Star.
London, England, 1823-05-02 00:00:00

" "reltun irnbelle sine ictu."

Never yet was there a vanquished party who did
not attempt to gloss over its defeat by some pretence
or other, sheaving clearly how, if the faits had been
just, it ought to have borne' away the 'wreath of
triumph ; and, generally, in proportion to the mag-
nitude of the defeat, has been the extravagance of
the eitepuating pretences pot forth en the occasion.
Of all the instances of the kind, how- ever, which
have come under our observation, we recollect none'
more remarkable than the attempt which the Whig
Party are now making, through their various organs,
to spew that by their glorious minority of twenty, on
the division yesterday morning, they sustained nei-.j
thee discomfiture, nor disgrace, nor shame.
The division, we are told, was only a division 'in
" appearance," for, " in fact, there was none !"—lt
was all brought about by " trick ;"the Opposition, j
kind souls, did " not seek any triumph over their op-
ponents ;" " they did not mind any apparent triumph
over themselves ;" and the Amendment, approving
of the conduct of Ministers, was so much to their
minds, that " the few who voted against it did so by
mi;take!"

All this is so extremely feasible, so Whig-like for
meekness and consistency, that we wonder the Chro-
nicle should have been at the least pains to search for
precedents in confirmation of its truth. But so it is.
" This trick," we are .told, "was tried ten years ago
byldr. SWAN, who was left to site by himself; and ,
the same thing—(What ! Mr. Swas again?)—would
have happened on Wednesday night, if the hurry,
noise, and confusion, had not so puzzled several Meta-
( hers, as to prevent them from understanding the bed
joke which was played off." Ch monstrous bad joke,
indeed: To force Gentlemen, so disposed to harmony
on the occasion, to declare by their votes, how many of
them, on their honour and Conscience, approved of the
Address of censure for which they had been contending
through three long nights of toil and trouble Oh,

cruel jokers, thus to sport with the repentance and
confusion of a fabiltiiilied; dying roe
We have one fact A 0,411,14 rather terrepeas;:faw
we yesterday adverted tali birt,..l which we think
; will enable the Public-toie4reiti clearly in what
the only " bad joke" in the case consisted.--r,
The amended Address, against which " the twenty"
(ever memorable phalanx I) voted in the House of,
Commons, was word for word the same as the
amended Address against which forty4ight Whig
Peers gave their votes in the House of Lords. Will
it be said that their Whig Lordships too voted by
mistake? We presume-that any such story, as to
them, would now come rather late in the day.
The Minority in the House of Lords voted, we
dare say, deliberately enough; and if that in the
Commons was less in numbers, the fact can only be
ascribed to the progress which a sound and rational
view of things had made with every new discussion
of the conduct of Ministers. So shamed out of their
partizanship were the great body of Whig Commoners,
by the invincible explanations of Ministers, that
the greater number would not vote at aJ for that
censure which their noble friends and patrons had
voted for before them ; and the few who did so, are now
glad to save their claims to respect with the Pub-
lic, by pretending that it was " by mistake."
We conceive—indeed. we know this to be the real
state of the fact; and if there is any bad joke in the
case, we are persuaded the Public will agree with us
in thinking that it consists in certain Honourable
Gentlemen heaping, night after night, the coarsest
abuse on Ministers, and declining in the end either
to confirm by their votes what they have said, or
to make a manly acknowledgment of the clear and
satisfactory manner in which Ministers have :hewn
themselves entitled even to their approbation. That
of the country at large Ministers have had from the
beginning ; and it is the voice olfaction alone, which,
though silenced, does not join in the meed of applause.
F.

Bayonne Papers to the 25th of April reached us
this forenoon. The following are extracts :

BAYONNE, APRIL 44.

The Mail from Madrid is not arrived this morning,
but we expect it in the course of the day. Troops
continue to pass through this city. The 25th-of the
line arrived yesterday, and a Regiment of Cavalry is
expected to-day. Considering .the number of Cavalry
already in Spain and those that are to follow, it
seems inconceivable how means will be found to feed
so many horses ; and, in fact, we hear that the Prince,
in a late Order of the Day, had decided that all per-
sons who are not entitled to have horses must send
them back to France. People speak,' as a thing that
cannot be doubted, of the removal of M. Sicard from
his place as Intendant-General of the Army; the ex-
cessively disadvantageous -contract that he made
with M. Ouvrard, and for which he would have. re-
ceived a douceur of 50,000 francs, is stated to be the
cause; and the more justly, as, notwithstanding the ex-
tremely high terms, the service was but ill performed.
—M. Regnault, who takes his place for the ptesent,
is gone, it is said, to head quarters. It is further, re-
ported that a number of foreigners, among whom
there are several very rich Prussians, have made much
more advantageous offers, and that they have beep at
last listened to.

. .
We have not any bulletins or news from head-
quarters, but weshall, doubtless, hear something this
morning. Meantime people still talk of the affair at
Logrono, and they affirm that our loss in the engage-
ments. which preceded and followed the taking of the
town was considerable. It is reported that a General
dangerously wounded, is on his way to. this oity.--
There is also a report of an affair near Burgos, but
these reports are so vagee that they cannot be im-
plicitly credited. . .
In a Proclamation, addressed by Count l'Abisbal
to his troops and the Province, he says.a— •
" The French come with one hundred thousand conscripts
to modify or destroy the Constitution ; but we will return them
good forevil,,by giving them our Constitution, because It is fit to
serve as a =delta all codes which are intended to govern men."
Some Officers attired here yesterday from head-
qua' tea s, to fetch shoes far several regiments that are
barefoot, but they have found nothing in the maga-
sines. It is positively said that the distribution of
the rations, especially of liquors, .is very irregular.
Bread is very dear. It is likewise said, 'that all the
Spanish Priests who have taken refuge in our city
and the environs, have received orders to depart for
Spain without loss of time. They are auxiliaries, who
are to be employed, if not to combat, at least to
maintain the good diiposition which some fanatic in-
habitants chew towards us.. The Bishop of Tatra-
sano, formerly Grand Inquisitor, is of the number.
We learn from St. Jean Pied-de-Port, that the
head-quarters of the 3d Corps were at Vane; that
the city of Pampeluna was still surrounded," but not
attacked is form, which it will be necessary to do to
get possession of it. The French corps are also in
possession of Sanguesa, Tafailla, and Olyte, which
have been deserted by the inhabitants. It is said,
that the Trappist, dissatisfied With the treatment be
has met with in the French army, has passed the lines,
and none to join Merino, in the province of Lerma.

It would appear, by the follovring article, that the
halt of the Austrian troops in Italy, has created much
uneasineis in Switzerland.

'

- LAUSANNE, APRIL ig. .
The unexpected halt of the Austrian troops in

Lombardy, excites many reflections. Great actin
is.. observed is the offices of the Military
of the Confederation: Officers of the Staff go bat::
wards and forwards. Our Representative Cuur,cl
assembled three days ago, and appoirved a Cet.
mittee to deliberate with the Council of State, o .:
measures to be adopted under present circumstan..
The usual formalities have been dispensed witk;
order to proceed the quicker. The Committee 4
already met twice. The Council of State has co,.
nual Sittings, and at all hours. What is in at.
tion; what is intended; what is required or
Swiss, we are ignorant of. A thousand repot-unto
circulation on the subject.
People speak of plans disclosed to the Federal t
rectory by an English Minister, to we know not tr'
Court.. The Great Councils of Vaud and
are said to be assembled as Well as ours
However, we still Hatter ourselves that the pre,ent
of the Austrian troops near our Southern fronftr
will be but of a short duration; nevertheless, :!
Canton of Tessin has conceived alarms, which
geographical position naturally explains, but
however, do not yet seem to have any lout
Since_ the passage through Switzerland a-as
for foreign troops, in 1813 and 1815, we cannot
the storm howl around us without lancyin; that
going to burst over our heads.

In this Canton and that of Geneva, most
measures have been adopted cowards the Italia
fugeet, uho, not having been included in ally list
proscription nor individually claimed by their
vernments, had till now eijoyed an asylum in '
zerland. The Greek emigrants are going to
away, without knowing to what quarter they
turn, considering the measures that have been I:
with respect to them in all the surrounding cc

The latest intelligence which has been
from the Eastern Army of the Pyrenees, c

to the 23d ult.
The fifth and the ninth divisicins of the
of the army, and three Spanish battalions
manded by d'Enot.r.s, begin on the 9.3 d

of flgueras. An Officer with a flag of trice
sent to summon the garrison to surrender.

ficer was received without difficulty, and

respect, but sent back with an answer which
have made Marshal MoNcaT blush at his .
We are happy to be able to give our Readers
spirited reply, which will be found below.
was every appearance that Figueras would '
long. MONCRY has left 5,000 men, French
niards, to invest the place; of these,

troops. The French are beginning already ,
difficulties is obtaining provisions in Catalonia.
is therefore determined to fortify Rosas, that
may use it as a port for receiving supplies
France. All the troops not to be employed i/
blockade of Figueras and the other fortresses;

taloni4 are to be divided into small parties, and
sent against the Constitutional Guerillas.
SUMMONS ADIAESSEIII. TO THE COMMANDER OP Fl
!Rite BY MAZISUAL MONCEY, APRIL '23, 160.
0 tat lamituAa Or IrILANCI, comgauxemo 114 CMIZT

07 nit MUST 07 THE 7111171rt75.
" In the name Olds Most Catholic Majeuy rem
" Considering the disposition of the Spanish people,
reception with which the troops under our

everywhere in their passage; considering that the fart _
Una sentiment 'of the noble and generous minds who diem the

movements of the royal army is to appease the oniessalis
which spring from revolutions, to unite in submission to their
Sovereign all misled Spaniards, and thus to spare the elision d
precious blood, I unit* the Goveenor of Figueras to imager
that fortress to the combined Royal armies of France asd Spats.
" The act in which the Governer of Figueras will find all the
guarantees which he can desire Is the subjoined proclamation to
the Spaniards by his Raja Highness the Duke et ingouleme.
" The Spanish colours win continue to Hunt on the tamr.ll
of Flgueru. The coofidence of the Governor towards the ROO
Army In this conjuncture cannot in the least wound the Ism d
honour. It will be entirely national, and will ensure to bin de
good will and satisfaction of his august Sovereign, FerdinandVil
" The Marshal is authorised to give to the Goverrorthe
mance That property will be respected, that persons Wen be
molested on account of their political opinions, and Alegi,*
eelleney, and an those under his orders, will preserve 001111,
noires, their ranks, their emoluments, and prerogatives. • "'.
" Done ak head-quarters, under Pigpens, April at' '"P .
(Signed) " MONCV,
To this summons, the Governor, St. Miguel,*
turned the following aniwer:—

Senor General,—The fortress of St. Fernando &Flews
which the nation has intrusted to my care, and to wigs owl
deuce I desire. to make a return becoming a true Spingsrdgill
free man, shall not be surrendered, nee placed in the MX"
the Royal armies of France and Spain, as your Ewing it
quires in your letter of this date, delivered to me by CIO
Lamers, your Aide-de-camp; and its garrison, penetrated IPS
11
the same sentiments as myself, are resolved to bury tip
under its ruins rather than fall in the *lnerrant, of thsirlisinild
and their oaths.
" I am sensible to the fact, and lament the prospect, dull"'
cious blood must now on both- sides; but it is not in my Volt
to prevent it. With your Excellency and your army slops elk
sides the power to prevent the calamities which yen dePkire•
uniting yourselves with a people who so much desire SINOP
stead of unjustly and forcibly imposing claim upon IWO
which enjoys that liberty, and which neither acknowiedt6,lll
will ever acknowledge, the right of any other Power to IMP
fere in its political concern:, or receive at foreign dictaden. lAt
it alone must frame for itself. •
• "Asl am very far from accepting the proposals of b
cellency, I lay entirely aside as irrelevant the Protium
' which his Royal Highness the Dolma Angoulemc has addre.l
to the Spaniards, which can only be good and useful for ref'
(lions Spaniards and unnatural children of their country; WWI
to true sons of that mother, whom they do highly value, and P
whose prosperity and bapeiness they .Ito
.illipoied to sagg.
themselves: •
• r,cesciet
" This is the only answer I have to return to your

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, French and
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in Catalonia.
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ly"hing not to fail in civility, I determined- to admit :he first.
Algol' your F.!..:ellency; but I must apprise you that I shall not
treat in the same manner the secotul wtsith comes with the
!vie mission.
ig Given in the furtress of St. Fernando de Figueras, the first
bulwark of national liberty, this 21cl of April, 1823.
(Signed) " The Governor sANTY ST. 31IGUEL."

Letters dated the 21st ult. have been received from
passages, a small, village on the coast of Spain,
closely adjoining St. Sebastian's. No official accounts
appear to have been circulated there of the result of
the celebrated sortie of the 9th; bat the letters state
that the Spaniards behaved in the noblest manner,
a7,c,1 that the loss of the French in killed and wounde4l
is ;opposed on that occasion to have been between
70 and seo men. It is added, that subsequently to
the 9th three other sorties had been made by the gar-
tison, in which, though compelled to retire within
the fort, the Spanish troops greatly distinguished
themselves. Of these, it should be observed, no no
Lice has appeared in the French paper's. The num-
be: 01 the garrison of St. Sebastian's amounted to
3,000 men, and they were supplied with provisions
for five months. The French army, k is said, on
first entering Spain, had rendered themselves ex-
tremely obnoxious to the inhabitants by cutting
down the apple trees for fuel, with which the country
near the coast abounds; but had afterwards estab-
lished better discipline, and paid liberally for every
article requi,:te for the consumption of an army.

Letters from Rio de Janeiro, of the 9ith of Fe.
Fairy, represent a considerable degree of diArust to
prevail among the Public generally, as to the dosigus
ni the new inv..; tat Court. The ingallatieu of the
Cortes was looLed for on the 25th. of February, mad
rtinch evil anticipated in cane ut that event being any •
longer postponed. • An Enantssy was to proceed to
Vienna, to announce to the Emperor FRANCIS the'
birth of a grand-daughter, on the 17th of February ;
and, perhaps, besides that formal object, to feel the
pulse of the Cabinet of Vienna, touching a recog-
nition of the independence of Brazil upon the mo-
ther country.

We have. received a copy of a Government Pro-
clamation, or rather Address, to the Brazilians, the
tenon of which cortoborates the intelligence trans-
mitted by the private letters. In other respects, it
is only rem:tit:able for its declaration against those
ahn ate supposed to be inimical to the measures of,
?rano, the incomparable hero, the perpetual de.'
fender, the demi-god of Brazil." The parties in op-
position to the Government are characterized as
" Carbonari," and " partisans of the disorganizing
Ccrtes of Lisbon." It is asserted, that Deputies are
daily arriving from the provinces, and that the Con-
stituent Assembly will soon be installed, notwith-
standing that the vile calumniators continue to say,
t!..at " the Emperor and his kinisters are despots—
t!!at they want no Constitution—and that if one bp
flamed, it will be something to suit themselves."

Brussels Papers to the 30th ult. and the Austrian
%server to the '2lst, reached us this morning. The
communication between the Courts of Vienna and
St. Pe:ersburgh is said to have become very frequent,
and a Russian Aulic Councillor had arrived at Vienna
with dispatches, which are said to be important.
ymoi., Aram 16, Metalliques, SC 5-16—Bank Sb. 909 2-3.
19, Metalliques, 82 2-s—Bank Sb. 907 1-10.

The Public mu .t recollect the Chronicle's famous
tory about the march of one hundred thousand Rus-
sians, by the way of Danizic, to the Rhine. It has
been a good deal laughed at for this piece of non-
sense, yet still persists in maintaining the impossible
accuracy of its information.—A few days back it
reiterated the assertion in very grave terms, and to-
day it brings for and a Correspondent, with the fol-
lowing potent piece of documentary evidence in its
rapport—headed, in magnificent capitals, " &TALC!!
ti THE RUSSIANS."

Dantzig, April 15.
" A very considerable shipment of rye is now going forward
ine oat of the Government granaries ; and it is calculated, that
1"e this port, Pillau, and Memel, no lea* than 10,000 lasts (or
POPO° qrs.) of rye will be-shipped, for which purpose vesselsl
engsged at 27f. per last for Rotterdam and Amsterdam, but
'NI condition that they are to receive final instructions at the
4.acti as to the ultimate port of destination."
Here, the Public .% ill see, is proof positive that 10,000
lasts of rye have been shipped from Dantzic, &c.;
10,000 lasts make 100,000. quarters ; • and 100,000
canters of rye, as all the world knows, cannot be
'biped from the Baltic, without 100,000 men being
tipped after them! " March of the Russians" in-
e Bags of rye" ycu mean, most sage and
well-informed chronicler !

The answer to the inquiries respecting the Ktso's
beilth yesterday was—. His MAJESTY is better."
Yesterday the Austrian and Russian Ambassadors
had audiences of the Ktso.
Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was
held at the Foreign Office, which was attended by all
the Cabinet Ministers. The Council sat in delibera-
tion until about four o'clock.
GRENT, Aram 29.—Count Torreno, coming from
Paris by way of Brussels, arrived here yesterday, and
set out to-day for London.
Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE
ll'ited the Duchess of KENT, at tire King's Palace,
at Itensingtor.
The Duke of GLOUCESTICR gave an elegant enter-
tainment on Wednesday, to the Duke and Duchess of
CLAReNcs and a large party, at Gloucester House.
t,e expense of the French army in Spain is said to
be a million of francs, or upwards of £40,000, per day.
‘.oii the morning of the 7th of Apia 56 houses were
b-i-nt down it, the City of Contort), in Nina] y.