Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-11-21

being exceedDgl, dark the Freuch crossed the ca
MI, having their allies, the Spanish Uhras. ,h"w
front. The noise, in some degree inseparable from
The movement oil 30 large hOty ui men, Just served
To- arouse little the attention oi the sleepy garrison
ln their hls,m subsidized when they heard
carelesst addressed IN the Spanish tongue with the
phrase rf ' Don't disturb ourselves we are all
friends" S" re-assu,ed they laid themselves down,
aud II was until after .nu,e time that they
body of men ~ the garrisuo far on,nuberins ifcni-
selves. They took the alarm the bugie sounded III
arms aud presently body ol their friends up
ihd Tired, bat heh,c addressed in Spanish by their
opponents, who asked them in affected astonshmcni
how they could ERE Oh their comrades, they became
| embarrassed. nnd in instant the confusion was
rendered ncwahle 10y the arrival Of large body oil
! treuca troops. Thus The cosinsion resistance
was impossible, and the French with scarcely any
loss took possession Of the fortress.
! When the mob the next day before Calatra-
ga : house, he told them this story, adding that the
lieutenant through whose negligence this fatal event
had happened, had been killed 10y the srs shot the
u,oh then 'iu,eiy dispersed Besides, the good dis
position OF the inhabitants of Ca'liz, Of the militia OF
Madrid, which were stauncii,to man, aud Of the
regular troops who had given ground for suspicion,
there were other circumstances which TO outward APP
pearance gave hope that Cadiz would hold ont, a,
least Tor month or two. The town amply sup
| Piled with provisions before the tak,sg OF San,i
PeIr, the passage from Gibraltar 10 Cadz was per-
| formed with such ease and with Ius risk, that
the rate oi insurance seldom exceeded . IL and
ve' 3 per Even after the taking OF San Peri,
owing pa'iy 10 change IN the winds, and ehiesy
The extremely bad seamanshp Of the French, vessels
scarcely any risk And yet with all these advantages
| Cad,z has fallen without blow To what is this TO
| nc asctbcd 2. 10 want OF courage, as have
shown, IN the people want Of courage or Of
honesty IN their Government: for Drawer and
honesrr men than Calatrava, Valdez, and Alava, do
MOI exist but TO Ihe ignorance Of all necessary
details 81 business, Ia slnggishness of character,
want oil forecast, and whit will appear incredible,
hut which was the consequence of the foregoing de-
| ecis, their absolute want of information as to the
events daily happening IN every part of Spain Add
In
dinands affected proie saions of liberalism, or, ii
they suspected him, afraid upon their
| pirous.-
Ferdinand, who is by-s means the dolt that he
has been supposed in this country he, all along
| playing II deep and cunning game. After his arrival
~ Cadz, he pretended 10 have changed his opinions
ON the subject OF The Constitution he piofrsscd The
greatest dislike OF the conduct OF the French, and
Affected III fear that the Duke d'Augouleme wanted
| To be King of Spain The Ministers weak
nough 10 he the dupcs of this artice though he WAS
every day doing what ought To have excited their
pic'ons lie never weHt our, but walked for several
hours every day the the TOP of the pa
lace, where he had erected tower from which he
was constantly looking out wiIh telescope. Among
| ms amusrments he daily lei hy "a number of paper
Kites oil various colours.-Ihose who hest c.
qna'nted with his character, suggested that this was
not done tot amusement, hut ny OF signal TO the
| enemy. One day u circumstance happened carry
conviction On this point, Five batteries had, on the
previous evening, been erecied-two TO the LEFT, and
three 10 the right uf the palace. Ferdinand
the next morning TO let fly five kites-iwo the left
and three Il the right. The Giro meuiion-
ed 10 the Ministers they said they could noIinter fere
with the King amusement; and il till after
along remohsrance they consen,ed,by way of discon
certng The supposed plan of the King, let ay from
the adjoining house Kite after kite, whenever his Ma
lesIy amusing himself with thar extraordinary
pastme. The day after this was done, the king de-
sisted from this mode Of amusement, OF communi-
| cation.
SPANNING war in Spain may now be
| considered as terminated. Ii is clear that ne
l Un fIatin hn1 ha. al.
Duke d'Angouleme and the authorities at Ca
diz ; and that. although his Royal HishDess
IN his communication of the 99,h, had declar-
| cd those negotiations TO he broken off, they
| must have been renewed at the moment when
| the grand attack was about to commence, and
| nave led TO that arrangement which was fol
| lowed by the immediate liberation of the Roy
al Personages at Cadiz. We believe that tn,
| chef object OF the French Government was tn
conquer and silence the Revou,ionisls in the
easiest manner they could and that they pre-
frrred the use of GOLD to that Of IRON. There
| is reason, therefore, TO suppose that the mem
| bers of the Cortes have secured for themsehek
| something more substantial than the bare sag
| ~ Of their persons.-This is the only infe-
| renee we can now draw from the intelligence
that has just been communicated to us. In
| all probability the Chiefs of the Revolution
will be suffered to depart with the payment
they may bave received and we should not
be surprised,swere we to see the whole or
greater part of them in this country in very
short time; or, perhaps, they may prefer an
emigration 10 the United States of America.
II is not unlikely hut that this is the last rero-
| luton which will occur in Europe for long
| time To come. The system of Monarchy
| seems for the present 10 have obtained the
| mastery of that which is called the Repre-
sentative System. Whether in Europe il
will for any great length of time remain pre-
dominant, no one can fOrcsee. Ii is not, how
ever. improbable but that it may. We think
| Vt very likely that there is a secret understand
| ing among all the European crowned heads,
lnc!udlug England, to- uphold the Monarchi-
cal system, well as the church and its
appnrtrnances, against those who want to clip
the wings of the one, as far as power is con-
cerned, and 10 strip the other of the revenues
| il has enjoyed for so many centuries II APP
pears rather singular that Europe, Dotwith-
standing the progress that has been made dur
ing The last 200 years in arts science, literature,
and what has been generally called enlighten-
ed intellect, should be following IA fate similar
80 that which has been witnessed in Asia and
Africa-namely, losing gradually the Repre-
sentative System of Government, to that
| of a Monarchica nature simply"
London Morn. Chron.
| Suppose Ferdinand to he restored to liber-
ty, will the King at the dicialion of France
annnl the whole of the proceedings of the Re-
voIniiOnaTy government II is Obvious how
nearly tue interests Of this country Great BJi-
tain would be- affected, by such n revocation,
for we have ourselves contracted engagements
with the Revolutionary government 1.-THE in
dcmnitg for British losses by Spanish prva-
teers among others) which il is not to he sup