Star.
London, England, 1823-09-18 00:00:00

AWTEQUERA, AUOUST

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It is impossible to describe the devastation and mis-
chief which the unezeected arrival of Riego at Malaga
has caused. lle hal raised eion mous contributions; or,
to speak more proi,erly, he has robbed and plundered
under the pretext :Using coon ibutions. Ile has levied
millions t,un. the merchants, the banks of Vintagers or
the Monte Pio, private families, churches, convents of
monks and nuns, and indeed whezeier he could discover
any money. He has seined the prodvce of the tithes.
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Szerzuzatt 3.-0 n th.e Ist instant, French troops, to
the number•of ::000 infantry and 1500 cavalry, with
eight pieces of cannol, arrived here. Having iocorpo.
:aced ith them more than •1000 of the Royalist corps
wiiich were here, and the troops which General Cam
had in the Ronda and La Serrania, they marched last
night and this morning for Malaga. These troops,
added to a French dfvision which marching by the
way of Velez-Malaga, form a respectable force of about.
ten thousand men. They will enter Malaga without any
difficulty. for, notwithstanding the obstinacy of the
rebels, the whole garrison, troops of the line and rabble .
together, does not exceed 4000 men. It is said that more
than-1000 of these troops are Officers, and that as Itiego
wished to escape, they have set men to watch him, and
have plainly told him that he must not think of going
away, but must live or die with them, as he promised
on his 'arrival. We expect to hear every n. ;meat of
the result of the attack, which we are confident will
have a favourable issue: as Malaga. which, as it is not
fortified, is quite incapable of resisting cur troops and
the French, who are eager to encounter the assassins and
robbers, enemies of GOD and their King.
The persons arrested here, of whom the number was
considerable, and some of the q. people of nose, ts ere re-
moved to Lucena, where, in consequence of the misun-
derstanding of the Duke of Angoulenies ordei, they
were set at liberty. This caused great disgust here;
but another order of the Duke, explanatory of the for-
mer, having been published, the nialignants have again
been laid hold of, and will be brought to justice. We
have atreat munber of Freemasons and blackguards of
every kind here.

MADRID. SEPTEMBER 4

In spite of the Deciee of Andujar, :he prisons of this
city are full of innocent people. Oily one hundred
persons have been set at liberty, and t':is merely oh ac-
count of their families, who have been able to secure the
protection of some Frenchmen. Four hundred remain
in prison. Cart olio, the merchant, has been set at liberry„,
after having been eery ill treated. His crime was having
been a cavalry militiaman.
Never was the name of religion more alnised than at
present in this capital. The set mops, particularly those
of the Monks, have no other object than to encourage
hatred of the Liberaux, to excite die people to persecute
and kill them. Prayers for the destruction cf the rebels,
for die extermination of the Constitution.dists, and the
Atheists, and the Freemasons, are publicly announced.
The Bishop of Osina, one of the Regents, is the very
beau ideal cf a persecutor; he directs the labours of the
Clergy, and has collected at Madrid all the Monks of
the neighbourhood, in order to make the french sensible
they have a powerful support. France w ill cover itself
with infamy by allying itself with this refuse of society.
We are told from Cat thagena that the Government
has dispatched from there 60 mules for the army of
Ballasteros loaded with ammunition. The zeal of the
patriots of this city has shewn itself on this occasion in
a very brilliant manner. Everybody has given powder
and bullets, and the Ladies hive made the cartridges.
Carthagena is in a formidable state of defence. Trade
has increased there very much since the Decree of the
Cortes, which reduced 15 pet cent. the tax on English
cotton goods. Several vessels had arrived flom Gibral-
tar, and had sold their cargoes well.
It seems that the Constitutional Government has the
idea of forming military depots in the Balearic Islands,
in order to be enabled to supply the eastern. part of
Spain. The plan is good, and the execntion must he
facilitated by the inhabitants of Minorca, Majorca, arfd
Ivica being animated by the best spirit.
RETRACT FROST A PRIVATE LITTER.
' MAWS% Sirrl3lll2l 4.
44 The French have tried to re-open the-theatres, which
have been shut up since their at rig al, but they have beers
obliged give it up, because nobody went. Their
troops be in to feel the effects of the climate, and dy-
sentery prevails amongst them. There are at present
975 French sick in the hospitals.
4. The Empecinado, whose name never appears in
the journals, and who-is plunged in. a fatal idleness, in
some persons' opinion, is in fact rendering a most useful
service to the Constitutional cause. Not• only has be
cleared the factious away front the provinces of Soria,
Siguenza, Zamora, Cuenca, and the adjacent countries,
but he has prevented the French occupying them, and
encouraged the Constitutionalists, who inhabit them, to
form• Militia and Guerillas, who would already have
commenced action had they been sufficiently provided
with ants. The Empecinado has had several engage-
menu, and has always been victorious, but having no
communication with the Government at Cadiz, it is
almost impossible that any details should be known of
his successes.
6, Letters have been received from Malaga of a recent
date, which say that the Communeros had required
Gerieral Balasteros to give an explanatiun of his con-
duct. He sent them a correct account of everything
which has taken place. From this it, results, that having
been neAlecteal and abandoned by the Government,
duced to collect all his supplies from the provinces, be
never possessed sufficient force and means to act OW:a
grand scale; that his treaty with Molitor is wily a sus-
pension of arms up to August 24th; that the total want
!of ammunition compelled him to agree to thi
lice; and finally, that by the articles of this Orgy be
was not obliged to submit to ti single condition-Week-
thy of a Sparkish Comerimero. In consequence '9. this
the =monition which he had demanded is coming in
0 him from all sided."

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LONDON.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1823.

THE FUNIIS.:•
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Consols opened this morning at 874, and got op tot ; but
soon after it was known that an Express haa'artrved ffeht• farts,
and large sales were Immediately made; which lowered Cons. to 1,1.
A report is in circulation in the City, this morning, that the fever
had broken out in the French Army between Bayonne and St. Se-
bastian's.—The French Funds of Tuesday are said to have been at
91f. 20c.--A great d,:al of business has been doinpthis morning in
the Market.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
In the early part of this morni Sng panish Bonds were on the
rise, which opened at 35/, and got up to :Ai, but they soon after
declined to 5511 1.
Current'Prices :—Colombian to I, New Spanish:o to Old
Spanish ;Zit I, French Scrip 2 e, Russian 831.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
S per Cent.Cons.B3lA IA °A; 'A
4 per Cents. New 102 /4 1/2 —lndia Bonds 60s.
Exclie. fills (t 1,000) SGs. 31s. ;}7s.—Stuali 375. 355.
Consols for Acct. 833/4 1/2 5A 'A

The Courier of last night contained the following
statement:
It is at length finally determined that the vacant seat in the Ca,.
Motet is to be given to Mr. Huse:non."
The Morning Post of to-day, in alluding to this
paragraph, observes:
" We are enabled positively to state, in contradiction to the as-
sertions in other Papers, that there has never been any contest for
the vacant seat in the Cabinet; nor has any question of succes-
sion over arisen. either directly or indirectly, in this respect.—
We some time since stated that it was understood Mr. Ilusaissoo
was to be appointed to the Cabinet during the present recess—of
course without any reference to the vacancy occasioned by the
retirement of Lord MsersonOLUll, such event not being even
in contemplation at that time ; and we now feel It necessary only
to assure our Readers, which we can confidently do, without any
hazard of contradiction, that our information was then perfectly
correct upon the subject. Mr. linsruson was to have a seat
in the Cabinet at all meats, whether any vacancy occurred or
not; and whether the time fixed for that purpose was the month
of September or that of October, the recent vacancy will neither
accelerate nor retard the appointment."
We can confidently assure our Readers that the latter
version is perfectly correct, and they will see, therefore,
that all the stories about struggle and compromise must
have been pure invention.
mr•e_

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

This forenoon we received the Moniteur of Tuesday
last, by Express, but it contains no later intelligence
from Cadiz than what we have already communicated,
and very little news, of any kind, from Spain.
A telegraphic dispatch announced, that Admiral
11Astzt.1N, whose death was reported some days age,
arrived at Brest on the. 15th inst. in the Breton.
An article from Ax, in the Echo du Midi, states, that
on the 4th inst. 30 or 34 men belonging to an advanced
post, from the fort of Seu d'Urgel, deserted, and joined
the blockading troops. It is added, that if the desertion
continues, the Governor will be compelled to abandon
the place—a conclusion natural enough certainly.
From Perpignan we have a report that an Officer,
who had escaped from Figueras on the 6th instants
stated that all the Officers of the garrison were anxious
to make their submission, and proposed tp sarrender the
fort in two days.
Accounts from Bayonne of the 9th instant state, that
the siege of Pampeluna continues to be actively prose-
cuted. The garrisons of Santona and St. Sebastian re-
main tranquil. Letters from Corunna of the 29th ult.
state,, that sixty-three Spanish Officers, who refused to
serve the Regency, had been embarked for France as
prisoners of war.
On the Bth inst. a fire broke out in a quantity of hay,
deposited on the glacis of St. Leon, and destined for
Spain, at Bayonne, by which 3,000 rations were dis-
titled. Every attempt to subdue the fire prove&
abortive, and all that could-be done was to prevent itsl
communicating to the powder magazines and other
buildings, which, had the wind blown in a cont:
direction, must have been the case. One house, situated
on the same terrace, contained a large qaantity of pow-
der, intended for the siege of Pampeluna, With, had
the fire reached it, would have probably blown up a
great part of the town. It it not known how the fire
originated.
It is stated, in an article from Odessa, of the 22d ult,
that the treaty of peace between Persia and the Porte,
which had been effected through the mediation of Lord
latrangford, was ratified at Er serum on the 16th July.
The taking of the Trocadero was celebrated by a
solemn Te Dam at Madrid on the 6th inst. and the city
w.rs illuminated in the evening.

The information we have hitherto received of the
progress of affairs in Catalonia has been almost wholly
detived from the French. The following is a fipanish
account of the most recent affair between Marshal
Notictv and Mitia's Lieutenants.
Extract of a letter from 'Tarragona, dated 28th Aug.:
—" Our victories of yesterday and to-day have been
complete ; the enemy, under Marshal Mincey, attacked
our line [tont the sea to the Reil road; his columns were
led into action by many superior officers, who attempted
to turn our flanks and get possession of the heights of
Lnretto and Mount Olivo; it was evidently his inten-
. tion to establish himself in these positions, which gave
him an importunity of pressing the blockade, and even-
%tally detaching a part of his Cortes against his Excel-
let.cy General Mina, a measure which he had attempted
on the Tith, and failed in, through the decision, prompt-
1A..., ead couragc, coartifCaA4 duting the sortie, which