The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-12 00:00:00

PARIS PAPRRS.

NEWS PROM THE FRENCH -ARIIIY IN SPAIN.
( From the Monitenr of Friday. )
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES.
(Continuation of the Telegraphic Dispatch of the Major-Gene-
.ral, dated May 6, Five o'clock in the Evening," communi-
cated in the evening of the 7th.)
General Molitor had, on the 4th, a division on the Cinca,
and some troops about Calatayud and Daroca.
Ballasteros continues to retreat by Terruel and Molina.
The Royalist garrison of the citadel ofJaca has taken posses-
sion of that town.
( Transmitted from Bayonne on the OM of May, at five
o'clock in the evening.)
BRIVIESCA, MAY 7—Half-past two P.M.
The Major-General to his Excellency the Minister of War.
The head-quarters of his Royal Highness the Duke are this
moment arrived here. The enthusiasm of the Spaniards is
constantly on the increase.

The Aloniteurof Thursday has published the follciwing re-
port, which contains the detail of all the military operations of
the 4th corps of the Army of the Pyrenees, since the 18th of
April, the day it entered Spain :-
3111,ITARY REPORT.

" The 4th corps of the army of the Pyrenees entered Spain
on the 18th of April, by the passage of Ferthus ; the following
day a column passed by the Col de Costaja.
The enemy did not show himielf at any. point. The
French troops were every were received with confidence.
"On the 21st of April, the sth and 9th divisions, and the
Spanish troops, commanded by Baron d'Eroles, were assembled
round Figoeras, and invested that place. On the same day,
the town and citadel of Row were occupied. On the 22d Fi-
gueras was summoned ; the answer of the Governor was not
satisfactory.
" The report then details with great minuteness the operations
of the several divisions on the left bank of the Fluvia, which
being swelled by very heavy rains on the night of the 30th, the
Marshall was obliged to suspend his operations till the 2d of
May, when the passage having become passable, the Duke of
Conegliano repaired to Bannolas.. On arriving there he learnt
that the enemy, intimidated by the movements of our left, and
the march of General Donnadieu, had abandoned his position
the preceding night, and retreated in two directions ; that MI-'
lens and Liobera were going to Amer by way of Micros, and.
Mina towards Vich, by way of Olot. He immediately ordered'
Baron d'Eroles to march from Bannolas upon Mieras, closely
to press the column of Milans, which was said to he incom-
bared in its march by a quantity of baggage. He directed
Count Curial to follow the retreating troops, to occupy Castel-
follit, and to communicate with General Donnadieu, to whom
corresponding orders were sent.
" General Vasserot remained at. Bannolas, to advance, ac-
cording to circumstances, either upon Mieras or Gerona. The
inhabitants of Gerona had sent a deputation to the Marshal to
hasten the arrival of the French troops. For some months
past heavy contributions )iad been levied on them : they were
menaced with new exactions, by a corps of 300 or 400 militia,.
which was at a short distance from their town.

" The retreat of the enerny leaving part of the troops free,
the Marshal_ repaired on the 2d from Bannolas to Gerona, with
a regiment of foot and one of horse. On the road the country'
people showed the most lively enthusiasm ; that of the inhabi-
tants of Gerona it would be difficult to describe. A deputation
came as far as Puente.Mavor to meet the French troops. The
Bishop, at the head of his Clergy, the Municipal Body, and
ahnost the whole population, received them as they entered the
city. The keys were presented to the Marshal, who returned
' them to the Regidor, in the name of his Catholic Majesty. In
the evening all the houses were illuminated. During the whole
night the inhabitants manifested their joy by songs and dances.
This general gaiety made a great impression on the French
soldiers, especially on those who had been in the last war.—
Gerona will become the depot for the supplies of the 4th corps..
Some slight works will make the. place safe against a coup.df.-
ntain. If in a military point of view it is important to occupy
it, the welcome which the French army has received there, is,
in a political view, a most happy presage. There is reason to
hope that the same sentiments will be manifested in all the con.
siderable towns in the province.
" The countries occupied by the 4th corps are going to be
organized. A wise and firm administration will tranquillize
the minds of the inhabitants, prevent private vengeance, and
augment the resources and the strength of the Royal army of
Catalonia.

" Gerona, May 3, 1823.
" By order Of the Marshal Commander-in-Chief,
" The Major-General, Chief of the Staff, DESPRBZ."
The Journal dcs Debals of Friday says—." It appears cer-
tain that General R.ego and the Count of /tmarante have re-
entered Portugal."
The Marquis of Matafiorida, and the Archbishop of Tarra-
gona, Members of the first Regency of Spain, arrived on the:
4th at Bordeaux, coming from Bayonne and returning tb
Paris.-.(Journal de Paris.)
Sir Thomas Maitland, Governor of the lonian Islands, ar:
rived in Paris this day.-4 Md. j
I No prices of the Funds arc ijuoted, Thursday being a holyday.]
BAYONI4 f:, May 5, to the Evening.—( By Express.)
We learn from the head-quarters that his Royal Highness
the Commander-in-Chief fireqUently receives couriers from
Seville. Ills Royal Highness has also received within these
few days a deputation of the principal inhabitants of Madrid,
who have come to express to 'hint the lively desire entertained
in that capital to see the French arrive speedily. The Army
of the Faith already occupies Valladolid, and according to all
appearance will he at Madrid on the 25th ; but it is very po.a.:
sible that King Ferdinand may be broUght back to that city
before ,that time, hysome regiments which will have thrown
off the'yoke of the Cortes.. It seems certain that Morino has
been abandoned by his troops. A letter from Perpignan, of
the Ist May, which has arrived this evening by express, states
that Mina, fearing lest the first engagement with the French
should be a signal for an almost general desertion of his troops,
has resolved to retreat to Barcelona.—( Quotidienne.)

SPAIN.
[FROM THE FRENCH PAF,ERS.I
MADRID, Ay ntr. 30.
The Government has received the report of General Was-
teros, dated from his head-quarters at 'Tarragona, 19th inst.
This brave defender of liberty commences his dispatch with fe-
licitations that his troops have had the glory to be the first to
measure swords with the French. He announces afterwards,
that on the ltith two brigades of the division of Col. Don Fran-
cisco de Bola Figueras were attacked in the environs of Arne.
dillo, by a force four times their number, composed of 4 French
battalions, with 500 cavalry, and two battalions of Afrancesa.
dos. The brigade of Colonel Arana was charged by all the
enemy's force; and, notwithstanding its enormous superiority,
our troops fought with the greatest enthusiasm, and retreated in
order upon A enedillo, where theyunited with the remainder of the
division. The combat wai obstinate, and the French sustained
considerable lois. The Colonel of Hussars of the Lower Rhine
was killed in the first charge of the cavalry. At the same time
the coiunin of the Brigadier Don Juan Sanchez was charged,
and received the enemy with the greatest coolness ; but it had
the misfortune tolose its braVe chief, who was made a prisoner
of war. The battalion of active militia of Logrono experienced
a loss sufficiently great ; but it nobly sustained the honour
of our anus. General Ballasteros conclud.es his,report by doing
homage to the courage of his troops, and expressing his inten- '
tion to defend until death the public liberties, and 'the legiti-
mate government of his country. Our troops maintained, on
the 19th, their position at Arnedillo.
On the 17th of April, Count Abisbal addressed four propo-
sals to the militia of Madrid :--
" 1. To march towards SevilleSio keep open the communi-
cation with the capital.
" 2. To join the army, enjoying the same prerogatives. .
" 3. To admit every,milititiman into the Guerillas.
" 4. That those who choose to remain at Madrid shall deliver
their arms to the active army."
The greater part of OM army chose the first proposal.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CORTES.
In the first sitting of the Cortes, held at Seville on the 23d
of April, the Assembly heard the report of the Special Com-
mittee on the:triumphal march of the National Representation
ftom Madrid to Seville.
in the same sitting, a message from the Minister of the Inte:
rior announced the entrance of the French into Spain.
To a question flora M. Monlesinos, whether the French had
commenced hostilities without a declaration of war, the Ministers
replied, they had no knowledge of any other document than
the Proclamation of the Duked'Angouleine.
The Minister of the Interior, in answer to a question by M.
Gonzales Alonzo, said, that the news from the Political Chief
of Zamora./ of the lath, had not mentioned the entrance of
Count Atnarante into Spain, though it was reported to have
taken place on the 14th.
On the 24th the Minister of. Foreign Affairs read the decla-
ration ot war against France. It is dated the 23d of April,
the King, and addressed to M. de San Miguel. It
states, that as the French have invaded the Spanish territory
without a declaration of war, and without any of the usual for.
nllities, which must be considered as a violation of the law of
nations and an actual cbmtneneetnent of hostilities, his Ma.