Star.
London, England, 1823-09-20 00:00:00

sage of ten days, and most probab4.will remain a month
or six weeks; but this is uncertain; depending on events
over which we have IA controul—namely, the conduct
of the French on the surrender of Cadiz,• which, from
'all we can learn here, seems as distant as ever.
The Portuguese are in a most villainous state, un-
worthy the name of men.—sunk into the lowest state
of imbecility—the miserable tools of an overween•
ing French faction. That party is all powerful at pre-
sent; but now we have a Minister here, I hope we shall
soon regain our ascendancy. He is an intimate friend
of the King's, and, I think, possesses sufficient fit mness
to make his country respected.
" 13ahia has bean evacuated by the Portuguese, and
Lord Cochrane's squadron has made free with a few
of them; stragglers are daily arriving, one every day,
we have been here; in the whole nineteen sail out of
ninety. Sir Robert Wilson was here a few days ere we
arrived, and had sailed for Gibraltar; the Portuguese
are exceeding angry with him, put a guard over hint
while here, and took from him his Order of KiiiBlit•
hood. He has been acting a very foolish part, and
they have been much more gentle with him than he
had any right to expect. Ile has been vapouring
great deal to those who visited him ; it is a , pity that
such people should be at large.
" There was an expedition left this place ten days
back, for Madeira—about eight hundred men, a council
of Magistrates, and a hanzman —to investigate a conspi-
racy said to be on foot for declaring their independence,
or claiming the protection of England. We expect Sir
Harry Neale daily, and Sir G. Nayler, in the Active: we
are hourly expecting an arrival from Gibraltar or Cadiz.
" While I am writing we are just informed that the
Portuguese are secretly preparing an expedition to'assist
thesFrench party in Spain; they have sent stores of every
description to the army before Cadiz ; and are collecting
by every means, and sending off, their troops in small
numbers—they embark in.the night. They are likewise,
to answer some sinister purpose, circulating a report
that the Spaniards are collecting in some force on the
frontier. Ido not believe one word of it, it is only to
give weight to the French party."

We have received to-day, the following accounts from
Bayonne. In answer to the flimsy article from Madrid,
we have simply to observe, that England, for herself,
seeks nothing beyond the pleasure and advantage which
every nation is entitled to expect from the preservation
of peace among her neighbours; and that if she has in-
terposed her mediatory offices on the present occasion
between France and Spain, it has not been till they were
solicited, nor till both parties stood in'need of them.

BAYONNE, SEPTEMBER is,
We have received by.the Army Courier the follow-
ing information frort Madrid of the 4th inst.
" From the public and private conversations of the
partisans of the Regency, it may be inferred that they
are incensed that the Cabinet of St. James's has not

thought fit to recognize their Government, and that they
are not now so apprehensive, as they were a month ago,
of the English influence in the present contest. One
of the Members of the Regency (M. Calderon) gave his
opinion on this subject very explicitly in a privy
council, held a few days since in the Royal Palace,
Let the English,' said he, g govern their Island, and
not meddle with our affairs. By that right does that
Nation, which is neither Liberal nor At istecratical, think
to make itself a mediator, and bring about an accom-
modation with a faction which we have vanquished
without its assistance? It is to our efforts, and to the
sacrifices of France, that we shall owe the approaching

triumph of our cause; and it will, therefore, be for us
to reap the fruits, and induce the Monarch, when he is
at liberty, to indemnify France. What then does Eng-
land seek ?—to stop our triumphant march--to re-
plunge us into anarchy by a false arrangement .No
mediation—no compromise with those *retches. Bitch
ought to be the principal point which should be the
basis of our dispatch to the French Prince.'
" It is affirmed, that this dispatch has thus forwarded
to the Duke on the 25th or Stith of lass month ; that is,
as soon as news was received of the taking of Corunna.
" The moderate French, who in general do not partici-
pate in the confidence of the Regency, with respect to
the success, if not of the war, of the pacification of the
country, would not be averse to the intervention of Eng.
land ; but the Ultras, who daily become more nume-
rous in the army, exalted by the advantages hitherto
gained, and especially by the taking of the TrocaderO,
openly blame that Power for desiring to interfere in
their quarrel with the Constitutionalists. They boast•l
that they can subdue and-surmount everything ; even'
Gibraltar itself would not be a morsel too hard of di.,
gestion for them.
The opinion of the Liberals towards England pro-
duces the same results, though the causes are different.
The more violent bitterly complain of the indifference
of the Cabinet of St. James's in this war, the success of;
which, if we believed theacm§o,l4 even now depend
on the least assistance, direct, or, indirect, from the-Ens.
lish. They do hoilperetiie"l4o44.laave, perhaps,
bees themselves the caiteisitsitie. poliiy of Great-.1
Britain, by their pride andilift tow#rdi 4:1114
moderate Constitutionaliits." -stiorigii--iliey do justice ,14
the English nation for'thtlittle:lfd it has oak. -
however, dissatisfied with thieGoiernment.
" The neutral and peaCeable part of the nation gin'
the false prinCipli that the Vnglish Cabinet assi:a
Spain in. the last wary against Napoleon, only for' its own
interest. They now sa;, that:tbi reiglish are inactive
because they -have hi;thihis. to. gala on this occasion. Y-at 4
if the Prehch 1.1041, prstie coaquetors in Spain, whiai
.
imay be 'expected? from 'the ,great: iesaarces they earl
cottimand, this dun try will Le iteriiiiistri unjer
,thi