The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-10-14


and prisoners. In all the actions with the
French the Spaniards have behaved with
| great galiantry, and they begin 10 find that
their enemies are not invihcible, vet it is
said they are some OF those soldiers who con-
Guered at Marcngo, Austerli,z aud Jena.
| The Spaniards have manifested their deter
mnation TO conquer or die, and if they per-
| sist IN this determination, 7 really think the
result will DC favorable TO their cause. The
revolution ib This country viii probably in
tiuence the Conduct of our government in
greater or less degree. The success ofSpain
England cannot but participate in
that government has seconded the views of
this people And espoused their cause with
that accustomed zeal peculiar to them. The
| hlinorca. British brig Of war, arrived here
10 days since with the British Consul. Mr..
Duff, who Brought out upwards of a million
OF dollars for tbs government as loan Oar
mutual friend, MIR -, will probably de-
4 tail Ia you, some account of the military
transactions in This country. and particular
ly tie almost HpeXampled and obstinate de-
fence OF SaragoSsa, a city of Arragon, BY the
Inhabitants of that rich city and Province
these brave and loyal people deserve to be
classed with the band of Leonidas, who s.
hra vel :.-fc:-ica -: 20; ,iy ,.,u, nc
After repeated attacks on his devoted city,
by the flower IF the Frerch army, the Ar
ragonese succeeded in driving them entirely
out. The c.r,age has been dreadful !; even
the women there, have shared in all the vi
cissitudes of die soldiers life, & have fought
with an enthusiasm wich nothing but n con-
seriousness the business of their cause and
a love of Their country could have inspired
more than $500 of these females have been
killed fighting in the ranks in the different
attacks
| The following articles arc translated for
the Mercantile Advertiser from late Spa
nish papers received by the Camilla -
PROCLAMATION.
FERDINAND VII. King If Shcin and the
Iedies, and in his name By me .sufreme
Junfa ofboth GoUernm"n,s.
The evils of Spain have arrived at the ut =
most extremity. Treachery and perfdy
have carried away to France the King Fer
dinand VII. the kings father, the queen and
all the roya! family, compelling them to re-
hounce the Crown. Whe.thert his renuncia-
ton was obtained by falsity or truth it is evi-
IDENTITY void; and the French Emperor, by
attempting to give king TO the Spaniards,
has been guilty 1t an atrCcity uneXamped
in the history of nations. Napoleon to eX-
ecute and consummate this mohstroHs crime,
pared ell the means which ambition could
invent His numerous armies have entered
these kingdoms. as friends and under that
preteXt have robbed the country, s. commit
tedaSSaSsinatlons with degree of cruelty &c
injustice perhaps hitherto unequalled.
Nonreza, Jiliy %. We have received of
fetal intelligence that the French division
which went against Corona is entirely des-
troyed. The destruction of the division I'M
der Hestalme is horrible.
Rodergo, July IS. General Cuesta is In
Salamanca with 500 horse, and is moving to-
wards Estramadura.
MADRID, august 5. The capitulation of
Dupont on the Goth ult has caused the great
est CONSERVATION in the French army, which
is evident from its extraordinary movements
The army departed in three divisions the
first in the night of the 29th the second,
eScorting Joseph Bonaparte, on the SOth ;
and the third, the day following. They rob-
bed the treasury before their departure :;
and of the palace they left nothing bat the
walls
| The French'had ordered that M portrait of
Ferdinand VII. should be sold in Madrid
under pain of death bnt Yesterday the CITY
was amply supplied with them Joseph had
no coachman at the time of his marching :;
and his soldiers who undertook that Office,
executed it so bad that he was obliged to go
on horseback. All is tranquil, and our hopes
arc resisting on the army of Andalusi-
a.
Cadiz, august 9. Tile captain of YES
sci arrived here from Carril, reports on the
9th instant, passing by Lisbon, he heard
very heavy cannonadng, probably between
the fleets of England and Russia.
Letters from Durango state that Piscay is
free from Frenchmen, and is united to our
| cause.
Seville, august %. Sir John Stuart, who
is to be appointed commander in chief of
the Sicilian troops, arrived at Messina on
the 18th, and has been received with distin-
guished honors.
| from late London hdhsrS.
! LONDON Aug. II.