Star.
London, England, 1823-04-02 00:00:00

BAYONNE, MARCH 25.

While our warriors hoped, and even proclaimed
beforehand that the Army of the Faith had even ex- ,
tended the sphere of its exploits beyond the Ebro, we
see, on the contrary, that the theatre of war comes ;
nearer to our frontiers. We were looking for the ac- 1
complishasent of the promises Of Quesada, °Tonne).
&c. who flattered themselves with assembling lit Nsi-.
vane and the three Provinces, an army 0f.2.5,000
men in three weeks ; it cannot be said, howevert '
they were in want of the resources necessary forihe '
eneutioa of their ill-judged enterprises, foentanat,
arms, aniteitinkion, uniforms, everything bilk liiiia
given, diem in abundance since the return of latitiOnta
fi*,
. - General Quesada, whose bead-riontelaiinskiWat
St. Jean de Lox, had given orders talthe 'bond :if,
Goroitidi to approach- the banks of the'llidaireiv,tad.
even to attack Irun, to facilitatethe nOttiainniAtioas
in case of success. In fact, the day before yisteiday
(the 23d) that partisan, with 800 men, appeared be-
'fore that town and at first got! possession of the apt
promiches to it, but Colonel O'Donnell, at the headof
200 men, promptly, attacked and dislodged him,
even from the heights of St. Martial, where the
Royalists had posted themselves. The courage and
resolution of this handful of Constitutionalists caused
the complete dispersion of this band, which had thirty
killed in.-the engagement, of whom 18 were drowned
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in, the Didassoa, to say nothing of the. arms and equi-
page which they abandoned. •
Yesterday a part of the column of the Pastor, and
the rrenels battalion, consisting of 500 refugees, car-
!sii9g the Spills:4, sioti.the bicoloured flag, arrived at
Yray,- sad immediately made a military promenade,.
.amidst the repeated cries of Visa la Coattitertioni
;lite laVbertf t It is eiien affirmed that more'tvoops
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are expected ;on this point; to Observe what passes its
the Bidasiea,norktncover St. Sebastian. ,
While Colonel: 0:Donnell was .giving this Wall to
Gorostidi, fifty Constitutionalists arrived at Irsmwith
the Card Micheleni Ina seven or-eight men, who suf-
fered themselvqt-tO be'.inipriperl, on the evening of
else . ...
cart
e 224, at Vera. This agent. of the Faith nine
in .
. . . .
ing to General Quesada 200,000 teals gold, anis .
frons the voluntary donation made by the Nava
for the assistance of the Arlby Of the Faith? IV
sum was delivered entire by 't)it! .C9b.ttittaii3oo'
into the hands of Colonel O'Donnell, who ipiiipkof
half of it for the benefit of the iOldiirs who v."' -

good prize.
General O'llonnernot being able to and A 441
for the cavalry in the mountains of Rone4, detailed
it into the plains of Ronceivalies; -but the Conatitu-
tional Colonel, Zumalacarregai, at. ;he- head a6h co.
lump and of some cavalryrattaeked them (milli if st.
at day-break, and the disoider.wAs ap Onzplfie. that
80 horses out of 140, and SO men, were taken and
sent to Pampeluna ; only 18 horses beWev.ei-Avere fit
for service, which gives an idea of the cavalry of the
Army of the Faith. . ,
A report is spread, that General Quesada entered
Irun Yesterday evening; but this news seems to be
prematUre. What is true is, that 600 of Vierostidi's
'band entered France this morning, atViriaite, on the
I3idassoa, to be. armed and equipped, astd, that they
are immediately to return to Spain.

We took notice yesterday of the insidious and
unjustifiable efforts which have been made, by the
advocates of the French Government, to represent
the invasion of Spain as caused by circumstances
which entitle France, on general principles, to the
support of England and the other Allied Powers,
The anziety of M. CIIATSAUIRIAND and his col-

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leagues again trus sunnert„app ; ean to increase in a
4FASVAPAIIIath tl*-apprpachto4ksrWs
,sidogeidi litTleek-01.-eliefidraie" riuilbObt efeselitiro
rteldstheltilire'vintsivianstings, they steal as if zfroill
'itiettfikeihe blow, till they havepiade sure that
Al led lowers will actually protect them against all
the consequences of their iniquity and folly,
One of the most immediate of these consequences,.
they now foresee, will be counter-invasion of France:
the tricolor flag, as appears from our Bayonne-stet-mints
received to-day, has been already 'unfurled on the,
Spanish side of the Bidassoa ; and its partizans only'
await the signal of the Spanish. territpry being vio-
lated to advance into France, and to effect-perchance
another march to Paris. Staggered at this danger,
they now turn round to ask of England and her Al-,
'lies, whether they may not certainly depend on their
support against any such dangerous re-action?-In.
the Journal des Debats of Sunay last, the point is
thus explicitly put :
" The five Powers are invariably leagued against
every attempt to revolutionize the States of any one
among them. The value of the guarantee has never
been contested, and England approves of it as much
as any one of the Allied Powers. The question -of
what line of conduct they should pursue with regard
to Spain was foreign to their stipulations, since Spain
is not one of their company. England has been able
to judge this particular question under a different
point of view than that of the other Powers, without
giving us a tight to conclude that she throws off the
obligation contracted with her Allies, to oppose every
revolutionary attempt directed against one of thc»t.
Although neutral with regard to the Spanish revolu-
tionists, England is still a party to an alliance against
the revolutionists who may disturb France. Such is
the sense of the article of the Treaty mentioned by
Mr. Canning. Such, certainly, was his view in re-]
fusing to enter into the discussion which Lord J.
Russell desired to bring forward; for it must be re-
collected that in all his speeches and all his actions,
Mr. Canning has :hewn that be is one .of those who
abhor the revolutionary spirit,- because he is one of
those who tnow it best.' - -
The Jottrnfil des: Pibats adds, that it throws out
this-statement merelyto prevent the Revolutionists
free* felling -into any K pernicious illusion" on the
subject. N'Ye..have no wish to abet the- designs of
theses ~yelnVonists, but, as wb tijitik:lepernitious,
illusions)! ess;:either side are eqtaaily to be
treated;='we<most,most- take the liberty. of ineking the
,Ltnatter of fact as clear as -we can to all parties.--
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.England Then, at least, we think:we may safely
venture to affirm that she is under no obligation
r whatever to protect France from this or illy other in-
vasion which her own.wsmtonness and folly are the
means of provoking. When she assisted in restoring.
thellouesoNs to the Throne of Fiance, and pledged
herself to maintain them there against any attempts
of the dethroned dynasty to supplant them, it was
Viith the hope, and on the express understanding,
that, tinder the BOURBONS, France would cease to be
that pen to Europe which it had so long been ; that
the French Government would co-operate cordially
and effectually with the other great Powers in put-
ting an end to the evils of war, and restoring
peace and tranquillity to Europe.--The English.
Government could not reasonably contemplate that
the same system of foreign interference which had
made the Government of BONAPARTE incompati•
ble with the general interests of Europe, would ever
become the system of a Government, which it had
for purposes so directly opposite assisted in re-esta•.
blishing in France.
The eminent that such does become its system,
the compact for its support is broken, and the Allied
Powers must be at liberty to act as this new and tin-
expected position of affairs may seem to them to re-.
quire. When the Bidassoa is passed, a new line must
be drawn; .all • old obligations will be at an end ;
and France caltavenothing to hope for from Eng-
land but seliit*ajr; ,under existing circumstances,
be consistent: ~itb fi strict atteiitifti to her own inte-
rests and to dim* of Eative,.o4l far as she is involved

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bat been one of the- arguments of those who
:jun* French aggressiint on-Spain, that a majority
of that nation are against the Constitutional Govern-
aiid that a.very little assistance will be necessary
,tp,suahlethe Army of the Faith to restore FERDINAND
•te.full authority, and leave him at liberty to give
the petiple those institutions which Louis XVIII.-de-
-claret they tan receivefrom him alone. If any proofi
bad.beed necessary to refute these assertions, they
have been abundantly furnished by the operations
of this Army of the Faith, since France has not
only declared in their favour, but furnished them
With arms, money, and all the materiel of war.—
Yet all this has proved abortive; they have not gained
a single advantage in consequence, but on the con-
trary have achieved nothing more than a few ban;
,ditti might accomplish in any country—plundering
houses or travellers.. But those who had seen this
-Army of the Faith, well knew how incapable it was
of any military operation, and how much. its fume
and real character had been misrepresented in the
French Ultra Journals. M. TH sans, whose work on
the Pyrennees and the South of France we noticed on
Monday, speaking of an encampment of the Army of
the Faith,- says, N I never saw a more melancholy
and more original sight ; twelve or fifteen hundred
poor creatures, men, women, thildren; and old people;

were stretchel upon the groultd; with their bettor
spread-out I lams were lying on a little ttmse„.otjit,s
'added tbefielothes, and endeayonted ler mg**
,orthem. la employed the little they 144 arsiwZit
together' sOtb a confused noise, speakirigelietba4i
ilaeguegeliadAisplaying the most frightful uncleasts
ness. Thej had just received their rations trblitralt
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welerireedily devouring. Some whb were
poor as the rest, had added a little salt meat, t#tit
greeter number siiiihed-it down syr. ithAte twitter- itib
stream, Which flewed et.ilittledfStaisce, The.,.444
in paiticular, excited .my compassion, by an ain't.
despondency and suffering which was not seen km
men. They seemed to be the exclusive victims of-t
evils of civil'var, and paying the penalty of theme
bulent dispositions of their husbands. The late
.were not melancholy ; likedefeated fanatics, notliiii
seemed to give them any uneasiness but hunger; aid
I saw this uneasiness disappear in most of theta it
proportion as their ammunition bread was devoured.
They then threw themselves, one after the other, et
the ground, on which they reposed like real brutes, eh
have done everything when they have lived a day!'
This account of the Army of the Faith, wriktenby
an eye-witness who cannot be inspected of exaggeva.
tion, exposes at once the fabrications which tha Eta,
and the Qmotidienne have put forth, of thestatebf-tbe
Spanish Insurgents, An article from Baybane, With
reached ui this morning, confirms the statemegt of
M. THIEis, and chews how little assistance the:in.
vading army may expect from the factious in Spain,
even if they consent to assist in the invasion of their

country.
All the troops that arrive successively at Bayda
(says this account) express their eager desire to se
the famous Army of the Faith, of which the 1,71te
Journals have spoken so highly; but how great has,
been their surprise when they have learnt the truth,
and have surveyed with their own eyes, at [Lyme,
at St. Jean de Luz, on the banks of the Bidassoa,
St. Jean Pied de Port, and the environs, these horde