The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-04-13

cd by the confidence of great number ct SNAIL
streams which joining with the San Pedro. take
its name and form n deep stream, which running
into the inner hsrbor, and another branch south
eastwardly into the ocean, give the denominati.
on OF Island OF Leon 20 The land which i. connec.
ted with the peninsula of Cadz; on this island
near to the royal arsenal is the palace of ST Car
los, and the handsome town Of lila, standing on
elevated ground, where the iunts are said to have
chosen their temporary residence.
From lila a military road leads to the neck Of
land or causeway on which is the actual road to
Csdiz, and must be distant from Cadiz about five
miles. The circular battery covered til. apprc ach
to this causeway but it appears that the cause.
way Which was only occasionally oyertlown at
high tides and south winds, has been cut, and
miiitry fosse, protected by batteries, erected on
the Cadiz side to defend the causeway, which is
not more than quarter of mile wide, for more
than mile and for two miles not quite nile /;
until the road approaches the rear of the suburbs
and the castle OF Puntales.
A beautiful suburb, with numerous churche s.
stand on the neck Of land outside of the city the
main entrance to which, is defended by regular
works, in the best style. The main road is CO.
Vered by two large batteries, in tie manner Of tn.
re- entering angles Of horn work, which giye a
cross fre with each other, and with crown
work in advance of the ditch n central hsstion
~"'SSFauc W NG CEOWu WOTk IL covered III the
rear, by another range of batteries less obl;Gue !;
AMI these by traverse and enfladng batteries.
The rest of the works of Cadiz, are adapted to
the forrnation and relative power Of the several
Positions and are too numerous TO admit Of par
ticular notice.
Cadiz has undergone some improvements but
not so many As it required. The space allotted
for the city confined by the ocean and bay on
three sides, does not admit of the room for mar
kets, ware houses &c. usual in other cities its
substaU al aliment as well as its water therefore
IS brought in from day to day and should its re.
sources from the land be cut off. no resources
will be left but from the sea. The streets are
narrow, & as has been well observed, having no
land to build upon they build in the air and
as they have little orno air below, their houses
are built fat rooted, and on their tops they take
their recreations.
Some idea may be formed Of the city of Cadiz,
by the surface which it occupies and the width of
the streets: The streets are generally from 10
to 20 feet wide, having on each side footway
OF about 5to feet wide of square stones the
centre of the street carriage way, will not of
course admi. more than one carriage to pass at A
time the carriages are therefore few in number,
and the streets are constantly kept clean and
filth OF no kind suffered an instant to remain /;
IN the carriage way at short distances, are large
square. stones perforated and so placed as to
carry cd water, through drains, into the bay or
| $3.50 tfhh al SiSlCS VI are carried Nv
men, thus pipe of brandy is carried bv eight
persons, four of whom carry pole on each side,
Two before and two behind and the article to
be carried is suspended above the ground upon
sings or cords attached to the poles.
From the main gate ofentrance, as the city is
approached from the causeway in direct line,
to the extremity of the island is about miles :
one mile OF that distance is not more than
half a mile wide and on it are established the
military barracks The town house, prison, and
the cathedral terminate this narrow part of the
city, thence the platform expands, so that the
rest otthe island forms nearly a quadrangle of
two miles by one mile and half, the outer line
u which and the projecting points are occupi-
ed by military works.
For all its cleanliness. Cadiz is indebted to
count O'Rciliy. who during the period that he
was governor OF Cadiz, and at the head ofthe
spanish ordnance department, devoted his time
to the military school which he established at St.
Mary's, & to the pavement, neatness, s. general
police OF Cadiz he also extended cultivation on
the causeway leading to lila. Count O'Reiliy
had brought the celebrated engineer Bournia,
from France, to preside over the military school,
and it was under his guidance the causeway was
rendered more commodous than before o.
Reilly had also proposed Introducing running
stream OF water into Cadiz, but the instability
of courts, generally disguised under the instabi-
lily or caprice of fortune, removed O'Reilly from
station in which he had distinguished himself
too much by his incessant activity and useful la
bors, obe agreeable to men without the dispo
sitlon to be useful. Cadiz is therefore doomed
to pay annually, near an hundred thousand dolls
for water ; and even the fountains of St. Mary,
at some times prove inadequate to the supply.
When the duke of Ormond summoned the
fortress of St Catalina, in 1902, it was comman
ded by the duke of Vllladaras, his answer to the
summons was" will follow the example OF
my ancestors who never owed their elevation to
the exile or blood of their kings" The duke
took the hint, as meant to reprcach him for the
desertion Of the Stuarts, sent word to the Spa
nish commandant that he would hang him ;
The SpGnisrd, with admirable gravity, sent this
reply" 1t is much the same to me, whether am
hanged for keeping or for giving up the fort ;
but prefer dying by the hands Of my enemies
than ofny friends "-AayoYG.