The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-07-10

Crawford. in the neishborhood of Cuidad
Rodrigo. and drove il. the piqrets. Dur.
ing these operations. adviccs were sent &c
Lord yelling, on;at Niseu who immediate
" began hs>march with 90, 900 English and
1900 Portuguese, to support the division
under General Crawford On the 26th he
passed Almeida. aud BY the last accounts
which was OF the 5th Instant. from head
quarters. he was few leagues to The S1uth
east of Aln,eida. reinforcement of 5000
men was hourly expected to arrive at the
camp.
The French, after threatening the van
guard in the manner stated proceeded with
their main body under he Duke of E'chn
gen. to the number of so coo men. and oc
cupied the vicinity of Cuidad Rodrigo. which
lpiacc had been long before surrounded by
their piquets. Cudad Rodrigo is strongly
| fortified, amply provisioned. and pow erful
ly garrisoned, and is in no danger from any
force that the French can at present bring
against it. supported as it is hy the neigh
borhood Of the allied armies. The French
have made show Of commencing the seige
ct that place, and for that purpose have
brought all their heavy artillery from Sa
lamauca
In this situation of things no apprehen
sions are felt for the result of the present
manruvres; but on the contrary great hopes
are entertained OF successful issue Lord
IWeiiing' On's 70 ce amounts to so 600 men,
IN high spirits. with scarcel,' person on
the sick list, and supplied with every ne
cessary OF war and subsistence. Beyond the
number OF SO 600 stated the enemy has not
5000 troops east of Burgos, and therefore
Can be in no condition to commence the
siege of Cuidad Rodrigo in the presence of
the allied army, or 20 make an attack upon
that army reinforced as it progressively will
be from the interior of Portugal
II here has been lately no want of the
essential articles of meat and -four in the
British army. The cattle depot has always
had 1000 buliocks and the influx has been
tor some time so great that they had not suf
icient space for the herds
You viii be anXiouS to know the dis.
tributioD of the Spanish forces near the Por-
tuguesc frontiers O'D lnncl, who has been
much worsted at Merida, had, before the
Conflict, 5000 men. Romano has about the
same number at Badaioz. The force OF
Ba!lasterns near Seville. may be 10 600
The French occupy Merida and its neigh
horhood with 10000 men, under Marshal
| Morticr."
May %.
The princess Amel;a, We are happy to
| learn. passed the crisis oe her disorder on
Saturday. and the accounts of Yesterday
state, that her royal highncss had a quiet
night.
BURDETT.
At a common hall held YESTERDAY at Guild
hall, several resolutions were passed ex .
pressing the severest Misrepresentation of the
rejection of the CITY petition by the house of
commons, and of the conduct of the livery
men. who signed the Counter address A
new petition was then proposed by Mr. Quin,
assented to with great acclanations and or :.
dered to be presented by Mr.. Alderman
Combe. Mr.. Dixon and Mr.. Kemble were
permitted to declare their sentiments unin
terrupted. The horses were taken from the
carriages of the lord mayor s. sheriff Wood
and these gentlemen were escorted to their
respective homes by an immense concourse
OF people.