Star.
London, England, 1823-08-21 00:00:00

THE SECRETARY AT WAR.

MADRID, AUGUST 13.
• " igmismouzun—Lieut.-General Count Bourcke
reports, that the artillery which he had brought from
Ferrol are hi battery, and that by the 6th of this
month he would be ready to commence firing on
Corunna. His plan was to summon the place anew
before commencing the cannonade, which would take
place immediately after the return of the flag of truce,
if the Governor persisted in his refusal to surrender.

" General Morillo, with General Larochejacquelin,
after having dispersed the Constitutional bands of
Palarea and Rosello, Governor of Orense, entered
Vigo, where they found a great deal of artillery.—
General Bourcke only learnt ttis news on the sth ; he
was informed also that Wilson and Quiroga, who had
repaired to that city in the hope of raising the prc.
vince of Trix, had embarked the same morning.
" Not to give the enemy time to reconnoitre, Genc.
rals Morillo and Larochejacquelin marched on Ba).'
onna, a small place on the sea coast, at the extremity
of Gallicia, which probably will not hold out longer
than Vigo. Thence they will move on Toy, which
they will occupy.
" Every march produces great desertion in the
ranks of the Constitutionalists. General Bourcke pro-
poses to 'make General Marguerie march with his
brigade, so as to arrive by St. Martin de Quiroga
and la-Puebla de Santa Bria, at Lugo on the stb,
whence he will fall back on Orense,

By this means the enemy will be placed between
two fires, and cannot reach Castile. General Mar-
guerie
.will afterwards return to Ferrol with the 35th
Regiment, destined to form the garrison of that place.
.0 The Captain-General of Old Castile (Charles
O'Donnel) reports that twenty-seven Royalist peasants
of Villa de Ciervos attacked, on the 27th July last, in
the environs of that town, forty-two cavalry of the
Regiment of Algarve, commanded by a brother of
the Ernpccinado, and, in spite of the resistance they,
opposed, took thirty-sit of them prisoners, with their
arms and horses. Two were killed, and the Chief,'
with three others, crossed into Portugal, where they
were arrested. They have all been condocted to

" Morshal Cornstaadaut in Chiefa the Fir* Corr.
" OUDINOT, Duke of &mice'

GENERAL ORDER.

" t4o Royal liighnsss the Gc'ueral•ia•Chief has
vr'itavt.,sed with the most lively iatisfactiou the briili-

ant success that has been obtained in every rencontre'
with the enemy, and particularly on the 13th July, at
Lorca, on the 25th, at Guadalhuertana, and on the
28th at Campillo de' Arenas. • The troops of all
classes have proved -that they know how to mitt
great valour to the most perfece difcipline.
(loyal highness has also witnessed the zeal and the
constancy which the Officers and. tbe .soldiers. halm.
never ceased to display during long and difficult,
marches : the compatriots, their Generals, ancrioarti
cularly the Commander-in-Chief, Cunt Molitor, who
has so well justified the confidence. the King has
placed in his talent and his devotion. •
llead-quarters Andujar, 9th August,lB23.
" Major. General Count GUILLEMINOT."
PARIS, AUGUST 111.

Yesterday Monsieur, accomparded by Madame thei
Duchess de Berry, his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cumberland, the brother of the King of England.
the Erinc., of Solms, and a brilliant Staff, repaired to
the Champ de Mars to witness the review of the
troops that were assembled, to the number of 9000
men. The troops defiled before them in great order.

Our arrivals from Bayonne of this morning are to
tie 14th inst. They are full of speculation;, but con-

tain very little real intelligence. An article from
Madrid speculates on the probable result of the de-
fection of BALLAsxmlos and the fall of Cadiz ; and
the Bayonne writer tells us that the Duchess of AN-
GOULEME thinks the affairs of the Peninsula will soon
be terminated. The following are extracts ;