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FR ENCII PAPPARA OF A 1( iiA

• PARIS, APRIL T. •
It is generally asserted that to-morrow will be the
day on which the French army, underthe command
of the Duke d'Angouleme, mill pass the Bidassoa.—i.:.
There ic, then, no longer any. hope of peace. If .we
may believe what is reported as having been said by
Lord Fitzroy Somerset, the Spanish Government ab-
solutely refuses to make the smallest Concession with
regard to its political system.
It has been remarked that the order of the day by
the Duke d'Angouleme, which annottnces war, was,
countersigned by Lieutenant-General Guilleminot, as
filajor-General. This Order of the day is dated March
30 ; yet theDoke of Belluno, named Major-General
by the Royal Ordoxpance, arrived. on the 29th at
Bayonne: The silbject has given rise to all sorts of
jectures.-
PERPIGNAN, MARCH 30. •
The news from Barcelcna confirms the taking of
Murviedro by "Ultuan's band. The troops of the
garrison were sent out to meet him. Ulman
avoided the force sent against him, and presented
himself before the fort, where only a weak guard
had been lei t. • In consetluence either of cowardice or
treachery, the place was given up to him. As soon
as the news war known throughout the province,
c)lumns, tinder the command of General blanso,
marched from Alicant and other points on Murvie-
dro. Ulman put a garrison in the fortress, and took
the field. He took care not to be shut up in the
place,'ni it is not provisioned. On this account it is
expected that it will soon be retaken by the' Consti-
tutioaal troops.,
BAYONNE., APRIL 1.
The departure of Genet al Guilleminot, for Paris,
w as announced ; but his Royal Highness has ordered
him to remain at his post. It at pears that the or-
der for the arrest of M. de Lostandet took place with-
out the General's knowledge, who was not informed
a it until after his Aide-de-Camp had been sent off.
N2WS FROM THE FRONTIEBS.
• BAYONNE, APRIL 1.
The Duke of Angouleme arrived. here the day be-
fore yesterday, at half-past seven in the evening. All
the troops-were under arms; all the avenues through
which the Since passed were crowded with citizens of
'every rank,. who .Made .the air resound with cries of
Vine k Roil Vice le Ala cr.ingouleme ! Vivent les
Bu urGons I The town was illuminated spontaneously
and without any orders. All the windows displayed
colours; in fine, the joy, was universal. Next day all
the civil and-militar y authorities presented their ho-
mage to the Prince. Among the number were the
Officers of the Staff of the. Army of the Faith : narnely,
Generals Q.resacia, Eguia, Espagr.e, Longais and
the Trappi..t ; the latter was in the' costume Of his
order, and attracted general notice. His Royal
Highness reviewed the ti °ups on the glacis.
To-day two batteries are to be moved forward to
Behobie, for the purpose of facilita.ing, if need be,
the construction of a bridge of boats over the Bidas-
soa. Everything gives- reason to expect that in a
very few days the French army will pass the frontier
and enter Spain.—Journal del Debuts.
PARIS, APRIL 6.
They write from Colmar, dated March 31:—" We
have been in a state of anxiety for three days, in con-
sequence of the measures of police adopted by the
Magistrates. All the gates of the town have been
shut except those of Basle, Brisach, and Rouffael,
which ate, however, strictly guarded. Every travel.
ler is rigorously examined, and conducted to the Pre-
fecture if his passports are not perfectly in order.
Numerous patrols during the night augment the
alai m, and give rise to the most strange reports. We
are ignorant of the cause of all this."
Another account says, Colmar is in the most ex-
traordinary and alarming gate; it is just like a be-
sieged town, the inhabitants of which are known to
be favourable to the besiegers. It is said that a very
wide-extended conspiracy has been discovered there.
Brest, too, excites no little fear and suspicion.
They-write from Toulouse of March 30 An
Order of Division, dated to-day, announces that the
Duke d'Angouleme is invested with the title and
powers of Superior Commandant of the 10th and 11th
military divisions, and the division of the Eastern
Pyrennees ; that the Lieutenant-Generals command-
ing these territorial divisions are to recognise and exe-
cute the orders of his Royal Highness, only preserving
their authority distinct for the ordinary service, and
for the business of military justice."
PRIVATE CORRIZSPONDF.NCP..
P.tros, APRIL , Four o'Clock,
• The Duke de Belluno arrived at Paris early this
morning. He reached Bayonne on the 30th, some
hours before Prince Hilt. He had immediately an
interview with Guilleminot, the Major-General of the
army, whom he came to supersede. Guilleminot still
'retained his post, notwithstanding the Royal Ordon-
rianee in theMouiteur appointing Belluno to fill it. His
Royal Highness arrived some hours afterwardt. He
was immediately waited upon by Guilleminot. The
Prince desired him to continue in his appointment:
his Royal Highness added, that the mission of the
' 'Minister of War, and the dismissal of the Major-
General, whom be had himself selected, was the re-
in!! Of an intrigue, Which he would take care to defeat.
The Prince, in the course of the evening, received all
' the General Officers of the army at Bayonne; nay,
even gave an audience to the Trappist, but refused
to have any communication with Belluno. On the
• -following morning, his order of the day to the army
astonished the public, by coming out countersigned
by Guilleminot, who had been superseded, and not
by Belluno, who had been appointed in his stead.
Toe Minister, thus seeing his services declined, became-
sensible how far he himself had declined in •influenCel
by leaving the War-office, and resolved teturn to
the right-about for Parise covered wijh ridicule in-
. steed of laurels. It is not stated whether, in his re-
treat, another carriage has broken down under him.
It is supposed that he will find it difficult to effect a
I relgnient in his former hotel, where he, however,
this morning alighted.
I formerly mentioned to you as one of the causes
of Belluno's disgrace the ruinous contracts which he
:tad authorized fur the benefit of his depen2ents.-
0 e of the roost striking of those jobs, because the
most undisguised, was the contract for pontoons to
crobL. Lac khdassoa. It is not even supposed that such

machinery was necessary, as .ere never heard in Bo-
;naparters (late of 44s 'army requiring any extraordki
nary means o( traitiport to 'cross:this minim. But,
why—even though. they had been necessary—soh,
biting them from Strasburg, when they could be made
at Bourdeaux or Bayonne? The arrangement seems
I it ludicrous as if the Board of Works had ordered to
be constructed at Edinburgh the famous Pagoda-
bridge for St. James's Park. The following is the
-explanation of the phenomenon of the itinerant port
toons :—A person of Strasburg pretended to have in-
vented a new species.' He offered them to the Go-
vei nment, which did' not see their excellence. He
then addressed himself to the son of Belluno (le Mar-
quis de Belluno), with a present of (2.),000 francs.
The virtue of the pontoons was soon manifest, and
they began their journey to the Bidassoa.

EXTRACT FROM•ANOTHEIt LETTER.
Palm, Momtir Ecrxmc.
Marshal Belluno is expected in town to-day ; he
met with a most unwelcome reception from the Duke
crAngouleme, who told him, g. If you remain with
the army, I shall instantly write to my uncle, to say.
that-I
resign the command.. I do not wish for any
one to replace General Guilleminot—him I will keep
near me, or else I return to Paris." The Duke,
though not a man of shining qualities, has yet good
sense enough to be conscious of his own deficiencies,
and to appreciate the talents of Guilleminot. The
Duke certainly excels all his countrymen in one qua-
lity—that of modesty. M. Lost%ude, the Aide-de.
Camp of General Guilleminot, whohas been brought
to Paris in the custody of a gendarme, is an Ultra,
whom General Guilleminot very prudently selected,
as he said himself, to serve as a kind of paratouriere
to his personal Staff— he will be set at liberty in a
few days. It is said, that the4th Regiment has gone
over to Colonel Fahvier, leaving behind but seven
Officers and seventeen soldiers. The letters of the
Duke d'Angonleme give the most al irming accounts
of the progress of the desertion. Tll-?y state, that two-
fifths of the soldiers those who have been four or five
years in the service, have got a most strange and
absurd idea into their heads, that Napoleon is alive,
and in Spain, and they are burning to join him. They
call him k Mal-Mort. Singular to say, this opinion
prevails also amongst the peasantry ; they cannot be
persuaded of his death.—Morning Paper.