The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-03-17

DO" op your principal buildings columpsof
troops are AZ the entrance of the town. of
which somc companies of sharp shooters
have made themselves masters; tnu s,.e
pe?or, always generous in the course of his
victories, stsspendS the attack till two o.
LOCK. he town Of Madrid ought to lock for
protection oo security Tor it's peaceable inha-
oltants, Tor its ministers in fine, the oblivion
OF the past. Hoist a white flag before two o.
CLOCK, * send commissioners to treat fopthe
surrender of the town.
Accept. mons. general, &c.
1AJor Gen. ALEX. BERTHfER.
LONDON, Dec. d..
lAe .Irmy.-It is laid that excellent
officer, sir Arthur Wellesley, gees oct in
command of all the rcinforcerncAts going to
Spain. With him go
Maj Gen. Spencer, Maj. Gen. Dyott,
Murray, Thieves,
Ferguson, Brig, Gen. Elves,
Iayhe, Dorrien.
Cotton, Diff
There viii shortly be an English army in
Spain, to conquer for the Spaniards, even if
they do not fight FOR themselves. Sir John
Moore has very urgently pressed govern
ment to expedite the return OF the general
offleers attached to the army under his
now in this Country, and several of
them' among whom is Sir Arthur WELLESLEY.
are making preparations to proceed TO Spain
III immediately.
Besides the Spanish papers which haze pr
rived, We have received this morning the
CorH.'na Diary of the 18th DecembeT T.
contains not a word OF news, neither foreign
OF domestic: Its contents consist oniv OF a
long eiegy IN honor or the gallant Don Fran
CISCO Nequiml, major general in!the Spanish
army who being severely wounded in one os
the battles in Biscay, died as he W 8 convey
isg TO Corunna on board ola Spanish frigatcl
acre IS also a lew voluntary Contributions
iNIliiiorCeiheilts to the amount OF about
1o.oOO meI are forthwith embarked. the
troops selected for tbs purpose are. we M
derstand, the brigade OF guards from H.
nam, and the syts and 8Sfh reo:mcnt.-
This detachment will Immediately embark
at Ramsgate. Major general Spencer is to
command these troops, having under him ma
Jor general Iilson and brigadier general
Campbell. Ii Ireland, the royal dragons
and I'd battalion of the SD are said to be ac-
tually Oh their march to Cork, where they
are to embark without delay. -
We caa assure the public that there is not
the least foundation for the assertion made by
u morning paper of yesterday that it was the
intention or Lord MulgraYe to resign the
office OF first lord of the Admiralty previous
to the meeting ofparliament.
the Spaniards have d corps of six thou
sand men, hnGer general Beilestuas, which
defends the pass at Columbus, in Asturias.
and should the enemy advance, near 10000
peasants are ready to assemble and act a.
gainst them. They are Continually taking
prisoners by attacking torasing parties ofthe.
french lii The Montague, Wnere the enemy.
according to all accounts, arc in great dis.
tress Tor provisions.
DECEMBER IS.
Two mails from G~ottenburg arrived at
late hour last night, but they ave brovrht
hardly any thing worthy of notice. The CON
Nentcn concluded between the Russian ara
Swedish armies, had not yet received the.
sanction OF the emperor. Indeed there hud
not Teen time los the return of the COURT
crS.
Dutch papers to the 18th have been recei-
we'd, but the principal part of their contents
nave been already received through the me-
dunn OF the French papers, aud published in
thc ot@r more than Il week ago. yheY men
tion some movements Of troops in Italy. pre-
paratory to an attack on Sicily. These we
should suppass to be mere demonstrations
for the purpose Of preycntins any British
troops being sent that island 10 Cataloni-
q, as We understand il vas once intended
lhey have produccdi.lI the efTects to the gro.
my proposed for IL is knc;eh mat "A strong de.
tachineht THAI was within a few hours sail
OF That part OF the coast OF Spain, some time
ago was ordered back. Had Murat thc
mems OF conveying an army 10 Sicily, and Of
protecting it during the passage, there is no
doubt, from his enterprising character, thht
he would make a bold ef,rr to render him
self master Oh hat Island, By far The most
valuable part Of the former dCninions Of bis
Siciiiau Majesty.
NJ. Krause, WHO has been for some time
IN London, on a secret mis9iun t. our cour,
Left town ca Monday afternoon, for Porte
mouth, from whence he IS immediately to
proceed to Vienna, b. Trieste. Mr. shaw
one St hIs malesty's messengers, aclompa,
nfSd t1at gentleman on lis j1u ney, he beng
thc bearer of~di, patches from he Byi,i.b.
cabinet so chr au,baasadDr at thar cou,s.
Tbs h Swiss rcyiutr: about s7Ostrone
which rcyotti from the FlenLn service o.
t3c evacuation Ut j,isban By Jul end ar,iVs
Ell AT Portsmouth have been cng.ahsd lrts
cur service the Swiss into IL GYirs re-,
Inent and the Italians iUto tie 5.lliau ps@-
mcbt at Sicly.
Ihe2d battal;ons Of the cd ard ssth re-
g@in'cbts arc emgarkins AZ CORK WITH INC tss
Ger rcyf'] 81 Sccss'