Star. — London, England, 1823-07-14 00:00:00

I LONDON THE EVENING STAR. MONDAY. JULY 14, 1823. THE FUNDS. • STOCK EXCH A NGF.. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this"morning at 81, and are now at 85i, *, with a good Market. The Express from Paris brings the French Funds of Saturday at 9if. I , oe. and Spanish at :573. A report prevailed in Paris that a negotiation between the French and the Cortes bad been etraimenced through the recommendation of the British Ambassador, and that a favourable issue was ex pected. The new French Loan has been at a premium of 21, per cent. and is now at e 4 to 2i. FOREIGN FUNDS. Spanish Bonda 32k, Colombian 56i, French Scrip 21 to 2.1 pre• PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 223 1 / 4 -3 per Cent. Redu. 82 3 / 4 1 / 2 3 / 8 3 per Ct. Cons. 81 3 / 4 3/4-4 per Cts. Old 99 3 / 4 I h' 4 per Cents. New 100 3 / 4 ih 3 / 8 3 / 3 1 / 2 Bank Long Annuitiet, 20 15-16 21 1;1113.3 per Cents. 81j/ B —lndia Stock 253 3 /. India Bonds 48s.—South Sea Stock 92 Ils (4:1,000) 2-Is. 26s.—Small 24.5. 275. India for Acct. 2.59 !4 Cont, for do. 83 1 / 8 / 4 1 I . EXPRESS FRONT PARIS. The French PA pets of F. is ay reached us last night ; and this morning we received those of .Saturday, both morning and evening, by Express. .They contain in - telligence from the French Army ; hut no deci,ive ope rations had taken place. The following are extracts: FROM TILE ETOILE OF SATURDAY EVENING. " ARMY OF TIIE PYRENNEES.. • 11AD1tIU, JULY 7. • " General Bourdcsoulie writes that hehopes short time to be master of the Isle of Leon. All the letters we receive agree in two points, that Cadiz cannot hold out, and that the King's life is not in danger. Ballasteros has left his army to get to Cadiz, which was defeated by General Molitor. lu several houses in Cadiz they have been already obliged to have recourse to the water from their cisterns. "The Journal of Cadiz contains the following paragraph, which appears to us very remarkable:— " A thousand different reports prevail this evening cn the subject of the arrival near this port (Cadiz) of four vessels of war, one English, and three French ; it is said, amongst other things, that a French ship of the. line, a frigate, and a brigantine, approached the castle of this fortress and that of Saint Sebastian ; they fired on the frigate, which made off immediately; • the three French vessels kept in sight till night. At six o'clock two officers (English) disembarked, and fol lowed by a great number of persons, went to the Se• eretary of State to have an interview with him." 'FOURTH CORPS OF THE ARMY. OFFICIAL IMPORT OF BARON D'EROLLES TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE MINISTER OF WAR.-(EXTRACT). " Monseigneur—lt was on the 7th of this month, in the morning, and at the moment when Mina com menced his last operations, that I received at Solsona, from your Excellency, the order to take the com mand of four Spanish battalions and the brigade of the Marshal Count Saint Priest, composed of four other French battallions and 100 cavalry ; with your orders to follow the enemy in every direction. The same day the troops moved on Berga, distant nine leagues from Solsona. " On the Bth, after leaving in that town three com panies, we proceeded to Pueblo de Hillet, where we learnt that Mina had marched for Cerdagne a Dori. I instantly made a rapid march on Ripoll, where I learnt the enemy was encamped on the 9th in the plain of Santa-Pau ; but Mina broke np his camp at day-break, and proceeded in the direction of Ridaura. I gave orders• to a French battalion, which was at ltipoll, to march on Bessora, and I took the direc tion, with the rest of My troops, on Volfagona. Just as the columns had arrived at that town, j received the iaformation that Mimi !fad changed his direction, and marched on Castelfollit. 1 instantly pro'cceded on Olot, feAring Mina was proceeding to l',lrcelona: I arrived at Desalu before nine o'clock in the morning. We made the mart+ with i'ech tati• dity, and with such prudent ?rec:r , tti , --... .1.0 enemy were ignorant of our mot cmci.t.; uut by an unforeseen fatality a soldier of the Bth Regiment disappeared during the night, and joined Miva in the morning, and informed, him of the whole of the dispositions we had made to attack him. t , We learn that Baron d'Erolcs and Marshal Saint Priest are before Cardona, and are going to form the blockade of that plaCe, as well as that of Sett." FIGUERAS, JUNE 28. On the 2d of this month the garrison of Santona disembarked 500 men, between Laredo and Calen dres, which was only occupied lay three companies of the 21st, but the Revolutionists were obliged to retreat; and left in the place more than 100 killed and wounded. FROM THE CONSTITUTIONNEL. A telegraphic dispatch, dated the Sth, from Brest, announces that a convoy, which left Martinique on the 20th May, composed of 57 sail, escorted by the Nereide frigate, has entered the above port. We read to-day, in a Ministerial Journal, the fol. lowing lines:—" We are led to believe that the nego tiations have commenced with the . members of the Cortes and the patty who have the greatebt power, and a favourable result is expected." NEWS FROM THE SPANISH FRONTIER, JULY 3. BLOCKADE OF PAMPELUNA.—You have heard that M. La Rochefoucault was sent by the Duke d'Angou-, leme to summon this place to surrender, but this. Envoy was received h.y . the pound of music, which played the Marseilloise and the Tragala, and could' not obtain any answer from the Constitutionalists. Tire French Papers of Friday contain the speech addressed by die Marquis of MARIALVA, the new Portuguese Ambassador, to the King of FRANCE, when he presented his credentials on Thursday last. He said—" The King, my master, re-established in the free exercise of his power by an unanimous and spontaneous movement of all classes in his kingdom —an event on which the resolution adopted by your Majesty with respect to Spain has had so much in fluence—hastens to renew those relations between the two august Courts. of France and Portugal which were interrupted much against his inclination." The KING replied—" I feel sensibly, on account of the part which the King, your Master, ascribes to me in the great event which has restored him to liberty. congratulate his Most Faithful. Majesty, on his being in a situation to do to his peopleal I the good which his heart dictates! But I address myself also to you, to congratulate you on the fine example which the Por tugtrese Government has, for the second times:given of its energy and attachment to the House of Bra ganca. History will not separate these facts; and the Ist of June, 1823, will live in the memory of men, as much as the Ist of December, 1640 "—al luding to the death of VASCONCELLOB, and the este blishunefit Of the House of BRAGANZA on the throne of Portugal. The Moniteur, in its official part, contains the fol. Bulletin: lIMIN ARMY OF THE PYRENNEES.-BULLETTN. " "Aldjor-tieneral Huber, informing his Royal Highness of his arrival at Oviedo the 27th of June, gives him an account of a new affair which his troops bad on the 25th, beyond Aviles. Captaiu Beaumitz, of she 4th Hussars, having advanced towards the town immediately on the arrival of General Huber at Gijon, and having with him 80 hoarse of his own regiment and of the 17th Chasseurs, and two companies of infantry, arrived at Aviles just as the rear-guard of Campanili() had quitted it to retreat cowards Mures. He overtook it near Fort St. John : the enemy formed in a square, and endeavoured to manoeuvre so as to put himself under the protection of that fort; butsbeing briskly attacked, his ranks were broken, and fled in all directions. M. de Beaumitz immediately put part of his cavalry towards Fort St. John : it entertd with the enemy, and the garrison of 50 men threw themselves into a boat, and endeavoured to escape; but Lieutenant Duez having caused the boat to be fired at, it ran aground, and only ten men were saved. " The results of this affair, which was conducted with vigour and skill, were seventy prisoners, many killed,' four pieces of cannon, a large quantity of muskets and baggage, and the com pletion of the dispersion of Carnpanillo's troops, who had hardly 200 men left when he arrived behind Nalon. Captain Beau mitz was perfectly seconded by Lieutenant Duez, of the 17th Chasseurs. He mentions, as having distinguished themselves, Lieutenant Kersoly and Brigadiers Chapeller and Constant, of the 4th Hussars, and Quartermaster Porcet, of the Pith Chas seurs. The Spanish General Longa arriving at Infieeto, at tacked at the same time, on the 25th, two revolutionary bands, one on the side of Campo Caro, the other towards Oviedo. Both were destroyed. Bernard Alvares, the chief of one of them, surrendered. " Part of General Huber's troops were at Oviedo on the 26th. He himself passed that day at Gijon, in order to have the men pursued who had fled to the mountains, and to collect the soldiers of Campanillo, who presented themselves in great num bers. He has also taken several vessels laden with arms which were in the ports of the Asturias, and were destined for the places occupied by the enemy. He was received at Oviedo on the 27th with the acclamations of all the population, who the out to meet him. Count Molitor has announced to his Highness, that the head of the 2d corps was on the 30th at Monforte, before Alicant, as well as at Riche, a march and a half from Murcia, whither the General is advancing in pursuit of the troops of Ballasteros. " Head-quarters, Madrid, July 5. " By order of his Royal Highness, "The Major-General Count GUILLEMINOT." Fanitcw FUNDS, Paris, July 11.—Five per Cents. opened at 90. 55. ; highest, 90. 60. lowest, 90. 25. closed at 90. 60. FROM THE CONSTITUTIONNEL OF FRIDAY. (EXPRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.) PERPIGNAN, JULY 3. A convoy which set out from Vich for the troops which form the blockade of the Seu d'U►ge), was attacked on the 25th ult. between Cabriana and Saint Triton, by Llobera, with 800 troops of the line, and 2,000 peasants. The convoy was either destroyed or taken. The rear:timid, consisting of 200 men, made a noble resistance, and displayed - wvalour worthy of French soldiers, bat they were forced to yield to numbers. As soon as this event was known at the Seu d'Urpl f the Baron crEroles, with three battalions, and General St. Priest, with his brigade, quitted the environs of I that place, and marched for Vich, passing by Salsona and Cardona. ltomagosa remains in the environs of la Seu with 12 or 1300 men. FROM TIM COURIIER FRANCAIS OF FRIDAY. PARIS, JULY ti. The Gazette Universelie de Lyon gives long details respecting a tumult which took place on the evening of the 4th instant, in a quarter of that city. We have no room for the details. It appears that a patrol of Brigadiers and Marechaux de Logis, of the 21st Chasseurs, having met a soldier of their regiment in I a state of intoxication, endeavoured to convey him away. The people opposed them, shouting (says the Gazette), " A bas les. Chasseurs au Rhone, les Chas seurs aux pierres r The patrol, however, proceeded, followed by upwards of 500 persons, to the Rue de la Charite, where a superior officer of the regiment was present, who inquired the cause of the disorder. He was soon, adds the Gazette, surrounded, attacked, and pushed towards the Rhone, amid'st shouts of— " Au Rhone f Of tier, a bas les Chasseurs aux pierres r At length the soldiers were joined by others, and an infantry detachment of the picquet arriving, they suc ceeded in dispersing the crowd. FROM OUR OWN CORRI(SPONVENT; PRIVATE LETTER. PARIS, JULY 10. The attention of all clas,es in Paris is, of course, turned towards Spain, and we scarcely know what to make of matters there; one thing is, however, certain —all agree that the French Army have been there a very long time, and have done but very tilde; and it is generally thought, that ii the war is procrasti nated in that country till the winter season sets in, that the French Army will be then great sufferers, and the Spaniards thew them no mercy; as then will be the time for the population of Spain (if they are determined) to annoy the French in all directions. The celebrated Madame Catalani is now in Paris, from Italy, on her way to London and Dublin; at which latter place she is said to be engaged for the remaindet of the summer, and remains in England during the winter. The weather in Paris has been most remarkable, and though now the month of July, them has been scarcely any summer as yet, being still cold and rainy, and there has not been a day scarcely, for the last two months, without fain.—The thermometer of Fahrenheit in general under 60. Our intelligence from Bayonne of this morning, which comes down to the Bth inst. is of a mixed •cha racter, though, on the whole, by no means favourable to the French. The intemperate conduct of the Ma drid Regency appears likely to embarrass the French General excessively, and to be a greater barrier to the speedy conclusion of the campaign than the re sistance of the Constitutionalists. MINA, whose übi quity defeats all the manoeuvring of the armies sent after him, still roams at large in Catalonia. The sys tem he has adopted of visiting the fortresses, encou raging the garrisons, and exchanging such of his men as are fatigued, far those who enjoyed the ease of gar rison duty, gives him a great advantage over troops who are kept eontinually on march. It appears that he recently cart ied 300 prisoners and several Officers, into Barcelona, where he was received with great ho nours, and that he left the city with nearly 5000 men. While MINA and such a force exists, Spain is not conquered, The following is the news from Bayonne : BAYONNE, JULY 6. Among the various accounts which we have re ceived from M.tdrid, we select the following parti culars, the corre,:ness of which we of course cannot guarantee, but w.iich, coming from persons who have the means of being well informed, are not unwoi thy of attention : a MADRID, JULY 1. " We by *no means enjoy here the tranquillity which the arrival of the French and the establishment of the Regency seemed to prOmise. Confidence dimi nishes, and the majority of the Sp'aniards apprehend that the struggle will be long and sanguinary : their apprehensions are partly founded on the conduct of . the Regency, which they judge to be impolitic, in as much as it seems to flitter and depend upon the unenlightened and ferocious part of the nation. The proscription of individuals of the better classes ex tends daily, and but for the presence of the French, massacre and pillage would have covered Spain with mourning. Fur this reason, people in this capital think themselves happy to have French soldiers in their houses, whom many do not quit even in the public walks and theatres: the common people mur mur at this preference, and call the French who ac company the citizens, traitors or Jacobins. Com plaints have been made to the-Commandant, and se veral officershareheen obliged to change their quar ters : but this degenerating into abuse, it has-been found necessary to acknowledge, that if such voci ferations were not despised, the officers must be quar tered in the houses of shoemakers and masons, who could not even offer them a chair. This will give an idea of the unpleasant situation in which we are, and of the rage or despair of the partisans of the Faith, who are disliked even by the French. Addresses have. been sent to the Regency, from the provinces, demanding the reestablishment of absolute power, and of the Inquisition : as that tribunal never affected the rower classes, they are pleased with this, and it is not probably for nothing that repairs are making in the, prisOns of the Holy Office in this capital, Seville, Valencia, Valladolid, and Logrono. Emigration continues, and all the Constitutional divisions have with them a train of un fortunate individuals, who have fled to avoid the ven geance of the partisans of the Faith, not td speak of those who have emigrated and still are emigrating to foreign countries. The Members of the Government at Madrid, elated by their triumph, h ave net agreed with the Counsellors of the Duke, on the necessity of, a reconciliation, and the anathema has been pro-' nounced, whence it will result, that the Constitution alists who are still in arms will not so readdilay them down. The Regency issues decrees from day to day, but they are not executed in the provinces, especially if they tend to require Enancial aid, so that the Army of the Faith is in want of everything, and suLiiSts• only on requisitions, or the assistance of the , French ; in a word, these latter are in the same situation as the English were in the last war, who were forced to sup ply the Spaniards with everything, even tobaced; only that Spain 'had at thactime immense resources, of which it is now destitute. " The scanty contributions that are levied arc ab sorbed among the governors and their immediate 4 pencients ; and in the provinces the disorder of th e 'minces is at its height. Generals Molitor and Bourmont have p rop() io raise some R. yalisr battalions at Valencia a n d I le, btst at the expense of the I', end' treasury, S p . _ _ • - • - -TN being entirely exbdisted. Tl:e triumph of legitira, in Spain is certain, if the same sactifices continue be made ; but the French must take care n ee change their mode of proceeding. It is certain 6, 4 Ihe Constitutional divisions arc destitute of resourc e • The following is an extract from an authenticl ter written by a superior Officer in the army ac t , neral Ballasteros : VILLENA, JUNE " I take advantage of the departure of the be am , for Valencia, to let you know how we ate goi ng Since our departure from Arragon we Lore nor 6 1 a moment's repose. Our army was then about 20,0 00 strong, but when we arrived on the banks cf thelu ti: we had lost above 6000 recruits; and even sincellse battle at Aleir.t almost all the conscriptshaveriaisto 'us, so that we have hardly nine or ten thousand vs ee , of whom 1800 are Officers, and this including theNe; tional Guards of Valencia, who have followed us. " We may say that we arc marching through* enemy's country, for the people everywhere recei ve us very ill, and call us Jews and Jacobins; in truth, .we well deserve these names ; for, being withoutte. sources, and without communication with the G e. vernment, we live only by requisitions, having bees obliged to carry off all the plate from the churches, to pay the troops. We bivouac every day. Bell*. teros does not quit us either day or night : the en* * follows us closely, and we are surprised at his 64. ness and the rapidity of his movements. We al not acquainted with the intentions of the General ; ,butit is thought that the greater part of our army will go to Andalusia, and the rest will protect Ali. cant. All I can affirm is, that the 9or 10,000 nee that we have, ire firmly resolved to follow the Ge- neral everywhere, and to die for the Constitution." " It is, in fact, to be presuried that BallasteroS sttjl throw himself into Andalusia, where he was chick engaged during the waf of independence. —We see that the counter-revolution has already taken place place at Grenada. The rest of that great province, Malaga included, will soon follow that example, and the Constitutionalists will be masters only of the, ground which they occupy. However," the removal of the Rayal•Family to Cadiz seems to have disap pointed General Bourdesoulle, who will have not only to blockade that city, but to keep in check Vd lacampa, at Ronda, and the guerillas that Lopes B4IIOS has left on the right of the Guadalquiver, which are supported by Badajon. " Several small bands shew themselves on the road from Madrid to Seville, which will make it neces sary to have sufficient garrisons at Evija, Cordova, Ciur.!ad Real, &c. Bourdesoulle has asked for rein-. forcements, but they cannot be sent him at present without stripping the capital. General Bouick bay ing received 2500 men from France, has reales Leon, and his Generals, Huber and Alhignac, have entered the Asturias. It is poiitively affirmed theta division of Spanish and Portuguese Royalists, form ing on the banks of the Minho, in Portugal, will. shortly enter (Wilda by way of Chaves, Mot:wei r and Orense, which would place Murillo in a bad po sition and bring the civil war into that province,. which has hitherto been free. " The reception of Mina at Barcelona was ez• tremely brilliant; he brought with him several French Officers and 300 soldiers prisoners of war, and the Gazette of Barcelona says, that he had left a greater number in the vations fortresses held by the Constir tutional troops. The General made his entry at the head of I,Boo'. and left the city on the 24th, with a fine division of 4,600 men. We know nothing of Lis movements, but General Molitor has detached from Valencia a body of 4,000 men for Arragon. " A French squadtbn of one ship of the line, a cord vette, and three brigs, is cruizing before Cadiz. Two frigates have anchored at Port St. W I , and landed a quantity of money and some military storm &Ye' ral sums of money were also landed, at the end of June, at Santander; and the reattances by way of Bayonne still continue. The army payseven for the lodging of the o ffi cers; provision s are, in coihV quence, plentiful and not dear. • A I This evening the approaching departure of the Duke for Seville is spoken of. " A great number 'Of Portuguese einigiants arrirt in Spain, ispecillty The Hamburg!) Mail which reached us this morn , ing, brings a long, and what may be called denzi4i• cial article from Si Petersburgh, on the pat and pre.. sent state of the Contine n t, more p a rt i cu l ar l y, F ranc * and the Peninsula. Th e wr i ter, premature l y think ing that the war in Spain would terminate with the occupation of the capital by the French, congratulate* the Sovereigns who assembled at Verona on the %vie. dam of their policy on the great objects already ob. . rained, and . others that will follow. The tranquilliti of Europe is Considered to have .been rather threat. ened by • Frarce than Spain. • ' . What," says the waiter, g‘ was France in 11:22?— , A : volcano, over x which one walked wi t h trem bling, Wljat..was to be, feared frons,France? That t•oltl - accumulation of infernal ingredients would cause di, volcano to 'must, and that the all consuming lava