The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-04-18

desired that all such captains who should be
|detainedby Danish cruizers, might be com
mitted to prison.
FEB. 23.
The following very interesting account from
Spain is extracted from Portuguese paper:
Captain Walker of the 27th regiment,
effected his escape from Madrid on the oath
ult. 1t was positively believed at Madrid,
that the garrison under the command of gen.
Beliard. intended speedily to evacuate that
CITY The French were fortifying the con-
tiguous height. The soldiers were extremely
dlscontented for Notwithstanding the order
OF the governor, prohibiting the carrying of
arms and knives, or the wearing Of cloaks
after sun set, numbers of them were assassi-
mated every night. To such pitch was the
resentment OF the people carried, that gene.
raj PenQne was assassinatcd by woman -
General Grand Maison was found dead on the
3lst Of December; General Bcrther, the
Prince of Neufchatel. died Of u wound re
cc:ved in one Of his arms, which it was fouhd
necessary to anputate."
FEB. 25
The dispatches received on Thursday by
the Spanish ambassador announce it is said,
the result of another battle in Arraron The
letter with the particulars is OF the date of
the 9th ult. The action near Sarragoss;i,
was obstinately contested and determined in
left dead on the field.
1t is remarkable that the first intimation Of
the departure of the Austrian Minister from
fariS to Vienna, should have been given in a
letter from Valencia, of the 10th ult The
silence OF the French. Dutch, and German
papers on this event, gives countcnance 10 the
report that the departure of Napoleon to the
East OF the Rhine, was in consequence Of all
unexpected rupture with Austria. Ii is also
fp IL. IA,
Francis and Bonaparte prevailed by the last
odvioes, both on the shores of the Atlantic Sc
the Mediterranean.
Letters of the 18th inst. were received yes
terday from the Dutch coast. They strongly
assert that a war between France and Aus
tria is inevitable. The writer also requests,
that the goods he had ordered might not be
sent him, as their price would be affected
by the continental war.
Feb. 81.
On Saturday evening the admiralty re-
ceived Geographic communication, an
nouncins the sailing of the Brest feet. The
iyra looked into Brest last Tuesday, and
found the enemy had put to sea. She sail
ed Immediately for Plymouth, and off the
Lizard fell in with the CT. fleet, to which
she communicated her information Lord
Gambler will of course proceed Immediate
ly after them, and we trust will come up
with them-If he should, another victory
will of course adorn our naval annals Lord
Gamblers force is as follows caledonia,
no. Admiral Lord Gambler, Captain Sir
II. Rurrard Neale Captain of the fleet)
Captain Bedford Royal George. 100, Vice
Admiral Sir John Thomas Duck worth, Cap
tain Dunn; St. George, 9S, Rear Admiral
Eliab Harvey, Captain Hillvar; Dread
nought, 90, Rear Admiral Soheby, Captain
Salt Iemeraire, SO, Sir G. Hamilton A
chile, "a, Sir Richard King; Impeteux, "a,
Captain Lawford (; Christian With, Cap
tain J. Hancock, acting; Warspite, "A, Hon.
Captain Blackwood. The Hero, ~, Cap.
tain Newman, looked into Torbay on We'd.
nesday, and then proceeded for the station
OFT y shant. to join his Lordship. The Brest
fleet is believed to consist of nine or ten sail
OF the line and some frigates.
We alluded on Saturday to an action be-
fore Saragossa, in which the French were
defeated. The Spanish papers to the 18th
contain the official account of tit took
place on the 21st of last month. The enc
my are stated to have advanced with seven
columns OF infantry, large body of cavalry,
and considerable train of artillery, to in.
vest the suburb on the other side of the ri
yer. After a hard fought action, which
lasted tive hours, the main body IF the enc
my tell back, and the reserve advanced with
great impetuosity. The Spanish troops were
tor short time thrown in disorder, but soon
recovered themselves, and finally defeated
the enemy, who left under the walls and in
front of the batteries 1000 men killed and
as many wounded. The loss of the Spani
ards is not mentioned On the same day
an attack was made by about 500 French
men. on the fortress of San Josef, but they
were also put to flight. Several skirmishes
took place on the 22d, ed and oath, in the
enyirons of San Josef, in which the Spani
ards were equally successful.
The advance in woolen cloths has been so
great in London, that on the 22d Feb il was cal
cuIated that 10000 journeymen tsylprs were
thrown out of employ. Spanish wool had advan-
ced from to 26s per lb
Drury-lane Theatre, London, together with
the dresses and private property of the indivdu-
ais concerned i'll it, destroyed by fire on the
18th of February.
PLYMOUTH, February 90
Naval IateLfgence.-Sai feet of % sail of
victualers, for Lisbon and Gibraltar, with prov
SONS and naval stores, under convoy of a frilrate
Sailed also, the Amazon, 50, Captain Parker
tor Lisbon, with General Bercsford and suite on
board, on a mission Of great consequence, it is
SAID no less than organizing the Portuguese ne W
levles i'll Portugal.