Star.
London, England, 1823-05-16 00:00:00

EXPRESSES FROM PARIS.

In part of our impression of yesterday we gave
some extracts from the Moniteur of Tuesday, which

we received at a late hour of the day by'Express,and

which (by the French transcriber) were vauntingly
enough styled " Details upon Catalonia, and the cri-
tical posilion. of Mina." All that they revealed, how-
ever, of this " critical position," was, that after much
marching and -counter-marching, by the French troops
and their allies of the Faith, and a " considerable
affair" in the way of fighting too, nobody could tell
where MINA had gone to, or what had become of
him and his legions!
The mystery is now, however, cleared up by the

Noniteur and other Paris Papers of Wednesday,
which we have received by another Express to-day.

It appears from these that the critical position of
• MINA consists in his having, by a rapid and ap-
parently very skilful movement, placed himself be-
tween the French and their frontiers, md gained
upon them more than a day's march at the date of
the last accounts, towardt Franc! This news had
produced so much alarm in Paris, on Tuesday even-
ing; that M. VILLELE saw the necessity of sending a
tranquillising communication to the Members of the
Stock Exchange, containing the substance of the fol-
lowing Bulletin, which appeared in the Monitemr of
Wednesday morning :
44 OFFICIAL—ARMY OF THE PYRENNEES.
46 FOURTH CORPS OP THE ARMY.

" According to the last report of the Marshal Mon-
cey, under date of the 6th inst. arrived this evening,
the Constitutional divisions of Milans and Lobera
have retired on Hostalrich. Mina has gives our troops
the slip, to ascend the Ter by Besara, with the inten-
tion of approaching the frontier. On the 7th he was
in Valfogona, in the direction of Campredon. Count

Curial ;as the same day near Olot, where be was

making arrangements to follow and attack Mina.—
Baron d'Eroles was following Mina at a.day's march

distance by Besora ; Romagosa was in position at
Ripol. Thus Mina will find himself surrounded by
troops superior to his own ; and if he is pressed. as
there is reason to believe, he must fight to extremi-
ties, or throw himself into Cerdagne, through ex-
tremely difficult defiles, and without resources.—

Count Curial has determined to pursue him unceas-
ingly, in concert with Baron d'Eroles and Romagosa,
till he be overtaken.
"The posts in advance of Gerona,where the Marshal
is, occupy Santa Colonna, and our hussars push re-
connoitring parties to the walls of Hostalrich.
" General Donnadieu entered Vich on the 6th, at ten
in the morning ; our troops have been received with
acclamations of joy."
The Pilote says, that this communication had the
effect of causing the funds to rise to 88f. 80c. It
would seem, however, that a little reflection had suf-
ficed to convince the Parisian speculators that it fur-
nished, after all, but little reason for congratulation ;
for, by the Court Authentique of Wednesday, we find
that the. funds had on that day fallen again to 87f. 75c.
It is evident that, by this bold movement of MINA'S,
the whole character of the contest in the North-east
of Spain is changed, for the little progress made
by the invaders is not only effectually arrested,
Ilut they are hastening back by forced marches,
to endeavour to overtake the Spanish Commander
before he can reach the frontier, and -transfer the
seat of war to the French territory. If such be
his intention, however, it does not appear possi-,
ble for them to prevent its execution, for he was
a day's march in advance of their nearest division
(EnoLes), and there was not a single French soldier
between himself and the frontier.
The French Bulletin tells us that Mist " will be
obliged to figbt or to throw himself into Cerdagne
by difficult defiles and without resources." It seems
to us very plain; however, from the ground' which
MINA had 'gained on his pursuers, not obit that
he is master of his own movements, but that it
must have been by some good fighting that he
has become so. In the extracts which we gave
yesterday from the Moniker, there was one which
told obscurely of an engagement which had
taken place " at Marchande, on the road to Vich,
between the Constitutional forces and the Army of
the Faith, with part of DONNADIEVS division." The
affair, it was added, " was considerable," but " success
was never doubtful, and the division continued its
march." Well—but what became of the enemy ?,
The French army " continued its march." The Spa-
nish, we presume, continued their's too; that is, in,
plainer terms, they had beaten the French, and cut
their way through them towards France. We have
little doubt that the Constitutional force here alluded
to was that of MINA, for Marchande is on the way
between Vich and Campredon, for which the French
bulletin leaves this enterprizing General in full march.

The Constitutional divisions under MILANS and
LOBERA, which`have been all along acting in concert
with MINA, have in the meantime retired in consi-
derable strengh on Hostalrich, by which means they
keep open the line .of communication with the strongly
fortified city of Barcelona,. and will be enabled to
operate with great effect on the flank of any divi-
sion which the French army may attempt to push
for and from Vich. Till MINA, however, is caught,
any farther advance into Catalonia seems to be out
of the question with the French Commanders.
The operations of the French in the west of Spain
are beginning also to assume somewhat of a new
aspect. The guerilla system is coming into play. i
It is stated in an article from Burgos, that on the,
22d of April, at three o'clock in the morning, a body
of 600 French troops were attacked in their camp,
near Pon Corbo, by 1500 Spaniards, whom they are
said to have repulsed, bar the French acknowledge
having lost 19 men killed and wounded, and eight
prisoners. Next day the Spaniards appeared ready
to renew the attack, but several battalions having in
the meantime joined the French, they retired.

We subjoin various other articles of intelligence
from the theatre of war, which will be found to be
all of a complexion equally favourable to the Spanish
cause :