Star.
London, England, 1823-11-04 00:00:00

the Royal Gaud of Fiance.iraillthark lb-day al this '
pert for Brest. . .
The Spanish force of win description which. was .
stationed is this province bas bees disarmed. Thieve.
ioniser militia of Madrid was disarmed at Port Royat
The horses, which had been purchased with their own.'
funds by the volunteers, have been seized and placed at
the disposal of the Government, in spite of the represen-
tations of their propsietors. •
The brilliant ptiltia of Cadiz—cavalry as well as
infantry-.-to the 'number of 4,000 men, has been. dis-
armed; so, also has the militia of San Fernando. An
order was given to thein, in conformity with the prac-
tice pursued in other provinces, to deposit the uniforms,
for which they had themselves paid, in the national
magazines ; but this order was afterwards recalled, 'in
compliance with the petitions offered against it ; and
the- parties have been allowed to retain their equip-
ments, on condidon. that they should cease to wear any
military devices.
The General Don Carlos Fabre has been named Spa-
nish Governor of the fortress. lie proceeded in person
two Jays ago to arrest General the Marquis de Mont-
salat, one of the richest landholders in Spain, and First'
President of the Special Tiibunal of War and Marine.
He has beets cast into prison, whets he is kept in secret
and solitary confinement.
The Duke de Frias has been obliged' to leave Seville
in great haste, and to retire to his estates in Estrema-
dura, in consequence of the decree which obliges, the
great dignitaries, the Counsellors of State, all the an-
pient and new Deputies of the Cortes since 11320; the
.315niiters, arid In short all those who etercised an}
power under the Constitutional Government. to klepart
to a distance of 15 leagues from Madrid. by a singer,
Is; coincidence, the Mars:pais de las Amaral*, who had
jiitt re-entered Spain, which he had left in consequence
,ofeevents of the 7th of .tily„bas heel' fojced to with-
dia* from Seville, on account of Ms having accepted
the portfolio for the War Department, bn the creation
of the first Minjs;ry in, 1820. The Prince d'Anglona;
and many other othis colleagues in the Council of State, ,
have found it eqinally• necessary to . absent themselves
from Seville. This dekrees confouliding political opi-
nions very different from each other, will oblige. MM.
Bardazi, Felin, Martinez de la Rosa, and Augustin Ai.
penes, to figure on the same list of proscription.
• Since the departure of the King from Cadiz,- the
number of passports which have been delivered ha
amounted to eight thousand. An order of the Governor
of the fortress has declared those to be void which were
delivered by the late Governor, Valdes, and insists that
the indiviihrals, who. Aare not yet been able to leave the
place, should get fresh passports from the new authorities.
• The last letters from Gibraltar infeem us, that many
of the Deputies.to the Cortes, and a great number of
other distinguished persons have fled to Tangiers.
MM. Yandiola and Ca latra va, the Es-Ministers, have
set out for London. They intend, we are informed, to
present to the English Ministry, the minute of the Royal
Manifesto, dated the 30th of September, in which the
King made many itnportant alterations with his own
hand. The revocation of that *decree is the more as-
tonishing. uthe guarantees which were contained in it
were entirely conformable with the promises given by
ins Royal Highness the Duke d'Artgoaleme to General
Alava, when sent over with the flag of truce... In -the
meantime, lists of proscriptions are carried about, in
which are contained the names of forty well-known per-
sonages- in Cadia, among whom are many rich user-
chants, much esteemed by their fellow-ehisens. This
disastrous intelligence, combined with other measures,
already adopted, spreads consternation in every mind,
and makes people fear a se-action to that at
Naples and Turin, and compels a. great number of
• citizens to leave their homes and conceal themselves.

It is only natural to believe that foreign Cabinets,
being thoroughly acquainted with the real causes`which
lave facilitated success, will not forget that the word
loodifrake• n has been, for the victorious army, an auxi-
liary much more powerful than the bands organized by'
the (amities of the faitb..esta6e junction with the bril-
liant troops of a great nation, which. has proclaimed re-
bgious toleration, and has carried civilization to th
hsghest degree, presented to the eyes of the obse.ver a
sinking contrast and a strange spectacle: They cannot,
'besides, forget, that if that class of society which has,
pronouncid itself in favour of these modifications—an
imposing class composed of a great number of men al
talent known under the name of afrancesados—if that
lass,
driven to extremities, should reunite with the
,cconquered party, it would-be impossible to calculate the
results. Besides, it would. be absurd to suppose that the
Generals, whose defection has ha,tened the ruin of the
Constitutional cause, base wished tare-establish in theirs
country ignorance and the Inqui%ition.
PRLVATE- cottassroNDENCS.
MADRID, Oct. 20.—We have no news of Badajoz and
the Constitutionalists of Estrensadura ; Carthagena has
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refused to surrender. Romero Alpuente is said to be
there, animating the troops and inhabitants to resist to
the last. When summoned by the Spanish General,
the answer was.. 44 Mucro el Reg—Viva Riego," acme).
parried by the Tragala. If the plaice be well supplied
with provisions. it may hold out' a considerable time.
There are no accounts of Barcelona or Tarragona, but
'3S the leader San Miguel and his party ..have been de-
ifeated and captured—as well as all the tmops TR the,
iopen country—and the other fortresses have seiris
kdired, these two plates are likely to fall soon.
In Madrid we are very quiet. The Royalist Vo
teers are daily exercising, and the whole will becoes.
pletey equipped to receive the King.. Theie is, how-
ever, a great want of money ; little or nothing comes
in from the country. I presume a loan will be se•
tempted; the extra-advances of the French must
id in can way or another, and the easiest is that
aving a quantity of paper printed, and-then-duly signed
and sealed and. sent to England to be sold for hard cast.
The Frenchman gets the money and John Bull 1.
the paper--andlong enough he is likely to keep it.
to the certificates se bonds from 1821 to 1823,
'y be advised, theoincipel or intrrest cement bet
nested. from this country; and, as respects the Ask.;
tkas, the Government may be said to hornets° lutes-
.
at present. In the course of two or three atontba
something most be thought en, and it this
Oleg the bond-holdenmint look. If Spain gni Ilk
Ilsottght to acknowledge the independence of tb•isloi
preserving certain advantages of commerce,
th ridvaelFges =ad fur the En:antes of the

end what our Ministers discard alt nano pacy a-4
selfish views, may Oleic grand object, Ike CA4.
Irmo's, continue to be—the interest of England.

In the Morass Chreuirk of to-day we find a 'err
satisfactory vindication of the conduct of Sir WILLIA4
'A'ConaT during the-late -events in Csiiz—so
tory, indeed, does it seem to the Editor, that he.bayshe
submits it without commeat. " What!" we think wa
hear our Readers say, 44 a British Minister vindicated
in the Morning CLrwiide! the thing is impossible, Os.
lesethrEditor, like the Barrister, has made a rnistalc.
in the sidefor which he is retained." We confess, that
Prince Hong:mottles miracles are nothing to it; but:

so it is.

The Chronicle gives an account of the rrmt wiiiefs
devolved on Sir WILLIAM A.COURT, as the British Sli-
nister at the Cowl of Spain, which proves how high.,
fully be adhered to the policy of our Government
during the whole of the• dispute between France and
Spain, ever seedy to act as a mediator, but determirirl
not.to involve the country in war by an improper mi
uncalled-for interference.

• Every' one kin2ars that in- eases of mediation or strbi--
tration, theca:nem of both the opposing parties to to.:
fer the subject is the first point. This never could be .
.obtained with France and Spain, and it is but fair to.
say, that in. the early part of the dispute, when an ami:
.cable arrangement seemed the most probable, the Spa-
nish GoVernment was quite as obstinateas that of France.
When. however tilt. imbecility of the Spanish Mi-.•
nisters had thrown the whole country into the hands of
the French, Old they were pent up in. Cadiz, they be.
caote anxious to treat with the French ; and on the 19th
of Angust,,Sir WILLIAM A'Couni, who, not chOsiet
to shut himself up in a besieged town, had proceedat
to Gibraltar, received a. letter from. the S,)anish.Gs-
vernment, asking for his mediation. Sir WILLIAM*
immediately replied "that he should be extremely
happy to make-the proposal, as solicited of him, pro-
vided France is ould consent to admit of British inter=
ference, and that for this purpose, he would open a
communication with, his Royal Highness the Duke.
d'Almouutsta, acid should the result prove favourable,
;he would immediately proceed to the harbour -of
Cadiz, in order to commence the negotiations." This
letter was forwarded on the 27th of August to the %Fi-
nish Government,"and four days after, nime,ly, on the.
31st, •Sir s.Vlttlast wrote a second letter, in which
he acquaints the Spanish Government of his " having'
already written to his Royal Highness the Duke
*-d'Asoons.cas, offering to be the channel of any
reasonable- and decorous propositions from his Royal
-Highness to the Spanish Government, and requesting
,him, at the same time, to point out any other more fil-
•!vourable means effectually to employ British interfe-
' rence, so as to re-establish good harmony betwees
France and Spain, on such terms as might be in unison
with the just hopes conceived• by the Spanish nation--
,cimiteiuding with a (reels offer to remove to the harbour
of Cadiz on board a British man of war, in order to fa-
cilitate the negotiations." Ta this Sir WILLIAM addek
that 'he had received an answer from the Duke D'Am..
CHRILIMIIF in which his Royal Highness " expresses his
sincere wishes for the renewal of peace between France
and Spirt, but alleges his want of powers to determine
; anything, respeeting a-mediation on the part of Greatßri=
-twin, without previously consulting his Royal Uncle."

Here then was a distinct refusal of our mediation, ami
although several attempts were subsequently made to
induce the Duc d'Ageoutries to agree to accept it, yet
they proved abortive. Even on the I Ith of September,
Sir WlLLuss A'Couat sent bfr.-ELLterr to the head.
quarters of the Due d'Ausommsne to ascertain whether
his Royal Highness was by that time authotised to av
cept our mediation ; but this was spin refined. • Stub
was the conduct of our Ministers,, and, like the Gl*:
aide, “ we submit it without a comment tothe jedr
tent of our Readers;" for we are sore they need's*
to be remind& that a more direct ieterference beim
the pasties could not have been made, unless we woe
prepared to go to war with France • for the sakisra
feeble anti dseenited party in Spain.

. INUNDATIONS IN AI7STItht 7".
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INSPRUCK, OCTOBER so. „
The most distressing accounts are received .from
South of Tyrol and Carinthia, describing the damage
done by extensive inundations. A. heavy rain fer two
'entire days and nights, and on the night of the 'lam
an-uncommonly hot south wind, with a most dread-
fur storm of thunder and lightning, ceuverted alt
the stream in the mountains of Tyrol and Casiothi,
into torrents, by the rapid melting of the snow. • 111/
poured into the rivers Gail and Drave, and sweileo.
latter in particular to such a degree, that it rose Medi
Fear feet higher than in the extraordieary invaded's,
`tit* years ago. The damage cannot, yet be estimMed
several bridges were carried away, anti the rozaiiigy
dered impassable for several days. Many lives weds
lost. Many dwellings were swept away, and dm
stream was covered with many thousand fatbOsnsilf
wood, immense boats of square timber, &c. They*
has fallen as rapidly as it rose. . •

• *dr •
_ The Duke of G couoarraa has again honowestl
Basuto, R.q of aomerly Henektmat Rkirorsed, with ateld!llli
shoodos season ; he arrived there Monday week, sea, as he rm.
through the town, he was saluted by a- userryywd a the •
The ci-devaiit Queen FAZDZIRIMA of Etiredenotrrtveir
with the Princes and Primes* laarchildren, at Lossoms; as dig
24th ult.
Letteri from Berlin state, that histilaiesty.of Paysati
Pad 11111011 the 'Order attlba Mat& JON* pi ft Sorg
puke of CeNiSILIANIIK
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--•16 satp..ndad is illy•aiasense Lady Inweser!ier.