Star.
London, England, 1824-01-31 00:00:00

FROM QUITO.

The latest information received by Government from
the Liberator and President is of. the 22d July, t,. ;p
Quito. The Southern departments enjoyed tranciniiii,,.,
with the exception of Porta, which is still kept fa &lam.
His Excellency has commissioned General Sucreto jam,
teed to Peru, to give aid to that country. General Sucle
had arrived at Lima.

A communication from Commo:lore Owen, dated
Port Royal Harbour, December 10, mentions the ions
of the Minerva schooner, on the sth November, of Cie
bar of Guazitcoala.

This forenoon we received intelligence from Bayonne
to the 24th instant, with a communication purperting
to be from Madrid. We say purporting, because tre
have great.suspicion that the article is of French man:.
facture, and could therefore as v ell be done a: 13,1yonae
as in the Spanish capital. It will be seen that the st.t:e
story of Russian influence and French preparations:,
assist Spain in recovering her lost colonies, is aga:a
revived, with some variation; but with as little tru:ll
as ever. The following is the article alluded to:

BAYONNE, JANUARY 23.
Among the various accounts from Madrid, we select
the following:

MADRID, JANUARY Is.

We can only confirm what we have frequently v.).
served before, that the same system seems to be adopted
in the Peninsula that was followed at Naples, after the
entrance of the Austrian army. In short, whether the
st
Cabinet of Madrid is in a condition to follow the line or
conduct traced by the Holy Alliance, especially by the
Russian Cabinet, which has a preponderance in the
councils of Ferdinand, whether this Monarch and.thoie
about him still fear the Constitutionalists, or whether
they prefer reigning over a part of the nation, whit
they exterminate the other, it seems as if a system of
terror were to be adopted. Instead of the amnerry
which was to conciliate all parties, and to put an erd
to the terrible persecutions to which above 300,000
individuals are victims,: we have an ordonnance of
the police of the 13th, and a decree of the 18th, which
creates Military Commissions, sshich are especially
enjoined to try the Constitutionalists, who have the more
reason to fear the consequences of this measure, 1
the Members of the Commissions will be chosen from
among the Officers of the Staff of Equia, Quesada
Eroles, Bessieres, Capape, Ulmann, Santos Ladino,
the Cure Merino, Ate.

Terror has seized all those Spaniards who have had
any share, more or less directly in the Con-titutionat
System, so that they hardly dare to speak to a friend in
public, or to receive him into their houses, for feat of
being informed against. In the capital we see only
Priests, Monks, and their partisans walk about the
streets, who congratulate each other on the measure; of
the Government. On the other hand, the numerous
victims in the prisons have lost all hope of seeing their
fate ameliorated ; far from that, the arrests continue at
Madrid, and in the provinces; and every day supposed
plots are denounced, in which those persons are easily
implicated who are pointed out as decided Liberals, or
as the private enemies of some fanatic.
If this state of things continues, it will be in vain fur
the Government to refuse passports for foreign coun.
tries : crowds of people will arm themselves to leave J
country where there is no longer any safety even for wo-
men. In fine, as all the unfortunate persons who have
sincerely embraced the Constitutional System exclaim,
" All this is the work -of those cursed Cortes." They
would not be sorry to see those Deputies become the
first victims, who have made themselves remarked for
their erroneous logic.
The maritime preparations making in France form a
great subject of discussion in the circles of the Serviles:
all that we have been able to collect on this head con-
firms the existence of a secret treaty or arrangement
between France and Spain, under the influence of Rrrs•
sia, relative to the Colonies : the basis is not known, only
that France has engaged to assist Spain, by various in•
direct:means, in its attempts against its Colonies, and
that Ferdinand has promised special protection to the
French marine and commerce as well at the Havannah
as at St. Juan d'Ulloa, Lima, &c. and that it is hardly
probable that French ships of war have already ap-
peared in those parts with Deputies from Ferdinand•
When it is objected to the Serviles that England will
oppose those projects on the Colonies, they reply that
France trill find means to avoid coming into collision
with that Power, and will insensibly insinuate them-
selves into those vast possessions, rendering an import-
ant service to Spain, and in return deriving advantage
from their commerce.

It is even affirmed that a part of the French squa-
dron, which sailed ostensibly for Guadaloupe, is tics_
tined for the Gulph of Mexico, and the other parts ot
Lima, where its bare presence will encourage the Roy-
alists, as the Cordon of Health did those in the Lenin-
sula ; but setting aside the accuracy of all these conjer.
tines, it i, certain that hopes are conceived that the
itoyal cause will hot lose ground in the Colonies. If
~.y one hints at the opposition of England to the ope-
_Limns o; the French in America, he is answered by
o.nng told ut the Iloly Alliance, and of the Continental

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blockade, which is the scarecrow held up by the ene-
mies of Great Britain. Ot ders have been given to hasten
the equipment of the little squadrrn fitting out at Cadiz,
and the building of two frigates, which are on the
stocks atFerrol ; orders have likewise been given to repair
those vessels at Carthagena which can be made useful.

Some money has already been sent to those ports,
but not sufficient for the purpose, the Treasury not being
able to find money for the expenses of the Palace, which
it has been necessary to reduce considerably.
. The organization of the Royal army is wholly para-
lyzed, either from want of money, or through want of
influence: so that, for want of an armed force, those
who have to pay taxes, and the robbers, are quite at
their ease. In some cities the dregs of the people are
armed, under the name of Royal Volunteer Militia; but
the soldiers of this look like deserters in comparison with
the late Constitutional Militia; and though they would
never be ready or willing to fight, they will be willing
enough to arrest and insult the Constitutionalists. The
discharged Constitutional Officers and Serjeants are
starving, and those of the Faith are not much better off.
Money is always expected from France, but it never
comes; and who v ill run tte risk of lending morel to
the Government?

This forenoon we received the Moniteur and Journal
desDebats of Thursday, and the Etoik of yesterday, by
Express. TEe Journal des Del'ats once more refutes the
turnouts about French naval preparations, which had
been revived in the Conaitutionnel of the preceding day
The news ftom Greece is highly gratifying. The fol-
lowing are extracts:

FHOH THP MONITEUR.
PARIS, JANUARY 29.
The German Journals, which we have received by an
extraordinary conveyance, zre full of interesting de-
tails on the affairs of Greece.
The Gireks made a sudden .descent on the village of
Vou;11, where they found seven Turkish vessels, of
which they took pos.ession. A part of the garrison of
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Corinth have laricl at Aponorne. The Greeks have

occupied Corinth without resistance, with a body of .500

men. The Central Government of Greece is trans-

terred to Argos,

.
The arrival of this news at Constantinople was the

cause of the .1411 of the late Ministry. Great events are
about to take place in the East.

Intelligence direct from Missolonghi, dated the ISth
December, confirms the news that the blockade had
been raised, and that the Turks had lost 3,000 men be-

Pure the place, all their artillery and materiel. Mauro-
cordato, who had arrived, accompanied by Lord Byron,
Colonel Stanhope, and Lieut.• Colonel de Launay, had
taken from the gulf of Patras, two Turkish vessels, one
of which bel'nged to the Commandant of Patras, Jus-

suff Paclia, and bad on board 300,000 i 'astres.
Omer Paella has retired to Janina, and it is said,
he is shut up in a house by his own troops, because he

has not paid them. AU the foreigners are to assemble
at Missolonghi, under the command of Lord Byron.
The Minister of Marine is about to establish under
him a consulting Committee, whO will be charged with
examining all projects relative to works in the ports—
the construction and launching of ships of war, Stc•
This Committee will be composed of Lieutenant-aenera!
Thireon, Inspector-General of the Marine Artillery
Vice-Admiral Baron Roussin, Chevalier tie Viella, Rol
land, and Baron ',Lair, Inspectors-General of Naval
Affairs; Sgauzin, Inspector• General of Hydraulics:
Baron Cachin, who is charged with the direction of the
works in the port of Cherbourg ; M. de la Moriniere,
officer of the Engineers, is attached to the Committee
in quality of Secretary.