Star.
London, England, 1822-09-20 00:00:00

ROUEN CATHEDR4L

The following additional particular* relative to the
burning of the Cathedral at Rouen, of which we gave
an account in the STAR of yesterday, are from a
Rouen Journal:

" The 15th of September, 1822, will unfortunately
be too celebrated in the annals of the city of Konen.
This morning, at a quarter past five o'clock, in the
midst of a slight stoma which passed over the town,
the lightning fell on the principal tower of the metro-
politan Church, which it struck at the bottom of the
spire. In an instant the wood-work caught fire, and
the flames spread with such rapidity that in a quarter
of an hour they enveloped the whole tower and reached
to its top. The alarm occasioned by such an event
brought together the whole population : but no hu-
man aid could prevent the destruction of the part on
fire, and a few minutes before seven the spire fell upon
the roof. At this moment the fire inclosed in the tower
burst out with augmented fury : and while we write
this short notice, nothing more remains of this grand
pyramid but its stone base : the upper roofs of the
Church are broken through by the fragments fallen
lupon them ; and the terrified imagination, considering
the vast number of houses adjoining this grand edifice,
knows not where the deplorable disaster will stop.
The difficulty of collecting facts in the Midst of
such a scene of desolation, compels us to postpone
details until to-morrow. We content ourselves now
with stating, that the greatest activity prevails among
the citizens, the firemen, and the soldiers of the gar-
rison, to alleviate as far as possible the terrible con-
sequences of this calamity."

TOULOUSE. SZ?TEKBER ii.

The brotherhood of the White Penitents marched
in procession through the streets of this town on last
Sunday, in commemoration of the journey made by

the ancient brotherhood of our Lady of Garaison, in
fulfilment of a vow made by their predecessors in the
reign of Louis XIII. to demand of GOD the prosperity
of the Bastion family. This is the first time *ace the'
'Revolution that the Whitefeaitems have paraded thy

principal stops of the city; and iL it iospire4
with piety, it aired curiosity in a peat many
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at 92E90c. closed at 92f. 25e. Bank Shares,
This:forenoon we received Bayonne Paphil
11th inst. The' following are eztradirr—:
BAYONNE, SEPTEMBER to.

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The news which we have just received "from *the
frontiers, announce the landing, at fit. Sebastian, of
the Regiment of active Militia co. from Gallicia,
and of two Battalions of the Regiment of the line .of
Vittoria, at Bilboa, which embarked at Corunna.
Letters from Vittoria of the- 7th; received at 4run
by express, mention the arrival, in that city,of eight
pieces of cannon and 1500 men, intended for Navarre.
Travellers from \lie interior, who have arrived to-
day at the Lazaretto of Behobie, confirm the ad•
vane of troops towards Catalonia, and the provinces
adjacent to France: they add, that the Royalists are
masters of all Catalonia, where the Constitutional
garrisons are closely blockaded, and anxiously waiting
for the reinforcements which are on their way.

The accounts from Arragon, received by the way
of Olesen, represent that province as generally re-
solved to repulse the Defenders ithe Faith : a Bat-
talion of the active Militia of Saragossa has volun-
tarily marched to join the division of Zarco de Valle,
who is at Frago. Mina was collecting forces at Lerida
Private letters received to-day from S:. Jean Pied
de Port, confirm the defeat of General Quesada, in
the environs of Biel, between Jaca and Sanguesa
The column of Colonel Tabuenca, consisting of 700
infantry and 100 cavalry, and two cannon,sattacked,
on the morning of the 7th, General Quesada, who
had under his command 3,000 men; and, after having
been repulsed from Jaca, hesitated to enter into.
Arragon, because the Empecinado was in the, envi-
rons of Huesca, and Espinosa in. the Roncal. The.
Constitutional troops, whose ardour is beyond descrip-
tion, succeeded in breaking the line of their adver-
saries, of whom they killed 300, and 'took a_ great'
number prisoners; they also took forty mules, loaded
with ammunition, the military chest, and the greater
part of the baggage. The ranks of the Defenders of
the Faith having been thrown into disorder, 500 men
went over to the Constitutionalists, and an equal
number from the valleys of Erro, Ahescoa, Salazar,l
Roncal, Anso, and Echo, returned to their homes,'
throwing away their arms. This news is certain.
It is also added, but we cannot warrant the truth of
the statement, that Ques'ada has been arrested by his
own soldiers and taken to Irati to be tried ; some even
go so far as to say that helms now been shot: we
wait for more authentic accounts. With respect to
the fate of this General, he had himself previously
expressed his apprehensions and even his repugnance
to command a troop without discipline, in which
there was a great number of brigands and desperate
characters. We are wholly ignorant of the move-
marts which Espioosa may have made since this
battle, ‘.e merely know that on the 7th he was in
the valley of Roncal ; that the battalion of the Faith,
cantoned at Ochagania and in the environs, bad
made a movement towards Irurzun, a village on the
high road from Tolosa to Pampeltina, so that in this
case Irati would be insulated. The advantages ob-
rained by the Constitutional troops, though so infetior
in number, will not excite surprise, when we are told
that fifty youths cf the National School at Vertara,
in Guipuscoa, the oldest of whom is not 18, put to
flight a few days since, the band of Uranga, consist-
ing of 250 men.
The dispatches lately taken from the express of the
house of Basterreche, coming from Madrid, have
been forwarded by the Sub-Prefect of our town to
the Minister of the Interior, by the ordinary convey-
ance; which has given rise, in this city, to a thousand
idle complaints. It is now known that the bearer
was detained because 1:e had not taken a paSsport at
the Pas de Behobie, for Bayonne, the distance of
which is only four leagues 'and a half, a thing which
is never done.

The news from Madrid, which is not of a later date
than the 6th, represent that city as tranqUil, though
the intercepting of the couriers from the northern fron-
tiers had given the ill•disposed an opportunity to
spread various sinister reports of great successes ob-
tained by the Royalists ; of their having taken Iron,
St. Sebastian, and Tolosa; of preparations for war
making at Bayonne, and of the march of 25,000 men
to the Pyrennees, which greatly inflame the minds of
the Liberals, who are more incensed than ever against
those who oppose the consolidation of their system—
not excepting the King and his family, who ate
treated, both in writing and conversation, with the
greatest contempt.
Amidst the activity and upright proceedings of the
new Ministers, it may be perceived that they are not
disposed to support the ambitious views of a certain
pat ty, having already shewn their repugnance to per-
mit the opening of the Patriotic Societies.

If the situation of the Northern Provinces of Cata-
lonia (say the Madrid letters) justly excites alarm,
that of the Southern Provinces and Galßela is satis-
factory, there being Only •soma insignificant bands;
which are bFaten. ►hen they show themselves, by the
Constitutional troops. The loan for $8 millions of
reals, just concluded, on better terms than tilt last,
1 with some houses in London—the expected arrival of

reiniasaces Emu ) gee
M , iaisters—ths ""1 sad ihs good

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spirit and Mehl:ion which animate the majtv'st'i of
Ithe population, give us reason to hope gut our iii,

testine dissentions will be extinguished, and that the
Gyvernment will then be able to adopt measures to
make the Spanish nation and its territory respected
by foreigners, and especially to awe France, which
fancy to be the declared enemy

of their liberties.