The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-09

lOr putting l!ito aCtua! ScTNiCc. III necessary,
any part of the naval armament not now EN-
ployed.
At period presenting Failures in the
conduct OF foreign powers towards the Uni
ted States, which impose on them the neces-
sity of precautionary measures involving
expense. it is a happy consideration that
such is the solid state of the public credit
that reliance can he Justly placed, on any !e
gal provision that may be made for resort
ing to it. in a convenient form, and to an
adequate amount.
JAMES MADISON.
January S 1910.
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F'on, Iaie Gib,aitW PAPERS, reeeived at Boh.a,o,r
SEVILLE, Oct S1-Nov a.
We have pcruscd with great satisfaction, a
letter from individual whose int diligence u, ~
&c RI lied on. ,-ted tl,,- 2tst of October from
the heir hts of Er'.acies within short league &c
Gerona-o. which the following is an extrsc, /.
Eve: Since the is i. Gen I.oigcrr has been en
csmpesi on these eminencts, with the division
under his command, which is ) 900 strong, nd
the most advanced Of those which are support
ric the heroic defenders Of Corona. On The 1911
at noon, the enemy approached To reconuoitrS
this position, and were tlri..c back with loss
On thu goth, at day break. our people returned
ct the enemy S campo were burning, which had
been set fire to by our skirmising parties AT
one IN the ut ernoon, the French came 10 attack
us with 5 600 fnct and 200 horse our treoDs re.
ceived them with great GOODNESS, drove them
back even Jcyond their comps and burned such
o the latter as had not been set ON FIRE in the
morning Our loss amounts to "a killed or woun-
dcd theirs has been more considerable {; and we
may positively assert, that they have been very
| roughly handled"
By dispatches of the Duke del Parque, subse-
quent 10 that of the 18th, IN which he gave an &C
CUNT of the action of Tamamcs, it is known,
ttat the encmy's loss on that day was twice as
considerable as was announced, 1900 dead bodies
having beeu buried in the field Of battle and its
en'irons only. independent OF numbers found ON
the Matilda road A great many carts of wound
ed were also conducted to Salamanca, which,
subsequently, set out for Toro OF Valladod
The Duk' 'el Parque sends information, I'm
der date the 81 h of last month, that he had on
that day, entered Salamanca which the enemy
had abandoned on the preceding night, previous
to their retreat to Toro; leaving behind ~ carts
loaded with shells, shot and other articles
In the sitting held on the LIST inst (Nov. y the
supreme board OF government of the kin, DOM
was p:eased to elect one Of its membcr RS, TIE
archbishop OF Laodcea, Us its president. the
term appointed for the marquis de Astorga's cor.
tinuation IN ONCE being expired and next pro-
~.
choice TELL upon the said marquis de Rs,orga
JAEN, Oct. GAN order has been received
from I'll M the supreme board, directing general
ID francisco Egna t. proceed to do his duty IS
inspector general If infantry, and lieutenant &c
neral ID tan Carlos de Areizega to take the
command of his army.
CADIZ, Nov. 3--rhe enemy has altered his
plan, as may be inferred from the retrogade
movement OF his troops in la NIancha, whose
numrer is observed to have been pretty conside.
, rabiy reduced, there remaining, by all accounts
but about 20 Go men in that province Our ca.
vadfy had pushed, on the Goth, far Yiso and
VIslo, in the latter of which the Yandals have
burned the church down, and in the former, par,
of the houses.
GIBRALTAR, Nov II.
The following letter md account may be de.
pended upon as perfectly authentic.
Orr RosAs, Nov. 3.
| DEAR SIR,
AS shall most likely sec you soon, onIy
enclose you an account Of the destruction ofthree
French sail OF the line, since which we have des-
troyed The remainder of tie convoy in the BAY OF
| Rosas.
"On the evening Of the 22d October frigate
came into Lord Coilingwood's feet off Cape St
Sebastian, with Intelligence, that the enemy 5
fleet was at sea, and very near ours.
| On the morning of the 2Sd we discovered
ioH tiiC h'aI toIJ tne tHeHiy 3 consisting al 81
sail Of men of war and transports, bearing + N T.
and, with the whole feet, (16 sail of the line
made all sail in chase of them-The French mer
| of war, having, seeing us, separated from tls
convoy, exclusively engaged the attention OF OF;
line OF battle ships, while capt Barrie, in the po
none, with some other small vessels, pursued tine
French transports, which were standing direct
ly for the bay of Rosas, on the coast of Catalo
mia.
"The English feet, during the whole of the
23d, having carried great press Of sail to get 1,
| windward of the enemy, whom they had ciacet
| in different directions, necessarily much di
vidsd. On tile morning of the oath, the six tol
lowing ships only had kept company with eaci
other.
canorns.s SRear Admiral Martin
| - Captain Inglis,
Kcnown Commodore Durham,
Tigre Capt Haowei,
Sultan Griffitns,
| Leviathan Harvey,
Cumberland Woodhouse
| 80 This squadron, during the whole of the 24th
when itblew very strong, carried much sci
| as enabled it to get sight OF the enemy from tn,
! deck, little after four in the afternoon. The
French wercsthen pretty close in with their owl
shore, endeaIoring to get TO the mouth Of the
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