Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-09-16


We're relieved by about 1000 other troops
which had remainrd in thu town. The Span
iards have had about $50 men put hors de
combat, among whom are three Commanders |
oi brigade, very severely Wounded. Geurial
Wilson received Il bali in the thigh, aud one
othis Aidrs-de-C Camp has received a wound,
which is said To be mortal. The cannonade
and firing were resumed this morning aud
continues without cessation II seems that
the French have established batteries at
three different points. At this moment
symptoms ol pillage manifested IN the |
town by Il band ofrubbers, who have marked |
out several houses.
The town orFerrol capitula;ed yesterday |
we shall not be SD fortunate here. TIL" Gov
ernor is an Erattado, willing In sacrisce the |
town, aud whoi Is supported by leaders ADD |
troops who have been driven 10y the French
forces from the Astulias.
6 General Morillo is advancing upon ST.
Jago de COmpostelo aud Vigo."
PARIS, July 2s.--The f,iluwing is copy
of the letter addressed on the 26ih July. by
the Minister ot Foreign Affairs, 10 the hiiuis-
tiers of the VI iriimc powers
SiR-l have the honor 10 inform YOU,
that, Ia complete the measure which com
mnnicatcd In my letter at yesterday, his Ma
Jesty's Government has resolved To declare.
the ports of fcrrui and Corunna in Il slate of
effective blockade
- have the honor To announce this by
circular 10 the Ministers ofthe Maritime Pow
ers.-Receivc sc Sc"
% the 10Th second sortie tnnl1 place ::
the firing lasted hil 10 in the evening. The
Con-tutionalists burnt the mill of Bon chade-
ra, belonging to The Chapter of UIgpl and
on their side the Allied troops burnt NE grow
iDS crops between The city ADD the iurts, IN or
der to deprive The bcsegrd party oi them.
The Eto'te contains long article on the
fire at Madrid. from whence thr following is
an extract. will be- no doubt remarked,
mat the Etotie, which attributed the fire t~ ~
accident, of which mairvuleuce w0nld take
advantage, now attributes il 10 inaleyolence IL
self.
From the Gazette OF Madrid, July 22l
" The day before Yesterday Sunday about
IN the morning, his Royal Highnus. the
Duke of Angoulcme went To hear mass IN the
church of the CierigoS .lI,aoreS del ESpir,it
'Santo, as the Prince has been accustomed to
90 since he has been at Madrid. According
10 custom, numerous crowd, among which
We're many ladies, hadrepair-d to the church,
To enJoy the satisfaction of contemplating ~,
features of our august drlivrrcr.
" At the end of the mass, and at the mo-
ment when the officiating priest returned To
give me nenedictlon, some sparks were per
crlved above the choir aud the gallery which
snrm"uuts the principal entrance. When the
mass was entirely concluded. at the moment
when the priest Was leaving th. sacristy and
me Prince the church. other sparks were seen
near the chief altar, and quite close To the
place which the Prince bad Just left. Almost !
at me same moment similar spectacle pre-
sented itself on the opposite side, so that the
hre broke out at once i'm three places very
distant from one another In less than five
minutes 1t had spread over all the church and
Inc cont'5isG'is Building. ~ well within as with !
our, no person up To that moment having ola |
served The least appearance of fire or smoke, |
either IN the church or without
Never was conAagration seen to spread
with 5" much rapiduy. This very rapidity--
me S'muiianrousness of the appearance of fire
At points distant from each other more than
100 rerds 800 feet the smell of tar which
struck experienced aud unprecedented persons
the coincidence of this fatal accident with
me time when his Royal Highness is accu..
toned to hear mass III public, are all circum
stances SO diilicutto combine, that ,r they do
not afford IA mathematical demonstration, they
form N least very strong presumption that
fhs fire was the result of the most refined
dIaboiical wickcdness.
II his Royal Highness bad been five mi
nutes later in leaving his hotel. or if the priest.
IN saying mass What a horror !
What catastrophe the Imagination shud- !
dcrs at the idea,--the pen refuses 10 trace il :"
me Etol!e then announces that the Rrgon- |
cy and Ms Ministers have taken the most en- !
eIgetc measures, and ordered arrests which !
have been executed. Ii adds that the paople !
wished to massacre all that profess opinion,
contrary 10 royalty, but that his Royal High |
ness gave orders that every body should be !
protected.
Private lerier.-Paris, Monday Evening
Dispatches have this day been received by /
Ministers, announcing the occupation ur Fer |
rol, and IA serious flair In Catalonia; but the |
result has not been allowed To transpirc. j. |
private letter from Perpigpan, the contents of .
which II IS said may be relied on, states Llo- |
beras and Rotten, with an imposing force, had .
left Barcelona, and were On the rear OF the
French army. Mllans WAS in the field on
another point The blockade is said to be
any thing but rigid and up to the 18Th instant
bad caused little or no Inconvenience. NotIl- /
ing is said in this letter of Gen. Nina.
The following letter from Bayonne. shows
ihe increasing activity of the Constitutional
Guerillas. AraOjluez where Chaleco has sur
pFlsed the garrison, IS only % miles from Ma
drid.
BAYoNNE, July 92.--The siege of Pampe
luna seems to be irrevOcabiy determined np
on, and will certainly he shortly commenced
IN form. great number of wagons with
bombs, shells, &c. are sent from our arsenal
The town, which will be first attacked. can
not hold out long, but the citadel which is
supposed 10 be provided with every necessary.
may make an obstinate resistance GueriIlas
begin to iurm in Navarro they are At pre-
sent lnCOnsIderabir. One of Them. thou,h
consisting of only fourteen men, has had tine
holiness to show itself at ArIache its ap-