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

ARMY .OF THE PYRENEES.

nrroaT OF MARSUAL LAURISTON TO' HIS IXCEL-
LENCY THE MINISTER OF WAR.
01ICOYEN. NEAT!. PAMPEtUNA, Sept. 14.
" MONSIEUR Le,MAttsom.,—The necessity of
.driving in all the exterior posts of Pampeluna,
to enable the engineer officers' to reconnoitre the
fortress, determined me to make the attack of
the 3d of September, of which I have had the
honour to render your Excellency .an account.
That operation, which rendered us.masters of the
suburb of Rocheappen, led me to make demon-
strations on the right bank of the Arga, fronting
the town, and on the bastion Gonsague, the ob-
ject of which was to divert the attention of the
garrison. A.trench was opened from the Maison
Blanche to San Pedro, and 'another from the
Maison Blanche to the Maison Carree. A mien
was--traced out on the top of the curtain, and a 1...!
Most under the glacis of the bastion Gonsague,
which could be approached very closely unob.;'
served, by favour of the inequalities of the ground.'
Meanwhile, batteries of mortars Occupied the
attention of the fortress. An entreprit of 50
pieces of artillery, brought from our great park,
and depots of gabions and fascines were formed
behind the front of the line of attack projected'
against the citadel, in the little valley which
closely approaches it from the Prince's fort, and
which terminates at the Arga, near Zizur.Najor.
" These preliminary arrangements being com-
pleted, I determined on the night of the 10th to
open the trench Against the salient point of the
citadel, the bastion Santa Maria,•and the adja-
cent half-moons. The works were to be' com-
menced at the distance of 200 toiSes from the
glacis ; theoature of the ground favoured this
bold measure, which had the advantage of occa:-
stoning the first parallel to be opened at the
distance at which the second usually commences,
which will supersede the necessity of ourmaking
a third. I adopted the ideas suggested by Gen.
Garbe; particularly that of furhishing the pioneers
with gabions, in order to compensate by this act
of prudence for the boldness of our first opera-
tion; and to spare the blood of our soldiers.—
Three thousand five- hundred pioneers armed
with muskets, and furnished with tools and
gabions, were,' with seven Chosen companies of
French guards, directed from the assembling
points on the ground, by engineer and staff-
officers, amidst a violent storm, which. at first
impeded or retarded .all- our movements,' but
without shaking the firmness of our troops. -A
detachment from the Royalist division of the
Spanish General was combined with the French
detachments, and shared their ardour and duvet-
edness. The picked companies were distributed
along the front and wings, to protect the works
under the direction of Gen. Fernig and Colonel
Schneider, commanders of the trenchei ; and Col.
Desehallards, trench major. Gen.Garbe, asssisted
by Lieut.-Col. Lafaisle, and. the battalion corn-
ma:iers Lemercier, Demerits, and Repecaud,
stationed labourers on the line, and all set to
work. vigorously. The rain, perhaps, for a
moment favoured our enterprise, and diverted the
vigilance of the enemy ; but the noise of our pick-
an.es strikik on a pebble apiloccasioned a shower
of fire to be directed upon our line, which, how-
ever,.was fortunately 'in ~part protected by the
gabions. Meanwhile the firing of grape-shot and
musketry from 'the fortress was soon directed on
our pioneers, but in a vague and undecided way,
and the bails, for the most part, passed beyond
the line, because we were not supposed to be so
near. The works were perseveringly continued ,
throughout the night, and at day-break the pa-
rallel extended three feet deep and four wide,
along an extent of 2,000 toises, with a good corn-
munication completed on the left, and .one traced
out in the centre. In the morning the enemy
commenced a vigorous- firing upon the pioneers
who lied relieved those who had worked during
the night ; but they were everywhere well co-
vered,and, by singular good fortune, we have not
had more, than 8 or 10 men slightly wounded
this operation, and not one killed.
" Iminettiately after I turned my attention to
the works of the artillery, the batteries of which
were established along this front of attack. •Be-
ing confident of the Weakness of the enemy's gar-
rison, which I mean to fatigue, I have constantly
kept up the appearance of a diversion against the
front of the city,_in the direction of the road lead-
ing to Tolosa. I shall.throw away some works
and some cannon balls; but my object is to acce-
lerate the mounting of the batteries in the paral-
lel and the covered way of the engineers, in or-
der speedily to silence the fire of the citadel, and
to approximate the fire of- our infantry to the
ramparts, so as not to afford the gunners of the
fortress a moment's respite ; and, finally, to lose
no time in crowning the covered way, and bat-
tering in breach. in two days I hope to he
enabled to epee the fire, and the attack being
once seriously commenced, will not relax. I
shall- be careful to communicate to your Excel-
lency our successive operations, until they attain
the result we are entitled. to hope for,
" Accept, st.c.,
" The Marshal Marquis de LAURISTON."
[Here follows the Telagraphic Dispatch, dated Orcayen,
the 17th, announcing the capitulation of the town and citadel.]
[From the Courier Frangaiel
(PatVATE LETTitt..)
VIENxO, SEPT. B.—Conversation in our political circles
gmerally turns on the motives which cart, on the sudden, have
decided our Emperor to undertake this autumn 'a journey to
Poland, at the moment when another journey of his Majesty ro
his Italian totes was announced. Besides the pressing invi.
tations of the Emperor Alexander, it is believed that the units
of the East have a great part in this determination. Not only.
Prince Metternich, but also the Russian Privy Councillor Ta-
t:Naha,: will be present at the interview of the two,Emparors.--
It is known that the latter has been long destined for the cm-
htssy at Gonftantinople, and that the only cruse which hitherto
has prevented the departure of this skilful diplomatist for the
13osphorus, is the obstinacy with which the Porte insists on tho

surrender of the fortresses of the Caucasus, in execution of the
last Treaty of Peace. It is said that the Rele Effendi has again
declared to Lord Strangford and Baron Ottenfeli, that without
this previous restitution, any direct negotiation between Russia
and the Porte was impracticalile. On the other hand, Gen. Yer-
maloff, the Russian Govern& of Terns, in Georgia, called upon
to declare his opinioti on this retrocession, has declared, that'
it was of the highest importance to Russia to preserve these
fortresses to guarantee the southern part of the empire against
the incursions of the Tartars, as well as against a sudden at-
tack of the Turks or Persians. It is difficult at this moment to
foresee how this negotiation will be terminated. The friends
of humanity flatter themselves still with the hope of seeing
some change in the policy of the Austrian Cabinet, and hope
that Christian Princes will at last take some measures favour-
able to the Greeks. Perhaps this wished-for moment is at
length arrived. Already Or Britain, as the Ministerial
Journals themselves clearly siN, appears determined to change
its system towards Greece properly so called. The impotence ,
of the Porte to reduce it by force appears also nearly demon-
stinted. Our Sovereign will set out on the 18th. The King
of Prussia has, it is said, been also invited, but his answer is
not known. Hitherto no important news can, have been re-
ceived from Rome. The Conclave was definitively-closed on
the 3d, by Prince Augustin Chigi, Marshal of the Conclave.—
The persons who flattered themselves that Archduke Rayner
of Austria, Cardinal Archbishop of Olmutz, would obtain the
Tiara, seem (less confident for some time. It appears that
the great majority of the college is certainly against this choice.
Neither is it thought that Cardinal Hercules Gonsalvi, who has
exercised an all powerful influence at the end of the reign of
Pius VII., will succeed.. A powerful party is formed against
him.

PARIS, SEPT. 20—. The Journal des Debats declares, that
the Protest of the Regency of Spain against the execution of
the decree of Andnjar, given in our Number of the 18th, is a
fabrication. "It was not necessary," says that Journal, "to
make a great critical effort to perceive that such an impropriety
(inconvenance) was impo,sible." We have no positive data
which authorise us to maintain the authenticity of this docu-
ment ; all that we can say is, that it was printed at Madrid,
and that it bears the following indication—" From the Press of
Jose Canada." But if the contradiction of the Journal des
Dubai: is only founded on the propriety or impropriety of the
Protest, we may, with reason, decline deferring to such
an authority. When they did' not stop at the impro-
priety of suspending at Madrid the execution of the orders of
the Prince, when the Journals of the regency were guilty
of • the impropriety of publishing articles full of violence,
against the decrees of Andujar ; when in the provinces the de-
legates of the Regency fell Into the impropriety of formally
refusing to execute the decree ;, when in some towns the sol-
diers of the Regency fell into the impropriety of revolting
against the French Authorities, because they conformed to the
will of the Prince, we do not see that it can be asserted that
thelProtest in question is false on account of its improprieties.
On the contrary, it seems to us, after so many improprieties,
that one impropriety more is net improbable, or above all ins.
possible. •

CORRESPONDENCE between the DUKE of REGGIO
and the SPANISH REGENCY.

SERENE SlR—After the verbal assurances which your
Serene Highness gave me, that the insolent Addresi of the
Army of Navarre should not see the light, r have been extreme.
ly sorry to learn that at this moment it is printing at the print.
ing office of Called°. In consequence of this I have taken the
necessary measures to stop the whole impression ; and to pre.
vent the publication of any copies which may be struck off, I
am about to' make every possible inquiry to learn the source
of this strange proceeding, and to punish, very severely, those
who may have been guilty.—Madrid, August 30, 1023,
Exc ELLeter Sta—The Regency has received, with painful
astonishment, the letter which your Excellency addressed
to it this day. It repeats, by writing, those assurances
it gave you verbally, viz.—no legitimate authority would
give, and in fact has not given, the permission necessary
to have the document in question printed. The Regency has,
however, taken measures to know how all this has happened ;
and although its agents have found the printing office of Cal-
, lado surrounded by French gendarmes, as if the legitimate
Government of Spain had not a sufficient number of public
functionaries, the Regency has learnt that the printer, de-
ceived by some unknown persons, expected every moment to
receive thq permission to print the Address, and had, in conse-
quence, begun the work. The Regency begs that your Excel.
lency will cause the papers seized to be put into the hands of a
Judge of the first instsnce, in order that the tribunals may
punish this excess. God preserve your Excellency.
Madrid, August M. •
SERENE Sum--I have the honour to transmit toyour Highness
herewith, a copy of the written permission, in virtue of which
r, the printeat Callado's thought. himself authorized to print
the insolent Address of the army of Navarre. In fact he was
authorized : for I gun informed that the signature at the bottom
of the permission is that of the person appointed by your
Highness to exercise a Censorship over the press. I shall send
an extraordinary courier to his Royal Highness the Duke of
Angouleme, giving him an exact account of every thing which
has passed, and demanding from his Royal Highness the ne-
cessary authority for preventing similar excesses in future from
opposing the paternal views of my august Sovereign with re.
gard to Spain. In the mean time, without passing the limit
of the authority with which I am invested, I shall know how
to put a stop to the effrontery, the spirit of discord, and the in-
solence of certain Spaniards. I have the honour, &c.
Madrid, Sept. 1, 1023.