The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-09-23
ue now officially declared to be in a state
AZ actual blockade.

Of actual blockade.
The Spanish official account of the hat
tle of Molinps del Roy has hepn rcccivet
1t gives very different descrip i'm u
ne engagement from that pobilsHed h,
"A. Flsncl--tar enemy LOST III III, attach
800 killed and about 2,O9O Wounded IN,
spaniaris rrHes 1t ln,ir loss ~ iuepnsi-
dtrahIc compared ith this Slaughter.
: iarj, article al July 81, sq),-.rhe
test information announces that Nina,
VIII, 5000 men, i, marching from Upper
tataIona, ny winch means he may gain
st in the rear oi oir army, and cause
an cantu,lua ~ The .rnisrr,.--aiInistrrs
, have bren warned 81 the srflnns fault.
committed III defiance nf tde cUdr9ge and
ardor of the troop,.'
Barop d. Rirhpmant, Inspector G4ne-
raj of the French passt ssinns in India, " as
brought into Cerunna in French India-
Jnan by ii Spanish pritateer, aud thrown
into the prison of Antonin The Baron Is
the brother of the French Minister dc
yiIleln, who ordered SIR Robert Wilson 10
leave Paris III so insulting a manner. The
revenge he took Wa To apply IL the Span
jill authorities for the liberation of the
baron De Richemont. but his application
vas refused by the Spanish Authorities,
who declared their determination tn detnin
hun rs AN hostage for the safety of the
Constitutional General. Sir Robert Viii
sou, however, repeated his request, and at
LIST obtained the liberation of de Richie
mont, and other prisoners.
From The London Star fJltiy 90.
The very pompous manner in which the
C6urirr, on Saturday, announced the me
,itatrd retreat of the frcncl from all the
points they occupy in the Peninsula, be
hind the Ebro, aud the confidence with
which, the Intelligence was declared 10 be
authentic, has involved that Journal in a
controversy with the New Times, whic
iuslu,Hted that the authentic intelligence
of ,he Courier was written with view to
affect the funds. Such an impd,ation ON
rhe Courier, above all other Journals, was
not To be borne, aud the Editor repels il
with indignation.
l6ln the Star of yesterday, we gave an
unqualified contradiction to the anthem
tic intelligencco of the Courier, aud we IA
yain repeat that the French Government
has ~ intention of Withdrawing It's armies
behind the Ebro, whatever it may hr com
PEELED TO do in case FREY erses, The Co0-
rier last night returns 10 the Subject, AMI
boasts much of thc fidelity OF its intcili
grncc, but gives no locas III support Of lis
statements ot Sal urddy, though IN denying
the lHputotlun of lis having Inserted ii Tor
stock jobhng purposes, it does moi Afford
that reimbursement which, in y point of
So much Importance, is desirable, and
which we know II could give as to the
source whence II derived tnc intelligence.
Some of oar contemporaries, decided
by the vppourng OF the Courier, and the
ostentatiuu5 manner in which il announced
that the French Armies were about 10
withdraw from Madrid and Cadz, ventur
ed To assert that Ministers had recei, ed
rhe intelligence aud, indeed, ii was evil
dent that the Courier wished it To he un
uerstuod is derived from that Source,
winch ne know 1t was not. How il was
obtained IS ii question which we SHAH "a,
afford the clat W. possess to unravel ,thou h
we can assure our readers that there is =
little curious secret history come cted
with il.
From the London Globe Of Jpiy %.
The report of the Withdrawing of the
French from Spnin, has not been support
ed by any thing IN the shape Ola fact, and
the Courier, in reply To the inquiries ot lis
guls, says. " il tclU be seen what effect The
growing differences between the Regency
of Madrid and the Dnke D'AngouIcme
will producc.o To he sure ii WW be
SEEM" bat llrr dishonesty is to ann"nnce rs
matters determined, matters Mhieh are on
y in possibility.
II the French government, while their
forces relnain unchecked by any scrions
reyerses, Withdraw their troops from
Spain, merely from their s"n.e of the i'm
possibility of reducing to their owa stan
dafd the opposite and infnrlaled parties in
that country, the conduct will be- much
more WISE than we give them credit for;
1t will, in fact, be the most humane and
rational way oi getting ont Ot Il bad enter
prise, but we do not, on that account, be
Eeve that it is in contemplation.
Ii is again reported that the Cortes are
willing To treat. 1t is not Improbable thai
the difficulty which the French see of es-
tabllshvig any other government in Spain
may lead to an approximation between the
eontending parties.
PERrlGSAS, July i8.-General Manso
Is not dead. He was attacked, it is true,
with pulmonary complaint. but person
recently arrived here, saw him taking the
AZ at Barcelona ak days ago.
Six hundred men, who left the fort of
Lrgel on the night of the 18th, have arrived
al Lerda.
The .Honiteur of yesterday contains the
following -
The following circular letter has been
sent by the Minister Of Foreign Affairs L"
Cue Ambassadors and Ministers of the Ma
Iid'ne Powers reading at the Court of
France. A second letter has also hern ad
dressed notify ing The blockade of Corunna
and Eprrol