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PARIS PAPERS.

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(Prom the Molten, of Wednesday. 1
PARIS, JUNE 4.
ARMY OF THE PYRENEES.
TVETOAT-OF TILE MAJOR-GENERAL OF THE ARMY Or 'TIM
PYHtNEES TO THE mists•rrn or WAR.
4' lleadfroarters, Madrid, May 211, 1823.
" S —1 menediately after the entry of the
army into Madrid on the 24th in.t., his Royal
-Highness the Commander-in-Chief gave orders
'that General Vallin, with the advanced guard of
the. first corps, reinforced by two regiments of
light horse and four Pieces of artillery, should
advance on the road to Talavera de la Reyna„
after the rear-guard of the enemy, in order that
he might be ready to attack it its soon as the
time limited by the convention entered into for
'the evacuation of the capital had expired, which
"was at half past three o'clock in the morning of
• the 26th.
The intentions of his Royal Highness ltay.e
'and been fulfilled. After a forced march of 2days
a night, Gen. Vallin gained ground on the enemy,
and came up with him at six' o'clock in the morn-
ing of the 27th, within half a league of-Talavera,
-and near the bridge over the Alberche. The town
was occupied by about 3,000 infantry, 500 horse,
and four pieces of artillery.. Tw o squadrons
of the 9th regiment of Chasseurs pass-id the
`bridge arid charged those placed to defend it.—
,They fired some discharges of case shot, :by
which two Chasseurs of the 9th were wounded.
The infantry, having also passed the bridge,
took possession of a plantation of olives, wherea
part of the enemy was stationed. The sth
'.hussars passed the river-at a ford to the right of
:the town, and the remainder of the cavalry de-
• 'touched, covering the artillery and the reserve.
The 9th Light Infantry then made a rapid move-
ment on the town, while the cavalry turned to
"the right. The enemy, vigorously attacked in
front and threatened on his flanks, endeavoured
to effect a precipitate retreat by the bridge of the
Tagus, and in the direction of that of Arzobispo,
and, succeeding in gaining the wood which lay
" on his right, avoided the charge of our cavalry,
who had made a movement to get at him. The
enemy had many killed, a great number wounded,
:and we have taken 60 prisoners, among whom
are a Lieutenant-Colonel tind some Officers. He
has also lost l 5 waggons 'laden with arms, and
'his military chest, containing 40,000 francs.
" General Vallin reports that the troops
charged with much spirit and enthusiasm, and
lie mentions M. de Chabautte, -Chef d'Escadron
of the-Oth:Chaiieurs, who commanded the first
charge;. 'Captain Comte de Bouille, Aid-de-
Camp of the 'Duc de Reggio • Captain Com.
pagniac of the 9th Light Infantry ,• Captain
Mathias, his Aid-de-Crimp ; and Lieutenant
Milo, of the 13th Light Infantry, as having par
ticulurty distinguished themselves. The greates
'order continues to reign in Madrid.
(Signitd) " Major-tieneral Comte GUILLEMINOT."

FOURTH CORPS.
The Duke of Conegliano informs the Minister
of War, in a dispatch dated Carda-Deu, 20th
"May, that General Donnadieu is in commonly'.
`tion with Parhphile-Lacroix, commanding the
`6th Division (ad Corps) at Balaguer.

SIXTH BULLETIN.
The 'first Bulletins of the Army have already made known
its operations from the commencement of the campaign to the
time when his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief had
fixed his head-quarters at Vittoria, with the intention of wait-
ing there until he should be apprised of the result of certain
=movements effected in Castile and Arragon. Before crossing
the frontiers, Monseigneur bad been assured that the mass of
the Spanish nation was highly dissatisfied with the yoke of the
!Cortes. lie could not, however, until he advanced into Spain,
'have been able to form an idea of the enthusiasm with which
'the people is animated ; and it was not until be reached the
Ebro that he was able to learn the means of defence of which
the Revolutionists were possessed. The first operations of the
Army were therefore performed with all proper precaution.
But on arriving at the Miro, the Prince General in £hief seeing
that the French soldiers were received throughout as liberators,
that theyfound among almoatall ela.ses of' Spaniards allies full
of warmth and zeal, that the small bodies of troops who obeyed
the orders of the Conte could not at any one place offer any
thing like a serious resistanee, considered himself bound to de-
part from the ordinary rules of war, and to dispatch large
detachments to effect quickly the liberation of Arragon and
The first corps occupied Barges, and pushed he parties out
ir all directions, and every where received proofs of the impa-
tience with which the French troops were expected at Vallado-
lid, and even at Madrid. The second corps having traversed
Navarre, arrived'at Saragossa, where it Was received withation
the
-liveliest transports of joy, and the numerous popul
of the city took up arms in order to join it. Its operations
:Were seconded by the Royalists under General Laren. The
'Royalist authorities were re-established in the large provinces,
and in the three provinces of Iliscay, as well as in that of St.
A ndere. Measures were taken to insure order and tranquillity
throughout the country.
These successes proved that the same system of operations
Could be followed. The second Corps received orders to add
vane to Catalonia, to facilitate the operations of Marshal the
Duke de Conegliano, and to cover at the same time the move-
ments of the remainder °Me army on Madrid.
Ws Royal Highness, with the corps of reserve, quitted Vit-
toria on the bth of May, arrived at Burgos on the Bth, and on
the 13th set out to proceed by.Aranda to M adrid.
Marshal the Duke de Reggio,. with the advanced guards of
Geo. Vallin, and the division of Antichamp, set out on the 7th
'front Burgos toNallitdolid, where a brilliant reception was pre-
•pared for him.
Monseigneur placed provisionally -under his orders the
Body Guard* of the King, the Cuirassiers and :Dragoons of the
Ostard, as well wt the Cuirassiers of the division of General
Roussel d'llarbet. All that column was to effect a movement
on blialrid by the way of Segovia.
At the same time the division Obert of tbenrst Corps, which
since the passage of the Ebro had occupied Logrono and Tu.
dela, commenced a similar movement on the capital by the
way Agreda and Alnutnean. During its march this divi-
sion received us well as tbe other columns the most enthusi-
watie reception from the people. On its arrival at Siguenza, it
put itself in communication with the Spanish General Bes-
AIMS, who had just had an engagemen t with the rear-guard o
jialaareros, from which he had taken four cannons, and 200 •
prisoners.
Daring this movement on Madrid, the division Bourke ofl
the first corps, which had been left at Burgos, proceeded to
Cardoso in order to act according to the necessities of the
,Kingdom of Leon anti of the Asturias. Four of its battalions
were ordered under General blerquerie to cover St. Andero,
'sad the blockade of Santana, fonned by the Spanish Royalist
troops.
Ilia Royal Highness ordered the Co' inmandant of the third
cove, the Prince of Liohenlohe, to remove his head-quarters to
Vittoria, where he could continue to direct the operations ne-
- 'assail, for the blockade of Pampeluna and St. Sebastian, as well
by detachments the line of communication from
• aftYrun W cover
runto Burgos, by preserving the order and tranquillity which
prevailed in those provinces. The troops under his command
which formed, the blockade of St. Sebastian and Pampeluna do
not came to give the best proof of their zeal ; and at all times
that the garrisons of those places have made any attempts they
.repelled them with the liveliest ardour.ed the division Loverdo
Oefieral Molitor, after having push
,sail that cithedrugoons under Oen. Donlon as far as Daroca,
Ilitalayud, and even to Teruel, could no longer doubt that the
:retreat of Ballasteros to Valencia had been determined on, as the
I.tisses of the latter General, by the continual desertions of his
soldiers, left hint no means of acting on the offensive ; having
`therefore left a garrison at Saragossa, and having placed the
Royalist corps at Borjs, at Catalayud, and at Daroca, he recalled
41a imams of his corps of the army front the right bank of the

`Ebro, to join. them with the division Pamphile-Lacroii,.atich,
Since the bit of May, had commenced Itamovement onsCatzt.
lonia by themarch of the two first brigades to Traga, and of the
brigade d'Arbaud-Jouques.by Aleubierra on Mouzon. This
division arrived on the bth at the Cinea. =The fort of Mouzon
was occupied by 150 regular troops, and by some hundred re-
venue officers, and by the exaltudos of the country. General
d'Arbaud Jouques was not able to pass the river, and was there-
fore convened to re-establish the ferry-boat of Poniard, where
the overflow of Ihe waters having increased the difficulties, he
was not able to get over to the left bank of the Cinca until
the Bth. A party of the 4th of the line proceeded immediately
to Mouzon, and topk possession of the city, after a smart
firing. The enemy, on retiring, from the field, left five men
dead-. one corporal of the 4th regiment received a slight wound.
This fort was then invested, and in the night of the 10th and
11th General d'Arbaud Jouques caused to be carried by a corn.
pany,of grenadiers and of light troops, with bayonets drawn,
the redoubt called the Old Castle, which was troublesome to the
town, and the capture of which shut up all the garrison of the
fort. On the 9th a party of the 13th Regiment proceeded to
Barbastro, where la Barque d'Eetatiilla was defended with ad-
vantage by the Royalist peasants against the Revolutionary
soldiers.
General Pamphile-Lacroix, who was at Traga, sent on the
6th a squadron of the 4th Chasseurs to reconnoitre Lerida. A
party of the enemy was met at Sons ; the squadron charged
them, and pursued them to Alcarez, and took a Quarter-master
prisoner. ()n the 9th, Colonel Levaeseur of the Bth Light
Dragoons of the Brigade of St. Chamans, proceeded with one
of his battalions, and a detachment of the Chasseurs of
l'Arriege towards Alcarez. The garrison of Lerida consisted
of two hundred infantry and thirty dragoons t the latter having
advanced, fell into an ambuscade, and were immediately charg-
ed by the chasseurs anti both men and horses were lost, and
several besides•wouilded, one mortally by the Lieut. d'Anger.
Quarter-master Mirat and the ,Clutaseur Lamarche arc highly
spoken of by Gen. Count Molitor, who has given an account of
all the soldiers who have distinguished themselves in each of
his engagements. This" General having left troops to observe
Lerida and Mouzon, proceeded along the Segro with the re-
mainder of the division, Pamphile-Lacroix, while the other
divisions came to join with him through Alequinenza and Traga,
at which place Gm. Loverdo was on the 18th.
The second corps has, therefore, withodt doubt, effected a
communication with Marshal die Duke de Conegliano, who
having followed, the enemy in the different directions taken by
them since they were compelled to quit their position on the
right bank of the Fluvia, and particularly on the 17th.
at Cam
St.
-
tel-Tersol, when General Donnadieu, with the brigade of
Priest, and the Spanish troops of General Romagosa, warmly
attacked them, and caused them a considerable loss.
On arriving at Buitrago, on the 17th of May, his Royal
Highness found a Depilation from Count Abisbal, authorized
by the Municipality of this city, which proposed the complete
evacuation of it, on the arrival of the French army, in or-
der to avoid the results of the abandonment of an Immense
population.
This proposal was'exactly iii accordance with the intentions
of his Royal Highness, and was therefore at once accepted by
him. It was stipulated at the same time verbally, that a corps,
under the orders of General Zayas, should remain at Madrid
till the 24th, where the French troops were to take possession,
and occupy the situations of the National Guard, and also the
Police bittablishments. But the Royalist General Bessieres,
anxious to he foremost in occupying the capital, and not aware
of the Convention which had been concluded, pushed forwards
on the 20th. There was afterwards an engagement, in which
Bessieres lost some hundreds of prisoners. This rash enter-
prize having caused much agitation amongst the populace, his
Royal Highness had deemed it advisable to accelerate the en.
trance of the French troops into Madrid: The advanced guard
of the Corps de Reserve and a brigade of the first corps occupied
this city on the 23d at day-break, from which: time the most
perfect order has prevailed.
His Royal Highness entered Madrid in person on the 24th,
at nine in the morning, at the head of a corps de reserve, while
his Excellency the Marshal Duke of Reggio entered at the same
time by the road of Segovia, with the troops destined for that
purpose. The remainder of Obert's-division also arrived yes-
terday at Madrid, and they
.were received by the inhabitants
with the liveliest demonstrations of joy.
The French troops during their long marches have never
once ceased to preserve the strictest discipline, aad have con-
tinually manifested a desire to prove their devotion to the
cause.
Ily command of his Royal Highness,
The Major-General Count (IUILLESIINOT.
Head-quarters, Madrid, May 25, 11123.
(,From the Mote of Thursday.]
PAWS, Ju Nit s.—News from Seville has been received to
the 20th ult. The disorganization which was pretended to
have reigned in that town did not exist—tranquillity prevailed
in the city, and the Cortes peaceably continued their legisla-
tive labours.
Merchants in Paris complain of the want of punctuality of
their correspondents at Perpignan. (This is an insinuation
that the letters from the Catalonian frontiers are stopped, be-
cause they contain unfavourable news.— Translator.)
Letters from St. Petersburg') announce positively that the
commencement of hostilities between Russia and the Porte is
I not far distant.
MADRID, MAY 21.--•T110 Commander-in-
Chief ordered the following notice to be pub-
lished yesterday :
" COIIIIIIANDFA IN CHIEF OF THE PROVINCE. ,1
" I, Don Joseph de !ayes, bieutenant-General of the na-1
tional armies, mate known that the French army will enter
this capital on thi 24th, according to the convention agreed on,
I immediately after a brigade of the army shall have relieved, atl
nine o'clock in the morning, all the posts which will be occu-
pied till then by the troops under my orders. Charged with the
preservation of order during this interval, I hope, from the
wisdom which characterises this illustrious population, that I
shall not be reduced to the necessity of employing the force'.
which I have at my disposal, nor of making an appeal to the
French army, to repress and punish, as I shall most undoubt-
edly do, with all the rigour of the military laws, any disorder,
whatever it may be, which may in the slightest degree disturb
the public tranquillity. The rigorous discipline which I shall
order to be maintained by the troops under my command, will
be the surest guarantee of the firm resolution which I have
taken narrowly to watch over the tranquillity and security of
the inhabitants of this heroic capital, and of the desire which
animates me in withdrawing from its bosom, not to carry away
any other recollections than those of' the virtues which have dis-
tinguished it in all times.
Madrid, May 20. " JOSEPH DE ZA.YAS."
EVENTS OF YESTERDAY EVENING.
All the inhabitants of this heroic capital, in
the midst of uncertainty and pain, were yesterday
tranquil on account of the confidence which they
have in the patriotism and virtues of the Con,-
mander-in-Chief, and the more so, as scarcely any
one was ignorant of the'capitulation agreed to by
him and his Excellency the Commander of the
French army, when, contrary to the expectations
of every man in his senses,,a column of more than
a thousand infantry and cavalry, commanded by
Bessieres, presented itself at the Gate of Alcala,
one of the entrances into Madrid. This chief
detached there a party of ten lancers to recon-
noitre, who reached as far as the Custom House
with a few inhabitants, who were uttering dread.
ful cries. This unexpected event obliged our
General to order a company to advance, which,
after firing on the aggressors, compelled them
precipitately to retreat as far as the Cibeles,
where Bessieres was" statiOssed.
This General himself (Bessieres) immediately
came forward to speak to the commander of the
company, who observed to him that he must re•
treat, and that he could not keep the position he
occupied without violating one of the articles of
the capitulation concluded with the Chief of the
French army.—" It is to the latter alone," said
Zayas, " that the place shall bus given up ; he-
sides, according to the laws of war, the capitula-
tion should be scrupulously observed. If the
French General were informed of what passes he
would be grieved, because he has testified the
warmest desire to preserve public tranquillity,
and offered me his own soldiers to attain that
object."
in spite of reasons so solid, Bessieres answered,
that " accustomed to conquer, he was resolved
to enter Madrid, though he should do so by main
force." Our excellent Commander, Zayaq, then
replied—" Place yourself at the head of your

cotumn—fight I. IT 'you donquer you shall enter
Madrid, but not otherwise."
In consequence our General Zayas gave the
promptest and most opportune orders for the Con-
stitutional troops to attack the column of Bes-,
sieres, which kept up a warm fire from the gate
of Alcala. Our garrison drove back the enemy's,
troops, but between the two Yentas the latter
made a stand, and a general action ensued.
Our artillery having fired six rounds very
apropos, threw disorder into the ranks of our
enemies. A squadron of cavalry, commanded by
D. Barthelemy Amor, charged them and threw
them into a complete rout. The result of this
action has been about 80 men killed, a great
number wounded, and 700 prisoners. Bessieres
was fortunate enough to get off with six or eight

horse.
At seven o'clock a French Officer entered the
city with a flag of truce ; it is asserted he brings
an tiller of troops to maintain order.—(Diario de
Madrid.)
( From the Con. titutionnel.)_
PARIS, JUNE 4.---The Grand Master of the
University has renewed the Academic Council of
Nancy, as he had previously renewed that of
Strasburg. Thus the grand system of cpurations
is pursued with a religious perseverance. If we
may judge from all that has been effected, there
never has been an Administration so pure as

ours.
Three of the Members of the Council of
Nancy have been changed ; amongst them we
find M. Cuvier, a very estimable Citizen and
Professor. Ile has for his successor the Grand
Vicar of the Bishop. M. Cuvier is of the same
religion and the same family as the celebrated
and learned individual who sits in the King's
Councils, and who has occupied in the Univer-
sity the same situation as the Grand Master.
Perhaps it would have been, wise not to have
adopted such a measure against M. Cuvier, as it
may he presumed that the malcontents will not
fail to remark that lie is a Protestant.
The execution of the law has commenced
which recalls the Veterans; unfortunately many
of them made haste to take advantage of their
discharge by marrying.
(From the Journal des Debats.)
PARIS, JUNE 4.—We give the Address pre-
sented to the Duke d'Angouleme by the majo-
rity of the Grandees of Spain.* This important
paper may he considered as the expression of the
wishes and intentions of this noble part of the
Spanish nation. It is an answer to the two prin-
cipal calumnies aimed against the adversaries of
the absurd and anarchical Constitution of the
Cortes.

iFrom the Courier Frauttais.l
PARIS, JUNE 4.—lt has been remarked tha,
.he Address of the Grandees of Spain is signed
by several Countesses, Duchesses, 'Marchionesses,
&c. As there are. no widows amongst these
ladies, we know not whether they act by procu-
ration for their husbands, or whether,holding the
Grandeeship of their Chief, they are enabled to
act in their own names without any other autho.
rity. To determine this question we must be in-
formed of the statutes re,specting.Grandees, but
the statutes are but little known, the Grandees
of Spain having rarely had occasion to speak or
to act as a body of the State. In addition to the
address which they have signed at Madrid, there
is no other instance, except at the period when
Napoleon dreW the Spanish Royal Family to
Bayonne. The Duke de l'lnfantado, who has
been appointed President of the Regency esta-
blished at Madrid, then addressed to Joseph
Nopoleon in the name of the Grandees of Spain
the following speech
4, We experience the greatest satisfaction in presenting our-
selves
Titirearteys,enfereonolf whosey
ou rreignma estyi
s theSelamrnnleasrttlly
desired, s
to fix tife ideas, to conciliate the interests,
and e
re. before
e order so necessary for the restoration of the
hopeeired,
ceesrf especiallytaab ry telitiisnTh gO.
the
t tu
Spanish country.
sire—The Grandees of Spain have been celebrated in all
times for their fidelity towards their Sovereigns. Your Ma-
jesty will find in them the same fidelity and the same devotion.
May you receive our homage with that goodness, of which so
many proofs have been given to your people of Naples, and the
renown of which luta reached Us."
A great number of young men were remarked yesterday in
Paris dressed in black with crape round their arms. The greater
part of them belong to the school of law, and they thus cele-
brate the melancholy anniversary of the death of the unfortn-
nate Lallemand. 'they proceeded in the morning to the resi-
dence of the mother of Lallemand, who was snatched away at
so early an are from his family, of which he was the hope.
It is said that accounts from Catalonia arrived yesterday to
the effect, that Marshal Moncey, in order to prosecute his plan
of operations, and the better to concentrate his force, had
deemed it expedient to evacuate Mataro.
• The number of Orandees of Spain amounts to upwards of
100 ; many of them are at present in foreign countries ; some,
a small number, have joined the revolutionary party ; nearly a
fourth are foreigners. The signatures to the Address to Ate
Duke d'Angouleme are, therefore, those of the majority of
Grandees of Spain.