The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-07-05

itained vessels in tha. port ordered TO b,
Ilauicd and carried intc ne ir,efior-i,ei'
nado,ts was To que st ,,ck nulnl on the 9th
IN make a tour 4 the coast, and was ex
fpectrd to visit Got enourgh before his re
turn. The troops were marching from the
4 interior towards the principal places on the
coast.
1t is believed by the inhabitants both Of
Denmark and Sweden. tina. our fee. has a
great military force on board. besides 10000
stand OF arms.
a letter from Konigsberg echoes the
reports received during the week from
the Russian capital, on the subject OF ap
preaching war with France, with this
important addition, that the Russian ar
my in Poland was 10000 strong. be-
sides two corps OF reserve, comprising Co.,
600 men.
The enemy have four sail of the line
ready for sea at L'Orient. They are
the Marengo, Veteran, Eylau and Guile.
mar. They had been manned in vari
Gus ways. particularly from the seamen
landed at Morlaix from the Mauritus-
Brest is supposed to be their destina
ton.
May Is.
| 1t is probable. that the question Of peace
or war between this country and America
will depend on the nature of the frs, des
| patches from Mr.. Foster. The activity
with which privateers with the French CO.
lors are fitted GU in American ports, and by
American captains, is not only species of
! warfare, but the most injurious species
which Is in the power of the u. S. to wage
against Great Britain. Besides, to have the
! ports and harbors OF that country neural
! only for the protection and advance of he
enemy. aud hostile for all purposes of dc
tive conveyance, is state of things, which
was scarcely endurable in the case of ST.
city, in the years 1901 aud 1905; but in such
an Immense track of sea coast as that of
! America, both honor and interest unite in
forbidding an hours unnecessary sufferance.
The question is not, whether we shall be
at war or peace with such a government,
but which of the two kinds ST war we shall
adopt. that which enables us 70 make re-
prisals and retorts, 20 give room to all the
gallantry and enterprise of our brave tars,
and fair harvest of rewards for their va
| lor or that which ties our hands be-
hind us. while an insulting enemy, with
the inveterStc passions of private spleen,
picks our pockets and spits in our faces.
Ertracf Of a letter from Plymouth, dated
! Thursday p M.
| L IulS INSTANT INFORMED that q letter
has just been received, Cvia Falmouth) by a
naval officer OF this place, from his brother
in Portugal, who holds An important situa
ton in the British army. l have not seen
this letter, but am given to understand that
| It bears date the I'd inst II takes no notice
OF the fall of either Allneida or Badajoz -
but states that the heavy rains which had
| fallen, had swoln the rivers and obsIruc-
ted some of the roads SO materially, as
to prevent the advance of the army for
a short time. and suspend the meditatecl
operations. A small detachment of the al
lied army, that had advanced towards Gu
dad Rodrigo, had been Withdrawn, in CON-
sequence of the approach of large French
| force"
A paper of this morning saws, and we
believe with truth, "that there is no founda-
ton tor the story of the affair at Goldberg -
The French are actually said to have III AIDE
the demand of being permitted to pass
through the town. and general Butcher re,
fused the passage under the pretext that
he had not received orders. No attempt
was made on the part of the French to force
their way. and no blood was spilled. But
we hear that Bonaparte has taken up the
refusal as an infringement of the treaty of
amity at present existing between him and
the king OF Prussia; and that the Prus-
sian minister has been ordered to quit Pa.
ris."
Whatever reports may have been circu.
lated through the medium of diurnal pub
LEGATIONS, to agitate the public mind in re-
spect to his majesty's health, we are assn
red from andou5red authority, tn at his ma :
jesty for two days pas, has experienced a
most important alteration for the better, in
has 11entai fccuities. Within that period,
his progress towards recovery has been
most manifest. and far surprising The most
sanguine expectations of his medical attsn
dants.
Yesterday the following bulletin was
shewn at st. James's palace:
| WINDSOR CASTLE May II.
CHS majesty continues much in the sar9ts
state as last week.
(Signed by four doctors
i he 91st, and several other regiments.
are ordered to Portugal. We are happy
to ind that government is concentrating
all Our strength for further exertons in the
Peninsula, where great things may yet be
done.
The account of our feet having entered
! the Baltic, we understand, is premature.
Sir James Saumarez had not proceeded far
Their than Gottenbur gh roads, where not
more than half the force destined TO act
in that sea was collected At the beginning
of this month. 1t any great object was to be
effected by his entering the kaltic with a