Star. — London, England, 1823-08-12 00:00:00

THE AFFAIR ON THE BIQASSOA. There is handing about Paris a printed narrative of what took place with regard to-the French re fugees at. the passage of the Bidassoa. It is signed by Carron, who commanded the troop, and two other French-Officers, Foure and Moreau. The con tents are as follow : 44 On the 6th of April, at eleven o'clock, I assem bled the Officers and soldiers. They were all clothed in the uniform of the old Imperial Guard ! I un furled the tricolor flag, which was surmounted by the Eagle of Austerlitz. We then advanced in co lumn, drunis beating, to the bridge of Behobia, where we had been assured we should find boats ready to take us across the !iver. ' 4 My intention was to'throw myself with my Of ficers and soldiers into the midst of my old compa nions in arms, to offer them our hands, and mingle amongst them ; but the boats not being found at the place appointed, I put my troop in battle array, and advanced upon the head of the bridge, from whence I addressed the French soldiers, who were in irregular groups on the other side of the river. I was listened to with the most profound silence. " The French tieneral who commanded at Beho bia, ordered a cannon to be brought up to the other side of the bridge. The artillery men set about charging it. The river being narrow, I was within pistol shot of this cannon, which was about to mow down my troop. I repeated to my soldiers the order to remain with their muskets on their shoulders. Captain Moreau began to sing the Marseilloise hymn, in which he was joined good-humouredly by all our soldiers. The artillery men continued charging very slowly the piece, and the officer who commanded them, passed twice before its muzzle. They took mote than five minutes to charge it, and twice they changed its aim. It being at length charged, the officer looked t.wards the General, a if asking him with his eyes what was next to be done. 'Three companies of light infantry had been ordered down opposite the ford, and the rest of the regiment having taken their arms, were claced upon the heights of the old laza retto. My soldiers continued singing gaily, and hitt eating their comras!es on the other side of the river, to send over some boats. At this moment I saw the Fiench General make a sign with his sa hie to the artillery men—their officer retired into a.' h. :use close to the b; idge, without doubt not wishing to witness a murder so repugnant to .his feelings. The match was put to the piece, and in an instant I saw four of my officers and seven soldiers weltering in their blood. Aety of horror arose from oer ranks against General Bourg.* There ,were four dis- Charges of grat e shot and one of ball. After the second cannon shot, the infantry commenced a brisk discharge of musketry. We could clearly perceive that this firing was commenced by six gendarmes, who were stationed to the right of the troops opposite the ford, for the purpose of secluding them by their ex. ample. We :ern:tined all this time with our muskets should:a - el There was only one individual who could no longer contain himself, when he saw his comrades fill ; he advanced to the bridge, and in spite of his officer discharged his musket at the oppo nents. It was said in same of the Ft ench Pape: s, that, before we We:e fired upon, u e had been repeatedly called upon to retire. I must declare that it is alto gether file. N.tt a siog'o word was addressed to us horn the other side of the river." • It is General Whit who has the credit of this exploit in France ; at all events he has been reccropcnsed for it. _ _ THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 12. 1823. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 84, 83, at which price they litre remained steady up to this hour. The Du;.e of Somatisrr is said to have gone to Cadiz, on a mission from the Spanish Committee. FOaBIGN FUNDS. The information of the submission of . Bact.ssrattos caused a great bustle in the Market :his morning s as it is now imagined that the (tortes will come to some accommodation with the Duke dASGOULEME. _ - Current Prices :—New Spanish 34 to 4, Russian 86, Colom— bian 654 to 66, French Scrip '..24 g. PRICE OF STOCKS A•r ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 225 3 4 2 2 6 K 3 per tent. lleduce.l 83 1 / 4 Y 8 3 per Ct. Cons. 823 8314-3 1 4 per Cts. 96 3 4 4 per Cents. Old 100% 34 34 4 per Ct. New 101% 102—flank Lg. A ns. 215.16 India Stock 2624—India Bonds 62,.615. E x ch. Bills (E 1,0011) 325. 295. 31s.—Small 315..335. Consols tot Account 823/8 83 1 / 4 83. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received to-day, by Express from Paris, the following important intelligence : PARIS, AUGUST a TEIOIORAPHIC DISPATCH. A Telegraphic Dispatch, dated from the head. l quatters at Caroline, the 6th of August, announces that BALLASTEROS has given in his submission, and acknowledged the Regency. The following are extracts from the Paris Papers of Sunday: • MADRID, JULY 31, Tam ♦r NIGHT. We had an alarm last night : about 300 of the Constitutional troops presented themselves in two co lumns near the gates of St. Fernando and St. Vincent; it is said that they were commanded by the Empe cinado. We beat to arms, and when the garrison as sembled, the Constitutionalists remeasured their steps. Praise is due to the good spirit and excellent dis position of the French troops. Some patrols of ca valry traversed the streets during the whole of this day, and at the 'moment I write all is tranquil, and the alarm has entirely subsided. The poor Regency is attacked on all sides: it is taxed with despotism, apd with giving itself up to the spurt of vengeance; and is at variance with the French military authority, which reproaches it with wishing to render,itself independent of its benefits. ' AUGUST 3. I transmit you the following lefter, which I have just received: . " CA SOLIS', JULY 31. " The day before yesterdsy a division of General Molitor forced the first brigade of Ballasteros, com posed of 3,500 men, of all arms, to accept battle at the defile called Arenas, near the small plain of that name. The first result was the surprise of a regi ment of cavalry, 300 strong, of which seveh only escaped. The remainder of the brigade was intrenched within a circle of inaccessiblerocks. These miserables perceiving themselves all on a sudden surrounded with French bayonets, thought only of flight. The cavalry threw themselves down the rocks with haste and confusion truly disgraceful, until at length all the brigade was killed, wounded, prisoners, or dis persed. The same thing will happen to the remain der of the army of Ballasteros, which now finds itself surrounded, without the power of escape on anyside, since all the outlets are occupied by French troops. Yesterday morning 500 men of all arms had already surrendered at Jaen, and, among others, the entire (musical) band of one of the regiments beaten the day before. At this moment (eight o'clocic in the evening) the dispersed soldiers -are passing this town, and it is asserted that Loma and the environs are equally filled with them. Before this action, similar rencontres took place, the results of which were similar." PERPIGNAN, JULY 3t. The Marshal has ordeted all the Administrators who are at Mataro to return to Gerona. It seems that le has established his head•gnarters at Nlataro. This order, which was badly understood, led to the belief that the Marshal himself had returned to the latter town, whilst he was, in point of fact, directing the operations of the corps of the army which he had directed to march upon Igualada and Cervera. We yesterday received the information of the affair of the 25th, with some details which the Officers of the 60th wrote to their Commander at the depot. A battalion of the 16th of the line being a little too ven turesome, the Constitutionalists perceiving it alone without support, quitted their positions to attack it. Without the 60th, which was in the end sent to its assistance by their Marshal, it would have run the' greatest danger. The 60th itself has suffered, a com mander of battalion has been wounded, and it has lost some Officers. It seems that the action of the 25th ult. was in consequence of this affair, as the MArshal did not intend to engage until the 26th.-L The garrison of Barcelona is constantly making sor ties, which annoy our trnops, and keep them con stantly on the alert. The service is extremely hard, and occasions much sickness. Hospitals are esta blished at Perpignan and Cerit. Ninety-one invalids have already arrived here ; another detachment is expected to-morrow. Hospitals are preparing at A nes and St. Genus. We have received a Alidrid• Gazette Extraordi nary, of the 3d inst. The following are eitiacts: " MADRID, AUG.3.-OFFICIAL ARTICLE. de The Government has received information that the valuable health of their Majesties.and their Royal llighnessesContinned unchanged during the 28th and 29th of last month. " Two of the nine gun-boats preparing at Puerto de Santa Mat ia were got out of port on the With, and measures are taking to farward the remaining seven with all expedition. " The news of the journey to thitquarter,.under i'aken by the Duke of Angouleme, has caused great exultation at Puerto de Santa Maria." The Government has also received the following dispatch, which is here inserted literally, for the satis faction of the public : CAPTAINCY-GENERAL OF THE KINGDOM AND COAST OF GRANADA. " Most Excellent Senor !—Yesterday at three in the afternoon' his Must Christian Majesty's troops, under the command of Camp Marshal the Baron de Ordono, took possession of this capital, it having that moment been abandoned by those calling themselves Constitution;lists. In the morning of that day, General Don Josef de Zayas marched off wi.h an army, in name' consisting of a deluge of officers, but only 500 cavalry and ;,GOO infantry—a small number indeed ! and yet sufficient to harass the unfortunate towns which are incapable of defence. tam confident, however, considering the public spirit in -favour of his Majesty, that this force is not likely to be kept together. In. consequence of the arrangements made by the Genera) corn.. mending his Most Christian Majesty's troops, I have taken upon myself the command of the captaincy of this kingdom and coast ; and I yesterday restored the A yuntamiento, the Chancery, and other authorities, as advised by the said French Comminding General, and directed by the Regency, " I have this day established a subsistence Junta, composed of persons decided for the Royal authority, that they may pro ceed to the collection of provisions, and take care that the allied troops be properly supplied, as the commanding General has di rected ; what the said troops consume being paid for. " The officers and company of the provincial regiment of Guadlx, left here by General Zayas to preserve public tranquil lity, did not wish to follow their cavalry, and made au offer to serve his Majesty, which was accepted by the " Don Itafael del Barrio, not being its follow the rebel army, threw up his commission and remained hen. Several other chiefs ankofficcrs of the same corps have followed his example. " The King's Lieutenant has been restored ad asterism, because he was dismissed In the year 1820 for his decided attachment and fidelity to his Sovereign. " I have taken measures for &vaunt two depots,,io which individuals belonging to the constitutional armies will be col lected; and I shall report their number to your Excellency by next courier. M All the parsons belonging to the Military libiamo Depart _ ment of the district have remained, and have applied to me to be employed, as they had not followed the army. " The number of deserters arriving how the armies of ZaYas and Ballastcros is considerable. The loser sustained a defeat in the plains of Montejicar,in consequence of which eight Officers, two Cadets, and 40 privates, all cavalry, badly wounded, have been brought in here prisoners. " As soon a* the allied army shall resume its operations, that which ayas commands will vanish, if it be not already dis persed in consequence of the effervescence in the territory into which it is marching ; for, according to the direction taken, it has passed the Alpujarra. This Is all the information I have at present to communicate to your Excellency, &c. " Granada, July 28. " .11,7 AN SEN EN de CONTRERAS. " To the Most Escellent Secretary of State for the War Department." We have received, by the Camden Packet, advices from Gibraltar of the 2Sd ult. A body of Spanish Royalists had made an attack on the Constitutional ists at St. Roque, and driven them out of the place. They afterwards made an attempt to get possession of the lines, but were repulsed; when they returned to St. Roque, which they still hold. We have received the following letter from an in telligent correspondent at Malaga : " MALAGA, JULY 12. " I hoped ere this to have been enabled to send you good news, but am miserably disappointed. That fine army, which was raised at so much cost and with so much care, . called the Army of Reserve of Andalusia, has been allowed, by General Villa campa, to fritter away and disperse amonzsi the various towns ; so that of the 30,000, not 1,500 are this day in a body, and himself retired to enjoy the baths of Alhama I Upon the approach of the French in Valencia, .Ballasteros retired into Murcia, and is now arrived at Baza and Granada; and people re tna►k, that the same policy, prevails with him also, in dividing into small divisions his army, which ought to consist of 25,000 men. . " The French invest Cadiz closely, by sea and land ; it- appears the Cortes propose to make ,a stout resistance, and as yet are well supplied with provi sions of every kind, by means of their little armed provision boats. In this quarter we are truly in the absence of all information of what is going on in other pans of the Peninsula, the French having pos sessionof the principal post roads from Bayonne to Madrid and Cadiz. I knoWthat the greater part of the kingdom of Cordova, Jaen, and Seville, have taken down the Constitution stone in their squares ; so that a strange spectacle is seen in this country, and I believe has no precedent in either ancient or modern history—the military endeavouring to give and pre serve liberty to a people, and the people refusing it : but with all the knowledge of these facts, I say that yet the French may soon fi►id themselves in a scrape; these ignorant people take down the emblems of the Constitutional system, not from any real dislike to it, but from the hopes that they will not be called upon for contributions, which the French make them be-1 lieve they will be exempted from by declating in their favour. It requires not the gilt of a prophet to foresee that' the French must live upon the country they consider a conquered by them—they must lay on coritributioni— the people will soon be undeceived. They are a yin dictiv,e race, arid if once roused, the LOAD have mercy on the souls of their invaders. Yet the people of this country are easily governed : at present, al though it may be said that we have no Government at all, neither military nor ciiil,- 7 and, although mo rality is hardly known or practised, yet by the force of the social virtues,which prevail amongst this people in a singular degree, -we are governed, and tran quillity prevails." The following is an extract of a private letter from the Spanish capital : " MADRID, JULY cc gg SIR-I arrived here today, but I don't know whether to stay, or to proceed to England. .* The Duke d'Angouleme left us at! two o'clock this morning for Seville, accompanied by 2000 of the Royal Guard, and the whole of the Staff. As he pro ceeds by easy stages, it may be 18 or 20 days ere he reaches Seville. Several detachments of troops have left this of late for the South, and in u day or two the whole of the present garrison will take the same di rection ; they will be relieved by the troops aiat have been stationed between this and Vittoria, who are marching hitherward, and some have arrived to-day; these, in like manner, will be relieved by the . divi sions forming the blockades of San Sebastian and Pampeluna—the new troops from France succeeding them. The soldiers in the surrounding villages are also under orders for Andalusia; so that in the whole, his Royal Highness takes a reinforcement of about 15,000 men. This additional force of the choicest of the French Army will, it is thought, be imposing enough to force the Constitutionalists of Cadiz into terms, the Duke being personally on the spot to treat with them, or to animate the troops in the assault of the place, besides clearing that part of the country of Ballasteros and other smaller partizans, who might be extremely troublesome to the force at present them, extended as it is. Conjecture is now at an end with respect t o the origin of the fire on the 20th, at the Church and Convent of the Espiritu Santo; A German, who oc cupied one angle of the building as a coffee-house and brewery, has confessed that the fire broke out in his bmwety ; that he was 24 hours endeavouring to extiognish it ; that he called in no assistance, nor mentioned it on account of the heavy. fine imposed on all persons in whose premises a fire breaks out. A great many persons were arrested on suspicion, all of the Constitutional patty, to whom it was at first ascribed, but who are , however, not likely t o be re leased, notwithstandi ng the discovery now made. 14 From Seville, we are informed, that Sir William A'Court left that city on the 19th inst. fo . rtlibria tati leaving his carriage and a part of his servants at M r , Walsh s, the British Vice-Consul. His ElCelienCy reported to have said, that he expected tcs. be tract soon again; presuming, probably, that the stru,-,..: e betvteen the Royalists, or rather French and Csahri, tutionalitis must quickly be terminated. " The B: i i h Ambassador has therefore left &aim, The dethronement of the King. and reinvesting hi m with his dignity, at the will of a faction, as, in fact, it may nowise termed, could not be recogwized b y the British Government, and as little, a Regency posed by foreigntas. Sir William was placed difficult situation. At Gibraltar he is in a position to observe and Like advantage of circumstances, and 4 hand to become a mediator, should the Constitution,) party in Cadiz abate a little of their obstinacy. 4 , There was no further news at Seville other that that the French had made a conclusion of the Coo. stitittionalists.at the Condado, taken the forts.of /nog°, Piedra, Ayamonte, and Villaneuva, with i e artillery and ammunition indeed, wherever the French go, there is no standing against them, n o t. withstanding what their opponents may say. By these it Was reported, that Ballasteros was corning t o Seville, with 20,00( men—that he was to eilerala . the 25th instant, being only eighteen leagues off. B r other accounts, his force was dirninished (lowa to 7,000 melt; but even this number is not to be rebel on, as otherwise other rrsove,nents would be seen making in the French armie;. "Lopez Banos is said to be at the bridge of Al. manaz on the Tagus, with about 10:X) horse. Th e departure of the French troops from this 'for And... lusia, prevents his forming a junction with Ballasterca in the.rear of the French before Cadiz, if such war the intention. The Constitutional spirit is nigrch damped and broken in all the too n, and village s , and .o heartily sick are the people of war, that nothiat is to be feared or expected from him, or any othe partizan. The towns resist 0 ni;itin , " rations, except r.l an order from the Royalist Authoritie-, and t! le Co* stitu:ionalists desert in small parties wirenever du/ find the opportunity. I have been a witness to du, myself lately. " If the French minded them, and sent division after these parties, wherever the hue and cry - raised, it would have the effect, certainly, their main operations. Oa the contrary, the keep themselves flanked, right and left, b Royalist parties atl3essieres,Quesada, Mel inn , ( nel, El Loehr', Stc. and are now bent entirely , one and last object, Cadiz, from which nothinl divert them. Mina is positively said to be up in Barcelona." EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER. " PARIS, AUGL . " A letter from Perpignan, dated the 30th states, that since the last affair announced it aiteur, there has bepn another action, WI place on the 27th instant, in which Baron t division found itself in such imminent danger, were it not for the timely'coming up of the: 19th French regiments of the line, it would been entirely destroyed." The same letter contains the following int Count Curial, who contrived tu carry communications with some persons in the . Montjui, sent thither the brigade of Genera, rot, hoping to make himself maser of through the treachery of thOse with whom communication. But the ; lot had been and the French troops were allowed to advance -the fosses, where they were received by a rained and murderous fire of grape-shot, upon them from almost within a stone's throw. The letter goes on to say, that 1 , on the 2111 Captain of the• Staff, Duval, went to Mater° make preparations for the removal of the Ma head-quarters thither. The Marshal returned on the 28th. It is said that the Military ~ tions are returning to Gerona, where also the is immediately expected. We are assured that blockade of Barcelona has been raised, which bated to the immense number of sick that It is said that in the villages of Soria, Sans, Ander, eight soldiers fall sick every day. Tn who know Catalonia, and the species of warfare L . cessary to be carried on there, this appears very!, bable.• In two months of the summer of 1793,thie thousand sick were. sent from. this province is , France; and at a mote remote period, in the yet 1285. Philip the Bold, who entered Catalonia at ti head of a hundred thousand men, was soon form' , return to France with the loss of nearly the whaki his army by famine and disease. Amongst &sig . ' was the Prince himself, who died on reaching KIK nan. There was a report yesterday on the Bosts, but which obtained little credit, that Ballasteros bJ sent in his adhesion to the Regency.* . A Flanders Mail has brought us *to-day Bmi Papers to the Bth inst. The following are estrum 'CARLSRUHR, JULY 47. Our Gazette contains , an article, dated Ai& to the following effect: • " Letters which we receive from from ters inform us that the Engl important overtures to those Stockholm. Denmark, it is the English policy. Sweden . -tided answer to the Note of the the Council of State has met his proposals, and the Sivedit Affairs has had conferences wii sador, the object of which is bonds which unite the two countries. " On the other hand, a letter to understand that the East wit of important events, as the Cabinet at length perceives that the list and Austrian Ministers. duced no satisfactory result. been circulated at Vienna, that drawn the forces which it bad v to send them to the banks of ' DRESDEN, JU An important investigation University of Leipsig: a kind here by 'some students from Halle, of secret associations, and since that, an innkeeper, at Gentleman, who was a student students (only a small- part of sig), then went to Stetterita, the inn, which was barricadoed, th co it b bu the V Re fan sea for Cir CTO sum di the ton dua tmi stew have In of a 1 T seem tion sani4 town trade strici factii abet oar, There tical Sr. aux vaS jus • 6. .iwan , of retkirdir, , the Fred It, by sttc' !I inn, O'Do irely on the' nothing wi to be dr CR. tUGLIST 7. 'se 30th July ed in the Al which -on dlroles' danger, if the 3d would b intelligence rry on WC% be fortress 41. encral Var. of the 044 orn lie was 14 a discovered • advance inn ly a well-so. I ot, directs throw." the 4Zlh it . o Alamo r* he Marsh Rimed the Asimini the Marsh. red that ti hich if fare hat we h vans, and eeive from from all . see i:oglish Cabinet bas - •CO hose of Copenlar . be is said, enters entirely '. tioi ten has not yet given S sate >f the British Ministe; W tom set several time to duos of I edish Minister for Fareig tra, !s with the English A ' stri 1 is to draw still closer ' faci ) countries. • sob this letter from Pleas ,t will shortly be the ir cha ,t Cabinet of St. ' .-, 4) - luel l e intervention of . firs lat Constantinopl • V E It. A report hat . Pro that the Porte km .' Vat bad assembled in inv ; of the Danube" unt amt r, JULY is. ha, tion is carrying' cis h ' kind of pilgrsmill .. our m Halle, excited ' styli led to energetic War h Re, i t Steiterks, mutt A ' dent at Leipzig . A ' ' • 0 rA s at tof those vtho are : Arn A:1 I its, forced the ir 6 WU icadoed, tore the. • ~ . -