The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-20 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

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„fIIOTEST.OF THS RCOSIICY OF SPAIN AGAINST TIM

TION Or TIM Malill OF APIDVJAII.
lie nut sxcam.rdect tut ours or snout.
" TO* ihusi.xarnce—The Regency of the kingdom has
foric'o6o), informed, that last night three Frisch
Ms eelfitr; themselves at the city prison, with
and-.that they haw est at liberty
C'entl- detained, under the authority of the
Imre. •Itho • lins learfikorith surprise an etrot
which ittntlit the sovereignty isfikii King, in whose name
if ewrerea, and not being able toirilere this tocroachinent
span itle dignity. It protests, in Wellies of Europe, whose
L uta
seaman* lasplores, against the' violence' of this act.
" Opal,of Ibis eeding, the Regency of the
kischre Irma velesitelad if it had had the power to
ahaelten the reins of Government; but reflecting on the
situation of the, Sovereign, the necessity of preserving
onion between the two nations, sad of maintaining public
order in the interior, it felt the duty of continuing its lune-
tionsin spite of the outrage offered to the authority with
"which it is invested.
•• Ile Regency of the Kingdom orders me to address this
Protest to your Excellency in reply tu the official communi•
cation which it has received.
II I have the honour to be, &c.
u At t. IS, 1823."

EX fRACT PROM Tin EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE OP MADRID
OE SEM 12.
The Etoik, ander this title, gives a letter from Lieuten.
Ant General Don Juan Caro. the Royalist Chief, giving an
account of the operations of the French and Royalists
.against Malaga. Riego left the place with his •troops by
land, and seat off 13 vessels by sea with effects. Of these,
ter were taken by the French squadron, with some of the
Sil,i;f plate. Riego carried off the gold with him. On the
4th the few troops left in Malaga sarrendered. Riego went
off in the direction. of Velez Malaga with the main body of
.his forces. It does not, therefore, appear bow Riego could
have arrived in Cattle, as has been stated in several of the
Spanish papers, as Velez Malaga is to the east of Malaga,
immediately in the opposite direction to that of Cadia; and
Caro writes on the 6th, that his(Riego's) troops are pursued
in that direction.

P(RIS, September 17.—FRCNCH FUNDS.—Five per cent.
opened at 91 f. closed at 91 f.—Bank Actions, 1595f.—Nea-
politan 5 per cent. 771.—Exchange on London, one months
25f. 00c. three ditto, 25f. 611 k.

LORD COCHRANE AND THE BRAZILIANS.
The following following information was yesterday afternoon an-
nounced at Lloyd's, and excited considerable interest. It
is extracted from a letter fram the Master of the Caesarea.
dated Terre de Avello, near Bahia, 20th July :
" The old Portuguese troops left Bahia on the 4th in-
stant, and Lord Cochrane, who bas the command of the
Brazilian squadron, has already taken thirty two of the
Portuguese sqoadron—among them are two frigates—and
sunk the line of battle ships."
The place from which this intelligence iodated, is a small
pert, some miles distant from Bahia. It is fair to notice
that the letter is dated in July, and that accounts have
been received from Bahia of the Lib of August, which say
nothing about the capture of the ships of war, but only
state that they were closely pursued. The intelligence
however may he correct, though it was not known at Bahia,
and it is certainly confirmed by the son-arrival of those
vessels at Lisbon, when the last accounts camefrom that
city. In corroboration of the intelligence, it is proper to
add the following :
Extract of a letter rectived in this town from an Officer
in the Navy, dated Bahia, 3d Aug. le23:—" On our way
from Rio bare we fell in with Lord Cochrane's squadron,
the Don Pedro, 80 guns, Maria de Gloria frigate, and ten
smaller vessels, principally manned with British seamen.
Upon our anchoring here, we found the Portuguese had
embarked to a man ; and expected, from their force and
number (tbe whole consistiug of ninety sail, including mer-
chant ships, and about five thousand troops), that they
might bid defiance to Lord Cochrane's squadron; but to
which they were deceived, as his Lordship had already taken
and sent in 30 vessels and about 1200 troops, and was de-
termined to follow the remainder to the mouth of the Ta-
gua,shoold he not previously capture the lineof battle ships
and frigates. On the squadron leaving Bahia, the Impe-
rial flag wu immediately hoisted, under hearty ebeers ; all
the funs being disabled, prevented their firing %salute—
this, however, took place two days after; and our own
respectable British force, viz. Creole, Doris, Briton, and
Teeter frigates, also saluted the new flag, which gave the
greatest satisfaction to the Brazilians.—(Plymoath Jour.
ad)