Star.
London, England, 1823-05-23 00:00:00

BAYONNE, MAY is.

Large supplies of ammunition continue to arrive
here from all quarters, and especially by sea, so that
it should seem that the war is expected to be of some
• duration, as other% ise such extensive preparations
to maintain it would not be made. The manufac-
ture of biscuit likewise continues, and this seems to
he the chief article of subsistence of our soldiers on
their march, and in small detachments. -
The last private accounts from Burgos are not so
flattering► as the bull-fights, balls, illuminations, &c.
might lead us to expect. The inhabitants who have
not fled at the approach of the French, have certainly
given them a good reception ; yet it does not seem
cordial ; and, except these demonstrations, which
may be called municipal, the mass of the people
seems passive. However, our army continues to ad-
vance, at least on its right wing.
According to reports circulated yesterday, the van-
guard of the Ist Corps entered thecapital on the I.2th,
but this news being given by persons who could not
certify its authenticity, we must content ourselves
with believing, that hitherto no change has taken
place in the course marked out by the Prince. A
I,:w days difference can have no effect on the general
result. Our army is certainly disjointed as it were;
the corps which compose it being insulated, and not
strong enough, in point of numbers, to hold the im-
mense lines which they occupy, and consequently
they leave intervals between them which give the
Constitutional troops an opportunity of taking ad-

vantage of them.
Persons who arrived here yesterday, give it as their
' opinion that the Spaniards will really carry into exe-
cation the plan which they have announced, and
begin the war as soon as the French have en-
tered Madrid.. According to the movements of Bal-
lasteros; who manoeuvres alternately upon Temel,
Darocca, and Siguenza, and which seems connected
with that of Ikliu4 in Catalonia, it seems that they will

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much employment to the 2d corps. As for the 4th
we are not well informed if what is passing there.
From what we can learn, it should seem that Mar-
shal Moncey does not proceed with so much rapidity
and confidence as we have been led to expect.
- The war in Catalonia seems likely to be protracted,
.though some persons have affirmed that the sudden
retreat of Mina had pacified everything in that pro-
vince.' There are letters from Valencia which say
that the inhabitants are determined to resist if the
French should advance to that city, As for the par-
tisans of the Faith, they were not feared ; and, in fact,
it should seers that they were dispersed. We have
nothing new from Pampeluna and Sc. Sebastian : it
'seen:s as if the siege of those places was forgotten,
or thought to be unnecessary; yet guerillas are form-
ing in the most favourable parts of Navarre and the
three provinces, to which those fortresses will be a
support and a place of refuge when they are pressed
by a superior force.

. Letters received to-day from Vittoria, speak of the
continuation of the blockade of Santona by Zabala.
If that place should have the misfortune to fall into
the hands of him who is now attacking it, it is to,be
feared that dreadful atrocitips will be committed by
this Chief, who is well-known, and has threatened
that he will put the garrison and the inhabitants to
the sword.

The letters received. to-day from Saragossa state,
that the Royalist descamisados commit all kinds of
acts of vengeance.
A traveller just arrived from Pampeluna, affirms
that the garrison of that place had unexpectedly
made a sally with 1000 men and four cannon, bad
attacked the French troops, and had returned into
the place, taking with them a number of prisoners.
Letters from Catalonia, this moment received, do
not confirm the previous statements, of the flight of
Mina, but say that, according to his favourite system
of tactics,'he had taken about five or 6000 of his best
troops, and entered La Cerdagne, where he inspired
general consternation. Meantime Marshal Moncey
had been obliged to turn round and accept a battle,'
for which he was not prepared, in the neighbour-
hood of Figueras, into the citadel of which Mina
threw some troops to reinforce the garrison. - Hit af-
terwards crossed the Ter, which was still greatly
swelled by the rains, and when the accounts came
away he was at Ripoll. The same letters say that
General Molitor was endeavouring to push forward
troops both towards Tarragona and Barcelona.

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