The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-23 00:00:00

PARIS PAPERS.

[From the Etoile of Sateartio.l
GENERAL HEAD.QUARTERS.
Fora ST. MARY, SEPT. 11.—Hostilities COll-
- In a few days there will be a grand
attack : every thing is prepared for it. General
Bourmont set off yesterday for Rotta : he is to
direct the disembarkation. Monseigneur is gone
to animate with his presence all'our warlike pre-
parations. A great deal of artillery has been
broaght from Chiclani, whither the head-quarters
are to be transferred.

All is in confusion at Cadiz., The Cortes
wished to esiltblish a council of defence, and to
make Admiral Valdez president of it ; bet he
refused, declaring that he considered the means
of defence to be insufficient. -

The city is in consternation. The pavement of
Clic streets is broken up, anti the.flat roofs of the
houSes are covered with dung.
P.S. Within three times 24 hours great events
will take place. His Royal Highness is going to
Cbiclana to direct the attack, which will take
place' on the side of Fort St. Petri, while our
marine will bombard Cadiz.

Several persons pretend that General Alava,
Net' of the moderate party, returned here yes-

tsni a y

Our soldiers demand the attack with loud
cries. Nothing can equal their ardour and their

ci;thusiasm.

Pants, SEPT. 20.—The 12,000 men assembled
at Navarre under the orders of Marshal the Mar-
quis] do Lauriston will instantly direct their
march to Lower Catalonia.
Reuss and Lerida will not be long in follow-
ing the example of Pampeluna. One may judge
of.the effect which will be produced by 12,000
addftional men arriving in Catalonia.
Rear-Admiral Duperrey was to arrive yester
dey.before Cadiz. Every thing may be expected
from the talents and ardour of this new Admiral.
(From the Journal del Debate.)
. •
We yesterday gave a formal contradiction to
the Pilate, and to the journals-.which had copied
It, relative to a pretended protest of the Regency
. of Spain against the Andujar decree. To that
article was joined an address from the Royal
Volunteers of Navarre; but it was omitted to be
_ mentioned, that as soon as the Regency obtained
informatien of that address, it was suppressed,
and orders issued for prosecuting the authors.—
The Regency only consented to stop the prosecu-
tion on the application of Marshal Lauriston, who
became surety to the Regency for the Navarre
Volunteers repairing their fault under the walls
of Pempeluna, where, in fact, they have fought
with great valour. All these efforts, which evi-
dently haVe. for their object the disunion of the
Spanish Royalists • and the libetating army—all
these efforts will prove vain.
' • [From the Moniteurl
Camp. Marshal Baron Higonet, commanding
the blockading brigade of St. Sebastian, ad-
.dressed the following letter on the 14th of Sep-
tember to Count Richard, Commander of the
11th division (sth army corps) And the blockade:
"My General,—I have the honour to report
to you that,
conformably to your orders, I yes-
terday proceeded with the Colonel of your Staff,
the Sub-Prefect of, Bayonne, and M. Lnone,
member of the Sanitory Intendancy of Bayonne,
to the canal of Passage, in order to establish. the,
Sanitory Cordon to lirevent the malady which
has appeared in that town from extending itself
outwardly.
44 For this purpose I stationed the 4th com-
p-any of the 52d regiment on the mountain of
Alezo, where it‘will guard all the roads between
• the sea and that village which lead to Passage.
The first section of the sth company remains at
Mean, to watch the road to'Passage, aed the ford
at that . place. The .second section of the 'sth
company is established at Reinteria? to guard in
second ihie alt tho debauches from that town to
Passage.
46 The Gth company occupies the Peninsula on
the right of the road from Reinteria to the Mill
of Abolina; and the company of Voltigeors ex-
tend, approximating to the canal as much a pos.;
sible, from Abolina to Aka, which latter place
is occupied by a company of the 19th Light
.ta
guard the creek of, Erera. Another company of
the same regiment, ur a detachment of Spanish
Royalists, will complete the blockade across the
mountain of Ulla. The .24 gendarmes arrived.
from Bayonne with the four companiesof , the
52d, are distributed between Alezo, Reinteria,
and A Iza, and are only employed in patrolling.
" These arrangements leave to the inhabitants
of Passage ,the enjoyment of the Peninsula (which
extends from the mountain of Alec) to the sea,
and which is. covered with villas unit farm-Louses,
and in which there are fountains supplying
ex-
cellent water), which may be of great advantage
to the inhabitants in protecting them against the
contagion.
The cordon is drawn upon a radius of two
leagues, with posts tied sentinels so near, that it
is quite imposiihle for any inhabitant of Passage-
to pass it without being perceived, though the
troops required for forming it do not exceed 500
men.
" I have also to inform you, that in all the
villakes adjacent to the canal I have experienced
the greatest zeal on the part of the authorities to
contribute to the means of defending us from the
contagion, The preceutitels you have ordered,
the good spirit of the inhabiients, the advauced
period of the season, and the little intensity of
the malady, which has as,yee Only had about a
score of victims, ought to give us almost Cern..