Star.
London, England, 1823-05-16 00:00:00

BAYONNE, MAY 6.

An Officer of the Staff of General Charles (Mon-.
nell writes from Burgos, that the Portuguese General
Count d'Amarante had arrived, with his Aides-de-
Camp, to present himself to the Duc d'Angouleme.
The General had left his army between Sanabria and
Astorga : it consisted of 5,000 infantry, 500 cavalry,
and six pieces of artillery.
Although Count d'Amarante came to Burgos to
offer his services to his Royal Highness, it appears
they will not be accepted, because France is not at
war with Portugal.
A report has been circulated, which obtains credit,
that the Cartes have sent a message to the Duc'
d'Angouleme, which his Royal Highness refused,
saying, that any proposition Spain had to make must
emanate from the King.
The Staff of the army arrived here to-day, where
it will remain until the 13th inst. and then proceed
towards Madrid. The corps of the Duke de Reggio,
which will march first, will take the route of Aranda
and Valladolid.

MAY B.—We have no official accounts to enable
us to form an opinion of the state of affairs in Spain ;
but a courier is said to have arrived with dispatches
for the Prince from Marshal Money. This courier

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affirms that Mina, with the 14,000 men, of which h
army now consists, is entirely srrolys44 by the
French army upon a mountain, the tame 0 which he
had forgotten.
We are, however, not inclined Isere to-think
account quite correct ; for we cannot imagine that so
skilful a General and active a partisan as Mina,
would suer himself to be surrounded and caught, as
in a trap, by an army which cannot be double the force
he is supposed to have with him, even if the army op-
posed to him were all collected for the purpose, which
is surely not the case. Nor can we think that Mina,
even if he were in the situation stated, would be abso-
lutely obliged to fight a battle.
The courier has also brought the news of the occu-
pation of Gerona ; but as that place was dismantled
and incapable of defence, it was not likely that Mina
would needlessly expose any part of the troops, of
whose value he must be more than ever sensible, since
the hopes of the Constitutional party in Spain de-
pend, in a great measure, on that General. ,
Travellers now arrive very frequently from an
Parts of Spain occupied by our troops: they confirm
what we already know, that we meet with no kind of
resistance; but 'they also say, that almost the whole
population, especially that part of it which is able to
bear arms, has fled at our approach, and we find no
enemy to combat. These people must• have gone
somewhere, and it cannot be presumed that their in-
tentions are favourable to us; so that, if these state-
ments may be relied on, the words of the Spanish
Minister may be realised—" that the war will not
really begin till the French are at Madrid."
We have learnt the dextrous contrivance of the
Governor of Jaca, to make his submission to the
Royal Junta, and not to be opposed by the greater
part of the troops under him who were not disposed
to join in his desertion of his party. In concert with
the monks, he ordered a review of part of the troops,
and made all those who were of the Constitutional
party march out upon the glacis: he then ordered
the gate to be immediately closed, and so remained
in the place with his partizans.
A great number of horses for the artillery, has ar-
rived here, and mules for the baggage continue also
to pass through ; but the number required is so very
great, that we are far from being able seriously to
commence the sieges of St. Sebastian and Pampeluna.
Ten waggons, heavily loaded with money, arrived
here yesterday, for the use of the army. They are
said to contain twenty millions in ready money,
which, if we may depend on the calculations of per-
sons who understand these matters, wia not suffice
for the expense of one month.
A person pretends to have seen, the night before
last, four waggons pass through full of sick or
wounded. The head-quarters are to remain at Bur-
gos till the 19th, and the army is to advance to Ma-
drid by the road of Valladolid and Lerma.