to the royalist cause
has made it's appearance in the ranks
of the regular army. The armed
Carlists are still in the field and In con-
siderable strength, and have been again in
contact with the royalists at certain points.
Dispatches dated In Madrid yesterday evening
announce that a severe battle was fought be-
| tween the troops of the Grown and the in
surgents at Tudela, in Navarro, and that the
Carlists were defeated, with heavy loss 1t is
said that three hundred men of the revolution
| ary army were killed and wounded. The
severity of the conflict may be taken, per-
haps, as an attestaton of the sincerity
of the vanquished in the cause of the invader.
It does not seem, however, that the move
ment, 10 any dangerous extent, commands the
sympathy of the Spanish people, although we
know that very heavy fall in tho value of Sc
curities has taken place in the Spanish Bourse.
We have no contradiction Of the news that
Catalonia has been declared in state of siege,
and that insurreotionary forces are concen-
trated in large numbers in Navarro, Guipuzcoa
and Biscay. But the general tone Of the intel
ligence encourages the belief that Spain is not
in sympathy with movement which is essen
TALLY reactionary, and that the insurrection,
such o. it is, will be short lived The appear
ance Of the government troops is the signal soT
the fight Of the insurgents and Marshall Ser
rano, in congraiulatory proclamation to his
troops, claims that the people in the disturbed
districts stand by the government. ~
1t Is TO be noted that the railroad and tele-
graphic communication. which was inter
rupted, has been re-established between Ba-
yonne and Madrid. 1t is also deserving Of at
tention that Don Carlos has not yet had the
temerity to trust himself personally to his
gallant adherents on Spanish SOIL Why, if
the instruction be on so grand scale as
some would have us believe, does not the
champion Of legitimacy and divine right show
faith in his own cause and share the fortune
of his friends, instead of speaking of such
action
1t was for time believed that the re-
publicans, to serve their own cause and
to advance their own interests, would join
theinsurgents, taking advantage of the absence
of the regular troops from the large cities to
make the large cities their own. It was also
expected, and even confidently stated, that the
radical section Of the progresstas now under
the lead of ZorriDa, and since last year alien
ated from their former associates, would swell
the republican ranks and give character
as well as impetus to the revolution. 1t was
meyer our opinion that the republicans,
who have only to wait to win, would disgrace
their cause by entering into an unholly alli-
Gnce with the representatives of legitimacy and
divine rght-their natural and hereditary enc
mics. 1t was inconceivable that high-souled
man like CASTELAR, could sanction so upright
eous compact, and we find that he
has been repudiated by the extremists of
his party for his adhesion to the cause
of the Crown. AS little could we believe
that Zorrilla, the friend and private secretary
Of Prim, the master spirit Of the progresistas
when the progresistas were as yet disunited,
would, because of his difference with Sagasta
60 back on the nominee of his unfortunate
chief. Our cable reports show that our opinions
were well founded, for everywhere throughout
Spain the republicans and the progresstas are
rallying to the support Of the government, and
Zorrilla has accepted an appointment from the
King and at the head of a column of gov
eminent troops has set out for Navarro. The
appointment Of Zorrilla, it is said, has had the
happiest effect. 1t has made an end of doubt
ing and, in spite Of the disaffection of certain
extreme republicans and certain extreme radi-
Gals who rebel against CASTELAR, and Zorrilla,
the feeling is general that the cause of Don
Carlos is hopeless.
In connection with the gene raj question it
Is interesting TO notice the attitude assumed
by the government of President Theirs towards
the Spanish instruction. The President of
the French republic has given the world good
reason to believe that he is not opposed to
republican institutions. President Theirs,
however, knows that the cause represented by
Don Carlos has nothing in common with the
progressive liberalism Of the age; he knows
that the instruction in Spain, if successful in
the sense in which its original promoters wish
it to be successful, cannot do good, but evil;
and hence the official decree prohibiting
Frenchmen, under heavy penalties, from taking
any part in the Spanish instruction. 1t is
gratifying also to know that so enthusiastic q
representative Of the divine right principle as
Colonel Charette, formerly in the service of the
Pope has engaged to prevent the Pontifcal
troops now in France taking any part in
the Spanish struggle. Our news is thus tolera-
bly, convincing that in Spain the instruction
is not rich with promise, and that out of Spain