The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-08-09

| aiiii alter proposing in vain 70 abdisatc
hiavor OF his SON. did on the god Jine, AL
SoLUTELY AND bNcoKDIrIosALLy ApDl-
GATE, toi the safety & hap css of France.
q liter this, dispatch was Sent T. the Allies.
asking cessation of hostilities till new GOV
eminent shouS be formed.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
A.. at thus port this morning, the Br. ann
ed trlg Helena, Alex. Drummonti, prize to
the privatser Morsiana. Of n. York, 81 DAYS
from london. She has been captured, re-
captured after the time limited and restored
70 her original oSneis on paying salvage.
The high court of a,iniralty ordered her res
toratiou'to the captS,
The 5clena was bearded from the Congress
rigate oil ocil.y. July 81, then - days from
Boston Tor Holland, 3; all weH. Capt. Drum
mond gave the passengers IN the Conyyess
his NV" latest papers OF 25th and Doth June
papers TO June -, ar, received.
ls spatGheS bad be n received from Wei
lington, dated on the Goth OF June at Binch, a
place just without the French frontier line.
on the lett bank ct the SoDlbre, and within a
mile OF I.obez, where the Prussian out-posts
were situated before the attack of the 18th
Marshal Butcher had passed the French
tronlier, and had his headquarters ut Beau
mont. In the engagement ofthe 18th, the h9d
British regiment is said to have been almost
literally cut to pieces, and of the 10Th OILY
81 pnvates and two officers we're left.
When Butcher was about pursuing the
French, he thus Familiarity addressed his sol
diers-" Children, we must pursue them To
night, or else they viii be teazng us again to-
morrow. -Bonspaute was, it is said, sever
al times inclosed with the troops of the allies,
anG cItricared almost by rnracie
1t IS said, that III the battle Of the 18th the
British and French were at one time so close
iy engaged. that the Dukeof Wellington's
personal staff wcfe intermixed with The
French cavalry-The total loss of the British
on that day, is stated at 5000 and that of the
French at 5000. I'm the engagement of the
18th, there were more Killed and taken.
One OF the Dukes staff says, $" that when the
French cavalry charged, he (the dukel plac-
ed himself IN the hollow squares of our infant
ry, and when the cavalry falling in it's efforts
to break US passed by, then he (tbe duke)
charged at the head OF the Infantry" Wei
ington was in close conversation with the
Earl Of Uxbridge, when the latter received
the ball in his knee.
~ French paper of the Goth was reported
to have been received in London, containing
| French account OF the engagement, in winch
| Bopaparte admitted a loss of so 600 men.
| winch, however, he saws. he had first taken
! from the enemy--he also SAYS, that the allies
| lost 10000 men in the various affairs, and
. that the French army had covered itself with
| glory, but he thoughtit best to fail back uDon
! Marshal Mortier, who had two corps. consis-
ting of 60. 600 men, fresh troops. lint it
| seems, Mortifr remained behind, because he
| ha the rheumatism, * Beaumont, where Bo-
! naPaTte lett him, was the very place occupi-
ed by Marshal Butcher Oh the Goth. There
! was great firing at Dunkirk, supposed TO
| have been occasioned by some disturbances in
| that town.
Earl Bathurst in the House of Lords, June
\ uea h.,t, Al.
| patches, from which it appealed that, the
| effects Of the victory of the 18th had been
| 5000 prisoners brought into Brussels, and
! 2COO more on the road and others whose ar
| rival might be daily expected. Gen. Wrete,
| with the Bavariahs, to the number of 90 600.
was said to be meditating dash upon Laon,
where we're placed the French magazines,
artillery and stores. The French force not
less than $50, 600 men.
| Before the opening of the campaign. the
first and third corps of the French army had
| concentrated, and hoisted the black fae.-
| They openly avowed that they would give no
| quarter to the Prussians, and in general, they
kept their word.-The London Statesman es-
Inmates the Prussan loss in all the affairs at
| 10000 men--the British at not less.
Among the prisoners taken on the 18th, are
| the Count OF Lobau [Bertrand) who comnan-
, Ged the 9th corps Vandammc, who com
manded the 81 Compans, who commanded
a division ofthe guards Canbrone Mouton
| a general OF division, and L,efebvre Desnou-
cites.
1t was also reported. but unofficially, that
Bonaparte had lost an arm, aud that Jerome
and Murat We're among the slain
A FRENCH CORPS cur OFF.
Lonaon, June 23-Ve have lust received
a letter from Brussels, dated o'clock, P. M
Goth June, the latest we have seen in London
! The French have already crossed their own
frontiers VandamDsc ho8 been c1;t.opr: (hi,
old fate:) he commanded me third corhs.-
Blucferi is getting round the French line Of re-
treat.
Eafracf Of G hrtU1rr lsite, datsd Boston, .qry. g.
A brig has arrived tl,is n.orinR from Liverpool
bringing the Lordcu Courier OF the eth June. con.
tanning extracts from the Pans MONT ur Of the o2d
which mentions that Fooara te, after MS dc feat, left
hjsarmy in disguise, anil vent TO- lis Parliament and
ne.ianiod more menan5 money -4fA..t they refuaed 4
| and demanded his ai'deauon, vNish &c consented e.
l. Il in favor ct his sos:hat this ~, not aeY~sd to-
And the Co'ier sa7 he and his vhrlo family were IL
terwardspu into prison, and that sis pa che ,aI gone
from Pariito Lord Wellington aud Butcher, 40 espcnt
hnstili'ies The Courier, Containing the abo-e, wa,
gyeu 20 Mr. Euss boaFd tie Congress ircie, he
above brig having spoke her the passagcp
r.