The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-03-13
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| N'''." LOT the curse or the Country has so
'onS reisned in the Cabinet, still continues to
agita:e IL. Marquis Wellesley and AR. Per-
cevai are said already 70 have had vio-
lent dispute. and the difference in their po-.
iiucal views is likely TO produce new chan
Ses IN the government. 1t is ruuored that
both the chancellor anl Mr.. Percsyal are a.
bout to resign, AND that Mr.. Coming will
return into office Tbs Master Z. The. Rolls
is earnestly solicited to t.ae the seals. Luc
declines this prccarious elevation.
a great variety Of Foreign Journals were:
received OIL Saturday, and among them Pa.
lis papers to the Gath lt. WehaYc the mis-,
fortune 10 announce, on The authority Of OIL
lcial documents from Gen. Pine and the
Duke Of Castiglionc (Aurereau,) the CAPT!
tulaiion of the city and Forts of Cerona,
which concluded OH the 10Th uitmo, al Z IN
the eycnng. All the Spanards who were
found i'll the suburbs, described in despatch
from Fornella, OF December Sd, were put to
death, and those in the fortifcac!cn called
TIC City Redoubt experienced the same fate.
| lie remainder or the garrison, consisting OF
about 5000 troops, are 10 proceed to Franc
i as prisoners or war / ne PLACE was not sur
rendered without gallant struggle, ard
until the interruption 10 the communication
OF the parties Of the SeSeiged seemed 10 leave
little hope of success. On the 9TH a general
sortic was made from the town and forts,
/ sufpprtipg vigorous attack on the posts
Which had been taken by the enemy, but un-,
iortaEatcly without success.
| In All Antwerp Journal we read a circu-
! lar letter. dated the 25th c. Nov. from the
Director Gener2l OF the CeStoms, the obiece
OF which is to put in force the restrictions on
American Commerce in France. grounded
cn the Imperial Decree Of the 17th April.
1905, commanding that nothing coming from
! tnat country directly or Indirectly, shall be
admitted without au express order from his
Majesty.
/ we haze some information in these pa
Pers, or the progress of the French troops
towards Spain. 1t is said that from 10 SEQ
culrass!els on :he l6 Dec. passed through
bayonne in that direction, and that in tho,
course of the same month it was expected
that the Eight Corps, commanded by the
Duke OF Abrantes, would proceed from,
/ thence on the same destination. We have
before mentioned, that there were two WAYS
by which the French armies from Germany
/ could enter Spain with convenience. Anai.-
tcle from Basic of Nov. 18Th, gives it as a.
report, that in all $4,000 men would take
that road to Catalonia
An ariicie from Ratisbon leaves no doubt
as TO tile intention OF Bonaparte TO assume
the titie OF Emperor of; the West.
Il he following is the amount of the Bri-
fish naval force up to this day - At sea, so
ships OF the line, from so to IL guns, 1913
irigates, 122 sleeps and yachts, bombs and
fire ships, 198 briggs, "a cutters. "a schoon-
In pore and iittinS-57 ofehe lihe. 8 from
so TO "a guns. AZ friga,es, 81 sipops, &c;
bombs, &c. 34brigs. ten cutters, Is chooni-
ters, SSc.--Iotai 1870 Guard ships, hospital
ships, prison ships, Slc.---S6 Of the limes
from soto Al guns. II frigates, sloops,
&c. bomb, utter, . schooners--To
6s.--ln ordinary and repairins-64 of the
line, is from so to ~ guns, So irigates. Sd
sleeps, &c. bombs, &c. IS briggs, cutter,
9 schooners. Stc.-Total Building
- of the line, % frigates, sleeps, &c.
Total 70.-Ggand total 1924.
January Q.
The reinforcement Of five thousand men
under orders for Portugal, is, it seems, to
ibc Gountermanded, & the troops are to be sent
to India. From this circumstances as well
as from variety of others, itappears, that
the mutlny liz India, if it may be so called,
is OF the most serious ription----aad
considering the manner in which the dispute
between the civil and military officers was
conducted, this is not to be wondered at.
The authority Of the Directors, from causes
Ineither remote III their origin For difficult
be appreciated, does rot carry with it that
weight which it once possessed. 1t is no se-
Cret now in India, that the Directors NAV
take one side and the Board of Control an
j9'ner--anu tnat whoever Is supported BY the
| Board OF Control, has nothing to fear from
the Board q Directors. --'rhis state Of
things, however, cannot be viewed without
the greatest apprehensions for the safety OK
our Indian don.inions, when it is considered.
that the most alarming example is thus held
Tout to the native troops, upon whom the de-
fence OF these extensive possessions must il,
great measure depend. 1t is probable thai
Lord Wellington, Who according To- all aIS-
lpearances. must soon be deprived Of his oc-
lcupation i'll Portugal, will be sent to IuGia 10
terminate, tpossible, this dangerous situa-
ton of affairs, with high commission, like
that OF Lord CORVALLIS, appointing bin
! Governor General and Commander in Chief
OF the forces at the same time. If Lord
Wellesley remains III power, no one Leed be
at loss TO predict tho fate of the East India
Company.
a paragraph from Bayonne mentions, that
upwards Of $4,000 troops had passed ,bros
that city in the course OF a week for the Py-
rtnnees, and that every day soldiers CONT
nued TO arrive, who proceeded in the same
ldlrccuon. Quarters had been ordered for
nine thousand men, who were expected on
the 29th ut. IN The same article it is said,
that prisoners ii grsaf Numbers had left the
lSpanish frCpticrs for the interior Of France,
and that they were treated with the great
est humanity. BY an article from Munich
il appears, that the Tyrolese were still ia
arms, and had entirely cut off q parfy of