Star.
London, England, 1822-12-26 00:00:00

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FRENCH PAPERS.

'PARTS, DECEMBER 23.
The King beard Mass in his apartment yesterday..
Their Excellencies the Ministers, the Papal Nuncinq
Prince Talleyrand, the Marshals, many Peers, st-
veral Deputies, the Prefect of the Seine, and a great
nunther of Generals, had the honour of paying their
-*owl to his Majesty yesterday.

FROM THE GAZETTE DE FRANCE OF MONDAY.
The revolutionary patty commit the most horrible
excesses. At Ronda, as well as at Nlanresa, in order
to get rid of respectable persons, who did not concur
with them in their theories, they had the villainy to
infer that they were conspirators against the existing
Government. They were committed to prison, and
afterwards v,ithdrawn upon the pretence of condUct-
in.% them to the cities where they are to be tried.
Scarcely had they proceeded a few leagues, 'when
they were all inhumanly massacred. The reign of
tenor has begsiii here; it differs, however, from that
whi'cli prevailed in France, iiiasrouch as our terrorists
dispensed even with the revolutionary tribunals;
they do not give themselves the trouble to disguise
their assassinations by legal formalities. All that
they desire is to allay their thirst of Mood.
Every communero is a spy, an informer, and, if
need be, an executioner. In the secret societies, the
victims are fixed upon; and some of the Members
undertake to execute them. One of these cannibals
lately proposed to massacre in the prisons, by assault,
all who were in confinement for their political opi-
nions. The Inquisition, in its worst and most terrific
era, never shewed such a disregard for the laws as
do these modern inquisitors.
The requisition for horses is enforced with the
greatest activity in the different provinces. Two
hundred have been collected in La Mancha.

FROM L'ETOILE.
MADRID, DECEMBER 14.

MM. Pizarro and Jonama, both writers in the
disgusting journal, entitled Zurriago, have just been
exiled, the former to the Isle of Ivica, and the latter
to the Canaries. They are both chiefs of the comma-
floes faction. The publication of an arder for the
exile of the revolutionary Apostle, Romero Alpuente,
is every moment expected in Madrid, whom it has
been decided to send from the capital.
The factious have intercepted a courier dispatched
from Madrid to M M. Ardoin and Hubbard, at Paris,
and tcrk from him his dispatches, because they con-
tained some Journals.
BAYONNE, DECEMBER 12.

Nothing is heard of at Bayonne but war, and we
are on the eve of great events. Navarre is soon to
be for the Army of the Faith what Catalonia lately
was—with this difference, that it affords more re-
sources, and that aid can be obtained from the Basque
Provinces, whose fidelity is invincible.
We expect here another convoy, which, •it is said,
is in the offing, but cannot enter in consequence of
the bad weather. It is now six weeks since any ves-
sel could pass the bar. The horse artillery staff is
under orders for Toulouse, to recruit and remount.
Seveial Cabinet and commercial couriers passed
through here yesterday. It is said that the Regency.
which was at Urgel is coming hither to await an oc-
casion of re-entering Spain.
Everything indicates that a serious engagement
will shortly take place between the Royalist and Con-
stitutionalist troops which occupy Navarre. The lat-
ter have approached our frontier in several quarters:
it appears to be their design to surround the Army
of the Faith commanded by General O'Donnell, and
to cut off all the passes into France.
Fourteen hundred men occupy the town of Bastan,
-and about the same number are distributed at diffe-
rent points of communication. General Assura com-
mands this division. It is supported by the garrison
of Psmoeluna, which has lately left that fortress, and
now occupies the environs of Roncevaux and Lum-
biers. The Royalists appear to care little about these
movements. It is affirmed that they are posted in
the most favourable positions, and ill:it their num-
bers are fully equal to those of the enemy. O'Don-
nell is actively re-organizing his forces ; it appears
that his'preliminary operations will soon he termi-
nated, and that the funds placed at his disposal in
furtherance of them are nearly exhausted.
utsnoN, DF.CJ Mrt:R a.

We take no illusory view of things. Portugal must
entirely follow the chance of Spain. She must con-
quer with her, or bury herself in the same tomb—
consequently she is ready to unite armies, and to
form a holy and sacred alliance, against which all
efforts will fail. If the Treaty of Alliance between
these two Powers has not yet been signed, we must
rather consider it as owing to the incapacity of the
negotiators, than a want of will on the part of the
Governments. All is, however, terminated, and very
soon the two nations will be only one. The Kings
of Europe will shortly learn that the Spaniards and
Portuguese have sworn to live and die together.—
Le Regulateur.
We (La Ruclie d'Aquilaine) yesterday stated that
movements had been made by the Royalist troops in
Navarre ; the following is an official statement of the
situation of the troops in that Spanish province :
The army of the Liberate:, commanded by Ge-
neral Torrijos, was, at the end of last month, at Vit-
toria, and General O'Donnel had his head-quarters at
Lumbies, five leagues from Pampeluna. On the 30th
of November, Torrijos proceeded to the latter town,
and posted his troops in the neighbouring villages :
the Royalist General maintained his position, and
promptly sent for a portion of his soldiers which he
had sent, in two columns, to the five towns of Arra-
gon, and to the villages of Rivera de la Navarre.—
These two divisions, which went to recroit, soon re-
turned, after having fulfilled the object on which they
were dispatched.
At the same time, Lieutenant-General O'Don-
nel ordered Colonel Don Juan Gonsalez to occupy
Montreal with a battalion of twenty hoe se, to observe
the enemy. In pursuance of these instructions, the
talonel placed his advanced sentinels under the very
walls of Pampeluna.
Torrijos left Pampeluna on the 3d, with all his
troops, and took possession of Aviz. On the sth,
General O'Donnel quitted Lumbies, and precipitately
took the road to Vittoria, passing through Estava,
with three battalions of Infantry, and one hundred
gild twenty horse, leaving three battalions and thirty