The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-10-04

Letters. have been received by two Of the
first mercantile hoascs III ghis city the one
positively asserting tina, .Ahdreossy had quit
red Vienna, and the othertaat the Austrian
ambassador has taken lis departure from
Paris.
Ne learn that the Eosidioe Frigatc has
captured a French vessel, with dispatches OH
board for Bueuos Avres. r,id a large guam.
THY OF arms and ammunition. The prize
with the dispatches, are on their way to
Portsmouth,.
We are happy to find b. the Gottenhurgh
mail which arrived this informing, that the
disposition both OF the people and government
of Denmark towards thiscountry has under
gone very material change. BY the judi
cicus management Of Sir hnes Saumarez an
agreement has been cnte,ed into with the
government of Denmark for the exchange
OF prisoners, which has already been carried
into effect The prisoners taken cn board
the Prince Christian have been sent home to
Uenmai =, and in rethrna number of Rritish
prisoners have been Sen 20 Gottenburgh.-
They sl,eak very highly 6the reception they
met with among the Danes, a,ic. state that
the French, though in tn character Of allies.
srea, Hoistcin as a conquered country: the
Danish arms and ensign. have been taken
down every where. and 4hose of the French
substituted In their room The report of an
alliance Offensive aud defensive. between
Russia and Austria, contilucst to gain ground.
~ 4 Aug. 1
The PicveT sloop OF w.r has arrived with
dispatches from Sir Arthtr Wellesley. The
expedition under the command of the gal
liant general was iii Cars Finisterre on the
22d of July, projecting for Oporto. The
accounts which have got into circulation,
frorn the intelligence she brings, are not We
~ satisfactory. The Portuguese patriots, it
is stated, had been formed into an army Con-
sistin@ IS oCsnna ;::L ord cA -.a::i:;. II;
yond COimbra, in tie province of Beira, but
nothing fuf,her is remarked of their opera
tons. AFrcnch detachment under Loison
consisting of 4Cfo men, found it necessary,
upon thgapprosch Of this army, to retire to-
wards ne main body, under the command
OF juno, at Lisbon.
TheIAudacious has 500, GOO dolls. ON board
as a military chest
Decentralization of the fourth expedition
has already commenced with the 18th dra-
goonia Gravesend. The brigade guards
at Chatham, the 45th, 51st, and S7th en-
barY in the ensuing week.
II wouldappear as If Murcct had fallen in
to disgrace. He las left Bayonne for one of
the little western places in French Navarro.
August 2.
We archappy to state, that the expedite
ON has, at length sailed from St. Helcns I'M
der convey of the Audacious. The trans
lports amounted to about 40, and contain
from IA to Is coo troops. They viii be join
ell off Plymouth by General Austruther's di-
vision.
Intelligence of a most pleasing descripti-
| on has been received from Portugal; and the
general Affairs of that country bears an as
De q If-sSu - of Sna
The brave people who have already repair
ed to the patriotic standard on the north side
OF the Tagus, are in numbers OF SIS COO, inclu-
ding 1000 Il the Old regular troops, 10000
O! the old militia, 5000 mounted cavalry, and
10000 discounted The expedition under
the command Of Sir arthur Wellesley has
long ere this arrived and by this means the
whole of the patriotic force viii speedily be
armed and daily appointed for the field. Ea-
ger for combat IS ,0C0 of these brave fellows
have already advanced beyond Coimbra. 1t
should seem as If junot Was uncertain what
steps to take af:er the check which General
Loison had experienced The latter officer.
however, had detached part of his force
tojoin another corps under General Laborde,
which Junot had sent from Lisbon from Sau
tarcna. and who had advaEced beyond that
place, to Leira, with view as was suppos.
~
dent from these movements, that the enemy
were DESTROYS of bringing the patriots to ac-
ton before the arrival ofOur troops but from
the prudence hitherto displayed by the lat
ter. there is .cason to hope that they W II
avoid any thing like general action till the
arrival ct sir Arthur Wellesley. When that
gallant officer arrived at Corunna, he dis
patched a messenger to the patriotic army,
to announce his approach in aid OF their ope-
rations.
1t is reported on the authority of letter
from HeligOlsnd, that the Spanish troops in
the isard Of Funen, having received full in
formation Of the state OF their country, have
refused to obey the orders of Bcrnadotte, &
are in complete state of mutinv.
Tine report is revived, that the Duke Of
York is appointed the chief command OF
the expedition destined for Spain and Por-
tugal; with the addit:on that the duke OF
Cambridge is to accompany his Royal Bro
Their.
August 8.
We received this morning private letters
and papers from Cporto to tie 18th nit
Sir Arthur Wellesley and the cxDeditj on
were off Oporto on the 24th--he landed and
paid his respects TO the Bishop-after which
he rc-embarsed in the morning Of the 25th
AS the wind Blew strong from the Northward
al that cly, the feet was soon out of sight
and it was expected they would be before
Figueira on the morning Of the goth. Sir Ar
thur was Himself to proceed first to the L asu:
IN tie Crocodile, and then return to Figueira