Star.
London, England, 1824-04-23 00:00:00

THE GREEKS.

NUREMBP.RG, APRIL 14.
Besides the extraordinary preparation which the Greek
Government is making for the opening of the next cam-
paign, in which the Greeks will act on the offensive en
several points, the requisite measures of precaution have
been taken promptly to repair any check that the; may
experience. European engineers have betn sent t,) the
north of the isthmus of Corinth to form there an en-
trenched camp, in order to oppose an effectual resist-
ance to the attempts that the Turks may make to pene-
trate into the Morea on that side. Officers of engineers
are likewise employed in raising fortifications mar
Thebes. Entrenchments ts. ill also be made az the p: in-
cipal passages over the mountains, so that the Turks
will have to fight their way, step by step, everything
being prepared to oppose the most obstinate resistance.
The Greek leaders having received information horn
Constantinople that the Sultan hal given posi•ive orders
to the Capitan Paella to return with by fleet as soon as
possible, for the.purpose of landing troops there, the?
have hastened to send reinforcements to the corps block•
adiryt that place, in order to enable it to make a vi-
e.
a,orous attack, it being their will-that the place.shail be
taken by storm, if the Turkish garrison should refuse
the capitulation which it is intended to offer it. Among
the reinforcements are several English, French, and
Polish Officers of consummate experience, having all
partaken in the late wars in Europe.

SP,4IN.
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The state of things in Spain is far from improving :
the Treasury is so destitute, that even the handful of
troops now on foot cannot be paid; for three days, it
appears, they were without pay, and obliged to procure
food on credit. On the representation of the Minister of
War to Ferdinand, stating that he would not answer
for the fidelity of these mercenaries if their pay was
withheld, an order was sent to the Treasurer• General to
make no future payment until these soldiers received
their money. The most disastrous accounts arc still
given from all the provinces. The fanatics are yet
running riot in the most savage excesses, and practising
the most shocking cruelties on the unarmed Constittr-
tionalists who are at their mercy. At Rueda, a town
in Old Castile, where the Empecinado and about eighty
Constitutionalists are in prison, ceaseless cruelties and in-
sults were heaped upon them by the ltoyalist Volunteers.
—At the Castle of Caravanca, in Murcia, four Consti-
tutionalists, immured within its walls, were -murdered
by the Royalist sentinels in their beds, with perfect im-
punity. A letter from Bayonne of the 1441 instant,
states that numbers of the Spanish pi ;inners, who were
on their return from France, alarmed at the cruelties of
the Royalists, and apprehensive of the fate awaiting
them within the Pyrennees, had escaped from their Con-
ductors, and again returned into France. This letter
also mentions that a great number of the Royalist vo-
lunteers in Logrono, Bilboa, and Vittoria, still refuse
to obey the decree of Ferdinand, and lay down their
arms. In fact, but for the presence of the French troops,
every province would be one wide scene of civil sti ife
and murder. These are the ,4 energetic measures" so
highly praised by the Etude, which were to restore ,
credit and confidence in Spain, and assure Guebhard's '
Loan. No amnesty has yet been issued,. though peremp-
tory-demands have again been made for it on the part of
the French Cabinet. Bourmont, who has been created
a Grandee of the First Class, left Madrid on the Bth
for Toledo, to meet Ferdinand and his brothers. The
monk S.tez, Ferdinand's former favourite Minister and
Confessor, was at Toledo, and his pernicious influence
was greatly feared by the Spanish Ministers.

FROM TUE ETOILE.
MADRID, APRIL 15.

The King having resolved to pass the Passion Week at
Toledo, the ancient residence of the Spanish Monarch.,
arrived in that city on the 9th. In the evening the in-
habitants testified the most lively transports of satisfac-
tion at the sight of their So\fereign and his august con-
sort.—The Decree of the 26th October last subjected to
a general epuration all persons in office who had been
appointed since the 7th of March, 1820; his Majesty not
wishing to confound the innocent with the guilty, has
just authorised such of those officers as have not com-
mitted any personal offence to present memorials, for
the purpose of obtaining such pensions or favours as may
be due to them for their services before the revolution.
The Government has received dispatches from the
Governor of Porto Rico, dated February 3. The Royal
Authorities are perfectly established in that important
island. All the accounts from the South American
Governments represent the new States that have been
formed there as a prey to the most frightful anarchy.