Star.
London, England, 1826-01-19 00:00:00

gees to England and Portugal. Pending the obscurities
of negotiation, the brave Patriots under La Vallejo are
performing prodigies of valour and patriotism, and are
masters of the country, shutting up the Brazilians in
Montevideo. It has been said for several dayeihrt
General Le Cor is about to make a great clinic by a
vigorous sortie, but his force in cavalry is not equal to
that of the Patriots ; and, as you well know, infantry
avails but little in the warfare of this country. The
Brazilian flcet is still riding at anchor in our outer
roaes.-1 hope that our Government will soon send out
.a sloop of war and a schooner to this river to expound
international'
law to these Gentlemen."

SPAIN,

FROM THE QUOTIDIENNE.
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
_ " MADRID, JANUARY &
_ _ _

• " The Consultative Junta has ceased its function&
M. Castanos, the President, has communicated to each
of the Members his Majesty's determination on this
subject. It is the Council of State which is to propose
and determine en the different affairs, which will be
afterwards distributed according to the internal regu-
lation of the Council, and which will soon be completed.
The Council of State v ill consequently receive an
augmentation, so that it may form a number of sections
sufficient for all the classes of political bpsiness. Thus
it may be supposed that there will be as many sections,
at least, as Ministerial departments, It seems that the
form of the Ancient Council of State in France has
been adopted.
• " The Duke de Mon:enar, President of the Council
of the Indies, died the day before yesterday, at a very
advanced age. He has been Member of the Regency,
of which the Duke De l'lnfantada was President. It
has caused some surprise that neither M. de Montenar
nor Don Antonio Calderon, who was also a Member of
the same Regency, have been called to the Council of
State. We soon hope to see mong the Members of the
Council of State, who are yet to be appointed, some of
these good Royalists, whose services and opinions are
so dear to all Spaniards. It is besides an indemnity
t hich is due to them tor the persecution they have
lately endured.
" Accounts received from Cadiz inform us of the
arrival of the expedition from Corunna at Puerto Rico,
the 18th November ; 1500 me• were landed in that
island. A vessel, which had just arrived at Gibraltar,
and had left the Havannah at the end of the same
month, brought the news of the arrival of the lest of the
expedif.liton at Cuba.
• • The Gazette of to-day publishes an Ordonnance of
his Majesty, decreeing, that from the lit of January,
1826, all the tribunals may sit on haif holidays, which
have hitherto always been vacation days, which was a
great hindrance to business. This ordonnance likewise
decrees, that the C.runcil of Castile shall present, as
soon as possible, a new regulation to accelerate the pro
gins of law suits.
" M. de Corpas is still at Burgos, where he has re-
ceived no order since the first, which commanded him
to remain there till further orders from his Majesty.—
He waits with the confidence and resignation which are
given by a good conscience, and the conviction that he
has never dore anything but for the good of the Mo-
narchy, and the King."