Star.
London, England, 1823-04-19 00:00:00

OUVRARD, the Banker, who had the contract for sup%
plying the•Arnty, has &en it up. I have no tiope to
say.rnore.", ,

The Freneh Papers of Wednesday and Thursday
morning bring no intelligence of importance. The
Itioni!eur officially announces a telegraphic dispatch
from Bayonne, stating that Pampeluna is closely in-
vested ; that the head-quarters of the French army,
which on the 14th were at Villa Mane:l,. would, on
the 17th, be at Vittoria; and the two corps of the
army would be the same day on the Ebro. One of
the French Journals states, on the authority of a let-
ter from Tolosa, that " St. Sebastian may hold out
some time, as 2000 of the worst subjects in Spain art
shut up there."

Bayoi:ne Papers to the 11th inst. reacheJ us this
forenoon. The following are extracts :

BAYONNE, APRIL 10.

The Mayor of St. JeAn de Luz has complained to
the competent Authority of the shameful behaviour
of the three regiments which were there the day be-
fore yesterday. The Colonels selected at their own
pleasure the houses which should receive them, and
there were even a hundred in a house. We expect
two battalions to-day.

About 40 Spanish prisoners have been brought
into the city; they were led all round, to skew them
to everybody. It is said they were taken by Zabala,
who delivered them up to the French. They are for the
most part children, who 3,-e in a deplorable condi-
tion. The troops complain loudly of the bad qua-
lity of the provisions given them, especially the bread.
The distribution is very irregular. One regiment re-
mained thirty-six hours in the line without receiving
anything. Sickness in consequence increases, and
there are 900 patients in the two hospitals, though
the wind is north.

O'Donnell, when he slim himself up in St. Sebas-
tian, took with him all the cattle that he met with
in the way.
Some persons of our town, who Were at St. Sebastian
eight days before the commencement of hostilities,
assert that there are fifty pieces of cannon upon the
ramparts of the town and the citadel. The garrison
consists, independently of the artillery from Valencia,
of the regiments of Imperial Alexander, commanded
by O'Donnell ; of Valencay, commanded by Saurea ;
a battalion of the Regiment of Espana, and one of
the militias of Salamanca. The Governor of the town
is Don Pablo de Lapegna, Brigadier of Cavalry.
Provisions have been put in requisition throughout
the neighbourhood. It is provisioned for six months.
Bilboa has been completely evacuated by the truops,
who have retired in the direction of the Ebro.

They write from St. Jean de Pied de Port, that
the Prince of Ilohenlohe has entered Spain by the
points of Roncesvalles and Baygori. Ile proceeds,

it is said, towards Pampeluha. It is Colonel Cha.
palengarras who commands that town.

Intelligence from Bahia has reached town up to
February 15th. An attack was made on the 13th on
the force defending Bahia, but repulsed with con-
siderable loss on the part of the assailants—at least,
so the General sassailed says in his official dispatch,
dated February.lsth.
By the muster-rolls transmitted under the date of the 14th of
February, it appears that the force existing in Bahia consisted
of—troops of the line, 4222 ; militia, 3851 ; total, 8( Ti

On the 14th of December, the following was the force :—troops
of the line, 47.01 ; militia, 4374.
Difference.—ln the troops of the line in the course of two
months, 79 ; in the militia, during the same time, 525.
The great diminution of the militia is owing to desertions.—
The sick of the troops of the line, in the hospitals and quarters
amount to 759.

The Morning Chronicle says, 4, We have received
information from a quarter on which we can rely,
that from 80 to 100,000 Russians are marching to
the aid of the French Ultras, and that they will

arrive by way of Dantzic." We have little doubt
that when the French Ultras are in want of Russian
aid they will have it; but we have great doubts whe-
ther from 80 to 100,000 men will be able to march
from the Wolga to the Rhine, even by way of
Dantzic," without a single soul knowing anything of
their movements, except that acute chronicler we
have just quoted. Our Stock Exchange Reporter
writes to us, in great simplicity of spirit, that " the
extraordinary statement in a Morning Paper about
a host of Russians being on their march for the Rhine,
has not had the smallest effect on the Funds this
morning." How could it ? We recommend to the
Chronicle, when, it has another hundred thousand
champions to send to the aid of the French Ultras,
by the way of Dantzic, to provide shipping for them.

A Cabinet Council was held this day at two o'clock,
which continued sitting when our Paper went to press.
Mr. Ews, the King'i messenger, arrived in town
yesterday, with dispatches from Vienna.
A Mail from the Leewa7d Islands has arrived
with letters from St. Thomas's to the 21st ultimo,
The persuasion being then general that hostilities be-
tween France and Spain had actually commenced,
the movements of the French naval force in the West
Indies were anxiously watched. It was firmly believed
in the Islands that England was to side with Spain.
Several French merchantmen had taken the alarm,
and fled from Porto Rico to take shelter in the neu-
tral ports of St. Thomas's. It was also stated that a
rich Spanish ship from Havannah to Europe had
been taken by a French man•of.war..No letters have
been received by this packet either from Trinidad Or
Tobago, and it is feared, therefore, that the mail-boat
which should bring them to:St.Thomas!s has been lost.

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