The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-04-04
of which there is no precedent in the world.
CSigI.rdD GEO: CANNING. .
London, Office ofthe fareign !
Oeharfmrnt, Dec. 9, 1908.

Our Lord King Ferdinand VII ard, in his
Royal Name,' the Central supreme Board of Go
Sern,nsnt OF the kingdom, has deemed It his du-
ty to send to the Court Of Lu.,tlOn an Ambassa-
dor Extraordinary, to compliment the King of
the United kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land, and 10 thank IL. b. NJ. for tie generosity
with which he comes to the assistance of the
Spanish Nation in her glorious exertions Tor the
deience OF the sovereignty and rights of her be-
loved Monarch, and Of her independence against
the usurpat,on OF the Emperor of the French
and taking into consideration the distinguished 4
eminent qualities of Fl. E. Don Pedro Cevallos
Knight Grand Cross ofthe Royal and distinp,,;sb
ed Order of Charles Ill Lord of the Bctcl,m.
Der in order, Counsellor and the First Secretary
OF Stare and DISPATCHES, has selected him for
TINS important mission, and appointed him for lite
Ambassador Extraordinary TO the court of Lon
don; and has further resolved, that, in his ,b.
-sence, the business Of his department shall be
transacted by ID. Martin de Caray, Member and
Secretary Of State and of General Disratcbe, OF
the Central Supreme Board of Government OF the
Kingdom.
The foilowingis copied from Major Jackson,s
Register, OF Tuesday afternoon and is calculated
only for the English meridian -
IMPORTANT AND LATEST NEWS.
From SPAIN.
captain iJomlngo Brite, OF the Spanish scb'r
Dolores, alias Ferdinand the With. arrived a.
tins Port from Laguira, touched at Porto Rico
which place she left on The 9Th of Marcb-(,,n,
q. mtoI ms, that the day before he left Porto Il;
co,a Spanish Fclucca had arrived in e6 d.,s
from Cadiz, which confirmed the news formerIy
Pa1hshed otthe success Of the Spanish arms
ana Oh me AFFAIRS OF the patriots-thas thew had
Dea'en me enemy III every action down to The
date OF sailing-and this news was f,tbcr cor
armed by the official GazetteY whicb the s,;d
Felucca brought-The Captain further oJJs
that General Massena lost an arm. and ,yos ~,
tally wounded in the breast, leaving o, the f;sl5
OF oat1ie, 10 thousand men in killed and wound
eo, and IA, 1000 prisoners
Capt. further informs. that tbe ri
Caracas remained perfectly tranouill,na ,hs,
BRUSH 1rlgate had arrived, having O, board tbs
Governor OF Curracoa, Sir James Cod burn ,r,t
s"il-who was received with the greaes, re;n;c
ing and enthusiasm at Lsg,lira from which he
General " '''e NaPtah-
La respectable gentleman, who handed che
preceding statement, says that, from his Lno,m
ledge OF Captain Brito, he believes II 70 he Gov.
rect. =" Us CUT
IIfTacf 81 a letter from Caaiz- dated Ian
%, 1909
NO regular couriers have been received b,,
.''e government from general Romano, but j; has
u ohi iTiaIitu GOWN to abDI,t fI,, OH
instant, which puts beyond doubt that tbere bas
oeeh general and Very severe action het,oen
the grand corps ofthe Frencharmv and tho nm;
tea Spanish and British ,hS took ,.lace on tha
beginning of the month and continued at ;ntsr
vans through several days-on the Cd and 4th of
t,s, '.i' Oh Tie %d more particularly the CON
test was very bloody finally, the emneror ho,
ing received large reinforcement. gener,I d..
mana found 1t proper to retire, first to the noun.
tains OF Leon, and since then he has taken col
positions on the borders of Gallicia and Asiu-;.
as tne loss on either side in these engage.
menus, IS estimated at from 6 to 5000 men on
ILL t;T s,ue Oh the French Marshal Lefebvre was
Killed, and as il believed. three mr. e. ~, '
generals wounded rprisoners The emneror,.
P''''' seems 10 nave been a. once to cut off the
communication of the British with the se, and -
separate their army from the Spanish-tbc one.
ration has so far failed. ~
me advanced guard Of the Duke of In6n
ias me- general Vanfgas, which was at Uc-
les, has been also attacked by mucb o,i,.,;a.
Iorce Ut fought with great obs tnacv. the dnI,a
supported It with small detachments 50 AZ r. ,rs.
vent IT'S entre destruction, and thus il was abIa
10 reJoh the main body which fell back TO AJhe
eIu' on 1he borders OF Murcia and Yalenc;,
WY t"e ouhc ala not take post at Cuenca does
not appear; but probably Albeceti stand;n@ IN
tue range of mountains, is better situate1J f 81
serving the communication with Tho d;garan.
Posts III the SIERRA Moreno hi. nlan ev;den,ly
was 10 establish himself at Toledo. where hs
would De IN the best position for RECEIVING rein
iorcemehts from the army. which general 0uesta
Is organising IN Estramadura, and at the same
thhe rom that actually in the Sierra N,oren.
ana mus be enabled to march instantly mon
Madr'd-this plan he might have effected had
ne Deeh two days earlier, but from manv c,use.
II - iniPossioic tor the Spanish troons NJ nre
sent TO move with the celeritv of the French
some are disposed to censure Infantado for boy.
ing sacrihced his advanced corps, but if appears
70 nave neen unavoidable, for the French HAVING
ehtireiy tailed IN their stacks on Sarran.ossa the
siege was suddenly raised, and the greater na,t
Oh t'ielf force from that quarter having re;ntorc.
Gu tie corps which attacked Infantado. he
must nave been entirely defeated, if he had en-.
'eied INTO a general engagement.
barcelona has received relief but the var
IN the province of Catalonia, is carried on with
the utmostyigor by the Spaniards-ii is renrs.
sides 'Si'''be y" Ooth
''eiligence not entirely certain, is that the
rrehS U nave now advanced towards the Puen.
te himofy' M their way to TruxilIo in Estrema.
aura' In that province, general Ouesta NAV
nave ABOUT from 10 to $4,000 men, in = tolerable
Sta'e Oh organization, it, is expected that he will
De able to defend the pass Of the bridge. WHICH 10
very defensibie-sh6uld the French. bowever
Iorce IT, their way into these provinces will he u,
PEN IL they can venture to proceed Icay;no
fIN..a