The Sun. — London, England, 1823-05-21 00:00:00

PARIS PAPERS. PARIS, MAY 19. TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. COPY OF A DISPATCH FltOM ARANDA. " On the 15th the head quarters of his Royal Highness arrived here. General Obert is to-day at Almazan, and tomorrow will be at Siguenza. lie is perfectly well received every where. Ile ‘communicates with Bessieres, who has taken two hundred men, two but muskets, and four pieces of cannon from nallasteros, who is retir s. mg towards Valencia. lie loses considerably ty desertion. " Marshal 'Oudinot was on the 11th 'at Val ladolid., where he was received, if possible, with `more lively enthusiasm than any other place. The Nan-guard has proceeded towards the Douro. " - Intercepted letters and various reports, an nounce from all quarters the weakness of the , Constitutionalista, and the good spirit of the Roy alists iu the provinces." ( Front the Constitutionnel. ) PEUPIGNAN, MAT 10. (DitIVATE COTtIiESPONDENCE.) - General Donnadieu entered Vich on the-oth, after merely a slight skirmish in the wood of Tosco, between Olot and Las.. presas, where we had about 30 Wounded. The enemy continuing their retreat, they have passed the `bridge of Roda over the Ter, have abandoned the left bank of that river, and retired upon the Llusanes. When General Don nadieu entered Vieh, the enemy detached 4,000 men from their army, who reascended the right bank of the Ter, and having • marched by the road of Vich to Ripoll, they arrived on the Bth at Campredon, a town three leagues from our frontiers, in order to cut off our communications with that place, from whence 'General Donnadieu draws aU 'his supplies of provisions and ammunition. The entrance of this corps into Campredon was announced by the sudden and unexpected arrival of the same Monks, who ‘on the 4th, at six in the morning, went forth to the sound of music to proceed to theirrespective convents, and take posses.= lion of their estates anti benefices. The arrival of, the enemy at Ripoll is further confirmed, by the way of Cerdagne. On the 7th the inhabitants of Ripoll fled to Ceidagtie, announcing the arrival of the army of Mina in their town. The whole of the following night the troops were underarms, expecting every moment to see the troops of Mina arrive; but it appears to he the, object of that General to occupy Campredon, anti cut off -the communications of General Donnadieu. A considerable convoy, which had set out for olot, returned to Prndts on the gth, at half past one in the afternoon. 'We know nothing of the ulterior operations of those two .corps. We only know, that on the Bth General Donnadieu sent orders to the 3d battalion of the 18th line, which was at St. Laurent do Cerdans, to cover that part of Ivor frontier, and to proceed immediately to Olot ; the battalion set out on the Oth. The enemy do not seem much disconcerted by our entrance into Catalonia ; and those of their partisans who remain in the villages which we occupy appear well satisfied with the opera_ lions of Nina. The sailers of the division of cl'Broles, who remain in Cer -dagne, desert every day, with arms and baggage. The Officer% of the Faith pretend that it is because they are not paid : their .treasury having followed the head-quarters of the Baron d'Eroles, there was no one left in Cerdagne to pay the troops .of the .Faith. BATOWNE, MAY 11. [PRIVATE connrsrownExcfl We. know from travellers that the Constitutional Govern tnentof Spain has prohibited, from theist instant, all comm. riestion . with those pelts of the country Occupied by the .French. It is very true, I repeat it, that on the apProaeh of our troops 't he greater number of families in easy. Circumstances take Segovia was evacuated five days agco With the exception :of come field pieces, which the students of the school of artil. lery conveyed to Rodrigo, all the materiel •was abandoned for 'want of the means of conveyance. Atxdrid is almost eleserted, nearly every one having left it for ,the Andithisias. The roads are encumbered with emigrants, carrying with them their most valuable effects. There is no theection amongst the troops, nor do the bands of the Faith increase. The otettpation of the capital luts been foreseen, and no per son appears alarmed about it. The necessity has begun to be felt of escorting the convoys, 'from its being known with certainty that several COntititutlonal ~guerillas are forming in the provinces. We know that the prisoners, 60 in number, made at the affair of Logrono, have arrived at Vittoria. Use.leis efforts have been inatic to incorporate them with the Army of the Faith.; they have all rduseti with great energy, declaring that they had lather be shot. Nam . , MAY 18.—The report which has been circulated of the complete defeat of the Spanish Royalist corps, commanded by Romagosa, con sisting of 2,000 men, by Mina, who unexpe-ctedly arrived, assumed more consistence yesterday.— It is said that the plan of Mina was to attack the two divisions of 14,..r01es and Romagosa, for the ,porpose of dispersing them before coming into contact with the French army. ft is reported that the Marshal Duke of A t bufera is shortly to set out for the army. The Journal de Toulouse, of the 12th -instant, quotes a letter from Perpignan of the 7th, con taining the following passages :--- " The 19th regiment of infantry of the line, which has arrived here, about . 1,310 strong, which was to proceed towards Payee:ll:l, has received orders to march to-morrow morning for Spain, by the way of Bellegardel one battalion into proceed to Gerona, another to itlfa, and a third to Jonquere. This regiment appears to be destined to protect the convoys which may Ix , disturbed by the. Guerillas left by Mina in the quarter of Olot. " It is reported that the French Commandant of Figueroa sent, ,the day before yesterday, a flag of truce to the Governor of the fort to induce him not to ire. upon the town which lie had damaged, threatening that when the garrison should be compelled to surrender, they should be treated with rigour, if this practice was continued. The Governor received the flag of truce, took notice of the object of the mission, but so far from complying to the request, he had no sooner sent dr the flag of truce than he issued orders to fire." (From the Quatiiiieime.) Though it may be thought superfluous to go over all that has been said in opposition to the principles of true policy in the Parliament of Englona, it may not be deemed useless to notice the determined spirit with which the English Opposition have on every opportunity protested against the war now making by France in favour of Legitimacy. We think this spirit only tends to confirm more and more the policy which we have upheld in this Journal, and which the Go vernment has tardily. embraced. This policy might have appeared suspicious if we had seen the Radicals of all countries view it, we will not say favourably, but merely with indifference. It must be obvious, that independently of their political doctrines, the Members of the Eng lish Opposition have more than our Revolu tionists a special reason for detesting our O lney—we speak of that national rivalry which exists between France and England, and which I adds to the hatred in revolutionary hearts against order, justice, and fixed principles.— , We are not therefore astonished at this manifes tation of English Radicalism. It foresees, as we have foreseen, the consequences of a war which places Bourbon France in its true rank in Europe. One of its orators has not even hesi tated to say so, and certainly we felicitate our selves on finding in such mouths new proofs of the justice of a policy which, in spite of the pre judices and fears of a contrary policy, will sooner or later carry with it the conviction of all France. What Radicalism avows in England affected Liberalism among us passes over in silence, be. cause our Revolutionists do not wish to have the appearance of having opposed the war with Spain, on the ground that it may turn out for the benefit of Royalty. [hit as there is amongst the innovators in all countries a community of wishes, fears, and lippes, the Orator of the English Op position, who acknowledged that the war with Spain might confirm for ages the House of Boor bon on the Throne which it occupies, has pub lished the whole secret of the Revolutionary sect of France, and all the motives of a policy which has vainly endeavoured to support itself by appa rent reasons, founded upon public interest, mo deration, and philanthropy. (front the Journal des Dads.) INTELLIGENCE FROM THE ARAM' OF SPAIN. PAnts, MAY 18.—Accounts from Gerona of the 13th state the occupation of Palamos by our troops, who were received with those transports of joy to which they had been already acous tomed. The approaches to Barcelona are con tinued. The movements of Mina are very un certain ; on the 11th he descended towards Car dual], and appeared by the hesitation of his march as if he had no settled plan, and only sought to avoid an engagement.' ills troop diminishes every day; the men whom he had enrolled by force take advantage of the passage of mountains and of the night march e s t o abandon him. Letters from the blockade of Pampeluna, of the 7th instant, say " The town is invested by eight battalions, and eight aqua- 1 drons (tithe 3d corps, division of Conchy, and 3,000 Spanish! Royalists, of the corps of General d'Espagne. These forces will be augmented in a few days by the three battalions of the . 14th regiment of the line, from France, and by 3,000 Nitvar rese, led by Brigadin Doti Santos Latiton from Saragossa, by the way of Jaen. The French and the Spanish Royalists live together in the most perfect understanding ; they rival each other in devotedness,- ardour, diseipline,• and eon , stancy in supporting the fatigue of the service, and the in clemency ot'. the weather. The garrison of I'ampeluna, which consists of from .six to seven regiments, and 000 lbrming altogether an (Moire force of less than 3,000 men, sustains daily losses by desertion. They do not dare to make u sortie. Preneh provisions are already very scarce in the town ; beef is at 2i piecettes per lb., and mutton, 3 piecettes per lb: The troops of the blockade are on the con trary supplied in great abundance. • It is thought distil' the be sieging artillery were arrived, Pampeluna, notwithstanding. the strength of its walls,. would not delay to open its gates. " The 9th regiment of the line; of the brigade Quinsonns, had nearly within these few (lays lost its Colonel, the Baron 11 igoneti who from the advanced posts precipitated himself into the Arga, then .dread lolly. flooded, to save u voltiguer of his regi ment who was drowning. The force of the • water overthrew him' and his horse; one of his feet was for some time entangled,. and he had nearly perished in the sight of his agonised soldiers, who. were totally. unable to assist him, when his foot becoming disengaged; he succeeded in gaining the bank • of the river' by swimming. The voltigeur was also saved." THE GREEK COMMITTEE. The despair of the unhappy Greeks, who have been denied a paslage through France, is ex pressed with as,much truth as energy and origin ality in the following account " Arrived at Berne, Tmet there a few Greeks, who as soon; as they heard of my arrival came to see me ; they asked me whether I had heard any thing favourable as to the perniii- Rion of - their passage thrOugh France 'or Italy ? On my uegative answer, they began sheddieg a flood of tears.— ' 14'hat harm have we done,' said one of those unflirtunate' beings, to Prance, to Aestria, to Italy, to be denied a simple passage through their States ? We shall not be a burden to them, thanks to the huinanity of the inhabitants of the country we have lately crossed ; if we were in the deserts Of Egypt, or in the States of the Regencies of Africa, the follahs or the Al gerines would have plundered, or chained, or delivered us from a miserable existence by a' speedy death. In Europe they do not kill us, but they deliver to us passports . , that far froni serving . us its safeguards 'to our destination, eon ley us 'by their invalidity to the other world.'__' w e h ave met,' said another to rue, with a lion, a lioness, and a lion's whelp, that were traversing without obetruction all the States of Europe. 'Alas! the wild beasts arc admitted every where, and the Greeks - are denied 'an innocent passage.'-- I have patiently endured,' added a third, the nauseous sight of the filthiness of the Jew taverns; 1 have borne fur want of water during, three months the zethoposy ; I have sur mounted the perils of the intense sharpness of the season,. but I could not outlive the sorrow produced by the measures taken to stop our way on every side ; therefOre, as soon as death shall approach ine, f shall implore Swiss charity, to raise for me, at the font of my tomb, a stone with the follow ing inscription t-.-'' Here lies a 'Greek, wilt), being provided with a regular pass, after he lied travelled over more than four hundred leagues, to embark at sonie port of Europe, saw all the passages shut to him. Passenger, read my pass, engraved upon this stone; look at'ehe signatures the seals, and the en dorsement it is covered with and judge of the state a the things in the 19th centu r y !"—('Pecen Geneva, March 18, 1823.) " The Greeke in questiOn are partly retUgees, driven out of Moldavia after the defeat of Ypsilanti a army; who sought an asylum in the Russian territory, and partly seamen landed at the port of Odessa, end at other Ruesian ports, and after-, wards conveyed into the interior of Ruseia, where they were nourished during many months with great charity. - All the Greek reftigees in Russia having been reduced to the alternatie'e of either Reuling fur ever in the Russian provineee, or being. sent back to their own country, the greater part of there havieg chosen the first, those MI6 are now in Switzerland, being partly houeekeepers, desirous of returning to their wives and their children, resolved to return home; they were at first directed to Trieste; they did trot think then that they were to cross all Europe, but thew have been turned back me fla the Austrian frontier, and obliged to return to Odessa, Where they received new passports to go to Mameilles. Ail the itegOeiatione entered upon with the .French, Austrian and Sardinian Ministers, Mr the pas sage of these Creeks through their respective territories hay ing been altogether fruitless, application lies just been made to the Hutch /tlinistry, and hopes are entertained diet the suc cess will answer our vows. Undoubtedly the intervention of your Ministry would he on this subject of the greatest utility. As to the expellees of the emberketion, it is to Mr. Stevens Pallologu, a Creek I:mtt;e, est:Wit:4lM at Amsterdam, that we have previously applied mrscires. He make, us know that the charge of the passepe of hitt men from Amsterdam to the Morea would etnoent to 30 f:en daring of Holland, a sum is beyond -onr powers."—(Zeeicb, Mardi 28, 1821) PACIIA OF EGYPT. The following is an Extract from the Journal of a Gentleman who has just returned from Egypt : "Nov. 21, 1822.—Arrived at Mocha, on the Red Sea. Our bombardment in 1820 appears to'have had a good effect ; the British character more respected; one of the towers rebuilt which was destroyed by our fire. Capt. Hutchinson, British Resident from Bombay, the only European one. The remains of the British, French, and Dutch factories. Found the Corn wall, Capt. Richardson, taking in coffee for London ; and the American ships Java, from Salem, and Chesapeake, from Bal timore. Coffee very reasonable ; the trade with this port fallen off; the Company only purchase coffee when at a certain low 'price, which has not occurred for some years ; they might easily make up an investment of this article through their resi dent, instead of allowing others. " DEC. 14, AT CossErn,:—Frill of vessels lading with grain for Judria, belonging to the Paella of Eypt. This port has much improved in trade and .population lately. A steam-boat from. Bombay to this place would make the passage easy, and cammunication certain ; we were three we e k s fr om - Maka, hav ing had contrary winds, except the first 48 hours. " JAN. 7, 1823, AT CAIRO,--I r isited the Pasha (Mahomed Ally), a most intelligent countenance, and about 50 years of age. Ile asked many ques.tons about the force of the Persians in re gulars, 'and the news from Bagdad—observ e d th a t th e Eng lish were much . abused in the Foreign Journals. Mr. Bogos, an American, his interpreter, who has much weight with him, and is said to be a man.of abilities. Visited the citadel— Useph'S well and palace, and saw the spot, between the gates, .where the Mameluke Beys were massacred by 2,000 Albanians, on their realm from a friendly - visit to the Pasha, in 1810.— Visited the arsenal, • chintz •inanufactory, printing office. The Pasha has introduced all the machinery, &c. from Furope. - He has also established telegraphs between Cairo and Alexandria; receives and returns the . communication in about one hour.— An Englishman has brought a 'steam-engine, and dredging Machine' from London, hot yet erected. Ile is •forthing , a new mint. Nothing indeed can exceed the liberality and enterprize of the present Pasha, anti his encouragement of Europeans.— He is above all prejudice—his conduct, of course, excites much jealousy amongst the Beys.(Chiefs), but he has told them to quit his service, if they do not like his system. lie is now en deavouring to raise a large force, to be officered by some Franks and Mamelukes ; it iii to be recruited amongst the hus. bandmen and • Arabs, from Mount Lebanon—the Chief of which ' lately fled to Cairo for • the Pasha's protection, and has pro. raised him his assistance to procure some of his warlike tribe, who have been never conquered, and.wOuld make capi tal soldiers. The Paella has about 100;009 stand ofarms ready, purchased from Europe. If he does not fall by the treachery or intrigues of his Turkish Chiefs,. he will carry all his ex tensive plans into execution. His revenue now exceeds two millions. The canal he lately opened, from near Fooa, on the Nile, extends for about•oo miles, and is ti most noble work.— His palace on the right bank of the Nile, . a few miles from Cairo, is fitted up in the Italian style with painted ceilings, walls, &c. in the most elegant manner. He is making at this place fountains decorated with marble lions, crocodiles, and pillars brought from Italy, and has a garden well laid out with walks formed of variegated Pebbles, brou g ht f ro m the I s l a nd o f Rhodes. Thepresent population of C a iro is said to l i e upwards of 300,000. • There are two colleges. for the instruction of youth,- instituted by the Paella. lie has sent out people to vac cinate, and it hati been attended with success. __ No accounts have been received from the Paella's army in Nubia since the massacre of his son Ishmael Pacha, at Shindy. It is supposed that the Ababdee Arabs have cut off the communication. It is said that the army is endeavouring to retreat. • " Accompanied. the Consul across the Nile to the extensive ruins of Memphis, to see a statue recently discovered by Capt. Coriglio, who has been many years engaged in Egypt in making excavations. We fbund the statue just below the surface. It is supposed - to be the most ,perfect that has been found of its ' size. The face , ' African features, is complete and well exe cuted; the limbs appeared to be of exact proportion; it mea sured from the head to the .ancle 34 feet ; round the head 19 feet.;_ length of face 1 feet 7 inches ; from breast to the waist 7 fect'4l inches ; and length of arm 14 feet 4 inches. . This tine statue is supposed ti; 'have been intended fur Amasis, King of Egypt, anti may lead to further discoveries of a temple in the neighblinrhooti• • jar:. 10, AT A L•ExAsinitiA....-Came up by the new canal. Au excellent granary here, which receives the Paella's grain. to export to - the !Mediterranean. About no ships lying in the pOrt, several taking in grain for Malta, &c.. The Ilaelui's squadron • is about 20 ships here badly manned, five of these ships have just sailnl. It is reported their dostination is Algiers, to escort a new. frigate, - .whica was built in England, or to proceed to Cyprus, llc shewa great z"1 . in co-operating with the Porte against the Greeks, and during the war has afforded much as instance ; 9110 vessels lire said to have cleared out from this port last year. The tort is in a tolerable state of defence and the Pacha has built a good wall. with gates and towers, em bracing.a great portion of the ruins of .01d Cairo. • There arc no symptoort of plague at present. A British ship, Hinds, corvette, commanded. -by • the Honourable Captain ROus, touched here lately, and then sailed for Castel de Romana, which hail just been captured by the Greeks; the Captain's object is . to save the Turkish garrison.. Ismael Gibraltar,• the Admiral. of the Pasha,. is here—he Is a great traveller in Europe for a Turk." . SLAVE TRADE. PROCTiA MATION. In the name of his Majesty George IV, of the United King done of Great Britain :Ind Ireland, • KiTtg—llis Excellency Sir Barimet, Governor and OnritT TOwNsEND l'aitoart;An, Commander-in-Chief of the island of Mauritius an d Depen dencies t • Whereas by a treaty hearing date the 10th Septernber, 1822, made and executed - by and between his Highness the Inutum of Muscat, at. Muscat, of tho one part, anti Captain Fairfax Moresby, of hialllajeaty's ship )lenni,C.B. vested, for this purpose, with • full powers by his Fxcellency Sir R. T. Farquhar, Baronet, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the island of Mauritius and Dependencies, 'Captain-General, Vice- Admiral, &c., of the other part,---a Was agreed, among ether things, that all traffic in slaves to foreign countries simuhi cease and be abolished fe; ever, from the dominions and dependencies of his said Highness. • This is to declare, that in conformity to the said treaty, so lemnly made by his said Highness lie has issued Orders at. Zanzibar, and throughout all the dominions and dependen cies of the !mum of:MuScat, on the coasts of Arabia, Africa, . laves &c., to all his officers, to prohibit the sa l es of slaves to all fo reign nations, and to seize upon any Arab vessels laden with slaves, purpose of sale in any foreign countries, together with their owners, captain,.officers, anti crew—or that may be found transprtin,, ,, slaves to or front Madagascar, or on the Seas adjacent. And it is further declared by the said treaty, that British cruisers have authority to seize all Arab vessels that may be found laden -with slaves to the east ward of a line drawn from the Cape Delgado, passing sixty miles to the eastward, of the island of Socotra, and on to Diu Head-.-..being *be western extremity of - the Gulf of Cam. bay—or .that may be found carrying slaves to: or froni dagascar, or in the. seas adjacent. Anti further, finally, it is by the said treaty agre e d, that all vessels from the . ports or harbours of his Highness's dominions, or dependencies, sh:4l. in future, be furnished with a certificate from the local authorities, stating the port they belong to, anti the object of their voyage, and declaring, that all vessels UnproVided with such eertilicates shall be liable to seizure and confiscation after the lthlt of jannary next, in order the More effectually to ex tirpate the slaVe traffic, of whiih all persons will take due notice. Goverment House, Port Louis, 3 . lauritius., Oct. 30, 1822. . R.. T. FARQUHAR. The workmen em pl o y e d in laying down the iron pipes for the purpoce of drawing off the wa ter out of the canal in St. James's-park, for the purpose of cleansing out the dirt that has so long choked it up, found, iu digging up the ground in the passage leading to Whitehall.stairs, several human bones , -w hi c h must have been buried for a great number of years. The water is to run into the Thames at the above stairs, and, report states that a handsome bridge is to .he erected over the canal in the Park, on the same spot that the old wooden structure stood. A shocking occurrence took place on Monday afternoon in Greenwich Park.—A number of young men were amusing themselves in running down one of the hills, when one of them, on coming to the bottom, hn with such force that he hit his head against the enclosure of a young tree, w hich caused his death. We have received the Paris Papers of Sunday, and the Moniteur of Monday, containing a Te legraphic Dispatch from the Army under the Duke d'AiwouLENtE, by which it a p pears t h at the head-quarters were on the 16th at Aranda, and that Marshal OUDINOT was on the I 1 th at Valladolid.—We venture to predict, that, when the Spaiiish accounts are received, it will be ound that the advance of the French upon Madrid has been impeded in a manner that the French Government is unwilling to acknowledge. It is nearly a month (see THE SUN of the sth inst.) since it was announced that the Duke of REGGIO was advancing on Aranda. The Moniteur of May 1 unnotinced that " the Marshal Duke of REGGIO arrived on the 21st April at Burgos, and his Excellency immediately pushed his advanced guard on the three roads of St. Ancient), Pa. lencia, and Arandn." And yet it is nearly fotir weeks before the Duke of ANGOLMEME is enabled to move his head-quarters to the same place! On their first entrance into Spain, the French showed a disposition to " push forward" steadily, if not very rapid ly, for the Capital ; but the original tardi ness of their march was soon changed to a halt, if they have not, in fact, as has been asserted in one of the accounts, been compelled to retro grade. The movement of the head-quarters to Aranda,however, proves that they are now again in,full march upon Madrid, in pursuance of their. FOR THE SUN. ANCIENT IRISH WHALE FISHERIES. Mn. EDITOR—In6e present disorganized state of Ireland which has, for one of its principal causes, the want of sufficient employment for the people in the western and southern parts of that fertile island, I shall, through your valuable Paper, take the liberty of suggesting what I conceive may give useful employment to a por tion of their population on the western coasts of the kingdom. To my own knowledge the coasts of Ireland, from Loup-head (south of the en trance of the Shannon) to its N.W. extremity, and probably from them southward to Cape Clear, have abounded with the smaller and middle species of the cetaceous tribe, and a bounty was given for the oil obtained from them. The most abundant of these fish were called by the natives Sun Fish, or Finners, from their high dorsal fins, and they yielded a considerable quan tity of oil, a large portion of which was taken from their livers. There was also a larger species of whale, blowing up water, which were less abundant than the Finners, but equally shy with them,'so.as not easily to be approached within the distance at which a harpoon could be thrown. 4 Mr. Ntsayr of Kellibeg, in Sligo Bay, was the most successful fisher I know of; and I believe he sometimes used the gun harpoon, the princi pal objection against which appears to be, that the noise and flash attending the explosion of the gun may frighten the fish that are near. If so, a strong cross bow, upon the principle of ' coach springs, viz. a series of steel plates of de creasing length, may be adopted, and the bow drawn by a screw when on the point of being used—it of course should be fixed on a swivel. There are abundance of fine sea boats on the whole western coast fitted for either sailing or rowing, and all that can be wanted to give an impetus to this species of employment, which would form many useful sailors, would be to give a large bounty for the oil thus obtained ; which, if it even'amounted to five or six pounds per ton, would be more economic than any other mode of giving maintenance to the unemployed portion of the Irish population. Those now engaged by Go vernment in making roads through the moun tainous districts are of great service in a poli tical as well as a provincial point of view ; but at the same time nearly, if not quite, the whole of the expellee required to maintain the people thus employed, is drawn from the funds of the Empire ; whereas, in the scheme suggested, a por tion of it only would be taken from these funds, and the employment, when once well established, might be continued with very little aid, and be a nursery for the naval service. Y. V. 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French Spanish ll 1011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Ninrning, 0 minutes after 0. I Evening, 16 minutes after 0. THE SUN. . . SOLER QUIN' DICERE F.ILSUIt AUDE.IT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1823. intention, as was announced by us some time since, of reaching that city by the 2311 instant (next Friday). But it remains to be seen whe ther any resistance will be (aired to the in vaders in their approach to the Capital. A Gen tleman who recently brought Dispatches from Seville for the English Government observed se veral Guerillas in the Samo Sierra, by some of whom he was informed that they were posted there for the purpose of annoying the passage of the French. Subsequent ac counts have alleged that a considerable Spanish force covers Madrid, and is disposed to dispute its possession with the enemy. The French have had a foretaste of Spanish valour and obstinacy at Logrono, and (if our surmises are not very unfounded indeed) at some other places, their ad ventures at which they have not thought fit to put upon record, perhaps from a generous wish to conceal the ungrateful opposition which their phi lanthropy has experienced from a people whom they have marched so many leagues to liberate from the calamities of freedom ! A randa is only about thirty miles from the Sumo Sierra. The advanced guard, therefore, was probably at or near the Sierra several days before the 15th. We shall shortly hear something of the manner in which they have been receivekat that place. If the French pass the Samo Sierra without dp~ position, their further progress to Madrid will probably be unobstructed. The state of the Armies in Catalonia continues to be enveloped in mystery. The Journal 'des Debuts now acknowledges the receipt of intelli gence from Gerona, to the 13th inclusive. But MixA, who, according to the Journal des De buts, had been forced into all his movements by. the skilful combinations of the French, and whose destruction was to be effected by the Baron d'Ettot.Es alone; contrives, some how or other, to elude those who boasted that they had caught him in a trap ; and it is now admitted that " his movements ere very uncer tain." Like the sailor who was amazed by the feats of a conjuror, the French " wonder w hat the d—l MINA ‘s ill do next !" The redoubted Baron d'EttoLEs boldly pledges himself to de stroy MINA and his army by famine, if AIINA will only consent to be pursued for eight days by the Baron ! But as, instead of complaisantly run ning before d'Ettot.Es, he has the audacity to cut the corps of one of the confederates of the Faith steompeiecoetsh,earnd exploit,--n o ono to on dart o off the in combinedin whither, --it m i t ti ie l i a s s t not,f France e perhaps, e t t.ki presumingian tid i n g s ofSdphn can a ,E t t o oo c crs mht el at t ell e rep he r n e ty sen vt , h l e ti t i t t: gin he ha s, conditionally, tli, before uhd th at erttti v ery ieit to dertroy ! One of the letters from Perpignan says, "A considerable convoy of provisions which had left Prats de Mello had received counter- orders. We know not whether the enemy has advanced upon Olot, or intends to make some attempt on our frontiers, which are now quite unprotected, in consequence of the sudden de parture from St. Laurent de Cerdans of the 3d battalion of the 18th of the Line, which set out last night (the 10th) in all haste for Olot." Other accounts admit that the communications of General DONADIEU with the French frontier have been completely cut off by those movements of the enterprising MINA, which the French wished to represent as the results of his discomfiture and flight. It would appear that the French authorities, near the frontier, have been filled with uneasiness. The Prefect of Perpignan has addressed a circular to the Mayors and Sub- Prefects of his department, on the subject of the " alarming news," and the " false reports," by which, be says, malevolence endeavours to mislead public opinion! An Express from Paris arrived in town this morning. fie has brought the price of the Frem Funds on Monday, 88 f. GU c. ; Spanish, 44. We have this morning received Bayonne Papers to the 14th instant. As the Journalists of that town have hitherto provokingly published nothing but gloomy accounts of the reception and pro. gress of their countrymen in Spain, the French Ministers have !adopted the notable expedient of sending neros from Paris to Bayonne, respecting the military operations in the Peninsula ! The Bayonne Editor, however, has entirely defeated the intended effect of this admirable scheme, by acknowledging the source from which his pre tended information was derived ! Ilis 0N,71 intel ligence, received from Spain (scanty as it is) continues to be chiefly remarkable for the same unfavourable tinge as that of his preceding state ments. The following are extracts BAYONNE, MAY 13.—We have not yet any letters or jour nals from Madrid, but we have reason to expect that we shall receive them in the course of the day. In the absence of official news, the strongest and most contradictory reports are in circula-