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THE EVENING STAR. • LONDON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1823. THE FUNDS. - - _ STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 8.2*, I, at which price they have kept steady up to this hour, with little business doing. FOREIGN FUNDS. Spanish Bondsopened at 556 to 1, at which price they remain steady, with title doing; New Prussian 841; Russian 81a; Co lombian 631; French Scrip 11, ; Danish nothing doing. Letters from Paris mention the failure of a speculator of some note, by name Cssapr, who, at the period the Loan was con tracted for, sold Stock for the end of the month to the extent of 2,800,000 francs de Bente. The Funds, contrary to kis expec tation, rising in value, he was unable tsi pay his differences, and was declared a defaulter. The necessity for buying in the Stock he had sold on speculation was the cause of a material advance in the Rentes in the early part of Monday last, when they reached 92. PR ICE or STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 225-3 per Cent. Reduced 83 3 / 4 83 3 per Cent. Cons. 82 1 / 4 1 / 2 -3 1 A per Cents. 96 4 per Cts. Old 100 1 / 4 3 / 3 -1 per Cts. New 101 3 / 8 Bank Long Anns. 21 1 4 3.l6—South Sea Stock 93 3 / 4 Exch. Bills (E 1,000) 295. 32s.—Small 325. 345. India for Acct. `2.sBl%—Consols for do. 82 1 / 4 3/4. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received this forenoon, by Express, the Paris Papers of Tucsday. The following are extracts: FROM THE NIONITECR. PARIS, AUGUST 4. We have been favoured with the communication of the following letter, written by a Captain Aide-de- Camp of General de la Itochejacquelin. The details which it contains are interesting, and refute the alle gations of some foreign journals : " Camp before Corunna, July 17, 1823. "GENERAL—Of all the operations of the campaign that which took place here the day before."yester day is certainly not the least important, and the in vestment of Corunna will figure in the history of the war as a feat of arms which does as much honour to Geneal Bourck, as to the troops under his orders. 66 We quitted Lugo on the 13th, at three in the morning. General Morillo accompanied us till within a league from the place, and there the sepa ration was most amicable between the Spaniards and the French. 4 , On the 14th our advanced guard came up with the army at Betanzos, the birth...place of Wine. Whe ther it be that the revolutionary Chief had made ' use of his credit for these three years past, to torment all who were not Constitutional, or that the in• habitants are really more attached to the ancient order of things, I know not ; but never have I seen public opinion manifest itself with so much warmth ; men, women, and children, fell on their knees before us, and embraced us in their arms; called us their liberators, and Vire la France! Vive le Roi Louis XVIII! Vim forme Frarvaise, were in every mouth. de Between Betanzos and Corunna there is an im portant pass, of which it was essential to obtain pos. session. We were informed that the enemy had undermined the bridge of Burgo, and that a first explosion had not blown up the arch. Some work men, protected by thirty cavalry and fifty infantry, were occupied in making a second mine, to finish the business, and render the passage impossible.— My General gave me fifty horse, and ordered me to proceed with all haste to Burgo, to drive away the enemy, and occupy the post. I arrived there at nine o'clock at night, and occupied the village. Some moments later, the mine would have been sprung, and we should have been stopped. My first care was to destroy the mine. General • lßourck arrived at seven (next morning) with the remainder of the division. As soon as the 7th Light, and Berthier's brigade had passed, Gene ral Bourck gave orders to my General to crown the heights, which are about a league from Corunna. " The enemy had, for fifteen days, been labouring to enti ench the formidable positions of St. Marguerite; he might, with a small force, as has been done be fore, have stopped an army ten times stronger than ours. I confess to you that it appeared to us the height of temerity to advance a step with our small numbers, while the Spaniards were in so redoubt able a position. " The order is given to attack. Instantly our brave voltigeurs of the 7th Light, • precipitated themselves on the Spanish tirailleurs ; the latter could not resist the impetuosity of the shock, and retired within their lines. 46 Soldiers of the 7th Light,' exclaimed General Bourck, with a loud voice, 6 it is to you that is re served the honour of carrying these entrenchments ; there, aloft in the rocks, you are to find the enemy. Advance! Charge !' " The Bayonet! the Bayonet!' was the cry on all sides. The firing ceased on our side; and amidst a shower of balls, our brave men scaled the heights. The intrepid Colonel Lambot mounted upon a rock, and waving a white handkerchief in his band, pointed to the soldiers the spot which it was necessary to oc cupy. The view at this moment was superb—he appeared a giant—all pressed around him—we were all electrified. 4 , General Bourck was on foot, and in spite of t his old wounds, was always in front, and directed the march of our columns with admirable coolness ; while my General (La-Rochejacquelin), by his bril liant valour, inflamed the courage of the soldiers, and well sustained the splendour of his name. " The enemy lost heart and fell- back, when we had advanced about sixty steps. The firing re-com menced on onr side, and we entered, pell-mell, into the entrenchments, to the cries of Vive le Roi " The Spaniards effected their retreat by two great roads: we could not take prisoners; our soldiers were harassed with fatigue; and had only strength to fire their guns. " A smallbattalion i of French refugees, the same, I believe, as that which appeared on the Bidassoa, and which makes now part of the garrison ofCorunna, stopped for some minutes on the glacis of the place, exhibiting an enormous tricolor flag. Our soldiers proved the profound contempt which they enter tained for them ;—on the appearance of this signal of revolt, the cries of g Vive le Roi f redoubled ; they forgot all their fatigues, in order to compel them to retire wi:hin the place. Our loss is about from 60 to 60 wounded, among whom are several officers, very severely.—Accept, Ste ERNANI, JULY 28. Marshal Lauriston came here last night. Generals Ricard and de Millet have arrived at the camp before St. Sebastian. For several days past there has not been a single shot fired from the ramparts. SANTIAGO, JULY 26. General Morino entered this city yesterday, at mid day, at the head of 2,000 men. Palarea had left this at seven in the morning for Vigo, having levied a contribution of 25,000 livres. VALLADOLID, JULY 19. _ _ Don Leon Eguia, Officer of the regiment of Far nese, has arrived here with dispatches to our Captain General from the garrison of Ciudad Rodrigo.-- Considering themselves as part of the army of Ge neral Morillo, they wish to deliver up the place on receiving for themselves the same conditions as have been granted to that General. The Captain General has forwarded the proposal to Madrid. AX, JULY 27. We learn, by accounts from Puycerda of the 26th, that official advices have been received at Urgel of the surrender, by capitulation, of the garrison of Fort Monzon to the Royalist Chief, Santos Ladton, who took possession on the 22d. PUYCERDA, JULY 30. The fort of Venasque surrendered on the 27th July. The Royalist troops of General Miralles are now in possession of it. • FROM THE ICTOILE. HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE PYRE NNEES. " Oc*xa, JuLr 29. a His Royal Highness enjoys the best health. We march in the midst of a population intoxicated with enthusiasm. ig Ballasteros is surrounded 'near Jaen. He must fight, or surrender with the wreck of his corps. " A French Colonel, sent to Cadiz on the 26th of July, has been received by the people with the greatest demonstrations of joy." TROT( TUE MOTE. FRANKFORT, JULY 24. It is generally said, in our political circles, that the present situation of the Peninsula will give rise to a new European Congress, to be held at Vienna in the month of October next. It is also added, that not only the Powers of the first rank, but likewise those of the second and third, will assist at the approaching Congress. The ob ject of this general assembly will be, to form into statutes the great maxims of the Holy Alliance, giving them the form of a code, which will be re cognised by all the States, as establishing the public rights of nations. French Five per Cents. 4th August, 91 f. ad e. Loan of 1823, 124 premium. Madrid Gazdies have been received to the 90th ultimo. The following are extracts : MADRID, JULY U. At two o'clock yesterday morning the Duke of Angouleme left Madrid for Seville. From this de termination of his Royal Highness, we are induced to encourage the most favourable hopes, since we cannot but flatter ourselves that it may prove a powerful means of more promptly obtaining the de liverance of our beloved King and Royal Family, and putting a stop to the evils which :Act the coun try. For this reason the Regency of the Kingdom has made the requisite arrangements for providing his Royal Highness, his retinae, and the troops which accompany him throughout the whole of the route, with everything necessary for the journey, and for paying that honour which is due to the high dignity and character of so magnanimous a deliverer, who has come to re-establish tranquillity and order amongst us, at the expense of innumerable fatigues arid sacrifices. The Government has received information that the important health of their Majesties and their Royal Highnesses continued, on the 2111, 22d, aad 23citur rent, unchanged. • The communications with Cadiz becoming daily more difficult, and the blockade mere strict, wheaten bread has in consequence already risen to 18 or 20 reals per pound. The other•articles of the first neces sity have risen in the same proportion. On the 21st, an English ship, under a flag of truce, entered the port of Cadiz. The object of her mission has been the subject of much conversation. His Royal Highness the Duke of ANO(ULEME, previous to leaving this capital, issued the following order : " GENERAL ORDER. " His loyal Highness the General-in-Chief, being to com mence his march with the head-quarters for Andalusia, on the 28th current, has determined, that the superior command of the several provinces shall be distributed in the following manner as far as respects military operations:— " His Excellency the Duke of Reggio, Commander-in-Chief of the first corps of the army, shall have the superior command of the provinces of New Castile, Estremadura, Segovia, the kingdom of Leon, including Salamanca, Valladolid, Galicia, and the Asturias. His head-quarters shall be at Madrid. His Serene Highness the Prince of Hohenlohe, Commander in-Chief of the third corps of the army, shall have the superior command of the provinces of Santander, Burgos, Soria, Santo Domingo, Alava,s-and Biscay. His head-quarters Shall be at Victoria. " His Excellency Marshal the Marquis of Lauriston, Com mander-in-Chief of the second corps of reserve, shall have the superior command of the provinces of Guipascoa, Navarra, Ar ragosi, and the Lower Ebro. His head-quarters shall be at Tolosa. " Lieutenant-General Count Molitor, Commander-in-Chief of the second corps of the army, shall have the superior com mand of the kingdoms of Valencia, Murcia, and Granada- " General Viscount de Foisac Latour, Commander-in-Chief of a column for field operations, shall have the superior command of the kingdoms of Cordova and Jaen. " Finally, Lieutenant-General Count de Bourdesoult, Com mander. in-Chief of the first corps of reserve, shall have the superiorcommand of the kingdom of Seville, and of the ope rations in frost of Cadiz. His head-quarters shall be at Puerto de Santa Maria. " The above distribution shall be subject to such modifica tions as ulterior circumstances may render necessary; but midi farther orders, the General Officers and Commanders of rheFrench and Spanish troops. as also the Commandants of the provinces and places included within each of the before-described superior commands, 'shall correspond with the Marshals and General Officers herein specified, and shall execute their orders. • " The present General Order shall be communicated to the Serene Regency of the kingdom of Spain, in order that their Highnesses may issue the necessary orders, directing the Cap tains-General, Commanders of the provinces, and of the troops of his Catholic Majesty, to put themselves, agreeably to the above regulations, in the proper relation with the Marshals and Generals having superior command. " By order of his Royal Highness, " Count de G UILL EM NOT, Major-General. " Head-quarters, Madrid, July 24." The subscription which was some time ago opened at Madrid, for Quesada's band, appears to have been very unproductive. The Gazette complains that 66 this meritorious division which has made such great sacrifices to restore to Spain her religion, her King, and her tranquillity, is no longer enabled to .continue its efforts, in consequence of its being naked and destitute of every kind of equipment." It is then said—" With the greatest joy of our hearts we see the inhabitants hasten to succour this division, as far and even farther than their means permit ; but we' also with horror perceive, that many who offered the Jacobin faction every kind of personal and pecuniary service, now either refuse with haughtiness-or even with scorn to assist those worthy Spaniards; or, if they give anything, it seems to be for the purpose of rendering more public their insolence and contemp tuous rudeness." We extract the following articles of intelligence from the Gazette of Genoa. GENOA, JULY 21. Private letters from Barcelona, received by vessels which left that city on the 16th and 17th, give a me. lancholy description of that great city, which is strictly invested by the French army without, and is I within a prey to severe and arbitrary measures, and in danger of falling into anarchy. A vessel arrived here yesterday, which sailed from Gibraltar on the 10th of July; it brings nothing new from Cadiz, only that some vessels at the hazard of being seized, had succeeded in entering with grain, the blockade not being complete; but it was becoming more strict. LEGHORN. JULY w. The Neapolitan ship, Capri, of 74 guns, the Ga latea, of 28, and the St. Antonio, of eight, have ar rived from Naples, to wait for his Majesty the King of Naples. His Majesty the King of Wurtembnrg, and the Prince of Hesse Cassel, have.arrived here to take the Benefit of sea-bathing. We have received to-day the following accounts from Bayonne : BAYONNE, JULY *o. The action before Cadiz, on the 16th, was one of the most serious that has yet taken place, and no t doubt considerable loss must have been sustained : in that before Corunna, on the 15th, the 7th regi ment appears to have suffered the must. At Seville there were so many sick and wounded, on the 20th, that it had been resolved to embark a great number of the latter on board the French squa dron, to convey them to France. The communications between Andalusia and Ma drid are at times interrupted, notwithstanding the movements of the French, who occupy the Sierra iklo rena. Ballasteros retains his positions at Malaga, Gre nada, and Ronda, with ten or twelve thousand men; and has detached ten guerillas, each consisting of' 200 foot ancl'4o horse, commanded by good Qfficers, l in different directions, especially to the Sierra Morena. General Molitor, it is said, has received orders from the Prince, to advance, with all the force that, he can command, towards Grenada, to attack Bal lasteros and cover tiourdesoulle. Cartbagena and Ali. cant are not yet blockaded: those - two places, besides a good garrison, have each a guerilla of 1200 men; the Constitutionalists, however, want resources, ani are obliged to have recourse to recnisitions, in order to subsist. BaNsteros is reprnached by his patty with dilatoriness and pusillanimity; the factis, th a t with almost equal forces he has done nothing, in comparison with Mina, but yielded only the grt nod to his adversaries, retieating for 140 leagues. The Empecinado, after entering Valladolid, pro) cecded towards Aranda, with 1,500 men,:of which 300 are cavalry. Almost all the prisoners whom be 'has released have joined him. The Royalists, in their turn, have retaken the city, and put in prison the wives of the prisoners. Bourck continues his operations in Galicia. Mo• was advancing against Vigo. Corunna, which is blockaded, will not be able to hold out long, ot account of its position, any more than Ferrol. O'Donnel has written to the Regency, that tin body of troops is kept at Valladolid, and - Ciudad Rodrigo blockaded, Old Castile will not enjoy trio. quillity. - Pampeluna and St. Sebastian hold out obstinately; [the garrison of the former has made many. sallies; lin the last, while two columns of 500 men each, pro tected by artillery, engaged the enemy on one side, another column of 1,000 men cut down the corn on the other side, to carry it into the fortress. General Guilleminot has given orders to besiege both places in form. The present state of things in Spain, is very un favourable to foreign commerce, the French cruisers stationed before Barcelona, Tarragona, Carthagena, Malaga, Algesiras, Cadiz, Corunna, Vigo, Ferrol, Santander, Santona, and St. Sebastian, sti icily search ing all vessels, and hindering them from entering these ports; and even in the ports occupied by the French, or the soldiers of the Faith, the duties are very high. Sir Robert Wilson and General Laßemand fought with courage at the affair of Corunna. PRIVATE LETTER. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. " PART% AUGUST S. a Stock Exchange rumours, and letters from Bay onne, with the intention of favouring the Bears, stated that the army before Corunna was in full re. treat. There is not a word of truth in it. The French army has never been obliged to retire. Bourck's army was too small for effective operations: but he maintained his ground until the arrival of fresh troops, which reinforced him on the 23d July : and letters from the army of the 24th, state that active opera. tions were to be commenced the next dry; and it was expected the place would not hold out a fortnight. " The Duke d'Angouleme is expected toreseh Cadiz by the 15th or 20th, to undertake the siege in person, but it is thought that the negotiations for the dissolution of the Cortes and the deliverance of Fer dinand will be terminated on his Royal Highness's arrival, and wait only his ratification. The fact is certain that two Regiments of the gartison hate de-1 dared their resolution not to fight fot the Cortes. It was wished to disband them, but they refused to da liver up their arms, ant requested permission to►leass the city, which was refused. Discontent is said to be general at Cadiz, and that the Cortei ceased to be come popular when they attracted all the horrors of war to the city, which, deprived of its commerce, wanting provisions, and subject to every rind% anxiously waits to see a period to its misfortunes! The Paris Papers of Monday arrived last night, but brought no intelligence of any importance. following is given in the Conatitutiennd asan extol of a letter from the bivouack, near Barcelona, dal July 29 : " The Spaniards make great boasting in the Batt lona Journals, of their sortie on the 16th ; thelce brated the battle as a triumph. They give the bigb praises to the battalions of Babastro, Colonies, 414 Leon, who, they say, charged the French with tk bayonet. They pretend that they took two piecali cannon, and several prisoner's, and would have O tained a decisive advantage, if they had had I. cavalry. During the attack, which was begot' , the fort of Opio, Mina was brought out op** ramparts, whence he could observe and Mr d every movement." A letter from Badajoz was received yestriah way of Lisbon, which states the former placro._ . , ‘ l in an excellent state of defence, with a garrisoci r thousand militia, and an abundant supply 410: ost visions. They perceive no demonstrations of tack on the part of the French, nor had any of Olg . troops visited the vicinity of IkadajoA, eacee.. 4lll : the march to Seville for the purpose of surprul KING. The guerillas, under Mr great excesses in that part of Sp' contributions wherever their I( so. Offeniive operations again derta ken by the garrison of Bads prebensions had ceased of a viell The French Journal des Debals, ment in the OrOumme that " about to publish a declaration., Ia term for the Cortes m restore beyond this term the member , be regarded as guilty of Itif as such." 1. Extract a letter from Gem July ;-44 We have just seen - dated the 15th instant, which Imorning. It states that . Mr city on the 13th, with abbot fantry, and that the rrenclijitiery 1 a 0 as dii ten XI It Di his ou Dalt Cal Sol Esi Wa sloo !lay bu for ftij En thi to ins fra of cot An! PRI 1 ter purpose or su F F ..— all - m MERINO, CRIIP' Spain, and levied iv je force ena bled 0101 , _ tto , inst them were-04 10 adajoz, as sooe es le visit from the fir l 4" gals, con tradicii • & hi " the Great Palo Aba )n, in which tbeY___ , 14 * *vs :the iibertt trakeiret. "A Olit 00 )ers ' who co t • . ark ugh treason, 3 4 isia r • .1104 enoa, dated the 1 16 affil b 4 letter from h arrived bY a Of xve IN A marched oo t p s, *tr PYA t &V hone 0 4 " sere eery IN a C 9, I t