The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-03-17

sire tcte tbes tpr'ner. witi ab;ii, twenty SAIL,
pAAer CONVOY of the F$,gle, ca0,rin Row'cy.
Frosl the later port we have ~gtiviccs Of n
much later date than the tir.c g ;seT- sae1ar-
tnrc. At Cadis when she sailed. they were
wholly unacqrainted with the rapid pro
gres, of nonaparte towards the centre of the
kingdom.
DEc. o..
The dnty on the exploration of goods, the
produce ut countries in ami.y wirh G Bril-
tain and from which British ships are no, ex-
ciuced ~hEs6eep takea Of by an order in coun-
Gil, srspepdlig in that RESPECT the operation
ofthe acts Of parliament founded on the or
Gers in council of November last. This
seems to- be an Important alteration III the
system On which he orders in council were
Sto;in1eh, aud which is reude red necessary by
our relations with Spain and the Spanish CO.
lcnies 1T viii also tend to remove tho natu-
raj digestion, made by the Americans tn pay
what they CAL tribute. aud will so far con-
tribute 70 conciliate the Z. States. This or
der iii connci. is dated Dec. 81. and is one of
the intended changes limited at by MIR. Can
niag in his letter to Mr.. PiRkney.
December 81.
Dispatches were Yesterday afternoon re-
csised from Admiral De Courcy, at Corun-
M, dated the Esd ult. inciosing dispatches
from Sir David Baird, dated the 18th. 1t
was rumored in consequence, that accounts
vi the dCtuHi junction or Inc BRUSH troODS
had been received. This event, there is rea-
son to believe. has before this time taken
place but when Sir David Baird wrote 1t
had not-hc was, however, on the point Of
Joining Sir John Moore, whose head quar-
tors were then at a distance of about TWEEN
ty4fchI rifles.
This Intelligence is | highly satisfactory.
The communication between the two ar
mies was already established nor lid it ex-
Py-anc ~ ~ -, ,,,, ,-l A.. -.:1a
be'said to have formed a line extending from
Beherento to Toro. The Marquis dc la Ro-
mana, who had collected a'weli organized
force of between twenty and thirty thousand
men at Leon, had marched from thence,
Tor the PURPOSE, il was supposed, Of attack
lng q French division ut Burgos, and which,
1T was generally supposed, he would have
very little difficulty in subduing; and the
position Of the British army was az the same
time so advantageous as to promise the most
favorable result from their future operations.
The French army may prosecute their adj
vGatagSs in a line towards the south but
whilst the British forces possess the means
of pressing upon anv particular part Of the
line of their communication with France, the
enemy must-at all times be exposed to the
possibility Of being cut off from those points
whence they are TO expect the arrival Of re-
Inducements. Besides which, tits said that
NJ ibNl oASh| u
with the army of Romano, as would enable
tie British and Spanish forces to effect a di-
rect concentration, whenever such a mea-
sure should be deemed necessary and thus
wonld the allies, in case of emergency, be
able to oppose to the encnlv an army of So
COO men. including 10000 British troops, a
force Competent, we trust, 10 the task of
maintaining itself against any division which
the enemy can now spare to send AGAINST it,
and certainly capable of Successfully e%ncoun-
tering the reinforcement now on their march
TO join the French army in the heart of
Spain.
Tho above account were brought by the
swallow, of is guns, arrived at Plymouth.
She len Coruuna on SATURDAY. last, and we
are happy to. add, brings a confirmation of
the report that all the males. caCable of
RHO arnaa haze been called out to be en-
\ Ioiieu. lhe levy includes all from sixteen
20 SIXTY Years; and of these the whole num-
DER from 10 to 40, have been ordered TO ;oin
the armies. This LOOKS well, and furnishes
ground tohope. that at length the people in
the northern provinces will be reused into
action. ~
proclamation from Lisbon, dated. the
taiace OF government, Dec. 9 calls on the
whole nation to rise in a mass to de fend their
country, and oppose an insurmountable bar
rIer against the French.
The Lisbon Gazette of the 18th Dec a,so
contains a decree issued bv the Council ut
var and dated Dec. II, requiring the whole
Portuguese people to arm themselves in eve
ny manner in their power, and especially
with pixies of six or seven feet in Iength.-
me military governors of the provinces are
requested to make out and transmit lists of
snch persons rs, by their activity and abiIi-
ties, arc proper to r~eceive,a command. Their
general awning is TO include all persons from
the are Of fifteen to sixty.
Inc troops embarking at Ramseate with
tsosc ordered for embarkation at Cork. will
amount to about IS .06O men, and their desti-
nation, should no %uIterior circumstances in
t~ervene, isicertainlyiCadi in order to COO
Pcrate with the Spanish forces in the defence
OF the passes of Sierra Mcrena. Sir Arther
wellesley, who is gone to Ireland for the
purpose OF urging the embarkation- rom that
point, has the command of this division. with
major gen. Spencer as his command and
much may be expected from the talents and
combined powers of these oHicers.
Price of stocks this day at / o'cIock-Con-
soils, for Jan. 66 So 34-Reduced6 5 ia
OmniIm 1 IA 1-2 dis.
Exehequer bills, 2s. is. prem.
siecie is very plenty throughout the Frenc,
empire, aud there never was a period known
fITfEIIauIH n D. III