Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-09-16
e properly handled, will much en.Larrass The Mini.

try.
A gentleman who is just arrives, from Ned,;a
states that the pOpuace Of that city commit m. great
est excuses, going about the streets and abisnp all
who are known 10 he Constitutional, and crvre 1--we
he King, corgio = Live Religion pui'ctas The
Monks and Friars enter the coirc-houses. whrr,
they drunk aud smoke with the French gen la,mes
calling for liquor, which they refuse to pay for Oh
serving tina, The coffee house keepers gained 10,
much nv the Neg iOcS (ihe Con iiuionalisis and en-
ccuraging the f,'eicners to insult ,hei, counrymen
My informant, however, adds, tina, the French are
not misled hy these scoundrcls, hut on the conrarv
behave we'll, aud are liked by the people The Drks
dA"goulene goes hut little into prhlic except fo The
huli tights ~ winch he is almost ALWAYS ptesrnt-
All the hcis Of the Regency first submitted to him
'nd the answer given b, members of that body io
persons VINO complain H. that they not IRE,
ig"nts Two DAYS before The az the departure
oi te'dinand for Cadiz reached Madrid the Regencv
had announced to the people that he on his road
10 The capital. When the truth lrans;i,ed The popu
lace assembled IN crowds, aud uttered menaces
against the Regency for decening them, but they
were quieied 10y assurances that maory OF the Cor
tes had resolved wien ~ Cadz 10 release the Sox.r
eigh Inc prisons oi Madrid are filed with the Ella
yves oi Nemhers OF the Coues, arrested upon no
Other charge than that IF their relationship
O"$ee"e %rpiet''es eq"irdiet to those assd much l..
France among l'e raigdr.
We have file of the " Spanish Gazette y
The government paper, published at Cadiz. =.
late as the Goth July inclusive more recen,
we believe, than has been elsrw here received
Down TO this period, the Cor,es appear 10
have been engaged in determining questions
OF pubic economy, passing resolutions of
thanks TO mtritnriOus officers and framing :,
vigorous plan OF administration, without any
symptom of alarm or discord in reference To-
ire designs of their enemy. The Gazette of
the 2Oth contains the constitutional account Of
the loss of the fortress of TOrtosa Its COM
mander furnishes the details of the intestine
treason by which he was suppanted, and the
manner IN which he escaped with about 5OO
men. The Information given from Baicelona
dated towards the endof June, tes,ifies the pre-
valence of the livelest enthusiasm forthe cause
oil The Curtes throughout Catalonia and asserts
that' great havoc was made of the French in
the two principal actions between the trnnns
0t Nina aud those of Donuadieu. In Barcelo-
na, large subscription had been mad. for the
clothing OF the soldiery and the ladies were
unremIltinGiy employed insrwing shirts aud
other restments for the defenders of the cotn
try. The despatch al Marshal Money, dat
ed Sara, July 18th, acknowledges that a sally
was made from Barcelona, the day before
with about.2000 men, who had AN engage
ment at Saria, for about two hours, with the
French sharp shootcss, aud who then marched
towards Garcia, and encountered another nor
ton of the French force Very few, accord
ing to hts statement, We're killed ON either
1''' bh' ttit movements Vi tlle constitutions
slisis indicated confidence and spirit
On the l7lh July, an extra Gazette was is
sued At Cadiz, with the official account of a
reconnaissance made, on the morning of the
10th, by the army of the Island of CadZ call
ed Tie army of Reserve, On all points of the
enemy's line
"The entrpnchments and parapets of the
first line OF the hesegers," says the Spanish
general, I" were occupied by main force nv
our soldiers and the resistance of the enc
my, which was frulless, cost him dear. Our
troops drove the French before them. and
continued to advance trais ping On the French
dead, until the object ofnur sally being ac-
conpllshed, caused the return To be sound
ed. 1t was rot eXpedent to give the enemy
time TO bring up his cavalry, d kind of force
which we want Our gup boats rendered the
most important assistance, by the continued
ana skiliul fire, which they kept up. Al the
troops maintained the best order and discip-
line, and displayed the greatest bravery. Co.
lionel Cassano, who was severely wounded
and taken by the enemy. was treated with a
irr"ci'us barbari,y that gives The lie to the
professions 70 generosity and Dobcness of con-
duct which ihr French advance in their
mendacions bulletins"
AT the sitting nf the C0rtes on the f7th of
July, the Secretary OF War stated that though
necessary to enable him 90 inform the Cortes
with particularly and precision, of the series
oi operations on the day before, on the enc
my's line, he could nevertheless mention the
resIl ofth"r, ard say positively that Tie
numher wounded in the army of reserve was
70, and OF tlle killed rom IL to 20. He then
read the report of the general, which We have
quoted, and concluded nv announcing that the
government had ordered list to he prepared
OF ihr ndI' iduals who had distinguished them
s'i'rs IN the action, and mcTitcd special re-
wards from the King. There is a postscript
to The Extra Gazette Ofthis tenor.
"The government has iust learnt that the
French acknowledged their loss in this en-
gagement 10 be five hundred men, while
however, they represent ours 10 amount 10
thousands, pursuant TO their inveierate tactics
Of lalsrhood. To conceal their defeat they
had an illumination last ught at Port st Ma
ry's"
The Ga2rite Of the 10th contains decree
signed ny the King, which declares the Spa
niSh srandces who signed the address 10 the
D"t" d Ang"ulrm" to hc traitors, strips them
al Az hnnours, titles, pensions, Scc.: ard Sc
qnesirrs ali their property Of every kind n
~" Sd article nfihr dccrcc, it is asserted that
ihe ih'riN-one persons in question do not
compose the srand"za of Sl,aio, nor the ma
lonty Of That order, and were without any
represeo'atiye character or authority.
[.VaL Gosesk
NEW YORK, Sept 9. BY The line ship Pa 1
rus, from Hayre we have our Paris papers TO
the 5oih July Inclusive. 70 the. poIiieness OF {
: APT. Robinson. we are shso indebted for
Gle "fthe latest French papers. and for London
papers 10 the eth July The principal items
which lime allows rs TO extraci, follow.