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THE EVENING STAIt. LONDON. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1823. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consob opened at S$ I, but afterwards got up to 831 for account, at which price they remain steady. The Expresses from Paris bring the French Rentes on Tuesday, at DI f. 75 c. Spanish 36 ; Ducats 761 ; French Scrip at Paris, Si. FOREIGN FUNDS. Colombian Bonds have risen this morning to 64, owing to accounts from Bogota, of the 19th of Islay, stating that the Colombian Loan would be rallied. Spanish Bonds opened at 3S:g to i; French Scrip 21, little doing; New Prussian 321; Russian 85i e ; paths sae; Co lombian 64g. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced 833/8 % 54 3 per Cent. Consols 82 5 / 8 83 82% 3 1 / j per Cts. 96 1 / 2 -4 per Cts.Old 100 1 / 2 1 / 2 A 4 per Cents. New 101% Y 8 % Bank Long Annuities 21 5-16 3-16 India Stock 257 1 / 1 258—India Bonds 58s. 595.. South Sea Stock 93 7 / 8 Exchequer Bills (E 1,000) 30s. 295. 31s. Small ditto 30s. 335. Consols tot Account 8278 3 / 4 83 1 / 2 827. 83. REPULSE OF THE FRENCH AT CORTJNNA SIR ROBERT WILSON AND COLONEL LIGHT WOUNDED. We have received intelligence from Corunna of as late a date as the evening of the 16th instant. On that and the preceding day the French troops, 8000 men, under General BoL•ncc, attacked the town, and, it is said, were defeated with the loss of 700 or 800 men. The Spanish troops were commanded by QUIROOA, Sir ROSSRT WILSON, to whom the charge of one of the batteries had been assigned, and Senor Vtoo, the Governor of Corunna. Sir Rostar Wilms and Co- lonel Licur were wounded in the action. The haste with which the vessel that brings the intelligence quitted Corunna, leaves the account somewhat im perfect, and we wait with much anxiety the next at : - rivals. The first account is from our own Corres pondent at Plymouth : PLYMOUTH, JULY fr 2, 1823. " This day the Spanish brig Augustine, five days from Corunna, arrived in this port, bringing a num bcr of passengers, male and female, both English and Spanish. " The Augustine left Corunna with the greatest precipitancy, inconsequence of an attack upon that town, on the 15th and 16th instant, by the French army, consisting of eight thousand troops, in which they were repulsed with considerable loss—one ac count estimating the same at seven hundred men. " The Spanish loss was merely trifling, one officer killed, and five or six wounded ; number of troops not mentioned. Sir ROBERT 'Miser; was wounded in the thigh; and his Aide-de-Camp, Colonel LIGHT, very severely. No apprehension was entertained of the surrender of Comma. " These particulars may be relied on ; and I regret that they are all I can furnish ; as the whole ship is still in consternation. "The passengers proceed toLondon in the morning." The following accounts of this affair are from Lloyd's Coffee House : PLYMOUTH, JULY ss. " The brig Augustine, of and from Corunna, arrived here this evening, with sundry passengers, who appear to have quitted that place in great haste, in conse quence of a sudden attack made on the 15th and 16th inst. by about 8000 French. The result is not known, though it appears, from what our Clerk has been able to collect, that no apprehensions are entertained as to its fall. It is said that in this attack 700 or 800 French fell ; that the loss on the part of the Spanish was com paratively trifling—the number not stated—but that five or six Spanish Officers have been wounded, and' one killed; that Sir, ROBERT WILSON had been wounded in his thigh, and a Colonel LIGHT (one of his Aides-de-Camp) severely wounded. Our Clerk made particular inquiries as to any dispatches, let ters, or official communications to his Excellency the Ambassador, or the Consul-General, but was told that she had not brought any." ANOTHEZ LETTER, SAME DATE. " Arrived the Augustine, MANSERITA, from Co. 'llona in five days. On the 15th and 16th inst. the Fr ench forces, about 8,000, entered, when a despe rate action was fought, and great slaughter ensued or. both sides. Sir ROBERT WILSON and Colonel LIGHT were both wounded, the latter badly. Report 4 hays the French had the worst'of it. - " The Augustine is in ballast, with' several passen gers destined for London, and who are tenacious of giving intelligence." This forenoon we received the French Papers of Tuesday, by Express. The following axe the only ar ticles of intelligence they contain: FROM TILE MONITEUR. ARMY OF THE PYRENNEES. impost OF• MARSHAL THE DOSE OF CORNEGLIANO, TO lIIS EXCILLI.ENCY THE MINISTER OF WAR. " B.ulalosta, July 16, 1623. A slonscigneur—On t►e 13th in the evening, a third sortie was nude front the Ina, at Nu china, on two parts of our line; one of the columns moved on Santa, but halted in the middle of the plain, under the cannon of the place ; the other moved on Hoene, to turn our left at Gracias. Count Curial sent against the latter column, which consisted of about 1,200 mcn, some companies he had at Gracia.; but two battalions soon came up, tie 3d of the 3241, asmiehr 110.4t4b.410th, ammandea by the Colonel of the 60th, Vicomte Munch d'Uzer. These battalions, takidg the enemy in flank, soon put them to the rout, and pursued them under the walls of the place, with shouts of Vive le Red !' " The enemy had about twenty men wounded, while we had but three. " Count Curial speaks highly of Colonel d'Uzer and Colonel de Tolose, Chief of the Staff of the fifth divhion. These raw Officers led on their men with great bravery and intelligence. _ Colonel d'Uzer could scarcely restrain the impetuosity of our troops; and mentions among those who particularly distin guished themselves, Capt. Attielas, 3d battalion of the sd; Lieut. Arne!, of the 60th ; Corporal Lecler, 4th company, Ist battalion of the 60th ; Corporal Chanez, light company of the 34d ; and private Delahaye, same regiment : the two latter were wounded. " Marshal, the Duke of Cornegliano, DIONCET." FROM THE QUOTIDIENNE. NEWS FROM THE ARMY. (nava= coanzsrosornez.) - " MADRID, JULY 16. " An Officer has this Moment brought the intelli gence that a smart action had taken place between our troops and General Quiroga, who has been com pletely defeated. General Huber, who commands the vanguard of General Bourck's division, has taken possession of Ferrol, and is at a short distance from Corunna, which, it is said, has shut its gates against Quiroga, and awaits the French General to open them. 4 , Yesterday afternoon his Royal Highness the Duke of Angouleme reviewed all the troops of the garrison, French and Spanish. The fine order of this corps has obtained the admiration evert of those individuals known for their Constitutional opinions. They will be the first to admit that the tyrants of Cadiz are without hope. 44 Abril, Chief of a Constitutional corps, after being routed by the Portuguese cavalry, has fallen into the hands of the brave Merino. He has been sent, with his brother, prisoner to Segovia. All the roads in the kingdom of Grenada are covered with deserters from the ci-devant army of Ballasteros. These unfortunate beings, without food or clothing, inquire after the places occupied by French troops, for the purpose of enrolling themselves under the colours of the King. Ballasteros, with the feeble remains of his army, is wandering among the mountains. . It is thought that he is near Las Penas de San Pedro. Two Royalist Chiefs are in pursuit of him." VITTORIA. JULY 9. The army before Pampeluna is very strong, and the materiel immense. The siege cannot be of long dn• ration, as the garrison is weak, and not well disposed. AX., JULY 15. We learn from Braga, that on the gth inst. between five and six o'clock in the evening, the Governor of the castle of Cardona having gone to the town, the Colonel of the Regiment of Siguensa took advantage of his absence to hoist the white flag, and cry rive le Roi, in which he was joined by the whole garrison. The Governor hearing a shout se Inimical, hastened back towards the castle, and, when he reached its walls, he exclaimed Five la Constitution. The soldiers were at first silent ; but a Corporal cried out Five noire Colonel r when the cries of Five k Roi being repeated, the Governor, accompanied by the militia, took to flight. On the next day the uncle of Baron d'Eroles, with the troops blockading the place, joined the garrison. The reduction of this fort, though small, is of the highest importance to the campaign in Upper Catalonia, which by this event alone will be freed. BAYONNE, JULY is. As none of the summonses to the Governors of St. Sebastian or Pampeluna have been listened to, pre. parations are making for attacking these places in great force. In consequence, several Officers of Engineers have received orders to repair, immediately, to these places, to commence the siege. Letters from Andalusia state, that great confusion prevails in Cadiz : the levies of contributions are ex. travagant, •and yet neither the soldiers nor the em ployes of Government are paid. The peciple are discontented. The last accounts from Madrid state that General Molitor was marching from Murcia on Grenada. Ballasteros was retiring with 8,000 men on St. Rock. The whole of Jaen isfreed from the revolutionary yoke. EXTRACT Mr ♦ PRIVATE LETESRIs MADRID, JULY 16. '• 1 - • - " General Huber his defeated a *corps Of the enemy in Galicia, and has, k is said, taken 1,500 pri soners (amongst whom are a General), and a greic quantity of artillery and baggage. Morino has cer-. tainly joined our troops, with S i atfs men, 'and we now march against Quin*. lbw chief bf his Staff bas arrived here, it is seiposed la'retOgnize the Re gency in his name. ST. MARII, *L e t it. We are in cantonments at St: Marie and Chiclana ; the Constirationalists do not appear disposed to make sorties, but they often fire at random and direct their cannon at objects beyond their reach. On the Bth instant a Spanish vessel arrived here, which had landed a great number of Royalist 015- cers and soldiers, who had been taken prisoners at Madrid in the affair of the 7th of July.-- After having been shut up in that capital for nine months, they were transferred to Cadiz, where they remained two months, and would have been sacrificed on the scaffsad of the Revolution, had not the Con stitutional Authorities feared that their execution would have caused an entire revolt among the inba bitants of Cadiz, who are already so discontented. They were then embarked for the Isle of Leon, where they were to be shot; but, during this short passage, the prisoners found means to break their chains and make themselves masters of the vessel, with which they joined the French squadron. The Captain-General of Andalusia has arrived here, with two battalions of the Royal Spanish Guard. The Prince de Carignan, and Lieutenant-General Bourdesoulle, have paid a visit to Admiral Hamelin, on board his ship. Count du Nouvion, Aide-de-Camp of General Bourdesoulle, has been sent to-day with a flag of truce, but his dispatches only were received. The Constitutionalists have also sent a flag of truce, but it is not known what the object of it is. The road from St. Marie to Madrid is quite free. We have not had a single courier intercepted. MILITARY INTELLIGENCIL—IIIAD-QuAnytat. EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER PROM MADRID, DATED JULY 14. cc We continue to receive the most satisfactory re ports from all points of the Peninsula. The blockade of Cadiz is more strict; our artillery are instructed not to direct their firing near the residence of theking. 44 Ordeis have been given that the City shall not be tampered with, and that if Cadiz does not soon submit, the bombardment shall immediately take place. There remains a very numerous party of Royalists in this citadel of warfare and of commerce; it is known, besides, that the Liberals are divided, and it is certain that they do not wish either their warehouses or houses to be burnt. “ The last measure of the Cortes, as culpable as it' was ridiculous, has given the death-blow to the Coe. stitutional party. is It is reported that some troops, together with a Portuguese squadron, will appear before Cadiz. le The hot weather begins to be felt, but it has no effect on the health, courage, or hilarity of our gal lant troops. 41 We learn, from Lugo, that Quiroga, in concert with the Authorities at Corunna, bad resolved to at tack Mon'llo with the six hundred men left. He is waiting for some artillery to destroy what has been done by the Count de Carthagena, and force him to acknowledge the Regency of Seville. It is, however, far more probable that he is merely waiting for the [ 'arrival of the steam-boat at Corunna, to escape falling jaw the hands of the French: perhaps, indeed, Mo rino, if be marches onward with the advanced guard, will save this hero the trouble of meeting him. The Trappiste has fixed his head-quarters at Lo grono ; and in his simple Proclamation, which. how ever, is replete with religious sentiments, he has, in : the name of his captive Sovereign, invited all the' 'young single men, who de not belong to any corps, 'to come forward in order to constitute a corps to be called his Majesty's Loyal Volunteers, for the pur pose of defending, under his command, the cause of GOD and the Throne. Since Palarea and Campillo have withdrawn in the greatest disorder from the Asturias, the following particulars have reached us :—Palarea lost in the port of Pajares two entire companies of the regiment of Grenada, of whom several that belonged to the bat talion of Seville were killed ; and two other com panies of the regiment of the Constitution went over to the French. At Hissicissioso, where the troops had entered with fixed bayonets, he lost the greater part of the Bilboa Militia, who were with the National mops. At Rivadeo eleven ships,- laden at Gijon, with goods belonging to the Treasury, ammunition, and having on board some wounded volunteers, as well as a great number of passengers, all bound for Corunna, sunk in consequence of contrary winds ; among the passengers was Seoane, the Political Chief of Bilboa. Some soldiers, who had escaped in the most deplorable plight, have already arrived at vadeo, to the number of 160 ; but the wounded inkhe affair of the 2Sd of June had not, on the 2Sth,:liA4 their wounds dressed." We learn from the frontier that several esspipere. Officers, and Constitutional soldiers, had followed the example set by General Sarsfield, and surrendered at ' the head-quarters of Marshal Moncey. .; Papers and letters have been received kali Madrid tb the 17th inst. by express.' The Madrid Gazette of that date contains a decree of the Regency for establishing anniversary honours to the memory of General ELLIN who was executed last autumn in Va lencia, the scene of his cruelties and oppressions. The same Gazette containson account of the presentation olthe Mini= and Prussian Envoys to the Regency; and tbespeeches which their Excellencies made on the gccasioa. There is nothing In these speeches of the twoXtorthern Ambassadors; or in the answer to them, which goes beyond what appeared In those that passed between the French Ambassador and the Regency. The severe captivity of FiRDINAND is lamented, and his speedy liberation hoped for and predicted iti all. The private letters from Madrid of the 17th are , more important than the Gazette. Accounts had been received from Port St. Mary of the 13th. The blockade of Cadiz had then begun to be more rigorous. Two vessels that endeavoured toenter with provisions had been sunk by the cannon of the Vrenakblockading squadron. It was calculated that in ten or twelve days a bombarding flotilla would be formed for INIIIIIMm throwing bombs into the city. fieneral BaItDESOULT sent every day a boat with fresh water, ve•Aetables, and /neat for the KING'S table. The present had bees accepted without any observation. A Portuguese General had arrived at the Duke d'Aswommsta's headquarters from Prince Mtourr., of Portugal, to compliment his Royal Highness on the success of his arms, and to express his hopes of the speedy termination of the contest. This_Messer ger, iris said, was instructed to make to the Spanish Government a tender of the army and the naval force of Portugal to aid in restoring absblute power to the KING and the Inquisition to the Church. Regency and his Royal Highness have taken tithe to' deliberate on this offer. An account had reachad c Madrid from Seville, that Sir W. A'CouaT had left that city for Gibraltar on the 10th. We have received the following intelligence from Bayonne: BAYONNE, JULY Is. It now appears certain that the sieges of St. Sebasa tian, Pampeldna, and Santona, are going to be begun seriously, and without delay. For this purpose the materiel of the great park of artillery at Toulouse, arrived here the day before yesterday, under the care of a Captain of Artillery : yet it should seem to be of little use to undertake these sieges if the war is neatly terminated, As many affirm ; and if a resolu tion has really at length been taken to push them with vigour, we may be allowed to conjecture that die probability of a longer duration of hostilities ren ders it expedient to have a strong line of operations behind the Ebro, which cannot be done without the possession of the abovementioned fortresses: For the same reason, depots of grain, &c. are forming, for instance, at St. Jean de Luz, to which place 12,000 sacks of flour are now going. It seems that the siege of Cadiz will be prosecuted with great vigour at the same time, this being now, in tact, one of the chief objects of the war, as the King, whom we wish to de liver, is in that place. Our news from . Madrid of the 11 th says, that the Regency still proceeded in its operations, and was re storing to office all those who have been discharged since the installation of the Constitutional Govern ment. They are also busy in the organization of troops, which will be formed by battalions. It is affirmed that the Captains-General of the provinces will not be permitted to raise more than one battalion of 1000 men. Accounts from Grenada of the 30th, say that Bal- lasteros was expected there the same day. The chief of his Staff arrived there the day before, and great movements are expected in that province, where the Constitutional General-in-Chief has assembled part of his forces. On the 1l th a strong column of troops, wish sir pieces of cannon, marched for Madrid. It was not known whether they went towards Toledo, where they might succour the Swiss of the Royal Guard, who, it is said, have been attacked near Templeque, and forced to retire towards Toledo, losing part of the convoy, with money, which they were conveying to Andalusia. Colonel Astor, with a corps of Con stitutional troops, has entered Caseres, and levied a large contribution, and shot several monks and priests, who have been guilty towards Constitutionalists.— The Authorities appointed by the Regency retired. They write , from Logrono that the Empecinado has entered Soria, where he has levied a large con tribution, to punish the inhabitants for the eagerness with which they received the French and the Royalists. Many of the soldiers of the 20th regiment, that ar rived yesterday (they say 56) deserted last night. Frankfort Papers to the 18th inst. reached as this forenoon. They contain the following rather inte resting article relative,to the Liberty of the Press is Sweden. ; . • STOCKHOLM. JULY 4. The Committee of the Diet, to which all matters appertaining to the Constitution are referred, has pre sented its observations and report on its examination of the Journals of the Council of State, and a state ment of the objection to the proceedings of same Counsellors and Secretaries of State, which it Mr it necessary to bi r before the Diet for its decision. This report is on the whole very honourable to the Ministry, among the proceedings which are blamed, we find the advice given for'the suppression of cer tain Journals, viz. Argus, the Courier of Stockkolo, and Argus II.• In the introduction the Committee says, that vhk all due respect to the power given to the King in such eases, by the law on the Liberty of the Press, it could have wished that the Council of State had advised hit Majesty to be more sparing in the exercise of the power, as being in the opinion of 'the Commit superfluous, when the law might be appealed to wiils effect; but in the other case, net consonant , with tot e general way of thinking, and 'respect for puliirks the Committee, stating that k has net found that Journals to be dangerous to public security or WO' dons to personal rights, or of an habittiAlly libellest tendency, observes that the Secretary of State, Dsaet' wards, justly dissuaded the coofiscation of then's; 04 that their Excellencies Messrs. Skoldebraad old Flemming likewise differed from the majority hi tbi Council of State, respecting the prohibition to cCogio nuethern in future. On the subject of the power to suppress pelinl Journals, Mr. Al Uhr nude a motion in the Cep; :! Et* v.* • 1 J • 4