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

sa had fortified the walls uf the town Of Sen !;
the troops before the fortress still occupied the
same positions. The Constituiionalists had
fortified themselves at Castel Clutut i'm the
rear of the fnrts. Some miquclcts are SAID IL
haze escaped from that quarter, where they
were cautioned, aud to have gone To the neigh
boring mountains. Monce WAS mt Badelonne.
II was believed ne WAS going tn rcconnoitre
the en,irons of Barcelona. Quesada is said
| 10 have made a most melancholy representa-
ton To the Regency of the state of his diyi-
sion the nakedness of his followers exposed
To every sort of prlvation- requiring the most
| immediate succour. Salamanca il appears
from IFS vicinity to Ciudad Rodrigo, has been
subject To the visits of the Constitu,onalists,
who surprised this city only short time since ::
about ESQ cavalry penetrated To Salamanca,
where they remained twelve hours they
made prisoner of the Royalist Gen. Basse
Court, and carried of more than 1000
reals from the Government chest. Letters
from Madrid announce, that the Constitution
al Guerilla leader Amor had succeeded the
Cure Merino, at Cosetes. This ancient com
panlon ofNIina's arrived Just when Merno
mad completed his organization of every
thing for the Regency. The new authorities
had Just lime To fly aud save themselves at
Talavera de la Reyna. Amor had with him.
| from to 500 cavalry. Thus il appears that
whatever the French and Regency do one
day, is undone by the Coustituionalists in
arms the next, and that the Royaist system
has no permanence whatever, or any support
but foreign force. In the same way Coria
was surprised by the Empecinado, who levied
100000 reals from the chapter of the ca,he-
dral. Thus all through Spain the Consttu-
tonaists are beginning 10 he active and in
arms. In Andalusia they are equally active
Pirate Correspondence.
PARIS, July s1.-The state of our comnu-
nlcaIions with the army in Spain is at this
moment very singular. No intelligence ar
rlves but what the government thinks proper
To allow every fact that seems contrary Ia
their views is suppressed, and scarcely any hut
the Ministers themselves are acquainted with
the real state ofthings in the Peninsula. II is
not known whether Guillemnot sends 10 Par
is the reports Of his Lieutenants, Bourck,
Bourmont, and Bourdesoule, or if he deiains
them at Madrid; certain il is, that Ministers
never publish any despatch that is not signed
ny hun, with the exception Of the triing details
from old Money in Catalonia. They do not
even publish all the contents of GuiIlrminot's
dispatches, but keep secret whatever is not
favourable TO their cause, along with the i'm
mense drafts for secret service sent by his
HIghness OF Angouleme. a few days ago he
sent "A draft for the trinng sum of eleven mil
"OhS' NpuptHoS W Dt tIilplDNeu III purchasing
The silence or cooperation of every enemy of
note and IN assisting the fanatical Regency to
extend their expressions. Scarcely a week
passes, but we hear of some attempt of the
Guerlilas on troops esCortlug money TO head
quarters or into Andalusia and gold has
| hitherto performed more conversions than
the sword. When a banker sends off intelli-
gence TO his correspondence, which the gov
eminent desires To suppress, or at least to re-
tard, the express is refused n passport, or at
the moment of his leaving Paris, orders are
transmitted by Telegraph for some postmaster
on the road To refuse him horses. The cour-
Ter is indignant at the delay but all his efforts
to obtain horses are Ruthless, and he is only
allowed To continue his route when the loss o {
o or 70 hours has rendered his mission nearly,
II not altogether, useless. Till within the last
i've months, any one conId send off an ex-
press who had occasion for it but at present
this favour is granted to none but the friends
Of government.
The opposition members of the two Cham
hers know less of Spanish news than the citi-
zens of London"
LONDON, July est is repeated, that the
Duke d'Angouleme has promised the Regen-
cy French fleet and army 10 help Spain to
re-conquer Mexico.
The Lady of the Spanish Governor Of Co
runna has arrived here. She is to be followed
by the Lady of Gen. Quiroga.
BAYONNE, July The Investment of Ca
dz offers greater obstacles than were first
thought of. The Cortcs, it is true, and the
Constitutional Government, had neglected 10
supply The place, persuaded that the French
would not enter Andalusa Int the Spanish
Generals seem TO have modified their system
of defence, by the want of foresight of their
own Ministry, and the hold enterpriZS of The
French. Instead of throwing themselves in
TO the place to defend its ramparts, they have
scattered themselves over Andalusia, where
they assemble whenever they wish to bar
rass the French divisions which occupy the
country. They hope by this means either to
raise the siege, or at hest TO facilitate fhe en-
try of supplies into the place. 1t was with
this view that BallasterOs, after reinforcing the
garrisO0 of Alicant, and making sure of some
positions in the kingdom of Murcia, moved
on Grenada and that VilGcnmpa, after ac-
complishing his junction with Castedorius,
occupies Ronda, and proposes TO act in CON
cert with Ballasteros. In another direction,
Iayas and several other Chiefs scour the
country with detachments, which, if they can
not attack the French columns, continually
embarrass the movement of our troops by
preventing them from being scattered at any
moment. The Constituencies haiter them
selves, that by all these means either they will
gain time, which seems TO be their principal
object on account Of the season, or they will
force the Prince Gcneralissimo To send pow
erful reinfOrcements to the two divisions that
have marched into Cadiz. This conjecture
seems strengthened by the fact, that Gen.
LatOur NOissac has been already sent from
the head quarters at Madrid to LA Carolina,
for the purpose Of Selling the passes of the
Sierra MOrena, and serving in case Of need ms
reserve to the divisions Of Gems. Bourmont