The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-03-10

pc msrc particularly strsck with gheir hne
appearances.
The public sistings of the court of inquiry
at Chelsea terminated Yesterday. the preSi-
dent. Sir David Dundas, having s;sniEcd
TINT, as the examination of the evidence was
the fusurc proceedings of the board
would be of a private nature the public viii
of course, in due time, be fully informed of
the Judgment of the court.
December II.
Paris papers to the 18th Instant have this
day been received. They contain the thir-
teen'h hu'let;n of the French army. dated
at st. Martin. near Madrid, December Q /;
and detailing the capture of tue pass of So
mo Sierra, aud the Interior progress Of the
to that date. The Moniteurs CT the
18th and i4,h, contain the un, elcomc intel
ligenCe of the surrender of Madrid in the
fllowing words.
Camp az Madrid, Dec. A-Thc town
OF Madrid has ~capitulated. Our troops en-
tered to day at noon"
C~afifuI0-on of D{adriG-Entrance Of Me
French .Army info that CRY.
By the flag of truce which returned last e.
vening TO Dover, with Mr.. Shaw, the Mes
senger on board. we ave received Paris pa
pers TO the 18th inst.-Their contents are of
great importance. The city of Madrid has
capitulated, and the French troops entered
on the 4h lust. IT noon This intelligence is
dated from the French campat Madrid, and
IS officially announced in the Mnaiteurs of
the 18th aud 14tlh. 1t was announced in a
proclamation, addressed by the Supreme
Junta to the people of Spain and particular
ly to those OF Madrid, recommending the
conduct which they ought to observe under
these circumstances. This proclamation
was dated from the royal palace OF Aran-
luez, on the 21st last, and consequently we
may presume that the first appearance ofthe
enemy at SomUsierra took place about the
18th or 18th. What became of this corps
is not mentioned. Ii was probably pushed
rapidly 70 ward for the purpose of alarming
the country, a m%anouvre often practiccd by
the French with success. If such were the
case, it probably retrcated as fast as it had
advanced. That a large portion of the enc
my had not advanced so far at that date we
may presume, as the defeat of the force I'M
der Castanos upon the Ebro did not AXE
place ill the Esd. The details of the ap-
proach of the French to Madrid are con
tanned in the 18th bulletin, dated at St. Mar
tin, the ID inst. 1t states, that on the 3Oth
last, the duke of Belluno marshal Victory
arrived at SoUosierra with a Corps of IS, OCO
men, when he found the Spaniards in a strong
post. defended by IS pieces of cannon. Here
however as in the battle of Te.!mia, the
French derived great advantage from their
cavalry. A charge made by the Polish light
horse decided that day, and the Spaniar6s
sustained a total defeat. Bonaparte ON the
following day, the LIST Dec. removed his head
quarters to St. Augustine, and on the next
to st. Martin, on which day the duke of Is
ira, with his cavalry took possession of the
heights which command Madrid, and the
infantry were PXnPrtad RI n rriya ON tho Oh
Here the 18TH bulletin ends the Moniteurs
add, that the town capitulated, and was en-
tered by the French on the 18th. The procla-
nation OF the Supreme Junta, to which we
nave alluded, further stated, that the posts
OF Guadarrama and Escuriel, between So,
mosierra and Madrid, were strongly fortified
and would make a formidable resistance.
AS the 18th bulletin, however, does not no.
tlce any action subsequent to that of Somosi-
ezra, 1t is probable that the French did not
advance on that line, but proceeded S. E.. in
a c:rcuitous route by Butriego. Of the Spa
nlsh force at Guadarrama & Escurial, there
is no notice, nor are the English armies once
mentioned.
An article in the Moniteur states, that Mr..
Adair has failed in his mission to the Sub
time Porte.
An English officer arrived this morning
with dispatches from Mr.. Frere, at Mad
rid, and our armies. The dispatches from
our armies are dated the 9TH. They were
then in high spirits. Thy had not heard
OF the arrival of the French at Madrid. 1t
was understood on the contrary, that Bona
parte mad not followed up the victory Of Tu-
della with his usual energy. He represents
the Spaniards as greatly i'll want of cavaI-
ry.
Dec. 90.
This morning a mail from Gottenbuigh ar
rived, which brings intelligence of an ar
mistice having been concluded between the
Swedes & Russians. 1t appears, that, not
withstanding the bravery and perseverance
of the Swedish troops, they were unable to
oppose an e~fcctual resistance to the immense
superiority, in point of numbers, which their
enemies possessed over them, and a conyen.
ton has been agreed upon, by which the
Swedes consent to cvacuat Findland.
Cary ofa letter from PIymonth, dqfed
Dee. 10.
SIR-Ih have just seen a gentleman, who was
this afternoon informed by Admiral Sutton,
that an officer had landed in Cornwall, from
Spain ; Il think the north coast with an &C
couut of our troops having been in action,
and that they had been victorious-This is
all can learn, and as it opens a raw of hope.
| cannot omit n d1v Tn coun,unir,to rrJ