The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-04-24
LONDON, Fehruarx14

,nueu ny government Tor the blockade or the
Rivers Eibe and Weier.-1t is faid, that fome
seiie!s have lately been fitted out in both thefe
rivers, which are defined to form part of the
mesitated Dutch Expedition to Batavia.
captain Whitby, of the Leander, from which
mp the American was fhot fomc months fiuce,
whole death occahoncd 70 much agitation in
America, is to be tried by Court Martial in
Portimouth harbour on Monday next. The
trial has food over for fome time, in order to
afford the parties interetcd for the decealed,
who were appriied ofthe intention to bring this
officer to trial, to fufain the accufation if they
thought proper. But no evidence appears a.
gainft the accufed.
March Is.
Yesterday bag of letters from Holland reach
ed the Pof-Office, fome of which we under
ftand are dated on "Wednesday lat We have
received packet Of Rotterdam, Fluihng, and
Schledam papers, by this conveyance. The
French head quarters, are ftated to have been
liked at Thorn, in the neighbourhood of which
the army is faid to be concentrated. The divi.
fions of Ney and Augereau are faid to have
occupied Bromberg, Izuiitz, Podgueze; and
other towns on the weftcrn bank of the Viitu-
la.
All the French troops have been withdrawn
from Narew, Praga, Warfaw, &c. The works
of Praga have been abandoned.
Nothing of moment had on the 9Th inf. been
attempted againit Stralfnnd. The garri(on
compriied $4,000 men, and Rugen was occu-
pied by force fully competent to its defence.
Sklrmithes occurred almoft daily on the Bal
tic, but without producing any refut of inte-
ret.
A large military force, chiefly cavalry, is to
be lent to the Continent early i'm the Spring
The Ordnance and Transport Boards are buff
ed with the neceiiary preparations.
a neet OF ten or twelve fail of the line is like
e. IN
pofed of old 74's to carry twenty four poun-
ders in the main deck, nftead of thirty.two's.
March l6.
The dispatches which we have already ftated
to have been brought by Mr.. Pierrrpoint, were
from the Court of PruiIia at Mcneil, and not
as has been Rated from Stockholm. He like
vile brought letters from Lord Hutchinfou
but the principal object of his journey was t..
deliver to Mniters a treaty offeniive and de-
feniive, between the courts of Mcneil, Stock
holm, and London. The intelligence which
he brings from the theatre of war is merely in
cdentai, and was not of great importance G.
nough TO have exclufvely required more than
ordinary mefiengcr. We underfapd to be in
fubttaDce as follows -
The Rufhans on the 10th, two days after the
battle OF Eylan, were cncamped within two
miles of the fcene of a6tion-the Praga was be-
tween the two armies. The French were in re-
from the barren tate of the country, and the
total want OF every thing, orders had been Civ
en- to fall back.
from the llue OF retreat the French, it was
believed at Memc and Koningfberg, that thew
were about to abandon Warfaw, and to eta
bliih themfelves at Thorn. All their out potts
on the Narew were already called in bur it
was iupPofed, at the period of the departure of
Mr.. Pierrepoint, that from the number of fck
and wounded in the hofpitals at Warfaw, the
French would be compelled to retain power.
full carlton in that city.
The French troops were much narrated by
the Cofisck3, who, with an rreguarity againft
which no vigilance could guard, avaed them
ieiyes OF every opportunity of crofIing the RI
vers, and harrafiing the rear detachments of the
French army. Many of the French cavalry had
been drowned in attempting to follow them A.
crofs the rivers.
Price of Stocks, 8 per cent. confols 6. SIS
Omnium 3-4 premium.
March IL.
Hamburger paper of the 18th init. was re-
eeived in town yelterday. The mott important
article 1t contains is the Turkifh Proclamation
Tor ihuttiDg the Canal againft yeneIs of all ma
tons, during the Prefent war between Runia <
the Porte.
Extraa IF htfer qVriften tbree days affrr tie
D@fffs Or PTuDf61 EyIa1, BY an officer of tile
RglfaD dyniy, TO bis Father at Ln6eek.
TiJft, ia tie Kingdom of PruE
.fa, near tie Wiemen, 90 leagues
~. &. Of Koamg/Geyg, Feb. IL.
When you receive this Letter, YOU will
perhaps have heard of the terrible battle fought
three days ago, between our army and the
French. As fuppofed you might be very un.
eaty respecting my fate, haften to fatisfy YOU
by the prefent letter. Nothing difagreeable has
occurred to me, though have been whole
dayin the midi ola fhower of balls and bullets.
know not how it was polIibe to come out of
inch icene of defolation alive but after all,
thank God, have not received fcratch, and
therefore am much more fortunate than mott
OF the brave officers Of our regiment, who have
fallen. Ihofe who are not killed are almoa all
wounded. This battle has been more fatal than
that of Auferlitz.
Our army has performed prodigies of va
lour. Though we have lolt a number of men,
1t is generally agreed, that it 10 an anonilhing
circumilance not to have loft more and this is
looked upon as an effect Of the EXCELLENT cifci.
pine which prevailed in the army during the
heat of the action, & in the midi Of fach fire as
never was feea.