Star.
London, England, 1823-09-26 00:00:00

EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.

a MADRID, SEPTEMBER 12.

tg The French are planting batteries on the coast of
the arm of the sea of Santi Petri, which they occupy,
from Chiclana to the southern embouchure of the canal.
From attending to the chart one is puzzled to find a
reason for this operation. The fire from these batteries
.can do no harm to the Isle of Leon, at the same time
they may he much injured by the gun-boats, of which
the Constitutionalists in Cadiz have a great number.—
It is sai►l that the attack on Cadiz is to be made on four
different points at the same time, without including the
.Caracca. An army of 30,000 men would be necessary
for this. Even at pre,,ent it is probable that the blockade
by sea no longer exists, in conseqnence of the Equinoctial
gales, which arc coming on, And are always very ♦io-
;tent in those seas.

" The Official Report of the late triumphs of the
Constitutional armies in Catalonia has been circulated
here with snch profusion, that it must have been ef-
fected by a powerful, though unknown hand. It was
read among several groupes at the Puerta del Sol, which
occasioned some trifling disturbance, and it was found
necessary to disperse the crowds by the armed force.
" The French division which occupies Valencia, is to
march through the various parts of the province, in or-
der to attack the numerous bands of Constitutionalists
-xhich it contains.

" L'lman was nearly assassinated at Otihuela. It ap-
pears that a vast plan was laid, having numerous rami-
fications, and Ulinan was not the only person who was
to be pot to death. It was, however, discovered and
frtistrated. Emissaries are sent from Calthagena into
the neighbourhood, and resistance is constantly excited,
and assassinations from private revenge are constantly
taking place."

EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER, DATED SEPT. IS.

'• The passing backwards and forwards of Admiral
Alava, fporn Cadiz to Port St. Maly, had induced the
friends at tranquillity to hope that an arrangement was

about to take place; but it appears from letters written
by persons whose confidential employment near the
Duke d'Angouleme enable them to speak with certitude
that the great and insurmountable obstacle to the con-
clusion of, any ajangemept is, the choice of a guarantee
for the execution erf the treaties. The parties not being
at all likely to concur in the same choice, recourse,
is feared, must be had to the last extremities of arms.
Other letters from the same quarter state that the
French have, by means of gold and active agents, suc-
ceeded in gaining a party in Cadiz and the isle of Leon,
who will shew Viernselves when the proper occasion
offers. This has caused no little alarm to the Constitu-
tionalists shut up in both these towns, and though they
keep a watchful eye upon those suspected, yet they
dread that in the moment of attack a diversion in favour
of die French, by this' party, may produce the most
fatal consequences. This attack, add the same letters,
must take place immediately, as the preparations for it
are pushed on with the greatest activity. The reports
relative to General Quesada are very contradictory.
Some pretend that he has gained some trifling advan-
tages over the Constitutional troops, whom he had been
sent to attack by the Regency ; others, and these are the
greater number, say that he has been vigorously repulsed,
and that the Constitutionalists of Estremadura have a
much more imposing force than was at first supposed,
and that the country offers them abundant resources.—
However, it is assured that they will be forced to eva-
cuate the province, as soon as the troops meant to march
against them shall have combined their efforts. There
are various rumours as to Ballasteros and his troops,
but they are so totally contradictory, that we must wait
a few days before attempting to give credit to either
version. The fanatics of this city, who, as you may
well suppose, are pretty numerous, are transported with
joy at the rupture of the negociations before Cadiz.--
This joy they refrain not from expressing in words as
well as looks; whilst the friends of order and public
tranquillity are obliged in silence and secresy to offer
up their vows for that moment so desired, but which
will come too late, when Spaniards, taught by a cruel
experience, shall make at the shrine of their country the
sacrifice of their quarrels, divisions, and animosities."

We have received to-day the following advice, frqm
Bayonne :

BAYONNE, SEPTEMBER

We have just received news from Madrid of the 12th,
at which time, it seems, it was pretty generally believed
that some arrangement would be made, because hosti-
lities were suspended on almost the whole line before
Cadiz ; and because the French Ambassador was sent
for to Port St. Mary's.
It is still reported that England will act as mediator
in this affair : meantime the Constitutionalists appear
satisfied, and the conduct of the Manolos (populace of
Madrid), if they persevere in it, seems to justify the
hopes of an agreement between the two parties.
An Extraordinary Gazette, of the 12th, contains a
Report from the Spanish Royalist General, Don Caro,
of the 6th, which states, in substance, that, in conse-
quence of orders from General Molitor, the allied troops
occupy a line from Mijg to Carlama, to hinder the
Constitutionalists from taking the road to Ronda ; in'
fact, the latter retreated upon Velez-Malaga, leaving in
Malaga only three or four hundred men, under the
command of Brigadier Don Ruiz Porras, who capitu-
lated on the 4th, in the following manner :

Art. 1. The garrison of Malaga are prisoners of war, the Officers
only retaining their arms till further orders.
L All the ships of war and others laden with money or effects of
any description whatever, are included in the capitulation, as are-
5. All the redoubts of the place, as well as the arms and ammu.
nitiun of all kinds.

4. The Spanish Militia actually in Malaga are included in the
capitulation.

Malaga, September 4th, 1823.
(Signed) Count of ST. CH A MONS,
Don RUIZ de PORRAS.

Approved by Generals LOVERDO and CARO.
Beneath it is added, that this capitulation shall be
communicated to the military of all classes, that they
may immediately present themselves to the Command-
ant of the place appointed by the French General, as
well as to Major Don Lonada, who remains in the gar-
rison, without, however, being at liberty to leave the
place. A convoy of 18 sail, which was on the point of
quitting the port, was stopped and taken. We learn
that the town called Torre Molioos is also taken. The
reason of the sudden departure of the troops from Madrid
which we mentioned before, is now said to be, that the
troops of the Faith in Estremadura had met with a re-
pulse in an action with Lopez Banos.
The Gardes du Corps it is said, will immediately
march for Port St. Mary. It was yesterday annotfficed
here, that the town and citadel of Ciudad Rodrigo had
surrendered : as we have not yet heard that that place
was seriously attacked, we qppthend there must be
some mistake in this account, though it was given as
official by the Directef of gie Army Post.
Sdntona, we find, has capitulated conditionally; that
is, .the French troops 4re to be received into it on the
27th, if it does not previously receive a supply of pro-
visions and atumdnition.

The schooner la Artisienne, which sailed from this,
port about three weeks ago, has just returned from ggr
runna. She has brought some prisoners, wlio wese im-
mediately conveyed to the new fort: among them is
said to be a Colonel implicated in the conspiracy of
Berton, and the Chief of 4441i0n, mma, whn, we
are told, has been naturalized Spain. There is also
the wife of one of those prisoners, who accompanied
•
him in male attire.
The malady at Passages is said to be very serious.
The day before yesterday several persons died, who were
in perfect health the day before. Several soldiers of
the 19th Regiment, which forms the first ,cordon, have

I fallen sick within these few days. Happily the secon.l
cordon, formed by the 52d, will hinder any communi-
cation between those troops and the rest of thr army.
It is reported that the Commander of the 52d is ill, but
lit is supposed to be from over-exertion. We learn that
M. AnJoir, who is happily chief Physician to the sth
Corps, has been on the spot by order of the Marshal.
4 young physician from our hospital has also been sent
thither. The garrison duty of this place is certainly
going to be performed by the National Guard, The Mayor
yesterday called the Officers together for that purpose.
Some inhabitants of Santander have sent petitions to
the Regency and to the Duke of 4ngouleme, statin g
that they had been violently deprived of national pro-
perty, formerly belonging to the Monastery of Monte
Corban, which they have purchased at public auction,
under the sanction of the Constitutional Government.—
The Governor has reinstated the Prelate in the posses-
sion of the estates, without any notice to the petitioners,
or due intimation of the of der which he said he had re-
ceived from the Regency.
The Petitioners rept esent, that having purchased these
by virtue of decrees sanctioned by all the forms of the
Constitution, to which the King had repeatedly and
voluntarily sworn, which all the Sovireigns of Europe
had recogni;ed, and which all subjects were obliged to
obey, under pain of death, having paid for them in the
lawful currency of the kingdom, not that issued by the
new Government, but before the introduction of the
Constitution (to the amount of 1,796,202 reals), they
possessed them by a lawful title, attd therefore ought
not to have been ejected without being heard in their
clefence, and their claims legally decided against. This
arbitrary mode of proceeding used towards them (even
if the Constitution and everything done in consequence
of it is declared null) being decided illegal, according
to the best laws on the subject that have been in force
for five centuries, they therefore petition the Regency
and the Duke to be reinstated, and left in undisturbed
possession, "till a wise and general law on the subject
of national property shall decide their fate, and conci-
liate the various interests that have to be considered.—
These petitions are 51atrcl, August 10, 1821.

We have received advices from Gibraltar to the sth
inst. On the evening ofshe 2d, a considerable number
of small craft left the bay, with supplies for Cadiz. Sir
R. WILSON, with Generals QUIROGA and ZAYAS, and
sevet al other officers of the Constitutional party, went
as passengers. The Tanturtz frigate had sailed for Ma-
laga, to inquire into the circumstances under which the
English merchants resident there had been thrown into
prison by Ritmo, for non-payment of their assigned
quota of contribution to the forced loan. The American
Commodore, who was solicited to sail for Malaga pn a
similar errand in behalf of the American merchants and
Consul at that place, refused, on the plea that he had no
authority to interfere. Little information existed in,
Gibraltar of what was passing at Cadiz. The French
troops at Algesiras left that place on the 2d for Port St.
Mary's. The Spanish guards remained.

Brussels papers to the 23d inst. were received this
forenoon. The following are extracts: .

VIENNA, SEPTEMBER Ig.

It is on the sth of next month that the interview be-
tween the two Emperors will take place at Czernowitze
No member of the diplomatic body will be present, ex-
cept the Ministers of the two Sovereigns, Prince Met-
tetnich and COunt Nesselrode.

This interview will, if possible, draw still closer the
bonds of that intimate friendship which unites their
Imperial Majesties, and will strengthen the good un-
derstanding which subsists between their Cabinets.