The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-19

:neBt, however, has beea entered into with
the Danish governments, IN consequence Of
which portion Of our army is to be station.
ed during the winter in scania, Swedish
province opposite to the Island of Zealand,
and only separated frcn it by the Souad
The following letters contain some inter-
esting particulars:
"HuLL, Oct. mir. Fisher one of his
majesty smessengers, was landed at this port
Yesterday afternoon, ir0m the HaIcyon sloop
of'war OF Is guns, capt, Pearce, with dis
patches from admiral Gambler, off Copen-
hagen, dated the 15-f INST On the preced
ing day Admiral Stunho;je had left that sta.
tom with zen sail Of the Danish ships er
Syar under his care, for England; but, int
consequence of contrary winds, the feet and
convoy were obliged. to put into Gottenburgh
ON the 18th. The Halcyon also made the.
same port on the 18Th which they left in
company on the goth, together with about
500 SAL ct Transports, having the Danish
stores, &c. on board. The weather has been
extremely bolsterous during the whole nftheir
/ passage to this country. On Tuesday lastJ
/ at sea, the Halcyon fell in with the wrccc,
OF gal'iot, the Maria Elizabeth, which had
lost her bottom upon one OF the reefs in the,
/ Cattegat-ail her masts were also gone and
I from the circumstance of nc pefscn ieipex
found en- board b. the people Of the Racvon.s
! 1t is supposed that the whole OF the crewl.;.tf,
persisted i. is also feared that several of
bur transports have suffered material daL
| mage since they left the Sound. When the
I Messenger sailed from before Copenhaeen.
! the whoie OF our forces had been ern,,ariI ed,
I with the exception OF the rear guard.-NTe
understand that several of the above feet
have passed the Humber to the sou;hward
/ The arrival of the others may BE expected
! daily. Mr. Fisher, with an officer of the
!: Hacgon, left this place at haif past eleven
l..Nf .,trt,N f,.I H..
make the nearest land, and the greatest ex-,
T petition.
! We are happy to state, that the accounts
| brought from the Baltic by the above gentle
man, with respect to the state of affairs be-
twixt this country and Russia, are of the most
pacific and favorable nature, and at direct va
rance with the alarming reports lately cir
culated, of hostilities being intended against
that power"
!" YARMOUTH, Oct. 27.-Vice admiral
Stanhope with ten sail OF the line, Give En-
glish and five Danish), are now standing down
Channel to the eastward of these sands
The Vixen gun brig is Just arrived, she left
| Copenhagen the Goth inst. admiral Gambler,
had not then sai'cd.''
November IL.
/ The Fownshend packet has arrived at Ffal-
mouth from Lisbon, whence she sailed on the
10Th ultimo The mail, however, d;a not
reach town Yesterday in TINE for she deiivts-
! ry of the letters from the post-oifice so that
the letter OF the 18th, which we published
Yesterday is ss.'i he latest authentic news
----c-n Iisbon. Some of the papers of last
night iTlC-,l mentioned the arrival Of ac-
Counts dated the 28th, but that was evidently
an error Of the press, and the 18th was meant.
| The Auckland packet, We understand had
arrived at Lisbon before the Townshend SAIL
ed ''
The CORVALLIS packet, from Malta, also
ARRIVED of Falmouth On Sunday. Five davs
before, she parted from the Cararet packet,
llTEcwise from Malta. ,~
| There was ycstci day iiImor Of a great
ndval victory having beer G ,ff,et, off Cadiz.
1t arrived by tie Townsend packet from Lis
p2n, and was very much -creditc;'' though no
oilclal confirmation Of the intelligence had
feachedthe admiralty when cur I:ap6r was
put 10 press. The account Ml,ich has been
received was trafsmitted from Lisbon by tfsf
British cnnspL II 4ppers that ',efore the PACK
packet sailed, rep5rtpre lied at Lisbon that
r. division of Lord Coliingwoot's feet, under
the command Of rear admiral Purvis, had
tt~l!en in With feet from Cad;z. captured ~
san OF the Ire, and carried them into Glib
ra.tar in very sheltered condition Seven
OF the enemy's vessel are said to have been
SO rolghiy handled, chat thew are rendered
unht tor service. The object attribut.d.to
the enemy in sending out this feet, which, it
is said consisted Of al the French and Span
iail shlp3 OF war that have been so long lock-
ed up hi Cadiz, was 70 seize the Portuguese
navy III the Tasus The excellent condition
OF the British feet in the Mediterranean, and
the SKIN and vigilance Of is com handlers, in
dlce us to encourage tne hope that this in.
telbgehce may prove true A similaraccolnt
has been transmitted from Oporto, ana it
seems to have been Confidently believed in
Portugal. THERE'S, however, reason todoubt
the extent OF the advantage stated to have
been obtained by our feet, and the news al 4
together must be received with considerable
hesitation. The whole of the combined feet.
ut for sea in Cadiz, we believe, was never
estimated so high as twelve sail of the line,
and as the captarncd ships are said to have
been carried into Gibraltar, we ought to have
had intelligence of victory soimportant by
the recent arrivals from that fortress.
The preparations for the sailing of the new
expedition are understood to be in such state
OF torwardness, that the gentlemen Connect
ed win the shipping interest in the city, are
IN daily expectation that an order for an cru
barge on the outports will be issued by go
yernment. The ships Of the line which are
toform the Rect, are said to be all in readi-
ness. The light infantry Of the German le-