The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-12-29
PRILADELpHIA, Dec. 81
LA EST FROM ENGLAND.


capt. Warrcnton, in so days from Liverpool.
10 the po!iteness os Mr.. Cure, passenger,
the editor OF the Freemans' journal is in
ueoteu Tor London pagers to- the eth aud
Liverpool papers to the 18th &. tuber, in
cusive.
Inc ministerial party has completely sue
ceeded in the recent elections in lIn9l,nd
and it was said, that as America had de,
lciared war, it should be q .vur Of exfcr,uj-
nation. and that either her or Great Bri
tain must fall.
proclamation was issued by the Prince
Regent in Council, declaring all English
sailors traitors, who are found on board A.
merican vessels.
The Russian icet was to be sent to Eng
land for safety. and preparations were max
ing at portsmouth for its arrival
One OF the oldest and most respectable
houses III London, in the Danish trade. has
failed.
The last accounts from the north stated.
mat three several Russian armies had cot i'm
nohapaftcs rear, and his retreat was cut off.
tSmolenSko was again in possession OF the
hussians. Prince Basration had died of the
Wyoant'a he received in the battle of Moskwa.
burSos still held out against Lord Wei
lington.
LONDON, Oct 81.
mail from Corunna has furnished some
details OF the operations before Burgos
garrison of that place, and the deficiency of
heavy artillery, and of other means of a re-
guar sege, we suppts ~ deemed unncce
ny IN the presumed weakness Of the forti-
! ications, nave made a serious difference in
the results of the campaign, which afforded
such vast and glorious prospects when lord
w ellington arrived thus far north, pursuing
the remains of the enemy whom lie had 81
| signally defeated at Salamanca. 1t an
pears that Lord Wellington when he set out
on this northern expedition, thought that e.
very thing depended on the rapdity of his
movements b; and consequently that it would
DC useless and miSchievous to cucumber the
army with heavy artillery. We believe
that Burgos was not thought as a place. of
any strength much less as place in which
garrison of two or three thousand men
could look the whole army under lord We'll
| hngton IN the face and detain them near q
month, standing assaults in all the defences.
haSinS sortles against the approa ches, and
causing the loss of a vast number of gallant
oHeers ana soldiers. We think it likely
that this defence will render it necessary to
close the campaign upon the Ebro with
out pursuing the enemy beyond that river.
ana pressing them back dpon Pamplona.
ana even laying siege to and taking that for
t!eSs, as we were at one time sanguine e.
,niough to anticipate. But even Lord Wei
iing1on cannot always command success.
Hotten6urg mail, give It very favorable ac-
count oil the state of things in Russia. Boz
haParte 1T appears, is confined to the ruin.
ana the immediate vicinity ofMoscow, sur
rounded on every side by Russian armies
@hich daily increasing in strength and con-
noehce' and already acting on the offensive.
uii'e oacK the enemy's corps " ~ the ash
es and ruins of the burned CAPITA whence.
they attempt TO open a passage or to effect
=" escape. he Russian Generals appear
10 nave drawn circle round the site Of
MOSCOW and to be closing upon the French
quarters In that position from all the great
roaoS around. kutusow, Tormasow, Win
zhSerode, and Wittgenstein, each at the.
mead OF formidable army, OCCUPY the nrin-
cipal posts in as many distinct lines, cutting
on supplies, resources and communications,
preventing advances, repelling excursions.
ana restraining expeditions. Under these
circumstances Bonaparte awaits the COM
mencement of the Russian winter in b;s
quarters at Moscow. We are a.xious to
know how Bonaparte and his soldiers will
bear the visitation of this new and hitherto
unknown enemy.
1t is confidently stated, that the cmDeror
alexander, as a further proof of his frmness
ana hdehty to the common cause, has re
soivedto send over to this country all his
ships and vessels of war. This measure
must be considered however not only as.
f'""i VI it'' tinpeTIat MaJeStyS attachment
10 us, and OF his persevoring resolution TO
resist Bonaparte. but also as a tacit ackno,v-
ledgement OF All apprehension that the
french may succeed in obtaining possession
OF the Russian ports in the Baltic. His Inn
?efiai Majesty i resolved that il, s,,, A.,
event, those ports shall be found as naked
ana as unfinished in military means and
resources Moscow These infercnces
are confirmed byaccounts of the removal of
the most valuable property, public and pr,-
waite from Petersburg and the neiphborino,
cities, to the more remote and inacreeeii,is.
places in the interior.
Dispatches we're received by his Ma;est,,s
Ministers last night from Lord Catchcart az
81. Petersburg, brought by the Packet wb'cS
conveyed from Gottenburg the mail that
has furnished the articles given in this ng-
per The following abstract Of fprd
Catchcart's dispatches has been nublisheI
from Downing stPe ct
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.
-" Dispatches have been received from
Pe,ersburgh, dated the an instant.
" The reports from Primo. lnt,,So,v az
tho Esd September, state that the aro,v
was on the Culurgena road, towards I o,,la.
ha'onga' Orel and with strong party ON
the MWaisll road. On the 1ot5 he sent
General Fioralski, with the III, division
I OF Cossacks, and the Mere Pclsl,i lu,,scr.s.
20 Watcn the enemy, who discovered four