Star.
London, England, 1823-08-12 00:00:00

COAST OF GRANADA.

" Most Excellent Senor !—Yesterday at three in the afternoon'
his Must Christian Majesty's troops, under the command of
Camp Marshal the Baron de Ordono, took possession of this
capital, it having that moment been abandoned by those calling
themselves Constitution;lists. In the morning of that day,
General Don Josef de Zayas marched off wi.h an army, in name'
consisting of a deluge of officers, but only 500 cavalry and ;,GOO
infantry—a small number indeed ! and yet sufficient to harass
the unfortunate towns which are incapable of defence. tam
confident, however, considering the public spirit in -favour of
his Majesty, that this force is not likely to be kept together. In.
consequence of the arrangements made by the Genera) corn..
mending his Most Christian Majesty's troops, I have taken upon
myself the command of the captaincy of this kingdom and coast;
and I yesterday restored the A yuntamiento, the Chancery, and
other authorities, as advised by the said French Comminding
General, and directed by the Regency,
" I have this day established a subsistence Junta, composed
of persons decided for the Royal authority, that they may pro-
ceed to the collection of provisions, and take care that the allied
troops be properly supplied, as the commanding General has di-
rected ; what the said troops consume being paid for.
" The officers and company of the provincial regiment of
Guadlx, left here by General Zayas to preserve public tranquil-
lity, did not wish to follow their cavalry, and made au offer to
serve his Majesty, which was accepted by the
" Don Itafael del Barrio, not being its follow the
rebel army, threw up his commission and remained hen.
Several other chiefs ankofficcrs of the same corps have followed
his example.
" The King's Lieutenant has been restored ad asterism, because
he was dismissed In the year 1820 for his decided attachment
and fidelity to his Sovereign.
" I have taken measures for &vaunt two depots,,io which
individuals belonging to the constitutional armies will be col-
lected; and I shall report their number to your Excellency by
next courier.
M All the parsons belonging to the Military libiamo Depart-
_

ment of the district have remained, and have applied to me to
be employed, as they had not followed the army.
" The number of deserters arriving how the armies of ZaYas
and Ballastcros is considerable. The loser sustained a defeat in
the plains of Montejicar,in consequence of which eight Officers,
two Cadets, and 40 privates, all cavalry, badly wounded, have
been brought in here prisoners.

" As soon a* the allied army shall resume its operations, that
which ayas commands will vanish, if it be not already dis-
persed in consequence of the effervescence in the territory into
which it is marching ; for, according to the direction taken, it
has passed the Alpujarra. This Is all the information I have at
present to communicate to your Excellency, &c.

" Granada, July 28. " .11,7 AN SEN EN de CONTRERAS.
" To the Most Escellent Secretary of State for

the War Department."

We have received, by the Camden Packet, advices
from Gibraltar of the 2Sd ult. A body of Spanish
Royalists had made an attack on the Constitutional-
ists at St. Roque, and driven them out of the place.
They afterwards made an attempt to get possession
of the lines, but were repulsed; when they returned
to St. Roque, which they still hold.

We have received the following letter from an in-
telligent correspondent at Malaga :

" MALAGA, JULY 12.

" I hoped ere this to have been enabled to send you
good news, but am miserably disappointed. That
fine army, which was raised at so much cost and
with so much care, . called the Army of Reserve of
Andalusia, has been allowed, by General Villa-
campa, to fritter away and disperse amonzsi the
various towns ; so that of the 30,000, not 1,500 are
this day in a body, and himself retired to enjoy the
baths of Alhama I Upon the approach of the French
in Valencia, .Ballasteros retired into Murcia, and is
now arrived at Baza and Granada; and people re-
tna►k, that the same policy, prevails with him also, in
dividing into small divisions his army, which ought
to consist of 25,000 men. .

" The French invest Cadiz closely, by sea and
land ; it- appears the Cortes propose to make ,a stout
resistance, and as yet are well supplied with provi-
sions of every kind, by means of their little armed
provision boats. In this quarter we are truly in the
absence of all information of what is going on in
other pans of the Peninsula, the French having pos-
sessionof the principal post roads from Bayonne to
Madrid and Cadiz. I knoWthat the greater part of
the kingdom of Cordova, Jaen, and Seville, have
taken down the Constitution stone in their squares ;
so that a strange spectacle is seen in this country, and
I believe has no precedent in either ancient or modern
history—the military endeavouring to give and pre-
serve liberty to a people, and the people refusing it :
but with all the knowledge of these facts, I say that
yet the French may soon fi►id themselves in a scrape;
these ignorant people take down the emblems of the
Constitutional system, not from any real dislike to it,
but from the hopes that they will not be called upon
for contributions, which the French make them be-1
lieve they will be exempted from by declating in
their favour.

It requires not the gilt of a prophet to foresee that'
the French must live upon the country they consider a
conquered by them—they must lay on coritributioni—
the people will soon be undeceived. They are a yin-
dictiv,e race, arid if once roused, the LOAD have
mercy on the souls of their invaders. Yet the people
of this country are easily governed : at present, al-
though it may be said that we have no Government
at all, neither military nor ciiil,-7and, although mo-
rality is hardly known or practised, yet by the force
of the social virtues,which prevail amongst this people
in a singular degree, -we are governed, and tran-
quillity prevails."

The following is an extract of a private letter from
the Spanish capital :

" MADRID, JULY cc
gg SIR-I arrived here today, but I don't know
whether to stay, or to proceed to England.
.* The Duke d'Angouleme left us at! two o'clock
this morning for Seville, accompanied by 2000 of the
Royal Guard, and the whole of the Staff. As he pro-
ceeds by easy stages, it may be 18 or 20 days ere he
reaches Seville. Several detachments of troops have
left this of late for the South, and in u day or two the
whole of the present garrison will take the same di-
rection ; they will be relieved by the troops aiat have
been stationed between this and Vittoria, who are
marching hitherward, and some have arrived to-day;
these, in like manner, will be relieved by the. divi-
sions forming the blockades of San Sebastian and
Pampeluna—the new troops from France succeeding
them. The soldiers in the surrounding villages are
also under orders for Andalusia; so that in the whole,
his Royal Highness takes a reinforcement of about
15,000 men. This additional force of the choicest of
the French Army will, it is thought, be imposing
enough to force the Constitutionalists of Cadiz into
terms, the Duke being personally on the spot to treat
with them, or to animate the troops in the assault of
the place, besides clearing that part of the country of
Ballasteros and other smaller partizans, who might
be extremely troublesome to the force at present them,
extended as it is.

Conjecture is now at an end with respect to the
origin of the fire on the 20th, at the Church and
Convent of the Espiritu Santo; A German, who oc-
cupied one angle of the building as a coffee-house
and brewery, has confessed that the fire broke out in
his bmwety ; that he was 24 hours endeavouring to
extiognish it ; that he called in no assistance, nor
mentioned it on account of the heavy. fine imposed
on all persons in whose premises a fire breaks out.
A great many persons were arrested on suspicion, all
of the Constitutional patty, to whom it was at first
ascribed, but who are, however, not likely to be re-
leased, notwithstanding the discovery now made.
14 From Seville, we are informed, that Sir William

A'Court left that city on the 19th inst. fo. rtlibriatati
leaving his carriage and a part of his servants at Mr,
Walsh s, the British Vice-Consul. His ElCelienCy
reported to have said, that he expected tcs. be tract
soon again; presuming, probably, that the stru,-,..:e
betvteen the Royalists, or rather French and Csahri,
tutionalitis must quickly be terminated.

" The B: i i h Ambassador has therefore left &aim,
The dethronement of the King. and reinvesting him
with his dignity, at the will of a faction, as, in fact,
it may nowise termed, could not be recogwized by
the British Government, and as little, a Regency
posed by foreigntas. Sir William was placed
difficult situation. At Gibraltar he is in a position to
observe and Like advantage of circumstances, and 4
hand to become a mediator, should the Constitution,)
party in Cadiz abate a little of their obstinacy.
4, There was no further news at Seville other that
that the French had made a conclusion of the Coo.
stitittionalists.at the Condado, taken the forts.of
/nog°, Piedra, Ayamonte, and Villaneuva, with ie
artillery and ammunition indeed, wherever the
French go, there is no standing against them, not.
withstanding what their opponents may say. By
these it Was reported, that Ballasteros was corning to
Seville, with 20,00( men—that he was to eilerala.
the 25th instant, being only eighteen leagues off. Br
other accounts, his force was dirninished (lowa to
7,000 melt; but even this number is not to be rebel
on, as otherwise other rrsove,nents would be seen
making in the French armie;.
"Lopez Banos is said to be at the bridge of Al.
manaz on the Tagus, with about 10:X) horse. The
departure of the French troops from this 'for And...
lusia, prevents his forming a junction with Ballasterca
in the.rear of the French before Cadiz, if such war
the intention. The Constitutional spirit is nigrch
damped and broken in all the too n, and villages, and
.o heartily sick are the people of war, that nothiat
is to be feared or expected from him, or any othe
partizan. The towns resist 0 ni;itin," rations, except r.l
an order from the Royalist Authoritie-, and t! le Co*
stitu:ionalists desert in small parties wirenever du/
find the opportunity. I have been a witness to du,
myself lately.
" If the French minded them, and sent division
after these parties, wherever the hue and cry -
raised, it would have the effect, certainly,
their main operations. Oa the contrary, the
keep themselves flanked, right and left, b
Royalist parties atl3essieres,Quesada, Mel inn,(
nel, El Loehr', Stc. and are now bent entirely ,
one and last object, Cadiz, from which nothinl
divert them. Mina is positively said to be
up in Barcelona."

EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.
" PARIS, AUGL.
" A letter from Perpignan, dated the 30th
states, that since the last affair announced it
aiteur, there has bepn another action, WI
place on the 27th instant, in which Baron t
division found itself in such imminent danger,
were it not for the timely'coming up of the:
19th French regiments of the line, it would
been entirely destroyed."
The same letter contains the following int
Count Curial, who contrived tu carry
communications with some persons in the .
Montjui, sent thither the brigade of Genera,
rot, hoping to make himself maser of
through the treachery of thOse with whom
communication. But the ; lot had been
and the French troops were allowed to advance
-the fosses, where they were received by a
rained and murderous fire of grape-shot,
upon them from almost within a stone's throw.
The letter goes on to say, that 1, on the 2111
Captain of the• Staff, Duval, went to Mater°
make preparations for the removal of the Ma
head-quarters thither. The Marshal returned
on the 28th. It is said that the Military ~
tions are returning to Gerona, where also the
is immediately expected. We are assured that
blockade of Barcelona has been raised, which
bated to the immense number of sick that
It is said that in the villages of Soria, Sans,
Ander, eight soldiers fall sick every day. Tn
who know Catalonia, and the species of warfare L.
cessary to be carried on there, this appears very!,
bable.• In two months of the summer of 1793,thie
thousand sick were. sent from. this province is,
France; and at a mote remote period, in the yet
1285. Philip the Bold, who entered Catalonia at ti
head of a hundred thousand men, was soon form',
return to France with the loss of nearly the whaki
his army by famine and disease. Amongst &sig.'
was the Prince himself, who died on reaching KIK
nan. There was a report yesterday on the Bosts,
but which obtained little credit, that Ballasteros bJ
sent in his adhesion to the Regency.*

. A Flanders Mail has brought us *to-day Bmi
Papers to the Bth inst. The following are estrum
'CARLSRUHR, JULY 47.
Our Gazette contains ,an article, dated Ai&
to the following effect: •
" Letters which we receive from from
ters inform us that the Engl
important overtures to those
Stockholm. Denmark, it is
the English policy. Sweden .
-tided answer to the Note of the
the Council of State has met
his proposals, and the Sivedit
Affairs has had conferences wii
sador, the object of which is
bonds which unite the two countries.

" On the other hand, a letter
to understand that the East wit
of important events, as the Cabinet
at length perceives that the
list and Austrian Ministers.
duced no satisfactory result.
been circulated at Vienna, that
drawn the forces which it bad v
to send them to the banks of '

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•trojed all the furniture; so that the damage is esti.-
!laced at 500 crowns.
FRANKFORT, AUGUST 3.
The Swabia?: Mercury says, Dr. Murhard, EditOr
of the Universal Political Annals, who has resided
for several years at Frankfort on the Maine, hal ex-
perienced some obstacles to the continuation of his
abode in that free city ; it is not known whether
foreign influence is here concerned. However this
was, -he, Dr. Murhard, has applied to the Diet, whose
constituting expressly prohibits all perional persecu.
tion of writers. The result of this step is not known.

7.',TItICII, JULY
. The Paport of the Committee on the Police of
the Press, has been unanimously adopted by. the Con-
federation: All the Cantons will, therefore, take the
most rigorous measures to hinder the journals and
• pamphlets from containing anything offensive to the
Allied Powers, and' which may cause the feast mis-
understanding between Switserlaud and the neigh-
bowing States: they will therefore refuse admission
to all refugees who have quitted their own country,
after having disturbed its tranquillity, and who are
consequently parsued as agitators, as sibll as those
who, during their abode in Switzerland, have abused'
the hospitality afforded them, by engaging in secret
intrigue.;, either against Switzerland or against other
Governments. LI future, all stra:lgers coming to
Switzerland must have ?egular passports, signed by
the Magi.trates of their respective Cantons.
coltm, JUNE so.
MustaphA, Paella of Scutari, tired with the rc-
peate:.l, eshortatifms of the Sultan to march against
the insurgents, has at Icneth taken the resolution to
send one of his stiperinr Officers with :,bout 2,000
men. To this are reduced the armies of 40,000 or
50,003 Albanians o hich the Tut ks and their him's
talked of some time ago, and a hicli were to crush
the Greeks.- The Comman.!er of this small crops
goes. to Bitoglia or Macedonia, whence he will pro-
ceed to Thessaly.
• The whole region of Chassia, which embraces the
chain of mountains that unite Pindus to Olympus,
has taken aims against the Trilks.
Bliklisiu.s, AUGUST 7.
• We leant that the Committee appointed by his Ma-
}Tutu) draw up the Civil Code, having been assem=
bled at Brussels during the mouth; o(June and July,
has germinated its labours by completing the second
book of the CoJe, the several chaptets of which will
be immediately printed, and presented to the States-
General at the opening of the nest Session.

Poor Sir Rosenz He is quite abandoned to-dAy
by 'all his staunchest friends. Both the Times and
Chronicle confess that hi. Correspondence with 810-.
RILLO is a very silly affair.

We learn by a letter from Paris of Saturday last,
that the report of MISSAL'S death in a duel is not
correct. He lives at Limoges, in a state of perfect
retirement.

ARREST AND DETENTION OF M. GARCIA AT CA-
LAts.—On M. GARCIA returning lately to Paris, on
the termination of his engager-lent for a limited
period at the Italian Theatre, he was arrested at Ca-
lais,- and plated under surveillance. He is not al-
iovred either to quit France or u) proceed to Paris,
but is forced to remain where he and to wait on
the Mayor twice every day.
His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX gave a
grand dinner yesterday, at Kensington Palace.
• Sir H. and Lady BUNBURY lett Warren's Hotel,
Regent-street, yesterday, for flicir scat in Suffolk.
The Hon. H. G. BENNET, M.P. Mrs. BENNET, and
family, left ,town y,:sierday, for their seat, Walton-
upon-Thames.' *
Air. and Lady JANE LAWRENCE PEEL left their
seat, Munster House, Fulham, yes:erclay, for Ox-
ford, on • their way to the Earl of BATHURST'S seat,
Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
ENGLISH OPERA HOLSE.--Last night there was a
crowded House to witness the performances of Pre-
sumption, I will have a Wife, and The Miller's Maid.
A new and tasteful arrangement has been made in
the large saloon: it is now a handsome illuminated
conservatory, which has a very beautiful effect.
CHARLES KEMBLE is, we perceive, full of activity
dining the recess. The Theatre, we learn, is newly
embellished, and with a great deal of taste. Several
rtcw reerails,-some of them of considerable promise,

have been engaged.
Mr. MsritEws is shortly to appear at the English
Opera House, in two of his favourite parts. Mr.
IlArtlEws has been engaged by the Proprietor for a
few nights, in consequence of the great curiosity ex-
pressed by the Public to see so favourite a performer
after his Transatlantic trip. lie will, in addition to
tome of his best characters, play in his own Pieces,
Tke Poky Packet, La Diligence, Stories, Irc.
Maclemoiselle NORLET, the most elegant dancer of
the French Oyept, so well known iu England, is about to retire
from the stage.
In §sotland there is not the most distant prospect
of a general harvest before the first week in September.
The Liverpool Advertiser of Sunday says, "It
seems to be generally admitted, that the extent of
' commerce carried on in Liverpool this year is like to
be greater than in any one single year since theerec-
lion of the port, both in imports and exports. The
same is affirmed of Manchester, and several other large
towns in this county. This is the fair and free effect
of our open competition with the whole world, the
trade s.f which M now in every part entirely unre-
stricted. Yet, doting the late war, not only the
factious and the discontented, but many of our most
sober economists foretold that this free competition,
this reverting of the currents of trade into their old
channels, must at least greatly abridge our com-
merce, if it did not ruin it. Ho* fallacious is all poli-
tical prophecy !"
St. Swithin'•s reign, we are happy to say, seems ap-
proaching to its termination. The Proprietors of
V4ushall must have suffered much from his many
h:vasions of their chartered tight to fair weather and
unclouded skit's; and it is high time they should be
amply rewarded for the great pains and expense they
have been at to render this the most delightful of all
our places of public resort, . for recreation and
amusement.

NIINING INTELLTGENCE. - Copper Ores sold at
ltdruth on "Fliursday, 1,736 tons. Average produce,
6.715• Quantity of Fine Copper, 118 tons 10 cwt.—
Amount of sale, £8,997. 18s. Average standard,
£116.45. No sale-.next week. Copper Ores sold at
S"'imsea, July 30, 218 tons.