The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-11-07

him. In tho next place, che Emperor was
ai.ronted at Bonaparte's stipulating of his
own acc .rd for the Russian army, that i,
should cease operations at certain time
and that ii should evacuatei Cracow. He
requested some explanation with respect to
Bonaparte's intentions, relative to Austr an
Poland. which Bonaparte is said to havs de
clmed giving hun, ailedying. chat the fate
OF that country would be decided by the
peace between him and Austria. Bonaparte
had begun the negotiations without paying
any attention to Russia. The latter, there
fore, desired to take part up. hem. aud to
send a Minister. BInaparte allie 'ged. that
the Contest was solely between Austria and
himself Russia urged. that AZ her aid had
been demanded to carry en- the war. she had
a fair claim 10 De made party in the neso
Citations that were to lead to peace. 1t was
at last consented. that n Russian. Minister
should he admitted. On this account the con
fe-ences did not really begin ',!l the 9th of
last month, though Bonaparte had previous
Nv been doing every thing in his pow Sr, al
ternatefv using msnaces and making pro
misses. to induce the Emperor Francis to
subscribe to his terms"
September IL.
Portuguese papers Ind letters arrived this
morning to the SOth ult. The following is All
extract OF private letter.
"L1sBoN. Aug. 20.
"The whole IF our army has left Spain.
Sir A. Wellesley has his head quarters at
Elvas, from which place he will march to
Abrantes General Beresford is at Castel
Branco. They are said IN have been Obliged
to retire for want OF provisions. The French
have retired towards Madvid
The Earl of Chatham is not yet arrived
and it is reported that he is extremely ntlis
posed at Middlrburgh.
A GottenbusSl Mail arrived last night
with an account of a severely contested bat
tie fought BY the Swedes and Russians near
Umea in. West Bothnia. on the 18th ult in
which the former was defeated :. but the op
position which the Russians experienced
was so great that instead of attempting to
advance. they retreatcd from that position.
which was occupied on the 2<th b. the
Swedes A private letter received at Go,
ltenbur6h OIL the 9TH inst states, that peace
had been actually signed between Sweden
Finland. and the isle of Aland, and the de-
mand of shutting the Swedish ports agains,
England WAS abandoned a private letter
dated Stockholm the S0th last, gives still
more favorable account Of the military opc
rations in the vicinity of Umea, than thar
published in the Gottenburgh papers. /.
saws {" the enemy has been forced o evacu
ate Umea out am sorry to- say. thai ex
plot has cost us dear The loss the Rms
slams is however much grea e.. Two s
their best Generals Tu,schkoff nd 4 exeff
80 ofhccrs, and between Q and 5000 men are
killed, wounded and prisoners. Ii is said
that generai Kamanskv has rctreated as far
AZ Skelestea, about 20 niles from Umea not
feeling himself strong enough to wait the
juno ION OF Generals Wachtmeifter and
Wrede. Admiral Puke hal sent a strong
detachment Vt gun boats with troops to Pi
tea, to take an island III the river near that
town, over which the road goes. and the &C
|cuPation Of which will probably cut off the
retreat of the Russian General. or ar least
prevent him from receiving anv reinforce
rlcnts or supplies from iornea.
!; is with much Concern we state that all
the accounts received from the Scheldt con
cur in stating that great degree of sickness
nres ails among the British troops of that
quarter and some mortality.
Ten SAIL OF transports have arrived at
Deal from Walcheren having on board
bout 500 sick soldiers, belonging to different
regiments
BY Gutter lately arrived from Rochfort
we learn thattwo Of the enemv's tvigates had
Come out of the harbor. and were lying I'm
der the Isle Of AK A neutral vessel came
out. while the cutter remained IF the port
and informed her tina, there we're eight sail
OF the line afoat il the hdrbor. SO that # this
statement BE- correct. 8 new ships have been
added to the wh;h effected their escape
frem Basque X lads