Star.
London, England, 1823-09-22 00:00:00

MISTER OF WAR.

" VILLATILAIICA, StPT. 1?.

" It seems certain that the enemy's column, the land-
ing of which I announced yesterday, consists of 1,400
infantry and IS horsemen; it is commanded by Brigadier
Fernandez. General Curial informs me that he arrived
at La Roca on the 10th, at half past three P. M. and that
on the same, day, at seven P. m. General Nicalase was at
,Granolles, with three battalions and two squadrons. i
The Constitutional troops, being informed of his ap-
proach, immediately began their march, proceeding by
the mountains towards St. Celoni, and thence towards
Albrucias. On the 11th they had very little the start
of the French column. Some even affirm that
our van-guard exchanged some shot with the enemy's
rear-guard.
" If Fernandez has the intention of raising the blockade
of Figueras and Hostalrich, it will be very difficult for
him to attain his object; the slightest resistance opposed
to his-march will suffice to give General Nicolase time
to overtake him.

" The corps which, under the command of Major-
General Count Rastignac, blockades Hostalrich, is com-
posed of a battalion of the 81st of the• Line, and a
Spanish battalion. It is about 1,500 strong. The points
which it occupies are intrenched : it has been reinforced
by a marching battalion of six or 700 men, which
Lieutenant-General Baron Dimas has sent from Gerona
to Hostalrich. The garrison of this place being hardly'
400 men, among whom there is a pretty considerable
number of sick, the enemy can expect but a small co-
operation from it. It is affirmed that the tocsin is ring-
ing on all sides, and that the peasants are arming for
the common cause.

" On the 10th of September, at five o'clock in the
morning, the garrison of Barcelona made a general
sally. Several points of our line were attacked at once.
The enemy directed his greatest efforts against the right
of this line. General de la Roche Aymon, with the
voltigeurs of the 12th light regiment, and a detachment
of the 6th Hussars, marched against h;m, drove him
from the village of Bordetta, and forced him to retreat.
The attacks attempted upon Espulgas, Gracia, and St.
Marti, were also repulsed with the greatest vigour. The
fire of our artillery powerfully seconded the efforts of
our troops. Eller, follow the names of those who have
distinguished themselves.j I shall leave Villafranca to-
morrow. I shall arrive the same day before Barcelona.
" I have the honour to be, /4.
" The hlatshal Duke of Cornegliano MONCEIf."

The Journal des Desbals contains intelligence from
Madrid, dated the 14th. On that day, M. de Talaru set
off for Port St. Mary, in consequence of a letter which
he received the preceding evening from the Duke of
Angouleme and which summoned him to the head-
quarters of the army.
The members of the Commission, ho accompanied
the Sub-Prefect of Bayonne to Ernani, at.an inquiry re-
lative to the fever, returned on the 14th ; and the follow-
ing statement on this important subject is given in a let-
ter, dated Bayonne, September 16:
Opinions are divided as to the nature of the clisor-
' der. M. Andouard, chief Physician of the sth Corps,
has gone to the spot to observe and ascertain its charac-
ter. The ordinary population of Passage is about 1200;
but it is now augmented by refugees from St. Sebastian
Every measure has been adopted for contracting the
locus of the malady. A double cordon, which was re-
gularly established yesterday, insulates Passage—an ar-
rangement which its geographical situation facilitates ;
thus all communication with that port is Intercepted."
The Journal des Debats states that the 4ocumentpub-
fished in the Pilote, purporting to be a pratest of the
Spanish Regency against the execution of the Andujar
Decree, is a forgery.

We have received Brasil Papers to the 22d cif July.
Two supplements to the Diorio do Governo contaii some
articles relative to the military and naval operations at
BALI, and the political changes at Rio Janei, o.
A supplement, dated the 19th, contains a dispatch
from the l'ort-captain of Rio de Janeiro, JOAQUISI JosE
Naas, giving an account of the arrival of a vessel
called the St. Jose Triunfante, which left Bahia with
General MADEIRA, and was captured on the 6th by the
Nitherohy frigate, in latitude 11. 45. south. A letter
from the captain of the Nitherohy is referred to, which
states that he parted from Lord CocultANE on the 3J,
j.L a storm which dispersed the Portugue.se fleet. O.

the 4tb, the Maria de qloilia captured several vessels,
among them the Promptida9 brig of war. On the eth,
the Carolina took two ships with troops on board. Tilt
other Portuguese vessels, with the Don John VI. were
then about 40 miles a-head of the liitherohy, which
intended to follow them to Lisbon. Lord COCHRAN/

was believed to be in sight of the Don John VI. The
Brazilian fleet hal five months provisions on board,
and would therefore have no occasiGn to return toabar.

don the pursuit for want of supplies. A vessel had also
brought news from Monte Video. Wile l'otteguele'

troops there are represented to be in great distress, and

anxiously expecting aid from Lisbon. It was thFcii;
nion of the Captain of the vessel which made this te,
port, that if a Brazilian roan of war weie sent to Montt

. -
Video, the troops would surrender, as the Spa.:iare4

would co-operate against them.

A dispatch from Colonel Jose JoAQunt De LIMA
SILVA, commanding the troops employed against 113;

hia, is inserted in the Supplement of the 21st. It ill
dated " Ifead•quasters, Bahia, July 6. Second Yearc
Independence, and the Empire." lie states, that beta*
the command of the Pacificating Army'.' on the 2d9i
May, in consequence of the deposition and as tet•t ofGe.
neral LABATUT. lle states that the Proclamation's
he afterwards issued had the effect .it causing great de.
sertions From the Portuguese army, and producing
sention between the tw9, parties in Bahia. Oin the SOt
of June he received a riressa.,e from General MADEIRi

asking permission to embark tranquilly, and refers tri
the correspondence which took place for the propriety o
his measures. On the 2d of July he entered Bahia,
having on the morning of that day received information
Of MADEIRA'S preciiitate embarkation.

RETRACT OF A LETTER, DATgP BAHIA, Aim*.
" Preparations to abandon the town have been for same time
actively going on, and the streets of Bahia have presented seen;
of consternation not easily described. Peneral Madeira appeirei
dejected and care-worn. He constantly attended at the I!".avai
renal during the shipment of the public stores and other properil.
Indeed, his ineffectual but strenuous exertions to support the oi.
vernment and authority of Portugal in this country have, on 4
occasions, been conspicuous ; but, had he possessed all the itie!
thit his country could have afforded him, a reasonable
of ultimate success could not have been by any means encounigei.
His greatest error has been in defending and retaining possessiSiOt
the place too long, and exhausting his resources in a fruitlessendeL
:.•
your to invigorate an expiring Government, until the provisloes
were reduced to 50 days' coisumption, which was not sufficient jo
victual them during their voyage to Europe. The mutability of
popular feeling was particularly observable' in the case ot. Gener
Madeira : those who, a few weeks ago, would have licked the den
from his shoes, treated him with the Utmost contempt, which I hive
often witnessed when he has been riding through the town. 100
seemed conscious of this ungenerous treatment, and of the insolence
of conduct manifested toward his departed authority..
" On the 20d instant the whole of the troops, stores, and this
tr.bjects and property of Pommel being embarked, at noon, the lel
and the merchint-vesseti, consisting of about ninety sail, got wader_
way with a favourable breeze, and at two they were all cleir
the harbour. Lot d Cochrar.e was then off the port, at so saitihil
a distance, that it had•the appearance of the Uun Pedro, beathi
his Lordship's !lag, being•the convoying ship. I cannot converts
your mind an adequate iiloa.of the anxiety that was manifested
the lookers on at this critical moment.
" The prevalent opinion was, that his Lordship bad instructier,
not to molest the convoy; butfrom the circumstance of his potful::
ing been, for two days, absent from the mouth of the harbour, it
was reasonable to presume that his object was to prevent their
escape, or harass them as much as possible on their voyage; for, at
every vessel of the Portuguese fleet was armed, and the whole csys„:
stituting an overwhelming force, it could not be reasonably ey.
petted that the fleet under his Lordship's command, consistitg
a few ships only, should be successful in nuking many capture!.
Several captured vessels of the convoy, however, have since artist!
at this Port : and five others, with troops on bOard, at Pernambuco4
where dispatches have been received by his Lordship, stating, tNt
half the convoy had fallen iuto his hands: but I have not heat
that the two fleets have come to action.
The Portuguese brig pt:Os de du'rife, 50 days from Lisbali,uftt
dispatches for Buenos Ayres, has also been captured, and taken lsu
P.ernambuco. She was immediately fitted out, and proceeded r
join Lord Cochrane; whose intention was to follow the memo,
fleet to the Tagus. 'His Lordship, not bring able to spare saes
take the prizes into port, cut away two Of the stints of the dopiaal
one of the brigs, etarting all their water, except a sufficient quatitia
to last for a few days only, which stratagem obliged them toputint!
Bahia or Pernambuco for the personal safety of the crews.
Imperial flag was hoisted in Palace:square so early as eight cielik
on the morning of the 2a, and the town was ahortly after accuM
by the Brazilian troops. The goods and specie belonging to •
English merchants bad previously keen shipped and plieed
in
posit on board the different vessels riding at this anchorage;
many families also embarked to secure their persons from any la
fence that may be expected in consequence of the tumultuois
of affairs. Every shop was closed, and all business suspended; but#l:
change of Government,hoWever, was effected with little turmoil)