Star.
London, England, 1823-02-07 00:00:00

BAYONNE, JANUARY zo.

We have just learned that the Chiefs of the bands
in the three Provinces, and in Navarre, positively re-
fuse to obey the orders of O'Donnell, and even of the
Regency, and that the greatest disorder prevails
among those partisans, who, one after the other, are
beaten and driven into the mountains by the Con-
stitutional troops. Juanito and Santos Lull-on have
been forced to fall back into their first positions in
the Itoncal, and their soldiers are in the most wretched
condition. The two Communes of Valcarlos and
Lucaide, on the extreme frontiers of France, were
near to being burnt by these wretches.
The Chancellor (Chancelier) of the French Lega-
tion at Madrid, passed through Bayonne yesterday,
on his way to Paris; he is said to have stated that
M. Lagarde will follow him in a few days.
Everything here looks like war. Preparations are
making to receive 6,000 conscripts, four regiments
of cavalry (one of which is of the Royal Guard)
four of infantry of the line, and some companies of
artillery. It is affirmed that by the end of February
we shall have on this frontier a corps of 25,000 men,
and that, besides, it is calculated that the soldiers of
the Faith in Navarre will be organised, and form a
body of 12,000 men ; but it is to be recollected, that
those men know nothing of organization and disci-
pline, and that, if the French soldiers are Well clothed,
.they will be the first to attack them, only to steal a
sabre, a cap, and a coat.
' Our accounts front Madrid of the 22d lay, &IPA'
the people were much disiitisfied at • the neglect of
sending a sufficient force in proper time to Siquenzi,
to prevent Bessieres from advancing towards the
capital as be has done. It is positively announced
that he has been defeated, and hOpes are entertained
that his corps will be destroyed, but others think that
the reinforcements from Madrid having departed so
late,- Bessieres will be able to return -into Arragon, or
to ?etre"; into. the kingdom of Valencia.
The Espectadot of the 21st says, it is certainly
known that the Junta of Meguinen.za had received
orders from France to leave a good garrison in that
place, and to. send all the force that it could towards
Castillef and endeavour to fortify AlCala de Hennes,

:xix it would
hGe' ea's 'to eater the capital. bilhe aid of the urea.
lieres 'cc bad been take' to bring about internal
cliStirbances there among the. different parties, who
would, in the end, desirey each other.
The result of the farthei-operatlons of the Coast':
tutional troops isimpatienslyiexpeeted the laudable
spirit which animates thereeanert be doubted.
On the 19th, Bessieres eceesra_Nedina Ali and
TcenLa with 40b0 'men; ,VtiAte 2001:046e-at Molift
This last• divitiOn is 'doeibtkeis diva which has beet
defeated by Velasto.
The effect produced all over Spain by the menu,
table Sitting est and that eif the 'lick is daily
more evident. The debates have been publicly rear
in the chief cities of Andalusia, amidst loud cries er
". The Constitution or Feathl-440 Foreiguertr,
Addresses to the King and to the Cortes arrive front
all quarters, all breathing the most determined reso-
lution to convert Spain into a barren desert, rather
than give up the new institutions, or submit to fo;
reign interference.
Well-informed persons say that M. Lagarde aria
be immediately recalled by his Government, but that
the legation will remain at Madrid, waiting the arri.
val of another French Plenipotentiary. If we mar
credit what is said by some great politicians, notwith-
standing the preparations for -war making by both
nations, it will probably not take place unless the fa.
natic party in France is resolved to disregard every
obstacle. The assembly of Sir William A'Court last
Monday was extremely brilliant: all the Spanish Ali-
nisters were present, a great number of Counsellors
of State, Grandees of Spain, &c. &c.
A great deal is sai of• the treaty col:0;0d with
England, by which, besides the as.i vantages which
that country has obtained in Cuba and other Spanish
Colonies, it will have most imp' tant
swama4es in
the Peninsula, that will be of the greatest'injury to
French commerce, which will be subjected to the
prohibitory system, in return for the assistance which
England shall give to Spain, by sea and land. Let.
ters from Cadiz. say, that the moment war is de.
Glared, 20 privateers (English and Spanish) will sail
for that port and Gibraltar, under the National ihg.

A Flanders Mail, with Biussels Papers to die sth
instant, reached us this morning. Accounts from
Constantinople to the Ist of January, by the way c 1(
Corfu, bring the gratifying intelligence -that the
Greeks had landed at Scio, and driven the Turks
from the island in the greatest confusion. After thC
conquest of Scio,. the Greek fleet sailed againt
Smyrna acid Tenedos.

Accounts from Ancona, of the 12th ultimo, cos.
firm the success of the Greeks at Scio. The expesli.l
Lion had been fitted out by the Ipsai ints; and it cowl
sisted or twentrfotkr:vessels, with 9,000 troops, 421
sixteen fire-ships, and conquered Scio, it is said, a
the 23d. All the Turks who could not escape by
flight were massacred, only a few getting into tie'
fort, which is already cannonaded by the GreeL
Th'ey expected at Scio an expedition from Sama
with 3„000 troops, and the squadron of Hydra Zvi
fifteen vessels and 2,500 troops, to make another it.
tempt either on Tenedos or Mytilene.

Lettters from Corfu, of the 2d of January, or
that ' negociations were carrying on with butt
PAcIZA, for the surrender of Corinth.
The surrender of Napoli di Romania is considered
at Corfu as certain.

The Emperor of AUSTRIA his bad frequent and
severe attacks of a cough, but is much better. The
&trans has also been unwell.
An article from Frankfort, of the 29th of January,!
gives a hint of the probability of war, and the fol.,
lowing statement of the military force of Prussia: '
The Prussian army, including the Royal Guards;
consists of 118,000 men, viz. 80,800 foot, 21,700
horse, 14,000 artillery, and 2,300 engineers and pio.
neers. In case of war it mig& be raised to 298,000
foot, and 40,000 horse, including the reserve and the
landwehr of the first levy; to which maybe added,
in case of necessity, 130,000 landwehr of the seeessll
levy—in all 518,000 men.

Vim, Jaw. 23.—Bletalliques S.T S-IS, Bank Shares 9s‘.

New York Papers arrived this morning
3d of January.
INTERYSTING FROM HAVANNAR.,--The following

to the

is an extract of a letter, dated the 15th December,
brought by the packet Comet, arrived at New Yet
in five days, from Havannah :
" About a week ago the citizens of this place were
quite in alarm, occasioned by the Elections. • TOO
must know that there is a great party spirit raging
here, the natives on the one side, and the Europnes
' on the other. Everything is now quiet, but mauy.S
afraid that serious results will follow. Ere this nut
reach you, various accounts pi tbst jaw
.occurresce
in this city Must :have come 19, your knowledge'
however, for your own satisfactionit4lll#4“o"
es~brief abstract of what hat happeng.' '
" There being two,pOlitical parVeslti* MR, Its
election for Deputies to the Oortes 004 rn WO'
vincial Deputation, brought them ..,in-sektatt wia
each other at the places of electtnn hips 016140
parishes. The natives were 'eierfehige
both on account of their numbers, anOlthß !Mr"

of manftEuropeans, who sided with. them,.
lady so, because two Regimenm-mostliEsu
voted for them. -The opp?sitejilitMstquid
defeat, spread the furtipdr. Snaiiiohie *iaropt

the natives were going to 'Massacre them, arid pro-
claim their independence. Path terror and indigaa
tion pervaded the shinds of the ignorant class of the
Europeans, and being almost all of them enlisted in
the Militia, crowded to their military posts, and in
less than five hours about 3000 men were fully equip-
ped and under arms, raving for vengeance.
In the night of the sth of this month, a list was
presented to the Governor, containing 46 names of
the persons said to have caused the riot, by seditious
tries and insulting the Militia, and a prompt and se-
,ere punishment was demanded. By that time the
natives had begun to look for themselves, and to
provide means of support for the Government, who
were abandoned by the military force. On the even-
ing of the 6th, peace and order were again restored."

The King cf PORTUGAL has, by a Decree of the
'Fth of January, sanctioned the establishment of a
Protestant Chapel at Lisbon, which is declared to be
under the special protection and direction of the Bri-
tish Legation at that Court, and that t is to be re•
cognized as such by all the Public Authorities in
the kingdom.

If any credit can be given to the statements in the
Paris Papers, the French Government is too far corn-
brined towards Spain to recede, and that war is ine-
vitable. The warlike tone of the French Ultra Jour-
nals is echoed, or rather instigated by the Ultra
Press in this country. Some of our contemporaries
call it the Ministerial Press, but this we deny, as it
is very evident that the Courier and the New Times
have been ignorant of the views of our Ministry, and
have vindicated a line of policy to which it is decidedly
hostile. This conduct on the part of two English Jour-
nals has had a considerable share in urging the French
Ultras to war, from an opinion that they were but
echoing the sentiments of the British Government.
4, They have" as one of our contemporaries olr.erves,
44 all along written as if they were the pensioned
advocates of a foreign Government, instead of the
organs of their own :" and it is positively stated, and
firmly believed. in Paris, that a London Journal,
which has been the loudest in its clamours for
war, is in the actual pay of the French Ultras.—
So far, indeed, have the French Ultras been deceived
as to the policy of this Government, that the Quoti-
diennc and the Drupeau Blanc of Tuesday assert that
the Governments of France and England are agreed
in their views respecting Spain. These Ultra Editors
have before this time learnt how miserably they have
been deceived, and that the British Government sees
the iniquity and the injustice of the attack on Spain
as clearly as the British People.
Notwithstanding all that has been asserted of the
unanimous feeling in favour of war in the French
Chambers, yet this is far from being the case ; .and
even in The Chamber of Peers, which has been ap-
pointed by the KING, and hold their 'seats only
at his pleasure, an Amendment on the Address
to his MAJESTY, condemning the war on Spain, was
supported by a minority of fifty-three to ninety; a
circumstance which ought to convince Louts that
the most honest part of his Peers are decidedly against
the war. For the other 'news in the French Papers
we refer to a preceding column.

It is strongly reported in the City, that early in the
Session there will be a funding of Exchequer Bills in
the New Four per Cents. which seems the more pro-
bable, and gains belief, as the New Four per Cents.
are full one and a half higher than they ought to be,
as compared with the Old Four per Cents, and Ex-
chequer Bills are nearly lOs. per cent. premium.

The Dike and Duchess of GtoucEsreit came to
town on Saturday, from their sett at BAgshot, for
The sea,on.

Lard AUHERST, we are sorry to state, has been
for wme time past indisposed.
The Marquis of STAFFORD continues indisposed,
at his house, at Richmond.

THE AINa.
•
A report prevailed yesterday evening, that the
ICING'S health was considerably worse t we are happy
to state, that the report is untrue. A gentleman,
who left Brighton yesterday afternoon, and who.hai
means of knowing, ;assures us that his ALtirsTY's
general health is good ; but that he is suffering
severely from gout in the knees and alleles.
His MAJESTY was so anxious to receive a general.
outline of the Debate in both Houses of Parliament,
on the Royal Speech, that a Messenger arrived at
Brighton during the night with a dispatch from Lord
Lamar ,OL. The Messenger took his departure from
the Palace in the course of yesterday. Our gracious
KING has riot yet recovered from the fatigue he ex-
perienced at the Council,when the Speech, and other
State matters occupied his attention for so long a
time, as to occasion a lassitude, which still remains,
to the extreme regret of us all.
We are assured there is no personal danger attend-
ing this .protracted malady; but it is painful to
observe, that it continues far beyond the period his
MAJ. EsTv's mAical attendants at first predicted for
its duration.