Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-09-23

EbrO, from Miranda 20 the Mediterranean
The distinctions la the Marshal commanding
;hr l'li coy,,s M0neey.l were To occupy the
| Ee al TIA; RIVER from ToItusa Ia Mcqulnenzi,
puitiuS h;pspfin communication by his right
HIth Inc left ur the I'd cnrps under No!iIur.
jrtwrcn the latter place AN. Saragosa. Mar
sHL Nuacry Was a!su commanded Ia invest
slc0 nr the strong places in Catalonia as wer"
likely 10 break ia upon the line of his com
municaiions with France. THE vacillasion of
the Government up o the latest moment, with
respect TO the main qurSiiOl of The Invasion
itself, having suspended the operations ncces-
sary Ia enable the ith corps to arrive in due
time at The more remote point where il WAS
10 pass the frontiers, coupled with the igno-
rance .'t the authorities with respect 10 the eX
tent and nature at the opposition tO be expect
cd IN that quarter, and a too confident re-
ance on the elect TO be- produced Ivy the
means of corruption, So abundantly provided
for m all pOiujs, have defeated the plan OF o.
perations marked olt for the left OF the army :
and inslsad of the ith cnrps being on the T.
bro by HE 20'h of May, these troops, greatly
reduced, i'll provided, drcaiifuy harrassed,
and frequently on the defensive, find them
selves about half way between the Pyrenees,
aud the two rivers, months after the period
ORIGINALITY fixed for their being in communlca-
too With AiOlitor.
When the nature of the country, the cha
ractcr al the officers aud troops 10 be conquer
ed, and the class of Notifications occupied by
them, and under the protection of which they
fought, on this part of the line of operations,
are considered, the motives which could as
sign the chief command of an inadequate force
20 Money, or that OF division tpa Donna
dieu, are, and ever have been, difficult of di-
vinatiou and may, hereafter, become Il mat
ter orserous inquiry
The words 0fihc Marshal in one of his lun-
pubiished) dispatches of the beginning of th.
last month, perhaps opened the eyes Of minis
tiers little on this subject. Ii have not"
says he's and speedily, reiGlorcemeuis to a
great extent, / shall not only I've incapable of
maintaining investments and carrying ON Sic
ges, bnt shall he compelled to put myself on
the defensive, and finally, within = months
cyacnate the country"
How much more he is advanced since the
arrival of the reintOrccmeuis he has received
the recent determined conduct of the Span
iards at ar near Barcelona, will testify ;and
the FACT of The existence at this time in the
prIncpality OF Catalonia, of a Spanish force
known to exceed $4,000 men, under the com
mand of officers having the entire confidence
Of heir troops, we'll acquainted with The local
Ties of The country, aud supported by fortress
es Of superior class, well garrisonrd and aro-
men htrr, that the utmost Money can do,
viii be To work his way To the Ebro in the
course nt The present summer, (evcn then leay-
ing several strong places in the hands of the
Sptniards III his rtar,) and take up position,
In which. after much fatigue, though perhaps,
WI n allie lighting, the remainiuiag corps Of the
army must shortly retire. The facility afford
ed 10 the main body f,he army, by the want
OF resistance at the pass Of Salinas, and along
the line of road from Bidossa To Miranda de
Ebro, as well as at the strong position of Pan
curvo, south Df Vttoria, and the hopes enter
tanned, that the plot of Bertrand d,. Lis. for
carrying If he king from Madrid would sue
coed, added to The Intellectual opposition
oiiHFed To the Sd corps under Molitor, in
IT'S march Upon The Ebro by LugrODo and
Iud~ia 10 SaTlgOs>a, induced an early devia-
ton from the original plan, and determined
lhe olInslers on ordering the main army upon
Madrid, detaching some divisions To control
the Spaniards in the western parts of old Gas.
lie, and IN the provinces Of Leon, Galicia
and AsiuIias, and TO invest or hesiegp the
stToog places maintained on our rear and flank,
In Biscay and Navarro.
The march rn Madrid was marked by no
feature OF Importance, except the discovery of
the plot OF Bertram de Lis. in the first instance,
which led To the removal Of the court and gov =
erDment to Seville, and al an advanced period,
me more extensive treachery of Abisbal.-
IN" same motives that urged the march To
Madrid, and the same system ofinIrigue and
corruption, were extended 10 Seville and in
the hope that what had failed in one place,
might succeed in the other, the division of i}Or-
desOult, and Bourmont, two active and excel
Tent officers, were entrusted with the project
ed coup ne man. Of the disappointment and
dsmay ofGeDeral Bordesoult and his officers
lparnur ~ 'nrI,r, 81, T. Il
King for Cadiz, which was first communicated
TO them BY the Secretary Of your Ambassador,
on his way 10 England, that gentleman will
nave stated 10 his Government. The snbse-
qu2nt acts Ofthe march to CadiZ, and lis block
ade, are considered by many here az acts of
disappointed hope, not To- say drsperatiou.-
Look, then at that which set out wIth-the
bad disposition Of the army and though. mr.
maps, not capable of viewing the question
win a military eye, you will have but little
dHhcaliy lu cOuing 10 the conclusion, which
men mOrc prlctsed in the art of war, and still
better acquainted with the localities and cana
bIltles of Spain than even myself. have long
since arrived at-ihat if our army is 10 remain
fora few months longer in that country in their
present or DO better chosen positions, little
short Ola miracle can eXtricate it from eyentu-
81 and total ruin. As FreDchinan. and AS
having shared largely Iu the glory OF orr for
mer icala of arms, must feel a natural great
desire to see the character of orr army sus-
tanned ~ the present conflict, whatever may
be my private opinion of the justice Of the IN
derta&ing But when consider, that force
amounting at The utmost, at this moment, To
oO,OOO men, Is distributed over the surface OF
couniry liilp less extensive than my OWL
me principal body (that employed before Ca
dizl r"1Ioved hy DISTANCE If between goo
and olO Inngurs rom nn1. mart nfnnr n,yn frnn.