The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-24
NEwpoRr. Sent. i'll

MS morning arrived at this port the ship
Citizen. Allen. of New York. 81 days from
Lisbon. BY this arrival the editors If the
Mercury have been favored with London
papers to the 18th July. We have only time
to make few extracts.
The last reports from Spain were--ihat
gen. f7iH had lost t7yo reSiments--that The
allied army soas retrogadtng--thar Soolt
had arrived at Bayonne, issued a praclama
ton, and resumed the command of the
French armies--that Suchet was at Valen-
cia--sir John Murray, with IS GOO men, on
the Sd June. commenced the siege of Tar
rasona but having intelligence on the 18Th
that strong body of French troops had al
vanced from the side of Barcelona tow ard :
Villa Franco and Yendrill. and ike wise that
marshal Suchet was upon his march from
Valencia, sir John Murray resolved to raise
the siege, and the troops were embarked
immediately, without any loss of men but
they were obliged to leave in the advanced
batteries some pieces OF heavy ordnance Of
which the carriages were burned. Thus
Tar the British official account. The French
ccount by gen. Marinier, states, that the
British were defeated, and that they lost 3
or 4Co0 men, and report (at LisSonJ added
that no having time to embark ihei:.
horses they were all killed--,hat lord VIII
liam Bentinck had resumed the comrnand,
aud sent n. Murray to England.
| Much eXuitation was evinced in the news
Ipapers md in parliament. on receiving cap
tain Broke's account of the capture of the
Chesapea ke.-Among other remarks Of Mr..
Croker, IN the house OF commons, was the
following:
The action with the Chesapeake, was.
IN every respect, unexampled. 1t was not
and he knew it was bold assertion which
he made--to be equalled by any engage
nent which graced the naval annals of G..
Britain. The enemy's ship was superior IN
SIZE, superior in weight of metal, SUPERIOR in
numbers. She entered into the contest wi h
confidence OF victory resulting from that
conviction. He was warranted in SAYING
That the victory was accomplished in les,
than Is minutes, of which only 9 minutes
were occupied in boarding. when 3lO British
seamen had to Contend with i4O of the enc
N.Y."
The Times" Of the 18th July, gives a
proclamation by the king of Prussia. dated
from Konigsberg. June -. wherein he states
that it was the French that first proposed
the arnaistice, and (Which is of more conse
quence tsan this formality) that the use
which his majesty means to make Of II. is
only to afford time for the national efforts
lnow put forth to obtain their full yipor in
order that his people may be enabled /" E.
conquer their independence" We find by
another proclamation, in the same paner
tnat the governor OF the country between the
| piStula and the Russian frontier, is actually
| obliged TO calm the public Indignation on
| account OF the armistice. by an assurance
that 1t Will not lead to peace, but to the
renewal OF more powerful and energetic
/ warfare"
| The London papers also contain dispatch.
es from sir J. j. Warren, respecting tie
ate desceDts which have been made On the
American coast.
The London papers continue to state that
com. Rodgers has been on the coast of Eor.
way.
LoNDoN. July IA.
| The following is an extract Of letter
from Buenos Ayres, Gated April 8Ib:-
| he American frgate Essex is in Val
paFsiso, where she arrived the S:h Of Marcel
last, after a passage Of So days, from, the
island OF Sel)assi ans near Rio metro She
IS armed with IS guns and 40 picked men
and in other respects she is exceedingly
Wei found--It 10 certain that P,yrsett. The
| American consul there, wrote TO his go
vernment for vessel Of this description
/ Ioere were ill1minat ons and balls on &C.
count If her arrival"
At st. Petersburgh, Berlin, and every o
ther quarter. the prevailing animosfy
! }aihst the French has caused great diSsatis
lection TO be expressed IL the armistice
Which, however, the better informed Ioot
| upon asllkely to consolidate the strength o
tue allies, and ultimately ensure their trj
umph over the enemy.
PROCLAMATION by the KING OF
PRUSSIA.
KoEIGsDERG, June ID, 1913.
Late last night reached us, the ro,lowin,