The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-04-14

OF sacrihce--some religious rite--whirhl
gives rise, in the minds of the Spaniarels, to
very strange pictures of the religion of Eng
land. The English are retrcsttipg in tho
utmost haste. All the Germans i'm their
pay are deserving. Our army viii, this
evening, be at Astorga, near the borders of
Gallicia.
TWENTY-THIRD BULLETIN.
BENEvENTE, Jan. 1.
The duke OF Dalmatia arrived Oh the soth
December at Mancilla. where was the left
oil the enemy, consisting of The Spaniards
under Gen. Romano General Franceschi
overthrow them in single charge, killed a
great number, took two standards, and made
prisoners a Colonel, two Lit. Colonels so Off
GERS aid 1866 men. On the 31st, the duke
ct Dalmatia entered Leon, where he found
1900 sick Romano succeeded Blake in the.
command after the battle of Espnosa The
remains of that army which, while before
bil5oa, consisted of so. 600 men, were redu-
ced to almost 5000 at Mancilla These
"retches, without clothes & oppressed with
every misery. filled the hospitals. The En-
gllsh arc held in detestation by these troons
whom they despise, and by the peaceable
inhabitants whom they abuse, and whose
substance they devour, in order to support
/
OF the kingdom of Leon is much changed
They loudly cry out for peace and their
KING they curse the English and their fall
iacious insinuations. They reproach them
with being the cause of the shedding of Spa
nish blood in order to feed the English mono
! poly and perpetuate the war on the continent.
4 he perhdy of England and her motives
are now obvious to the meanest and most il
iiterate Spanish peasant. They know what
they safier and the authors of their suf-
terings are before their ewes. Meantime.
the English retreat with the utmost haste.
pursued by the duke of lstria, with 1000 ca
valry. Among The magazines which they
burnt at bcnevente, were, independent of
tents, 1000 blankets and great quantity of
rum. We picked up upwards of 600 wag-
Sons ct baggage and ammunition, left on th.
road from Benevente to Astorga. The shat
tered remains of Romana's army, threw
themselves into the latter town, and increas-
ed the confusion The events of the EnelisI,
expedition to Spain must furnish materials
tor a tihe opening speech to the English Par
Lament. The English nation must be in
formed, that her army remained three
months IN state OF inacton, while il was
IN their power to assist the Spaniards that
Its leaders, or those whose orders thew exA
ecuted, have been guilty ofthe extreme folly
OF making movement forward, after the.
spanish armies had been destroyed; that.
In word, it entered upon the new wear bv
running away, pursued by an enemy, whom,
1t did not dare TO fight, and by the curses of
those whom it had stirred up to resistance.
and whom it was its duty to support Such
enterprises and such results can belong on
~ 10 country that has no government Fox
or even Pitt, would not have been guilty of
such blunders. To contend against France
by land, who has one hundred thousand ca
Valry, fifty thousand horses for all sorts of
military equipment, and nine hundred thou
sand infantry, was, on the part of England,
carrying folly to the utmost extreme II he.
trays, indeed, greediness for disgrace II
is, in fine. to administer the affairs of En-
gland just as the cabinet of the ThuiIleries
conid wish them to be administered If he
trays no small ignorance of Spain, to have
imagined that any Importance could be at
tached to popular commotion, or to INDULGE
the smallest hope, that by kindling in that
country the flames Of sedition. such con-
Migration could be attended with any decided
result OF any material duration A few fana-
teal priests are quite sufficient to conpose.
ana propagate libels, to carry a momentarv
disorder into the minds of men But son4:-
thlng else is required to cause a nation tn rise
10 arms. At the time of the French revolu-
tloh, IL required three years aud the pre-
sence OF the convention, to prepare the meaps
OF military success and who that does NOT
know to what hazards France was neverthe-
less exposed France was, however, stirred
up. Supported by the unanimous resolution 80
re. assert rights of which she had been de-
2rived in times of obscurity. In Spain. IL
was a few men who stirred up the people
ID order 70 preserve the exclusive possessi
on OF rights odious to the people. Those
who fought for the inqpisition, for the Fran
ciscans and for feudal rights, might be ami
mated by an ardent zeal for their personal
interests, but could never infu-e into Whole
nation, firm resolve or permanent opini.
on. In spite of the English feudal rights
the Francisoans, and the inquisiion. have
no longer any existence in Spain. After fbe
Capture Of Rosas, Gen. Gouvion Saint. Cvr
SNAPPED his march against Barcelona, at the
htad ct the 9TH corps. lie dispersed everv
thing that he found before that place. ana
formed aJunction with General Dubesmn
That junction brought his army TO ~ ooo
men. The dukes of Treviso and Abrantrs'
! carried oil Gl.S, a.