Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-30
fRoN SPAIN AND FRANCE.

Our Boston correspondents inform us thai
hy AZ arrival NJ that port from Malaga in
diligence is received that Ceuta had hcrr
occupied by the. French, who had Openly de-
clare ." that they would never give il up So
lnag as the English held possession of tin
Rock OF Gihialtar" This NAV he considered
a. gratoiinus declaration on the part at the
pilic"rs of the army and IL unworthy of any
consideration, except as indicating the feeling
which prrvades the French soldirry in cuns.-
gucncr nf the tame submission or ih,. Consii.
tutionalists Throughout Spain. Ceufa MAS Il
strcr~ r'sre. hut il ~ more Than probable. that
lis d"irncrs hi," been permitted Ia sn to de-
cay, The well known apathy of the ,nud.rn
Spanish character in relation to Qualifications
vastly more impnrt,ui full, iusiifi,s this i'm
rrrssi"n. II l. situated in Africa, npposi,. 10
and about fifteen mics from Gibraltar ar the
narrowest part of the Mediterranean, hut il
case "f any disagreement with Great Britain.
IFS occupation by that power would be- stimuli
tanrous with It's declaration uf war.
On The 18th of November. news was re-
ceiv"d al Malaga of the surrender or the cities
of Alicant, CArhagena aud Barcelona To the
French and Spanish roya! authorities.
In addition 10 the above We have this mo-
mtnl been favored bv Mr. Escaiyilr, of rh.
Exchang- Commercial Rooms. with a elr OF
IN" Paris Constitutional :" the Nth uf No
vember received nv the Midas. which saws
That Carthagena surrendered Ia Grneial BON
neman on the fifth of Nn,rmher. and that the
ior's of Urge! submitted to Baron Hnrcl.
General Bourrnonf is appointed Comman-
der in Chief of the French armies in Spain.
and Lieutenant General Foissac Latour sue
c'.ds Bourmont in the c"mmand Of CadiZ
The Governor of Barcelona, Rotten. had
embarked for Genes on the 9th of Nn,rm,rr
TO proceed thence 10 Switzerland his native
county,
General Nina was To embark the next dav
Tor Gibraltar, AS II WAS said. tn proceed fo En-
gland and not 10 France as previously an
nnunrrd
The Duke Of Reggie was mo'nt ntly exrec'-
I'd IN Paris To resume the command of the
National Guards
The Journal oc Bordeaux states that the
king oi Spain having declined his intended
tourney tn Toledo, was expected Ia arrive at
Madrld with the Royal Family on the 18th of
November
L'EtoiIe says that Riego was cvecnted at
Madrid in the morning of The 9TH of November
and conveyed to the place Of execution in ~
basket Jun panier) drawn by an ASS
a part of the fourth corps If the French mr.
my entered Hosialrich and Tarragnna on the
fourth Of Nov cmher
Letters from Bayonnr saw that thers had
been a tunul at Sarragossa. and that il had
become necessary to fire on the people. who
had attempted To enter thr prison where the
ex-mnister San Miguel was confined, for the
purpose IF putting him to death.
Barren Bender de Krrigelslrir, Austrian Mi
mister AZ Lisbon, has been charged To- transmit
To the Emperor Of Brazil, letter from his IA
ther in law, the Emperor of Austria urging
INN to acknowledge the authority or Portu-
gal
II is believed that the declaration of the
Northern courts, rrlning to the non-acknow-
Judgments of the independence of the eide
rnh Spanish and Portuguese coluuies vii!
speedily h. published.
Since the commencement of the Spanish n r
fair The number of French vessels Of xar has
been increased from ninety 10 one hundred
and fifty, and the marines from % 600 tn 9 600
Ball. Fed. Gag.