The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-25 00:00:00

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The Barione papers state, thit accounts frPol
Madrid my, that these is considerable fermentation in
that capital, on account of the successive departure of
'troops, and a report which. is in circulation, that the
'Mud-quarters are to be reoutia to Seville-
-Should this take plies. ja ?try strong garrison
'MU be required to • lee' the populace in
!heck, who will commit' die igrutest excessei. It is
reported that Ballasteros has entered Andalusia with,
24,000 men, and that he has been jobbed by the troops of
Lopez Banos, and Alava; op leaving, the country
where he has been for some time, he -has thrown *Uri
into Alicant and Carthagena, wad left the numerous
guerillas in the country to harrass General Molitor,
who occupies so extensive-a line that be can hardly un-
,dertake any thing decisive.
The troops that come now are for the army of Re'
alive under • Marshal LUriaton; 'which is to be-
siege Fampeluna, Si Sebastian,. and Santona, tie
soon as it is sufficiestly strong. With respect to
the latter place, it seems that the troops of the Faith
that blockaded it hive suddenly dispersed, aid the
French general bas bees obliged to send troops to
suppl'i their place. Letters froS Saragossa say that a
report had been spread there of the death of Mins. at
Barcelona. There 'is every appearance of this news
being. false. The Bishop of Tarragona who bad; been
long in Bayonne.was gone to his diocese. : •
These papers contain an extract of a letter *OM. Ma-
drid. After describing the state of parties in Spain. and
reckoning what be terms the violent Constitationalists,
as having itt their ranks at.least 80,000 combatants, in-
cluding the garrisons of 30 fortresses, which are is their
possession, the writer• then proceeds to notice the milita-
ry state of Spain. '" It cannot be denied," says he,
"that the French army is in wbat military men call a
false posit:on•,becanse any serious check might lead to the
necessity.of evacuating the capital, and abandoning An-
dalusia. There is no doubt tbnt the force of Board.-
Goalie, which is 16,000 men. including the Royalists, is
sufficient for the present to blockade Cadiz ; bat it is ne-
cessary to keep Ballasteroa in check, who, after putting
Alicant and Carthagena in *state of defence, and left a di
vision of 3000 men on, the right of the linear. has
marched towards Grenada with 8000 see a' another
Constitutional division of 4000 MOD is in the province
of Cuenca; its geerillas entered Sortie Sierra, the
province of Madrid, and almost to the gates of the
capital : the Royalist division of Busies*, which wis
sent to combat it„ has been completely beaten near
Cuenca. and it has been necessary to send French
troops to support him, while others left Madrid
four days ago for Ciudad Real, and Talavera, so that our
garrison amounts to little more than 2,ooolnfantry and
400 horse. French troops; and a body of 1,000 men,
Spanish Royalists, which le organizing, but which wilt
Le hardly formed Into a regiment, unless the Duke's
treasury pays the espence. Badajox is in a respectable
state of defence. and the allied• eaters tref 1,500 men.
which have 'tight to blockade it, has not bees able to'
effect its press,. This fortress Las become the point
tapped of various guerillas which scour Andalesikand
Estremadura, while Ciudad Rodrigo protects the Con-
stitutionalists of Old Castilie,tbe guerillas of which daily
attack Salamanca, Zamora, and Toro, make excursions
en the banks of the Douro, and in the plains of Vallado-
lid, and seek merely to keep the people is check, and to
harrass the garrisons and columns of the allied troop."
The eouttatutications between the Portegammtablned and
the Regency at Madrid are very frequent, and it seemstheeo,
is an intention of forming, on the banks of the Misho, as
expedition to act against the Constitutionalists of Gentile,
the command of which, ll is said, will be given to . Coital
Arearante.A kind of Spanish Committee of the Faith has been
formed, with a view to excite an insurrection in the Pro-
minces of Fey and Oreuse. The Constitetiocal corps which
guarded the entrance of the Asturias have been diminished
by desertion, and obliged to yield, after some combats:
about 700 base retired towards Poles ; the rest to Galicia.
IhMlieleads leilloria and Rioja are too weak to oppose the
iLepalist columns, chiefly composed of National Guards,
pose of them commended by Priests.- The three provinces
ing Severn are tranquil. The accounts from Arregott
;mimics the march of Molitor towards Murcia, end say It
ise Minh for that General to maintain himself in so
inipasivo a linee—Ballesteros hes experienced some deur;
Was in his retreat, and it is said to be the Duke's plan to
seed against him all the troops that can be spared, in hopes
of destroying him In Andalusia. The ripen of mimes
death became sore positive: , -
Rotes, Milani, Llobera, and St. level inn 10.000 men
at Barcelona ; it Is thought that they will Abe the place to
be blockaded and go with their main force elsewhere.

The arrivals from Coronae yesterday created a coosi-
derable interest in the metropolis; which the want of
details tended to wocrease. In the uncertainty as to the
final result of the' attack on that important place, our
Ultra journals are sery anxious to deduce some hopes
that the French hive been the ultimate victors; and one
of them refers to an article in a French paper, from Ma-
drid, for a statement that Quiroga had been " completely
" defeated on tbe.l3th or 14th; and that Ferrol was en-
" tend by the French on the 14th." To chew she im-
portance of this place to the French, we are reminded
that in 1800 the Englieh attacked it in vain! The jour-.
nal then begins to enumerate his points in this way—
" First ; It is dear that Quiroga was beaten on the 13th
" or 14tbasst. at some distance from Coronas." Now,
we do not use that this is clear at all; for the article from
Madrid, a very suspicions source, at beat, does not hap-
pen to claim Any thing like a complete victory over
Quiroga. Next, if the victory bad been to complete, it
le not probable that Corinna would have made any for.
Sher resistance;—and, lastly, the lateit vessel from the
coast announces that the firing continued ; nod was more
extended and heavy, when the finally lost sight.of the.
_tone. So that Corson& may yet be savedosetwithetastl-

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