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

reckoning the Longitude from Greenwich
and Ferro with difference of Is, Al. 80. Salem
Register.
E2tract Of a letter from a Lady in Madrid
10 her Brother in Dubiin, daicd hEay s.
Words cannot describe the horror with
which we have been surrounded since the
first of this month the approaching storm
was expected but On the Cd, immediately
after breakfast it broke out in the most flu
rious manner. Our friend 7 had provided
a retreat at his country house, about miles
distant, to which we were 70 remove that We
ry evening, but the storm overlook us, and
stopped our journey the thunder of the ar
Itiliery announced the beginning of the bust
ness, ard ~ 2 few minutes after the whole
male population OF the city appeared n arms:
wherever French soldier was discovered,
he was instantly cut down or shot six of
them were put to death under our windows =
the scene was dreadful beyond description
alter two or three hours carnage, particular
lily in our great street called Alcala, a rein
forcement of Frenchmen poured in the town,
and In their turn became the assailants our
doors were burst open by the defeated POI
lpulace, and seven or eight of the inhabitants
took refuge under the couches and in differ
cnt parts of the house; but the Frenrh SOL
dicrs followed them, and in my presence
they most numerically bayonetied those who
had first entered the room, where ! and my
children sat shivering with horror. The pre-
Scncc o. young French officer protected u.s.
and he had the humanity to continue with
me in the house the entire of this fatal day,
to which Certainly owe the lives of mvscif
and children. All night the inhabitants we're
forced to illuminate their windows, and ff-
teen dreadful looking fellows took entire pos
session OF the lower part of the house they
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dered, nor could the presence of the friendly
officer have mentioned prevent them. The
following morning was indeed a scene Of hor-
ror Almost every person that passed thro'
the streets was stained with blood, and the
dead bodies lay in heaps: it was reported
and believe with some truth, that Murat,
the French General, intended to erect some
works outside the town, to- batter il to the
ground, in revenge for the lives of his SOL
diers. This, however, he abandoned The
next day, when the tumut Trad little sub
sided, j and got some articles of plate, and
the books Of the house, and through the in
terccssions Of 9TH French friend, were SUI
fcred to remove to his residence at Ombro.
where We now are with the Children
Out OF nineteen empires, Kingdoms and
PrincpalIities, into which Europe appear
geographically divided in 1888, Bonaparte
and his family are now, 1908, actually in
| possession of eieUen! The population of
| these countries is estimated at $500. 600
persons, and the armed force at ops 900.
1t ought to be observed, that Prussia and
| Denmark also, which are nomihally govern
ed by their ancient princes, are controlled
| by France; a1d that Russia and Austria,
! humblcd by the late contest, dare not oppose
any of the measures Of the French empc-
ror. It is further worthy of remark, that
when England declared war, in 1875 every
state of Europe was in arms against France ;
at the present moment, every state in Eu-
rope, with the exception OF Sweden, is con-
federated against EnSland""Lon. Pep.
ACCESSION or JoSEPH BONHPAF7B 10 9HE
7HRoNg or SPATN.
PARIS, June II.
| The Bayonhe Gazette, Of the 18th of June
contains the following proclamation
NafioleoH, by the grace Of God, Emperor oil
the French. King Of Italy, Protector of the
Confederation Of tho Rhine, to all men, &c
whom these presents shall Come, send.
greeting:
The iunta of the state, the council of Cas-.
tile, the city of Madrid, &c. &c. having no
tilted to us by their addresses, that the well
being of Spain requires speedy stop to bc
put to the provisional government, we have