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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, AUG. 27.—1 t is said this evening, that the Council of 'Ministers has been held in con sequence of the news from Madrid received by the Government, and that the admission of the sew Ambassador from Madrid has been discussed. The report is current at Bordeaux that the • last messenger from the Spanish Cabinet, who passed through that city, was the bearer of dis patches of the highest importance. This evening, at seven o'clock, a courier ar rived from Spain fur the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Commercial letters announce that the Austrian Cabinet is less than ever disposed in favour of the new order of things in Spain. Movements which are to be made by the Cor don Sanitaire are spoken of. it is believed that M. de Chateaubriand will go to the Congress, and that he has had the pre ference over M. de la Bourdonnaye and the Duke of Fitz-James.—The Russian Ambassador left Paris yesterday for Vienna. The Count Gabriac, First Secretary of the French Embassy in Russia, has just reached Paris with despatches. He left St. Petersburgh ,on the 11th. The Emperor had irrevocably fixed his departure for Vienna for the 16th. A letter from Poitiers of the 25th, furnishes us with the following details : M. Drault, a young advocate of Poitiers, on the refusal given, with reasons by M. Barbot, who had been at first appointed, has been officially named defender of General Berton. The zeal of M. Drault, who had hoped that M. Merilhou would obtain permission to plead, has not per mitted him tp refuse the duty assigned to him ; however he experienced so many obstacles in communicating with his . Client, and was so con vinced of the numberless difficulties he should have had to surmount, in consequence of his inex perience at the Bar, that he was the first to ad vise General Berton to intrust his defence to M. Mesnard, advocate at Rochefort.—The General consented, and charged M. Drault with the making known of his desire to M. Mesnard, who a few days after returned to Poitiers, in conse quence of the previous demand of three others of the accused, and to whom M. Drault communi cated the intentions of the General. M. Mes nard accepted ; but an authorisation to plead at Poitiers was refused him, and he was required to apply to the Keeper of the Seals, although he had taken the oath at Poitiers, and had his name inscribed on the list of Advocates in the town appendant to the Royal Court of the Department of the Vienne. It is known that the time of be ginning the trial did not give an opportunity for an application to the Minister.—The General, however, persisted i❑ his resolution ; and on the 2,<1 of August addressed the following letter to -the President : " Mr. PRESIDENT—FeeIing all the necessity .of : having myself properly .defended, I requested the aid of M. Merilhou, Advocate at Paris. It has been refused me. You have appointed an .A.M s 6ial defender; I am ready to do justiCe_tu g ocA intentions ; but as he was to make his debut at the har by his pleading in my affair, he could :rot bring into tho discussiOn that experience of proceedings, i-sand that habit of exteMporary speaking, so necessary for the following with ad vantage the details of this important cause. M. Dra — ult was the first to acknowledge this truth, and to- consent to write to Rochefort to engage Prl:Mesnard to undertake my defence. It ap pears that already others of the accused (Par and Lagrange) had requested this advocate to ,come to Poitiers. As soon as I learned his ar rival I hastened to request his assistance. M. Ilflesnard replied, that he would willingly under take my defence, but that already, on the occa sion of that of Par, Lagrange, and Gerfaut, the Procureur-General had told him that he could .not plead without an authorisation of the Keeper of the Seals. M. Drault, who reported this answer to me, has assured me that all those of 'hishonourable colleagues to whom he had spoken were of a directly opposite opinion to the head of the bar. They are all of opinion that the .+.)9.5th Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure .having given the accused the right of choosing hifS defender among the advocates on the Rolls of the Royal Court, it is sufficient that the name of M. Mesnard is inscribed on the Rolls, to prevent .:any. opposition to the choice I have made of him. As I have the right of choosine. M. Mesnard in the same manner as you would have the right of appointing one officially, I must insist on the confirmation of my choice. The dignity of the ..Court requires that I should be defended. The position of an accused is difficult enough, with .out- embarrassing by cruelty and injustice, the exercise of his rights, and resisting the choice of „confidence which he has made. If it were other wise, I would cry to the last moment that I am without a defender, and the cry of an accused unworthily abandoned would be entertained by ail France. You are too just to hesitate for an instant. I ask no favour but the free exercise of right which the law gives me. Let me know, I beg you, speedily your determination, that I -may communicate with my defender before the opening of the proceedings." [This letter remained unanswered on the even• ing of the 4th.] -1 COURT OF ASSIZES OF PARIS, AUG. 27. AFFAIR OF LA ROCHELLE. The 24th witness, Genty, serjeant in the 45th, whose me mory was so frail that it often required to be aided by inter ruptions, spoke of the appearance of an individual to him while he was pn guard at the gates of the towr, who was like the description that had been given him of General Berton.— (What this had to do with the accusation does not appear.]-- - He declared that Asnes had begun to open a plot to him. He Also asserted, that since he had come to give evidence, some persons had attempted to make him drunk, and had tampered 'with him, to modify his testimony, and, abo all, not to speak of daggers. The person who made- the proposition to him _called himself Lefevre, a brother of one of the prisoners. LEFEVRE denied that he knew any thing of this matter. The 25th witness (a Captain of Gendarmerie) deposed no thing at to the facts of the accusation. Polirrita obtained an admission from this witness, that the prison of La Rochelle is so disposed that he could easily have communicated to Goubin his written declaration. The PRESIDENT--At all events, 1 know by my own ex ,pe,rie;we that you could not hive written it. At Milan, I caused myself to be confined for some moments in a dungeon, to ascertain whether the prisoners could breathe freely. I re marked that it was not possible to write there. PoMIE a maintained the contrary. RAO TJ IA invited Al. Brunet de la ('harrie to give an account of the cruel treatment to which the accused had been subjected in the prisons of Jia Rochelle. For many weeks, said Raoulx, I was not permitted to change my shirt, though I had plenty of linen in my bag. I had nothing but a linen jacket for my dress, though it was the month of March, in a cold and damp dungeon. M. numEs - sit.—l demand to be heard. Many of the accused—You have no right ; you - are a wit ness ; wait till you are asked a question. DuMESNIL—It is not that Raoulx had linen in his bag [noise, and vehement denials on the part of the accused]. Knouts—What ! do you mean to say it is not true? M. DIYAIESNIL—No ; it is not. RAouLx—lt is a wretched and false subterfuge. M. the Captain of Gendarmerie is there to give you the lie. Ile has treated us with kindness, with humanity ; but you I M. DE BOURDILLAT demands to be heard [a strong feel ing of interest manifested itself on the bench of the accused]. 1 beg, Mr. President, td ask, whether I have not gone frequently to the prison, to inform myself of the wants of the accused ? All the accused exclaim at once—True, true ; you have done every thing in your, power to mitigate our sufferings. The three next witnesses, Laugey, Morin, and Frenet, de clared that they saw a poibmard in the possession of the accus ed Thomas, about 15 days before the regiment quitted Paris. The next sixteen witnessesses were gendarmes who, having been charged with the conveyance of Goubin and Pomier from La Rochelle to Paris, gave evidence of the communications which these two accused made to them during the journey.— Pomier, •they stated, declared to them that he had carried an ordonnance to General Berton, that he had dined with him ; that he had seen in his hands his Captain's commission, coun ter-signed by the Minister; that Mina had gone to Paris to concert measures with the chiefs of the Liberals, &c. Goubin said, that in a few days the King and the Princes would them selves be engaged in the plot. Both confessed to the Gen darmes that they had already been concerned 'ln several con spiracies, which had not taken effect; that there were at least 40,000 men engaged in the last affair ; that in the event of suc cess the Spaniards were to furnish 30,000 men, and the Bel gians 14,000; that La Rochelle and Poitiers would supply each 15 millions ; that one banker would alone furnish 7 millions ; that there were in the plot generals, deputies, and peers of France; that the object of the conspirators was to abolish nobi lity, and give to the people a king who should be named by a plurality of voices ; that the king was a , good man, and that they would keep him, provided he accepted the constitution of 1791; that they were well aware they should be shot, but that the trunk of the tree would survive its branches, &c. &e. GOUBIII and POMIER concurred in stating, that the gen darmes manifested a curiosity at once so importunate and in discreet, that to amuse themselves with them, and get rid of their importunity, they had related all the absurdities they could imagine. They added, that the gendarmes, fearing no doubt to give too ridiculous a colour to their declarations, had suppressed the most extravagant parts of this mock confession. Goubin, moreover, affirmed that these avowals, ridiculous as they were, were sometimes extorted from them by force. That the gendarme Noyon threatened to drag him to a dungeon, and put the iron collar on him, if he refused to answer. He told me, said Goubin, on the other hand, that he would give me some wine, if, like that good fellow Pomier. (such was his ex pression), I consented to speak. I regarded neither his pro mises nor his threats, and I remained. silent. Accordingly I passed the night in a dungeon with an iron collar round my neck. The witness Noyon—That is false. GOUDIN—It is true. POMIER—i too had the iron collar. The PRESIDENT—Gendarme, what is this collar of which so much is said ? Noyon—Eh ! my God, it is nothing at all ; it is an old collar which is fixed in the walls of a dungeon, and which has not been used this long time. Po MIER and Got :Bug—What I do you deny that you used it for us ? The PRESIDENT—In the prisons of Melull there were collars of this description. As soon as their existence was made known to me, I wrote to the Minister on the subject, and they were removed immediately. The same thing ought to be done throughout France. GoualN—Nevertheless you see, Mr. President, that they still exist in the prisons of Chatelleraut. The PRESIDENT—They will no doubt be removed without delay. Irons should never be employed but to prevent the escape of a prisoner, or to protect him against his own violence. It is the duty of the Magistrate to take care that they are never used as instruments of useless torture—(A general burst of applause). The ADVOCATE-GENERAL stated to the Jury, that Gin drat, one of the witnesses, had made some attempts to induce three other witnesses, Bornol, Lucas, and Poitrinolle, to give testimony favotirable to the accused. GINDRAT indignantly repelled this charge. POITRINOLLE declared that Gindrat asked him whether he was a witness for the prosecution or the - defence; and upon his answering that he was a witness for the prosecution, he turned his back upon him, saying, " What blackguards the French are !" Lucas deposed that Gindrat, speaking of the witnesses for the prosecution, said they came to declare a mass of fabrica tions which had not common sense. Bo NNO L declared that Gindrat had said in his presence, that the witnesses for the prosecution did not know for the most part what they had to depose to. The case for the prosecution being closed, the examination of witnesses for the defence was commenced. The Sieur RECURE, FAURET, COLSON, and DUBOURG, Students in Medicine, declared that the cartridges found in the house of Gauran were brought there by Recure, who had bought them at Toulouse, in 1816, of soldiers zecently enlisted, and that they were only intended to be used in firing at a mark with pistols. The sitting was adjourned. It is believed that the Advo cate-General will be heard to-morrow, and that the speeches of the Advocates will commence the day after. COURT OF ASSIZES AT POITIERS, AUG. 26. TRIAL OF THE CONSPIRATORS OF THOUARS AND OF SAUSIUR. The accused (38 of whom were present-18 absent), on be ing conducted into Court, had places assigned to them accord ing to the nature of their crime. Berton was on the left hand, and nearest the Bar ; his appearance was animated, and not in the least cast down. Ile frequently spoke with the accused who were nearest him. The other prisoners appeared gene rally to be of. the lowest class of the people. Their clothes and countenances indicated men seduced by want or the hope of pillage. They appeared calm, and troubled themselves very little with the business. The principal part of the time was occupied selected and swearing Jurymen, and in hearing the prisoner Berton state objections to the Advocate whom the Court had named, and urge his claim to the right of choosing M. Mesnard for his defender. His protest was substantially the same as the letter to the President of the Court, which'will be found under the Paris head. The Court refiised his request, as well as an application of his Advocate, M. Drault, that the cause should be remitted to the Chamber of Peers. General BERTON complained of the want of proper com munication with his Advocate, and M. Drault assigned this as a reason why he wished not to undertake the defence of the General. The act of accusation took up three hours to read, and the Court then adjourned till the following day. VIENNA, AUG. 17.—The details given by the Gazette d'Augsbourg, of the pretended expulsion of the Jesuits, or Redemptoristes, are wholly in vented.—(Gazette d'Augsbourg.) SPAIN. MADRID, Au G. 23. A supplement to the Diario Constitucional of Saragossa, published on the 19th, contains the following articles : The Commandant-General of the Sixth Military District, under the date of yesterday, writes from Huesca to the Political Chief of this Province, as follows _ _ _ " It is five in the evening, and I have just arrived hqe with the cavalry at a smart trot from Casbos, five hours' march dis tant. All the trobos zealously contended for the glory of coming up with the Trappist, who, driven from the centre of Upper. Arragon, and cut off from Catalonia, found his fol lowers daily diminishing. Constantly pursued, notwithstand ing the heat and the intricacy of the ground, he fled towards Navarre by the way of Ayerve, the last of his parties having left this place at one o'clock to-day. This town is perfectly tranquil : the fugitive banditti had'no opportunity of doing any thing. The Trappist had a fall from his horse, and. has suf fered considerably. I request that you will be so good as to communicate this to the Chiefs of Teruel and Calatayud." The Empecinado writes from Calataytl, under date of eleven at night of the 18th, to the Political Chief of the province, as follows : " Yesterday Brigadier Fito marched in the direction of your capital, with the Sappers. To-day the Commandant Boliga lupi has followed with the battalion and active militia of Siguenza, and two pieces of artillery. I am just setting out with all the cavalry ; I shall spare no labour or fatigue ; I shall not stop in your city, but proceed onward, in order to come up with the enemies of the system. " The above is communicated to the public for their infor mation and satisfaction. (Signed) "FLORENCIO GARCIA. " Saragossa, Aug. 19." Last night a small column of the infantry and cavalry of the garrison marched from this capital, under the command of the General Commandant. This morning the column returned, escorting about two hundred of the infantry of the royal guard, which had been in the Prado, and were in Leganes, whither some of them had marched with the battalion which formed the guard of the palace, until the 7th of July ; the others, who were dispersed on the evening of that day, had taken refuge with the same battalion. MINISTRY OF FINANCE. On the 15th inst. the King was ileased'too;cier that a nego ciation should be opened to the value of between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 of reals, for rentes, which are to be inscribed on the great book of the public debt, in part of those granted by the Cortes in the last session, to be made available for all the wants of the public service ; the announcement of the negocia tion for 13,000,000 of rentes, which was published in the journal for the admission of proposals during the whole of this month, still remaining in force. Information was immediately given of this arrangement to all the corporations of the capital, with an invitation to them, as well as to individuals, to take part in the enterprise if they should think it convenient; and for fuller notice, it was an nounced to the public, that till Sunday, the 25th instant, the Minister of Finance would receive the tenders made him by corporations or individuals for the negociation of the four or five millions. On the 25th the negociation will be shut, the contract being given to the party which offers the most advan tageous terms. The biddings will take place with open doors in the office of his Excellency at twelve o'clock, in the preserce of the Trea surer-General of the Nation, the Accomptants-General, and the Directors of the Great Book and Sinking Fund. It will be permitted to make new proposals, or verbal rises in bidding, till the moment when the contract is finally declared in favour of the party who offers the most advantageous terms. It is said that Major-General D. Antonio Zarco del Valle has been appointed Minister to London. Yesterday morning, at half-past nine, an extraordinary 46:ai rier set out4froin the Russian Legation for Paris. Only a few days ago a secretary set out from the same legation with dis patches for the same place. The Minister of France has not been satisfied with sending extraordinary couriers. Since the 7th ult. he sent off, with despatches for Paris, the Consul M. Derand and Chevalier Edward de la Grange. On the other hand, scarcely a day elapses in which the French Papers do not announce the arrival at Paris of couriers to the I oreign Office, or to the legations of some of the great powers in that capital. It is said that what most disconcerts foreign diploma_ tists is the temper and moderation which the Spaniards observe in their triumph, connected with the enthusiasm which they display for their liberties--things which to them appear incom patible, and which were never predicted in their protocols. The prophetic spirit of diplomatists is discredited for some years in this quarter, and the instinct of nations performs miracles which disconcert all the calculations of politicians. CADIZ, Auo. 13. The superior Authorities of this province have published the following notices and despatches : " On the 9th the Alcaldes of Villamartin and Puerto Ler. rano communicated to me that the factious, in number about 40 or 50, had entered Übrique on the morning of the 7th. They relied on the information which was given them by a person of their respective towns, who happened to be in Übrique. A column of 200 men, according to a despatch received by the military commander of the province, must have been there on the same day. Colonel Urreiztieta, who commands the troops sent from Algesiras, writes from Jimena respecting the com mandant of Etepona, that he sallied out on the 6th with 100 men and 30 horses in the direction of Übrique ; that the com mandant, Lancha, with 100 men of the national militia of Ma laga, and 100 more of the regular force, would arrive at Iqua leja, while another strong column, commanded by the Political Chief of that province, directed itself upon Ronda. Colonel Ordonez passed the Alajate, and the rest of the forces of the column of Algesiras took the road of Cones, Gausin, and other 1 towns of the mountains, keeping all their forces in communi. cation, surrounding the factious, and giving a general chase, which undoubtedly will put an end to this mad and infamous enterprise, in the opinion of Colonel Urreiztieta. In the whole of this province there is no news, nor have I received notice of the insurgent Zaldivar. I have only a despatch from Xerez in which it is stated that between th a t c ity an d P uer t o S an t a Maria five armedmen of suspicious character have been arrested. (Signed) " ESCARIO." " I have just learnt that the column which marched from Alcala had effected its entrance into Übrique, putting to flight the factious which occupied that town. " ESCARIO." [Then follows a despatch giving an account of the defeat of the insurgents in a trifling skirmish, in which two men of the constitutional force were wounded.] By accounts received from Xerez, of the 12th, it appears that Zaldivar and his party, composed of about 56 men, came to Arcos on the 9th, and carried off a horse and two prisoners. The militia were in consequence called out, and a party of 60 men sent against the insurgents. _ AUGUST 14. A picquet of cavalry of the volunteer militia, with two pieces of artillery of the same corps, together with 300 militia infantry, will sally forth to-day from this city. Another company will join them at San Ferdinando, and another at Puerto St. Mary. All the militia are eager to engage in this expedition, and such was their zeal yesterday, that it was necessary to cast lots who should go, to avoid complaints. The Political Chief will ac company this expedition, and traverse the whole province to fortify the resolution of the well affected, and to terrify the fac tious. By this the nation will see what is the spirit of this city. We are all zealous for the constitution, and we all swear rather to die than to become slaves. An intimate union, a sincere oblivion of the past, is what all good men desire; and if the new ministry effects a general reconciliation between all the inhabitants of this city who profess the same principles, and desire equally the triumph of liberty, they will deserve the bene diction of the inhabitants of Cadiz, and the gratitude of all good Spaniards. The Political Chief of this Province has just published what follows : " By a dispatch received this evening from the first consti tutional Alcalde of Medina, I am informed that the factious leader, Zaldivar, entered Paterna last night with twenty-five men ; that he carried off the Alcalde and the Secretary of the Ayuritamiento ; stole the horses of the Guard of Jerez, and four belonging to the mountain guard, which happened to be there; and collected some arms, after which the party withdrew. Every necessary measure has been adopted on my part, and by the Military Commandant,_ for pursuing them. " According to a despatch, dated the Bth, from Col. Ordonez, who commands the column which marched from Algesiras in pursuit of the factious banditti of the Serania, he had entered Bernaojan, whence the banditti fled with the greatest precipi tation and cowardice. He pursued them with the greatest ac tivity, but could not come up with them, owing to the difficulty of the ground. Only two were taken, who have been delivered up into the hands of justice, and their trial will immediately take place. The Curate and the Alcade of Benaojan were arrested by Col. Ordonez for having endeavoured to mislead him with respect to the movements of the banditti. The said Colonel was on the same day joined by a party from the province of Malaga, with which he would concert operations for the pursuit and ex termination of the evil disposed. By another despatch from the Commandant Urreiztieta, dated the 9th, it appears that the greatest number of the factious assembled together was 20 men, and that they were flying towards Genaguacil and Übrique. That chief, united with a party from Malaga, was to proceed on the following day to Übrique, making use of the intermediate time to thresh the rest of the robbers." The Commandant of the second battalion of the Princessa Regiment had addressed the following letter to the Colonel of the National Volunteer Militia of this city : " Senor Colonel of the National Volunteer Militia of Cadiz, —The mind of every good Spaniard glows with pleasure, satis faction, and a sacred patriotic zeal, to observe the ready dispo sition manifested by every individual belonging to that gallant corps which you have the honour to command, to co-operate with the Chief of the Province in patroling the towns ; a dispo sition, however, which naturally results from the enthusiastic determination which animates them for the maintenance of the Constitutional system and order. I can assure you that all the individuals of every rank of the second battalion of the Prin cessa regiment would hare wigied to have been masters of their own actions at this moment, that they might have had the pleasure of marching along with their companions in arms ; but since that is not possible, they entreat you to have the good ness to allow the band of music to accompany them during the whole expedition, which will be considered as a favour confer red by the national volunteer militia on this battalion, in whose name I have the honour to present to them their respects and consideration. PEREZ-, Commander. • (si gne d " JUAN " Cadiz, August ) 13, 1822." The Colonel of the Militia, in the name of his corps, com plied with this request, and replied in a letter full of patriotic sentiments. The Commandant of the moveable militia has published the following PROCLAMATION. " Militiamen,—The public service requires that we should march from this city for the purpose of preventing the flame of the insurrection which has broken out in the neighbouring towns of the Serrania from extending into our province. Discord wishes to scatter her firebrands through the same plains in which the voice of liberty resounded when Riego and his brave com panions redeemed us from the slavery in which we were plung ed. The genius of evil endeavours to disturb the tranquillity of a population which will never make peace with rebels who proclaim an absolute King. Would to Heaven that we had the opportunity of coming to blows with those perfidious men, who pusillanimously take shelter in the recesses of the moun tains! But while, unfortunately, we cannot coma up with them, let us endeavour to fortify the noble spirit with which the inhabitants of the province of Cadiz are animated.—Militia men, let peace, unity, and fraternity, be our motto. From the house of the most powerful to the most humble cottage which we may approach, let persons and property be respected.— Since the peasant has had the misfortune to find that success has not crowned his labours, let us not add to his affliction by a conduct unworthy of those who are engaged in the cause of liberty. Let us not spread sorrow among the many thousands now employed in those fields, and gathering in the fruit of their toils. Let them hear from our lips words which become brothers to speak to brothers whom they come to visit ; and on returning to our homes we shall have the satisfaction of know ing that we have their benedictions. Cadiz, Aug. 14. " PABLO MATHEI.J." AUGUST 15. It was no sooner known in this city that the self-styled de fenders of the faith had unrolled the standard of rebellion and discord in the Serrania de Ronda, and that the impostor Zal divar had once more appeared, than the enthusiasm of the per manent and Volunteer Militia became general. Every one was eager to maintain in the field of honour public liberty, and to punish the perjured and traitors. The most efficacious means were immediately adopted by the Authorities, and among the rest that of detaching, in aid of the moveable columns of Seville, Malaga, &c., one under the command of the brave Don Pedro Augustine. The national Volunteer Militia has manifested the most anxious desire to share in the fatigues of the expedi. tion. It was therefore necessary to yield to their reiterated ap plications, and there, was formed by lot, from those who volun teered, a column consisting of 36 artillerymen, 22 cavalry, and 337 infantry. With this column is to be incorporated a com pany of grenadiers of militia of San Fernando, and another of the Cavadores of the Puerto de Santa Maria. The Political Chief has put himself at their head. Yesterday the cavalry and artillery commenced their march. To.day, the infantry commanded by Don Pablo Matheu, after hearing mass in the Church of El CarmenifimiLhaviog also saluted the sins of our liberties, embatked for the Puerto in boats belonging to Seville, the owners of which offered them gratuitously for that service. It is impossible to describe the enthusiasm which the departure of those worthy defenders of the country has excited in this city. AUGUST 16. The Constitutional Ayuntantiente has published the follow ing notice : fhe Military Commandant of this province, in a letter which we have just received, states what follow 3 : " Colonel Don Joaquin Urrieztieta, commanding one of the columns of this province, in pursuit of the banditti, writes from Übrique, on the 13th of this month, that there exists no fac tious, since at that date those who had appeared in the different towns did not exceed thirty; and that only the leaders now re main in their hiding places. Don Pedro Augustino, com manding the other column, notifies from Übrique, under date of the 14th, that factious have presented themselves in several towns to obtain the amnesty, and that some who were con cealed have been brought in by the troops. Thus the bands of Aguilar and Tinoca may be said no longer to exist, since they are reduced to sixteen or twenty men. Zaldivar has re moved from that neighbourhood, and according to information, was on the 13th at the hermitage of El Mimbral, near Algar, with only 14 men." MALAGA, AUG. 14. Don Manuel Lancha, commanding a column of our national militia, has addressed to the Constitutional Ayuntamiento of this city, a copy of the despatch sent to the General Command ant of the province, and dated Übrique, 11th : it contains the following statements:— " The rapid marches of the column under my command has hitherto prevented me from duly informing you of the consider able share it has had in annihilating the factious. On arriving at Ronda, I received the orders of the Commander, and after resting only one day, the only halt made since we commenced our march, we proceeded to Benaocaz, where it was said the factious parties of the curates Aguilar, Tinoca, Rosillo, and other leaders, had entered. Nevertheless, we learned in the way the counter-march which they had made upon Villaluenga, whither we had had reason to suspect they were gone, and where, in fact, they had gone. They had destroyed the stone of the con stitution, though pursued by the column from Cadiz, which had stopped the factious assembled by Zaldivar at Übrique, and beat them in a slight skirmish with his Guerrillas. As it was not then prudent to enter during the night Villaluenga, which I considered occupied, 1 made a halt with the design of attacking, the town in the morning. Afterjesuming our march, we arrived at two in the morning at the place called the Poso de los Alamos. The alarm was given by the look-out party of the Ist Regiment of Catalonia, to which no reply was made but by musketry. The factious fired five or six rounds. I then reinforced the Catalonians with the Caeadores of the na tional militia, who advanced with the cry of " Viva la Consti tucion," and opened a fire, which I ordered to be suspended, when by the enemy's silence I found that we had only fallen in with some reconnoitering party which had immediately made off, and which it was impossible to overtake is consequence of the darkness of the night. The Catalonians, however, brought to me a cloak and the covering of a horse, which may afford some idea of the shameful precipitation with which the wretched banditti had fled. The remainder of the column formed rapidly, and burned with impatience to attack the factious, and the Catalonians and the Caeadores advanced with a zeal which convinced me how much was to be expected from them in a more serious action. The affair of El Poso de los Alamos did not appear to me important at the beginning, though it was so from its results ; for while I thought that we had been engaged with only a few, I afterwards learned that we had fallen upon the whole body of the factious, who dispersed on our first fire. Manyof them immediately returned to their homes, and have not re-assembled. Expecting, however, to meet with them again at Villaluenga, I continued my march, and on the following morning they found time to collect the horses and other spoils which they had aban doned in their retreat, as well as the ridiculous white flag, borne by a priest, to impress with fanatic zeal the minds of the simple people, and which fell immediately on the appearance of the least danger. On arriving at Villaluenga we remained there the whole of that day, after having learnt that the insurgents had fled in the greatest tenor to Benaojan and Montajaque. At Villaluenga we re-erected the Lapida (constitutional stone) with all possible solemnity, and were gratified with a confirma tion of our opinion that the towns of the Sierra have not taken part in the insurrection of the sacrilegious priests, and of the immoral Aguilar and Tinoco. Not a single individual of this town has joined them, and the national militia of Benao caz united themselves to us with the greatest enthusiasm, and never left us, contributing essentially to the happy result of our operations by their knowledge of the country, and by their zeal in favour of our institutions. " Early in the morning of the Bth, knowing that the points of Benaojan and Montejaque were already occupied by our troops, we proceeded to patrol in various directions the im mense and rugged Sierra of Libar, and to pursue the fugitives to their places of concealment ; but notwithstanding a most careful and fatiguing search, we obtained no other result than the discovery of the wife and family of Aguilar and two priests. We halted that night at Jimera, while we fell in with the co lumn of the Campo de Gibraltar; and after planning our ope rations, we marched for Algatacin, having learnt that the lead ers of the factious were directed towards that point ; and there we had the good fortune to surprise the drummer of the troop, a sergeant of the provincial corps of Ronda, who had become their adjutant, and another individual, who is suspected of be ing the murderer of Montalvo, a private of the national militia of that, city. We finally marched to this town, in spite of the burning heat and the difficulties which • the country presented, when a party of the national militia of Malaga were fortunate enough to surprise two other insurgents almost at the very en trance of the town. " It is difficult to describe the determination, ardour, con stancy, and discipline manifested by the whole of these troops and regiments of national militia—not only in the dangers to which they have been personally exposed, but during the priva tions,' the rapid marches, the excessive heat and 'other sufferings which we have been compelled to endure. 'T o particularize individuals would be to offend the others who have merited equal honour. " Knowing that the leaders who remained in the field had yesterday taken refuge in the Sierra adjoining this point, I shall proceed to occupy that of Farajan, in order to accomplish the total extermination of the disaffected, in which service I shall continue to aid as much as I possibly can the regiments of Cadiz, Seville, and El Campo, and the other brave soldiers who are labouring with so much zeal in maintaining our rights; that is to say, in case your Excellency should not think fit to dispose of me otherwise. " God preserve your Excellency many years, &c. &c. " MANUEL LANCHA, " Commandant-General of the province of Malaga." ST. SEBASTIAN, Au 6. 15. A party of 50 men, of the Imperial Regiment, coming from Vergara to protect a convoy of arms from that city, was attacked on the 12th, near Mondragon by 500 insurgents, formed of the natives of this Province and of Biscay. The party sustained the charge for five hours, when it was assisted by a column of militia and regular troops which proceeded from Vergara. The insurgents increase in their fanatic atrocities. Not con tent with exacting contributions by violence, from those who are pointed put to them as Liberals; they murder with the most refined barbarity. In the mountains of Guereino, they have assassinated 9 soldiers and 4 volunteers of Durango, 11.44. ing their bodies, and tearing out their eyes and tongues. SARAGOSSA, At/G. 15. 1100 The Commandant-G enera l o f t h e prov i nces wr i tes a s fo lio from Fraga, under the date of yesterday : • ea' " The Trappist, with more than 1,000 men succeeded tering the day before yesterday into Barbastro, in spite.h of fro glorious and o b s ti na t e res i stance o f our troops. Ile th r ee direct himself on H uesca . I marc h after him to ma ke ire pay dear for this mo men t ary tr i ump h , and as soon a s overtaken bin,, I shall return again to Mequinenza, P t jo paragons for attacking w hi c h were so far advanced that the after to-morrow it would have been invested. (Signed) " GINEZ SANCHEL:,, The insurgents of Arr a g on an d C ata l on i a h ave h a d a futfo of quarrel. The Catalonians, thinking themselves posses se 2 te st more rights than the Arragonese, treat them with the g r "" of indignities. The Commandant of the factious guerrillas Fraga has been impaled by his companions in Moquineos 3 : t, Other Arragonese in Leros have suffered a similar punislungi e and a great part of th em h ave separate d from the f act i on . 4 4 , Catalonians hav e lik ew i se quarrelled among themselves to ° ri g a degree, that in th e t own of Gronja they fought and as se were killed. PRICE 0. THIS DAY AT Bank Stock . 3 per Cent. Red. Bl4l 3 per Cent. Cons. 8N e, 3i per Cent 92 4 per Cent. f pld 99g ( 2;ew 9,a 5 per Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann. Imp. 3 per Cents. — HIGH WATER AT LONDO . Morning, 2 minutes after 2. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERS FALSU3I auDEIT • LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1822. HIS MAJESTY is expected to arrive at Gre wich to-morrow, and, of course, to proceed ill " mediately to Carlton-Palace. Madrid Journals to the 23d instant have beesi received, and communicate several interesti" details of the operations against the insurgents! who are beaten in every direction by the Goi er ‘ j ; went troops and the militia. In a former Pa rte the Paper we have given copious extracts. The information relative to the affairs o f Sps ° ' derived from the French Papers of Wednes (lB// is somewhat important. Couriers appear t 0 b ; continually passing between Madrid and Paris) a° in consequ ence o f t h e l ast di spatches re ceiv e , by the French Government from Spain, the held, on Tuesday, an extraordinary Counci l / s a which all the Ministers were summoned , fi° , which lasted nearly three hours. Its deliberhe ot: Lions are said to invol ve th e p o i n t w hether l ' new Spanish Ambass a d or s h ou ld b e received not. The succ e ss o f th e C onst i tut i ona lists o ver the Spanish insur gen t s i s con fi rme d in lli t eie o f papers, by a lette r f rom St. J ean Pi e d de °r` f thd the 20th instant. It st a t es th a t th e cor ps °- Army of the Faith, c omman d e d by Qtre9A:l; consisting of about 2,000 men, wa s comPle` a e c defeated on th e .17th by 1,500 troops who a rril o t from the interior. The remnant of the iesa v g e o force, which is estimat e d a t on l y 400 tue n ': ll retreating on Frati. M INA i s re p or ted 10 " e t . arrived at Pampeluna and to have spread cons! , nation among the partisans of the army of the tn th e The Echo du Midi, a violent Ult ra paper) 1 .. other hand announc e s th a t th e M arqu is of A i,rA A FLORIDA, a ci-decant Spanish Minister, a rr pre, at Urgel on the 13th i ns t., an d assume d the list , sidency of the Junta styling itself Wi e tio i which, it is add e d, is d es i rous o f coo t° itself a Regency for the Kingdom. foal It is mentioned in letters of the 17 0 ' i o Vienna, that Lord STRANGFORD is exPecte that capital from Constantinople every CO' . o , The trial of the alleged conspiracy of 1 ' 3 , 4 of chelle continues t o occu p y th e Paris C°° for Assize. The examination of the witnesses t hose the prosecution is concluded, and some ° for the defence have been heard. t • I of In the Assize-Co ur t o f P o i t i ers , the - n et t General BErrroN, and the individuals C hfiru o r, with being his accom pli ces i n t h e p l o t of g aunl io s commenced on the 9 6th inst. Some pa rti r of these proceedings are given among tracts, by which it will be seen that the (3eil riso it has been treat e d w ith grea t sever ity in hi s V fl i e d since his apprehension,—that h e has bee" d tbs t the assistance of his own Counsel,----and o f every impediment has been thrown in th e ` rag his defence. FRENCH FUNDS.—AuG• es. Five per Cents. Opened at Closed at Neapolitan Five per Cents 7 5 5 .- Bank Stock 1627 f• Exchange on London—One Month 25 f: 50 c ' Three Months f. c. ive d ‘ Dutch Journals to the ult. have - r g h , The KING'S birth-day was celebrated thr:°:-of out, the kingdom with every d e monst" t h t ` e ° his loyalty and attachment, on the 24th, 1 " ri pe Majesty attained the 50th year of his a g e ' following is an extract : a co , ' ll from s l3l p ß e U ters 7 u , rg A h U o G f ih2e3.l-otNhirienshtaanyte:lie followia StO in* `Yesterday his Majesty the Emperor reviewed need,st.fi corps of 30,000 men, which was distnguished 1 1 its ~ pearance. On the 16th his Majesty sets out for WArs3" 0 x from T 44 STOCKS ONE OCLOCK. India Stock ............. 4V .... 0 _ i• India Bonds South Sea Stock ............. Old Annuities ............... 3 8 Pr Ex. Bills Ditto Small ................. Bank for Cons. Act. ......... India for Con. Acet. .... • . off Cons. for Account •• N BRIDGE TO-MORK0;" I Evening, 30 minutes after