The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-05-31


ring the six months proceeding the Is, Of
Aprii........d1erc. .fdver.
Capt. Is. states, that Petitions against the
Orders in Council were pouring in from ali
quarters of England, and that two Of the
Ministers who were in favor of them, had
altered their opinion, and were about to
bring forward motion for their repeal
And it was the general opinion in Liverpool,
that the orders would be rescinded.
We have seen letter from a respectable
house at Liverpool, to the owner of the
Dryade, stating, that the British ministry
had already been convinced, that the Orders
in council had not yet been productive of a
ny single advantage which had been expect
ed from them-and the writer observed, that
in his opinion, the day of the orders being
rescinded, was not very distant...N. Y. Ga-.
"A letter from Madeira Of the 9th of A.
pril, (received via Boston) observes. &c Gen.
Miranda's visit to London, and the arrival
of Sir Sidney Smith here in the Foudroyant
and Agamcmnon, with a gun brig, loaded
with rockets, and other implements Of de-
strnction: seems to induce belief. that he
is bound direct to the Braziis to take the
command. The British government would
not send so active an officer 10 remain idle.
Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, you may
as preliminary to operations of more i'm
portancc. Sir Sidney arrived here on the
Goth March, and sailed the next day, being
blown out in gale OF wind
LONDON. April II
The Emperor Alexander, according to
letter from Civita Vecchia, is on the eve OF
furnishing-a fresh proof of his devotion to
France, and his departure from hose gene
rous principles which we're not long since
considered inherent in his character. To
assist Bonaparte to expel its unfortunate
king from Sicily, and put king Joseph in
possession of the Island, now appears a SER
vice not too low for the Autocrat of all the
Ruffans to undertake. The article from
which we deduce this inference is eonceiv-
ed in the coarse and vulgar style of the old
Jacobn school. The king of Sicily ispassed
as cypher, all the blame is thrown upon
the queen.
A private letter from Gibraltar states
that on the arrival of general Spencer's ex-
petition at that place, the German troops
were removed from the Coppered transports,
and sent forward in other ships for Sicily.
All the English troops were then embarked
on board the coppercd transports, and it
was understood that they were to sail for ga
distant destination"
r. We communicated on Saturday the arri-
val of the General Stuart packet, from Benz
gal, announcing the renewal of hoSiities in
India, The dispatches brought by the Ge-
neral Stuart state, that Doondee Khan, q 10
mindar in the district of AIlyghur, in the
conquered provinces, whose conduct has e.
yer been refractory, had compelled the go
vernon general to have recourse to military
force to reduce him to submission. Lord
Lake, from motives of humanity, forgave
his repeated acts of violence and disaffecti-
on towards the British government, on con-
dition that he should surrender or destroy
the guns in the strong fort of Cumoona, fill
up the ditch, and disband his forces. This
lenity had no effect the conditions were me-
YER complied with and advices having been
received of his continued violence towards
the inhabitants, his resistance to the authori-
ty of them agistrates, and his strengthening
thc fort, the governor general felt himself
obliged TO order military force, under the
command ofmaj or general Dickens and lieu
tenant colonel Horsford of the artillery, to
reduce him to obedience. Cumoona, as
being one of his strongest forts, was the
first attacked. 1t is situated between AGRA
and Delhi. The British force arrived before
it on or about the 23d October Maior-pe
neral Dickens found it much sa'onger than
1t had been represented, and was therefore
obliged to proceed by regular approaches.
A breach having been effected about the
middle of November, major general Dick
ems attempted to take the place by storm.
The assault was made by the troops on the
fort and fortified garden, but they were obi
gcd, after most desperate attack, to re-
treat with great loss. The garrison, howe
yer, intimidatcd by the intrepiditv of the
attack, and dreading renewal of the as
SAINT, evacuated the fort in the night.
On the Goth November, we learn the ee-
neral had proceeded to another fort, and
great hopes were entertained that the seve
raj strong holds belonging to Doondea, would
fail without farther loss.
We announced, on Saturday, the arrival
of the Coquette, at Portsmouth, after re-
markedly quick passage of four DAYS, with
dispatches from Admiral Sir Charles Cotton.
c@fLisbon The dispatches state, that there
1 famine at Lisbon. In this dreadful situ-
sltion, a deputation of the merchants has been
sent, in flag of truce, to admiral Cotton.
imploring suspension of the blockade as
the only means of procuring provisions to
save the inhabitants from general starvation.
Various letters have been received, descrip-
tive of these horrors the following is from
one of tl,e gentlemen appointed tn the denm-
talon, and was written before he set off
Lisbon, March 81, 1903.
Nshave only time to inform yo, Of M r..
Wig been authorised, with several others
byA4is government, to proceed to the En-
triien Rect noIy binc L adinu nm, nos.