The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-31 00:00:00

" While General Bourck was marching on Coruna. Ge•
non! Ilubert bore on Ferrol, end General Morino on San-
tiago, where he arrived on the 16th, in close pursuit of the-
corps of Palarea.
" Count Molitor, after having made the necessary dispo-
sitions at Murcia to strengthen the garrisons of Alicant and
Carthagena, has continued his movement against the army
of Ballasteros. His advanced guard, under General Lo-
verdo, arrived before Lorca on the 12th ; the Governor of
which being resolved to defend himself to the last, rejected,
every proposition of surrender. On the 13th it was Ulm
by assault, and the whole garrison, consisting of 36 officers
and 630 subalterns and privates, made prisoners. besides a
large quantity of cannon and ammunition. On the French
side 3 officers end 36 subalterns and soldiers were wounded,
and I officer and S soldiers killed.

" Alter leaving a sufficient garrison in Lorca, Which will
support his line of operations. General Molitor resumed
his movement. on Daze, 'where be must by this time have
;arrived.

" Colonel Clone?, who directs provisionally the blockade
of St. Sebastian, reports, that on the 15th, at !I at night,
the enemy made a sortie, with about 000 men, disposed In
two columns, for the purpose of setting fire to the Fau-
bourg St. Martin. One of these succeeded is driving in the
right post of 20 men, and setting fire to the houses. In the
skirts of the place; but the position was soon retaken, and
the flames eztingushed. At the same time the other column
attacked the centre and left of our advance, but were re•
pulsed at all points. During this attack, which lasted more
than two hours, the fort kept up s fire from the batteries, but
without producing any effect. (Signed)
" Major-General Count GUILLEMNOT."
The following is a copy of the letter addressed on the
26th of July, by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the
Ministers of the Maritime Powers:— •
" Sir,- I have,the honour to inform you, that, to com-
plete the measure which I communicated in my letter of
yesterday, his Majesty's Government has resolved to de-
clare the ports of Ferrol and Coruna* in a state of effective
blockade.
" I have the honour to snnounee this by a circular, to the
Ministers of the Maritime Powers.—Receive," &c.

M. Santiago Wall, a Spanish General and prisoner of
war, arrived at Bordeaux on the 18th of July, with his fa-
mily. The General is the bearer of a_itessport from the
Major-General of the French army at Madrid, authorising
Mat to•reside et Bordeaux until further orders.
EXTRACT OF A LETTCR FROM CORUNNA, JULY 16.

" The French army presented itself yesterday before
this town, and attack-ed with great impetuosity all the
Spanish posts, composed of about two thousand men,
who were forced to retreat ander the cannon of the place,
when a serious cannonade and discharge of musketry
took plate. The firing commenced at one in the after-
noon, and lasted until right in the evening. About 4
o'clock the two thousand men were relieved by about two
thousand other troops which had remained in the town.
The Spaniards have had about 150 men pto hoes de cone-
Get, among whom are three commanders of brigade very
severely wounded. Gen. Wilson received a ball in the
thigh, and one of his Aides de-Camp bas received a
wound which is said to be mortal. Tbo cannonadeand
firing were resumed this morning, and continues without
cessation; it seems that the French have established
batteries at three different points. At this moment
symptoms of pillage are manifested in the town by a
band of robbers, who have marked out several houses.—
The town of Ferrol capitulated yesterday ; we shall not
he so fortanate here. The Governor is an graliadO,Tvil-
, ling to sacrifice the town, and who is supported by lead-
ers and troops who have been driven from the French
forces front the Asturias. General Morillo is advancing
upon St. Jago de Compostello and Vigo."—(Jueract/
del Debate.)
The following article from the Ruche d'Apritaine,
explains the object of the mission of Count Achille de
Jouffroy :—" A letter from Madrid, of July 16, informs
as that a loan of 60,000,000 of francs, on advantageous
terms, and with the hest guarantees, has been concluded
between the Spanish Government (the. Regency of
Madrid.) and Count Achille de Jonfftuy, acting in the
name of a Company of Bankers, among whom are
named Messrs. Ghebart and Pictel of Paris, and a house
in London."

The Etude contains' long article on the fire at Madrid.
from whence the following is an extract. It will no doubt
be remarked, that the Eteik, which attributed the fire to
anaccinent, of which malevolence would take advantage,
now attributes it to malevolence itself:—

[From the Casette of Madrid, July 22 ]
" The day before yesterday (Sunday), about 11 in the
morning, his Royal Highness the Doke of Angoolcuse
went to hear mass in • the Church of the Clerigus
Minores del Espiritu Sauto,• as the Prince has been ac-
customed to do since he has been at Madrid. According
to custom, a numerous crowd, among whirh were many
ladies, had repaired to the church to enjoy the satis-
faction of contemplating the features or our august
deliverer. _ _

" At the end of the mass, and at the moment when
the officiating priest feta: ned to glee benediction, some
sparks were perceiver' above the choir and the gallery
which surenonnts the principal entrance. When the
tnass was entirely concluded, at the moment when the
priest was leaving the sacristy and the Prince the church,
other sparks were seen near the chiefaltar,and qni re elo-e to
the place which the Prizce had jail left. Almost at the
same moment a similar spectacle presented itself en the
opposite side, so that the fire broke ont at once in three
places, very distant from one another. In less than live
&ninnies it hail spread over all the church and the con-
tiguous building, as well within as without, no person
up to that moment having observed the least appearance
of fire or smoke, either in the church or without.
" Never was a conflagration seen to spread With so
much rapidity. This very rapidity—the simultaneous-
ness of the appearance of bre at points distant frout\each
other more than WO roams (34)0 feet)—the smell of tar
which struck experienced and unprejudi.ed persons—the
coincidence of this fatal accident with the time when his
Royal Highness is accustomed to hear mass in public,
are all circumstances so difficult to combine, that if they
do not afford a mathematical demonstration, ►hey form
at least a very strong presumption that this fire war the
result of the most refined diabolical wickedness.

••• If his Royal Highness had been five minutes later in
leaving his hotel, or if the priest, in saying mass • • • •
What a horror! What a catastrophe! The imagin-
ation shudders at the idea—the pen refuses to trace it!"
'lle Male then announces that the Regency ind its
Ministers have taken the must energetic measures, and
ordered arrests,which have been executed. It adds, that
the people wished to massacre all that profess opinions'
contrary to loyalty, bat that His Royal Highness gave
orders that every body should he protected.
The Alumiteur of Monday contains four reports of
General Curial I. Marshal Winery, relative to the ope-
rations of the army of Catalonia, of the 9th, 10th, 11th,
and 14th inst. According to the latter, the garrison
nude a sortie from Barcelona, from two points, on the
13th, towards Sorria, and formed in the middle of a plain.
They were, however, attacked and driven bark. In the
above affair no prisoners are alleged to have been taken,
nor do these bulletins say any thing of Mina or Don-
nailieu. _ _

FUNDS. Jur.' 28.—Five rt. Cents. opened at 91f. 40c.
and closed at 9f f. 69c.—Bank Stock. I,s9s.—Neapolitan
5 per Cent 764.—Eachanse on Loudon, one month. 25f.
; three months. 25r. 55c..

Fut•esat. OF g AMMON Pilllty.—Ylniefdli were Interred
In the church-yard of St. George's, Bloomsbery, the re-
motes of Sampson Perry. Among other gentlemen, Major
Cartwright, an °Wood steady friend to the personal tinned
end poiitical integrity of the deceased, attended his funeral.
to add another testimony of bis esteem for qualities which
will be remembered by the friends of Mr. Perry until they'
too are caHed to folio* him to the last hose of frail mor-
tality. .

THE STATEMAN