Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-07-01
LATE FROM GIBRALTAR.

New InRE, June 2i-W- have rccei, ed
onr regular file of tie Gibraltar Chronicle,
from April 10 the 18th or Nay, from Which
we have made the following extracts.
HIBRALrAR, May H. The H1adrid papers
continue 10 observe the siric.est silence Oh
.ae Military Operations Carrying on in the
Fennsut', which is perhaps accounted for hs
she late prohibition To the editors 10 publish
any article OF political Intelligence without the
appreciation of an officer appointed to ex-
anime the same
Nag ie.-By arrivals from the Eastern
Coast, report has reached the Garrison, thai
a FFench brig Of war was lost about eight
days since near Cape Pslos, the crew Of which
consisting OF 40 men, were conducted, as
prisoners, to Carthagena.
The iieoacsers, brought by the Csdiz Esta-
1ette this Blorniug, are unusually barren of
military and political intelligence Tnry
merely state, Under the head of AlcOi, Anr.i
20, that Yalencia still held cut, although il
inig9t be expected To fiii if not shortly re-
IieNed; and, under that ofSeviile, Nay 9, that
che population efCiudad Real, with the meals
OF resisting the entrance of the Gnerrii..
Leader Locho, If they had chosen to Nuke
use OF ihem, had, on the contrary, received
him with tbe greatest demonstration of Jog.
Sevh'r papri states tn Portuguese Male
contents, hnder Gen. Sill eira, TO have eAecled
. Jnactien with the Freach tre0ps in tie
North Of Spain, and Ges De 4cgO :, hars
fecrI7ed orders from bis gosernmrni e mach
back TO Portugal without loss OF iirc
by the Pearl, in DAYS from Ai,,ni. W
ieara, hiat the Faeocians had mad, t.yr
e"rties, and obtained thrir object. which yas
10 get supplies bit that, III The general op1.
.op, toey WI Ultimately be compelled To sur.
render, a2 The popuialion Is considerable and
thelr stock ii pyn'si1us in=uiIlrirnt.
lbe merchants Of C4diz were informed.
soon after the removal of the government 10
SevF''e, that the government wlnld provide
ships OF war for the defence a th,. port, and
other pot'.ts 0f the coast and the co3suisr
Chamber Uas urged AT the same time ~ pro
cure and advance funds, for the two fold par
pose ~ fitting nut the ships, and maintaning
fAe'laws. Bat it now seems, that the ,ncr
chants on that city, through the Chamber of
commerce, refused to advance the sum
called for; which gave rise 10 correspon-
deRce of which the following is the substance /:
Admiral CsOriO (thc head OF that depart
Tnent} whilst he Acknowledges the Importance
ana pressing nature Of he service required.
rs regards ,hg country at large, Observes,
That, as Ike commercial interest is more i'm
medlately concerned he did not imagine, thai
The sum Of rs. Vn. $4,000 ID. 1900 would he
refused which he asked for as loan, ard fDr
""O nuhlH ) wages OI Int crew Ot inc vessel
10 he fitted @ut, especially az the ChanlEer
must he aware Of The exhausted stale uf The
public treasury aud that, by royal order OF
The g4ih April the Chambrr was urged Ia
furnish money FOR equpping AMI ,nain'ainiug
the ships that were TO defend the port OF Cadz
and other p0inis Of the coast. TIE admiral
next infprms the Ch1inber. that Inc frigate
Perra Will put to SEA, Tor The intended PURPOSE,
NJ soon ~ possible ard concludes By express
lns his horror Mt the Chamhcr, and the
chamber alone, being ssionished, that the
department should NOT posscss the means OF
raising the above mentioned sun.
VI their part the Chamber Insist upon il,
That The disgrace arising from the port Of
CadZ being blockaded by single privateer,
does not bear as directly on The commercial
part OF the community, as on that Depart
ment whose duty IL is t. resent and to prevent,
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