The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-09
LONDON, May 10.

giments, viz. the sth, path, and SD, are now
upon their march to embark at Portfmouth,
| from whence they viii Immediately proceed TO
that Ration. They will be Joined there by fe-
veral reciments of the army in Ireland. The
expedition eftimated at 6.ooo men ftrong, will
be under the command of Lieutenant General
Sir Eyre Coote, and is defined for the w. In
dies. The 9Th was yefter.lay infpetted by his
| Majefty, as i; paiIId through Hyde Park, on its
! march to Por;finoh,h. The oath, lately quar-
| tered at Bow and the adjacent places, marched
| through the city at fix o'clock this morning, on
its route for Kinsfto where it will halt this
night, and proceed tomorrow for the fame def
tination.
The troops in ireland commenced their march
to Cork, apon the eth infant. They confift of
The 32d, from Loughrea; the 3Sth, tit, and
72d, which were, at the date of our letters, up
| on their route. The elf, 62d, and 9ed, had
| already embarked at Cork. A morning paper
Jays, that this force is TO be employed as an
dr'ny de Cba5c, to be in readinefs to follow
wherever the combined fquadron may be here
after afccrta!ned 10 have made an impreliion,
in order to diilodge them.
The Glory, of 90 guns, is hourly expected at
SPithead, with Admiral Sir John Orde on
board. Orders have been fent to him to repair
thither, and TO ftrike his flag. The GROWERS
Tou!on .leet, notwithstanding its great fuperi-
ority of force; but they forget that fix line of
battle ihips were ready to put to fea from Ca
diz, TO incrcafe the fearful odds agant his little
fquadron.
Some think that it would have been advifable
Tor Sir John Orde to have effected an immediate
junction with our fleet off Ferrol, and gone in
coie puriuit of the enemy, when they could
nave had but day or two fart of him, even at
the riik of letting out the fhps there, which,
having no troops, and not forming part of an
expedition, could have done lefs injury. But
we doubt whether Sir John Orde could have
had authority for fuch proceeding.
private letter, of the Cd, from the Hague,
lays " In Italy there are now 1000 French
men IN arms, partly to prevent the remote pofli-
oiilty OF hottie attempts, and partly to give
weight, if necefiary, to the plan for the extenii-
on OF the new frontiers of that kingdom. As
early as the 5th of February, fecret orders were
gwen, under certain circumstances, to act often
lveiy on the Adiee. Prince Jofeph fill perfiffs
IN his refnfal to accept the crown of Italy. 1t
is now Bonaparte's intention to cede it, at fome
future period, to Eugene Beauharnois, and, by
.hiS liquidation, TO give proof of his conde-
iceniion and moderation at general peace
Inc PRECEDENT colt the Milanefe twenty-four
millions of livres; the King mutt prove much
more expenhve."
May IL.
An article from Hamburger, dated April 90,
lays, cit is now decided that the new Danifll
port, 10 long talked of, fllall be formed near
fiooditand, IN Jutland; the Danifh government
kave ALTO propofed purchaGng the town of
Wandibeck of our Senate"
The following fngular paragraph appears in
French Journal, received this morning, dated
iroH the frontiersof Turkey, April 7:--"AIlne-
ggoclation between Czerni George having been
broken of, the Servian Chief has taken his mea-
lures for an immediate opening of the cam
paisn.-Jacques Czarazing has advanced to-
wards the Banks OF the DwiDa, there to wal.
for MUS Aga and Zebega, who threatens TO
penetrate into Servia by this route, aRRea by a
body Of Britjb troops ?"
The Queen of Etruria, it appears, is expected
to attend the Coronation of Napoleon the Great
at Milan, where ihe will be formally introduced
to the imperial family. It is fuppofed, that fhe
VIII have very particular introduction to
Prince Eugene, who has not vet taken unto
hImfelf wife. Bonaparte will have an oppor-
tunlty OF ihewiDg the amiablenefs of his difpo-
iition, in the friendly way of bringing the young
people together.
Major GwyDn arrived yefterday at Lord
Camden's Office, with dispatches from the lee
ward Hands, containing the particulars of the
recent operations of the enemy's fquadron in
that quarter. They alto confirm our former
tatements of the fate arrival of the Cork feet,
under convoy ofthe Profs!yte, with 5000 troops
on board, 1000 Of whom were landed at Barba-
does, and the remainder attributed among the
other Hands, which are now conlidered TO be
in very Respectable fate of defence. Adyices
were at the fame time, received at the Admra!-
ty, the nature of which has not yet publicly
tranfplred; bat we undeiftand that Admiral
Cochrane has reached his deainat;on, and that
at the date of the laft accounts he had failed in
purfuit of the enemy's fquadron, from which
he was then dIftant only few hours fail Ac-
counts of mon satisfactory dcfcription may
therefore be veFy i,ortly expeSed from that
quarter.
May IL.
Yeferday we received a letter from an officer
OF the Diadem, from which we can allure our
readers, notwithstanding the reiterated rumours
to the contrary, no part of the Channel 1eet had
been detached IN puriuit of the Toplon f,,uad-
ron 10 late as the evening Of the 5th init.
| report prevailed at the Hague, that the
principal deflnation Of this hottie force was ST.
Domingo, In which illand the French are fsid to
DC not only matters of the whole Spanill part,
but to have retaken Port Dauphin.
Admiral De Winter. after HAVING copcerteJ q.