Star.
London, England, 1823-09-13 00:00:00

Trocadero,which
defended as
French

that it must

some time

shot, and

advinces, which were impeded by several intrench-
'vents behind the breaches. If all the fortifications are
defended with equal bravery, Cadiz " May laugh a
siege to scorn."
The Picts, not the best authority in these matters,
states a report of a correspondence having been inter-
cepted between FIMBINAND VII. and a Northern Po-
tentate, in which► it is insinuated that a negotiation
was on foot for ceding that portion of Spain which is
beypnd the Ebro to France; and the Balearic Isles
to Russia! The rumour is too ridiculous to en-
title it to a serious notice, and can only be considered
as a roe de gserre to excite the dormant spirit of the
•• Spaniards, which nothing is so calculated to effect as
the dread of the country being dismembered. The
following are extracts:

FISOMTiIIt ETOLLE OE THURSDAY.
. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE CAPTURE OF THE
TROCADERO.
a REPORT TROIS GOOD* DOVISPOULLII TO TIRE DUKE
D'ANGOVI.ESIE.
" Missassuca, •
" In obedience to the commands of your Royal
Highness, I present a Report of the attack on the
Trocadero on the 31st. AR the dispositions of this
attack, which was of the most daring character, and
such as the annals of former wars do not 'Resent as
example of, were ordered by your Royal Highness,
and executes' under your eyes.
" It now becomes my duty to give your Royal
Highness an account of the manner in which the
troops surmounted all the obstacles they bad to en-
counter, with the names of the Chiefs who conducted
die columus,and the intrepidity with which the Offi.
• cers braved all dangers in an enterprise the most bold
which was ever attempted.
".The troops were formed in three columns of at-
Lick ; in front, right and left ; the company of Elite,
•
the sd, 6th, and 7th battalions of the Guard. Three
battalions of the 96th composed the first ; they
were followed by 100 sappers and a company of
cannenniers; one of them to destroy the batteries,
and the other to tarn the piecei against the enemy.
The companies of the centre of three battalions of;
the Royal Guard formed the second; and that of the
3 ish composed the third. General Obert commanded;
the atria.; blarthal de Camp Gougeon com-
minded the first column, and Count d'Escars corn-,
isasaggi the second.
ii!Theaftroops entered the trenches, and, gained the'
crensoreotk in die gieatest silence, whets Lieutenant-

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larshes.
he Report, which is of too great length for us to
entire, then states that ";the result of these two
aierthe taking possession of the Trocadero
Fort Saint Louis, with the line of entrench—
arid all the batteries, where were found fifty-
pieces of artillery and a great quantity of am-
munition ; 1000 to 1100 prisoners were made, with
40 Officers, amongst which are the Superior Com-
mander of the Trocadero, named (farces ; 120 were
killed; and about 250 to SOO wounded. Several of
the Constitutionalists jumped into the water, where
they, were drowned ; two or SOO at most were saved
in the bolts. The 1,700 men which composed the
garrison of Trocadero have been almost destpoyedl
in this affair.]
(Sired) 44 BOURDESOULp."
PARIS, SEPTEMBER 11.
SY AN usuosaimitt maws.
PORT ST. MARIE, SEPTEMBER 2. •
This day has passed •without any remarkable
event. The preparations for the landing continue,
and they are occupied in bringing back'a dumber of
Spanish vessels which went up the Guadalquiver
during the combat:, The prisoners made at the Tro-
cadero entered Port Saint Marie this evening.
The Cat Journals cannot dissemble the grief
which they experisiace at the taking, with so much
facility, tbe position which they thought impreg-
nable; and they attribute it to treachery.
It is stated that the Duke of Angoulemc re-
viewed the regiments which were at the* taking of
the Trocadero.. •
- MADRID, SEPTEMBER S.
The Gazette of Madrid confirms the evacuation,
by the insurgents, of forts Louis arid Matagorda.
/ROM THE EMOTE OF SEPTEMBER 12.
MADRID, sErrßmsEit s.
Oa the tlst, ad, 91th, and 25th of August there
were several attacks fromCadis, in which the COnsti-
Autionalists lost but few men, and they have rein-
iorced the Cortadura. It is reported that an impor-
t
tent correspondence; has been discovered and sped,
by means of an English agent, It is said, amongst
the papers there are autograph letters of Ferdinand
-VII. to a Sovereign of the North ! arid there is as
idea of the cession to France of the provinces on the
other side of the Preto, and An lialearic Isles to
Russia. • • • ",ei_
The Coostitutional Government will notlisten to

any propositions to accommodate mattersAs4ong
•the French are on the Spanish territory; nrff some
time past a deal of firmness is observed in AO Cortes,
The troops of Lopez Banos, Otaly, And Actor,
have retired on the Tagus ; Quesnda is gone in pur-
suit of them. •.
The report of the death Of - . is
not true.
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French Official Report of the capture of the the mat
ero,which appear have been as dein crhe
4as it us*: galla4 assailed. 'TheWof give en
is sot anted, but it is Ilvidetefrom the-Report
attacks
must hate been einsidelable; -111Mbertwere for and of
time Osposid to a heavy discharge of grape. ments ;
ad to the continued fireof musketryin all their three p