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

The Duke Of Portland, Lord castlereash,
and MIR. Canning have resigned, and an in
ferregnum had taken place for near a month
in their respective offices.
A duel took place in September between
Mr.. Canning and Lord Castlereagh the
FORMER received his antagonists ball in the
thigh; the latter through the lapel of his
coat. What pity Canning did not aim
more to the left. 49,
Lord Wellington with the remains of his
army. worn down~ith fatigue. and reduced
to one fourth its original numbers, have ar.
rived at Badajos.
1t said. there was no hunning in the late
affair between the English Secretaries-It
is supposed that Canning was lock jaw'd
1t is generally believed in England, that
the first act Of Castlereagh's courage and
proves in the field, has entitled him to the
command of the next expedition. :.
Report says, the Earl of Chatham is
ssoamhed near Middleburg, andtha he has
caught the dyke .fever.
The British troops in Spain have acquired
such general proficiency in the art of war.
since the battle of Talavera, that they have
. Sir Arthur Wellesley had sst out from his
army at Tuxillo, hundred miles in adj
vance-on scouting party.
The relative situations Of the French and
British armies in Spain are striSingly ills
trated by the fact, that while the British pri-
soners are well fed in the camps of the for
mer, the patriots permit those Who are not
yetin the hands of Victor, to forage for
themselves.
Although Sir Robert Wilson and the brave
Portuguese under his command. had receiv-
ed lesson from Ney on the nature ofmoun-
tain warfare still the French tactics were
too foreible for the head of Bobby to bear
at BANGS.
The unrivalled success of the British ex-
petition to Holland. has flushed the remains
of the English ministry with new fre-An-
other armament is to be fitted out immedi-
ately, under the command of Lord Castie-
rake.
The Duke Of York is to succeed the late
English Secretary of war, in his absence /;
and, under the new arrangement, Mrs.
Clarke is to be commander in chief
Public advertiser.
The United States sloop of war Wasp,
Captain Laurence, arrived at New York,
in 80 days from L'Orient, left that port on
Tie 36th ,Septembcr.
| In this ship arrived Lieutenant Ha.well,
With dispatches from the American minister
at Paris lieutenant Haswell passed thro'
Philadelphia yesterday morning, for the seat
of government,
Many ridiculous reports have been put
af1oat at Nav York and in this city, and at
tributing their origin to Lieut.. Haswe L.
This trick has become so common, that it
appears almost superAuous to say, that Lieu
tenant Haswen gave no sort of room fur
attrlbuting TO him any such rumors. We
were favored by that medium with letters.
from which we publish as suhjoincd and
shall publish more without delay.
The British prints at New York have cir
culated reports OF a renewal of war between
France and Austria but the best informe d
Americans at Paris knew nothing of the
affair on the contrary, as will be seen in
the extracts below, the terms Of the peace
appeared to be expected hourly at Paris.
! We shall, in few days, exhibit the ca.
dummies Of Coleman, concerning the person
Hopkins, and others, Of those whose PERU
ries and piracies have exposed them (and
along with them several innocent mcn,) to
fine and imprisonment, for violating Law
and which has placed several of their unsus-
pecting victims in the prisons of France
We are possessed of several letters from
persons who have been thus confined, and
shall forward them as soon as we can take
copies, which we ara authorised to take and
publish.
What have become now of all those stories
about general Armstrong; return to the u
States and about the American house at Am.
sterdam, To whom he had OH the 9th of Sept.
gtven an assurance on his return to Paris,
that he found dispositions to enter into neco.
Citations, &c. and the stories about the order RS
I'm council and paper blockade either the
stories they told then or the stories they tell
now are faIse--the fact is. that both the sto-
ries were British fabrications.
Since the perusal of the Evening Post, we
have seen the Philadelphia Gazette, in which
MIR Ref displays his usual obfuscation ofi,s.
feiLect. Among other profound intelligence
we have the following
We further learn, that the dispatches which
went out in the Wasp, had not, late as the 20th
OF Sept. been sent to Bonaparte, at Vienna, M
Git is observed by Mr.. Armstrong; it was useless
TO trouble him on the subject while he was en-.
gagged on the continent
Every man of the least understanding must
perceive that this is a very stuhid faishood s:
Tor what end could the dispatches sent out by
the Wasp, he sent to Benaparte our ambas
sador was in Paris, and to him and through
him all communications are made. 1t is i'm
possible not to feel pity for the makers of such
news. and contempt for those who take such
ma kish stuff for food.
Gen. Armstrong had been underwriting
III his Efforts, to obtain the release of the in
hocent men, whom such miscreants as LabaD
Folger and co. had involved; we have now