The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-04-07

THOMAS de MORLA.
senior Don Antonio Cornell.
-. NEw-yoRx. March 81.
LATEST NEWS FROM ENGLAND.
passenger. in the British shin Herc;,L.z.
Wnich arrived at this port last evening:
from Liverpool, has favored the Editor of
Sne MERGANTILE ADVERTISER with a
nie OF London papers to the evening of
.ue I'm OF January, two weeks later than
a;y uirece advices from that quarter, pre-
viously received. These papers are SIDE
~ occupied with Spanish news, which
eaIhss only to the last of December; and
wl.h the proceedings of the American
SopSress on the Non Intercourse and EN-
largo Dill, lie quidnunc, therefore. who
,,..isht expect rich fepast for his 20
rocal appetite, will experience disap-.
poih1ment. The following, copied from
tne Sourierof the 11th, are the only artir
cieS worth notice, that we have been able
The British Packet, with the December and
January mails. sailed from Falmouth. for
New YORK, on the 10th of January. The
Hercules left Liverpool on the I4I.,.
iH5FahaiIi, passenger in the ship Hcrcu.
les is me bearer of dispatches from the
american Minister, at the Court of st.
James, to the Secretary of State.
Nero. Adv.
ne ernnarSat on OF troops at Ramsgate, was
competed on the 3lst of Dec. and the next day
$1,000 down Channel with II fine wind snnpj,, !
OF artillery for Spain left Chatham on the Sd &c
Jan. - va VIC oo VA
Inc London Courier of the 9th Of ianusr,,,
the receipt of Boston Papers to the I7th
OF November, and notices the p,o,eed;n,s,of
Massachusetts Teoi
barge. ~ TIC en-
me London papers confirm the gallan. con.
Guct, and glorious victories of Sen. palafox AZ
The French force at the attack near sar,.
gossas on the 2lst of December was Ts Nsn ,
foot and 1000 horse The French xre,e. ,orr
pieteiy routed, and left 2oG0 dead on the f;ela
AZ our last dates, the king of ENGLAND yraa
Wen, and transacted business as usual He. ~
peeh confined from Christmas dav till the frst,
his family >'Pei VICE
The London papers contain various reno,eo IS
massacre ofthe French at Madrid. but NOT :.
naIly relied on ON' 'o' L.
he news from America, of the prosoeot ofa
noh,'htcrcourse, had caused rise of american
proouce--CamPbei's famous report to Congress-
appears IN all the English Gazettes. 80
The Charleston Packet, Hess. will, ,,vo,
Stores cotton &c arrived at Liverpool on the IN
OF an from N. Carolina--So SAYS LiverraoI
paper OF JAM 10...N. 4: Gazette -
~, c, LONDON, Jan. Q.
IN, ne Shcarfui cutter arrived at Plymouth,
Ul1 the oth' IN days from Corunna. :; Can't,
w ,lioiam is The bearer of dispatches from,
Dec. 81, when the army ;7erc ii, Good be s,
and spirits. eo0u hcaita.
Inc previous accounts had left c,ir aGairs
IN a very critical situation Our arrnv was
near that OF Soult, and n battle was conf
Gently and Immediately expected. The d..
patches state. that Sir John Moore Rad 49,.
cnea ms army from Bcneyenta to Sabap1,n
with view to attack Marshal Soulf 9vbn,
was posted at Saldaha with about IL ooo
i,en g WHO had detachments stationed alone
st river 20 the bridge of Carlton. Sir J.
on the Esd, and settled his line &c Msc.I :
when he received an account that the e,,,ra,e
mad obtained reinforcement from Palenc;s
IL was SAID some time ago. that the enemv
had 1000 man at Palencia. This acco,rt 49,,
Immediately followed by another from III
Marqnis de la Romano, stating that Roma
partc was proceeding by forced marches !. g,
gaihst ms rear, from Madrid. Upon the re-
cep't OF hrs Intelligence, being appreben :.
sive' tiat II Nc even succeeded in his attack.
ms retreat would be exposed, Sir John Mo-.
resolved to fan back upon Beueventc
The propriety of this determination. ana
the necessity Of exercising it with n,oroa ,,,'
tude' WI be evident to every body, wbenwe
state that by the time our army retnrned
the cavalry of the Imperial guards had artu''
ally arrived in the neighborhood q Beneyerr.
te. 1t appears therefore that Soult he'd bec,,
stationed at Sa'dnha to draw us on to an az
tack upon him, and had we attacked hin, se
We proposed, and even gained an advantac.e'
over him, we should have found thar Re-
Parte had been taking aGvantare ofour army
6eing occupied with our operations aeainc,
Souit, to throw large force in our resr -.
nat such was his intention, il confTtoall,,
the French officers who have been tat-s,S ,.y
soners in the Different skirmishes. and Ipho
state that BCnaparte, as soon as he waa in.
formed ofSir j. Mcore's ADVANCING, left Wa.
Irid himself, with the greater pati ~ b;s
force. 1t was about the day Of HE laet hi
lctin that be left il. and the review ~ tb..
Duke Of Dantzic's division beyond tbe br;dae
OF oegovia, wasthe immediate farerunner Sor
mis- departure. While he was marehior,
from Madrid in one direction. a second b.S
been formed behind Soult's and had we n,sb-
ed through his, we should have fallen in with
the two divisions from Vittoria and Inno,,s
troops from Portugal. The farthcst point 10
which cur troops advanced was Sabaotn
Lord Pagero Brigade was thea aganced emgrg
And here We have TO record numetoVs 49,