The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-08 00:00:00

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Vitt atateontan.

THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1823.
THE KING.

The answer to enquiry this morning at Canton-palace.
was that His Majesty Mil very well.—Some surprise. we
are informed, was Indicated by the countenance of the at-
tendant at the enquiry having bees made.

Frankfort papers have been received this morning,
but they contain very little news of importance. Sir
Thomas Maitland. it appears, arrived at Turin on the
24th of:April. His Excellency sailed from Corfu on the
7112 of March, on board the Cambrian frigate, and left
the lonian Islands, it is said, in a state of tranquillity
and increasing prosperity,which was hardly expected. It
is reported that he remained several days in the island
of Zante, where be gave a long audience to a Deputy
from the Greeks. who brought proposals to him for a
final reconciliation with the Porte. The new Hospadar
of Moldavia, is stated to exercise his authority with very
great rigour. Since his arrival, it is said, there is no
want of the bastioado, and those who like the sight may
enjoy it every day. A Turkish Director of the Police at
Jassy, issued lately an order prohibiting the Moldavia
and foreign ladies from going in carriages to the convent
of. Golgotha, and enjoining them to remain at home, and
be satisfied with diverting themselves in their gardens
like Turkish ladies. But this order has been revoked
on the intervention of M. Lippa.

Since our last the following official account, signed by
General Guilleminot, bas been received :

•• FIFTH BULLETIN OF THE SPANISH ARMY.
" Head-quarters, Vittoria, April 30, 1823.
_ _

" General Count Molitor, at the head of the whole of the
second corps, entered Saragossa on the 26th of April. The
evening before, the magistrates of that city had gene to
meet him as far as Mallen, and on their request a battalion
of the advanced guard, commanded by Colonel Bellanger,
was sent forward. The most perfect ,order reigned in the
midst of the numerous population, whose lively enthusiasm
required rather to be checked than excited. in the midst of
this general joy, and with brilliant pomp, the entrance of
the French troops Into the capital of Arragon took place.
" There were foend in the castle of Saragossa 48 cannon,
a great quantity of projectiles, and other munitions of war.
The revolutionists, In retiring, had only time to destroy the
powder. More than 8,000 Arragonese in arms will already
have been joined to the second corps.
" Ballesteros retires precipitately on Valencia, ordering
aloeg with him the whole of his detachments. The blockade
of Mequinenza has been raised in conseqqence of the move-
ments of the 2d corps, combined with that of the Marshal
Duke de Cornegliano, who, after having takea possession of
Roses, has formed the blockade of Pinner's, occupied the
city, and Is going to pursue his operations In Catalonia.
"The important citadel of Jam was placed in the power
of his Catholic Majesty on the 24th inst., by the regiment
which was destined to form its garrison, and which took
possession of the place with cries of Live our beloved
King"-' Live Ferdinand Vll.!'—' Live religion t'
" Marshal the Duke of Reggio, who is still at Bargos, is
constantly receiving fresh expressions of the impatience
with which we are expected at Valladolid. The inhabitants
of that town have giver. a proof of their good Oisposition, by
taking uperns to repel a party underthe Empecinado, which
1.,14 teen sent thither to carry off the Countess O'Donnel,
the wife of Lieuteuant-General O'Donnel, one of his Most
Catholic Majesty's most faithful servants.
" A column, under orders of Gen. Albignae, of the let
corps, traverses the country between Burgos and Santander,
in order to induce the evacuation of the latter town, and to
support the Spanish troops coramanued by Quesada which
blockade Santona. These troops have obtained possession
of the fort of Daredo, which places the roads of Santona in
their power.
" A slight engagement took place at the blockade of Pam.
peens, between a few hundred men who had made a sortie
on a convoy of provisions, and a detachment of the 6th re.
ginient of the line (Conchy's division), which immediately
drove them back into the place, with the loss of several
killed, and about ten wounded.

"Order and tranquillity prevail in all the provinces awn
Ipied by the army."
-121 a private letter from Vittoria, given by the Journal-
dee Debate, it is asserted, that in consequence of the
agitation which prevailed at Saragossa, the Conatitu-
,tioml authorities were obliged to request General Moli-
tor to hasten his arrival, and that the people look upon
the French as their deliverers. Similar statements ap-
pear in other papers. The Quotidienae contradicts the
renewed reports of a negocistion with the Spanish Go-
vernment, and more particularly the statement that the
Conde del Abisbal, is the medium of the communications
In some of the private letters that appear in the latter
paper, it is admitted that Mina held the plain of Vicli
With no less a force than 12,000 men ; that he had be-
sides garrisons in the Seo d'Urgel, Campredon, Olot,
Berge, Belver, and Figueras ; and that he Banked Mar-
shal Money's position in such a manner as to threaten
his rear if he moved forward, and thus prevented his ad-
vance. The whole war is said to be in the mountains,
and as nothing could be done as long as Mina retained
possession of them, it is added, that General Donnadieu
bad received orders to endeavour with his division to
clear them of the Constitutionalists, a task which, from
the skill and force of his antagonist, with the nature of
the country
and the disposition of the inhabitants-
will not be easily performed. " Mina," says,
one of the letters alluded to, " exercises a great
iillaexce in Catalonia ; he prevents as much as
he can the operations of the Prince Oeneralis.
duo from being known, while his spies in Spanish Ca.
dapagive him taut intelligence of all the movements of
ear troops. This country is fall of defiles without con.
manications; the mountains are still covered with snow,
NA We have great difficulty as to provisions." The
Ceastitatiosaliste, it appears, have made several sorties
from Pampeluna to attack convoys, and to beat up the
laarten of the besiegers. They are udd to hare been

driven back each time, but it is owned that they
burned convents and houses in which the Royalists who
followed the French had posted themselves, so that the
object which they bad in view was probably accomplished
before they retired.
In consequence of these occurrences, it is understood
from private letters of Monday last from Paris, that the ,
mode'of proceeding intended for the first corps of the
French army has been changed. The Duke d'Augon-
tome, it appears, has sent orders to General Molitor to
advance on Catalonia, with the view of drawing Mina
from his present positions, and attacking him on one
side; thus leaving Marshal Moncey to pursue his ope-
rations in Catalonia on the other. The 2d corps will
thus remain separate from the Ist and 3d, to repulse Mina
and Ballesteros; and while with the Ist corps and the
whole of the reserve, the Commander in Chief advances
on Madrid, the 3d corps will continue the blockade of
St. Sebastian and Pampeluna. It was expected that on
the sth instant, the Duke d'Angouleme would leave
Vittoria, and that by the 9th the head-quarters would be
transferred to Burgos, from whence the march to Ma-
drid was to be commenced on the 13th, and it was sup-
posed would occupy about ten days.—ln the absence
of authentic intelligence from the interior of Spain,
numerous reports prevail. According to these, Ulman
entered Valencia on the 13th of April, without striking
a blow ; Ballesteros had lost much by desertion, and
Mina had retired on Barcelona with a small body of
troops. Valladolid, it is said, was occupied by the Carel
Merino, and 'Valencia by Cuevilla, another chief chief of
the Royalists. The troops of Quesada had advanced as
far as Araoda de Duem; and Amirante, it is said, was
in Leon, with 4,000 troops, manceuvring to unite with a
person calling himself the Royalist Chief of Galicia;
Morilla was in Galicia, with 2,000 men; Abisbal had
encamped at the Pardo, two leagues from Madrid, with
between 2,000 and 3,000 men. It is said that he has fre-
quent conferences with the Magistrates of the capital.
Faswcu FUNDS on Monday.—Five per cents. 87. 40
Bank Shares, 1540. Neapolitan Stock, 751. Exchange
on London, one month, 25, 70 ;—three months, 25. 50.

STOCK-EXCHANGE TWELVE o'CLocc--Consols opened
this morning at 79&1, and went up to fj at which price
they remain.

The Express from Paris has brought the French
enter 89.20, and Spanish Bonds 42.8. The rise of the
Spanish Stock in the above Capital is owing to their
having received our prices of Saturday, which were 39.
We do not hear of any news of importance from Paris,
except that Mina Las divided his army into strongthaeril-
la parties, which keep Marshal Moncey's Army on the
continual alert. They do not expect at Paris any fight-
ing in Spain until after the French have reached Zladrid
The high price of the French Funds as well as an expec:
tati•n of some sort of negotiation being opened after
the French have reached the Spanish capital, are the
causes of our market keeping up.

,
Foaming MARKET.—rhere is very little doing in the
above market this morning.
Chill, 89—New Spanish, 971—New Prussian, 834 to;—
Old Prussian, 84—Russlao, 794—Danish, 904—Neapolitan,
711—Colombion, 67j. _ . .

HILLY PAST tWaVt.--Consols ha co this moment lower-
od to 791 i.

ILITZRPOOL, MAT 6.---•QUARTIR PAST 9, P. 18.--Ar-
rind the Robert Fulton Urabam, from New York.—Get-
ter Bag not landed. She made the land in nineteen
days.

It is strongly rumoured in Bath, that his Majesty is
expected there, for the purpose of trying the efficacy of
the Bath-waters.
On Tuesday night-Mr. Robinson, the King's messen-
ger, left town with despatches for Spain.
A number of failures, some of them to a considerable
amount, have taken place In Perth and the neighbourhood,
within these few days.
NAVAL APPOINTMICNTIL—Captain James Ryder Bur-
ton, to the Chameleon ; and Captain A. P. Arbuthnot to
the Jasper.
The Quolidienne, in a letter from Mont-Louis, fron-
tiers of Catalonia, dated April 26, says,—" Mina exer-
cises a great influence in Catalonia, he prevents as much
as he can the operations of the Prince Generalissimo from
being known, while his spies in Spanish Cerdagne
give him exact intelligence of all the movements of our
troops. This country is full of defiles without commu-
nications; the mountains er still *peered with snow, and
we have great difficulty 1, oeisions."
An article from Stu . . • ' ' 0 a of a projet of al-
liance between Russia being in agitation, in
consequence of the a.., f the Treaty between
England and Denmar ' . '' I
Married at Paris, the t- ‘ de Poggenpogbl, Cop-
se:Bier d'Ambassade
.to the . mperor of Russia, to Mrs.
Harvey Aston, relict of the late Henry:Harvey Aston, Esq.
of Aston Hall, and daughter to William Barron, Esq ,
formerly of Waterford, Ireland.
THL WeSTERN 11VVISPHIMB.—An interesting volume is
just published, relative to this part of the World, under the
tale of " The Geography, History, and Statistics of Ame-
rica and the West Indies, etc. &c. by Messrs. Carey and Lea
of Philadelphia, with considerable Additions relative to the
New States of South America, &c." on the merits of which
we are induced to quote the following opinion of a contem-
porary print :—" When the Folio, whence this Publication
is formed, arrived from Philadelphia, we expressed our opi-
nion of its great utility and merits. (See Lit. Gaz. No. 2854
Tart opinion is much enhanced by the Publication before
us, which contains by far the &liable condensation of
American Geography, History,
risoqiiia
tistics, which has is-
sued from the press. It is Mist on a comprehensive
and excellent plan ; the kleas,Gberti,and Plates are nume-
rous and well executed; alill when all the modern informa-
tion required by the chalitis and revolutions on the New
Continent are taken into the account, we are free to say
that this Volume is a very complete Illustration of the im-
portant matters which it embraces. Either for instruction
or reference it is calculated to tie a standard work."—(Lit.
Gaz. Mare/. 29.) After this unequivocal testimony to Cie
merits of the Volume before as, it merely remains for us to
state that its price is only ISs. while the original work from
which it has been formed, sells for Six Guineas.

The weather yesterday was as warm as it had been on
Ray day of last May. At one o'clock the mercury in • ther-
mometer in the Strand stood at 73 degrees. It was at the
same height only one day (the 40th) in May, ISSN. At two
o'clock yesterday, when it might hay. been expected that
the mercury would have been higher, it was found to have
sunk._
.. . _. . .. .

A PLZAIANT CLIMATB !—The following is the calen-
dar of a Siberian or Lapland year:—June 23, snow
melts; July I, snow gone; July 9, fields quite green;
July 17, plants at full growth ; July ~ plants in flower;
August 2, fruits ripe; August 10, plaits shed their seed;
August 18, snow, continuing from August 18 to June
the 23d.
Information from Iceland, of the 1511 of March, says
that the winter there has been very mild, though within
the Polar circle; but there has been much rain and
storm. On Christmas day last there was a dreadful
hurricane, which threw down sense churches and other
buildings, but there was no other considerable damage,

THE COUNTESS DU CAYLA.

(PRIVRTI tORIBISPONDRRCIL)
PARIS, MAT S. Yes t erd ay there wee SHIRRS/ad in the
neighbourhood of Penis, one of those Court exhibitions
which were supposed to have expired with the old regimes.
and which scarcely any body Could have expected to see re-
vived by so old a King. His Majesty's favourite, you know,
is Madame de Cayla. His fondness seems to increase with
age and infirmities; he has lately, at a great expense (nearly
3,000,000 of francs, according to report), fitted up a little
ebateau at St. Ouen, near St. Denis, on the site of the old
Royal residence.

This chateau, together with a magnificent portrait of him-
self, he has lately given la a present to this lady. As yes-
terday was the anniversary of his arrival at St. Oueo, where
he issued the famous declaration of 1814, Madame du Cayla
proposed to honour the occasion by inviting a large party to
breakfast with his Majesty. She accordingly issued cards
to more than five hundred persons, including the Ministers,
Foreign Ambassadors, and chief Nobility about Court.—
The form and expression of the cards are precisely. I am
told, those of the Royal F ites of Louis XIV. and Louis
XV. The following is a copy:—
" La Ceratessedekille de Cayla espere one volts rotaries
Aim velar dejemter l'endredi, 2 Mai, as pavilion de Saint
Owe, d midi precis:"
You observe there is no phrase about ' doing her the ho-
nour,' nor the usual forms of salutation or invitation. To
the notes of the Ambassadors and privileged el , Ma-
dame added the following postscript : " L'agrand person-
nage y sera incognito," meaning the King, of course. The
greatest part of the persons invited proceeded to the scene-
The finest equipages of the capital continued pouring to St.
Owen from mid-day till late in the afternoon. The Minis-
ters all attended the levy of a woman whom " the King de-
llghteth to honour." The Holy Alliance Ambassadors vied
with each other in the richness of the equipages and the
punctuality of their attendance. The Grand Persoututge,
however, could net honour the Pavilion with his presence.
He had promised to be present in a procession through the
City, end he found the two labours of a great breakfast and
a solemn promenade would be too fatiguing.
PARIS, MAY 4.—lt may be interesting for you to know
something of the history of this lady, if you are not already
sufficiently acquainted with it. I have, therefore, extracted
for your use the following particulars, from the report of a
suit which she instituted in ISIS against her husband, fot
separation a masa et adorn, and from a memorial dra4W'
by the counsel of her husband against the judgmegiili It e
0
Cour Royale, which decreed that separation :--tf; quiet
Achille du Calls, her husband, emigrated when vetyi young.
and joined the standard of the Prince de Conde,' He re-
turned to France after hepw that the efforts of the Prince
were likely to be unavailbig, and in 1803 was married to
Zoe Victoire Talon (the present Cour du Cayla), the
daughter of M. Talon, lieutenant cird attack( la 1789.
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