The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-10-13
LONDON, August IL.
SURRENDER OF FLUSHING.


BY merchantman, which had been sent
with present to the commander IN chief.
and arrived at Camp We're ON Monday after
noon, when seven 74's were Just getting an
der weigh to proceed to the bombar,lment
He quilted Camp We're ON Tuesday afternoon
but before she sailed, an express had reach
ed that place, stating that Flushing had SUR
rendered on Tuesday morning. a, 6 O'Clock.
under a ,eriendOds Dombardment which is
SAID TO have laid all the Notifications front
ing the sea completely level with the ground.
he number OF inhabitaDrs and sold ers shat
persisted in the bombardmeut was very great
indeed
DUTCH DECREE OF July 90.
Louis Napoleon. &c. &c. ~ atil further
orders, our decree of 3Oth of June, No 1,
respecting the admission of American YES
sells into the harbors of this Kingdom, shall
be repealed and every thing relating there
to be placed on the same toetiny as it was
before the issuisg Of the SAID decree 80 that no
other vessels. than those conforming strict
~ To the restrictions contained i'm our former
DEGREES, sha lSe admitted Those which do
not so conform. shall be warned off The
Director OF the customs, hereby orders all
custom house officers. stationed i'm the har-
bors and ports of this kingdom, to-act accor-
Ding to the above decree and to inform all
captains of American vessels, which NAV
rs also OF the DEGREES by which the import
OF gooos is permitted. Aud also To send the
papers of those, which from the nature of
their cargoes, conceive the same inadmissi
Bile, with the addition of the final declarati.
en- OF the director of the customs and to wait
Tor further orders conCcrning the same"
The above decree, when issued was &C
companied with copy of that of the 30th
OF Jnne, IN which the articles allowed to be
exported from America are specifically EN-
umerated. 1t was given in the Courier of
the 9th uit.
August 49,
The official account of the surrender of
Flushing had not arrived when our paper
was put to press.
The bpmbardgnent of Flushing lasted from
Monday, afternoon, till Tuesday morning. -
On Nj 3nday the large ships went in, and be
gan oombartling 1t oh the sea side with ire
mendous effect. The resistance was rem
'dered more obstinate, on account of part of
the garrison being Irish, who dreaded fall
ling into the hands of the government, a
gainst whom they were fighting. The first
terms proposed by General Monnet, are
said to have contained some stipulations in
their favor, which were instantly and indig-
nantly rejected by the Earl of Chatham
j he town then held ont some time longer :
but all hopes of suocour being at an end, and
the Notifications tumblmg fast about their
heads. the garrison were reduced to the ne
eessity OF an unconditional surrender The
terms were signed early on Tuesday morn
ing, and we were to take possession of the
place on Tuesday evening.
Aug. 10.
We received, at late hour this morning
Paris papers to the I'd, Hamburg to the 11th,
Berlin, Frankfurt, and other papers to the
46th-Ihe following are their contents -
There is no fresh bulletin in them nor docs
IL appear tina, the preliminaries had been
signed so late as the 28th of last month
Though rep1r;s prevailed at Hamburger, Oh
the 9Th and 10th. that they were signed ON
the 27th.-We have, however, the Vienna
papers before us of the 10Th, which are to
tally silenr upon the subject.
VIENNA, July IS.
"The Prince of Lichtenstein make fire.
quentj ournies from Comorn to Schoenbrunn
According TO reports, the signature for peace
is near; the conditions will be most advan
tageous 70 the Princes of the Rhenish Con
tederacy, but particularly to Bavaria and
Ssxony. The frontiers of Austria are to be
removed far to the East
LoUIsBoURG, July 81.
Our Court Gazette states, that on the 21st,
the town OF Gratz, and on the 23d, the CITY
was given to the French, and the whole |
Province evacuated by the Austrians. Count
MALAY at first refused to give up Gratz,
till Marshal Macdonald advanced with two
fresh French divisions
PARIS, Augusta
"Letters from Vienna state, that Count
Champagny aud the Duke of FruIi, on the |
part Of the French, and PriHce de Lichsen.
stein and Baron Vincent are furnished with |
the powers TO treat tor peace
General St Savarre is appointed to the !
great command of the coast from Boulopne
toFlushing
I'M. Antoine, nephew to the queen of Mo
ravia. and Franceschi, nephew of General
Duhesme, have fallen into the hands of the
Spanish insurgents"
AMSTERDAM, August S. (
" His majesty arrived here on the Cd AT
IL in the forenoon. An extraordinary meet (.
ing of the council of state Immediately took
place, and after souie conferences with the
minister, his majesty set of for Rotterdam.
Our Court Gazette states, that consi
derabie French force, destined to drive out
tine enemy, is assembled in the neighborhood
OF Gnent, under the Prince of Ponte Coivo.
who must, by this time, (the Cd, have arri-
we'd there. The troops are marching daily ,
from Client towards Antwerp"
LIVERPOOL, Aug 81.
On Saturday evening, about Z o'clock. /
MAJOR Bradford. aid de camp to the com
Tnander OF the expeditiou, and lieut. MAYO of
the navy, arrived at London with dispatches
from the Earl of Chatham and Sir Richard
Strachan. Announcing the important news of.
the capture Of Flushing.