Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-07-25
by the Pon,hsal
s u NJ Nj A II Y
shoa THE n. YORK COMMERCIAL ADVERTISE
FRANCE AND SPAIN.

Inclusive. After a diligrnt prr,isal of the pa
peers III different parties, huwc,er we are
compelled To adopt the opinion Of the Liver
pool Advertiser, us expressed On the 10Th oi
June, that the affairs Uf Spain are still iuv0iv-
ed IN much prrpleXty, and that the latest in
tr'liScnce from that country tends only To
increase the difficulty Speculation is ahso-
lately put al defiance and all that we can do,
is tn endeaNor Ia cnutr aud arrange The varl-
Gus accounts. and render them as n,rllgible as
possible.
Such alicia! documents as have TRANSFERRED
since our last d,icss, will be found below.
Among these documents will be- found an adj
DIES, fcm tine Grandccs, or the highest order
of Mobiles, of the country to the Duie dam
gouenie. eXprcssi,eof their 4" gratitude 10 his
Royal Highnrss," aud uf their sentiments
towards their Hing ari country" The sig
natures are about Thirty. ani what is ii little
curious, We find among them those of several
Countessrs. I'D of one Duchess. The Com
rier of the 9th of June, questioned the cha
racter and influence of the sisncrs OF this pa
per, but on the subsequent day il held the
following language =" We now understand
that they are at the first and most distinguish
ed class OF the Nobility of Spain, and that
they have no superiuIs, If any equals, in
point of wealth, influence, and character. The
Duchess Benevente, for example, is the rep.
resentative at three most ancient aud opulcnt
families. These are facts of great impor
tanct," &c. In order, however, To form Il
proper estimate ofIhe character Of the Spanish
inability. aud the degree of Importance 10 be
attached 10 this address, il is proper 10 bear
IN mind, that :: similar address, from like
source, was presented To- Joseph Bonapartr,
when he entered Madrid as king of Spain.
The new Regency of Spain had been for
maliy installed at Madrid, and their first act
was To appoint Il new Ministry, and it is also
stated that Ambassadors have hren appointed
10 ii! the Courts of Europe The names of
the new Ministry will hr found among our
eXtrarts.-Thus, ,heD, says tie paper above
qGeted, "thc anomaly is created of a dupli
cafe government, exercising ordinate iunc-
tons; and we have now only To wait and see
how the machinery will wulk.-The Madrid
Que viii have the French hayonrts for liz sup
port; # that At Seville have Spanish ones.
there may be struggle between the two an
ihUriirs: If not, the latter will soon disappear.
We still remain, however, in the same perjury
Of intelligence as 10 all such facts and circum
staocrs as would br necessary To form a sound
opinion upon the matter but ii cannot now
be long before events must begin Ia dcvelOpc
thcniStiFtsln some way or other The New
Times and slndry u;her papers, utter the same
opinion expressed ahuVr, that the Military
part of the Drama Is nnw nearly over; and
That II is TO the political part that the most
serious and earnest attention should now be
given. 1t likewise declares that the Duke del
iniaatado IS, or soon will be, formally recug-
nized as President or The Regency by the
Great Powers of the continent Whether
England in this event will adopt a different
line OF policy from the rest OF Europe, is
doubtful.
What has become of the treacheroua Count
dAbisbai, we are not told, though various
cOnjFctures We're alpat concerning him. The
probability is that ne is in the urighhOrhood of
Madrid. Tie last bulletin from the main army
at Madrid, states that he has given in his re
sisnatou. The rumor that he has been de-
ciared a traitor by the Cories, though not So
improbable in itself is Bayonne news " hirh is
necessarily old, aud from past experience, en-.
titled to little credit. OF the same character
was the stony circulated in this city last even
ing, that Gen. Donnadieu had been completely
bra;en and made prisoner by Mina.--This
WAS from the Bayonne version of the affair
Of Fich, IN which Nina was rcpulsed rs stated
in this paper on Friday last.
Our former news that Il heavy column Of
the French army was advancing from Madrid
for Seville proves TO have been premature. A
detachment Of the French pursued Inc forces
of Abisbal ard Zagas, TO Talnvera, where, by
forced marches, they were oYeriaken ard dis
comfted.--As Tahlvrra is on the route from
Madrid To Seville, this movement unqucstion-
ably gave rise to the report in question. The
French Forces were tO move on for Seville,
on the first Of june and although W. do not
think that the military drama" is yet ended,
still, with the weakened forces Of the French,
ii is difficult to brIeve that the Duke dan
goueme would hazard this further advance,
unless, he had full assurance Of extensive de-
fiction from the constitutional system in his
favor.
Scattered situation Of he French .frmy
From the papers before TIA. We sketch the
following ~ presenting something like view
Of the situation Of the several divisions and
subdivisions ofthe invading forces. The sys-
tenn adopted by the Spanish Generals, has
compelled the French 10 spread their forces
over the whole country, from the Pyrences to
Madrid, and from the Bay OF Biscay 70 the
Mediterranean. Two divisions have been left
go keep down Navarro, Guipuscoa, Dscay,
and Alava, commanded Ivy the Prince dc
llohenlohc, and these divisions have still 10
hesiege, or at least observe, St. Sebastian and
Pampcluna, having 9 or 1000 men in garrison.
The corps of General Mulii0r forms an army
altogether detached one division of " hich is
marching upon the southrrn frontiers OF gaia-
ionia, and menacing the fort of Monzon, and
also Lerida, before which IIarcOurt ard Condo
were checked, whilst another dis isiUu, is
doubtless at Saragossa, add watching the
deb0uchcs Of the kingdom of Valencia, which
serve for the retreat Of Baglsterns. This corps
can receive no sucCours from that Of the Prince
De ti0henlOhe, and his scattered troops could
not aid each other, were il nerrssary. The
march upon Madrid mas been slow, but eyi-
IDENTITY directed under the conviction ihat there
would BE- no Imposition. The division Of