The National Register.
London, England, 1822-08-12 00:00:00

No. 1,362.—V0L. XV.

FRENCH PAPERS.
BAiromee, Jut.Y 31.—At the present moment,
when reports are circulated of a war between France
• and Spain, it will not be uninteresting to give a
view of the military preparations which may have
given occasion to these rumours.
We have no positive data of the costive force of
the French corcbm from Toulouse to Perpignaskimf
it appears from the information we can collect, that
it may be estimated at 20,000 men, of which 3,000
are cavalry, and three brigades of eight pieces of
cannon each, which arc not even all organised. As
for the troops posted on the frontiers, from Toulouse
to Bayonne, we may take them at 10 or 12,000,
and affirm, that on this side the number is hardly
sufficient for the sanatory cordon, supposing that to
be the real olject, there being points where 300
Spaniards might easily enter.
The journals have exaggerated the military pre-
parations which they state to be making at Bayonne.
At present we see no indication of the increase of
the garrison, which is 1,000 foot, 300 artillery on
fhot, 100 on horseback, and GO of the train. These
460 men of the corps of artillery have been only a
month, and brought no cannon ; but within this
week 24 field-pieces have arrived, and u large quan-
lay of military stores. Horses are expected, to or-
ganize, it is said, two field brigades. The workmen
in the arsenal are extremely busy in preparing car-
tridges, &c. which seems to indicate seine expedition
more serious than the cordon, and the more so, as
the fever has not appeared again in any part of
Spain. Nothing is doing tier the defence of the place,
though they talk of repairiAg the outworks, which
are much damaged, but nothing is dune. Pretty
considerable contracts for provisions and forage have
been concluded.
Workmen are busily employed in making 6,000
uniforms and other things for the division of the
Army of the Faith under Quesada, who has lately
received, by contraband, a great number of muskets,
ammunition, and four field-pieces. This General is
certainly protected, though it cannot be said by
whom.
On the other hand, it is a fact that the French
douaniers are very vigilant to prevent the passage of
all kinds of arms and ammunition to the Peninsula,
and that only the day before yesterday they seized
50,000 cartridges and 100 muskets. This fact is an
answer to the imputations of the Spanish Govern-
ment, respecting the protection and succour which
it says the defenders of the faith have received in
France. These people have certainly been protected
by a secret hand, for everybody knows that Quesada
prepared his expedition on the French territory.—
Yesterday, the 30th, there were despatched from
this city 100 bales for the Army of the Faith, con-
titining military effects, and chiefly unifinans.
Lopez Banos arrived at Madrid on the 29th, and
Gen. Equinosa, who succeeds him, entered Vittoria
on the 30th. The Deputy Calatrava, who is ap-
pointed Minister of the Interior, has left Bilboa for
Madrid, with an escort of 100 men. Lopez Banos
Las at length accepted the ministry, and the Deputy
Sandio succeeds Martinez de hi Rasa as Minister of
State. Thus there are now three Ministers of the
popular party.
The latest accounts respecting Quesada are con-
tradictory, but the result seems to be, that he main-
tains his position in the mountains, and keeps on the
4.3eitaisive, making excursions into the plain, which
harass the constitutional troops. The post from
kiarcehma has not arrived this fortnight.
VIENNA, JULY 27.—Letters received from Jassy
last week already inform us that the entire evacua-
tion of Moldavia by the troops of the Sultan was to
take place in a week. Later recounts, of the 12th
and 13th of this month fully confirm this intelli-
gence. The Janissaries featly left Jassy on the
lath of July, at seven o'clock in the morning, and
corametwed their march back to the Danube. Kat-
t.cliuk Ahmed Pacha had taken such vigorous mea-
sures of precaution, that no disturbance occurred on
this otcasion. The Commander-in-Chief semis out
parties to pick tip the st nigglers, who are innuediatey
bound, and sent after the main body.
Unomanasr, Jui.r 6.—The Ina-mils have pub-
lished the jlonjoudi, or order for the evacuation of
the principalities issued by order of the Porte by the
l'acha of Silistria, as Seraskier, or Commander-in-
t iticf of the Ttakisli troops in Moldavia and Wala-