Star.
London, England, 1820-01-29 00:00:00

THE KING.

We have'forborne to mention distressing rumours
that have been industriously circulated day after
day, fcr some time, respecting our venerable SOVE•
REIGN. We can now assure the Public, and from a
source that could not be deceived, that his MAJESTY
is really as well as could be expected at his years,
and in his circumstances. As was stated in the last
regular Bulletin, of the Ist instant, " His MAJEsTY's
bodily health has partaken of some of the infirmities
of age, but has been generally good," since the be-
ginning of December.

INDISPOSITION OF THE PRINCE REGENT.

We are extremely sorry to learn, that the PRINCE
REGENT has been confined to his room during the
whole of the week, by the prevailing severe catarrh
of the season, but we are happy to be enabled to
state his Royal Highness is better to-day.

The Paris Papers of Wednesday arrived this fore.
noon.—The Moniteur contains an Ordinance, ap-
' pointing Count StmtoN Under Secretary of State to
the Department of Justice, and entrusting him, in
the absence of the Keeper of the Seals (M. de SERRE)
with the port.:feuille of that Department.
M. PASQUIER, the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
transacted business on Wednesday with his MAJESTY.
The news from Spain continues to be of a very
serious complexion. Nothing appears to have been
yet done towards putting down the rebellion, and
while the adherents of FERDINAND' are listlessly
locking on, the conflagration is speeding to a height
which may soon baffle all attempts to subdue it.
The latest accounts received at Paris all concur in
stating that the Insurgent force, much increased
by new defections from the Royal Army, had
ulti-
mately succeeded in possessing themselves of Cadiz ;
and the report is strongly confirmed by the admitted
fact, that, from the 10th to the 15th, the daily Cou-
rier from Cadiz had not arrived at Madrid.
We subjoin these accounts as we find them in the
Journals before us, given, of course, with consider-
able variety of colouring, but agreeing generally in
the leading results.

IRON THE CONSTITUTIONWEL.

4, The accounts from Spain continue to be of an
alarming nature for the Spanish Government.
The effective strength of the Insurgent army is
now stated at :.'4.,000 men, without reckoning a great
number of citizens who are ready to take up arms.
♦ private letter says that they are in Cadiz.

We are assured, that after the conferences be-
tween the Chiefs of the Insurgents and General
Freyre, the former offered him battle, which the latter
declined.

" The King, by naming M. Fretre
Chief of the Army, and Captaiu-General of Ando-
ltisia, conferred upon him unlimited powers. Among
the instructions which have been given him, there is
one which proves to what am, extent events and the
progress of public opinion have changed the spirit
of his Majesty's counsels. It is affirmed, *at General
Freyre is authorised to offer to the Insurgents, in
the name of the King, a Constitution in jimn (wee
eonst:tation dans ks fee rases).
" '....ktwithstanding the affected silence of the Mi-
nistc ial Journals upon the affairs'of Spain,• our Go-
i
vetnment does not appear to regard them with in-
' difference; it dispatched, to-day, an extraordinary
Couricr to its Charge d'ilifaires at Madrid, with
instructions.
We arc assured that, at the desire of the Spanish
Ambassador, two French ships of war have sailed
horn P. theflirt, to cruize off Port du Passage, near
Bayonne, kr the purpose of observation."
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FROM ]'DE GAZETTE DE FRANCE.

4, Our Corr..,sendent at Bayonne has transmitted
to us the copy ot- a letter from rvladri3, da:ed %the

Itth instant. kcording ,irshich ix appears, that
the Rebels are in possession of Cadiz. 'The defeCtioti•
of the Infantry Reginent of Soria, and of three
squadrons of Cavalry, two of Whom are of the Royal
Carabineers, had decided the success.of the Rebels:
' The same letter says, that the Constitution had been
immediately proclaimed it Cadiz, and that the oath
to it had been taken at the Hotel de Ville; it is added,
that she merchants had given a grand banquet to the
civil and military authorities, and that the Insurgent
forces amounted already to 24,,000 men.
We give the contents of this letter with great
mistrust, although there is no question that such was
the news at Bayonne at the departure of the courier;
We believe that it-is at least exaggerated; the ordi-
nary lost, which will arrive here the day after to-
morrow, will bring us the con espondence from Ma-
drid to the 17th instant, and we shall then be relieved
from inquietude a 3 to this important event.
" A letter from Madrid, of the 13th, which has
met with some delay in coming to our hands, states,
that no Courier from Cadiz to Madrid had arrived
since the 10th."

At Seville, the Authorities exerted themselves
strenuously to maintain the fidelity of the army, but
the inhabitants sheaved great indifference as to pass-
ing events, and took no part in them. The following
•fcial Notice was posted there t)n the 6th:

&v t; .ImtuArir S., 1820.

• Don Isidore S3IIZ de VelTisco, Counsellor of his Majesty,
and Regent par interim of the Ansliencia (Royal Court) of this
City, in the *tame of all the Constituted Authorities of the Pro-
vince assembled in this capital, makes known to its loyal and
faithful inhabitants, that, at three o'clock this day, he has re-
ceived, by express, a Dispatch from Utrera, written by M. P.
Simo, Counsellor of the Audiencia of that City, by which he
announces to the Junta of Authorities of the Province assembled
at Seville, the interesting and agreeable news that the city of
Cadis had closed its gates on the Revolutionary Troops, and
resisted their iniquitous projects, and that, after having been
repulsed, they took shamefully to flight. He adds, that there
bad been a general salute of artillery in the said city, in testi-
mony of its fidelity to the King; and that he hastened to give
this news to the Junta, for its satisraction, and that of the inha-
bitants of Seville. (Signed)

4 ISIDORE SANZ DE VELASCO.'

" Colonel Zuiroga (or, as some accounts have it,
Quiroga), whom the Insurgents elected to be their
Chief (bat since said to have been deposed), was one
of those cashiered after the seditious affair of Camp
de la Victoire, on the Bth of July.
" The first reports of the insurrection were sent to
Madrid by Genetal Ferraz, Commandant of Cavalry
at Utrera."