The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-10-12

we have made some extracts.
| This gentleman is the bearer of dispatch 4
es from Mir. Pinkney, at London, and Gene
raj Armstrong, at Paris. for the Secretary
| of State. ~ lc
| We understand that Mr.. Pinknev had
made an official communication of the re.
vocation of the Berlin aud Milan DEGREES to
the British government, and a dispatch
which was forwarded to liverpool, after
this gentleman left London. IS supposed to
contain the answer OF Marquis Wellesley.
Ledger.
! The Lisbon papers of which we spoke in
our last. contain but little which will not be
found in this days paper. copied from New
York papers. There is very aniTnatiDg
proclamation of Lord Weiington's, calling
on the inhabitants Of Portugal to persevere
IN their efforts representing the enemy as
wanting provisions, and without resour
ces to continue much longer ill the country.
10.
From one of our Lisbon Papers, we have
procured a translation of the Following inter
lcepted despatch from Don Miguel .dr7nza,
Duke Of Santa Rec, Ambassador from Joseph
i3onaparte to France addressed oJoseph's
minister of Foreign affairs ut Madrld. The
perusal OF this letter will impress every one of
its authenticity. & as shedding much 'iigat up
on the affairs fSpan, will BE- read with in
terest.-D.
PARIS, June 10, 1910.
Most Excellent Sir,
The day before yes
terday had a long conversation with his
EXce!lency the DIkc lie Cadore (Cham-
pagny) minister for foreign affairs. gho had
previously informed me that he had some
communications To make to me by COM
mand OF the Emperor. / will endeavor 10
give your eXCellency a detailed statement of
this conference, embracing a number of
different objects, and all ct them important.
The minister commenced by stating that
his imperial majesty could not send more
money into Spain, that in consequence it
would be necessary in future that the king
dom should provide for the support of his
armies employed in Spain-rhat his
imperial majesty had already done enough,
In having Sent nearly 400 600 men into Spain
! that the treasury of France had been ex-
hausted, the emperor having already sent
into Spain since the commencement of the
war, upwards of 200 millions of francs*-that
we had not made use of the resources which
our country afforded, in order to raise reve-
nue.. He said that contributions might have
been levied in Andalusia, particularly at Sc
Vile and Malaga, and also i'm Murcia-
That his majesty had laid a contribution of
six millions on Lerda q will not be positive
| whether this was the exact sum he mention
ed. or larger.) The minister urged that
there ought to have been a confscation of
all British property, wherever fountl-that
| ii. L. M. was informed that in Seville alone
it would amount to forty millions-that the
plate belonging t. the Churches and Con.
vents, ought to have been seized-His
excellency insisted that in Spain there must
De IN circulation immense sums of money!
introduced by the French and British armies
as we'll as that imported from South Amer;.
ca--Ihatin his former wars, his imperial
majesty had compelled the countries which
he had conquered to support his armies
without drawing upon the treasury of
France; that but on account of the war in
Spain, and being at peace with the CONT
nent, he Could have disbanded a large part
OF his army, and thus have diminished his ex
Ipenses.
The minister complained to me, that the
funds which we had raised had not been ju
diciously applied TO their proper objects
viz. to the payment Of the troops employed
in the subjugation and pacihcation of the
country-that the publick funds had been
expended in luxury and expenses. that might
and ought to have been avoided-Fhat re.
wards and Qualifications, however Justly me
rited, ought to have been suspended un.
til times of ranqulity-That the civil list
was numerous and expensive, beyond what
was necessary.
His excellency said that Spanish regiments
had been formed. and that others were now
forming, that after having put the state to
great expences, which could have been better
applied, these troops desert and increase the
strength OF the enemy. Finally the minis
ter complained that the king had treated
with unmerited indulgence those who had
been opposed TO him, which could not fail to
dgust those who had been attached to his
cause from the commencement.
These are the principal topics upon which
the minister dscanted, and shall now Law
before your excellency my observations in re-
ply.
The point which according to my iudg-
ment, the emperor laid the greatest stress on,
was, that no more money should be sent
from France to Spain, except the two miIli
ons OF francs monthly, already decreed and
mentioned in a former despatch.-CalIing
to my recollection, what had occurred upon
this subject. whenI was minister for foreign
affairs, and having full knowledge of the
situation OF our provinces, and cfour resour
ces told the minister that the king my
master, was fully sensible of the great ex
pense to which the emperor had been put,
by the war in Spain, that the king was under
the painful necessity Of declaring, that un-
der existing circumstances he could not
maintain himself in Spain without the aid of
his imperial majesty That the revenues