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

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 what
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
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"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-