The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-10-21

at The san.e place.
The duke L.. Jnlansedo. and lieut. Colo
mel Doyle, went to Madrid on the I7ih, from
Leon. Cant Carroll remained will, General
Blake. Tic Asturinns have IL. 900 men rca-
dy to march, and upwards 5000 more, with
which they mean TO maintain the ID eco al
WAYS recruited; the forces of this princi-
pality, arc soon to be augmented to S4,oGo,
besides which, their prudent measures ta-
ken for calling out the mass of the people in
case Of emergency. The news from Catalo-
MIA, understand, are very Favorable The
Spaniards are besicging Barcelona with eve
ry prospect Of success"
ITALY.
The Statement in our pabcr Of Monday.
relative to the meditated attack of Gen
Stuart upon the Neapolitan territory, is cor
roborated by letters from Palermo, which
state, that the French had evacuated both
the Callabrias; that General Sir Jas. Stuart
had embarked for the Peninsula of Italy,
with 5000 British regular troops, 5000 Sicili-
an do. do. ard 1000 armed peasan,ry and it
was supposed the Neapolitans, on our APP
proach. would rise en- rlassc."
Notice was yesterday received from Var
mouth. that some vessels from Riga were in
the OfRpg. Ifthis intelligence be correct, some
relaxation must have taken place in the
Franco-Russian system of opposition to Bri-
fish commerce.
Price of stocks this day at one o'clock.
Consols for money, 66 l5-28-acc. o.
Rec. shut.
Excheq. Bills, IS. prem.-Omnium ]
dis.
DANTzIcK, Aug. 9.
lis Excellency General Rapp, the Co
vernon of this city, died here after a long ill :
ness.
From the London Gazette Extraordinary.
DOWNING STREET, Sept 3.
Extract of letter from Lieut.. Cen Sir Ar
thur Wellesley, dated head quarters at
Caldas, the 10th of August 1908.
marched from Lyria on the 18th, and
arrived at Abobaca or the 10Th which place
the enemy had abandoned in the preceding
night and arrived here Yesterday. The
enemy, about 1000 in number, were posted
about ten miles from hence, at Borica; and
they occupied Brilos, about three miles from
hence, with their advanced posts. AS the
possession of this last village was important
to our future operations, j determined to oc-
cupy 1T and as soon as the British infantry
arrived upon the ground, / directed that it
might be occupied by detachment, consist
ing OF four companies of riflemen of the Goth
and 95th regiments. The enemy CONSISTING
OF small piquet of infantry and a few ca
vairy, made trif1ing resistance and retired :;
out they were followed by a detachment of
our rifiemen to the distance of three miles
from Brilos. The riflemen were then at
tackled by Superior body of the enemy.
who attempted to cut them off from the main
body of the detachment to which thew be-
longed, which had now advanced to their
support; larger bodies of the enemy now
appeared on both the TANKS of the detach
ment. and 1t was with difficulty that major
gen. Spencer, who had gone out to Gbidos
when he had heard that the riflemen had
advanced in pursuit of the enemy, was en-
ab!ed to effect their retreat to that village.
They have since remained in possession of
1T, and the enemy have retired entirely from
the neighborhood. In this little affair of the
advanced posts, occasioned solely by the
eagerness of the troops in pursuit of the e.
nemy, L am concerned to add, that Lieut..
Panbury, OF the I'd battalion of the 95th.
was killed, and the Hon. capt. Pakenham
wounded, but slightly but we have lost one
rank and file Killed, wounded and sI mis-
sing.
Head Quarters az Vilia Verde, .hue. II.
My LORD,
The French General Laborde having con-
tlnued IN his position at Roleia since nv ar
rival at Caldas on the 18th instant, / deter
mined to attack him in it this mornng.-Ro-
LEILA is situated on an eminencc, having
plain In its front, at the end ola valley. which
commences at Caldas, and is closed To
the southwark by mountains, which ioin the
hills, forming the valley, and about EIGHT
miles from Roleia, is the town and old Moor
ish fort of CE.bidos from whence the enemv,s
piquets had been driven on the 18th. and
from that time he had posts in the hills ON
the sides of the valley, as well as in the
plain in front of his army, which was posted
on the heights in front of RoIeia. its right
resting upon the hills, its left upon an emf
hence, on which was windmill. and tbe
whole covering four or FIVE passes into the
mountains in his rear.
have reason to believe that his force ron
slsts OF at least 5000 men of which about 5Oo
were cavalry, with five pieces of cannon
ana there were some reasons to believe that
Gen. Loison, who was at Rio Major vester-
day, would join Gen. Daborde by his right
IN the course of the night The plan of at
tack was formed into three columns the
right consisting of 1900 Portuguese infantry
and so Portuguese cavalry, destined to turn
the enemy's left and penetrate into the monn.
tains in his rear the left, consisting of Ma;
Gen. Ferguson's and Brig. Gen. Howe's bri-
Sades OF infantry, companies of rinemen.
and 20 British and 20 Portuguese cavalry
was destined, under the command of Major
Gen. Ferguson, to ascend the hills at O.bidos.