The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-09-16


were killed.
Should the French think of making us vi
sit, they must do it with an army OF or 1900
men, and even with this number do not think
they could take the castle, for it's situations such
Ii,ul r,v... :. s:.,ai army would almost be de-
stroyed before it could come to tne Guy.
however continue. our preparation tor defence,
and the inhabitants are all determined to aeiend
the city with vaior A small French privateer
was brought in yesterday by u king gun boat.
She has but one paper, aPermssion to cruize,
signed by some marine captain, which fancy
will not answer. The crew will probably be
hung, as they are suspected to be pirates"
In addition to the intelligence we have already
given respecting Spain, we learn, from papers
.ceivcd at Boston by the Arcturus, that General
Lefevre had surrendered to the Aragonese, who
had taken the provisions and ammunition destin-
ed for his relief; and that Jerome Bonaparte was
to be the king of Naples, and Murat of West
phalia
1t was reported, that about $4,000 French
troops had been recently marched into Spain, in
Guiding many of the National Guards. The Pat
riots are said to have $4,000 acvalry.
The French papers contain some accounts OF
advantages obtained overthe Rebels, as those are
called who fight for their country But the Cir
cumstances under which those papers pub
lished prevent their obtaining credit.
1t appears that orders have been given for
disarming all Spanards. A Bayonne article
4,
went to disarm the people at and near Palencia,
met 10000 rebels under Gen. Cuesta, whom they
dispersed, killing about 1000. The French To-
sing Chilled and 8 or 10 wounded The Frenclid
proceeded to Valadolid disarming the people,
and so of the most culpable were shot.
GO On the 18th of June Gen. Lefevre attacked
the army of Insurgents of Sarragossa, and dis
persed them; more than 1000 of them were
thrown into the river and persisted. The French
had killed aud wounded. i
French paper]
"Thc emperor has directed that those Spani-
ards vino renounce their errors shall be trea-
ted with Indulgence but that terrible exam
pie shall be made of such shall persist"
&c The rebels killed Gen. Ceva!los at Valado-
id...B.
Col. Gibbs Zone of the passengers in the Arc
furus) was informed, when in Paris, that an al
tack had been conte mpated on the Austrian do.
mnons before the disturbances in Spain broke
out. That Austria was more formidable than e.
yer, having organized a force Of 100000
The Arcturius stopped at Fayal, and while
there, Portuguese "a, arrived on her way to
England, from Brazils, and informed that Sir
Sidney Smith was about proceeding with an al
lied a,ry OF British and Portuguese, against Blu
enos AyreS.
When the advices some time ago reached the
United States, of the French armies having |
marched in detdchnlents to different remote and !
opposite points, the calculation of men as qvise
the Sbdniards, was, ths: these detachments |
would be all cut to pieces the reports of the de-
feat of Dupont near Cordova, and his retreat to |
the Sierra Moreno, appeared to satisfy the qvise
of their own sagacity. 1t turns out, howe |
YER that the reverse of the news and the concu |
siOns was the truth, for il now appears that Du- |
Pont was the victor, and that the Spaniards had
suffered severe defeat this does not appear in |
- t1,n ar,rh
English that we have seen-6ut it appears in the
official Spanish bulletins If Seville The object
OF the French to divide and conquer
A fact of another novel and remarkable cha
racter has appeared The French emperor,
dispatched to Seville an accredited ambassador e. |
he was received there by the Junto his business
was dispatched in few words -" He was sent
20 apprize tAe IuDto, that the emperor having
heard OF the assembly OF body Of the notables
uf Andalusa, was willing TO testify fis respect
for any body SO respectable, assembled as tfit-y
were, under the extraordinary circumstances of
the iute7egnunp they must have heard, and T.
they did not, his minister would present to them
tc acts ~ which the dynasty under ..l:c Si,a;i,
had declined from its pristine greatness and
spiendor, had voluntarily and absolutely ceased
20 reign, In this situation Of Spain nov or. !
der OF sovereignty must of necessity take place |
and as the Spaniards were devoted to monarchy, |
they should not be disappointed il was neces. |
sary, that they should decide between monarchy
and anarchy, in which latter case desturctcion |
and ruin to the people of Spain, could be the |
only consequences but they should have kim, |
and as the renoter Spanish provinces were diVi |
dedupon the choice ofclaracters (; one of whom |
had relinquiShed his claims, and the claims of |
the other being wholly inadmissible, he prescr. |
ted TO them king for their acceptance. who
would unite the security of Spain and its polic, |
with the restoration Gifts greatness, and ifs rart
among nations--the king which he presented
them, was then tie sovereign of Na,,les. and
VINO would in few days be ready To receive tLc,,
al Madrid, & TO receive thoirhomare z give a. 80
legitimate pledges of regard 10 the imryests -,
Spain. That the mobiles & f,HctOnaries of Anf,,,,
STA, would notbe pressed for an instant ,cclarI;a
---nor would the army of 100000 Frcncj,tnon' ,sL"
occupied the frontier, enter Spain unless n, y,
blind lnsepsibiiity to- the glory Of Spain. tbe,4
should appear disposition to involve the nation
IN frultless war"
The ambassador it seems REQUIRED mn ors,,,,
and returned to .dadrid, and it now at,rc.rs ,t
Joseph Bonaparte, the king Gus proifere, f., o..
Sevans, had taken the oaths of Kint, of ST,a; o
administered ny the bishop of Gurpos. snd -"
ceised the oatIs ofallegance of die ecclcs;.1f
cal AID civil dignitares that constitute, e',,
ted To tieir picjudiccs, had been presented ~,
aa.pied, on the 3oth Junc, and OH Iuiy Ls ' a".
OFT tor Madrid, and had actually taken poss.s";
on Of the throne ''''SSSi