The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-08-26

At July S. !
We have extracted from the Moniteur an
account OF the proceedings of the lunta, at
Bayonne. from its meeting on the 18th toit.
third sitting on the 2lst ut Itnow appears
that Bcnaparte assumed tn himself the right
and power To nominate his BROKER Joseph,
King OF Spain, and that he has not even con-
descended to ask the Junta 20 sanction his
choice. The meeting is declared To have
been summoned for the purpose OF discussing,
thcnew constitutional code intended forSpaip,
or in other words, register whatever new
tangled code his within and caprice may die
tate. AT the first meeting on the 18th. the
Imperial decree, ,proclaiming Joseph King
of Spain and the Indies, was read, and the
President made a speech explanatory of the
purposes for which they were convened
After which. they resolved to testify their
homage and al cgiance to the new king,
whom Napoleon had given to reign over them
On the l7th they held their sitting; on the
18th they were admitted t. IN audience of
King Joseph, whom they addressed in a strain
Of common place fulsonle adulation, to which
they received a suitable answer.
In the third sitting, ON the Goth, the plan Of
the new constitution was submitted To their
consideration and they began to discuss it on
the 2lst. So far it would appear, the new
machine works with perfect facility, but the
appearance is deceitful. Enough is disclos-
ed in the speech of the president, first NEE
ting on the 18th. to show that its operations
viii he :--rpeded and that Spain is convulscd
from end TO end In that speech, the presi-
dent notices " the fermen. and disorder
that dsquiet various towns of the kingdom"
that they are in arms, and mean to elect the
Archduke Charles of Austria, king of Spain
II the insurrection in Spain were not formi-
dabc, 1t would not have been noticed III this
way. Indeed, every intelligence from that
country, through whatever channel it may be
convey ed, plainly indicates she embarrass-
ments and fears of Bonaparte. Murat, we
find, is arrived at Bayonnc from Madrid, to
assist him with his advice in his present diff
fCult situation
a report prevailed yesterday in the city,
that an insurrection had broken ont i'll Paris.
We mentioned it iii cur second edition, bu,
had not then time to ascertain its source
We have since learned that it rests upon
the authority of the Guernsey Gazette, of
the 25th of June, which states, THAT the
letters from the coast of France assert, that
an insurrectioA had broken out of n most for
midabIe nature; all the operations of which
had been concealed I'll! SIS Gee micfi had ii;t eli
completely armed and organized that the
signal for assembling was tho cry M fen ..
az fen :. anfen! that in the province of
Languedcc and Rousillou also from SIS to
40 COO men were in arms, who had joined the
Spanish Patriots in Catalonia that the ge-
neral cry of the United arms was, Peace
with England, and war with Bonaparte
that The whole Py,enean frontier was in full
lnsurrection, & that Talleyrand was suppos-
co 10 be the grand mover OF the revolt"
should that extraordinary good fortune, on
which Eonapar,e so confidently relied, once
turn, his difficulties will be increased in pro
portion to the extent ofthe advantages which
he now enjoys, and his fall will be as rapid
as his rise; but we fear that crisis is not vet
arrived that would justify us to credit the
description OF the state of France given in
'hc Guernsey Gazette.
Extract Of a letter from Ohorto, dated
Juac7.
e The Portuguese colours are again hoist
ed at the fort, and the port declared open to
SHIPS OF all nations, except the French.
6 An invitation was sent OF to the COM
mander of an English soop OF war, inviting
HIM to come in, but which invitation he de-
chned: however Il salute of II guns was fir
cd by the castle, and returned by the sleop
with an equal number. The French Officers
are all taken prisoners, without bloodshed.'
n. b. Colonel Brown, with Young Por-
tugtcSe as an interpreter, was sent off on
Friday night to Oporto
Letters to the I'd instant have been receiv-
ed from Holland. The Moniteur is said to
contain Senatus Consultum, by which the
National Guards are called out to supply
the place of the troops of the line withdrawn
from the different departments. 1t is said
that, at least $50, COO men are on their march
to join the troops which Bonaparte had al
ready collected ON the Spanish frontiers.
Government this day received Intelligence
from France via Guernsey. It's understood
to relate to the report of an instruction
which We noticed yesterday.
The Algerines are understood from good
authority to be fitting out cruizers against
the Americans.
The cessation of hostilitics between the
Garrison of Gibraltar and the Spanish lines
was i'll consequence of the arrival in the for
mef place OF Don Esteller, the Secretary to
the new Government at Seville Hereach-
ed the fortress ca the 1st ult and on the pro-
posai he brought being acceded TO. the spa
nisli tfOf1s in the neighborhood immediately
commenced their march for honda, with AN
army oi 1000 men.
It's known that Junot has Withdrawn his
troops to the fortresscs of St Julien and Of
the Bonsie, which commanded the en-
trance Of the Tagus and in which, if he
has provisions, he may hold out for some
months while ut the same time, he blocks