The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-10-22 00:00:00

PARIS PAPERS OF MONDAY.
(roost TOE 110/4/TRI/R.)
OFFICIAL. PACT.
ORDINANCE OF TIIK KING. •
" Lgons. by the Orate of Goo. Kiag of Felines
....ad Navarre.
o "wall whom rh,•s• presests shall come 'rotting.
i? We have ordained and ordain ai follows :-
4 Art. I. The *won de Dame, Peer of France. 141011 -
• Hemeral of ear Aetnies. is Darned Minister Secretary oI
StiVe kr the Woe Pepartment, in the roes of oar Cousin
the' Marshal Dohs' of Hellas*, who is .appointed to the
des assay to Viesita, meant by the mammal°s of the
' Marquee* of Carman.
Daring the absence of Byron Danes, Lieutenant.
4 leseral Count dm Coetlesquet, Director-lieneral of the
Itereaux of the War Deparmsest, shall provisiosally hold
-the porrferrille.
:4. The Prraident of oar Council of Ministers is charged
nab the execution of the present Ordinance.
4. Dives at the Palace of the Tailkries. Oct. 19. the year
of Orate. 1623. and the yaw of our Reign the 29th.
(Signed) " Louts.
** By his Majesty's Command,
(Signed) " in. nit Vtxt.st.m.
" The President of the Council of Ministers."
ARMY OF THE PYRENEES.
" itIPORT Or 11ARefAL LAURISTON TO TIII RIINIBTRR Olt
WAR.

I.

" HEAP QUARTERS, SASSKOSSII, Oct. 12.
• "My. Lenl,—On the 231 of September General San
tligue! (Es-Minister of the Cortes), Chief of the Staff of
Army of Catalonia. marched ent of Tarragona in the
middle of the night, with about 30111) infantry and 400
eavatry, proceeding hy,the mountains of Letitia, which :re
entered oe the 26th. Baron d'ltrolles followed this
movement with his division, of which the brigade Tremelin
ot
was part, and placed hinelf on the Segre toward. Bilegnar
and Cameros*. He sent orders to General Capps, com-
manding the Arragon-se corps at, Prep. At the same
'inn General Santos Ladrun, at Temente, received in.
formation that the Navarrese battalions' which left Pam-
attune, were on the march to join his division. The
enemy intended, not only to reinforce Lerida, but to at-
tempt a distant moveteent, ascending the Segre to MICCOOf
the Sett d'Urgel and Figueroa. They marched out on the
2Stb, brit the forces which they saw collecting against
then; and the news of the taking of Figneras soon made
them go in again, anti the infantry did not come out any
more. On the first news 1 received of this movement at
l'ampeluita, I sent the regiment of the Infant Don Carlos
toward Huesca, by way of Sanguesa and the Cincovillas
I hall at the same time on the road to Saragossa, the
brigade of Cavalry of General Chatetleue, and the
brigade of infantry of General Daroremont, commanded by
Liens.-fieneral Prcheux.
" When I arrived on the sth at Saragossa, I learnt that
the enemy's cavalry still kept the field, after having passed
the Circa, and that it was in vain attempting to repass
that river, the two banks of which were guarded by
Generals Santos Lsdron and Caper. I did not hesitate
immediately to send towards Lerida, the actual object of
my operation; the division of Pechenx, which entered
Saragossa the day before, but I directed it torrents Monson,
Alenhiere and Polinillci, that it might attack and out-
flank the column of General San Miguel, who we knew
commanded this corps, which had been joined by the par-
tisah Bathes, Cure of Monson, with 60 horse, who gene-
rally remained st Lends. The division set out on the 6th
and on the 7th, in the evening, took a position at Polinillo
and Villaries. In the night, information was received of
the enemy's march. After having marched towards Bar.
hasten, be had retired and attempted to repass the Cities a,
Santa Lennie Alcides anti Chalamera, hut finding the fords
every where guarded by the. troops' of Santos Ladron. he
had retired towards Castelfollet and Ximena. sod in the
night traversing the road which the French army followed,
he had passed the Ale .natlre, as if to proceed in the dim.
rion of Huesca, and had halted at the village of Senile,
I had instructed General Pechea: to send the cavelry close
after the enemy as soon as he could be overtaken, and to
pursue him so as to force him back to Fraga, to surround,
destroy, or take him.
" Ihe Report here details the prdeeedings till Generals
Cbastelleux and Capape met with the comity drawn .up in
food order, and covered by numerous sharp shooters near
Tramared. The enemy received the first shock rich firm
nes; and there were souse killed sad wounded on both
sides. Among the killed was the French Lieutenant Abel,
.of the Hussars. Bat the Spaniards being immediately
Attester& charged by Col. Burgraff with two squadrons
of Hussars, and by Col. Fandoas at the head of the Chas-
seers, they were broken and completely rotate), leaving
their baggage and SO prisoners, besides 50 killed. The
Report 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 Cure Barbee. The French loss is stated
to be Lieut. Abel, of the Hussars, and Suh-Lieut. liaur, of
the Chasecurs, killed on the field of battle; and two
'lunar; four Chasseura, and a subaltern officer of Hussar:,
wounded. Much praise Is bestowed on the officers and
troops."
OROS( THE routorac DES USDA'S)
Madrid Oct. 13.
The following is s Decree of his Majesty, da;etl Lebrija.
lie 6th, and publitiped on ebb 10th instant in the Supreme
Council:—
" In casting my eyes on the Most High who had deigned
o deliver me from so many dangers, and to lead me bark as
it were by the baud among my faithful subjects, I expo.'
ience a feeling of horror when I recollect all the sacrifices,
all the crimes which the impious have dared to commit
against the Sovereign Creatorof the Universe.
" The Ministers of Religion hare been persecuted and
sacrificed—the venerable successor of St. Peter has been
insulted—the temples of the Lord profaned and destroyed
—the Htsly Grospel ',odder) under foot—lastly, the inesti-
mable iilseritaoce which Jesus Christ left us, the right of
his Holy Supper, to assure us of .his love, and of our
eternal felicity, and sacred. Hosts, have been trampled
under foot. My soul cannot be at rest till united to my
beloved subjects we shall offer to God pious sacrifices that
he mayideign to purify by his grace the soil of Spain from
so many stains. In order that objects of such importance
be should attained, I have resolved that In all places to my
dominions, the tribunals, the Juntas, and all public bodies,
shall implore the clemency of the Atwater,' in favour of
the nation, and that the Archbishops, Bishops, and Gaol-
tular Vicars of vacant Sees. the Priors of Orders, and all
those who exercise ecclesiastical jurisdiction, shall prepare
missions. 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. "Sealed by my Royal Hand."
(This Decree is also in the unofficial part of the Moefreer.)
Yesterday afternoon there was an Extraordinary Council
of Ministers at M. de Villele's. At the breaking up of
the Connell, 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 slinisters of War,
the Marine, and the Interior, will not retain their posts.
The fact is,•that the Duke of Mono quitted the Hotel of
the Wig Department this morning.
(MOM THE CONVIITUTIONNIM.)
Pimple are surprised at the silence of both. the Monitear
and tee Journal dm Debars, respecting the affairs of
Spain ; fir some days past that two Joernals have cos-
fined themselves to copying the news from the Peninsula,
without adding a stogie reflection. It is thought they
expect some answer from Seville or Madrid.
Tao King and Royal Family of Spain arrived on the Bth