The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-31

@ONa ~ Il Wa NlnC NV tCWS u titil)OI-
lance had been received there OF i subsequent
date TO that which we yes,erday communi-
Gated. After quitting Corumna, the Bonne
Citoyonne tell in with the Minerva frigate,
which had been cruiging To the Eastward,
the captain of which STAGED, tiat he HAD re-
ceived Intelligence that the French had at
tackled the Marquis de la Romano and Gen.
Blake IN the strong positions which he had
taken at st. NmCente de la BarQuera, taat
the battle was most obStiuatciy contested,
but at length the French were defeated with
very great loss, and the Spanish army were,
in consequence Of this success, about 10 adj
vance.
SUPPLEMENT TO the ftadrid Gazette Of the
15th NoUcnider.
C~oRUNNA, Nov. %.
General Moore's army had a very severe
march. The English seem very much alarm
/ ed, that is, the few that remain. behind the
army in consequence of indisposition, but
such of the sensible Spaniaids as | have hi
therto convcrsed with, are not in the least
dismayed. The raising and discipiining of
troops go on with the greatest activity i'm e.
very part. This day | saw with great plea
sure, upwards of two Thousand young and ro-
bust fellows practising their evolntions. b.
naparte, 1t seems has returned to Paris.
I" The Central JuBta ave treated with the
honors OF Majesty, and ali their ediCts are
issued in the name of Ferdinand VII. Jovel-
lanos is at the head of the administration of
GraCia and ~Justicia and the DUO del I.Fan-
tado, Condo dc Altamira and all the other
popular characters arr iii the admiiiistfati-
OH, SO that 1t appears that al! party differ
enCe and punctihioS are laid aside, and eve
Try thing possible done TO conc,liate and
strengthen the government. which is form
ed into different sections, each of which APP
points its Minister, As Tor example, the
section of the Home Department TNegoci-
as de Estadol is composed OF five members,
who have appointed Don Pedro CevaNoS, Is
their ScCictary. On the Tth inst. MIR. Ere
re and his brother arrived az Madrid, and
on the 9th they went to Aranjuez. On the
9th, the Russian minister, Barron de Stroga-
noff, and all the Russian Legation departed
from Madrid for Carthagena with a passport
from the Duke del Iniantado OF the most res
pccttul and attentive nature.
NOVEMBER 25.
n sad accounts we received some
time ago from BiscaI, have been since fol-
owcd up with a succession of melancholy in
~tellgeuCe. There is not the least doubt,
that the enemy have cut off the communica-
ZION with Madrid, as the mail from thence,
due the 21st, has not come in. Those here
connected with the English army mention
their information, but Our government pre-
selves the deepest silence. On all hands,
however, there is the most gloomy appre-
nelaion and toreboding.
dnofher Later, same date.
"You already know that the first attack of
The enemy upon the Spanish lines WAS the
@lst ult. at ZrrHosa. This was officially
impaired by a dispatch from General Blake,
lated the 1Stinstant and since that moment,
30 communication has been made from the
Gailician army to its government and the
post which conveyed that dispatch brought
no com municatIon whatever from anv OF The
individuals o. the army to relieve the anxi-
ETY. ot their numerous friends aud relations
III this neighborhood. Eleven days have e.
lapsed, ana three regular posts from Madrid
have arrived (Which post receives the letters
from Biscay, &c. in bye bags and still
without any letters from the army. The in
terence to be drawn from this is very obvi-
Gus. Nevertheless, such is the unwilling
ness OF al! taen to receive uIwelcoMe infor-
nation, that they Reluctantly, Though un-
consciously, deceive themselves by the rea-
dy admitiance OF any suggestion, however
improbable, which serve, to relieve them
from the necessity of believing what they do
not chuSe to believe. The non-arrival oflet-
tiers was ascribed to an order from the Cen
trial @Junta, that they should be forwarded to
N- "NiiNJ va III contemporary anu Sill
more vague Information of other attacks by
the enemy nearer Navarro, gave rise only
to tales of tfeachery, which have nos 10 this
honr been either disproved or verified.
Yesterday, however, Il fourth mail arri-
we'd, which ought to have brought the Cas-
tie letters, but il contained none except those
from Lugo. The Madrid bags had not ar
rived, wc are told, at 10 O'Clock On the pre-
cedIhS cVeMing, and it was Thought proper
not 70 wait any longer for them. We are
still promised the arrival Of the Madrid let
tiers, and indeed there is little doubt that by
a circuitous route, at least they may be re
covered, for the position OF the French be.
twcehtiiis province aud Madrid will not SUI
ice to destroy all communication.
Early Yesterday morning, however, dis.
patches werc received from the Enelish
head quarters at Astorga, the contents o.
which have this moment been published by
the government. This is the sole source or
the pubic information, and the members o.
the actual government affirm they know no
more This acCoant stGtcsin substance flor
l am not disposed to copy the melancholy
detaiD that on the
31st ult. the French attacked at Z,rnosa.
9TH inst. Gen. Blake drove tseni beyond
Baimaseda.
9TH. General Blake attacked at Cuianas
9th. An eng igement on the rear guard.
10Th The French attacked at E,tfnosa.