The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-01-08
SPECUL.ATIOyNS on EUROPEAN
.dFFdIRS

| A few days will now give us very ;nterest;ng5,
advces from Europe.
The war in Portugal, will perhaps have re.ci,.
ed Its crisis or its terminationthe CORDS d,,y,,.
uhoeF general Drouet, which was at v .liadeli,f
on the goth of September, was not more than
loO mikes, by the most circuitous route, from
AimEld, which has been announced in, sevaroT
foreign papers, rs his destined route. rhe.
movement of a force Of $4,000 men from ysaIIas :.
dold to Almeida, would take ten DAVIS. ordioerv.
marching of French troops The march thence.
either by Coimbra or Castel'Brancoa, or both.
would nc governed by the degree of resist nee
W c. he auxiliary corps Of Portuguese. ind r
col. Irant, srr Robert Wilson & the Spanish pe-.
neral Bacellar might mike on the route. o,.jn .he
north OF Portugal but it is pretty obvious thac.
these Partzan corps could not retard their rnovek
ments ma'en-ily. Should they disappear ALTO
setner, me corps under Drouet would separate
at AimeIda, and nc left division purs,a ths.
rnute by Guard ard the valley of the Ze1arc-
while the right would take the lower road bv
wach the British precipitately retreated after
they were out generated at Bussaco The mo-
s'toh taken by Loison at Tomar indicated a., .
expectation OF reinforcements by the upper
IoAd; should the additional force amouot IN
42,OOO men as stated in the letter from r, IL
one haif that force would probably march. upor,
oPorto' and cover the country on each side OF
tue Douro. y"
me movements in the north of Europe, for 10
months past have repeatedly appeared ready to-
OuTSt ioru IN rene wed war, in the north I'm
quesuonably the connexions and alliance Re
tween the mousse OF Lorraine and the M ~ French
dynasty, has had the immediate effect OF check
ing abd 10 the present moment, refardnp an o.
pIosioh IN the north The revolution in Swede,
which has IN effect placed French prince ~,
the throne OF Sweden, has arisen on, ne ,bs
same pohcy, and has contributed to prolonp the
geiiod OF peace on the continent The war in
turkey, 1t IS very probable has been PRODUCED
ny the arrangements ofthe French, with viery.
s'nilari that It is to avert direct exnlos;on q,
war between Russia and France. The 6nanc;sJ
situation of Russia, from the expenditures OF
past vars, and by the general deficiency of !,
venue pr0portloncd in any measure to the gre #
ness OF the empire, the mighty views SShicb
nave governed that court from the reign of Ca
tnsrine III. must be most severely Affected ~.
the existing war, and the waste and d,sss,srs
experienced on the Danube. This war in M
dive, Wallachia, and Bulgaria, must in t,,;e
view, by exbausting the financial resources. r
occupying the cares of the Russian uin;etere
Illustrate the efforts which have been made 10
produce general iDsufrection from the Etne
10 the White Sea, and from the Black Sea TO We
nice. That such design was med,tated. aud
immense isrBesses made to produce IT, ~, tt,.,-.e
can DC entertained. The Emperor OF X - a
mas been uniformly and a0osSediy opposed L. a
renewal OF war, and it has been said with 1nn-f
prVoaOili'ys that he owes his present existeaoe
y eI,e war III turkey, which placed hin te-
yS"' 'ne rage OF Lnoset who vo-, SO ~,