Star.
London, England, 1823-06-16 00:00:00

SIR ROBERT WILSON.

EATICACTS TWO LETTZIRS FROM 1111 Matoit
T 1124044 /Milani= TO J. G. LAMOTONO ISV. M.P..
0* Vroo....o4lftady 1,000 men have been • lint.
ntto the army. Every- horse has been given up foe
• the service,, and Beery man of the town and district
• is enrolled iu the militia."
. Or -Gatieta:--14 This pitivince can be defenaecr
v..ith 12,000 troops, eideellty.the inhabitants, against I
the whole army .of: the. Dube d'Angouleme, sup•
posing he could employ his whole force in the ope.
ration; at the same time, by its connection with the,
Asturias, and communications with Leon andt as.
tile, it assures, with its defensive means, an offensive
attitude on the most important basis of the-enemy's
communications, •if he advances. south of the Ebro
• and more particularly of the Dourd,—Galicia. con:
. noted with the Asturias, and secured on its right
• . by Portugal, can have but one danger to apprehend,
and that is upon her sea coast, but the French will be
very cautious of maritime expedns, as they will
"be afraid to rouse our jealousy. 'eft is really extra.
ordinary what the Galician have done with their own
limited means; and I have this day seen on parade;
scveral hundred more men of the finest military de-
' scrirtion' who are all ready to go forward, as soon as
they can be armedand equipped.
Or I have requested a return of what has
...been done by the.inhabitants of Vigo alone, and of
.their present wants. It would be most agreeable tot
.me and most useful, if any. ontributions should .be
goiqt forward, as I trust there are, in England, to
.srd.here the first supply of arms, &c. I should
thitit 1,000 are requited at the present moment.
Et qui eito dat bb du:
" Far France must make peace, or try thefostune,
eher-orrns very soon in this quarter, under every dis-
advantage, and, as I (Orin, with asneranee of defeat,
if I sari only get one half executed of what I pro-
pose is the interest of this country and our own."
' Or C0PUNNA........ The people of this town•are en-
.thtisiastic in'their attachment to the Constitution, and
•Vice,cousql of Ferrol tells me it is the
.same there,. but the population is
•• o, The volunteer force is composed of as •fine men
a; ever I saw in any country, and also the dis-
posable militia, many detachments of which are
, doing duty in Galicia. The greater part are clothed,
acid all are clothing, [Bough with great sacrifice •to
the inhabitants; They are also neatly all armed, but
some of the arms are in au imperfect state, though 1
was much pleased to see they were. all in good
'order, as far as cleaning could accomplish it. The
cousclipts arc :d1 fine young men, and do notseem
discontented, except for want of clothing.
Some of those who formed part of the Royal
Guard on the sth of May, are hew, and, I au► told,
behaved as well as any. of the very best troops of the
army. 'there ate also some penitent factious, but
they ate very inferior to the Constitutionalists; from
.youth and appearance. Altogether, I suppose, be-
tween Vigo and Corunna, the garrisons of both in-
cluded, I have seen 5,000-men, wanting nothing but
vapplies and discipline to make them the best troops
in the world, taking all in all ; for a Spaniard,' with
water and a bit of bread, or a find of pea, will march
-forty miles a day.
The auxiliary corps of .5,000. British (at least) is
*dem:mired fur by all classes ; and it would create and
organise a force of 30,000 men in this province and
(lie Asturias; but even without this corps, with only
a few good ufficers and some few non-commiesioned
*officers, I would pledge myself to have an, army of
25,000 men in two months, i,•••tee could only net arms
'and ertirrcnts."