The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-06-23


| ton, tho horrible in itself. cannot fan =,
strengthen our hopes that the b. nation may
shortly be brought to a sense of Justice, and
our own relieved from vexation.
1t is probable we shall rise i'm the course
of 10 days or a fortnight. unles unfavou-able
accounts are received from France but. I'm
that eventl am sure there is firri,ness e.
nou9h in the nation to take decided stand
with her Also
-. asa. PHILADELPHIA, June Is.
FROM FR.4NCE.-Vcrb accounts
from France. by the Matilda, a, this port.
represent the preparations of Bcnaparte
Tor the northern enterprze as Of the most
formidable and extraordinary nature .-CIp-
wards Of 100000 men had already left the:
confines o. France, and his body guards con
sistiDg of $4,000 Polish troops. ant. new NJ
nonot Guard OF 100000 were shortly to &C
company him IN person to take the head OF
this immense body. II was belle ,cd, howe
yer, that his purpose would be efic ctcd with
out the necessity of q battle and the be-
lief was reduced almost to d certainty, from
the circumstance of Tallerand, that able *
arch politician having left France for the
court or u. Petersburg Gen. Andreossi, had
also been dispatched to Coistantinople
Prussia was completely under the vassal-
age OF France; and Russia, without a strug-
gle, would be constrained to acouescc in
whatever might be dictated 10 her by the.
Emperor.
In France. the affairs III Spain were sell
dom spoken OF. Many OF the best troops
OF France had bean drawn from that quay
ter, 20 co-oper,e in the northern design
PHILAD J,lnt
FOURTEEN BRI1ISH ERLGdYES.
The following article had escaped our
eye IN looking over our morning papers but
1t was pointed out in a morning federal pa
per of this city, crouded in among the shin
news in an unusually small type. 1t has
been extracted from a New York yapcr OF
Yesterday. We should have no objection. if
would indeed give us pleasure, if any two
| OF our frlgates were to meet the Belvidere
and Caroiine.--They would be able and
willing to givea good account of them
We have positive assurances, direct from
Bermuda, that there are 10 British Frigates
lying there.
.' The British frigate Belvdere was eff
Sandy Hook all yesterday, with .4ster,can
colors flying. The British Frigate Caroline
and sloop of war Tartarus, are also ON the
coast, havinsbeen spoken by vessels arri-
we'd here
message was on Tuesday received in
Congress from the President, transmitting
the Declaration of the British Government
| lately published, as officially notified TO our
Charge dies Affaires at London, bv the Bri
tish Government, together with Mr.. Rus
sells note thereon to the British Secretary
for Foreign Affairs. The Note is of con.
siderable length, end goes into full ex-
animation OF the principles Of that iastru-
ment.
The public proceedings of Congress for
isome days past, have been rather upinte-
resting, (and we on that account the less
lregret the necessity which compels US again
to defer detail of them,) with the evcep
ton OF the bill authorizing an issue Of Trea-
sury Notes.
This bill was considered in committee of
the whole in the House Of Representatives
lon Tuesday, and opposed at some length by
Mr. Randolph and also by Mr.. T allmadge
ana Mr.. Key, and supported by Messrs.
Cheves, Nelson and Mckim A motion
made by MIR. Randolph to strike out the
first section of the bin was negatived by a
large ma ority and the bill was ordered to
be read third time.
The bill was yes crday accordingly read
a third time, and on the question of its pas
sage was opposed by Messrs Stow, Gold
and Pitkin, K supported by Messrs. Wright.
Bib, Mitchill, McKim Sc Ckeves, and was
passed by vote of SO to43.
Mar. lat, June 18.
Ertract Of a letter from Brig. Ger Hui,
dafed SfaUnton, o. Sd June, 1872.
am happy to inform you that have
received reports already from FIVE or six
Indian villages, (since my speech YVES com
municated) The Chiefs are now on their.
way to visit me, and the frontier hasalrea-
dy become tranquil"
Communicated for hs Th;ladsL5hia Register,
r.rtract # n letter from on .aine,icqn gen-
| Ieman az Cadiz, TO his /5fcnd in Ills
CITY.
" In order TO divert Lord Wellington &c
prevent him from taking Badaioz, Marmont
made movement towards Ciudad Rodrigo.
at the same time Soult united all his forces
and lett Seville as intending also to march
to Estremadura, to compel the English tn
| raise the siege. Neither Marnont nor.
Soult could move in time for want of subsi.-
tence and lord Wellington in the most.
mastery style Carried Badajoz by assault.
and in twelve hours afterwards marched
with his principal force back upon Ciudad
| Rodiigo--lf he can meet Mafpont on bis
own ground you may expect to hear of a
battle but he wont fight him unless he has
decided advantage, and he knows thai
Marmont must fall back again on CASTLE.
IL being utterly iimhoSsi6ie for hin, 10 Keen
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