Star.
London, England, 1809-03-06 00:00:00

MADRID, FEB. 4.

FROM THE MADRID GAZETTE.
The news we receive from Ferrol are every day
more satisfactory. The soldiers, whether artisans or
labourers, have deposited their arms in the arsenal,
and have resumed their peaceful occupations. The
officers, non commissioned officers, and troops of the
line, without exception, have hastened to take the oath
of fidelity to King Joseph Napoleon, and to continue
the military service.
The 1 hours of the arsenal resume their activity,
and all the individuals who were employed, continue
to fulfil their functions with the same activity.
The persons of property, civil tribunals, military
officers, and more espec►ally the officers of marine,
have manifested the greatest joy at seeing under the
authority of the King, that superb port re-establish-
ed, which had t' en delivered over to disorder and
anarchy ; and which the English are enraged at not
able to set on fire before they made their es-
- Iheir intention is evident from a proposal

the auspices of the liberal Constitution of our illustri-
ous and generous Monarch, Don Joseph Napoleon
I.
The number of individuals who composed the depu-
tation was considerable, as not only the towns, but
the Nobility, Clergy, and the Chapters, had deputies.
They not only presented to his Majesty the homage
of their constituents, but they likewise laid before his
Majesty the wants of the different cantons of their
provinces. The King listened to the requests of the
deputies with his accustomed benevolence ; he gran-
ted all he could, and promised to consider of the other
matters. All the deputies left the audience strongly
impressed with the extreme goodness of our amiable
Sovereign, intimately persuaded of all the advantages
which will result to the nation from his paternal go-

vernment.
FEB. B.—The Gazette of this day contains a number
of Royal decrees, the most important of which is one
which assigns to the different Ministers of the King
their different functions in the administration of the

Government.
Another decree provides especial tribunals for the
decision of thoSe judicial causes which formerly came
before the suppressed Council of Castile.
FEB. 13.—Yesterday, deputations from the towns
of Valladolid, Leon, Aorla, Arevalo, and Ai anjuez,
had the honour of being presented to his Majesty.
His Majesty received the deputations with his or-
dinary goodness, and promised to employ all the
means possible in assuring the prosperity of the 'na-
tion, which he had already doi.e.
The post is opened again with Gallicia, Leon, and
Navarre, together \rich Old tde ioja, Sorja,
Guadalaxa, l'alavera, Toledo, Upper Estremiiclura,
Coenca, and the Upper La Mancha, as well with
Madrid as with each other. The_ old arrangements
concerning the post are renewed.
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BAYONNE, FEBRUARY 3.
Within th::se two days 1 5,000 Spanish prisoners of
war have passed through this town.
In a letter from St. Andero, it is stated that there
are no longer any bodies of Insurgents to be found
collected on the mountains of Asturias.
BAMBERG,,FEB. 16. '
A merchant of this city has received a letter from
Vienna. The following arc the principal passages :
" The news of the shameful flight of the English
have caused the gi•c;:test consternation in Austria.
The Gazettes of Vier - • and Presburg, which lately
resounded with the . of the English, now
maintain a gloomy tit. • What was the conduct
of Austria at the epoti nen the police of Vienna
permitted the journalists to insult France periodically ?
She forbade all commerce with England, but she
' permitted the English to enter her ports ; she declared
herself ostensibly for the maintenance of peace, but
she at the same time made the most hostile arma•
ments ; and under pretext of creating a new system
of finances, she sought to fill the public treasury
Our situation in the interior is frightful ; our regular
troops arc occupied in fighting with robbers. If
war begin (which GOD avert !) there is small chance
of success. But of what use would success be, which.
, had not been prepared by wisdom ? What can be
hoped when women and thoughtless men are the au-
thors of political plans ? This is what sensible and
moderate men say; but they hardly dare shew them-
selves. Moderation is a fault, and the desire of peace
a crime."