Star.
London, England, 1823-08-27 00:00:00

BAYONNE, AUGUST 19.

We have received more letters from Madrid, which,
however, only come down to the 15th. Various re-
ports were in circulation in the capital relative to the
negotiations which have been commenced, and the
probable result of them.
The following, it is affirmed, are some of the mo-
difications which are to be made in the Constitution :

" Ist. The Legislature shall consist of two Cham-
bers. The first will be composed of 50 persons of the
highest rank, and of ten Bishops; the second Cham-
ber shall consist of persons elected by the People:—
the Clergy shall not be eligible to the Legislature, nor
shall they have a vote at elections.

" 2,111 y. All the Decrees of the Cortes, up to the
7th of July, shall remain in vigour; as it is nut men-
tioned what 7th of July is meant, the Article thus
expressed is equivocal, since, if it means the 7th of
July, 18'22, it would annul all the most important

Decrees passed during the last thirteen months, and
this might be a fatal obstacle to any arrangement.
The Royalists, however, affirm that the King is al•
ready at liberty to leave Cadiz, but that he does not
think fit to do so till everything shall be arranged.
It is even affirmed that a Regiment of French Cui-
rassiers is ready to set out from Madrid for the pur-
pose of forming the escort of the King and the
Royal Family, and the Duke of Angouleme, on their
return to the capital. Much is also said of the oppo-
sition made to the Decree of the Pt ince, and the re-
strictions which are laid on its complete execution :
the consequences of this opposition have already
shewn themselves on our frontiers, that is, if the fol-
lowing statements are correct :—We have mentioned
before what passed at Vittoria, and we new hear 11
that the artillery is placed at the gates and our
troops under arms to oppose the attempts of the
Trappist, who, it is said, has quitted the environs, and
is to go and collect all his troops and oppose the exe-
cution of the Decree."

The Captain of a bark just arrived from Bilboa
says, that just as the prisoners were going to be set
at liberty, the Royalists assembled, to the number of
500, to oppose, and when they saw that the French
troops were going to act, they quitted the town, and
went and took up a position on the heights, in which
situation the Captain left them.

The Captain-General Camposagrado, published at
Madrid, on the 14th, the following order of the. day
" Being informed that among the persons who tu-
multuously repaired within these few days to the
Royal Palace and other parts of the city, some officers-,
were observed, who uttered alarming expressions, en-
tirely at variance with the education which ought to
distinguish them, I doubt not that these officers are
of the number of those, who, during three years of
disorder, have known no law and no subordination :
though I regret to have to repeat, from their character
and obligations, they ought not to join those who ex-
cite to revolt, I must inform them, that by so doing,
they expose themselves to the penalties prescribed by
the military ordonnances. Besides it results that these
disorders are imitated by the soldiers, who enter the
coffee-houses, inns, &c. demanding everything gratis'
and even going so far as to force their way into pri
vate houses. It is time to put an end to such licen-
tiousness, and for the military to give, as they used
to do, the example of respect for the laws, &c."—
(Here follow the particular regulations).
The prisoners continue to be released ; fifty were
set at liberty on the night of the 14th. It is much to
be regretted that there are persons who endeAvour to
excite the common people against the French.
The 52d Regiment, which is to be in garrison here,
arrived two days ago: it is 2,000 strong, including
600 veterans. We hear there is much sickness in
Andalusia ; we have lost there one of our fellow citi-
zens, M. Bellin, of the house of Rothschild.

There are reports of a sally of the garrison of Co-
runna, on the 14th ; and another, of the garrison of
Si. Sebastian, on the 17th ; neither of which led to
any important result.

The 10th Regiment of the Line arrived here yes-
terday, and will set out to-morrow for the army :
two more regiments, and some companies of artil-
lery, are still to come to complete it.

• The French Papers of Sunday are very barren of
intelligence. The Moniteur contains a letter from
Madrid, which is but an echo of Marshal OUDINOT'S
dispatch, relative to the: attack on Corunna, and of
several reports, which had previously appeared in,
another form. One of the French brigs is said to
have captured a vessel, on board of which were thirty-
nine French refugees, who were flying from Co-
runna. They have been landed and placed in the
prison of Tuy, where they await their sentence. Ac-
cording to a letter from Perpignan, MANSO, in de-
serting to the enemy, has been able to carry with him
only 43 men. On the 6th, at Vendrell, he signed
his submission, and it was forwarded to Marshal
MONCEY. On the 7th he still flattered himself that
he would be able to seduce the whole of his division,
but a violent commotion having taken place in his
camp, and MILANS being on his march to Vendrell
with a strong detachment, Mans°, to avoid being ar-
rested, fled in all haste with his few adherents.
The Dade states, in an article from Vich, of the
17th, that MILANS had net renounced his plan of
raising the siege of Scu d'Urgel, and that he appeared
to be marching on Salsona for that purpose. The
French, under TROMELIN and d'EaoLEs, suffered, it
appears, most severely in the last encounter with this
leader and. his colleague LLOBERA, and have since
done nothing to impede their march. The annuncia-
tion of the abandonment of Hostalrich by the Con-
stitutionalists, appears to be utterly unfounded. Ac-
counts from Perpignan to the 16th, state, 'h.'s three
days before, the French Officer who blockaded Hos-
talrich, requested an interview with the Spanish Go-
vernor, which was granted. At this meeting prop&
sitions were made to the Constitutional Governor to
capitulate ; as his most decisive answer, the Gover-
nor prevailed on the French Commandant to sec his
magazines. He was accordingly introduced into the
fort, and the large supplies of every sort the place
contained shewn to him, • The next cid), the garrison'
made a sortie on the besiegers, the result of which
was not known on the 16th at Perpignan. A guerilla
corps, on the 13th, from three to four hundred men,
came down from the mountain-s, and marched on St.
Felin-de-Guizols, and there raised a contribution of

four thousand five hundred francs. It is further stated
from Perpignan, that several individuals have been
arrested at Barcelona, that they fled to Radelona, and
were there again taken and conducted to the prisons
of Mataro. These individuals are stated to have been
lately not only warm Constitutionalists, but of the
party of the Spanish Catbanari.

Now, when it can no longer be concealed that the
great body of the Spaniards are perfectly indifferent
as to what form of government they live under, and
that instead •of that vigorous resistance which was
once expected, they have suffered a comparatively
small army to traverse the country from one extre-
mity to the other, it might have been thought that
• the wise policy of our Government in standing aloof
from the contest, would have been acknowledge,l by
the l'ress, as it has been by the Legislature and the
Public in general. Such, however, has not been the
case; and without, for a moment, reflecting on how
much was done for Spain at the Congress of Verona,
by neutralizing Russia and Prussia, our Government •
is blamed for not actually plunging this country in
war, by joining one cf the parties, in Spain, in a con-
test against the other.

It is stated in one of the Papers this morning, as a
principal cause of the ill-success of the Spaniards,
that they had fondly and pertinaciously cherished
hopes of being succoured by England. "As they
looked" says the Editor of the Public Ledger " upon
English assistance, as one of their main stays, it is not
surprising -that they should have in a great measure
,desponded, When they saw themselves undeceived at
• Once, and at the critical moment too."

That hopes, delusive hopes, were held out to the
Spaniards in the subset iption raised for their relief, and
more particularly by Sir ROBERT WILSON% promise
of a legion of 10,000 men, is ttue enough, but
the apathy of the Spaniards had been manifested
long before Sir ROBERT WILSON reached Gallicia,
the only place, with the exception of Catalonia,
where anything like 'fighting has taken place. But
if the Gallicians were thus disappointed, this could
not be the case in other provinces, or ss the Spa-
nish Government, who, long before the Fa ench army
crossed the Bidassoa, well knew the determination of
the British Government to remain neutral.

The Spanish Minister, M. SAN MIGUEL, in a dis-
patch to Chevalier de CoLoran, the Charge d'Affaires
at London, dated so far back as December 4, says,
" The Government of his MAJESTY has received with
gratitude, but without surprise, the verbal commu-
nication, purporting that the Cabinet of his Britannic
MAJESTY, respecting the independence and the politi-
cal institutions adopted by the Spanish nation, is de-
termined not to interfere in our domestic affairs."
—lt is true that M. SAN MIGUEL entertained some-
what singular notions of neutrality, and seemed to
think that our Government should first cause France
to dissolve the Army of Observation, before Spain
could listen to any attempt at tiegociation. The
Spanish Ministers were, however, fully informed how
far our Government would go. Sir W. A'Codar,
in a dispatch to Mr. Secretary CANNING, dated Ma-
drid, February 7, speaking of an interview with M.
SAN MIGUEL, says, " I told him that England had
done, and would continue to do, everything in her
power to prevent matters from coming to extremi-
ties ; but my own opinion was that war was inevit-
able, if Spain were really determined to admit no
modification in her present Constitutional system.
This would not prevent our endeavouring to avert such
a misfortune by every means within our reach, short
of involving ourselves in the quarrel ; but that I could
not flatter him with any hope that our efforts would
be successful, unless we were enabled to hold out to
France the prospect of some concession on the part
of this country."

Thus it will be seen, that the utmost promise of
our Government was that of good offices ; these were
not only tendered but actively 'exerted, in order to,
avert war, but the obstinacy of both parties prevented
their being effectuaL France, on her part, demanded
that Spain should receive her Constitution frum the
King alone, and the Spanish Government refused to
make the slightest concession; even the act of amnesty,
which was a necessary preliminary to negociaticn,
was but a mere act of policy, and by no means an
act of grace. It had no retrospective operation what-
ever. The Spanish Government was, in fact, as in-
different about an amicable arrangement as France;
'and M. SAN MIGUEL told Sir W. A'Couar, that "if
any negotiations were entered into he would not be
the person to negotiate."
The whole conduct of the British Government, not
only before the commencement of the war, but dur-
ing its progress, has been what Mr. CANNING, in his
dispatch to Sir CHARLES STUART, dated March 511
stated it would be, si,a strict and undeviating neutra-
lity ; a neutrality not liable to alteration towards
either patty, so long as the honour and just interests
of Great Britain are equally respected by both."
That the Spanish Government has teen deceived
as to its own resources, and that the Generals, On •
whom reliance was placed, have betrayed their trust,
is evident; but a very improper estimate apptars to
have been formed of the national feeling, and it is
not too much to say', that there mtist be something
radically defective in a Constitution which leaves the
Government without power, without support, and
even without respect.
The military alone have remained faithful to the
Constitution, even when abandoned by their leader' ;

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it Corunna, which has since proved itself capable of
2 vigorous defence, no sooner had the French made
their first partial attack than it was abandoned to its
fate by'General Quittocit and Sir ROBERT WILSON,
the very men who, from their proclamations, one
would have thought were ready to bury themselves
under the'walls of the garrison rather than quit the
last refuge of the Constitutional cause in Gallicia.

Extract of a letter from Stockholm, dated A ugust 7.
•The Diet,. it is supposed, to ill close in a fortnight a
deal of business has been dune since it opened. It
has made an addition to the revenue of the King and
the Prince, and given 20001. a year (sterling) to the
'wife of the Prince, as pin-money. The on this have
it that she is in that situation which will give an ad-
joy to that of her nuptials to the Swedish
nation. The King and family have returned here from
Rosenberg, and, after a short residence, will remove
to Drottinholm, on which many repairs are now
making. After spending a short time here, it is sup-
posed that the King, at least the Prince and Princess,
will make a journey to Norway, in order that his Nor-
wegian subjects may have an opportunity of seeing
their haute Queen.
" All the noble families and strangers who had
crowded to the capital, attracted by the marriage,
have left it. The church, on which such costly orna-
ments, decorations, and improvements have been
made, where it was celebrated, is in stern quo, fur the
public view.
" The venerable Count Engerstrom gave a grand
dinneryesterday, at his chateau Belle Vue, at which
all the Ambassadors, their Ladies, and the corps di.
plomatique were present. This person is in his 74th
year, and one of the moot learned men here; his
library, containing 40,000 vols. is open to the Public
every_Saturday. . _ _

4• -Itae Wilson, Esq. who travelled through Egypt
and Pale tine, had a long private audience with the
King, to whom he was introduced by Sir Benjamin
Bloomfield, the British Minister. He shook hands
'ith these Gentlemen, and always pays the most
ked attention to the English.
" The heat has been very great in Sweden this year,
ele thermometer of Fahrenheit being at 77.
" A number of Swedish ships of war are building,
and men regularly exercised in the gun-boats."

Intelligence by Express was received yesterday
from Madrid, of the 18th instant, by an eminent mer-
cantile house in the City, that the Duke of ANGoU-
I me arrived at Port St. Mary% on the 16th, and that
immediately on his arrival a flag of truce was sent
into Cadiz, with propositions for a negotiation with
the Cortes. The intelligence proceeds to state, that
that Assembly declined to receive any such proposi.
tons, unless the French Generalissimo was authorized
to unite with them a proffer of the mediation of Ens-
Lend between the negociating parties. No hint is
Rive❑ whether the treaty was proposed with the•
Cortes as the representative of the Spanish nation, or
as a prelude to that " personal capitulation " lately
defined by the Journal des Debuts. The intelligence
must, therefore, be received with sons* degree of dis-
trust, but may be allowed, perhaps, to establish one
important point at least—that the first offers of ne-
gociation have proceeded from the French General—
a confe.sion, so far, of the difficulties of his situa-
tion.— Times.