Star.
London, England, 1823-09-23 00:00:00

LEbCY THE MINISTER OF WAR.

" Orcayen, near Pampeluna, September 14.
"M. MARECIIAL—The necessity of driving in
all.the exterior posts of Pampeluna, to enable the En-
gineer Officers to reconnoitre the fortress, determined
me to make the attack of the 2d of September, of which
•I have hart the honour to render your Excellency an ac-
• count. That operation, which rendered us masters of
the rutnirb of Bocheappea, led me to make demonstra-
tions on the right bank of the Arga, fronting the town,
-stort on the bastion of Gonsagne, the object 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 redan was traced out on the top of the curtain, and
almost under the glacis of the bastion Gonsagne, which
• could be approached very closely unobserved, by favour
of the inequalities of the ground. Meanwhile batteries
of mortars kept up the vigilance of the fortress. An
entrepot of fifty 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 ap-
proaches it from the Prince's Fort, and which termi-
maes at the Arga, near Zizur Major.
" These preliminary arrangements being completed,l
determined on the night of the 10th to open the 'Tench
against the salient point of the citadel, the bastion Santa
!.Ltria, and the adjacent half.moons. The works were
to be commenced at the distance of 200 toises from the
glacis ; the na:ure of the ground favoured this bold
measure, which had the advantage of occasioning the
first parallel :o be opened at the distance at which the
s•cond usually commences, which svill supersede the
necessity of our making a third. I adopted the ideas
sa2;s:ested by General Garbe, particularly that of fur-
nishing tie pioneers with gabions, in order to compen•
sate by this act of prudence for the boldness of our first
operation, 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 trench 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 devotedness. The picked companies were distributed
along the front and wings, to protect the works under
the direction of General Fez nig and Colonel Schneider,)
commanders of the trenches ; and Colonel Deschall ds, '
trench-major. General G:trhe, assisted by Lieut.-Colonel
Lafaisle, and the battalion commanders bmercier,
bemerlis, and Itepecaud, 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 pickaxes'
striking on a pebbly soil occasioned a shower of fire to
be directed upon our line, which, however, was forte.
Irately in par t protected by the gabions. Mean s\ bile the
firing of grape-shot and musketry from the fortress was
soon directed on our pioneers, but in a vague and unde-
cided way, and the balls, for the most part, passed
beyond the line, because we were not supposed to be so
near. The works were perseveringly continued through-
out the night, and at day-break the parallel extended
three feet deep and four wide, along an extent of '2,000
toises, with a good communication dompleted on the
left, and one traced out in the centre. In the morning
the enemy commenced a vigorous firing upon the pio-
neers who had relieved those who had worked during
the night; but they were everywhere well, covered, and,
by singular good fortune, we have not had more than
eight or ten men slightly wounded in this operation,
and not one killed.
" 4 Immediately after I turned my attention to the
works of the artillery, the batteries of which were esta-
blished aloag this front of attack. Being confident of
the weakness of the enemy's garrison, which I mean to
fatigue, I have constantly kept up the appearance of a
diversion against the front of the city, is the direction
of the road leading to Tolosa. I shall throw away some
works and some cannon-balls; but my object is to ac-
celerate the mounting of the batteries in the parallel and
the covered way of the engineers, in order speedily to
silence the fire of the citadel, and to approximate the
fire of onr infantry to the ramparts, so asnot 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 be enabled to
open the fire, and the attack being once seriously com-
menced, will not relax. I shall be careful to commu-
nicate to your Excellency our successive operations, until
they attain the result we are entitled to hope for.—Ac-
cein, &c. (Signed)
" The Martial Marquis de LAURISTON."

Here follows the Telegraphic Dispatch, dated Oreayen, thi 17t he
announcing the capitulation of the town and citadeL

'CORRESPONDENCE ziErwErit THE DUKE
OF REGGIO ATID THE SPANISH REGII,NCE

" Swann Sca—After the verbal assurances which
your Serene Highness gave me, that the insolent Ad-
dress of the Army of Navarre should not see the light,
I have been extiemely sorry to learn that at this mo-
ment it is printing at the printing-office of Callado. In
consequence of this, I have taken the necessary mea-
sures to stop the whole impression ; and to prevent 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, 1813." •

" EXCELLENT Stn—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 Callado sur-
rounded 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, deceived by some unknown person, expected
every moment to receive the permission to print the
Address, and had, in consequence, begun the work.—
The Regency begs that your Excellency will cause the
papers seized to be put into the hands of a Judge of the
first instance, in order that the tribunals may punish
this excess. GOD preserve your Excellency.

" Madrid, August 30."
" SERENE SLR—I have the horlour to transmitlayour
highness herewith a copy of thti written perniiMilin, in
viitue of which the printer at Callado's thou It himself
Authorised to print the insolent Address of the Army
of Navarre. In fact, he Was author iced ; for lam in-
formed that the signature at the bottoril of the permiN-
sion 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 necessary authority for preventing similar
excesses in future from -opposing the pate' nal views of
my august Sovereign with regard to Spain. lu the
meantime, without passing the limits of the authority
with which I am invested, I shall know how to put a,
stop to the effrontery, the spirit of di,cord, and the in-
solence of certain Spaniards.—l have the honour, &c.
" Madrid, Sept. 1, 1823."

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1823.
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We have received ;he Paris Papers of Saturday ; but
they do not contain, as we expected, the details of the
surrender of Pampeluna, intelligence of which, as we
announced )esterday, had been received in Paris by
telegraph, on Friday. A dispatch, which we have
given in another part, from the Marquis of LAURISTON,
details the operations preparatory to the " grand at-
tack," but which attack, we presume, the capitulation
had rendered unnecessary.

The news from Port St. Mary comes dawn to the 11th.
At that time the Duke d'ANcout.zsm had moved his
head-quarters to Chiclana, near the Isle of Leon. The
fort of Puntales was expected to be taken without delay,
and confident hopes were held out that Cadiz, for the
attack on which the most vigorous preparations were
making by sea and land, would soon be obliged to stir-,
render. Should Cadiz, however, hold out for any con-
siderable time, should the distemper that has broken out
among the French troops make much progress, and
MINA continue his successful defensive operations, the
cause of national independence may still prosper.
The quarrel between the Duke d'Atonotmaisit and the
Madrid Regency, is a circumstance highly favourable
to the Constitutionalists, because the invaders, althoigh
fighting only against one party, cannot any longer expect
co-operation or support from the opposite party; and
suppose they conquer every place in the possession of
the patties who still adhere to the Cortes, and reinstate
FERDINAND in his absolute power, they will even then
have a host of enemies in the bigots, whose excesses the,
Prince Generalissimo t; ied to repress. The act of his
recalling the French Minister from the presence of the
Regency at Madrid is a strong presumptive evidence
of the breach between him and them having become
wider than ever. Does not this fact by the bye testify
strongly in favour of the policy of the British Govern-
ment in refusing to acknowledge that body?

The following is an extract of a private letter from the
Spanish capital:

" Numb, Sansmssa

gi The affair of the Trocadero on the night of the 31st
ult. I do not consider of any great political or milks' y
consequence; it only places the Duke d'Angouleme in the
same situation the French Army under Soulmvas in for
nearly three years, during the last war; the canal, how-
ever, across theTrocadero, cut in the year 181$, will now
enable the French to communicate by sea with -Puerto
Real, which they could not do in 1811, by the on.
sage between Matagorda and Puntales, and this ad-

vantage may facilitate an attack upon the Cavacca, and
even upon the Ila ; but unless there is treachery on the
part of those who are in command (and I am sorry to say
this is generally too much the case), the attempt will,
not be made by the French. I have news from Cadiz
to the 2d inst. provisions were in great plenty, even
fruit and vegetables, but somewhat dearer than usual.
The time, however, approaches when the sea blockade
will be merely nominal, and then regular supplies will
be sent from Gibraltar and Africa. Negotiations are
now at a stand."

We have received, via Bayonne, the following very
interesting accounts, from the Constitutional party, of
some of the recent operations in Catalonia :

MADRID, SEPTEMBER th

The Constitutional Gazette of the 3d of this month,
which has been circulated here with profusion, has oc-
casioned same arrests. The following is an extract from
this Journal :

" BARCELONA, SEPTEMBER S.

" His Excellency the Governor of the place has just
received a Dispatch from his Excellency the Comtn.:n-
der-in•Chief of the Army of operations, dated the Ist
of this month, to the following effect :

" I hasten to inform your Excellency that the Na-
tional armies are always victorious, thanks to Petovt-
DENCE, which supports the jtht cause, and to the.brave
men whom I am proud to command. After the various'
engagements I had with the enemy on the 17th, 1.1,t11,1
20th, and 22d, with the favourable result of which 1
have acquainted you, for the satisfaction of the loyal
citizens of Barcelona, I resolved to effect a move-
ment on Mont Blanche,. charging General Lloberas
to keep the enemy in check, who had taken up
a positionon the Colernar. My inter ion was to give
some repose to my troops, to protect the convoy of the
prisoners taken from the enemy, and inspect the works
of Tarragona. -The enemy, but little chastised in the
last attacks, certainly took my movement fur a flight,
as if the Constitutional troops knew how to fly, and
forced the division of Lloberas to fall back from St.
Olen's, St. Celeni, and Artafulla. Being informed of
this movement, I ordered General Lloberas not to be
drawn into an engagement, but only to keep off the
enemy till my arrival ; he punctually followed my or-
Iders, notwithstanding the reiterated attacks of the enemy
on the 27th, to which night alone put an end.—
I was soon convinced that the French meditated a more
serious attack for the next day, and prepared to take
part in it, making a movement towards Artafulla, and
at the same time ordering General Lloberas to cover the
point of Vendrel, towards which the enemy manoeuvred
during the night, desiring, probably, to near the coast,
to be seconded by his naval force. We did not perceive
his fires during the night, ours could light his camp. 1
" On the 28th, at day-break, the enemy developed
his columns on his left at Artafulli, feigning to lean on
Vendrel, the better to disguise his attack on oar centre'.
and the Royal road. I caused the ridge of Vendrel to
be occupied by the foreign legion, which had covered
itself with glory the preceding day, and by a battalion
of the Asturias. My chassetirs, impatient to engage
the enemy, began the attack at the Hermitage of St.
Felice, against my orders : they were obliged to yield
to him this post, which was reinforced by a weak batta-
lion. I.caused if to be dislodged by the 4th of La Co-
runna, and this engagement led to the general attack.

" The French and their infamous allies, to the amount
of 10,000 men, commanded by their able Marshal,
Moncey, in person, reconnoitred and attacked almost
at the same time our positions, but with an impetuosity
not to be described. Our brave men repulsed them with
unparalleled bravery; they returned to the charge;the po-
sitions are "again contested ; they are carried, taken, and
retaken by turns ; the combat becomes obstinate and
bloody, and continues with the greatest inveteracy for
six hours, in contempt of fatigue, cruel thirst, and death;
and the moment of victory or defeat is still uncertain-
" This indecision and the desire of General Lloberas,
who had already had two horses killed under him, in-
duced me to bring forward my tescrve, supporting his
division and mine by a battalion of Asturias, and the
sth of the Catalonians, partly composed of recruits, and
I ordered the Chief of my Staff, Colonel San Miguel, to
lead it. These two regiments, without waiting fur
the orders of their officer's, charged the enemy with
fixed bayonets, broke his ranks, and obliged him to
retreat Our brave men, encouraged by this noble
example, redoubled their efforts, and with cries of
I Tfie Constitution for ever !—Death to the French !'
charged with the bayonet along the whole line, drove
the enemy from all his positions, and spread confuion
in his ranks. Our cavalry then decided the victory,.
charging and pursuing him as far as Belver and Santa
Cruz on one side, and as far as Santa Barbara and
Santa Colomba on the other; we should have pursued
him much further, but our infantry was exhausted with
fatigue. I think, however, that our guerillas have
harassed him in his shameful retreat.

gi The result of this victory is, that we hindered the
enemy from seconnoitring our camp, and caused him
:t loss of 600 killed, 90) wounded, 170 prisoners, and
100, mules loaded with baggage. Our loss is not yet
ascertained, but I estimate it at 259 killed, and $6O
wounded, for whom I implore the assistance of the

loyal inhabitnnts."
Note.—Afterwards the account mentions the corps
and individuals who distinguished themselves, and
makes a pompous, eulogium on the Foreign Legion,
which in the•vari.ous charges killed a great number of
the enemy, and took fifty prisoners, among whom are
five officers.

_ .
We have received the Madrid Royalist paper El Re-
staurador of the 15th, and Li Itestattraor Extiaordi-.

nario of the same dAte. The ordinary publics
tains some unimportant decrees of the Rege
Extraordinario, which is stated to be printtc
purpose of calming the public anxiety on the
Cadiz, gives the following articles relative tc
rations against that place:

a PUERTO DE SANTA MARIA, SE

" This morning w,e have observed great m
and maritime preparations, and everything
an immediate and vigorous attack on -the hi:
have sailed hence, in the direction of San Luc
less by order of General Villavicencio, four
with a considerable number of seamen,
stow
vessels, fitted for having bridges thrown 431
Fifteen feluccas and other useful vessels, wits,
men, have arrived at San Lucar from Ayani
number of gun,poats are fitting out at that p:
has been vWtecily General Bourmont. The
of gun-boats and bombs which have sailed fro
is 117. On the Bth, at nine o'clock at nigl
learned from Cadiz, that the Cortes had insi
the King approving, with the Council of State,
stipulation, proposed by General Alava. His
replied, that it was not within his powers, an(
Cortes, as they represented the Sovereign peap
deliberate and agree upon what they might, t
per.' We give this news as certain."
F:tES, SEPTEMBER 10, Tr, It'

The greatest obscurity covers everything I
observe at the head-quarters much activity an
silence, suited to the existing crisis. Absurd
tradictory rumours are circulating, the exagger
of which will doubtless reach the capital."
The same paper contains an address to the
from the Captain-General of Arragon, the Rol
rison of Saragossa, and the Intendant of the
The following passage will sufficiently explai
rit of this document:
The Spanish Revolutionists are of differ
and have been known by different names.
they are dismayed, and considering them!
veined by force, they yield, but they do not
their designs. On the contrary, they only I
imagination on new ideas; and those who
three years past have been crying up the Coi
probably now expect that an opportunity will
their declaring for Chambers, -which are no
trary to the Spanish character than the Cc
itself. None better than your Highnesses know
of the Spanish nation, what are its wishes, am
worthy sons desire, and what has been their d
tion, so well expressed in the public rejoicing
have breathed nothing but Religion, the Bind
Inquisition r

Letters and Papers have been received from
to the 2ti inst. General QUIROGA and Si
WILSON were there waitiug events, which mil
them to get- to Cadiz, or make a diversion in
the Constitutionalists. General ZAYAS arri
from Malaga on the 31st ult. after having
culty escaped from Rtaoo, whom he des
guilty of many acts of violence against the ii
of that city, unfortunately too often need
crises like that in which Spain is at present pl
as successful, also, in raising large supplies
and provisions for his troops. The abando
Malaga by the Constitutional troops was
known. It is remarkable that the Gibraltar lc
of BALLASTRROS as still effective against d
troops, and as the cause of the delay in Mot.
vance on Cadiz to join Botranzsom.g. The
Gibraltar seems to be, that whether the French
pelled to attack Cadiz, or sought to reduce
by a blockade, their chance of success was
doubtful; and this opinion is founded both or
of the supplies within the city, and the nume
of the French army before it. Until the arri
Duke of ANGOI.ILRMIC at Port St. Mary's, tl
blockade had been so lax, that a large stock
sions had been sent from Gibraltar, by far •tb
part of which reached its destination; Aft
occasionally fell into the bands of the Frenc
value of the cargoes which entered was quite
to cover that loss. After the Duke's arrival,
of gun-boats were employed in aid of the sql
intercept the small coasting vessels destin
supply of Cadiz; but even that additional
not restrain the enterprize of the Gibraltar 3
and a few vessels still, by extraordinary adro
under cover of the night, were enabled to ent
ever scarcity of meat existed in Cadiz, there
doubt that the city was sufficiently supplied
to endure a siege of two or three months. 1
force before Cadiz, even supposing Momor
up in time for the general attack, would ni
supposed, exceed 30,000 men. Tb at advance
on consulting the French Journal;, which giv
much later in date, we find not to have b
and, that MOLITOR is almost as much fors
his force had never formed a part of the arm;
Without MOLI7Oft, the Duke of ANGOLILEUE
reckon on more than 20,000 effective men—
too weak, supposing common. spirit and re.
exist within the walls, to take Cadiz by ass;
besieged, we also learn, were in no want
having levied large sums from the merchants
contributions. In the latter end of August, i
were repulsed in an attempt to take Tarifa.
• The French Ultra Journals persist in saying that ti
concealing himself, in the dinuise of a farmer's man, l

A letter of good audio' ity, dated in Corfu
of August, states, that at the latest advices,
fleet remained inactive off I'atras, and that tip
fleet had sailed from hydra to attempt their
from that sea. The same letter also states, that
the Turks and Greeks had met on the Coni
effotts of the latter had universally been atm(
most brilliant Lnccesi.

)I;catiol con.

tegency ; th
inted for the
the events of
re to the ope.

, SEPT. in.
Lt MQ v e aunts

ing ir.dicates
There
Lucar, do4bt.

Tour feluccas,
towing three

n over then).
with ILO sea.

yanionte. A
it part, which
Tne number
l from Seville
night, it was
insisted upon

Mate, x ce: tcin
His Majesty
anj Clint the
pcupe, woul3
lit think pro-

"ts

g here. We
y and a gre.tt
urd and con-

gerated echo

the Regency
Royalist gar-
the province.
•plain the spi-

ifferent sacts,

. At present
iemselves va
not relinquish
ily turn tbeir
vho for these
Constitution,
will arrive for
no less con.

Constitution
not+• the spirit
, and wh.tt its

eir deterrnina-
>kings, which
King, and tLe

'run Gibral•;ar
.:1 Sir gozrix
I might enaile
favour ti
arrived the.v
nrr with difF,

described as
:he inhabitants
needful under
nt placed; but`
dies of money
andonment of

was not then
kr letters speak
st the French
110LITOR'S ad-

The opinion at
mch were corn-
luce the place
was extremely
th on the state
umerical force
arrival of the
's, the French
stock of provir
ar the greater
A few vessels
rench, but the
quite adequate
ival, a number
ie squadron, to
estined for the
)nal risk could
:ar merchants,

adroitness, and
a enter. What-
here was little
lied with corn
. The French
Aron to Come

4 not, it was
ante, however,
give accounts
ye been made:
forgotten as if
army of Spa*
.E;:£ could not
en—a foree far
d resolution to
assault. Ds
rant of moselp
flants by forced
nst, French
ila.

that this (lacer
_ln, in lia• tgshire•

uric on the St.'
.
.cs, the 'j raritr,h
tat the u;reciit3
their ex 'poly."
that w.:lcievcr
Contin pit, Ilia
atendo j by tae