Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-03-14

,Jensive establishments, TO revive the grne.
| ~ and activity Il his metropolis. Pots Ian.
Sans oouc,, aad Chario teeourgn, will pre-
cent only ia n,m the famed aoodes OF h !
ancestors, yollu.ed 10y the recent infeStiou
or ms most crlel enemies.
December IL.
Cafitn alton o dfadrid--entry. of tie
French army inio that city.
BY the flag - truce, which returned
last evening 10 Dover, with Mr.. Shaw
the messenger, on board, we have receiv
cd Paris papers to The 18th instant. Their
contents a"e Of greai Importance. The
lc'ty of Madrid has capltula,ed, and the
French troops enter ed On the Ath instant
at noon. This Intelligence is dated from
the French camp at Madrid, and IS uffici-
ally announced IN the Moniteurs of the
i3>h AID IAN. So far back AS Thursday
the Sth INST. we announced the advance
oil the French corps of 5000 mento So
'nosierra, town about forty miles north
OF Madrid. For This Information we had
| othcial intellig nee. itwas announced in
proclamation, addressed by the Supreme
Junia TO ne people of Span. and part.cu
larry those OF Madrid, recommending the
conduct which they ought to observe un
der these circumstances. This procIa.
n.atIon was dated from the Royal Palace
of AIaWuez, on the 2lsI ult, and conse.
quenty ne may presume that the first
appearances OF tie enemy at Somosierra
90 place about The Ssh Or n. VIVA
became OF this corps is not mentIoned.-
Il Was probably pushed rapidly iorgard,
Tor Tie purpose q alarming The country
- ;nanoeuvre of.sn. prac,icsd by the
t'eDeh With success. Ii such were The
case II probably resrealed as rapidly a.
u nod advanced. That large D ruon
oi me eIe;1y had not advanced SO far al
'ha' GAZE, We may Presume, as ,he defeat
of the force under Caslanos, upon the
Eofoi did not take place until the 23d.
ne details OF the app zach oil he French
10 Madrd, arc Contained IN the thireenth
bulletin, GATED 81. Marin, the I'd ms.
IL a,a'eS that, on The 3o,h ub. III Duk-
"l beliuno { Marshal V.ctot) arrived al
ooinoa crra, with q corps Of $4,000 men,
"he' he iounu he Spaoards in s,,onp
post dsteadcd ny l6 pieces OF Cannon
mere, however, a. IN the 5a;tls ut Lude
ia the French derived & eat advantage
from their cavalry A charge made by
re Polish light horse decided the day,
and the Spaniards sustained d total defeat.
Is 'naParte, Or The blowing day, The # $.
Oecemosr, removed his head Quarters to
81. Augustine, and on the mex. to 81.
Na?iia, on which day The Duke of Is;ria.
"i'h ms cavalry, took possession of the
hoi8h's which ,Iamiud Madrid, and thy
lhahtry were expected TO arrive h. 81
ie'e The 18Th bulletin ends bu; a, VIC
have already stated, the Moniteurs add,
ina tbs tovn capiiu!ated, and was enter.
ed ~ the Ftench on the 4 h. The pro
cianaiion Of the supreme Junta, to whicf,
we FAVE alluded, farther sta,ed, tina. the
pores oi GJadarrsma and Esclr,al, BIZ.
'wecn o.'m os:erra and Madsid, were
s'f"hgiy !D' IL d, and would make a for
mid 4oie res-:aace. AS the 18Th bulletin,
hi"7'ct, dos not notice any action sub.
S quent 10 Ina, o. Sompsiegca, It is pro.
oaDis that the French did not advance
o. that line, but pr ceeded ,. e. in a
clrcntous route by Burego. OF the
spanish force al Guada rama AID Escuri.
al, there Is no notice, nor arc The Eug.
tsh mes once mentioned.
We have also extracted from the Moni
'eurs, an article from Copenhagen, which
sia.es That MI. Adair has talicd in h,s.
missoD 10 the Sublime Porte.