Star.
London, England, 1822-12-04 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

• PARIS, DECEMBER 1.
According to the letters received from different
commercial towns, the fear of war paralyses all busi-

ness.

The Duke of ;Wellington is expected at Paris
immediately. It is believed he will pass through in
a few days.
The total destruction of the Army of the Faith ;
the preparations making for the concentration of mi-
litary forces on the Fiench frontier; the reception
which one of the leaders of* the Spanish insurrection
has experienced in France; the fall of the funds ; the
rapid rise in the price of maritime insurances, which
certain Englishmen have monopolized in the French
ports; the unloading of many vessels which were about
to set sail ; the menacing tone of the journals which
are understood to possess a semi-official character; the
silence which is observed respecting M. Ouvrard's
loan, the pretence of which is doubtless considered,
henceforward, unnecessary ; the Councils that have
been held at the house of the Minister of War; the
orders which have been issued for a levy of forty I
thousand men ; finally, the natural force of things,
and the necessary progression in the development of
patties, which we have observed during two years,
always gives the advantage to the most violent coun-
sels ;—all these are facts which it is our duty to state,
and leave to the consi.leration of onr Readers. The
arrival of the Minister of War, without doubt can
furnish an explanation of them, and the same circum-
stance will be followed by a consequence which we
can anticipate, but dare not foretel.—Jcurnal de Paris.
We have received the following letter, dated Foix,
November 25:—" We are in the, most dteadful con-
fusion here, and the reports from the frontiers of Ar-
ragon succeed each other with so much rapidity, that
it is impossible to state them all ; for during three
days couriers have crossed one another in every direc-
tion, and at all hours of the day. The remains of the
Army of the Faith hiving no longer any point of
concentration on the frontiers, have entered this de-
partment by every road. Llivia was evacuated on
the gist of this month ; the members of the Regency,
the Generals, and other Officers, have all taken refuge
in the French territory. Many bands of fugitives have
already arrived at Foix, and are about to proceed to
Giions, where another band of 100 men arrived
last night, escorting ninety Constitutionalist prisoners,
who have been on the frontiers during twenty days.
These are the prisoners whom the inhabitants of the
French frontiers have for some time desired to deliver
up ; they have now been set at liberty by the orders
of Government. The soldiers of the Faith vTho have'
fled into our territory, appear to direct themselves
upon Arragon, by proceeding round this department,
but it is probable that they will not again leave France,
for a courier who arrived this evening from St. Girons
has brought intelligence that Baron d'Eroles had fled
to Saint Beat, a French commune in the department
of Haute Garonne, which communicates with Arra-
gon by the valley of Aran. In a few hours we shall
have here the Marquis de Mataflorida, the Bishop of
Urgel, and all the Staff of the Army of the Faith,
together with a battalion of Monks. Mina has en-
tered Urgel and Puycerda, where great rejoicings
took place upon his arrival.
46 P.S.—We have heard that last night an affair
took place at Hospitalet, the last French village on
• the frontiers ; and we hear at intervals the report of
artillery, which reverberate in the mountains. Two
couriers have just arrived, and all the troops in the
town and the villages of the Canton are ordered to

march immediately. Some personi assert that an ,
gagerneilt 'has taken place befweett Mitta's troops an.
the Ftench cordon, who endeissonted to protect the,
bands of the soldiers of the Nith; *others, en the co' n-
Itvary, say that the French soldiers fired upon those of
the Faith, because they attempted to pass into France
with their arms."—Courier Francais.
An individual who left Seo d'Urgel oti the 19th,
informs es that upwards of 200 men had been em-
ployei for many days in digging new fosses round
the fortress. The Minister of War, who did not pro-
ceed with the Regency to Puycerda, has set out. to
rejoin it; the state of his health alone detained the
Marquis di Mataflorida at tlivia : the Regency con-
tinues at Puycerda. Perfect tranquillity exists at
Urgel ; the inhabitants are full of hope, and are far
from dreading an attack on the part of the Constitu-
tionalists. The task of defending the town might be
left to themselves.

After the last engagement, which took place near
Concre du Trempe, Baron d'Eroles retired upon
Geri, and Romagosa upon Guardia; his troops fought
with great bravery. The enemy sent some of his
forces .forward as far as Ortogueda, but he was
obliged to retire on Pablo de Segur. The Royalist
troops, after having been attacked near Ripol, were
compelled to retreat to Ortogirenza. Mina has gained
all these advantages by his trout) delite. Damon
d'Eroles has passed Mina's line, and the latter Gene-
ral is retreating, which he has been induced to do by
the Royalist insurrection which has broken out at Sa-
ragossa. This event must be very favourable to the
operations of the Baron d'Eroles.—L'Echo du Midi.
The Royalists who fled from Catalonia took refuge
in the province of Calatayud. Calatayud, however,
was soon fortified ; and on the 15th the Political
Chief made a sortie on the rebels, and drove them be-
fore him as far as Almeria. Enraged at being thus
shamefully defeated at every point, these wretches
who pretend to fight in the name of religion, were
base enough to tear the remains of the Deputy An-
tillon from the grave in which they were deposited in
the burying ground of St. Eulalia.
General Torrijos entered Pampelima on the 20th,
and wks received most enthusiastically.
The funeral of the Duke de Fernan Nunez, late
Ambassador from Spain to the Court of France, took
plate yesterday morning. The corpse was interred
in the Church of Notre Dame de Lorene, Faubourg
Montmartre. The procession was composed of fifteen
mourning coaches and a considerable number of car-
riages, containing all the Ambassadors and Ministers
of Foreign Powers, as well as of the former Ambas-
sadors from Spain to the Court of France, and many
of the countrymen of the deceased, amongst whom
were Prince Massenano, Duke de Berwick, Count
Torreno, &c. _ _

The trial of the persons accused of sending threat-
ening letters to the Jury who tried General Berton,
was finished on Saturday. One was acquitted ; and
of the two found guilty, one was sentenced to six
months' imprisonment and a fine of 100 francs I the
other to six months' imprisonment and 300 francs fine.