Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-10-11

rag Ssa, Oy WhiCn SOOo treuchm-n tei VIC
TINS. Eue Br.,is, tieet hat Withdrawn
from Cadiz and the French feet were laid
up. A Spanish "a sailed about Is days be-
fore captain W,rdell for l. Vera Cruz and
Il .vaunl; trigate was ready To sail for
Lima, and a "a FOR the Southwark. II was
reported that Junot (whose master had sen
him to protect tbs Por uguese) was to be
attacked by the natives and the British on
the day captain w. left Cadz. rive have
Il letter which mentions his defeat and sur
rcnder.] The governor of Gibraltar had
resigned his situation, that he might take
the chief command in Lisbon. 1t was ge-
morally believed in Cadiz that the French
would be driven from Spain. The Minor
Ca gun brig and s.oop of war, had ARR
we'd at Cadz from England, with e'ght mil
lions OF dollars, for the use of the Patriots.
Bonaparte had returned to Paris in conse
quence Gas was said) of some of the Nor
them Powers having declared war aga nst
him .-Such is the substance of the verbal
Intelligence received at the office of the
Mercantile Advertiser by the Camilla.
From our printed accounts we learn that
on the arrival of Dupont at Port St Mary
"a town situated on the Bay of Cadiz) in
consequence of the discovery among his
baggage of some church plate which had
assembled, and in a tumultuous manner
drove off the soldiers who had the charge
of it, which they completely ransacked, and
carried off whatever was valuable, parti-
cularly a great quantity of gold and silver
vessels belonging to the Cathedral of Cor
dova. Dupont by letter demanded restitu
ton OF the Governor; to which the latter
replied, 81 have received your letter of
Yesterday, rec,aiming the baggage, &c .des
troyed by the popu ace of ST. Mary, and
invoking the honor OF the Spanish nation.
detest the conduct OF the criminals, and
am anxious for the glory of Span: but
your own proceedings have occas.oned it !;
and it could never have been my intent on
or that of the Supreme Junta, that your ex
ceiiency shou d carry out of Span the fruits
OF your rapacity, cruelty, and irreligion.
sis there IN reason any principle which
prescrlbes good faith and humanity towards
AN army which entered the kingdom under
the mask of friendship, and robbed t of it's
sovereign; At the same time eXtortng no
mage to a new one by violence, profaning
the sacred temples, and carrying d. sola i
on into the royal palaces, the towns, and
villages. will. however, endeavor to Sc
cure your personal safety and subs stence,
and will take the most eff ctual measures
tor your speedy transportation 10 France"
sc.
! We have little esIse than Proclamations.
inviting the Spaniards to loyalty, to perse-
verance, anu to- exertion. They are now
in the h nds of the translator.
Capt. Wardell is the bearer ofdispatches
for government.
Extract Of a letter from very respectable
American Gentleman in @ ibraltar, to his
| friend in this city, dated August 1lth
| received per. ship Camilla, from Cadiz
"We yesterday received the news of the
surrender of the whole French army. un-
der Gen. Junot, at Lii bon, to the British
forces-Juuot himself prisonerto the Por-
tuguese and Spaniards. He had attempt
ed 10 make his escape from his army
Five thousand French troops, in two bodies,
mat were marching to the relief of Junot
nave been totally cut to pieces by the
Spaniards, not even one individual escaD-
ed.
"Joseph 1st, Gas he is ironically called)
has fled from Madrid, having first given
the place up TO pillage to his soldiers, and
is supposed TO have gone to Catalonia, or
more probably to Barcelona, of which
place the French have possession
"FifEecn tons of silver, and arms and am
nun ton, for the Patriots have arrived at
Cad'H IRON England; and twenty thousand
pounds have been advanced by the govern
ment here, and about 100 900 dollars by the
merchants, and more money is hourly ex
pected from England IN fact, every assis-
lance the British can give, is afforded to
the Spaniards.
"Governor Dalrymple has inst resigned
the commend in chief of this garrison, an,,
proceeds to Lisboc tomorrow, to take the
mand of all the British forces in SPAN
and Por ugal, amounting to about 10 600
men. General Diummond succeeds to the
command in CHIEF here.''
Extract of letter from an American gem
ueman resident i'll Spain, dated August
26th.
The extraordinary changes in this coun
try must no DOUBT influence in some mea
sure the dec son which our government
may adopt with respect to the embargo.
Inc SUCCESS of the Spaniards has been sim
gular; aud indeed SO mucn 50, that we who
are OF the spo-, and in great degree eve.
witnesses, can hardly creduit. How much
more Incredible must it appear to those
VINO have always Considered tie Spaniards
as the most degraded pc pc on earth, to
I'm that they hlV' be abb with nu,nbers
and only hall armed To completely beat tine
CVnquerors ofthe World Sarragossa has
made Itself immortal by its resistance A.
g'ihst thirteen attack OF the & wer of hc
French army, commanded BY one OF its &c
LIBERATED chiefs Sarraooqs, 90 1t -