There is at length a report from Spain of a
Christino victory. According to the following statement of the Military Commandant of the Province of Xeres, who professes to have received his in- formation from Count MIRASOL, an officer of NARVAEZ, that General has come up with GOMEZ, and defeated him.
" Oa the 25th of November, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the division under the command of Narvaez encountered the faction under the command of the rebel Gomez, near Arcos. The rebels were to the number of three batta- Benz of Aragon, five of Valencia, and four of Castile, with 900 cavalry. Bri- gadier-General Narvaez attacked them without regarding their strength, and drove them from position to position as far as the Sierra of Aznar, which posi- tion the enemy, already benighted, also lost. The only cavalry under Narvaez, Which consisted but of 210 horse, did prodigies of valour ; and the panic. stricken enemy, dispersed on every side, reassembled about half-past twelve at night, to the number of 2000, at N'illamartin. Brigadier-General Narvaez watts a thousand horse marched after them on the 26th, at three o'clock, to consummate his work ; and will proceed this night towards Montellano, fol- lowed by General Rivero with 9000 infantry. Those who are acquainted with the Sierra de Aznar will appreciate the great merit of the division of Narvaez, in having carried by night this position, which was defended by three batta- lions. The troops of Narvaez saw perfectly the convoy of their plunder, which consisted of an i:nmease quantity of baggage ; but the troops of her Majesty the Queen had only to seek out the enemy and exterminate them."
We hope that this victory will prove a real advantage; not like the one by which ALAIX " exterminated" GONIEZ some weeks ag.o. leaving the marauding chieftain to continue his pillage at pleasure. From the above account, it is evident that NARVAEZ only " saw perfectly," but did not recover, the plunder and baggage from GOMEZ; and we learn from the Courier, that letters from Cadiz meation the arrival of the plundering chief at Algesiras, no weld distance from Cadiz, with his usual luck, without encoun- tering any resistance. It is observable, too, that the cavalry of NARVAEZ is increased, in the despatch, from 210, with which he attacked Gomez, to 1,000 after the battle. We suspect it will turn out that there has been an engagement, and that GOMEZ has actually gained the advantage, inasmuch as he has escaped with his plunder.
At the latest accounts, Bilboa still held out; though the Carl- ists had repulsed ESPARTERO, and taken the convent of St. Au- gustine, said to be the key of Bilboa.
There was some disturbance in Madrid on the 28th and 29th of November. A battalion of the fourth regiment of Royal Guards mutinied, but were reduced to obedience by the National Guard.
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