Star. — London, England, 1823-05-21 00:00:00

• . THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21. 1823. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE. O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 7ng to 1, and got up 4, at which price they are steady up to this hour. • Tomorrow is settling•day in Consols, and it now appears that it is a great Bear Account. But little business is doing either in the Stock Exchange or the Foreign ralarket. FOREIGN FUNDS. Spanish Bonds opened at 36, gut up to a, 1, with a brisk Market.—Current Prices: Chilian 68, New Spanish 361 j, New Prussian .83, liussianlB/, Danish 90 to /, Colombian 84 PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 217 218-3 per Cent. Redu. 78 3 / 8 N: 3 per Cent. Cons. 79 1 / 2 5 / 8 -3Vg per Cts. 90%8 4 per Cents. Old 96% 3 / 4 4 per Cents. No& 991 k 78 l it 7s Bank Long Annuities '2O l / 2 India §tock 250—India Roods 375. 365. Exchequer 1;illi of 421,000, 14s. 17s. Bk. for Payt.2lßlA—Cons. for do. 79 1 / 2 SA s/ 8 Ih. PRICES AT THE CLOSE—FOUR O'CLOCK. Cumuli 79L—Ditto for July 80i —Spanish 36/. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Sun day, from which we have given some extracts in a preceding part of our Paper. The accounts which they give of the operations in Spain, particularly as regards MINA, are most confused and unsatisfactory. Nu credit whatever can be attached to them. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. An Express tiorn Paris has brought us this fore noon the Papers of Monday. The extracts which we subjoin, from the Constitutionnel, throw a good deal of light on the recent movements of MINA, and com pletely falsify all that is said about this enterprizing General in the Government Papers. The Reines had risen on Tuesday to 88 fr. 60 c. • FROM THE CONSTITUTIONNEL. PERPIG:sIAN, MAY 10. PRIVATE CORELSPONDEFCE. General Donnadieu entered Vich on the 6th, after merely a slight skirmish in the wood of Tosca, be tween Olot and Laspzesas, where we had SO wounded. The enemy continuing their i etreat, they have passed the bridge of Roda over the Ter, have aban doned the left bank of that river, and retired upon the Llusanes. Whed General Donnadieu entered Vich, the enemy detached 4,000 men from their army, who re-ascended the right hank of the 'Ter, and hav- ing marched by the road cif *Ripon, they. ar rived on the Bth at Campredon, a town three leagues from our frontiers, in order to cut off our communica tions with that place, from whence General Donnadieu aws all his supplies of provi,ions and ammunition. The entrance of this corps into Campredon was announced by the sudden and unexpected arrival of some Monks, who on the 4th, at six in the morn ing, went forth to the sound of music to proceed to their respective Convents, and take possession of their estates and benefices. The arrival of the enemy at Ripoll is further confirmed, by the way of Cerdagne. On the 7th, the inhabitants of Ripoll fled to Cerdagne, announcing the arrival of the army of Mina in their town. The whole of the following night the troops were under arms, expecting every moment to see the troops of Mina arrive ; but it appears to be the ob ject of that General to occupy Campredon, anti cut off the communications of General Donnadien. A con derable convoy, which had set out for Olot, returned to Pradts on the Bth, at half-past one in the afternoon. We know nothihg of the ulterior operations of these two corps. We only know, that on the Btfl General Donnadieu sent orders to the 3d battalion of the 18th line, which was at St. Laurent de Cerdans, to cover that part of our frontier ; and to proceed in conse quence to Olot ; the battalion set out on the 9th. The enemy do not seem much disconcerted by our entrance into Catalonia ; and those of their partisans who remain in the villages which we occupy appear well satisfied with the operations of Mina. The soldiers of the division of d'Eroles, who re main in Cerdagne, desert every day, with arms and baggage. The Officers of the Faith pretend that it is because they are not paid, their treasure having followed the head-quarters of the Baron d'Eroles, there was no one left in Catalonia to pay the troops of the Faith. BAYONNE, 11AT 11. Pit IVATZ COSILESPONDENOIL. We know from travellers that the Constitutional Government of Spain has prohibited from the Ist instant, all communication with those parts of the country occupied by the French. It is very true, I repeat it, that on the approach of our troops the greater number of families in easy cir cumstances take flight. • Segovia was evacuated five days ago, with the ex ception of some field-pieces, which the dives of the school of artillery here are to convey to Rodrigo. All the materiel was abandoned for want of the means of conveyance. Madrid is almost deserted, nearly every one having left it for the Andalnsias. The roads are encumbered with emigrants, carrying with them their most va luable. effects. There is no defection amongst the troops, nor do the bands of the Faith increase. The occupation of the capital' hasleen foreseen, and no person appears alarmed about, it. • The necessity has begun to be felt of escorting the convoys, from it, being. known with certainty that several Constitutional gueriliii partial are forming In the provinces. We know that the prisoners, Win number, made at the affair of LogrOno, hayc artliEd at Vittoria. Useless efforts have been made to incorporate them with the Army of the y4i5 . 14.4115y have -al refused with great energy, declarinif they had tatherise shot. PARK4OO Is. The report which has been circulated of tiletem p;etedaareftlieSpanish Rnyilist coeps,com ra a ndesi by Romagosa, oesistins of 2,000 men, by Mina, who unexpactially arrived, assume/ more consistence yes terday. It is said, that the plan of Mina was to attack the two divisions of Eroles and Romagosa, for the pur pose of dispersing them before corning into contact with the nench army. Bayonne Papers to the 14th inst. reached us this forenoon. The accounts they contain are extrava gant and contradictory. One rumour represents MINA has even been given up to the Fiend: by his own troops; while another makes him quietly re tiring on Barcelona. BALLASTEROS too, whom pre vious accounts from France stated as being abandoned by his troops, is reported to have had an engagement with Mouton, in which he lost 5000 men. But these rumours are supposqd to be mei ely a piece of policy to throw a veil over some intelligence of a less wel come character to the French. The following are extracts : BAYONNE, MAY 13. The Mail from Madrid, which is this moment ar rived, beings absolutely nothing new : the letters are of the 7th ; they speak of the tranquillity of the capi tal arising chiefly from the absence of almost the whole of the respectable part of the population. In the absence of official news, the strangest and most contradictory reports are in circulation here. Yesterday, for instance, a Commissary of the Police related everywhere that he had just received a letter from his colleague at Pau, who gave him the fol lowing information :—That a Constitutional Spa niard, who had come over to the Royal cause, had escaped from Urgel, and had arrived on foot in the capital of the department; he had brought the im- ! portant news, that Mina, who had retreated into the defiles of the mountains, has found himself con strained to engage in a combat, which he could no longer avoid but that just as it was about to corn i mence, his troops, on whose fidelity he thought he could rely, had mutinied against him, and refused to 'fight; that they had even threatened to seize his per :son, and would hoe effected this project, had he not !escaped by retreating towards Barcelona, w ith some 'companions who remained attached lo him. The relater of this news even went to far as to say, that this tight had not succeeded, and that Mina, stir, prised by his own soldiers, had been delivered to the. French troops, and conveyed' to Perpignsin, where . he then was. Notwithstanding the confidence with which this was communicated, it has met with nO credit ; and sceptics would insinuate that it is merely a piece of policy, to throw a veil over some intelli gence of a less welcome description. It is generally believed that there has been some action between Mina and Marshal Moncey, though we are ignorant of the result. It has been reported in the army of Marshal Moo. cey that General Molitor was coming to join it ; atul that on the way he had defeated General Ballasteros, and taken from him five thousand prisoners. But, seems certain that Ballasteros, far from having beeml defeated, is, of all the Spanish Generals, the one from whom the most is to be apprehended, because he has , no fixeceposition, and may suddenly appear at a point where it woukt k easy for him to do us much injury ; this has . induced General .Nolitor to muse upon Piocca, by which be has, in some measure, cut one corps in two. We have no news from Pampeluna, to besiege which no steps whatever are taken. It is the same with St. Sebastian, the garrison of which makes fre quent sallies, which always cost us some killed and wounded. The place continues to increase its stock Of provisions, so that it. will be able to hold out a long time when it is regularly besieged. They write from Saragossa, that that city is in a state of continual agitation that the shops are con• stantly shut, lest they should be pillaged by the rabble, who traverse the streets uttering dreadful, cries, and threatening Al those who are connected with the Constitutional System, and even the peaceable inha bitants. Several assassinations have already been committed ; there is reason to fear some commotion. Our news from Catalonia says that Mina, after quitting Vick and Olot, retired in the direction ai Barcelona ; that he was not attacked, and milt bit rear exchanged a few musket shots ; it was supposed he intended joining the corps of General Ballasteror Meantime Marshal Moncey has fixed his Lead-quar ters at Gerona. His MAJESTY, we have the satisfaction to state. continues to improve in health. It has been remarked, for some time past, that the KING, about every eight days, feels p slight 6t of the gout, and, should any alteration take place in the time of the return, it will be a favourable slmptom, and hopes may be enter tained that he will get rid of the complaint altoge- ther. We believe we are correct in stating, that the KING'S general health is excellent, though his MA.. JKSTY suffers from weakness in the knees. Yesterday the KING received visits from the Duke l of YORK and the Duchess of Gr.oucarrea. Monday morning the Duke of YORK lode to Hamp: ton Court, and returned to town in the aileLliouu. THE ARMY.. . .1 . The light wing of tbo llonounibie telt India Company . ' M.:melons, Regiment, had yeeterdelb 'wader the rmissieasid of Captaba.DaOsmison, a field-parade lair lanterirosiod, Good. man's-fields. Tbe 10th Royal litisaars, ender the command r;f . Colonel Sir ChrOattettersarni. marched into Dahltn last week, to replace the Sat - Dragoon Guards. The Latter Regiment has gone to New. '.ridge 13arracks, Naas, where it has succeeded the 7th Hussars. The 116th, or Royal County Down Regiment, under the otrin mond of Colonel Jusaismit, has received orders to march from Richmond Barracks to Athlone. The I sth, from Naas, replace the 86th in Dublin. Monday selmight. the Ist dividen of the 19th Regiment marched from Athlone to Sligo. This Regiment is to be sta tioned, by detachments, in the counties of Sligo, Leitrim, and Roscommon, and Boyle is to be head-quarters. Thursday re'nnieit, the 23d Regiment, whose head-quarters were is Boyle for the last thirteen months, received orders for the grand division to parch for Dublin on Monday, and the se cond division on Saturday. The said will be replaced by the 19th Regiment, at present at Athlone. Commissions in the Pit Regiment of Berkshire Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Berks.. Thomas Thornhill Plorland, Gent. to be Cornet; and Sir Francis Sykes, Bart. to be ditto. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The It &tie, Anams, from London to Madras and China, was spoke with on the Ist of April, in lat. Ir. south, )(mg. 33. west of l'aris, by the Cleopatra French frigate, arrived at Brest. Passengers recently arrived by the Lord Ilungerford, Captain FA RQUHA RION, from Bengal:—Mr. and Mrs. Brownrigg, and three children, Mrs. Middleton, Mrs. Bradshaw, Mr. and Mrs. Fulcher, Mr. Nutsoo, Mr. Birch, ?Jr. APGenrge, Dr. Hick man, the two Misses Russell, the two Misses Salmon, the two Misses Bradshaw, Masters Birch, M 4 Mahon, and Watson. By the Globe, Captain Ciizetis, from Ceylon :—Major Briscoe, Royal Artillery, Mrs. De Ilusche and four children, Lieutenant Bell, late of the 2d Ceylon Regiment; Lieutenant Skinner, Ist ditto ; Mr. Clough, Missionary ; Master Fox, Master Charles Van Lynden, Miss Bell.—Landed at the Cape:—Lieut. Ostyn den, Mr. and Miss Ostyntlen, Mrs. Truter and four children. Outward-bound Ships expected to sail this week:—The Fame, Youste, for Bengal and Bencoolen ; the Ganges, CHM 'muter, and the Mexborougb, Susrren, for Madras and Ben gal; the Catherine Stewart Forbes, CHAPMAN, for Bombay; the England, Rear, and the Hercules, VAUGHAN, fur Ceylon and Bombay; and the Jupiter, Palm, for New South Wales, with female convicts. Pim:Aver. Mar 19.—Sailed early yesterday morning the French schooner la Melanie, of Havre, Captain 1.. J. Cuaarms wait, with a cargo of hides, cocoa. Brazil-wood, and other mer chandize, for Havre—basin* put into this port by contrary winds and blowing weather, on Friday morning last, on her voyage from St. he's (Cornwall), where she had been detained, under repairs and otherwise, since the beginning of January last ; also the brig Juno, of Cardiff, Captain Man= Hoorn*, for Swansea, with tin for ballast. Arrived the brig Hurley. of Penzance, Captain Srxr, from Hayle - the schooner Fame, of Penzance, Captain Raassa, with sundries, from London; and two sloops, coasters. PLYMOUTH, MAT 1 9.—Wind a—Arrived The Thisby, Rao- Dm, from Jamaica, in ae►au weeks. Sailed the Two Brothers, LAWSON, for Faro; Resolution, for Hamburgh ; and Ajax, for Q{t{bec. PORTSMOUTH, NUT 20.—Wind &E.—Sailed the Albion, Batas, for Van Diemaa's Land. Dear., MAT 20.—Wind S. W.—Arrived and sailed for the , River, the Ruth, Morino, from Jamaica. Remain in the Downs, the Szemorfrigate, and Diligence East India pilot yacht. Wirrrar, MST 19.—This morning a &sop, named the Janet, of Lerwick, Taos. Boswm,t, was picked up by some fishermen of this place, and towed in here, having lost al4 her sails, and out of provisions: she was found about ten leagues from the land. The crew had no provisions two days prior to their being picked up by the fishermen. Curl* Ars3vits, 'MAT $O.-.Ships .Eaussed, icninals :—Lotsts, from Celcutta ; Wfiliam; from Calais; . Filey, from Hamburgk; Vrow Janetje, from GhentA Upton castle, from Bombay; Dia mond, from Harlingen.—Entered Outwards :—Lavinia. for La bor) • Mars, for Montserrat ;Julie, forCalais.—ClearingOutwards: Whim, for Barbadoes ; Hopeful, for Lisbon ; Perseverance, for CaSiS ; Albion, for Genoa ; Amphitrite, for Nielta ; Scipio, for Halifax ; Neva, for Quebec.; Jane, for Oporto ; and Contest, !at Queheo. We are informed by'a Gentleman who arrived at Portsmouth in the TILLITIA gun-brig, from the coast of Africa, on Monday, the 12th instant, that his Ma jesty's ship CYRENR, Captain PIPACY GRADE on that station, was very sickly, having 'lost by fev'e the Se cond Master, the Assistant-Surgeon, . .and several or her best seamen and above half of her crew, in March last, were dangerously ill. .The Surgeon, Second Lieutetrant, Boatswain, and two Midshipmen, had been attacked with fever; the two former of whom Find one Midshipman were forced to be invalided, in consequence of their weak state. Colombia Gazettes to the 9th of February have been received. They state that the islands of Old Providence, St.'Catherine, and Saint Andrew, for merly part of the Viceroyalty of Santa Fe, for several years past-governed by AURY and his successors, to gether with that part of the Mosquito shore extend. ing from Cape Gracias a Dios as far as the river Cbagres, and formerly part of the Captain-General ship of Guatemala, have been'added to the Republic. The work of the manumission of slaves goes on 'steadily in Colombia, and their cause becomes more popular. In the city of Rionegro alone, in the province of Antioquia, 45 slaves have been liberated with the proceeds-of 2 4 .025 dollars, arising out of the fund the Gemernment had appropriated for this pur prise. Thistinavernor, who makes the communication ' of thisintemtting circumstance, says that this augtist act of humanity was performed with the most lively demonstrations of applause, satisfaction, and joy, by all the inhabitants. This shews the interest felt in the country on this interesting subject ,• and the good effects produced by the law enacted by the General Congress of Colombia, on the 21st -July, 1811, whemi a fund was appropriated to' this purpose,-are daily rendered more apparent. Regular intercourse is now established between i Colombia and Peru. According to the latest advice,. 'from Lima, the Peruvian Congress has named a Cow mittee for the formation of a Constitution on the po pular and representative system, a project of which had already been presented to the House. The Imo of the project are unity' in the nation under the Ilan* of Free State of Peru; the sovereignty resides in tins nation, and this is declared independent of Spain and. of every other foreign dominion whatever; the reh gion Catholic ; the right of election resides ih . tX People, that of making laws in their Representatives' k Freedom of the Press, and security, of persons an property ; the abolition of confiscatinns, degradlog punishments, hereditary of fi ces and privileges, andtt .the Slave Trade. The legislative power resides in the Deputies, assembled one House; the executive power cannot be rendered hereditary,. or for life; in criminal' eauses Juriet are alloWed; ,'Senate is to be chosen to watch over the Constitution, who prvOo?e ,to the Executive the Civil and Ecclesiastical Pune and convene the toltress in extraordinary' cases ; the Ministers arc mute collectively and vidually responsible. s: . - , - N: •, • -Y EARL GREY. V DETRACT OP A PRIVATE LETTER PROV PARTS, DATtt, . 3 THE 15TH MAT. ti I have been struck too this morning at seeing the avidity with which the French Ministerial Jour, nals gather up every word which falls in our Hotta of Parliament favourable to their policy. Lord Gim p in his speech, on Monday, in the House of Peers, is made to say, that the French were playing a gr eat game, and if they succeeded; the Bourbon famill would be more firmly seared on the Throne th an ever they had been since the peace. The Joy ner ,/ des Debuts dresses this up in large letters, omitti ng since the peace,' and thus it goes to the world at , Lord GRF.Y S opinion, and encourages the party ei the Ultras in their diabolical pursuits. A sc:ibY t e r like me may say anything, and it passes unnoticed, unless, indeed, the Government subject it to prod ; ,,. tion ; but every wore from Lord GREY has its vituf, and passes for a great deal more than he might sor, pose it to he worth. He. therefore, as wel: is n:In T Members of Parliament, should be cautious in the : phrases. The friends of liberty arequite eLough dis. couraged by the course of events, withot.t those who ate their supporters countenancing their fres by a ny unguarded sentiments of which they may take ad. vantage. But the sentiment, I contend, i incorrect, Lord GREY, upon reflection, wdold himself perceiv e the proposition was untenable; he knows that war bi ings forced contributions, and even that it the Bou t . BONS succeed, it mti-t be at an errormcn; expense. — Peace was their policy. - France has made rapid ad. vances in prosperity since their return, and to the se advance , i 7 every man finding employMei.t, and fact, growing rich, is to be attributed their pre tes t security. Had they preserved peace, they %withd have connected their name and Government with the creasing prospei ity of France, which promised to be greater than this country has ever enjoyed, and they would have laid a solid foundation for their Throne in the happiness and affections of their People. What ever else nay be the consequence of the war, it will increase the power of the soldiery—a.id the Bova soNs have no military talent—and it will increa'e the prosperity of the People, in whose hearts, I be. lieve, on account of this very prosperity, the Boat. BONE have again taken deep root. The great game which the BOURBON family are playing, therefore, may create another BoNAPARTE, but cannot add to their stability ; and it is pity to see sentiments put into the mouth of Lord tinitY, which are so contrary to all general principles, and even to the most com mon facts. What Throne was ever rendered secure by injustice and oppression?" The Second Livraison of NapotEotes Great Work, in Two Parts, 'may be expected to appear about the end of the present Month. It will be illustrated with Four Maps and Two Fac-Similies. The progress of the French in Spain shews what classes are favourable to the French and to servilism, and what to the Constitution. Those who have joined the stanolard of the invasion are the very lowest class ofSpaniards, debased by poverty, ignorance, and super stition—and it is only in some provinces, where the Monks and Priests had paramount influence, that they 'ave done so. There can be no doubt that the higher Clergy are also enemies of the Constitution—many of them have either fled, or live suspected and watched by the Government; and the Monks, a numerous body, are still more active enemies. But many of the poorer secular Clergy are earnest Constitutionalists. The Nobles, it may be supposed, favour the old despotism. 'But what proof of this is there beyond a few iso- lated adventurers, who have shews more petainal ambition than attachment to a particular Cattie?— A great array of Spanish Nobility, on the contrary, ppears in favour, of the Constitution, 'and has been conspicuous in the different tortes. The Nobles who joined Josent BONAPARTE have to et man been receved into the Constitutional party.. The truth is, that no class was more interested in the destruction of the ancient abuses than the Nobles, excepting only some who were fattening upon the favours of the Court and the misery of the weir. The middle class, including trades, professions, sad the more independent cultivators of the soil—a vast mass of intelligence—has clearly pi oved itseiffavour able to the Constitution. We will quote a passage From the Journal de Paris, which shews that this is the opinion even of the Ministerial p a rty at Pans. That Journal says, " Thwe is a Ida which must strike all who reflect. In Spain, the upper class is, in general, inclined to the representative system, and pds ix concert tsith .Ma middle class—ngaixstax 11, ferior, which in some provinces has declared itself for absolute power. Be it remembered, that the Journal des Wats admitted this important fact in an article become memortible from dig garter !Whence it was supposed to proceed.." The article in question was, we believe, ascribed' o M. Cifateatt lima ND. Here then are the very Ultras themselves admitting that their chief allies in Spain are the lowest forder of the population of the Spanish provinces. . Private lettere from Cadiz, dated- the 25th'Apri1, ! state, Oat the general feeling of the higher datives in Spain Is decidedly hostile to the invading unli t and tthat the lbwer classes are mote astonishes( at the en trance of the French than alarmed at sheiep - rogresi• ,A 2 sea places as the French army enters,'thePearast , and population produce their provisions . . in conse quence of the eiceltent market fur their disposing of these commodities. It has, however, been obierved, 'that where the Guerillas of the Army of the BR* precede the Fierreh; they never flnereither forage of food, ou account of their not paying for either. TM , ik,statcd to have been the,case at Burgos, where tits troops of the Faith found every place entirely biewei provivirms, rorwithstan - ding the strictness of their search. On the entrance of the French into diatom provisions were immediately produced from 'thee laiddeoplaces,and sold to the army at a high rate.-- • Under date, 'the 24th of April, one cf these letters am asinisceilliat the Kitati was expected to take nn ili , f i esitienee in' that city, before the end of the Tr io ; f an er d h t i l s lat removal p rep . a ra t i oTnhse l eeived at Cadiz, state that the Infanta Dorm Luta' would accounts beni- ade i» a from e da v y iar, up CARLITA,.C(4ISOII of the Infant Don . FRANCISCO(' PAULA having been delivered of a boy, his NAOMI had beers pleased :to confer upon him the title at* Duke of Se.VILL., as it proof of his repo d for thccl he h.rs now /tortoni eel with his pre:at:Le.