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London, England, 1823-10-22 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

FROM THE MONITEUR.--01FICIAL !ART.
ORDONNANCE OF THE KING.
" Louis' by the Grace of Gon, King of France and Navarre :
" To all whom these presents shall come greeting,
" We hate ordained and ordain as follows:
"ART. 1. The Baron de WOWS, Pees of France,Lieute
General of our Armies, is named Minister Secretary of
State for the War Department, in the room of our Cou-
sin the Marshal Duke of Beiluno, who is appointed to
the Embasq to Vienna, vacant by the resignation of
the Marquis de Caraman.
" 2. During the absence of Baron Damas, Lieute-
nant-General Count du Coetlostriet, Director-General
of the bureaux of the War Department, shall provision-
ally hold the port-feuille.
" 3. The President of our Council of Ministers is
charged with the execution of the present ordonnance.
"-Given at the Palace of the Tuilleries, October 19,
the year of Grace, 1823, and of our Reign the 29th.
(Signed) " LOUIS.
" By his Majesty's command,
" The President of the Council of Ministers,
(Signed) " iii. DE VILLELE."
ARMY OF THE PYRENNEES.
" REPORT OF MARSHAL LAURISTON TO THE MINISTER
OF WAR.
" FIRAD-QUARTESS, SARAGOSSA OCT. 12.
" My LORD—On the 23d of September, General San
Miguel (Es-Minister of the Cortes), Chief of ,the Staff
of the army of Catalonia, marched out of Tarragona in
the middle of the night, with about 3,000 infantry and
400 c.ivalry, proceeding by the mountains of Lerida,
which he entered on the 26th. Baron D'Eroles fol-
lowed this movement with his division, of which the
brigade Tromelin. was part, and placed himself on the
Segre, towards Balagtwr, and Camarosa. He sent
orders to General Capape,commanding the Arragonese
Corps at Fraga. At the same time General Santos
Ladron, at Tamarite, received information that the
Navarrese battalions which left Pampeluna, werle on the
march to join his division. The enemy intended not
only to reinforce Lerida, but to attempt a distant move-
ment, ascending the Segre, to succour the Seu d'Urgel
and Figuieras. They marched out on the 28th, but the
forces which they saw collecting against them, and the
news of the taking of Figuieras, soon made them go in
again, and the infantry did not come out any more.
On the first news I received of this movement at Pam.
peluna, I sent the regiment of the Infant Don Carlos to.
ward Huesca, by way of Sanguesa and the Cincovillas.
I had at the same time on the road to Saragosa the bri-
gade of cavalry of General Chastelleux, and the brigade
of infantry of General DAmsement, commanded by
Lieut.-General recheux.

,4 When I arrived on the sth at Saragossa, I learnt
that the enemy's cavalry still kept the field, after having
passed the Cinca, and that it was in vain attempting to
repass that river, the two banks of which were guarded
by Generals Santos Ladron .and Capape. I did not
hesitate immediately to send towards Lerida, the actual
object of my operations, the division of Pecheus, which
entered Saragossa the day before; but I directed it to-
wards Monzon. by Alcubiere and Polinillo, that it might
attack and outflank the column of General San Miguel,
who we knew commanded this corps, which had been
joined by the partisan Barbiscure, of Monzon, with 60
horse, who generally remained at Lerida. The divi-
sion set out on the 6th, and on the 7th, in the evening,
took a position at Polinillo and Vjllaries. In the night
information was received of the enemy's march. After
having marched towards Barhastro he had retired, and
attempted to repass the Cinca at Santa Lecirra and
• :Alcolca, and Chalamera; but finding the fords every
where guarded by the troops of Santos Ladron, be bad
retired towards Castelfollit and Xixena, and in the night
traversing the road which the French army followed;
be had passed the Alcanadre, as if to proceed in the
'direction of Huesca, and had halted at the village of
Salinas. I had instructed General Pecheux to send the
cavalry close after the enemy, as soup as he could be
overtaken, and to pursue him so as to force him back
to Fraga, to surround, destroy, or take him.
:fire Report here details the proceedings till Gene-
rals Chastelleux and Capape met with the enemy, drawn
up in good order, and covered by numerous sharp-
shooters, near 'f ramaced. The enemy received the first
shock with firmness, and there were some killed and
wounded on both sides. Among the killed was the
French Lieutenant Abel, of the Hussars. But the Spa-•
niards being 'immediately afterwards charged by Colo-
nel Burgraff, with two squadrons of Hussars, and by
Colonel Faudoas at the head of the Chasseurs, they
were broken, and congdeiejy isititecl; leaving their bag-
gage and eighty prisoners, besides fifty killed. The Re-
port adds; that the enemy, flying in different directions,
the greater part were taken prisoners, in small parties.
'Among the prisoners is General San Miguel, severely
wounded, and the Cute Barbes. The reach less is
stated to be Lieutenant Abel, of the Hussars, and Sub-
Lieutenant Baur, of the Chasseurs, killed on the field of
battle ; and two hussar's, four chaiseurs, and a subaltern

officer of hussars, wounded. Itich-.0114e.is
on the officers and troops j.
Tam VIE JOURNAL DRS POIITI.
MADRID, OCTORER AS, .4
The following is a Decree of his Majesty, dated Le./
brigs, the 6th, and published off the 10th instant in the
Supreme Council :
" In casting my eyes on the MOST HIGH, who had
deigned to deliver me from so many dangers, and to
lead me back, as it were by the hand, among my faith-
ful subjects, I experience a feeling of horror when I re-
collect all the sacrifices, all the crimes, which the im-
pious have dared to commit against the Sovaagfon
CREATOR of the Universe.
" The Ministers of Religion have been persecutedand
sacrificed, the venerable successor of St. Peter has been
insulted, the Temples of the LORD profaned and de-
stroyed, the Holy Gospel trod under foot ; lastly, the
inestimable inheritance which Jesus CHRIST left us the
night of his holy supper, to assure us of his love and of
our eternal felicity, the sacred hosts, have been tram-
pled under foot.
" My soul cannot be at rest until united to my be-
loved subjects. We shall offer to Gon.pious sacrifices,
that he may deign to purify by his grace the soil of
Spain from so many stains. In order that objects of
such importance should be attained, I have resolved
that in all places in my dominions, the Tribunals, the
Juntas, and all Public Bodies, shall implore the cle-
mency of the ALMIGHTY in favour of the Nation, and
that the Archbishops, Bishops, and Capitular Vicars of
vacant Sees, the Priors of Orders, and all those who
exercise ecclesiastical jurisdiction, shall prepare mis-
sions which shall exert themselves to destroy erroneous,.
pernicious, and heretical doctrines, and shut up in the
monasteries, of which 'the rules are the most rigid, those
ecclesiastics who have been the agents. of an impious
factiOn.—Sighed by my Royal hand."
This Decree is also in the official part of the Mon ifeur.
FROM TIM JOURNAL DZ PARIS.
PARIS, OCTOBER 19.
The head-quarters of the army of Spain were on the
11th at Camona.
According to the Etoik, General Berge,bas been seat'
with a flag of truce to Barcelona. The Governor Rotten
has answered, that he would obey the orders which
should be sent him directly 1 the King of Spain.
A telegraphic dispatch received at Paris yesterday,
announced that the epidemic disorder at Passages having
insirely disappeared, the Board of Health had declared
that the measures of precaution were to celse. The
Cordon will be withdrawn on the 2Sd of this month.

?Rog THg COURIER YRANCAIS.
PARIS, OCTOBER 19.
The Ministers, the Dignitaries, the Marshals, and a
great number ofGeoerals, have had the honour to pay
their respects to the King and to their Royal Highnessei.
Yesterday afternoon there was an extraordinary
Council of Ministers at M. deVillele's. At-the breaking
up of the Council, the Minister of Foreign Affairs waited
on his Royal Highness Monsieur. He returned there,
and did not come away till eleven.
A report is spread to-day that the Ministers of War,
Marine, and the Interior, will not retain their posts.-
' The fact is, that the Duke of Belluno quitted the Hotel
of the War Department this morning.
The Marshal Minister of War is going to pass some
time on his estate. His Excellency bad his audience of
leave of hii Majesty-this morning.—Etoik.

mut THE CONSTITIITIONNEL.
People are surprised at the silence of both the Moni-
tear and the Journal des Debra: respecting the affairs
of Spain. For some days past these two Journals have
confined themselves to copying the news from the Penin-
sula, without adding a single reflection. It is thought
they expect some answer from Seville or Madrid.
The King and Royal Family of Spain arrived on the
Bth at Seville,where they were received with great pomp.
The whole city was illuminated.

• THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 22, 1823.
THE FUNDS.