Star.
London, England, 1823-09-30 00:00:00

GENERAL RIEGO.'

.:The chief attention of the French Journalists is still
directed towards Rie*o, on whose capture they dwell,
with as much exultation as if Cadiz had been taken.--:
An account from Madrid says that he is to be con-
ducted to that city; and from the application of the .
epithet traitor," one would suppose that he is to be
delivered up to the Regency. It does not appear,
however, whether he is in the custody of French or
Spanish Authorities. The probability is that the toimer
have, or will immediately have, entire potsession of
him ; in which case we do not think they will deliver.
him up to a set of men for whom they probably enter-
tain no great veneration, and who might sacrifice him
to their vengeance. It would be contrary to the laws
of nations, for which the French still affect to pay some
respect, for them to treat this man in any other way
than as a prisoner of war. The following is given as a
conversation between Riego and some person, probably
an agent of, the French Government:

" ANDUJAR, SEPTEMBER 19.

44 General Riego is still here in the prison of this city,
together with three officers, who were made prisoners.
with him at Arguillos. One of them is an English offi-
cer, who affects great indifference, and whom Riego oc•
casionally banters. When his turn came to declare his
name and quality, he said his name was Williams, and
that he was an Adventurer. Upon the whole, the pri-
soners passed their time more gaily than might be sup-
posed. Riego is very communicative, and delights to'
talk with the French, whose language he speaks fluently.

"I availed myself yesterday of this disposition of his
to see him. He entreated myself and another person to
enter his room, and we remained about three hours talk-
ing with him. He replied with the utmost civility, and
even with a seeming frankness, to the numerous ques-
tions which I and my companion alternately addressed
to him. We asked him why, and for what bbject he
quitted Cadiz? He replied, that he was generally sup-
posed to be much more powerful with his party than be
really was; and that his leaving Cadiz was by no means
the result of his own wishes; but arose rather from the
order of the Cortes, among whom he had many enemies,
who were delighted with an opportunity of throstiog
him for.rard. He sail that he was perfectly aware of
thrinare, and that he was even on the paint of em-
barking for Gibraltar to join his wife, but that the dread
If passing for a coward prevented him. He went first
to Malaga, where, pursuant to an order of the Cortes,
he removed Zayas, and caused him to embark for Cadiz;
he confessed, that he had done the same with about fifty
priests, but still merely in obedience to the instructions
of the Cortes; and I:egave his word of honour, that nei-
ther at Malaga, nor at Jaen, nor at Maxtos, had he
committed any 9f the atrocities imputed to him. .
His object in quitting Jaen, and seeing himself pur-
sued by General Bonnemiins, was to throw himself into
Catalonia, and join Mina. He did not expect to find
French troops at Ahdujet. It appears, however, that
the Constitutionalists are badly supplied with spies, for
we 'caused him Considerable surprise, seven or eight
times, by mentioning things which were perfectly well
known. He said, that at Cadiz they were entirely ig-
norant of political events, and that when he left it, he
did not believe in-the iubmiation of BillasTerns. He re-
lated to us, with minute details, his last interview with
BallaAeros: he said he was so persuaded that this .0C-

The French Papers of Saturday contain the following
late information relative to Greece :

After the battle of Agrapha, say letters from Janina
of August 1, which took place on June 17, in the en-
virons of Veternico, the bar bat ians seeing the Hellenians
masters of Porta, retreated to Lai ksa : Gene al Cara-
h yscos, at the head of 400 horse and 1,500 palicafes, in-
habitants of Mount Pindar, then de rending into the
plain, beat a considerable corps of Conicuides, burnt
Carditia. devastated the Turkish villages in the neigh-
bourhood, and spread such terror as far as Pharsilia,
that after he had returned to the mountains, the Seras-
kier of -Larissa sent to ask an armistice of him. His
is a-ents to the number of twelve, weir ordered to make
•
the same proposal to Captain Stotunaris. commanding
in the upper valleys of the Adielons,•and also to Chris-
tos Tzavellas, Chief of the insurgents at Zygos. It was
settled that these Chiefs should be acknowledged free
and independent, but as they replied they ere so A.-
ready, this article was passed by. They then demanded
that the shepherds and the flocks descending f4ont Pin-
dar, whom the Turks had surprised and made slaves
of, should be delivered up to them. Ace°, daig to
these conditions, which have been faithfully observed, a
suspension of arms seas agreed on for tonr months; the
Chiefs further stipulated for the right of acting in con-
cert with their brethren in the Morca, against the troops
of the Sultan, who should go beyond the mountains,
only recognising as a neuter country the basin of Thessaly,
including Tricala, Moscolonsi, Ph arsalia, an.' Larissa.