Star.
London, England, 1809-01-10 00:00:00

PUBLISHED BY THE FRENCH. ••
The. following intercepted correspondence has been
published by the French. It is annexed to the
Seventeenth Bulletin of the French Army, and is in-
troduced by the following short preface :
We found at Madrid, at the Duke de Infanta-
do's, two caskets, containing the papers of the Prin-
cess of Asturias, in whiCh are things of the greatest
importance. The passage in a letter from her mother,
dated on the 15th January, 1806, informs us of the
opinion which the Queen of Sicily has of the Engralb.
64 These letters are' full of proofs of the conspiracy
which WAS forming to break the friendthip between
France and Spain."

COPY OF WHAT LS WRITTEN IN SYMPATHETIC INK

IST THE LET I'ER Or QUEEN CHARLOTTE TO THE
PRINC2SS OF ASTURIAS :

JANUARY 15, 1806.
"My beloved Child—l am infinitely uneasy at
your situation, your health, and the increased grief
you will have in hearing of our cruel fate. But rely
upon my truth. Do not give credit to any alarm,
which they will not fail in charity to give you, and be
prudent. I shall write to you, with perfect sincerity,
and believe no other news, for I promisi the heart
and tenderness of my dear child to hide nothing from
you. Do you not then believe any one but me. We
keep all in good health—but are diodfully uneasy.—
Mass:usa has been,with fifty thousand men on our frontier,
'since this fatal and accursed debarkation of the English,•
who, with a cowardly perjdy se;thout examile, have, after
having compromised us, quitted us'at the moment of the
greased danger. They have rained us—Bonaparte also:
nothing to be said or written; and we tball be lost indeed.*
We have but three thousand men; #n arms. During .
the two years and a half the French remained with
us, they exacted that we should make no recruiting.
They have thereby rendered allour" force useless, and
we are thus at their mercy, without the hope of de-
fending ourselves against a force of fifty thousand
men, and, if they choose, of one hundred thousand
men. Austria destroyed, and for fifty years null ; in short,
it is a ficisery without example, to wltich our holy religion
alone ran make us resigned, that only consolation in all our
miseries. We are packing up every thing, for, from the
frontiers to Naples is the affair of six or seven days, and
we cannot seer ourselves to be madeprisoners. Thus we
are preparing every thing for a disastrous and eternal
departure, and it wrings my. heart. The King has
sent Cardinal General Ruffo to Rome, and has sent
also to Paris. t But neitheriVesch, nor Alquier, nor
Eugine Beauharnois, nor Massena, can, as they say,
stop the march of the troops. Hence St. Theodore,
who has been dispatched to join Gallo, and to speak
to him upon these points,.remains at Rome to watch
over our affairs ; and the Cardinal is gone to find
Bonaparte either at Munich or at Paris, to try to
save us. roar good father it ready to satisfy the general
wish, and abdicate, and leave Francis (the Hereditary
Prince) King, reserving to himself a good pension, the fruit
of a part of the- advances made by him to the royal finances.
Many think this will be sufficient to calm the storm ; but I
do not think it, and am convinced that the enemy wish for
the kingdom of Naples. .If the danger approach, we
shall retire to Messina, and into Calabria, to defend
ourselves, at least there, and prevent the capture of
Sicily—Judge—Leopold, your two sisters, a daughter
in law, seven manths prgnant, who will lie in at
Messina, Palermo, Gon knows where, two little chil-
dren so interesting. In fine every body is in tears—
No one will remain.• Every one, frightened by the
last time, wishes to go off. We have neither squa-
dron nor anything but two ships—it is a real desolation.
" You. shall know everything—be prudent-Ldo
not shew any ill-temper of the harsh things that may
be told you. Let them pass—they signify Gon will
judge us and posterity. No false interpretations—
Your two sisters are in deep affliction. Leopold and
Francis will go to Calabria to defend the posts. 'ln
short, GOD has permitted it ; his holy will be done.
Think, my dear child* of re-establishing your health
—Conduct yourself well—this life is short—the other
is eternal and sure.—Do not afflict yourself at any
thing. I shall find means to inform you of every
thing that concerns us—but do not make yourself un-
easy—Goo will aid us—Adieu my dear child—think
of your health—try to restore it-1 bless you—l em.
brace you, and ant for life your tender mother and
t friend.
" In the narrative of Coltigno there is nothing
written. Inform me if you have received all safe,
only take care of your health. GOD will have
pity upon us, and nothing will happen to us.—
If we are obliged to fall back upon Sicily, I will
endeavour, when we shall be all assembled together,
to send a vessel, under the pretence of quieting the
heart of the Queen, for her daughter : but, in fact,
to assure you, my beloved child, with respect to our
fate. Be prudent, do not speak out and let every
thing be said. I have nothing to reproach myself. Jo-
seph Bonaparte is believed to be • destined to the throne of
Naples—that is villainous enough—Gon permits it ; we
must bow our heads.—Francis conducts himself exempla-
rily, and no' one can behave better ; Isabella his wife, (the
daughter of the Queen of Spain), is in the eighth month' of
her pregnancy ; but happily she has. such apathy, is to
silly and dull, that she feels nothing warmly—it is good
for• her health. Tour sisters and myself have not the
same happiness. I cannot express to you, my child, our
torments.—But Gon will aid us ; du not be taeasy,
and, think only 'of your health—Let.. thein:erfficise,
and talk and discuss every thing without feeling the
misery of it. Be attached to your good husband—
Be prudent, wise—l rely on you. .
46 Adieu, dear child, I have many things to say
to you, but time presses—l embrace you from the
bottom of my heart, and am your tender mother
and friend.
I write to the Queen and to your husband—to the for•
mer, to speak to her of her child—to the other to tell him
that it it hit slaty to write to 171:9 and that he should be seen.
Adieu. I will endeavour to send you intelligence
relative to me—Be tranquil on our account—l em-
brace you—Adieu.
• These passages, which we print in Italics, are printed in the
same manner in the French pamphlet.

Three French prisoners, who were in confinement
at Portsmouth, have been lodged in the gaol of that
town, on a charge of forging Bank of England notes.
They have succeeded in passing some of the notes,
through some soldiers who were guarding them at
•Forton Prison. The notes are 'very neatly executed,
and are a good imitation.