The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-22 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS OF TUESDAY.

ARMY OF THE PYRENEES.

WORT PROM MARSHAL THC 0111E6'01 RCM° TO THE
SSCRETART AT WAR.
" Madrid, Aug. 13.
"Monseigneur. -Lient.-General Count Bourcke reports,
;bat the artillery which he had brought from Ferrol are in
Wray, ind that by the 6th of this mouth he would be
nay to commence firing on Corunna. His plan was to
woeful the place of new before commencing the canoe-
s, which would take place immediately after the return
doe flag of truce, if the Governor persisted in his refusal
w surrender.
"General Morillo, with General Larochejacquelin, after
baring dispersed the Constitutional bands of Palarea and
Roselle, Governor of Orense, entered Vigo, where they
found a great deal of artillery. -General Bourcke only
learnt this news on the sth: he was informed also, that
Wilson and Quiroga, who lied repaired to that city in the
hope of raising the province of Trix, had embarked the
same morning.
"Not to give the enemy time to reconnoitre, Generals
'Morino and Larocliejaeglielin marched on Bayonna, a
small place on the sea coast, at the extremity of Galicia,
which probably will not hold out longer than Vigo.
Thence they will move on Fey, which they will occupy.
" Every march produces great rkesertion in the ranks of
the Constitutionalists. U I Bourcke proposes to make
General hlargewrie march with his brigade, so as to arrive
by St. Martin de Quiroga and la Puebla de Santa Brie, at
Lugo on the sth, whence be will fell back on Orense.
" By this means the enemy will be placed between two
fires, and cannot reach Castile. General Marguerie will
afterwards return to Ferrol with the 35th regiment, des-
tined to form the garrison of that place.
" The Captain General of Old Castile (Charles O'Don-
nell) reports that 27 Royalist peasants of Villa de Ciervos
attacked, on the 17th July last, in the environs of that town,
42 cavalry of the regiment of Algarve, commanded by a
brother of the Empecinado, and, in spite of the resistance
they opposed, took 36 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 conducted to Valladolid.
"Marshal Commandant in Chief of the First Corps,
" NOT, Duke of Reggio."
GENERAL ORDER.
His Royal Highness the General in Chief has witnessed
with the most lively satisfaCtion the brilliant success that
has been obtained in every rencontre with the enemy, and
particularly on the 13th of July at Lore., on the 25th at
Guad alhnertana, and on the 21. h at Campillo de Arenas. The
troops of all classes have proved that they know how to unite
great valour to the most perfect diseipli ne.Hisßoyal High ness
has also witnessed the zeal and the constancy which the of-
cers and the soldiers have never ceased to display during
long and difficult marches; the compatriots, their Generals.
and particularly the Commander in Chief, Count Molitor,
- who has so well justified the confidence the King has placed
in his talent and his devotion.
" Head Quarters, Andujar, Aug. 9, 1823.
" Major Gen. Count GUiLLEHINOT."
PARIS, Aug. 19.—Yesterday, Monsieur, accompanied by
Madame the Duchess de Berry, his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cumberland, the brother of the King of England,
the Prince 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 de-
filed before them in great order.
Faexcir FUNDS, AWL 19.—Five per cont. Cnnsols
opened at 92.75.; highest, 33.; closed at 92.:10.; Neapo-
litan 5 per Cents. 77k. Exchange on London, one month,
25.75.; three months, 25. 53.
PRRPIGNAN, Aura. 11.—The division of Curial continues
the blockade of Barcelona.
On the Ist of August the Piedmoatese Colonel San
Naas was shot in Barcelona at 10 o'clock, convicted of
having kept up a correspondence with the French, to intro-
duce them into the place, in consideration of a sum of money.
On the sth at noon Dr. Don Francis Frigola:euri of Blanes,
was also executed (he was arrested some months ago, and
convicted of intelligence with the French.) Other execu-
tions have taken place. These persons made signals to the
French at night, by alternately lighting and extinguishing
a lantern.
General Mina is entirely recovered. He labours conti-
nually. The 28th of July he was at a patriotic assembly.
He ascended the tribune, and after having by a very ener-
getic speech excited the enthusiasm of all the assembly, he
announced that in the month of August a great power will
intetfere and bring them aid.

It appears that the defection of Rallasteros is likely to
prove of less benefit to the Freud' than even that of Mo-
rino. Letters received yesterday from Paris state, that the
Governors of Pampeluna, St. Sebastian, and Santona, had
indignantly rejected the summons which liallasteros pre-
sumed to address to them. The Governor of Painpeluna
replied, that " he held his command under the Coastite-
timid King. and no longer acknowledged the anthority of
a man who had renounced his allegiance, and placed him.
self under a rebellious Regency."
Letters of the Bth instant, received yesterday from Bil-
bao, state that the authorities and principal inhabitants of
that place bad transmitted an address to the Regency at
Madrid, praying for the re-establishment of absolute power
and the Inquisition It should be observed, however, that
as the province of Biscay lost all its commercial privileges
by the revolution, it is not surprising to find them the
bitterest opponents of the Constitutional Government.
The gallant Mina, upon whom the burden of the war has
lain, will not, wetrast. be forgotten in any part of Europe.
The friends of freedom would do well to adopt some ex-
pression of grateful regard towards him, for his heroic and
unparalleled resistance. The Portuguese Consul, who was
lately here suggested to us, sometime ago, the plan of pur-
chasing a sabre, by subscriptions of one shilling each, and
presenting it in the name of the people of Glasgow, to this
Spanish Defender of Ike imperseriptable Rights of Man.—
We should be glad to further such a plan, should circum-
stances render it advisable.—(Glasgow Free Press.)
Tee E/IPICINADO.-It is generally supposed that John
Martin Dies, which is the real name of this Spanish Guerilla
Chieftain, was called Empeeinado, because be was very
dark, and that it was a name given peculiarly to him ; but
the fact is, that it oily became peculiarly his nick-name, in
consequence of the celebrity he so justly acquired ; for all
the inhabitants of Castrillo de Duero (the place of his
birth) are indiscriminately so called by the neighbouring
villages, in consequence of a very black mud being found iu
a little stream which runs through Castrillo, and which is
called peeina.
HALIFAX (N. S.) July 23,1823.—The Earl of Dalhousie,
Governor General of North America, arrived here in the
Nova Scotia Government brig Chebuctoo, on the 2d inst.
on a visit to his Excellency Sir James Kempt, anal the pro-
vince. His Lordship was attended by Capt. Hay and Mr.
Mask, Aids-die-Camp; Lie6tenant Col. Durnford, Royal
Engineers, and Captain Packer, 68th Regiment, Assistant
Quartermaster General. His Lordship bas been received in
tbe most affectionate and enthusiastic manner by all classes
of people.
The President of the United States has offered for sale
his estates in Albemarle County, Virginia, including about
4000 sores.
Flan IN Cetteima.—A Montreal Paper of the 28th ult.
says. " We regret to learn that there has been a very
alarming and extensive fire in the lower part of the Pro-
viso*, which has laid waste an extent of five miles. It
arose from accident on the grounds of Mr. Stuart, and ex-
teesied its wages to Cascapedia. Several settlers have
had their loues destroyed, and the crops which lay
within thesactika of tko am It continued daring fifteen