The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-07-15
RIcYAloND FRIDAY. JJEY. IS, 1908.


"What security is there against the re-
newal of these acts Of violence? Fa
'' All the slaves here are treated with the
most horrid cruelty $50 Portuguese arc shut
up in prison. The court of Lisbon DELAYED
sending the tribute. The government has not
sent them any relief, and they arc in extreme
wretChedness. The officers az well as sal
f, lors, arc condeinncd to labor and are loaded
with igHominy.
"a great number of Neapolitans, also
slaves. are not in a less pitiable situation /; &
the Dey who expects to conquer Tunis III
the first campaign, hopes to make booty of
5000 more European slaves, whose ransom
he will FIX kerry high. Since he has been for
ced to give up all the slaves who were sub
jects OF the Emperor Napoleon it seems that
be is resolved to make his system of robbie
ny press harder upon the other foreigners"
SPAIN.
Madrid, .AttrH 12.--Ycsterday morn.ng ut g
o'clock, the Prince of the Asturias left this
city, in order to meet his Majesty the en-
iperor of France. The first night he slept at
Bentrago. yesterday .e was at Amanda, and
to-day he is TO Sleep at Burgos.
On the 9Th inst. the Prince OF Ast,irias- adj
dressed the following Decree to all the coun-
sellers Of state:-
'Being informed that the emperor of the
French and King Of Italy is on the
point of arriving in this city and court Of Ma
drid, have deemed it proper to go and meet
MS Imperial and Royal Majesty in order TO
/ give convincing proof of my reverence for
! his Serene Person, and of the strong desire
which happily stlbsists between this monar-
chy ard the French to the mutual advantage
of both nations. Accordingly / shall depart
| from hence on the 10th, and repair to Burgos ;
and as my absence will continue but short
time, have considered the present circum-
stancas, decreed and authorised, and do
hereby by this authorize my beloved Uncle
the Infant Don Antonio, in whom have pla-
ced my confidence, as well on account of the
ties Of blood which bind him to- nv person,
/ as Oil account the distinguished qualities
! with which he is endowed, and that he ba.
full power to transact and dispatch all pres
| sing and necessary business which may oc-
cur, with the advice of my Secretary of
State and of dehec6es, which shall be COM
muDicated to my council, in order that it be
! carried daily into execution.
Madrid Gazette Extraordinary, March 27.
Proclamation for the better discipline of tn e
| French troops--ordered by the Grand
Duke of Berg to be printed for public no
| tice.
| SoiGir,.s t-Yon are now about r., enter tive
capital os friendly power. recommend to
| you the best discipline, the pest order best
| friend ship with its inhabitants. 1t is a
nation to which we are allied, and which
ought to find in the French army true
friend; and recollect the good treatment
you have experienced in the provinces
J through which we have traversed.
Soldiers = / hope this recommendation
will be sufficient for the compliance with
which am guaranteed by the good conduct
which you have already observed: but if l
find any individual forgetting that he is a
lFrenchman, he shall be punished and any
excess shall be severely punished, for breach
Of that order:-3'hat any officer committing
any crime, or neglecting his duty, shall be
deprived of his commission, and shall be de-
livcred over to Military commission for JUS
tice. All soldiers found e .ilty of robbing,
concealing, or Of violation, shall be shot
Any SERGEANT OF soldier convicted of abusing
or i'll treating the inhabitants, shall be deli
vered over TO the laws if murder, to be shot
Any serjeant or solder found drunk in the
streets, shall be condemned to eight DAYS
confinement IN stocks, and the sereant be
sent into the ranks. All the serjeants OF
lsoldiers found in the streets after the beat
ing OF the retreat--two days imprisonment
Generals, Chiefs Of Regiments, and com
, manders of the French Army in Madrid
Each ofyou will see, as far as l. concerns vou
that these ORDERS are punctually executed
, and shat they be read at the head of ever,
company.
|, (Signed) JOAQUIN.
Lieutena@t- Commander of the Val
: guard Of the French Army, ara of the
troops cautioned at Madrid
: (Countersigned) EN-. GROUCHY.