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London, England, 1822-12-05 00:00:00

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Everybody'Aimitythe situation of this province in
the 'Ttiohtit -of Abititst. Ashen General Mina.
;the cti m M rtcl, • tisoliifeuders,Ot the
Faith were in possession of every part of it, .except La
rids, Marireta,Cardone, Bareeltma,Tarragona,Tortosa,
Gerona, Pigtieras 'and ftOsa4; even those phfces were
blockadid, ga'ryisonsswere obliged to
make,fregutrit %allies, and combat enemies far supe-
rior in number, to-procure previsions. The success
'of the Llefeid,ers of 'die Faith increased. while they
, had to contend With "forces so infeiirir,th4.thsyrapere
hardly able to act even °Aube defensive: yet the Con-
stitutional troops,. faithful. to-their path to defend the
good cause, and despising Oae,grwat uuruber.of their
assailants, the continual marches, dilitess, famkne, and
privations of every . kind, never-lost their courage,
and preset ved thOse important places,
.with the aid
of four weak moyeallle columns, commanded by the
brave Torrijc% liaten,Milaes„ and .Maoist, to whom
we partly owe the preservation of .C.4*lonilt..
General Mina arrived at Lerjaa on ,the 7th, of Sep-
tember, entirely, destitute of the necessary means to
combat forces ten times as nnmereus.os.those placed
under his command ; not hut that.the reinforcements
promised were forwarded, rid, in fact, he received
about 1200 men at Lerida; and Torrijos it co-
lumn of. 800 men, which had escapod at•Romanil-
los, and other Chiefs of the Army id the Faith who
had surrounded him at Co vera, succeeded in joining
Mina at Lerida on the 10th. It was with this force
that the General undertook his first moyernenti,on the
12th, towards Cervera, which the Defenders of the
Fairh evacuated at his approach in the night of . the
13th. On the 16th the Constitutional General re-
moved his head-quarters to Calaf, which became the
central point of lihr farther operations.
Baron d'Erolles, desiring to impede the march of
reinforcements to Catalonia, caused the banks of the
Cinca to be invaded by his troops, seriously threaten-
ing Arragon ; and in fact he succeeded, at least ih
employing for a month the division of General Zarco
del Valle, consisting 41,000 men, the greater part
of which was destined to reinforce Mina, while other
bands of the Faith, more or less numerous, were sent'
to the right bank of the Ebro—nay, Quesada was de-
tached into Navarre, in the ho!•” of further divert-
ing the attention of Zarco del Valle. Nothing could
induce a change in the general plan of the Constitu-
tionalists, which was in the main to attack the adr
verse-faction at its source, and to expel the Regency
front Urgel; but yet this object was remote, for it,
was necessary first of all to restore the communica-
tions between Saragossa, Lerida, Vich, Manresa, &c.
to reinforce the garrisons, to supply them with am-
munition and provisions, to form a line of defence,
to revive public confidence in the country occupied
by the Constitutional tr,,ops, especially at Barcelona-, '
from which they must derive their chiei resources;
and this Mina effected in the space of a moth, ac-
squiring also a knowledge of the groand and of the
real situation of the enemy's force. Meantime rein-
forcements arrived front all quarters, though not in
such numbers as had been hoped, because the incur-
sions of the Defenders of the Faith into Arragon, and
even into the province of Valencia, had drawn off
five or six thousand men.

The Royalists, proud of their superiority, and taking
for fear an inactivity which was only prudence on the
part of Mina, they d illy provoked him to battle ;
hut it .was not till the 26th October that he resolved
to attack Castelfollit, and. on the 27th, the division
of Erohes at Toro. Our readers know the result of
these two days; suffice it to remark, that-they greatly
contributed to the increasing success of the General,
who was afterwards reinforced by 3000 rnen from
the division of Zarco del Valle. Eroihes then per.
ceived that he could obtain no great advantage on
the right bank of the Segre, and retired to the moun-
tains of the Conque de Treinp, his native country,
finally persuaded that he should be there able to re-
aist the Constitutionalists ; but the affairs of the 13th;
14th, 15th, and 16th, have proved the contrary, for
his troops have been dislodged from their positions,
beaten, and dispersed, Eiol!es hirnell being forced
to retreat to Urgel, where Mina expected to arrive
on the 18th or .20th. The whole district of Tremp,
up to the frontiers of France, was covered with fugi.
tives, wandering in all directions. Tremp, Talaru,
and several other communes, have been plundered
and burnt by the Constitutional troops, who spread
general consternation.
Notwithstanding the preparations for defence
making at Urgel on the 15th, it isnot thought that
it will stand a siege, especially as the soldiers of the
Faith refused to shut themselves up in it. Meantime
it is abandoned by the Regency, and by all the inha-
bitants who have anything to lose. Tke alarm exi.
tended even to Puycerda, and if Miiiins continueshis
movement towards Campredan, there is no doubt but
that place will have the same fine as Crgel.
The number of. peasants who leave the army to
.return home, and of the soldiers of the Faith' who
offer to serve under Con_titutional•Generals, is cont.
siderable. In fact, contusion and discord now reign
in that army which boasted of re.establish'ng despo.
tism in Spain. Such was the result of the operatiorn
up to the 16th of this month.

The Earl of BRIDGEWATER at this moment dis-
plays all the niquiticent liberality of the Barons of
ancient times. In addition to open house being kept
to all comers, there are employed nearly PC)O mert,
women, and children, in the grounds around the ex-
tensive domains.

HYrocttisv.—The first consider:.,tion with a knave
is how,t,) help hinr.e:l; and the second, how to do ic•
with the appearance of helping you. Dionysius the'
Tyrant stripped the statue of Jupiter ayrnpus of:a
rahe t•finassy.gold, and subs limed a cloak of wool,
4ay jug. << Gold i% too cold in winter, and two heavy
in summer; behoves or to take :are of