Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-06-06

LATEST FROM FRANCE.

LATEST FROM FRANCE.
New YoRK, June 9. half past O'clock
The ship Olhello. Capt. Lambert, has Just got
up. We have received Bordeaux papers Ia
the s5th April inclusive.-Tbc latencss of the
hour prevents our procuring TRANSACTIONS for
this evening. The honorable Mr.. Earsyil,
came passenger in the Othello, from whom
we learn that the French army had entered
Lagrono, on their march to Pampeluna. The
Duke Of Angoueme had crossed the Ebro, on
his way 10 Madrid. The inhabitants atan-
doned their humes on the approach of the
invaders, and no attempts had been made TO
cheek their. progress
Her Royal Highncss. the Duchess of An
gouleme had entered Bordeaux. She was
received by the loyal subjects of Hing Louis
with the greatest enthusiasm. Com ATE.
FROM FRANCE. 80.
The ship O;hollo, capt. Lambert, from
Bordeaux, anchored below last night, and we
received at Il late hour Bordpaux.papers to
the 25th of April, inclusive, and Paris dates TO
the 92d. They furnish no later news from the
army, ana we do not from hasty perusal
find amy news of Importance in them.
A despatch from Bayonne, dated April 9th,
states that the French troops continue To-
meet with the most Hattering reception in
Spain.
There was no truth in The report OF the
capture of a French frisate blythe Spanards
.Ner .3du.
We have convcrsed with very Intelligent
geEtleman-who recently travelled from Ma
drd TO Paris and visited St Srbastian-on the
general condition of affairs in Spain, to which
his attention had been directed. He mentions
that, south OF the Ebro, the population appear
Ia he almost universally ConstitutionoLisfs.
The few and cuon n hand. nr; A..
quarter, consist chiefly Of common maraudrrs,
rather than of political malcontents North of
The Ebro,-in the provinces of Bscay, Ma
varre and Catalonia,-the Army of;he Faith
mas been recruited by means of French gold,
winch the lower classes of inhabitants were
TOO poor& wretched To resist. Circumstances
had particularly Impoverished and desolated
those provinces; and their proximity Ia the
French territory laid them open to the brides
and Intr'Sues of the French government and
the Spanish refugees. But the influence of
the priesthood had not been much exercised
upon them, nor was it in any degree ms power
iul as II had been, in any part OF. Spain Euch
less Is To be apprehended for the constitutions
al cause from this source, than from the want
of money and the mateyiei of war.
The garrison of St. Sebastian was COM
posed OF about 2,100 men, and commanded
by O'Donnel a brother of the able general of
the same name. The utmost reliance is pla-
ced upon his iirmness and the bravery of his
troops; bat st. Sebastian, being fortress on.
ly of the second order, and not in perfect re-
par, may be taken by the French engineers
General Nina had under HIM about twenty
thousand regular troops, and ten or eleven
thousand tried militia all animated by the.
best spirit. General .HoriAo had invested
nearly his whole fortune in the funds of the
constitutional government, as pledge OF his
sincerity ; and further TO obtain confidence.
had chosen as his second in command, BaHas.
feToS, whose Zeal and fidelity were never
doubted. The Count d'A bisbaI (O'DonntI)
General QuIroga and others, conspicuous for
their patriotic ardor and military talents, were
indeiatiGably active, and resolved as to oh
slina'e resistance. All the members of the
Cories, who amount To upwards of one hun
drrd and fifty, and hold the most respecta
he personal characters, professrd the same
opinions and feelings. None of Them con-
sldered the occupation of Madrid by the
French as at all likely 10 prove decisive al the
contest They calculated that the British
would not suffer the French to carry on any
extensive ntdr1flme operations against them
These they particularly dreaded, AS affecting
The security of the South of Spain. They
did not expect TO be obliged 10 leave Seville:
but it so, the retreat To Cadiz would be easy.
and the asylum imprrgnabIe
Our Informant inferred from what he saw
IN the French provinces, and in Paris, that
The war and the BOurbons we're unpopular. to
use 'he soltest Term. Nat. Gdz.