Star.
London, England, 1823-04-28 00:00:00

LATE INQUEST in the PENITENTIARY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
7, Spring-Gardens. April 27, 1823.
-Ste—Although the main scope and great utility of your labours
have public objects chiefly in view, you do not occasionally dis-
dain to set the Public right with regard to injured individuals,
particularly when their character is undeservedly and untruly as.
persed. In the narrative of the Coroner's Inquest, regarding Ann
Martin, in the Penitentiary, last week, it was stated, that her
death had been caused by scanty nourishment—that she bad sot
been visited for some days by any medical man, although very
ill in the prison, but that the surgeon sent her a powder three
different, times.
Now, Sir, in consequence of a gross misapprehension, it is I,
who have been understood, by a great portion of the Public, as
the adviser of the diet and that I was the medical man alluded
to, which may seriously affect my professional character.
Both imputations are totally unfounded; for the scheme of diet
therein adverted to was one of which I disapproved, and was
adopted contrary to my opinion and advice • and with regard to
the medical treatment, I bad not, at the timei of her death, any
medical charge in the Institution : and the person alluded to, as
being written to, and as having sent the powders to the poor
woman, was the resident surgeon ; my situation, when I belonged
to the stablishment, being that of Medical Superintendent.
I am, Sir, your obedient bumble servant,
A. COPLAND HUTCHISON.

INcurporr, in consequence of having a few days
since caught a violent cold, which has settled on his
lungs, lies dangerously ill, at his house, in Prospect-
'place, Brighton.
To-morrow there will be a junction between the
two beautiful Planets, Jupiter and Venus. Venus will
be one degree 35 minutes north of Jupiter.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1823.
THE FUNDS.
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Consols opened this morning at 77e, f, and got up to;. A
good deal of business was done this morning in the Mirka
owing to a heavy Money Account that is to be settled to-morrow..
The Express from Paris this morning brings the French Faak
841. 50c. they had been done in the course of Saturday at 14/
60c. and 84f. 40c.'Spanish 38.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Spanish Bonds opened this morning at 321, and got up
33j, A, with a good Market.

Current Prices:—Cbilian 684, New Spanish 334 4, cum
to 41, New Prussian 824 82, Old $2l 83, Russian 764, Damadi
864, Colombian 664, Neapolitan 714 72.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 2141/4 4/4
3 per Cent. Reduced 76 Y 8 771/8 7678
3 per Cent. Cons. 773/4 3/1-31/4 per Cents.B9%
4 per Cents. Old, 95% ih 3/4
4 per Cents. New, 973/4 98 9778
Bank Long Annuities 193/4 ys
India Stock 2451,4—1ndia Bonds 395. 40s.
Exchequer Bills of £l,OOO, 15s. 17s.
Ditto Small 15s. 18s.—Conso1s tit Payt. 7714 %.

We have received by a Lisbon Mail, this forenoon,
the following interesting accounts of the further opt-
rations of the Portuguese Constitutional army, don*
to the 19th inst.

LISBON, APRIL 14.
TIIIRD BULLETIN OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PACIIIp

CATINO ARMY.
MIRANnm.r.A., 10TE Ann.
" This morning the Head-quarters left this tows
for Brinco, on the way to Braganza.
44 The rapid movement which the vanguard of
pacificating army made on the 9th, so terrified
factious, that they fled precipitately from all the
which they occupied on the entrance of the
Val:de Telhas, and of Mirandella, to Braganza,
ing a rear-guard of cavalry in Pudence"—[Hi
low several official communications from
Luis de Rego, and Officers commanding ut
giving accounts of the retreat of the rebels, and
the movements of the several corps of the
tional Army. In one of these dispatches the
force of the rebels is stated to be about SAM
LISBON, APRIL 17.
FOURTH BULLETIN OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL .
88 VA LDINOGUOLi, AWL 11
" Our army has united in this point.
division of the centre joined, in !Mlles, the
the left, commanded by Colonel Rozado.
Pego arrived to-lay at Borner, and entc
at noon. The troops have marched without
the enemy, except to-day at Alla. The _
the Ist and Sd Regiments, which bad arrivei
were incommoded by the fire of a strong _
of the 12th Regiment, supported by a corps of
fantry, which endeavoured to surprise our pox&
neral Aparicio immediately made the
rangements. The rebels were warmly
our piquet*, supported by the prove'
Cazadores, commanded by Major
" As soon as the enemy appeared
unanimous cry of 8 The Constitution
heard in our lines, which was succeeded
found silence and order. Our soh
greatest valour and enthusiasm. The
venture to wait for us, but retreated
guard continuing to fire some shots

" The factious continued their
night, and it is certain that some
yond Braganza, entering Puebla de
rear-guard was at Sortes to-day at

it The infamous Ex-Count ordered
he had obtained by robbery to be
ported on beasts to facilitate his march.

" The small town of Trindade,
a half from this place, at the entrance
was ordered to be burnt to-day b-
The inhabitants had risen in arms,
and cried g Death to the Constitution
tisement will serve as a warning
To-morrow the army marches to
follows a dispatch from General Rego,
the preceding statement.)—A Tabl
tional force makes it amount to 7;
line, and 5302 militia; in all, 12,440
pieces of artillery.
NITER BULLETIN.
" BLiciau,
es The Constitutional Army entered
day, amidst the acclamations of
tade, who received the troops as
The Constitutional Chamber went
ceive the General-in-Chief, at some
city. Every countenance was a:
and the most enthusiastic patriotism.
Constitution,' and g The Constitutional
were mingled with imprecations
whe have brought so much evil on
" The factious left in the hospital
sick, of different regiments ; and,
waggons, and a three-pounder, spiked.
ficers of the corps of the Line, in
factious, have presented themselves,
had concealed themselves, and man
rebels, and for fear of the Guerillas,
Constitutional Army. Part of the
tious are is Pedielvas, a Spanish

tier; the rest
&AWL and

of The arm
them. Great
conduct of th
gioos excesse
spectable per
this province i
recapitulates t
what direction
pursue them
cient number
people in the
factious in th
it extremely d
realm that it
pidly. The s
coffers at Bra
ceed 400 thot

In another
latest intellig
Madrid are to
pital rernaine4
were taking f

The accoun
On the preced
entered that
observation:
The French
also reached u
vent interest.

taken place,
had few enem
slow and as ci
hostile bands.
Marshal MI
seem to have I
entered Spain
coastwise thro

If we coulc
French Marsh
Journals, the
merely a prone
is said to have
dition of gens I
vanguard was
NOT is going
GuILLIIktINOTI
wishes of the v
by the Author
The private lei
hard to %hew t
but that the S 1

The Journal
griatters at Vit
the following
" The conduct
la all the late wan
deal cow,/ wht
by the side of our
legs of our soldie
cabbage hat been
dry wooden incloi
Now what i
d'Avuout-Ebta
out, according
contend with,
friends, has be
toria, where tl
fixed for some
enemies to cc
were repulsed,
employment 1
affair of Log(
presented. Ac
suffered severe
ments, that tl
admits that it
that another ei
In the latter it

enemy's cava
trying to mal
formed thews
sustained the
makes this a
none of the
scends to ack
The Frencl
of this victor
were at least
whilst their g
of whom SOO
we presume,
The followin,
of Saturday :
" ARMY

6' The fifth di
%ohm:x.4 to the
conelstieg of 10
Ws Commut

I' The advani
old* division
Menace was
Pk was not di
Undo, receive
ss The candy
thilikants are
grady-money,

" Our sold's'
limy burn wit!

" Donlon, A

Accordioi
ter: of Hueri

lie vanguard of the s
kb, so teo rifled the
r from all the uoints c
ace of the Polite de
to Braganca, leas-
dence"—[Here fob J
ions (tom General
oanding under him, it
the rebels, and d
Ts of the Gonstits. •
ispatches the wish w
about 3,000 men] c
17. •
fITUTIONAL 41116 b
roausma, Aran. It
point. To-day the
, h
elles, the column • .
b
Rozado. Geiser
id entered our cam q
hed without wei
. The squadrons
bad arrived then
a strong squad,* eh
I by a corps of
prise our pods. lelca
e tke necessary di
varmly repulsed by
visional battalion a
r Lima. ' e
eared in forcer ■ e,
ion or Devil;
tcceeded by a pm. c 4
Didier: chewed 6
The factious did is '
rented ; their re.'
tts till night. c
• march during do
of then: went to
de Sanabria-
it two o'clock. c
ed the money wb. ••
secured, and •
starch.
, three leagues
trance of villa
by.Creneral ' - • f
intercepted • • 3
ution r This -
og to the
Braganna--(
Rego, reCa "
ble of the
7138 troops ef
2,440 (INN Id
'N.
Bascom, Area i$
ntered this city
a countless
s their deli, - -
a in a body 10
ne distance free
animated .with
ism. Cries of'
onal King for
is on the
m this
above
spital above i
, in the Castles
spiked. !Baal
n the service
,es; the greauf
many taken •1
las, did not
to troops of
b town on thy

tier; the rest at Rio de ()nor, Aveleda, Saconts,
Banal, and Valde Lamas.
d, The army will march to-morrow in pursuit of
them. Great indignation is in general felt at • the
conduct of the rebels, who have committed prodi-
gious excesses, robbing and insulting the most re-
spectable persons. The mischief done by them in
this province is incalculable. General Rego 's dispatch
recapitulates those statements : it is uncertain, he says,
what direction the rebels have taken, but he shall
pursue them into Spain, leaving, however, a suffi•
cleat number of troops in the province to keep the
people in check. The great distress caused by the
factious in the districts they occupied, has rendered
it extremely difficult to support the army, and is the I
reason that it was not possible to advance more ra-
pidly. The sums taken by the rebels from the public
coffers at Braganza are stated by the General to ex-
ceed 400 thousand crusados."

In another part of our Paper we have given the
latest intelligence from Spain. The accounts from
Madrid are to the 11th inst.',up to which time the ca-
pital remained tranquil, and the necessary measures
►rere taking for arming the population C7l masse.
The accounts from Seville are to the 11th instant.
On the preceding day Ferdinand VII. and his family
entered that city without exciting any particular
observation.

The French papers of Friday and Saturday have
also reached us, but their contents are not of promi-
nent interest. No decisive enagagement has yet
taken place, and although the French army has yet
laid few enemies to contend with, yet its march is as
shw and as cautious as if it felt itself surrounded by
hostile bands. •
Marshal MONCEY, in a dispatch which the French
seem to have been in no hurry to make public, has
entered Spain with his division, and is proceeding
coastwise through Catalonia.
If we could give credit to the Bulletins of the
French Marshals and the statements of the Paris
Journals, the operations of the French army were
merely a promenade; or, as the Emperor of RUSSIA
is said to have prophesied, 44 not a war, but ass expe-
dition of gens d'armes." Marshal Momcmsr says "his
vanguard was received with transport;" and Ouna-
lOT is going to Burgos, 44 where," says General'
GUILLENINOT, 44 the French troops are called by the
wishes of the whole population, repeatedly expressed
by the Authorities of that capital of Old Castile."—
The private letters too of the Ultra Journals labour
hard to chew that the French army is not disaffected,
but that the Spaniards are. •

The Journal des Debats gives a Letter from head-
quarters at Vittoria, dated the 21st inst. in which is
the following paragraph

"The conduct of our army is admirable. You know I served
lid the late wars in Spain. You may judge if lamin a can-
ting ecstacy when I see the cows and sheep feeding peaceably
tie side of our columns, and the fowls running between the
IT of our soldiers. The gardens remain untouched ; not a
dbage has been carried off; our bivouacs have respected the
dry wooden inclosures, and even the bushes."

Now what is really the fact? Why, that the Duc
d'Awnoutwoce with a hundred thousand men, with-
out, according to the French accounts, an enemy to
contend with, but on the contrary, marching among
friends, has been seventeen days in marching to Vit-
toria, where the head-quarters were likely to remain
axed for some days. But the French army has had
enemies to contend with. At St. Sebastian's they
were repulsed, and this town and Pampeluna now give
employment for 20,000 troops to mask them. The
affair of Logrono too was not so trifling as has been re-
presented. According to private accounts, the French
suffered severely, though it is said, in the official state-
ments, that they had not one man killed. Yet it
admits that it was necessary to storm the place ; and
that another engagement took place outside the town.
In the latter instance, the Spaniards, pursued by the
enemy's cavalry, instead of suing for quarter, or
trying to make their escape in different directions,
formed themselves into a square, and in this manner
sustained the hostile shock. Yet the Bulletin, which
makes this admission, still persists in saying that
none of the French were killed, though it conde-
scends to acknowledge that some were wounded.
The French have certainly no occasion to be proud
of this victory, as, by their own confession, they
were at least six to one, having an entire division,
whilst their gallant opponents amounted only to 900,
of whom 300 were cavalry. This is what the French,
we presume, call giving them a warm reception.—
The following extracts are from the French Papers
of Saturday :