Star.
London, England, 1823-05-12 00:00:00

FROM THE JOURNAL DES DEBATE.

Ballasteros is retreating on the road to Valencia.—
General Molitor has sent pact of his troops in pursuit
of him, the other part is proceeding into Catalonia,
and was, on the 4th, upon the Cinca. The head-
quarters were at Briviesca on the 7th.
We have received intelligence from the interior of
Spain, and particularly from Seville and Madrid,
which is of the highest importance.
The entry of our troops into Spain, and the success
of our enterprise, has confounded the leaders of the
Revolution, who have fled to Seville. The cones-
pondence of the Carbonari, the declarations of the
Jacobin Journals all over Europe, the violence of the
opposition both in France and England, had con-
vinced the Government of the Cortes that we were on
the eve of ruin.

They spread the report that there would be a ge-
neral insurrection in France the day we passed the
Bidassoa; that the whole of Spain would take up
arms against the Duc d'Angouleme; lastly, that the
• defection of our army would be complete, and that it
would take the tri-colored cockade. The surprise of

the Government of the Cortes may be conceived when
those three illusions •anished at once. France has re-
mained tranquil and happy; Spain has risen, not to
repel, but to welcome with transports of joy, its de-

; and our soldiers here shetra
faithful u Max. M. San Mixed and --
now repeat their boasting, and their- rejecting with
ridiculous disdain the moderate pripoials of the
French Governtnent. At Seville they talk only of
retreating to Cadiz ;- and the want of money is such,
that there are no means to pay the King's journey and
that of the Cortes from Seville to Cadiz. The Revo-

lutionists who are the most implicated openly speak
of taking the Royal Family to Ceuta or the Canaries.
Some Militia, ill armed and equipped, form the
whole garrison of Seville ; and it has not been even pos-
sible to drive away about thirty men, who have posted
themselves towards San Lucar, on the Guadalqui-
Ter, and intercept the communication between Se-
vale and the sea.
In the interior, Ballasteros is abandoned by his
soldiers. Morello has not been able to collect above
twelve or fifteen hundred men.' Not a single armed
body is met with on the great roads. Rego, finding
nobody to support him, has turned back to Portugal.
Ulman has not entered Valencia, as was stated, but
is besieging, or rather blockading it, with Bessieres,
and another Royalist General. They have, together,
nearly 16,000 men, but no artillery, which hinders
them from taking the city by assault. It is expected
that it must shortly surrender for want of provisions,
the coast being guarded by French cruisers.
The approach of our army, and especially of,
General Molitor's division, will hasten the fall of that
great city. All the south of Spain, from Malaga to
Carthagena, seems on the point of declaring against
the Cortes. If you add to this picture what is now
passing before our eyes in the north of Spain, in the
part where it would have been possible that we might
have met with some obstacles, it is proved that the
whole Spanish nation' will have nothing to do with
the revolution.

In this universal decomposition, it is evident that
the Cortes can have no resource; they cannot have
soldiers by force, for they have no force; they cannot
have them for money, for no taxes are paid, and no-
body will lend to the Cortes: a great and memorable
lesson to those men 'who pretend to introduce into a
country institutions which are repugnant to the genius
and manners of a people; and who, not choosing to'
content themselves with a wise liberty, calculated on
the degree of civilization and knowledge, establish
by violence theories which have nothing applicable
but the evils which they produce.
Accounts from Lyons state, that the Court of Cor-1
rectional Police has passed sentence on two of the
principal persons convicted of having been engaged
in the mock ceremony of the Funeral of Commerce,
on the 16th of February. Pinet has been condemned
to six months imprisonment, and a fine of 600 francs;
and Faure to one month's imprisonment, and a fine
of 150 francs.

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Brussels Papers to the 9th inst. have. reached ill
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but the only intelligence they contain, is an acceunt of
the several cities visited by the KING of the birrnita.
LANDS, and the reception lie haieVerywhere received.
which is described as brilliant:

Accounts from Betlin. dated Apr 29, state that
the Royal Commissioners have -just redeemed papar
currency to the amount of 7,336,445 ussian dollasso
burnt at the Mint. This makes the whole amain
burnt 151 millions of dollars.

Frankfort Papers to the 4th instant reached us this
forenoon. It will be seen by one paragraph, that
notwithstanding all the sage prophecies of one of our
contemporaries, the Austrian trobps are pursuing
their march into the interior of the empire. The fol-
lowing are extracts :

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