Star. — London, England, 1823-07-28 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS OF FRIDAY. The Paris Journals of Friday, and intelligence from Bayonne to the 510th inst. have reached us. The fot mer contain a brief account of a sortie made by the Spainards from the Isle of Leon and Trocadero, bich, it is said, was repulsed on all point‘:. This is doubtful, as the sortie was made with 90:)0 men, who wire ptntected by the batteries. Front Bayonne we ve the following seANISH OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF INI , -I.INoN DEL REY. " BARCELONA, JULY 8, Fight o'Clock, P. M. VIVA LA SIACIoN ! •IVA LA CoNSTITI:CIoN! TI AN SUS VALIENTIS Ul FENSOMES " The national arms are covered with glory. The Lieutenant- General commanding, ad interims, the Army of Operations, this morning attacked the enemy much beyond the bridge of Molinos tiel Rey, and having succeeded in drawing hint from positions which he intrepidly attacked, he war twice repulsed and obliged to fall back, leaving the field and the bridge cowered with killed and wounded ; the third attack was no less fatal to hint ; but our valiant troupe, wearied by so much slaughter, retired from their. yhition in perfect order. " Th- attack directed by lieutenant-General Molter; much bernd the positions of Marterell, had the same result. The e::enty twice endeavoured to make himself master of them, and both times repulsed by our musketry and grape-shot: his los.. is incaleltable ; death and terror prevailed in his rank;. Our troops, wearied, and filled with horror at such slaughter, fol lowed the movement of the other divisions, retiring in the greatest order. The troops of the garrison, which supported and aided the e7.ertiuns of the Army of Operations, valiantly attacking the slaves un the side a Espulgas, and driving them front their positions, have covered themselves vs kh glory. " The e: any lost in this memorable attack 800 killed, and' above ,000 wounded: our position did not permit us to take advantage of the confusion which prevailed in the enemy's ranks, Out irg the attack, to make some hundred prisoners. Our loss has been so very small, that it is not worth speaking of, except to do justice to the memory of 50 brave Spaniards, who have sacrificed themselves fur the country and liberty, and as many others who are wounded. We have always fought in advan tageous positions. The army retired in the greatest order to Santa Colunna, without losing sight of this place and of Tarragona. " The troops of the Itue, the volunteers, the Miquelets, have all covered themselves with glory ; which I communicate to you to be announced to the heroic inhabitants. " The Chief of the Staff, SAN MIGUEL. " To the Political Chief of Barcelona." FROM THE JOURNAL DES DEBATS. PARIS, JULY 25. " INTELLIGENCE FROM SPAIN. " A telegraphic dispatch from Madrid, dated July 21, an nounces that the enemy, to the number of about 9000 men, and protected by all his batteries, made a sortie on the 16th from the Isle of Leon and the Trocadero. lie was repulsed on all points, with the loss of 1500 men. Our loss was inconsiderable. " On the 13th General Molitor took the fortress of Lorca.— Ile continues his march on Grenada. " General Bourck, after a very smart affair, blockaded Co runna on the 15th."_ _ _ MADRID, JULY 19. The Madrid Gazette contains the following article " IBRA LTA tt, Jutm 3.—The 15th of June the criminals con demned to the chain in the fortress of Ceuta, surprised their guards, and having closed the gates of the citadel, proclaimed the absolute King. It was to be presumed that they calculated upon some support in the fortress, but there was no movement what ever, and they were in consequence compelled to surrender at discretion ; about 40 of these wretches have suffered death with great sangfroid, without any form of trial, or any spiritual aid. * A few day* afterwards the report was circulated that the soldiers of the garrison, informed of the state of the Peninsula, and fearing the distress which would threaten the fortress (almost the whole garrison, consisting of 2,000 exiles, being already re duced to half rations), would begin to feel and express the ne cessity and the obligation of submitting to the King. The evert ing of the Ist instant, some grenadiers of the battalion of Va lencia, having purchased some red ribands, this kind of conver sation became so general that the Chiefs and the eraltado officers hastened in alarm to their quarters, formed the troops in line, harangued them in the usual deceitful language, and gave them abundance of wine. The torment appeared to tranquillized, and they conducted them before the melancholy stone of the Constitution to give their usual visas. " The symptoms of discontent however redoubled in the night, the troops appeared disposed to insurrection, and to depose from the command the Governor-General, Alvaro Maria Chacon, and give it to General Joseph O'DonneL The Governor assembled during the night those of the dominant faction, and the result of their conferences was, to embark the next day General O'Don mei, General Joachim iarra, and the Brigadiers P. Gaztelie and J. Lacardo (the three latter are officers transported from Valencia for baying refused to authorize the horrible assassination of the glorious martyr of liberty, General Elio), giving them passports for this place, where they have arrived, and have been very well received. " It is stated that last night and this morning the firing of cannon and musquetry was heard at Ceuta, where there is still a very considerable parry of officers and soldiers in favour of the King, nor would it be astonishing to see triumph the just cause which they defend. The French squadron is sailing hither, and it is supposed intends to proceed to Ceuta, but nothing certain is yet known." The Madrid Gazette also gives an account ofa cor respondence between General Itucco and the Ministry at Cadiz. The General refused the appointment of second-in command of the Army of Andalusia, but offered to traverse the provinces of the Peninsula and rouse the public feeling, if he were suoplied with ,500 infantry, WO cavalry, and 100,000 piastres. This proposition was refused. The Deputy Monitigo GUERRA has published reasons for resigning his func tions. He says, according to the Gazette, that ig after having witnessed the failure of all his efforts for re• establishing the Ministry or FLORES ESTRADA and his colleagues, the only legitimate Administration, and knowing that he himself is persecuted by the li tsci ticide faction which goveins Cadiz, he quits that island, so worthy of a better fate! But he announces that lie will not yet abandon Spain. The only means, he adds, of saving Cadiz, would have been to give General lttr.oo the chief command of the Army of Andalusia; but Cadiz, confined to its own defence, must fall." BAYONNE, JULY 19. A private letter from Madrid of the 16th says, that an alliance offensive and defensive has been con cluded between the Regency •and Portugal. The pro jectiles requited for the siege of Cadiz are embarking here with all diligence. We have again heard a can nonade on the side of St. Sebastian. Marshal Lau riAon is !Ain here. The mail of the 15th from Ma drid brings but iittic news ;the Gazette contains some Decrees of the Regency, which shews that it follows the same system of rigour towards the opposite party, ilich has caused much dissatisfaction and alarm. An account from Siguenaa of the 12th says, that a corps of Constitutional Lancers, partly composed of officers, having advanced to Huete and Sacedon, ' the Royalists attempted to repulse them, but were roughly treated by the Lancers, who killed a consi derable number of them, and then took the direction ut" Arragon. A serious action is said to have taken place in the Isle of Leon, in which General liourde sOult is said to have been wounded: /here is no news of Mina. Letters from Saragossa speak of a warm ac tion at Martorell between the division of Donna dieu And the Constitutional troops commanded by Llobera, in which our troops are said to have sus. tZS!ffe m-Z tained considerable loss, in consequence of their hay ing cornbatted on very unfavourable ground. FROM THE PILOTE. BAYONNF„ JULY 19. Brigadier-General de Jeurnonville arrived last night from Madrid, said to be intrusted with an im portant mission horn the Prince Generalissimo to the King. The Empecinado, after having summoned Zamora and Toro to surrender to the Constitutionalists, matched rapidly on Valladolid, where he set at li berty the citizens arrested by the Royalists. To shew their gratitude, they enrolled under his standard. The Castilles are full of Constitutional partisans, and the Captain-General has only 2000 men under his orders, which is very little in proportion to 'the im mense extent of the provinces. FROM THE CONSTITUTION NEL. BAYONNE. JULY 19. The following paragraphs are extracted from the Restaurador of the 12th : " It is said that the Empecinado makes excursions to the en virons of Valladolid, and that he has set at liberty 44:X) Constitu tionalists who have joined him. " The Militia of Madrid, and those of Seville, to the number of from seven to eight hucidred, under the orders of the Ex-Po litical Chief of Huelva, have spread themselves as free corps through the country of Mehl.' ; a battalion has been sent in pur suit of them. _ _ " Letten from :Montero state, that a free corps of 7,00 men has entered Ardova." FROM THE QUOTIDIENNE. PARIS, JULY 25. The report was in circulation yesterday e►ening, that the news which the Government has recei►ed from Spain by espress is very satisfactory. General Bourck, in concert with Morillo, according to tlie,e accounts, had completely routed the Constitutional troops under Quiroga, and was about to enter Co runna. On the other side, the troops of Ballasteros had been dispersed by General Molitor, who was marching upon Grenada. Mim DISTRESSES IN IRELAND. AMEETING of the NOBILITY, GENTRY, PROFESSIONS, BANKERS, MERCHANTS, and MASTER MANUFACTURERS, will be held at the CITY or LONDON TAVgaN, TO-MORROW, the , 29th instant, relative to the present STATE of IRELAND. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'Cloa precisely. ROBERT OWEN. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, JULY 28, 1823. rp We regret that the Letter of Q. reached us too late to. day, to make the use of it that the writer intended. TILE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 82k, I, at which price they remain steady. The assertion in a Paper of Saturday, that the French were going to recross the Ebro, is not credited in the City, and is suspected to be a stock-jobbing manoeuvre. The Expresses from Paris this morning bring the Reines at 91f. 75c. Spanish 563. French Loan at Paris two per cent. pr. New Spanish Bonds opened at 33, and wenCdown to 523. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 224 223 1 / 4 3 per Cent. Reduced 82 5 / 8 1/8 V 43 per Cent. Consols 82 1 / 8 81 3 / 8 3 1 4 1 / 4 4 per Cents. Old 99 1 /i Va 4 per Cents. New 100% y Bank Long Annuities 21 20 1.5-16 Exchequer Bills (E 1,000) 31s. 28s. 295. 275. Small ditto 38s. 28s. pre. Consols tot Account 82 1 / 4 % 811 /2 7 8 % % EXPRESSES FROM PARIS. • This forenoon we received two Expresses from Paris, bringing the French papers of Saturday, and the Pilots of yesterday. The following are extracts: FROM THE MONITEUR OF SATURDAY--(OFFICIAL.) PARIS, JULY 26. The following Circular has been addressed, by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Ambassadors and Ministers of the Maritime Powers accredited at the Court of France. The Ambassadors of his Majesty residing with these Powers will receive a similar communication. A second Circular notifying the blockade of Co- runna and Ferrol, has also been addressed by the Mi.' nister for Foreign Affairs to the Diplomatic Agents, which we shall publish to-morrow. " Monsieur l'AmbassadeOr—The French Govern ment, faithful to the principles of generosity which it manifested in not issuing letters of marque, and leaving commercial vessels. to pass freely, did riot think it necessary to announce the effectual blockade of the ports of Spain, before which it had established cruisers. It was thought that the laws of war and of na tions were so well known, and that the liberal con duct of France would be so well appreciated, that no attempt would be made to force the formal blockade, and revictual the places besieged by the forces by land and sea of his Most Christian Majesty. Erre' ience has proved that the French Govern ment has been deceived. Every day vessels under different flags attempt to introduce provisions and ammunition into the ports of Cadiz, Barcelona, San tona, and St. Sebastian. Several of these vessels, particularly at Cadiz, have been captured by his Ma jesty's cruisers, and their cargoes placed in depot. 1 " The Government of his Majesty, desiring to pre vent the subjects of neutral Powers exposing them selves any longer to the inconvenience of carrying on commercial communications with the blockaded ports, finds itself compelled to declare that the ports of Cadiz, Barcelona, Santana, and St. Sebastian, are strictly blockaded. " I pray to your Govt ably to the any nation ports aborementioned, will be seized by the forces of his Majesty, and confiscated. et The Government of the King hopes that the measures it has adopted will not be of long dhration, but that the blockaded por:s will soon be re-opened to the commerce of every State.--I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) gi CHATEAUBRIAND. " Paris, July '24, 18'25." A Telegraphic Dispatch from Toulon, dated the 24th instant, announces that the brig la . Gazelle, of , 16 carronades, commanded by M. Lalande, and the Levrier, had sailed to, oin our vessels cruizing before Barcelona. The corvette the Victoiieuse, forming part of our naval division in the Mediterranean, under the orders of Admiral Baron Rotours, proceeded to Peniscola on the 13th inst. when the Captain, M. de Cheffon• taines summoned the Governor of the fortress to sub mit to the Royal lLgency at Madrid. This place is strongly blockaded• by the Spanish Royalists; it is very badly provisioned, and much dis content prevails in the garrison ; but, not ithstand ing this, the Commandant, who is one of the Judges of General Elio, and fears he would not obtain pardon, refuses eves y arrangement. FROM THE DRAPEAU BLANC. General Donnadieu has asked leave of absence to go to Bari iege-, until an old wound from which he suffers is well. The latest accounts state that Mina with 9,000 men is marching for Upper Catalonia, by which means he may again get into the rear of our army, and cause some confusion on our frontiers. Ministers have been warned of the serious faults committed, in defiance of the courage and ardour of our troops. .The army of Catalonia has committed three great faults. Ist. When the Marshal had 9000 men in presence of 10,000 Constitutionalists, and remained ten days without attacking them. 2dly. When General St. Priest pursued Mina in the mountains and in Cerdagne, and General Donna dieu solicited daily that the Marshal would leave Vique, to cut off Mina's retreat, which was refused. idly. When Generals Donnadieu and Curial com pletely defeated the Constitutionalists at Molins del Rey and at Martorel, and Donnadieu wished to pur. sue the enemy, sword in hand, to Villa Franca, but was prevented against his will. This last fault was the most serious, because Mina has again thrown himself into the mountains in the rear of our army, which will be obliged to march again in pursuit of him, when the blockade of Barcelona cannot be continued. PORT SAN MARIE, JULY 17. The following are some details of the affair of the 6th, before Cadiz: At five o'clock in the morning, the enemy, to the number of eight or nine thousand men, supported by the fire of sixty heavy pieces of artillery and nine gun-boats, made a sortie in six columns from the Isle of Leon, to attack the different points of our line. These columns, after having passed the canal near fort Sainte Petri, formed under the protection of their batteries, and commenced their movements. To de ceive the enemy, Bourdesoulle ordered his troops to retreat; when the enemy had advanced only 20 steps, the impetuosity of his troops commenced the charge. Although the enemy, protected by his numerous ar tillery, was overthrown at all points, and retreated with considerable loss, the enemy demanded a truce of three hours to bury their dead. Admiral Hamelin has prevented the fishermen from leaving Cadiz." " Madrid, July 21, Six o'Clock at Night. . _ _ d‘ The two frigates blockade the Port of Corunna, in which General Quiroga is shut up. Morillo, with his troops, marches on Saint Jacques de Compostell ; in a few days Gallicia will be delivered of the revo lutionists." PERPIGNAN, JULY 16. Our troops were on the 14th beyond Molinos del Rey, approaching the gates of Barcelona. The Go.. yernor of the place issued orders to send out of that town all persons who had not laid in provisions. Government at Cadiz, 44 in consequence of the nn. heard•uf insult put upon his Catholic MAJESTY at Seville ;" but permi:s him to remain at Lisbon as a private individual. Count PALMELLA, in making this known to the Foreign Ministers, observes, that " this measure by no means involves any hostile dis position towards Spain ;" an important declaration, certainly, and which refutes the assertions in the French Journals, that Portugal would assist France in the war against Spain. The following are extracts BATONSR, JULY 17. The •essels which are to carry ammunition to St. Mary's will soon be readyto sail ; 130 pieces of artil lery are expected for the attack of Cadiz. The inhabitants of Salamanca do not think them selves in safety, owing to there being in that neigh bourhood Constitutionalists. Ballasteros, who was at Grenada on the Ist of July, has entered Andalusia with his army. Lisbon Papers to the 14th inst. reached us this fore noon. The Junta appointed to prepare a Constitution for Portugal have commenced their labours. The object of his MAJESTY is stated to be "to promulgate a Code not destined to the developement of vain and abstract theories, but which may practically guarantee the most essential rights, and fix the public safety on solid bases, giving room for progressive amelio rations. If his MAJESTY does this, he will avoid the errors into which both parties in Spain have fallen; for, however culpable the Ultras may be in wishing to restore FERDINAND to absolute power, it is difficult to vindicate the Constitutionalists, in refusing todif to modify, or even amend a C onst i tut i on, which . sus WWI AIN juaL " I would willingly have remained with4all and in rhe ray you, Monsieur rAmbassador, to announce is certainly anything .but a model of perfectio,l this conjuncture, but the public interest is PAM a l —The King of PORTUGAL has refused to recognise this must always take place of every consider s *: whic Government and make known, that conform- Don MANUEL DE Actai-Aa as agent to the Spanish Colonel Sp the principles of maritime war, the vessels of / 31411 Nadi id ch. " I left my country to join the ranks of Lion whatsoever, that attempts to enter the • LISBON, JULY 7. The following is the form of the paper, which the Generals commanding in the provinces are to have signed by all those under their command, for the pur pose of executing, as far as they are concerned, the law of 20th June, this year: " I, the undersigned, hind myself rot to belong, from this thy forward, to any secret Society, subjecting myself, in case !should have the ndsfortune to fail in this promise, either by frequenting the said Societies or enrolling myself in them, to the penalty iv. posed by Article five of the law of 40th June, 182.1. " Quarten at of July, 18^3. ' A Portuguese brig, in ten days from the island of Terceira, brings word that the inhabitants of chit island received with great satisfaction the news from Ti az os Mantes, and resolved to proclaim the King independent ; that they had a meeting on the Ist of June in the Suburb of Angra, which was opposed by the Judge of that city, and the Military Authorities, but the people obtained their object, not without blood.hed, caused by their dislike to those who had adopted the system that then p governed. JULY 9.—On the 7th, the Junta created bs the de. tree of the 19. h of June, to prepare a plan for a Con stitution of the Portuguese Monarchy, had its first Sitting, in the Palace of the Rocio. All the Members composing the Junta being as. sembled, the Most Illustrious Marquis de PALMELLA addressed the Meeting in a speech to the f now. ing effect: , e When the Portuguese, by a spontaneous move ment, threw off the yoke of the iniquitous and dis organising faction which tyrannised over them, the unanimous sentiments which terror had testtained, loudly declared themselves, and all proclaimed the august name of the King our Sovereign, the saviour of the country, to whom the nation, with general and unlimited confidence, left the decision of its future destinies. vi This epoch in the history of Portugal will ter. tainly be immortal in the memory of mankind, and posterity will take example from the heroism and loyalty of a people, which knew how to remove is time the veil of error, and to stop at the brink of the precipice, to which it had been led by a perverse 'and ambitious sect, which, abusing the name of liberty, and announcing a visionary regeneration, aimed at dissolving all the bonds of society, plunging us in the horror of anarchy, and in a short time, would have effaced the illustrious name of Portugal from the map of Europe:' • His Excellency went at great length into a dug of the fatal effects produced by the sash measures l those who had promised the people all manner of blessings from the change which they had effected; these having led to general discontent, and to as unanimous resolution of the nation to restore his Ma. 0 jesty to his ancient situation, and to abjure the dee potism of the Cortes. The King, acting on the same grounds that had before induced him to adhere to the Constitution, now yielded to what he evidently saw to be the general wish of his people. But his Majesty, resuming his supreme power, seeks only to consolidate a Monarchy, in the organization of winch, i without losing sight of the ancient institutions of the Portuguese Government, the dignity of the Throne may be combined with the rights of the several classes in the State, and the security which the lot ought to afford to every individual. His Majesty desires to promulgate a code not destined lobe developement of vain and abstract theories ; but whirl may practically guarantee the most essential right', and fix the public safety on solid bases, giving rocs for progressive ameliorations, and preserving a Pro' dent analogy with the wisest institutions of the 4 0 monarchies of Europe ; not only because their 34 * vantages have been proved by experience, bat I : 4 * cause outNntimate relations with other Skate °b et how desirable it is that the institutions of all 1121 , Powers may approximate to each other as much° possible. For this purpose his Majesty has been Pl eased to appoint the present Junta, of which I have thy honour to be President ; and which, being vier" of men of such acknowledged merit, will, doubtless , fulfil its hono.:rable commission, and draw up a Pl° of a Constitution worthy of his Majesty's Royal"' probation, and which may establish, for many art the happiness of the Portuguese nation. CORUNNA, JULY 10. The Diario Constitutional publishes the Prat l ° l ' tion of General Morillo, dated Lugo, June 96. 5/ Robert Wilson proposed to employ the Inskats o be received from England, to arm the militia cf runna, which was approved by General fittiralls' VIGO, JULY 1. The following Proclamation was issued by 5r Wilson, on leaving Vigo: " My dear Friends and Companions in AMA' I am just summoned to Corunna. people, I foreign e cerns ; t , which m my oblig serves its to defend " The military i perate, at the preset wi performa a right v and you I Britain w my treadi lul to it. 0 , Vigo, : Genera men from centratiul Sir Rol .sth: One powJer,ll Our pe 4th a fine Bourbon Itichemot possession To-day tial law, a sions for a the order By the Falmouth, 20th inst. waved ovt that Fern; opposition Corn:lna s ( bombardit Sir Robert Wrist s and The inhabi in defendit the Tartar out a long This vessel A privat dated the lowing nue se We ha our garriso army, whit and 16th ; marched o proaching rnendous.c, and before rison made ensued, wh The canna 16th with g made seve garrison wi on the 161 under him, a wound, w " On the ous bornbai with much being well of the ene withdrawn have been e The inhabi fence of th the artiller wounded i writing thi! ceased ; bul mediate vir tigue of tt this place t the system upon, was this place the garrisr that the Fr It appea -have anis( son when -greatest pa tl 400. The Vigniand men, the a id certaii :mined that Command, sether The Frencl The spani of the tow,