The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-08-30


looks Ue'y sguaHu!
Inc news locks as If there were much
, ,., anticipation of what is very
i'heY To happen-and some vanishing on.
o"'h sides; the bad made 10 look better, AMI
INC worse, worse than it really is for as 10
any soo'l coming out of it, that is rot to be
c"E3S.cteu, nor does it Ink lint sc7B.
iae news may be classed into three de-
sef'ruons, that is, what has really happened
-wha' probably Will happen-and what has
no, happened
y! ihc FIRST ciass-It appears unquestiona
oie, iiai the Bourbons are exiled from
'nrone OF Spain, and that the elder brother
VI TIC rcnch emperor, has been brought
iro!" Naples, OF which he was king, to be
paced on the Spanish throne
1 nat IN some OF the Spanish provinces,
'aefe was lag of the mobiles, and greatbo
oles OF their vassals, to resist the power and
.nhuehce OF the French and thar at Oviedo,
me capital OF Asturia, a province in the north
o. spain. situated on the Bay of Biscav. the
Using was general and the resistance pro.
ii'iseo To be vigorous. While at Seville, a.
no'her capital city, in the south ofSpain. on
the river Guadaiquiver, and i'm the province
OF Andaiusia, formidable resistance was
| also R:enaced.
| It's observable, however, that although
,he spanish have formed re- preventative orde =.
'esa'eo oodies to execute the purposes oftheir
| resistance, they are not only remote from
e,'oh other, but are extreme in all their de-
cara atoms excepting two--that is they declare
var against France, and declare peace with
England. In other particulars, they appear
| 10 De at variance with each other; one par
~ using the name of Ferdinand VII. as their
KING, "ho IS IN the custody of Ronaparte
ana me other proclaiming the Arch duke
Nharles OF Austria, king ofSpain.
ASturias appears to beunsupported bv the
| Biscayans, their neighbours; and GaIiicia.
Navarro, Leon, and even Castle appear to
nave submitted to the order Of things pro-
posed by France; and promulged bv a kind
ot assembly. or notab!es, which assembled az
| sayonne, under the auspices of the French
emperor
he state or dispositions of the other MI
Herous provinces of Spain, on the Medic
S'rrahean and Atlantic, cannot be inferred
WIN p'ausiolity from any thing contained in
tht latest advices. Seville is but n short dis
tance from Cadiz and Gibraltar
The accounts, however, state. that ono
OF the french generals, Dupont, with only
Zo,OCU alen, had advanced into and occupied
siit 'iSfiis:s OF ms sierra M.rena chain of
mountains which separates CASTLE from Cor
doVa ana Murcia this Geographical positi-
on OF the French argues that the rising is not
very general IN Spain, since the city of Ma
| ar'd, which Is Ill the centre ofSpain, is more
| thah 10 mics III the French rear, and i. is
go miles from Madrid to the fortress ne
ramPaluna the nearest Spanish fortress to
| France; whiie from Calatraya or Civedad
keai, to Seville, is about $50 miles from Du
Poht army, and so much farther than On
pont' from Madrid. Some accounts cav
that Dupont,s advanced posts, had reached
Cordova, which was Oil ~ e mics from Ve-
vile, and that he meant to proceed apains
Seville but this latter part is not so certain
| as the rest of the news.
avery important event as it relates to the
general causes and duration of the war. has
also takenpiace at Cadiz the French soma
dron OF ships OF the line, which have been Sc
Veral months III Cadiz have been attacked in
the harbour by the Spanish ialni batteries and
SHIPS OF the Spanish squadron, and surren-
dered to the Spanish admiral or governor. bv
whom 1t is SUPPOSED they were to be trans
feTred to the British squadron under admi
raj Purvis, off Cadiz.
mere are reports that the provinces of Ca
.aiohia ana Arragon have risen i'm arms:
both these provinces are in the north cast Of
SPAN: Barcelona is the capital of the for
mer' but 1t is occupied by French garri-
son. and camp of observation Is in the neigh
Dourhood, or $4,000 men A!ragon -adioins
catalonia and borders on the Pyrenncau side
OF France--the capital is Saragossa on the
Ebro. '-AS
Inc French forces in Portugal, which a.
inounted to no more than 10000 men we're
reduced to 5000, who had thrown themselves
lite the fortress that Commands the entrance
! OF the Tagus; the rest of the troops had
: been drawn of in columns by forced march
es across the Doaro, and had entered Leon
/ winch BORDERS on Asturia
he aivices from the north of Europe. arc
not so clear and determinatc as those from
the sou-h. We have long looked for y rencw-
al o. those coalitions which have been so Of
ten organized by the ever active efforts o. O..
Britain and make no doubt that a coalition,
has been long forming, and that calling of
the Spanish troops into Germany, and the
recent super ccssion of the Bourbon DYNASTY
have proceeded out of the knowledge of these
secret Vaccinations. Those who recollect
the cooperation OF Yrujo with Merry in the
United 'otates-sie GO opei'a alton and under
standing which suosisJed between Yrnio and
CERTAIN senators Of the u. States, at the NO.
r,oh vt the; iiiisiiti,,tr n rev Orleans. Val
inc disturbances about the deposit. and who
viii compare the shipping Of vast treasures
iron vera C'nz, in British frigates selling
with the royal licences Of the Spanish mo
/ march; can entertain little doubt of the acfu.
f"l secret co-oferaffoa.
he accession Of Russia to now COATS,
| on, however. we cannot ut c...I..