Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-05-23
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NEW York, March 19.-By the picket ship
Leeds, in 80 days from liverpool the editors
nave received their papers from london TO
me 22d and Liverpool TO the 2Hh April
Ihey communicate ;he authentic intelligence
Of the COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILE
llES For this event we have been all u
long prepared and it has occurred mt the
llmt, AT which the informstion given To us,
ana communicated IN this paper, had led us To
surmisr that it would. We still are firm in
the belief, that the advance of the French
army INTO Spain, will become more and more
pernous, IN proportion TO the distance at
Whlcn III leaves its resources behind. The
poiicy at the Spaniards is, undoubtedly, TO
appear to retire before the invading force, and
thus to draw them on, and by scattering as
much as possible their own troops, 10 induce
'ne french So To exlepd their line OF operations
as I" expose 1t more readily to interruption
rom the irregular assaults, which may from
time Ia time be made on it,. The French
commander was evidently disappointed, at
me result OF the attack on St. Stbastans.
where, according TO letierwe publish, in
stead OF loss of 90 or 80 men as stated in
The oiilcial accounts, the French sustained the
loss OF 90 Killed, and near 500 wounded. -
should 81. Sebas,ians, Pampeluna, and other
fortified places hold ont against a coup DE-
man, they must be besieged for the army OF
The descendant of ST Louis, together with
that oi the Faith, (of which Iatterby the hv.
or OF ITS deeds, we see no mention i'm the OF
cIai acc0unts) is by 40 means large enough to
allow OF detachnents from il, sufficient to
mask these fortresses, and preserve The line of
communication with the Pyrrnees, while The
main bndy pursues its route TO Madrid and
hence, perhaps, The pause of ten days or a
fortnight, which Is already spoken of on the
banks of the Ebrp.
La the first skirmish which took place after
crossing BidassOa, several Frenchmen i'm the
Spanish service were killed, and some wound
ed and taken prisoners by the French. OF
tins latter number, four had been tried aud
shot, as traitors. IL will be seen by another
article from The French paper, that, for the
present, the French government have declined
issuing letters of marqne against Spanish
commerce, on the ground that they are not at
war with the nation.
Lord Liverpool and Mr.. Canning in the
British Parliament both discouraged the idea
that Great Britain could be involved in the
contest. An alteration between Mr.. Can
ming and Mr.. Brougham in the House of Com
mons, was the subject OF much remark in the
papers. We give a condensed statement of
1t. Ii seems hard of comprehension to us.
how, after charging man TO his face "with
political tergIycrsatiOn and Luckitno. for the
purpose of retaining Office" Mr. BrOugham
could rise and say, he did not use thee terms for
any party, factions, and least Of all, personal
purposes" The distinction by which this dis
ciaimer could with honour be made, eludes
our grasp.
Sir Charles Bnmfylde had been shot by
man who formerly lived with him a. servant
and whose wife was living as hnusekeeper
with Sir Charles. Jealousy is said to have
prompted the crime. After shooting this IN
fortunate gentleman, the assassin blew out his
own brains.
The Courier Of the god gives a description
OF the sPlrndour of his Maesty's leyee of the
preceding day. Among the persons present
ed on the occasion, were, Mr.. Robert Hunter,
Consul at Cowes, and Major ID. G. Golden,
OF This city, and Mr.. Hughes. .4merican.
NoRToLK, May 10.-Captain Griswold Of
the brig Mary Rose, from Matanzas, states,
that there have been no deprediiions commit
ted by the pirates along the coast Of Cuba
since the capture of the schooner Pilot, of
his port that their hOardsa and haunts appear
to have been completely broken up, at least
Tor the present-stil however, they may have
associated themselves with the more iOnora-
pie part Of the community, until an oppoitn-
nifty may offer, when, like the vslture, they
can pounce upon their prey with elTpclntl
success.-Tl,r Steam galIiOt Sea Gull was AZ
MaianZas when the Mary Rose came out .
she had been taking in coal, and Capt. c. IN
derstood she WAS ~ leave there the same day
for Key West understood that the officers
and crews Of the different vessels composing
Com. PVrlcr's squadron, were al in good
health