Star. — London, England, 1823-08-09 00:00:00

- _ DRUNSWICKIIOUSS WATCH AND CLOCK MAN FACTOR Y. GP. TODE most respeittully returns thanks to • the Nnhil;ty and his Friends in 7,-ctieral, for their liberal support during the short period of his establishment, at 9.41, lie r.nt-street, and at the same time assures them it will he not only his constant endeavour to merit thiir future encourage ment, but to sliew•his gratitude fur the past by payin unremit ting attention to every repeated favour, however trifling.. G. P. Tale continues to manufacture every article he _ad vances for sale, which enables him to vie with ever y ether no minal manufacturer iu London. All sorts of Watches, Chicks, and Jewellery repaired. Onintry orders executed with care and dispatch. Clucks wound and attended to by the year, in Town and Country. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 9. 1523; THE FUNDS. • STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning•at eta, 4, at which price they remain steady, and little business is doing. The Expresses from Paris this morning bring the French • Rentes at 92f. 50c. Spanish .16i, French Scrip . at Paris 2 to pre. Colombian 26i, Russian 85k. French Scrip in our Market 9*, *, pre. There is but little doing in the Foreign Funds Spanish Bonds 32i, 33. EXCIIANGES. IlAnnan)+, August I.—Ou London, .16.10 k. 57.1. Paris, 26. VETaitssuaon, July 18.—On London, 9. 15-32 ; Paris WO ; Amsterdam 93. Matsui, July 29.—0 n London, 5 M. 7. 4f. Lrirsic, Aly 28.—0 n London, 2 M. 6. 221. AMSIERDAM, August s.—On London, 41. 3. 2 M. 41. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. lteducel 83 3 / 8 % 3 per Cent. Cons. 82- 1 / 4 1 / 2 4 per Cu. Old 100 1 / 2 3 / 8 -1 per Ct. New 1019 8 1 ,6 bank Long Anns. 21 1 A 5-16 3.16 India Stock 2603/ 4 —lndia Bonds 675. 68s. E.tch. Rills (1:1,000) 325. 29s.30s.—Small 30s. 3 - 3 s. Con.ols for Account 82 1 / 4 % 1 / 2 5/8. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We received this morning, by Express, from Paris, the Moniteur and the Etoile of Thursday, and the "'dote of Friday. The following are extracts: FROM TILE MONITEUR. TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH, TRANSMITTED PROM BAY- ONNE, UN AUGUST 6, IN TILE EVENING. " Manzanares, August 3, Four o'Cloek, Afternoon. " THE MAJOR•GENERAL TO TILE MINISTER OF VFAR. ‘. The advanced guard of General Molitor dispersed, nn the 25th, near Guadix, all the cavalry of Ballas terus. On the 27th, Grenada was occupied. " On the 28th, General Molitor completely de feated Cam pilio."--•• Here the approach of night inter rupted the dispatch. FROM THE PILOTS OF FRIDAY. This Paper says that a communication was posted up at the Royal Exchange on Thursday, transmitted by order of the President of the Council, the same in substanceas the precedingTelegraphicDispatch, which we do not therefore repeat, but completing it thus : " On the 28th General Molitor defeated at Cam pillo de A ouar, the Cavalry :of General Ballasteros, who ha s retreated into the mountains of Cazarl.i. Ge neral Foisbac Latour is at Villa Corillo. General Loverdo has returned to Guadix, and is in the rear of the enemy, who wishes to come to terms. • " They write from Bayonne of the 3d August, that the Governor of Saint Sebastian has given a nega tve answer to the proposal of Marshal Lauriston to surrender the place. It is said that a great number of wounded from the army, ate on their way to Bayonne. Information has been received at Paris, by private letters, that a erious affair-took place in Catalonia, on the 27th., The corps of Baron Eroles was severely handled ( rbriement compromise), and he only owed his safety to two Fiench regiments coming to his assistance." " The great number of sick in the army of Cata lonia, is assigned as the cause of Marshal Moncey returning with his head-quarters to Mataro. FROM THE EMILE, AUGUST 7. We have received by an extraordinary courier, the Gazettcs of Madrid of the 2d of this month. The Re gency have received information from Cadiz of the '7th July.—The King and his august family were good health. EXTRACT OF a PRIVATE LETTER. BADALONA, JULY 28. Letters from Madrid say, that the division com manded by the Prince Generalissimo, experienced in its march a very heavy storki of rain and hail. The 111oniteur also contains a bulletin, dated Head quarters, Madridijos, July 31st, giving an account of the attack made on Nloritlo at the bridge of Sam payo, by the Constitutionalists from Vigo, in whizh the latter ae said to have been defeated. A Morning Contemporary, which is generally well informed on Spanish affAirs, gives the following leiter, as received " from a quarter upon which every reliance may be placed," the writer having " the best opportunities of knowing what be states.". The con tents are of the highest importance, and entitled, we think, to a considerable degree of credit. A com promise, under British auspices, we have always loOked for ward to, as* one of, the most probable modes by which the war in the Peninsula would be brought to a termination. 66 MADRID, .1141' 2.8. " The decided object of the Duke's journey to the south, in to ewes into a negotiation, if possible, with the people of Cadiz. The French are now inclined to treat upon a liberal basis. Six weeks ago, nothinewoald do short of a surrender of the King's person, and the dissolution of the Government; offering on their side, t:-rely to guirantee :lie lives and property of the Afemben of the Cortes (with certain exceptions), and other Liberals ; and proposing to give pen-iota to such of them as would choose to reside in France. But now, that the intrigges and plans nf Rus sia have pretty w :11 developed themselves, the eyes of the French Government have been opened, and its policy towards this coun try has undergone a visible c'.ange. " The Duke of Angoulente has had little or no Influence with the Regency. The Russian Ambassador seems to direct all their measures and operations, and it is evident that be has been doing everything in his power, since he came here, to induce the Re gency to actas if it were tut:lly independent of the French Go vernment. I know that offers of Russian troops have been made, for the purpose of re-establishing the absolute Monarchy and the Inquisition. " This explains the conduct of the Regency, which, for some time, has been so directly in opposition to the promises held forth by France and by the Duke of Angouleme, particularly in his Proclamations on entering the Peninsula. " An Austrian courier left this city oa the 25th, who, I have reason to know was the bearer of dispatches from the Minister here to Prince Metternich, giving • him an account of the in trigues which the Russian Minister has been carrying en here and of the objects which he has in view. " The French also begin to feel that their forces are inade quate to subdue the Peninsula; they dread the resistance which Cadiz is capable of offering, and the delays which would arise from attempting to reduce, by mere blockades, the other forti fied towns which are in possession of the Constitutionalists. More than all, they fear that if they coenlive much longer to be . involved with the Constitutional party in this country, they will greatly facilitate the objects which Russia has in contemplation. and afford her time to consinnmate her plans. These reasons have operated with so much force 'upon the French Govern ment that it has been resolved, I am told, to request England to step in as an arbitrator between the Duke of Angoseleme and the Cortes; and it is confidently believed that an arrangement will take place as soon as the Duke d'Aniosdente arrives before Cadiz. " I imagine, however, that his Royal Highness will first see what be can do without the interposition of Great Britain. He is sanguine enough to believe that the Government of the Cones will have confidence in his own °fere, and in the promises which he will make them. You may rest augured that his Royal Highness will find himself disappointed in this respect. The people of Cadiz must have some other guarantee if they treat at all. They must have the guarantee of England, and they will negotiate only through her mediation, when the time for such a transaction shall arrive. o' There are those who believe that even yet the Spaniards are not inclined to make such concessions as would bring about an arrangement between the two countries. I have, however, now before me some communications from my friends at Cunt, which induce me to think that the moment is not far distant when such an arrangement may be made under the guarantee of England. " The arrangements which are likely to be entered into are the following:—An Upper Chamber, or rather perhaps a Senate, after the plan of America; the King to have an absolute veto, and the 92d Article of the Constitution to be passed into a law. The 92d Article, you are aware, refers to a qualification in pro perty to entitle persons to become candidates for a seat in the Legislature, but as the Constitution now stands it is suspended as to its effect. 4, If more than these concessions be demanded, or even if these be not negotiated for through the interposition of England, they will be demanded in vajn, and every attempt at negotiation will be fruitless until Cadiz is reduced to the last extremity, either by famine, or by bombardment from the sea." Private letters from Madrid state, that the Duke of ANCOULEMZ conducts himself with much mode ration ; and that he has offended the Regency by his • [ offers of amnesty to certain marked Constitutionalists. It is added, that the Army, particularly the Officers, express great abhorrence at the proceedings of certain Royalists, who seem to consider proscription and im ,prisonment as too moderate a punishment for the Constitutionalists, and that the French, generally, act in such a way As not to disgust those upon whom they have brought the evils of war. Indeed, if the accounts are to be credited, many of the French Officers who remain in Madrid have, on various oc casions, hazarded their own lives to proteCt those of the Constitutional inhabitants. We stated yesterday exacdy the amount of the in formation received from Corunna; namely, that though not surrendered at the time of the latest ad vices, its defence had become so hopeless that the principal Officers who had undertaken its defence had abandoned it in seeming despair. An effort is made to-day, by the usual organs of public delusion' to put a very different face un the matter.—" Co runna, far from having fallen," says the Chronicle, " boldly bids defiance to the besieging army. In fact, we never read more enema-ugh% letters than several we yesterday saw from Corunna. We read some even from Ladies, who had the opportunity of coming away if they chose, in which they say theyore wader no apprehensions whatever." We subjoin some of these " encouraging letters," and the only thing we can gather from them is, that the writers are miserably blind to the real state of their situation. —We should be inclined to conclude that the Royal George had brought away all who possessed milita'ry talent and ezperieuce enough to know when fi ghting was no longer of any use. In the present state of affairs we can have no pleasure in seeing a single place in Spain surrender to the French that can possibly hold out for yet a little while; since we arethoronhglp persuaded that it is not through French conquest that affairs in Spain ate to be placed on a right footing. But we cannot shut our eyes to palpable facts. Co runna is not a place which can hold oat much longer than it has already done against an enemy in pos y' session of the heights which command it. In the former war, Sir Joint Moons rejected the idea of holding the place for any length Of time, as, altogether impracticable; and yet he had an army siz times the amount of that which now defends Co runna-; a British army too, and himself, in personal courage, inferior to no Officer in the British service. Sir ROBERT WILSON and QUiROCIA. and his forty I companions have all yielded, but to imperious ne cessitr, in-ebandonir.g the place :r 'pot does it rtffeet \, she smallest reproach on their military characters that they have done so. The Times says, that Au . ti ROGAN left Corn nna " in consequence of orders MDR* the Ministry at War at Cadiz; that he should lep#lfr to that place to take a command in the arm♦ of re serve in Andalusia," and that finding on hi; arrival in London that a packet for Gibraltar was lying at Fal mouth, ❑n.ier immediate orders to sail*, he left town . last night to avail himself of the fortunate opportu nity, which enables him at once to remove all doubts that might be thrown on his honour and patrioti-In." —Suppo•ing all this to be true (which we doubt much), still it is a vindication of QUIROGA only. It doer not explain why Sir Roamer Witsoir has aban doned the place where he was beginning to reap such honourable laurels ; it does not explain why the forty companions of QulnoGA's flight have left that strong hold which so " boldly bids defiance" to the be siegers, where even Ladies are 14 ender no appre hensions." The ie . al state of the case, in short, is but too plain. They fled to escape falling into the hands of the enemy ; and ere now, Corunna has, in all pro bability, yielded to its fate. We now lay before our Readers, besides the 44 encouraging letters" of the Chronicle, some other documents and articles of in telligence brought by the Royal George: PROCL A MATION. " The decision manifested by the heroic inhabitants of this place in defence of the national liberty, proves that it was not in win that they proclaimed the Constitution or Death/ Their con stancy and forbearance,' and the duties of my trust, oblige me to adopt measures, which, at the same time that they tray guaran tee your properties, also secure interior tranquillity. For this purpose I ordain u follows : " Ist. Any person who, availing himself of the present con fusion, occasioned by the events of the war, should rob to the amount of four this, shall be shot. " 2d. Any person, of whatsoever class or condition he may be, who should hold subversive bnguage, tending to debilitate the minds of the people resolved on defence, or indirectly speaks of capitulation, shall undergo the same penalty. 44 3d. No person shall be allowed to carry on any correspond ence with persont out of the town, unless through my channel ; and any person proved carrying it on with the enemy, or com muning with him by signs, telegraph, &c. shall be shot. " 4th. A Military Commission shall try the causes in a sum mary manner, and impose the penalties aforesaid, which shall be peremptorily executed within the term of 24 hours. " sth. A Military Officer shall be named, with a correspond ing number of troops, to take care of the interior and exterior police of the place, &c. (Signed) ANTONIO QUIROGA. " Corunna, July 29, 823." ORDER OF THE DAY. TO THE GARRISON OF CORUNNA. " Soldiers—Satisfied with the heroic valour which you dis played on the I sth of the present month, and'a witness of the steady endurance with which you support the duty consequent on the state of this place, I have formed the most favourable an ticipations respecting the issue of this contest. Nevertheless, the desire of delivering you from the fatigues and privations of a siege, made me resolve to leave this place for ;he purpose of assembling the troops in the provinces of Vigo and Orense, that remain faithful to their country and their oath, and to operate with them on the invader's rear. Your chiefs have, however, pointed out to me the necessity of my presence here, and I, proud of 'the confidence which they and you place in me, have acceded according to their wish. Having therefore intrusted to able and dextrous hands the execution of the plans which I bad conceived,..l shall continue among 'yen, and personally di rect your efforts. " Soldiers: constancy and subordination; and confidence in my measure", are all that I require of you, in order to enable us to come out triumphant from a struggle, as perfidious and hn. just on the part of the enemy, as glorious and heroic for §pain. 'Continue, then, to give proofs to the world of the virtues which distinguish you, and enjoy the _glory of being proclaimed the ' restorers of liberty and Spanish independence, in defence of which I wish to conquer or die at your head. Your General, ._ " Coruna, July 24, " ANTONIO QUIROGA." ARMY OF THE PYRENNEES. FIRST CORPS—SECOND DIVISION. " Camp before Coruna, July 93. "M. le Gouverneur—l have arrived at the extremity of Spain, and in front of the town of Corunna, which you caw mend, after passing through the whole kingdom, and being always victorious in every encounter with your troops. You cannot be ignorant that since its entrance on the Spanish territory, the French army has suffered no reverse; and you must also know that the whole nation rejects the Constitution which you vainly defend. In the name of humanity, therefore, and in order that an unnecessary shedding of blood may be stopped, I invite you to deliver up Corunna in deposit to the army commanded by his Royal Highness Monseigneir the Duke of Angouleme, that it may be delivered to the King your Sovereign, as soon as he shall be restored to liberty. I have to inform you, that your refusal will expose the garrison and the inhabitants to all the rigours which the laws of war permit in a place taken by storm. " As a fetcher inducement, I am authorised to declare to you, in the name of his Royal Highness Monseigneur the Duke of Angoulenie, who wishes to appeei in no other character in Spain than that of Pacificator, that all • the troops whit voluntarily submit, in obedience to his Majesty tbe . King of Spain, shall re tain their rank and employment ; and that his Royal Highness engages to causathem to be paid dbl.r pay and ernotnotents out of the chests of the French army. Those who may not wish to serve,—as the militiamen and provincial volunteers of Bilboa, Guipuseoe, &c.—shall be at liberty to return to their homes, and shall in no respect be troubled for their, opinions anterior to our entry into Corunna, in like manner as is practised throughout all Spain, because such is the elearly-expressed determination of I I his Royal Highness Monseigneur the Duke of Angouleme. " Your Excellency must peiceive, that, what.sve wish for is, solely the happiness of Spain, and her deliverance from the in testine dissensions by which she is distracted. Contrary to the custom of besieging armies, we come to you with open arms, and you will assuredly be your own enemies if you-do not throw yourselves into them. I have the honour to be your bumble and very obedient servant, (Signed) BOURCE, Lieutenant-General, Commanding the Division," • ANSWER. Excellent Senor—Front what you state in 7'nm-fetter, Whicl4 I received at five this evening; I icons slyly**, lxiore ttiia place, under nay command, and that pllit proclaim yourself tti have been victorious in all the retteotnnitwo wltiolt you have bad with our troops. For my part, i am net acquainted'' A any other affair besides that . whirl Oeturrtil.on the ia; wuli regard to it, it appears, we are not of the same opinion as to 'Which side the triumph belongs. You have had the expwience of that day, and from it you must be aware that it is by no *eons the entire nation that rejects the Constitution, which, oi l the contrary is here, as in many other parts of Spain, defended from a sacred duty, founded on our oaths and Spanish military honour. Without criminally failing in that duty, it is, therefor's . not possible for ate - to Bean to your proposition,- and the con sequence; which your Excellency apprehends can be prevented b y g eftiidioring your troops. Humanity seillilhavetodiarge you With the blood which will be shed, and witishav4 deprived th e peaceably disposer' inhabitants of Carmine of their liberty. 4 . If your Excellency, as welt as Ida Royarlitylmem seigneur the Duke of Angouleme, with the happiness of Spl and to dispel dissensions, of which we here know nothing, the effectual way to realize.that wish is, to let us have again the tranquillity we enjoyed, andwhich only began to desert the people of Corunna when you presented yourself hostilely a,ainst them " God preserve you many years. ' " Curtinna, July £3. " ANTONIO QUIROGA. " Tu Lieutenant-General Bourck, Commander of Diviner." FR')M Nn. 1. OF THE mipactpA r. DIARY OF PREZ CORUNNA OF WEDNESDAY, jWelt 30, 1823. " On the-15th, at two in the afternoon, we began to hear the.firing of muskets, which was returned by our advanced posts. The whole of the inhabitants were in cc , inmotion, and the troops acid national guni . ds :lew to their arms. The French, led on by the hopes of plunder, or rather inebliAted, trusted to find the road open to their pi ide and haughtinests • In vain did they rush on in dose columns; emit attack was gloi iously iepnhed. Let Genejal Bourck, if he was not as much ii.ebria:ed as•bis'.o'ldiers, speak the truth, and he will be 'cone - pined to sonfess•the firmness and serenity with -which his *hock was re ceived. The illustrious Geoeral Sir Robert %Nava also flies to the ranks, notwithstanding tlie rain and mist which at that moment came upon He did not cease to animate the soldiers like a'Gelr-ral, and fight like a good soldier, until he was wounred and obliged to be brought into town, which he entered, crying out in favour of our Constitution and lode. pendence. 44 The artillery, placed on the windmills ~n the heights of Santa Margarita, the valour and judgment of our guerillas, and the incessant fire cf the Minim, produced great havoc among the Fiend). T;:ey may count it a victory to have appttniched within musket-shot of our walls; but we have the sitisfac ,tion to have put hors de combat 1;000 mt n , as Betas zos, El Burgo, and Portazgo have ,nice itnessed. On our part we had four killed and fitl y-two wounded. The fire lasted till seven in the evening. EXTRACT OP A LETTER DATED CORUNNA, JULY 29. " Every day we have a continual firing from our walls and entrenchments, kept up again ,t the advance of the French posted within gunshot, and defended by quarries, in which they have stationed then,sfivis, as well as in the houses nearest the walls, althoughci the latter they can make little use, for they are com pletely perforated by the cannon shot from the walk. Indeed, they do not venture , toremain in them log, for where any object is seen, they are sure to be-sa luted with a ball or a shell. They mast every day lose many men, and I do not think they can stead their ground long. As far as regards ourselves? we have good parapets round us, and only every now and then have we a wounded person, owing to the I recoil of the French balls. It is very confidently as. serted, that the first day of attack the French lost 800 men killed and wounded, and on our part we had four killed and 28 wounded ; but it is also vie that the attack was the most rash ever made by mea, and had they not been drunk they would not have undertaken it. They advanced very near our en trenchments, notwithstanding the resistance they ex perienced. They were glad to sound a retreat. If they make use of heavy guns, certainly they wilido the walls of the town some harm ; but it is unaccount able that six days ago they fired 18 cannon shot, and all the balls passed over the town. They have throve in tivo shells, which did no damage. Our Goverree and other Officers are resolved to die rather than sur render, and all the workmen we can muster are es. ployed in the fortifications, as well as the inhabitautui without any distinction. He who is unable-to work, is obliged to put a substitute. With regard to Pm' visions, hitherto we have experienced no want ; bet if the siege is , prolonged, we shall be in want of flab meat, and with that we must put up. Many feriiiill . have left us, but no passports are given to Mem" ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE. " This place continues to make an heroic defer. ever since the 15th, when it was attacked by O. French to the number of 8000 men. Their rasa° on that and the following day, when they forsati s mad project of taking us by assault, was peambei by the loss of from 900 to 1000 men put horde cev Gat by the gallant resistance they experienced. tect that lesson they have troubled us very little, off theless, we have never slept a.moment, so lOC* small rencontres and the incessant fire fruo.ollr* teries, they may have lost about 500 wounded, and deserter'. The garrison IQ fo to a►►ts do not Minch in the least, and a fend themselves, under every sacrifi extremity. Never tias greater entlE and never were the spirits of a people prepared for every emergency, ant. not receive cowidera.ble succours, of pears no probability, they will never It long stand. We ale toadying the ther line of defence, if i slonold unless the French army is .c.iin;i4eLs 7 --- MR terch %ball not nevJ .our Akatailc.e4 500 more is for rrison and i are resolved to* yren .rifice, till the'ift with husiasna - lober pie bOtttrs "• tirs 4; 1 (111e o ni' id if the French 0 . is ca , of whicktfietair vertu er beable io tom' -ease e old fity l lgralii" ;e;117:24400..;1ik1it 771 I .werlehislad o ln .th \