Star.
London, England, 1823-01-02 00:00:00

sittendt, various couriers havinglfleparted between.
the 17th arid dit'22d.utt,:'
In one of those Papers tEere is a curious and-some-
what farcical letter frint•thirtnautrit O'Doiu..c t 6
his brother, the ,Coue*D'AstaskiA,.`l4oto has a coin-
..
mend in the Constitutionttitenisy. In this letter
~
CMARLILS CEDONNEL) tills la " alii.HZNRIrw that he
has sworn never to have any fellowship with him ;.
but, on the contrary, that he is Teddy to give him
battle. The Commander of tbe-Army of the Faith
concludes his very Christian adMonition by assuring .
his brother that he will lose his head.' This letter has
'either been got up for effect, or is a fabrication.
Some articles from Frankfort state, that great
movements have taken place in the Russian armies,
'and that the corps d'armee on the Bog, which was to
have returned -into the interior of Russia, has re-
eeived- Orders to .apptbach the Turkish frontiers.
However hostile these movements (if true) may ap-
pear,. a Russian winter is certainly not the most
.fa vourable to military operations.
Extract of a private letter from Frankfort (in the
Courier Francais') dated December 24:
~ The attention of the public begins to be directed
from the West to the East, and the news from the
Ebro has, during several days past, excited less inte-
rest than that which arrives from the banks of the Da-
nube and the Pruth. The general opinion here is that
war between France and Spain will not, immediately
at least, take place ; but we begin to doubt the possi-
bility of the maintenance of peace between Russia
and the Porte.
" The last advices from Verona announce that the
affairs of the East have been discussed in long Minis-
terial conferentes, which were held several days suc-
cessively. The Emperor Alexander deemed it proper
not to be absent during the whole interval of these
important negotiations, and, in consequence, he re-
nounced the project, already announced, of visiting
Florence, Rome, and Naples. At present, this Mo-
narch is hastening his return to the capital of his do.
minions, where he is desirous to be on the 12th of next
month, to take all the measures which the urgency '
of present circumstances demands.
" Some of the meditated measures have, it is af-
firmed, already been concerted with the other Sove.
reigns. All the orders of the Russian Cabinet, dun.
ing the meeting of the Congress of Verona, and dis-
patched, whether to St. Petersburgh or to the dire.
rent Chiefs of the corps cantoned on the frontiers of
Tut key, were of a nature to induce a belief that war
might every moment break out.
" It is not less true that new negotiations have
been opened at Constantinople, in order to re:establ
lish harmony between the two Empires; bitt little
hope is entertained, especially .since the recent ee'vb-
lution of the Seraglio, that they will bring about a
•
satisfactory result. .
" It is affirmed, on the other hand, that at the
Congress of Verona a remarkable approximation has
operated between the Cahinets of St. Petersburgh
and n St. James. The deceased Marquis of London,
derr( was, as is known, entirely devoted to Ottoman
legitimacy, and .the most faithful ally of the Mussul-
man. Ills successor, Mr. Canning, now acts, ix is
.sisidorpon more Cluistiaix sentiments., Some politi-
cians even would not ,be:surprised to see England
soon malting commdn cause with Russia, and acting
hostilely lainst" the Sylilit* Poite,.Which rejects an
mediation.'

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This forenoon we received Bayonne Papers to the
23d ult. They contain some details, though not of
a very recent date, of further successes over the Army
of the Faith by the enterprising MINA, who, consi-
dering the limited means at his commands has dis-
played great skill in extinguishing the rebellion in
the Northern Provinces. The follOwing-iie eitracts :
BAYONNE, DECEMBER 9. I
The Spanish Mail' arrived the day before yester-
dxy,at nine in the eveninvat Behobie; and it might.
have been here yesterday at five b'clork in thd Morn-
ing, but it did not arrive at. Bayonne WI to=day. We
do not understand this, but it is feared that the let-
ters are examined.
The accounts brought by this htal...site }if rather
an old date, as far as respects 'the operations in the.
northern provinces. Mina's reports of the different
affairs he has had with the Royalists *hew thaftb.eir
forces are entirely dispersed. On the 28th of last
month he encountered, at Monteith, the remain of
the troops of Erolles and Miralles, to the number of
2,600 men. The enemy occupied very gond posi-
tions, but, as soon as the Constitutional General _made
preparations to attack, Erolles began to make ar-
rangements for retreating, supported by about 200
cavalry. Mina seeing it impossible to reach him on
the heights, resolved to entice him into the plain by
affecting to retreat; the factious fell into the snare ;
'and then the General, with 42 cavalry, some Aid.
de-Camps, and Officers of his Staff, attacked _the,
enemy so vigorously that, in a moment, the field was
covered with dead, and Arms and effects of all kinds.
The cavalry of Emilia was entirely destroyed, taken,
'Or dispersed; and the Constitutional troops lost only
three or fotir men on this occasion. Mina, in his
reports, Amen himself with .having prevented the
'intended junction of •Mosen Aeon and other par-
tisans of Erolles, in Cerdagne, and with having de-
livered the country from the bands that infested it.,
.In another report he states, that he bad had another
action with the factious, and had driven them to the
(frontiers of France, where the French Cordon was
under arms ! ,! I had," says %. the satisfaction
the

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BRIGHTON, DECEMBER SO.

His MAJESTY continues in excellent health and •
spirits. The dinner party at the Palace today, be-
sides his MAJESTY and Royal suite, includes the Mar-
quis GRAHAM, the Earl and Countess of WARWICK,
and Lord and Lady CONYNGIIA NI: No invitations
have been issued for an increase of company in
the evening.
.-The Duke of CLARENCE, and his amiable Duchess,
are expected in a day or two to spend some time
with his MAJESTY, and preparations are making in
the Palace for the reception of their Royal Highnesses.
COLONEL FORTUNE.—A Gentleman, so calling him
self,•was a sojourner at the Gloucester Aims Hotel for
better than a twelvemonth : be obtained his rank and
distinction, it is said, by being what is called a Colonel
of Guides in the American war, in America, under
the command of Lard CORNWALLIS: He W 3,5 pen-
sioned by his Lordship; his income was rather under
1001. per annum. He left the Gloucester Hotel fir
Hurst, a country village ten or twelve miles hence,
nearly six months ago, in the hope of improving his
health. He was naturally of a cheerful disposition, and
which. did not desert him in illness, though attended
with a gradual but general decay of the whole system.
Finding his end inevitably approaching, he ordered
a 'coffin, for which he was measured, and had it
fashioned according. to his own fancy ; it consisted of
polished planks of elm, without the ornamental nails,
but with the initial letters of his christian and surname
on the lid. The inscription followed—no term of his
age was specified, which was about 75 or 76. This de-
pository for.lris remains completed, he carefully aired
a pair of white silk hose, white overalls or trowsers,
a light morning gown, and a white cotton night cap.
Those he continued to pay attention to, that they
might be fit for use, he said,-when needed. His par-
ticular request was, that when consigned to his
wdoom's,day habitation," his arms in his coffin should
nut have. been .extended on each side of him, but
placed across the breast. His dissolution occurred at
Hurst, about three weeks ,since. died without a
straggle cr apparent pain. His wishes, as above ex-
pressed' were strupulously obierved.

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FASIII9NABLII MOrgatENTS.

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The Duke of -Wairtgt on has arrived in town from Brighton.
Earl Citriwilliam has arrived in town from Brighton.
The Earl of liesboosugh has arrived at his seat at Boaltampton,
front a tour. • . :1:it:, .1f .
The Countess of Harrington had a mall party yeashlay mg-
las a her house io the Stable-yard, St. James's. • • •
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Count and Countess St. Antonio are expected in Vawli k feit
days, from Brighton.
Viscount Carleton had a dinner party yesterday at atillboutre
In George-street,. I lanover-sqvare.
Viscount Hampden entertained a, select party at Optic yester-
day at his house in Green-Street, Grosvenor-square. •
Lord Esrdley has arrived In town from his seat, Belvidere,

Kent.
The Dowager Duchess of Rutland has left Mr, and Lady
Elizabeth Norman's seat, in Leicestershire, for Belvoir Castle.
Lord Berwick has left town forlds seat, Attlingham Hall, Salop.
Lady Say-and-Sele his arrived in town from BehrMere, Kent.
Sir Charles Long, Ban. loft town yesterday for Xis seat, Brom-
icy Hill.
Sir Abraham Hume, Ban. has arrived at his seat, Wormley-
bury, Bert..
De.parturea from the Brunswick House Hotel, Hanover-
square :—Captain and llfra. Floyd for Bath; and .1. Forbes, Esq.
for his was io lakeatarsbire.

- • , .• • • .
, Yesterday being New Year's Day, the Doke of- Yonx,
agreeably to annual custom, left town soon .after
twelve o'clock, for Brighton, todine with the Kt no.
The Duke of Sussex was likely to have trade
;fatal mistake a few days since at Bognor, by taking
a strong embrocation that was. intended for airmen. •
ration ; the mistake he discovered immediately, and
bad recourse to swallowing a large quantity of *arm
rater, which had the effect of bringing the wholes off
' his stomach, and very soon relieved him from the
perilous dose; he foaad.aso other ill effects but tem,
porary sicicoass. ~:41? • 0.4 vrlT
The Earland.Coutetisss-Of Ausaidall are laratv+
ing up old English hospitality in the most finished-
'style, at Quidenhom Hail, in Norfolk.
The Viscountess Caesconna,.,haeing devoted-ten-
days to. acts of charity at Chelsea Farm, has now re.
turned to town, to dispense her beneficence- in-Stan,
hope-street. Heetadyship entertained a few fashion..
'ible friends yesterday.
Briton Hall, in _Yorkshire, the .seat of the Beats.
MONTS, displays itself, as usual,.. is acts of spirited
benevolence .
The Countess* of DYSART . eatastained a distin.,
Hshed party atdinner•yesserday; -at her seat, Han
use, Surrey. • • • - . ,
The Countess of Essex had.n.neket:. party of
fashionable yesterday eveninsvg fietilsobse in Hill.
street,. Betkeleyltyaare. N. .....es..).ti%••• • •
The' Earl of :Haattoway he entertaining_ a distin-

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ininnd, atid,they will be incaletklttlttiklAtirt9l( .1.
Ail' eiirtei cotifitsitthe.rosOmip! die tuppiessi
of feudal rights, whi4h will tlseehave the validity
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,4 law, even though 4rilii *. d refismhihsan %.
tien. Meantime, for wilt .c
..,;:matiAgemewAir
firriiiies'iTe in the gritiest Jr . -r.
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..;e.,,,,,t
l'his torced requisitTon of:., ' -4
.is 107.-e.Reli
tree of the King himself at •, . . ,:: the. ,apy
Ilouieholci, the mounted. N". - itard,...o4::the.
Foreign Ministers are exempted. Mthetiii, humeri.
it is only executed in the revolteil Piovinces. or 111
places threatened by the factious. . At Ciudird Real*
and Migueltierra, where order is entirely restoeed
about 200 horses had alteady been collected, of which
80 have been given to the regiment of A.lmansai
which baffled the conspiracy in that Province. It is
estimated that this requisition will supply the army
with seven or 8,000 horses, to be paid for when there
are the means. -