The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-09-01
LonDoN, July ,.
At the Court of Queens Palace. the 9th Of
May 1907; Preirnt, the Kings Mott Excel.
LENT Majefy in Council.


Right Honorable the Lords CommifIopers az
His MsjsRy's Treaiury, and the Lords Com
mifiioners of the Admiralty, are TO give the ne
ceHarydlreetions herein, as to theai may ref.
peet,veiy aPpertain.
(Signed)
w. FAyTKENER.
TonnHgen mail arrived in town in the af.
ternoon OF ycfterday bit all the articles bro't
byit are of too early date to convey any intel
igenee with refpect to the battle of the l4tb.
u does not appear that there was any other
foundation thanreport for the 'ftatement in fome
OF the apers, that official dfpatches had been
received by government from Lord Hutchinfop.
No fuch dispatches have been received. nor
doss II Appear that government are better in.
formed upon the fubjeet of this intelligence than
the public atlatee.
Notkiag further, therefore, has tranfpired
with re!pcct to the diIsitreus intelligence con-
tanned in the accounts previoutly received and,
in this abfence OF official confirmation, the town
is bsginninR to revert toits original hopes, that
even the reports of the Tonnjngen mails may
refer ratheo to the previous fSismi.iles than to
the general engagement.
1t is certainly efficiently Characteristic of the
French and Datch accounts, thus to aggravate
partial fisceilts into general victory but it
muf not be concealed, on the other hand, that
fome of the fats have received collateral { on
6rmaiion by the mercantile letters from HAM
burgh. We wait, therefore, with impotence,
for the arrival of the next Montcurs. One
thing. however, fcen,s almoH certain Sit is
almof evident, that the defeat has not been 70
deci6ve as was at firGapprehended.
The Ruflians have certainly retreated but
it is not ftaied in any authentic hape, that the
army has been broken. But as long as Ben
ningfen can keep his army together-as long as,
though repulfed, he is not difperfcd-fo long
llail we continue to retain our hopes.
The retreat Of the RuI1ians after the battle
of AuRerli.z, has tsugbt rs .hat Rlf;.a ar
my is not ruined by being defeated. Benhing.
fen has never fought better than when he has
been dri7eninto areishts. The French drove
him before them to Eylau s--wh at then ?--svhy
he turned upon his purifiers, and avenged him.
feIf on them by hgnal defeat. Why may not
this occur agan? BsnHingf-n has been repulf-
ed :--granted but he has eff 6ted his retreat,
without the difperfion of his army. He Will
CONTINUE to retreat, perhaps, till he finds arc
tber cation ike that OF Eyiau; wien be win
once again face hisenemy, and perhaps retrieve
the fortune offhe war
Oae ching appears fomewhat fGgnlar - CO.
ycrnmsnt has not attached fuficieut credit to
the accounts hit'itrto received, TO countrrnand
the falling of the expedition IN this uncertain
ty, we Can only repeat our itnpatsnce FOR the
arrival of official dilpatcbcs.
In tks meantime, the details of the previous
GifniIes are not very clesr. Itiy Rated for
example, 10 81 the accounts hitherto received,
that the T. ufians made aa attack on he Fteuch
lice on tie bia, and lone eu{aing davs. This
attatk ceris,nly did not flceeed IN the extent
which had keen expetied; hut it certainly wa.
not fepniie6 IN manner which %otld compei
the hafty Hight ofthe Raiiiaus. Two imcor-
tart queiiions, therefore, here occur What
was tnc n,jttl If the attack and what wa.
theosjcei ofthe retreat
Tie ,eport Of general Clarke, as given in the
Brriih Telegraph, feems to contain very pro-
tabte anfwer one OF thefe queaions:
" The Ruaians," fsys this report, had al.
rsedy svinced their wea,:hefs when they were
unsh!r to relieve Daetzcj their retreat from
Heiii5efg is new S,.Ience df it,"
Ii this resf5n be wei founded ii will follow
that the attack Of he RulHsns On the French
Ene was but aleG 20 c0ser their retreat that
they fonnd themfclvvs unable 90 maintain iheii
poi ion in the font Of tie FreEcb army ; aud
that. in confeqnence, they dcened 1t prudent
10 retreat.
Il letter from KonipaG,srg, dated Juns i1th
WAS circGl4ted upDn I've txchsugs 10 the sGe
noon ct ygdetday. Which faies, in expteis
terms, thar the battle oi the I4ih was very diff
fefent TO what it ihat oeep ccfcuctd that IL
WAS fougis sth great ooti0acy on both fdrs
that only past ol nc Safiia afiay had been en-
gagtc aDd tlai they rstrca1ed, rather from ,
pre-concetied pisp, th~n AZ coHgtilsd tot Ly
defeat. Il js tH.er adosi, 80 me fne is,ter,
that many French pft,oners had been brought
into Komasibere, aud tlat Ok iooas aapys
hcthons were entertained tia tic town ~ot3o
faU iico tie peGsD5Do f tAe e.e0r.
The Rainsn Cups cs feisrse IS tsted 20 cx-
cgsd asiy tk4uiaed 1tD. Il nay lo,. ta.letoss,