The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-09-30

printed iEStrOCtlOnS, OF tie kiNSiS OF pew
sions the hcys contained, by the different CO.
ioured flags which they bore, the masters in
stantly made their. requests OH board the i
hoys. and their wants were supplied. This |
jutiicious regulation would have enabled the |
whole os them to be victualled in As hours |
after they arrived, but the state of the wea- |
ther, on Friday, for few hours, retarded
the shipment of the provisions They were,
however, all completely supplied with pro
visions on Friday night; and they then only
waited for forage, which WAS shipped cn
Monday. On that day, Sir Harry Burard
was arrived to take the command. At noon
an order was issued for the transports e.
drop down to St. Helen's; and or Wcdnes-
day the expedition only waited for 4 fair wind
to put to sea. The troops were in high
health and spirits, and were much pleased
with the recent general orders, for dispcn-
sing with their queues, which have been
both an REMEMBRANCE and an eSpence to the
army.
The troops which embarked at Ramsgate,
and sailed from the downs ON Friday last,
under convoy Of the St. Adams, put into
Weymouth on Tuesday, and sailed again
for their destination on "Wednesday morning.
| Mr.. Duff, who for a very long period had
been British consul at 'Cadiz, and who re-
turned in consequence of the entrance of the
French into Spain, left London en- Tuesday
for Portsmouth, from whence he will imme
diately sail in frigate already appointed
| for his reception, for Cadiz. From thence
he is to proceed to Seville, as minister to
The Supreme Junta. We understand that
Mr.. Frere does not accompany him. The
Efrigate which conveys Mr.. Duff to Spain,
takes out one million of dollars for the use
| Of the Spanish patriots, which are to be pa-
ced at the disposal of the supreme jHita at
Seville.
Dutch papers were received on Weeines-
day to the oath, which contain Intelligence
from Madrid to the 9th, and from Bayonne
to the 18th. Though Bonaparte has twice
failed in an attempt upon Saragossa, he has
determined to make athird effort with aug
mented force. Ten thousand men from
PamPciuna had on the 4th reinforced the di-
vision that was defeated on the I'd. A. third
attack was to- be made on the 5th.
Private letters from Holland, mention
report current there last Saturday, that
severe battle had been fought on the l. th, at
Liersanes, between the Spanish Patriots un-
der general Ponti, and the French who had
! fed from St. Andero, reinforced by corps
of seven or eight thousand men from Bilboa
which terminated in the defeat ofthe enemy
and that the VictOrs were In full march
towards Bilboa. Government, it is said, are
| in possession of later advices from SDain,
which make no mention of any such battle
| We understand that there is very ma
terial difference between the accounts re-
ccived by the Spanish deputies and those
| received by government, relative to the bat
tie between general Cuesta and the French
The account transmitted TO government
came from Mr. Hunter, the British consul at
Gijon, who had received it from Sir Thomas
| Dyer. The account received by the Spanish
deputies asserts, that gen. Cuesta had been
victorious, and that the French force under
Bessieres had been defeated. This force is
said to have found a safe retreat only in an
almost inaccessible mountain, which has
| heretofore formed the rendezvous and the
| asylum of the contrabandistus. The infor-
nation communicated 10 the commissioners,
states, that the vanguard of general Cues
ta's army, having ovcrtaken the French
force much sooner than was expected, found
it convenient to fall back. But Immediately
! afterwards Cuesta advanced, and compelled
| the French to seek safety in flight Such is
| the intelligence the commissioners received
| by the vessel which brought the statement of
Sir Thomas Dyer.
| A letter is said to have been received from
Gijon of the 18th, which states. that accor-
ding to accounts lust received from general
Cucsta, he was with II 600 men pursuing a
French force Of II, 600 under Marshal Bes-
lolclCS, WHICH ShlSCtSu TO come uD
with and engage at Valencia by the 10TH
The letter adds, that gen. Ponti, at the head
of formidable body of patriots, interspers-
ed with regular soldiers, was in pursuit of a
French army under gen. Merle, who had
| fled from st. Andero. Another statement in
this letter is, that the French have but a small
force at Madrid /; the great body having gone
out under Bessieres.
| Accounts were received on Thursday from
Sir Arthur WellesIey.--They are dated the
21st inst. OH which day the transports with
the troops were off Corunna, all we'll He
had been ashore himself at Corunna, and
found the people were in the best disposition,
not at all disheartened by the late reverse
which Cuesta had experienced The French
had suffered most severely in that action.
Sir Arthur was received with the greatest
respect.
By all order of council of the 10Th inst. it
appears that in future no licences are to be
granted to neutral ships to import French
wines or brandies. The order enumerates
the several articles for the importation OF
which from France licences will be granted,
viz. grain, provisions of all sorts not being
sailed beef or port, seeds, articles used by dy-
ers, rags, oak bark, turpe ntine, hides, slaves.
wax, raw materials and talow.
" The letters from Holland inform us, that
all the gun-boats in the Dutch ports had been
manned and sent towards Dusseldorf, for the